JP2008132192A - Washstand - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a washstand provided with a cabinet having a desired rigidity as a whole even if it has a simple structure. <P>SOLUTION: The washstand includes a wash basin (10) and the cabinet (20) provided under the wash basin. Grooves are formed in upper end faces of side plates (23) of the cabinet. The wash basin has ribs for side plates which are formed so as to engage with the grooves of the side plates. The side plate has a stainless steel sandwich structure in which a core material for the side plate is sandwiched by stainless steel plates. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vanity.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a bathroom vanity provided with a bathroom bowl and a cabinet provided below the bathroom bowl (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-57623 A

  For example, in a kitchen, a plurality of cabinets are arranged in a horizontal direction below a sink or counter. On the other hand, in the vanity table, an independent single cabinet is provided below the wash bowl. Therefore, it is difficult to realize a cabinet having the required overall rigidity based on a simple configuration in the vanity table.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a vanity having a cabinet having a required overall rigidity based on a simple configuration.

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, in a bathroom vanity comprising a wash bowl and a cabinet provided below the wash bowl,
A groove is formed on the upper end surface of the side plate of the cabinet,
The wash bowl includes a side plate rib formed to engage with the groove of the side plate.

  According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the side plate has a stainless sandwich structure in which a side plate core is sandwiched between stainless plates. In this case, it is preferable that the back plate of the cabinet has a stainless sandwich structure in which a core for back plate is sandwiched between stainless plates. A first reinforcing member attached to the upper end surface of the front plate of the cabinet and the inner side surface of the side plate and acting in a substantially vertical direction; and attached to the inner side surface of the front plate and the inner side surface of the side plate. It is preferable to further include a second reinforcing member that acts in a substantially horizontal direction.

  In the vanity table of the present invention, a groove is formed on the upper end surface of the side plate of the cabinet, and the wash bowl has side plate ribs formed so as to engage with the groove of the side plate. The pair of side plates and the wash bowl are integrally connected, and as a result, the overall rigidity of the cabinet can be improved by utilizing the rigidity of the wash bowl. That is, in the present invention, it is possible to realize a vanity having a cabinet having a required overall rigidity based on a simple configuration.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the side plate has a stainless sandwich structure in which, for example, a frame-shaped side plate core material is sandwiched between stainless plates. With this configuration, it is possible to improve the cleanability, durability (water resistance, weather resistance), and luxury feeling while maintaining the light weight of the cabinet.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the back plate has a stainless sandwich structure in which a frame-like back plate core material is sandwiched between stainless plates, for example. With this configuration, it is possible to further improve the cleanability, durability, and luxury while maintaining the light weight of the cabinet.

  Moreover, in this invention, it attaches to the upper end surface of the front plate of a cabinet, and the inner surface of a side plate, and it attaches to the inner surface of a front plate, and the inner surface of a side plate which acts on a substantially vertical direction. It is preferable to further include a second reinforcing member that acts in a substantially horizontal direction. With this configuration, the connection between the pair of side plates and the front plate can be reinforced to further improve the overall rigidity of the cabinet.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an overall configuration of a vanity according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of FIG. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the vanity table of the present embodiment includes a wash bowl 10 and a cabinet 20 provided below the wash bowl 10.

  The wash bowl 10 includes a wash bowl body 11 provided in the center thereof, a right counter 12R disposed on the right side of the wash bowl body 11, and a left counter 12L disposed on the left side of the wash bowl body 11. . The right counter 12R and the left counter 12L are provided at the same height, that is, at a position substantially higher than the upper end of the wash bowl body 11.

  A left auxiliary counter 13L is provided between the wash bowl body 11 and the left counter 12L. A drain outlet 11 a is provided at the bottom of the wash bowl body 11. In the upper part of the rear wall 11b of the washbasin bowl body 11, as a so-called faucet unit, in order from the left side in FIG. 1, a drain outlet operation part 14, a water discharge part attachment hole 15, and a water discharge adjustment part attachment hole 16 are provided. Is provided. The drain port operation unit 14 has a function of operating opening and closing of the drain port 11 a of the wash bowl main body 11.

  The water discharge part has a water discharge port (water discharge part) for discharging water to the wash bowl main body 11, and has a function of discharging water to the wash bowl main body 11. The water discharge adjusting unit has a function of adjusting the temperature of water discharged from the water discharge port to the wash bowl main body 11 by mixing normal temperature water supplied from the water supply pipe and high temperature water supplied from the hot water supply pipe. The cabinet 20 includes an upper drawer storage portion 21 having a front panel 21a and a lower drawer storage portion 22 having a front panel 22a.

  Fig.3 (a) is a top view of a wash bowl, (b) is sectional drawing along line AA of (a). 4A is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 3A, and FIG. 4B is an enlarged view of portion A in FIG. 4A. 3 and 4, a pair of ribs 17 extending along the front-rear direction are provided on both sides of the wash bowl 10. As will be described later, the pair of ribs 17 is formed so as to engage with the groove 24b of the side plate core member 24.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the side plate core material. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the groove on the upper end surface of the core for the side plate, the attached state of the outer stainless steel plate, the connection between the side plate and the front plate, and the like. FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an outer stainless steel plate that covers the outer side of the core material for the side plate, where (a) is a front view of the outer stainless steel plate viewed from the inside, and (b) is a side view. , (C) shows a top view. FIG. 8 is a front view of the outer stainless steel plate as viewed from the outside.

  In the present embodiment, the side plate 23 of the cabinet 20 has a stainless sandwich structure in which the side plate core member 24 is sandwiched between the stainless plates 25a and 25b. The side plate core member 24 has a rectangular frame shape as shown in FIG. 5, and is formed of, for example, resin. As shown in FIG. 6, a groove 24 b extending in the front-rear direction is formed on the upper end surface 24 a of the side plate core member 24. The groove 24b of the side plate core member 24 is formed so as to be engageable with a pair of ribs 17 of the wash bowl 10 as will be described later.

  7 and 8, the outer stainless steel plate 25a covering the outer side of the side plate core member 24 covers the outer surface and the front end surface of the side plate core member 24 and does not cover the upper end surface 24a of the side plate core member 24. (See FIG. 6). Double-sided tape (shown by the hatched portion in FIG. 7) is affixed to the inner side surface of the outer stainless steel plate 25a (the surface facing the side plate core member 24) in the region corresponding to the side plate core member 24.

  Further, in the inner surface of the outer stainless steel plate 25a, a region surrounded by the double-sided tape 25aa has a plurality of (three in the example shown in FIG. 7) stiffening for reinforcing the surface rigidity of the outer stainless steel plate 25a. A member 25ab is attached. The stiffening member 25ab has a rectangular shape extending in the horizontal direction and is made of, for example, resin. Thus, the outer stainless steel plate 25a is attached to the outside of the side plate core member 24 by the action of the double-sided tape 25aa.

  In addition, although illustration was abbreviate | omitted, the inner side stainless steel plate 25b which covers the inner side of the core material 24 for side plates has the structure similar to the outer side stainless steel plate 25a. However, the inner stainless steel plate 25 b is formed so as to cover only a part of the upper end surface 24 a of the side plate core member 24 and not cover the groove 24 b of the side plate core member 24. Although not shown, the back plate 26 of the cabinet 20 has a stainless sandwich structure in which a core material for a back plate is sandwiched between stainless plates similarly to the side plate 23.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 9, FIG. 10, and FIG. 11, the assembly procedure in the field of the vanity table concerning this embodiment is demonstrated. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the pair of side plates 23, the back plate 26, and the front plate (auxiliary curtain plate) 27 of the cabinet 20 are connected to each other. When connecting the side plate 23 and the front plate 27, as shown in FIG. 6, the first reinforcing member 31 attached to the upper end surface of the front plate 27 and the inner side surface of the side plate 23 and acting in a substantially vertical direction, and the front plate The second reinforcing member 32 attached to the inner side surface of 27 and the inner side surface of the side plate 23 and acting in a substantially horizontal direction is used.

  Although not shown, when the side plate 23 and the back plate 26 are connected, they are attached to a reinforcing member similar to the second reinforcing member 32, that is, the inner side surface of the back plate 26 and the inner side surface of the side plate 23. Reinforcing members acting in the direction are used. After the pair of side plates 23, the back plate 26, and the front plate 27 are connected to each other, the upper drawer storage portion 21 and the lower drawer storage portion 22 are assembled.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 (a), the pair of ribs 17 of the wash bowl 10 are engaged with the grooves 24b of the pair of side plates 23 (strictly, the grooves of the side plate core member 24), respectively. The wash bowl 10 is placed on the cabinet 20. Then, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 (b), the mounting plate 28 that horizontally protrudes forward from the upper end of the front plate 27 and the front end portion of the wash bowl 10 are connected by screws.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the groove 24b is formed in the upper end surface of the side plate 23 of the cabinet 20 (in this embodiment, the upper end surface 24a of the side plate core member 24), and the wash bowl 10 is formed in the groove 24b of the side plate 23. Since the side plate ribs 17 are formed so as to engage with each other, the pair of side plates 23 and the wash bowl 10 are integrally connected by the engagement of the grooves 24b and the ribs 17, and the rigidity of the wash bowl 10 is utilized. Thus, the overall rigidity of the cabinet 20 can be improved.

  In this embodiment, the side plate 23 has a stainless sandwich structure in which the frame-shaped side plate core 24 is sandwiched between the stainless plates 25a and 25b, and the back plate 26 also has the frame-shaped back plate core sandwiched between the stainless plates. It has a stainless sandwich structure. As a result, it is possible to improve the cleaning property, durability (water resistance, weather resistance), and high-quality feeling while maintaining the light weight of the cabinet 20.

  In the above-described embodiment, the side plate 23 and the back plate 26 of the cabinet 20 both have a stainless sandwich structure. However, the structure of the side plate 23 and the back plate 26 of the cabinet 20 is not limited to this, and an appropriate structure other than the stainless sandwich structure, such as a single panel structure, can be employed.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the side plate 23 and the front plate 27 are connected, the first reinforcing member 31 that operates in a substantially vertical direction and the second reinforcing member 32 that operates in a substantially horizontal direction are used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications are possible for the connection structure between the side plate 23 and the front plate 27 and the connection structure between the side plate 23 and the back plate 26.

It is a perspective view which shows roughly the whole structure of the vanity table concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a center longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. (A) is a top view of a wash bowl, (b) is sectional drawing along line AA of (a). (A) is sectional drawing along line BB of Fig.3 (a), (b) is an enlarged view of the A section of Fig.4 (a). It is a figure which shows roughly the structure of the core material for side plates. It is a perspective view which shows the groove | channel of the upper end surface of the core material for side plates, the attachment state of an outer side stainless steel plate, the connection of a side plate and a front plate, etc. It is a figure which shows roughly the structure of the outer side stainless steel plate which covers the outer side of the core material for side plates, (a) is the front view which looked at the outer side stainless steel plate from the inside, (b) is a side view, (c). Shows a top view. It is the front view which looked at the outside stainless steel board from the outside. It is a figure which shows a mode that a pair of side board of a cabinet, a back board, and a front board are mutually connected. It is a figure which shows a mode that a wash bowl is mounted on a cabinet. (A) is a figure which shows a mode that the rib of a wash bowl is engaged with the groove | channel of a side plate, (b) is a figure which shows a mode that a mounting plate and the front-end | tip part of a wash bowl are connected.

Explanation of symbols

10 Washing bowl 11 Washing bowl body 12 Counter 17 Side plate rib 20 Cabinet 21, 22 Drawer storage part 23 Side plate 24 Side plate core 24b Side plate core groove 25a, 25b Stainless plate 26 Back plate 27 Front plate 31, 32 Reinforcement Element

Claims (4)

In a bathroom vanity comprising a bathroom bowl and a cabinet provided below the bathroom bowl,
A groove is formed on the upper end surface of the side plate of the cabinet,
The washbasin is characterized in that the wash bowl has side plate ribs formed to engage with the groove of the side plate. 2. The vanity according to claim 1, wherein the side plate has a stainless sandwich structure in which a side plate core is sandwiched between stainless plates. 3. The vanity according to claim 2, wherein the back plate of the cabinet has a stainless sandwich structure in which a back plate core is sandwiched between stainless plates. A first reinforcing member attached to the upper end surface of the front plate of the cabinet and the inner side surface of the side plate and acting in a substantially vertical direction, and attached to the inner side surface of the front plate and the inner side surface of the side plate to be substantially horizontal. The vanity table according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a second reinforcing member acting in a direction.

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