Fixing device for wall-mounted type toilet and toilet system
10358805 ยท 2019-07-23
Assignee
Inventors
- Hideki Tanimoto (Kitakyushu, JP)
- Tomoyoshi Taketani (Kitakyushu, JP)
- Takashi Matsusaki (Kitakyushu, JP)
- Makoto Abe (Kitakyushu, JP)
Cpc classification
International classification
Abstract
A wall-mounted type toilet fixing device includes a flush water tank device that is hidden in an area behind a wall, and a fixing unit, the fixing unit includes support portions, a toilet fixing portion, a pair of left and right legs, and a drain pipe connection, and the pair of legs are disposed outside from the drain pipe connection and inside from a side wall of a toilet body in elevation view, and are disposed laterally asymmetrically to each other with respect to a central axis passing through a center of the drain pipe connection and dividing the fixing unit equally in a left-right direction, in a state where the toilet body is fixed to the toilet fixing portion.
Claims
1. A toilet fixing device for fixing a rear side of a flush toilet including a warm water washing device to a wall, the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device comprising: a flush water tank device configured to supply flush water to the flush toilet, the flush water tank device being disposed behind the wall so as to be hidden by the wall; and a fixing unit that is disposed behind the wall so as to be hidden by the wall, the fixing unit being configured to fix the flush water tank device and to fix a rear end portion of a toilet body of the flush toilet to the wall, wherein the fixing unit includes: a pair of left and right support portions that are configured to extend in a vertical direction at both left and right sides of the flush water tank device and to support the flush water tank device, a toilet fixing portion extending in a left-right direction to connect the pair of left and right support portions, the toilet fixing portion being configured to fix the rear end portion of the toilet body via the wall, a pair of left and right legs extending downward from the toilet fixing portion, the pair of left and right legs being fixed to a floor in an area behind the wall, and a drain pipe connection disposed in the toilet fixing portion, the drain pipe connection being configured to connect an inlet of a drain pipe extending from the floor in the area behind the wall to be close to the toilet fixing portion and a discharge outlet at a rear side of the toilet body via the wall, wherein the toilet fixing portion is located below an intermediate position between the floor in the area behind the wall and upper ends of the support portions, the pair of legs are disposed outside from the drain pipe connection and inside from a side wall of the toilet body in elevation view, and are disposed laterally asymmetrically to each other with respect to a central axis passing through a center of the drain pipe connection and dividing the fixing unit equally in the left-right direction, in a state where the toilet body is fixed to the toilet fixing portion, and respective front end surfaces of the pair of legs are load receiving surfaces configured to receive a load acting toward the legs from a rear of the toilet body via the wall at a time of use of the flush toilet.
2. The toilet fixing device according to claim 1, further comprising: a water supply main pipe configured to supply flush water supplied from a water supply source to the respective flush water tank device and warm water washing device, the water supply main pipe being disposed behind the wall so as to be hidden by the wall; and a stopcock disposed on a connecting portion configured to connect the water supply main pipe and a water supply pipe for warm water washing extending from the warm water washing device, wherein the stopcock is fixed to either one of the pair of legs, and a front end of the stopcock is disposed at a height position between the floor and a lower end of the toilet body so as to be accessible from a front side of the wall.
3. The toilet fixing device according to claim 2, wherein the pair of legs include a first leg and a second leg, a first distance to the first leg from the central axis dividing the fixing unit equally in a left-right direction is set to be longer than a second distance from the central axis to the second leg, and the stopcock is fixed to the first leg.
4. The toilet fixing device according to claim 3, further comprising: an electric component disposed on the flush toilet or the flush water tank device; and a power supply connection configured to be hidden in the area behind the wall, wherein a power supply portion supplying power to the electric component is connected to the power supply connection, wherein the power supply connection is disposed inside of the first leg with the stopcock.
5. The toilet fixing device according to claim 4, wherein the power supply connection is disposed above in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the stopcock and above a lower end of the inlet of the drain pipe.
6. The toilet fixing device according to claim 3, wherein a distance in a left-right horizontal direction from the central axis to the stopcock is set at 80 mm to 95 mm.
7. The toilet fixing device according to claim 3, wherein a distance in the vertical direction from the floor to the stopcock is set at 30 mm to 157 mm.
8. The toilet fixing device according to claim 1, further comprising: an electric component disposed in the flush toilet or the flush water tank device; and a power supply connection configured to be hidden in the area behind the wall, wherein a power supply portion supplying power to the electric component is connected to the power supply connection, wherein the power supply connection is disposed in a vicinity of an outside of either one leg of the pair of legs.
9. The toilet fixing device according to claim 1, wherein a distance in the vertical direction from the floor to a lowest position of the load receiving surfaces of the legs is set at 55 mm to 182 mm.
10. A toilet system, comprising the toilet fixing device according to claim 1, and the flush toilet fixed to the toilet fixing device via the wall.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(9) Hereinafter, a wall-mounted type toilet fixing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
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(18) Explanation of details of an internal structure of the water storage tank 4a of the flush water tank device 4 will be omitted, but typically, a water supply device (not illustrated) that supplies water into the water storage tank 4a is provided, and a discharge valve device (not illustrated) including an electric component that electrically drives a discharge valve (not illustrated) that opens and closes a discharge port (not illustrated) of the water storage tank 4a and the like are provided. A water supply and discharge operations in the flush water tank device 4 by the water supply device (not illustrated) and the discharge valve device (not illustrated) are manually operated by a button operation or the like on an operation panel E1 provided on a front surface of the flush water tank device 4, for example, and the discharge valve device (not illustrated) and the like are capable of being actuated in association with the button operation. However, the operation panel E1 may be an electric component capable of transmitting and receiving electric operation signals, and may electrically actuate the discharge valve device (not illustrated) and the like based on the electric operation signals that are transmitted and received between the operation panel E1 and respective electric components (not illustrated) in the flush water tank device 4.
(19) Further, the flush toilet 2 may be a so-called wash down type flush toilet that washes down excrement in a bowl portion (not illustrated) by a drop in a height direction of the bowl portion (not illustrated) in a toilet body 8, or may be of modes of other flush toilets such as a so-called siphon type toilet that sucks excrement in a bowl portion (not illustrated) and discharges the excrement from a drain trap conduit (not illustrated) by using a siphon action.
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(21) Further, the toilet seat unit A includes a toilet seat 2c which is provided on a top surface of the toilet body 8 and is covered with a toilet lid 2b.
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(29) The toilet fixing lateral frame 16 connects the pair of left and right vertical frames 10 and 12 to each other, and is a toilet fixing portion to which a rear end portion of the toilet body 8 is fixed via W1.
(30) More specifically, as illustrated in
(31) Further, fixing bolts (not illustrated) that are screwed into the respective screw holes 16a, 16b, 16c and 16d are fixed to the rear end portion of the toilet body 8. The respective fixing bolts (not illustrated) are capable of being fastened by fixing nuts (not illustrated) fastened to the respective screw holes 16a, 16b 16c and 16d via the wall W1. Thereby, the rear end portion of the toilet body 8 is fixed to the toilet fixing lateral frame 16 via the wall W1.
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(44) Further, the fixing device 1 further includes a stopcock 36 provided in a connecting portion connecting a water supply pipe 34 for warm water washing that extends from the warm water washing device 2a and the water supply main pipe 32.
(45) The stopcock 36 is attached to the left leg frame 18 which is located at a more distal side than the right leg frame 20 with respect to the central axis A1 of the fixing unit 6, out of the pair of leg frames 18 and 20.
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(48) The power supply cable 38 has an upper end thereof connected to the respective electric components (not illustrated) inside the flush water tank device 4, and a lower end (a power supply portion) of the power supply cable 38 is connected to a power supply connection 40 of the toilet seat unit A with warm water washing function.
(49) Further, a power outlet 42 is disposed on a surface of the wall W1 which is adjacent under the power supply connection 40, and a power cord (not illustrated) extending from the toilet unit A is connected to the power outlet 42.
(50) Power which is supplied to the toilet seat unit A from the power outlet 42 via the power cord (not illustrated) is supplied to the respective electric components (not illustrated) of the flush water tank device 4 via the power supply cable 38 from the power supply connection 40, besides being supplied to the warm water washing device 2a and the like.
(51) Further, as illustrated in
(52) However, the power supply connection 40 and the power outlet 42 are hidden inside from a right side surface of the toilet body 8 in the state where the rear end portion of the toilet body 8 is fixed to the wall W1, and therefore are disposed in a position that is hard to see from outside.
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(55) According to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the first embodiment of the aforementioned present invention, a position in the vertical direction of the toilet fixing lateral frame 16 of the fixing unit 6 is located below the intermediate position M1 in the vertical direction between the floor F1 in the area R1 behind the wall W1 and the upper ends of the both of the vertical frames 10 and 12.
(56) Further, the pair of leg frames 18 and 20 in the state where the toilet body 8 is fixed to the toilet fixing lateral frame 16 are disposed outside from the drain pipe connection 26 and inside from the side wall 8b of the toilet body 8 in elevation view. In addition, the respective front end surfaces of the pair of leg frames 18 and 20 are the load receiving surfaces S1 and S2 which receive the load P2 which acts toward the leg frames 18 and 20 via the wall W1 from the rear of the toilet body 8 at the time of use of the flush toilet 2.
(57) Thereby, the load receiving surfaces S1 and S2 of the respective leg frames 18 and 20 can be limited to a small range, as compared with a case where the respective leg frames 18 and 20 are disposed outside from the side wall 8b of the toilet body 8 in elevation view. Thereby, a deformation amount by the entire wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 bending or the like can be restrained by the load P2 that acts toward the respective leg frames 18 and 20 via the wall WI from the rear of the toilet body 8.
(58) Accordingly, the fixing unit 6 can hide the flush water tank device 4 in the area R1 behind the wall W1 and fix the flush water tank device 4 reliably, and can reliably fix the rear end portion of the toilet body 8 of the flush toilet 2 to the wall W1.
(59) Further, the pair of leg frames 18 and 20 are disposed laterally asymmetrically to each other with respect to the central axis A1 passing through the center O1 of the inlet 30a of the drain pipe 30 and dividing the fixing unit 6 equally in the left-right direction of the fixing unit 6.
(60) Thereby, the pair of leg frames 18 and 20 of the fixing unit 6 can be freely positioned in an area outside from the drain pipe connection 26 and the drain pipe 30 and inside from the side walls 8b of the toilet body 8 in elevation view, in the area R1 behind the wall W1.
(61) Consequently, for example, equipment that supplies water to and equipment that supplies power to the warm water washing device 2a of the flush toilet 2 and the flush water tank device 4 can be positioned in peripheries of the leg frames 18 and 20, and the degree of freedom can be enhanced.
(62) Further, according to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the present embodiment, the stopcock 36 is fixed to the left leg frame 18 out of the pair of leg frames 18 and 20, and the front end of the stopcock 36 is disposed at the height position between the floor F1 and the lower end 8c of the toilet body 8 to be accessible from the front side of the wall W1.
(63) Thereby, an installation space for the stopcock 36 can be ensured in the area R1 behind the wall W1, and the stopcock 36 can be disposed in a position that is hard to see from outside.
(64) Further, when a water stopping operation is performed at a time of emergency and in maintenance at a normal time, an access can be easily made to the front end of the stopcock 36, so that a water stop operation can be easily performed.
(65) Further, most part of the stopcock 36 other than the front end can be hidden by the wall W1, irrespective of the shape of the toilet body 8, so that the device can be made hard to be restricted by the shape of the toilet body 8.
(66) Therefore, the device can also correspond to the toilet bodies 8 of various designs.
(67) Further, according to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the present embodiment, the power supply connection 40 and the power outlet 42 are disposed in the vicinity of the outside of the right leg frame 20 out of the pair of leg frames 18 and 20, so that an installation space for the power supply connection 40 can be ensured in the area R1 behind the wall W1, and the power supply connection 40 and the power outlet 42 can be disposed at a position that is hard to see from outside.
(68) Further, irrespective of the shape of the toilet body 8, the power supply connection 40 and the power outlet 42 can be hidden by the wall W1 and the toilet body 8. so that they can be made hard to be restricted by the shape of the toilet body 8.
(69) Therefore, they can correspond to the toilet bodies 8 of various designs.
(70) Further, according to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the present embodiment, the distance L1 in the horizontal direction from the central axis A1 of the fixing unit 6 to the left leg frame 18 is set to be larger than the distance L2 in the horizontal direction from the central axis A1 to the right leg frame 20 (L1>L2). Further, the stopcock 36 is fixed to the left leg frame 18 which is located at the more distal side than the right leg frame 20 with respect to the central axis A1 of the fixing unit 6.
(71) Thereby, the installation space for the stopcock 36 that is hidden in the area R1 behind the wall W1 can be ensured, and the stopcock 36 can be disposed at the position that is hard to see from the front side of the wall W1.
(72) Further, the stopcock 36 can be disposed at the position where a water stopping operation can be easily performed from the front side of the wall W1 at the time of emergency and in the maintenance at the normal time.
(73) Further, according to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the present embodiment, as illustrated in
(74) Accordingly, the installation space for the stopcock 36 that is hidden in the area R1 behind the wall W1 can be ensured, and the stopcock 36 can be disposed in the position that is hard to see from the front side of the wall W1.
(75) Further, the stopcock 36 can be disposed at the position where a water stopping operation can be easily performed from the front side of the wall W1 at the time of emergency and in maintenance at the normal time.
(76) Further, according to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the present embodiment, as illustrated in
(77) Accordingly, the installation space for the stopcock 36 that is hidden in the area R1 behind the wall W1 can be ensured, and the stopcock 36 can be disposed at the position that is hard to see from the front side of the wall W1.
(78) Further, the stopcock 36 can be disposed at the position where a water stopping operation can be easily performed from the front side of the wall W1 at the time of emergency and in maintenance at the normal time.
(79) Further, according to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the present embodiment, the vertical distance H1 from the floor F1 to the lowest position of the load receiving surfaces S1 and S2 of the respective leg frames 18 and 20 is set at 55 mm to 182 mm.
(80) Accordingly, the vertical distance H1 between the load receiving surfaces S1 and S2 of the respective leg frames 18 and 20, and the floor F1 can be set to be relatively short, so that even when the load acts on the load receiving surfaces S1 and S2 of the respective leg frames 18 and 20 via the wall W1 from the rear of the toilet body 8 at the time of use of the flush toilet 2, the deformation amounts of the leg frames 18 and 20 and the wall W1 at the front side thereof can be restrained.
(81) Further, according to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the present embodiment, the toilet system T in which the flush water tank device 4 is hidden in the area R1 behind the wall W1 and is fixed reliably, and the flush toilet 2 is reliably fixed to the wall W1 can be provided.
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(84) Here, in the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device according to the second embodiment of the present invention illustrated in
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(87) Further, with respect to a flush toilet 102 (a toilet body 108) illustrated by the chain line in
(88) However, the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 100 according to the present embodiment adopts a structure in which a power supply connection 140 to which a lower end (a power supply portion) of a power supply cable 138 is connected is disposed inside from the first leg (the left leg frame 18) with the stopcock 36, and therefore differs from the structure of the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above in which the lower end (the power supply portion) of the power supply cable 38 and the power supply connection 40 are disposed in a vicinity of the outside of the right leg frame 20.
(89) Further, as illustrated in
(90) Furthermore, the power supply connection 140 includes a connector member (not illustrated) that can connect a power supply cable (not illustrated) extending from the toilet seat unit A and the power supply cable 138 extending from the flush water tank device 4. The power supply connection 140 and the power cord outlet 142 are disposed above in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the stopcock 36. Power that is supplied from the power cord (not illustrated) in the area R1 behind the wall W1 to the toilet seat unit A via the power cord outlet 142 is supplied to respective electric components (not illustrated) and the like of the flush water tank device 4 via the power supply cable 138 from the power supply connection 140 besides being supplied to a warm water washing device 102a and the like.
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(93) However, in the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 100 according to the present embodiment, depending on an installation situation such as a position of piping at a downstream side of the drain pipe 30, a mode of piping (so-called lateral piping) installed in a posture that is inclined with respect to the vertical direction is applicable as a drain pipe 130 schematically illustrated by the chain lines in
(94) According to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention described above, the distance L1 in the horizontal direction from the central axis A1 of the fixing unit 206 to the left leg frame 18 (the first leg) is set to be larger than the distance L2 in the horizontal direction from the central axis A1 to the right leg frame 20 (the second leg) (L1>L2), whereby a larger space is formed inside from the left leg frame 18 (the first leg) than inside from the right leg frame 20 (the second leg).
(95) Accordingly, the space formed inside of the left leg frame 18 (the first leg) like this is effectively used as the installation space for the power supply connection 140 and the stopcock 36, whereby the respective stopcock 36, power supply connection 140 and power cord outlet 142 can be disposed at a position that is hard to see from the front side of the wall W1.
(96) Further, a lateral width of the toilet body 108 is set to be larger than a distance (L1+L2) between the inner edge of the left leg frame 18 and the inner edge of the right leg frame 20, so that in the state where the rear end portion of the toilet body 108 is fixed to the wall W1 by the fixing unit 206, the respective stopcock 36, the power supply connection 140 and the power cord outlet 142 are disposed at a central side of the toilet body 108.
(97) Accordingly, even when the toilet bodies 108 of various modes are applied, the respective stopcock 36, the power supply connection 140 and the power cord outlet 142 can be reliably hidden within the lateral width of the toilet body 108 (explaining more strictly, within a range of the distance (L1+L2) between the inner edge of the left leg frame 18 and the inner edge of the right leg frame 20).
(98) Further, according to the wall-mounted type toilet fixing device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the power supply connection 140 and the power cord outlet 142 are disposed above in the substantially vertical direction with respect to the stopcock 36 and above the lower end of the inlet 30a of the drain pipe 30, so that the space in the vertical direction from the stopcock 36 to the power supply connection 140 and the power cord outlet 142 can be sufficiently ensured.
(99) Accordingly, even under the situation in which piping (so-called lateral piping) with the drain pipe 130 installed in the posture inclined with respect to the vertical direction is more preferable than piping (so-called vertical piping) with the drain pipe 30 installed in the posture extending in the vertical direction due to the installation situation such as the position of the piping at the downstream side of the drain pipe 30, for example, the drain pipe 130 can be properly disposed in the space between the stopcock 36, and the power supply connection 140 and the power cord outlet 142.
(100) Consequently, the vertical piping (the drain pipe 30) and the horizontal piping (the drain pipe 130) can be properly selected in accordance with the piping installation at the downstream side of the drain pipes 30 and 130, so that the device can be variously applied to various installation places.
(101) Further, the power supply connection 140 is disposed inside of the left leg frame 18 (the first leg) with the stopcock 36, and is disposed above the stopcock 36 in the substantially vertical direction, whereby if one of the power supply connection 140 and the stopcock 36 is fixed to inside of the left leg frame 18 (the first leg) once, at the time of performing the work of fixing the power supply connection 140 and the stopcock 36 to inside of the left leg frame 18 (the first leg), the other one also can be easily positioned and fixed to inside of the left leg frame 18 (the first leg), so that workability can be enhanced.