JP2002372267A - Structure for ventilation of bathroom unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure for ventilation of a bathroom unit, in which a louver is opened at the time when a ventilator is driven for ventilation of the inside of the bathroom unit. SOLUTION: In the bathroom unit 4, there are installed a bathroom door 2 provided with a louver 3 capable of opening/closing freely and a fan 1. The unit further provided with a door detector 5 for detecting whether the door is opened or closed, and a louver opening/closing device 6 for opening/closing the louver 3. Driving of the fan 1 is interlocked with driving of the device 6, so that the louver opens upon driving of the fan 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ventilating structure for a bathroom unit, and more particularly to a bathroom in which, when a ventilation fan is driven to ventilate the interior of the bathroom unit, a gallery provided in the bathroom unit is opened. Regarding the ventilation structure of the unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for providing a ventilation fan in a bathroom unit is known. For example, in the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-299217, a ventilating fan is provided at an opening to the outside provided in the bathroom unit for the purpose of drawing in external air into the bathroom, and a gallery is provided facing the ventilation fan, There was a ventilation structure of a bathroom unit in which the gusset was opened by the wind generated from the ventilation fan when the ventilation fan was driven.

[0003] However, when ventilating the air in the bathroom to the outside, it is necessary to install a ventilation fan near the ceiling of the bathroom unit and a gallery near the floor of the bathroom unit to draw in the external air into the bathroom unit. Was common. In particular, the lash was usually provided on a bathroom door that opens and closes the entrance of the bathroom unit.

[0004]

In the above conventional example,
In the method in which the louver is opened by the wind generated when the ventilation fan is driven, the louver must be provided opposite to the ventilation fan, and when the air in the bathroom unit is taken out to the outside by using this method, the bathroom is There has been a problem that another galley must be provided to draw air into the unit. On the other hand, in the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit in which the bathroom door is provided with a garbage, the gallery is made openable and closable during bathing because it is cold, and water vapor in the bathroom unit is discharged during the bathing. Sometimes it was to open the gulls. Therefore, there is a problem in that the drive of the ventilation fan and the opening and closing of the gallery must be manually linked. In addition, in the method in which the bathroom door is provided with gulls, closing the gallery provided in the bathroom door when not taking a bath is intended to keep the inside of the bathroom unit warm and to prevent invasion of pests and the like. But preferred. However, when the bather gets out of the bathroom unit during the ventilation, there is a problem that the louver is left open.

[0005]

According to the ventilating structure of a bathroom unit according to the present invention, an opening / closing state of the bathroom door is detected in a bathroom unit having a bathroom door provided with a freely openable gallery and a ventilation fan. A door detection device that opens and closes the gallery, and a gallery opening device that opens and closes the gallery when the ventilation fan is driven when the door detection device detects that the bathroom door is closed. Thus, the drive of the ventilation fan and the drive of the rattle opening / closing device are interlocked. In the present invention, because of this configuration, when the ventilation fan is driven when the bathroom door is closed, the gusset is always opened, so that the ventilation fan is not driven with the gallery closed and the ventilation efficiency is always improved. A good bathroom unit ventilation structure can be provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ventilation structure for a bathroom unit according to the first aspect, the ventilation fan is provided only when the door detecting device detects the closed state of the bathroom door 2. And the drive of the louver opening / closing device is interlocked. According to the present invention, when the bathroom door is open, the louver 3 is not automatically opened even when the ventilation fan is driven, so that it is possible to prevent unnecessary opening operation of the louver and the bathroom door is open. Therefore, sufficient ventilation is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ventilation structure for a bathroom unit according to the first aspect, the gull is opened and closed by sliding movement by a gull opening / closing device. According to the present invention, the slide operation of the gull is simpler than that of the rotary operation, and the structure for opening and closing the gull by the gull opening / closing device is simplified.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the ventilating structure for a bathroom unit according to the third aspect, the louver opening / closing device is configured to open / close the louver by a plunger of an electromagnetic drive device. It is a feature. In the present invention, because of this configuration, the pressing force for sliding the rag can be made sufficiently large.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the ventilation structure for a bathroom unit according to the third aspect, the louver opening / closing device repels the louver by electromagnetic force of an electromagnet-type driving device to thereby repel the louver. Are opened and closed. Because of this configuration, the present invention can provide a quiet and long-life ventilation structure for a bathroom unit that can slide the garbage in a state where the garbage opening / closing device and the garbage are not in contact with each other.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a ventilation structure of a bathroom unit according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a ventilation fan installed on the ceiling surface of the bathroom unit 4, and steam in the bathroom unit 4 sucked from the ventilation fan 1 is discharged outside through a duct outside the figure. Reference numeral 2 denotes a bathroom door, and a gallery 3 is provided near the lower end thereof. In the embodiment, the gallery 3 is opened and closed in a sliding manner. Reference numeral 5 denotes a door detection device, which is constituted by, for example, a limit switch. The door detecting device 5 that detects the opening / closing state of the bathroom door 2 includes a ventilation fan 1
And sends the detection signal to the switch 7. Reference numeral 6 denotes a gallery opening / closing device. The gallery opening / closing device 6 which has received a control signal from the switch 7 slides and opens / closes the gallery 3. The switch 7 controls the ventilation fan 1 and the louver opening / closing device 6 while receiving a signal from the door detecting device 5. 8 is a signal line or a power line.

FIG. 1 shows a bathroom door 2 closed.
A door detecting device 5 that detects a state in which the bathroom door 2 is closed includes a control unit (not shown) and a switch 7 in the ventilation fan 1.
, The state signal is transmitted via the signal line 8, the louver 3 is closed and the louver 3 is closed. In the state shown in FIG. 1, when the switch 7 is turned on, the ventilation fan 1 is driven, and at the same time, the louver opening and closing device 6 is driven. As will be described later, the louver opening / closing device 6 is an electromagnet type driving device in the embodiment, and upon receiving a signal from the switch 7, slides the louver 3 to an open state. Therefore, when the ventilation fan 1 is driven, the gallery 3 is opened, and steam in the bathroom unit 4 is efficiently discharged. When the switch 7 is turned off in this state, of course, the ventilation fan 1 stops and the louver 3 opens and closes the louver 3.

When the ventilation fan 1 is driven with the bathroom door 2 closed and the louver 3 is open, when the bather opens the bathroom door 2 to get out of the bathroom unit 4, the door detection device 5 Detecting that the bathroom door 2 has been opened, the signal is sent to the control unit and the switch 7 in the ventilation fan 1 via a signal line 8.
Send through. The switch 7 receiving this signal maintains the drive of the ventilation fan 1, but sends a signal to the louver 6 to close the louver 3. Of course, the ventilation fan 1 may be stopped and the grill 3 may be closed when the bathroom door 2 is opened. When the ventilation fan 1 stops, the grill 3 is always closed. The ventilation fan 1 automatically stops after being driven for a set time by a timer (not shown). When the bather turns on the switch 7 while the bathroom door 2 is closed and the ventilation fan 1 is stopped, the ventilation fan 1 is driven and the gallery 3 is opened.

With the bathroom door 2 open, the switch 7
Is turned on, only the ventilation fan 1 is driven and the louver opening and closing device 6 is not driven, so that the louver 3 remains closed.
However, each combination of the opening / closing state of the bathroom door 2, the driving state of the ventilation fan 1, and the opening / closing state of the gallery 3 may be arbitrarily set as needed.

Next, the relationship between the louver opening / closing device 6 and the louver 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic plan sectional view showing a closed state of the louver according to the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit of the present invention, and FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 9 denotes a rectangular door frame, on which the above-mentioned louver opening / closing device 6 is installed outside the door frame 9. The garage opening / closing device 6 is a so-called plunger-type electromagnet type driving device. The plunger 10 penetrates through the door frame 9 and is provided in a through hole 11 provided at a lower position of a structural material constituting the bathroom door 2. I have. A gallery storage space 12 is formed below the bathroom door 2, and a plurality of openings 13 communicating with the gallery storage space 12 are provided on each of the front and back surfaces of the bathroom door 2 in the left-right direction. The gallery 3 is housed in the gallery storage space 12 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. The opening 1 is provided in the gallery 3.
An opening 14 is formed at a position corresponding to each of the openings 3 of the bathroom door 2 and the opening 1 of the gallery 3.
The plunger 10 which has penetrated through the through-hole 11 so that each of the plungers 3 and
When the slide is pressed against 5, the rattle function is opened (FIG. 3). When the current of the louver opening / closing device 6, which is an electromagnet type driving device, is cut off, the plunger 10 is pulled back, the louver 3 is pushed back by the restoring force of the spring 15, and the openings 13 and 14 are displaced and no longer face each other. The function is closed (FIG. 2).

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan sectional view showing an open state of the sash in another embodiment according to the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit of the present invention. Although the louver opening and closing device 6 of this embodiment is an electromagnet type driving device, the plunger 10 as described above is not used, and therefore the spring 15 is not used. In this garbage opening / closing device, when a current flows, a strong electromagnet is generated, and a through hole 17 provided in the door frame 9 and a through hole 11 provided in the bathroom door 2 are provided.
Attracts and repels the magnet 16 through the
Is slid left and right to open and close the lashing function.

[0016]

According to the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit according to the first aspect, in the bathroom unit 4 having the bathroom door 2 provided with the openable and closable gallery 3 and the ventilation fan 1, the open / close state of the bathroom door 2 is determined. A door detection device 5 for detecting and a gallery opening / closing device 6 for opening / closing the gallery 3 are provided. When the ventilating fan 1 is driven when the door detection device 5 detects that the bathroom door 2 is closed, the gallery is opened / closed. Since the drive of the ventilation fan 1 and the drive of the louver opening / closing device 6 are linked so that the device 6 opens the louver 3, the louver 3 always opens when the ventilation fan 1 is driven when the bathroom door 2 is closed. As it becomes the state, the ventilation fan 1
, And there is an effect that ventilation efficiency is always good.

The ventilating structure of the bathroom unit according to the second aspect of the present invention controls the driving of the ventilation fan 1 and the driving of the louver opening / closing device 6 only when the door detecting device 5 detects the closed state of the bathroom door 2. When the bathroom door 2 is open, even if the ventilation fan 1 is driven, the gallery 3 is not automatically opened even if the ventilation door 1 is driven, so that the gallery 3 can be prevented from being opened wastefully and the bathroom door 2 is opened. It is open and well ventilated.

In the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit according to the third aspect, since the gallery 3 is opened and closed by sliding movement by the gallery opening / closing device 6, the sliding operation of the gallery 3 is simpler than the rotary operation. The structure for opening and closing the gallery 3 with the gallery opening and closing device 6 is simplified.

In the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit according to the fourth aspect, since the louver 3 is opened and closed by the plunger 10 of the electromagnet type driving device, the pressing force for sliding the louver 3 is necessary and sufficient. Can be increased.

The ventilating structure of the bathroom unit according to the fifth aspect is configured such that the gallery 3 is opened and closed by repelling and sucking the gallery 3 by the electromagnetic force of the electromagnet type driving device. In addition, the louver 3 can be slid in a state where the louver 3 is not in contact with the louver 3 and the louver 3 can provide a quiet and long-life ventilation structure for the bathroom unit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a ventilation structure of a bathroom unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan cross-sectional view showing a closed state of the louver according to the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan sectional view showing an opened state of a slush according to the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan sectional view showing an opened state of a louver according to another embodiment of the ventilation structure of the bathroom unit of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 ventilation fan 2 bathroom door 3 garage 4 bathroom unit 5 door detection device 6 garage opening / closing device 7 switch 8 signal line 9 door frame 10 plunger 11 through hole 12 gallery storage space 13 opening 14 opening 15 spring 16 magnet 17 through hole

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bathroom unit having a bathroom door provided with an openable / closable gallery and a ventilation fan, a door detection device for detecting an open / closed state of the bathroom door and a gallery / opening / closing device for opening and closing the gallery, wherein the door detection device is provided. When detecting that the bathroom door is closed, when the ventilation fan is driven, the driving of the ventilation fan and the driving of the gallery opening and closing device are linked so that the gallery opening device opens the gallery. Bathroom unit ventilation structure. 2. The bathroom according to claim 1, wherein the drive of the ventilation fan and the drive of the louverage opening / closing device are interlocked only when the door detection device detects the closed state of the bathroom door. Unit ventilation structure. 3. The ventilation structure for a bathroom unit according to claim 1, wherein said gull is opened and closed by sliding movement by a gull opening / closing device. 4. The ventilation structure for a bathroom unit according to claim 3, wherein the louver is opened and closed by a plunger of an electromagnet type driving device. 5. The ventilation structure for a bathroom unit according to claim 3, wherein said louver opening and closing device opens and closes the louver by repelling and sucking the louver by electromagnetic force of an electromagnet type driving device.