JP4254335B2 - Toilet upper surface equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to toilet upper surface equipment such as a toilet seat box and a tank cover installed on the rear upper surface of a Western-style toilet bowl, and more particularly to an elevator toilet upper surface equipment.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The toilet seat installed on the upper surface of the western-style toilet is attached to the western-style toilet so as to be able to rotate in the elevation direction via a member such as a toilet seat box or a tank cover.
[0003]
Dirt such as urine is infiltrated between the toilet seat box and the upper surface of the Western-style toilet bowl, which is likely to cause odor. Therefore, a toilet seat box that can be moved up and down with respect to a Western-style toilet, and that the toilet seat box is moved (floated) together with the toilet seat when cleaning the Western-style toilet has been proposed.
[0004]
For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-4383 describes a toilet seat box in which an upper part including a front part can be moved up and down. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-28619 describes a tank cover that can be raised and lowered.
[0005]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-28619 discloses a guide mechanism that includes a slider and a guide through which the slider slides as a guide mechanism for guiding the raising and lowering of the tank cover. It also describes that a rotary damper is provided to slow down the slider.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-4383 [Patent Document 2]
JP-A-9-28619 [0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The rotary damper adopted in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-28619 is slightly expensive.
[0008]
It is an object of the present invention to provide a toilet top surface facility having a slowing device using relatively inexpensive parts.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The toilet upper surface equipment of the present invention is a toilet upper surface equipment installed on the rear upper surface of a Western-style toilet, a fixed member fixed to the Western-style toilet, an elevating member attached to the fixed member so as to be movable up and down, in the toilet top equipment having a gentle device and for gentle descent of the elevating member, the moderate line device Ri air damper der provided with a guide device for guiding the vertical movement of the elevating member, the gentle device in the guide device A toilet top surface facility provided, wherein the guide device includes a slider that moves in a vertical direction and a guide that extends in the vertical direction and engages with the slider, and the slowing device includes the slider that you have been connected to the slider are those characterized.
[0010]
In the toilet top surface facility of the present invention, since the air damper is adopted as the slowing device, the device configuration cost is lower than that of the conventional example employing the rotary damper.
[0011]
The air damper includes an airbag having an air intake / exhaust port, and a control unit that controls the amount of air passing through the intake / exhaust port. The control unit passes the air through the intake / exhaust port when the elevating member is lowered. It is preferable to reduce the amount and increase the air passage amount when the elevating member is raised.
[0012]
The control means preferably has a check valve that allows a large amount of air to flow in one direction and prevents or reduces the flow of air in the other direction.
[0013]
In the present invention, the gentle apparatus, Ru provided a guide apparatus for guiding the vertical movement of the lifting member. In this way, by incorporating the slowing device into the guide device, it is not necessary to provide the slowing device alone in the toilet upper surface equipment.
[0014]
The guiding device comprises a slider which moves in the vertical direction, extend in the vertical direction, and a guide for the slider is engaged, the gentle device that is connected to the slider. In this case, the airbag of the air damper may be configured to slow down the elevating member by restricting the air intake amount, or to slow down the elevating member by limiting the air outflow amount. Also good.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
Fig.1 (a) is a perspective view of the toilet upper surface equipment which concerns on embodiment, (b) figure is a perspective view at the time of the rising of a floating unit. FIG. 2 is a perspective view when the levitation unit is lowered. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2, FIGS. 4A and 4B are side views of a levitation unit used in another embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet equipped with toilet top equipment. 6 and 6 are side views of the Western-style toilet of FIG.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 5, a toilet seat box 2 is installed on a rear upper surface of a porcelain western-style toilet body 1 so as to be movable up and down, and a toilet seat 2 a and a toilet lid 2 b are attached to the toilet seat box 2 so as to be rotatable in the up and down direction. Yes.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 6, in this embodiment, the toilet seat box 2 has an outer shell formed by a front base plate 3a that can be raised and lowered and a cover 3b made of a bottomless box-like synthetic resin. . Although not shown, a hot water washing nozzle and a motor-driven hot water switching valve device for washing the human body with warm water are installed on the front base plate 3a. Further, on the bottom surface of the front base plate 3a, an illumination 3c is provided for illuminating the lower region S when the toilet seat box 2 floats. Although LED is suitable as this illumination 3c, it is not limited to this.
[0019]
Also, on the front base plate 3a, an electric opening / closing unit that opens and closes the toilet seat 2a and the toilet lid 2b, a hot air fan that blows warm air toward the human body butt and dry it, and air containing odor from the toilet bowl A deodorizing fan and a deodorizing cartridge for deodorizing by sucking air are provided. The cover 3b is provided with a human body detection sensor for detecting a human body approaching or sitting on the toilet body 1.
[0020]
A rear base plate 4a is provided on the upper surface of the rearmost part of the toilet body 1 so that the rear side of the cover 3b is covered from above. The rear base plate 4a is provided with a heater-equipped warm water tank 4b (shown only in FIG. 6) for supplying warm water to the warm water washing nozzle, and for guiding the movement when the toilet seat box 2 is pushed up or lowered. A guide 11 for the levitation unit 10 is installed. The rear base plate 4a is provided with a room heating fan (not shown) including a heater and an electric fan, a power supply board, a control circuit board, a valve unit for supplying water to a toilet bowl and a trap part, and the like.
[0021]
The levitation unit 10 includes a slider 12 fixed to the rear edge of the front base plate 3a, the guide 11 that guides the raising and lowering of the slider 12, an airbag 13 and a valve 14 that slowly lowers the slider 12. ing.
[0022]
The guide 11 is fixed to the front portion of the rear base plate 4a via a mounting piece 11a protruding rearward. A front extending piece 11b extends from the guide 11 and is configured to resist a load applied to the guide 11 in the forward direction.
[0023]
The airbag 13 is interposed between the slider 12 and the base plate 11 c of the guide 11. The airbag 13 has a bellows shape that can expand and contract in the vertical direction, and a top plate 15 and a bottom plate 16 are fixed to the upper and lower end surfaces by adhesion or the like. The top plate 15 is fixed to the top plate 11c with bolts, rivets or the like, and the bottom plate 16 is fixed to the upper end surface of the slider 12.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 3, openings 20, 21, and 22 having substantially the same size are provided coaxially on the upper end surface of the airbag 13, the top plate 15, and the top plate 11c.
[0025]
The valve 14 is a check valve made of a thin plate made of a flexible material such as metal or synthetic resin, and is arranged on the upper surface side of the top plate 11c so as to close the opening 22 from above. One end of the valve 14 is fixed to the top plate 11c by a fastening member 14a, and the other end is rotatable in the standing direction as indicated by an arrow θ in FIG. A small hole 23 is formed at a position facing the opening 22 of the valve 14. Note that the small hole 23 may be provided in a portion other than the valve 14.
[0026]
In this embodiment, the air bag 13, the valve 14 and the small hole 23 constitute a slowing device.
[0027]
In this embodiment, the rear base plate 4a is a fixed member, and the front base plate 3a and the cover 3b are elevating members.
[0028]
Although not shown, the levitation unit 10 is provided with a latch piece and a latch spring for lightly latching the raised front base plate 3a, so that the front base plate 3a does not fall even if the hand is released from the case 3b. It is configured.
[0029]
In the toilet stool having a configured toilet top facilities Thus, the hitting a floating the toilet seat box 2, by pulling over the hand to the case 3b, as in FIG. 6 (b), the front base plate 3a and The cover 3b rises. Further, the toilet seat illumination 3c is turned on. Thereby, the lower space (lower area) S of the front part of the toilet seat box 2 that has surfaced is illuminated. Since the lower region S is thus brightly illuminated, the upper surface of the toilet body 1 facing the lower region S, the lower surface of the front base plate 3a, and the like can be easily cleaned.
[0030]
During this ascent, the slider 12 rises along the guide 11 and the air bag 13 is reduced in volume. As shown in FIG. 7, the air in the airbag 13 pushes up the valve 14 in the direction of the arrow θ, passes through the openings 20, 21, and 22, and quickly flows out of the airbag 13. For this reason, the cover 3b and the front base plate 3a rise smoothly.
[0031]
In order to lower the cover 3b and the front base plate 3a, the cover 3b is pushed downward with a slight force. Thus, the latch of the latch mechanism is released, as the cover 3b and the front base plate 3a shown in FIG. 6 (a) is lowered.
[0032]
During this lowering, the slider 11 moves down along the guide 12. In this case, the valve 14 overlaps the top plate 11 c as shown in FIG. 3, and air flows into the airbag 13 through the small hole 23. For this reason, the volume increase of the airbag 13 becomes slow, and the cover 3b and the front base plate 3a descend slowly.
[0033]
As described above, according to this embodiment, the air damper composed of the airbag 13 and the valve 14 constitutes the lowering / lowering device for the cover 3b and the front base plate 3a, and the component cost of the toilet upper surface equipment as compared with the conventional rotary damper. Is cheaper.
[0034]
In the above embodiment, the airbag 13 is disposed above the slider 12, but the airbag 13 may be disposed below the slider 12 as shown in FIG. In this case, a valve 14 (not shown in FIG. 4) is provided so that the air smoothly flows into the airbag 13 when it rises and increases in volume, and the air gradually flows out from the airbag 13 and decreases when it descends. Thus, the cover 3b and the front base plate 3a rise smoothly and descend slowly.
[0035]
In the above embodiment, the toilet upper surface facility is a toilet seat box, but may be a tank cover. The shape and size of the toilet seat box and tank cover are not particularly limited. The toilet seat box and the tank cover may be moved up and down only at the front part, and may be moved up and down including the rear part from the front part.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the toilet upper surface facility of the present invention, the configuration cost of the slowing device for lowering the lifting member can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 (a) is a perspective view of a toilet top surface facility according to an embodiment, and FIG. 1 (b) is a perspective view of the floating unit when ascending.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view when the levitation unit is lowered.
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.
4 (a) and 4 (b) are side views of a levitation unit used in another embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet equipped with toilet bowl upper surface equipment according to the embodiment.
6 is a side view of the western-style toilet of FIG. 5. FIG.
7 is an operation explanatory diagram of a valve 23. FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Toilet seat box 3a Front base plate 3b (Toilet seat box) cover 10 Lifting unit 11 Guide 11c Top plate 12 Slider 13 Air bag 14 Valve 14a Fastening member 20, 21, 22 Opening 23 Small hole

Claims (3)

A toilet top surface facility installed on the rear upper surface of a Western-style toilet,
A fixed member fixed to the Western-style toilet;
An elevating member attached to the fixed member so as to be elevable;
In a toilet top surface facility having a slowing device for slowing down the lifting member,
The moderate line device Ri air damper der,
A guide device for guiding the raising and lowering of the elevating member, and the slowing device is a toilet top surface facility provided in the guide device,
The guide device includes a slider that moves in the vertical direction, and a guide that extends in the vertical direction and is engaged with the slider.
The toilet upper surface facility , wherein the slowing device is connected to the slider . The air damper according to claim 1,
An airbag having an air inlet and outlet;
Control means for controlling the amount of air passing through the intake / exhaust port,
The toilet upper surface facility characterized in that the control means reduces the amount of air passing through the intake / exhaust when the elevating member is lowered, and increases the amount of air passing when the elevating member is raised.   The toilet upper surface equipment according to claim 2, wherein the control means includes a check valve that allows a large amount of air to flow in one direction and prevents or reduces the flow of air in the other direction. .

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