JP5696366B2 - Human body cleaning device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a human body washing apparatus having a shutter that shuts off a washing means for local washing of a human body and the inside of a toilet.

  Conventionally, the structure shown by patent document 1 is disclosed about the human body washing | cleaning apparatus.

  In this human body washing apparatus, a cylinder and a nozzle serving as washing means are accommodated in a housing disposed in the toilet bowl. The cleaning means moves the nozzle toward the toilet bowl by the driving means. Further, the housing has an opening part where the nozzle appears and disappears, and a shutter is provided so as to cover the opening part. This human body cleaning device has a structure that pushes the shutter from the back by moving the tip of the cylinder toward the toilet, and the nozzle slides after the shutter is opened by the cylinder to perform cleaning. The shutter can be opened and closed without contact.

Japanese Patent No. 3555358 (FIGS. 3 to 5)

  In this human body cleaning apparatus, since the tip of the cylinder is positioned in front of the shutter for cleaning, splash water or the like that has cleaned the local part of the human body is applied to the cylinder, and the cylinder becomes dirty. In addition, a sliding portion that slides with the nozzle is provided at the tip of the cylinder, and the sliding portion is also soiled due to contamination of the tip of the cylinder, which causes a malfunction of the nozzle.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a human body cleaning device that prevents contamination between a cylinder and a nozzle that causes nozzle malfunction.

Means taken in order to solve the above-mentioned problem is a cleaning means having a main body provided on a toilet, a nozzle for discharging cleaning water, and a cylinder for slidably storing the nozzle. An opening formed in the main body through which the cleaning unit protrudes and exits, a driving unit that moves the cleaning unit in and out, a shutter that rotates with respect to the main body and closes the opening, and the cleaning unit An opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes the shutter by moving the cylinder toward the opening, and the opening / closing mechanism is on the opening side of the cylinder when the cleaning means is in the submerged state, and the shutter The human body cleaning device is configured to rotate the shutter while contacting the shutter without contacting the nozzle and the nozzle.
In this case, the opening / closing mechanism may be configured not to contact the shutter and the cylinder.
Further, it is preferable that the tip of the cylinder is on the rear side of the tip of the shutter during cleaning .

  Further, the opening / closing mechanism may have a protrusion provided at the tip of the cylinder and extending forward from the tip, and the shutter may be rotated in the opening direction by the protrusion when the cylinder moves forward.

  The opening / closing mechanism may have a bent portion that is attached to the rear of the shutter and is rotated by the movement of the cleaning means, and the cylinder rotates the shutter in the opening direction by the bent portion when the cylinder moves forward. .

  According to the present invention, the human body cleaning device opens the shutter by operating the opening / closing mechanism for pushing the shutter open by moving the cylinder to the opening provided in the main body. Since this opening / closing mechanism supports the shutter so as not to come into contact with the nozzle that has slid for cleaning, a space is provided between the nozzle and the shutter. Thereby, since the nozzle and the shutter do not interfere with each other, the opening / closing mechanism can suppress shortening the life due to wear or the like due to long-term use. Furthermore, the shutter suppresses splashing water and dirt when the human body is locally washed, and can keep the cylinder clean. As described above, keeping the cylinder clean also leads to cleanliness of the sliding portion of the cylinder and the nozzle, so that the malfunction of the nozzle and the cylinder due to contamination of the human body cleaning device can be suppressed.

  The opening / closing mechanism of the human body cleaning apparatus has a structure in which a protrusion provided at the tip of the cylinder moves together with the movement of the cylinder to open the shutter. As a result, the opening / closing mechanism suppresses splashing water and filth from being applied to the cylinder during local cleaning of the human body, and enables the cylinder to be kept clean. Furthermore, since the opening and closing mechanism has a simple shape and mechanism, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  The opening / closing mechanism of the human body cleaning apparatus is provided behind the shutter, and has a structure in which a bent portion that is rotatable in the moving direction of the cleaning means contacts the cylinder and pushes up the shutter as the cylinder moves. Thereby, the human body washing | cleaning apparatus suppresses that splash water and dirt get on a cylinder at the time of the local washing | cleaning of a human body, and it becomes possible to keep a cylinder clean.

Sectional drawing of the human body washing | cleaning apparatus in Example 1 of this invention. The figure which shows the shape of the shutter adapter in Example 1 of this invention shown in FIG. The figure which shows the assembly | attachment of a shutter adapter and a main body. The side view before mounting | wearing with a shutter adapter. The side view after mounting a shutter adapter. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the opening-and-closing mechanism in Example 1 of this invention (before the action | operation of a cylinder). Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the opening / closing mechanism in Example 1 of this invention (at the time of the action | operation of a shutter). Sectional drawing of the human body washing | cleaning apparatus in Example 2 of this invention. The figure which shows the shape of the shutter adapter in Example 2 of this invention shown in FIG. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the opening-and-closing mechanism in Example 2 of this invention (before the action | operation of a cylinder). Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the opening / closing mechanism in Example 2 of this invention (at the time of the action | operation of a shutter).

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

Example 1
The configuration of the human body cleaning apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the human body cleaning device 1 attached to the toilet bowl 3.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the human body cleaning apparatus 1 includes a main body 10 attached to the toilet 3 and a cleaning unit 20 for cleaning a local part of the human body. The main body 10 is composed of a base plate 11 attached to the toilet bowl 3 and a base cover 12 so as to cover the base plate 11, and a cleaning means 20 for cleaning a local part of the human body is incorporated, and the cleaning means 20 moves to the inside of the toilet bowl 3. An opening 13 is formed in the front. A shutter adapter 30 is detachably attached to the base plate 11 in the opening 13. The shutter adapter 30 is provided with a rotatable shutter 31 inside the toilet bowl 3. The cleaning means 20 includes a nozzle 21 and a cylinder 22 that discharge cleaning water to a local part of the human body, and the nozzle 21 can slide in the moving direction of the cleaning means in the cylinder 22. Further, the cleaning means moves the cylinder 22 to the inside of the toilet 3 and drives the driving means 40 for swinging the cylinder 22 to widen the range of the cleaning water discharged from the nozzle 21 and the cleaning supplied to the cylinder 22. A control valve 50 for adjusting the amount of water is provided, and the nozzle 21 slides on the cylinder 22 by supplying cleaning water to the cylinder 22 through the control valve 50. Further, the human body cleaning apparatus 1 is provided with an opening / closing mechanism 60 for opening the shutter 31. In the opening / closing mechanism 60, a protrusion 61 extending forward (in the toilet bowl 3) from the tip 22a of the cylinder 22 is provided at the tip 22a of the cylinder 22 and moves together with the cylinder 22 moved by the driving means 40. The protrusion 61 abuts against the shutter 31 to push the shutter 31 in the clockwise direction (opening direction) shown in FIG. Further, the nozzle 21 of the cleaning means 20 can slide in the cylinder 22 after the opening / closing mechanism 60 pushes the shutter 31 open together with the operation of the cylinder 22. This suppresses the nozzle 21 from coming into contact with the shutter 31 and prevents the nozzle 21 from being worn.

  Next, the configuration of the shutter adapter 30 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a view showing the shape of the shutter adapter 30 of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view for explaining the assembly of the shutter adapter 30 and the main body 10. 4 shows a side view before the shutter adapter 30 is mounted, and FIG. 5 shows a side view after the shutter adapter 30 is mounted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the shutter adapter 30 has a hollow shape so that the cylinder 22 and the nozzle 21 are inserted and protruded by the upper portion 32 and the lower portion 33 and the side portion 34 that couples them together. A shutter 31 is rotatably attached to the upper portion 32, and insertion portions 35 to be inserted into the base plate 11 are formed at both ends of the lower portion 33. Furthermore, a locking portion 71 for preventing separation from the base plate 11 is formed at the approximate center of the lower portion 33. A bearing 36 to which the shutter 31 is attached is formed on the side portion 34, and a pivotable range is secured by an accommodation groove 37 that accommodates a part of the shutter 31 provided on the rotation trajectory of the shutter 31. Thus, the shutter 31 can be pushed open by the opening / closing mechanism 60.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the base plate 11 is provided with a guide portion 14 that guides the insertion portion 35 of the shutter adapter 30 to the mounting completion position of the base plate 11. This guide part 14 is provided from the inside of the main body 10 to the opening part 13, and the user can confirm the guide part 14 of the opening part 13 when the user views from above. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the stopper structure 70 when the shutter adapter 30 and the base plate 11 are mounted includes a protruding locking portion 71 formed on the base plate 11 side at the approximate center of the shutter adapter 30. The locking hole 72 that locks the locking portion 71 of the shutter adapter 30 is formed at the approximate center of the portion of the base plate 11 to which the shutter adapter 30 is attached. When attaching, the insertion portion 35 of the shutter adapter 30 is advanced from the opposite side blocked by the shutter 31 to the guide portion 14 of the base plate 11 and advanced to a position where the locking portion 71 is locked in the locking hole 72. The installation is completed. When the stopper structure 70 is removed, the knob portion 73 provided on the shutter 31 side of the lower portion 33 of the shutter adapter 30 is pushed down to the base plate 11 side, so that a part of the lower portion 33 of the shutter adapter 30 serves as a fulcrum. The shutter adapter 30 can be detached from the base plate 11 by lifting the 71 and releasing the locking with the locking holes 72 of the base plate 11.

  Next, the operation of the opening / closing mechanism 60 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 6, and FIG. FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram of the opening / closing mechanism 60 (when the cylinder 22 is operated), and FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram of the opening / closing mechanism 60 (when the shutter 31 is opening).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the human body washing apparatus 1 is provided with a protrusion 61 of an opening / closing mechanism 60 that is attached to the tip 22 a of the cylinder 22 and extends forward in the moving direction of the cylinder 22. The protrusion 61 is inserted through the shutter adapter 30 attached to the opening 13 together with the cylinder 22 and the nozzle 21, and can move in the shutter adapter 30 as the cylinder 22 moves. As shown in FIG. 7, in the human body cleaning device 1, the cylinder 22 moves forward by the driving means 40. At that time, the protrusion 61 of the opening / closing mechanism 60 moves together with the cylinder 22, abuts against the shutter 31, and applies a force in a direction to push the shutter 31 open. At this time, the nozzle 21 does not slide in the cylinder 22 because cleaning water is not supplied into the cylinder 22. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, when the protrusion 61 pushes open the shutter 31 by the movement of the cylinder 22, the shutter 31 and the sliding nozzle 21 form a predetermined space without contacting each other. Thereby, since the nozzle 21 that moves to the cleaning position after the shutter 31 is pushed open does not interfere with the shutter 31, it is possible to suppress shortening the life due to wear or the like due to long-term use.

(Example 2)
A configuration of the human body cleaning apparatus 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 shows a cross-sectional view of the human body cleaning device 2 attached to the toilet bowl 3.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the human body cleaning device 2 includes a main body 10 attached to the toilet 3 and a cleaning means 20 for cleaning a local part of the human body. The main body 10 is composed of a base plate 11 attached to the toilet bowl 3 and a base cover 12 so as to cover the base plate 11, and a cleaning means 20 for cleaning a local part of the human body is incorporated, and the cleaning means 20 moves to the inside of the toilet bowl 3. An opening 13 is formed in the front. A shutter adapter 30 is detachably attached to the base plate 11 in the opening 13. The shutter adapter 30 is provided with a rotatable shutter 31 inside the toilet bowl 3. The cleaning means 20 includes a cylinder 22 and a nozzle 21 that discharges cleaning water to a local part of the human body. The nozzle 21 can slide in the moving direction of the cleaning means 20 in the cylinder 22. Further, the cleaning means moves the cylinder 22 to the inside of the toilet 3 and drives the driving means 40 for swinging the cylinder 22 to widen the range of the cleaning water discharged from the nozzle 21 and the cleaning supplied to the cylinder 22. A control valve 50 for adjusting the amount of water is provided, and the nozzle 21 slides on the cylinder by supplying cleaning water to the cylinder 22 through the control valve 50. Further, the human body cleaning device 2 is provided with an opening / closing mechanism 80 for opening the shutter 31. The opening / closing mechanism 80 has a rotating shaft 81 behind the shutter adapter 30, and a bent portion 84 interposed between a first link 82 extending from the rotating shaft 81 and a second link 83 that pushes the shutter 31 open. It is constituted by. Further, the first link 82 or the bent portion 84 contacts the front end surface 22b or the side end surface 22c of the tip 22a of the cylinder 22. In the opening / closing mechanism 80, the cylinder 22 is moved by the driving means 40, so that the second link 83 is brought into contact with the shutter 31 and the shutter 31 is rotated in the clockwise direction shown in FIG. It is a mechanism that pushes in the opening direction.

  Next, the configuration of the shutter adapter 30 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 9, 3, and 4. FIG. 9 is a view showing the shape of the shutter adapter 30.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the shutter adapter 30 has a hollow shape so that the cylinder 22 and the nozzle 21 are inserted and protruded by the upper part 32 and the lower part 33 and the side part 34 that couples them together. A shutter 31 is rotatably attached to the upper portion 32, and an insertion portion 35 to be inserted into the base plate 11 is formed on the lower portion 33. Furthermore, a locking portion 71 for preventing separation from the base plate 11 is formed at the approximate center of the lower portion 33. A bearing 36 to which the shutter 31 is attached is formed on the side portion 34, and a pivotable range is secured by a housing groove 37 that accommodates a part of the shutter 31 provided on the pivotal orbit of the shutter 31. Thus, the shutter 31 can be pushed open by the opening / closing mechanism 80. Further, a bearing 85 that supports the rotation shaft 81 of the opening / closing mechanism 80 is provided behind the shutter 31. The bearing 85 supports the first link 82 of the opening / closing mechanism 80 in a rotatable manner, so that the opening / closing mechanism 80 can be rotated in accordance with the movement of the cylinder 22 to open / close the shutter.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the base plate 11 is provided with a guide portion 14 that guides the insertion portion of the shutter adapter 30 to the mounting completion position of the base plate 11. This guide part 14 is provided from the inside of the main body 10 to the opening part 13, and the user can confirm the guide part 14 of the opening part 13 when the user views from above. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the stopper structure 70 when the shutter adapter 30 and the base plate 11 are mounted includes a protruding locking portion 71 formed on the base plate 11 side at the approximate center of the shutter adapter 30, and the base plate 11. A locking hole 72 for locking the locking portion 71 of the shutter adapter 30 is formed at the approximate center of the portion to which the shutter adapter 30 is attached. When attaching, the insertion portion 35 of the shutter adapter 30 is advanced from the opposite side blocked by the shutter 31 to the guide portion 14 of the base plate 11 and advanced to a position where the locking portion 71 is locked in the locking hole 72. The installation is completed. When the stopper structure 70 is removed, the knob portion 73 provided on the shutter 31 side of the lower portion 33 of the shutter adapter 30 is pushed down to the base plate 11 side, so that a part of the lower portion 33 of the shutter adapter 30 serves as a fulcrum. The shutter adapter 30 can be detached from the base plate 11 by lifting the 71 and releasing the locking with the locking holes 72 of the base plate 11.

  Next, the operation of the opening / closing mechanism 80 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8, 10, and 11. FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram of the opening / closing mechanism 80 (when the cylinder 22 is operated), and FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram of the opening / closing mechanism 80 when the shutter is opened.

  As shown in FIG. 10, before the human body washing apparatus 2 is operated, the second link 83 of the opening / closing mechanism 80 and the shutter 31 are held apart. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 11, when the cylinder 22 is moved to the toilet 3 side by the driving means 40, the place where the first link 82 of the opening / closing mechanism 80 abuts on the tip 22 a of the cylinder 22 is the opening / closing mechanism. The bent portion 84 approaches the bent portion 84, and the tip of the second link 83 comes into contact with the shutter 31 to push the shutter 31 open. As shown in FIG. 8, in the human body cleaning device 2, as the movement of the cylinder 22 proceeds, the bent portion 84 of the opening / closing mechanism 80 and the side end face 22 c of the cylinder 22 come into contact with each other. The bent portion 84 can slide on the side end face 22 c in accordance with the movement of the cylinder 22, and can slide on the side end face 22 c even when the cylinder 22 is swung by the swinging means 50. is there. For this reason, the opening / closing mechanism 80 can suppress the transmission of the swing of the cylinder 22 from the bent portion 84 to the shutter 31 through the second link 83 when the cylinder 22 swings. The shutter 31 can be supported in a constant state (open state). Furthermore, a predetermined space is formed in the shutter 31 and the nozzle 21 without contacting each other. Thereby, since the nozzle 21 that moves to the cleaning position after the shutter 31 is pushed open does not interfere with the shutter 31, it is possible to suppress shortening the life due to wear or the like due to long-term use.

  As mentioned above, although the structure of the Example was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this, You may change into the aspect shown below.

The opening / closing mechanisms 60 and 70 described in the embodiments of the present invention are human body cleaning apparatuses using a nozzle (not shown) using an electric motor as a driving means in addition to the cleaning means 20 including the nozzle and cylinder of the embodiment. You may use for.

The protrusion 61 of the opening / closing mechanism 60 described in the embodiment of the present invention is attached to the shutter 31 and contacts the protrusion 31 when the cylinder 22 is moved, thereby rotating the shutter 31 in the opening direction. A structure that can be pushed open is also possible.

The insertion portion 35 described in the embodiment of the present invention is a member for inserting the shutter adapter 31 so as to guide the shutter adapter 31 with respect to the guide portion 14 of the base plate 11 in order to facilitate the attachment / detachment of the shutter adapter 31 to the base plate 11. It is. The insertion portion 35 is not limited to being formed in the lower portion 33 on the assumption that the guide portion 14 is formed on the base plate 11.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Human body washing | cleaning apparatus 3 Toilet bowl 10 Main body 11 Base plate 12 Base cover 13 Opening part 20 Cleaning means 21 Nozzle 22 Cylinder 30 Shutter adapter 31 Shutter 40 Driving means 60 Opening / closing mechanism 61 of Example 1 Protrusion 80 Opening / closing mechanism of Example 2 81 Rotating shaft 82 First link 83 Second link 84 Bent part 85 Bearing of opening / closing mechanism

Claims (5)

A body provided on the toilet,
Cleaning means built in the main body and having a nozzle for discharging cleaning water and a cylinder for slidably storing the nozzle;
An opening formed in the main body and in which the cleaning means appears and disappears;
Drive means for moving the cleaning means up and down;
A shutter that rotates relative to the body and closes the opening;
An opening / closing mechanism that opens and closes the shutter by moving the cylinder of the cleaning means toward the opening,
The opening / closing mechanism is on the opening side of the cylinder when the cleaning means is in the submerged state, and does not contact the shutter and the nozzle, but contacts the shutter and rotates the shutter. Human body cleaning device characterized by.   The human body cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing mechanism does not contact the shutter and the cylinder.   3. The human body cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the front end portion of the cylinder is located behind the front end of the shutter during cleaning. The opening / closing mechanism has a protrusion provided at a tip portion of the cylinder and extending forward from the tip portion, and the protrusion comes into contact when the cylinder moves forward to rotate the shutter in the opening direction. The human body cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the human body cleaning device is characterized in that: The opening / closing mechanism has a bent portion that is attached to the rear of the shutter and rotates by the movement of the cleaning means, and the cylinder rotates the shutter in the opening direction by the bent portion when the cylinder moves forward. The human body cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the human body cleaning device is characterized in that:

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