JP2003336304A - Floor structure of bathroom - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a floor structure of a bathroom, by which positions of adjacent waterproof pans are adjusted easily. <P>SOLUTION: The floor structure of the bathroom 1 includes adjacent waterproof pans 2, 3 whose joint sections are joined to each other in a state of fitting. The joint section of the waterproof pan 2 is provided with a hanging member 23 directing downward. The joint section of the waterproof pan 3 has a fitting groove 36 which includes a hanging wall 33 hanging downward and an inclined wall 34 inclined to go up outwardly from the lower end part of the hanging wall 33. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a floor structure for a bathroom.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Bathrooms for bathing elderly people, persons with physical disabilities, etc. in a wheelchair or lying in a bed are becoming larger. In order to support such a large bathroom, it is not possible to divide the bathroom floor into multiple waterproof pans of a size that can be carried in and installed and connect them adjacently to form a large bathroom floor structure. , Has been known for a long time.

As conventional techniques applicable to the floor structure of the above-mentioned large bathroom, there are, for example, a floor pan described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-280130 and a connected waterproof pan described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-230261.

In the floor pan described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-280130, a rising piece on the floor pan on the bathtub side and a falling piece on the floor pan on the washroom side are superposed and connected on the inner surface side, whereby the watertightness is improved. Improved. In addition, the connection between the rising piece and the falling piece was hidden by the grating of the drainage groove so as not to be seen, thereby improving the appearance.

The connection waterproof pan described in JP 2000-230261 A has a drain groove formed on one side of the waterproof pan.
The waterproof pan is installed so that the drain grooves face each other, a grating is placed on the drain grooves, the facing waterproof pans are connected by a U-shaped split cover, and the whole including the connecting portion is made flush. It was designed to prevent water leakage at the connection.

[0006]

However, in the floor pan described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-280130, the falling piece of the floor pan on the washing floor is superposed on the rising piece of the floor pan on the bathtub side on the inner surface side. Therefore, the rising piece is hidden on the inner surface side of the falling piece, and it is difficult to visually confirm the positioning of the floor pan on the bathtub side and the floor pan on the washroom side. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes time to adjust the position of the connecting portion of the waterproof pan. Further, if the position adjustment of the connecting portion is inaccurate, the watertightness of the stacked rising piece and falling piece will be impaired.

In the jointed waterproof pan described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-230261, since the opposed waterproof pans are connected by the U-shaped divided covers, if the opposed waterproof pans are positioned incorrectly, the divided covers will be separated. Can't connect. Therefore, it is necessary to accurately adjust the position of the divided covers while checking the connection, and in this case also, there is a problem that it takes time to adjust the position of the connecting portion. In addition, since the bathroom is often constructed in a narrow and limited space indoors, it is often impossible with one artificial number, and there is a problem that the position adjustment of the connecting portion of the waterproof pan requires manpower.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art,
It is to provide a bathroom floor structure in which the positions of adjacent waterproof pans can be easily adjusted.

[0009]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A bathroom floor structure in which the joints of adjacent waterproof pans are joined together in a fitted state, in which a downwardly extending hanging piece is provided at the joint of one of the waterproof pans, and a downward portion is provided at the joint of the other waterproof pan. The fitting groove is formed by a hanging wall that hangs down and a sloping wall that rises obliquely upward from the lower end of the hanging wall toward the outside of the other waterproof pan.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the bathroom floor structure according to the first aspect, a step is formed at a joint portion of one of the waterproof pans so that an upper plate piece substantially parallel to the floor surface is lower than the floor surface. And the hanging piece is provided at the tip of the upper plate piece, and the lower plate piece, which is substantially horizontal to the floor surface, extends outward from the tip of the sloping wall at the joint of the other waterproof pan. It is extended and a watertight material is interposed between the upper plate piece and the lower plate piece, and the upper plate piece and the lower plate piece are stacked vertically to be watertightly joined, and the upper plate piece is the floor of the surrounding waterproof pan. It is characterized in that it is covered with a cover material so as to be substantially flush with the surface.

(Operation) According to the bathroom floor structure of the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the hanging piece of one waterproof pan is inserted into the fitting groove of the other waterproof pan, and the joint portion of the adjacent waterproof pan is connected. When joining in a fitted state, by sliding the hanging piece along the slanted wall, the adjacent waterproof pans can be attracted to each other. Therefore, even if there is some displacement, the hanging piece is automatically inserted into the fitting groove, and the position adjustment of the adjacent waterproof pan is easy. Such position adjustment work can be carried out easily even by one person, because it is sufficient to ride on one of the waterproof pans and apply a load from above.

According to the bathroom floor structure of the present invention as defined in claim 2, further, a watertight material is interposed between the upper plate piece and the lower plate piece of the joint portion to vertically move the upper plate piece and the lower plate piece. Since it is superposed and watertightly joined, the waterproofness of the joint can be secured. Since the upper plate piece is covered with the cover material so as to be substantially flush with the floor surface of the surrounding waterproof pan, walking on the floor surface is not hindered and safety of the bathroom can be secured.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view of a bathroom, (b) is a sectional view taken along line XX of (a), and (c) is ( It is an expanded sectional view of the fitting groove of (b). FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the joint portion of the waterproof pan. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the cover material and the cover receiver. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a method of joining the waterproof pan. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a modified example of the bathroom.

The floor structure of the bathroom 1 of the present embodiment is constructed by arranging three waterproof pans 2, 3 and 4 adjacent to each other and joining them together. Each of the waterproof pans 2, 3 and 4 is made of FRP (fiber reinforced synthetic resin) and has a rectangular plate shape having substantially the same size in plan view.
The waterproof pans 2 and 3 and the waterproof pans 3 and 4 are arranged with their long sides abutting each other.

In the waterproof pan 2, a rising wall 20 is provided on the peripheral edge of the pan body 21 forming the floor surface of the washing room on three sides, and the upper end of the rising wall 20 has a wall support projecting outward in a substantially L shape. The section 20A is provided (see FIG. 2).
A wall panel (not shown) of the bathroom 1 is erected on the wall receiving portion 20A.

The waterproof pan 3 is provided with a rising wall 30 on opposite short sides of a pan body 31 forming a floor of a washing room, and an upper end of the rising wall 30 projects outward in a substantially L-shape. A wall receiving portion 30A is provided (see FIG. 2). A wall panel (not shown) of the bathroom 1 is erected on the wall receiving portion 30A.

The waterproof pan 4 is provided with a rising wall, like the waterproof pan 1, on the three sides of the pan body 41 which mainly forms the floor surface for installing the bath 42, and the rising wall is provided at the upper end of the rising wall. A wall receiving portion is provided on which a wall panel is erected so as to project outward in a substantially L shape. Bathtub 42
The pan body 41 on the front side of the is provided with a grating 43 that covers above the drain groove.

In the floor structure of the bathroom 1, as shown in FIG.
A cross-sectional view of the joint portion between the adjacent waterproof pans 2 and 3 taken along line XX in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 1B, but Y in FIG.
A cross-sectional view of the joint portion between the adjacent waterproof pans 3 and 4 taken along the line -Y is similar to that in FIG. Therefore, the floor structure of the bathroom 1 will be described in detail below with reference to the cross-sectional view of FIG. 1B, taking the joint portion of the waterproof pans 2 and 3 as a typical example.

The floor structure of the bathroom 1 of the present embodiment is one in which the joint portions of the adjacent waterproof pans 2 and 3 are joined together in a fitted state. The joint portion of the waterproof pans 2 and 3 is provided along the long sides of the pan main bodies 21 and 31 which are washing places. An upper plate piece 22 that is substantially parallel to the floor surface of the pan body 21 is provided at the joint portion of one of the waterproof pans 2 with a step so as to be lower than the floor surface. 22 is provided.

At the joint portion of the other waterproof pan 3, the hanging wall 33 hanging downward from the edge of the pan body 31 and the hanging wall 3 are provided.
A fitting groove 36 is formed by providing a sloping wall 34 that inclines upward and obliquely outward from the lower end of 3. Hanging wall 3
A bottom wall 35 is formed at the bottom where 3 and the sloping wall 34 intersect. The width of the inside of the bottom wall 35 is the hanging piece 22.
The thickness is almost the same. A lower plate piece 32, which is substantially horizontal to the floor surface of the pan body 31, extends outward from the tip of the sloping wall 34 at the joint of the other waterproof pan 3. The distance between the lower plate piece 32 and the floor surface of the bread body 21 is larger than the distance between the upper plate piece 22 and the floor surface of the bread body 21.

At the joint portion of the waterproof pans 2 and 3 having the above-mentioned structure, when the hanging piece 23 is inserted into the fitting groove 36, if the hanging piece 23 is slid along the inclined wall 34, the adjacent waterproof pans 2 , 3 can be attracted to each other.

Further, at the joint portion of the waterproof pans 2 and 3 having the above construction, the watertight material 7 (a synthetic resin foam such as polyethylene) is interposed between the upper plate piece 22 and the lower plate piece 32, and the upper plate piece is formed. The lower plate piece 22 and the lower plate piece 32 are vertically stacked, and the watertight material 7 is pressed to be watertightly joined by the screw 9.
At the portion where the upper plate piece 22 intersects the hanging wall 33 and the lower end portion of the hanging piece 23 inserted into the fitting groove 36, the water blocking material 1
Watertightness is further improved by filling 0 and 10. A reinforcing material 8 is provided below the lower plate piece 32, and the tip of the screw 9 is fixed to the reinforcing material 8. Further, an upward bent portion 321 is provided at the tip of the lower plate piece 32 to prevent the watertight member 7 from being displaced.

The upper plate piece 22 is covered with a cover member 5 so as to be substantially flush with the floor surfaces of the surrounding waterproof pans 2 and 3.
At this time, the cover receiver 6 is attached to the upper surface of the upper plate piece 22 by using the screw 9, and the cover member 5 is attached by being fitted into the cover receiver 6.

The cover material 5 and the cover receiver 6 are shown in detail in FIG. The cover material 5 is a long plate-shaped cover body 5.
Two leg portions 52, 52 each having a one-headed arrow cross section are vertically provided on the back surface side of the unit 1 along the longitudinal direction. The cover receiver 6 is provided with two locking portions 62, 62 each having a single-headed arrow cross section, on both side edges of the surface of a long plate-shaped main body 61. In addition, the plate-shaped body 61
A plurality of screw holes 63 are formed along the longitudinal direction at the center of the. The cover member 5 is formed by deforming the leg portions 52, 52 having the arrow-shaped cross-section and engaging portions 62, 62 of the cover receiver 6.
62 is fitted.

Next, a method of constructing the floor structure of the bathroom 1 having the above structure will be described. The waterproof pan 4 on which the bathtub 42 is placed is installed in the installation space of the indoor bathroom 1, and a drainage pipe or the like is piped on the back side. Next, waterproof pan 4
After the waterproof pan 3 is placed adjacent to the waterproof pan 3 and the waterproof pans 3 and 4 are joined together, the waterproof pan 2 is located adjacent to the waterproof pan 3 and the waterproof pans 2 and 3 are joined together.

A method of joining the joint portions of the waterproof pans 2 and 3 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The joining of the waterproof pans 3 and 4 is the same as the joining of the waterproof pans 2 and 3, so the description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the watertight material 7 is attached on the lower plate piece 32 of the waterproof pan 3 previously installed, and the upper plate piece 22 of the waterproof pan 2 is mounted on the lower plate piece 32. And the waterproof pan 2 is placed. Next, Figure 4 (b)
As shown in FIG. 5, when the hanging piece 23 is inserted into the fitting groove 36, the waterproof pan 2 is pressed from above while compressing the watertight material 7, and the hanging piece 23 is slid along the slanted wall 34. When the hanging pieces 23 are fitted in the fitting groove 36, the floor surfaces of the pan bodies 21 and 31 are substantially flush with each other. That is, the dimension from the floor surface of the bread body 21 to the lower end of the hanging piece 23 is substantially the same as the dimension from the floor surface of the bread body 31 to the bottom surface of the fitting groove 36.

Then, when the bread bodies 21 and 31 are further pressed until the floor surfaces are flush with each other, the adjacent waterproof pans 2 and 3 are attracted to each other and the hanging piece 23 is fitted, as shown in FIG. The waterproof pans 2 and 3 are inserted into the bottom wall 35 of the mating groove 36 and positioned at predetermined positions.

As shown in FIG. 4D, the upper joining piece 22
The cover receiver 6 is installed on the upper part of the cover, and the screw 9 is penetrated to the reinforcing member 8 from above, and the upper plate piece 22 and the lower plate piece 32 are joined together with the cover receiver 6 as shown in FIG. . Finally, the cover material 5 is fitted into the cover receiver 6.

(Operation of this Embodiment) According to the floor structure of the bathroom 1 of this embodiment, the hanging piece 23 of one waterproof pan 2 is used.
Is inserted into the fitting groove 36 of the other waterproof pan 3, and when the joining portions of the adjacent waterproof pans 2 and 3 are joined in a fitted state, if the hanging piece 23 is slid along the slanted wall 34, Adjacent waterproof pans 2 and 3 can be pulled together. Therefore, even if there is some displacement, the hanging piece 23 is automatically inserted into the fitting groove 36, and the adjacent waterproof pans 2, 3
It is easy to adjust the position. Such position adjustment work may be performed by riding on one of the waterproof pans 2 and applying a load from above, so that even one person can easily perform the work.

Further, since the watertight material 7 is interposed between the upper plate piece 22 and the lower plate piece 32 of the joint portion, the upper plate piece 22 and the lower plate piece 32 are vertically stacked to be watertightly joined. , The waterproofness of the joint can be secured. The upper plate piece 22 is covered with the cover material 5 so as to be substantially flush with the floor surfaces of the surrounding waterproof pans 2 and 3, so that walking on the floor surface is not hindered and the safety of the bathroom 1 is ensured. it can.

Although the present invention has been described based on the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and even if there is a design change or the like within a range not changing the gist of the present invention. Included in the present invention. For example, the floor structure of the bathroom 1 of the present embodiment is composed of the three waterproof pans 2, 3, and 4, but the waterproof pan 3 in the middle is not used, and the bathroom 1A shown in FIG. It may be composed of two waterproof pans 2 and 4. By doing so, the standard size bathroom 1A can be used.

[0033]

According to the bathroom floor structure of the present invention as set forth in claim 1, since it is easy to adjust the position of the joint portion between the adjacent waterproof pans, the number of working steps can be shortened.

According to the bathroom floor structure of the present invention as defined in claim 2, it is possible to further ensure the waterproofness of the joint portion, and
Since the joint is covered with a cover material, walking on the floor is not hindered, and the safety of the bathroom can be secured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view of a bathroom, (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of (a),
(C) is an enlarged sectional view of the fitting groove of (B).

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a joint portion of a waterproof pan.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a cover material and a cover receiver.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a method for joining waterproof pans.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a modified example of the bathroom.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,1A bathroom 2,3,4 waterproof pan 22 Upper plate piece 23 Hanging piece 32 Lower plate piece 33 hanging wall 34 Sloping wall 36 Mating groove 5 Cover material 7 Watertight material

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A floor structure of a bathroom in which joints of adjacent waterproof pans are joined together in a fitted state, wherein a hanging piece directed downward is provided at the joint of one of the waterproof pans, and another waterproof pan is joined. In the portion, there is formed a fitting groove formed of a hanging wall and a sloping wall rising from the lower end portion of the hanging wall toward the outside of the other waterproof pan while obliquely rising upward. Characteristic bathroom floor structure. 2. An upper plate piece, which is substantially parallel to the floor surface, is provided with a step at the joint of one of the waterproof pans so as to be lower than the floor surface, and the hanging piece is provided at the tip of the upper plate piece. Is provided,
At the joint of the other waterproof pan, a lower plate piece that is substantially horizontal to the floor surface is extended outward from the tip of the sloping wall, and a watertight material is interposed between the upper plate piece and the lower plate piece. The upper plate piece and the lower plate piece are vertically overlapped and watertightly joined to each other, and the upper plate piece is covered with a cover material so as to be substantially flush with the floor surface of the surrounding waterproof pan. The floor structure for a bathroom according to claim 1.