TWI549642B - Sensing and Lifting Device Toilet Armrest - Google Patents

Description

Sensor lifter for toilet handrail

The invention provides a sensing lifting device for a toilet armrest, in particular to a lifting device installed on the side of the toilet, and pressing the armrest by a force to control the lifting device of the lifting device.

According to the survey conducted by the American Children's Association and the National Security Association, an average of 3.12 million people in the United States are injured and injured in accidents every year. In addition, according to the statistics released by the Japanese government, the population statistics report also indicates that Japan is slipping at home every year. The number of injured people is about 1 million. Among them, the majority of those over the age of 65 are the majority. Moreover, according to the survey report, the most vulnerable place in the family is the toilet. Therefore, it is not negligent in life. Precautions; therefore, users with reduced mobility (eg, seniors, injured patients, people with disabilities) sitting in the toilet when they are in the toilet, because their feet or knees are weak or unable to force, often there is no way to get up smoothly from the toilet, not only In this way, users with limited mobility are more likely to have accidents such as falling or slipping during the process of getting up.

Since the daily public toilets are necessary for the public, it is easy for users with limited mobility to be able to go to the toilet because of impaired physical function or poor condition. In addition, users with limited mobility sit on the toilet. After the toilet, it is not easy to apply force to the lower limbs by its own strength, so that it can get up from the toilet. Therefore, if you do not get up by yourself, it is easy to cause the user with inconvenient to dump or slip and cause injury.

It is known that the "electric toilet seat chair" of the Chinese Patent Certificate No. M405251 discloses that the seat group is lifted and adjusted by the lifting mechanism to actively assist the user in standing and sitting posture when going to the toilet. Switching, in addition, can be installed in the toilet and assist the user to sit firmly in the toilet and toilet; however, in case No. M405251, the seat group is lifted by the lifting mechanism, and then the tilt is adjusted. Angle, if the user's foot or knee is weak or unable to exert force, it is easy to cause the user to fall and cause the loss of injury.

It is also known that the "Auxiliary Lifting Toilet Handrail" of the Chinese Patent Certificate No. M251569 discloses that the armrest frame is controlled by the lifting unit to adjust the height and adjust the height, so that when the user stands or rides The height is raised and lowered to adjust the height; however, in the case of M251569, it is necessary to raise the armrest frame by the control button, so that it is inconvenient to use.

In view of this, our inventors have devote themselves to further research on toilet handrails, and have initiated research and development and improvement, with a better design to solve the above problems, and the invention has been continuously tested and modified.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problem that the armrest frame is raised by pressing the control button. In addition, the conventional seat group is adjusted to adjust the tilt angle, which may cause the user's foot or knee to be weak. Or when the power is not available, the user is dumped and the damage is lost.

In order to achieve the above object, the inventors provide a sensing lifting device for a toilet armrest, comprising: an armrest provided with a pressure sensing unit; at least one lifting device, wherein the lifting device is disposed on the armrest. And the lifting device is configured to control the lifting height of the armrest; and a processing unit coupled to the lifting device, the pressure sensing unit and a timing unit, and the processing unit is provided with an initial value and a The time value; the processing unit detects a pressure value in the pressure sensing unit, and the pressure value detected by the pressure sensing unit is greater than the initial value, so that the timing unit counts the time value, The processing unit drives the lifting device to raise the armrest.

According to the sensing lifting device of the toilet armrest, wherein the processing unit further has a height value, the pressure sensing unit detects that the pressure value is greater than the initial value, that is, driving the lifting device to raise the height value. .

The sensing unit of the toilet armrest according to the above, wherein the processing unit is further coupled to a sensing unit, the sensing unit senses that the armrest is raised to the height value, and the processing unit is in the pressure sensing unit The pressure value is detected, and the pressure sensing unit detects that the pressure value is greater than the initial value, and the processing unit drives the lifting device to lower the handrail.

The sensing lifting device of the toilet armrest according to the above, wherein the sensing unit is an infrared sensing unit.

According to the sensing lift device of the toilet armrest described above, the armrests are respectively disposed on the side of a toilet.

According to the sensing lift device of the toilet armrest described above, the armrest is slightly horizontally displaced up and down.

The sensing lifting device of the toilet armrest according to the above, wherein the lifting device is a pneumatic cylinder.

The sensing lifting device of the toilet armrest according to the above, wherein the lifting device is an electric cylinder.

The sensing lifting device of the toilet armrest according to the above, wherein the pressure sensing unit is disposed at the top of the armrest.

It is obvious from the above description and setting that the present invention has the following several advantages and effects, which are detailed as follows:

1. The sensing unit of the present invention, wherein the sensing unit senses the user's approach, and the processing unit raises the handrail to the height value, and if the processing unit detects the pressure value in the pressure sensing unit, When the pressure value is greater than the initial value, the processing unit drives the lifting device to lower the handrail, so that the user with limited mobility can smoothly descend to the toilet seat by the handrail, thereby achieving the safety of use.

2. Compared with the conventional case No. M251569, it is obvious that the present invention is provided with a pressure sensing unit on the armrest. Therefore, when the user wants to leave the toilet seat after going to the toilet, the pressure sensing unit can be pressed by pressing the handrail. The pressure value is detected. If the pressure value is greater than the initial value, the lifting device is driven to raise the handrail, so that the user can facilitate the removal of the toilet seat, thereby improving the convenience and safety of the user who is inconvenient to go to the toilet.

3. Compared with the conventional case No. M405251, the handrail of this case is slightly horizontally displaced. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the tilting displacement of the handrail, which causes the user with inconvenient movement to be unstable and causes dumping or falling. In addition, the case can be When the user leaves the handrail or does not apply force to the handrail, and the pressure value detected by the pressure sensing unit is equal to the initial value, the processing unit drives the lifting device to return to the original position for the user to use again.

The lifting device of the present invention can be disposed at the center of the armrest, and the lifting device can be respectively disposed at the two ends of the armrest, thereby lifting the lifting device during lifting operation. Stability, whereby the user of the mobility is safe to use the present invention for toilet use.

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 first. The present invention is a sensing lifting device for a toilet armrest, which in the first embodiment comprises:

An armrest 1 is provided with a pressure sensing unit 11 . In a preferred embodiment, the armrests 1 are respectively disposed on the side of a toilet 3 ;

At least one lifting device 2, the lifting device 2 is disposed on the armrest 1; and in an embodiment, the lifting device 2 is respectively disposed at a center position of the armrest 1; and the pressure sensing unit 11 is further The lifting device 2 is used to control the lifting height of the armrest 1. In a preferred embodiment, the lifting device 2 is a pneumatic cylinder or an electric cylinder;

a processing unit 4 coupled to the lifting device 2, the pressure sensing unit 11 and a timing unit 5, and the processing unit 4 is provided with an initial value and a time value;

An inductive unit 6 is coupled to the processing unit 4, the sensing unit 6 senses that the armrest 1 is raised to the height value, and the processing unit 4 detects the pressure value in the pressure sensing unit 11 The pressure sensing unit 11 detects that the pressure value is greater than the initial value, and the processing unit 4 drives the lifting device 2 to lower the handrail 1. In a preferred embodiment, the sensing unit 6 is an infrared sensing unit. 6 people.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, when the user who is inconvenient is going to go to the toilet, the sensing unit 6 senses that the user approaches the toilet 3 provided with the present invention, and the sensing unit 6 causes the processing unit 4 to lift and lower. The device 2 is raised to the set height value, and then, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user applies the force to the handrail 1, the pressure sensing unit 11 detects the pressure value, and then the processing is performed. The unit 4 lowers the lifting device 2 to its original position, thereby allowing the user to sit comfortably on the toilet pad 31 for toilet use.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the user wants to leave the toilet mat 31 when the toilet is ready to go, the force in the opposite direction to the toilet mat 31 is applied to the effect of leaving the toilet mat 31, and the pressure is felt by the present invention. The measuring unit 11 is disposed at the top of the armrest 1 so that the user can easily press the armrest 1 of the present invention by applying a force in the opposite direction away from the toilet mat 31, so that the pressure sensing unit 11 detects The pressure value is measured, and in a preferred embodiment, the initial value is 0; therefore, if the second pressure value is greater than the initial value, and the timing unit 5 counts to the time value, then the The processing unit 4 drives the lifting device 2 to rise to the height value, and since the armrest 1 is slightly displaced horizontally in the preferred embodiment of the invention, there is no need to worry about the tilting displacement of the armrest 1 and the user's center of gravity is not If the user lifts the handrail 1 and the user does not need to apply excessive force to the lower limbs or knees, the user can leave the toilet pad 31, so that the user with difficulty in movement can easily leave the toilet pad 31. In addition, in one In the preferred embodiment, since the lifting device 2 is an electric cylinder, and the electric cylinder has low noise and fewer mechanisms and facilitates assembly, the space occupied by the lifting device 2 can be reduced, and the operation can be reduced. The noise.

Referring to FIG. 5 again, when the user leaves the handrail 1 by lifting, or does not apply force to the handrail 1, the pressure sensing unit 11 detects the pressure value equal to the setting of the processing unit 4. At the initial value, the processing unit 4 drives the lifting device 2 back to the original position for reuse by the user, thereby providing convenience and safety when the person with reduced mobility is in the toilet.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a second embodiment of the present invention, which differs from the first embodiment in that the lifting device 2 is respectively disposed at the two ends of the armrest 1 , and therefore, in a preferred implementation In the example, since the lifting device 2 is respectively supported at the two ends of the armrest 1 by the two supporting points, when the user applies the force to the armrest 1, the lifting device 2 is not easy to tilt and interferes, so that the lifting device is used to enhance the The stability of the lifting device 2 during lifting operation, whereby the user can safely use the present invention for toilet use.

In summary, the technical means disclosed by the present invention can effectively solve the problems of the prior knowledge, achieve the intended purpose and efficacy, and are not found in the publication before publication, have not been publicly used, and have long-term progress, The inventions referred to in the Patent Law are correct, and the application is filed according to law, and the company is invited to give a detailed examination and grant a patent for invention.

The above is only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the invention and the contents of the invention are all It should remain within the scope of this invention.

〔this invention〕
1‧‧‧Handrail
11‧‧‧ Pressure sensing unit
2‧‧‧ lifting device
3‧‧‧ toilet
31‧‧‧ Toilet mat
4‧‧‧Processing unit
5‧‧‧Time unit
6‧‧‧Sensor unit

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the operation of the infrared sensing unit of the first embodiment of the present invention to sense the proximity of the user. Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing the operation of the user using the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the user to leave the toilet after using the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

11‧‧‧ Pressure sensing unit

2‧‧‧ lifting device

4‧‧‧Processing unit

5‧‧‧Time unit

6‧‧‧Sensor unit

Claims (9)

A sensing lifting device for a toilet armrest, comprising: an armrest provided with a pressure sensing unit; at least one lifting device, the lifting device is disposed on the armrest, and the lifting device is for controlling the armrest a lifting unit; and a processing unit coupled to the lifting device, the pressure sensing unit and a timing unit, and the processing unit is provided with an initial value and a time value; thereby, the processing unit is at the pressure The sensing unit detects a pressure value, and the pressure value detected by the pressure sensing unit is greater than the initial value, and after the timing unit counts the time value, the processing unit drives the lifting device to raise the armrest. The sensing and lifting device of the toilet armrest according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit further has a height value, and the pressure sensing unit detects that the pressure value is greater than the initial value, that is, drives the lifting device. Raise to this height value. The sensing and lifting device of the toilet armrest of the second aspect of the invention, wherein the processing unit is further coupled to a sensing unit, the sensing unit senses that the armrest is raised to the height value, and the processing unit is The pressure sensing unit detects the pressure value, and the pressure sensing unit detects that the pressure value is greater than the initial value, and the processing unit drives the lifting device to lower the handrail. The sensing and lifting device for a toilet armrest according to claim 3, wherein the sensing unit is an infrared sensing unit. The sensor lifting device of the toilet seat according to claim 1, wherein the armrests are respectively disposed at a side of a toilet. A sensory lifting device for a toilet seat according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the handrail is slightly horizontally displaced up and down. A sensory lifting device for a toilet seat according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the lifting device is a pneumatic cylinder. A sensory lifting device for a toilet seat according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the lifting device is an electric cylinder. The sensory lifting device of the toilet seat according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pressure sensing unit is disposed at the top of the armrest.