JP2001295563A - Entrance structure for bathroom - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an entrance structure for bathroom which does not allow the water flowing in the space between a sliding door and a vertical frame from leaking to the next room of a bathroom. SOLUTION: In this entrance structure in which a sliding door is slidably put in a door frame having a drainboard-like sill section the bottom frame of which has slit-like gaps and a drainage receiving section which receives the hot water and water flowing in the gap sections of the sill section and communicates with a drainage route through which the hot water and water are drained, a drainage trough section having a top-opened groove like shape formed to follow the sill is provided from the sill section of the bottom frame to the end section of the floor of the next room of the bathroom. The drainage trough section communicates with the drainage receiving section.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom entrance / exit structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In Japan, with the aging society, families with only elderly couples and families with elderly people living alone are increasing. In the case of elderly people, if there is any step at the entrance when trying to get out of the bathroom, there is a risk of falling down and falling and injuring the corner of the entrance.

In order to safely take a bath even for a person with a weak leg such as an elderly person or a physically handicapped person, a step between a bathroom and an entrance and an entrance and an adjacent room such as a dressing room or a washroom is set to be 3 mm or less. Bathroom units having a structure called barrier-free have already been put on the market.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, as such a bathroom unit, a lower frame 200 flows into a cage-shaped sill section 202 having a slit-shaped gap 201 and a gap 201 portion of the sill section 202. A door frame 1 having a drainage receiving portion 203 which receives hot water or water from below and communicates with a drainage path (not shown) for draining the hot water or water.
There are doors in which sliding doors 101 to 103 are slidably fitted and provided with an entrance / exit structure for preventing hot water or water from leaking into an adjacent room such as a washroom or a dressing room.
No. 6191). However, in the case of this type of conventional entrance / exit structure, as shown in FIG.
When the sliding door 103 closest to the next room is not fully closed among the sliding doors 01 to 103, water W or the like used in the bathroom of the shower water is filled with a gap S between the sliding door 103 and the vertical frame 104.
As shown in FIG. 5, after the water W falls along the vertical stop 104 or the door stop surface of the sliding door 103, the water W that has nowhere to go falls over the end of the adjacent room floor F from above. In some cases, the water flowed along the cover portion 205 of the lower frame 200 provided and overflowed to the adjacent room floor F side.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a bathroom entrance / exit structure in which water flowing between a sliding door and a vertical frame does not leak to an adjacent room. And

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, an entrance / exit structure of a bathroom according to the invention of claim 1 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as an "entrance / exit structure of claim 1") is provided. A lower frame having a slit-shaped gap, and a drainage receiving section communicating with a drainage path for draining the hot water or water while receiving the hot water or water flowing into the gap portion of the sill section from below. In the entrance / exit structure of a bathroom, in which a sliding door is slidably fitted into a door frame having a groove, an upper opening groove extends along a sill from a portion of the lower frame from the sill to an end of an adjacent floor of the bathroom. A drain gutter having a shape like a trough is provided, and the drain gutter communicates with the drain receiver.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an entrance / exit structure for a bathroom (hereinafter, referred to as an “entrance / exit structure according to claim 2”), wherein a lower frame has a slit-shaped gap, and Sliding doors are slidably fitted into a door frame having a drainage receiving portion communicating with a drainage path for draining the hot water or water while receiving the hot water or water flowing into the gap portion of the threshold portion from below. In the bathroom entrance / exit structure, a cutout communicating with a gap provided along a sliding door most outside the bathroom of the sill portion is provided when the lower frame is closed at least between the sill portion and a floor next to the bathroom. The sliding door is provided at a position along the vertical frame where the sliding door contacts.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 3 show one embodiment of an entrance / exit structure according to claim 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this bathroom A
Has three sliding doors 7 a to 7 c fitted in the door frame 1. The door frame 1 includes a lower frame 2, a vertical frame 3, and an upper frame 4.

The lower frame 2 is, as shown in FIGS.
Sill-shaped sill part 21, drainage receiving part 22, and cover part 23
And The sliding door 7 is slidably suspended by a rail 41 provided on the upper frame 4, and a projection 71 provided at a lower end thereof enters the slit-shaped gap 24 provided in the threshold 21. The slide 24 slides while being guided by the wall surface of the gap 24. The sill 21 has an upper surface with a step of 3 mm or less between the washing floor 5 and the adjacent room floor F, and the slit-shaped gap 24 has the sliding door 7a (7b, 7b) as described above.
c).

The washing floor 5 is provided with a drain groove 51 along the sill section 21.
And is covered by a lid 52 in the shape of a cage, which is almost flush with. The drainage sill section 21 is provided with a drainage receiving section 22 below, and hot water or water flowing into the sill section 21 flows into the drainage receiving section 22 through a gap 24 in the sill section 21, The water is drained through a drainage path such as a drainage pipe (not shown) piped under the floor.

The cover section 23 provided between the sill section 21 and the floor F of the adjacent room has a sill section 21 covering the entire width thereof.
A drain gutter portion 25 having a groove width such that a toe of a bather or the like does not fit along the drain gutter portion 25 is provided. Communicate with each other through a water passage hole 25a provided at the bottom of the bottom. Note that FIG.
Reference numeral 22a denotes a water passage hole provided in a partition of the drainage receiving portion 22.

The entrance / exit structure of this bathroom is as described above, and the closing of the sliding door 7c is insufficient and the sliding door 7c is not closed.
Even if shower water or the like enters the gap between the vertical frame 3 and the vertical frame 3 and falls onto the cover 23, the cover 23 is provided with the drain gutter 25. The water is drained to the drain passage through the portion 22 and the drain groove 51, and does not accumulate on the cover portion 23. Therefore, water does not leak to the adjacent room floor F side along the cover portion 23. Further, since the drain gutter portion 25 is provided over the entire width of the cover portion 23, even when the sliding doors 7a to 7c are in an open state, it is possible to reduce leakage of water to the adjacent room.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of an entrance / exit structure according to the second aspect. As shown in FIG. 4, the bathroom B is the same as the bathroom A except that a cutout 26 is provided in the cover 23 instead of the drain gutter 25.

That is, the notch 26 is formed in a portion along the door stop of the vertical frame 3 with which the sliding door 7c closest to the adjacent room comes into contact when the cover portion 23 is closed.
It is provided so that it may communicate with.

The entrance / exit structure of the bathroom B is as described above. The closing of the sliding door 7c is insufficient and shower water or the like enters the gap between the sliding door 7c and the vertical frame 3 and falls on the cover portion 23. However, the gap 2 is formed through the notch 26.
4 and is drained to a drain passage via a drain receiving portion 22 and a drain groove 51. Therefore, water does not leak to the adjacent room floor F side along the cover portion 23. Also,
Since only the cutout 26 is provided only in the portion of the cover 23 along the vertical frame 3, the existing entrance frame can be easily and inexpensively modified, and the appearance from the adjacent room side is good, and it is safe. is there.

The entrance / exit structure of the bathroom according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, a drain 51 along the threshold 21 is provided on the washing floor 5.
Is provided, but the drainage ditch of the washing floor 5 may be provided along the washing counter. Further, in the above embodiment, three sliding doors 7a to 7c are used, but two or four or more sliding doors may be used.

[0018]

Since the bathroom entrance / exit structure according to the present invention is constructed as described above, the water flowing between the sliding door and the vertical frame does not leak to the adjacent room.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a bird's-eye view of a bathroom showing one embodiment of an entrance / exit structure according to claim 1;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a sill portion of the entrance / exit structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a sill section showing one embodiment of an entrance / exit structure according to claim 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a doorway of a conventional bathroom.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the doorway of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a water leakage mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, B Bathroom 1 Door frame 2 Lower frame 21 Sill part 22 Drainage receiving part 23 Cover part 24 Gap 25 Drain gutter part 26 Notch 3 Vertical frame 7a, 7b, 7c Sliding door F Adjacent room floor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A lower frame having a slit-shaped gap and a lower sill having a slit-like gap, and a hot water or a water flowing into the gap of the sill being received from below and a drainage path for draining the hot water or the water. In a bathroom entrance / exit structure in which a sliding door is slidably fitted into a door frame having a drainage receiving section, a portion extending from the sill of the lower frame to an end of an adjacent floor of the bathroom along the sill. An entrance / exit structure for a bathroom, wherein a drain gutter having a groove shape at an upper opening is provided, and the drain gutter communicates with the drain receiver. 2. A lower frame having a slit-shaped gap having a slit-shaped gap, and communicating with a drain passage for receiving hot water or water flowing into the gap of the sill from below and draining the hot water or water. In a bathroom entrance / exit structure in which a sliding door is slidably fitted into a door frame having a drainage receiving section, a notch communicating with a gap provided along a sliding door most outside the bathroom of the sill section is provided. An entrance / exit structure for a bathroom, wherein the lower frame is provided at least along a vertical frame between the sill and the floor next to the bathroom where the sliding door abuts when closed.