JPH11222902A - Toilet bowl electric equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide toilet bowl electric equipment that can sufficiently operate even equipment of large power consumption. SOLUTION: A drying device 91, a heating device 92, a deodorizing device 93, and the like are operated by the output power of a storage battery 54 charged with the generated power of a hydraulic power generator 52 provided at a feed water pipe 51 for a low tank. When a voltage monitoring circuit 84 detects the output power of the storage battery 54 to be lower than the specified voltage, a switching element 82 is turned on to charge the storage battery 54 with power from a commercial power source 80, or a changeover switch is switched to operate the drying device 91, heating device 92, deodorizing device 93, and the like by the commercial power source 80.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet electrical system in which a generator is provided in a flow path, and the power of the generator is used to operate a sanitary washing device or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sanitary washing device in which a generator is installed in a water supply pipe for a toilet and a controller of the sanitary washing device is operated by the power of the generator is described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-24460. Where you are. The configuration of the sanitary washing device described in the publication will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 2, a hot water supply pipe 1 and a water supply main pipe 2 are connected to a mixing valve 7 via strainers 3, 4 and check valves 5, 6. This mixing valve 7
Is a thermostatic mixing valve provided with a temperature-sensitive element therein, and when the temperature-sensitive element expands and contracts, the mixing ratio of hot and cold water is automatically adjusted so as to obtain a mixed water at a target temperature.

[0004] The mixed water outlet of the mixing valve 7 is connected to a shower nozzle 10 and a charm nozzle 11 via pipes 7a, 8 and 9. The shower nozzle 10 is a unisex cleaning nozzle, and the charm nozzle 11 is a female-only cleaning nozzle. These pipes 8 and 9 are connected to the shower nozzle 10 and the hot water supply port 14 of the charm nozzle 11 through hot water supply valves 61 and 62 of an electric drive type and variable flow rate respectively.
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[0005] The piping 8, downstream of the hot water supply valves 61, 62,
9, another pipes 8a and 9a are branched, and these pipes 8a and 9a are connected to the shower nozzle 10 and the charm nozzle 11 respectively.
Are connected to the rear end openings 16 and 17. Further, pipes 8b and 9b are branched from these pipes 8a and 9a, and the distal ends of the pipes 8b and 9b are opened at the distal ends of the shower nozzles 10 and 11.

The shower nozzle 10 and the charm nozzle 11 are respectively provided with nozzle bodies 20 and 21 which can protrude from the cylinders 18 and 19, respectively, and bias the nozzle bodies 20 and 21 in a direction of retracting into the cylinders 18 and 19. Return springs 22 and 23 and communication holes 24 and 25 provided in the nozzle bodies 20 and 21.

A low tank water supply pipe 51 for supplying water to the low tank 50 branches off from the water supply main pipe 2.

The low tank water supply pipe 51 is provided with a hydraulic power generator 52. The output of the hydroelectric generator 52 is rectified to a smooth direct current by a charging control circuit 53 and then charged into a storage battery 54. The electric power of the storage battery 54 is supplied to the hot water supply control circuit 5.
6 and the hot water supply control circuit 56 has a seating sensor 55
And a detection signal of the water temperature sensor 28. A control signal (electric power) is supplied from hot water supply control circuit 56 to hot water supply valves 61 and 6.
2 is output. 57 is a backup dry battery.

The hot water supply control circuit 56 includes a cleaning switch 71,
Upon receiving the operation signal of 72, a signal is output to valves 61 and 62. When these switches 71 and 72 are operated, the opening degrees of the valves 61 and 62 are adjusted so that the flow rate is in accordance with the operation amount, so that cleaning with desired strength can be performed.

In FIG. 3, the toilet 31 is attached to a counter 36 in the toilet room, and the hot water supply pipe 1 and the main water supply pipe 2 are passed through the counter 36. A toilet seat box 37 is provided on the upper surface of the toilet 31, and the strainer 3,
4, mixing valve 7, hot water supply valves 61 and 62, charge control circuit 53, storage battery 54, hot water supply control circuit 56, backup dry battery 57, and the like. Washing switch 71,
72 is provided on the outer surface of the toilet seat box 37.

The toilet seat box 37 has a toilet seat 33 and a toilet lid 38.
And are pivoted. A water supply pipe from the low tank 50 is connected to the toilet 31, and a rim water passage 40 of the toilet 31 is provided.
The cleaning water can be supplied to Drain port 4 of toilet bowl 31
A drain pipe (not shown) is connected to 1.

The seating sensor 55 is provided at a hinge portion for pivotal support of the toilet seat 33 in the toilet seat box 37, or is provided on the lower surface of the toilet seat 33. In some cases, seating is detected by an infrared sensor.

In the sanitary washing apparatus constructed as described above, when washing water flows from the low tank 50 toward the toilet bowl 31, water is supplied from the water supply pipe 51 to the low tank 50, and the generator 52 is operated to operate the storage battery. 54 is charged.

By operating the washing switch 71 or 72, the hot water supply valve 61 or 62 is opened, and hot water is ejected from the shower nozzle 10 or the charm nozzle 11.

That is, when the hot water supply valve 61 is opened, the hot water supply pipe 1
The hot water and the water from the water supply main pipe 2 flow into the mixing valve 7 and are mixed. The mixed water having the proper temperature is sent from the pipe 8 to the shower nozzle 10. In this case, first, the water supply pressure is transmitted from the pipe 8 a to the rear end opening 16, and the nozzle body 20 projects from the cylinder 18.

When the nozzle body 20 advances to a predetermined position, the inside of the nozzle body 20 communicates with the hot water supply port 14 through the communication hole 24, and the mixed water in the pipe 8 flows into the nozzle body 20, and the nozzle body 20 Is spouted from the tip of the to the buttocks of the human body. A part of the mixed water is discharged from the tip of the pipe 8b, and the outer peripheral surface of the nozzle body 20 is cleaned.

When the hot water supply valve 61 is closed, the nozzle body 20
Is stopped, and the nozzle body 20 is retracted into the cylinder 18 by the urging force of the return spring 22. At this time, the water remaining in the cylinder 18 is pushed by the nozzle body 20 and is discharged from the tip of the pipe 8b through the pipes 8a and 8b.

When the hot water supply valve 62 is opened, the nozzle body 21 similarly advances and when the communication hole 25 coincides with the hot water supply port 15, the mixed water is jetted from the tip of the nozzle body 21. When the hot water supply valve 62 is closed, the ejection of hot water from the nozzle body 21 is stopped, and the nozzle body 21 is retracted into the cylinder 19.

As described above, the sanitary washing device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-24460 has a hot water supply control circuit 56 and hot water supply valves 61 and 6.
Numeral 2 is operated by electric power from a hydroelectric generator 52 via a storage battery 54, and a dry battery is used as a backup power supply.

[0020]

When a dry battery is used as a backup power source, it can sufficiently cope with low power consumption such as a control device of a sanitary washing device, but a device with high power consumption such as a buttock drying device. It is difficult to operate.

The present invention solves such a problem and improves toilet electric equipment in which electric power consumption is increased in a toilet electric facility using a hydroelectric generator as a part of a power supply. The purpose is to provide equipment.

[0022]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toilet electric facility which supplies at least a part of the operating power of the toilet electric facility by a hydraulic power generator provided in a water supply flow path, and uses a backup power supply for the shortage. , The backup power source is a commercial power source.

[0023] The electric toilet apparatus of the second invention comprises a hydraulic power generator provided in a flow path for water supply, a storage battery charged by the power generated by the hydraulic power generator, and an electric power operated by the output power of the storage battery. In a toilet electric facility having a device, a voltage detecting means for detecting an output voltage of the storage battery, and means for operating the electric device by a commercial power supply when a detected voltage of the voltage detecting means is lower than a predetermined value. It is characterized by having.

[0024] In such toilet electrical equipment, a commercial power supply can be used as a part of the power supply. It becomes possible.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a toilet electric equipment according to an embodiment of the first invention.

In this embodiment, in addition to the hydraulic power generator 52, electric power from a commercial power supply 80 can be input to a charge control circuit 53 via a step-down transformer 81 and a switch element 82. The output of the storage battery 54 charged by the charge control circuit 53 is input to the control unit 83a of the control circuit 83. The output voltage of the storage battery 54 is monitored by a voltage monitoring circuit 84. When the output voltage of the storage battery 54 becomes lower than a predetermined voltage, a control circuit 83 which receives a signal from the voltage monitoring circuit 84 turns on the switch element 82. The electric power from the commercial power supply is supplied to the charge control circuit 53 to charge the storage battery 54.

The control unit 83a includes the switches 71 and 7
Operation signals are input from a switch panel 70 provided with operation switches such as a drying device 91, a heating device 92, and a deodorizing device 93, which will be described later. In addition, signals from various sensors 73 that detect the operating status of these devices, the temperature, and the like are input to the control unit 83a. This control unit 83a
Outputs a control signal to a display device 74 for displaying the operation state of each device and a switching unit 83b of the control circuit 83. The switching unit 83b controls the supply of the low-voltage AC current from the step-down transformer 81 to the drying device 91, the heating device 92, and the deodorizing device 93 based on the control signal.

The drying device 91 blows out hot air for drying the buttocks wet by washing, and includes a fan and an air heater. The heating device 92 is composed of a toilet seat heater incorporated in a toilet seat, but may be provided with a foot warmer. The deodorizing device 93 is
The odor-containing air in the toilet bowl is sucked by a fan and deodorized through odor removing means such as activated carbon.

The other components in FIG. 1 are the same as those in FIGS. 2 and 3, and the same reference numerals indicate the same parts.

Since the toilet electric equipment thus constructed uses the commercial power supply 80 as a backup power supply,
As described above, the drying device 91, the heating device 92, and the deodorizing device 93
For example, devices with high power consumption can be operated sufficiently. Of course, the consumption of the commercial power can be reduced (power saving) by the amount of the power generated by the hydroelectric generator 52 as compared with the toilet electric equipment that uses only the commercial power as the power source.

FIG. 4 is a system diagram of the electric toilet equipment according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the storage battery 54 is charged by the power generated by the generator 52, and the output of the storage battery 54 is input to the control circuit 97 via the switch 98. The control circuit 97 is capable of supplying power to the drying device 91, the heating device 92, and the display device 74 in addition to the hot water supply valves 61 and 62 for supplying hot water to the cleaning nozzle.

The output power of the storage battery 54 is supplied to a voltage monitoring circuit 84.
, And the output voltage of the voltage monitoring circuit 84 is input to the control circuit 97.

When the output voltage of the storage battery 54 is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the control circuit 97 switches the changeover switch 98 so that the output of the storage battery 54 is input to the control circuit 97. When it becomes lower than that, the changeover switch 98 is set so as to accept the power of the commercial power supply 80.
Switch. The control circuit 97 includes a commercial power supply 80
From 100V AC to low voltage DC
A rectifier circuit is provided.

In the toilet electric equipment shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to sufficiently operate equipment with high power consumption such as the drying device 91, the heating device 92, and the deodorizing device 93. Of course, the consumption of the commercial power can be reduced (power saving) by the amount of the power generated by the hydroelectric generator 52 as compared with the toilet electric equipment that uses only the commercial power as the power source.

[0035]

As described above, the toilet electric equipment of the present invention uses a commercial power supply as a part of the power supply, and can sufficiently operate equipment with high power consumption. Further, since the hydraulic power generator is provided, the power consumption of the commercial power supply is smaller than that of a power source using only the commercial power supply.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of electric toilet equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram of a sanitary washing device according to a conventional example.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an installation state of a conventional sanitary washing device.

FIG. 4 is a system diagram of electric toilet equipment according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hot water supply pipe 2 Water supply main pipe 3, 4 Strainer 5, 6 Check valve 7 Mixing valve 8, 9 Piping 10 Shower nozzle 11 Charm nozzle 20, 21 Nozzle body 31 Toilet bowl 50 Low tank 52 Hydroelectric generator 53 Charge control circuit 54 Storage battery 56 Hot water supply control circuit 61, 62 Hot water supply valve 70 Switch panel 71, 72 Cleaning switch 80 Commercial power supply 83, 97 Control circuit 84 Voltage monitoring circuit 98 Changeover switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A toilet electrical system in which at least a part of the operating power of the toilet electrical system is supplied by a hydraulic power generator provided in a flow path for water supply, and a shortage is supplied from a backup power supply. Toilet electrical equipment wherein the power supply is a commercial power supply. 2. A toilet electrical system comprising: a hydraulic generator provided in a flow path for supplying water; a storage battery charged by generated power of the hydraulic generator; and electric equipment operated by output power of the storage battery. A toilet device, comprising: voltage detection means for detecting an output voltage of the storage battery; and means for operating the electric device by a commercial power supply when a detection voltage of the voltage detection means is lower than a predetermined value. electrical equipment.