JP2006009390A - Corner block for connecting and supporting wall surface panel for bathroom unit, and connection structure of wall surface panel for bathroom unit utilizing the corner block - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a corner block for connecting and supporting a wall panel for a bathroom unit supporting the side ends of two types of wall surface panels at corners when the two types of wall surface panels made of a metal and a non-metal are connected to each other at the corners. <P>SOLUTION: This corner block 20 comprises rising corner wall parts 21 having a set of side surfaces 21a and 21b orthogonal to each other in the opposite direction of orthogonal erected walls Pa and Pb forming the corner parts of a floor pan P. A set of fixed leg parts 22a and 22b locked to the upper ends of the orthogonal erected walls Pa and Pb of the floor pan P are formed on the side surfaces 21a and 21b of he rise corner wall parts 21. A backup wall 24 having a set of side surfaces 24a and 24b extended from the side surfaces of the rising corner wall part 21 is formed on the upper side of the rising corner wall part 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a corner block for connection support when connecting wall surface panels for bathroom units with corners, and a wall surface panel connection structure for bathroom units using the same.

  The wall surface in the conventional bathroom unit is made up of the same type of wall panel, such as a wall panel made of metal as a base material or a wall panel made up of a cement board as a base material. Between the panels of the wall panels are fixed by a corner connecting member, and the lower ends of the adjacent wall panels in that case are supported by a corner block installed at a corner portion of the floor pan.

FIG. 6A shows the lower end of the wall surface of the corner as viewed from the indoor side of the bathroom unit, and the corner block shown in FIG. 6B is provided on the back side of the panel surrounded by the dotted line in the figure. It has been.
This corner block is for supporting and positioning wall panels each having a base material formed of a metal plate at the lower end of the corner, and has a symmetrical shape. The side surface of the wall panel is supported by the surface indicated by the oblique lines in the figure.

  On the other hand, when a wall panel formed of a non-metallic material such as a cement board is used for a bathroom unit, a corner block (not shown) having a shape different from the above is provided at the lower end of the corner. The lower end part of a panel and a connection member are supported.

The following patent document discloses a connection structure between wall panels of the same type and a connection member used for connection.
JP 2001-65084 A

  In the bathroom unit, it is common to attach the same type of wall panel to each wall as described above. However, in recent years, there is a demand for the wall surface in the bathroom unit to be a combination of the above two types. In order to meet this demand, two types of wall panels that are orthogonally adjacent may be corner-connected using a connecting member. However, in the conventional corner block described above, the shape for placing the wall panel is completely different. They do not match and of course cannot support the lower edge of the panel.

The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and its purpose is to connect two types of wall surface panels at the corners when connecting two types of metal and non-metal wall panels at the corners. An object of the present invention is to provide a corner block for connecting and supporting a wall panel for a bathroom unit.
Further, a caulking agent is applied between the connected panels for waterproofing, but it is also included in the main object of the present invention to provide a corner block with a backup function for coking.

In order to achieve the above object, a corner block for connecting and supporting a wall surface panel for a bathroom unit according to claim 1 comprises: a lower end of a first wall surface panel connected to each other by a connecting member; It is used for supporting the lower end of the second wall panel thinner than the panel at the corner portion of the floor pan of the bathroom unit, and has the following structure.
That is, the corner block forms a rising corner wall portion having a pair of side surfaces orthogonal to the orthogonal standing wall forming the corner portion of the floor pan, and each side surface of the rising corner wall portion. Has a pair of fixed legs that are locked to the upper end of the vertical standing wall of the floor pan, and extends from each side of the rising corner wall above the rising corner wall via a step. A backup wall having a set of side surfaces is formed.

In Claim 2, in Claim 1, it is the structure which assembled | attached the back frame to the cement wall material used as a base material for the 1st wall surface panel, and a 2nd wall surface panel is the both ends of the metal plate used as a base material. It is a structure in which a connecting rib is formed.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, a notch step portion for placing a back frame and a connecting rib is further formed on the upper portion of the set of fixed leg portions.

  The wall surface panel connection structure of the bathroom unit according to claim 4 is thinner than the first wall surface panel in which the base material is formed of a non-metallic material such as a cement plate and the base material is formed of a metal plate. Side ends of the second wall surface panel are connected to each other by a connecting member, and the lower end of the first wall surface panel and the lower end of the second wall surface panel are connected by the connecting member. The corner block described in any one of 1 to 3 is supported at the corner portion of the floor pan.

According to the corner block for wall panel connection support for bathroom unit according to claim 1, since the rising corner wall portion having a pair of side surfaces is provided, the side ends are connected to each other by a connecting member. Two types of wall panels with different materials can be supported at the corner, and positioning can be performed easily. Further, the rising corner wall portion can also serve as a backup surface for the caulking agent.
In addition, since the backup wall having a set of side surfaces is formed, the overlap between the backup wall and the connecting member can improve the waterproof effect, and the caulking agent can be stopped by the backup wall. Can be reliably waterproofed with a caulking agent.
Furthermore, since one set of fixed leg portions is provided, it can be easily installed on the orthogonal standing wall of the floor pan corner portion.
Further, since the backup wall is formed above the rising corner wall portion via the stepped portion, the connecting member can be placed and stabilization can be achieved.

  In claim 2, the first wall panel is a structure in which a back frame is assembled to a cement wall material serving as a base material, and connecting ribs are formed at both ends of a metal plate serving as a base material. Since they are structural bodies, both have excellent strength, and when they are connected to each other and supported by a corner block, certain stability and strength can be maintained.

  According to the third aspect, since the notch step portion for placing the back frame of the first wall surface panel and the connecting rib of the second wall surface panel is formed, the standing of the wall surface panel can be stabilized.

  Since the wall surface panel connection structure of the bathroom unit according to the fourth aspect has a structure in which the wall panel is supported by the corner block according to any one of the first to third aspects, the same effect as described above can be expected.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the 1st wall surface panel demonstrated below has a base material formed with non-metallic materials, such as a cement board, and a 2nd wall surface panel is a base material formed with the metal plate. .

  FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a unit bathroom. In this example, one of the four wall surfaces is formed by the first wall surface panel W1, and the other three surfaces are formed by the second wall surface panel W2. That is, in the figures, in corners A and B, different types of first and second wall surface panels W1 and W2 need to be interconnected.

Here, a representative one of the first wall panels W1 uses a special cement plate as a base material, a base coat layer and a top coat layer are formed on the surface, a back coat layer is formed on the back surface, and a back coat layer is formed. From the back, a structure in which a hollow back frame made of aluminum or the like is attached by welding or adhesion is used for reinforcement and connection, but is not limited thereto.
In addition, the second wall surface panel W2 is formed by using a metal plate such as an aluminum zinc steel plate as a base material, forming a base layer, a surface layer such as PET resin on the surface, and forming a back layer on the back surface. Although the thing which comprises the structure which bent | folded and formed the connection rib is employ | adopted, it is not limited to it.
The first wall surface panel W1 and the second wall surface panel W2 have the structural differences as described above, but due to their structural features, the second wall surface panel W2 is more than the first wall surface panel W1. Generally, it is formed to be thin.

  Below, this corner part connection structure and the corner block for wall surface panel connection support for bathroom units (henceforth a corner block) are demonstrated. In addition, since the corners C and D are connected by the same type of conventional connection method, the description is omitted.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a connecting structure of the first and second wall panels W1 and W2 at the corner A of FIG. (A) has shown the state before connection, (b) has shown the state after connection.

The first wall surface panel W1 includes a panel main body 1a having a base material as a cement board, and a hollow back frame 1b that is attached to the back surface of the panel main body 1a and that runs vertically and horizontally (only the upper and lower sides are shown in the figure). Composed.
On the other hand, the second wall surface panel W2 is integrally formed with a panel main body 2a whose base material is made of metal, and a hook-shaped connecting rib 2b is formed at the end. The connecting rib 2b is formed by bending the end of the panel body 2a.

The connecting member 10 has a structure in which a connecting surrounding wall 12 is extended from the back frame mounting piece 11, and has a lamellar cross-sectional shape when viewed from above as shown in the figure.
In such a connecting member 10, an inner assembled metal fitting 30 in which a plurality of long holes (not shown) are provided in the vertical direction at predetermined intervals is inserted into the hollow back frame 1b attached to the side end of the first wall panel W1. Then, the back frame mounting piece 11 in which the saddle hole 13 corresponding to the long hole is formed is applied to the side surface of the hollow back frame 1b, and a fixing screw is screwed into the long hole of the inner assembly 30 from the saddle hole 13; The inner metal fitting 30 is driven and buried in the back frame 1b.

Thus, after attaching the back frame attachment piece 11 to the back frame 1b of the first wall surface panel W1, the connection rib 2b formed at the side end of the second wall surface panel W2 is enclosed by the connection surrounding wall 12. In this state, the second wall surface panel is fixed by screwing screws into the connecting rib 2b from the connecting wall side (see FIGS. 3A and 3B).
By using the connecting member 10 having such a shape, the side ends of both wall panels W1, W2 can be connected to each other. Further, when the both wall panels W1 and W2 are connected to each other by the connecting structure (back frame 1b and connecting rib 2b) and supported by a corner block 20 described later, a certain degree of stability and strength are maintained. can do.

  In FIG. 4, the figure which looked at the lower part of the wall surface panel of the bathroom unit connected by the corner in this way from the indoor side is shown. In the figure, a corner block 20 to be described later is disposed on the back surface of the corner lower end portion indicated by the dotted line to support the corner lower ends of both wall panels W1, W2. Moreover, the code | symbol P in a figure has shown the floor pan, Pa, Pb has shown the standing wall, and this standing wall Pa, Pb is orthogonally crossed in the back surface of a corner lower end part.

Next, the corner block will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing an appearance of the corner block 20, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing a construction state of the corner block 20 with respect to a floor pan.

The corner block 20 forms a rising corner wall portion 21 having a pair of side surfaces 21a and 21b orthogonal to the orthogonal upright walls Pa and Pb that form the corner portion of the floor pan P. The corner wall side surfaces 21a and 21b are provided with a set of fixed leg portions 22a and 22b of a clip structure for fixing the corner block body 20 by clamping the upper ends of the orthogonal standing walls Pa and Pb of the floor pan P. Yes.
Furthermore, on each side surface 21a, 21b of the rising corner wall portion 21, a step portion 23 for placing the lower end of the connecting member 10 that interconnects both wall surface panels W1, W2 is formed. The second wall panels W1, W2 can be firmly fixed to the corner portion. The step portion 23 may be for eliminating interference with the lower end of the connecting member 10.
Further, a backup wall 24 is formed by a corner portion formed by a pair of orthogonal side surfaces 24a and 24b rising from the connecting member placement step portion 23, and is applied to the corner portion of the first and second wall panels. By receiving the caulking agent to be used, the coking process is made more reliable.
In addition, the code | symbol Fa and Fb of FIG.1 (b) is a packing for mounting the main body of the 1st, 2nd wall surface panels W1 and W2 directly, and prevents damage to a panel and ensures airtightness. Is.

Further, on the upper part of each of the pair of fixed legs 22a and 22b, the back frame 1b that runs vertically and laterally on the back surface of the first wall panel W1, and the vertical surface that runs on the back surface of the second wall panel W2 Notch step portions 25a and 25b for mounting the connecting rib 2b are further formed.
In this embodiment, the notch step portion 25a for the thick first wall surface panel is formed on the rear side of the corner block and receives the lower edge portion of the back frame 1b running in the lateral direction on the back surface of the wall surface panel W1. However, the notch step portion 25b for the thin second wall surface panel is formed on the front side of the corner block and has a structure for receiving the lower end of the connecting rib 2b running in the vertical direction on the back surface of the wall surface panel W2. ing.
As described above, when the back frame 1b and the connecting rib 2b are placed on the notch steps 25a and 25b, the standing of both the panels W1 and W2 is stabilized. The notch steps 25a and 25b may be formed not to place the back frame 1b and the connecting rib 2b but to eliminate interference.
FIGS. 1C and 1D are sectional views of the first and second wall surface panels W1 and W2 mounted on the corner block 20 as viewed from the a and b directions.

  As described above, since the first and second wall surface panels W1 and W2 are supported by the rising angle wall portion 21 of the corner block 20, the first and second wall surface panels W1 and W2 can be easily positioned. it can. The rising corner wall portion 21, particularly the corner portion thereof, forms a backup surface for the caulking agent. In addition, the connecting member 10 can be placed on the step portion 23, and the connecting member 10 can be supported by the backup wall 24 rising from the step portion 23, and the backup wall 24 and the connecting member 10 are overlapped so as to be waterproof. While improving an effect, a caulking agent can be stopped with the backup wall 24 and it can waterproof reliably with a caulking agent.

  5A and 5B individually show how to attach the first and second wall surface panels W1 and W2. Wall hanging hangers H are provided at the left and right lower portions of the back surfaces of the respective panels. The wall hanging hangers are used to hold the orthogonal upright walls Pa and Pb of the floor pan P, and the side surfaces 21a of the rising corner wall portion 21 of the corner block 20 are provided. Wall panels W1 and W2 are positioned at 21b.

(A) is the perspective view which showed the external appearance of the corner block of this invention, (b) is the figure which shows the mounting state with respect to the floor pan of the corner block 20, (c) is the attachment sectional drawing of the 1st wall surface panel, d) is a sectional view of the second wall panel. It is the top view which showed an example of the unit bathroom. It is the schematic which shows the connection structure of the 1st, 2nd wall surface panel, (a) is before connection, (b) has shown the state after connection. It is the figure which showed the lower end part to which the 1st, 2nd wall surface panel was corner-connected. (A), (b) is the figure which showed the attachment method of the 1st, 2nd wall surface panel separately. (A) is the figure which showed the lower end part connected by the corner, (b) is an external view of the conventional corner block.

Explanation of symbols

W1 1st wall surface panel 1a 1st wall surface panel main body 1b back frame W2 2nd wall surface panel 2a 2nd wall surface panel main body 2b Connecting rib 10 Connecting member 11 Back frame mounting piece 12 Connecting wall 13 Darling hole 30 Inside Assembled bracket 20 Corner block 21, 21a, 21b A set of rising corner wall portions 22a, 22b A set of fixed leg portions 23 A connecting member mounting step portion 24, 24a, 24b A set of backup walls 25a, 25b Notched step portion P Floor pan Pa, Pb Floor pan orthogonal standing wall

Claims (4)

In order to support the lower end of the first wall panel and the lower end of the second wall panel thinner than the first wall panel, the side ends of which are connected to each other by the connecting member, at the corner of the floor pan of the bathroom unit A corner block used for
The corner block forms a rising corner wall portion having a pair of side surfaces orthogonal to the orthogonal standing wall forming the corner portion of the floor pan, and each side surface of the rising corner wall portion. And a pair of fixed leg portions that are locked to the upper ends of the orthogonal standing walls of the floor pan, and each of the rising corner wall portions is provided above the rising corner wall portion via a stepped portion. A corner block for connecting and supporting a wall panel for a bathroom unit, wherein a backup wall having a pair of side surfaces extending from the side surface is formed. In claim 1,
The first wall surface panel is a structure in which a back frame is assembled to a cement wall material to be a base material, and the second wall surface panel is a structure in which connecting ribs are formed at both ends of a metal plate to be a base material. A corner block for connecting and supporting wall panels for bathroom units. In claim 2,
A corner block for connecting and supporting a wall surface panel for a bathroom unit, wherein an upper portion of the set of fixed leg portions further forms a notch for placing the back frame and the connecting rib.   The side walls of the first wall surface panel formed of a non-metallic material such as a cement plate and the second wall surface panel formed of a metal plate and thinner than the first wall surface panel are connected members. The corner block according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lower end of the first wall surface panel and the lower end of the second wall surface panel are connected to each other and connected by the connecting member. The wall unit panel connection structure of the bathroom unit is supported at the corner of the floor pan.

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