JP2008038475A - Local cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a private parts washing device, surely keeping clean the tip part of a washing nozzle at low cost. <P>SOLUTION: This privates washing device includes a light emitting diode for radiating ultraviolet rays for predetermined time, which is provided at the tip part of the washing nozzle stowed in a nozzle stowing part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a local cleaning device that cleans a local body part, and more particularly to a local cleaning device that includes a light emitting diode that irradiates ultraviolet rays at the tip of a cleaning nozzle in order to keep the tip of the cleaning nozzle clean.

  In recent years, in order to clean a local part of a human body, a sanitary cleaning device including a cleaning nozzle that ejects cleaning water to the local part of the human body has become widespread. This sanitary washing apparatus is configured to supply washing water to a washing nozzle and to eject washing water from the washing nozzle toward a human body part.

  In such a sanitary washing device, the tip of the washing nozzle approaches the local area and sprays washing water during washing, so the washing nozzle is likely to be exposed to sewage and dirt during washing, and the tip of the washing nozzle is periodically placed Must be cleaned.

  Therefore, it has been proposed to clean the cleaning nozzle using a chemical solution (Patent Document 1). However, the method of Patent Document 1 requires the cost of the chemical solution and also the trouble of replenishing the chemical solution.

  In order to solve this problem, a cleaning nozzle device that ejects cleaning water onto a human body, a nozzle cleaning device that cleans the cleaning nozzle device with cleaning water in a heated gas state and / or liquid state, and a nozzle cleaning device A sanitary washing apparatus provided with a scale adhesion preventing means for preventing scale adhesion has been proposed (Patent Document 2).

However, Patent Document 2 has a complicated structure and is expensive.
JP-A-8-93034 JP 2004-270185 A

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a local cleaning device that can keep the tip of the cleaning nozzle clean at a low cost.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a local cleaning device according to the present invention includes a cleaning nozzle that ejects cleaning water to a local part of a human body, a nozzle advance / retreat mechanism that moves the cleaning nozzle back and forth, and a retreat when the cleaning nozzle is not used. And a light emitting diode that is provided in the vicinity of the nozzle housing portion and irradiates the tip portion of the washing nozzle with ultraviolet rays for a predetermined time in a state where the cleaning nozzle is housed in the nozzle housing portion. It is provided with.

  According to the local cleaning device of the present invention, it is possible to provide a local cleaning device that can reliably keep the tip of the cleaning nozzle clean at a low cost.

  A local cleaning apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toilet seat device incorporating the local cleaning device of the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a rear view of the toilet seat device, and FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of the local cleaning device of the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the local cleaning device 1 according to the first embodiment is used by being incorporated in a toilet seat device 3 attached to the toilet bowl 2.

  The toilet seat device 3 includes a box-shaped main body 4 of the toilet seat device 3, a toilet seat 5 that is pivotally attached to the main body 4 and placed on the toilet 2, and is pivotally attached to the main body 4 and freely opened and closed on the toilet seat 5. A toilet seat lid 6 is provided.

  The main body 4 is provided with an operation panel 7. The operation panel 7 covers a switch assembly (not shown) for controlling electrical components, and a washing button 8a for displaying a function corresponding to the switch by an icon or a character, An operation nameplate 8 provided with a stop button 8b and the like is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the local cleaning device 1 is built in the main body 4, and has a hot water tank 10 provided with a heating device (not shown) for heating water supplied from the outside via an electromagnetic on-off valve 9, and heating A flow rate adjusting valve 11 for adjusting the flow rate of the washed water, a cleaning nozzle 12 provided at the tip thereof with an ejection hole 12a for ejecting the cleaning water from the flow rate adjusting valve 11 to a local part of the human body, and the cleaning nozzle 12 as a nozzle A nozzle advancing / retreating mechanism 14 for advancing / retreating in the cylinder 13 is configured.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the back surface of the main body 4 is provided with a receiving portion 15 in which the cleaning nozzle 12 is stored, and when the cleaning nozzle 12 shown in FIG. The cleaning nozzle 12 in the retracted state (accommodating state) is accommodated.

  A light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as an LED) 17 that emits ultraviolet rays is provided in the vicinity of the accommodating portion 15, for example, on the outer wall 16 of the accommodating portion, and ultraviolet rays emitted from the LED 17 are transmitted through a light transmitting hole 16 a provided in the outer wall 16. Thus, the tip of the cleaning nozzle 12 is irradiated. As the LED 17, an LED that emits ultraviolet light in a wavelength region having a bactericidal action is used.

  In addition, a seating sensor 18 is provided on the back surface of the main body 4 so as to face the toilet seat 5 and detects whether the user is seated or unseated.

  Furthermore, a control means (not shown) for electrically controlling the components is provided in the main body 4 so as to control the operation of the components.

  In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a hot air outlet, 21 denotes a deodorization suction port, 22 denotes a deodorization cassette / deodorization exhaust port, and 23 denotes a toilet seat rubber cushion.

  Next, the cleaning operation by the cleaning nozzle 12 and the sterilization operation by the LED 17 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when the user sits on the toilet seat, the seat sensor 18 detects the seating and puts the local cleaning device 1 into an operable state.

  When the washing button 8a provided on the operation panel 7 is pushed after the stool, the nozzle advance / retreat mechanism 14 is operated to advance the washing nozzle 12 to the washing position. On the other hand, warm washing water from the warm water tank 10 is ejected from the washing nozzle 12 to the local part of the human body via the flow rate adjusting valve 11 to wash the local part.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the stop button 8b of the operation panel 7 is subsequently pressed, the electromagnetic on-off valve 9 is closed, the washing water from the washing nozzle 12 is stopped, and the nozzle advance / retreat mechanism 14 is In operation, the cleaning nozzle 12 is retracted into the nozzle cylinder 13 disposed in the accommodating portion 15 to be in the accommodated state.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, when the cleaning nozzle 12 is in the housed state and the user leaves the seat, the seating sensor 18 detects the separation and causes the LED 17 to emit light via the control means, thereby cleaning the ultraviolet rays. Irradiate the tip portion provided with the 12 ejection holes 12a to sterilize the tip portion. This sterilization is preferably carried out continuously at predetermined intervals for a predetermined time.

  On the other hand, in the use state in which the cleaning nozzle 12 is extended, the light emission of the LED 17 is stopped through the seating sensor 18 for detecting the seating and the control means to which the seating information signal is input.

  Thus, since the cleaning nozzle 12 is housed and sterilized by the ultraviolet rays from the LED 17, the tip of the cleaning nozzle 12 can always be kept clean. Further, since the LED 17 is used for sterilization, the structure is simple and inexpensive.

  According to the first embodiment, a local cleaning device is realized that can reliably keep the tip of the cleaning nozzle clean at low cost.

  Moreover, the local washing | cleaning apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

  This 2nd Embodiment provides LED which irradiates a toilet bowl with an ultraviolet-ray other than LED of 1st Embodiment.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the local cleaning device 1 </ b> A of the second embodiment includes an LED 17 </ b> A ₁ that irradiates ultraviolet rays into the toilet bowl in addition to the LED 17 that irradiates the tip of the cleaning nozzle 12 with the main body 4 and Alternatively, the LED 17A ₂ is provided on the toilet seat lid 6.

  In addition, since another structure is not different from the toilet seat apparatus shown in FIG. 2, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Thereby, in addition to the front-end | tip part of a washing nozzle, the toilet bowl can also be sterilized and it is hygienic.

  A local cleaning apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In the third embodiment, an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus that ultrasonically cleans the cleaning nozzle is provided in the first embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, the local cleaning device 1B of the third embodiment is provided with an ultrasonic cleaning tank 31 below the cleaning nozzle 12, and when this ultrasonic cleaning tank 31 is used, the cleaning nozzle As the nozzle 12 is extended, the cleaning nozzle 12 is rotated by an inclination angle. As shown in FIG. 7B, in the accommodated state, the tip of the cleaning nozzle 12 is immersed in the cleaning water stored in the ultrasonic cleaning tank 31, and is washed into the cleaning water by an ultrasonic generator (not shown). Vigorous vibration is generated locally to generate a cavity, and sewage and filth are removed using the force when the cavity is crushed. Further, the LED 17 provided above the cleaning nozzle 12 causes the cleaning nozzle 12 to be cleaned. The tip of the slab is irradiated with ultraviolet rays and sterilized.

  Thereby, the front-end | tip part of a washing nozzle becomes cleaner.

  The cleaning nozzle may be a buttocks cleaning nozzle or a bidet nozzle, or may be used simultaneously.

The perspective view of the toilet seat apparatus incorporating the local washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The reverse view of the toilet seat apparatus incorporating the local washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The conceptual diagram of the local cleaning apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view of the back surface of the toilet seat apparatus incorporating the local washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The enlarged view which shows the washing nozzle accommodation state of the local washing | cleaning apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. The back view of the toilet seat apparatus incorporating the local washing | cleaning apparatus of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. (A) The use state of the toilet seat apparatus incorporating the local washing | cleaning apparatus of 3rd Embodiment of this invention, (b) The conceptual diagram which shows the accommodation state of a washing nozzle.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Local washing apparatus 2 Toilet bowl 3 Toilet seat apparatus 4 Main body 5 Toilet seat 6 Toilet seat cover 7 Operation panel 8 Operation nameplate 8a Washing button 8b Stop button 12 Cleaning nozzle 12a Ejection hole 14 Nozzle advance / retreat mechanism 15 Housing part 16 Housing part outer wall 16a Translucent hole 17 Light emitting diode (LED)
18 Seating sensor 20 Hot air outlet

Claims (3)

In a local cleaning device used by being incorporated in a toilet seat device mounted on a toilet bowl,
A cleaning nozzle that jets cleaning water to a local area of the human body;
A nozzle advance / retreat mechanism for advancing and retracting the cleaning nozzle;
A cleaning nozzle that is retracted when the cleaning nozzle is not used;
A local cleaning device provided with a light emitting diode that is provided in the vicinity of the nozzle housing portion and that irradiates ultraviolet rays to a tip portion of the cleaning nozzle for a predetermined time in a state where the cleaning nozzle is housed in the nozzle housing portion. . The local cleaning device according to claim 1, further comprising a light emitting diode provided on at least one of the main body and the toilet seat of the toilet seat device for irradiating the toilet with ultraviolet rays. When the cleaning nozzle is housed in the nozzle housing portion, the tip of the cleaning nozzle is immersed in a water tank provided with an ultrasonic generator to perform ultrasonic cleaning, and ultraviolet light is applied to the tip of the cleaning nozzle by a light emitting diode. The local cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein irradiation is performed.

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