KR20090025457A - The urinal which height is controllable - Google Patents

Abstract

An urinal which the height control is possible is provided that the urine height is controlled according to extension in order to be facilitated. An urinal which the height control is possible comprises an urinal main body(10) in which the urine receiver is formed in the front, a lifting unit(20) which moves to top and bottom while supporting the urinal main body, a driving part which provides the driving force in order to move the urinal main body and lifting unit, a fixing unit(40) which is attached and fixed to the wall by the other side while as to one side, the lifting unit is combined, a controller controlling the driving part.

Description

Urinal which height is controllable

The present invention relates to a height-adjustable urinal, and more particularly, to a urinal that recognizes the user so that the child and adult can be used together, the height is automatically adjusted or the height is adjusted by the user's selection.

Urinals are mainly installed in men's restrooms of public facilities, and recently, luxury apartments and private homes are also equipped with toilets.

The general structure of the urinal has an opening in the front of the urine receiving urine body is formed is formed in the upper urine main body is provided with a water supply pipe for washing the urine and the lower portion is provided with a drain pipe for discharging urine and washing water. Some may be provided with a urinal cover to cover the open portion of the urinal body.

And nowadays, most people are equipped with a human recognition sensor to automatically clean the inside of the urinal according to the presence or absence of human detection.

However, the existing urinal is fixed in height regardless of the height of the user. So the following problem occurs.

If the height of the urinal body is high, the use of short children can not urinate alone or urinate by standing on the heel, sometimes there is a problem that the caregiver must lift the child to solve.

In addition, in the case of an adult with a large kidney, the height of the urinal body is relatively low, and when an adult urinates, urine is often scattered and urged outside the urinal body.

This is a problem with the urinal's hygiene and appearance cleanliness, and also occurs when the user's clothes urinate.

Because of the above problems, making and installing a separate urinal for children and adults has the disadvantages of inefficient space and economics.

The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems, the object of the present invention is to provide a height-adjustable urinal is adjustable in height according to the height so that the user is easy to excrete urine.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a urinal body formed with a urine receiving in the front; A lift unit coupled to the urinal body to move up and down while supporting the urinal body; A driving unit providing a driving force to move the urinal body and the lifting unit up and down; The drive unit is installed therein, one side is coupled to the lifting unit is slid up and down by the drive unit, the other side is fixed to the wall attached and fixed; And a control unit for controlling the driving unit.

Preferably, the lifting unit is bent at right angles so that the urinal support coupled to the rear of the urinal body, the urinal support and the urinal support and the urinal support and the urinal support and the urethane support is guided by the fixing portion at both ends at right angles. It is characterized by consisting of a lifting guide having a shape.

Preferably, the driving unit is connected to the drive motor located in the lower portion of the fixed part, the drive pulley is rotated in connection with the drive motor, the driven pulley located in the upper portion of the fixing portion, the drive pulley and the driven pulley is connected Including a driving belt to move up and down according to the rotation of the drive pulley, and a fixed bracket for coupling the driving belt one side and the lifting guide of the lifting unit to move up and down together when the driving belt is moved up and down Characterized in that made.

Preferably, the fixing portion has a shape in which both ends are bent at right angles to slide while being guided up and down by being coupled to the lifting guide of the lifting unit.

Preferably, the upper and lower sliders are further provided between both ends of each of the lifting guides and both ends of the fixing unit adjacent to each other so that the lifting guides slide up and down smoothly.

Preferably, the spring is further provided up and down to provide an additional force by the elastic force to reduce the load on the drive unit when the urinal body and the lifting portion is raised, the upper end of the spring is the inner upper portion of the lifting guide It is fixed to the coupling, the lower end is characterized in that the coupling fixed to the inner lower portion.

Preferably, the control unit detects the user by a sensor capable of recognizing the height of the user in the automatic mode to automatically open and close the urinal cover, and when the user releases the sensor manually the urinal cover Characterized in that it is configured in the manual mode to open and close.

Preferably, the automatic mode is that when the user is detected as a child the urinal main body 10 is kept in a lowered state and when the user is detected as an adult the drive unit 30 is controlled so that the urinal body 10 is raised. It features.

Preferably, the manual mode is characterized in that the user can select the height of the urinal body 10 by the height selection switch.

According to the present invention, the height of the urinal is adjusted according to the height of the user, so that the adult or child can conveniently use it, and there is no need to separately prepare and install the urinal for adults and children.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a height-adjustable urinal according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the height-adjustable urinal shown in FIG.

The present invention is largely composed of the urinal main body 10, the lifting unit 20, the drive unit 30, the fixing unit 40, the control unit.

The urinal main body 10 may have a urine receiver, which is a space capable of receiving urine, and a cover may be formed on the urinal main body 10 to cover the urinal main body 10.

Since the urinal body 10 does not depart from the general shape, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The lifting unit 20 is composed of a urinal supporter 22 and the lifting guide 24, the urinal supporter 22 is fixed to the lifting unit 20 by fixing the urinal main body 10 to the lifting unit ( When the urine 20 moves up and down, the urinal body 10 is made to be sufficiently supported.

As shown in FIG. 2, both ends of the plate have a shape bent at a right angle twice, and fastening holes are formed at both ends to be coupled to the urinal body 10, and the urinal body 10 is caught at the center thereof. About two devices are provided.

 In addition, the elevating guide 24 is attached to the rear side of the urinal support 22, that is, the other side to which the urinal body 10 is coupled, fixed, the shape is longer than the urinal support 22, both ends at right angles Once bent to form a shape having a 'ㄷ' cross section.

In this case, the elevating guide 24 is included in the urinal support 22 so that a predetermined space is formed between the bent both ends of the elevating guide 24 and the bent both ends of the urinal support 22. Both ends of the fixing part 40 are coupled to the space and slide up and down with respect to the fixing part 40.

Next, the driving unit 30 will be described.

The drive unit 30 is a drive motor 32, a drive pulley 34, and a driven pulley 35 as a means for providing power for moving the lifter 20 and the urinal body 10 coupled thereto up and down. And a driving belt 38 and a fixing bracket 39.

The drive motor 32 is located below the fixing part 40 as shown in the figure to rotate the drive pulley 34. The drive motor 32 may be both a DC motor or an AC motor having a capacity capable of withstanding the load of the lifting unit 20 and the urinal body 10.

The drive pulley 34 connected to the drive motor 32 is connected by the driven pulley 35 and the drive belt 38 installed on the upper part of the fixing part 40 by the operation of the drive motor 32. The drive belt 38 is moved up and down.

A fixing bracket 39 is coupled and fixed to one side of the lower side of the driving belt 38, and the fixing bracket 39 is coupled to and fixed to a lowering guide 24 of the elevating unit 20 to fix the driving belt 38. When moving up and down, the lifting guide 24 also moves up and down together.

Of course, the lifting unit 20 is provided with a device such as a micro switch to move and stop only by a certain height up and down.

As shown in the fixing part 40, both ends of the flat plate having a vertical shape are bent at right angles, and the bent ends serve as rails.

In other words, the bent both ends of the fixing part 40 are inserted and guided up and down in the space formed by each end of each urinal support 22 of the elevating part 20 and each end of the elevating guide 24. Is sliding.

In this case, it is preferable that the slider 60 is inserted between the bent ends of the lifting guide 24 and the bent ends of the fixing part 40.

The slider 60 allows the lifting guide 24 to slide up and down smoothly with respect to the fixing part 40. In this way, friction is minimized during vertical movement so that the driving motor 32 is not excessively applied.

The slider 60 is preferably a ball slider. A plurality of balls are disposed between the bent end of the elevating guide 24 and the bent end of the fixing part 40 such that the elevating guide 24 is moved up and down. When moving, the plurality of balls roll and slide smoothly.

In fact, since the weight of the lifting unit 20 and the urinal main body 10 is considerable, the driving motor 32 is subjected to a significant load when moving them upwards. This requires a large capacity drive motor 32, which causes a cost problem.

For this reason, in order to reduce the load on the driving motor 32, the spring 50 is further provided so that a force to be pushed up by the elastic force is added when the lifting guide 24 is raised. The spring 50 may be used in various kinds, referring to the bar is preferably a gas spring. The bar is compressed and stretched up and down at the top while having elastic force by gas pressure inside.

In more detail, an upper end of the spring 50 is attached to and fixed to an upper portion of the lifting guide 24, and a lower end is attached to and fixed to a lower end of the fixing part 40. The spring 50 is in a compressed state when the lifting unit 20 and the urinal main body 10 are located at the bottom thereof, and thus, when the driving motor 32 operates, the lifting unit 20 and the urinal main body by elastic compression force. Push (10) up.

This reduces the load on the drive motor 32 to ensure the life of the drive motor 32 and has the effect of saving energy.

The control unit is configured to control the operation of the drive motor by the sensor is preferably configured in the automatic mode and manual mode.

If the sensor is a kind that can detect the height of the person, the installation position should be installed in the position that can best detect the height of the person, it is generally preferable to be installed on the upper portion of the urinal body (10).

The urinal body 10 is the initial state is located in the lower position for use by children, the adult is moved to the upper side.

When the child uses the urinal when the user normally selects the automatic mode, the sensor detects that the child is the urinal main body 10 maintains the initial state.

However, when the adult is using, the sensor detects that the adult urinal body 10 is raised, and if no person is detected afterwards to fall back to the initial state.

The manual mode may be selected when the sensor fails or the user arbitrarily stops the operation of the sensor. An additional height selection switch is installed to raise the urinal body 10. The height selection switch is preferably installed on the urinal main body 10 or one side.

In addition, since the urinal body 10 is normally maintained in the initial state, the child can use the urinal immediately without having to operate the height selection switch separately.

However, in the case of adult use by pressing the height selection switch to raise the urinal body 10 to use the urinal. Of course, it can be lowered to the initial state by pressing the switch again. Alternatively, if a person is not detected by the sensor for a certain time, it can be configured to automatically fall.

For reference, it is also possible to configure the remote controller to be used instead of the height selection switch.

Fig. 3 (a) is a front sectional view showing a state where the lifting unit shown in Fig. 2 is lowered, and Fig. 3 (b) is a side sectional view showing a state where the lifting unit shown in Fig. 2 is lowered, and Fig. 4 (a) is Fig. 2. 4: (b) is a side sectional view which shows the state which the lifting part shown in FIG. 2 rose.

Referring to the bar will be described the process of the lifting unit 20 is raised, lowered.

When the driving pulley 34 rotates in the clockwise direction by the operation of the driving motor 32 installed below the fixing part 40 according to the signal of the controller in the state of FIG. 38 moves upwards. As described above, the elevating guide 24 coupled with and fixed to the driving belt 38 by the fixing bracket 39 is slid upward and stopped while switching to the state shown in FIG. 4 (a).

When the driving motor 32 is rotated counterclockwise by the signal of the controller, the driving belt 38 on the left side moves downward and the lifting unit 20 recovers to the initial state.

As described above, it can be seen that the present invention has a technical idea to provide a height-adjustable urinal for automatically raising and lowering the urinal body by a rising part, a driving means, and a controller.

In the present invention, only the urinal is described, but various modifications within the scope of the technical idea as described above are obvious to those skilled in the art.

1 is a perspective view showing a height adjustable urinal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the height adjustable urinal shown in FIG.

Figure 3 (a) is a front sectional view showing a state where the lifting unit shown in Figure 2 is lowered.

Figure 3 (b) is a side cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lifting and lowering unit shown in FIG.

Figure 4 (a) is a front sectional view showing a state in which the lifting unit shown in Figure 2 rises.

Figure 4 (b) is a side cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lifting unit shown in FIG.

<< Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing >>

10: urinal body 20: lifting unit

22: urinal support 24: lifting guide

30: drive unit 32: drive motor

34: driving pulley 35: driven pulley

36: auxiliary pulley 38: driving belt

39: fixing bracket 40: fixing part

50: spring 60: slider

Claims (9)

A urinal body (10) having a urine receiving plate formed on its front surface; A lifting unit 20 coupled to the urinal main body 10 to move up and down while supporting the urinal main body 10; A driving unit 30 which provides a driving force to move the urinal body 10 and the lifting unit 20 up and down; The drive unit 30 is installed therein, and one side of the lifting unit 20 is slid up and down by the drive unit 30 is coupled, the other side fixed portion 40 is attached to the wall fixed; A height controllable urinal, characterized in that it comprises a; control unit for controlling the drive unit (30). The method of claim 1, The lifting unit 20, The urinal supporter 22 coupled to the rear surface of the urinal body 10 and the urinal supporter 22 are coupled to the urinal body 10 and the urinal supporter 22 to the fixing part 40. Height-adjustable urinal, characterized in that consisting of a lifting guide 24 having a shape in which both ends are bent at a right angle so as to slide up and down while being guided by. The method of claim 2, The drive unit 30, A drive motor 32 positioned below the fixed portion 40, a drive pulley 34 connected to the drive motor 32 to rotate, and a driven pulley 35 positioned above the fixed portion 40. When the drive belt 38 and the driven pulley 35 are connected to move up and down by the rotation of the drive pulley 34 and the drive belt 38 moves up and down Height-adjustable urinal, characterized in that it comprises a fixing bracket () for coupling the lifting guide of the elevating unit 20 and one side of the drive belt 38 so that the lifting unit 20 moves up and down together. The method of claim 2, The fixing part 40, Height-adjustable urinal, characterized in that the elevating guide 24 of the elevating unit 20 has a shape bent at right angles so that both ends are slid while being guided up and down. The method of claim 4, wherein Slider 60 is further provided between each end of each of the elevating guide 24 and each end of the fixing portion 40 adjacent to each other so that the elevating guide 24 slides up and down smoothly. Height adjustable urinal. The method of claim 2, When the urinal main body 10 and the lifting unit 20 is raised, the spring 50 is further provided up and down to provide an additional force by the elastic force to reduce the load on the drive unit 30, The upper end of the spring 50 is coupled and fixed to the inner upper portion of the lifting guide 24, the lower end of the height adjustable urinal, characterized in that coupled to the inner lower portion of the fixing portion (40). The method of claim 1, The control unit, Automatic mode to detect the user by a sensor capable of recognizing the height of the user to automatically raise and lower the urinal main body 10, and when the user cancels the operation of the user manually the urinal body 10 Height-adjustable urinal, characterized in that it consists of a manual mode to raise, lower. The method of claim 7, wherein The automatic mode is characterized in that when the user is detected as a child the urinal main body 10 is kept in a lowered state, the drive unit 30 is controlled so that the urinal body 10 is raised when the user is detected as an adult. Urinal with adjustable height. The method of claim 7, wherein The manual mode is a height-adjustable urinal characterized in that the user can select the height of the urinal body 10 by the height selection switch.

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