Toilet equipment

Abstract

To provide a toilet device that is compact while providing support strength to support a wall-mounted toilet bowl.SOLUTION: There is provided a toilet device comprising a toilet bowl body and a support structure for fixing the toilet bowl body in a raised position from a floor surface. The support structure is formed in a substantially U-shape by a front plate for connecting a back surface of the toilet bowl body, a left side plate and a right side plate protruding rearward from left and right end edges of the front plate.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a toilet apparatus for reducing the forward protrusion of a wall-hung toilet body as much as possible in a public multi-purpose toilet, thereby making the interior of the toilet room more compact. [Background technology]

[0002] Public multipurpose toilets are becoming larger in floor space due to the need to install baby chairs inside the toilet room, etc. At present, it is practically difficult to increase the floor space of a toilet room in a building, especially in a remodeled building, and as a result, the only way to create an environment in which the toilet room can be used effectively and widely is to simplify (make compact) the toilet itself and its attached equipment.

[0003] Furthermore, there is a trend to adopt wall-hung toilets in toilet rooms to reduce the burden of cleaning work and to prevent infectious diseases. In such wall-hung toilets, a structure to support the toilet needs to be provided on the rear side of the toilet, making it even more difficult to expand the usable space in the toilet room. Examples of such wall-hung toilets include those described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.

[0004] Patent Document 1 describes a configuration in which the front and rear ends of a plate-like panel with different sized circular holes on the top and bottom are extended in either the left or right direction to form a roughly U-shape when viewed from above, and the toilet can be supported in a raised position above the floor of the toilet space by engaging the upper left and right ends near the rear side of the toilet with the extended parts of the panel using bolts or the like.

[0005] The wall-hung toilet described in Patent Document 2 is configured to support the toilet in a raised position above the floor of the toilet space by engaging the rear side of the toilet with two bolts on the left and right that protrude forward from beams that make up a box-shaped frame formed in an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape installed on the floor of the toilet room. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 09-217409 [Patent Document 2] JP 2016-138418 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] However, with the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, although the toilet body can be supported by being raised above the toilet space floor, the toilet is supported by panels that are erected independently on the left and right sides of the toilet space floor. Therefore, if the front-to-rear width of the panel is narrowed to reduce the amount of forward protrusion of the wall-hung toilet, the required support strength for supporting the toilet cannot be obtained, and there is a risk of the support panel becoming deformed or damaged.

[0008] Furthermore, in the technology disclosed in Patent Document 2, in order to support the weight load generated by the toilet, a certain level of support strength is maintained by distributing it among multiple beams that make up the box-shaped frame. Therefore, if the front-to-rear length of the beams that make up the box-shaped frame is shortened, it is not possible to maintain the certain level of support strength required to support the toilet, and there is a risk that the box-shaped frame will deform and the toilet body will tilt or come into contact with the toilet space floor.

[0009] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide a toilet apparatus that is compact while providing the support strength required to support a toilet bowl. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] The toilet device of the present invention is a toilet device comprising a toilet body and a support structure for fixing the toilet body in a position elevated above the floor surface, and the support structure is formed in an approximately C-shape overall by a front panel for connecting the rear of the toilet body, and a left side panel and a right side panel protruding rearward from the left and right edges of the front panel.

[0011] In a toilet device configured in this manner, the support structure that supports the wall-hung toilet is connected to each panel in an approximately C-shape, which improves the rigidity of the front panel in the front-to-rear direction, making the toilet device's forward-facing configuration more compact.

[0012] In another aspect of the toilet device of the present invention, the support structure is formed by a vertical front panel, vertical left and right side panels, and a flat floor panel connecting the bottom edges of each panel, forming an overall approximately C-shaped structure on the floor panel.

[0013] According to a toilet device configured in this manner, by connecting all of the base plates that make up the support structure, deformation of the base plates can be suppressed, thereby improving the rigidity of the support structure.

[0014] Another aspect of the toilet device of the present invention is that the left side panel or the right side panel is provided with an insertion hole having a vertically long shape for inserting a drain pipe for draining water from the toilet body.

[0015] A toilet device configured in this manner can accommodate vertical adjustment of the drain pipe in accordance with the drain gradient that is appropriately adjusted at the installation site of the wall-hung toilet, while maintaining the strength of the support structure.

[0016] In another embodiment of the toilet device according to the present invention, reinforcing flat plates are attached to the front and rear surfaces of the front panel to reinforce the toilet body for supporting it on the front panel.

[0017] With a toilet device configured in this manner, the load of the toilet body and the load acting on the toilet body can be distributed over as wide an area as possible of the front panel, reducing localized loads and eliminating the risk of deformation or damage to the support structure.

[0018] In another aspect of the toilet device according to the present invention, the toilet body connected to the reinforcing plate is configured to be vertically movable together with the reinforcing plate relative to the front plate.

[0019] In a toilet device configured in this manner, the reinforcing plate follows the up and down movement of the toilet body, so that the load generated by the toilet body can be distributed over a wide area of ​​the front panel via the reinforcing plate, making installation possible without worrying about the load of the toilet body and also improving maintainability. Effect of the Invention

[0020] According to the present invention, the toilet support strength can be improved despite the simple structure, and the toilet device can be made more compact in size. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0021] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view showing a toilet room in which a toilet device according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed. [Diagram 2] 1 is a perspective view showing a toilet and a water tank attached to a support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. [Diagram 3] 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a toilet and a water tank attached to a support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] 1 is a perspective view showing a drain pipe attached to a support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 5] 1 is a front side view showing a drain pipe attached to a support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the support structure according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 7] 1 is a rear view showing a form in which a drain pipe is attached to a support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. [Figure 8] 1 is a rear perspective view showing a form in which a drain pipe is attached to a support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. [Figure 9] 1 is a side view showing a toilet and a water tank attached to a support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 10] 1 is a schematic side view showing the positional relationship between the drain pipe and the drain pipe hole when the toilet body according to an embodiment of the present invention is positioned based on the concrete slab layer in the toilet room. FIG. [Figure 11] 1 is a schematic side view showing the positional relationship between the drain pipe and the drain pipe hole when the toilet body according to an embodiment of the present invention is positioned based on the floor finishing material in the toilet room. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0022] The gist of this invention is a toilet apparatus comprising a toilet body and a support structure for fixing the toilet body at a position elevated above a floor surface, wherein the support structure is formed in an approximately C-shape overall by a front panel for connecting to the rear of the toilet body and a left side panel and a right side panel protruding rearward from the left and right edge portions of the front panel, and the support structure is characterized in that an approximately C-shaped overall structure is formed on the floor panel by the front panel which is a vertical plate, the left side panel and the right side panel which are vertical plate-shaped, and a flat floor panel connected at the bottom edge portions of each panel. In addition, the left side panel or the right side panel has an insertion hole having a long vertical shape for inserting a drain pipe for draining water from the toilet body, and reinforcing flat plates are attached to the front and rear surfaces of the front panel to reinforce the toilet body to support it on the front panel, and the toilet body connected to the reinforcing flat plates is configured to be able to move up and down together with the reinforcing flat plates relative to the front panel.

[0023] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in Figure 1, S indicates the toilet space, i.e., the toilet room, and at a predetermined position within the toilet room S, a support structure 20 for supporting the toilet body 10 at a position elevated above the toilet room floor surface S1 is fixed to the floor surface of the toilet room S with bolts.

[0024] The toilet body 10 is a wall-hung toilet supported at a position above the toilet room floor surface S1, and as shown in Figure 2, is composed of a toilet bowl portion 11 and a toilet seat portion 12 placed on top of it.

[0025] As shown in FIG. 3, a water supply pipe 14 that communicates with a water tank 30 and a drain pipe 15 for draining waste from the toilet bowl 11 are provided on the rear side of the toilet bowl 11.

[0026] A mounting surface portion 16 is provided on the rear side of the toilet body 10 for supporting and fixing the toilet body 10 at a fixed height from the floor surface via a support structure 20.

[0027] The support structure 20 for supporting and fixing the thus constructed toilet body 10 above the toilet room floor surface S1 is constructed as follows.

[0028] As shown in Figures 4 to 6, the support structure 20 is formed in an approximately U-shape by a front panel 21 for connecting to the rear side of the toilet body 10, a left side panel 22 and a right side panel 23 which protrude in an approximately U-shape from the left and right edge portions of the front panel 21, and a flat floor panel 24 on which the bottom surfaces of each panel are placed and fixed.

[0029] The front panel 21 is made of a metal plate that is approximately rectangular when viewed from the front, and a left side panel 22 and a right side panel 23 made of metal are respectively provided at both left and right end edges thereof and extend rearward. The front panel 21, the left side panel 22, and the right side panel 23 are welded together.

[0030] 4, the front panel 21 has a vertically long hole 21a in the center, vertically long slits 21b, 21c near both left and right ends of the upper half, and vertically long adjustment holes 21d, 21e below the left and right vertical slits 21b, 21c, respectively. In addition, the front panel 21 has a horizontally long front reinforcing flat plate 25 on the front side below the vertically long hole 21a.

[0031] Fixing screws F are inserted from the front side to the back side of the front reinforcing plate 25 near both left and right ends, and the tips of the fixing screws F are screwed into the back reinforcing plate 27. Furthermore, the front reinforcing plate 25 is overlapped with a horizontally elongated bracket plate 26 that is roughly L-shaped in side view and has a front-rear adjustment screw B protruding from its front surface.

[0032] The front-rear adjustment screw B of the horizontal bracket plate 26 is configured so that the front-rear position of the screw head of the front-rear adjustment screw B can be freely adjusted according to the degree of tightening. This allows the front-rear position of the vicinity of the lower end of the toilet body 10 that abuts against the front-rear adjustment screw B to be adjusted.

[0033] As shown in Fig. 6, a generally U-shaped rear reinforcing plate 27 with a downward opening is disposed on the rear side of the front plate 21. The rear reinforcing plate 27 has locking rods 28 protruding from both upper ends for locking with the mounting surface 16 provided on the rear side of the toilet body 10 (see Fig. 4). The locking rods 28 are inserted through vertical slits 21b, 21c drilled on the left and right sides of the front plate 21 and protrude from the front side of the front plate 21. This allows the height position of the toilet body 10 relative to the toilet room floor surface S1 to be freely adjusted by adjusting the height position of the locking rods 28 along the vertical slits 21b, 21c.

[0034] The left side panel 22 and right side panel 23 welded to the left and right edges of the front panel 21 have circular holes 22a, 23a for maintenance purposes drilled in the upper part in a circular shape, and drain pipe holes 22b, 23b drilled in the lower part in a roughly elliptical shape with the long axis extending toward and away from the toilet floor surface S1.

[0035] 7 and 8, the front panel 21, left panel 22, and right panel 23, which are connected in a generally U-shape when viewed from above, are placed and fixed on a horizontally elongated floor panel 24. The floor panel 24 is fixed to the toilet room floor surface S1 via bolts.

[0036] The support structure 20 for supporting the toilet body 10 is constructed as described above, and in addition to the toilet body 10, the drain pipe 15 is connected and fixed to the support structure 20.

[0037] As shown in Figures 4 and 8, the drain pipe 15 is supported and fixed to a generally U-shaped drain pipe support part 15d with an upper opening attached to the lower part of the vertically long hole 21a of the front panel 21. The drain pipe 15 penetrates either the drain pipe hole 22b, 23b provided in the left side panel 22 or the right side panel 23. As shown in Figure 7, the base of the drain pipe 15 extends downward via an elbow pipe 15a, and the middle part extends diagonally upward in the horizontal direction via a bellows pipe 15b, with the tip facing the vertically long hole 21a of the front panel 21 and the open end 15c protruding from the vertically long hole 21a of the front panel 21.

[0038] As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the drain pipe holes 22b, 23b are formed in a vertically long elliptical shape with the major axis extending in the vertical direction, allowing the drain pipe 15 inserted therethrough to move in the vertical direction.

[0039] That is, as shown in Figure 7, the drain pipe 15 has an open end 15c that joins to the drain hole 10a of the toilet body 10 and its lower part that is inclined diagonally downward from the central bellows tube 15b and connected to the elbow tube 15a. Since the drain pipe 15 is inserted into the oblong shaped parts of the drain pipe holes 22b, 23b, it can be displaced up and down within the hole via the bellows tube 15b to adjust the joining position with the drain hole 10a of the toilet body 10, making the drainage function smooth and allowing for a natural and reliable drain pipe joining.

[0040] The adjustment of the joint position of the drain pipe 15 is to adjust the height of the installation gradient of the drain pipe 15 according to the height of the drainage part adjusted from the toilet room floor surface S1 of the toilet body 10. For example, as shown in Figures 10 and 11, when the installation position of the toilet body 10 is set based on the floor finish material S2, the drain pipe is inserted into the upper part of the oblong drain pipe holes 22b, 23b, or when the installation position of the toilet body 10 is set based on the concrete slab layer S3 excluding the floor finish material S2, the drain pipe is inserted into the middle part of the drain pipe holes 22b, 23b. The drain pipe 15 is configured to be reliably joined to the toilet body 10 by adjusting the vertical position of the start part of the drain pipe 15 within the oblong drain pipe holes 22b, 23b according to the installation position of the toilet body 10. In the drawing, reference symbol S2 denotes a floor finishing material in the toilet on which the support structure 20 is arranged and fixed, and reference symbol S3 denotes a concrete slab layer S3 formed on the floor finishing material S2.

[0041] An open end 15c of the drain pipe 15 is connected to and communicates with a terminal opening of a siphon mechanism formed in the drain hole 10a of the toilet bowl 11.

[0042] In this way, the wall-hung toilet body 10 is attached to the front surface of the support structure 20, and the locking rod 28 protruding and fixed to the front surface from the vertical slits 21b, 21c of the support structure 20 is locked and connected to the mounting surface portion 16 provided on the rear surface of the toilet body 10, so that the weight load of the toilet body 10 can be supported by the rear reinforcing flat plate 27.

[0043] In addition, when the toilet body 10 is supported by the locking rod 28 and attached to the support structure 20, the lower half of the mounting surface 16 of the toilet body 10 is supported by abutting against the head of the front-to-rear adjustment screw B protruding from the horizontal bracket plate 26 on the front side of the support structure 20, as shown in Figure 3.

[0044] The position at which the toilet body 10 is raised above the floor surface and the connection position with the drain pipe 15 can be adjusted by sliding the locking rod 28 that engages with the mounting surface portion 16 of the toilet body 10 up and down through the vertical slits 21b, 21c.

[0045] 8, the upper left edge 27a and the upper right edge 27b of the rear reinforcing plate 27 are bent backward, and the upper edge 22c of the left side panel and the upper edge 23c of the right side panel of the support structure 20 are bent laterally, with pin bodies 22d, 23d hanging down from their front ends. The pin bodies 22d, 23d are screwed into the bent pieces of the upper left edge 27a and the upper right edge 27b of the rear reinforcing plate 27, and suppress the biased load generated in the rear reinforcing plate 27 by the weight load of the toilet body 10 generated on the locking rod 28 protruding near the top of the rear reinforcing plate 27, and restrict the distortion of the rear reinforcing plate 27, thereby reinforcing the support function of the support structure 20 to support the toilet body 10 as much as possible.

[0046] As described above, the toilet body 10 is attached to the support structure 20 by engaging it via the locking rod 28, and the weight load of the toilet body 10 is spread across the entire support structure 20 via the front reinforcing plate 25 and the back reinforcing plate 27.

[0047] In other words, if the upper half of the back of the wall-hung toilet body 10 is supported by the locking rod 28, the weight load of the toilet body 10 will apply a tensile stress in the forward direction to the upper part of the support structure 20 via the locking rod 28, and a rearward pressing force will be applied to the lower part of the support structure 20 via the front-to-back adjustment screw B of the horizontal bracket plate 26, thereby applying stresses that cancel each other out at the upper and lower positions on the back side of the toilet body 10, balancing the front-to-back stresses at the top and bottom, thereby suppressing the rotational moment generated by the toilet body 10 on the front panel 21. This has the effect of mutually complementing the support function of the toilet body 10 despite the simple toilet mounting structure using the support structure 20.

[0048] The front reinforcing flat plate 25 is disposed horizontally below the vertically elongated hole 21a on the front side of the support structure 20 and is fixed by inserting fixing screws F near both left and right ends. A horizontal bracket plate 26 is disposed on top of the surface of this front reinforcing flat plate 25 and integrated with it via a front-to-back adjustment screw B. A front-to-back adjustment screw B protrudes from the horizontal bracket plate 26 to support the weight load on the lower back side of the toilet body 10. By adjusting the amount by which the front-to-back adjustment screw B protrudes from the horizontal bracket plate 26, the supporting load stress derived from the weight load on the lower part of the mounting surface portion 16 of the toilet body 10 can be adjusted, and the supporting posture of the toilet body 10 can also be adjusted.

[0049] The front reinforcing plate 25 is integrated with the back reinforcing plate 27 to complement the strength of the entire face plate of the support structure 20, and is configured to convert the weight load on the upper and lower parts of the toilet body 10 into a stress balance between upper tensile stress and lower tensile stress at the upper and lower parts of the support structure 20, in other words, to maintain a balance between forward and backward pulling.

[0050] In this embodiment, the drain pipe 15 is connected to the drain hole 10a provided in the toilet floor S1 to drain wastewater from the toilet body 10, but the present invention is not limited to this form of drainage, and for example, the drain pipe 15 may not be inserted through either of the drain pipe holes 22b, 23b in order to connect to a horizontal drain pipe installed in the toilet rear wall S4. In this case, the drain pipe 15 is supported and fixed by the drain pipe support part 15d and the toilet rear wall S4.

[0051] Finally, the above-mentioned embodiments are merely examples of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. Therefore, even if the above-mentioned embodiments are different, various modifications can be made depending on the design, etc., as long as they do not deviate from the technical idea of ​​the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0052] 10 Toilet body 10a Drain hole 11 Toilet bowl part 12 Toilet seat 14 Water Supply Pipe 15 Drain pipe 15a Elbow pipe 15b Bellows tube 15c Open end 15d Drain pipe support part 16 Mounting surface 20 Support structure 21 Front plate 21a Vertical hole 21b, 21c Vertical slit 21d, 21e adjustment hole 22 Left side plate 22a circular hole 22b Drain hole 22c Upper edge of left side plate 22d pin body 23 Right side plate 23a circular hole 23b Drain hole 23c Upper edge of right side plate 23d pin body 24 Floor plate 25 Front reinforcement plate 26 Horizontal bracket plate 27 Back side reinforcement plate 27a Upper left edge 27b Upper right edge 28 Locking rod 30 Water Tank B Front / rear adjustment screw F Fixing screw S toilet room S1 Toilet room floor S2 Floor covering material S3 Concrete slab layer S4 Toilet room rear wall

Claims

1. The toilet bowl body, A toilet apparatus comprising: a support structure for fixing the toilet body at a position above a floor surface, The support structure is generally U-shaped and includes a front plate for connecting the rear surface of the toilet body, and a left side plate and a right side plate protruding rearward from the left and right end edges of the front plate, A toilet apparatus characterized in that reinforcing flat plates are attached to the front and rear surfaces of the front panel to reinforce the toilet body and support it on the front panel.

2. The support structure includes: The front plate having a vertical plate shape; The left side plate and the right side plate each having a vertical plate shape; a flat floor panel on which the left side panel and the right side panel are placed and fixed; 2. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein a generally U-shaped structure is formed on the floor panel by

3. The support structure includes: The front plate having a vertical plate shape; The left side plate and the right side plate each having a vertical plate shape; a flat floor panel on which the front panel, the left panel, and the right panel are placed and fixed; 2. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein a generally U-shaped structure is formed on the floor panel by

4. The toilet device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the left side panel or the right side panel is provided with an insertion hole having a vertically long shape for inserting a drain pipe for draining water from the toilet body.

5. 5. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the toilet body connected to the reinforcing plate is configured to be vertically movable together with the reinforcing plate relative to the front plate.

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