JP2008110116A - Wash basin unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wash basin unit which prevents a towel from touching a wash basin and getting wet or stained when the towel is hung on a towel hanger, prevents the towel from getting stained by water sprung up from the wash basin when a user uses the towel hanger, prevents a user from hitting the wash basin unit when the user enters a restroom, and prevents feet from hitting the wash basin unit when the user sits on a toilet seat further. <P>SOLUTION: The wash basin unit 1 with a wash basin body at least partially embedded in a wall surface W for installation includes: a first wall surface part 4a which is extended roughly in parallel with the wall surface W at the back of the wall surface W, and to which a mirror 10 and the towel hanger 3 are attached; side face parts 4b which are extended from ends on both sides of the first wall surface part 4a to the wall surface W and made roughly perpendicular to the wall surface W; and second wall surface parts 4c which are formed by bending the ends of the side face parts 4b outward. The second wall surface parts are made to project forward from the front surface of the towel hanger 3 and formed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

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

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-205020 discloses a hand-washer unit in which a towel rack is installed under a mirror at the upper part of the hand-washer. As shown in FIG. 7, the position of the mirror and the towel rack is set at the lower part of the mirror.
JP 2005-205020 A JP 2001-26962 A

However, in these conventional handwashing unit, as shown in FIG. 7, when the towel is hung on the towel rack, the towel may come into contact with the handwashing machine and the towel may be wetted or soiled. In addition, the towel may be soiled with water splashed from the handwasher during use. Furthermore, when the user is washing hands, the towel may hit the head and stain the towel. Moreover, in the conventional hand-washing machine unit which is not embedded in the wall surface as shown in FIG. 8, since a place is taken in a narrow toilet room, when a user enters a toilet room, he sometimes hits the hand-washing machine unit. Furthermore, when the user sat down on the toilet seat, there was a problem that the hand hit the handwashing unit.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when a user uses a towel rack, the towel touches the hand-washer and does not wet or soil the towel. Furthermore, the towel does not get dirty due to water splashed from the handwasher during use of the handwasher, and the towel does not collide with the head. It is another object of the present invention to provide a handwashing unit that does not hit the handwashing unit when the user enters the toilet room or hits the handwashing unit when the user sits on the toilet seat.

In the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a hand-washing machine, a first wall surface portion behind the hand-washing machine,
A mirror installed on the upper surface of the first wall surface, a second wall surface disposed in front of the mirror in parallel with the first wall surface, and extending from both ends of the first wall surface; A side wall portion that is disposed perpendicularly to the first wall surface portion and the second wall surface portion and connects the first wall surface portion and the second wall surface portion; and a towel rack installed on the upper surface of the mirror. The hand wash basin unit is characterized in that the second wall surface portion protrudes forward from the front surface of the towel rack.

According to the handwashing unit of the present invention, when the user uses the towel rack, the towel comes into contact with the handwashing machine and does not wet or soil the towel. Furthermore, the towel does not get dirty due to water splashed from the handwasher during use of the handwasher, and the towel does not collide with the head. Furthermore, when the user enters the toilet room, the handwasher unit is not hit, and when the user sits on the toilet seat, the handwasher unit does not hit the foot.

Next, a handwashing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a top view of a toilet room according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a handwashing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 100-100 in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 200-200 in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 5, the toilet bowl unit main body 1 exists in the toilet room in which the toilet bowl B is installed. The toilet room includes a toilet room installed in a house and a toilet room used by the public such as a school and an office building. However, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the toilet room is not limited to a place where the toilet room is installed. At the time of construction, a part of the wall surface W forming the wall surface W of the toilet room is removed, and the handwasher unit main body 1 is embedded in the removed portion of the wall surface W. As shown in FIG. 1, since the hand-washer unit main body 1 is embedded in the wall surface W of the toilet room, a narrow toilet room space can be widely used as compared with the conventional toilet room shown in FIG. Thus, when the user enters the toilet room, the user does not hit the handwashing unit, or when the user sits on the toilet seat, the user does not hit the handwashing unit.

As shown in FIG. 2, the handwasher unit main body 1 includes a handwasher main body 6 fixed to the handwasher unit main body 1, a mirror 10 fixed on the embedded first wall surface portion, and a towel rack 3. Furthermore, the handwasher unit main body 1 has a top plate 2d for placing the handwasher main body 6 and a back plate 2e extending upward from the top plate 2d. The back plate 2 e extends to the same height as the upper end of the handwasher body 6. As shown in FIG. 4, the cross section of the hand-washer body 6 has a back plate 2 e extending substantially parallel to the wall surface W, extending from both ends of the back plate 2 e to the wall surface W, and substantially perpendicular to the wall surface W. The back plate side surface portion 2b that is directed and the back plate parallel portion 2a that is formed by bending the tip of the back plate side surface portion 2b outward and formed in parallel with the back plate 2e. Accordingly, the back plate parallel portion 2a, the back plate side surface portion 2b, and the back plate 2e have a substantially U-shaped cross section.

As shown in FIG. 5, the embedded plate 4 extends from the wall surface W to the wall surface W from a first wall surface portion 4 a extending substantially parallel to the wall surface W and from both ends of the first wall surface portion 4 a. The side wall 4b is oriented substantially at right angles to the wall W, and the second wall 4c is formed by bending the tip of the side 4b outward. Accordingly, the embedded plate 4 has a substantially U-shaped cross section. Moreover, the embedding plate 4 is arrange | positioned so that it may extend upwards from the upper end of the backplate 2e of the basin unit main body 1. FIG. (Fig. 6)

Further, the embedded plate 4 is positioned with respect to the wall surface W by the back side of the second wall surface 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 second wall surface portion 4c is in contact with the wall surface W. Further, a mirror 10 and a towel rack 3 are attached to the first wall surface portion 4 a of the embedded plate 4. Since the position of the front surface of the towel rack 3 is a position embedded from the second wall surface portion 4c, a step is generated between the towel rail 3 and the second wall surface portion 4c.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the distance from the first wall surface portion 4a to the second wall surface portion 4c is X and the distance from the first wall surface portion 4a to the towel rack tip is Y, the optimum position of the towel rack 3 is Y <X is preferable. With such a configuration, the user does not collide with the towel while hand washing and the towel is not soiled. Further, it is desirable that the towel rack 3 is installed on the mirror 10 above the longitudinal center of the mirror 10. With such a configuration, the towel touches the hand basin and does not wet or soil the towel. Furthermore, towels are not soiled by water splashed from the handwasher during use.

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 substantially 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. Further, on the inner side of the handwasher body 6, a front part extending in a substantially vertical direction parallel to 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.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6, the hand-washer main body 6 is mounted on the top plate 2d of the hand-washer unit main body 1, and the top plate 2d of the hand-washer unit main body 1 and the bottom surface 6g of the hand-washer main body 6 are provided. Are fixed by being connected by a fastening bolt 14. 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. When the user holds his / her hand over the hand-washer, water is automatically discharged, and when the user pulls his / her hand, the water stops. A hand-washing machine using this sensor can wash hands without touching a part such as a faucet after use.

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 handwasher body and the embedded plate is disposed. However, the back plate can be configured to extend to the first wall surface portion at the rear of the mirror. .

According to the best embodiment described in detail so far, since the towel rack is located away from the handwasher, the towel touches the handwasher and does not wet or soil the towel. Furthermore, the user does not stain the towel with water splashed from the handwasher during use of the handwasher. Furthermore, since the towel rack is embedded in the wall surface, the towel does not collide with the head and the towel is not soiled. Furthermore, when the user enters the toilet room, the handwasher unit is not hit, and when the user sits on the toilet seat, the handwasher unit does not hit the foot.

It is a top view of a toilet room according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is side surface sectional drawing of the hand-washing machine unit by embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the hand-washing machine unit by embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing in the 100-100 line of FIG. It is sectional drawing in the 200-200 line | wire of FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing which expands and shows the attachment part of a hand-washer main body. It is a perspective view of the conventional hand-washing machine unit. It is a top view of the conventional toilet room.

Explanation of symbols

B Toilet C Reinforcement tree F Floor surface P Innermost part W of hand-washer body Wall surface X Distance between first wall surface front surface 4a and second wall surface 4c front surface Y Distance between first wall surface front surface 4a and towel rack front surface 3a 1 Handwashing unit 2a Back plate parallel part 2b Back plate side surface 2d Top plate 2e Back plate 3 Towel rail 3a Towel rail front surface 4 Embedded plate 4a First wall surface portion 4b Side surface portion 4c Second wall surface portion 6 Handwasher body 6a Buried portion 6b Protruding portion 6c Contact surface 6d Functional portion 6e Spout 6f Overflow edge 6g Bottom surface 8 Wood screw 10 Mirror 14 Fastening bolt

Claims (1)

Hand wash basin,
A first wall portion behind the hand-washer;
A mirror installed on the upper surface of the first wall portion;
A second wall surface portion disposed in front of the mirror in parallel with the first wall surface portion;
Side surfaces extending from both end portions of the first wall surface portion and arranged perpendicular to the first wall surface portion and the second wall surface portion and connecting the first wall surface portion and the second wall surface portion;
A towel rack installed on the upper surface of the mirror,
The handwashing unit, wherein the second wall surface portion is formed to protrude forward from the front surface of the towel rack.

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