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US 10,597,857 · App. 16/185,212 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Toilet device and toilet seat device

Inventors: Yusuke Nogoshi (Kitakyushu, JP); Satoshi Matsunaka (Kitakyushu, JP); Ryo Suzuki (Kitakyushu, JP); Yuki Moriizumi (Kitakyushu, JP); Hiroaki Amemori (Kitakyushu, JP); Kota Yamasaki (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
E03D9/002E03D9/08
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Patent No.
US 10,597,857
App. No.
16/185,212
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a toilet device includes a flush toilet, a toilet seat, a spray device, a detecting sensor, and a controller. The flush toilet includes a bowl. The bowl includes a flush region and a non-flush region. The controller executes a pre-mist mode and an after-mist mode. The pre-mist mode includes automatically controlling the spray device, spraying the mist onto the flush region and the non-flush region, and forming a water droplet or a water film by causing the mist to accumulate in the flush region and the non-flush region. The after-mist mode includes automatically controlling the spray device to rinse away the water droplet or the water film formed in the non-flush region in the pre-mist mode by increasing a volume of the water droplet or the water film.

Claims (26)

1. A toilet device, comprising:

a flush toilet including a bowl, a rim upper surface, and a water discharge port, the bowl receiving excrement, the rim upper surface being positioned on the bowl, the water discharge port discharging flushing water into the bowl to discharge the excrement from the bowl, the bowl including a flush region and a non-flush region, the flush region being where the flushing water passes, the non-flush region being positioned higher than the flush region and lower than the rim upper surface;

a toilet seat mounted on the flush toilet, the toilet seat being where a user is seated;

a spray device spraying a mist;

a detecting sensor detecting the user, the detecting sensor having a detecting state and a non-detecting state, the detecting state being a state in which the detecting sensor detects the user, and the non-detecting state being a state in which the detecting sensor does not detect the user; and

a controller controlling the spray device based on the detection information of the detecting sensor,

the controller executing

a pre-mist mode when the detecting sensor changes from the non-detecting state to the detecting state, the pre-mist mode including automatically controlling the spray device, spraying the mist onto the flush region and the non-flush region, and forming a water droplet or a water film by causing the mist to accumulate in the flush region and the non-flush region, and

an after-mist mode when the detecting sensor changes from the detecting state to the non-detecting state, the after-mist mode including automatically controlling the spray device to rinse away the water droplet or the water film formed in the non-flush region in the pre-mist mode by increasing a volume of the water droplet or the water film.

2. A toilet seat device mounted on a flush toilet, the flush toilet including a bowl, a rim upper surface, and a water discharge port, the bowl receiving excrement, the rim upper surface being positioned on the bowl, the water discharge port discharging flushing water into the bowl to discharge the excrement from the bowl, the bowl including a flush region and a non-flush region, the flush region being where the flushing water passes, the non-flush region being positioned higher than the flush region and lower than the rim upper surface, the toilet seat device comprising:

a toilet seat where a user is seated;

a spray device spraying a mist;

a detecting sensor detecting the user, the detecting sensor having a detecting state and a non-detecting state, the detecting state being a state in which the detecting sensor detects the user, and the non-detecting state being a state in which the detecting sensor does not detect the user; and

a controller controlling the spray device based on the detection information of the detecting sensor,

the controller executing

a pre-mist mode when the detecting sensor changes from the non-detecting state to the detecting state, the pre-mist mode including automatically controlling the spray device, spraying the mist onto the flush region and the non-flush region, and forming a water droplet or a water film by causing the mist to accumulate in the flush region and the non-flush region, and

an after-mist mode when the detecting sensor changes from the detecting state to the non-detecting state, the after-mist mode including automatically controlling the spray device to rinse away the water droplet or the water film formed in the non-flush region in the pre-mist mode by increasing a volume of the water droplet or the water film.

3. A toilet device, comprising:

a flush toilet including a bowl, a rim upper surface, and a water discharge port, the bowl receiving excrement, the rim upper surface being positioned on the bowl, the water discharge port discharging flushing water into the bowl to discharge the excrement from the bowl, the bowl including a flush region and a non-flush region, the flush region being where the flushing water passes, the non-flush region being positioned higher than the flush region and lower than the rim upper surface;

a toilet seat mounted on the flush toilet, the toilet seat being where a user is seated;

a spray device spraying a mist;

a detecting sensor detecting the user, the detecting sensor having a detecting state and a non-detecting state, the detecting state being a state in which the detecting sensor detects the user, and the non-detecting state being a state in which the detecting sensor does not detect the user; and

a controller controlling the spray device based on the detection information of the detecting sensor,

the controller executing a pre-mist mode by automatically controlling the spray device to spray the mist when the detecting sensor changes from the non-detecting state to the detecting state,

the pre-mist mode including

a first process of forming a water droplet or a water film by causing the mist to wet the non-flush region, and a second process of rinsing away the water droplet or the water film formed in the non-flush region in the first process by increasing a volume of the water droplet or the water film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2018
From: NOGOSHI, YUSUKE; MATSUNAKA, SATOSHI; SUZUKI, RYO; MORIIZUMI, YUKI; AMEMORI, HIROAKI; YAMASAKI, KOTA
To: TOTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 047470/0566 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2018-60378 · Mar 27, 2018 · national
JP 2018-161747 · Aug 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190301150A1 · Oct 3, 2019
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