JPH0790907A - Heated closet seat device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to obtain a sure and quick effect with less power consumption in a toilet space. CONSTITUTION:A heating closet heat device so directely heat with a warm wind that air obtained from a blower 13 is heated by a heater 14, it is supplied to a hollow section 11 in a closet seat 1 and that the femurs and the waist of a person sitting on the closet seat 1 are wrapped in from the outside by blowing off slowly from a plurality of small holes 12 provided to the side of the peripheral surface of the closet seat 1. The part from femurs the waist is not covered with clothes, so that a quick heating sense can be obtained even if calorific value is relatively small. The heating effect of the closet seat 1 can be obtained by supplying a warm wind to the hollow section 11 inside the closet seat 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heated toilet seat device having a hot air blowing function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional heating toilet seat device of this type has a structure as shown in FIG. 1 is a toilet seat installed on the toilet bowl 2, 3 is a toilet lid, and a toilet seat heater 4 is installed inside the toilet seat 1. By energizing the toilet seat heater 3, the toilet seat 1 is warmed and a warm feeling when seated is provided. I was getting it.
Further, many heating toilet seat devices of this type are provided with a washing / drying function, and their configurations are as shown in FIG. 5 is a human body sitting on the toilet seat 1, 6 is a water tank, and 7 is a blower for drying the human body after washing. Reference numeral 8 denotes a heater for heating the air blown from the blower to an appropriate temperature, and this figure shows a drying operation state. The blower 7 and the heater 8 form a warm air unit. Reference numeral 9 denotes a cleaning nozzle which is a cleaning water discharge device, and discharges the water in the water tank 6 from the cleaning nozzle 9 to the human body 5 by a pump (not shown) in the case 10 at the time of cleaning prior to the drying. To be washed. Also,
The cleaning nozzle 9 constitutes a cleaning device together with a pump (not shown) installed in the case 10.

Among such conventional heated toilet seat devices,
There are also those that use the warm air obtained from the dryer to blow air into the toilet room when the toilet is not used to heat the room in the toilet space, and those that have a built-in fan and heater dedicated to room heating. A device was devised to eliminate the cold in the toilet space.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional structure, since the entire room of the toilet is heated, there is a drawback that a sufficient heating effect cannot be obtained unless the high-output heater is continuously energized for a long time. Was there. In addition, when such room heating is constantly operated, problems such as power cost and continuous operation noise of the hot air fan occur, so the high output heater cannot be energized for a long time, and the toilet Not enough effect was obtained to eliminate the cold feeling of space.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to obtain a reliable heating effect with low power consumption.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a heating toilet seat device of the present invention comprises a toilet seat having a hollow portion formed therein, a blower for sending air to the hollow portion, and discharge air of the blower. The toilet seat is provided with a plurality of openings on its outer peripheral side surface, and has a structure in which the cavity and the openings are communicated with each other.

Alternatively, a toilet seat having a cavity formed inside and a heater incorporated in the cavity, and a blower for sending air to the cavity are provided, and the toilet seat is provided with a plurality of openings on its outer peripheral side surface. The cavity is in communication with the opening.

Further, the heating toilet seat device of the present invention having a cleaning / drying function has, in addition to the above-mentioned structure, a cleaning nozzle for spraying cleaning water onto the local part of the human body seated on the toilet seat for cleaning and a cleaning nozzle attached to the local part of the human body. A dry air outlet that blows out warm air for drying water, and a warm air unit including a blower and a heater are provided, and a hot air blow passage sent from the warm air unit is provided in the dry air outlet and the inside of the toilet seat. The structure is such that a damper for switching to any of the hollow portions is provided.

Further, this heating toilet seat device is provided with a heating switch for performing a heating operation, a drying switch for performing a drying operation, and a seating switch for detecting whether or not a user is sitting on the toilet seat, and the seating switch protects the human body. Only after the detection and the heating switch is turned on, the damper is switched so that the hot air is sent to the cavity inside the toilet seat, the warm air unit is operated, and the washing operation is performed, When a dry switch is input, a control device is provided for switching the damper to the dry air outlet side.

[0010]

In the heating toilet seat device of the present invention, the air obtained from the blower is heated by the heater, and the warm air is slowly blown out from the plurality of openings provided on the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat through the cavity in the toilet seat. The thighs and waist of a person sitting on the toilet seat are directly warmed so as to wrap them from the outside, and warm air is blown into the cavity inside the toilet seat to warm the toilet seat.

Further, when the toilet seat heater for warming the toilet seat itself is provided in the cavity of the toilet seat, the toilet seat heater can be used when passing through the cavity of the toilet seat without previously heating the air from the blower. The heated air is blown out from the opening on the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat, so that a feeling of heating of the thigh and waist can be obtained.

On the other hand, in the heated toilet seat device having a function of locally cleaning and drying after defecation, the air passage of the warm air unit for sending the hot air for drying is provided with the dry air outlet after cleaning and the hollow portion in the toilet seat. By switching to, a single hot air unit performs both drying and heating operations.

Further, only when a person is sitting on the toilet seat and the heating switch is turned on, warm air is blown from the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat through the cavity inside the toilet seat, and after cleaning,
Control is performed to automatically switch the air blowing path so as to blow out hot air for drying.

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the heating toilet seat device of the present invention, and those having the same numbers as those in FIGS. 5 and 6 have the same functions, and the description thereof will be omitted. Only different points will be described.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a hollow portion formed inside the toilet seat, and a plurality of small holes 12 provided on the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat communicate with the hollow portion 11. This cavity 11
A blower 13 and a heater 14 are provided on the upstream side of.

In the above structure, the blower 13 is operated,
By energizing the heater 14, the air discharged from the blower 13 is supplied to the heater 14 provided in the middle of the air passage.
It is heated by and flows into the cavity 11 in the toilet seat. The warm air that has flowed into the cavity 11 has the function of warming the toilet seat 1, and the small holes 1 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the toilet seat.
It blows out from 2, and flows so as to wrap the thigh and waist of a person (not shown) sitting on the toilet seat from the outside. Generally, when sitting down, the waist and thighs are not covered with clothes, so that a feeling of heating can be quickly obtained even with a relatively small amount of heat generation.

Further, there is an effect that a feeling of high heating can be obtained by heating the waist, which is more effective than heating the entire room or other parts.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, which is a toilet seat heater 1 for warming the toilet seat 3 in the cavity 11 inside the toilet seat.
5 is a heating toilet seat device having a structure including 5. Toilet seat heater 15
The heat keeps the surface of the toilet seat 1 at an appropriate temperature and heats the air in the cavity 11. Therefore, the air sent from the blower 13 is
It is heated inside by the toilet seat heater 15. The warmed air is blown out from the small holes 12 provided on the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat 3, whereby a heating effect by the warm air can be obtained without adding a heater for the warm air.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a heated toilet seat device of the present invention having a function of washing and drying the human body part after defecation,
A cleaning nozzle 9 is provided as a cleaning device, and a blower 7 and a heater 8 are provided as a warm air unit for drying. Reference numeral 16 is a dry air outlet for blowing warm air onto the human body part. The toilet seat 1 has a hollow portion 11 as in the case of FIGS.
And a plurality of small holes 12 communicating with the cavity 11 are formed on the outer peripheral side surface. Further, a damper 17 for switching the air passage is provided in the air passage of the warm air unit. The damper 17 switches whether the air discharged from the blower 7 is sent to the dry air outlet 16 or the cavity 11 in the toilet seat.

Therefore, by combining the damper 17 with the warm air unit for drying, warm air is blown from the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat without adding an air blower or heater for heating, and the feeling of heating of the thigh and waist is enhanced. A heating function can be obtained.

Further, by combining a seating switch for detecting whether a person is sitting on the toilet seat and a heating switch, the operation mode is automatically switched as shown in FIG. That is, the seating switch detects the human body,
And only when the heating switch is on, the damper 17
The hot air is controlled to be sent to the hollow portion 11 in the toilet seat by switching the switch, and after the cleaning operation, the damper 17 is automatically switched so that the hot air can be obtained from the dry air outlet 16. By doing so, useless heating operation is not continued due to forgetting to turn off the switch, and even if the small hole 12 is blocked for some reason, the heater 8 is continuously energized and overheated. Can be prevented.

[0022]

As described in the above embodiments, the heating toilet seat device of the present invention is provided with a hollow portion inside the toilet seat, and hot air is passed through the hollow portion through the plurality of openings formed on the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat. By blowing out, the thigh and waist of the person sitting on the toilet seat can be warmed so as to wrap it from the outside. Generally, since the thighs and waist when seated are not covered with clothes, it is possible to effectively obtain a feeling of heating even with a relatively small amount of heat generation.

Further, in the structure in which the toilet seat heater for warming the toilet seat is provided in the cavity in the toilet seat, a heater for warm air heating is added by warming the air in the cavity using the heat generated by the toilet seat heater. It becomes possible to realize warm air heating from the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat without doing so.

On the other hand, in the heating toilet seat device having a cleaning and drying function after defecation, a damper is provided in the passage of the blower and the heater for sending the dry air so that the hot air is blown to the dry air outlet and the cavity in the toilet seat. By switching and sending, warm air can be heated from the outer peripheral side surface of the toilet seat without adding a fan or heater for heating.

Further, by providing a control device for automatically switching the operating modes by interlocking the heating switch and the seating switch, accidents such as wasteful heating due to forgetting to turn off the switch or overheating of the heater in an unattended state in case of emergency. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a heating toilet seat device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a heating toilet seat device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a heated toilet seat device with cleaning and drying functions according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a method of controlling an operation mode according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional heated toilet seat device.

FIG. 6 is a partial side sectional view of a conventional heated toilet seat device with cleaning and drying functions.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Toilet seat 2 Toilet bowl 3 Toilet lid 11 Cavity 12 Small hole 13 Blower 14 Heater

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A toilet seat having a cavity formed therein, a blower for sending air to the cavity, and a heater for heating the air discharged from the blower. The toilet seat has a plurality of openings on its outer peripheral side surface. A heating toilet seat device in which the cavity and the opening communicate with each other. 2. A toilet seat having a cavity formed inside and a toilet seat heater incorporated in the cavity, and a blower for sending air to the cavity, the toilet seat having a plurality of openings on its outer peripheral side surface. And a heating toilet seat device in which the hollow portion and the opening communicate with each other. 3. A cleaning nozzle for spraying cleaning water onto a local area of a human body seated on a toilet seat, a dry air outlet for blowing out warm air for drying the cleaning water attached to the human body local area, a blower and a heater. The cleaning / drying function is provided, comprising a warm air unit, and a damper provided with a damper for switching a hot air blowing path sent from the warm air unit to either the dry air blowing port or the cavity in the toilet seat. Heating toilet seat device described in. 4. A heating switch for performing a heating operation, a drying switch for performing a drying operation, and a seating switch for detecting whether or not a user is sitting on a toilet seat, wherein the seating switch detects a human body, and Only when the heating switch is turned on, the damper is switched so that the hot air is sent to the cavity in the toilet seat, the warm air unit is operated, and the washing switch is operated, and then the drying switch is input. The heating toilet seat device according to claim 3, further comprising a control device for switching the damper to the dry air outlet side.