JPH11236724A - Warm water washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily fix a warm-water washing device to a swollen part of a toilet without inclining the rear end of a lower case. SOLUTION: A main body case mounted to the front side of a low tank setting section 25 of a toilet 1 projecting the low tank setting section 25 installing a low tank to the upper surface of the rear section is constituted of a lower case 5 and an upper case. A washing device mounting section mounting a washing device having a washing nozzle capable of coming in and out from the main body case and a dryer mounting section mounting a dryer discharging warm wind are formed in the lower case 5 and, at the same time, an intake opening section 46 connected to an air-inlet port of the dryer is formed in the rear end of the lower case 5. In that case, a rising stage section 45 located upward of the upper surface of the toilet 1 is formed in a lower corner section of the rear end of the lower case 5, and the intake opening section 46 is formed in the rising stage section 45.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hot water washing device used by being attached to a toilet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a hot water washing device is generally installed in front of a low tank installation portion of a toilet bowl having a low tank installation portion in which a low tank is installed on the rear upper surface. In this hot water cleaning apparatus, a main body case is composed of a lower case and an upper case, and a cleaning device mounting portion in which a cleaning device having a cleaning nozzle that can be freely taken in and out of the main body case is mounted. A drying device mounting portion to which a drying device for discharging the air is mounted is formed, and a suction opening communicating with the air suction port of the drying device is formed at the rear end of the lower case. A washing device is attached, and a drying device is attached to the attachment portion of the drying device.

[0003]

However, when the low tank installation portion is integrally formed with the ceramic toilet bowl, the front corner of the low tank installation portion is liable to bulge (build up), and the rear case of the hot water cleaning device is placed behind the lower case. If you try to set the end face along the front of the low tank installation part, the lower corner of the rear end of the lower case will swell and the lower case will tilt, so when fixing the lower case to the toilet with bolts, There is a problem that rattling occurs in the lower case, and in the structure where the bolt is inserted from the bolt inlet opening at the back of the lower case and the head of the bolt is hooked to the bolt receiving part and locked. Also, there is a problem that the resistance when inserting the bolt increases due to the inclination of the lower case, and it becomes difficult to mount the lower case.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional example, and has as its object to provide a hot water washing apparatus which can be easily fixed to a portion where a toilet bowl is bulged without tilting a rear end of a lower case. In addition, even if a load is applied to the upper case from above, the back end of the upper case can be prevented from sinking, and the hot water washing device can prevent the drying capacity from lowering and affecting the internal components in the main case. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is mounted on the front side of the low tank installation section 25 of the toilet bowl 1 having a low tank installation section 25 on which a low tank is installed on the rear upper surface. A main body case 3 including a lower case 5 and an upper case 4, a cleaning device mounting portion 12 to which a cleaning device 10 having a cleaning nozzle 11 that can be freely taken in and out of the main case 3 is mounted;
A drying device mounting portion 7 to which a drying device for discharging warm air is mounted is formed, and a suction opening 46 communicating with an air suction port of the drying device is formed at the rear end of the lower case 5. A hot water washing apparatus in which a washing device 10 is attached to a washing device attachment portion 12 and a drying device is attached to a drying device attachment portion 7. The rising step part 4 located
5 is formed, and a suction opening 46 communicating with the air suction port of the drying device is formed in the rising step 45. With this configuration, the lower case 5 is formed.
Even if the unevenness of the ceramic toilet bowl 1, for example, a bulge (bulge) occurs at the front corner of the low tank installation part 25, at the part where the rear end is installed, a rising step is formed above the bulge. By mounting the lower case 5 on the rear upper surface of the toilet 1 so that the lower case 45 is located, the bulging portion can be absorbed by the rising step portion 45 and the lower case 5 can be prevented from tilting.

Further, it is preferable that a load receiving rib 47 for receiving the load of the upper case 4 is protrudingly provided on the back surface of the rising step portion 45 of the lower case 5. In this case, when the upper case 4 is mounted, The lower end of the rear end of the upper case 4 can be supported by the load receiving rib 47 provided on the rising step 45 of the lower case 5, so that even if a load is applied from above the main body case 3 after assembly, the rear end of the upper case 4 Can be prevented from sinking.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1, the lower case 5 is made of a resin molded product such as P, and is divided into a lower case 5 attached to the rear upper surface of the toilet 1 and an upper case 4 attached to the lower case 5. An upper case mounting portion 26 (FIG. 6) is provided upright at a plurality of locations of the lower case 5, and the outer edge of the lower case 5 and the outer edge of the upper case 4 are brought into contact with each other to lower the upper case 4 downward. By screwing to the case 5, the upper case 4 and the lower case 5 are assembled in an airtight state.

[0008] As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, at a plurality of locations of the lower case 5, die-cut holes 32 forming a bolt receiving portion 31 for receiving the head of the bolt 30 fixed to the toilet bowl are opened vertically. It is formed. As shown in FIG. 6, the upper surface of the lower case 5 has a cleaning device mounting portion 12, a hot water tank mounting portion 28, a drying device mounting portion 7, and a deodorizing device mounting portion 3.
8 are formed. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 9 denotes a cutout for drying for discharging warm air from the drying device 15, and 46 denotes a drying device.
Reference numeral 39a denotes a suction opening facing the suction opening of the deodorizing device 17, and 39b denotes an exhaust opening facing the exhaust opening. 4 and 5
As shown in the figure, the cleaning device 10 having the cleaning nozzle 11 that can be freely inserted into and removed from the main body case 3 is mounted on the cleaning device mounting portion 12, the hot water tank 13 is mounted on the hot water tank mounting portion 28, and the drying device is mounted. A drying device 15 for discharging warm air is attached to the section 7, and a deodorizing device 17 for discharging odor in the toilet bowl to the outside is attached to the deodorizing device attaching portion 38. Above 17 is a mounting portion for the circuit board 6 on which the control components are mounted. Here, the circuit board 6
As shown in FIG. 4, both ends are screwed to the bosses 20 and 8 with screw holes, and the flange portion 14 of the hot water tank 13 is sandwiched by the sandwiching member 19.
The sandwiching member 19 sandwiches a part of the flange portion 14 protruding from the outer surface of the hot water tank 13 with a small gap from both the upper and lower sides, so that the circuit board 6 is deformed due to a temperature change, or when the connector is connected. Even if the circuit board 6 is deformed by the load, the small gap between the sandwiching member 19 and the flange portion 14 becomes a play gap, the deformation of the circuit board 6 can be absorbed, and the circuit board 6 is prevented from being distorted. This is to prevent the control components from being affected.

A low tank installation part 25 (FIGS. 10 to 12) on which a low tank is installed is projected from the rear upper surface of the toilet 1, and a lower case 5 of the hot water washing device 2 is provided in front of the low tank installation part 25. Are attached with bolts 30.
In a plurality of locations of the lower case 5, die-cut holes 32 forming a bolt receiving portion 31 opened rearward are formed to be open vertically. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, for example, the bolt 30 is formed of a resin molded product in which a screw portion 70 and a rectangular plate-shaped portion 71 constituting the head of the bolt 30 are integrally formed. A screw portion 70 protrudes from the lower surface of one end 71a in the longitudinal direction of the plate-shaped portion 71, and a positioning convex portion 72 protrudes from the lower surface of the other end 71b. 14 is inserted through the opening 33 (FIG. 9) in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 14 so that one end 71a of the plate-shaped portion 71 is hooked on the bolt receiving portion 31 of the lower case 5, and the positioning convex portion 72 is inserted into the positioning concave portion 73. By locking, the bolt 30 can be positioned with respect to the bolt receiving portion 31. In this state, as shown in FIG. By fastening the lower case 5, the lower case 5 can be fixed to the rear upper surface of the toilet 1.

At the center of the rear end of the lower case 5, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a rising step 45 rising above the bottom surface of the lower case 5 is formed. A suction opening 46 is formed in which the air suction port of the device is arranged opposite. Here, the rising step 45 is set so as to be higher than a bulging part formed at the front corner of the low tank installation section 25 of the toilet 1, and the rising step 45 forms the front corner of the low tank installation section 25. The swelling can be absorbed and the lower case 5 can be fixed to the upper surface of the toilet 1 without tilting.

Since the suction opening 46 provided at the rear of the drying device mounting portion 7 is formed in the rising step 45 rising above the bottom surface of the lower case 5, for example, In a case where the end portion is arranged close to the low tank installation portion 25 protruding from the upper surface of the toilet 1, as shown in FIG. 1, a bulging portion (build-up) is formed at the front corner of the low tank installation portion 25. Even if you
The rising portion 45 can absorb the swelling and can prevent the lower case 5 from tilting.
The lower case 5 can be prevented from rattling when being fixed to the upper surface of the lower case 5. Further, when the plate-shaped portion 71 of the bolt 30 is hooked and locked on the bolt receiving portion 31 of the lower case 5, the lower case 5 does not tilt, so that the resistance when the bolt 30 is inserted is reduced, and The mounting resistance of the lower case 5 can be prevented from increasing, so that the bolt 30 can be inserted smoothly, and the lower case 5 can be easily mounted. Further, since the suction opening 46 is formed in the rising step portion 45, even when the rear end of the lower case 5 is disposed close to the low tank 25 side, the suction opening 46 is provided between the upper surface of the toilet 1 and the suction opening 46. Since a gap for introducing air is secured,
It does not hinder the suction of air into the drying device.

Further, when the upper case 4 is mounted, the load receiving rib 47 provided on the rising step 46 is used to mount the upper case 4.
The lower end of the upper case 4 is supported, so that it is possible to prevent the rear end of the upper case 4 from sinking when a load is applied from above the upper case 4. Incidentally, when the load receiving rib 47 is not provided and the rear end of the upper case 4 and the rear end of the lower case 5 are simply fixed by screwing, for example, a person gets on the upper case 4 or Alternatively, when the main case 3 is fixed to the toilet bowl 1 and a large load is applied from above due to the upper surface of the upper case 4 being pushed from above, the load cannot be received only by screwing, and the upper case 4 cannot be received. 4 may sink by about 30 mm, in which case the upper case 4 hits the internal components of the main body case 3, causing a problem such as cracking, breakage of the harness, and the like. Further, since the suction opening 45 of the drying device is provided at the rear end of the lower case 5, the suction opening 4
5 has a problem that it is blocked, which also affects the drying ability. On the other hand, in the present invention, by providing the load receiving ribs 47 at two positions on the left and right of the rear end of the lower case 5, the amount of sinking of the upper case 4 can be regulated, and the above problem can be solved.

In this embodiment, the lower case 5 is connected to the toilet 1
The bolt 30 for attaching to the screw portion 70 and the plate portion 7
1 is formed of a resin molded product integrally molded, and the positioning projection 72 provided on the plate-shaped portion 71 is inserted and locked in the positioning recess 73 provided on the lower case 5, whereby the bolt 30 is 5 can be easily positioned with respect to the bolt receiving portion 31, and the bolt 30 can be easily mounted.

[0014]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the main body attached to the front side of the low tank installation portion of the toilet bowl having the low tank installation portion in which the low tank is installed on the rear upper surface. The case is composed of a lower case and an upper case, and the lower case is provided with a cleaning device mounting portion in which a cleaning device having a cleaning nozzle capable of being taken in and out of the main body case is mounted, and a drying device for discharging hot air is mounted. And a suction opening communicating with the air suction port of the drying device is formed at the rear end of the lower case. A hot water washing device having a drying device attached to the device attachment portion, wherein a rising step portion located above the upper surface of the toilet bowl is formed at the lower corner of the rear end of the lower case, Since the formation of the suction opening communicating with the air suction port of the drying device to the gully stepped portion, even if swelling of the porcelain toilet bowl portion attaching the rear end portion of the lower case,
By mounting the lower case on the upper surface of the toilet so that the rising step is located above the bulge, the bulge can be absorbed by the rising step, preventing the lower case from tilting, and Even with a structure where the bolt is inserted from the opened bolt inlet and the head of the bolt is hooked on the bolt receiving part, the bolt mounting resistance can be reduced and the lower case can be mounted easily and smoothly. is there.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, a load receiving rib for receiving the load of the upper case is provided on the back of the rising step of the lower case. When mounting the upper case, the lower end of the upper case can be supported by the load receiving rib provided on the rising step of the lower case, so even if a load is applied to the upper case from above, the rear end of the upper case Can be prevented from sinking, and the suction opening can be prevented from being closed by the sinking of the upper case, and the internal components in the main body case can be prevented from being damaged by the upper case.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) and (b)
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state where the lower case is attached to the rear upper surface of the toilet.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a case where an upper case is supported by a load receiving rib provided in a rising step portion of the same.

FIG. 3 is a rear view illustrating a rising step portion according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a case where a washing device, a hot water tank, a drying device, and a deodorizing device are housed in a lower case of the above.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a lower case of the above.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the lower case.

FIGS. 8A to 8D are a bottom view, a side view, a front view, and a plan view of the bolt.

FIGS. 9A and 9B are a side cross-sectional view and a bottom view of a bolt mounted state.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the rear end of the lower case of the above.

FIG. 11 is a plan view illustrating a state where the lower case is attached to a toilet.

FIG. 12 is a plan view illustrating a state before the lower case is attached to a toilet.

FIG. 13 is a rear view before the lower case and the toilet are attached to the toilet.

FIGS. 14A to 14C are explanatory views of a bolt attaching operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet bowl 2 Hot water washing device 3 Main body case 4 Upper case 5 Lower case 7 Drying device attachment part 12 Cleaning device attachment part 25 Low tank installation part 45 Rise step part 46 Suction opening 47 Load receiving rib

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Katsuyuki Okumura 1048 Kazumasa Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A body case attached to a front side of a low tank installation portion of a toilet bowl having a low tank installation portion in which a low tank is installed on a rear upper surface, is composed of a lower case and an upper case. A cleaning device mounting portion to which a cleaning device having a cleaning nozzle which can be freely taken in and out of the case is mounted, and a drying device mounting portion to which a drying device for discharging hot air is mounted, and a rear end portion of the lower case. A hot water washing device in which a suction opening communicating with the air suction port of the drying device is formed, the washing device is attached to the washing device attachment portion, and the drying device is attached to the drying device attachment portion. A rising step located above the upper surface of the toilet bowl is formed at the lower corner of the rear end of the case, and a suction opening communicating with the air suction port of the drying device is formed in the rising step. A hot water cleaning device characterized by being formed. 2. On the back of the rising step of the lower case,
The hot water cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein a load receiving rib for receiving a load of the upper case is provided so as to protrude.