JPH02274932A - rotating toilet unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retain closets in a constantly clean condition without occupying a good deal of space by providing a bowl rotatable in a vertical direction with a rotary axis and a urinal in the lower part of the bowl, and arranging a water supply tube feeding drainage and washing water in the inside of the rotary axis. CONSTITUTION:A toilet is dividedly composed of a bowl 10 and a urinal 13 positioned in the low part of the bowl, both of which are rotatable in the vertical direction. Excretory is made after rotating each implement to the horizontal position at the time of use. When the toilet is washed, a solenoid valve 34 of piping 31 is opened by making the urinal 13 closely contact a housing port 16. Moreover washing water is injected from washing nozzles 26-28 via a water supply tube in rotary axes 22 and 23, and the inner surface on the bowl 10, the outer periphery and the seat 12 of the bowl 10, the back surface of the bowl 10, and the inner surface of the urinal 13 are washed respectively. Local washing is made by draining egesta to the outside equipment from a sewage discharge tube 39 with washing water of a water distribution tube 18, and injecting hot water from a nozzle hole of a washing nozzle 29.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to a rotatable toilet unit.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of rotary toilet unit was developed, for example, by the
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 1-29359, it had a structure as shown in FIG.

That is, the toilet bowl 1 rotates around the rotating shaft 2 as a fulcrum.

A toilet seat 4 is attached to the excretion port 3 side of the toilet bowl 1 so as to be openable and closable. 5 is a cleaning nozzle, and 6 is an operating lever. Reference numeral 7 denotes a drain trap, and filth is discharged to the outside of the vessel via the drain trap and the water pipe 8. 9 is the door.

When using the above configuration for toileting or for women's toileting, rotate the toilet l and the toilet seat 4 to the horizontal position,
Sit on the toilet seat and defecate. Next, in the case of men's errands, the toilet bowl l is placed in a horizontal position, and the toilet seat 4 is erected vertically, so that the user urinates so that urine does not come onto the toilet seat 4.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above configuration, when a man does errands, he stands the toilet seat 4 vertically and urinates toward the excretion port 3; Since the mouth 3 is located at a low position and opens parallel to the floor, it is difficult to discharge urine into the excretion port 3. As a result, urine spills onto the toilet bowl 1 and the toilet seat 4, and the floor becomes dirty with urine. Further, there are also problems in cleaning the toilet bowl, such as cleaning only the inner surface of the toilet bowl l, and not cleaning the toilet seat surface or the outer periphery of the toilet bowl.

The present invention solves these conventional problems, and while maintaining a configuration that does not take up much space like a conventional rotary toilet unit, the toilet bowl can be kept clean at all times by cleaning the inside and outside surfaces of the toilet bowl. To provide a toilet unit having a structure in which cleaning water for cleaning dirt in the toilet bowl can be reliably fed to a cleaning means without leaking.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a toilet bowl that makes it easy for men to do their errands, and also to provide a toilet unit that can clean the dirt inside the toilet bowl that is generated during errands.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the rotary toilet seat unit of the present invention includes a toilet bowl that can be rotated in the vertical direction, a rotating shaft attached to the toilet bowl, and a drainage pipe inside the rotating shaft. A flexible water pipe was installed to transport the cleaning water.

Further, the toilet has a two-part structure, with the seat consisting of a toilet bowl and a men's urinal located below the seat, and the seat and the men's urinal being respectively rotatable in the vertical direction. This is what I did.

According to the above-described structure, the present invention rotates both the toilet bowl having the waste excretion port and the toilet bowl having the toilet excretion port to a horizontal position when used for urination and urinary use. Sit on the toilet seat and defecate. In addition, in the case of men's urinary use, the toilet with the urinary opening should be laid down horizontally, and the toilet bowl with the urinal should be placed vertically, with the urinal facing toward the urinary opening. Do the following. Next, when using the toilet or when excreting excrement or cleaning the toilet after use, the cleaning water sent from the cleaning supply source passes through the water pipe installed in the rotating shaft. The cleaning water is sent to a cleaning water jetting means, and the cleaning water is jetted from the cleaning water jetting means.

Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 7.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 10 designates a sitting toilet bowl having an excretion port 11, and the upper surface of the toilet bowl IO on the excretion port 11 side serves as a toilet seat 12 for sitting.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a urinal, and the urinal 10 is inserted into the excretion port 14 of the urinal 13, so that the urinal 10 and the urinal 13 overlap. , 15 is a storage section that stores the urinal IO1 and the urinal 13. 16 is a storage opening, and 17 is a washing space in which the toilet bowl 10 and the urinal 13 are stored and washed.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, 18 is a drainage supply pipe that supplies water to wash away excrement in the toilet bowl 10 during or after defecation, and 19 is attached to the back side of the toilet bowl 10 for use when urinating. This is a drainage supply pipe that supplies water to wash away urine. Reference numeral 20 denotes a drainage supply pipe that is attached to the inside of the urinal 13 and supplies water to wash away urine when urinating. 21 is the toilet bowl 10,
This is a support part that supports the urinal 13. A rotating shaft 22 that serves as a fulcrum when the toilet 10 rotates, and a rotating shaft 23 that serves as a fulcrum when the urinal 13 rotates are attached to the support portion 21. The toilet bowl 10 and the urinal bowl 13 are connected to the rotating shaft 22.
．． 23 as a fulcrum, each rotates individually from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction. 24 is a drive motor that is directly connected to the rotating shaft 22 and drives the urinal 10; 25 is a drive motor that is directly connected to the rotating shaft 23 and rotates the urinal 13. The toilet bowl can be driven by using hydraulic pressure or the like as a driving source in addition to a motor. 26 is a cleaning nozzle that cleans the inner surface of the toilet bowl 10 attached to the back surface of the cleaning space 17; 27 is a cleaning nozzle that cleans the outer periphery of the toilet bowl 10 and the toilet seat 12 that is attached to the top surface of the cleaning space 17; 28 is a cleaning nozzle that cleans the toilet seat 12; The toilet bowl 10 is located between the toilet bowl 10 and the urinal bowl 13 on the upper surface of the washing space 17.
This is a cleaning nozzle that cleans the back surface of the urinal and the inner surface of the urinal 13. 2
9 is a butt washing nozzle. 30 is a pipe that sends water to the waste water supply pipe 1B, 3L to the waste water supply ff19.20, and 32 to the cleaning nozzle 26, 27, 28, respectively. 33 is a pipe that sends hot water for washing to the butt washing nozzle 29.

In the piping, there are solenoid valves 34, 35 for controlling water supply;
36.37 is the installation. 38 is the filth receptacle, 39
is the waste discharge pipe. 40 is a drying blower, 41 is a heater installed in the air passage 42, and 43 is a blower for discharging odor.

In FIGS. 5 and 6, 44 is a flexible water supply pipe that sends wastewater cleaning water from the pipe 30 to the wastewater supply pipe 18, and 45
is a water supply pipe that has the flexibility to send wastewater cleaning water from the pipe 31 to the wastewater supply pipe 19. 46 is the butt washing nozzle 29
47 is a flexible water pipe that sends washing water to the urinal 1.
This is a flexible water pipe that sends wash water from a pipe 31 disposed within the rotating shaft 23 of No. 3 to the waste water supply pipe 20.

Figures 7 to 9 show the usage conditions, and in Figure 7, 48
is used for urination and for women. 49A in Figure 8
is used by short men for short errands.

FIG. 9 shows a user of 49B, a tall man, for short errands.

In the above configuration, when using the toilet bowl and the toilet bowl for women, the motors 24 and 25 are driven, the toilet bowl 10 and the urinal bowl 13 are tilted horizontally, and the user can sit on the toilet seat 12 in the same way as a conventional Western-style toilet bowl. The person then excretes into the excretion port 11. That is, it is performed in the posture of the user 41 shown in FIG.

When washing away excrement while using the toilet or after using it,
Open the solenoid valve 34. Drainage washing water sent from the washing water supply source is transferred from the pipe 30 to the water pipe 4 disposed inside the rotating shaft 22.
4 to reach the water distribution supply pipe 18, and the water distribution supply pipe 18
It flows out from the spout provided in the. The ejected water sends the excrement to the waste receiving section 35, and further, the waste is discharged outside the vessel through the waste discharge pipe 39. When cleaning private parts such as the anus after excretion, the solenoid valve 37 is opened. The hot water heated by the water heater passes from the pipe 33 through a water pipe 46 disposed within the rotating shaft 22, reaches the butt washing nozzle 29, and is sprayed from the nozzle hole. This jet stream cleanses the private parts. Also, excretion,
When urinating, the odor is discharged to the outside by operating the odor evacuation blower 43, and the air inside the toilet is kept clean.

Next, for men who are short in stature, such as children, operate the motor and tilt the urinal 10 vertically and the urinal 13 horizontally in front of the urinal 13. The person stands and urinates into the excretion port 14. That is, the user 42A in FIG.
Do it in the state of Furthermore, in the case of a tall person such as an adult, the motor 24 tilts the urinal 10 vertically, and the motor 25 tilts the urinal 13 diagonally. Mukai urinates on I4. That is,
This is performed in the state of the user 42B in FIG. During this errand,
In addition to the excretion port 14, the back side of the toilet bowl 10 can also be used as a urine receptacle, so that leakage of urine to the outside can be prevented. When washing away dirty water such as urine, the solenoid valve 33 is opened in the same manner as described above. The drainage cleaning water sent from the cleaning water supply source passes from the piping 31 through the water supply pipe 45 disposed inside the rotating shaft 22, to the drainage supply pipe 19 for washing the back side of the toilet bowl 10, and from the piping 31 into the rotating shaft 23. The water passes through the provided water pipe 47 and is sent to the waste water supply pipe 20 that washes the inner surface of the urinal 13, and flows out from the spout provided in each supply pipe. This runoff water collects urine and other sewage.
The waste receptacle is sent to the section 35, and is further discharged to the outside of the vessel through the discharge pipe 36.

Next, when cleaning the inner surface and outer periphery of the toilet bowl 10 and urinal 13, the motors 24 and 25 are driven and the toilet bowl lO
1. The urinal 13 is placed vertically in a stored state. When in the stored state, the urinal 13 comes into close contact with the storage opening 16 and serves as a lid to prevent flushing water from leaking outside. After the toilet bowl 10 and the urinal bowl 13 are housed in the washing space 17, the solenoid valve 34 of the piping 31 is opened. The cleaning water is supplied through the cleaning nozzle 26.
From 27.28, water is sprayed into the toilet bowl. That is, the cleaning nozzle 26 is directed toward the inner surface of the toilet bowl 10, the cleaning nozzle 27 is directed toward the outer circumference of the toilet bowl 10 and the toilet seat 12, and the cleaning nozzle 28 is directed toward the back surface of the toilet bowl 10 from the gap between the toilet bowl 10 and the urinal bowl 13. Washing water is sprayed onto the inner surface of the urinal 13 to wash each part of the urinal. After cleaning is completed, the heater 38 is turned on and the drying blower 37 is operated to dry the toilet bowl.

During the cleaning operation, the drive motor 24 moves the toilet lO
If you move it back and forth, the jet from the cleaning nozzle 28 will more easily enter the back of the toilet bowl 10 and the inner surface of the urinal 13, and the jet from the cleaning nozzle 27 will hit the outer periphery of the toilet bowl 10 and the toilet seat 12 more widely. It turns out. As a result, cleaning by the jet stream can be performed more uniformly and effectively.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the rotary toilet unit of the present invention provides the following effects.

(1) Since the water supply to the rotating toilet bowl does not have a sliding or movable seal structure, water leakage does not occur. Therefore, the rotary toilet unit can be safely installed in washrooms, bedrooms, etc., and the benefits of using the retractable toilet are doubled.

(2) The flexible water pipe installed inside the rotating shaft absorbs rotational displacement during rotation without using a complicated seal configuration, resulting in a simple configuration and improved reliability. , resulting in low cost.

(3) When the toilet is not in use, by standing the toilet vertically, the toilet floor becomes wider and the flow of water to other areas around the toilet becomes possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of a rotary toilet unit according to an embodiment of the present invention when it is stored, Fig. 2 is an external perspective view when the small water toilet unit is in use, and Fig. 3 is a side sectional view when the same is stored. , Fig. 4 is a front sectional view when the same is stored, Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the same rotating shaft, Fig. 6 is an external perspective view of the same rotating shaft, and Fig. 7 is a front sectional view of the same when the same is stored.
Fig. 8 shows a usage state for a woman of the same stature when doing errands, Fig. 8 shows a usage state for a short man of the same stature when doing errands, and Fig. 9 shows a usage state of the same for a tall man of the same height when doing errands. FIG. 1O is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional rotating toilet unit. 10... Toilet bowl, 11... Excretion port, 1
2... Toilet seat, 13... Urinal, 16
...Urinal excretion port, 22...Toilet rotating shaft, 23...Urinal rotating shaft, 26.27.2
8...Washing nozzle, 29...Butt washing nozzle, 44.4546, 47...Water pipe. Agent's name Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano Haka1 person 10--Alone now! 】Mi L M 3 ward/3 Fig. 4 No. 2 No. 2 Ward No. A Fig.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A rotary toilet unit that includes a toilet that can be rotated in the vertical direction, a rotating shaft attached to the toilet, and a water pipe for sending drainage and flushing water inside the rotating shaft. (2) The toilet consists of a seated toilet that can be rotated vertically, and a men's urinal that is located below the seated toilet and can be rotated vertically. Install the shaft, and drain water into each rotating shaft.
A rotary toilet unit according to claim 1, which is provided with a water pipe for sending flush water. (3) A water pipe that sends water for cleaning the inner surface of the toilet bowl and a water pipe that sends water for cleaning the drainage water on the back side of the toilet bowl are arranged within the rotating shaft of the toilet bowl, and 2. The rotating toilet unit according to claim 1, wherein a water pipe for sending water for cleaning drainage is disposed within the rotating shaft of the urinal.