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Granted Patent B2
US 10,299,640 · App. 15/672,463 · Granted May 28, 2019

Sanitary washing apparatus

Inventors: Tomomi Rokuta (Fukuoka, JP); Akihiro Ashihara (Fukuoka, JP); Yukari Kawazu (Fukuoka, JP); Tomoaki Suetsugu (Fukuoka, JP); Masayuki Mochita (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
A47K13/26E03D9/08E03D11/13
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Patent No.
US 10,299,640
App. No.
15/672,463
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sanitary washing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a base plate and a body part. The base plate has a pair of mounting holes that corresponds to a pair of through-holes formed on an upper surface of a toilet bowl and is mounted on the upper surface of the toilet bowl by inserting fastening members mounted on the pair of mounting holes through the pair of through-holes. The body part incorporates a functional component that includes a washing nozzle, and is mounted on the toilet bowl via the base plate. Furthermore, a mounting part for the body part is formed only between the pair of mounting holes on the base plate.

Claims (27)

1. A sanitary washing apparatus, comprising:

a toilet bowl with a pair of first through-holes and a second through-hole that are formed on an upper surface thereof;

a base plate that has a pair of mounting holes that corresponds to the pair of first through-holes and is mounted on the upper surface of the toilet bowl by inserting fastening members mounted on the pair of mounting holes through the pair of first through-holes; and

a body part that incorporates a functional component that includes a washing nozzle, and is mounted on the toilet bowl via the base plate, wherein

the second through-hole is a through-hole for passing a water supply hose and an electrical power supply cord that are connected to the body part and is arranged around the pair of first through-holes,

a mounting part for the body part is formed only between the pair of mounting holes on the base plate and

the base plate does not plug the second through-hole.

2. The sanitary washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the body part is slid relative to the base plate and thereby mounted on the mounting part of the base plate, and the mounting part includes:

a pair of linear grooves that extend in a mounting direction of the body part and open on a front side in the mounting direction and an upper side thereof; and

a pair of first engagement recesses that are provided on side surfaces of the pair of linear grooves, open on a front side in the mounting direction and a side of the linear grooves, and are plugged on an upper side thereof.

3. The sanitary washing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the mounting part includes a press fit protrusion that is provided on a side surface of the pair of linear grooves, and

among both left and right side surfaces of the linear grooves, the first engagement recess is formed on a side surface on a center side of the base plate and the press fit protrusion is formed on a side surface on an outer side thereof.

4. The sanitary washing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the mounting part includes a pair of second engagement recesses that are provided on a surface of the pair of linear grooves on a back side in the mounting direction, open on a front side in the mounting direction, and are plugged on an upper side thereof.

5. The sanitary washing apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a third engagement recess that is formed between the pair of linear grooves, opens on a front side in the mounting direction, and is plugged on an upper side thereof, wherein

the pair of second engagement recesses is formed on a back side in the mounting direction with respect to a center of the base plate, and

the third engagement recess is formed on a front side in the mounting direction with respect to the center of the base plate.

6. The sanitary washing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the mounting part includes a pair of hook-like grooves formed between the pair of linear grooves, and

the third engagement recess is provided on a surface of one hook-like groove among the pair of hook-like grooves on a back side in the mounting direction.

7. The sanitary washing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the base plate includes

a pair of bolts, and

a pair of positioning plates that have insertion holes for the bolts at positions shifting from a center thereof and are mounted on the mounting holes, thereby positioning the bolts in the mounting holes,

the pair of mounting holes has a width to communicate with the insertion holes in any case among a case where the positioning plates are mounted in a first direction with respect to the mounting holes and a case where it is mounted in a second direction provided by rotating the first direction by 180°.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2017
From: ROKUTA, TOMOMI; ASHIHARA, AKIHIRO; KAWAZU, YUKARI; SUETSUGU, TOMOAKI; MOCHITA, MASAYUKI
To: TOTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 043493/0712 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-160201 · Aug 17, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180049606A1 · Feb 22, 2018
Cited By (1)
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