JPH08251667A - Hot water washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To expand the area of a solar battery and to sufficiently charge the secondary battery of a remote controller. CONSTITUTION: A remote controller 20 is attachably/detachably loaded on a loading port 10 of a toilet seat box 12 and an operation part of a hot water washing device is built in only the remote controller 2. A secondary battery in the remote controller 20 is charged by solar batteries 62, 64 arranged on the box 12 and a cover 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hot water washing device installed in a toilet bowl to wash a human buttocks with hot water, and more particularly to a hot water washing device having a remote controller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is known to operate a hot water washing apparatus for washing a human buttocks with hot water using a remote controller. Conventionally, the remote controller of this hot water cleaning device uses a dry battery as a power source.

By the way, the use of a solar battery as a power source for a remote controller of a television or a video tape recorder is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-83887 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-189028.
JP-A No. 2-261294 and the like. Among them, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-189028 discloses that a secondary battery is charged with a solar battery output.

[0004]

By the way, since the remote controller of the hot water cleaning device uses a dry battery as a power source, it is necessary to replace the battery when the battery is dead.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a hot water cleaning device with a remote controller which can save the labor of such battery replacement.

When the remote controller is operated by the power generated by the solar cell, the remote controller is small, and therefore the surface area of the solar cell is small, so that sufficient power is generated when the indoor illuminance is low. I can't. It should be noted that increasing the size of the remote controller body is limited in terms of design and ease of use.

[0007] In particular, a toilet room generally has a small window or no window at all and is lit only when it is used, and the illuminance at the time of lighting is not so high. Therefore, if only the solar battery is used as the power supply source of the remote controller for the toilet room, the remote controller may not always operate reliably even if the secondary battery is provided.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a hot water cleaning device equipped with a remote controller to which sufficient power is supplied from a solar cell without increasing the size of the remote controller body.
The purpose of.

[0009]

A hot water washing device according to claim 1 has a washing nozzle for jetting hot water toward the buttocks of a human body and a hot water washing device main body having a control device for controlling the supply of hot water to the washing nozzle. In a hot water cleaning device comprising a casing containing the main body of the hot water cleaning device and a remote controller for operating the main body of the hot water cleaning device, a solar battery for supplying power to the control device is provided and a secondary battery is provided in the remote controller. And a charging terminal and a power receiving terminal for removably attaching the remote controller to the casing and supplying electric power from the solar cell to the secondary battery to charge the secondary battery when the remote controller is attached to the casing. Is provided in the casing and the remote controller.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hot water washing device according to the first aspect, wherein the casing is a toilet seat box, a toilet lid is pivotally attached to the toilet seat box, and the solar cell is provided on the toilet lid. It is a feature.

[0011]

In the hot water cleaning device of the first aspect, when the remote controller is mounted on the casing, the secondary battery of the remote controller is charged by the electric power from the solar battery. Since this solar cell is provided in a place other than the remote controller, it can be of a sufficient size without being restricted by the size of the remote controller, and the secondary battery can be sufficiently charged.

In the hot water cleaning device of the second aspect, the solar cell is installed by using the toilet lid having a large area,
The solar cell area can be remarkably large.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a perspective view and a circuit block diagram of a hot water washing apparatus according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a Western-style toilet equipped with the hot water washing apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the remote controller, which is a control system diagram of the cleaning device.

A toilet seat box 1 is provided on the rear upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl 10.
2 is installed, and a heated toilet seat 14 and a toilet lid 16 are rotatably supported on the toilet seat box 12 so as to be up and down. A low tank 18 is installed behind the toilet seat box 12.
The toilet seat box 12 includes an overhanging portion 12a that juts out to the side of the western-style toilet 10, and a plurality of switches and display lamps are provided on the upper surface of the overhanging portion 12a. The remote control 2 is installed in the remote control mounting port 19 on the upper rear surface of the toilet seat box 12.
0 is attached.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the remote controller 20 has shower switches 22a to 22f, charm switches 24a to 24f, and dry switches 26a to 26.
c, a stop switch 28, and a flash switch 30 are provided.

When any one of the shower switches 22a to 22f is pressed, the shower nozzle 32 provided in the main body of the toilet seat box 12 advances and hot water is jetted from the tip thereof to wash the user's buttocks with a shower (anal washing). Is performed. When any of the charm switches 24a to 24f is pressed, the charm nozzle 34 similarly provided in the main body of the toilet seat box 12 is actuated, and hot water is ejected from the tip thereof to wash hot water (bidette wash) on the buttocks of the human body. Done. When any one of the dry switches 26a to 26c is pressed, the warm air fan in the toilet seat box 12 is operated, and warm air is blown to the buttocks of the human body to perform drying. In addition,
Switches 22a-22f, 24a-24f, 26a-2
6c is arranged so that the amount of jetted water or the amount of warm air increases toward the right side of the drawing.

When the stop switch 28 is pressed, the operation of these shower nozzle, charm nozzle or warm air fan is stopped. By operating the flash switch 30, water is supplied from the low tank 18 into the toilet bowl of the Western-style toilet 10 and waste is discharged.

As shown in FIG. 3, the water from the pipe 40 is heated by the heater 44 in the hot water tank 42 and then sent to the shower nozzle 32 or the charm nozzle 34 through the pipes 46 and 48. Electric flow rate adjusting valves 50 and 52 are provided in the middle of the pipes 46 and 48, and the opening degree is adjusted by a signal from the control device 54. The controller 54 also controls the heater 44, the blower 56, and the air heater 58.

An infrared ray (or ultrasonic wave or radio wave) signal from the remote controller 20 is received by the receiving means such as the light receiving element 60 and input to the control device 54. It should be noted that the toilet seat box 12 is not provided with a switch for operating the hot water washing device, and all operations of the hot water washing device are performed by the remote controller 2.
Performed by zero.

In this embodiment, a commercial power source (AC100V)
Low voltage direct current (eg DC24
V) is stepped down and rectified, and relays 44R, 50R, 52
Electric power is supplied to the heater 44, the valves 50 and 52, and the air heater 58 through R and 58R. The control signal from the control device 54 is supplied to these relays 44R, 50R, 52R, 5
It is input to 8R.

The controller 54 is operated by the electric power from the solar cells 62 and 64. The controller 54 has a first
As shown in FIG. 2B, a main body control unit and a charging circuit unit are provided.

The solar cell 62 is provided on the toilet seat box 12, and the solar cell 64 is provided on the toilet lid 16.
Although the solar cell is provided on the upper surface (front surface) of the toilet lid 64 in this embodiment, the solar cell may be provided on the lower surface (back surface) of the toilet lid 64, or the solar cells are provided on both the upper surface and the lower surface. May be.

A charging terminal 68 is connected to the control device 54 via a lead wire 66. This charging terminal 68
Is arranged in the remote control mounting port 19. The charging terminal 68 comes into contact with the power receiving terminal 70 of the remote controller 20 when the remote controller 20 is inserted into the remote controller mounting hole 19, and the secondary battery 72 provided in the remote controller 20 is charged.

In the hot water cleaning device thus constructed, only the remote controller 20 is provided with the operation section (switches 22a to 2a).
2f, 24a to 24f, 26a to 26c, 28, 30)
Is provided, and the operation unit is not provided on the main body side of the hot water cleaning device, the number of circuit components such as switches is small, and the manufacturing cost is low.

Of course, the remote controller 20 includes a secondary battery 72 that is charged by the power generated by the solar cells 62 and 64.
Since it does not require a dry battery, it is possible to save the trouble of battery replacement. However, a dry battery may be mounted on the remote controller 20 to back up the secondary battery 72. In this case, the life of the dry battery is extremely long, and there is almost no need to replace the battery.

In this embodiment, large-area solar cells 62, 6
4 is installed, and the secondary battery 72 can be sufficiently charged.

Although the control circuit 54 is operated by the electric power generated by the solar cells 62 and 64 in the above embodiment, other loads can be operated by increasing the area of the solar cells 62 and 64. . When there is an AC load, DC-AC conversion may be performed.

Although the hot water tank 42 is used in the above embodiment, if there is a hot water supply facility, the hot water tank is omitted and the hot water from the hot water supply facility is mixed with water through the hot and cold water mixing valve to obtain an appropriate temperature. It may be supplied to the cleaning nozzle (shower nozzle 32, charm nozzle 34). In this case, since the large-capacity heater 44 is unnecessary, all the electric loads of the hot water cleaning device can be operated by the solar cells 62 and 64, and the connection between the hot water cleaning device and the commercial power supply can be completely eliminated.

[0029]

According to the hot water cleaning device of the first and second aspects, the secondary battery of the remote controller can be sufficiently charged,
A dry cell may be unnecessary. Particularly, in the second aspect, the area of the solar cell can be remarkably increased and the secondary battery can be charged extremely sufficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a hot water cleaning apparatus according to an embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a circuit block diagram.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet provided with a hot water washing device.

FIG. 3 is a control system diagram of the hot water cleaning device.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a remote controller of the hot water cleaning device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Western-style toilet 19 Remote control mounting port 20 Remote control 22a-22f, 24a-24f Cleaning strength selection switch 32 Shower nozzle 34 Charm nozzle 42 Hot water tank 44 Heater 62, 64 Solar cell 68 Charging terminal 70 Power receiving terminal

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hot water washing apparatus main body having a washing nozzle for ejecting hot water toward a human buttocks and a control device for controlling the supply of hot water to the washing nozzle, a casing accommodating the hot water washing apparatus main body, and the hot water. A hot water washing device comprising a remote controller for operating the washing device main body, wherein a solar battery for supplying power to the control device is provided, a secondary battery is provided in the remote controller, and the remote controller is detachably attached to the casing, Further, the casing and the remote controller are provided with a charging terminal and a power receiving terminal for supplying electric power from the solar cell to the secondary battery to charge the secondary battery when the remote controller is mounted on the casing. And hot water cleaning equipment. 2. The hot water washing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the casing is a toilet seat box, a toilet lid is pivotally attached to the toilet seat box, and the solar cell is provided on the toilet lid.