TOILET DEVICE

• Main Authors: KAWASAKI YUICHI, KOBAYASI MOTOKI, SHOHEI YUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.05.2022
• Subjects: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR; SEWERAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES

To provide a toilet device that can improve usability of a toilet bowl by effectively detecting a clogged state of the toilet bowl.SOLUTION: The toilet device comprises: a detection part that detects whether or not there is washing water at a position lower than a full water level and higher than a sealed water level on a surface of a bowl part of the toilet bowl; and a control part that determines the clogged state of the toilet bowl based on a detection result of the detection part after a washing water supply part provided in a flow channel for discharging the washing water to the bowl part is closed, wherein a detection area of the detection part is a position on the surface of the bowl part where the washing water flowing in a vertical direction from a discharge port of the flow channel to a bottom part of the bowl part passes after the washing water supply part is closed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】大便器の詰まり状態を効果的に検知することで、大便器の使い勝手を向上できるトイレ装置を提供する。【解決手段】大便器のボウル部の表面のうち、満水位より低くかつ封水位より高い位置に洗浄水があるか否かを検知する検知部と、前記ボウル部に洗浄水を吐水する流路に設けられた洗浄水供給部が閉じた後の前記検知部の検知結果に基づいて前記大便器の詰まり状態を判定する制御部と、を備え、前記検知部の検知領域は、前記ボウル部の前記表面のうち、前記洗浄水供給部が閉じた後に前記流路の吐水口から前記ボウル部の底部に向けて鉛直方向に流れる洗浄水が通る位置とすることを特徴とするトイレ装置。【選択図】図３