Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11549252-B2
Application number	US-202217591775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2022
Priority date	Mar 30, 2021
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

There are included a toilet body including a bowl part that receives waste; a function unit that is arranged in a rear portion of the toilet body; a panel member that covers a side surface of the function unit; a magnet that is provided to the panel member; and a magnetic material that is provided to an attachment part of the toilet body, wherein the magnetic material is elastically deformable, and is attached to the attachment part to put the attachment part therebetween.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet comprising:
a toilet body including a bowl part that receives waste;
a function unit that is arranged in a rear portion of the toilet body;
a panel member that covers a side surface of the function unit;
a magnet that is provided to the panel member; and
a magnetic material that is provided to an attachment part of the toilet body, wherein
the magnetic material is elastically deformable, and is attached to the attachment part to put the attachment part therebetween.

2. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
the magnetic material includes:
an attraction part that is attracted by the magnet;
a holding part that is opposite to the attraction part via the attachment part; and
a connecting part that connects the attraction part and the holding part with each other.

3. The flush toilet according to claim 2 , wherein
the holding part includes:
an inclined part that extends toward the attraction part from an end part thereof on a side of the connecting part in a state where the magnetic material is not attached to the toilet body.

4. The flush toilet according to claim 3 , wherein
the holding part further includes:
a contact part that is provided to a leading end of the inclined part to be in contact with the attachment part, and

the inclined part extends toward the attraction part from the end part thereof on the side of the connecting part in a state where the magnetic material is attached to the toilet body.

5. The flush toilet according to claim 2 , wherein
the magnetic material further includes:
a fixing part that is attached to the toilet body in an end part that is opposite to an end part connected with the connecting part.

6. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
the toilet body further includes:
a rib part that protrudes from the attachment part to regulate a backward movement of the magnetic material.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Shiohara Eiji
• Tone Yusuke
• Momoe Masaaki
• Esaki Kazuya
• Mori Masaki

Classifications

• 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

• E03D11/13

  Parts or details of bowls; Special adaptations of pipe joints or couplings for use with bowls {, e.g. provisions in bowl construction preventing backflow of waste-water from the bowl in the flushing pipe or cistern, provisions for a secondary flushing, for noise-reducing} · CPC title

• Y02A50/30

  Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change · CPC title