JPH11256661A - Multi-functional stool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To comfortably use a stool over all social strata of people of all ages and both sexes without increasing the stools in a narrow home by selectively operating at least one of an upper and lower mechanism lifting and lowering the stool body and an inclination mechanism inclining the stool body in accordance with a use purpose. SOLUTION: An upper and lower movable frame 2 on a fixed pedestal 1, and a frame for inclinable stool mounting 4 on a rear upper part by centering the hinge 3 of the front end of the frame 2 are provided, and a stool body is fixed on the frame 4. An actuator for height adjustment rotates and drives a screw shaft 6 by a motor 10 and ascends and descends the frame 2 and the stool body while they are held horizontal through links 8a, 8b. In addition, when a motor 14 rotates and drives a screw shaft 15, a roller mounted on a link 17 is rotated along the lower face 4a of the frame for the stool mounting 4 together with the rotation of the link 17, and the frame for the stool mounting 4 is inclined. Furthermore, a manually operated power source switch controlling the posture of the stool is provided on the wall face in the neighborhood of the stool.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a case where a toilet body provided with a toilet seat is made movable so that the toilet can be used as a large toilet (also serving as a female urinal), as a male urinal, and as an elderly person. The present invention relates to a multi-function toilet capable of providing different functions depending on the purpose of use, such as when assisting a person or a disabled person to stand up.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A Western-style flush toilet is provided with a toilet seat, and the toilet seat is lowered when the stool and the ladies use the toilet, and the toilet seat is raised when the ladies use the toilet. Further, recent Western-style flush toilets have been put to practical use with various functions such as a heating / hot water flush toilet seat and a toilet seat raising / lowering mechanism for the elderly and handicapped.

[0003]

However, the conventional toilet bowl has problems in the following points, and must be said to be an imperfect product in terms of hygiene and practical use.

[0004] 1) A conventional Western style toilet is originally considered as a toilet bowl. Originally, a male toilet bowl has a separate toilet for standing urinals and a toilet for sitting down. Is desirable. However, in general households, both men's small toilets and large toilets (also serving as women's small ones) are used in combination from the viewpoint of occupied space, and in the case of men's small ones, the toilet seat is raised and used. For this reason, the height of the toilet is small in the case of a small boy, so that the periphery of the toilet may be soiled. Therefore, there is a feeling of uncleanness and discomfort in the case of women's small use and men's large use, which is not preferable in terms of hygiene.

[0005] 2) Regardless of the individual physique difference, the user sits on the same height of the toilet bowl. Since the toilet body is fixed, the height of the individual person is the same regardless of the individual physique / posture and gender. Sitting on the toilet bowl. Since each person has a different physique and posture, ergonomically, it is preferable that the height of the toilet bowl can be changed depending on the physique.

[0006] 3) The conventional toilet bowl is made for a healthy person: the conventional toilet bowl is made for a healthy person, and is not always gentle to the elderly and the disabled. I can not say. In view of the above, there has been proposed a device provided with a toilet seat raising / lowering mechanism for the elderly / disabled person, which assists the elderly / disabled person to stand up from the toilet seat after use, but this is unnecessary for a healthy person.

In a general household, "I want to provide a toilet for the elderly, but there is no space. Even if it is possible to provide a toilet for the elderly, there are no elderly people who are not alive forever. Considering the time ... ".

[0008] In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a multi-function toilet that solves these problems at once.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a toilet having a toilet seat provided on a toilet body, a vertical mechanism for raising and lowering the toilet body, a tilt mechanism for tilting the toilet body, the vertical mechanism, and A selecting means for selectively operating at least one of the tilt mechanisms according to a purpose of use.

When the toilet is a flush toilet having a siphon section, the siphon section is provided so that water accumulated in the toilet body can be retained in the siphon section when the tilting mechanism is operated. Can be

Further, when the toilet according to the present invention is used for a small boy, in response to the operation of standing up the toilet seat by the user, the upward movement of the toilet body by the vertical mechanism and the inclination of the toilet body by the tilt mechanism. The operation can be performed automatically.

Further, the operation of at least one of the vertical mechanism and the tilt mechanism may be automatically controlled by a combination of a sensor and an electronic circuit.

Further, the operating speed of at least one of the up-down mechanism and the tilting mechanism can be changed according to the purpose of use.

[0014]

The multifunctional toilet according to the present invention comprises a vertical mechanism for the toilet body, a tilt mechanism for the toilet body, and a selection means for selectively operating at least one of these mechanisms according to the purpose of use. By using a single toilet, it is possible to have a toilet bowl height adjustment function according to the user's physique, a small boy's toilet function, and a rising motion assisting function for the elderly and disabled. Even in a small home, a comfortable toilet can be provided for all ages and men and women without increasing the number of toilets.

When the toilet is a flush toilet having a siphon section, the siphon section is provided so that water accumulated in the toilet body can be retained in the siphon section when the tilting mechanism operates. This can prevent the odor from flowing backward from the drain port.

In particular, when a boy adds a small item, the toilet can be raised and tilted forward, so that the toilet is easy to use and there is no danger of soiling the toilet. In addition, when the toilet seat is in the position where it falls on the toilet body at the time of men's small use, since the operation of standing the toilet seat is always performed, the toilet is raised with this operation, and by configuring so that it is inclined toward you In addition, the toilet can be automatically moved to the position for boys.

In addition, by variously combining the sensor and the electronic circuit, various operations can be automated, and the toilet can be made extremely easy to use.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a multi-function toilet according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing a frame structure of the multi-function toilet of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the frame structure.

This multi-function toilet is provided with a pedestal 2 provided on a fixed pedestal 1 so as to be vertically movable, and a front end of the pedestal 2 (FIGS. 1 to 1).
A toilet mounting frame 4 is provided at the hinge 3 provided at the left end of FIG. 3) so as to be tilted upward and backward about the hinge 3, and the toilet main body 5 is fixed on the frame 4.

A height adjustment actuator is attached to the fixed base 1. The height adjusting actuator includes a screw shaft 6 which extends horizontally in the front-rear direction along the fixed pedestal 1 on one side of the fixed pedestal 1 and is rotatable around its axis. The screw shaft 6 has, for example, a left-handed threaded portion 6a on one side with a substantially central portion as a boundary,
On the other side, for example, a right-hand thread portion 6b is formed. Nuts 7a and 7b, which are oppositely threaded, are symmetrically screwed into the left-hand thread portion 6a and the right-hand thread portion 6b, and a large link 8a is provided between the nut 7a and the front end of the gantry 2.
Is a large link 8b between the nut 7b and the rear end of the gantry 2.
And a small link 9a is provided between the middle part of the large link 8a and the front end of the fixed base 1, and a small link 9a is provided between the middle part of the large link 8b and the rear end of the fixed base 1. The links 9b are respectively connected.

The rear end of the screw shaft 6 is connected to a motor 10 fixed to the rear end of the fixed pedestal 1, and the gantry 2 is moved upward or downward depending on the rotation direction of the screw shaft 6 driven to rotate by the motor 10. Translate to

The actuator for height adjustment is arranged only on one side, but the upper ends of the large links 8a and 8b are connected to the link 13 on the other side by connecting shafts 12a and 12b, so that the large links 8a and 8b are By faithfully transmitting the movement to the link 13 on the other side, the four links perform the same operation, and the gantry 2 moves up and down while maintaining the horizontal position, so that the toilet body 5 moves up and down. It is configured.

The tilting actuator for tilting the toilet mounting frame 4 upward from the horizontal state is omitted in FIG. 1, but is mounted on the gantry 2 as is clear from FIGS. 2 and 3. I have. A nut 16 is screwed onto a screw shaft 15 of the tilting actuator that is driven to rotate by the motor 14, and one end of a link 17 pivotally supported at an intermediate portion on the gantry 2 so as to be pivotable is connected to the nut 16. ing. A roller 18 is supported at the other end of the link 17, and the roller 18 is in rolling contact with the lower surface 4 a of the toilet mounting frame 4. And screw shaft 1
5 is driven to rotate by the motor 14, the link 17
3 rotates clockwise in FIG. 3, and the roller 18 attached to the other end of the link 17 rolls along the lower surface 4 a of the toilet mounting frame 4 with the rotation of the link 17, and Frame 4 is inclined.

Also in this case, the connecting shaft 19 provided at the front end of the toilet mounting frame 4 transmits the movement of one side to the other side, and operates the toilet mounting frame 4 with good balance.

As shown in FIG. 1, a toilet seat 11 is pivotally supported on a toilet body 5 at a rear end thereof by a hinge 12 on a toilet body 5 fixed on the toilet mounting frame 4. A water tank 22 having a flash lever 21 is attached to the rear end of the gantry 2. Water is supplied from the water tank 22 to the flexible connecting pipe 23.
Is supplied to the upper rear end of the toilet body 5 through the
, Wastewater is discharged together with the waste through the extendable pipe 24. On the wall near the toilet, a manual power switch 25 for controlling the posture of the toilet is provided.

FIGS. 4 to 6 are partial cross-sectional front views illustrating various modes of use of the multi-function toilet shown in FIG. In addition, in each figure, 20 is a human body of the user schematically shown, 26 is water accumulated in the toilet main body 5, 27 is a toilet siphon section, and 28 is a drain port.

FIG. 4 shows a mode of use when the multi-function toilet of the present embodiment is used as a toilet (also used for women's small ones). In this case, if the user 20 sits on the toilet and the height of the toilet does not match, the user operates the power switch 25 to
The motor 10 of the height adjusting actuator is activated to move the gantry 2 up and down, so that the height can be adjusted to a desired height.

FIG. 5 shows a mode of use when a multifunctional toilet according to the present embodiment is used by a boy as a urinal. In this case, when the user 20 stands in front of the toilet and presses the switch button of the power switch 25 for the small boy, the toilet tilting actuator operates to tilt the toilet toward the user 20,
Further, the height adjusting actuator is operated to adjust the toilet to a position where it is easy to use. When the end switch button is pressed after finishing the use, the toilet returns to the original position.

Since the operation of raising the toilet seat 11 is always performed when the boy adds a small business, the power can be turned on in conjunction with the operation of raising the toilet seat 11 by the user instead of the manual switch. Good. In that case, user 2
The toilet may be returned to the original position by closing the toilet seat 11 after the use is completed, or a sensor that senses that the user 20 who has lowered the toilet seat 11 has left the toilet may be used. The toilet may be automatically returned to the original position.

When the toilet is moved to the position for boys' small as shown in FIG. 5, the toilet is located at a high position and is inclined toward the user 20, as is apparent from the figure. In this case, it is easy to use and there is no risk of soiling the toilet.

When the toilet body 5 is inclined, it is necessary to prevent water from flowing out of the toilet siphon section 27. This is because if there is no water in the siphon section 27, the odor flows backward from the drain port 28.

FIG. 6 shows a mode of use when the multifunctional toilet according to the present embodiment is used as a device for reducing the burden on the leg of the user 20. When the elderly or disabled person tries to get up from the toilet after finishing use, when the switch button for assisting the rising of the power switch 25 is pressed, the toilet tilting actuator and the height adjusting actuator operate simultaneously, and the user 20 can assist the rising operation.

Generally, this operation must be performed slowly, and the motors 10, 1 are required to be operated more slowly than in the case of FIGS.
It is preferable to reduce the rotation speed of No. 4.

As is apparent from the above description, the multi-function toilet according to the present embodiment has a height adjustment function, a urinal function and a start-up operation assisting function all in one toilet, so that However, it is possible to provide comfortable toilets for all ages, young and old, without increasing the number of toilets.

Further, by combining the sensor and the electronic circuit, various operations can be automated, and the toilet can be made extremely easy to use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a multifunctional toilet according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a frame structure of the multifunctional toilet of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a frame structure.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional front view illustrating an embodiment in which the multifunctional toilet of FIG. 1 is used as a toilet;

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional front view illustrating an embodiment in which the multifunctional toilet of FIG. 1 is used as a urinal for men.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional front view illustrating a mode in which the multifunctional toilet of FIG. 1 is used as a device for reducing the burden on the user's feet and hips.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fixed pedestal 2 Stand 4 Toilet mounting frame 5 Toilet main body 6,15 Screw shaft 7a, 7b, 16 Nut 8a, 8b Large link 9a, 9b Small link 10,14 Motor 11 Toilet seat 17 Link 20 User's human body 22 Water tank 23 connecting pipe 24 flexible pipe 25 power switch 27 toilet siphon section 28 drain port

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A toilet in which a toilet seat is provided on a toilet body, a vertical mechanism for raising and lowering the toilet body, a tilt mechanism for tilting the toilet body, and at least one of the vertical mechanism and the tilt mechanism. And a selecting means for selectively operating the toilet according to the purpose of use. 2. The toilet according to claim 1, wherein the toilet comprises a flush toilet provided with a siphon, and the siphon is provided so that water accumulated in the toilet body can be retained in the siphon when the tilting mechanism is operated. The multi-function toilet according to claim 1, wherein the toilet is provided. 3. A lift operation of the toilet body by the vertical mechanism and a tilt operation of the toilet body by the tilt mechanism are automatically performed in response to a user's operation of standing the toilet seat. The multifunctional toilet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. The multifunctional toilet according to claim 1, wherein the operation of at least one of the vertical mechanism and the tilt mechanism is automatically controlled by a combination of a sensor and an electronic circuit. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an operation speed of at least one of the vertical mechanism and the tilt mechanism can be changed according to a purpose of use. Multi-function toilet.