JPH0716699U - Western style toilet - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a western-style toilet that can be easily moved without directly touching the toilet seat. In a western-style toilet having a toilet bowl 12 and a toilet seat 13 rotatably attached to the toilet bowl 12, link mechanisms 17 and 19 for imparting a rotational movement to the toilet seat 13, a power unit for powering the link mechanism, and a toilet bowl. And a switch for activating the power unit 24 provided adjacent to 12. The switches include a foot switch 21 provided on the floor adjacent to the toilet bowl 12 and a manual switch 22 provided on a lateral side wall of the toilet bowl 12. The power plant has a control unit 23 that controls so that the operating directions of the link mechanisms 17 and 19 are reversed each time the switch is operated.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a Western-style toilet that allows the toilet seat to be moved without using a hand.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In Western-style toilets, a person sits on a toilet seat placed on a toilet bowl and adds the toilet, but in the case of men's urgent use, the toilet seat is removed and the toilet is faced up. Conventionally, this toilet seat is rotatably attached to the toilet bowl, and a person holds it by hand to rotate the toilet seat so that the toilet seat can be placed on the toilet bowl or the toilet seat can be erected and removed from the toilet bowl. I am trying.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 Toilet seats are places where people sit directly, so they need to be kept clean, but they are not always clean. In particular, children may inadvertently touch a dirty part when moving the toilet seat.

Further, particularly in toilets used by unspecified people such as public toilets, the toilet seat tends to be dirty, and it feels unclean to directly touch the toilet seat. Furthermore, due to this uncleanness, even in the case of men's urinal use, some people add urine with the toilet seat attached without removing the toilet seat, which causes the toilet seat to become more and more dirty. ing.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a western-style toilet in which the toilet seat can be easily moved without directly touching the toilet seat.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A western-style toilet according to the present invention which achieves the above-mentioned object is a western-style toilet having a toilet bowl and a toilet seat rotatably attached to the toilet bowl. It is characterized by having a power unit for giving power and a switch provided adjacent to the toilet bowl for activating the power unit.

[0007] Preferably, the switches include a foot switch provided on a floor adjacent to the toilet bowl, and a manual switch provided on a lateral side wall of the toilet bowl. Further, the power unit has a control unit that controls the operation direction of the link mechanism to be reversed every time the switch is operated.

[0008]

[Action]

 When the switch is operated, the toilet seat is automatically rotated by the power unit via the link mechanism and lifted to be removed from the toilet bowl. On the other hand, if the switch is operated while the toilet seat is lifted, the toilet seat will rotate in the opposite direction and will rest on the toilet bowl.

[0009]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side view of a western-style toilet according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a front view thereof. As shown in the figure, the Western-style toilet 11 has a toilet bowl 12 and a toilet seat 13 mounted on the toilet bowl 12. The toilet seat 13 is rotatably attached to the toilet bowl 12 via a hinge pin 14 at the rear end thereof, so that the toilet seat 13 is designated by the reference numeral (A) in FIG. It can rotate to the standing state shown in (B).

As shown in FIG. 2, a shaft pin 16 is fixed to a side portion of the toilet seat 13 by a mounting plate 15, and an upper end portion of a drive rod 17 is pivotally attached to the shaft pin 16. An arm 19 is pivotally attached to the lower end portion of the drive rod 17 via a pin 18, and a link mechanism is constituted by these.

On the other hand, a power box 20 is disposed adjacent to the side of the toilet 12, and the arm 19 described above is rotatably supported by the power box 20 and the inside of the power box 20. It is designed to be connected to the power unit of and driven to rotate.

Further, a foot switch 21 is provided on the floor adjacent to the side of the toilet bowl 12, and a manual switch 22 (see FIG. 3) is provided on the side wall of the toilet bowl 12 respectively. These switches 21 and 22 are used by a person to step on the foot switch 21 with his / her foot when a person faces the toilet bowl 12, that is, specifically, when a man goes to the toilet bowl 12 to add urination. The manual switch 22 can be manually pushed by the person. The switches 21 and 22 have the same function, and a person can obtain the same effect by operating either switch.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the above power plant. In FIG. 4, 23 is a control unit, 24 is a drive motor, 25 is a reduction gear unit, 26 is an overload prevention clutch, and 27 is an angular position sensor. When either of the above-mentioned switches 21 and 22 is pressed, the signal is input to the control unit 23, and the control unit 23 alternately turns the drive motor 24 forward every time the signal is input. Reverse.

The rotation of the drive motor 24 is decelerated by the reduction gear unit 25 and transmitted to the above-mentioned arm 19 to rotate it. Here, an overload prevention clutch 26 is interposed between the arm 19 and the reduction gear unit 24, and when the arm 19 is overloaded at the time of overrun, the arm 19 and the reduction gear unit 24 are The engagement is released to prevent damage.

The angle position sensor 27 is, for example, a sensor such as an angle sensor or a limit switch, detects that the arm 19 has reached a predetermined angular position, and the signal thereof is input to the control unit 23. The control unit 23 stops the rotation of the drive motor 24 when the signal is input.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the arm 19 is in a substantially horizontal state, the drive rod 17 is in a lower position, and the toilet seat 13 is on the toilet 12. Here, when the foot switch 21 or the manual switch 22 is pressed, the drive motor 24 is activated and the arm 19 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 1 to a substantially upright state. Then, the drive rod 17 is positioned at a high position, and the toilet seat 13 rotates clockwise and stands up as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. In this state, the drive motor 24 is stopped by the signal from the angular position sensor 27.

On the other hand, when the foot switch 21 or the manual switch 22 is pressed again from that state, the drive motor 24 is started in the reverse direction, and this time the toilet seat 13 is rotated in the reverse direction to move the toilet seat 13 to the toilet bowl 12. Turn it back on. Similarly, in this state, the drive motor 24 is stopped by the signal from the angular position sensor 27.

Further, regardless of the position of the toilet seat 13, if the toilet seat 13 is directly moved by hand, the above-described overload preventing clutch 26 operates to engage the arm 19 with the reduction gear unit 24. Is released and the toilet seat 13 can be moved regardless of the drive motor 24.

With the above-described configuration, when the foot switch 21 or the manual switch 22 is pressed in the case of men's small use, the toilet seat 13 is automatically rotated and lifted to be removed from the toilet bowl 12. Be done.

On the other hand, if the foot switch 21 or the manual switch 22 is pressed from the state where the toilet seat 13 is lifted, the toilet seat 13 is rotated in the opposite direction and put on the toilet bowl 12.

In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 23 rotates the drive motor 24 in the reverse direction to return the toilet seat 13 every time the switch is actuated, but the drive direction may be reversed by, for example, a gear. Alternatively, another switch for reversing may be provided.

[0022]

[Effect of device]

 As described above in detail with reference to the embodiments, according to the present invention, the toilet seat is automatically moved by operating the switch, and the toilet seat can be easily moved without directly touching the toilet seat. It can be carried out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a western-style toilet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a western-style toilet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a western-style toilet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a power unit for a western-style toilet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Western-style toilet 12 Toilet bowl 13 Toilet seat 17 Drive rod 19 Arm 20 Power box 21 Foot switch 22 Manual switch 23 Control unit 24 Drive motor 25 Reduction gear unit 26 Overload prevention clutch 27 Angular position sensor

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A western-style toilet having a toilet bowl and a toilet seat rotatably attached to the toilet bowl, a link mechanism for imparting a rotational movement to the toilet seat, a power device for powering the link mechanism, and the toilet bowl. A western-style toilet comprising: a switch for activating the power unit provided adjacent to each other. 2. The Western-style equipment according to claim 1, wherein the switches include a foot switch provided on a floor adjacent to the toilet bowl and a manual switch provided on a lateral side wall of the toilet bowl. toilet. 3. The link mechanism includes a drive rod whose one end is pivotally attached to a side portion of the toilet seat, and an arm which is pivotally attached to the other end of the drive rod. Western toilet as described. 4. The western-style toilet according to claim 1, wherein the power unit has a control unit for controlling to reverse the operating direction of the link mechanism each time the switch is operated.