WO2022050194A1 - Toilet device and toilet seat device - Google Patents

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WO2022050194A1
WO2022050194A1 PCT/JP2021/031575 JP2021031575W WO2022050194A1 WO 2022050194 A1 WO2022050194 A1 WO 2022050194A1 JP 2021031575 W JP2021031575 W JP 2021031575W WO 2022050194 A1 WO2022050194 A1 WO 2022050194A1
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武之 酒井
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/10—Devices for raising and lowering, e.g. tilting or lifting mechanisms; Collapsible or rotating seats or covers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D11/00—Other component parts of water-closets, e.g. noise-reducing means in the flushing system, flushing pipes mounted in the bowl, seals for the bowl outlet, devices preventing overflow of the bowl contents; devices forming a water seal in the bowl after flushing, devices eliminating obstructions in the bowl outlet or preventing backflow of water and excrements from the waterpipe
    • E03D11/02—Water-closet bowls ; Bowls with a double odour seal optionally with provisions for a good siphonic action; siphons as part of the bowl

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  • the present invention relates to a toilet device and a toilet seat device in which the toilet lid and the toilet seat are individually electrically opened and closed.
  • the toilet lid In order to ensure that the bowl is washed with the toilet lid closed, the toilet lid is first electrically closed by the toilet lid drive unit when a cleaning instruction is given, and then the bowl is washed.
  • a toilet bowl device has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
  • a method of closing the toilet seat and the toilet lid at the same time can be considered.
  • the amount of electric power increases at the timing of driving (starting the closing operation) and the timing of closing the toilet seat and the toilet lid, the amount of electric power increases further at the timing when they start or close at the same time, and the machine (motor, etc.) There is also a risk of adverse effects.
  • the present invention has been proposed in consideration of such circumstances, and an object thereof is that it takes a lot of time for the toilet lid to close in the operation of closing the toilet seat and the toilet lid when a cleaning instruction is given. It is an object of the present invention to provide a toilet bowl device and a toilet seat device that can avoid an increase in electric power.
  • the toilet device of the present invention includes a bowl, a toilet cleaning unit that supplies washing water to the bowl and cleans the inside of the bowl, a toilet lid, and a toilet that detects the opening and closing of the toilet lid.
  • a toilet device including a lid open / close detection unit, a toilet seat, a cleaning instruction means for outputting a cleaning instruction to the toilet cleaning unit, and a control unit, and the toilet lid and the toilet seat are electrically opened and closed individually. If the toilet lid is open when a cleaning instruction is given by the cleaning instruction means, the toilet lid is closed while the toilet lid is closed before cleaning by the toilet bowl cleaning unit.
  • the toilet bowl cleaning unit is configured to execute cleaning, and if the toilet lid and the toilet seat are open when the control unit receives the cleaning instruction, the toilet seat is described. It is characterized in that the closing operation of the toilet lid is started after the closing operation of the toilet seat is started and before the closing operation of the toilet seat is closed.
  • the toilet seat device of the present invention includes a toilet seat, a toilet lid, a toilet lid open / close detection unit for detecting the opening / closing of the toilet lid, a bowl cleaning instruction means for receiving a cleaning instruction for the toilet bowl body, and a toilet seat side control unit.
  • a toilet seat device attached to the toilet body, the toilet lid and the toilet seat are configured to be electrically opened and closed individually, and the toilet lid is opened when a cleaning instruction is given by the bowl cleaning instruction means. If this is the case, the closing operation of the toilet lid is started before the cleaning instruction is output to the toilet bowl body, while if the toilet bowl is closed, the cleaning instruction is output to the toilet bowl body. If the toilet lid and the toilet seat are open when the toilet seat side control unit receives the cleaning instruction, the toilet seat side control unit starts the closing operation of the toilet seat and before the toilet seat is closed. It is characterized in that the closing operation of the toilet lid is started.
  • the toilet bowl device and the toilet seat device of the present invention have the above-mentioned configurations, it does not take much time for the toilet lid to close in the closing operation of the toilet seat and the toilet lid when a cleaning instruction is given. Moreover, it is possible to avoid an increase in power.
  • FIG. 1 is a basic block diagram of the toilet bowl device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.
  • FIG. (A) is a schematic side view schematically showing the inside of the toilet bowl device
  • (b) is a schematic side view schematically showing the inside of the toilet bowl device of another example.
  • A) is a basic block diagram of the toilet bowl device and the toilet seat device used thereof according to another embodiment of the present invention
  • (b) is a schematic side view schematically showing the inside of the toilet bowl device. ..
  • the toilet bowl devices 1 and 3 described below are based on the principle of cleaning the bowl 12 in a closed state of the toilet lid 20 from the viewpoint of preventing the diffusion of contaminants contained in the excrement. Therefore, if the toilet lids 20 and 40 are not closed when the cleaning instruction is given, the toilet lids 20 and 40 are automatically and electrically closed before cleaning in order to close the toilet lids 20 and 40. Is the usual operation.
  • the closing operation of the toilet lids 20 and 40 and the subsequent cleaning are referred to as a sequence operation.
  • This toilet bowl device 1 is a device having the configuration exemplified in FIGS. 1 and 2, and executes the operation of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the toilet device 1 includes a bowl 12, a toilet cleaning unit 13 that supplies washing water to the bowl 12 to clean the inside of the bowl 12, a toilet lid 20, and a toilet lid opening / closing detection unit 21 that detects the opening / closing of the toilet lid 20. , Toilet seat 24 and.
  • the toilet device 1 further includes a cleaning instruction means for outputting a cleaning instruction to the toilet cleaning unit 13, and a control unit 5.
  • the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are configured to be electrically opened and closed individually, and if the toilet lid 24 is open when a cleaning instruction is given by the cleaning instruction means, the toilet lid is before cleaning by the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13. If the toilet lid 20 is closed while the closing operation of the toilet bowl 20 is started, the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13 is configured to perform cleaning.
  • the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are open when the control unit 5 receives the cleaning instruction, the toilet lid 20 is started after the toilet seat 24 is closed and before the toilet seat 24 is closed. Executes the control operation to start the closing operation of. Next, the detailed configuration, structure, and basic operation of the toilet bowl device 1 will be described.
  • FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are schematic side views schematically showing the inside of the toilet bowl device 1 showing two forms in which the cleaning methods (structures) are different, and whichever method is used. You may.
  • the toilet device 1 is a sitting Western-style toilet device that is fixed to the floor or wall in the toilet space.
  • the main body 10 of the toilet bowl device 1 is provided so that the bowl 12 opened upward is surrounded by the skirt portion 11, and the upper side of the bowl 12 is freely laid down with respect to the opening surface of the bowl 12. It is provided with a toilet seat 24 and a toilet lid 20 having the same rotation axis. It should be noted that individual rotation axes may be used so that they can be interlocked with each other.
  • a toilet bowl cleaning portion 13 that discharges the sewage in the bowl 12 and supplies washing water into the bowl 12 from the water supply port 14 to clean the inside of the bowl 12 is arranged.
  • the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13 has a water supply mechanism and a drainage mechanism.
  • the water supply mechanism is arranged in the middle of the water supply port 14, the wash water supply path 15 that supplies the wash water supplied from the water pipe (not shown) into the bowl 12 through the water supply port 14, and the wash water supply path 15. It is provided with a water supply valve 16 that supplies or shuts off the water supply to the bowl 12.
  • the drainage mechanism shown in FIG. 2A has a tubular bent trap 17 connected so as to extend rearward from the bottom of the bowl 12, the trap 17 extending further downward and connecting to the drainage port 18.
  • This type of drainage mechanism include a siphon type, a siphon set type, and a siphon vortex type, which are considered to be a mechanism in which a drainage state or a sealed state is formed by a siphon action.
  • the drainage mechanism may have a structure having a movable trap 17A as shown in FIG. 2 (b).
  • the trap 17A is rotated in the direction of an arrow by a driving unit (not shown) to form a drainage state or a water sealing state.
  • the trap 17A in the illustrated example is in the position in the sealed state, and in the drainage state, the trap 17A rotates so that the open end of the trap 17A faces the drain port 18.
  • the trap 17A is surrounded by a trap case (not shown) so that sewage and odor do not leak to the outside.
  • a drainage mechanism that is neither siphon type nor movable for example, a wash-off type drainage mechanism can be applied to the toilet bowl device 1.
  • the toilet device 1 is a tankless type directly connected to the water supply without a water washing tank (low tank), but it may be configured to have a water washing tank.
  • the toilet device 1 in addition to the above-mentioned toilet lid opening / closing detection unit 21, the toilet lid driving unit 22 and the toilet lid operating unit that receives an opening / closing instruction from the user to the toilet lid driving unit 22. It is equipped with 23. Further, the toilet device 1 includes a toilet seat 24, a toilet seat open / close detection unit 25 that detects the opening / closing of the toilet seat 24, a toilet seat drive unit 26 that opens / closes the toilet seat 24, and a toilet seat operation unit 27 that receives an opening / closing instruction to the toilet seat drive unit 26. In addition, a seating detection unit 28 is also provided.
  • Each of the toilet lid operation unit 23 and the toilet seat operation unit 27 may be configured with switches for opening and closing individually, or may be capable of alternately switching between opening and closing with one switch. In the latter case, it may be determined whether the instruction is open / closed in cooperation with the toilet lid open / close detection unit 21 (toilet seat open / close detection unit 25) and the software.
  • the seating detection unit 28 for example, a load sensor for detecting seating / leaving, an infrared sensor for detecting seating / leaving from the vicinity of the rotation shaft portion of the toilet seat 24, and the like, which are built in the toilet seat 24, are adopted.
  • the toilet lid open / close detection unit 21 and the toilet seat open / close detection unit 25 those configured to detect the open / closed state by the opening angle are adopted.
  • the toilet lid drive unit 22 and the toilet seat drive unit 26 are each composed of a motor or the like.
  • the toilet lid drive unit 22 electrically opens and closes (tilts) the toilet lid 20 when there is an instruction from the toilet lid operation unit 23, and the toilet seat drive unit 26 receives an instruction from the toilet seat operation unit 27.
  • the toilet seat 24 is electrically opened and closed (tilted).
  • the example shown in FIG. 1 has a configuration in which a drive unit (motor) is provided in each of the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24, but may be configured to be individually driven by one motor.
  • the state in which the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are upright is referred to as an open state
  • a state in which the toilet lid 20 is tilted substantially horizontally and is substantially parallel to the opening surface of the bowl 12 is referred to as an open state. It is called a closed state.
  • both the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are in the open state when the toilet lid 20 is instructed to close by the toilet lid operation unit 23 or the like, the toilet seat 24 first closes and then closes. The toilet lid 20 closes in conjunction with the closing action of the toilet seat 24.
  • the toilet device 1 receives a cleaning instruction, the above-mentioned sequence operation is executed. If the toilet seat 24 is open at that time, the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are closed in this order. .. The details of this operation will be described later together with the description of FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the toilet lid 20 first opens the toilet lid 20 and then the toilet lid 20.
  • the toilet seat 24 opens the toilet seat 24 so as to be linked to the opening operation.
  • the toilet device 1 may be further provided with various functional devices such as a deodorizing device for deodorizing the inside of the bowl 12, a heating device for heating the toilet seat 24, and a local cleaning device for locally cleaning the toilet seat 24.
  • the toilet bowl device 1 is provided with a cleaning operation unit 29.
  • the cleaning operation unit 29 includes a stool cleaning button 29a and a urine cleaning button 29b that output cleaning instructions to the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13 via a control unit 5 described later.
  • the cleaning operation unit 29 is arranged in both the main body operation unit (not shown) and the remote controller (not shown). These are also provided with operation switches and operation buttons that allow various operations and settings.
  • the remote controller an infrared communication remote controller is preferably used. Needless to say, the remote controller is provided with a transmitting unit (not shown), and the main body 10 is provided with a receiving unit (not shown).
  • the operation of the cleaning operation unit 29 acts as a cleaning instruction means, and further, the state change from sitting to leaving the seat detected by the seating detection unit 28 also acts as a cleaning instruction means. That is, when a person stands up from the toilet seat 24 while sitting, automatic cleaning is performed instead of operating the cleaning button.
  • the toilet device 1 controls the above-mentioned control targets (water supply valve 16 of the toilet cleaning unit 13, toilet lid drive unit 22, toilet seat drive unit 26, etc.), while the cleaning operation unit 29, toilet lid open / close detection unit 21, and toilet seat open / close detection are detected.
  • a control unit 5 that receives an output signal such as a unit 25 and a seating detection unit 28 is provided.
  • the control unit 5 includes a processor such as a CPU and an MPU and various programs.
  • the toilet device 1 further includes a time measuring unit 6 and a power supply unit (not shown).
  • the toilet bowl device 1 includes a notification unit 7 composed of a speaker or the like that notifies an abnormality or state of the device or guidance by sound or voice synthesis.
  • the notification unit 7 may be configured to include a display such as an LED in place of or in addition to the sound output unit.
  • FIGS. 4A to 4E are shown as rotation axes (marked with x in FIG. 4) in which the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are different from each other for convenience of illustration. The same rotation axis may be used as described above.
  • the detection of the open / closed state of the toilet lid 20 and the detection of the open / closed state of the toilet seat 24 are performed by each detection unit, but the description of the operation of those detection units will be omitted. Further, although the opening / closing operation of the toilet lid 20 and the opening / closing operation of the toilet seat 24 are performed by each drive unit, the description of the operation of those drive units will be omitted.
  • step SXXX is abbreviated as "SXXX" having only a code.
  • the notification unit 7 When a cleaning instruction is received by the cleaning instruction means, the notification unit 7 first notifies the cleaning instruction by, for example, an electronic sound "pip" (S100, S101). Then, the open / closed state of the toilet lid 20 is determined, and if it is in the closed state, the bowl 12 is immediately washed (N, S109 of S102).
  • the toilet lid 20 opens after the cleaning of S109 is completed, and after a certain period of time from the open state, the opened toilet lid 20 closes and closes. It may be in a standby state (a state in which the toilet lid 20 is closed).
  • the opening operation of the toilet lid 20 after cleaning is an operation executed for the user to confirm the residual filth in the bowl 12 after cleaning. That is, the user does not need to manually open the toilet lid 20 to check the inside of the bowl 12 after cleaning.
  • the standby state may be returned at the timing when a person is no longer detected by the motion sensor.
  • the user since the user can close the toilet lid 20 with the toilet lid operation unit 23, it is not necessary to automatically return to the standby state.
  • the open / closed state of the toilet seat 24 is further determined (Y, S103 in S102).
  • the closing operation of the toilet seat 24 is started, and the closing operation of the toilet lid 20 is started after a predetermined time has elapsed (Y in S103, S104 to S106 and FIGS. 4A and 4B). ..
  • the operation of the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 may be such that the toilet lid 20 follows the toilet seat 24 with an acute angle difference, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B.
  • the angle difference may be smaller than the angle difference between the state where the toilet lid 20 is upright and the state immediately before the toilet seat 24 is closed, and about 5 to 20 degrees is suitable for achieving both quick closing. It is said that.
  • the angle difference may be more than 20 degrees.
  • the upper limit of the angle difference is about 70 degrees.
  • such an angle difference may be provided by the time delay by the time measuring unit 6, and the delay time calculated from the time required from the standing state of the toilet seat 24 to the closing may be used.
  • the delay time may be about 1/4 to 1/3 of the time required from the standing state to the closing.
  • start timing of the closing operation of the toilet lid 20 may be measured by detecting the drive angle of the toilet seat 24 instead of such a time difference.
  • the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are individually closed as shown in FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c), the toilet seat 24 is closed first as shown in FIG. 4 (d), and then FIG. 4 (e). ), The toilet lid 20 closes.
  • the closing of the toilet lid 20 is notified by an electronic sound "pip" or the like different from that at the time of the cleaning instruction, and the bowl 12 is washed (S107 to S109). It should be noted that instead of notifying that the toilet lid 20 is closed, it may be notified that cleaning is to be performed. That is, in that case, the notification is also made when the toilet lid 20 is closed (N in S102) after the cleaning instruction.
  • the sequence operation is executed when the cleaning instruction is received while the toilet lid 20 is open, but when the toilet seat 24 is also open at that time, the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are described above.
  • the closing operation is executed in order with such an angle difference.
  • the toilet lid 20 does not follow the operation order in which the closing operation of the toilet lid 20 starts after waiting for the toilet seat 24 to close, but the operation is such that the toilet lid 20 chases the toilet seat 24 at a predetermined angle. Therefore, the process from the start of the closing operation of the toilet seat 24 to the closing of the toilet lid 20 is quickly executed, and the cleaning after the instruction for cleaning is performed quickly without waiting for a long time.
  • the operation order may be such that the toilet lid 20 starts the closing operation after the toilet seat 24 is closed, but the cleaning instruction as described above is received.
  • the operation order may be the same as when the time difference is used.
  • the operation order may be such that the toilet seat 24 starts the opening operation after the toilet lid 20 is closed, but the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 have a time difference. It may be in the order of operations in which the toilets are opened. In this case as well, the angle difference may be about 5 to 20 degrees.
  • the toilet device 1 is not limited to the above, and the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 may be interchangeable as a unit.
  • the toilet device 3 to which the toilet seat device 30 as shown in FIG. 5 is retrofitted (or replaced) may be used.
  • FIGS. 5A and 5B the basic configuration of the toilet bowl device 3 according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • the movable trap 17A is illustrated in FIG. 5 (b), but the toilet bowl body may have a siphon type trap 17 (see FIG. 2 (a)) or another method. Is also applicable.
  • the toilet device 3 outputs a cleaning instruction to the bowl 12, the toilet cleaning unit 13 that supplies cleaning water to the bowl 12 to clean the inside of the bowl 12, the toilet seat device 30, and the toilet cleaning unit 13. It includes a cleaning operation unit 29, a control unit 5, a timing unit 6, and a notification unit 7.
  • the toilet seat device 30 is a separate body that can be attached to and detached from the toilet bowl main body (part excluding the toilet seat device 30) of the toilet bowl device 3.
  • the toilet seat device 30 includes a toilet lid 40, a toilet lid open / close detection unit 41, a toilet lid drive unit 42, a toilet lid operation unit 43, a toilet seat 44, a toilet seat open / close detection unit 45, a toilet seat drive unit 46, a toilet seat operation unit 47, and a seating detection unit. It includes 48, a bowl cleaning operation unit 49, a toilet seat side control unit 35, a timing unit 36, and a notification unit 37. Further, it is possible to send and receive electric signals between the toilet seat device 30 and the toilet bowl main body.
  • the toilet bowl device 3 toilet bowl main body excluding the toilet seat device 30 is almost the same as that of FIG. 1, detailed description is omitted.
  • the toilet lid 40, the toilet lid open / close detection unit 41, the toilet lid drive unit 42, the toilet lid operation unit 43, the toilet seat 44, the toilet seat open / close detection unit 45, the toilet seat drive unit 46, and the toilet seat operation unit 47 which are included in the toilet seat device 30.
  • the seating detection unit 48 is almost the same as that of FIG. 1, and the description thereof will be omitted.
  • the toilet seat device 30 of FIG. 5 has a configuration in which a cleaning instruction of the bowl 12 can be output from the toilet seat device 30 side to the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13. Specifically, in the toilet seat device 30, when the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 gives an instruction for cleaning, the toilet seat side control unit 35 receives the instruction, and the toilet seat cleaning unit 13 is moved through the control unit 5 on the toilet body side. The bowl 12 can be washed in a controlled manner. Further, the toilet seat side control unit 35 may be configured to directly control the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13.
  • the toilet bowl device 3 includes not only the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 on the toilet seat device 30 side but also the cleaning operation unit 29 on the toilet bowl main body side. That is, the one shown in FIG. 6 is configured so that any of the cleaning operation unit 29 and the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 can give a cleaning instruction. Further, the cleaning operation unit 29 may not be provided on the toilet bowl main body side, and the cleaning instruction may be given only by the bowl cleaning operation unit 49. It is desirable that the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 also has a stool cleaning button and a urine cleaning button.
  • the operation of the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 acts as a bowl cleaning instruction means, and further, the state change from sitting to leaving the seat detected by the seating detection unit 48 also acts as a bowl cleaning instruction means. That is, when the person stands up from the toilet seat 44 while sitting, automatic cleaning is performed instead of operating the cleaning button.
  • the toilet device 3 can also operate as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 in the same manner as the toilet device 1 of FIG.
  • the bowl cleaning instruction means instructs the bowl cleaning unit 13
  • the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13 cleans the bowl 12 with the toilet lid 40 closed. If both the toilet seat 44 and the toilet lid 40 are open when a cleaning instruction is given, the toilet seat 44 and the toilet lid 40 close with an angle difference as shown in FIG. 4, and cleaning is performed after the toilet lid 40 is closed. Will be done.
  • the toilet seat device 30 includes a toilet seat 44, a toilet lid 40, and a toilet lid opening / closing detection unit 41 that detects the opening / closing of the toilet lid 40.
  • the toilet seat device 30 is a device attached to the toilet bowl body, which includes a bowl cleaning instruction means for receiving a cleaning instruction to the toilet bowl body and a toilet seat side control unit 35.
  • the toilet seat device 30 is configured to electrically open and close the toilet lid 40 and the toilet seat 44 individually. Further, if the toilet lid 40 is open when the toilet seat device 30 receives a cleaning instruction by the bowl cleaning instruction means, the toilet lid 40 starts closing operation before outputting the cleaning instruction to the toilet bowl main body. If the toilet lid 40 is closed, a cleaning instruction is output to the toilet bowl body.
  • the toilet seat side control unit 35 If the toilet lid 40 and the toilet seat 44 are open when the toilet seat side control unit 35 receives the cleaning instruction, the toilet seat side control unit 35 starts the closing operation of the toilet seat 44 and before the toilet seat 44 is closed. A control operation for initiating the closing operation of 40 is executed. In this way, the toilet bowl device 3 can realize the time difference operation between the toilet lid 40 and the toilet seat 44 by the cooperation between the toilet seat device 30 and the toilet bowl main body.
  • the toilet seat device 30 is not limited to that shown in FIG.
  • the toilet seat device 30 may be configured to include, for example, a local cleaning device, or may have a configuration having a toilet seat operation unit (not shown) capable of various operations and settings (for example, the local cleaning device). ..

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A toilet device 1 has a configuration in which a toilet lid 20 and a toilet seat 24 are electrically opened and closed separately from each other, and a closing operation for the toilet lid 20 starts before washing is performed by a toilet washing unit 13 if the toilet lid 20 is open when a washing instruction is given by a washing instruction means. A control unit 5 executes a control operation to start a closing operation for the toilet seat 24, and then start the closing operation for the toilet lid 20 before the toilet seat 24 is closed if the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are open when a washing instruction is received.

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便器装置および便座装置Toilet bowl device and toilet seat device
　本発明は、便蓋と便座とが個別に電動開閉する便器装置および便座装置に関する。 The present invention relates to a toilet device and a toilet seat device in which the toilet lid and the toilet seat are individually electrically opened and closed.
　近時、便器（ボウル）の洗浄時における***物に含まれる汚染物質の拡散防止の観点から、ボウルに***した便に含まれる汚染物質を含んだ飛沫が便器の外部に飛散しないように、***後には便蓋を閉じた状態でボウルを洗浄することが奨励されている。 Recently, from the viewpoint of preventing the diffusion of pollutants contained in the excrement when cleaning the toilet bowl (bowl), excrete the pollutants contained in the feces excreted in the bowl so that the droplets containing the pollutants do not scatter to the outside of the toilet bowl. It is later encouraged to wash the bowl with the toilet lid closed.
　このような便蓋の閉じた状態でのボウルの洗浄を確実に実施させるために、洗浄指示があったときに、まず便蓋を便蓋駆動部により電動で閉止させ、その後ボウルの洗浄を行う便器装置が提案されている（例えば、特許文献１参照）。 In order to ensure that the bowl is washed with the toilet lid closed, the toilet lid is first electrically closed by the toilet lid drive unit when a cleaning instruction is given, and then the bowl is washed. A toilet bowl device has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
特開平０７－１５８１４２号公報Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 07-158142
　しかしながら、この種の便器装置において、洗浄指示があったときに便蓋だけではなく便座も開いている場合、通例では、まず便座を閉止させてから便蓋の閉動作が開始するため、洗浄指示から便蓋の閉止までに多くの時間を要することとなる。なお、特許文献１には、便蓋が開状態でありかつ着座中でない場合に、便蓋を閉動作させることの記載はあるが、便蓋、便座がともに開状態である場合についての動作説明はされていない。 However, in this type of toilet device, when not only the toilet lid but also the toilet seat is open when a cleaning instruction is given, usually, the toilet seat is closed first and then the toilet lid closing operation is started, so that the cleaning instruction is performed. It will take a lot of time to close the toilet bowl. In Patent Document 1, there is a description that the toilet lid is closed when the toilet lid is open and not seated, but an operation description for the case where both the toilet lid and the toilet seat are in the open state. Not done.
　また、時間短縮のために便座と便蓋とを同時に閉動作させる方法が考えられる。しかし、便座、便蓋のそれぞれの駆動（閉動作の開始）タイミングや閉止タイミングでは電力量が増大するから、それらが同時に開始または閉止するタイミングでは電力量はさらに増大し、機械（モーターなど）に悪影響を及ぼすおそれもある。 Also, in order to shorten the time, a method of closing the toilet seat and the toilet lid at the same time can be considered. However, since the amount of electric power increases at the timing of driving (starting the closing operation) and the timing of closing the toilet seat and the toilet lid, the amount of electric power increases further at the timing when they start or close at the same time, and the machine (motor, etc.) There is also a risk of adverse effects.
　本発明は、このような事情を考慮して提案されたもので、その目的は、洗浄指示があったときの便座、便蓋の閉動作において、便蓋が閉止するまでに多くの時間を要することがなく、かつ電力の増大化を回避できる便器装置および便座装置を提供することにある。 The present invention has been proposed in consideration of such circumstances, and an object thereof is that it takes a lot of time for the toilet lid to close in the operation of closing the toilet seat and the toilet lid when a cleaning instruction is given. It is an object of the present invention to provide a toilet bowl device and a toilet seat device that can avoid an increase in electric power.
　上記目的を達成するために、本発明の便器装置は、ボウルと、該ボウルへ洗浄水を供給し該ボウル内を洗浄する便器洗浄部と、便蓋と、該便蓋の開閉を検知する便蓋開閉検知部と、便座と、前記便器洗浄部に対する洗浄指示を出力する洗浄指示手段と、制御部と、を備えた便器装置であって、前記便蓋と前記便座とは個別に電動開閉する構成とされ、前記洗浄指示手段による洗浄指示があったときに、前記便蓋が開いていれば、前記便器洗浄部による洗浄の前に、前記便蓋の閉動作が開始する一方、前記便蓋が閉じていれば、前記便器洗浄部による洗浄が実行される構成とされており、前記制御部は、前記洗浄指示を受けつけたときに、前記便蓋と前記便座とが開いていれば、前記便座の閉動作を開始させた後、前記便座が閉止する前に、前記便蓋の閉動作を開始させることを特徴とする。 In order to achieve the above object, the toilet device of the present invention includes a bowl, a toilet cleaning unit that supplies washing water to the bowl and cleans the inside of the bowl, a toilet lid, and a toilet that detects the opening and closing of the toilet lid. A toilet device including a lid open / close detection unit, a toilet seat, a cleaning instruction means for outputting a cleaning instruction to the toilet cleaning unit, and a control unit, and the toilet lid and the toilet seat are electrically opened and closed individually. If the toilet lid is open when a cleaning instruction is given by the cleaning instruction means, the toilet lid is closed while the toilet lid is closed before cleaning by the toilet bowl cleaning unit. If is closed, the toilet bowl cleaning unit is configured to execute cleaning, and if the toilet lid and the toilet seat are open when the control unit receives the cleaning instruction, the toilet seat is described. It is characterized in that the closing operation of the toilet lid is started after the closing operation of the toilet seat is started and before the closing operation of the toilet seat is closed.
　本発明の便座装置は、便座と、便蓋と、該便蓋の開閉を検知する便蓋開閉検知部と、便器本体に対する洗浄指示を受けつけるボウル洗浄指示手段と、便座側制御部と、を備え、前記便器本体に取りつけられる便座装置であって、前記便蓋と前記便座とは個別に電動開閉する構成とされ、前記ボウル洗浄指示手段による洗浄指示があったときに、前記便蓋が開いていれば、前記便器本体に対し洗浄指示を出力する前に、前記便蓋の閉動作が開始する一方、前記便蓋が閉じていれば、前記便器本体に対し洗浄指示を出力する構成とされており、前記便座側制御部は、前記洗浄指示を受けつけたときに、前記便蓋と前記便座とが開いていれば、前記便座の閉動作を開始させた後、前記便座が閉止する前に、前記便蓋の閉動作を開始させることを特徴とする。 The toilet seat device of the present invention includes a toilet seat, a toilet lid, a toilet lid open / close detection unit for detecting the opening / closing of the toilet lid, a bowl cleaning instruction means for receiving a cleaning instruction for the toilet bowl body, and a toilet seat side control unit. A toilet seat device attached to the toilet body, the toilet lid and the toilet seat are configured to be electrically opened and closed individually, and the toilet lid is opened when a cleaning instruction is given by the bowl cleaning instruction means. If this is the case, the closing operation of the toilet lid is started before the cleaning instruction is output to the toilet bowl body, while if the toilet bowl is closed, the cleaning instruction is output to the toilet bowl body. If the toilet lid and the toilet seat are open when the toilet seat side control unit receives the cleaning instruction, the toilet seat side control unit starts the closing operation of the toilet seat and before the toilet seat is closed. It is characterized in that the closing operation of the toilet lid is started.
　本発明の便器装置、便座装置はそれぞれ上述した構成とされているため、洗浄指示があったときの便座、便蓋の閉動作において、便蓋が閉止するまでに多くの時間を要することがなく、かつ電力の増大化を回避することができる。 Since the toilet bowl device and the toilet seat device of the present invention have the above-mentioned configurations, it does not take much time for the toilet lid to close in the closing operation of the toilet seat and the toilet lid when a cleaning instruction is given. Moreover, it is possible to avoid an increase in power.
本発明の一実施形態に係る便器装置の基本ブロック図である。It is a basic block diagram of the toilet bowl device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. （ａ）は同便器装置の内部を模式的に示した模式的側面図、（ｂ）は他例の便器装置の内部を模式的に示した模式的側面図である。(A) is a schematic side view schematically showing the inside of the toilet bowl device, and (b) is a schematic side view schematically showing the inside of the toilet bowl device of another example. 図１の便器装置の一態様に係る基本動作を示すフローチャートである。It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation which concerns on one aspect of the toilet bowl apparatus of FIG. （ａ）～（ｅ）は、図１の便器装置の便座と便蓋の閉動作の模式図である。(A) to (e) are schematic views of the closing operation of the toilet seat and the toilet lid of the toilet bowl device of FIG. （ａ）は、本発明の他の実施形態に係る便器装置およびそれに用いられる便座装置の基本ブロック図であり、（ｂ）は同便器装置の内部を模式的に示した模式的側面図である。(A) is a basic block diagram of the toilet bowl device and the toilet seat device used thereof according to another embodiment of the present invention, and (b) is a schematic side view schematically showing the inside of the toilet bowl device. ..
　以下に、本発明の実施の形態について添付図面を参照しながら説明する。以下に説明する便器装置１、３は、***物に含まれる汚染物質の拡散防止の観点から、便蓋２０の閉状態でのボウル１２の洗浄を原則としたものである。したがって、洗浄指示があったときに便蓋２０、４０が閉じていなければ、便蓋２０、４０を閉状態にするために、洗浄前に、自動的に電動で便蓋２０、４０の閉動作が行われることが通例の動作となっている。以下では、便蓋２０、４０の閉動作、それに続く洗浄をシーケンス動作という。 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The toilet bowl devices 1 and 3 described below are based on the principle of cleaning the bowl 12 in a closed state of the toilet lid 20 from the viewpoint of preventing the diffusion of contaminants contained in the excrement. Therefore, if the toilet lids 20 and 40 are not closed when the cleaning instruction is given, the toilet lids 20 and 40 are automatically and electrically closed before cleaning in order to close the toilet lids 20 and 40. Is the usual operation. Hereinafter, the closing operation of the toilet lids 20 and 40 and the subsequent cleaning are referred to as a sequence operation.
　まず、本実施形態に係る便器装置１の基本構成の概要について以下に記述する。この便器装置１は、図１、図２に例示した構成の装置であり、図３、図４に示した態様の動作を実行するものである。 First, an outline of the basic configuration of the toilet bowl device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described below. This toilet bowl device 1 is a device having the configuration exemplified in FIGS. 1 and 2, and executes the operation of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
　本便器装置１は、ボウル１２と、ボウル１２へ洗浄水を供給しボウル１２内を洗浄する便器洗浄部１３と、便蓋２０と、便蓋２０の開閉を検知する便蓋開閉検知部２１と、便座２４と、を備えている。本便器装置１はさらに、便器洗浄部１３に対する洗浄指示を出力する洗浄指示手段と、制御部５と、を備えている。 The toilet device 1 includes a bowl 12, a toilet cleaning unit 13 that supplies washing water to the bowl 12 to clean the inside of the bowl 12, a toilet lid 20, and a toilet lid opening / closing detection unit 21 that detects the opening / closing of the toilet lid 20. , Toilet seat 24 and. The toilet device 1 further includes a cleaning instruction means for outputting a cleaning instruction to the toilet cleaning unit 13, and a control unit 5.
　便蓋２０と便座２４とは個別に電動開閉する構成とされ、洗浄指示手段による洗浄指示があったときに、便蓋２４が開いていれば、便器洗浄部１３による洗浄の前に、便蓋２０の閉動作が開始する一方、便蓋２０が閉じていれば、便器洗浄部１３による洗浄が実行される構成とされている。 The toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are configured to be electrically opened and closed individually, and if the toilet lid 24 is open when a cleaning instruction is given by the cleaning instruction means, the toilet lid is before cleaning by the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13. If the toilet lid 20 is closed while the closing operation of the toilet bowl 20 is started, the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13 is configured to perform cleaning.
　そして、制御部５は、洗浄指示を受けつけたときに、便蓋２０と便座２４とが開いていれば、便座２４の閉動作を開始させた後、便座２４が閉止する前に、便蓋２０の閉動作を開始させる制御動作を実行する。
　つぎに、便器装置１の詳細な構成、構造および基本動作について説明する。 Then, if the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are open when the control unit 5 receives the cleaning instruction, the toilet lid 20 is started after the toilet seat 24 is closed and before the toilet seat 24 is closed. Executes the control operation to start the closing operation of.
Next, the detailed configuration, structure, and basic operation of the toilet bowl device 1 will be described.
　図１～図４は便器装置１の説明図である。なお、図２（ａ）（ｂ）は、洗浄方式（構造）が相異する２形態を示す便器装置１の内部を模式的に示した模式的側面図であり、いずれの方式のものであってもよい。 1 to 4 are explanatory views of the toilet bowl device 1. It should be noted that FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are schematic side views schematically showing the inside of the toilet bowl device 1 showing two forms in which the cleaning methods (structures) are different, and whichever method is used. You may.
　便器装置１は、トイレ空間内の床や壁などに固定される腰掛式の洋風便器装置である。この便器装置１の本体１０は、上方に向けて開口したボウル１２がスカート部１１に囲まれるように内装され、ボウル１２の上側にはボウル１２の開口面に対し起倒自在とした、相互に同一の回転軸とした便座２４、便蓋２０を備えている。なお、個別の回転軸とし、相互に連動できるようにしてもよい。 The toilet device 1 is a sitting Western-style toilet device that is fixed to the floor or wall in the toilet space. The main body 10 of the toilet bowl device 1 is provided so that the bowl 12 opened upward is surrounded by the skirt portion 11, and the upper side of the bowl 12 is freely laid down with respect to the opening surface of the bowl 12. It is provided with a toilet seat 24 and a toilet lid 20 having the same rotation axis. It should be noted that individual rotation axes may be used so that they can be interlocked with each other.
　スカート部１１の内部空間には、ボウル１２内の汚水を排出するとともに、給水口１４からボウル１２内に洗浄水を供給しボウル１２内を洗浄する便器洗浄部１３が配されている。この便器洗浄部１３は給水機構と排水機構とを有する。 In the internal space of the skirt portion 11, a toilet bowl cleaning portion 13 that discharges the sewage in the bowl 12 and supplies washing water into the bowl 12 from the water supply port 14 to clean the inside of the bowl 12 is arranged. The toilet bowl cleaning unit 13 has a water supply mechanism and a drainage mechanism.
　給水機構は、給水口１４と、水道管（不図示）から供給される洗浄水をボウル１２内に給水口１４を通じて供給する洗浄水供給路１５と、洗浄水供給路１５の途中に配されている、ボウル１２への給水を供給または遮断する給水弁１６とを備えている。 The water supply mechanism is arranged in the middle of the water supply port 14, the wash water supply path 15 that supplies the wash water supplied from the water pipe (not shown) into the bowl 12 through the water supply port 14, and the wash water supply path 15. It is provided with a water supply valve 16 that supplies or shuts off the water supply to the bowl 12.
　図２（ａ）に示した排水機構は、ボウル１２の底部より後方に延びるように接続された筒状の屈曲状のトラップ１７を有し、そのトラップ１７がさらに下方に延び排水口１８に接続されている。この種の排水機構としては、サイホン式やサイホンゼット式、サイホンボルテックス式などがあり、サイホン作用により排水状態または封水状態が形成される機構とされている。 The drainage mechanism shown in FIG. 2A has a tubular bent trap 17 connected so as to extend rearward from the bottom of the bowl 12, the trap 17 extending further downward and connecting to the drainage port 18. Has been done. Examples of this type of drainage mechanism include a siphon type, a siphon set type, and a siphon vortex type, which are considered to be a mechanism in which a drainage state or a sealed state is formed by a siphon action.
　また排水機構としては、図２（ｂ）に示すような可動式のトラップ１７Ａを有した構造であってもよい。このトラップ１７Ａは、駆動部（不図示）によって矢印方向に回動されて排水状態または封水状態を形成する。図例のトラップ１７Ａは封水状態での位置にあり、排水状態ではトラップ１７Ａの開放端が排水口１８に向くように回転動作する。なおトラップ１７Ａはトラップケース（不図示）に囲まれて、汚水や臭気が外部に漏れないようになっている。 Further, the drainage mechanism may have a structure having a movable trap 17A as shown in FIG. 2 (b). The trap 17A is rotated in the direction of an arrow by a driving unit (not shown) to form a drainage state or a water sealing state. The trap 17A in the illustrated example is in the position in the sealed state, and in the drainage state, the trap 17A rotates so that the open end of the trap 17A faces the drain port 18. The trap 17A is surrounded by a trap case (not shown) so that sewage and odor do not leak to the outside.
　また便器装置１には、サイホン式、可動式のいずれでもない排水機構、例えば洗い落とし式の排水機構も適用可能である。 Further, a drainage mechanism that is neither siphon type nor movable, for example, a wash-off type drainage mechanism can be applied to the toilet bowl device 1.
　また、図例では、便器装置１を、水洗タンク（ロータンク）を備えていない、水道直結式のタンクレスタイプとした例を示しているが、水洗タンクを備えた構成としてもよい。 Further, in the figure example, the toilet device 1 is a tankless type directly connected to the water supply without a water washing tank (low tank), but it may be configured to have a water washing tank.
　また便器装置１は、図１にも示すように、上述した便蓋開閉検知部２１に加え、便蓋駆動部２２と、便蓋駆動部２２に対する使用者からの開閉指示を受けつける便蓋操作部２３とを備えている。さらに便器装置１は、便座２４と、便座２４の開閉を検知する便座開閉検知部２５と、便座２４を開閉する便座駆動部２６と、便座駆動部２６に対する開閉指示を受けつける便座操作部２７とを備え、さらに着座検知部２８も備えている。 Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in the toilet device 1, in addition to the above-mentioned toilet lid opening / closing detection unit 21, the toilet lid driving unit 22 and the toilet lid operating unit that receives an opening / closing instruction from the user to the toilet lid driving unit 22. It is equipped with 23. Further, the toilet device 1 includes a toilet seat 24, a toilet seat open / close detection unit 25 that detects the opening / closing of the toilet seat 24, a toilet seat drive unit 26 that opens / closes the toilet seat 24, and a toilet seat operation unit 27 that receives an opening / closing instruction to the toilet seat drive unit 26. In addition, a seating detection unit 28 is also provided.
　便蓋操作部２３、便座操作部２７のそれぞれは、開閉個別のスイッチで構成されてもよいし、１つのスイッチで開閉を交互に切り替えできるものであってもよい。後者の場合には、便蓋開閉検知部２１（便座開閉検知部２５）、さらにはソフトウェアとの協働により、開／閉のいずれの指示であるかが判定されればよい。 Each of the toilet lid operation unit 23 and the toilet seat operation unit 27 may be configured with switches for opening and closing individually, or may be capable of alternately switching between opening and closing with one switch. In the latter case, it may be determined whether the instruction is open / closed in cooperation with the toilet lid open / close detection unit 21 (toilet seat open / close detection unit 25) and the software.
　着座検知部２８としては、例えば便座２４に内装された、着座／離座を検知する荷重センサーや、便座２４の回転軸部の近傍より着座／離座を検知する赤外線センサーなどが採用される。便蓋開閉検知部２１および便座開閉検知部２５としては、開角度により開閉状態を検知する構成とされたものが採用される。 As the seating detection unit 28, for example, a load sensor for detecting seating / leaving, an infrared sensor for detecting seating / leaving from the vicinity of the rotation shaft portion of the toilet seat 24, and the like, which are built in the toilet seat 24, are adopted. As the toilet lid open / close detection unit 21 and the toilet seat open / close detection unit 25, those configured to detect the open / closed state by the opening angle are adopted.
　便蓋駆動部２２および便座駆動部２６は、それぞれモーターなどで構成されている。便蓋駆動部２２は便蓋操作部２３からの指示があった場合などに便蓋２０を電動で開閉し（起倒させ）、便座駆動部２６は便座操作部２７からの指示があった場合などに便座２４を電動で開閉する（起倒させる）。図１に示した例は、便蓋２０、便座２４それぞれに駆動部（モーター）を有した構成とされるが、１つのモーターで、個別に駆動する構成であってもよい。 The toilet lid drive unit 22 and the toilet seat drive unit 26 are each composed of a motor or the like. The toilet lid drive unit 22 electrically opens and closes (tilts) the toilet lid 20 when there is an instruction from the toilet lid operation unit 23, and the toilet seat drive unit 26 receives an instruction from the toilet seat operation unit 27. The toilet seat 24 is electrically opened and closed (tilted). The example shown in FIG. 1 has a configuration in which a drive unit (motor) is provided in each of the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24, but may be configured to be individually driven by one motor.
　なお本明細書においては、便蓋２０、便座２４のいずれにおいても、略垂直状に起立した状態を開状態といい、略水平状に倒れ、ボウル１２の開口面に対し略平行とした状態を閉状態という。 In the present specification, in both the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24, the state in which the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are upright is referred to as an open state, and a state in which the toilet lid 20 is tilted substantially horizontally and is substantially parallel to the opening surface of the bowl 12 is referred to as an open state. It is called a closed state.
　本便器装置１では、便蓋操作部２３などにより便蓋２０の閉動作の指示があったときに便蓋２０、便座２４がともに開状態であれば、まず便座２４が閉動作をなし、その後、便座２４の閉動作に連動するように、便蓋２０が閉動作をなす。本便器装置１は、洗浄指示を受けたときに上述したシーケンス動作が実行されるが、その際に便座２４が開いている場合には、便座２４、便蓋２０の順に閉動作が実行される。この動作の詳細については、図３および図４の説明とともに後述する。 In this toilet device 1, if both the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 are in the open state when the toilet lid 20 is instructed to close by the toilet lid operation unit 23 or the like, the toilet seat 24 first closes and then closes. The toilet lid 20 closes in conjunction with the closing action of the toilet seat 24. When the toilet device 1 receives a cleaning instruction, the above-mentioned sequence operation is executed. If the toilet seat 24 is open at that time, the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are closed in this order. .. The details of this operation will be described later together with the description of FIGS. 3 and 4.
　また、便座操作部２７などにより便座２４の開動作の指示があったときに便座２４、便蓋２０がともに閉状態であれば、まず便蓋２０が開動作をなし、その後、便蓋２０の開動作に連動するように、便座２４が開動作をなす。 If both the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are in the closed state when the toilet seat operation unit 27 or the like instructs to open the toilet seat 24, the toilet lid 20 first opens the toilet lid 20 and then the toilet lid 20. The toilet seat 24 opens the toilet seat 24 so as to be linked to the opening operation.
　便器装置１はさらに、ボウル１２内を脱臭する脱臭装置や、便座２４を温める加熱装置、局部を洗浄する局部洗浄装置などの各種機能装置を備えた構成としてもよい。 The toilet device 1 may be further provided with various functional devices such as a deodorizing device for deodorizing the inside of the bowl 12, a heating device for heating the toilet seat 24, and a local cleaning device for locally cleaning the toilet seat 24.
　さらに便器装置１は洗浄操作部２９を備えている。この洗浄操作部２９は、洗浄の指示を、後述する制御部５を介して便器洗浄部１３に対して出力する大便用洗浄ボタン２９ａおよび小便用洗浄ボタン２９ｂを備えている。 Further, the toilet bowl device 1 is provided with a cleaning operation unit 29. The cleaning operation unit 29 includes a stool cleaning button 29a and a urine cleaning button 29b that output cleaning instructions to the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13 via a control unit 5 described later.
　なお、洗浄操作部２９は本体操作部（不図示）、リモコン（不図示）のいずれにも配されていることが望ましい。これらには、各種の操作や設定などができる操作スイッチや操作ボタンなども設けてある。リモコンとしては赤外線通信のものが好適に用いられる。リモコンには送信部（不図示）、本体１０には受信部（不図示）が設けてあることはいうまでもない。 It is desirable that the cleaning operation unit 29 is arranged in both the main body operation unit (not shown) and the remote controller (not shown). These are also provided with operation switches and operation buttons that allow various operations and settings. As the remote controller, an infrared communication remote controller is preferably used. Needless to say, the remote controller is provided with a transmitting unit (not shown), and the main body 10 is provided with a receiving unit (not shown).
　洗浄操作部２９の操作は洗浄指示手段として作用するが、さらに、着座検知部２８により検知された、着座中から離座への状態変化も洗浄指示手段として作用する。つまり、人が着座中のときに便座２４から立ち上がった際には、洗浄ボタンの操作に代えて自動洗浄がなされる。 The operation of the cleaning operation unit 29 acts as a cleaning instruction means, and further, the state change from sitting to leaving the seat detected by the seating detection unit 28 also acts as a cleaning instruction means. That is, when a person stands up from the toilet seat 24 while sitting, automatic cleaning is performed instead of operating the cleaning button.
　また、大便用洗浄ボタン２９ａおよび小便用洗浄ボタン２９ｂの両方を設けずに、１つの洗浄ボタンで洗浄指示を出力する構成としてもよい。つまり、その場合のボウル１２への洗浄水の水量としては、大便用大容量、小便用小容量の区別がなく、大便用大容量の１種類のみとされる。 Further, it is also possible to output a cleaning instruction with one cleaning button without providing both the stool cleaning button 29a and the urine cleaning button 29b. That is, in that case, the amount of washing water in the bowl 12 is not distinguished between the large capacity for stool and the small capacity for urine, and is only one type of the large capacity for stool.
　便器装置１は、上記制御対象（便器洗浄部１３の給水弁１６や便蓋駆動部２２、便座駆動部２６など）を制御する一方、洗浄操作部２９や便蓋開閉検知部２１、便座開閉検知部２５、着座検知部２８などの出力信号を受ける制御部５を備えている。この制御部５はＣＰＵやＭＰＵなどのプロセッサおよび種々のプログラムを含んで構成される。便器装置１はさらに、計時部６および電源部（不図示）を備えている。 The toilet device 1 controls the above-mentioned control targets (water supply valve 16 of the toilet cleaning unit 13, toilet lid drive unit 22, toilet seat drive unit 26, etc.), while the cleaning operation unit 29, toilet lid open / close detection unit 21, and toilet seat open / close detection are detected. A control unit 5 that receives an output signal such as a unit 25 and a seating detection unit 28 is provided. The control unit 5 includes a processor such as a CPU and an MPU and various programs. The toilet device 1 further includes a time measuring unit 6 and a power supply unit (not shown).
　また、便器装置１は、装置の異常や状態、ガイダンスを音や音声合成で報知するスピーカなどで構成された報知部７を備えている。なお報知部７としては、音出力のものに代えてあるいは加えて、ＬＥＤなどのディスプレイを備えた構成としてもよい。 Further, the toilet bowl device 1 includes a notification unit 7 composed of a speaker or the like that notifies an abnormality or state of the device or guidance by sound or voice synthesis. The notification unit 7 may be configured to include a display such as an LED in place of or in addition to the sound output unit.
　ついで、この便器装置１の基本動作について、図３の動作フローチャートおよび図４の便座２４、便蓋２０の模式動作説明図にもとづいて説明する。この動作は、洗浄指示手段により洗浄指示があったときの制御部５による動作である。なお図４（ａ）～（ｅ）に示した模式動作説明図は、図示の便宜上、便座２４と便蓋２０とは相異なる回転軸（図４中の×印）として示したが、上述したように同一の回転軸であってもよい。 Next, the basic operation of the toilet device 1 will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. 3 and the schematic operation explanatory diagram of the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 of FIG. This operation is an operation by the control unit 5 when a cleaning instruction is given by the cleaning instruction means. The schematic operation explanatory views shown in FIGS. 4A to 4E are shown as rotation axes (marked with x in FIG. 4) in which the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are different from each other for convenience of illustration. The same rotation axis may be used as described above.
　以下の動作説明においては、便蓋２０の開閉状態の検知や便座２４の開閉状態の検知は各検知部によるものであるが、それらの検知部の動作の説明については省略する。また、便蓋２０の開閉動作や便座２４の開閉動作は各駆動部によるものであるが、それらの駆動部の動作の説明については省略する。 In the following operation explanation, the detection of the open / closed state of the toilet lid 20 and the detection of the open / closed state of the toilet seat 24 are performed by each detection unit, but the description of the operation of those detection units will be omitted. Further, although the opening / closing operation of the toilet lid 20 and the opening / closing operation of the toilet seat 24 are performed by each drive unit, the description of the operation of those drive units will be omitted.
　まず、図３の動作について、ステップＳ１００～Ｓ１１０で示されるフローチャートに沿って説明する。なお以下の説明では、「ステップＳ×××」と記述するところを、符号のみの「Ｓ×××」と略記した。 First, the operation of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in steps S100 to S110. In the following description, the description of "step SXXX" is abbreviated as "SXXX" having only a code.
　洗浄指示手段による洗浄指示を受けたときには、まずそのことが例えば電子音の「ピピッ」などで報知部７より報知される（Ｓ１００、Ｓ１０１）。そして便蓋２０の開／閉状態が判別され、閉状態であれば、その後すぐにボウル１２の洗浄が実行される（Ｓ１０２のＮ、Ｓ１０９）。 When a cleaning instruction is received by the cleaning instruction means, the notification unit 7 first notifies the cleaning instruction by, for example, an electronic sound "pip" (S100, S101). Then, the open / closed state of the toilet lid 20 is determined, and if it is in the closed state, the bowl 12 is immediately washed (N, S109 of S102).
　図３には示されていないが、Ｓ１０９の洗浄終了後には便蓋２０は開動作し、開状態となってから一定時間後に、開状態となった便蓋２０は閉動作して、閉止して待機状態（便蓋２０が閉じた状態）となるようにしてもよい。 Although not shown in FIG. 3, the toilet lid 20 opens after the cleaning of S109 is completed, and after a certain period of time from the open state, the opened toilet lid 20 closes and closes. It may be in a standby state (a state in which the toilet lid 20 is closed).
　この洗浄後の便蓋２０の開動作は、洗浄後のボウル１２内に汚物の残存を使用者が確認するために実行される動作である。つまり使用者は、洗浄後にボウル１２内の確認のために手動で便蓋２０を開く必要はない。 The opening operation of the toilet lid 20 after cleaning is an operation executed for the user to confirm the residual filth in the bowl 12 after cleaning. That is, the user does not need to manually open the toilet lid 20 to check the inside of the bowl 12 after cleaning.
　なお、上記一定時間のディレイに代えて、人感センサーにより人が検知されなくなったタイミングで待機状態に戻してもよい。もちろん、使用者が便蓋操作部２３で便蓋２０を閉動作させることができるので、自動で待機状態に戻さなくてもよい。 Instead of the above-mentioned delay for a certain period of time, the standby state may be returned at the timing when a person is no longer detected by the motion sensor. Of course, since the user can close the toilet lid 20 with the toilet lid operation unit 23, it is not necessary to automatically return to the standby state.
　また、洗浄指示を受けたときに便蓋２０が開状態であれば、さらに便座２４の開／閉状態が判別される（Ｓ１０２のＹ、Ｓ１０３）。便座２４が開状態であれば、便座２４の閉動作が開始され、所定時間経過後に便蓋２０の閉動作が開始される（Ｓ１０３のＹ、Ｓ１０４～Ｓ１０６および図４（ａ）（ｂ））。 Further, if the toilet lid 20 is in the open state when the cleaning instruction is received, the open / closed state of the toilet seat 24 is further determined (Y, S103 in S102). When the toilet seat 24 is in the open state, the closing operation of the toilet seat 24 is started, and the closing operation of the toilet lid 20 is started after a predetermined time has elapsed (Y in S103, S104 to S106 and FIGS. 4A and 4B). ..
　この場合の便座２４、便蓋２０の動作は、図４（ａ）（ｂ）に示すように、便蓋２０が便座２４を、鋭角的な角度差で追いかけるように閉動作すればよい。角度差としては、便蓋２０が起立した状態と、便座２４が閉止する直前の状態との角度差よりも小さければよく、５～２０度程度が両方の迅速な閉止を実現するためには好適とされる。もちろん、２０度超の角度差であってもよい。なお、便蓋２０の開動作の開始と便座２４の停止のタイミングが重なることを防止するためには、角度差の上限は７０度程度とすることが望ましい。 In this case, the operation of the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 may be such that the toilet lid 20 follows the toilet seat 24 with an acute angle difference, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B. The angle difference may be smaller than the angle difference between the state where the toilet lid 20 is upright and the state immediately before the toilet seat 24 is closed, and about 5 to 20 degrees is suitable for achieving both quick closing. It is said that. Of course, the angle difference may be more than 20 degrees. In order to prevent the timing of starting the opening operation of the toilet lid 20 and the timing of stopping the toilet seat 24 from overlapping, it is desirable that the upper limit of the angle difference is about 70 degrees.
　本例のように計時部６によるタイムディレイにより、このような角度差がつけられるようにすればよく、便座２４の起立状態から閉止までにかかる時間から算出したディレイ時間とすればよい。例えば、起立状態から閉止までにかかる時間の１／４～１／３程度の時間をディレイ時間とすればよい。 As in this example, such an angle difference may be provided by the time delay by the time measuring unit 6, and the delay time calculated from the time required from the standing state of the toilet seat 24 to the closing may be used. For example, the delay time may be about 1/4 to 1/3 of the time required from the standing state to the closing.
　なお、このような時間差ではなく、便座２４の駆動角度の検出により便蓋２０の閉動作の開始タイミングを計るようにしてもよい。 It should be noted that the start timing of the closing operation of the toilet lid 20 may be measured by detecting the drive angle of the toilet seat 24 instead of such a time difference.
　便座２４、便蓋２０はそれぞれ個別に、図４（ｂ）（ｃ）に示すように閉動作が継続され、図４（ｄ）に示すように便座２４がまず閉止し、ついで図４（ｅ）に示すように便蓋２０が閉止する。 The toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are individually closed as shown in FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c), the toilet seat 24 is closed first as shown in FIG. 4 (d), and then FIG. 4 (e). ), The toilet lid 20 closes.
　便蓋２０が閉止したときには、洗浄指示のときとは異なる電子音「ピッ」などで便蓋２０の閉止が報知され、ボウル１２の洗浄が実行される（Ｓ１０７～Ｓ１０９）。なお、便蓋２０の閉止を報知するのではなく、洗浄を実行することを報知してもよい。つまりその場合には、洗浄指示後の便蓋２０閉（Ｓ１０２のＮ）のときにも報知される。 When the toilet lid 20 is closed, the closing of the toilet lid 20 is notified by an electronic sound "pip" or the like different from that at the time of the cleaning instruction, and the bowl 12 is washed (S107 to S109). It should be noted that instead of notifying that the toilet lid 20 is closed, it may be notified that cleaning is to be performed. That is, in that case, the notification is also made when the toilet lid 20 is closed (N in S102) after the cleaning instruction.
　また、洗浄指示を受けたときに、便蓋２０が開状態で、かつ便座２４が閉状態であれば、着座中かどうかが判別され、着座中でなければ便蓋２０の閉動作、閉止時の報知、洗浄が実行される（Ｓ１１０のＮ、Ｓ１０６～Ｓ１０９）。着座中であれば、すぐに洗浄が開始される（Ｓ１１０のＹ、Ｓ１０９）。 Further, when the cleaning instruction is received, if the toilet lid 20 is in the open state and the toilet seat 24 is in the closed state, it is determined whether the toilet lid 20 is seated, and if it is not seated, the toilet lid 20 is closed or closed. Notification and cleaning are executed (N of S110, S106 to S109). If the person is seated, the washing is started immediately (Y of S110, S109).
　以上のように、便蓋２０が開いているときに洗浄指示を受けたときにはシーケンス動作が実行されるが、そのときに便座２４も開いている場合には、便座２４、便蓋２０が上記のような角度差で順に閉動作が実行される。 As described above, the sequence operation is executed when the cleaning instruction is received while the toilet lid 20 is open, but when the toilet seat 24 is also open at that time, the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are described above. The closing operation is executed in order with such an angle difference.
　このように、便座２４の閉止を待って便蓋２０の閉動作が開始する動作順序ではなく、便蓋２０は所定角度で便座２４を追いかけるような動作となる。そのため、便座２４の閉動作の開始から便蓋２０の閉止までが迅速に実行され、洗浄指示があった後の洗浄が長く待たされず迅速になされる。 In this way, the toilet lid 20 does not follow the operation order in which the closing operation of the toilet lid 20 starts after waiting for the toilet seat 24 to close, but the operation is such that the toilet lid 20 chases the toilet seat 24 at a predetermined angle. Therefore, the process from the start of the closing operation of the toilet seat 24 to the closing of the toilet lid 20 is quickly executed, and the cleaning after the instruction for cleaning is performed quickly without waiting for a long time.
　また、便座２４、便蓋２０の閉動作は同時ではなく、時間のずれがあるため、閉動作の開始タイミングが重なったり、停止（閉止）タイミングが重なったりするおそれはなく、電力量が一時的に増大するおそれはなく、機械に悪影響を及ぼす可能性は低い。 Further, since the closing operations of the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 are not simultaneous and there is a time lag, there is no possibility that the start timings of the closing operations overlap or the stop (closed) timings overlap, and the amount of electric power is temporary. There is no possibility that it will increase, and it is unlikely that it will adversely affect the machine.
　さらに、便蓋２０の閉動作の開始は、上述したように便座２４の閉止前であるため、便蓋２０の開動作の開始と便座２４の停止のタイミングが重なるおそれもなく、電力量の一時的な増大を回避することができる。 Further, since the closing operation of the toilet lid 20 is started before the closing of the toilet seat 24 as described above, there is no possibility that the start of the opening operation of the toilet lid 20 and the stop timing of the toilet seat 24 overlap, and the amount of electric power is temporary. Can be avoided.
　また、便蓋操作部２３により閉操作がされた場合は、便座２４が閉止してから便蓋２０が閉動作を開始する動作順であってもよいが、上記のような、洗浄指示を受けたときと同様の時間差の動作順であってもよい。 Further, when the closing operation is performed by the toilet lid operating unit 23, the operation order may be such that the toilet lid 20 starts the closing operation after the toilet seat 24 is closed, but the cleaning instruction as described above is received. The operation order may be the same as when the time difference is used.
　また、便座操作部２７により開操作がされた場合については、便蓋２０が開止してから便座２４が開動作を開始する動作順であってもよいが、便蓋２０、便座２４が時間差でもって開動作する動作順であってもよい。なお、この場合も５～２０度ぐらいの角度差であればよい。 Further, when the opening operation is performed by the toilet seat operation unit 27, the operation order may be such that the toilet seat 24 starts the opening operation after the toilet lid 20 is closed, but the toilet lid 20 and the toilet seat 24 have a time difference. It may be in the order of operations in which the toilets are opened. In this case as well, the angle difference may be about 5 to 20 degrees.
　また、便器装置１は以上のものには限られず、便座２４と便蓋２０とが一体として取り替え可能なものであってもよい。特に図５に示すような便座装置３０が後付けされた（あるいは取り替えられた）便器装置３であってもよい。図５（ａ）（ｂ）にもとづいて、本発明の他の実施形態に係る便器装置３の基本構成について説明する。なお本実施形態では、図５（ｂ）に可動式のトラップ１７Ａを例示したが、便器本体がサイホン式のトラップ１７（図２（ａ）参照）を有したものや、その他の方式のものにも適用は可能である。 Further, the toilet device 1 is not limited to the above, and the toilet seat 24 and the toilet lid 20 may be interchangeable as a unit. In particular, the toilet device 3 to which the toilet seat device 30 as shown in FIG. 5 is retrofitted (or replaced) may be used. Based on FIGS. 5A and 5B, the basic configuration of the toilet bowl device 3 according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, the movable trap 17A is illustrated in FIG. 5 (b), but the toilet bowl body may have a siphon type trap 17 (see FIG. 2 (a)) or another method. Is also applicable.
　具体的には便器装置３は、ボウル１２と、ボウル１２へ洗浄水を供給しボウル１２内を洗浄する便器洗浄部１３と、便座装置３０と、便器洗浄部１３に対し洗浄の指示を出力する洗浄操作部２９と、制御部５と、計時部６と、報知部７とを備えている。 Specifically, the toilet device 3 outputs a cleaning instruction to the bowl 12, the toilet cleaning unit 13 that supplies cleaning water to the bowl 12 to clean the inside of the bowl 12, the toilet seat device 30, and the toilet cleaning unit 13. It includes a cleaning operation unit 29, a control unit 5, a timing unit 6, and a notification unit 7.
　便座装置３０は、便器装置３の便器本体（便座装置３０を除く部位）とは着脱可能な別体とされている。便座装置３０は、便蓋４０、便蓋開閉検知部４１、便蓋駆動部４２、便蓋操作部４３、便座４４、便座開閉検知部４５、便座駆動部４６、便座操作部４７、着座検知部４８、ボウル洗浄操作部４９、便座側制御部３５、計時部３６、報知部３７を備えている。また、便座装置３０、便器本体間では電気信号の送受が可能とされている。 The toilet seat device 30 is a separate body that can be attached to and detached from the toilet bowl main body (part excluding the toilet seat device 30) of the toilet bowl device 3. The toilet seat device 30 includes a toilet lid 40, a toilet lid open / close detection unit 41, a toilet lid drive unit 42, a toilet lid operation unit 43, a toilet seat 44, a toilet seat open / close detection unit 45, a toilet seat drive unit 46, a toilet seat operation unit 47, and a seating detection unit. It includes 48, a bowl cleaning operation unit 49, a toilet seat side control unit 35, a timing unit 36, and a notification unit 37. Further, it is possible to send and receive electric signals between the toilet seat device 30 and the toilet bowl main body.
　なお、便座装置３０を除く便器装置３（便器本体）の構成は図１のものとおおむね同様であるため、詳細な説明は省略する。また、便座装置３０が備える、便蓋４０、便蓋開閉検知部４１、便蓋駆動部４２、便蓋操作部４３、便座４４、便座開閉検知部４５、便座駆動部４６、便座操作部４７、着座検知部４８についても図１のものとおおむね同様であり、その説明を省略する。 Since the configuration of the toilet bowl device 3 (toilet bowl main body) excluding the toilet seat device 30 is almost the same as that of FIG. 1, detailed description is omitted. Further, the toilet lid 40, the toilet lid open / close detection unit 41, the toilet lid drive unit 42, the toilet lid operation unit 43, the toilet seat 44, the toilet seat open / close detection unit 45, the toilet seat drive unit 46, and the toilet seat operation unit 47, which are included in the toilet seat device 30. The seating detection unit 48 is almost the same as that of FIG. 1, and the description thereof will be omitted.
　図５の便座装置３０は、便座装置３０側より便器洗浄部１３に対しボウル１２の洗浄指示が出力できる構成とされている。具体的には、便座装置３０は、ボウル洗浄操作部４９より洗浄の指示があったときに、便座側制御部３５がこれを受けて、便器本体側の制御部５を通じて、便器洗浄部１３を制御してボウル１２の洗浄ができるようになっている。また、便座側制御部３５が直接、便器洗浄部１３を制御する構成としてもよい。 The toilet seat device 30 of FIG. 5 has a configuration in which a cleaning instruction of the bowl 12 can be output from the toilet seat device 30 side to the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13. Specifically, in the toilet seat device 30, when the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 gives an instruction for cleaning, the toilet seat side control unit 35 receives the instruction, and the toilet seat cleaning unit 13 is moved through the control unit 5 on the toilet body side. The bowl 12 can be washed in a controlled manner. Further, the toilet seat side control unit 35 may be configured to directly control the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13.
　なお、図５に示すように、便器装置３は便座装置３０側のボウル洗浄操作部４９だけではなく、便器本体側の洗浄操作部２９をも含んだ構成とされている。つまり、図６のものは、洗浄操作部２９、ボウル洗浄操作部４９のいずれでも洗浄指示ができる構成とされている。また、便器本体側に洗浄操作部２９を設けずに、ボウル洗浄操作部４９でのみ洗浄指示ができる構成であってもよい。なお、ボウル洗浄操作部４９も大便用洗浄ボタンと小便用洗浄ボタンとを有することが望ましい。 As shown in FIG. 5, the toilet bowl device 3 includes not only the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 on the toilet seat device 30 side but also the cleaning operation unit 29 on the toilet bowl main body side. That is, the one shown in FIG. 6 is configured so that any of the cleaning operation unit 29 and the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 can give a cleaning instruction. Further, the cleaning operation unit 29 may not be provided on the toilet bowl main body side, and the cleaning instruction may be given only by the bowl cleaning operation unit 49. It is desirable that the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 also has a stool cleaning button and a urine cleaning button.
　ボウル洗浄操作部４９の操作はボウル洗浄指示手段として作用するが、さらに、着座検知部４８により検知された、着座中から離座への状態変化もボウル洗浄指示手段として作用する。つまり、着座中のときに便座４４から立ち上がった際には、洗浄ボタンの操作に代えて自動洗浄がなされる。 The operation of the bowl cleaning operation unit 49 acts as a bowl cleaning instruction means, and further, the state change from sitting to leaving the seat detected by the seating detection unit 48 also acts as a bowl cleaning instruction means. That is, when the person stands up from the toilet seat 44 while sitting, automatic cleaning is performed instead of operating the cleaning button.
　この便器装置３も、図１の便器装置１と同様、図３および図４に示した動作が可能とされる。ようするに、便器洗浄部１３は、ボウル洗浄指示手段から洗浄の指示があったときには、原則としては、便蓋４０を閉じた状態でボウル１２の洗浄がなされる。洗浄指示があったときに便座４４、便蓋４０がともに開いている場合は、便座４４、便蓋４０が図４に示すように角度差をもって閉動作し、便蓋４０が閉止した後に洗浄がなされる。 The toilet device 3 can also operate as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 in the same manner as the toilet device 1 of FIG. As a general rule, when the bowl cleaning instruction means instructs the bowl cleaning unit 13, the toilet bowl cleaning unit 13 cleans the bowl 12 with the toilet lid 40 closed. If both the toilet seat 44 and the toilet lid 40 are open when a cleaning instruction is given, the toilet seat 44 and the toilet lid 40 close with an angle difference as shown in FIG. 4, and cleaning is performed after the toilet lid 40 is closed. Will be done.
　以上のように、本便座装置３０は、便座４４と、便蓋４０と、便蓋４０の開閉を検知する便蓋開閉検知部４１と、を備えている。また便座装置３０は、便器本体に対する洗浄指示を受けつけるボウル洗浄指示手段と、便座側制御部３５と、を備えた、便器本体に取りつけられる装置である。そして便座装置３０は、便蓋４０と便座４４とは個別に電動開閉する構成とされる。また便座装置３０は、ボウル洗浄指示手段による洗浄指示があったときに、便蓋４０が開いていれば、便器本体に対し洗浄指示を出力する前に、便蓋４０の閉動作が開始する一方、便蓋４０が閉じていれば、便器本体に対し洗浄指示を出力する構成とされている。 As described above, the toilet seat device 30 includes a toilet seat 44, a toilet lid 40, and a toilet lid opening / closing detection unit 41 that detects the opening / closing of the toilet lid 40. Further, the toilet seat device 30 is a device attached to the toilet bowl body, which includes a bowl cleaning instruction means for receiving a cleaning instruction to the toilet bowl body and a toilet seat side control unit 35. The toilet seat device 30 is configured to electrically open and close the toilet lid 40 and the toilet seat 44 individually. Further, if the toilet lid 40 is open when the toilet seat device 30 receives a cleaning instruction by the bowl cleaning instruction means, the toilet lid 40 starts closing operation before outputting the cleaning instruction to the toilet bowl main body. If the toilet lid 40 is closed, a cleaning instruction is output to the toilet bowl body.
　そして便座側制御部３５は、洗浄指示を受けつけたときに、便蓋４０と便座４４とが開いていれば、便座４４の閉動作を開始させた後、便座４４が閉止する前に、便蓋４０の閉動作を開始させる制御動作が実行される。このようにして、本便器装置３は便座装置３０と便器本体とが協働することで、便蓋４０と便座４４の時間差動作を実現することができる。 If the toilet lid 40 and the toilet seat 44 are open when the toilet seat side control unit 35 receives the cleaning instruction, the toilet seat side control unit 35 starts the closing operation of the toilet seat 44 and before the toilet seat 44 is closed. A control operation for initiating the closing operation of 40 is executed. In this way, the toilet bowl device 3 can realize the time difference operation between the toilet lid 40 and the toilet seat 44 by the cooperation between the toilet seat device 30 and the toilet bowl main body.
　なお、便座装置３０としては図５のものには限らない。便座装置３０としては例えば、局部洗浄装置を備えた構成であってもよいし、種々（例えば局部洗浄装置）の操作や設定ができる便座用操作部（不図示）を有する構成であってもよい。 The toilet seat device 30 is not limited to that shown in FIG. The toilet seat device 30 may be configured to include, for example, a local cleaning device, or may have a configuration having a toilet seat operation unit (not shown) capable of various operations and settings (for example, the local cleaning device). ..
　１、３　　　洋風便器装置
　５　　　　　制御部
　６　　　　　計時部
　７　　　　　報知部
　１２　　　　ボウル
　１３　　　　便器洗浄部
　２０　　　　便蓋
　２１　　　　便蓋開閉検知部
　２２　　　　便蓋駆動部
　２３　　　　便蓋操作部
　２４　　　　便座
　２５　　　　便座開閉検知部
　２６　　　　便座駆動部
　２７　　　　便座操作部
　２８　　　　着座検知部
　２９　　　　洗浄操作部
　３０　　　　便座装置
　３５　　　　便座側制御部
　３６　　　　計時部
　３７　　　　報知部
　４０　　　　便蓋
　４１　　　　便蓋開閉検知部
　４２　　　　便蓋駆動部
　４３　　　　便蓋操作部
　４４　　　　便座
　４５　　　　便座開閉検知部
　４６　　　　便座駆動部
　４７　　　　便座操作部
　４８　　　　着座検知部
　４９　　　　ボウル洗浄操作部
 

  1, 3 Western-style toilet device 5 Control unit 6 Timing unit 7 Notification unit 12 Bowl 13 Toilet bowl cleaning unit 20 Toilet lid 21 Toilet lid open / close detection unit 22 Toilet lid drive unit 23 Toilet lid operation unit 24 Toilet seat 25 Toilet seat open / close detection unit 26 Toilet seat drive 27 Toilet seat operation unit 28 Seat detection unit 29 Cleaning operation unit 30 Toilet seat device 35 Toilet seat side control unit 36 Timing unit 37 Notification unit 40 Toilet lid 41 Toilet lid open / close detection unit 42 Toilet lid drive unit 43 Toilet lid operation unit 44 Toilet seat 45 Toilet seat Open / close detection unit 46 Toilet seat drive unit 47 Toilet seat operation unit 48 Seating detection unit 49 Bowl cleaning operation unit

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  1. 　ボウルと、該ボウルへ洗浄水を供給し該ボウル内を洗浄する便器洗浄部と、便蓋と、該便蓋の開閉を検知する便蓋開閉検知部と、便座と、前記便器洗浄部に対する洗浄指示を出力する洗浄指示手段と、制御部と、を備えた便器装置であって、
    　前記便蓋と前記便座とは個別に電動開閉する構成とされ、
    　前記洗浄指示手段による洗浄指示があったときに、前記便蓋が開いていれば、前記便器洗浄部による洗浄の前に、前記便蓋の閉動作が開始する一方、前記便蓋が閉じていれば、前記便器洗浄部による洗浄が実行される構成とされており、
    　前記制御部は、
    　前記洗浄指示を受けつけたときに、前記便蓋と前記便座とが開いていれば、前記便座の閉動作を開始させた後、前記便座が閉止する前に、前記便蓋の閉動作を開始させることを特徴とする便器装置。     Cleaning of the bowl, the toilet bowl cleaning unit that supplies washing water to the bowl to clean the inside of the bowl, the toilet lid, the toilet bowl opening / closing detection unit that detects the opening / closing of the toilet bowl, the toilet seat, and the toilet bowl cleaning unit. A toilet device equipped with a cleaning instruction means for outputting instructions and a control unit.
    The toilet lid and the toilet seat are configured to be electrically opened and closed individually.
    If the toilet lid is open when the cleaning instruction means gives a cleaning instruction, the toilet lid is closed while the toilet lid is closed before cleaning by the toilet bowl cleaning unit. For example, the toilet bowl cleaning unit is configured to perform cleaning.
    The control unit
    If the toilet lid and the toilet seat are open when the cleaning instruction is received, the toilet lid closing operation is started after the toilet seat closing operation is started and before the toilet seat is closed. Toilet bowl device characterized by that.
  2. 　請求項１において、
    　前記便座と前記便蓋とは、それらのなす角度が５～２０度を維持しながら、それぞれ閉動作することを特徴とする便器装置。     In claim 1,
    The toilet seat and the toilet lid are characterized in that they each close while maintaining an angle of 5 to 20 degrees.
  3. 　請求項１または２において、
    　前記便蓋の閉動作の開始は、前記便座の閉動作が開始してから所定時間後とされることを特徴とする便器装置。     In claim 1 or 2,
    The toilet bowl device, characterized in that the closing operation of the toilet lid is started after a predetermined time from the start of the closing operation of the toilet seat.
  4. 　便座と、便蓋と、該便蓋の開閉を検知する便蓋開閉検知部と、便器本体に対する洗浄指示を受けつけるボウル洗浄指示手段と、便座側制御部と、を備え、前記便器本体に取りつけられる便座装置であって、
    　前記便蓋と前記便座とは個別に電動開閉する構成とされ、
    　前記ボウル洗浄指示手段による洗浄指示があったときに、前記便蓋が開いていれば、前記便器本体に対し洗浄指示を出力する前に、前記便蓋の閉動作が開始する一方、前記便蓋が閉じていれば、前記便器本体に対し洗浄指示を出力する構成とされており、
    　前記便座側制御部は、
    　前記洗浄指示を受けつけたときに、前記便蓋と前記便座とが開いていれば、前記便座の閉動作を開始させた後、前記便座が閉止する前に、前記便蓋の閉動作を開始させることを特徴とする便座装置。     It is provided with a toilet seat, a toilet lid, a toilet lid opening / closing detection unit for detecting the opening / closing of the toilet lid, a bowl cleaning instruction means for receiving a cleaning instruction for the toilet bowl body, and a toilet seat side control unit, and is attached to the toilet bowl body. It ’s a toilet seat device,
    The toilet lid and the toilet seat are configured to be electrically opened and closed individually.
    If the toilet lid is open when the bowl cleaning instruction means gives a cleaning instruction, the toilet lid is closed while the toilet lid is closed before the cleaning instruction is output to the toilet bowl body. If is closed, a cleaning instruction is output to the toilet bowl body.
    The toilet seat side control unit
    If the toilet lid and the toilet seat are open when the cleaning instruction is received, the toilet lid closing operation is started after the toilet seat closing operation is started and before the toilet seat is closed. Toilet seat device characterized by that.
  5. 　請求項４において、
    　前記便座と前記便蓋とは、それらのなす角度が５～２０度を維持しながら、それぞれ閉動作することを特徴とする便座装置。     In claim 4,
    The toilet seat and the toilet lid are characterized in that they each close while maintaining an angle of 5 to 20 degrees.
  6. 　請求項４または５において、
    　前記便蓋の閉動作の開始は、前記便座の閉動作が開始してから所定時間後とされることを特徴とする便座装置。
     
     

          In claim 4 or 5,
    The toilet seat device, characterized in that the closing operation of the toilet lid is started after a predetermined time from the start of the closing operation of the toilet seat.
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