JP2001065033A - Washroom illuminating method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow even a person using a washroom for the first time, to easily understand a series of necessary operation in using the washroom. SOLUTION: A toilet bowl body, an operating part 26 and a wall remote control 28 for a private part washing device 22, a toilet paper 36, a wash handle 30 and a wash switch 44 for washing a toilet bowl, and a hand wash water flow out port 40 successively used or operated in using a washroom are locally illuminated in order by luminaries according to the order of use or operation to guide the procedure of user or operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method for lighting a toilet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years,
Devices with various functions are being installed in toilets. By installing devices having various functions in the toilet as described above, convenience in using the toilet is improved, or the toilet can be used more comfortably.

[0003] On the other hand, the operation of the equipment in the toilet becomes more complicated. In particular, in a public toilet or the like in which equipment that is not usually installed in a general household toilet is installed, what and how is the user operated? There is a problem that it is difficult to determine whether or not the operation can be performed.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such problems. Claim 1
The lighting method for toilets is to locally illuminate various devices that are used or operated sequentially when performing additions in the toilet with lighting equipment in order according to the order of use or operation, and to guide the procedure of use or operation. It is characterized by.

A lighting method according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the lighting method according to the first aspect, after illuminating the toilet paper, the operation section for flushing the toilet bowl is illuminated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the lighting method of the second aspect, the toilet body is first illuminated, and then the toilet paper is illuminated.

A lighting method according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the lighting method according to any one of the second and third aspects, wherein the operation section for cleaning the toilet bowl is illuminated, and then the hand washing section is illuminated.

A lighting method according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the lighting method according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, wherein the local cleaning device for cleaning a local part of a human body provided on the toilet in the order before the toilet paper. The operation unit is illuminated.

A lighting method according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the lighting method according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the lighting fixture is L.
It is characterized by using an ED as a light source.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, various devices used or operated in a toilet are sequentially illuminated by lighting fixtures according to the order of use or operation.
Therefore, the user can use the equipment indicated by the lighting smoothly in the toilet.

In this case, after illuminating the toilet paper, it is possible to illuminate the operation section for toilet flushing (claim 2), or alternatively, illuminate the toilet body first, and then illuminate the toilet paper. (Claim 3). In addition, it is possible to illuminate the hand-washing section after illuminating the operation section for toilet flushing (claim 4), or in the case where the toilet is provided with a local washing device for local washing of the human body, the toilet The operation unit can be illuminated in the order before the paper (claim 5).

In the present invention, a lighting device using an LED as a light source can be used as the lighting device. In this case, the lighting fixture may have two or more LEDs as a light source.

[0013] The LED has a long life, does not require relatively frequent light bulb replacement as in conventional lighting equipment, and has the advantage of low power consumption. In addition, there is an advantage that the illumination light is conspicuous due to high brightness, and further, since the element itself is small, one lighting fixture can be configured by using a large number of the elements. And the lighting fixture can have a planar configuration, and the target portion can be illuminated with illumination light in a planar manner. In addition, the use of the LED makes it possible to make the luminaire thin, so that the luminaire can be easily installed even in a narrow place where conventional luminaires could not be installed. It can be suitably used as a lighting device such as an operation unit, toilet paper, and a hand washing unit.

Further, in the case where a lighting fixture is constituted by using a plurality of such LEDs, even if any one of the LEDs is cut off, the other LEDs can maintain sufficient illumination. In addition, since the LED has high directivity, it is possible to irradiate a desired portion with illumination light in a favorable manner.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a Western-style toilet placed on a floor F, 12 denotes a toilet bowl, 14 denotes a toilet seat, and 16 denotes a toilet lid, and these constitute a toilet body. Reference numeral 18 denotes a washing tank for storing flush water for flushing a toilet, and a flush handle (operating section) 20 for discharging flush water to perform flushing of the toilet is provided on a side surface thereof.

The toilet bowl 10 is provided with a local cleaning device 22 for performing local cleaning by injecting cleaning water from a nozzle to a local part of the human body. The local cleaning device 22 has left and right sleeves 24, and an operation unit 26 is provided on the upper surface of one of the sleeves 24. The local cleaning device 22 also has a wall remote controller (operation unit) 28 attached to the wall W, and the local cleaning device 22 can be operated by operating the wall remote controller 28.

A shelf 30 is horizontally mounted on the wall W, and a vertical bar-shaped handrail 32 is mounted on the upper side of the shelf 30. A toilet paper holder 34 is attached to the lower surface of the shelf 30, and the toilet paper 36 is held by the toilet paper holder 34. The wall W is provided with a hand-washing bowl 38 at a position adjacent to the shelf 30 and the handrail 32, and a water outlet (hand-washing portion) 40 for discharging hand-washing water toward the hand-washing bowl 38. Reference numeral 42 denotes a mirror attached to the wall W.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a washing switch (operating section) in which the flushing water in the washing tank 18 is drained by operating the washing handle 20 and the flushing of the toilet is performed by an automatic flush valve instead of flushing the toilet. In this example, the washing switch 44 can supply the washing water in a non-contact manner by holding a hand over the front surface thereof.

In the lighting method of this embodiment, the toilet body, which is the first target for the toilet user, is locally illuminated by the lighting equipment. In this case, the toilet lid 16 may be illuminated,
The toilet seat 14 or the toilet bowl 12 can be illuminated, or each of the toilet lid 16, the toilet seat 14, and the toilet bowl 12 can be illuminated.

In this embodiment, after the lighting of the toilet body is stopped, the operation unit 26 of the sleeve 24 of the local cleaning device 22 is stopped.
And illuminate the wall remote controller 28 locally (partially).

It is to be noted that the lighting of the toilet body is stopped and the operation unit 26 is turned off.
The timing for starting the illumination of the wall remote controller 28 may be, for example, the timing at which the toilet lid 16 or the toilet seat 14 is opened, or the illumination may be shifted after a certain period of time has elapsed. Alternatively, the detection may be performed at a timing when the human body is seated on the toilet seat 14 by the detection of the seating sensor, or after a lapse of a predetermined time. In any case, the timing of stopping the lighting of the toilet body and starting the lighting of the next device can be appropriately set. This is the same for the lighting of the following devices.

In this example, the operation unit 26 and the wall remote controller 28
Then, the illumination is stopped and the toilet paper 36 is illuminated. Then, after the toilet paper 36, the lighting of the washing handle 20 or the washing switch 44 of the automatic flush valve is performed (when the toilet flushing device is an automatic flush valve), and then the lighting of the washing handle 20 or the washing switch 44 is stopped. Next, the water outlet 40 is illuminated.

When illuminating these in order,
The lighting may be shifted by detecting the use of each device by a sensor or the like, or each device may be illuminated for a predetermined time by a timer, and after the set time elapses, the lighting may be shifted to the next device. You can do something like that.

[0024] When the toilet is to be used in the toilet as described above, the next use or the part to be operated is sequentially illuminated, so that the user of the toilet can be guided by the necessary equipment and the like while being guided by the illumination. By using or operating
The toilet can be used smoothly. In addition, by partially illuminating each device in order in this way, the design effect by the light in the toilet can also be enhanced.

When the toilet bowl 10 is not provided with the local cleaning device 22, the toilet paper 36 may be directly illuminated after the toilet body is illuminated.

Alternatively, it is possible in some cases to omit the illumination of the toilet body and to first illuminate the operation unit 26 of the local cleaning device 22, the wall remote controller 28, or the toilet paper 36.

In this embodiment, various types of lighting equipment can be used, but a lighting equipment using an LED as a light source can be suitably used. In this case, an LED may be arranged on or around each device, and the devices may be illuminated by them, or a lighting fixture may be installed at any location in the toilet and the The illumination light from the lighting equipment may be spot-irradiated to each equipment at a position away from the lighting equipment. In this case, as such a lighting fixture, as shown in FIG.
A lighting fixture 48 in which the EDs 46 are arranged vertically and horizontally in a plane can be used.

Here, the LED 46 has a long life and does not require relatively frequent replacement of the bulb due to burnout as in conventional lighting equipment, and also has the advantage of low power consumption. Further, there is an advantage that the illumination light is conspicuous because of the high luminance, and further, since the element itself is small, one lighting fixture 48 can be constituted by using a large number of such elements. In addition, the LEDs 46 are arranged in a plane to form the lighting fixture 4.
8 can have a planar configuration, and a target spot can be spot-irradiated with illumination light in a planar manner.

Furthermore, the lighting fixture 48 can be made thinner, and therefore can be installed in a narrow place where conventional lighting fixtures cannot be installed.
4, a lighting device such as a toilet body such as a toilet lid 16, a cleaning handle 20, a cleaning switch 44, an operation unit 26 of a local cleaning device 22, a wall remote controller 28, a toilet paper 36, a hand basin 38, and a spout 40. .

In the case where the lighting fixture 48 is constituted by using a plurality of such LEDs 46, even if any one of the LEDs 46 is cut off, the other LEDs 46 can maintain sufficient necessary illumination. In addition, since the LED 46 has high directivity, it is possible to irradiate a desired portion with illumination light in a favorable manner.

The toilet door 5 as shown in FIG.
A lighting unit 48 of the same or different type as shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the display unit 52 for displaying the room entry or the empty room at 0, and the entry display unit 54 indicating that the door 50 is in the room when the door 50 is locked. May be illuminated by, for example, lighting a red LED, or when the room is vacant, the empty display section 56 may be illuminated by, for example, lighting a blue LED to indicate that the user is entering a room or is empty.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, but this is merely an example. For example, the lighting fixture in each of the above embodiments can be configured using one or a plurality of LEDs, and when a plurality of LEDs are used, the arrangement can be appropriately changed.

Further, the form of the lighting fixture can be changed to another form, or, in some cases, the same spot can be spot-irradiated by a plurality of lighting fixtures. In the present invention, a light source other than the LED may be used in some cases.

Furthermore, the order of illumination for each of the above devices is merely an example, and in the present invention, the order of illumination can be appropriately changed according to the devices installed in the toilet and the order of use. The present invention can be implemented in variously modified forms without departing from the gist thereof.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example in which a display unit of a toilet door is displayed by illumination.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the lighting fixture in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Western-style toilet bowl 12 Toilet bowl 14 Toilet seat 16 Toilet lid 20 Cleaning handle (Operation part for toilet cleaning) 22 Local cleaning device 26 Operation part (Operation part of local cleaning device) 28 Wall remote control (Operation part of local cleaning device) 36 Toilet Paper 38 Hand basin 40 Water spout (hand washing unit) 44 Washing switch (operation unit for toilet flushing) 46 LED 48 Lighting equipment

Claims (6)

[Claims] The present invention is characterized in that various devices that are sequentially used or operated when performing a rehabilitation in a toilet are locally illuminated in order by a lighting device in accordance with the order of use or operation, and the use or operation procedure is guided. Toilet lighting method. 2. The lighting method for a toilet according to claim 1, wherein an operation section for toilet flushing is illuminated after illuminating the toilet paper. 3. The lighting method according to claim 2, wherein the toilet body is first illuminated, and then the toilet paper is illuminated. 4. The method for illuminating a toilet according to claim 2, further comprising illuminating the operation unit for cleaning the toilet bowl and then illuminating the hand-washing unit. 5. The lighting method according to claim 2, wherein the operation unit of the local cleaning device for cleaning a local part of a human body provided on the toilet is arranged in the order before the toilet paper. A lighting method for a toilet characterized by the above. 6. The lighting method for a toilet according to claim 1, wherein the lighting fixture uses an LED as a light source.