JPH084074A - Low tank with cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the machine screw holes of a cover coincide easily with the machine screw holes of a low tanks body so as to improve the cover fitting workability in a marked degree, and enable the arrangment of the cover in a normal position and correct alignment between the cover and its peripheral member. CONSTITUTION:The upper edges of divided cover bodies 66, 68 are provided with flanges 66a, 68a coming around to the upper side of a low tank body from the upper edges of the divided cover bodies 66, 68, and the flanges 66a, 68a are provided with tongue piece parts 70, 72. The divided cover bodies 66, 68 are fixed to the low tank body by screwing machine screws into the upper face of the low tank body through the machine screw holes 74, 76 of the tongue piece parts 70, 72.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cover-equipped low tank installed in a Western-style toilet, and more particularly to a cover-equipped low tank having an improved structure for fixing the cover to the raw tank body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional example in which a low tank main body installed on the rear upper surface of a Western-style toilet is covered with a cover will be described with reference to FIGS.

A packing 1 is placed on a synthetic resin base plate 12 installed on the upper rear surface of a Western-style toilet 10 made of ceramics.
3, the tank receiver 14 is installed, and the raw tank body 16 is mounted on the tank receiver 14. The tank receiver 14 has a recess 14a that is recessed downward. A convex portion 16a provided on the bottom of the raw tank body 16 is inserted into the concave portion 14a via a ring-shaped packing 18.

Openings 14b and 16 are formed in the bottom surfaces of the concave portions 14a and the convex portions 16a and the base plate 12, respectively.
b, 12a are provided. The male screw portion 20 a of the float valve device 20 is provided with these openings 14 via the packing 22.
b, 16b, 12a are inserted from above.

By screwing the nut 24 into the male screw portion 20a, the float valve device 20 is fixed, and the raw tank body 16 is fixed to the base plate 12 via the raw tank receiver 14.

Synthetic resin cover divisions 26 and 28 are mounted so as to cover the raw tank body 16. In this conventional example, the cover divided body 26 covers the front surface side and the upper surface side of the raw tank body 16, and a hand washing bowl 26a is formed on the upper portion thereof. The cover division body 28 covers the rear surface side of the raw tank body 16. A boss portion 28a is provided on the inner surface of the lower edge portion of the cover division body 28, and a screw 30 is screwed into the boss portion 28a through the base plate 12 to fix the lower portion of the cover division body 28 to the base plate 12. .

Handle cover openings 34 and 36 are provided on one side surface of the cover divided body 28 and the low tank body 16, and the handle device 3 is provided in the openings 34 and 36.
The male screw portion 38a of No. 8 is inserted and the nut 40 is screwed in, so that the handle device 38 is fixed to the cover division body 28. The handle device 38 and the float valve 40 of the float valve device 20 are connected by a chain 42.

The cover division body 28 and the raw tank body 16
Ball tap insertion openings 44 and 46 are provided on the other side surface of the. The male screw portion 48a of the ball tap device 48 is inserted into the openings 44 and 46, and the nut 49 is screwed into the ball tap device 48, whereby the ball tap device 48 is fixed to the cover divided body 28.

A service tank 50 is installed below the valve mechanism of the ball tap device 48, and ball tap outflow water (clean tap water) is introduced into the service tank 50 through a rising pipe 52 with a fresh water receiving tray 52a. be introduced. The outlet 50 a on the bottom surface of the service tank 50 is connected to the service water outlet 53 on the bottom surface of the raw tank body 16.

A nozzle 54 with a vinyl hose 54a is connected to an outlet for a hand-washing pipe of the ball tap device 48.
The nozzle 54 is vertically attached to the center of the upper rear edge of the raw tank body 16 via a nozzle holder 56. The nozzle holder 56 is fixed to the raw tank body 16 with screws 56a.

A hand-washing / water-discharging head 60 is fixed to the rear wall of the hand-washing pot 26a of the cover division 26, and a joint pipe 58 is connected to the head 60. This joint pipe 58
When the nozzle 54 is inserted into the lower end of the ball tap device 48, water can be supplied from the ball tap device 48 to the hand-washing / water-discharging head 60.

The lower portion of the cover division body 26 is fixed to the base plate 12 with screws 62. 6
Reference numeral 4 denotes a screw hole provided in this cover division body 26.

[0013]

In the conventional low tank with a cover described above, when fixing the upper portion of the cover divided body 28 to the raw tank body 16, the boss portion 28b is aligned with the screw hole 32a on the upper surface of the raw tank body 16. After that, screw 32 is screwed in, but low tank body 1
6, the boss portion 28b and the screw hole 32a are easily misaligned due to a dimensional error of the cover division body 28, the connection between the two is not successful, and the connecting work is troublesome. There is a problem that a gap is generated between the peripheral edge of the divided body 28 and an adjacent member.

In the conventional low tank with a cover, water splashing from the handwash bowl 26a or water leaking from the gap between the low tank body 16 and the low tank lid 16F is between the low tank body 16 and the cover divisions 26 and 28. There was a risk of infiltration.

[0015]

A low tank with a cover according to claim 1 is a low tank with a cover in which a low tank main body on a rear upper surface of a Western-style toilet is covered with a synthetic resin cover, and the low tank is arranged above the low tank main body. The flexible tongue part is integrally formed, and the cover divided body is fixed to the low tank main body by screwing a screw through the tongue part onto the upper surface of the raw tank main body. To do.

A low tank with a cover according to a second aspect is the low tank with a cover according to the first aspect, wherein the cover is composed of a plurality of cover divided bodies, and a flange is provided around the upper edge of the cover divided body to the upper side of the raw tank main body. The tongue piece is provided on the flange, and a packing for water sealing is interposed between the lower surface of the flange and the upper edge of the raw tank body.

[0017]

In the low tank with a cover according to claim 1,
Since the tongue piece of the cover is provided with the screw hole, the screw hole of the cover divided body and the screw hole of the raw tank body can be matched by deforming only the tongue piece.

In the low tank with a cover according to the second aspect of the present invention, by providing the packing, it is possible to prevent water splashing from the low tank main body from entering between the cover divided body and the low tank main body.

[0019]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show a raw tank with a cover according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a cover for covering the raw tank body, and FIG. 2 is a cover provided with a tongue portion. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which a screw is screwed into the upper surface of the raw tank main body through a tongue portion, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the raw tank with a cover, and FIG. It is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet provided with this low tank with a cover.

A synthetic resin cover 65 is mounted so as to cover the low tank body 16A. The cover 65 is composed of two cover division bodies 66 and 68. The cover division body 66 covers the front side of the raw tank body 16, and the cover division body 68 covers the rear side of the raw tank body 16A. From the upper edges of the cover divisions 66, 68 to the upper edges of the cover divisions 66, 68,
6, a flange 66a having a substantially L-shaped cross section that wraps around the upper side of 6,
68a is provided.

Flexible tongue pieces 70 and 72 are integrally formed on horizontal surfaces of the flanges 66a and 68a. In this embodiment, the tongue pieces 70 and 72 are formed by forming slits having a substantially U-shaped plan view in the horizontal plane portions of the flanges 66a and 68a. The tongue piece 7
By making 0, 72 thinner than the flanges 66a, 68a, flexibility is given to the tongue pieces 70, 72. Screw holes 70a and 72a for inserting screws are provided at the tips of the tongue pieces 70 and 72. The screw holes 70a and 72a are elongated holes. The screw 32 is passed through the screw holes 70a and 72a and the low tank main body 1
The upper portions of the cover divided bodies 66 and 68 are fixed to the raw tank body 16A by being screwed into the screw holes 32a on the upper surface of 6A.

The lower portions of the cover divided bodies 66 and 68 are fixed to the base plate 12 with screws 62. 7
Reference numerals 4 and 76 denote screw holes provided in the cover division bodies 66 and 68.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flange 66a,
A packing 78 for sealing water is interposed between the lower surface of 68a and the upper edge of the raw tank body 16. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a hand washing bowl 80 is fixed to the upper surfaces of the cover divided bodies 66 and 68. A hand-washing / water-discharging head 82 is fixed to the hand-washing pot 80, and a nozzle 54 is directly inserted into the lower end of the head 82.

In FIG. 5, 84 is the service tank 50.
Reference numerals 86 and 88 denote hot water tanks connected to the hot water tank, and wash nozzles to which hot water is supplied from the hot water tank via a pump 90. The other symbols in FIGS. 4 and 5 indicate the same parts as in FIGS.

In the low tank with a cover constructed as described above, the screw holes 70 of the cover divided bodies 66, 68 are provided.
Since a and 72a are provided on the tongue pieces 70 and 72,
By deforming only the tongue pieces 70 and 72, the screw holes 70a and 72a of the cover divided bodies 66 and 68 and the screw hole 32a of the raw tank body 16A can be matched. Therefore, the cover division bodies 66 and 68 can be easily attached to the raw tank body 16. Also, screw 3
2 is lightly screwed into the screw hole 32a through the screw holes 70a and 72a, the cover divided bodies 66 and 68 are adjusted in position, the cover divided bodies 66 and 68 are brought into close contact with each other, and then the screw 32 is sufficiently screwed. Tighten and cover cover 6
It is also possible to fix 6,68.

In this embodiment, since the packing 78 for sealing water is interposed between the lower surfaces of the flanges 66a and 68a and the upper edge of the raw tank body 16A, the raw tank body 1
Water splashing from 6A is prevented from entering between the cover divided bodies 66, 68 and the raw tank body 16A.

In the present embodiment, the cover 65 is composed of two cover divided bodies 66 and 68, but it may be composed of three or more cover divided bodies. Also,
The cover may be integrated as a whole without being divided.

[0028]

According to the low tank with a cover of claim 1, the screw hole of the cover and the screw hole of the raw tank main body can be easily aligned with each other, so that the workability of attaching the cover is significantly improved. Further, since the cover can be arranged at the regular position, it is possible to accurately align the cover and its surrounding members.

According to the low tank with a cover of the second aspect, it becomes possible to easily install the cover divided bodies in close contact with each other. In addition, water such as splashing water from the handwash bowl and water leaking from the gap between the low tank body and the low tank lid are prevented from entering between the low tank body and the cover, so protect the electrical parts between them. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a cover that covers a raw tank body in an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a flange of the cover divided body according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a cross section taken along a line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a raw tank with a cover according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet including a raw tank with a cover according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a Western-style toilet bowl having a conventional low tank with a cover installed therein.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional low tank with a cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Western-style toilet 16,16A Low tank main body 65 Cover 66,68 Cover split body 66a, 68a Flange 70,72 Tongue 70a, 72a, 74,76 Screw hole 78 Packing

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hideya Koike 5-1-1 Koiemotocho, Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture Inax Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A low tank with a cover in which a low tank main body on the rear upper surface of a Western-style toilet is covered with a synthetic resin cover, wherein a flexible tongue portion is integrated with a portion of the cover which is arranged above the low tank main body. A low tank with a cover, characterized in that the cover divided body is fixed to the low tank main body by screwing a screw through the tongue piece into the upper surface of the raw tank main body. 2. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover is composed of a plurality of cover divided bodies, and a flange is provided around the upper edge of the cover divided body to the upper side of the raw tank body, and the tongue portion is formed on the flange. A low tank with a cover provided, wherein a packing for sealing water is interposed between the lower surface of the flange and the upper edge of the raw tank body.