JP3427904B2 - Urinal equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a urinal device of a type in which a sensor is used to detect usage and a flush valve for supplying flush water to the urinal is driven.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A flush valve for supplying flush water to a urinal is provided on a front plate having a urinal on its front side so that a sensing portion of a sensor for controlling the flush water supply is exposed. A self-cleaning urinal of the type is in practical use.

A conventional urinal of this type is as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in which a urinal 52 is arranged in front of a front plate 51 of a urinal unit 50 having a piping unit on the back side thereof. A counter sensor 53 is provided at the upper end of the front panel 51 in the front-rear direction, and a sensor 5 for driving the flush water supply of the flush valve installed above the urinal 52 in front of the front plate 51 is provided.
The four sensing parts 55 are arranged so as to be exposed on the surface.

The detection sensor 54 is mounted on the front plate 5
1. A rectangular mounting hole 56 is opened in the upper part of the front plate 1, the sensor 54 is exposed from the outside of the front plate 51 together with the decorative frame 57, and the decorative frame 57 is brought into close contact with the mounting hole 56 of the front plate 51 to detect the surface of the sensor 54. The portion 55 is exposed to the decorative frame 57, the main body portion 54a of the sensor 54 is penetrated through the mounting hole 56, and the screw 59 is inserted from the rear surface side of the mounting hole 56 via the support plate 58.
Is attached and supported on the front plate 51 side.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned prior art, first, the sensing portion 55 of the sensing sensor 54 is exposed in a large shape above the urinal of the front plate 51 and below the counter 53. The sensing portion 55 of 54 is largely exposed at a position where the front portion of the urinal unit 50 can be easily seen, and the sensing portion can be clearly visually recognized, and when used, it feels as if foreign matter is exposed on the front plate 51. , The urinal unit as a whole feels uncomfortable and is not preferable in terms of appearance. Next, it is necessary to form a rectangular opening in the upper portion of the front plate 51 to provide a mounting hole 56 for the sensor. The mounting hole is complicated to process, and the sensor 54 needs to be penetrated in the front-rear direction to be mounted, which makes the sensor installation complicated and troublesome.

The present invention has been made mainly to solve the above problems, and the object thereof is to make the sensor detection section of a urinal of the type having a flush valve detection sensor inconspicuous, It is an object of the present invention to provide a urinal device in which the appearance of the unit is improved and the mountability of the sensor is also improved.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, in claim 1, a front plate on the front and an upper counter are provided, and a urinal on the front of the front plate and the urinal. In a urinal device provided with a sensing portion of a flush valve sensing sensor for supplying flush water to the front surface of the front plate at the upper end of the front plate.
A concave part is provided so as to open toward one side, and the sensing part is provided in the concave part.
The mounting sensing part of the sensor, the detection sensor is characterized in that disposed in the upper portion of the front plate.

According to a second aspect , in the first aspect, the front
The concave portion provided so as to open upward at the upper edge of the face plate
Characterized by arranging the sensing part of the sensing sensor at the rear end
And In claim 3, in claim 1 or claim 2
The front edge of the counter arranged on the upper part of the front plate,
The eaves-shaped covering was made on the upper part of the sensing part of the sensing sensor.
It is characterized by

[0009]

According to the above means, the sensing portion of the sensor exposed on the surface of the front plate becomes extremely difficult to see, the upper part of the urinal on the front plate is refreshed, the appearance is improved, and the mounting of the sensor is facilitated. To do.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a urinal device according to the present invention,
2 is an enlarged vertical side view of the sensor unit of the flash valve, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the sensor unit, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of the modified embodiment.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a urinal unit,
The front surface of the frame 2 erected on the floor surface F is covered with the front plate 3, and the upper surface is covered with the counter 4. In the frame 2 covered with the front plate 3 and the counter 4, a water supply / drain pipe not shown, It is equipped with a flush valve that automatically supplies flush water to the urinal. The urinal 5 is arranged on the front side of the front plate 3 described above, and in the embodiment, the urinal 5 is supported by the front plate 3 in a wall-hanging manner.

On the front plate 3 above, above the urinal 5, a concave portion 6 is formed in the middle portion in the left-right direction so as to open upward. The lower side portion 6a of the concave portion 6 is formed horizontally flat, and the mounting bases 7, 7 are provided on the rear surface side so as to project on the rear surface sides of the left and right side portions 6b, 6b which stand upright on the left and right sides of the concave portion 6. Has been done.

The sensor 8 for driving the flash valve is attached from the rear surface side of the front plate 3 of the concave portion 6 as described above. The sensor 8 includes a main body 9 and a sensor 10 at the front end (FIG. 2, FIG. 3 is provided with a flange shape at the front end of the main body 9), and a mounting bolt 11 is provided on the rear end surface of the main body 9 so as to project rearward. More sensors 8
The front end sensing unit 10 of the left and right side portions 6b, 6b of the concave portion 6
It is inserted in the gap between the flanges 12a, 1
The mounting bracket 12 having a rectangular shape in plan view having 2a is set from the back side so as to sandwich the left and right sides of the main body 9 with the left and right leg pieces 12b and 12b, and the flange pieces 12a and 12a are screwed to the back surfaces of the mounting bases 7 and 7. Attach and fix with 13, 13. The bridge piece 12c of the mounting bracket 12 is provided with a mounting hole 12d, through which a mounting bolt 11 protruding rearwardly of the main body 9 is passed and screwed with a nut 14.

As described above, in the sensor 8, the lower end portion of the sensing portion 10 at the front end portion is supported on the lower side portion 6a of the concave portion 6,
The main body 9 is attached and supported by the mounting bracket 12 with the bolts 11 and the nuts 14, and the sensor 8 is attached and supported so that the sensing portion 10 is fitted into the concave portion 6 at the upper end portion of the front plate 3. The Rukoto. The counter 4 is located on the sensor 8, the counter 4 is provided with a makeup lower portion 4a at the front edge portion as shown in FIG. 2, and the makeup lower portion 4a slightly projects forward of the surface 3a of the front plate 3, And the sensing unit 1
It is configured so that the lower end portion 4b faces the front of the upper portion of the sensing unit 10 slightly forward of 0. Therefore, the front edge of the counter 4 faces the upper part of the sensing unit 10 in the shape of an eaves, and the lower end 4b of the lower part 4a of the cosmetic hanging on the front edge faces the front of the upper half of the sensing unit 10 (eaves). Cover).

Therefore, the sensing portion 10 of the sensing sensor 8 is exposed horizontally at the upper end of the surface of the front plate 3 so that the upper half is hidden by the front edge of the counter 4, and this state is shown in FIG. Therefore, unlike the conventional case, the sensing portion 10 of the sensing sensor 8 does not appear as a large rectangle on the upper part of the urinal on the front plate. Further, when using the urinal 5, the user approaches the urinal, so that the user's eyes e are approaching and above the front of the counter 4, and the line of sight indicated by an imaginary line as shown in FIG. It becomes diagonally downward, the front edge of the counter becomes an eaves, and the sensing unit 10 is blocked from the line of sight.
Since the sensing unit 10 cannot be seen, the sensor does not interfere with the visibility of the sensor, etc., and the sensing unit 10 is provided at the upper end of the front plate 3 from a distant position. 3, the sensing unit 10 is inconspicuous and the appearance is improved.

Since the sensor 8 is mounted by providing the concave portion 6 at the upper end of the front plate 3, it is not necessary to form a rectangular mounting hole in the front plate 3, and the front plate 3 is processed at the upper end. Since only the recessed portion 6 is formed, the mounting portion can be easily processed. The sensor 8 does not need to be penetrated and mounted, only the recessed portion 6 needs to be set from above, and the sensor 8 can be mounted easily. The workability is extremely good.

FIG. 4 shows a modified embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the lower side portion 6a of the concave portion 6 provided at the upper end portion of the front plate 3 is inclined forward and the sensing sensor 8 is The front end portion is formed to extend straight from the main body 9 and the sensing portion 10 is provided at the front end portion of the straight main body 9. The lower surface of the front end portion of the detection sensor 8 is provided with a concave mounting base 27 in rear view.
Mounted on the lower side 27a, a metal fitting 1 similar to the metal fittings described above
2 and the bolts 11 and the nuts 14 protruding from the rear of the main body 9 are attached and supported.

In this embodiment, the sensing portion 10 at the front end portion of the sensing sensor 8 is provided behind the concave portion 6 formed at the upper end portion of the front plate 3.
Therefore, the sensing unit 10 becomes more difficult to see than described above, and the appearance is further improved. In addition to this, the same effect as described above is obtained.

[0019]

As is apparent from the above, according to the present invention,
It has the following effects. The urinal device according to claim 1, comprising a front plate on the front and an upper counter,
A urinal is provided on the front side, and flush water is supplied to the urinal when needed.
The front of the sensing part of the flash bulb sensing sensor
In the urinal device provided so as to be exposed on the surface of the plate,
Provide a concave portion on the upper end of the front plate so as to open upward,
Attach the sensing part of the sensing sensor to the concave part,
Because the chromatography was disposed on the upper end of the front plate, the sensing sensor flush valve is provided on the upper end of the front plate
It is difficult to see the sensing part from the front, the front plate can be integrated, the surface can be smoothed, and the appearance is greatly improved without exposing the urinal unit entirely to the front. . Particularly, in the invention of claim 1, the upper end portion of the front plate is
The sensing sensor is installed in the concave part that is provided to open upward
Since it was set, open it upward at the upper edge of the front plate.
In addition to the above effects, the front plate can be
There is no need to pierce a rectangular mounting hole, and the processing of the front plate is
Since only the concave part that opens upward at the upper end is formed,
It is easy to process the mounting part,
You don't have to install it by simply setting it in the concave part from above.
Only it requires only, that such mounting of the sensor is easy, the construction stage of
Is extremely good.

[0020] In the urinal device according to claim 2, claim
1, so as to open upward to the upper edge of the front plate.
At the rear end of the concave part provided on the
In addition to the effect of claim 1, since the sensing portion of the sensor is disposed behind the recessed portion open above the upper end of the front plate, the sensing portion is less exposed and the sensing The parts are more difficult to see, and the appearance of the urinal unit is further improved.

[0021] In the urinal according to claim 3, claim
1 or claim 2, wherein the front plate is disposed above the front plate.
The front edge of the counter above the sensing part of the sensing sensor.
Since it is covered in the shape of an eaves toward the front,
In addition to the effect, the counter provided at the upper end of the front plate becomes an eaves shape, hiding the upper half of the sensing part, so the sensing sensor becomes more difficult to see, and the appearance can be further improved.
Also, when using a urinal, the user approaches the urinal, so the user's eyes are approaching and above the front of the counter, and the line of sight is the eaves of the front edge of the counter, and the sensor senses it. Therefore, the sensor is not visible during use, and there is an effect that the sensor is not in the way such as entering the field of view.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a urinal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical side view of a detection sensor unit of a flash valve according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a detection sensor unit according to the present invention.

4 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 of a modified embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional urinal device.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional detection sensor unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Urinal unit, 3 ... Front plate, 4 ... Counter, 4
a ... Makeup hanging part, 4b ... Lower end part, 5 ... Urinal, 6 ... Recessed part, 8 ... Sensing sensor, 9 ... Main body, 10 ... Sensing part.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A front plate on the front and an upper counter, wherein a urinal is provided on the front of the front plate, and a sensing part of a flush valve sensing sensor for supplying washing water to the urinal is provided in front of the urinal. In the urinal device provided so as to be exposed on the surface of the face plate , a concave portion is provided at the upper end of the front plate so as to open upward.
And attaching the sensing part of the sensing sensor to the concave part,
The detecting sensor is disposed in the upper portion of the front plate, urinal and wherein the. 2. A to upwardly open upper end of the front plate
The urinal device according to claim 1 , wherein a sensing portion of a sensing sensor is provided at a rear end portion of the concave portion provided on the urinal. Wherein the leading edge of the counter is disposed in the front plate upper, upwardly forwardly of the sensing portion of the sensing sensor, according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the covered like eaves Urinal device.