Toilet seat structure for aircraft lavatory unit
View Patent ↗Provided is a toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit. A toilet seat cushion block includes an inner and outer band-like bodies. The inner band-like body extends in a band-like shape at a section close to an inner circumference of a lower surface of a toilet seat, and the outer band-like body extends in a band-like shape at a section close to an outer circumference of the lower surface. Air communication passageways communicating with an inside and an outside of a bowl portion include: inner openings provided at an interval in the extension direction of the inner band-like body; an annular space between the inner and outer band-like bodies; and outer openings provided at an interval in the extension direction of the outer band-like body at sections of the outer band-like body, which are shifted from the inner openings in a circumferential direction of the toilet seat.
1. A toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit, comprising:
a toilet body including a bowl portion;
a support portion configured to support the toilet body above a floor;
a shroud including:
a peripheral wall portion configured to cover a periphery of the toilet body and the support portion and
a flange having an annular plate shape and being placed on an upper end outer circumferential plate portion of the bowl portion;
a toilet seat having an annular shape with a width and being placed on the flange;
a shroud cushion block being attached on a lower surface of the flange facing the upper end outer circumference plate portion while securing an air communication passageway configured to communicate with an inside and an outside of the bowl portion; and
a toilet seat cushion block being attached on a lower surface of the toilet seat facing the flange while securing an air communication passageway configured to communicate with the inside and the outside of the bowl portion, wherein
the toilet seat cushion block has a band-like shape extending along a circumferential direction of the lower surface of the toilet seat and is positioned in substantially an entire area of the circumferential direction of the lower surface of the toilet seat while securing the air communication passageway at each of a plurality of sections at an interval in an extension direction of the toilet seat cushion block.
2. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the toilet seat cushion block comprises:
an inner band-like body having a band-like shape and extending at a section close to an inner circumference of the lower surface of the toilet seat; and
an outer band-like body having a band-like shape and extending at a section close to an outer circumference of the lower surface of the toilet seat, the section being away from the inner band-like body in a width direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the toilet seat, and
the air communication passageway comprises:
a plurality of inner openings provided at an interval in an extension direction of the inner band-like body;
an annular space between the inner band-like body and the outer band-like body; and
a plurality of outer openings provided at an interval in an extension direction of the outer band-like body at sections of the outer band-like body, which are shifted from the plurality of inner openings in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat.
3. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 2 , wherein
at a freely selected position in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat, any one of the inner band-like body and the outer band-like body is positioned in the width direction of the toilet seat.
4. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the toilet seat cushion block comprises a plurality of divided band-like bodies being disposed at an interval in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat,
the plurality of divided band-like bodies each have an elongated shape having a width along a width direction of the toilet seat and a length being larger than the width and extending along the circumferential direction of the toilet seat, and
an interval between the plurality of divided band-like bodies in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat is smaller than the width.
5. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 4 , wherein
of the plurality of divided band-like bodies that face each other in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat, one end is provided with a protrusion portion having a V-like shape, and another end is provided with a recess portion having a V-like shape,
the protrusion portion of another divided band-like body is positioned inward of the recess portion of one divided band-like body of the plurality of divided band-like bodies adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat,
the air communication passageway is formed to have a V-like shape between the protrusion portion and the recess portion, and
in a length direction of the plurality of divided band-like bodies, a top portion of the protrusion portion is positioned at a section shifted closer to the one divided band-like body with respect to top portions on both sides of the recess portion.
6. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 5 , wherein
at a freely selected position in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat, the plurality of divided band-like bodies are positioned in the width direction of the toilet seat.
7. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 1 , wherein
recess/protrusion portions are provided to the lower surface of the toilet seat and an upper surface of the toilet seat cushion block, which is attached to the lower surface, the recess/protrusion portions extending in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat and being engaged with each other.
8. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 1 , wherein
a recess portion extending in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat and opening downward is provided in the lower surface of the toilet seat, and an upper portion of the toilet seat cushion block is inserted therein, and
the lower surface of the toilet seat includes a bottom surface of the recess portion.
9. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 3 , wherein
recess/protrusion portions are provided to the lower surface of the toilet seat and an upper surface of the toilet seat cushion block, which is attached to the lower surface, the recess/protrusion portions extending in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat and being engaged with each other.
10. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 3 , wherein
a recess portion extending in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat and opening downward is provided in the lower surface of the toilet seat, and an upper portion of the toilet seat cushion block is inserted therein, and
the lower surface of the toilet seat includes a bottom surface of the recess portion.
11. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 6 , wherein
recess/protrusion portions are provided to the lower surface of the toilet seat and an upper surface of the toilet seat cushion block, which is attached to the lower surface, the recess/protrusion portions extending in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat and being engaged with each other.
12. The toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit according to claim 6 , wherein
a recess portion extending in the circumferential direction of the toilet seat and opening downward is provided in the lower surface of the toilet seat, and an upper portion of the toilet seat cushion block is inserted therein, and
the lower surface of the toilet seat includes a bottom surface of the recess portion.