Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11339559-B2
Application number	US-202017025734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2020
Priority date	Sep 27, 2019
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

A flush toilet includes a toilet main body and a tank device, and the tank device includes a storage tank and a tank mounting member to which the storage tank is detachably attached. At a time of attachment of the storage tank to the tank mounting member, an attaching portion of the storage tank is engaged with an attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member by the storage tank being lowered onto a base of the tank mounting member from above. Then, when the storage tank is moved in a horizontal direction relative to the tank mounting member, the attaching portion of the storage tank is configured to be fixed to the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet for discharging waste by flushing the flush toilet with flush water, the flush toilet comprising:
a toilet main body including a bowl configured to receive waste, and a discharge trap configured to discharge the waste in the bowl; and
a tank device configured to supply flush water to the toilet main body,
the tank device includes:
a storage tank configured to store the flush water to be supplied to the toilet main body, the storage tank being provided behind the toilet main body, and
a tank mounting member fixed behind the bowl of the toilet main body, to which an attaching portion of the storage tank is detachably mounted,

wherein the tank mounting member includes a base configured to support the storage tank from below, and an attachment-receiving portion that is provided on the base and to which the attaching portion of the storage tank is detachably attached, and
when the storage tank is mounted to the tank mounting member, the attaching portion of the storage tank is configured to engage with the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member by the storage tank being lowered from above onto the base of the tank mounting member from above, and then the attaching portion of the storage tank is configured to be fixed to the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member by the storage tank being moved horizontally with respect to the tank mounting member.

2. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge trap extends in a front-back direction in a plan view, from an inlet that is connected to the bowl to an outlet behind the bowl, and
the storage tank is disposed to surround an upper portion of the discharge trap from both left and right sides and from behind by being horizontally moved in the front-back direction in a state where the attaching portion of the storage tank is engaged with the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member, and then the attaching portion of the storage tank is configured to be fixed to the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member.

3. The flush toilet according to claim 2 , wherein the attaching portion of the storage tank is configured to be fixed to the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member in a state where a rear surface of the storage tank is disposed close to an external wall surface behind the rear surface by the storage tank being moved rearward in a state where the attaching portion of the storage tank is engaged with the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member.

4. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the storage tank has a left-right asymmetrical shape including a large tank section and a small tank section, the large tank section being a large-capacity side of the storage tank that is divided into two at a center in a left-right direction, the small tank section being a small-capacity side of the storage tank that is divided into two at the center in the left-right direction, and
the attaching portion of the storage tank is at least a pair of left and right attaching portions, the left and right attaching portions being provided at the large tank section and the small tank section of the storage tank, respectively.

5. The flush toilet according to claim 4 , wherein the attaching portion of the storage tank and the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member include respective screw-fixing portions that are configured to be screw-fixed to each other after the storage tank is moved in the horizontal direction relative to the tank mounting member in a state where the attaching portion of the storage tank is engaged with the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member.

6. The flush toilet according to claim 5 , wherein the attaching portion of the storage tank and the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member further include respective locking portions configured to be locked to each other after the storage tank is moved rearward relative to the tank mounting member in a state where the attaching portion of the storage tank is engaged with the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member, and then the locking portions are configured to be enable the screw-fixing portions of the attaching portion of the storage tank and the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member to be fixed to each other.

7. The flush toilet according to claim 6 , wherein the locking portion of the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member includes a sloping surface whose rear upper surface slopes downward from back to front.

8. The flush toilet according to claim 4 , wherein
the large tank section includes a rear large tank section disposed behind the discharge trap, a front large tank section that extends forward from the rear large tank section and that is disposed on one of left and right sides of the discharge trap, and a lower large tank section that extends downward from the rear large tank section,
the small tank section includes a rear small tank section that is disposed behind the discharge trap, and a front small tank section that extends forward from the rear small tank section and that is disposed on another one of the left and right sides of the discharge trap,
a front end of the front large tank section is disposed more forward than a front end of the front small tank section,
a bottom surface of the lower large tank section is located below a bottom surface of each of the rear small tank section and the front small tank section, and
the attaching portion of the storage tank includes a large tank-side attaching portion that is provided on at least one of the rear large tank section and the front large tank section, and a small tank-side attaching portion that is provided on at least one of the rear small tank section and the front small tank section.

9. The flush toilet according to claim 8 , wherein the large tank-side attaching portion and the small tank-side attaching portion of the storage tank and corresponding attachment-receiving portions of the tank mounting member include respective screw-fixing portions configured to be screw-fixed to each other after the storage tank is horizontally moved in the front-back direction relative to the tank mounting member in a state where the large tank-side attaching portion and the small tank-side attaching portion are engaged with the corresponding attachment-receiving portions of the tank mounting member.

10. The flush toilet according to claim 9 , wherein the large tank-side attaching portion and the small tank-side attaching portion of the storage tank and the corresponding attachment-receiving portions of the tank mounting member further include respective locking portions configured to be locked to each other after the storage tank is moved rearward relative to the tank mounting member in a state where the large tank-side attaching portion and the small tank-side attaching portion are engaged with the corresponding attachment-receiving portions of the tank mounting member, and then the respective locking portions are configured to be enable the screw-fixing portions of each attaching portion of the storage tank and the corresponding attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member to be fixed to each other.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Iwaki Hideo
• Kashirajima Shu
• Kawazu yukari
• Hara Takahiro

Classifications

• E03D5/01

  using flushing pumps · CPC title

• E03D1/26 Primary

  Bowl with flushing cistern mounted on the rearwardly extending end of the bowl (shape or material of the cistern E03D1/01; constructional features of the bowl E03D11/02 - E03D11/12) · CPC title

• E03D1/012

  Details of shape of cisterns, e.g. for connecting to wall, for supporting or connecting flushing-device actuators {(mounting frames with incorporated cisterns E03D11/146)} · CPC title

• E03D11/02 Primary

  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

• E03D9/00

  Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories (hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl A47K11/10; seats or covers for closets A47K13/00; body supports, other than seats for closets A47K17/02; devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes E03C1/10 ){; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells (cleaning, disinfecting or deodorising the seat A47K13/30)} · CPC title