JPH0652266B2 - Excretion collection device and excretion collection inspection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to an excrement sampling device for sampling human excretions discharged into a toilet bowl, and an excrement sampling inspection device for inspecting the collected excrement. Regarding

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a method of collecting excrement for a stool test or a urine test is as follows.
The collection container was held in the toilet bowl with the hand spread.

Further, as an inspection device for directly inspecting the excrement discharged into the toilet bowl without collecting it, there is one described in JP-A-60-85133. As shown in FIG. 6, this inspection device, when in use, protrudes into the toilet bowl 1a of the toilet bowl 1 and comes into contact with urine or stool, then returns to the toilet seat body 2 and removes the components contained in urine or stool. The biosensor 3 for detection and the display device 4 which is linked to the sensor 3 and displays the health condition of the user by the components contained therein are provided.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional excrement collection method, since the collection container is held by hand for collection, the excrement may come into contact with the hand and is unsanitary. This is especially difficult for children, the elderly, and the physically handicapped because it is difficult to hold the collection container in place in the toilet bowl by hand.

Further, since the conventional inspection device is an inspection method in which a part of the excrement discharged into the toilet bowl 1a and the sensor 3 are temporarily brought into contact with each other, a precise and accurate inspection requiring a long time for the inspection. Is difficult to perform, and it is particularly difficult for a toilet bowl that cleans the toilet bowl 1a after defecation.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above circumstances.

[Means for Solving Problems] Means for solving the above problems will be described below with reference to the drawings corresponding to the embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1, the excrement sampling device according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a sampling tool 6 having a sampling recess 6a for sampling excrement at a sampling position B in a toilet bowl 5a, and the sampling tool 6 And a cleaning means (7) for cleaning the cleaning tool (7), wherein the sampling tool (6) is provided so as to be movable back and forth from the sampling position (B) to the inspection position (A) outside the toilet bowl 5a, Is provided rotatably so as to turn the sampling recess 6a upside down, and the cleaning means 7 has a cleaning nozzle 18 formed separately from the sampling tool 6 and the inspection position from the outside of the sampling tool 6. It is provided so as to irradiate the washing water to the collecting tool 6 which is rotating at A.

As shown in FIG. 2, the excrement collection and inspection device according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a sampling tool 6 having a sampling recess 6a for sampling the excrement at a sampling position B in the toilet bowl 5a, and the sampling tool. A cleaning means (7) for cleaning (6) and an inspection means (8) for inspecting the excrement collected by the collecting tool (6), wherein the collecting tool (6) comprises:
The cleaning means 7 is provided so as to be movable back and forth from the sampling position B to the inspection position A outside the toilet bowl 5a, and rotatably so as to turn the sampling recess 6a upside down when cleaning at the inspection position A. Is provided so that the cleaning nozzle 18 is formed separately from the collecting tool 6 and emits cleaning water toward the collecting tool 6 rotating from the outside of the collecting tool 6 at the inspection position A. The inspection means 8 is that the detection end 23a is provided outside the toilet bowl 5a separately from the sampling tool 6.

[Operation] As shown in FIG. 1, the excrement collection device according to the first aspect of the present invention allows the excrement collected by the collection tool 6 at the collection position B in the toilet bowl 5a only by moving the collection tool 6 forward and backward. Carrying out (not shown) to the inspection position A outside the toilet bowl 5a without manpower,
After the inspection is finished, the sampling tool 6 is washed by the washing means 7. The cleaning means 7 irradiates cleaning water from the outside of the sampling tool 6 toward the rotating sampling tool 6, and thus cleans the entire sampling tool 6. After completion of washing, by rotating the sampling tool 6,
The cleaning water does not remain in the sampling recess 6a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the excrement collection and inspection device according to the second aspect of the present invention merely moves the sampling tool 6 forward and backward, and the excrement collected by the sampling tool 6 at the sampling position B in the toilet bowl 5a (shown in the figure). (Omitted) is carried out to the inspection position A outside the toilet bowl 5a without requiring any labor, and the excrement collected by the collecting tool 6 is inspected by the inspection means 8, and after the inspection is completed, the cleaning means 7 is used. To wash. The cleaning means 7 irradiates cleaning water from the outside of the sampling tool 6 toward the rotating sampling tool 6, and thus cleans the entire sampling tool 6. By rotating the collecting tool 6 after the cleaning is completed, the cleaning water is not left in the collecting recess 6a.

[Embodiment] (Embodiment of the First Invention) FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the first invention, in which a toilet bowl 5 is composed of a urinal or a toilet bowl (not shown). ing. The toilet bowl 5 has an opening 5c formed in the side wall 5b or the back surface thereof, and the opening of the flush water receiver 9 fitted in the opening 5c.
9a is exposed in the toilet bowl 5a. The cleaning water receiving portion 9 has an inspection port 9b opened at the upper part so that an excrement (not shown) collected by an inspection tool 6 described later can be inspected. Sampling device
Reference numeral 10 denotes an operating rod 11 that is axially supported 12 so that it can move back and forth, a drive device 13 that drives the operating rod 11 forward and backward, and a sampling tool 6 that is attached to the tip of the operating rod 11 and has a sampling recess 6a formed on the upper surface. The driving tool 13 drives the sampling tool 6 and the washing water receiver 9
The inspection position A formed inside the container is moved to and from the sampling position B in the toilet bowl 5a. The drive unit 13 includes a driven unit 14 including a toothed belt or a chain stretched along the direction of movement of the operating rod 11, a forward / backward drive source 15 including a stepping motor for driving the driven unit 14, and an operation unit. It comprises a joining member 16 which pivotally supports the rear end of the rod 11 and is connected to the driven means 14. A rotary drive source 17 including a stepping motor or the like is attached to the joining member 16, and the rotary drive source 17 is attached.
The output end of 17 is joined to the rear end of the operating rod 11. The rotary drive source 17 rotates the sampling tool 6 during cleaning, and stops the sampling tool 6 in a state in which the sampling recess 6a faces upward after the cleaning is completed so that the sampling tool 6 can be sampled. The cleaning means 7 for cleaning the sampling tool 6 waiting at the inspection position A includes a cleaning nozzle 18 arranged inside the cleaning water receiving part 9, one end connected to the cleaning nozzle 18 and the other end connected to a water pipe or the like (shown in the figure. Water supply pipe 19 connected to (omitted) and water supply pipe 19
And the operating valve 20 arranged in the appropriate position, and the rotating sampling tool 6 is washed at the inspection position A.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described according to the excrement collection procedure. The drive device 13 is activated to advance the sampling tool 6 waiting at the inspection position A to the sampling position B (the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in the figure) in the toilet bowl 5a. Collection recess 6a of the collection tool 6 accompanying defecation
If urine or stool (not shown) is collected in the above, the driving device 13 is reversely driven to retract the sampling tool 6 to the inspection position A, and then the urine collected in the sampling recess 6a of the sampling tool 6 is removed. An inspection paper, an inspection reagent, an inspection device or the like (not shown) is put into the inspection port 9a of the cleaning water receiving part 9 for inspection. When the inspection is completed, the rotary drive source 17 is activated, the operation valve 20 of the cleaning means 7 is opened, and cleaning water is radiated from the cleaning nozzle 18 to the rotating sampling tool 6 to perform cleaning. When cleaning is completed, the rotary drive source
17 is stopped, the operation valve 20 of the cleaning means 7 is closed, and then the inspection is awaited. Of course, it is possible to automatically perform the above operation sequence by sequence control.

(First embodiment of the second invention) FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of the second invention of the present invention. The difference from the embodiment shown in FIG. Inspection means 8 provided above 9 and an inspection port of the cleaning water receiving part 9
An opening / closing lid 9c provided on 9b, a distiller 21 provided at an appropriate position on the water supply pipe 19 of the cleaning means 7, and a hot air outlet 22 inside the cleaning water receiving portion 9
This is a point provided with a sampling tool drying means 22 in which a is opened. The opening / closing lid 9c, the distiller 21, or the sampling tool drying means 22 is provided as needed. The inspection means 8 includes a detection rod 23, which is a combination of one or several of an enzyme sensor, an organelle sensor, a tissue sensor, a microorganism sensor, an immunosensor, an enzyme thermistor, an enzyme immunothermistor, a luminescent immunothermistor, and the like, from a standby position above. Collection recess 6a of 6
It is configured to move up and down to the detection position inside. The inspection result is displayed on the display panel 24 or is output from the display panel 24 as an inspection signal.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The drive device 13 is activated, and the sampling tool 6 waiting at the inspection position A is advanced to the sampling position B in the toilet bowl 5a (the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in the figure). Urine or feces (not shown) in the collection recess 6a of the collection tool 6 accompanying defecation
When the sample is collected, the driving device 13 is reversely driven to retract the sampler 6 to the inspection position A. Next, after opening the opening / closing lid 9c of the wash water receiving part 9, the inspection rod 23 of the inspection means 8 is lowered, and the inspection rod is attached to the excrement collected in the sampling recess 6a of the sampling tool 6.
The detection end 23a of 23 is brought into contact. When the inspection is over,
Inspection rod while cleaning with distilled water discharged from the cleaning nozzle 18.
After raising 23 to the upper standby position, the rotary drive source 17 is activated and distilled water is radiated from the cleaning nozzle 18 to the rotating sampling tool 6 for cleaning. When cleaning is finished,
The rotary drive source 17 is stopped and the operating valve 20 of the cleaning means 7 is stopped.
Is closed, and the opening / closing lid 9c is closed to wait until the next inspection. Of course, it is possible to automatically perform the above operation sequence by sequence control.

(Second Embodiment of Present Second Invention) FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the second present invention, which is provided in a Western-style toilet bowl. The toilet bowl 25 has a rear wall 25b.
An opening 25c is formed in the opening 25c, and the opening 27a of the wash water receiving portion 27 fitted in the opening 25c is exposed in the toilet bowl 25a. The cleaning water receiving portion 27 has an inspection port 27b opened at an upper portion thereof so that the detection rod 23 can move up and down. The sampling device 26 is composed of a plurality of expandable rods 29a, 29b in which a plurality of pipes having different outer diameters are sequentially fitted to each other and arranged in parallel, and the upper expandable rod 29a is rotatable about a rotation axis. An operating rod 29 that is pivotally supported on the operating rod 29, a drive device 30 that extends and retracts the operating rod 29, and telescopic rods 29a and 29b.
And a sampling tool 31 having a sampling recess 31a formed on the upper surface thereof. The sampling tool 31 is driven by a driving device 30.
Is configured to move back and forth from the inspection position C formed inside the wash water receiving portion 27 to an arbitrary sampling position D in the toilet bowl 25a. The drive unit 30 is a driven unit formed of a toothed belt or a chain stretched along the extension / contraction direction of the operating rod 29.
32, a drive source 33 composed of a stepping motor or the like for driving the driven means 32, and an operation cable 34b inserted through a cable conduit 34a.
An operating tool 34 having one end connected to the tip of the telescopic rod 29a and the other end connected to the driven means 32. The rotary drive source 35 causes the output gear 35a to mesh with the driven gear 29c externally fitted to the operating rod 29 to rotate the sampling tool 31 during cleaning, and after the cleaning is completed, the sampling tool 31 is sampled into the sampling recess 31a.
Is to be stopped in a state where it can be picked up. Cleaning means for cleaning the sampling tool 31 waiting at the inspection position C
36 is above the inspection port 27b of the wash water receiver 27 or the wash water receiver 2
Cleaning nozzles 18, 18 arranged inside 7 and cleaning nozzle at one end
Water pipe 19 connected to 18, 18 and the other end connected to distiller 37
And an operation valve 20 arranged at a proper position of the water supply pipe 19, and configured to wash the rotating sampling tool 31 at the inspection position C.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described according to the procedure of excrement collection and inspection. The driving device 33 is activated, and the sampling tool 31 waiting at the inspection position C is moved to an arbitrary sampling position D (2 in the figure) in the toilet bowl 25a.
Advance to the position indicated by the dotted line). Collection tool for defecation 31
When urine or stool (not shown) is collected in the collection concave portion 31a, the driving device 30 is reversely driven to retract the collection tool 31 to the inspection position C, and then the inspection rod 23 of the inspection means 8 is lowered. Then, the detection end 23a of the inspection rod 23 is brought into contact with the urine or stool collected in the sampling recess 31a of the sampling tool 31. When the inspection is completed, the inspection rod 23 is raised to the standby position above while cleaning with the distilled water emitted from the cleaning nozzles 18,18, and then the rotary drive source 35 is activated and the cleaning nozzles 18,18 are rotated. Distilled water is radiated to the inside sampling tool 31 for cleaning. When the cleaning is completed, the rotary drive source 35 is stopped, the operation valve 20 of the cleaning means 36 is closed, and the next inspection is awaited. Of course, it is possible to automatically perform the above operation sequence by sequence control.

(Third Embodiment of the Second Invention) FIGS. 4 and 5 show a third embodiment of the second invention, which is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. The point that the operating rod 38 is swingable. The operating rod 38
Is pivotally supported by an operation box (not shown) arranged on the side of the toilet 25, and is manually or electrically operated from the inspection position E to the sampling position F.
(Or G). Operating rod 38
A sampling tool 39 is rotatably supported on the swing end of the shaft via a pivot 40. A weight 39b is attached to the lower surface of the sampling tool 39, and the sampling recess 39a automatically faces upward at the inspection position E and the sampling position F (G). As shown in FIG. 5, a rotary drive source 41 composed of a stepping motor or the like is attached to the side of the wash water receiver 42.
Is designed so that the output gear 41a and the driven gear 40a attached to the pivot 40 are engaged with each other at the inspection position E to rotate the sampling tool 39 during cleaning.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described according to the procedure of excrement collection and inspection. The operating rod 38 is rocked to move the sampling tool 39 waiting at the inspection position E to any sampling position F (G) in the toilet bowl 25a.
(The position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in the figure). If urine or stool (not shown) is collected in the collecting recess 39a of the collecting tool 39 accompanying defecation, the operating rod 38 is rocked to retract the collecting tool 39 to the inspection position E, and then the inspection means. The inspection rod 23 of No. 8 is lowered, and the detection end 23a of the inspection rod 23 is brought into contact with the urine or stool collected in the sampling recess 39a of the sampling tool 39. When the inspection is completed, the inspection rod 23 is raised to the standby position above while cleaning with the distilled water discharged from the cleaning nozzles 18,18, and then the rotary drive source 41 is activated and the cleaning nozzles 18,18 are rotated. Distilled water is radiated to the sampling tool 39 therein to perform cleaning. When the cleaning is completed, the rotary drive source 41 is stopped, the operation valve 20 of the cleaning means 36 is closed, and the next inspection is awaited.
Of course, it is possible to automatically perform the above operation sequence by sequence control.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, the present invention has the following excellent effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, excrement collected by the sampling tool can be carried out to the inspection position without touching the sample, and the sampling tool can be washed by the cleaning means. It becomes possible to collect excrement.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the excrement collected by the sampling tool can be carried out to the inspection position without touching it and inspected by the inspection means, the sampling tool can be washed by the cleaning means. The excrement can be inspected hygienically, and the detection end of the inspection means can be brought into contact with the excrement for a long time, which requires a long time for the inspection. A precise and accurate inspection can be performed.

In the first and second aspects of the present invention, after the inspection is completed, the cleaning means irradiates the washing water from the outside of the sampling tool toward the rotating sampling tool, so that the entire sampling tool is washed and excreted. Can be completely removed.

In the first and second aspects of the present invention, after the cleaning is completed, the cleaning water is not left in the sampling recess by the rotation of the sampling tool, so that the sampling recess does not need to be dried or can be dried in a short time. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the detection end is provided outside the toilet bowl separately from the sampling tool, maintenance and inspection and replacement of the inspection means can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view showing an embodiment of the excrement collection device according to the first invention, and FIG. 2 is a first embodiment of the excrement collection inspection device according to the second invention. FIG. 3 is a partially sectional side view showing a second embodiment of the second invention, and FIG. 4 is a partially sectional side view showing a third embodiment of the second invention. FIG. 5 and FIG. 5 are sectional views taken along line VV of the same, and FIG. 6 is a partially sectional front view showing a conventional excrement inspection device. A (C, E) ... inspection position B (D, F, G) ... sampling position 5a (26a) ... toilet bowl, 6 (31, 39) ... sampling tool 7 (36) ... cleaning means, 8 ... inspection means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A waste collection device comprising a collection tool having a collection recess for collecting excrement at a collection position in a toilet bowl, and a cleaning means for cleaning the collection tool, wherein the collection tool comprises:
It is provided so as to be able to move back and forth from the collection position to an inspection position outside the toilet bowl, and is rotatably provided so as to turn the collection recess upside down when cleaning at the inspection position. An excrement collection device, which is formed separately from the collection tool and is provided so as to irradiate wash water from the outside of the collection tool toward the rotating collection tool at the inspection position. 2. A sampling tool having a sampling recess for collecting excrement at a sampling position in the toilet bowl, a cleaning means for cleaning the sampling tool, and an inspection means for inspecting the excrement collected by the sampling tool. In the excrement collection and inspection device comprising:
It is provided so as to be able to move back and forth from the collection position to an inspection position outside the toilet bowl, and is rotatably provided so as to turn the collection recess upside down when cleaning at the inspection position. It is formed separately from the sampling tool, and is provided so as to irradiate washing water from the outside of the sampling tool toward the sampling tool rotating at the inspection position, and the inspection means has a detection end outside the toilet bowl. An excrement collection and inspection device, which is provided separately from the collection tool.