JP2003038380A - Counter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a counter capable of easily attaching and detaching a modesty panel without requiring any troublesome work. SOLUTION: This counter 1 equipped with a top board 3, a plurality of carriers 2 set on a wall face 10 for supporting the lower face of the top board 3, and a modesty panel 4 covering the front part of the carriers 2 is provided with a carrier positioning member 5 for connecting the adjacent carriers 2. In this case, and upper latching part 14 for holding the front and rear positions of the modesty panel 4 according as it is pushed into the top board 3 is arranged at the upper edge of the modesty panel 4, and a lower restraining part 6 formed so as to be freely slidable right and left is arranged at the lower part of the modesty panel 4, and a carrier side latching part 13 for freely placing the lower restraining part 6 according as the lower restraining part 6 slides is arranged at the front edge of the carrier 2. Also, the lower restraining part 6 is provided with a protrusion 6d, and the carrier side latching part 13 is provided with a recessed part 13b to be engaged with the protrusion 6d in a state that the lower restraining part 6 is placed on the carrier side latching part 13 for holding the right and left positions of the modesty panel 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a counter provided in a bathroom or the like, and more particularly to a structure for easily attaching a front curtain plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a counter provided in a bathroom or the like is formed by attaching a ceiling plate above a plurality of carriers projecting from a wall surface and attaching a front plate to the front. As a structure for attaching the curtain front plate to the carrier, for example, a structure for fixing the front plate to the carrier using a cosmetic screw or the like is widely known.

[0003]

However, for example, a water stop cock for draining water may be installed inside the counter.
At this time, if the attachment structure as described above is used, the attachment / detachment work takes time even though the attachment / detachment of the front plate is required every day. Further, depending on how tightly the makeup screw is tightened, it may be difficult for a woman to remove the cosmetic screw.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a counter capable of easily attaching and detaching the front plate of a curtain even by a person with weak strength without requiring troublesome work. It is what

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a counter according to the present invention is provided with a top plate, a plurality of carriers installed on a wall surface to support a bottom surface of the top plate, and a front curtain plate covering the front of the carrier. In the counter provided with, a carrier positioning member that connects adjacent carriers is provided. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the carrier to which the front plate is attached from falling.

Further, an upper locking portion for holding the front and rear positions of the curtain front plate by being inserted into the top plate is provided at the upper end of the curtain front plate, and a lower locking portion which is slidable in the left-right direction at the lower end of the curtain front plate. Equipped with
It is also preferable that the front end of the carrier is provided with a carrier-side locking portion on which the lower locking portion can be placed by sliding the lower locking portion. By doing so, the upper locking portion of the front plate of the curtain is inserted. By simply sliding the lower locking portion in this state, the front and rear positions and the vertical position of the front plate can be held.

Further, the lower locking part provided on the front plate of the curtain is provided with a slide restricting locking means, and the carrier side locking part provided on the carrier has the lower locking part as the carrier side locking part. It is also preferable to provide slide locked means for holding the left and right positions of the front plate by engaging the above-mentioned slide regulating locking means in the mounted state. By simply sliding it to a predetermined position, the left and right positions of the curtain front plate can be held by the engagement of the slide restricting locking means and the slide locked means.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. 1 and 2 show an example of the counter 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The counter 1 is provided so as to project from the wall surface 10 of the bathroom so that a wash basin or the like can be placed, and the top plate 3 is provided above the plurality of carriers 2 attached to the wall surface 10 so as to project forward. And the front of the carrier 2 is covered with a front plate 4 to form an outer shape. Adjuster bolts 11 to be grounded to the floor surface (not shown) of the bathroom are provided at the center of the lower end of the carrier 2 in the front-rear direction, respectively.
As also shown in FIG. 5, the adjuster bolts 11 provided on each of the adjacent carriers 2 are attached to the rod-shaped carrier positioning member 5.
The adjacent carriers 2 are connected by connecting with each other to prevent the carriers 2 from collapsing.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the front curtain plate 4. As shown in the figure, the upper front end portion of the rear surface of the curtain front plate 4 is provided with an upper locking portion 14 having a substantially U-shaped cross section at three positions, that is, the left end, the center, and the right end. Has the lower locking portion receiving members 7 attached at a plurality of positions including the left end and the right end thereof. Here, the upper locking portion 14 is a member that is inserted into the front end of the top plate 3 from below to hold the front and rear positions of the front curtain plate 4,
A long hole (not shown) is provided as a screw hole at the time of attachment so that dust adjustment with the top plate 3 can be performed. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the lower engaging portion receiving member 7 includes an attaching portion 7a and an attaching portion 7a which are attached to the front plate 4 by screws.
It is a metal fitting constituted by a thin plate-shaped guide portion 7b extending substantially vertically from the upper end of a.

5 and 6 show the lower engaging portion 6 slidably attached to the lower engaging portion receiving member 7. As shown in the figure, a slide portion 6a having a substantially U-shaped cross section is formed above the lower locking portion 6. The guide portion 7b of the lower locking portion receiving member 7 is provided with an elongated hole 8 having a longitudinal direction in the left-right direction, which vertically penetrates the guide portion 7b. The elongated hole 8 extends substantially horizontally from the rear surface of the front plate 4 as shown in FIG. Guide part 7b and slide part 6 extended
Since the pin 9 is fixed to the guide portion 7b from above through the elongated hole 8 in a state where the substantially U-shaped concave portion of a is fitted,
The lower locking portion 6 is slidable in the left-right direction within a predetermined range defined by the pin 9 and the elongated hole 8.

Further, the lower engaging portion 6 is formed with a concave portion 6b which opens downward and penetrates in the left-right direction, and the inner surface of the concave portion 6b is a projection 6 which is a locking means for slide regulation.
d is provided. Further, a handle 6c for sliding operation is extended downward from the lower end of the lower locking portion 6.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a carrier-side locking portion receiving member 12 is screwed to the front side of the lower end of the side surface of the carrier 2, and the carrier-side locking portion receiving member 12 is also attached.
A carrier-side locking portion 13 is screwed onto the top. The carrier-side locking part 13 is provided with a substantially box-shaped mounting part 13a on the upper side so that the left-right direction becomes the longitudinal direction in the mounted state, and the recessed part 6b of the lower locking part 6 is slid above the mounting part. It is positioned so as to be fitted on the portion 13a and placed on the carrier-side locking portion 13. In addition, the recess 6 of the lower engaging portion 6 is provided above the center of the front surface and the back surface of the mounting portion 13a.
When the mounting portion 13a of the carrier-side engaging portion 13b is in the fitted state, the protrusion 6d serving as the slide regulating engaging means.
A concave portion 13b is formed as a slide locked means that engages with and holds the left and right positions of the front plate 4 of the curtain.

Such carrier-side locking portions 13 are provided at positions corresponding to the lower locking portions 6, respectively. Depending on the installation location, the carrier-side locking portion 13 may be fitted to the lower locking portion 6 that is slid from the left side or may be fitted to the lower locking portion 6 that is slid from the right direction. Since the protrusions 6d of the locking portion 6 are provided at two positions on the left and right, in either case, one type of the lower locking portion 6 and the carrier-side locking portion 1 are provided.
Correspondingly, the protrusion 6d and the recess 13b can be engaged with each other.

In the counter 1 having the above structure, the front plate 4 of the curtain
To attach the front curtain 4 from below, insert the upper locking portion 14 of the front curtain 4 into the front end of the top plate 3 to hold the front and rear positions, and support the front curtain 4 at an appropriate position to cover the front of the carrier 2. However, the handle 6c protruding downward from the lower locking portion 6
Are operated to slide the respective lower locking portions 6 in a predetermined direction, so that the recesses 6b of the lower locking portions 6 are fitted with the mounting portions 13a of the carrier-side locking portions 13. In this state, the curtain front plate 4 is in a state where the vertical and front and rear positions are held.

Further, the lower engaging portion 6 is the carrier-side engaging portion 13
The projection 6d provided on the inner surface of the concave portion 6b of the lower locking portion 6 and the concave portion 13b provided on the mounting portion 13a of the carrier-side locking portion 13 engage with each other when sliding to a predetermined position for fitting with . By this engagement, the curtain front plate 4 is held at the left and right positions, and the user feels a click at the time of engagement, so that the user can engage the lower locking portion 6
It can be seen that is placed on the carrier side locking portion 13.

In order to fit the lower engaging portion 6 and the carrier-side engaging portion 13 by sliding in this way, the carrier 2
It is necessary that the free end side, which is the side opposite to the mounting side of the wall surface of the carrier 2, is always in a predetermined position, but in this example, the carrier positioning member 5 prevents the carrier 2 from falling down as described above. Therefore, the free end of the carrier 2 is fixed at a predetermined position, so that the slide member can be smoothly mounted as described above.

The operation of removing the curtain front plate 4 may be carried out in the reverse order of the above-mentioned procedure, and therefore, neither attachment nor detachment can be easily performed by anyone without requiring troublesome work and manual work. It is a thing.

[0018]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, it is possible to prevent the carrier to which the front curtain plate is attached from falling, and the front end of the front curtain plate, which is the free end of the carrier, and the curtain. Since the positional relationship with the front plate is always kept constant, there is an effect that the work of attaching and detaching the front plate of the curtain becomes easy.

According to the second aspect of the invention,
In addition to the effect of the invention as set forth in claim 1, the front and rear positions and the upper and lower positions of the front plate of the curtain can be held only by sliding the lower locking part with the upper locking part of the front plate of the curtain inserted. Therefore, there is an effect that the attaching / detaching work can be easily performed without using a cosmetic screw or the like.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3,
In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, by simply sliding the lower locking portion to a predetermined position, the left and right positions of the front plate of the curtain are held by the engagement of the slide regulating locking means and the slide locked means. Since it is possible to make sure that the front plate of the curtain can be attached more reliably, and that the lower locking portion is at the position to be mounted on the carrier side locking portion due to the click feeling obtained at the time of engagement. There is an effect that can be.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram seen from the front of an example of a counter according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the above counter.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the front curtain plate of the same.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the above-described lower locking part attached to a lower locking part receiving member, (a) showing a state before fitting with the lower locking part receiving member, and (b) a lower locking part. The fitting state with a receiving member is shown.

5A and 5B show the lower engaging portion of the above, wherein FIG. 5A is a front view and FIG. 5B is a side view.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of attaching the carrier-side locking portion and the carrier positioning member to the carrier of the same.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of attachment of the above carrier-side locking portion to the carrier-side locking portion receiving member.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 counter 2 carriers 3 top plate 4 act front plate 5 Carrier positioning member 6 Lower locking part 6d protrusion 10 wall surfaces 13 Carrier side locking part 13b recess 14 Upper locking part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A top plate, a plurality of carriers installed on a wall surface to support a bottom surface of the top plate, and a top plate covering an upper part of the carrier.
A counter provided with a front plate for covering the front of a carrier, wherein a carrier positioning member for connecting adjacent carriers is provided. 2. An upper locking portion for holding the front and rear position of the curtain front plate at the upper end of the curtain front plate by inserting it into the top plate, and a lower locking portion slidable in the left and right direction at the lower end of the curtain front plate. 2. The counter according to claim 1, further comprising: a carrier-side locking portion at a front end of the carrier, wherein the lower locking portion can be mounted by sliding the lower locking portion. 3. The lower locking part provided on the front plate of the curtain is provided with a slide restricting locking means, and the carrier side locking part provided on the carrier has the lower locking part as the carrier side locking part. 3. The counter according to claim 2, further comprising slide locked means for engaging with the slide regulating locking means and holding the left and right positions of the front plate in a mounted state.