Patent ID: 11913208
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A flush toilet comprising:
a toilet main body made of ceramics, the toilet main body including a bowl configured to receive waste, a water discharge trap including an inlet connected to a lower portion of the bowl and an exit configured to discharge waste in the bowl, and a skirt formed on each outer side of the bowl and the water discharge trap;
a control unit provided more rearward than the bowl of the toilet main body, the control unit including at least a function of controlling discharge and stopping of flush water to the bowl;
a supply source provided below the control unit and outside the toilet main body, the supply source enabling water supply and/or power supply to the control unit, and
a flexible elongated member configured to connect the supply source and the control unit; and
wherein the toilet main body made of ceramics further includes a rear storage configured to store at least a part of the control unit, and the rear storage includes a supporting wall configured to support the control unit and configured to divide a region more rearward than the bowl of the toilet main body into upper and lower regions, and
the supporting wall provides
an upper storage region formed in the region above the supporting wall and configured to store at least a part of the control unit;
a lower region formed in the region below the supporting wall and separated from the upper storage region, the lower region including the exit of the water discharge trap; and
a lower communication region formed adjacent to and separated from the lower region, the lower communication region being configured to communicate between the upper storage region and outside of the toilet main body without communicating with the lower region, and

wherein the flexible elongated member includes an upper connecting end portion connected to the control unit, and a lower connecting end portion connected to the supply source, and the flexible elongated member extends from the upper connecting end portion toward the lower connecting end portion and is inserted from the upper storage region into the lower communication region, and then the flexible elongated member extends from inside of the lower communication region to the outside of the toilet main body without extending through the lower region, and then the lower connecting end portion is connected to the supply source.