JPH09268628A - Sanitary washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable selection of a mounting method of a sub tank suitable for the shape of an existing reservoir tank or installation space and the like. SOLUTION: A control part 13 and a sub tank 61 of a sanitary washing device are connected to each other via a washing water supply pipe 66, and the sub tank 61 and an existing hand washing port are connected to each other via a water supply pipe 62. A lock part 71 is formed on the side of the sub tank 61, and a storage part 72 is provided for storing the washing water supply pipe 66. The washing water supply pipe 66 is formed in the spiral state with shrinkage performance. A storage part 73 is also provided on the side of the control part 13. When mounting the sub tank 61 on an existing reservoir tank, the lock part 71 is locked with a peripheral edge of the reservoir tank. On the other hand, when mounting it on the control part 13, the lock part 71 of the sub tank 61 is locked with a locked part 74 of the control part 13. At this time, as the storage parts 72 and 72 are fully stored with the washing water supply pipe 66 shrunk, appearance of the entire device is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sanitary washing device suitable for application to a so-called western style toilet. Specifically, by allowing the sub-tank to be attached to either the existing water storage tank or the sanitary washing device body, it is possible to select the sub-tank mounting method that is suitable for the shape of the water storage tank and the installation space. In addition, the present invention relates to a sanitary washing device in which a space for accommodating the wash water supply pipe is provided when the sub tank is attached to the main body so as not to spoil the appearance of the entire device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a sanitary washing apparatus for washing a local portion in a sanitary and comfortable manner by jetting washing water toward a local portion of a user. In general, there are two types of such sanitary washing devices: a type using a sub-tank in addition to a water storage tank and a type not using a sub-tank.

In a sanitary washing device that does not use a sub tank, water stored in an existing water storage tank is directly used as washing water. In this type of sanitary washing apparatus, buttocks or bidet washing is performed with water whose hands have been washed, which is not preferable in terms of sanitation.

On the other hand, a sanitary washing device using a sub tank is shown in FIG. In this sanitary washing device 10, a hand washing port 53
Since the water directly supplied from the tank is temporarily stored in the sub-tank 51 and this water is used as cleaning water, the above-mentioned sanitary problem does not occur.

[0005] The sanitary washing device 10 is of a type that is additionally attached to the existing toilet bowl 30 later.
Is mounted in a suspended state on the side surface of the water storage tank 2. A branch adapter 58 is attached to a hand washing port 53 of the water storage tank 2, and a water supply pipe 52 connected to an upper portion of the sub tank 51 is connected to the branch adapter 58. Sub tank 5
1 and the sanitary washing device 10 are connected by a wash water supply pipe 42.

When the water in the toilet 30 is flushed, tap water is sent from the water supply to the hand washing port 53, and a part of the tap water is guided from the branch adapter 58 into the sub tank 51 through the water supply pipe 52. At this time, the user can wash his / her hands with tap water discharged from the branch adapter 58. When the water level in the sub tank 51 exceeds the position of the overflow pipe 54, excess water is discharged from the overflow pipe 54.

The water stored in the sub-tank 51 is supplied to an internal tank (not shown) in the control unit 40 through the cleaning water supply pipe 42, where it is warmed by a heater (not shown) and then washed water. Used as.

When the sanitary washing device 10 is used,
The toilet seat 39 is lowered onto the main body 31 and is seated thereon, and the operating portion 41 uses the nozzle 43A for cleaning the iris and the nozzle 43B for bidet
Select Next, by adjusting the amount and pressure of the washing water, the washing water is ejected from the nozzles 43A and 43B.
The cleaning water is used to clean the local area in a sanitary and comfortable manner.

[0009]

However, in the case of the sanitary washing device 10 shown in FIG. 6, the sub tank 51 is the water storage tank 2
Although it is a rectangular parallelepiped and can be mounted if there is sufficient space around it, the shape and installation space of the water storage tank 2 are generally various, and in some cases the sub tank 51 cannot be mounted.

For example, when the water storage tank 2 formed in a triangular shape is arranged at a corner of the toilet room, the sub tank 51
Cannot be hung on the side of the water tank and cannot be attached. Even if the water storage tank is a rectangular parallelepiped, the sub tank 51 cannot be attached if there is not enough space on the side surface.

It is conceivable that the sub-tank 51 is integrated with the control unit 40 in order to solve such a problem, but in this case, the control unit 40 becomes large and the toilet bowl 30 and the toilet wall are separated from each other. If there is not enough space between them, the sanitary washing device 10 itself cannot be installed.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and proposes a sanitary washing device in which a sub-tank mounting method suitable for the shape and installation space of the water storage tank can be selected.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, a sub-tank attached to an existing water storage tank or a main body of a sanitary washing device to store washing water and a contraction property in a free length are provided. And a washing water supply pipe connected to the sub tank and the main body for supplying washing water from the sub tank to the main body, and at least the sub tank or the main body for storing the washing water supply pipe when the sub tank is attached to the main body. It is characterized by including a storage section provided on one side.

When the existing water storage tank has a shape suitable for mounting the sub tank and there is sufficient space around it, the tank lid is removed and the hook portion of the sub tank is hooked on the peripheral edge of the water tank. After that, by placing the tank lid on the water storage tank, the hooking portion is sandwiched between the water storage tank and the tank lid, and the sub tank is attached in a suspended state.

On the other hand, when the sub-tank is attached to the main body, the wash water supply pipe is spirally contracted and stored in the storage portion, and the hook portion of the sub-tank is hooked to the hooked portion of the main body. As a result, the sub tank is attached to the side surface of the main body. At this time, since the wash water supply pipe is completely stored in the storage portion, the appearance of the entire apparatus is not damaged.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a sanitary washing device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the sanitary washing device 1 according to the present invention is mounted on an existing Western style toilet 30 and the toilet seat 32 is raised. In this sanitary washing device 1, a control unit 13 which is a main body containing a hot water tank 13A is arranged beside the toilet 30 and is connected to the control unit 13.
2 is attached to the back side (toilet seat attachment side) of the toilet body 31.

The control unit 13 and the sub tank 61 are connected by a wash water supply pipe 66, and the sub tank 61 and the existing hand washing port 53 are connected by a water supply pipe 62. The sub-tank 61 can be attached to both the water storage tank 2 and the control unit 13 as described later, and an attachment method suitable for the shape of the water storage tank 2 and the installation space can be selected.

First, the nozzle mounting portion 12 will be described. In this example, the nozzle attachment portion 12 is provided with a washing nozzle 11A and a bidet nozzle 11B which are arranged so that the positions where the washing water is ejected are different. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the nozzles 11A and 11B are stored, that is, a non-use state.

The nozzle mounting portion 12 is formed of, for example, a hard resin, and has a horizontally long flat plate-shaped upper plate portion 12A, and each nozzle 11 is bent downward from the front edge of the upper plate portion 12A.
A and a nozzle cover 12B that shields 11B. The upper plate part 12A of the nozzle attachment part 12 is
4 is mounted on the inner peripheral wall surface of the peripheral portion 34 on the toilet seat 32 side by a suction plate (not shown) provided on the back side of the nozzle cover 12B.

The nozzle cover 12B is formed in such a size that it shields the oscillating cleaning nozzle 11A, the bidet nozzle 11B, and the pipes from the outside. The oscillating cleaning nozzle 11A and the bidet nozzle 11B are configured to expand and contract according to the pressure of the cleaning water, and the bidet nozzle 11B is set to project longer than the oscillating cleaning nozzle 11A.

In order to supply the washing water to the nozzles 11A and 11B, the side surfaces of the control unit 13 arranged beside the toilet body 31 are connected to the connecting portions 12 provided at both ends of the upper plate portion 12A.
A connecting portion 13B that can be fitted into C and is adjustable in height is provided so as to project. The coupling portion 12B is connected to the coupling portion 12B.
The nozzle attachment portion 12 is attached to the control portion 13 by connecting C.

Further, cleaning nozzles 16, 16 for cleaning the surface of the nozzle cover 12B are attached to the upper portions of both sides of the nozzle cover 12B of the nozzle mounting portion 12. The cleaning nozzles 16 and 16 are arranged one above each on the left and right sides of the nozzle cover 12B.
Cleaning water is spouted toward the surface of B.

Next, the control unit 13, which is the main body, will be described. The control unit 13 is formed in a cylindrical shape and includes a hot water tank 13A having a heater (not shown) as shown in FIG. This warm water tank 13A is a nozzle 11 for washing.
A, the bidet nozzle 11B and the cleaning nozzles 16 and 16 are connected to the pipes 14A to 14C for supplying the cleaning water, and the flow path is switched by the rotary knob 15A.

An operation unit 15 is provided on the top of the control unit 13, and a comparison is made to select a plurality of modes, in this example, "stop" mode, "oscillation washing" mode, "bidet" mode and "cleaning" mode. Large rotary knob (rotary knob) 15A
And a water pressure adjustment knob 1 for adjusting the pressure and flow rate of the wash water
5B and water temperature control knob 15C for adjusting the temperature of the wash water
Is arranged.

The sub tank 61 is for storing the wash water supplied to the hot water tank 13A of the control unit 13. As shown in FIG. 2, an inverted L-shaped hooking portion 71 is formed on the side surface of the sub tank 61. This hooking portion 71 is hooked on either the peripheral portion of the water storage tank 2 or the control portion 13 (FIG. 1), and the sub tank 61 is attached.

A connection adapter 68 is attached to the hand washing port 53 of the water storage tank 2, and a water supply pipe 62 connected to the upper portion of the sub tank 51 is connected thereto. The water supply pipe 62 has two pipes inside it, a water absorption pipe 62A and an overflow pipe 62B. The water absorption pipe 62A guides the water from the hand washing port 53 to the sub tank 61, and the overflow pipe 62B is in a sub tank 61 full state. The surplus water is returned to the connection adapter 68 and discharged from the connection adapter 68 to the sink portion 55A formed on the upper surface of the tank lid 55.

Further, on the side surface of the sub tank 61 and on the same side as the hook portion 71, a storage portion 72 for storing the wash water supply pipe 66 is provided as a recess. The wash water supply pipe 66 is for supplying water from the sub tank 61 to the control unit 13 (FIG. 1), and is connected to the inner surface of the storage unit 72.

The cleaning water supply pipe 66 is formed in a spiral shape having contractibility. This spiral shape can be formed, for example, by inserting a spiral piano wire or the like inside the wash water supply pipe 66. The diameter of the spiral of the wash water supply pipe 66 is set to be smaller than the inner diameter of the storage portion 72 so that it can be stored in the storage portion 72 when contracted.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a storage section 73 having a space similar to the storage section 72 on the side surface of the control section 13 is provided.
Is recessed. The wash water supply pipe 66 is inserted into the inner surface of the storage section 73 of the control section 13 and is connected to the hot water tank 14A (FIG. 1). Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the hooked portion 74 to which the hooking portion 71 of the sub-tank 61 is hooked is the storage portion 7.
It is recessed in an inverted L shape on the same side surface as 3.

The mounting procedure of the sanitary washing device 1 configured as above will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the nozzle mounting portion 12 was placed on the peripheral portion 34 of the toilet 30 on the back side (toilet seat mounting side) of the toilet body 31, and was attached to the back surface of the nozzle mounting portion 12. Fix with a suction cup (not shown).

Then, the control section 13 is arranged on one side of the toilet bowl 30, and the connecting section 13B of the control section 13 and the connecting section 12C of the nozzle mounting section 12 are connected and fixed. Since the connecting portion 13B can be connected to any of the connecting portions 12C at both ends of the nozzle mounting portion 12, the control portion 13 is installed on either side of the toilet bowl 30 according to the space around the toilet bowl 30. be able to.

Next, it is determined which of the water tank 2 and the controller 13 the sub tank 61 is attached to. If the water storage tank 2 has a shape suitable for attaching the sub tank 61 and there is sufficient space around it, the sub tank 61 is attached to the water storage tank 2. in this case,
As shown in FIG. 2, first, the tank lid 55 is removed, and the hook portion 71 of the sub tank 61 is hooked on the peripheral edge of the water storage tank 2. After that, the tank lid 55 is placed on the water storage tank 2 so that the hook portion 71 causes the water storage tank 2 and the tank lid 5 to move.
The sub tank 61 is attached in a state of being sandwiched between the sub tank 61 and the sub tank 61.

On the other hand, if the water storage tank 2 has a shape not suitable for mounting the sub tank 61, or if there is not enough space around it, the sub tank 61 is replaced by the control unit 13.
Attach to In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the wash water supply pipe 66 is spirally contracted and accommodated in the accommodating portions 72 and 73, and as shown in FIG.
To the hooked portion 74 of the control unit 13. As a result, the sub tank 61 is attached to the side surface of the control unit 13.
At this time, the flush water supply pipe 66 is completely stored in the storage portion 72,
Since it is housed in 73, the wash water supply pipe 66 does not get in the way and the appearance of the entire apparatus is not spoiled.

As described above, the sub-tank 61 can be attached to both the water storage tank 2 or the controller 13.
The mounting method suitable for the shape of the water storage tank 2 and the installation space can be selected.

When the sanitary washing device 1 is used, the toilet seat 32 is placed on the main body 31 as shown in FIG. With this, the pipes 14A to 14C and the toilet bowl 3 of the sanitary washing device 1
The part of the 0 which is arranged in the main body 31 is almost invisible from the outside, and only the control part 13 is arranged outside. And
The user sits on the toilet seat 32 and rotates the rotary knob 15A of the operation unit 15 to select either the "washing" mode or the "bidet" mode. As a result, the warm water for cleaning supplied from the internal tank 13A in the control device 13 is sent to the oscillating cleaning nozzle 11A or the bidet nozzle 11B side.

The washing nozzle 11A or the washing nozzle 1 housed inside the nozzle mounting portion 12 is now ready.
The nozzle hole 24B of 1B projects. Next, the nozzle hole 24
Hot water for cleaning is jetted obliquely upward from B to clean the local area hygienically and comfortably. After use, the rotary knob 15A is rotated to set the "stop" mode. As a result, the hot water supply for cleaning is stopped, and the nozzle 11A for bidet cleaning or the nozzle 11B for bidet is stored inside the nozzle cover 12B as before. Therefore, even when the toilet seat 32 is lifted up and used for men, the nozzles 11A and 11B do not get in the way.

When the nozzle cover 12B is dirty, the rotary knob 15A is pulled up and rotated. Now, the "cleaning" mode is set and the cleaning nozzles 16, 1
Cleaning water is sprayed from 6 toward the surface of the nozzle cover 12B, and the surface of the nozzle cover 12B is cleaned.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, a sub-tank that is attached to an existing water storage tank or a main body of a sanitary washing device to store wash water, and a sub tank and a main body that have shrinkability in a free length are provided. A cleaning water supply pipe connected to supply the cleaning water from the sub-tank to the main body; and an accommodating portion provided in at least one of the sub tank or the main body for accommodating the cleaning water supply pipe when the sub tank is attached to the main body. , Is provided.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the sub-tank can be attached to either the existing water storage tank or the sanitary washing device body. Therefore, the sub-tank mounting method suitable for the shape of the water storage tank 2 and the installation space should be selected. Will be possible. Further, when the sub-tank is attached to the main body, the wash water supply pipe is stored in the storage portion, so that there is an effect that the appearance of the device is not damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 A toilet bowl 3 to which a sanitary washing device 1 according to the present invention is applied
FIG.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a sub tank 61 is attached to a water storage tank 2.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of storage parts 72 and 73 of the wash water supply pipe 66.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the sub tank 61 is attached to the control unit 13.

5 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the sanitary washing device 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,10 Sanitary washing device 2 Water storage tank 11A Nozzle for washing 1B Nozzle for bidet 16 Nozzle for cleaning 30 Toilet bowl 31 Toilet bowl body 42,66 Wash water supply pipe 51,61 Sub-tank 53 Hand wash port 55 Tank lid 71 Hook 72, 73 Storage 74 Locked part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sub-tank that is attached to an existing water storage tank or a main body of a sanitary washing device to store cleaning water, and has contractibility in a free length, and is connected to the sub-tank and the main body to store the cleaning water. A wash water supply pipe for supplying the main body from the sub tank to the main body, and an accommodating portion provided in at least one of the sub tank or the main body for accommodating the wash water supply pipe when the sub tank is attached to the main body. And a sanitary washing device.