Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12084846-B2
Application number	US-202217586824-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2022
Priority date	Mar 30, 2021
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

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 magnet that is provided on one of the panel member and the toilet body, a magnetic body that is provided on another of the panel member and the toilet body, and a holding part that holds one of the magnet and the magnetic body so as to be capable of being moved or deformed toward another of the magnet and the magnetic body.

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 magnet that is provided on one of the panel member and the toilet body;
a magnetic body that is provided on another of the panel member and the toilet body; and
a holding part that holds one of the magnet and the magnetic body in such a manner that the one of the magnet and the magnetic body is moved toward another of the magnet and the magnetic body relative to the holding part, wherein
the holding part includes a supporting surface that is capable of contacting the one of the magnet and the magnetic body to suppress moving of the one of the magnet and the magnetic body toward the another of the magnet and the magnetic body, and
a tip part of the one of the magnet and the magnetic body is moved toward the another of the magnet and the magnetic body relative to the supporting surface in a state where the tip part of the one of the magnet and the magnetic body is parallel to the supporting surface, wherein
the one of the magnet and the magnetic body includes a protrusion part that protrudes toward a side of the another of the magnet and the magnetic body relative to the supporting surface, at least on a central part of the one of the magnet and the magnetic body in a longitudinal direction of the one of the magnet and the magnetic body, wherein
the holding part holds the one of the magnet and the magnetic body in such a manner that the one of the magnet and the magnetic body is moved in a direction that intersects with a direction toward the another of the magnet or the magnetic body.

2. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein
the supporting surface covers at least areas of the one of the magnet and the magnetic body outside the protrusion part in the longitudinal direction of the one of the magnet and the magnetic body.

3. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a protection part that is provided on the one of the magnet and the magnetic body, contacts the another of the magnet and the magnetic body, and is a non-magnetic body.

4. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein:
the one of the magnet and the magnetic body is the magnet; and
the another of the magnet and the magnetic body is the magnetic body.

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