JP2000152861A - Mirror fixing structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily fix a mirror on the wall without damaging the design while securing the water-tightness. SOLUTION: Mirror receiving packings 4 are engaged with bosses 32 of a mirror presser member 3, and the mirror presser member 3 is fixed on the wall 1 by driving screws (b) into screw holes 31a on the presser part 31 of the mirror presser member 3. At that time, a mirror 2 is elastically supported by the mirror receiving packings 4 nearly at both ends of upper and lower edges of the mirror 2 on the rear side, and is held by the other edges of the presser part 31 of the mirror presser member 3 at upper and lower edges of the mirror 2 on the front side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for fixing a mirror installed in a bathroom unit, a shower unit, a sink, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a mirror is fixed to a wall panel such as a bathroom unit or a shower unit or a sink. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the lower mirror receiving metal fitting 11 bent in a hook shape in accordance with the mirror installation position of the wall body 1 is fixed via screws b, and the lower mirror receiving metal fitting 11 is bent in a hook shape. After the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 is loosely fixed through the elongated hole 12a via the screw b, the mirror 2 is moved to the lower mirror receiving bracket 1.
1 and hold the lower end edge near both ends, and then
The upper mirror receiving bracket 12 is forcibly pressed down to hold the vicinity of both ends of the upper end edge of the mirror 2. In this case, a packing 13 is provided on each of the lower mirror receiving fitting 11 and the upper mirror receiving fitting 12, and elastically supports the mirror 2 installed along the surface of the wall 1.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned mirror fixing structure, it is necessary to hold down the mirror 2 by pushing down the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 from above using the elongated hole 12a. The upper mirror receiving bracket 12 is not completely fixed to the wall 1, and the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 may shift upward due to the vibration of the wall 1. If the displacement of the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 is repeated to increase the movement, the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 may come off and the mirror 2 may fall.

Further, the mirror 2 is disposed on the lower
The packing 13 elastically supports the screw b at the same time, but since the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 slides in the vertical direction, the packing 13 provided in the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 also has a long hole 13a. Are formed, so that the screw b driven through the long holes 12a, 13a of the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 and the packing 13 cannot be sealed. For this reason, a watertight material must be separately applied to the screw b, and there is a disadvantage that the operation becomes complicated. In this case, if the application of the watertight material is forgotten, the screw b may corrode and the upper mirror receiving bracket 12 may fall off.

It is also conceivable that the mirror receiving bracket is screwed to the wall outside the mirror, but there is a problem that the leg portion and the screw for screwing are exposed, and the design is deteriorated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a mirror fixing structure that can easily fix a mirror while maintaining watertightness without deteriorating design. Is what you do.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a holding portion having screw holes formed at least near the upper and lower edges near both ends in the width direction, and a boss formed on the back side surrounding each screw hole. An upper and lower mirror pressing member integrally formed with two reinforcing ribs extending horizontally across the width direction at upper and lower end edges and a substantially intermediate portion of the pressing portion and intersecting the outer peripheral surface of the boss; A plurality of mirror receiving gaskets integrally formed having a fitting portion formed with a fitting hole engageable with a tip end of each boss of the mirror holding member and a mirror receiving portion; And a holding member cover that can be mounted on the mirror. The mirror receiving portions of the mirror receiving packings elastically support the vicinity of both ends of the upper and lower edges on the rear side of the mirror, respectively. Is held by the other edge of the holding portion of the mirror holding member. Is characterized in that the mirror holding member is screwed through the screw hole in the set position of the mirror receiving fitting packing combined with the wall surface on the boss.

According to the present invention, the mirror receiving gasket is fitted to the boss of the mirror pressing member, and the mirror pressing member is screwed into the set position on the wall surface together with the mirror receiving gasket through the screw hole to thereby fix each mirror. The mirror receiving part of the receiving packing elastically supports the vicinity of both ends of the upper and lower edges on the rear side of the mirror,
In addition, since the upper and lower edges on the front side of the mirror are held by the other edge of the pressing portion of the mirror pressing member, the mirror can be easily fixed to the wall by screwing work while elastically supporting the mirror. At this time, the screw is kept watertight by the boss and the mirror receiving packing, and the mirror pressing member is covered by the pressing member cover, so that the screw and the like are not exposed and the appearance is not impaired.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show a mirror fixing structure according to the present invention. This mirror fixing structure includes a mirror pressing member 3 for pressing and holding the vicinity of each of the upper and lower edges of the mirror 2 and a plurality of mirror receivers fitted to the bosses 32 of the mirror pressing member 3 to elastically support the mirror 2. It comprises a packing 4 and a pressing member cover 5 attached to the mirror pressing member 3.

The mirror holding member 3 has a holding portion 31 having a screw hole 31a formed near one of the upper and lower edges near both ends in the width direction.
A boss 32 surrounding the screw hole 31a of the holding portion 31 and formed on the back side thereof; and a boss 32 extending horizontally in the width direction at a substantially middle portion between the upper and lower ends on the back side of the holding portion 31. Two reinforcing ribs 33 intersecting the outer peripheral surface of
34 and are integrally formed. The pressing portion 31 of the mirror pressing member 3 is formed to have an acute angle by chamfering the other end on the back side, and has a front surface that is in contact with the back surface of the front portion 51 of the pressing member cover 5 described later. Contactable protrusions 35 are formed between the upper and lower edges at a set interval. The upper and lower edges of the projection 35 are also chamfered to form an acute angle.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the boss 32 has a large-diameter portion 321 of a fixed length having an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the head of the screw b, and a step corresponding to the head shape of the screw b. Part 32
2 and a small diameter portion 32 having an inner diameter corresponding to the shaft diameter of the screw b.
In this embodiment, the inner peripheral surface of the step portion 322 is formed in a conical surface, and the outer peripheral surface thereof is also formed in a conical surface by using a screw b having a flat head. I have. The boss 32 has a large diameter portion 321.
Are positioned on the holding portion 31 such that the outer peripheral surface of the holding member forms a tangent with a horizontal plane including one end edge of the holding portion 31.

The reinforcing ribs 33 provided at one end edge of the holding portion 31 and the reinforcing ribs 34 provided substantially at the intermediate portion thereof are formed to have the same depth dimension as the length of the boss 32 described above. The planes are set so as to be located on the same vertical plane when viewed from the side. On the outer surface of the reinforcing rib 33, a plurality of locking protrusions 331 of a fixed length are formed at set intervals.
A plurality of convex portions 36 (see FIGS. 2 and 5) that can contact the upper and lower end surfaces of the mirror 2 are formed on the outer surface of the mirror 4 at set intervals. The two reinforcing ribs 33, 34 are formed with trapezoidal cutouts 33a, 34a when viewed from above in the width direction with the boss 32 as a center. 32, and are integrally connected to the outer peripheral surface of the large diameter portion 321 (see FIGS. 3 and 5).

As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the mirror receiving packing 4 has a fitting portion 41 in which a fitting hole 41a is formed and a mirror receiving portion 42 in which a notch 421 is formed. ) Are integrally formed with an elastic material. The fitting hole 41a formed in the fitting portion 41 of the mirror receiving packing 4 has a predetermined thickness in which a screw hole corresponding to the shaft diameter of the screw b is formed. It is formed in a shape that matches the shape of the outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion. That is, the fitting hole 41a is formed in the large diameter portion 3 of the boss 32.
21, the outer peripheral surface of the step portion 322 and the small diameter portion 32
3 has a shape corresponding to the outer peripheral surface, and when the fitting hole 41a of the mirror receiving packing 4 is fitted to the boss 32, the distal end surface of the boss 32 and the outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion can be sealed. Also,
Notch portions 41b and 41c are formed in the fitting portion 41 of the mirror receiving packing 4 corresponding to the notch portions 33a and 34a of the two reinforcing ribs 33 and 34, respectively.
When the mirror receiving gasket 4 is fitted to the boss 32, the notches 41b and 41c are formed by the notches 3b of the reinforcing ribs 33 and 34.
By fitting into the 3a, 34a, the mirror receiving packing 4 can be positioned without moving.

The pressing member cover 5 includes a front portion 51, an outer surface portion 52 and an inner surface portion 53 extending horizontally at the upper and lower edges of the front portion 51, respectively, in the width direction. 52 and a side surface portion 54 extending to the left and right edges of the inner surface portion 53 are integrally formed. The inner surface spacing of the left and right side surfaces 54 of the pressing member cover 5 is set slightly longer than the width of the mirror pressing member 3, and the depth of the outer surface 52 is larger than the depth of the mirror pressing member 3. In addition to being set slightly shorter, the depth of the inner surface 53 is
The thickness is approximately set to 1. The side surface portion 54 is formed in a substantially L shape so as to cover the left and right edges of the pressing portion 31 of the mirror holding member 3 and the left and right edges of the reinforcing ribs 33 and 34.

On the back surface of the outer surface portion 52 of the pressing member cover 5, a similar locking ridge 521 corresponding to the locking ridge 331 formed on the outer surface of the reinforcing rib 33 of the mirror pressing member 3 described above. (See FIG. 3), and a locking convex portion 53 at a set interval is provided on the front end edge of the back surface of the inner surface portion 53.
1 (see FIG. 3). For this reason, when the holding member cover 5 is mounted on the mirror holding member 3, the locking ridge 521 of the outer surface portion 52 and the locking ridge 33 of the mirror holding member 3 are provided.
1 is engaged, and the locking projection 53 of the inner surface portion 53 is engaged.
The other chamfered edge of the holding portion 31 of the mirror holding member 3 gets over and engages with 1 to prevent the holding member cover 5 from falling off.

The mirror holding member 3, mirror receiving packing 4 and holding member cover 5 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 hold the upper edge of the mirror 2, and the lower edge of the mirror 2
The same mirror pressing member 3, mirror receiving packing 4, and pressing member cover 5 are used. However, the mirror holding member 3, the mirror receiving gasket 4, and the pressing member cover 5 holding the lower edge of the mirror 2 are turned upside down with respect to the mirror pressing member 3, the mirror receiving gasket 4, and the pressing member cover 5 holding the upper edge. (See FIG. 5).

Next, a procedure for fixing the mirror 2 using the mirror holding member 3, the mirror receiving packing 4, and the holding member cover 5 configured as described above will be described.

First, the mirror receiving packing 4 is fitted into the boss 32 of the mirror pressing member 3 through the fitting hole 41a. At this time, the notches 41b and 41c of the mirror receiving packing 4 are respectively replaced with the notches 33 of the reinforcing ribs 33 and 34 of the mirror holding member 3.
a, 34a to position the mirror receiving packing 4 so as not to move. Next, the mirror holding member 3 to which the mirror receiving packing 4 is attached is gripped, the chamfered other end of the holding portion 31 is directed upward, and the mirror is positioned in accordance with the fixed position of the lower end of the mirror 2 on the wall 1. After that, the screw b is driven into the screw hole 31a of the holding portion 31 to fix the mirror holding member 3 together with the mirror receiving packing 4 to the wall body 1.
Fixed to. In this case, the screw b has a boss 32
Is inserted into the boss 32 without protruding from the outer surface of the mirror holding member 3, and the mirror receiving gasket 4 comes into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion of the boss 32, 32 and screw b are sealed.

Next, the mirror 2 is gripped, lowered along the surface of the wall 1, and placed on the reinforcing rib 34 located above.
At this time, the lower end surface of the mirror 2 is supported by the convex portion 36 formed on the outer surface of the reinforcing rib 34, and at the same time, the lower end edge on the surface side becomes the upper end of the pressing portion 31 of the mirror pressing member 3. It is held by the edge, and the vicinity of both ends of the lower end on the rear side is compressed to elastically support the mirror receiving portion 42 of the mirror receiving packing 4. As a result, the lower end edge of the mirror 2 is elastically supported by the mirror receiving packing 4 and at the same time is held by the mirror pressing member 3.

Thereafter, another mirror holding member 3 into which the mirror packing 4 is fitted is gripped, and the other end portion below the holding portion 31 and the mirror receiving portion 42 of the mirror packing 4 are held.
The mirror 2 is attached by pressing from above so as to sandwich the front and back surfaces of the upper end edge of the mirror 2. Similarly, the mirror holding member 3 and the mirror receiving packing 4 attached to the upper end edge of the mirror 2 are fixed to the wall 1 by driving screws b through the screw holes 31a. As described above, if the upper and lower edges of the mirror 2 are held by the upper and lower mirror pressing members 3 respectively, the pressing member covers 5 are gripped and pressed from the front surfaces of the respective mirror pressing members 3. The locking ridge 521 formed on the back surface of the outer surface portion 52 and the locking ridge 3 formed on the outer surface of the reinforcing rib 33 of the mirror holding member 3.
31 is engaged, and the engaging convex portion 531 formed on the back surface of the inner surface portion 53 of the holding member cover 5 and the chamfered other edge of the holding portion 31 of the mirror holding member 3 are engaged. The member cover 5 is held without falling off. At this time, the inner surface of the front portion 51 of the pressing member cover 5 comes into contact with the convex portion 35 formed on the front surface of the pressing portion 31 of the mirror pressing member 3, and the locking convex portion 53 of the pressing member cover 5.
The engagement state between 1 and the other end of the mirror holding member 3 is determined.

As a result, by fixing the mirror holding member 3 to the wall 1 together with the mirror receiving gasket 4, the mirror 2 can be easily fixed while being elastically supported by the mirror receiving gasket 4. At this time, the screw b is kept watertight by the boss 32 and the mirror receiving packing 4, and
Since the mirror pressing member 3 is covered by the pressing member cover 5, the screw b and the like are not exposed, and the appearance is not impaired.

In this embodiment, the case where the screw holes 31a are formed near both ends of the pressing portion 31 of the mirror pressing member 3 and screwed is illustrated, but depending on the size of the mirror 2, other than the both ends may be used. The screw hole 31a and the boss 32 can be formed at arbitrary positions.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the watertightness can be ensured, and the mirror can be easily held on the wall while being elastically supported without deteriorating the appearance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a mirror fixing structure according to the present invention with a part thereof omitted.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a screwed portion in the mirror fixing structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a pressing member cover for holding an upper edge of the mirror and an inner surface side of the mirror pressing member partially omitted.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a mirror receiving packing.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a mirror holding member for holding a lower edge of the mirror, with a part of an inner surface side thereof being omitted;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional mirror fixing structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wall body 2 Mirror 3 Mirror holding member 31 Holding part 31a Screw hole 32 Boss 33,34 Reinforcement rib 4 Mirror holding packing 41 Fitting part 41a Fitting hole 42 Mirror receiving part 5 Holding member cover

Claims (1)

[Claims] A screw hole is formed at least in the vicinity of one of upper and lower edges near both ends in the width direction, and a pressing portion surrounding each screw hole and having a boss formed on the back side, and upper and lower end edges of the pressing portion are formed. Upper and lower mirror holding members integrally formed with two reinforcing ribs extending horizontally in the width direction at the substantially middle portion and intersecting the outer peripheral surface of the boss, and tips of the respective bosses of the mirror holding member A plurality of mirror receiving gaskets integrally formed having a fitting portion formed with a fitting hole fittable to the portion and a mirror receiving portion, and a pressing member cover that can be mounted to cover the mirror pressing member. The mirror receiving part of each mirror receiving packing elastically supports the vicinity of both ends of each of the upper and lower edges on the back side of the mirror, and the upper and lower edges of the mirror on the front side of the mirror. The upper and lower mirror holding members hold the boss A mirror fixing structure characterized in that a mirror receiving packing is fitted to the mirror and screwed into a set position on the wall surface through a screw hole.