JP2008202338A - Connection structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly connect an edge part of a ceiling panel with an upper end part of a wall panel without accurately matching for connecting both parts, by limiting screw-fastening to the wall panel. <P>SOLUTION: Female parts 1 have a female lower part 10 having the length over in the width direction of the wall panel 4 and screw-fastened to the upper end part 40 of the wall panel 4, and a female upper part 11 having a pair of wall bodies 113 and 113. Male parts 2 have a male upper part 20 having a hooking part 202 inserted from below into a hooking hole 31 provided in the ceiling panel 3 and elastically repulsively hooked on this hooking hole 31 in an inserted and cut position, and a male lower part 21 having a hooking part 212 inserted from above between the pair of wall bodies 113 and 113 constituting the female upper part 11 of the female parts 1 and elastically repulsively hooked on a hooking object part 115 formed on these wall body 113 side in an inserted and cut position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure for connecting a ceiling panel and a wall panel in a bathroom unit, which are combined to form a bathroom.

  As a structure for connecting a ceiling panel and a wall panel in a bathroom unit, there is a structure disclosed in Patent Document 1.

In this structure, the ceiling panel and the wall panel are connected to each other through a connecting member that is screwed to a standing piece provided on the periphery of the ceiling panel and is screwed to a wall mounting member that is attached to the upper end of the wall panel. I try to connect them. For this reason, when connecting, the coupling member is first screwed to the ceiling panel, and then the screw insertion hole of the wall surface mounting member of the wall panel is inserted into the screw insertion hole of the coupling member screwed to the ceiling panel in this way. It is necessary to screw the coupling member and the wall surface mounting member through the fixing screws in both holes while aligning them.
JP 2006-9374 A

  The main problem to be solved by the present invention is that, in this kind of connection structure, screwing is limited to the wall panel, and the edge of the ceiling panel and the upper edge of the wall panel are accurately connected for connection. Even if they are not matched, the connection between the two can be made appropriate, and this connection work can be further facilitated.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the connection structure has the following configurations (1) to (4).
(1) A connection structure between a ceiling panel and a wall panel in a bathroom unit,
(2) It has female parts and male parts,
(3) The female part has a length in the width direction of the wall panel,
A female lower part screwed to the upper end of the wall panel;
A female upper part with a pair of wall bodies,
(4) Male parts are
A male upper portion having a hooking portion that is elastically hooked into this hooking hole at a position where it is inserted into the hooking hole provided in the ceiling panel from below and fully inserted;
A male lower portion having a hooking portion that is elastically hooked to a hooked portion formed on the wall body side at a position where it is inserted from above between a pair of wall bodies constituting the female upper portion of the female part. I have.

  According to this configuration, the male part can be attached to the ceiling panel with one touch by fitting the upper part of the male part into the engagement hole formed in the ceiling panel. Then, the female lower part is screwed to the wall panel and the male lower part is simply inserted between the pair of wall bodies constituting the female upper part of the female part attached to the upper end of the wall panel. The upper edge of the wall panel can be connected. As a result, the bathroom can be configured more easily and appropriately.

On the edge of the ceiling panel, a rising portion that rises substantially perpendicular to the ceiling surface and a flange portion that protrudes substantially horizontally from the upper end of the rising portion to the side and that has a hooking hole are formed. And
In the female lower part of the female part, an attachment plate part to the inner surface of the wall panel is provided,
An outer fin portion may be provided on the outer surface of the attachment plate portion so as to be in contact with the outer surface of the rising portion while being elastically deformed when the female upper portion of the female part and the male lower portion of the male part are combined.

  In such a case, when the female upper part of the female part is combined with the male lower part of the male part attached to the flange part of the ceiling panel, at the same time, the space between the attachment plate part and the ceiling panel is sealed watertight. be able to.

The female lower part of the female part is provided with an outer plate part so as to open a fitting clearance of the wall panel between the female plate part and the attachment plate part,
An inner fin portion may be provided on the inner surface of the attachment plate portion so as to come into contact with the inner surface of the wall panel while being elastically deformed when the upper end portion of the wall panel is fitted into the fitting gap.

  In this case, the upper edge part of the wall panel is placed in the lower part of the female, so that the space between the attachment plate part and the surface of the wall panel inside the bathroom can be sealed watertight.

  On the outer surface side of the attachment plate portion constituting the female lower part of the female part, a positioning groove is formed at the tip of the screw that passes through the attachment plate portion and is screwed to the wall panel over the length direction. Sometimes it is allowed to.

  In this case, after the upper edge of the wall panel is inserted into the female lower part of the female part, the female part is screwed to the wall panel at the position where the positioning groove is formed using the positioning groove. be able to.

  According to the connection structure of the present invention, the screw is fixed at one place between the female lower part of the female part and the upper edge of the wall part, and the male part male attached to the edge of the ceiling panel with the male upper part. The ceiling panel and the wall panel can be connected by inserting the lower part between the pair of wall bodies constituting the female upper part of the female part, and the edge of the ceiling panel and the upper edge of the wall panel need not be aligned accurately. Both connections can be made appropriately. Thereby, this connection work can be made much easier.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  Here, FIG. 1 shows a state in which the male part 2 attached to the ceiling panel 3 and the female part 1 attached to the wall panel 4 are separated, and FIG. The states of connecting the two are shown respectively. 3 and 4 show the female part 1 constituting the connection structure, and FIGS. 5 to 8 show the male part 2 constituting the connection structure, respectively.

  The connection structure concerning this embodiment is used in order to connect the ceiling panel 3 and the wall panel 4 in the bathroom unit which combines and comprises a bathroom.

  Such a connection structure includes a female part 1 and a male part 2 that connect the edge 30 of the ceiling panel 3 and the upper end 40 of the wall panel 4 by being combined with each other.

  The female part 1 has a length in the width direction of the wall panel 4, a female lower part 10 screwed to the upper end 40 of the wall panel 4, and a female upper part 11 having a pair of wall bodies 113, 113. It has. In this embodiment, the female part 1 is configured as a long body having substantially the same cross section in the width direction at any location, and includes a female lower portion 10 and a female upper portion 11 at any location. . Such a female part 1 is typically configured by plastic extrusion. When the female part 1 is formed in this way, the female part 1 is cut into a length corresponding to the width dimension of the wall panel 4 to which the female lower part 10 is attached and is used.

  The female part 1 includes a substrate portion 12 at a position approximately in the middle in the vertical direction so that the plate surface extends along the horizontal direction in the use state. The female upper portion 11 is formed above the substrate portion 12, and the female lower portion 10 is formed below the substrate portion 12.

  In this embodiment, the female lower portion 10 of the female part 1 is provided between the attachment plate portion 101 of the wall panel 4 on the surface 41 inside the bathroom and the wall plate 4 between the attachment plate portion 101. The outer plate portion 102 formed so as to open the fitting gap 103 is formed on the lower side of the substrate portion 12. Specifically, the attachment plate portion 101 is formed so that the plate surface is substantially along the vertical direction, and the upper end of the attachment plate portion 101 is integrated with one edge portion along the length direction of the substrate portion 12. It is configured to be connected and protrude downward. Also, the outer plate portion 102 is formed so that the plate surface is substantially along the vertical direction, and the upper end of the outer plate portion 102 is integrally connected to the other edge portion along the length direction of the substrate portion 12 to be downward. It is configured to stick out.

  In this embodiment, the wall panel 4 includes a panel main body 42 and a decorative plate 43 that covers one surface of the panel main body 42. The surface of the decorative plate 43 serves as a surface 41 inside the bathroom of the wall panel 4. The upper portion 431 of the decorative plate 43 is bent in the horizontal direction on the upper end surface 421 of the panel main body 42 from one surface side of the panel main body 42 with a slight gap between the upper end surface 421 of the panel main body 42. In this embodiment, the attachment plate constituting the female lower portion 10 of the female part 1 is provided until the outer surface of the upper portion 431 of the decorative plate 43 of the wall panel 4 is abutted against the lower surface of the substrate portion 12. An upper end portion 40 of the wall panel 4 is inserted between the portion 101 and the outer plate portion 102 so that the female part 1 is attached to the upper end portion 40 of the wall panel 4. (Figure 1)

  In this embodiment, the lower end of the attachment plate portion 101 is positioned below the lower end of the outer plate portion 102.

  Further, on the outer surface of the attachment plate portion 101, a rising portion 33 formed on the edge portion 30 of the ceiling panel 3 described later when the female upper portion 11 of the female part 1 and the male lower portion 21 of the male part 2 are combined. The outer fin portion 104 is provided in contact with the outer surface 331 while being elastically deformed.

  Further, when the upper end portion 40 of the wall panel 4 is fitted into the fitting gap 103, the inner fin portion that comes into contact with the inner surface 41 of the wall panel 4 while elastically deforming is fitted to the inner surface of the attachment plate portion 101. 105 is provided.

  In this embodiment, the outer side plate portion 102 has a vertical surface 102a in contact with the outer surface of the wall panel 4 on the inner side of the distal end side. Below the vertical surface 102a is an inclined surface 102b that is inclined so as to gradually move away from the attachment plate portion 101. The inclined surface 102b causes the upper end of the wall panel 4 to enter the female lower portion 10. 40 is easy to insert. On the other hand, the attachment plate portion 101 has a vertical surface 101a in contact with the surface 41 on the inner side of the bathroom of the wall panel 4 except for the front end side thereof. The inner surface on the front end side of the attachment plate portion 101 is positioned outside the vertical surface 101a, and a step surface 101b is formed between the vertical surface 101a. In addition, an inner fin portion 105 is provided on the inner surface side of the attachment plate portion 101 so that the base portion is integrally joined to the tip of the attachment plate portion 101. The inner fin portion 105 protrudes in an inclined manner so as to gradually move away from the inner surface of the attachment plate portion 101 as it goes toward the tip.

  When the upper end portion 40 of the wall panel 4 is inserted into the female lower portion 10 of the female part 1, the inner fin portion 105 is elastically deformed and pressed against the surface 41 inside the bathroom of the wall panel 4. Thereby, between the attachment board part 101 and the surface 41 inside the bathroom of the wall panel 4 can be sealed watertight.

  In this example, the inner fin portion 105 elastically deformed in this way is adapted to be within the range of the step with the tip facing the step surface 101b. (Figure 1)

  Further, in this embodiment, the outer fin portion 104 is an outer surface of the attachment plate portion 101, and the upper end is integrally joined to a position that is substantially the same level as the level where the stepped surface 101b is formed. And is configured to protrude downward. The outer fin portion 104 is also projected in an inclined shape so as to gradually move away from the outer surface of the attachment plate portion 101 as it goes toward the tip.

  When the female upper part 11 of the female part 1 is combined with the male lower part 21 of the male part 2 attached to the flange part 34 of the ceiling panel 3 to be described later, the outer fin 104 is elastically deformed and the outer surface of the rising part 33 of the ceiling panel 3 331 is press-contacted. Thereby, between the attachment board part 101 and the ceiling panel 3 can be sealed watertight.

  When the female part 1 is formed by extrusion molding of plastic, a relatively hard plastic that constitutes a part other than the inner fin part 105 and the outer fin part 104 in the female part 1, and the inner fin part 105 and the outer fin part. By pushing together the soft plastics that constitute 104, the inner fin portion 105 and the outer fin portion 104 can be easily and appropriately provided on the attachment plate portion 101.

  Further, in this embodiment, a wall is formed through the attachment plate portion 101 on the outer surface side of the attachment plate portion 101 constituting the female lower portion 10 of the female part 1 over the length direction thereof. A positioning groove 106 at the tip of a screw N to be screwed to the panel 4 is formed.

  Specifically, in this embodiment, a substantially V-shaped cross section is formed across the length of the female part 1 between the upper end of the attachment plate portion 101 and the base portion of the outer fin portion 104. A positioning groove 106 is formed.

  Thereby, in this embodiment, after the upper end portion 40 of the wall panel 4 is inserted into the female lower part 10 of the female part 1, the positioning groove 106 is formed by using the positioning groove 106. The female part 1 can be screwed to the wall panel 4 in position.

  Further, in this embodiment, the female upper portion 11 includes a thick strip portion 111 protruding upward from this edge portion over one edge portion along the length direction of the substrate portion 12, and the thick wall portion 111. A thin strip 112 protruding upward from this edge over the other edge along the length direction of the substrate portion 12 with a gap for insertion of a male lower portion 21 of the male part 2 to be described later between the strip 111. Are formed on the upper portion of the substrate portion 12.

  The inner surface of the thick strip portion 111 and the inner surface of the thin strip portion 112 function as the pair of wall bodies 113. A thickening hole 114 is formed in the thickness of the thick strip 111 along the length direction of the female part 1. Further, in this embodiment, the interval between the outer surface of the thick strip 111 and the outer surface of the base side of the outer plate portion 102 is the same as the outer surface 331 of the rising portion 33 described later of the ceiling panel 3 and this. The distance between the drooping portion 35 that faces the outer surface 331 and the inner surface 351 is substantially equal to the inner surface 351.

  In this embodiment, the engaging portion formed on the male lower portion 21 of the male part 2 inserted from above between the pair of wall bodies 113 and 113 on the pair of wall bodies 113 and 113 side, respectively. A hooked portion 115 to be hooked to 212 is formed.

  In this embodiment, the hooked portion 115 is configured as a raised portion 115 a that continues long along the length direction of the female part 1. The raised portion 115a includes a hooking surface 115b facing the substrate portion 12 and an inclined surface 115c facing upward, with the top portion 115d interposed therebetween. The dimension between the pair of raised portions 115a and 115a is gradually narrowed toward the top portion 115d by the inclined surface 115c, and is widened again at a position beyond the top portion 115d. As will be described later, the engaging part 212 of the male part 2 is configured as a raised part that extends in the length direction of the plate body 211 that is formed outside the pair of plate bodies 211 and 211, and this pair. The distance between the top portions 212 c of the raised portions of the plate bodies 211 and 211 is slightly wider than the distance between the top portions 115 d of the pair of raised portions 115 a and 115 a of the female upper portion 11. The pair of raised portions of the male lower portion 21 also includes an engaging surface 212b facing upward and an inclined surface 212a facing downward with the top portion 212c sandwiched between them, and when the male lower portion 21 is pushed into the female upper portion 11, both inclined surfaces are provided. 115c and 212a come into contact with each other, and the gap between the pair of wall bodies 113 and 113 of the female upper portion 11 and the gap between the pair of plate bodies 211 and 211 of the male lower portion 21 are gradually and elastically changed. The engaging surface 212b of the male lower part 21 and the engaging surface 115b of the female upper part 11 are engaged by elastic return at the position where the male lower part 21 is fully inserted.

  On the other hand, the male part 2 includes a male upper part 20 and a male lower part 21. In this embodiment, the male part 2 has the male upper part 20 on the upper surface side of the elongated plate body 22 that lays the plate surface in the horizontal direction in the attached state, and the male lower part 21 on the lower surface side. I have.

  The male upper part 20 is provided with a hooking portion 202 that is elastically hooked into the hooking hole 31 at a position where it is inserted from below into the hooking hole 31 provided in the ceiling panel 3.

  In this embodiment, the ceiling panel 3 includes a rising portion 33 that rises substantially perpendicular to the ceiling surface at the edge 30 of the main body portion 32 that constitutes a substantially horizontal ceiling surface, and the rising portion 33. A flange portion 34 protruding substantially horizontally from the upper end of the flange portion 34 to the side, and a hanging portion 35 protruding downward from the outer end of the flange portion 34 are provided. Of these, the flange portion 34 is provided with the engaging hole 31 of the male upper portion 20.

  The elongated plate 22 is configured to have a width that fits between the outer surface 331 of the rising portion 33 of the ceiling panel 3 and the inner surface 351 of the hanging portion 35. In this embodiment, male upper portions 20 are formed at both ends of the elongated plate body 22 configured as described above. The male upper portion 20 is configured by integrally joining the lower end of the cylinder to the upper surface of the elongated plate body 22 and forming engaging portions 202 on both sides in the diameter direction of the cylindrical body 201 having the upper end of the cylinder open. The cylindrical inner shape of the cylindrical body 201 is configured to have a substantially rectangular shape, and the hooking portion 202 is formed at a location that becomes a side of the rectangular shape. (Fig. 8)

  The engaging portion 202 is divided by a pair of vertical grooves 203, 203 along the cylinder axis direction of the cylindrical body 201 and a horizontal groove 204 extending between the pair of vertical grooves 203, 203 on the lower end side of the cylinder. The elastic piece 205 is formed on the outer surface of the lower end. The hooking portion 202 is configured as a protrusion having an inclined surface 202a facing upward and a hooking surface 202b facing downward with a top portion 202c interposed therebetween. The dimension between the top portions 202 c of the pair of engaging portions 202 is slightly larger than the diameter of the engaging hole 31. When the male part 2 is inserted from below between the rising part 33 and the hanging part 35 of the ceiling panel 3 and the male upper part 20 is inserted into the engaging hole 31 formed in the flange part 34, the inclined surface 202a of the engaging part 202 becomes the engaging hole. The elastic piece 205 is gradually bent inward in contact with the hole edge 31. When the male upper part 20 of the male part 2 is inserted into the hooking hole 31 until the top part 202c of the hooking part 202 exceeds the hole edge on the insertion destination side of the hooking hole 31, the elastic piece 205 is ejected and the hooking part 202 is hooked. The surface 202b is engaged with the hole edge. As a result, the male part 2 is attached to the ceiling panel 3 so as to sandwich the flange portion 34 between the engaging surface 202b and the upper surface of the elongated plate 22. (FIG. 1) In this embodiment, since the male upper part 20 is provided at two positions on the male part 2, the flange part 34 is engaged with a pitch corresponding to the pitch between the two male upper parts 20. A hole 31 is formed. If one of the adjacent engaging holes 31 is configured to have a long hole shape, the two male upper portions 20 can be easily inserted into the engaging holes 31.

  The male upper part 20 may be provided at one place on the male part 2 or may be provided at three or more places. That is, the number of male parts 2 for connecting one edge 30 of the ceiling panel 3 and one wall panel 4 is adjusted as necessary.

  On the other hand, the male lower portion 21 is elastically applied to the hooked portion 115 formed on the side of the wall body 113 at a position where it is inserted between the pair of wall bodies 113 and 113 constituting the female upper portion 11 from above. A hooking portion 212 to be hooked is provided.

  In this embodiment, a pair of plate bodies 211, 211 that continue long along the length direction of the elongated plate body 22 are provided on the lower surface of the elongated plate body 22 in the width direction of the elongated plate body 22. The male lower part 21 is formed by providing it at intervals. The upper end of the plate body 211 is integrally joined to the lower surface of the elongated plate body 22 so as to be spaced from the edge portion along the length direction of the elongated plate body 22. On the outer surface side of the lower end of the plate body 211, a raised portion is formed as an engaging portion 212 having an inclined surface 212a facing downward and an engaging surface 212b facing upward with the top portion 212c interposed therebetween. The pair of plate bodies 211, 211 are arranged between the strip portions 111, 112 from the direction in which the extension direction of the plate body 211 of the male lower portion 21 extends along the extension direction of the thin strip portion 112 and the thick strip portion 111 of the female upper portion 11. The hooking part 212 and the hooked part 115 are hooked. At this time, the edge 221 of the elongated plate 22 abuts against the upper ends of the thin strip 112 and the thick strip 111 on the outside of the plate 211. (FIG. 2) Thereby, the edge part 30 and the wall panel 4 of the ceiling panel 3 in the state which inserted the female part 1 between the standing part 33 and the hanging part 35 which comprise the edge part 30 of the ceiling panel 3 Is joined to the upper end 40 of the.

  According to the connection structure according to this embodiment, the male part 2 can be attached to the ceiling panel 3 with one touch by fitting the upper part of the male part 2 into the engagement hole 31 formed in the ceiling panel 3. The female lower part 10 is simply screwed between the pair of wall bodies 113, 113 constituting the female upper part 11 of the female part 1 attached to the upper end 40 of the wall panel 4 by screwing the female lower part 10 to the wall panel 4. In other words, the ceiling panel 3 and the upper end portion 40 of the wall panel 4 can be connected with one touch by being fully inserted without performing accurate positioning. As a result, the bathroom can be configured more easily and appropriately.

  The female upper part 11 is composed of a pair of wall bodies 113 and 113 having a length in the width direction of the wall panel 4, while the male lower part 21 is also a pair of plates that are long in the same direction as the pair of wall bodies 113 and 113. Since it is composed of the bodies 211 and 211, they can be engaged with each other in a wide range in the width direction of the wall panel 4, and the wall panel 4 and the ceiling panel 3 can be connected without causing any deviation or inclination. You can keep them together.

Sectional drawing which showed the mode just before connecting the ceiling panel 3 and the wall panel 4 Sectional drawing which showed a mode that the ceiling panel 3 and the wall panel 4 were connected Cross section of female part 1 Side view of female part 1 Side view of male part 2 Side view of male part 2 viewed from a different orientation than FIG. AA line sectional view in FIG. Top view of male part 2

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Female part 10 Female lower part 11 Female upper part 113 Wall body 115 Engagement part 2 Male part 20 Male upper part 21 Male lower part 212 Engagement part 3 Ceiling panel 4 Wall panel 40 Upper end part

Claims (4)

A connection structure between a ceiling panel and a wall panel in a bathroom unit,
It has female parts and male parts,
The female part has a length across the width direction of the wall panel,
A female lower part screwed to the upper end of the wall panel;
A female upper part with a pair of wall bodies,
Male parts
A male upper portion having a hooking portion that is elastically hooked into this hooking hole at a position where it is inserted into the hooking hole provided in the ceiling panel from below and fully inserted;
A male lower portion having a hooking portion that is elastically hooked to a hooked portion formed on the wall body side at a position where it is inserted from above between a pair of wall bodies constituting the female upper portion of the female part. A connection structure characterized by comprising. At the edge of the ceiling panel, a rising portion that rises substantially perpendicular to the ceiling surface, and a flange portion that protrudes substantially horizontally from the upper end of the rising portion to the side and has a hooking hole are formed. And
In the female lower part of the female part, an attachment plate part to the inner surface of the wall panel is provided,
The outer surface of the attachment plate portion is provided with an outer fin portion that comes into contact with the outer surface of the rising portion while elastically deforming when the female upper part of the female part and the male lower part of the male part are combined. The connection structure according to claim 1. The female lower part of the female part is provided with an outer plate part so as to open a fitting gap of the wall panel between the female plate part and the attachment plate part,
The inner fin of the attachment plate portion is provided with an inner fin portion that comes into contact with the inner surface of the wall panel while elastically deforming when the upper end portion of the wall panel is fitted into the fitting gap. The connection structure according to claim 2.   On the outer surface side of the attachment plate portion constituting the female lower part of the female part, a positioning groove at the tip of a screw that passes through the attachment plate portion and is screwed to the wall panel is formed over the length direction. The connection structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the connection structure is provided.

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