JPS60158828A - Bathtub washing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates primarily to a bathtub cleaning device for general household use.

Conventional configurations and their problems Conventionally, as a means of cleaning a bathtub, the user generally cleaned the surface of the bathtub himself using a detergent and a brush. In addition, using pump equipment to stir the bathtub water found in forced circulation bath heating devices, detergent was added to the bathtub water, stirred for a while, and then the user used a brush etc. to clean it. . Therefore, the bathtub must be cleaned separately from the preparation for boiling the bath, which is troublesome and inconvenient for the user.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and aims to make it possible to automatically clean the inner wall of a bathtub by simply inputting an input operation using a switch in a bath controller 11 that controls a bath heating device.

Structure of the Invention In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a cleaning port provided on the inner wall of a bathtub for draining detergent into the bathtub and washing the inner wall with water, and a cleaning sump for sending the detergent and water to the washing port. a cleaning pump for sending a cleaning agent from a cleaning agent tank storing a cleaning agent to the cleaning pipe, and a flushing pump for sending water from a water tank storing water to the cleaning pipe; The cleaning control device includes cleaning control means for sending control signals to the cleaning pump and the flushing pump.

With this configuration, the cleaning agent is first flowed from the cleaning agent tank into the bathtub via the cleaning pipe and the cleaning port by the cleaning pump, and then the water from the water tank is squirted out from the cleaning pipe through the cleaning port by the cleaning pump. The inner wall of the bathtub will be cleaned by repeating these steps as necessary.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the bathtub installation of the bathtub cleaning device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the structure of only the bathtub cleaning device taken out.

1 and 2, cleaning ports 2 for cleaning the bathtub are arranged horizontally on the inner wall of the bathtub 1 near the upper end of the bathtub 1 without protruding from the wall surface. The two cleaning ports are connected to a cleaning pipe 3 that sends cleaning agent and water, and a cleaning pump 5 that sends cleaning agent from the cleaning agent tank 4 to the cleaning agent pipe 3, and a water tank. They are each connected to a washing pump 7 that sends water to the washing pipe 3. The cleaning pump 5 and the flushing pump 7
are respectively connected to the cleaning pipe 3 via check valves 8.9. Water is supplied to the water tank 6 from a water supply pipe 10 by opening and closing a valve 12 by moving a float 11 in the water tank 6 up and down.

It is connected to a cleaning control means 14 built in a bath controller 13 of a bath heating device (not shown) installed in the bathroom so as to send operation signals to the cleaning pump 5 and flushing pump 7. There is.

FIG. 3 shows the bath controller 13, which includes a cleaning control key 15 for turning on and off cleaning, a cleaning number knob 16 for setting the number of cleaning patterns, a water temperature adjustment knob 17, a water temperature fine adjustment knob 1'8, and a power supply. It has on-or-keyed 9.

In the configuration described in item 3, when the bathtub is not in use (such as after bathing), the user presses the cleaning control key 1 of the bath controller 13.
Enter 5. Upon receiving this input signal, the cleaning control means 1
4 first sends an operation signal to the cleaning pump 5 to send cleaning agent from the cleaning agent tank 4 to the cleaning pipe 3. The cleaning agent flows out from the cleaning port 2 of the bathtub 1 through the cleaning pipe 3 and decomposes dirt on the bathtub wall surface by chemical action. Next, the cleaning control means 14 sends a stop signal to the cleaning pump 5 and an operation signal to the flushing pump 7, so that water is jetted from the cleaning port 2 onto the bathtub wall surface, as in the case of the cleaning agent.

The above pattern is repeated the number of times set in the cleaning frequency knob 16 of the bath controller 13.

In this case, because of the check valve 8, the water sent from the flushing pump 7 does not flow toward the cleaning agent tank 4, and because of the check valve 9, the cleaning agent sent from the cleaning pump 5 is water. It does not flow into tank 6 direction.

As mentioned above, the cleaning agent and water can be combined into one cleaning pipe 3.
By using the water to alternately flow into the bathtub 1, it is possible to automatically wash the bathtub, and the number of repetitions of the washing pattern is changed depending on how dirty the bathtub is, thereby making cleaning more complete. Become.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the bathtub cleaning device of the present invention, the external space of the bathtub is used to install a cleaning agent tank and a water tank for bathtub cleaning, and the cleaning pipes are alternately connected from these tanks. By sending cleaning agent and water to the cleaning port of the bathtub through the bathtub, a system for cleaning the bathtub can be realized by simply flipping a switch from the bath controller, making it especially easy to use for single people and the elderly. is obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external view of the bathtub installation of the bathtub cleaning device of the present invention;
This figure is a structural external view of the bathtub cleaning device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the operating section of the bath controller. 1...Bathtub, 2...Washing port, 3...
...Cleaning pipe, 4...Cleaning agent tank, 5
... Pump for curved cleaning, 46 ... Water tank, 7.
- Curved water washing pump, 14...Cleaning agent control means.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Cleaning from a bathtub, a cleaning port installed on the inner wall of the bathtub, a cleaning pipe that sends cleaning agent and water to the cleaning port, and a cleaning agent tank that stores cleaning agent into the cleaning pipe. A washing pump that sends a cleaning agent, a washing pump that sends water from a water tank containing washing water to the washing pipe, and a washing pump that sends control signals to the washing pump and the washing pump. A bathtub cleaning device comprising a control means. (2) The bathtub cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning control means is built into a controller installed in a bathroom or the like to control the bath heating device, and obtains a key manual cleaning operation signal. .