KR20100044596A

KR20100044596A - Bidet

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Publication number: KR20100044596A
Application number: KR1020080103796A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박춘호
Original assignee: 웅진코웨이주식회사
Priority date: 2008-10-22
Filing date: 2008-10-22
Publication date: 2010-04-30

Abstract

PURPOSE: A bidet is provided to easily confirm whether a detachable discharge member is installed in a drying device or not, and to operate the bidet only when the discharge member is properly installed. CONSTITUTION: A bidet comprises a main body(120), a drying device(140), a rotating unit(160), and a discharge member(180). The main body is installed in a toilet bowl, and has an indoor space. The drying device is installed inside the main body, and generates wind for drying washing water. The rotating unit is rotatably installed in the main body, and is rotated when the discharge member is detached from the drying device. The discharge member is detachably coupled to the drying device, and discharges the wind to outside.

Description

Bidet {Bidet}

The present invention relates to a bidet, and more particularly, to a bidet having a drying device installed in the bidet to remove the wash water remaining in the buttocks after performing the washing and bidet function.

In the modern society, various products resulting from technology development have been commercialized by appearing in society or home to promote the convenience of human life. Bidet is one of the products that is increasing in use recently.

In general, a bidet is installed on the left toilet, and is a device that can automatically perform washing of the anus and local washing of women or massage by spraying the washing water through the nozzle by operation of one side of the bidet body.

The function of washing the anus, that is, the washing function is to wash the anus without toilet paper with the washing water sprayed through the nozzle after seeing the toilet, and the bidet function is to automatically wash the local parts of women with the washing water. It is a cleaning function to obtain a massage effect by the movement of the nozzle to be repeatedly moved forward and backward repeatedly.

In addition, the bidet may perform a drying function in which warm air is discharged to remove the washing water remaining in the buttocks after performing the washing, bidet and massage cleaning functions through the washing water. That is, the user may dry the washing water remaining in the warm air discharged from the drying apparatus provided in the bidet by operating the operation unit of one side of the bidet body.

This drying function is a function of completely drying the washing water remaining over about two minutes by the warm air is discharged in a high wind direction.

By the way, in general, when the bidet is used for a long time, dirt is splashed on the exposed part of the drying apparatus, or plastic discoloration occurs, and thus smell and visual effects are adversely affected.

At this time, prior to the visual problem, the inside and the outside of the end of the drying device in which the warm air of the drying device is discharged are mixed with the warm air during the use of the drying function due to substantial sedimentation of the soil, and the odor which is quite unbearable continuously occurs.

On the other hand, since the inside and the outside of the end of the drying apparatus is a structure that can not be easily cleaned and replaced, there is a problem that a large replacement cost is consumed because the entire drying apparatus installed in the bidet must be replaced.

In order to solve this problem, a drying apparatus having a detachable discharge member capable of cleaning and replacing only by removing an end of a drying apparatus is disclosed in Patent Application No. 2008-0027070 filed by the present applicant.

By the way, even when the discharge member of the drying apparatus is separated, there is a problem that the user cannot confirm whether the discharge member is mounted in the drying apparatus because the drying apparatus is installed inside the bidet.

For this reason, when the user drives the bidet in a state where the discharge member is not mounted, water of the toilet seat may flow into the drying apparatus, thereby causing a problem of electric shock, and also by the inflow of water. There is a problem that a short circuit occurs and the parts installed in the bidet are damaged.

On the other hand, when the separate discharge member is not properly installed in the drying apparatus, water from the toilet seat may flow into a gap formed between the discharge member and the drying apparatus, and the bidet may be discharged due to a short circuit that may be generated by the introduced water. There is a problem that may not work properly. In addition, there is a risk that the water introduced may lead to an electric shock.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bidet capable of easily grasping whether or not the detachable discharge member is mounted in the drying apparatus.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a bidet that can be driven only when the detachable discharge member is properly mounted in the drying apparatus.

The bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the toilet seat and has a main body having an internal space, a drying apparatus installed on the main body to generate wind for drying the washing water, and detachably coupled to the drying apparatus for the drying. And a discharging member discharging the wind generated by the apparatus to the outside, and a rotating unit rotatably installed on the main body and rotating when the discharging member is detached from the drying apparatus so that the detachable state of the discharging member is detected.

The rotating unit is installed on the rotating member rotatably installed on the main body and the rotating member so as to rotate together when the rotating member is rotated, and rotates to open and close the discharge member separately from the rotating member by the discharged wind. The cover member may be provided.

The main body may be disposed to face the pivot member and may include a sensing member configured to detect a degree of rotation of the pivot member.

The rotating member may include a magnet provided to rotate together when the rotating member is rotated, and the sensing member may be a sensor that detects a magnetic flux density that is changed by a magnet that rotates together when the rotating member is rotated.

The bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a control unit connected to the sensing member to drive the drying apparatus when a value detected from the sensing member is greater than or equal to a preset value.

The discharge member may include a pressing portion for applying a force to the rotating member so that the rotating member rotates when the discharge member is mounted on the drying apparatus, and the rotating member may include a contact portion that rotates in contact with the pressing portion.

The rotation unit may further include an elastic member having one end connected to the rotation member and the other end connected to the cover member to open and close the discharge member by wind generated from the drying apparatus.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the removable discharge member is mounted to the drying apparatus through the rotation unit.

In addition, according to the degree of rotation of the rotating member detected through the sensing unit, that is, the bidet can be driven only when the removable discharge member is properly mounted in the drying apparatus, it is possible to prevent the damage of parts that may be caused by a short circuit It works.

Hereinafter, a bidet according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a perspective view for explaining a bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the bidet 100 is made of a structure that can be seated on the top of the toilet seat 10, the bidet 100 is an example, the main body 120, the drying apparatus 140, the rotating unit 160 ) And a discharge member 180.

The main body 120 may be provided with a heating wire (not shown) to which the seat plate 102 is rotatably fastened and provides warmth to the seat plate 102 inside the seat plate 102. In addition, the body 120 may have an inner space so that various parts for cleaning or bidet may be installed therein.

On the other hand, the main body 120 may be provided with a nozzle assembly (not shown) configured to allow the nozzle to move forward and backward under the cleaning or bidet seat plate 102. In addition, the main body 120 may be fixedly installed on the toilet seat 10 and seated on the upper portion of the toilet seat 10.

The cover 104 is rotatably coupled to the upper portion of the main body 120 to expose the seat plate 102 or disposed on the seat plate 102. That is, the user rotates the cover 104 when the bidet 100 is used to expose the seat plate 102 to the outside, and then uses the bidet 100, and after the toilet, the user rotates the cover 104 to seat the seat plate 102. The cover 104 may be disposed at an upper portion of the cover 104 so that the cover 104 overlaps with the seat plate 102.

The operation unit 106 is connected to one external side of the main body 120, and serves to control the operation of the nozzle assembly (not shown) and the drying apparatus 140. That is, the operation unit 106 may be provided with a cleaning button, bidet button, drying button and the like.

The drying apparatus 140, the rotation unit 160, and the discharge member 180 will be described in more detail below.

Hereinafter, a bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

Figure 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a bottom of the bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is an embodiment of the present invention Is an exploded perspective view of the bidet.

2 to 4, a drying apparatus 140 may be installed inside the main body 120 to perform a drying function after a cleaning or bidet function.

In addition, the rotation unit 160 may be rotatably installed in the main body 120. For this purpose, the main body 120 may include an installation groove although not shown in the drawing.

On the other hand, the main body 120 may be disposed to face the rotation unit 160 may include a sensing member 130 for detecting the degree of rotation during rotation of the rotation unit 160. The sensing member 130 may be a sensor or a reed switch that detects a magnetic flux density that is changed by a magnet.

On the other hand, when the sensing member 130 is a sensor, the sensing member 130 may be connected to a control unit (not shown), and the control unit is only inside the main body 120 when the value detected by the sensing member 130 is greater than or equal to a preset value. Parts installed in, for example, the drying apparatus 140 can be controlled to be driven.

In addition, when the sensing member 130 is a reed switch, the sensing member 130 may be connected to a power supply (not shown) to cut off the power supplied into the bidet 100 according to the detected magnetic flux density.

In addition, the main body 120 may include an opening part 124 to attach and detach the discharge member 180 to the drying apparatus 140. That is, the user can easily attach or detach the discharge member 180 to the drying apparatus 140 through the opening 124 without disassembling the main body 120.

The drying apparatus 140 may generate wind for drying the washing water, and for this purpose, the drying apparatus 140 may be formed in a duct structure to suck air from the outside and discharge the air to the outside. In addition, although not shown in the drawing, a drying fan and a heater may be provided in the drying apparatus 140 to discharge warm air.

On the other hand, the drying apparatus 140 may be provided with a coupling portion 142 for coupling with the discharge member 180. The coupling part 142 may be provided at the end of the drying apparatus 140 through which the sucked air is discharged.

The rotation unit 160 may include, for example, a rotation member 162, a cover member 164, and an elastic member 166.

Rotating member 162 is rotatably installed in the installation groove (not shown) of the main body 120. To this end, the rotation member 162 may include an insertion protrusion 162a that is inserted into the installation groove.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the rotation member 162 is pressurized by the discharge member 180 when the discharge member 180 is mounted to the drying apparatus 140 so that the rotation member 162 can easily rotate. It may be provided with a contact portion 162b in contact with the discharge member 180 to be able to. To this end, the contact portion 162b may be formed to be inclined at a predetermined angle.

In other words, the end of the discharge member 180 may press the contact portion 162b to rotate the rotating member 162.

Meanwhile, the rotation member 162 may include a magnet 162c sensed by the sensing member 130 provided in the main body 120. In addition, the magnet 162c may be mounted inside the rotation member 162 to rotate together when the rotation member 162 rotates.

Therefore, since the magnet 162c rotates together with the rotation member 162, the strength of the magnetic force generated from the magnet 162c sensed by the sensing member 130, that is, the magnetic flux density changes according to the rotation of the magnet 162c. do. Through this, the controller may determine the degree of rotation of the rotation member 162.

In the above description, a case in which the rotational degree of the rotation member 162 is sensed by the magnet 162c and the sensing member 130 has been described as an example, but is not limited thereto. The sensing member 130 may be a sensor such as a distance sensor. Rotation degree of the rotation member 162 can be detected. That is, any configuration capable of detecting the rotation of the rotation member 162 may be employed.

In addition, the rotation member 162 may include an insertion groove 162d for coupling with the cover member 164 on the opposite surface on which the insertion protrusion 162a is formed.

The cover member 164 is rotatably installed in the insertion groove 162d of the rotation member 162 and may be rotated by wind discharged from the discharge member 180. That is, the cover member 164 may include a rotation shaft 164a, and both ends of the rotation shaft 164a may be inserted and coupled to the insertion groove 162d so that the cover member 164 may rotate.

Accordingly, the cover member 164 may rotate by the wind discharged by the discharge member 180 to open and close the discharge member 180. That is, the cover member 164 may be inserted into the insertion groove 162d of the rotation member 162 so as to be rotated separately from the rotation member 162 to open and close the discharge member 180.

The elastic member 166 may have one end connected to the rotation member 162 and the other end may be connected to the cover member 164 to open and close the discharge member 180 by the wind discharged from the discharge member 180. That is, one end of the elastic member 166 is coupled to the rotating shaft 164a, and the other end may be a coil spring mounted to the insertion groove 162d.

When the cover member 164 is rotated by the wind discharged from the discharge member 180 to open the discharge member 180, the elastic member 166 is twisted. Thereafter, when the wind is not discharged from the discharge member 180, the cover member 164 may be rotated by the restoring force of the elastic member 166 to close the discharge member 180. As such, the cover member 164 may open and close the discharge member 180.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the elastic member 166 is illustrated as being a coil spring, but the elastic member 166 may employ any configuration capable of applying a restoring force to the rotating cover member 164.

The discharge member 180 may be formed in a hollow duct structure so as to discharge the wind generated from the drying apparatus 140, and may have a discharge port 182 through which the wind is discharged.

On the other hand, the discharge member 180 is detachably coupled to the drying apparatus 140, for this purpose, the discharge member 180 is provided with a hook 184 at a position corresponding to the coupling portion 142 of the drying apparatus 140. can do. That is, the hook 184 of the discharge member 180 and the coupling portion 142 of the drying apparatus 140 are coupled and separated, so that the discharge member 180 may be easily attached to or detached from the drying apparatus 140.

In other words, as the coupling structure of the hook 184 is adopted, the user can easily detach the discharge member 180 from the drying apparatus 140 without a separate tool.

However, in the present exemplary embodiment, a case in which the coupling structure in which the discharge member 180 is attached to or detached from the drying apparatus 140 is described as an example of the coupling portion 142 and the hook 184 is not limited thereto. Any coupling structure capable of attaching and detaching the discharge member 180 to 140 may be employed.

In addition, the discharge member 180 may rotate the rotation unit 160 when attached to and detached from the drying apparatus 140. 4 and 5, the discharge member 180 may include a pressurizing part 186 for pressing the contact part 162b so that the rotating member 162 is rotated when mounted to the drying apparatus 140. Can be.

The pressurizing portion 186 applies a force to the contact portion 162b of the rotating member 162 when the discharge member 180 is mounted to the drying apparatus 140, whereby the rotating member 162 rotatably installed is rotated. can do.

In other words, when the discharge member 180 is mounted on the drying apparatus 140, the pressing portion 186 of the discharge member 180 is in contact with the contact portion 162b of the rotation member 162. Then, when the discharge member 180 is completed mounting on the drying apparatus 140, as shown in Figure 5, the rotating member 162 is rotated, the pressing portion 186 is located at the end of the contact portion 162b. .

On the other hand, when the discharge member 180 is mounted to the drying apparatus 140, the rotating member 162 is rotated and the cover member 164 installed on the rotating member 162 also rotates with the rotating member 162 to discharge the discharge member ( The discharge port 182 of 180 is closed.

In addition, when the discharge member 180 is separated from the drying apparatus 140, the pressing unit 182 may not press the rotating member 162. By the way, the rotation member 162 is formed so that the center of gravity is disposed on the upper side, that is, the upper side is formed more heavy than the lower side, if not pressurized by the pressing unit 182 of the discharge member 180 in its own weight The rotating member 162 is rotated so that the upper side can face the bottom.

As a result, the cover member 164 coupled to the rotation member 162 and the rotation member 162 is rotated, and the user discharges the drying device 180 through the cover member 164 disposed parallel to the bottom surface. It can be recognized that the state is separated from the 140).

As described above, the user can easily determine whether the discharge member 180 is attached or detached to the drying apparatus 140 through the rotation unit 160 which is rotatably mounted when the discharge member 180 is attached to or detached from the drying apparatus 140. I can figure it out.

In addition, since the power can be cut off or supplied through a change in the magnetic force generated from the magnet 162c sensed by the sensing member 130, that is, the magnetic flux density change, as the rotation member 162 rotates, the discharge member 180 When the bidet 100 is driven while being separated from the drying apparatus 140 or the discharge member 180 is not properly mounted on the drying apparatus 140, an electric shock accident or damage to a component may be prevented. .

Hereinafter, an operation of a bidet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the above drawings and FIGS. 6 to 8.

6 to 8 is an operation for explaining the operation of the bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In other words, Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the discharge member is separated from the drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 7 is a view showing a state in which the discharge member according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted to the drying apparatus 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the discharge member is mounted in the drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in a state where the discharge member 180 is separated from the drying apparatus 140, the cover member 164 of the rotation unit 160 is positioned in parallel with the bottom surface. In this case, the user may recognize that the discharge member 180 is separated from the drying apparatus 140 through the cover member 164 positioned in parallel with the bottom surface.

On the other hand, the sensing member 130 installed in the main body 120 may detect the strength of the magnetic force, that is, the magnetic flux density generated by the magnet 162c mounted on the rotating member 162. If the sensing member 130 is a sensor, the controller connected to the sensing member 130 may determine the state of the rotating member 162 through the detected magnetic flux density.

That is, when it is determined that the discharge member 180 is separated from the drying apparatus 140 or when it is determined that the discharge member 180 is not properly mounted on the drying apparatus 140, the controller cuts off the power supply. The bidet 100 may be controlled such that the drying apparatus 140 is not driven.

Meanwhile, although not shown in the drawing, when the sensing member 130 is a reed switch, the discharge member 180 is separated from the drying apparatus 140 or the discharge member 180 is not properly mounted on the drying apparatus 140. In this state, the reed switch is short-circuited, and thus the power supply is cut off from the power supply unit, so that the bidet 100, for example, the drying apparatus 140, is not normally driven.

As a result, even when the user does not recognize that the discharge member 180 is separated from the drying apparatus 140 and tries to operate the bidet 100, the power is not supplied to the bidet 100, for example, a drying apparatus ( 140 cannot be driven normally.

This prevents electric shock or damage to parts that may occur due to driving of the bidet 100 while the discharge member 180 is separated or the discharge member 180 is not properly mounted to the drying apparatus 140. can do.

On the other hand, when the discharge member 180 is mounted to the drying apparatus 140, the rotation unit 160 is rotated to close the discharge member 180. In detail, the user introduces the discharge member 180 into the main body 120 through the opening 124 of the main body 120.

At this time, the pressing portion 186 of the discharge member 180 is in contact with the contact portion 162b of the rotating member 162. When the user continuously introduces the discharge member 180 into the main body 120, the pressurizing part 186 applies a force to the contact part 162b, and the rotating member rotatably installed in the installation groove of the main body 120. 162 rotates. At this time, the cover member 164 installed on the rotating member 162 is also rotated together with the rotating member 162.

Subsequently, the rotating member 162 is rotated until the cover member 164 closes the discharge member 180, and then the user moves the hook 184 provided at the rear end of the discharge member 180 to the drying apparatus 140. Couple to the coupling portion 142 provided in. Accordingly, the discharge member 180 is mounted to the drying apparatus 140.

Meanwhile, as the rotating member 162 rotates, the magnet 162c mounted on the rotating member 162 also rotates together with the rotating member 162, and thus the strength of the magnetic force sensed by the sensing member 130, that is, the magnetic flux density. Changes. At this time, the control unit determines whether the discharge member 180 is mounted on the drying apparatus 140 and the discharge member 180 is properly mounted on the drying apparatus 140 by the change of the strength of the magnetic force sensed by the sensing member 130, that is, the magnetic flux density. It can be determined whether it is mounted.

In this way, the controller may allow the bidet 100 to be driven only when the discharge member 180 is properly mounted to the drying apparatus 140.

On the other hand, after the discharge member 180 is mounted to the drying apparatus 140 and the drying apparatus 140 is driven to discharge the wind, the cover member (by the wind discharged through the discharge port 182 of the discharge member 180) ( 164 is rotated.

In other words, since the cover member 164 is installed on the rotation member 162 so as to be rotatable separately from the rotation member 162, only the cover member 164 is rotated to open the discharge port 182 of the discharge member 180. At this time, one end is connected to the cover member 164, the other end is connected to the rotating member 162, the elastic member 166 is twisted. Accordingly, the elastic member 166 has a restoring force.

Thereafter, when the driving of the drying apparatus 140 ends, no wind is discharged, and the cover member 164 is rotated by the restoring force of the elastic member 166 to close the discharge port 182.

In addition, since the power can be cut off or supplied through a change in magnetic force generated from the magnet 162c sensed by the sensing member 130, that is, a magnetic flux density change, as the rotation member 162 rotates, the discharge member 180. When the bidet 100 is driven while being separated from the drying apparatus 140 or the discharge member 180 is not properly mounted on the drying apparatus 140, an electric shock accident or damage to parts may be prevented. have.

Figure 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing the bottom of the bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 to 8 is an operation diagram showing a bidet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

100: bidet

120: main body

140: drying device

160: rotating unit

180: discharge member

Claims

A main body mounted on the toilet seat and having an inner space;

A drying apparatus installed in the main body and generating wind for drying the washing water;

A discharge member detachably coupled to the drying device to discharge the wind generated by the drying device to the outside; And

A rotating unit rotatably installed on the main body and rotating when the discharge member is attached to and detached from the drying apparatus so that the detachable state of the discharge member is detected;

Bidet comprising a.

According to claim 1, wherein the rotating unit

A rotating member rotatably installed on the main body; And

A cover member installed on the pivot member to pivot together when the pivot member is rotated, the cover member pivoting to open and close the discharge member separately from the pivot member by a discharged wind;

Bidet characterized in that it comprises a.

The method of claim 2,

The main body is a bidet, characterized in that it is disposed to face the rotating member to detect the degree of rotation of the rotating member.

The method of claim 3,

The rotating member is provided with a magnet provided to rotate together when rotating,

The sensing member is a bidet, characterized in that the sensor for detecting the magnetic flux density changes by the magnet rotates with the rotation of the rotating member.

The method of claim 3,

And a control unit connected to the sensing member to drive the drying apparatus when the value detected from the sensing member is greater than or equal to a preset value.

The method of claim 2,

The discharge member is provided with a pressing portion for applying a force to the rotating member so that the rotating member is rotated when mounted to the drying device,

The rotating member is a bidet, characterized in that provided with a contact portion that rotates in contact with the pressing portion.

The method of claim 2, wherein the rotation unit

And an elastic member having one end connected to the pivot member and the other end connected to the cover member to open and close the discharge member by wind generated from the drying apparatus.