JP2007202956A - Wash-basin cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wash-basin cabinet where a visual field for visually recognizing washing hands and fingers is not blocked when a user washes the hands. <P>SOLUTION: The wash-basin cabinet (1) having a wash-basin body, which is at least partially embedded in a wall surface (W) for arrangement, includes: a cabinet body (2) at least partially embedded in the wall surface; an embedded plate (4) composed of a parallel surface part, which is arranged deeper than the wall surface and extended substantially in parallel with the wall surface, and side surface parts, which are extended from both side end parts of the parallel surface part to the wall surface and directed substantially perpendicular to the wall surface, and arranged so as to be at least partially positioned at the upper part of the cabinet body; and a wash-basin body (6) which is placed on the top plate of the cabinet body so as to allow the front surface of the upper end part to be positioned deeper than the wall surface and which is fixed to the cabinet body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hand-washer cabinet, and more particularly to a hand-washer cabinet provided with a hand-washer body at least partially embedded in a wall surface to be installed.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-221172 describes a hand-washing machine in which a part thereof is embedded in a wall surface. As shown in FIG. 7, such a conventional embedded type hand-washing machine hits the edge 102 around the hand-washing machine 100 against the edge of the hollowed wall W or the cabinet embedded in the hollowed wall W. Positioned and fixed in contact.

  On the other hand, an embedded hand-washer cabinet in which a hand-washer and a cabinet are integrally formed of resin or the like is also known. These embedded hand-washing machines have a small space factor from the wall surface to be embedded, and thus have excellent space factor, and are suitable for installation in a narrow toilet room or the like.

JP-A-11-221172

  However, in these conventional embedded washbasins, as shown in FIG. 7, the edge 102 at the upper end of the washbasin abutted against the wall W blocks the view when inserting a hand into the handwash to wash the hand. There is a problem that it is difficult to see the fingers being washed. Such a problem can be solved by positioning the upper edge of the hand-washer upward as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 7 so as not to obstruct the user's view. However, if the handwasher is configured in this way, the vertical dimension of the handwasher becomes large, and if the handwasher is made of earthenware, its weight becomes too large to attach the wall to the wall. Problem arises. Such a problem can be avoided by constructing the handwasher with a light material, but in such a case, the problem arises that the material of the handwasher is limited to resin or the like.

  Moreover, in the conventional embedded type hand-washing machine, as shown in FIG. 7, when the user tries to wash his hands in a natural posture, there is a problem that the head part interferes with the wall surface W above the hand-washing machine. . For this reason, in the conventional embedded type hand-washing machine, there is a problem that the user is forced to wash his hands in an unnatural posture.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a handwashing cabinet that does not obstruct the field of view for visually recognizing the finger being washed when the user washes his / her hand.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a hand-washer cabinet that allows a user to wash their hands in a natural posture.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a hand-washer cabinet including a hand-washer main body at least partially embedded in a wall to be installed, and a cabinet main body at least partially embedded in the wall; A parallel surface portion extending substantially parallel to the wall surface, and a side surface portion extending from the end portions on both sides of the parallel surface portion to the wall surface and directed substantially perpendicular to the wall surface, at least partially Is placed on the top plate of the cabinet body and fixed to the cabinet body so that the embedded plate is positioned above the cabinet body and the front of the upper end is located behind the wall surface. And a handwasher main body.

  In the present invention configured as described above, at least a part of the cabinet body is embedded in the wall surface, and an embedded plate is disposed above the cabinet body. The handwasher body is placed on the cabinet body and fixed to the cabinet body. The handwasher body is positioned so that the front surface of the upper end portion is located behind the wall surface.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, since the front surface of the upper end portion of the hand-washer body is positioned so as to be located behind the wall surface, when the user washes his / her hand, the user Fingers can be visually recognized without being blocked.

In the present invention, preferably, the handwasher body is fixed only by a fixing means for coupling the top plate of the cabinet body and the bottom surface of the handwasher body.
According to the present invention configured as described above, since it is not necessary to fix the basin body at the upper end portion thereof, the upper end portion of the basin body can be reduced in size, and the front surface of the upper end portion of the basin body can be reduced. Can be easily positioned behind the wall surface.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the handwasher main body abuts the top plate of the cabinet main body only in a region in front of the abutting boundary axis extending substantially parallel to the wall surface, and the fixing means abuts. It arrange | positions in the area | region ahead of a boundary axis line, and the area | region behind a contact boundary axis line, and is fixing by attracting the bottom face of a basin body to the top plate of a cabinet body.

In the present invention configured as described above, the hand-washing device is mainly centered on the contact boundary axis by attracting the hand-washing device main body to the top plate of the cabinet body by the fixing means arranged in the region behind the contact boundary axis. A force for rotating the main body is generated to position the handwasher main body.
According to the present invention configured as described above, the hand-washer body can be easily positioned only by the fixing means disposed on the bottom surface thereof.

  In the present invention, preferably, the handwasher body includes an embedded portion embedded in the wall surface, and a protruding portion that is formed continuously with the embedded portion, is wider than the embedded portion, and protrudes forward of the wall surface. The fixing means is a fastening bolt, and by tightening the fastening bolt arranged in a region behind the abutting boundary axis, a force for rotating the basin body backward about the abutting boundary axis is generated. The handwasher body is positioned by pressing the abutment surface of the protrusion in the direction of the wall surface.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, by tightening the fastening bolt, a force for rotating the handwasher main body backward about the contact boundary axis is generated, and the contact surface of the protruding portion is Since it presses in a direction, the hand-washer main body can be positioned easily.

In the present invention, the embedding plate preferably extends to a height of 180 cm or more from the floor surface.
According to the present invention configured as described above, since the embedded plate extends to a sufficient height from the floor surface, the wall surface in which the handwasher is embedded does not interfere with the user, and the user is natural. You can wash your hands with posture.

According to the hand-washer cabinet of the present invention, when the user washes his / her hand, the field of view for visually recognizing the finger being washed is not obstructed.
Moreover, according to the hand-washer cabinet of this invention, the user can wash a hand with a natural attitude | position.

Next, a hand-washing cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a handwashing cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line V-V in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, a hand-washer cabinet 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cabinet body 2 partially embedded in a wall surface W and a buried wall mounted on the wall surface W above the cabinet body 2. And a washbasin body 6 mounted on the cabinet body 2 and fixed to the cabinet body 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the cabinet body 2 includes a cabinet body front half 2 a exposed in front of the wall surface W and a cabinet body rear half 2 b embedded in the wall surface W. The cabinet body front half 2a and the cabinet body rear half 2b are formed continuously, and the width of the cabinet body front half 2a is larger than the width of the cabinet body rear half 2b. The width of the rear half 2b of the cabinet body is formed to be slightly smaller than the interval between the two reinforcing trees C attached to the back side of the wall surface W. The latter half 2b of the cabinet main body is between these reinforcing trees C. Inserted.

  The cabinet body 2 is positioned by bringing the rear end 2c of the cabinet body front half 2a into contact with the wall surface W. Further, the cabinet body 2 is attached to the wall surface W by fixing the side surface of the rear half portion 2b of the cabinet body and the reinforcing wood C with the wood screws 8 in a state where the rear end portion 2c is in contact with the wall surface W. Further, the front surface of the cabinet body 2 is configured to be opened and closed with a hinge (not shown) so that the space inside the cabinet body 2 can be used as a storage space.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the cabinet body 2 includes a top plate 2d for placing the handwasher body 6 and a back plate 2e having a U-shaped cross section extending upward from the top plate 2d. Have. The back plate 2e extends to the same height as the upper end of the handwasher body 6 so as to surround the embedded portion of the handwasher body 6 placed on the top plate 2d (FIG. 4).

  As shown in FIG. 5, the embedded plate 4 has a parallel surface portion 4 a extending substantially parallel to the wall surface W at the back of the wall surface W, and extending from both ends of the parallel surface portion 4 a to the wall surface W. It has a side surface portion 4b oriented substantially at right angles to the side surface, and an edge portion 4c formed by bending the tip of the side surface portion 4b outward. Accordingly, the embedded plate 4 has a generally U-shaped cross section. Further, the embedded plate 4 is disposed so as to extend upward from the upper end of the back plate 2 e of the cabinet body 2. In the present embodiment, the embedded plate 4 is disposed so as to extend from the floor surface F to a height of about 190 cm, and the parallel surface portion 4a is located about 8 cm behind the wall surface W. Preferably, the parallel surface portion is configured to be located about 5 to 8 cm behind the wall surface W.

  Further, the embedded plate 4 is positioned with respect to the wall surface W by the back side of the edge portion 4 c being brought into contact with the surface of the wall surface W. The embedded plate 4 is attached to the wall surface W by fixing the side surface portion 4b and the reinforcing wood C with the wood screw 8 in a state where the edge portion 4c is in contact with the wall surface W. Further, a mirror 10 is attached to the parallel surface portion 4 a of the embedded plate 4.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the hand-washer main body 6 includes an embedded portion 6a embedded in the wall surface W and a protruding portion 6b that is formed continuously with the embedded portion 6a and is wider than the embedded portion 6a. The hand-washer main body 6 is disposed such that the embedded portion 6a is inserted into the back plate 2e having a U-shaped cross section and the protruding portion 6b protrudes in front of the wall surface W. The handwasher body 6 is positioned by pressing the contact surface 6c, which is the rear end surface of the protruding portion 6b, in the direction of the wall surface W. Furthermore, on the inner side of the hand-washer main body 6, a front part extending in a substantially vertical direction in parallel with the wall surface W, and a bowl part configured to bend forward continuously from the front part and receiving discharged tap water Is formed. In addition, in this embodiment, the hand-washing machine main body 6 is a product made from earthenware.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the handwasher body 6 is placed on the top plate 2d of the cabinet body 2, and the top plate 2d of the cabinet body 2 and the bottom surface 6g of the handwasher body 6 are fastening bolts. It is fixed by being connected by. Details of the attachment of the hand-washer body 6 will be described later. The upper part of the handwasher body 6 is provided with a function part 6d. The function part 6d includes a sensor for detecting that a user has put a finger into the handwasher body 6, and a sensor of this sensor. An on-off valve that can be switched between a water discharge state and a water stop state based on the detection signal and a controller that operates these valves are built in (not shown above). Further, a spout 6e is formed on the lower surface of the functional part 6d.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the front surface of the functional unit 6 d at the upper end of the hand-washer body 6 is configured to be located behind the wall surface W. In this embodiment, the hand-washing machine main body 6 is arrange | positioned so that the overflow edge 6f may be located in the height of about 80 cm from the floor surface F. FIG. In the present embodiment, the upper end portion of the hand-washer body 6 is located at a height of about 105 cm from the floor surface F, and the front surface of the functional unit 6 d is located about 4 cm behind the wall surface W. Preferably, the height of the overflow edge of the handwasher body is about 75 to 85 cm from the floor F, and the upper end of the handwasher body located at a height of about 95 to 115 cm about 20 to 30 cm above the overflow edge. The part is positioned about 4 to 8 cm behind the wall surface W.

  As a result, a straight line that intersects the floor surface F, which is the line of sight when an adult male of average height looks into the innermost part P of the handwasher body 6 with a natural posture, is It will not be blocked by the upper end of the body. That is, by configuring the hand-washer cabinet in this way, an adult male of average height can visually recognize his / her finger without blocking his line of sight when washing his hands in a natural posture.

Next, with reference to FIG. 6, the attachment structure of the hand-washer main body 6 is demonstrated. FIG. 6 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view of the attachment part of the hand-washer body 6.
As shown in FIG. 6, the top plate 2d of the cabinet body 2 is formed such that its front side is high and its rear side is low. For this reason, the bottom surface 6g of the hand-washer main body 6 and the top plate 2d of the cabinet main body 2 are in contact with each other only in the region on the front side where the top plate 2d is formed high. That is, the bottom surface 6g and the top plate 2d are in contact with each other in a region in front of the contact boundary axis 12 which is a boundary line between the region where the bottom surface 6g of the basin body 6 and the top plate 2d of the cabinet body 2 are in contact with each other. In the region behind the abutment boundary axis 12, the bottom surface 6g and the top plate 2d do not abut. In the present embodiment, the contact boundary axis 12 extends substantially parallel to the wall surface W and substantially in the horizontal direction, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG.

  Further, two fastening bolts 14 which are fixing means for fixing the hand-washer body 6 to the cabinet body 2 are provided in each of a region in front of the contact boundary axis 12 and a region in the rear of the contact boundary axis 12. They are arranged (in FIG. 6, one by one is shown). Each fastening bolt 14 is screwed into a female screw hole formed in the bottom surface 6g of the handwasher body 6, and acts to attract the handwasher body 6 to the top plate 2d. By tightening the fastening bolt 14 in the region behind the abutting boundary axis 12, the upper part of the handwasher body 6 receives a force that is rotated backward about the abutting boundary axis 12. By this force, the upper part of the contact surface 6c of the protrusion 6b of the hand-washer body 6 is pressed in the direction of the wall surface W, and the hand-washer body 6 is positioned. In this way, by adjusting the tightening force of the fastening bolts 14 in the front and rear regions of the contact boundary axis 12, the positioning error, dimensional error, etc. of the cabinet body 2, the handwasher body 6 and the like are absorbed. Thus, the handwasher body 6 can be positioned reliably.

  According to the handwasher cabinet of the embodiment of the present invention, since the front surface of the upper end portion of the handwasher body is positioned deeper than the wall surface, when the user washes his / her hand, The fingers can be visually recognized without being blocked.

  Further, according to the handwasher cabinet of the present embodiment, the handwasher body is fixed only by the fastening bolts that join the top plate of the cabinet body and the bottom surface of the handwasher body, so the upper end of the handwasher body Therefore, the front end of the upper part of the hand-washer body can be easily positioned behind the wall surface.

  Furthermore, according to the handwasher cabinet of the present embodiment, the bottom surface of the handwasher body is in contact with the top plate of the cabinet body only in the region in front of the contact boundary axis, and the fastening is arranged before and after the contact boundary axis. The handwasher body is fixed to the cabinet body by tightening the bolt, so that the abutment surface of the protrusion of the handwasher body is pressed toward the wall surface, and the handwasher body can be easily positioned.

  Further, according to the handwasher cabinet of this embodiment, since the embedded plate extends from the floor surface to a height of 190 cm, the wall surface in which the handwasher is embedded does not interfere with the user, and the user is natural. You can wash your hands with posture.

  As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, a various change can be added to embodiment mentioned above. In particular, in the above-described embodiment, the hand-washer body is made of ceramics, but the hand-washer body can be made of resin.

  In the above-described embodiment, the back plate extends above the cabinet body, and the embedded plate is disposed above the cabinet. However, the embedded plate may be configured to extend to the rear part of the handwasher body. it can.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the abutment surface of the protruding portion of the handwasher body is brought into contact by tightening the fastening bolt behind the contact boundary axis. It can also comprise so that a back surface may be contact | abutted to the back board of a cabinet main body.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the rear part of the top panel of the cabinet body is formed low so that only the front part of the top panel comes into contact with the bottom surface of the basin body. It is also possible to configure so that only the front portion of the top plate abuts the bottom surface of the handwasher body by making the plate a flat surface and scraping the rear part of the bottom surface of the handwasher body.

1 is a side cross-sectional view of a handwashing cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the hand-washing machine cabinet by embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing in the III-III line of FIG. It is sectional drawing in the IV-IV line of FIG. It is sectional drawing in the VV line of FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing which expands and shows the attachment part of a hand-washer main body. It is side surface sectional drawing of the conventional embedded type hand-washing machine.

Explanation of symbols

C Reinforcement tree F Floor surface P Deepest part of basin body W Wall surface 1 Hand basin cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention 2 Cabinet body 2a Cabinet body front half 2b Cabinet body rear half 2c Rear end 2d Top plate 2e Back plate 4 Embedded plate 4a Parallel surface portion 4b Side surface portion 4c Edge portion 6 Wash basin body 6a Embedded portion 6b Protruding portion 6c Abutting surface 6d Functional portion 6e Spout 6f Overflow edge 6g Bottom surface 8 Wood screw 10 Mirror 12 Contact boundary axis 14 Fastening bolt 100 Conventional embedded washbasin 102 Edge

Claims (5)

A hand-washer cabinet having a hand-washer body at least partially embedded in a wall to be installed;
A cabinet body at least partially embedded in the wall surface;
Behind the wall surface, a parallel surface portion extending substantially parallel to the wall surface, and a side surface portion extending from both ends of the parallel surface portion to the wall surface and directed substantially perpendicular to the wall surface, An embedding plate arranged so that at least a part is located above the cabinet body;
A basin body that is placed on the top plate of the cabinet body and fixed to the cabinet body so that the front surface of the upper end portion is located behind the wall surface,
A hand-washer cabinet characterized by comprising:   The hand-washing machine cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the hand-washing machine body is fixed only by a fixing means for joining the top plate of the cabinet body and the bottom surface of the hand-washing machine body.   The handwasher main body is in contact with the top plate of the cabinet main body only in a region in front of a contact boundary axis extending substantially parallel to the wall surface, and the fixing means is configured to have the contact boundary axis. The hand-washer cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the hand-washer cabinet is disposed in a region further forward than the contact boundary axis and is fixed by attracting a bottom surface of the hand-washer body to the top plate of the cabinet body.   The handwasher body includes: an embedded portion embedded in the wall surface; and a protruding portion that is formed continuously with the embedded portion and that is wider than the embedded portion and protrudes forward of the wall surface. The means is a fastening bolt, and generates a force for rotating the basin body about the abutting boundary axis by tightening the fastening bolt arranged in a region behind the abutting boundary axis. The hand-washing machine cabinet according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the hand-washing machine main body is positioned by pressing the contact surface of the protruding part toward the wall surface.   The hand-washing machine cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the embedded plate extends from the floor to a height of 180 cm or more.

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