Toilet apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10151091-B2
Application number	US-201615233027-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2016
Priority date	Aug 21, 2015
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A toilet apparatus according to an embodiment includes a wall-mounted-type toilet body, a sanitary washing device, a switching part, and a fixation member. The toilet body includes a skirt part that forms an outline of a toilet bowl. The sanitary washing device is disposed on a top face of the toilet body and washes a private part of a user. The switching part can execute at least one of a first operation and a second operation, wherein the first operation is to switch a supply and a stop of water to the sanitary washing device, and the second operation is to switch a supply and a stop of electric power to the sanitary washing device, and wherein the first operation and the second operation are executed manually. The fixation member fixes the switching part at a manually operable position inside the skirt part, wherein the switching part is manually operable at the position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A toilet apparatus, comprising:
a wall-mounted toilet body that includes a skirt part that forms an outline of a toilet bowl, the wall-mounted toilet body being mounted on a wall that stands on a floor face while interposing a gap between the toilet body and the floor face;
a sanitary washing device that is disposed on a top face of the toilet body and washes a private part of a user;
a switching part that includes at least one of a first switching part for switching between a supply and a stop of water to the sanitary washing device, and a second switching part for switching between a supply and a stop of electric power to the sanitary washing device; and
a fixation member that is installed in the skirt part to form a bottom surface of the toilet body, and fixes the switching part at a position inside the skirt part so that the switching part is accessible from the gap, wherein
the fixation member comprises:
a mounting member that is attached to the toilet body from the gap between the toilet body and the floor face; and
at least one constraint member that constrains, to the mounting member, an extending member that extends from the switching part such that the switching part is fixed on the mounting member.

2. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fixation member fixes the switching part at a height within a predetermined distance in an upward direction from a lower end of the skirt part.

3. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the switching part is arranged, in the skirt part, between an outer periphery of the skirt part and a drain trap pipeline arranged under the toilet bowl, and
the fixation member fixes the switching part at a position closer to an outer periphery of the skirt part.

4. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting member is formed into a substantially plate shape, the switching part is mounted on the mounting member, and the mounting member has an opening that is configured such that the switching part can be accessed from the gap between the toilet body and the floor face.

5. The toilet apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the mounting member includes mounting parts that interpose the opening therebetween and on which the at least one constraint member is mounted.

6. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the mounting member includes a mounting part on which the constraint member is mounted; and
the mounting part is formed at a position on the mounting member where the mounting part constrains the extending member such that the extending member has a predetermined curved shape.

7. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting member is formed into a substantially plate shape and mounted on an inner wall of the skirt part.

8. The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the switching part includes at least one of a valve and a switch, the valve switching between the supply and the stop of water to the sanitary washing device, and the switch switching between the supply and the stop of electric power to the sanitary washing device.

9. A toilet apparatus, comprising:
a wall-mounted toilet body that includes a skirt part that forms an outline of a toilet bowl, the wall-mounted toilet body being mounted on a wall that stands on a floor face while interposing a gap between the toilet body and the floor face;
a sanitary washing device that is disposed on a top face of the toilet body and washes a private part of a user;
a switching part that includes at least one of a first switching part for switching between a supply and a stop of water to the sanitary washing device, and a second switching part for switching between a supply and a stop of electric power to the sanitary washing device;
a fixation member that is installed in the skirt part to form a bottom surface of the toilet body, and fixes the switching part at a position inside the skirt part so that the switching part is accessible from the gap; and
a constraint member that constrains, in the skirt part, an extending member extending from the switching part.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Shiraishi Masateru
• Yamazaki Satoshi
• Noguchi Tomohiro
• Yamamoto Koji

Classifications

• E03D11/02

  Water-closet bowls (auxiliary chambers with connections to flushing water for bowl-cleaning utensils E03D9/06; modified for using upwardly-directed sprays E03D9/08; seats or covers A47K13/00 ){; Bowls with a double odour seal optionally with provisions for a good siphonic action; siphons as part of the bowl (parts or details of bowls E03D11/13)} · CPC title

• E03D9/08 Primary

  Devices in the bowl producing upwardly-directed sprays; Modifications of the bowl for use with such devices (showers A47K3/28; bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes A61H33/00, for specific parts of the body A61H35/00 ){; Bidets; Combinations of bowls with urinals or bidets; Hot-air or other devices mounted in or on the bowl, urinal or bidet for cleaning or disinfecting} · CPC title

• E03D11/143

  Mounting frames for toilets and urinals · CPC title

• E03D11/14 Primary

  Means for connecting the bowl to the wall, e.g. to a wall outlet · CPC title