JP2008144438A - Fittings - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide fittings capable of promoting the drying of the bathroom side surface of the surface member of a window sash by the ventilation air for ventilating a bathroom. <P>SOLUTION: A ventilation passage 30 is formed in a window upper frame 10. The ventilation passage 30 has a bathroom side passage 31 opened downward to flow air toward the bathroom side surface 2a of the window sash 2. The air flowing through the ventilation passage 30 for ventilating the bathroom touches the bathroom side surface 23a of the surface material 23 of the window sash 2. Drying of the bathroom side surface 23a of the surface material 23 is promoted by the ventilation air. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fitting used as a doorway of a bathroom such as a bathroom swing door, a bathroom sliding door, and a bathroom folding door.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART Conventionally, the fitting which has the ventilation function which can ventilate a bathroom is known as a fitting used as an entrance / exit of a bathroom.
For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a fitting having a ventilation passage in the lower arm of a shoji attached to a frame.
As disclosed in Patent Document 2, a fitting having a ventilation passage between a vertical frame of a frame and a vertical fence of a shoji.
JP 2005-42306 A JP 2006-37602 A

When using the bathroom as a doorway, the bathroom side of the face material such as glass or resin plate of the shoji is moist when touched with hot water or steam before it becomes dry after using the bathroom. Since it takes time, it causes mold on the bathroom side of the face material, the face material mounting part of the ridge, and the like.
In the joinery having the above-described ventilation function, air flows into the bathroom for ventilation. Therefore, the air for ventilation is used to promote drying of the bathroom side of the face material. In the case of ventilation, air flows directly into the bathroom from the lower ventilating passage, the ventilation passage between the vertical frame and the vertical fence, and the ventilation air does not touch the face material. Can not promote the drying of.
In addition, in the case of the panel type shoji which used the front and back as a panel, drying of the panel of a bathroom side cannot be accelerated | stimulated. In other words, the drying of the bathroom side of the shoji cannot be promoted with ventilation air.

In addition, in the above-mentioned fitting having a ventilation passage in the lower arm of the shoji, the expected size and the upper and lower dimensions of the lower arm are large because of the ventilation passage, and the shoji has many irregularities and looks bad.
Moreover, since the ventilation passage has a maze shape in order to make it difficult for hot water to flow from the bathroom side to the dressing room side, dirt is easily collected and is difficult to remove.
In addition, the cold air in the dressing room flows directly from the lower aisle ventilation passage to the lower part of the bathroom and hits people in the bathroom, which may cause discomfort.

  In the joinery having a ventilation passage between the vertical frame and the vertical fence described above, air flows toward the left and right corners of the bathroom, so that it is difficult to efficiently spread the air into the bathroom.

  The purpose of the present invention is to promote the drying of the bathroom side of the shoji with ventilation air, the appearance of the shoji is good, the dirt is not easily collected in the ventilation passage, the cleaning of the ventilation passage is easy, the ventilation air is It is to provide a fitting satisfying that the person in the bathroom does not directly hit the person and that the ventilation air is efficiently distributed in the bathroom.

The present invention is a joinery in which a shoji is attached to the frame so as to be freely opened and closed,
In the upper part of the joinery, a ventilation passage that communicates the bathroom side of the joinery and the dressing room side of the joinery is formed,
The ventilation passage has a bathroom side passage that opens downward so that air flows out toward the bathroom side surface of the shoji.

In the present invention, a ventilation passage can be formed between the first frame member and the second frame member of the upper frame.
In this way, since the shoji can be mounted on the second frame material of the upper frame, by making the second frame material into a shape suitable for shoji mounting such as folding doors, sliding doors, hinged doors, folding doors, sliding doors, It can be a hinged door.

According to the present invention, an on-off valve device that opens and closes a ventilation passage can be provided.
In this way, when not ventilating, the ventilation passage can be closed so that steam in the bathroom does not leak to the dressing room side. Also, cold air does not enter the bathroom from the dressing room when taking a bath.

In the present invention, the on-off valve device may have a valve body that is in the open position due to negative pressure in the bathroom and that is in the closed position due to its own weight or elastic material.
In this way, when the ventilation fan is driven, the valve body is automatically in the open position, and when the ventilation fan is stopped, the valve body is automatically in the closed position, so that the valve body does not malfunction and is troublesome. Open / close operation is not required.

According to the present invention, since air flows out from the bathroom side passage of the ventilation passage formed in the upper part of the joinery toward the bathroom side surface of the shoji at the time of ventilation, the air flows along the bathroom side surface, and the air You can touch the side of the bathroom and promote the drying of the bathroom side of the shoji with ventilation air.
In addition, since the ventilation passage is formed in the upper part of the joinery, the lower arm of the shoji can be a normal arm, so that the shoji can be clearly seen.
Moreover, since the bathroom side channel | path of the ventilation channel | path is opened downward, it is hard to collect dirt. Moreover, it is easy to clean the ventilation passage.
Further, since the ventilation air flows downward from the upper part of the joinery as described above, the ventilation air does not directly hit a person in the bathroom, and the ventilation air can be efficiently distributed in the bathroom.

As shown in FIG. 1, a shoji 2 is attached to a frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed as a joinery.
The frame body 1 has a rectangular shape with an upper frame 10, a lower frame 11, and left and right vertical frames 12.
The shoji 2 has an upper rod 20, a lower rod 21, and left and right vertical rods 22 connected in a square shape, and a face material 23 is mounted therein. This shoji 2 may be a panel type in which panels are provided on the front and back surfaces.
The joinery shown in FIG. 1 is a folding door in which two shojis 2 can be folded. It is not restricted to this, A hinged door, a single sliding door, a 3 piece sliding door, etc. may be sufficient.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a face material 23 is attached to the upper side of the upper side 20, the lower side 21, and the vertical side 22 near the bathroom in the prospective direction, and the bathroom side surfaces 20 a, 21 a, 22 a and The level difference of the bathroom side surface 23a is small, and the bathroom side surface 2a of the shoji 2 is a substantially flat surface with a small level difference. In the case of the above-mentioned panel type shoji, the bathroom side of the shoji is flat.

As shown in FIG. 2, a ventilation passage 30 is formed in a portion above the face material 23 of the shoji 2 in the fitting, for example, the upper frame 10. This ventilation passage 30 communicates the bathroom side of the joinery and the dressing room side of the joinery so that the air in the dressing room flows into the bathroom.
The ventilation passage 30 includes a vertical bathroom side passage 31 that opens to the bathroom side of the joinery, a vertical undressing room side passage 32 that opens to the dressing room side of the joinery, and the bathroom side passage 31 and the dressing room side passage. A laterally facing intermediate passage 33 that communicates 32 and a substantially downward U-shape.
The bathroom side passage 31 is opened downward so that air flows out toward the bathroom side surface 2a of the shoji 2. For example, it opens toward the bathroom side portion 11 a of the lower frame 11.

Therefore, during ventilation, the air in the dressing room flows downward from the bathroom side passage 31 as shown by the arrow c through the dressing room side passage 32 and the intermediate passage 33 as shown by arrows a and b, and the air Flows along the bathroom side surface 23a of the face material 23 of the shoji 2 toward the bottom of the bathroom.
Therefore, drying of the bathroom side surface 23a of the face material 23 can be promoted with air for ventilation.

  Further, the lower eyelid 21 has a small expected size and a lower and upper size like the upper eyelid 20, and since there are few unevennesses, the shoji 2 can be refreshed and has a good appearance.

Further, in the ventilation passage 30, the bathroom side passage 31 is opened downward, so that dirt is not easily accumulated in the ventilation passage 30. Moreover, it is easy to clean the ventilation passage 30.
Further, since the ventilation air flows downward from the upper frame 10, the ventilation air does not directly hit a person in the bathroom, and the ventilation air spreads efficiently in the bathroom.

As shown in FIG. 2, an opening / closing valve device 40 is provided in the ventilation passage 30, and the opening / closing valve device 40 opens or closes the ventilation passage 30.
For example, the base portion 41a of the valve body 41 is attached to the upper frame 10 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction, and the tip portion 41b is in contact with the upper frame 10 with an elastic material 42 such as a spring, and is held at a closed position to close the ventilation passage 30. By driving a ventilation fan that ventilates the interior of the bathroom to make the interior of the bathroom have a negative pressure, the valve body 41 rotates against the elastic material 42 so that the tip b thereof is in an open position away from the upper frame 10. It is.

In this way, the valve body 41 is automatically in the open position during bathroom ventilation when the ventilation fan is driven, so that the inside of the bathroom can be ventilated.
Moreover, since the valve body 41 is automatically closed when the bathroom where the ventilation fan is stopped is not ventilated, steam in the bathroom does not leak through the ventilation passage 30 to the dressing room side. Also, the cold air in the dressing room does not enter the bathroom through the ventilation passage 30 during bathing.

The upper frame 10 includes a first frame member, for example, an outer frame member 13 on the outer side (upper side) in the in-plane direction and a second frame member, for example, an inner frame member 14 on the inner side (lower side) in the in-plane direction. The inner frame members 13 and 14 are spaced apart from each other and connected to the vertical frame 12 to form a ventilation passage 30 between them, and the ventilation passage 30 is continuous over substantially the entire length of the upper frame 10 in the longitudinal direction. is doing. In this embodiment, the lower surface of the outer frame member 13 has a substantially downward U-shape, the upper surface of the inner frame member 14 has a substantially inverted T shape, and the lower surface of the outer frame member 13 and the upper surface of the inner frame member 14 are separated from each other, Both form a substantially downward U-shaped ventilation passage 30.
The ventilation frame 30 may be formed by forming the upper frame 10 into a shape in which the outer frame member 13 and the inner frame member 14 are integrally connected, and forming an opening in the longitudinal direction in a part thereof.
The outer frame member 13 and the inner frame member 14 may be connected via a spacer.

Next, another embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 3, the valve element 41 of the on-off valve device 40 may be rotated to the closed position by its own weight, and may be rotated to the open position by the negative pressure in the bathroom.
That is, the base 41a of the valve body 41 is rotatably connected to the horizontal plate 13a of the outer frame member 13, the valve body 41 rotates by its own weight, and the tip portion 41b thereof is the upper horizontal plate 14a of the inner frame member 14. Close to the bathroom side. In this case, the valve element 41 may be held by being adsorbed with moisture to the horizontal plate 13a of the outer frame member 13 when the valve element 41 is in the open position as indicated by the phantom line in the wet state. 41 is provided with a protrusion 41c so that the protrusion 41c is not attracted and held so as to be in contact with the horizontal plate 13a.
In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the ventilation passage 30 has a bowl shape with a vertical bathroom side passage 31 and a horizontal dressing room side passage 32, so that it is easy to clean. The ventilation passage 30 may have a substantially downward U-shape as shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, the bathroom side ventilation space is formed in the bathroom side portion of the ventilation passage 30 rather than the on-off valve device 40.

As shown in FIG. 4, the valve element 41 of the on-off valve device 40 is long, and in a state where air does not circulate normally, air is circulated when negative pressure is applied.
And the both ends of the width direction of the valve body 41 are attached ranging over the inner surface which the ventilation channel | path 30 mutually opposed. That is, it attaches so that a negative pressure may act on the valve body 41. FIG.
For example, upper and lower mounting grooves 15 and 16 are formed on the horizontal plate 13a of the outer frame member 13 of the upper frame 10 and the upper horizontal plate 14a of the inner frame member 14 so as to be opposed to each other in the longitudinal direction. The upper end edge and the lower end edge of the valve body 41 are inserted and attached across the groove 15 and the lower mounting groove 16.

  As the valve body 41, as shown in FIG. 5, an elastically deformable rib 45 is fixed to the upper and lower sides of the longitudinally opposite end surfaces of the upper plate 43 and the lower plate 44. Normally, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5B, when the upper plate 43 and the lower plate 44 are in contact with each other to form a single plate without a gap and a negative pressure is applied as indicated by an arrow d, The plate 44 and the left and right ribs 45 are curved and deformed so that the lower end surface 43a of the upper plate 43 and the upper end surface 44a of the lower plate 44 are separated to form a slit-like space 46. Note that only the portions of the upper and lower plates 43 and 44 that are not fixed to the ribs 45 may be curved and deformed without elastic deformation of the ribs 45.

  The valve body 41 is not limited to that described above, and various types can be used. For example, a plurality of slit-like spaces 46 may be formed with three or more plates.

The on-off valve device 40 may open and close the valve body 41 by manual operation.
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the base 41a of the valve body 41 is attached to the bathroom side end 14b of the inner frame member 14 of the upper frame 10 so as to be rotatable up and down, and the valve body 41 is rotated upward, the tip 41b. Is in the closed position in contact with the bathroom-side lower end surface 13b of the outer frame member 13 and is in the open position when rotated downward.
An operation lever 47 is provided on the vertical frame 12 near the upper part on the bathroom side so as to be rotatable up and down.
When the operation lever 47 is in the vertical orientation, the tip 41b of the valve body 41 is pressed against the bathroom-side lower end surface 13b of the outer frame member 13 so that the valve body 41 is held in the closed position.
By setting the operation lever 47 to an oblique posture indicated by a virtual line, the valve body 41 is set to the open position by its own weight as indicated by a virtual line.
That is, the outlet portion of the bathroom side passage 31 of the ventilation passage 30 can be freely opened and closed by the valve body 41.

As shown in FIG. 6, a valve body 41 is attached to the side of the dressing room of the upper frame 10 to close the entrance portion of the dressing room side passage 32 of the ventilation passage 30.
The inlet part of the above-mentioned dressing room side passage 32 is opened by manually moving or removing the valve body 41 upward.
The valve body 41 has a plate shape with a knob 41d, and can be easily moved up and down or removed and attached.

  As described above, the opening / closing valve devices 40 may be provided in the outlet side portion and the inlet side portion of the ventilation passage 30, or may be provided only in one of them.

As shown in FIG. 7, the base 41 a of the valve body 41 is rotatably attached to the dressing room side vertical plate 13 c of the outer frame member 13 of the upper frame 10, and the tip portion 41 b of the valve body 41 is attached to the inner frame member 14. It contacts with the dressing room side vertical board 14c, and it is set as a closed position.
That is, the entrance of the ventilation passage 30 is between the lower end surface of the dressing room side vertical plate 13 c of the outer frame member 13 and the upper end surface of the dressing chamber side vertical plate 14 c of the inner frame member 14.
An operating member, for example, a string 48 is connected to the tip 41b of the valve body 41, the string 48 is suspended through a pin 49, and the string 48 is pulled so that the valve element 41 is in the open position.

A knob member 50 is connected to the string 48, and the knob member 50 is movable up and down along a guide 51.
Then, by setting the knob member 50 to the upper position indicated by the solid line, the valve body 41 rotates to the closed position by its own weight or elastic material, and pulls downward with the knob member 50 to the lower position indicated by the phantom line. Thus, the valve body 41 is pulled by the string 48 to be in the open position.
The string 48 may be operated from the bathroom. For example, the string 48 is suspended to the bathroom side through the ventilation passage 30.
Moreover, the on-off valve device 40 may be provided on the bathroom side so that it can be opened and closed from the bathroom. For example, when a string is pulled on the side of the ventilation passage 30 on the bathroom side, the valve body is closed, and when the string is loosened, the valve body is opened.

Each of the above-described embodiments is a folding door, but can also be applied to a single sliding door, a three-sliding door, and a hinged door.
In the case of single sliding doors or three sliding doors, the upper frame is attached to the building frame side (corresponding to the aforementioned outer frame member 13), and the rail portion including the rails guided by the shoji (the aforementioned inner frame member). 14), and the ventilation passage 30 may be formed between the fixed portion and the rail portion.

In the case of a hinged door, a hinge or an arm stopper may be attached across the inner frame member 14 of the upper frame 10 and the upper collar 20 of the shoji 2.
That is, by using the inner frame member 14 of the upper frame 10 in accordance with the mounting structure of the shoji 2, it can be applied to a hinged door, a folding door, a single sliding door, a three sliding door, and the like.

Further, although the ventilation passage 30 is formed in the upper frame 10, the ventilation passage 30 may be formed between the upper frame 10 and the upper rod 20.
Moreover, in the case of the shoji which provided the panel on the front and back, a ventilation channel should just be formed over the upper part of the panel of the front and back.
In short, if the ventilation passage 30 is formed in the upper part of the shoji in the fitting, the ventilation air flowing through the ventilation passage 30 flows out toward the bathroom side of the shoji, and the air touches the bathroom side of the shoji. good.

It is an external view of joinery. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of joinery. It is sectional drawing of the upper frame part which shows 2nd Embodiment of a ventilation channel. It is sectional drawing of the upper frame part which shows 3rd Embodiment of a ventilation path. It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of a valve body. It is sectional drawing of the upper frame part which shows 4th Embodiment of a ventilation channel | path. It is sectional drawing of the upper frame part which shows 5th Embodiment of a ventilation path.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Frame body, 2 ... Shoji, 2a ... Bathroom side surface, 10 ... Upper frame, 13 ... Outer frame material (1st frame material), 14 ... Inner frame material (2nd frame material), 20 ... Upper arm, 23 ... Face material, 23a ... bathroom side, 30 ... ventilation passage, 31 ... bathroom side passage, 32 ... dressing room side passage, 33 ... intermediate passage, 40 ... on-off valve device, 41 ... valve body.

Claims (4)

It is a joinery with a shoji that can be opened and closed on the frame,
In the upper part of the joinery, a ventilation passage that communicates the bathroom side of the joinery and the dressing room side of the joinery is formed,
The said ventilation passage has the bathroom side channel | path opened downward so that air might flow out toward the bathroom side surface of a shoji, The fitting characterized by the above-mentioned.   The joinery according to claim 1, wherein a ventilation passage is formed between the first frame member and the second frame member of the upper frame.   The fitting according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an on-off valve device for opening and closing the ventilation passage.   The fitting according to claim 3, wherein the on-off valve device has a valve body that is opened by a negative pressure in a bathroom and closed by its own weight or an elastic material.

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