IP Library Granted Patent US 10,358,808
Granted Patent B2
US 10,358,808 · App. 15/755,541 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Toilet device

Inventors: Toshihiko Komatsu (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Yasuyuki Furutani (Tokyo, JP); Ryosuke Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Tomoya Sasaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
E03D9/08
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Patent No.
US 10,358,808
App. No.
15/755,541
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet device includes a private part cleaning device, a warm air dying device, and a shutter and, when drying a private part using the warm air drying device, the shutter is configured to rotate such that a rear surface is directed toward an upper side and open an outlet, and the warm air drying device is configured to blow out warm air from the outlet to the rear surface of the shutter directed to the upper side and to cause the warm air guided by the shutter to be blown out to the private part side.

Claims (20)

1. A toilet device comprising:

a toilet bowl;

a toilet seat unit on top of the toilet bowl; and

a cleaning mechanism behind the toilet bowl and the toilet seat unit, the cleaning mechanism comprising:

a private part cleaning device having a private part cleaning nozzle for cleaning a private part, the private part cleaning nozzle configured to advance and retreat through a nozzle opening, wherein the private part cleaning nozzle is configured to discharge cleaning water from a tip end part when advanced through the nozzle opening to the private part;

a warm air drying device configured to dry the private part by blowing warm air from an outlet of the warm air drying device to the private part; and

a shutter configured to open and close the outlet of the warm air drying device and the nozzle opening,

wherein, when drying the private part by the warm air drying device, the shutter is configured to rotate to a lower side of the outlet such that a rear surface is directed upwards and opens the outlet of the warm air drying device, and

wherein the shutter is configured such that the warm air is blown from the outlet of the warm air drying device to the rear surface of the shutter that is directed upwards, and when the warm air hits the rear surface of the shutter, it is directed toward the private part, and

wherein the shutter is configured such that a center of an air flow bundle of the warm air blown out from the outlet of the warm air drying device is configured to hit a further front side portion than a center in a forward-backward rotation of the shutter, when the shutter is positioned such that the rear surface is directed upwards.

2. The toilet device of claim 1 ,

wherein a portion of the rear surface of the shutter where the warm air hits is formed in a smooth recessed curved shape configured to direct the warm air to the private part.

3. The toilet device of claim 1 ,

wherein, when drying the private part, the shutter is configured to rotate in a forward and a backward direction.

4. The toilet device of claim 1 ,

comprising an air direction adjusting unit configured to adjust a flow direction of the warm air blown out from the outlet of the warm air drying device.

5. The toilet device of claim 1 ,

comprising a lid member configured to open the outlet, wherein the lid member is open when the warm air is blown from the warm air drying device and closed when the warm air not blown from the warm air drying device.

6. The toilet device of claim 2 ,

wherein, when drying the private part, the shutter is configured to rotate in a forward and a backward direction.

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: KOMATSU, TOSHIHIKO; WATANABE, HIROAKI; FURUTANI, YASUYUKI; NAKAMURA, RYOSUKE; SASAKI, TOMOYA
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046832/0252 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-171223 · Aug 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180238037A1 · Aug 23, 2018