JP2000265692A - Fitting structure of attachment to wall panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a face plate of a wall panel from being cracked or fractured prior to happening after the construction of an attachment by a simple structure at low cost. SOLUTION: This fitting structure of an attachment to a wall panel is so constituted that a counter 4a as an attachment 4 is fitted in such a state as projected from the surface of the wall panel 1 having a face plate 2 attached to the front face 3 of a frame 3. A reinforcing plate 5 is fixed to a rear face 2b opposed to the surface 2a part of the face plate 2 to which the counter 4a is attached. A patch member 6 fixed to the rear face 5a of the reinforcing plate 5 is brought in contact with the rear face 3a of the frame 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for attaching an accessory to a wall panel, and more particularly to a technique for attaching a counter used as a basin in a bathroom.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the surface of a bathroom wall panel 1 is
When attaching an accessory 4 provided in the bathroom, for example, a counter 4a such as a basin table, as shown in FIG. 5, plywood or the like is attached to the back surface 2b corresponding to the surface 2a of the face plate 2 to which the counter 4a is attached. The reinforcing plate 5 made of is fixed, the mounting bracket 13 for mounting the counter 4a is applied to the surface 2a of the face plate 2, the screw 17 is penetrated through the face plate 2 from the front, and is fixed to the reinforcing plate 5, and thereafter, The counter 4a is supported by the mounting bracket 13. 3 in the figure is a frame.

[0003]

However, in the conventional structure in which the counter 4a is supported on the mounting bracket 13 mounted on the reinforcing plate 5, when the load 4 is applied to the counter 4a from above, the mounting is performed. The reinforcing plate 5 is pulled forward through the metal fitting 13, and the face plate 2 is pressed from behind by the pulling force G. In particular, the face plate 2 at the boundary between the frame 3 and the reinforcing plate 5 (see FIG. The load is concentrated on the portion indicated by (a) in FIG. 5), and there is a possibility that crack A may occur or break in this portion, giving the user an uneasy feeling or giving an inexpensive image. There was a problem.

On the other hand, when the wall panel 1 has a strong structure, there is another problem that the material cost of the wall panel 1 increases.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a simple structure and inexpensively to prevent cracks and breaks from occurring in a wall panel after installation of an accessory. The object of the present invention is to provide an attachment mounting structure to a wall panel that can be prevented from occurring.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, an accessory 4 is attached to a front surface 3a of a frame 3 so as to protrude from a surface of a wall panel 1 having a face plate 2 attached thereto. In the mounting structure, the reinforcing plate 5 is fixed to the back surface 2 b corresponding to the front surface 2 a of the face plate 2 to which the accessory 4 is mounted, and the contact member 6 fixed to the back surface 5 a of the reinforcing plate 5 is applied to the back surface 3 b of the frame 3. With this configuration, even when a load F from above is applied to the accessory 4 after construction and the reinforcing plate 5 is pulled forward after application, the tensile force G is applied. The frame 3 can be received by the frame 3 via the member 6, and therefore, although a simple structure in which the contact member 6 is brought into contact with the frame 3, no tensile force G is applied to the face plate 2, and the face plate 2 is cracked or broken. Occurs That the it is possible to prevent in advance.

The contact member 6 is extended to extend the frame 3
It is preferable to form an extension portion 7 that abuts against the back surface 2b of the face plate 2 beyond the back surface 3b of the front plate 2. In this case, the contact area between the wall panel 1 and the backing member 6 increases, and Can be effectively received by the entire wall panel 1 via the backing member 6 having the extension portion 7, so that cracks and breaks in the wall panel 1 can be further prevented, An increase in the number of components of the contact member 6 can be prevented.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A unit type bathroom will be described below as an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

On the surface of the bathroom wall panel 1, a counter 4a such as a basin is attached as an accessory 4 provided in the bathroom. As shown in FIG. 3, for example, the counter 4a of this example
The bottom plate 12 and the front plate 11 are integrally formed of a synthetic resin, and the top plate 10 is supported by a mounting bracket 13 that is mounted to protrude from the surface of the wall panel 1. In this example, as shown in FIG.
Are supported by a pair of left and right mounting brackets 13 respectively, and a faucet device mounting section 20 is installed between the pair of mounting brackets 13. Note that the number and mounting positions of the mounting brackets 13 are not limited to the example of FIG.

[0010] As shown in FIG.
A horizontal support piece 14 for supporting the counter 4a; a vertical fixing piece 15 fixed to the surface of the wall panel 1;
4 and an inclined connecting piece 16 for connecting the lower end of the vertical fixing piece 15 to the front end of the vertical fixing piece 15 are integrally formed.
The mounting bracket 13 is fixed so as to protrude from the surface 2a of the face plate 2 by driving the reinforcing plate 5 to be described later through the face plate 5 and the face plate 2. This mounting bracket 1
By mounting the top plate 10 of the counter 4a on the horizontal support piece 14 of the third and screwing it, the counter 4a is supported so as not to move with respect to the mounting bracket 13.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bathroom wall panel 1 is formed by attaching a face plate 2 made of plywood or the like to a front surface 3a of a frame 3 having a substantially U-shaped cross section with an adhesive or the like. The cross-sectional shape of the frame 3 and the material of the face plate 2 are not particularly limited.

The counter 4a of the back surface of the face plate 2
Surface 2a of face plate 2 to which mounting bracket 13 is attached
A reinforcing plate 5 made of plywood or the like is fixed to the back surface 2b corresponding to the portion. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the reinforcing plate 5 is adhered to the back surface of the face plate 2 between the upper and lower frames 3 by a double-sided tape such as a butyl tape. Of course, the reinforcing plate 5 may be attached by screws or the like other than bonding.

A contact member 6 is fixed to the back surface 5a of the reinforcing plate 5. The contact member 6 is made of, for example, a metal material, and includes a front contact plate 8 contacting the back surface 5a of the reinforcing plate 5 and a rear contact plate 9 contacting from the back surface 8a of the front contact plate 8 to the back surface 3b of the frame 3. The front backing plate 8
Is fixed to the reinforcing plate 5 with screws 18, and the overlapping portion between the lower portion of the backing plate 9 and the upper portion of the fronting plate 8 is another screw 1.
At 9, it is fixed to the reinforcing plate 5.

On the back surface 5a of the reinforcing plate 5 fixed to the back surface 2b of the face plate 2, the front backing plate 8 and the back backing plate 9
And a back surface 9 of the backing plate 9
a is brought into contact with the back surface 3b of the frame 3,
After construction, load F from above is applied to counter 4a,
Even when a forward tensile force G is applied to the reinforcing plate 5 via the mounting bracket 13, the tensile force G can be received by the frame 3 via the contact member 6. Therefore, with a simple structure in which the abutment member 6 is brought into contact with the frame 3, the tensile force G is not applied to the face plate 2, and particularly the face plate portion at the boundary between the frame 3 and the reinforcing plate 5 (a in FIG. The load does not concentrate on the area indicated by, and warpage, cracks, breakage, etc. can be prevented from occurring at this area. To provide expensive images. Further, since the wall panel 1 including the face plate 2 and the frame 3 can be used as in the related art, the material cost of the wall panel 1 can be reduced. Moreover, when the reinforcing plate 5 is fixed to the back surface 8a of the wall panel 1, the contact member 6 can be attached to the reinforcing plate 5 in advance. The operation of fixing the mounting bracket 13 to the front surface 2a of the face plate 2 and the operation of supporting the counter 4a on the mounting bracket 13 may be performed, and the mounting operation of the counter 4a can be performed in a conventional manner. Since it cannot be seen from the bathroom, the appearance of the bathroom is not impaired.

In the present embodiment, the backing member 6 is fixed to the reinforcing plate 5 in a state where the front backing plate 8 and the rear backing plate 9 are vertically shifted from each other, so that the back surface 5a of the reinforcing plate 5 and the frame 5 Even if there is a step between the back surface 3b and the back surface 3b,
After the front backing plate 8 is fixed to the reinforcing plate 5, the rear backing plate 9 can be securely brought into close contact with the back surface 3b of the frame 3, so that the mounting of the backing member 6 is not required.
Note that the contact member 6 is not limited to a combination of the front contact plate 8 and the rear contact plate 9, and in other words, a part of the contact member 6 fixed to the reinforcing plate 5 is brought into contact with the back surface 3 b of the frame 3. Any structure can be used as long as the structure can be used.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the upper end portion of the contact member 6 is extended to provide an extension portion 7 that can extend beyond the back surface 3b of the frame 3 and contact the back surface 2b of the face plate 2. Other structures are the same as those in FIG. The front plate 8, the back plate 9, and the lower surface 7 a of the extension portion 7 abut on the remaining three surfaces except the front surface 3 a of the frame 3, respectively.
b abuts against the back surface 2b of the face plate 2, the contact area between the wall panel 1 and the contact member 6 increases, and the tensile force applied to the reinforcing plate 5 toward the front is increased by the contact member 3 having the extended portion 7. Through the wall panel 1 can be effectively received. That is, since the force applied to the reinforcing plate 5 is dispersed between the frame 3 and the face plate 2, a local load is not applied to the wall panel 1, and cracks and breaks in the wall panel 1 can be more effectively prevented. Become like Moreover,
Since it has a simple structure in which the extended portion 7 of the contact member 6 is brought into contact with the back surface 2b of the face plate 2 beyond the back surface 3b of the frame 3, there is an advantage that the number of components can be prevented from increasing.

In each of the above embodiments, the contact member 6 is fixed to the reinforcing plate 5 corresponding to the back surface of the mounting bracket 13 supporting both ends of the counter 4a. However, the reinforcing plate 5 to which the contact member 6 is fixed is The present invention is not limited to this, and any reinforcing plate may be used as long as the reinforcing plate 5 is attached to the back surface portion corresponding to the front surface to which the counter 4a is attached.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the counter 4a such as a basin placed in a bathroom is exemplified as the accessory 4 attached to the wall panel 1, but it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is widely applied to the entirety of the attachment 4 protruding from the surface of the wall panel 1.

[0019]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a structure for attaching an accessory so as to protrude from a surface of a wall panel formed by attaching a face plate to a front surface of a frame. The reinforcing plate is fixed to the back part corresponding to the front part of the face plate to which the accessory is attached, and the backing member fixed to the back of the reinforcing plate is brought into contact with the back of the frame, so after installation, Even when the load is applied and the reinforcing plate is pulled forward, the tensile force can be received by the frame via the contact member. Therefore,
Although it has a simple structure in which the contact member abuts on the frame, no tensile force is applied to the face plate, and cracks and breaks in the face plate can be prevented beforehand. It is possible to give an expensive image without giving anxiety, and it is possible to use a wall panel composed of a frame and a face plate similar to the conventional one, so that the material cost of the wall panel is reduced. be able to. In addition, when the reinforcing plate is fixed to the back surface of the wall panel, the backing member can be attached to the reinforcing plate in advance, so that the attachment work can be performed in a conventional manner, and the backing member can be used to fix the wall panel. The appearance is not impaired.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, an extension portion is formed by extending the contact member to extend beyond the back surface of the frame and abut against the back surface of the face plate.
The contact area between the wall panel and the backing member is increased, so that the tensile force applied to the reinforcing plate toward the front can be effectively received by the entire wall panel through the backing member having the extended portion. Therefore, cracks and breaks in the wall panel can be further prevented, and the number of parts can be increased because of the simple structure in which the extended portion of the abutment member contacts the back surface of the face plate beyond the back surface of the frame. Therefore, the cost of parts can be kept low.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same wall panel as viewed from behind.

3A is a perspective view illustrating a state before the counter is mounted, and FIG. 3B is a partially broken perspective view illustrating a state after the counter is mounted.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wall panel 2 Face plate 2a Front surface 2b Back surface 3 Frame 3a Front surface 3b Back surface 4 Attachment 5 Reinforcement plate 5A Back surface 6 Backing member 7 Extension part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A structure for attaching an accessory so as to protrude from a surface of a wall panel formed by attaching a face plate to a front surface of a frame, wherein a back surface portion corresponding to a surface portion of the face plate to which the accessory is attached is reinforced. A structure for attaching an accessory to a wall panel, wherein the attachment member is fixed to a wall panel, and a backing member fixed to the back surface of the reinforcing plate is brought into contact with the back surface of the frame. 2. The mounting structure for an accessory to a wall panel according to claim 1, wherein the contact member is extended to form an extended portion that extends beyond the back surface of the frame and abuts on the back surface of the face plate.