JP2002204761A - Bathroom counter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems with a conventional bathroom counter, including difficulty in executing mounting work, low assembly efficiency, difficulty in executing maintenance and inspection and repair of plumbing arranged in the interior of the counter. SOLUTION: A metal fitting 1 appearing a near U shape when seen from the side is fixed to a wall surface W, an apron 4 is fixed to the front end of the metal fitting 1 by screws 10. Area joint tapes 2 are attached to the top face of the metal fitting 1, a top face plate 5 is removably attached through the area joint tapes 2. A brace 3 roughly assuming the shape of an L when seen from the side in which a downward engagement piece 3a is provided at the upper end is attached to the wall surface W below that, and a lower counter 6 is attached to the brace 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a counter installed in a bathroom such as a unit bath.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, a counter installed inside a unit bus has a mounting bracket 20 having a substantially L-shape in side view fixed to a wall surface W and supported by the mounting bracket 20. Is covered with a counter body 21 integrally formed of a synthetic resin or the like, and the front lower part 21a and the rear upper part 21b of the counter body 21 are attached to the mounting bracket 2 from the back side.
It was attached by screwing it to 0 with a screw 22.

[0003] Inside the counter, hot water supply / water supply pipes 24 to a mixing faucet 23 attached to the front hanging portion 21c of the counter body 21 are provided.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional bathroom counter, the main body of the counter has to be screwed from the back side to the fixing bracket, which makes the operation difficult.
In particular, there was a problem that the screwing work on the upper rear side of the counter body was difficult to perform.

[0005] Further, it is difficult to perform maintenance and inspection of hot water supply / water supply pipes arranged inside the counter, and when repairing, it is necessary to remove the counter body, resulting in a problem that the work efficiency is extremely poor. .

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional bathroom counter.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, of the present invention, the invention according to claim 1 is a mounting bracket having a substantially U-shape as viewed from the side, which is fixed to a wall surface. In a bathroom counter having a front hanging provided at a front end and an upper surface provided to cover an upper surface between the hanging and the wall surface, the upper surface is surface-bonded to an upper surface of a mounting bracket. It is characterized in that it is detachably attached to the mounting bracket via a tape and is fixed so as not to be displaced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, a bent portion is provided at a front end of the mounting bracket.
In addition to adding a configuration in which an insertion hole for a screw for fixing the sag is provided in the bent portion, the insertion hole is limited to a horizontally long one that is opened to the outside through the notch portion, whereby the screw is removed from the notch portion. The head can be inserted into the neck, and the hanging can be temporarily held on the mounting bracket with screws temporarily fixed to the hanging.

The invention described in claim 3 is the first or second invention.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described above, a substantially counterpart L-shaped lower counter receiving bracket is attached below the wall surface to which the mounting bracket is fixed, and a downward locking piece provided at an upper end of the lower counter receiving bracket. The lower counter is attached below the counter by engaging an upward locking piece provided on the back surface and screwing a screw penetrating the lower surface of the receiving bracket.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the inside of a bathroom showing a state in which a counter according to the present invention is being mounted. As shown in the drawing, in the bathroom counter of the present invention, a plurality of mounting brackets 1, 1... Are previously mounted at the same height position on the inner wall surface W of the bathroom. The mounting bracket 1 has the same shape of a substantially U-shape in a side view, and has a bent portion 1a bent in a direction facing each other as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. , 1a, and the bent portion 1a is provided with a horizontally long insertion hole 1b which is opened outward through a notch 1c. A surface bonding tape 2 made of a synthetic resin called a magic tape (registered trademark) is attached to the upper surface thereof.

A wall surface W to which the mounting bracket 1 is fixed.
A pair of lower counter receiving brackets 3 is similarly attached to the lower waist panel at the same height. The lower counter receiving bracket 3 is substantially L-shaped when viewed from the side, and has a downwardly engaging piece 3a provided at an upper end and a screw hole 3b provided at a lower protruding portion.

The fixing of the mounting member 1 and the receiving member 3 to the wall surface W is performed by using an appropriate means such as a tapping screw 11 or an adhesive.

Next, a horizontally long plate-shaped front hanging 4 is screwed to the front end of the mounting bracket 1 thus mounted on the wall surface W. At this time, at the counter of the present invention,
As described above, since the insertion hole 1a having the notch 1c is provided in the bent portion 1a at the front end of the mounting bracket 1, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the screw 10 is temporarily fixed in a screw hole 4a provided on the lower side of the back surface of the hang 4 and the neck 10a of the screw 10 is inserted into the insertion hole 1b from the notch 1c to attach the hang 4. It can be temporarily held on the front side of the metal fitting 1. Therefore, in this state, the screw 10 is screwed from the rear side (the right side in FIG. 5) of the bent portion 1a provided on the upper side of the mounting bracket 1 into the screw hole 4a provided on the rear side upper side of the front hanging 4. By tightening the upper and lower screws 10 after the alignment, the front hanging 4 is fixed at a predetermined position at the front end of the mounting bracket 1.

At this time, the screwing of the upper screw 10 is easily performed by inserting a hand or a tool from the upper side since the space between the front hanging portion 4 and the wall surface W is open.

Next, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 6, when the upper surface plate 5 is placed on the upper side of the mounting bracket 1, the surface bonding tapes 2 and 2 mounted on the back surface of the upper surface plate 5 and the upper surface of the mounting bracket 1 are attached. The upper plate 5 is fixedly held so as not to be displaced in the lateral direction. In parallel with this work, necessary work such as installation of a faucet (not shown) to the counter and connection of hot water supply / water supply pipe (not shown) to this faucet at the rear side of the hanging 4 Done.

Next, the lower counter 6 is attached to the receiving fitting 3 attached to the wall surface W below the fixing fitting 1.
The lower end counter 6 is formed integrally with a synthetic resin or the like in a substantially L-shape when viewed from the side, and an upper locking piece 6b is provided on the rear side (right side in FIG. 5) via a spacer 6a. A screw hole 6c is provided on the lower rear surface. Therefore, when the upper end of the lower end counter 6 is inserted into the rear side (the right side in FIG. 5) of the front hanging-down member 4 as shown by an arrow in FIG. Is engaged with the downward locking piece 3a. Therefore, in this state, the lower side is the wall W
If the lower counter 6 is pressed to the side, the lower counter 6 is positioned at a position that is continuous below the front hanging-down member 4 as shown in FIG. 6. .

As described above, the bathroom counter of the present invention is assembled.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 9 denotes an auxiliary fitting which is attached to a wall surface W between the fixing fittings 1 and 1 such that the upper surface thereof is flush with the upper surface of the fixing fitting 1. Also,
Reference numeral 7 denotes a bathtub installed in the bathroom, and reference numeral 8 denotes a washing pan disposed adjacent to the bathtub 8.

As described above, in the bathroom counter of the present invention, when the front hanging 4 is mounted, the front hanging 4 can be temporarily held at the mounting position of the front end of the mounting bracket 1, so that the mounting operation can be performed by one person. In addition, the mounting of the upper surface plate 5 is simply performed by placing it on a predetermined position and pressing it, so that the assembling workability is easy and good. Furthermore, this top plate 5
Is characterized in that it can be easily removed because it is only fixed with the surface bonding tape 2, and that maintenance and inspection and repair of piping and the like (not shown) disposed inside the counter can be easily performed.

In the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which the lower counter 6 serving as a basin stand is continuously provided below the counter formed by the front hanging plate 4 and the upper plate 5.
When a basin stand is separately provided below the counter, the lower counter 6 may not necessarily be provided.

In the illustrated embodiment, the upper plate 5
Although the example in which the auxiliary fitting 9 is attached to the wall surface W between the fixing fittings 1 and 1 so as not to bend is shown, a case where the interval between the fixing fittings 1 and 1 is small or the strength of the upper surface plate 5 is sufficient. The auxiliary metal fittings 9 need not always be provided.

[0023]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper surface plate is mounted on the upper surface of the mounting bracket having the front end with the sag attached thereto via the surface bonding tape. As a result, even if the upper plate is easily attached, if necessary, the upper plate can be removed to perform maintenance and inspection and repair of the piping arranged inside the counter. Accordingly, there is an effect that the workability of mounting the counter in a unit bus or the like is improved and the maintainability is also improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a bent portion is provided at the front end of the mounting bracket, and an insertion hole having a cutout portion is provided at the bent portion. Since it can be temporarily held at the front end of the metal fitting, even if it is a long slant, it can be attached by itself, and in addition to the effect of the above-mentioned claim 1, further improvement in assembling workability can be achieved. There is.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a lower counter receiving bracket having a downwardly-facing locking piece at the upper end is attached below the wall surface to which the mounting bracket is fixed, and the tip is inserted into the receiving bracket and the lower end is inserted. Since the lower counter serving as a basin holder can be attached by screwing, in addition to the effects of the invention of claim 1 or 2,
There is an effect that such a lower counter can be easily and quickly assembled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the interior of a bathroom to which a counter of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of a main part showing how to attach the front hanging.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a mounting bracket.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing how to attach the front hanging.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing how to attach the lower counter.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view for mounting the upper plate and the lower counter.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mounting bracket 1a Bending part 1b Inserting hole 1c Notch part 2 surface bonding tape 3 Lower counter receiving bracket 3a Locking piece 3b Screw hole 4 Front hanging 4a Screw hole 5 Top plate 6 Lower counter 6a Spacer 6b Locking piece 6c Screw hole 9 Auxiliary Hardware W Wall

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A substantially U-shaped mounting bracket fixed to a wall surface, a front hanging provided at a front end of the mounting bracket, and an upper surface plate provided to cover an upper surface between the front hanging and the wall surface. Wherein the upper surface plate is detachably attached to the mounting bracket via a surface bonding tape between the upper surface and the upper surface of the mounting bracket, and is fixed so as not to be displaced. A unique bathroom counter. 2. A bent portion is provided at a front end of the mounting bracket, and an insertion hole for a screw for fixing a forward hanging is provided at the bent portion, and the insertion hole is horizontally long and is opened to the outside through a notch. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the screw is temporarily fixed to the hanging by inserting the neck of the screw from the notch, and the hanging is temporarily held by the mounting bracket. Bathroom counter. 3. A lower counter receiving bracket substantially L-shaped in side view is attached below a wall surface to which the mounting bracket is fixed, and a downward locking piece provided at an upper end of the lower counter receiving bracket is provided with: The lower counter is attached below the counter by engaging an upward locking piece provided on the back surface and screwing a screw penetrating the lower surface of the receiving bracket. Item 3. A bathroom counter according to item 1 or 2.