JPH08164091A - Device for lifting up toilet seat in toilet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable an lifting operation of a toilet seat or both of the toilet seat and a cover by a foot of the user of the toilet bowl in a state where the user stands. CONSTITUTION: In a device for lifting a toilet seat in a toilet bowl, a toilet seat 2 and a cover 3 which overlaps and closes an upper opening of a toilet main body 1 are provided so as to be lifted up. The device comprises a rotating mechanism 4 for turning the toilet seat 2 or both of the toilet seat 2 and the cover 3 to the upper direction to make the upper opening of the toilet bowl main body 1 open. An operating section 5 operates the rotating mechanism 4. The operation section 5 is constructed to be operated by a foot of the user in a state where the user stands.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet seat raising device for a toilet bowl.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a Western-style toilet bowl, a toilet seat is provided at an upper opening of the toilet body, and an upper lid for superposing and closing the upper portion of the toilet seat to close the upper opening of the toilet body. And are undulated.

The upper lid may be kept open at all times, but the toilet seat must be laid down when a woman or a man stools, and when the man urinates. The toilet seat must be raised and used. For this reason, it was very troublesome to open and close the toilet seat frequently by hand.

Moreover, the user is forced to directly touch the toilet seat to open and close the toilet seat each time, which is very uncomfortable, and the user has to bother to grasp the toilet seat and the upper lid. I had to bend my knees and take a painful posture, which was very annoying.

Focusing on such a problem, the present invention provides a toilet seat raising device in a toilet bowl in which the user can perform an operation of raising the toilet seat or both the toilet seat and the upper lid with his / her feet standing. Is.

[0006]

The gist of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0007] Toilet seat raising in a toilet bowl in which a toilet seat 2 and an upper lid 3 which overlaps with the upper portion of the toilet seat 2 to close the upper opening of the toilet bowl body 1 are provided at the upper opening of the toilet bowl body 1 so as to be capable of undulating In the device, this toilet seat 2 or toilet seat 2
A rotating mechanism 4 for rotating both the upper lid 3 and the upper lid 3 upward to hold the upper opening of the toilet body 1, and the rotating mechanism 4
The present invention relates to a toilet seat raising device in a toilet bowl, which is characterized in that the operating portion 5 is configured to be operated by a user, and the operating portion 5 is configured so that a user of the toilet can operate it with his / her feet while standing.

[0008]

When the toilet user operates the operating section 5 with his / her feet while standing, the rotating mechanism 4 operates, and when the upper lid 3 is already opened and held, the toilet seat 2 rotates upward and leans against it. When the upper opening of the toilet main body 1 is held open and the upper lid 3 closes the upper opening of the toilet main body 1, both the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 rotate upward individually or simultaneously. It is leaned against and the upper opening of the toilet body 1 is held open.

[0009]

1 to 3 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention.

The rotation mechanism 4 which is the main part of this embodiment will be described.

On the left side of the toilet body 1, as shown in FIG. 1, two L-shaped lever bodies 6 and 7 composed of flat thin plates are arranged side by side, and each lever body 6 and 7 is laid. The middle part of the part is fitted into a bearing part 8 provided in parallel on the right side of the lower part of the toilet body 1, and a horizontal axis is arranged in this bearing part 8 in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of each lever body 6/7. The lever body 6, 7 fitted by the horizontal shaft is pivotally supported in the middle of the laid portion, and each lever body 6,
The tip of the laying portion of 7 is used as a step plate 8 as the operating section 5, and when the step plate 8 is stepped down by a foot, the bearing section 9 is used as a fulcrum to move vertically to the base end of the laying section on the opposite side. The structure is configured to move upward.

The tip end of the standing portion of the inner lever body 6 which is moved upward by moving the foot plate 8 downward is pivoted to the base portion of the toilet seat 2 on the side of the pivotally attached portion. As shown in FIG. 3, the toilet seat 2 is pushed up by the upward movement of the standing portion of the lever body 6 and leaned against it.
Similarly, the tip end of the standing portion of the outer lever body 7 is pivotally attached to the base portion of the upper lid 3 on the pivoting portion side at a position on the front side of the pivot shaft of the upper lid 3 and the upper portion of the standing portion of the lever body 7 is attached. The upper lid 3 is pushed up by the movement to lean against it. Therefore,
When it is desired to open only the upper lid 3 in a state where the upper lid 3 closes the upper opening of the toilet body 1, the foot plate 8 of the lever body 7 whose tip of the standing portion is pivotally attached to the upper lid 3 is used.
When it is desired to raise both the upper lid 3 and the upper lid 3, the toilet user uses the foot plate 8 of the lever body 6 whose front end is connected to the toilet seat 2 or both of the foot plates 8 with his / her feet while standing alone. The upper lid 3 or both the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 can be easily swung upward to lean against them by simply moving them. Also, when the upper lid 3 is already open, the toilet seat 2 needs to be erected. The toilet seat 2 can be easily held in a leaning state simply by allowing the toilet user to step on the foot plate 8 of the lever body 6 whose tip is connected to the toilet seat 2 with his / her foot while standing up. When the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 are closed, the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 are tilted by hand.

That is, the upper lid 3 and the toilet seat 2 which are dirty as in the conventional case
Excellent structure that can be easily lifted up by rotating the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 by manipulating the legs while standing up without bending the upper back and knees and bending the upper back and knees. Becomes

In this embodiment, the lever seats 6 and 7 are separately connected to the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 so that the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 can be separately started up and operated. The lever body 6 may be connected, and the upper lid 3 may be pushed up together with the rotation of the toilet seat 2 by stepping on the step plate 8 of the lever body 6.

4 to 7 show a second embodiment of the present invention.

The rotating mechanism 4 of this embodiment will be described.

Gears 10 and 11 having a shape in which gears are formed only in predetermined arc portions shown in FIG. 5 and the like are attached to the right side portions of the base of the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 and the predetermined gears meshing with the gears 10 and 11 are also provided. A motor 13 provided with a pinion 12 in which gears are formed only in an arc portion is disposed and fixed on the upper rear side of the toilet body 1, and this motor 13 is operated via a control unit 14 as a foot switch 15 as an operation unit 5. The foot-operated switch 15 is connected and installed at the left front part of the toilet body 1. Reference numeral 16 in the figure denotes a motor 13
It is a plug for getting power.

The gears 10 and 11 and the pinion 12 are the upper lid 3
When the motor 13 is rotationally operated from the operation start state of FIG. 5, when the pinion 12 of the motor 13 is first operated, the pinion 12 of the motor 13 is first attached. The upper lid 3 is rotated upward by the rotational force of the motor 13 by meshing with the gear 10 attached to the upper lid 3, and is leaned and held slightly backward as shown in FIG. 6, and when the motor 13 is further rotated. Pinion 12 of motor 13
Is engaged with a gear 11 attached to the toilet seat 2, and the toilet seat 2 is rotated upward by the rotational force of the motor 13 so that the toilet seat 2 is leaned slightly backward as shown in FIG. are doing.

In this embodiment, the operation of the motor 13 is controlled by the control unit 14 connected so as to be interposed between the motor 13 and the foot switch 15 as follows. .

When the upper lid 3 closes the upper opening of the toilet body 1, when the foot-operated switch 15 is stepped on once with the foot, the upper lid 3 is rotated upward by the above operation and is held in a leaning state. When the foot-operated switch 15 is stepped on twice, the toilet seat 2 is rotated upward following the rotation of the upper lid 3 and is held in a leaning state. Further, when the upper lid 3 is already opened and held, when the foot-operated switch 15 is stepped on once, the toilet seat 2 rotates upward and is held in a leaning state. Also,
In a state where both the upper lid 3 and the toilet seat 2 are held in a leaning state, when the foot-operated switch 15 is stepped on once with the foot, the toilet seat 2 collapses and descends, and when it is depressed twice, the toilet seat 2 collapses and descends. The rear upper lid 3 also falls down to close the upper opening of the toilet body 1.

Therefore, also in this embodiment, the user can simply step on the foot-operated switch 15 with his / her foot standing,
Besides, the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 can be easily raised, and the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 which are held in a leaning state can be tilted down by operating the operating portion 5.

In this embodiment, the tilting operation of the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 in the upright state can be controlled by the operation of the operation portion 5, but the tilting operation may be manually performed. .

The structure of the rotating mechanism 4, which is the main part of the present invention, is not limited to the first and second embodiments, but can be designed as appropriate. Further, the toilet seat raising device in the toilet bowl of the present embodiment may be incorporated into a washlet as an additional function for sale.

Reference numeral 17 in the figure denotes a rubber elastic body that absorbs the impact when the toilet seat 2 and the upper lid 3 are tilted downward from the raised state.

[0025]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the toilet seat or both the toilet seat and the upper lid can be directly attached to the toilet seat and the upper lid by the rotating mechanism only by the user operating the operating portion with his / her feet. Since it can be started up individually or at the same time without touching it, the user does not feel any discomfort when starting and operating the upper lid or toilet seat as before, and the operation part operated by the foot is used. Since it is configured so that a person can operate it while standing, it is a very convenient toilet seat raising device in a toilet bowl, which does not require the user to bend the waist or knees to take a painful posture as in the conventional case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation start state of a main part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an operation completed state of a main part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation start state of a main part of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operating state of essential parts of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation completed state of a main part of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Toilet body 2 Toilet seat 3 Upper lid 4 Rotating mechanism 5 Operation part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A toilet seat raising device for a toilet, wherein a toilet seat and an upper lid that overlaps with the upper portion of the toilet seat to close the upper opening of the toilet body are provided at the upper opening of the toilet main body so as to be capable of undulating, respectively. The toilet seat, or both the toilet seat and the upper lid, is rotated upward to include a rotating mechanism that holds the upper opening of the toilet body, and an operating portion that operates the rotating mechanism. A toilet seat raising device for a toilet bowl, which is configured so that a user of the toilet bowl can operate it while standing.