JPS637117Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a toilet seat and a toilet lid, and specifically relates to a technology that is easy to assemble and disassemble.

[Background technology]

Conventionally, for example, a multi-functional toilet seat having a private part cleaning function has had a toilet seat, a toilet lid, and a cleaning function part packed separately to facilitate handling and transportation. By the way, in such a multi-functional toilet seat, as shown in FIG. Cover the pipe 5' with the retaining cap 6', fit the E-ring a' onto the retaining cap 6', and then tighten the retaining cap 6'.
The toilet cover 4' and the toilet seat 3' are attached to the mounting plate 2' while preventing the toilet lid 4' and the toilet seat 3' from coming off. However, with this configuration, a force-fitting part such as the E-ring a' is required, and tools such as pliers are required to attach and remove the force-fitting part, making installation using a force-fitting part that is easy to lose. Another problem was that the removal work was troublesome.

[Purpose of invention]

The present invention was developed in view of these problems, and its purpose is to provide a mounting structure for a toilet seat and toilet lid that can be easily installed and removed without the need for force-fitting parts. It's about doing.

[Disclosure of invention]

This invention is based on the mounting plate 2 that is attached to the toilet bowl.
A hinge pipe 5 is inserted through a toilet seat 3 and a toilet lid 4 that are attached to the toilet seat, and a hinge cap 6 is placed on both ends of the hinge pipe 5 to prevent the hinge cap 6 from coming off. And,
An insertion hole 9 having the same diameter as the hinge cap 5 is provided in the mounting portion 7 of the mounting plate 2 and the attached portion 8 of the toilet seat 3 or the toilet lid 4 adjacent thereto, and when elastically contracted, the hole 9 becomes approximately equal to the outside diameter of the hinge cap 6. , an elastic C-ring 10 having a larger diameter than the hinge cap 6 in a free state is integrally formed at the tip of the hinge cap 6;
A rotation operation part 11 is provided at the base end of the hinge cap 6, and an elastic C ring 10 protrudes in the insertion direction from the insertion hole 9 of the attached part 8 and has a larger diameter than the insertion hole 9.
The mounting portion 8
The toilet seat and toilet lid are constructed by extending from the edge of the insertion hole 9 of the attached part 8 an arcuate guide 13 that shrinks the elastic ring 10 of the hinge cap 6 which is rotated to approximately the same diameter as the hinge cap 6. This relates to the mounting structure, and by configuring it in this way, the above object can be achieved.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to illustrative drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the local cleaning device with the toilet bowl (not shown) removed. It is of a type that can be installed on top of a general toilet bowl, and city water is supplied from the water tank 14 via the water supply hose 15 to the hot water tank 16. is supplied, heated to hot water by a heater (not shown) in the hot water tank 16, and rotated by operating the cleaning lever 18 provided in the equipment storage section 17 that houses the injection pump, hot air supply device, etc. The injection nozzle 19 is abbreviated as
Swing it 90 degrees and bring it out to the usage position shown by the broken line, that is, below the center of the toilet bowl, and at the same time the injection pump will operate and hot water will be jetted out from the cleaning hole of the injection nozzle 19 to clean the private parts of the human body. It's like this. In the figure, 20 is a drying switch, which blows out warm air from a hot air outlet (not shown) below the toilet seat 3 to dry the toilet. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a storage compartment cover, which is provided below the toilet seat 3 and rotates the cleaning lever 18 to return to its original position to stop the supply of hot water. Let it move,
The injection nozzle 19 is housed in a storage section surrounded by a storage section cover 21 to prevent the injection nozzle 19 from being exposed to male urine or the like.

Next, a structure for attaching the toilet seat 3 and the toilet lid 4 to the attachment plate 2 attached to the toilet bowl will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of bearing-shaped mounting portions 7, 7 are formed on the mounting plate 2 at appropriate intervals. A pair of attached parts 8, 8 are also formed on the toilet seat 3 and the toilet lid 4, respectively. Mounting portion 7 of mounting plate 2 and adjacent toilet seat 3 or toilet lid 4
The hinge cap 5 is attached to one piece 8a of the attached part 8.
An insertion hole 9 having the same diameter is provided. The elasticity C becomes approximately equal to the outer diameter of the hinge cap 6 when elastically contracted, and has a larger diameter than the hinge cap 6 in the free state.
A ring 10 is integrally formed at the tip of the hinge cap 6. The mounting portion 7 is provided with an arcuate receiving surface 23 having the same diameter as the insertion hole 9 on the outside and concentrically with the insertion hole 9. , the elastic C-ring 10 can be contracted to have the same diameter as the insertion hole 9. A groove 24 is provided at the base end of the hinge cap 6 as a rotation operation section 11. The insertion hole 9 protrudes from the insertion hole 9 of the attached part 8 in the insertion direction.
A receiving portion 12 is formed in the attached portion 8, with which the elastic C-ring 10, which has a larger diameter than the above, comes into contact in the pulling-out direction. Elasticity C of hinge cap 6 rotated
An arcuate guide 13 for shrinking the ring 10 to approximately the same diameter as the hinge cap 6 is extended from the edge of the insertion hole 9 of the attachment portion 8. A pipe hole 25 for inserting the hinge pipe 5 is formed in the attached portion 8 of the toilet lid 4 and the other piece 8b of the attached portion 8 of the toilet seat 3.

According to such a configuration, the hinge pipe 5 has the attached portion 8 of the toilet lid 4, the pipe hole 25 of the other piece 8b of the attached portion 8 of the toilet seat 3, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Insert into the insertion hole 9 of one piece 8a of the attached part 8 of the toilet seat 3 and the insertion hole of the mounting plate 2,
Then, the elastic C-ring 10 of the hinge cap 5 is brought into contact with the arcuate receiving surface 23 to contract the elastic C-ring 10, and in this state, the hinge cap 6 is placed over both ends of the hinge pipe 5. In such a case, the elasticity C
When the ring 10 passes the arcuate receiving surface 23, it becomes free and expands in diameter, but the groove 24 of the hinge cap 6
When the hinge cap 6 is rotated approximately 180 degrees by inserting a coin or the like into it, the elastic C-ring 10 is contracted again by the upper peripheral surface 9a of the insertion hole 9 of the mounting portion 7, and in this state, the hinge cap 6 is attached to the toilet seat. 3 into the insertion hole 9 of one piece 8a of the attached part 8, and
Insert a coin into the groove 24 and remove the hinge cap 6.
By rotating the elastic C-ring 10 by 180 degrees, the elastic C-ring 10 is made free and expanded in diameter. The elastic C-ring 10 whose diameter has been enlarged in this manner comes into contact with the receiving portion 12 at the lower edge of the insertion hole 9 of the attached portion 8, thereby preventing the hinge cap 6 from coming off. In such a case, the groove 24 is oriented downward, indicating that the opening of the elastic C-ring 10 is oriented downward. (Figure 6,
(See Figure 7) To remove the hinge cap 6, insert a coin into the groove 24, rotate the hinge cap 6 approximately 180 degrees as shown in Figure 8, and expand it as shown in Figure 9. The elastic C-ring 10, which had a diameter, is guided by the arcuate guide 13 to contract, and in this state, a screwdriver or the like is inserted into the locking groove 26 provided in the hinge cap 6, and the hinge cap 6 is pulled out at once. It is.

[Effect of idea]

In summary, the present invention has an elastic C-ring integrally formed at the tip of the hinge cap, which has an outer diameter approximately equal to the outer diameter of the hinge cap when elastically contracted, and which has a larger diameter than the hinge cap in the free state. An elastic C-ring with a large diameter can be used to prevent the hinge cap from coming off.
This has the advantage that it is possible to omit the conventional force-fitting parts, and also to eliminate the troublesome handling of these parts in narrow spaces, making assembly work easier. In addition, a rotation operating portion is provided at the base end of the hinge cap, and an arcuate guide that is contracted to approximately the same diameter as the hinge cap is extended from the insertion hole edge so that the elastic C ring of the hinge cap that is rotated is extended from the insertion hole edge. By operating the operation unit and rotating the hinge cap, the expanding elastic C-ring can be contracted to approximately the same diameter as the hinge cap in the circular arc guide, making it easy to remove the hinge cap. This has the advantage that the toilet seat and toilet lid can be easily removed and disassembled.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a conventional example, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention with the toilet bowl omitted, Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same as the above partially omitted showing the installation operation, and Fig. 4
The figure is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in Figure 3, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the above after installation, Figure 6 is a side view of Figure 5, and Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in Figure 5. , Fig. 8 is a side view of the rotary operation part when removed, and Fig. 9 shows the elasticity C when removed.
It is a sectional view showing the ring, 2 is a mounting plate,
3 is a toilet seat, 4 is a toilet lid, 5 is a hinge pipe, 6 is a hinge cap, 7 is an attachment part, 8 is an attached part, 9 is an insertion hole, 10 is an elastic C ring, 11 is a rotation operation part, 12 is a receiving part. Section 13 is a circular arc guide.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A mounting structure for the toilet seat and toilet lid in which a hinge pipe is inserted through the mounting plate that is attached to the toilet bowl, the toilet seat and the toilet lid that are attached to it, and the hinge caps are placed on both ends of the hinge pipe to prevent the hinge cap from coming off. An insertion hole with the same diameter as the hinge cap is provided in the mounting part of the mounting plate and the attached part of the toilet seat or toilet lid adjacent thereto, and when elastically contracted, it becomes approximately equal to the outside diameter of the hinge cap, and in the free state. An elastic C-ring having a diameter larger than that of the hinge cap is integrally formed at the tip of the hinge cap, and a rotary operation part is provided at the base end of the hinge cap, and the elastic C-ring is larger than the insertion hole and protrudes in the insertion direction from the insertion hole of the attached part. A receiving part is formed on the attached part so that the elastic C-ring which has increased in diameter comes into contact in the pulling direction, and an arcuate guide is inserted into the attached part to contract the elastic ring of the hinge cap that is rotated to approximately the same diameter as the hinge cap. A mounting structure for the toilet seat and toilet lid that extends from the edge of the hole.