JP2553631B2 - Urinal floor cleaning device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a floor cleaning device for a urinal attached to a toilet room.

(Prior art and its problems) The floor of the urinal attached in the toilet room is not so environmentally and hygienically unfavorable because it becomes dirty and causes odor. Although it is wiped off with a mop or the like, such a sweeping work is performed once a day, for example, and it is unfavorable at present that it is left for a long time with dirt attached.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to keep the floor of the urinal clean and to obtain a urinal around which is environmentally and sanitarily preferable.

(Means for Solving Problems) A means for solving the above problems is to provide a cleaning brush that reciprocates in a predetermined stroke in the front-rear direction on a floor surface under a urinal standing on a wall surface, That is, the floor surface is swept and cleaned by the reciprocating motion of the brush.

(Operation of the Means) According to the above means, the cleaning brush can be reciprocated each time it is used, and the floor can be swept and cleaned.

(Embodiment) Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment, a piping case and a floor case are unitized, and reference numeral 1 in the drawing is a urinal unit including them.
The figure shows the left and right units that are connected in series, and the right one is shown by a broken line in the figure, and three units 1A, 1B, and 1C are arranged in parallel.

The unit 1 is provided with a rectangular cubic frame-shaped floor frame 2 which is long in the front-rear direction, and a thin rectangular cubic frame-shaped wall frame 3 which is erected on the front part of the floor frame 2 so as to have a predetermined width in the front-rear direction.
A front plate 4 such as a vinyl chloride steel plate or a tile sticking plate is arranged and attached on the front surface of the wall frame 3, and a urinal 5 is attached and supported on the front surface of the middle portion or the upper portion of the front plate 4, and the upper portion in the frame 3 is supported. A water supply pipe 6 is accommodated in the lower part of the frame 3, and a drain pipe 7 is arranged in the lower part of the frame 3 in the front part of the frame 2. The water supply pipe 6 is connected to the water supply section 5a by a joint pipe 8 via a valve 9 provided on the urinal 5, and the valve 9 is opened by pressing the push knob 10 exposed on the surface, so that washing water is stored in the urinal 5. An infrared sensor may be supplied to the inside from the upper part, and an automatic cleaning water supply mechanism for supplying cleaning water by detecting the infrared sensor may be employed instead of the manual mechanism.

The lower discharge part 5b of the urinal 5 is connected to the drain pipe 7 described above by the joint pipe 11 which penetrates the front plate 4 and extends inside.
A counter 12 is provided on the frame 3 to close the upper space, and an opening 13 extending in the left-right direction is formed below the urinal 5 on the front plate 4.

A floor panel 14 is fixedly mounted on the floor frame 2 so as to cover the mold, and the floor panel 14 has surfaces 14a, 14b, 14c and 14c inclined inward at the front and rear portions and both sides thereof. Immediately underneath, a floor surface 14d that is slightly wider than the width in the left-right direction and is long in the front-rear direction is formed in the center part. Slope 14f, 14f
The cross section has a mountain shape, and slits 15 and 15 long in the front-rear direction are vertically provided between both sides of the slopes 14f and 14f of the floor surface 14d and the above-described left and right slopes 14c and 14c. Such slit 1
Reference numeral 5 is formed in a valley portion between slopes 14c and 14f formed on both sides of the panel 14, and is formed under the opening 13 to the inner part of the front plate 4.

A drain pan 16 is provided below the floor panel 14 in the floor frame 2, and the drain pan 16 is supported by a support frame 2a provided on the frame 2 at an intermediate portion of the bottom 16a, and a drain port is provided at a lower portion of the bottom 16a. 16b is provided and is connected to the drain pipe 7 described above by a joint pipe 17.

In the upper part of the drain pan 16, below the floor surface 14d of the floor panel 14, a long support frame 18 is arranged in the front-rear direction, and the width of the support frame 18 in the left-right direction is substantially equal to the width between the slits 15, 15. , Slightly larger than this. A sprocket 19, 19 is rotatably supported at the front and rear ends of the support frame 18 via brackets 19a, 19a, while a motor provided with a speed reducer 20b on the bottom center of the drain pan 16 via a base 20a. 20 and the sprocket 21 fixed to the output shaft of the motor 20 and the above-mentioned sprockets 19, 19
The chain 22 is wound and mounted.

A roll-shaped brush 23 is arranged on the floor surface 14d of the floor panel 14 so as to cross the floor surface 14d. The brush 23 is pierced and attached to a support shaft 25 rotatably laterally mounted on the frames 24 on both sides, and a driven shaft 26 is rotatably laterally mounted between the lower half portions of both sides 24a, 24a of the frame 24, Pinions 27, 27 are fixed to the extending portions of the both side portions 24a, 24a and are engaged with racks 28, 28 which are long in the front-rear direction and fixed on the both side portions 18a, 18a of the supporting frame 18 below. Shaft 2 already mentioned
One end of 5 is projected from one side portion 24a to fix the pinion 29, the pinion 29 is meshed with the pinion 27 on the lower side, and the guide pinion 30 is provided on the front side of the pinion 27.

The frame 24 on which the brush 23, the pinions 26, 29, 30 and the shafts 25, 26 are mounted and supported covers the front, rear, left and right, and the upper part except the lower part.
Covered with 31, the lower side portions 24a, 24a of the frame 24, the gear transmission mechanism of the pinions 26, 29, the pinion 30 faces the slits 15, 15, therefore the racks 28, 28 are arranged immediately below the slits 15, 15. frame
The hanging portions of both side portions 24a, 24a of the 24 downward to the slits 15, 15 are connected by a horizontal portion 24b below the floor surface 14d, and the horizontal portion 24b is connected to the chain 22 described above.

By the way, the above-mentioned brush 23 is pressed against the floor surface 14d,
The support shaft 25 of the brush 23 is formed in a hollow shape with one end closed, and a large number of cleaning water discharge ports are provided on the outer circumference. One end of the support shaft 25 is flexibly connected to a hose 33 via a connection fitting 32, and the hose 33 is a branch connection pipe 34 hung from the water supply pipe described above.
Connect to. Incidentally, 35 in FIG. 3 is a chain tensioner. The floor cleaning machine 36 is formed as described above.

In the above, the water supply pipe 6, the hose 33, and the brush 23
A valve 37 is provided in the branch connection pipe 34 for supplying water to the valve 37, and the valve 37 and the motor 20 are controlled by a controller 38. In the embodiment, the controller 38 is configured to be activated by the cleaning water supply knob 10.

The left side 1A of FIG. 1 shows an inoperative state, and the washing machine 36 including the washing brush 23 and the like is an opening formed under the front plate 4.
The front surface 31a of the cover 31 is substantially flush with the front plate 4 and closes the opening 13 while being stored in the standby state.

When the water supply knob 10 for cleaning is pressed, first the cleaning water is washed by the urinal 5.
It is discharged from the upper part of the inside and washed. Input to the controller 38 by pressing the knob 10, and after a lapse of a time necessary and sufficient for a person to leave the floor panel 14, that is, the motor 20 is turned on with a time lag with respect to the pressing of the knob 10, thereby causing the sprocket 21 to move. Spinning, chain 22 sprocket 19,1
The vehicle runs endlessly guided by 9, and as a result, the washer 36 stored in the opening 13 is pulled in the front direction away from the urinal 5 of the floor panel 14. By pulling the frame 24 of the chain 22, the pinion 27 supported by this also moves, and since it is meshed with the fixed rack 28, it is rotated and the pinion 27 is rotated.
The pinion 29 meshed with the 27 also rotates, and as a result, the support shaft 25 rotates and the brush 23 rotates. On the other hand, the controller 37 opens the valve 37 with the movement of the washing machine 36, water is supplied to the support shaft 25 by the connecting pipe 34, the hose 33, and the metal fitting 32, and the washing water is supplied onto the floor surface 14d to be washed by the brush 23. Then, the floor surface 14d is cleaned by the rotation of the brush 23 and the cleaning water. The floor surface 14d of the cleaning water is mountain-shaped, and since slits 15 and 15 are provided on both sides of this floor surface, the cleaning water flows down from the slit for moving the cleaning machine 36 to the bottom 16a of the floor pan 16.
It will fall up and be discharged to the drainage pipe 7 from the drainage port 16b. This is shown at 1B on the right side of FIG. 1, and also in FIGS. 2 and 3.

The washing machine 36 moves to the rear end of the floor surface 14d, detects this with, for example, a micro switch, reverses the motor 20, and returns to the old position, and detects storage in the opening 13 with a micro switch or the like. The motor 20 is stopped, water supply is stopped, and the above cycle is repeated.

Although the embodiment has been described in detail above, the reciprocating motion of the cleaning brush, the rotating mechanism, etc. are not limited to the above, and even if the cylinder mechanism is provided under the floor panel, the brush can be directly rotated by the motor. You may let me.

(Effect of the invention) As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, the floor under the urinal can be cleaned each time it is used, and in particular, the brush is reciprocated, so that the cleaning effect is high and the cleaning is also high by using water supply together. The effect can be obtained, the environment can be kept clean, the generation of odor due to fouling can be eradicated, and the toilet can be used comfortably.

In addition, the washing machine including the washing brush and cover is stored in the opening provided in the lower part of the front plate where the urinal is attached, so it can be used naturally without any obstruction when not in use and washing with a brush. Since water can also be discharged under the floor, water does not accumulate on the floor surface while using cleaning water.By using a chain, sprocket, pinion, and rack, reciprocating motion of the cleaning machine and rotating cleaning of the brush can be done with the same drive source. The structure can be simplified and the operation can be ensured.

Furthermore, by incorporating pipes, floor panels, and drain pans into the floor case and wall case to form a unit, the above-mentioned effects can be achieved without the need for troublesome floor work and complicated construction.

 The present invention has the great advantages as described above.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 1-2 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is FIG.
It is a -3 line sectional view. In the drawing, 4 is a front plate, 5 is a urinal, 13 is a waiting opening,
14 is a floor panel, 14d is a floor surface, 19, 21 and 22 are chain sprocket mechanisms, 23 is a brush, 28 is a rack, 26, 29 and 25 are brush drive mechanisms, and 34, 33 and 32 are cleaning water supply to the brushes. Mechanism, 16 is a floor pan.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kunio Nishimura 2-8-1, Motomura, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa Tochi Kikai Co., Ltd. Chigasaki factory (72) Inventor Hiroshi Kawamura 1-28 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo No. Totoki Equipment Co., Ltd. Tokyo Branch (56) References Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-250538 (JP, A)

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cleaning brush that reciprocates with a predetermined stroke in the front-back direction is provided on a floor surface under a urinal that is erected on a wall surface,
A floor cleaning device for a urinal, wherein the floor surface is swept and washed by the reciprocating motion of the brush. 2. The floor cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning brush is stored in an empty space provided on a wall surface below the urinal during standby. 3. The floor cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning brush is rotated during sweeping cleaning. 4. The cleaning brush is supported by a rotary shaft, the rotary shaft is driven by a gear mechanism that meshes with a rack on the floor side, and the rotary shaft is reciprocated by a chain and sprocket mechanism including the gear mechanism. The cleaning brush according to claim 3. 5. The floor cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein cleaning water is supplied to the cleaning brush. 6. The floor surface is formed in a mountain shape having a high central portion,
The floor cleaning device according to claim 5, wherein drains are provided on both sides of the floor so that the cleaning water is discharged under the floor. 7. A pipe for supplying water or the like in an L-shaped side view in the raising wall portion,
Piping provided with drain pan and drain pipe in the floor, floor case, urinal provided on the rising wall, reciprocatingly provided on the floor, and provided under the urinal on the rising wall It consists of a cleaning brush that is stored in a vacant space during standby, a drain provided on the floor that connects the floor and a drain pan inside the floor, and a mechanism that is provided in the floor and that reciprocates the cleaning brush at least. Floor cleaning device for unitized urinals.