Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11739518-B2
Application number	US-202217591782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2022
Priority date	Mar 30, 2021
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

A flush toilet includes a toilet body that includes a bowl part that receives waste, a functional part that is provided on a back side of the toilet body, a panel member that covers a side surface of the functional part, a first holding part that adsorbs and holds the toilet body and a side surface of the panel member by magnetic force, and a second holding part that adsorbs and holds the functional part and a side surface of the panel member by magnetic force. The panel member is capable of being slid frontward, backward, upward, and downward in a state where the panel member is adsorbed and held by the first holding part and the second holding part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet, comprising:
a toilet body that includes a bowl part that receives waste;
a functional part that is provided on a back side of the toilet body;
a panel member that covers a side surface of the functional part;
a first holding part that adsorbs and holds the toilet body and a side surface of the panel member by magnetic force; and
a second holding part that adsorbs and holds the functional part and the side surface of the panel member by magnetic force, wherein
the panel member is capable of being slid frontward, backward, upward, and downward in a state where the panel member is adsorbed and held by the first holding part and the second holding part,
a distance where holding is capable of being executed by the second holding part in frontward and backward directions is greater than a distance where holding is capable of being executed by the first holding part in frontward and backward directions,
the second holding part includes a magnet that is provided on one of the panel member and the functional part and a magnetic body that is provided on the other of the panel member and the functional part,
a length of one of the magnet and the magnetic body in upward and downward directions is greater than a length thereof in frontward and backward directions, and
a length of the other of the magnet and the magnetic body in upward and downward directions is less than a length thereof in frontward and backward directions.

2. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
the first holding part is provided on a boundary part between the toilet body and the panel member, and
a distance where holding is capable of being executed by the first holding part in upward and downward directions is greater than a distance where holding is capable of being executed thereby in frontward and backward directions in a state where the panel member is adsorbed and held by the first holding part and the second holding part.

3. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , further comprising
a holding power adjustment part that adjusts holding power for at least one of the toilet body and the functional part and the panel member.

4. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , further comprising
a sanitary washing device that is provided on an upper side of the functional part, wherein
a bottom surface of the sanitary washing device is provided to slope downward from a back side to a front side thereof in an interval in frontward and backward directions where at least the panel member is provided, and
an upper surface of the panel member is provided to slope downward from a back side to a front side thereof.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• E03D11/13 Primary

  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

• 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