JPH1037279A - Stool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure the sability of the quality of a stool, and to contribute to the reduction of cost by manufacturing a bowl section as ceramic sanitary pottery and a rim section and a skirt section consisting of industrial materials excepting ceramics. SOLUTION: Bowl sections 3, 3 as sanitary pottery composed of ceramics and rim sections 2, 2 and skirt sections 4, 4 as molded forms made up of industrial materials excepting ceramics are installed as three independent members. The flange section of the bowl section 3 is placed on the receiving section of the skirt section 4, and the rim section 2 is arranged onto the flange section so that the external inner circumferential surface is abutted against the upper- end section outer circumferential surface of the skirt section 4. The skirt section 4, the bowl section 3 and the rim section 2 are fixed and unified by an arbitrary system, thus manufacturing the stool 1. Accordingly, the stability of quality can be ensured without losing sanitary properties.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet. More particularly, the present invention relates to a new toilet bowl that can ensure quality stability and contribute to cost reduction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, toilets installed in toilets and the like of houses and the like are known to have various configurations, structures, and designs. For example, an example is shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4, and a sanitary ware made of a porcelain is widely used for the toilet (1). The sanitary ware has characteristics that it is hardly attacked by various chemicals and that it hardly causes corrosion, and is suitably applied to the toilet (1) as having excellent durability. . Also,
The toilet (1) has many large and complicated shaped products.
Generally, it is manufactured by a casting method or the like. For example, the slurry is poured into a casting mold and solidified to obtain a molded body as an integrated product.

[0003]

However, as is always the case with ceramics, it is inevitable that the product will be deformed or cracked during the manufacturing process such as molding and firing, and the quality of the product must be constant. It is by no means easy to manufacture the toilet (1) while holding the toilet. This is reflected in the cost aspect, and the cost is higher than in a case where a resin molded product is assumed, for example.

However, as described above, since the toilet (1) is required to have high sanitation above all, sanitary ware cannot be ruled out. For this reason, although toilet bowls made of stainless steel have been proposed only slightly, toilet bowls made of a sanitary porcelain unit are currently in the mainstream. The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and has as its object to solve the drawbacks of conventional toilets, to ensure quality stability, and to provide a toilet that can contribute to cost reduction. I have.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises a rim, a ball, and a skirt as independent members. A rim is attached to the upper edge of the toilet bowl, the ball is a ceramic sanitary ware, and the rim and the skirt are moldings made of industrial materials other than the ceramic. A toilet bowl is provided.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The toilet of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the configuration of a toilet according to the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG.
Comprises a rim (2), a ball (3) and a skirt (4) as three independent members. Among them, the ball part (3) is a sanitary porcelain made of a conventional porcelain, but the rim (2) and the skirt (4) are molded products made of industrial materials other than the porcelain. . The rim (2) and the skirt (4) can be made of, for example, resin. Of course, any material other than resin may be used as long as the material is not ceramic.

The skirt (4) has an internal space (5) for accommodating the ball (3). The ball portion (3) has a ball surface (2) as an inner surface (6), and has a drainage channel. The ball portion (3) is housed and arranged in the skirt portion (4), and the rim portion (2) is attached to the upper end edge thereof and fixedly integrated to form the toilet (1).

As described above, in the toilet of the present invention, what has been conventionally formed as a sanitary ware is divided into a rim (2), a ball (3), and a skirt (4). Only the ball part (3) is made of sanitary ware, and the rim part (2) and the skirt part (4) are made of a molded product made of an industrial material other than ceramic. In other words, conventional sanitary ware is limited to only the ball portion (3). For this reason, the restriction that the toilet (1) is a large-sized and complicated-shaped product is considerably eliminated as compared with the conventional toilet in which the entire toilet (1) is integrally molded as sanitary ware. Problems such as deformation and cracking of a product are suppressed in a manufacturing process such as casting or baking in cast molding. The quality stability of the toilet can be sufficiently ensured.

The rim (2) and the skirt (4)
In particular, when a resin molded product is employed, cost reduction is achieved. At the same time, the weight of the toilet bowl is reduced, which is advantageous for transportation and construction. Further, the degree of freedom in the design of the rim portion (2) and the skirt portion (4) is expanded, and not only the design as the toilet (1) is improved, but also, for example, the arrangement of a hot water sanitary washing device having a local hot water washing function. The degree of freedom is increased. The integration of the hot water sanitary washing device and the toilet (1) is facilitated, the total cost is reduced, and the usability is improved.

[0010] Since the ball portion (3), which is a part particularly required to be sanitary, is a conventional sanitary ware, the adoption of the above configuration does not impair the hygiene.

[0011]

2 and 3 are a sectional view showing an embodiment of a toilet according to the present invention, and a perspective view showing an essential part of an enlarged view of a dashed-dotted circle in FIG. In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the skirt (4) is provided with a receiving portion (7) at the upper end thereof along the edge. A flange portion (8) that can be placed on the receiving portion (7) is provided along the edge of the upper end portion of the ball portion (3). The rim portion (2) is partially or wholly opened at the lower end thereof, communicates with the ball surface (6), and can contact the outer peripheral surface (9) of the upper end of the skirt portion (4). It has an inner peripheral surface (10).

In this toilet (1), in manufacturing, the flange (8) of the ball (3) is placed on the receiving portion (7) of the skirt (4), and the rim (2) is placed thereon. ) Are arranged such that the outer inner peripheral surface (10) comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface (9) at the upper end of the skirt portion (4). Thereafter, the skirt portion (4), the ball portion (3), and the rim portion (2) are fixedly integrated. There is no particular limitation on the fixing method, and any method such as bonding, screwing, and fitting at a predetermined portion can be adopted.

Of course, the present invention is not limited by the above examples. It goes without saying that various aspects are possible for details such as the shapes and structures of the rim, the ball, and the skirt.

[0014]

As described in detail above, the present invention provides a toilet bowl having a new structure that ensures quality stability without losing hygiene. This toilet also contributes to cost reduction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the configuration of a toilet according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the toilet according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of an essential part of a dashed line circle in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a conventional toilet bowl.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet bowl 2 Rim part 3 Ball part 4 Skirt part 5 Internal space 6 Inner surface 7 Receiving part 8 Flange part 9 Upper end outer peripheral surface 10 Outer inner peripheral surface

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takahiro Nakamura 1048 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. Inventor Yasushi Sato 1048 Kadoma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (72) Inventor Makoto Nishikawa 1048 Odaka Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A toilet bowl comprising a rim, a ball, and a skirt as independent members, wherein the ball is housed and disposed in the skirt, and a rim is attached to an upper edge of the ball. The bowl, wherein the ball portion is a ceramic sanitary ware, and the rim portion and the skirt portion are molded products made from industrial materials other than the ceramic. 2. The toilet according to claim 1, wherein the rim and the skirt are made of a resin material. 3. The skirt portion has an internal space capable of accommodating a ball portion, a receiving portion is provided at an upper end portion along an edge, the ball portion has a ball surface as an inner surface, and a drainage channel. Is formed, and a flange portion which can be placed on the receiving portion is provided along an upper end edge, and the rim portion communicates with the ball surface at the lower end thereof, and is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the skirt portion. It has an outer inner peripheral surface that can be abutted, a flange portion of a ball portion is mounted on a receiving portion of the skirt portion, and a rim portion has an outer inner peripheral surface on the outer peripheral surface of an upper end portion of the skirt portion. Are placed in contact with the skirt,
The ball portion and the rim portion are fixed and integrated.
The toilet bowl described.