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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1996
Koru Okita, Hyogo-Ken, JP;
Shigeo Saeki, Hyogo-Ken, JP;
Koichi Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Jiro Koshijima, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Nippon Cable System Inc., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
A seat-lifting device having a pair of left and right units 3, 4 arranged on both sides of a stool 1 in a toilet. The units 3, 4 are connected mutually by a connecting frame 5. Each unit 3, 4 has a guide portion 7 and a cable-driving portion 10 which are connected with a pair of conduits for guiding a cable. The guide portion 7 has a static guide 11, 14, a sliding plate 13 slidably supported with the static guide, a seat-supporting member 15 tiltably mounted on the sliding member, and a gas spring 17 urging the rear portion of the seat-supporting member. The sliding plate 13 is driven by the cable-driving portion through a loop of cable.