Toilet seat device and toilet device
AssigneeLIXIL Corporation
InventorsKazuki Koga, Hiroaki Watanabe, Tomoya Sasaki, Tsunaki Itou
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Abstract
A toilet seat device includes a toilet seat, a casing provided in rear of the toilet seat, and a functional component that ejects liquid or that blows out or suctions gas. The functional component is a private part cleaning device that cleans a private part of a sitting person, a blower device that provides warm air into a toilet bowl, or a deodorizing device that deodorizes an inner portion of the toilet bowl, for example. At least part of the functional component is provided in the toilet seat, and the other part of the functional component is provided in the casing.
Claims20
A toilet seat device comprising:
- a toilet seat;
- a casing provided in rear of the toilet seat;
- a functional component that ejects liquid or that blows out or suctions gas;
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- a functional device comprising a base part and a support structure that allows the functional component to move relative to the base part, wherein the support structure comprises an impact absorption member provided to be deformable with a relative movement of the base part with respect to the functional component, a receiving part provided in the base part, a fixed part formed integrally with the functional component, and a pressing member connected to the receiving part in a state of pressing the fixed part from a side opposite to the receiving part,
- wherein the functional component is spaced away from the base part of the functional device and at least a first part of the functional component is provided in the toilet seat and a second part of the functional component is provided in the casing, and
- wherein the impact absorption member is an elastic body provided at one of or both of a position between the pressing member and the fixed part, and a position between the fixed part and the receiving part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.