IP Library Granted Patent US 10,584,470
Granted Patent B2
US 10,584,470 · App. 15/755,057 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Toilet device

Inventor: Koki Hashinokuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
E03D9/03
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Patent No.
US 10,584,470
App. No.
15/755,057
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet device with which a detergent tank and a pipe member connection part of a pipe member supplying a detergent to a toilet can be connected to each other without a movement of the detergent tank includes a detergent tank including a detergent tank discharge opening and a pipe member connection part connecting the detergent tank and a pipe member having a detergent supply path through which a detergent is supplied to a toilet portion after the detergent is supplied from the detergent tank to each other by being connected to the detergent tank discharge opening, in which the pipe member connection part constitutes a sliding structure advancing and retreating with respect to the detergent tank.

Claims (48)

1. A toilet device comprising:

a detergent tank including a detergent tank discharge opening; and

a pipe member connection part connecting the detergent tank and a pipe member having a detergent supply path through which a detergent is supplied to a toilet portion after the detergent is supplied from the detergent tank by being connected to the detergent tank discharge opening,

wherein the pipe member connection part constitutes a sliding structure advancing and retreating with respect to the detergent tank, and

wherein the detergent tank, the pipe member, and the pipe member connection part are provided in a functional unit at a rear of a toilet main body of a toilet portion.

2. The toilet device of claim 1 ,

wherein the sliding structure has a connection receiving portion disposed in a support member supporting the detergent tank, supporting the pipe member connection part, and guiding the pipe member connection part such that the pipe member connection part advances and retreats with respect to the detergent tank.

3. The toilet device of claim 2 ,

wherein the connection receiving portion has an outflow detergent flow path allowing inflow of the detergent flowing out from the detergent supply path.

4. A toilet device comprising:

a detergent tank including a detergent tank discharge opening; and

a pipe member connection part connecting the detergent tank and a pipe member having a detergent supply path through which a detergent is supplied to a toilet portion after the detergent is supplied from the detergent tank by being connected to the detergent tank discharge opening,

wherein the pipe member connection part constitutes a sliding structure advancing and retreating with respect to the detergent tank,

wherein the detergent tank, the pipe member, and the pipe member connection part are provided in a functional unit at a rear of a toilet main body of a toilet portion,

wherein the sliding structure has a connection receiving portion disposed in a support member supporting the detergent tank, supporting the pipe member connection part, and guiding the pipe member connection part such that the pipe member connection part advances and retreats with respect to the detergent tank,

wherein the connection receiving portion has an outflow detergent flow path allowing inflow of the detergent flowing out from the detergent supply path,

wherein the outflow detergent flow path is inclined toward a detergent tank holding portion of the support member holding the detergent tank, and

wherein an outflow detergent path that is inclined up to an end portion of the connection receiving portion guides a detergent into a detergent tank holding portion.

5. The toilet device of claim 2 ,

wherein the detergent tank discharge opening has an inserted portion into which the pipe member connection part can be inserted.

6. A toilet device comprising:

a detergent tank including a detergent tank discharge opening; and

a pipe member connection part connecting the detergent tank and a pipe member having a detergent supply path through which a detergent is supplied to a toilet portion after the detergent is supplied from the detergent tank by being connected to the detergent tank discharge opening,

wherein the pipe member connection part constitutes a sliding structure advancing and retreating with respect to the detergent tank,

wherein the detergent tank, the pipe member, and the pipe member connection part are provided in a functional unit at a rear of a toilet main body of a toilet portion,

wherein the sliding structure has a connection receiving portion disposed in a support member supporting the detergent tank, supporting the pipe member connection part, and guiding the pipe member connection part such that the pipe member connection part advances and retreats with respect to the detergent tank,

wherein the connection receiving portion has a first engaged portion,

wherein the pipe member connection part includes a first engaging portion that can be engaged with the first engaged portion when the pipe member connection part is connected to the detergent tank discharge opening, and

wherein when a pipe member connection part is removed, holding the pipe member connection part by rotating the pipe member connection part with respect to a notch of a connection receiving portion for engagement.

7. The toilet device of claim 6 ,

wherein the connection receiving portion has a surrounding wall portion surrounding a part of the pipe member connection part and a receiving portion notch constituting the first engaged portion and extending in a circumferential direction with respect to an axial direction of the pipe member connection part corresponding to a direction in which the pipe member connection part advances and retreats, and

wherein the pipe member connection part includes a shaft portion and a projection portion constituting the first engaging portion and protruding in a direction away from the shaft portion.

8. The toilet device of claim 2 ,

wherein the connection receiving portion has a second engaged portion, and

wherein the pipe member connection part includes a second engaging portion that can be engaged with the second engaged portion when the pipe member connection part is removed from the detergent tank.

9. The toilet device of claim 8 ,

wherein a rear end portion of the connection receiving portion in the direction in which the pipe member connection part advances and retreats constitutes the second engaged portion, and

wherein a pair of protruding portions extending in a direction away from a shaft center of the pipe member connection part in a rear end portion of the pipe member connection part in the direction in which the pipe member connection part advances and retreats constitutes the second engaging portion.

10. A toilet device comprising:

a detergent tank including a detergent tank discharge opening; and

a pipe member connection part connecting the detergent tank and a pipe member having a detergent supply path through which a detergent is supplied to a toilet portion after the detergent is supplied from the detergent tank by being connected to the detergent tank discharge opening,

wherein the pipe member connection part constitutes a sliding structure advancing and retreating with respect to the detergent tank,

wherein the detergent tank, the pipe member, and the pipe member connection part are provided in a functional unit at a rear of a toilet main body of a toilet portion,

wherein the sliding structure has a connection receiving portion disposed in a support member supporting the detergent tank, supporting the pipe member connection part, and guiding the pipe member connection part such that the pipe member connection part advances and retreats with respect to the detergent tank,

wherein the connection receiving portion has a first engaged portion,

wherein the pipe member connection part includes a first engaging portion that can be engaged with the first engaged portion when the pipe member connection part is connected to the detergent tank discharge opening,

wherein when a pipe member connection part is removed, holding the pipe member connection part by rotating the pipe member connection part with respect to a notch of a connection receiving portion for engagement, and

wherein an engaging portion of the pipe member connection part is integrally configured with an operating portion.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055545/0434 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 9, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055532/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2018
From: HASHINOKUCHI, KOKI
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046791/0048 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-168265 · Aug 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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