Toilet cabinet

Abstract

To provide a toilet cabinet capable of making use of lighting in the toilet cabinet as lighting for a toilet room.SOLUTION: A toilet cabinet 1 includes a front plate part 40 arranged in a toilet room 100 at the front face of a toilet cabinet 1, a lighting 3 arranged in the toilet cabinet 1, and a translucent member 5 provided on the front plate part 40 and having at least one of light diffusion property of diffusing light emitted from the lighting 3 and light permeation property of permeating the light in part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a toilet cabinet. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a toilet cabinet is known that has a storage section capable of storing articles inside a toilet room in which a toilet bowl is placed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2003-328421 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Placing lighting inside a toilet cabinet will brighten the inside of the storage area. However, there is a need for the light to pass through not only the inside of the storage area, but also the outside of the storage area, to be used as lighting in the toilet room. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The present disclosure relates to a toilet cabinet to be placed inside a toilet room, comprising: a front panel portion disposed on the front side of the toilet cabinet; lighting disposed inside the toilet cabinet; and a translucent member provided on the front panel portion and having at least one of a light diffusion property for diffusing light irradiated from the lighting and a light transparency for partially transmitting light. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0006] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a front view of a toilet cabinet according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 2]FIG. 2 is a rear view of the toilet cabinet of the first embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a side view of the toilet cabinet of the first embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a partial plan view of the toilet cabinet of the first embodiment. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a plan view of a light-transmissive member according to the first embodiment. [Figure 6A] FIG. 11 is a plan view of a light-transmissive member according to a second embodiment. [Figure 6B] FIG. 13 is a plan view of a light-transmissive member according to a third embodiment. [Figure 6C] FIG. 13 is a plan view of a light-transmissive member according to a fourth embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0007] Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in Fig. 1, the toilet room 100 is a substantially rectangular space, and its longitudinal direction is along a front-rear direction D1 connecting an entrance (not shown) on the front side of the toilet room 100 and a rear wall 101 on the rear side facing the entrance. In this specification, "front" refers to the entrance side, i.e., the side facing the rear wall 101, and "rear" refers to the rear wall 101 side. The vertical direction D3 is the top-bottom direction, and the width direction D2 refers to the horizontal direction connecting the left and right side walls 102 of the toilet room 100.

[0008] The toilet room 100 is configured to include a rear wall 101 on the far side, a pair of side walls 102 on one side and the other side in the width direction D2 of the rear wall 101, a front wall (not shown) provided with an entrance door, and a floor surface 103. Below the rear wall 101 and the side walls 102, a baseboard 105 is arranged along the floor surface 103.

[0009] A toilet cabinet 1 and a wall-hung toilet 110 are arranged inside the toilet room 100. The toilet 110 is arranged at the front side of the toilet cabinet 1, and has a toilet body 111, a toilet seat 112, a toilet lid 113, a tank 114, a drain pipe 115, and a frame portion 120 (see FIG. 3).

[0010] The toilet body 111 is a concave container with an open top, and is installed in a floating state at a position away from the floor surface 103. The toilet body 111 is formed with a drain outlet at the bottom for discharging waste and the like, and the drain outlet is connected to a sewer pipe on the rear side of the toilet body 111 through a drain trap (not shown).

[0011] The toilet seat 112 is disposed on the upper surface of the toilet body 111 and is a member on which a user sits. The toilet lid 113 is a lid material that covers the upper opening of the toilet body 111. The toilet seat 112 and the toilet lid 113 are each rotatably connected by a hinge portion disposed on the rear side of the toilet body 111, and are provided so as to be able to be opened and closed.

[0012] Tank 114 is disposed behind toilet body 111, and stores flush water inside. Water is supplied to tank 114 from an external water source, and the flush water stored in tank 114 is supplied to toilet body 111 through water supply pipe 114a.

[0013] The drain pipe 115 is connected to a drain outlet provided on the rear side of the toilet body 111. The drain pipe 115 is connected to a sewer pipe inside and below the floor surface 103.

[0014] As shown in Fig. 1, frame section 120 connects the rear end side of toilet body 111 to support toilet body 111 in a cantilevered state, and at the same time supports tank 114. As shown in Fig. 2, frame section 120 has vertical rails 121, upper rails 122, lower rails 123, a tank support member 124, and a top board support member 125. Frame section 120 is disposed inside toilet cabinet 1, which will be described later.

[0015] A pair of vertical bars 121 are erected from the floor surface 103 at a predetermined interval on one side in the width direction D2 of the toilet body 111. The upper bar 122 is disposed at the upper end of the pair of vertical bars 121 so as to extend in the width direction D2. The lower bar 123 is disposed below the upper bar 122 so as to be spaced apart, with one end connected to one vertical bar 121 and the other end connected to the other vertical bar 121. The tank support member 124 is a plate member attached between the pair of vertical bars 121 between the upper bar 122 and the lower bar 123 so as to extend in the width direction D2. The tank support member 124 protrudes rearward from the back surface of the vertical bar 121 as shown in FIG. 3. The tank 114 is attached on the tank support member 124.

[0016] The tabletop support member 125 is a flat member connected to the upper surface of the upper rail 122. The tabletop support member 125 is arranged so that its longitudinal direction is along the width direction D2 of the toilet room 100. The tabletop support member 125 is longer than the upper rail 122, and is attached so as to protrude outward in the width direction of the toilet room 100 from both side ends of the upper rail 122. The tabletop 7, which will be described later, is arranged on the upper surface of the tabletop support member 125.

[0017] The toilet cabinet 1 is arranged inside the toilet room 100 and has a storage section 2, a light 3, a front panel section 40, a door 4, a front panel 6, a light-transmitting member 5, a top panel 7, and a privacy member 8.

[0018] The front plate portion 40 is a plate-like member disposed on the front surface of the toilet cabinet 1. The front plate portion 40 has a door 4, which will be described later, and a front panel 6. The front plate portion 40 is disposed at a position spaced forward from the rear wall 101 and extending in the width direction D2.

[0019] The front panel 6 is disposed on the rear surface of the toilet 110 and attached to the front surface of the frame portion 120. The front panel 6 is a substantially rectangular plate material, and is disposed between the toilet body 111 and the frame portion 120 and substantially parallel to the rear wall 101. The length of the front panel 6 in the width direction D2 is shorter than the distance between a pair of side walls 102 of the toilet room 100.

[0020] The top plate 7 is a so-called counter, and is a substantially rectangular plate disposed between the upper end of the front panel 6 and the rear wall 101. The top plate 7 is disposed in a substantially horizontal direction, and closes the space between the front panel 6 and the rear wall 101. The top plate 7 is hinged to a support member (not shown) attached to the rear wall 101, and is attached so as to be able to be opened and closed by rotating the rear end side.

[0021] The storage section 2 is disposed inside the toilet cabinet 1, and is a space capable of storing items such as toilet paper and cleaning supplies. The storage section 2 is disposed on both outer sides in the width direction D2 of the frame section 120 disposed on the rear surface of the front panel 6. The storage section 2 has a partition plate 21 and a shelf 22 as a partition section. As shown in FIG. 4, the partition plate 21 is a plate extending from the rear surface of the front panel 6 toward the rear wall 101 in the front-rear direction D1 of the toilet room 100 at both ends in the width direction D2 of the front panel 6. The partition plate 21 is a plate that separates the frame section 120 or the tank 114 from the storage section 2. The shelf 22 is fixed to the partition plate 21 and extends in the horizontal direction. The shelf 22 divides the storage section 2 in the vertical direction, and is capable of placing items thereon. The storage section 2 is surrounded by a partition plate 21, a rear wall 101, a side wall 102, a door 4 and a light-transmitting member 5, which will be described later, and is formed with an opening 2a on the front side.

[0022] The lighting 3 is disposed inside the storage section 2 on the opening 2a side forward of the shelf 22, and illuminates the inside of the storage section 2. The lighting 3 has an elongated shape that extends long in the vertical direction D3, and extends from the upper end of the partition plate 21 to near the lower end. The lighting 3 has a fixing part 31, a light source 32, and a cover 33. The fixing part 31 has a flat surface 31a along the outer surface of the partition plate 21 and a protruding part 31b that protrudes outward from the partition plate 21 in the width direction D2, and the flat surface 31a is fixed to the partition plate 21 by a screw. The light source 32 is fixed to the protruding part 31b and disposed so as to irradiate light toward the side wall 102 as the wall surface of the toilet room 100. The light source 32 is, for example, an LED light bulb, and the light-emitting part faces the side wall 102. The cover 33 covers the periphery of the light source 32 and engages with the fixing part 31.

[0023] The door 4 is a plate-like member that opens and closes the opening 2a of the storage section 2. The door 4 is connected adjacent to the front panel 6, and is disposed between both ends of the front panel 6 in the width direction D2 and the side wall 102. The door 4 has a thin, approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape, and an end in the width direction D2 is connected to an outer end of the front panel 6 in the width direction D2 by a hinge so as to be able to open and close. The door 4 has an opening and closing mechanism 41 that opens and closes the door 4. The opening and closing mechanism 41 is disposed on the rear side of the door 4. The opening and closing mechanism 41 has a so-called push latch type structure, and includes a latch body 42 and a receiving seat 43. The latch body 42 is fixed to the lower surface of the top plate support member 125 of the frame section 120, and the receiving seat 43 is attached to the upper part of the rear side of the door 4 at a position that can abut against the front surface of the latch body 42. The door 4 can be opened and closed by a user pressing the upper part of the front surface of the door 4. The opening and closing mechanism 41 is formed by, for example, a magnetic latch body 42 and a receiving seat 43 which are attracted to each other.

[0024] As shown in FIG. 4, the blindfolding member 8 is disposed behind the connection portion 64 where the front panel 6 and the door 4 are adjacently connected, and in front of the lighting 3. The blindfolding member 8 is a long member having a substantially L-shape in a plan view. The blindfolding member 8 is disposed so that one surface 81 of the L-shape is fixed to the outer surface of the partition plate 21, and the other surface 82 of the L-shape straddles the connection portion 64 between the front panel 6 and the door 4. The blindfolding member 8 is a member that conceals the light of the lighting 3 so that it does not leak from the gap of the connection portion 64 when the door 4 is opened. As shown in FIG. 4, the lighting 3 cannot be seen from the front when the door 4 is in an open state. The lighting 3 is disposed in a position that can be concealed from the front. Specifically, the lighting 3 is concealed by the blindfolding member 8, the end of the door 4 on the front panel 6 side, a hinge, and the like.

[0025] The light-transmitting member 5 is provided on the door 4 of the front panel 40. Specifically, the light-transmitting member 5 is disposed between the door 4 and the side wall 102 of the toilet room 100. The light-transmitting member 5 is disposed on the outer edge side of the door 4, i.e., on the edge on the side wall 102 side, along the up-down direction D3. The light-transmitting member 5 is an elongated member having a thin plate-like shape. The light-transmitting member 5 is made of a light-diffusing member molded by mixing a diffusing material, which is a light-diffusing particle, with a resin. The light-transmitting member 5 is, for example, milky white, and diffuses the light irradiated from the lighting 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the light-transmitting member 5 has an inner end 5a, an outer end 5b, a main body 51, a soft part 52, and a long hole 53.

[0026] The inner end 5a is an end closer to the door 4 in a plan view when attached to the door 4. The outer end 5b is an end on the side of the side wall 102 of the toilet room 100.

[0027] As shown in Fig. 1, the main body 51 has a generally rectangular shape that is long in the up-down direction D3 in a front view, and has a shape with one end in the short direction curved in a plan view as shown in Fig. 5. The main body 51 extends from the door 4 side toward the side wall 102 side. The main body 51 is formed in a tapered shape in which the thickness of the curved portion becomes thinner from the door 4 side toward the side wall 102.

[0028] The soft part 52 is configured to have a lower rigidity than the main body part 51. The rigidity of the soft part 52 is configured to be such that an operator can cut it with a blade such as a cutter. As shown in Fig. 1, if a baseboard 105 is arranged on the side wall 102 of the toilet room 100, it is possible to cut the soft part 52 on-site and remove the portion that the baseboard 105 touches.

[0029] The soft portion 52 is disposed on the outer end portion 5b side of the main body portion 51, and extends between the main body portion 51 and the side wall 102. The thickness of the soft portion 52 is thinner than the thickness of the main body portion 51. The soft portion 52 extends from the tip of the main body portion 51 on the outer end portion 5b side in a direction substantially parallel to the extension direction of the main body portion 51.

[0030] The long hole 53 is an elliptical through hole formed in the main body 51, with the longitudinal direction aligned with the lateral direction of the main body 51. The long hole 53 is a hole through which a screw is inserted to fix the light-transmitting member 5 to the outer edge side of the door 4. As shown in Fig. 2, by changing the position in the long hole 53 where the screw is fastened, the distance between the light-transmitting member 5 and the side wall 102 can be adjusted.

[0031] With the light-transmitting member 5 fixed to the door 4, the door 4 and the light-transmitting member 5 are disposed so as to close the opening 2a of the storage section 2. An opening / closing mechanism 41 is disposed on the door 4 side relative to the boundary between the door 4 and the light-transmitting member 5.

[0032] The light 3 is automatically turned on or off in conjunction with, for example, a motion sensor. When turned on, it irradiates light toward the side wall 102. At this time, the light 3 is located in front of the shelf 22 and is disposed closer to the door 4 than the opening / closing mechanism 41 and the boundary between the door 4 and the opening / closing mechanism 41. This prevents the shadows of the shelf 22, the opening / closing mechanism 41, etc. from being cast by the light leaking out from the light-transmitting member 5 to the outside of the toilet cabinet 1. The light-transmitting member 5 transmits light while diffusing it, so the light that illuminates the inside of the storage section 2 leaks out to the outside of the door 4.

[0033] According to the first embodiment, the following effects are achieved. The toilet cabinet 1 is disposed inside the toilet room, and includes a front panel 40 disposed on the front side of the toilet cabinet 1, a light 3 disposed inside the toilet cabinet 1, and a translucent member provided on the front panel 40 and having at least one of light diffusion properties for diffusing the light irradiated from the light 3 and light transmission properties for partially transmitting the light. The light of the light 3 disposed inside the toilet cabinet 1 is passed through the light diffusion translucent member 5 so as to spread outward from the front panel 40. The light spreads to the outside of the toilet cabinet 1, and the light becomes weak and soft on the outside, so that the lighting effect of the toilet cabinet 1 can be enhanced. The translucent member 5 makes it difficult to see the inside of the toilet cabinet 1 from the outside.

[0034] According to the first embodiment, the toilet cabinet 1 is further configured to include a storage section 2 for storing articles. The front panel 40 is configured to include a door 4 for opening and closing the opening 2a of the storage section 2, and a light-transmitting member 5 is disposed on the door 4. This allows soft light to be diffused near the door 4, thereby enhancing the lighting effect of the toilet cabinet 1.

[0035] According to the first embodiment, the light-transmitting member 5 is disposed on the side wall 102 side of the door 4 of the toilet room 100. This allows soft light to be diffused on the side wall 102 side of the door 4, thereby improving the lighting effect of the toilet cabinet 1.

[0036] According to the first embodiment, the light-transmitting member 5 is fixed to the door 4 so that the distance from the side wall 102 can be adjusted. This allows adjustment to suit the construction site even if the distance between the pair of side walls 102 of the toilet room 100 differs depending on the construction site of the toilet cabinet 1. The gap between the side wall 102 and the light-transmitting member 5 can be made uniform. The dimensions of the toilet cabinet 1 are accurate, improving the impression of the appearance.

[0037] According to the first embodiment, the light-transmitting member 5 includes a main body 51 extending from the door 4 side toward the side wall 102 side, and a soft part 52 arranged at the end of the main body 51 on the side wall 102 side, extending between the main body 51 and the side wall 102, and having a lower rigidity than the main body 51. By making the rigidity of the soft part 52 located on the side wall 102 side of the light-transmitting member 5 lower than that of the main body 51, processing such as cutting according to the distance to the side wall 102 can be performed at the construction site. This improves construction ease.

[0038] According to the first embodiment, the main body 51 is formed in a tapered shape that is thinner toward the side wall 102 side than the door 4 side. The light-transmitting member 5 has the main body 51 and the soft part 52. The illuminance of the transmitted light is likely to decrease at the joint between the main body 51 and the soft part 52. Therefore, by tapering the joint side between the main body 51 and the soft part 52, i.e., the side wall 102 side, the transmittance of the light transmitted through the light-transmitting member 5 between the main body 51 and the soft part 52 is made closer, making it easier to keep the illuminance of the light constant. The intensity of the light leaking out of the door 4 through the light-transmitting member 5 can be made uniform, and the effect of the lighting 3 can be enhanced.

[0039] According to the first embodiment, the opening and closing mechanism 41 for opening and closing the door 4 is further included, and the opening and closing mechanism 41 is disposed on the door 4 side of the boundary between the door 4 and the light-transmitting member 5. This makes it possible to prevent the shadow of the opening and closing mechanism 41 from being cast on the light leaking from the light-transmitting member 5.

[0040] According to the first embodiment, the light-transmitting member 5 is made of a light-diffusing member. This allows the light passing through the light-transmitting member 5 to be diffused and softly leak out from the storage section 2. Therefore, the lighting effect of the toilet cabinet 1 can be improved by the light illuminating the storage section 2.

[0041] The present disclosure is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and modifications, improvements, etc. within the scope of achieving the object of the present disclosure are included in the present disclosure. Figs. 6A to 6C show second to fourth embodiments in which the shape of the light-transmitting member is different. As shown in Fig. 6A, the thickness of the main body 51A of the light-transmitting member 5A of the second embodiment is constant from the inner end 5a side to the outer end 5b side. When the soft part 52A is attached to the door 4, the outer end 5b is curved so that the outer end 5b is located deeper than the end on the inner end 5a side, that is, on the storage part 2 side. By curving the soft part 52A, the light leaking from the lighting 3 can be more softly diffused.

[0042] 6B, in the third embodiment, the thickness of the main body 51B tapers from the inner end 5a to the outer end 5b. The soft portion 52B is curved so that the outer end 5b is located closer to the storage section 2 than the end on the inner end 5a side when attached to the door 4. Since the illuminance tends to drop between the main body 51B and the soft portion 52B, tapering the main body 51B keeps the illuminance constant and makes it easier to softly diffuse the light with the soft portion 52B.

[0043] As shown in Fig. 6C, in the light-transmitting member 5C of the fourth embodiment, the thickness of the entire main body portion 51B tapers from the inner end portion 5a toward the outer end portion 5b. The soft portion 52C extends in a substantially straight line from the inner end portion 5a toward the outer end portion 5b. The main body portion 51C and the soft portion 52C extend in a substantially straight line. In the light-transmitting member 5C, the soft portion 52C extends in a substantially straight line, making it easy to handle during transportation, etc.

[0044] In the above embodiment, an example has been described in which the light-transmitting member 5 is disposed on the door 4 of the front plate portion 40. However, the toilet cabinet 1 does not necessarily have to have the door 4. In this case, the light-transmitting member 5 may be disposed on the front panel 6 of the front plate portion 40.

[0045] In the above embodiment, a translucent light diffusion plate has been described as an example of the light-transmitting member. The light-transmitting member may have at least one of light diffusion properties that diffuse light and light transparency that partially transmits light with a low transmittance. The light-transmitting member may be, for example, a colored light-transmitting plate, or a plate made of a light-transmitting material with an uneven surface formed thereon to make it light-diffusing. The material is not limited to resin. For example, it may be frosted glass, etc. [Explanation of symbols]

[0046] REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Toilet cabinet, 2 Storage section, 2a Opening section, 3 Lighting, 4 Door, 5 Light-transmitting member, 41 Opening / closing mechanism, 51 Main body section, 52 Soft section, 100 Toilet room, 102 Side wall (wall surface)

Claims

1. A toilet cabinet arranged inside a toilet room, A front panel portion disposed on a front surface of the toilet cabinet; A light disposed inside the toilet cabinet; and A storage section for storing items; a light-transmitting member provided on the front panel portion and having at least one of a light diffusion property for diffusing light irradiated from the lighting and a light transmission property for partially transmitting light, The front panel portion has a door that opens and closes an opening of the storage portion, The light-transmitting member is disposed on the door, The toilet cabinet, wherein the light-transmitting member is arranged on the wall side of the toilet room on the door.

2. The toilet cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmitting member is fixed to the door so that a distance between the light-transmitting member and the wall surface can be adjusted.

3. The light-transmitting member is A main body portion extending from the door side toward the wall surface side; The toilet cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a soft portion disposed at an end of the main body portion facing the wall surface, extending between the main body portion and the wall surface, and having a lower rigidity than the main body portion.

4. The toilet cabinet according to claim 3 , wherein the main body portion is formed in a tapered shape having a thickness that is thinner from the door side toward the wall surface side.

5. The toilet cabinet according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the soft portion is curved so that an end portion on the wall surface side is positioned closer to the storage portion than an end portion on the door side.

6. The door further includes an opening / closing mechanism for opening and closing the door. The toilet cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the opening and closing mechanism is disposed closer to the door than a boundary between the door and the light-transmitting member.

7. A toilet cabinet arranged inside a toilet room, A front panel portion disposed on a front surface of the toilet cabinet; A light disposed inside the toilet cabinet; and a light-transmitting member provided on the front panel portion and having at least one of a light diffusion property for diffusing light irradiated from the lighting and a light transmission property for partially transmitting light, A toilet cabinet, wherein the light-transmitting member is arranged along the outer edge of the front panel portion.

8. The toilet cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the light-transmitting member is made of a light-diffusing member.

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