JPH08266447A - Lift type stool seat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable a person having difficulty in posturing a half sitting to use easily a lavatory pan by providing a plurality of elastic bodies having mutually different elastic forces to be used selectively in a driving source for lifting a stool seat body mounted on a Western style lavatory pan body with a stool seat lift device. CONSTITUTION: A lift type stool seat is provided with a stool seat lifting device 3 for lifting a stool seat body 2 mounted on a Western style lavatory pan body. This lifting device 3 is composed of a drive support column 5 having a stool seat carrier 4 supporting the stool seat body 2, fixed to the lifting device and lifted by a gas spring 7 and a lift guide frame 9 or the like to guide the lift of the support column 5. When the stool seat body 2 is lifted up by the elastic force of the gas spring 7 and a load is applied to the stool seat body 2 by the seating of a person, the stool seat body 2 is lowered while the spring 7 is constracted to energize an upward elastic force, mitigate the weight of a one's body and aid a person in posturing a half sitting. Two gas springs having mutually different strength are used selectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lift-type toilet seat used in a Western-style toilet bowl, and more particularly to a lift-type toilet seat that is convenient for elderly people and people with physical disabilities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional Western-style toilet bowl, a user sits on a toilet seat placed on the toilet body to add a use. For this reason, when the user of the Western style toilet needs to wear a seat, he / she needs to sit down after having a mid-waist posture, and after standing up, need to move up with a mid-waist posture.

[0003]

On the other hand, it is easy for the elderly, the physically handicapped, and the like who have weak legs and / or legs and waist to take a middle waist posture when standing on the toilet seat. Instead, there was the problem that each time I sat down on the toilet seat, I added pain. In order to solve this problem, there has been conventionally proposed an elevating toilet seat that assists the operation when the toilet seat moves up and down to stand on the toilet seat. When shared by all the family members living together, if the weight of each individual is different, there is a drawback that the usability may worsen.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can be easily used by a Western-style toilet and used by a person having difficulty in taking a middle waist posture such as an elderly person or a physically handicapped person. It is intended to provide a lifting type toilet seat whose usability can be adjusted according to the difference in body weight of each individual.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vertically movable toilet seat, which comprises a toilet seat body mounted on a western-style toilet body and a toilet seat lifting device for vertically moving the toilet seat body. The toilet seat lifting device includes a plurality of elastic bodies having different elastic forces as a drive source for moving the seat body vertically.
It is characterized in that it is provided with an operation section capable of selecting an elastic body to be operated as a drive source from among the plurality of elastic bodies.

The elevator seat according to claim 2 is the elevator seat according to claim 1, in which the operating portion has a function of selecting a position at which none of the plurality of elastic bodies act as drive sources. It is characterized by.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the elevating type toilet seat according to the second aspect, when the toilet seat body which is descending in a state in which the elastic body is not operating is pulled up, the operating portion is automatically elasticized. Has a function of returning to the operating state and holding the toilet seat main body in a raised state.

The lifting toilet seat according to claim 4 is characterized in that, in the lifting toilet seat according to claims 1 to 3, a handle is provided on the toilet seat body.

The lifting toilet seat according to claim 5 is the lifting toilet seat according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which operates when the toilet seat body descends and approaches the western-style toilet body, and the toilet seat body is western-style. It is characterized in that a damper is provided for absorbing an impact when the toilet body is brought into contact with the toilet body.

An elevating toilet seat according to claim 6 is characterized in that, in the elevating toilet seat according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the elastic body used as a drive source of the toilet seat elevating device is a gas spring. is there.

[0011]

According to the lifting toilet seat of claim 1, when the user sits down on the toilet seat body, the elastic force of the elastic body of the toilet seat lifting device pushes the toilet seat body from below, so that the toilet seat body is seated. While supporting the user's weight on the main body, it slowly descends and abuts on the Western-style toilet body. On the other hand, when the user raises his / her waist from the toilet seat body, the elastic force urged by the elastic body pushes the toilet seat body from below to rise while assisting the user's attempting to stand up. Therefore, when the user lowers the waist to the toilet seat body, the user can easily take a middle waist posture. At this time, by operating the operation portion to select and operate an elastic body having an appropriate elastic force from a plurality of elastic bodies having different elastic forces, the elastic force for pressing the toilet seat body can be adjusted to an appropriate amount. It can be adjusted. Therefore, the usability can be adjusted according to the individual weight difference of the user.

The elevator seat according to claim 2 is the toilet seat body according to claim 1, wherein the operating portion is operated to select a position at which none of the plurality of elastic bodies act as a drive source. Can always be lowered onto the toilet body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the elevating type toilet seat according to the second aspect, when the toilet seat body which is descending in a state where the elastic body is not operated is pulled up, the operating portion automatically moves to the elastic body. Has a function of holding the toilet seat main body in a raised state, so that it is not necessary to operate the operation portion to return from a state in which the elastic body is not activated to a state in which the elastic body is activated.

The elevator seat according to claim 4 is the elevator seat according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the toilet seat body is provided with a handle, which is convenient when manually raising and lowering the toilet seat body. .

The lifting seat according to claim 5 is the lifting seat according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the damper operates when the toilet seat body descends and approaches the western-style toilet body, and the toilet seat body Absorbs the shock when the product touches the body of the Western-style toilet, and the shock transmitted to the user is softened.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the elevating toilet seat according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, a gas spring is used as a drive source of the toilet seat elevating device so that the toilet seat body can be elevated.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a lift type toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention, with a main portion cut away. FIG. 2 is a side view of a liftable toilet seat according to FIG.

As shown in the figure, the lift type toilet seat of this embodiment comprises a toilet seat body 2 mounted on a western-style toilet body 1 and a toilet seat lifting device 3 for vertically moving the toilet seat body 2.

The toilet seat elevating / lowering device 3 is installed next to the western-style toilet body 1 and the toilet seat body 2, and the toilet seat receiver 4 for supporting the toilet seat main body 2 and the drive support for vertically moving the toilet seat receiver 4 are fixed. The pillar 5, a gas spring 7 provided as a drive source for moving the drive supporting pillar 5 up and down, an elevating guide frame 9 for guiding the elevating operation of the drive supporting pillar 5, and a mounting frame 8 to which the elevating guide frame 9 is fixed. It consists of and.

The toilet seat receiver 4 supports the toilet seat body 2 along the bottom surface of the toilet seat body 2 from below;
It is composed of a bridge arm portion 42 extending horizontally from the support portion 41 laterally, and the tip end portion of the bridge arm portion 42 is fixedly integrated with the drive support column 5. The drive support column 5 is formed in a hollow vertically long rectangular tube shape, and is held by a lift guide frame 9 so as to be vertically movable. The elevating guide frame 9 is provided with a cylinder hole 26 which is opened upward and into which a lower portion of the drive support column 5 is slidably inserted vertically, and is fixed to the mounting frame 8. The mounting frame 8 includes a horizontal plate 29 fixed on the floor surface, and the horizontal plate 29.
From the vertical plate 28 that stands vertically along the side of the
It is configured in a mold shape, and the vertical plate 28 is attached to the lifting guide frame 9
The side surface of the toilet bowl side is joined, and the lower end of the elevating guide frame 9 is fixed to the upper surface of the horizontal plate 29.

The drive support column 5 is connected to the mounting frame 8 by a gas spring 7 which is an elastic body that expands and contracts in the vertical direction. The gas spring 7 has an extended state as a natural length and urges an elastic force to restore the original extended state when compressed from this state. The lower end of the gas spring 7 is fixed to the horizontal plate 29 of the mounting frame 8 by a fixing bracket 10 as a fixed end. On the other hand, gas spring 7
The upper end of the is accommodated inside the drive support column 5 as a free end, and is engaged with the drive support column 5 slidably in the vertical direction. That is, the vertically-long vertical guide holes 11, 11 communicating with the inside and the outside are respectively formed on the opposite left and right side surfaces of the drive support column 5.
On the other hand, a slide shaft 12 is horizontally provided on the upper end portion of the gas spring 7 in the horizontal direction.
Both ends of the gas spring 7 are fitted into the guide holes 11 and 11, respectively, and the upper end of the gas spring 7 is slidable up and down along the guide hole 11. The tip ends of both ends of the slide shaft 12 penetrate the guide hole 11 and slightly project to the outside of the drive support column 5. When the slide shaft 12 is located at the upper end of the guide hole 11, that is, when the slide shaft 12 is slidable up and down the guide hole 11, the drive support column 5 is provided.
Is lowered and the toilet seat body 2 is placed on the western-style toilet body 1, the gas spring 7 has a natural length. On the other hand, slide shaft 1
When 2 is held at the lower end of the guide hole 11, that is, when the upper end of the gas spring 7 serves as a fixed end fixed at the lower end of the guide hole 11, the elastic force of the gas spring 7 causes the toilet seat body 2 to be Western-style. It is in a state of being lifted on the toilet body 1. In addition to the gas spring 7, an elastic body using elastic force such as a coil spring can be used as the drive source of the toilet seat lifting device 3.

In the lifting type toilet seat, when the toilet seat body 2 is lifted by the elastic force of the gas spring 7, for example, as shown in FIG.
When the toilet seat body 2 is lowered until it rests on the western-style toilet body 1 when a load is applied to the toilet seat body 2, at the same time, the gas spring 7 contracts and biases an upward elastic force, and a person who sits down on the toilet seat body 2 It helps to reduce the body weight and take a middle waist posture. Therefore, the user of the lifting type toilet seat can sit on the toilet seat body 2 without placing a heavy burden on his / her legs. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4B, when a person raises his / her waist and the load applied to the toilet seat body 2 disappears, the elastic force exerted by the gas spring 7 raises the drive support column 5 and the toilet seat body 2 rises. The state is lifted above the western-style toilet body 1. At this time, since the rising toilet seat body 2 assists the operation of pushing up the person to stand up, the person can stand up through the middle waist posture without putting much burden on his / her legs.

In the toilet seat elevating / lowering device 3, a vertically long elongated hole 27 is provided in a side wall of the elevating / lowering guide frame 9 on the side opposite to the toilet bowl, and laterally horizontally on the lower end side surface of the drive support column 5. The protruding flange piece 20 penetrates the vertically long hole 27. Further, on the horizontal plate 29 of the mounting frame 8 below the flange piece 20, the toilet seat body 2
When it descends and approaches the Western-style toilet body 1, it operates,
A damper 19 that absorbs an impact when the toilet seat body 2 contacts the western-style toilet body 1 is provided. In this embodiment, the damper 19 is of a hydraulic type or a pneumatic type, and it expands and contracts in the vertical direction to absorb the shock at the time of a collision, and the drive support column 5 descends and the flange piece 2 is used.
0 descends along the vertically long hole 27, and when the toilet seat body 2 reaches the vicinity of the western-style toilet body 1, the flange piece 20 abuts against the upper end of the damper 19 and presses the damper piece 19 to operate the toilet seat body 2 The brake is applied even though the is descending. Therefore, the impact when the toilet seat body 2 contacts the western-style toilet body 1 is softened.

In the lift-type toilet seat, two gas springs 7 are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction. Here, of the two gas springs 7, the front one will be referred to as a gas spring 7a and the rear one will be referred to as a gas spring 7b. Corresponding to this, the guide hole 11 and slide shaft 12 are
They are arranged in parallel at the points, and in the same manner as described above, the front one is provided with a symbol after the reference numeral, and the rear one is provided with a symbol after the reference numeral. The front and rear gas springs 7a and 7b have elastic forces having different strengths. In this embodiment, the gas spring 7a has an elastic force of 20 kg and the gas spring 7b has a force of 4 kg.
The one having an elastic force of 0 kg is used.

As shown in FIG. 3, the toilet seat elevating / lowering device 3 has a gas spring 7 as a driving source for moving the driving support column 5 up and down.
The operation unit 15 having a function of selecting a or 7b is provided. The operation portion 15 is provided with a hollow portion 30 which is vertically opened and is long in the front and rear direction, and the drive support column 5 vertically penetrates the hollow portion 30. This hollow portion 30 is the hollow portion 3
There is a play space in the front-rear direction of the drive support column 5 penetrating 0, and the operating portion 15 is slidable forward and backward with respect to the drive support column 5. In addition, the operation portion 1 projects from the front wall and the rear wall of the drive support column 5 in the coaxial horizontal direction.
A guide shaft 23 penetrating the front surface portion and the rear surface portion of 5 is provided integrally with the drive support column 5, and the operation portion 15 is slidable back and forth along the guide shaft 23.
The operation unit 15 is supported by the guide shaft 23 and moves up and down together with the drive support column 5. Furthermore, the hollow portion 30
Between the inner surface of the rear wall of the drive supporting column 5 and the rear surface of the operating portion 15, both ends are fixed to the inner surface of the rear wall of the driving supporting column 5 and the rear surface of the operating portion 15, and the center is penetrated by the guide shaft 23. A spiral coil spring 21 is provided. The coil spring 21 has a contracted state to have a natural length, and when the operating section 15 is slid rearward to extend,
The elastic force that pushes back the operation portion 15 to return it to the original contracted state is urged. In addition, this coil spring 21
The elastic force may be any strength as long as the operating portion 15 can slide along the guide shaft 23.

On the inner surface of the side wall inside the hollow portion 30 of the operating portion 15, there is provided a stopper piece 16 for pressing the tip portions of the slide shafts 12a, 12b from above and holding them at the lower end portions of the guide holes 11a, 11b. Has been done. The stopper piece 16 is moved back and forth on the operating portion 15 so that the slide shafts 12a, 12
The tip part of b is interposed on the orbit that slides up and down. The stopper 16 includes a horizontal bottom surface portion, and a front surface of the top surface having a curved surface that curves upward and rearward from the front end of the bottom surface portion in a substantially arcuate shape, and straddles the front end portions of the slide shafts 12a and 12b in the front-rear direction. A side wall of the operating portion 15 that has a large size and that moves integrally with the operating portion 15 by sliding the operating portion 15 back and forth with respect to the drive support column 5 and that faces the inside of the hollow portion 30. It is provided so as to intervene in a gap between the inner surface and the side surface of the drive support column 5. Also,
The bottom surface of the stopper 16 is located slightly above the lower ends of the guide holes 11a and 11b, and therefore the slide shaft 12 that abuts the bottom surface of the stopper 16.
The a and 12b are pressed against the stopper piece 16 from above to restrain the sliding motion, and are held at the lower ends of the guide holes 11a and 11b, respectively. Therefore, for example, the slide shaft 12
When both a and 12b are pressed against the stopper piece 16 and no load is applied to the toilet seat body 2, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the stopper 16 is pushed up by the elastic force of the gas springs 7a and 7b, and the drive support column 5 and the toilet seat body 2 are raised. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), a person sits down and gas springs 7a, 7b are attached to the toilet seat body 2.
When a load larger than the elastic force is applied, the stopper 16 pushes down the gas springs 7a and 7b to lower the drive support pillar 5, and the toilet seat body 2 is placed above the western-style toilet body 1 as shown in FIG. 5 (b). It will be in the state listed in.

Further, the stopper 16 moves the operating portion 15 from the most forwardly slid state with respect to the drive supporting column 5 to the most backwardly sliding state, whereby the driving supporting column 5 is moved. The slide shaft 1 is moved integrally from the front to the back and sequentially pressed only on the slide shaft 12a, and on both the slide shafts 12a and 12b.
It shifts to a state where only 2b is pressed and a state where neither of the slide shafts 12a and 12b is pressed.

In the toilet seat elevating / lowering device 3, the latch 13 performs positioning for holding the front / rear position of the operating portion 15 with respect to the drive support column 5 at a predetermined position, and the operating portion 15 is slid forward / backward to move forward / backward. By holding the gas springs 7a and 7b as a drive source for the toilet seat lifting device 3, the gas springs 7a and 7b can be selected.

More specifically, the latch 13 includes latch holes 17A, 17B and 17C, which are formed in three places on the bottom of the side wall of the drive support column 5 in order from the front to the rear, and which have smooth concave curved surfaces that open downward. Latch hole 17 on top
A latch locking piece 18 that fits into any one of A, 17B, and 17C, and an upward recess in which the latch locking piece 18 slides up and down are provided, and are fixed to the side surface substantially central portion of the drive support column 5. It is composed of a U-shaped fixing piece 24 and a coil spring 25 which is interposed between the bottom of the recess of the fixing piece 24 and the lower end of the latch locking piece 18 to press the latch locking piece 18 upward. ing. Then, when the latch locking piece 18 is fitted in the latch hole 17A, as shown in FIG.
When only the gas spring 7b is pressed and fitted in the latch hole 17B, the stopper 16 presses both gas springs 7a and 7b and is fitted in the latch hole 17C as shown in FIG. 5B. As shown in FIG. 5 (d), the latch piece 17A is located at a position where the stopper 16 presses only the gas spring 7a,
17B and 17C are formed respectively. Therefore, the operating portion 15 is slid back and forth to latch the latch locking piece 18.
By selecting the latch holes 17A, 17B, and 17C into which is fitted, the gas springs 7a and 7b to be operated as the drive source of the drive support column 5 can be selected. Incidentally, when the latch holes 17A, 17B and 17C are selected, the elastic force supporting the toilet seat body 2 is 40 kg and 60 k, respectively.
g, 20 kg, and the user may select an elastic force suitable for his weight.

By the way, the operating portion 15 always receives the elastic force of sliding backward by the coil spring 21, but the latch engaging piece 18 has the latch holes 17A, 17B.
In the state of being fitted in any of 17C, the operation portion 15 is held in a fixed position by restraining the sliding motion. On the other hand, when a pressing force is applied to the front and rear of the operation portion 15, the latch locking piece 18 is pushed down into the recess of the fixed piece 24, and the operation portion 15 can be slid back and forth. At this time, the latch locking piece 18 and the latch hole 17A,
When the vertical position of either 17B or 17C matches,
The latch locking piece 18 is fixed by the coil spring 25 to the fixed piece 24.
Is pushed up from the inside of the recess and is fitted, and the operation portion 15 is again in the restrained state.

Further, the operating portion 15 is slid further rearward from the state in which the latch locking piece 18 is fitted in the latch hole 17A, so that the operating portion 15 is slid rearward as shown in FIG. 5 (e). As a result, the upper ends of the gas springs 7a and 7b can be opened so that neither of them operates as a drive source. In this case, the gas springs 7a and 7b are extended to their natural lengths and their upper ends are guided by the guide holes 11
The toilet seat body 2 and the drive support column 5 are located at the upper end portions of the a and 11b and are lowered by their own weight, and are held in this state. At this time, except for the force for sliding the operating portion 15 rearward, the operating portion 15 automatically slides forward due to the elastic force of the coil spring 21 so that the latch locking piece 1 is released.
8 returns to the state of being fitted in the latch hole 17A.

Further, by lifting the toilet seat body 2 from this state, the toilet seat body 2 can be automatically held in a state of being lifted above the western-style toilet body 1. More specifically, when the toilet seat body 2 is lifted, the slide shafts 12a and 12b of the gas springs 7a and 7b slide in the guide holes 11a and 11b toward the lower end portion, and only the slide shaft 12b is a front upper portion of the stopper piece 16. Hit against. Since the front portion of the upper surface of the stopper 16 is a curved surface that curves upward and rearward from the front end of the bottom portion in a substantially arc shape,
When the toilet seat body 2 is further raised, the slide shaft 12b slides along the curved surface while pressing the front portion of the upper surface of the stopper piece 16 and slides the operation portion 15 rearward to get over the stopper piece 16 downward. Reach the lower end of the guide hole 11b. When the slide shaft 12b passes over the stopper piece 16 downward, the operating portion 15 automatically slides forward by the elastic force of the coil spring 21 and the latch engagement piece 18 returns to the state fitted in the latch hole 17A. . Therefore,
The slide shaft 12b abuts against the lower surface of the stopper 16 to support it, and the toilet seat body 2 is held in a state of being lifted above the western-style toilet body 1. By the way, a handle 22 is provided at the rear end of the upper surface of the toilet seat body 2. Therefore, when the toilet seat body 2 is lifted by grasping the handle 22, the operation becomes easy.

Next, a method of using the lifting type toilet seat will be described. In the lifting type toilet seat, the gas spring 7 is usually used.
The toilet seat body 2 is lifted by being supported by one or both of a and 7b. The user of the lifting type toilet seat operates the operating portion 15 in advance to select one of the gas springs 7a and 7b having an elastic force suitable for his / her weight, and then sits down on the toilet seat body 2. Then, the toilet seat body 2 on which the user is placed slowly descends due to the elastic force of the selected gas spring 7 and is placed on the western-style toilet body 1. At this time, the damper 19 is actuated immediately before it is placed on the western-style toilet body 1, and the shock when the toilet seat body 2 and the western-style toilet body 1 contact each other is absorbed. When the user's center of gravity moves forward due to the forward leaning posture when the user stands up after finishing the use, the load applied to the toilet seat body 2 is reduced, and the elastic force of the gas spring 7 exceeds this. Then the toilet seat body 2 starts to rise. Therefore, the user assists the rising motion of the toilet seat body 2 by pushing it up, so that the user can comfortably stand up.

On the other hand, a user who does not need assistance when the toilet seat body 2 moves up and down when he / she wears the gas is not operated by sliding the operating portion 15 to the rearmost position. To do so. Then
The toilet seat body 2 loses its support, descends by its own weight, and is placed on the western-style toilet body 1. Also at this time, the damper 19 is actuated to absorb the shock when the toilet seat body 2 and the western-style toilet body 1 come into contact with each other, and the toilet seat body 2 is prevented from being damaged. Further, when it is desired to return the toilet seat body 2 to the state in which it can be raised and lowered again, by grasping the handle 22 and lifting the toilet seat body 2, the toilet seat body 2 is held in a state of being raised above the western-style toilet body 1, It will be possible.

[0035]

According to the lifting type toilet seat of claim 1, when the user sits down on the toilet seat body, the elastic force of the elastic body of the toilet seat lifting device pushes the toilet seat body from below. , While slowly supporting the user's weight on the toilet seat body, it slowly descends and abuts on the western-style toilet body. On the other hand, when the user raises his / her waist from the toilet seat body, the elastic force urged by the elastic body pushes the toilet seat body from below to rise while assisting the user's attempting to stand up. Therefore, when the user lowers the waist to the toilet seat body, the user can easily take a middle waist posture. At this time, by operating the operation portion to select and operate an elastic body having an appropriate elastic force from a plurality of elastic bodies having different elastic forces, the elastic force for pressing the toilet seat body can be adjusted to an appropriate amount. It can be adjusted. Therefore, the usability can be adjusted according to the individual weight difference of the user.

The elevator seat according to claim 2 is the elevator seat according to claim 1, in which the operating portion is operated to select a position where none of the plurality of elastic bodies act as a drive source. Can always be lowered onto the toilet body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the elevating type toilet seat according to the second aspect, when the toilet seat body which is descending in a state where the elastic body is not operated is pulled up, the operating portion automatically moves to the elastic body. Has a function of holding the toilet seat main body in a raised state, so that it is not necessary to operate the operation portion to return from a state in which the elastic body is not activated to a state in which the elastic body is activated.

The liftable toilet seat according to claim 4 is the liftable toilet seat according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the toilet seat main body is provided with a handle, which is convenient when manually raising and lowering the toilet seat main body. .

The elevator seat according to claim 5 is the elevator seat according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the damper is activated when the toilet seat body descends and approaches the western-style toilet body, and the toilet seat body Absorbs the shock when the product touches the body of the Western-style toilet, and the shock transmitted to the user is softened.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the elevating toilet seat according to any of the first to fifth aspects, a gas spring is used as a drive source of the toilet seat elevating device so that the toilet seat body can be elevated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a liftable toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention with a major part cut away.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a liftable toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention, with a main portion cut away.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a lift type toilet seat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a usage state of the lift-type toilet seat according to the embodiment of the present invention.

5 (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) are cross-sectional views showing different usage states of the toilet seat elevating device used for the elevating toilet seat according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Western-style toilet body 2 Toilet seat body 3 Toilet seat lifting device 4 Toilet seat receiver 5 Drive support pillar 7 Gas spring 15 Operation part

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A toilet seat body mounted on a western-style toilet body,
In an up-and-down type toilet seat including a toilet seat lifting device for vertically moving the toilet seat body, the toilet seat lifting device includes a plurality of elastic bodies having different elastic forces as a drive source for vertically moving the toilet seat body. An up-and-down type toilet seat having an operation unit capable of selecting an elastic body to be operated as a drive source from among them. 2. The liftable toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the operating portion has a function of selecting a position in which none of the plurality of elastic bodies act as drive sources. 3. When the toilet seat body is lowered while the elastic body is not operating, the operating portion automatically returns to the state in which the elastic body is operating, and holds the toilet seat body in the raised state. It has a function, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
Lifting toilet seat as described. 4. The lifting type toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the toilet seat body is provided with a handle. 5. A damper is provided, which operates when the toilet seat body descends and approaches the western-style toilet body, and which absorbs a shock when the toilet seat body contacts the western-style toilet body. The lifting type toilet seat according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The lifting type toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the elastic body used as a drive source of the toilet seat lifting device is a gas spring.