JP2008206601A - Layout structure for bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a layout structure for a bathtub enabling a blindfold member for a gap between a bathtub and a bathroom wall to be installed at a high degree of freedom, rendering the appearance smooth, enabling waterstop properties to be sufficiently secured in the gap and improving easiness of replacement of the member. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of supporters 3 in pieces is fixed to the bathroom wall 20. A hanging edge 12 of the outer edge of a flange part 11 of the bathtub 1 is supported by a bathtub supporting part 31 provided on the supporter 3. A cover body 4 so positioned as to cover the gap S between the counter bathroom wall 20 and the edge 12 of the bathtub 1 is so fixed that it is placed on a cover body fixing part 30 provided on the supporters 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure in which a bathtub is disposed along a bathroom wall, and more particularly to a technique for blinding a gap between the bathroom wall and the bathtub.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a gap S may be generated between the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1 due to a difference in size between the bathroom 2 and the bathtub 1. In order to close the gap S and blindfold it, for example, FIG. It is known that a counter member 7 as a blindfold member M is disposed as shown in FIG.

  Specifically, the counter member 7 is fixed at one end to the support 3 fixed in a cantilever manner to the bathroom wall 20 positioned through the gap S with the bathtub 1, and the outer edge of the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1 at the other end. The hanging edge 12 is mounted and supported.

However, the blind member of the gap S between the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1 is blinded by the structure in which the bathtub member 1 is supported by the counter member 7, so that the counter member 7 can be seen from the upper surface of the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1. Must be arranged at the lower position (specifically, the lower end position of the drooping edge 12), and there is no degree of freedom in construction, and a part of the gap S between the dripping edge 12, the bathroom wall 20, and the counter member 7 of the bathtub 1 The recess 7a is formed so as to leave the wall, and not only can the appearance of a clean appearance appear, but the bath water accumulates on the counter member 7 serving as the bottom of the recess 7a and the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1 has a problem of high risk of bathing water entering the gap S. Furthermore, the counter member 7 is easily deteriorated due to dirt or the like due to accumulated bath water. When the counter member 7 is to be replaced, the counter member 7 supports the bathtub 1 at one end as described above. There is also a problem that it is necessary to shift the bathtub 1 in order to release the support in accordance with the replacement of 7, and a complicated replacement work is forced.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-116591

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to increase the degree of freedom of installation work of the blindfold member in the gap between the bathtub and the bathroom wall, and it is neat. It is an object of the present invention to provide an arrangement structure of a bathtub that can make the outer appearance appear, can ensure a good water stoppage in the gap, and can also improve the ease of replacement of the blindfold member.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the bathtub arrangement structure according to claim 1, a plurality of piece-like support tools 3 are fixed to the bathroom wall 20, and the bathtub support portion 31 provided on the support tool 3 is used. The cover 4 that supports the hanging edge 12 of the outer edge of the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1 and closes the gap S between the opposite bathroom wall 20 and the hanging edge 12 of the bathtub 1 is attached to the support 3. It is characterized by being fixed so as to be placed on the cover body fixing part 30 provided. According to this, since the cover S 4 as the blindfold member M is fixed to the support 3 that supports the bathtub 1, the gap S between the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1 is blindfolded. The blindfold member M of the gap S with the bathtub 1 can be disposed at a position lower than the upper surface of the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1 as in the prior art, or can be disposed at substantially the same height as the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1. That is, the arrangement height of the blindfold member M can be set freely, and the degree of freedom of installation work of the blindfold member M can be increased.

  In the bathtub arrangement structure according to claim 2, the cover member 4 is fixed to the cover member fixing portion 30 of the support 3 and the base member 40 according to claim 1. The cover member 41 is configured to be detachably engaged to close the gap S between the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1. According to this, even if the cover body 4 that touches the bath water deteriorates and needs to be replaced, it is only necessary to replace the cover member 41 that touches the bath water while leaving the base member 40 intact. The work concerning the replacement of the (cover body 4) can be simplified and the cost for the replacement can be reduced.

  Further, in the bathtub arrangement structure according to claim 3, in claim 1 or 2, the upper surface of the cover body 4 is positioned substantially flush with the upper surface of the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1. To do. According to this, the cover body 4 can be continued from the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1, and a clean appearance can be revealed, and bath water accumulates on the cover body 4 and the gap between the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1. There is no risk of bath water entering S.

  In the present invention, the gap between the bathtub and the bathroom wall can be hidden by increasing the degree of freedom of construction, and a clean appearance is revealed, and good water stoppage is ensured in the gap. It has the advantage that the ease of replacement of the blindfold member can be improved.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  The bathroom 2 is formed by standing a bathroom wall 20 on the periphery of the floor pan 21, and the bathtub 1 is placed on one side of the floor pan 21 so as to leave the washing place 22 and is disposed in the bathroom 2. Is done. In the bathtub 1, the flange portion 11 extends substantially horizontally outward from the upper edge portion of the bathing recess 10 that opens upward, and the hanging edge 12 extends downward on the outer edge of the flange portion 11 that is the outer edge of the bathtub 1. It is extended and formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. When the bathtub 1 is disposed in the bathroom 2, the bathtub 1 is disposed so that the three hanging edges 12 of the bathtub 1 are along the bathroom wall 20 of the bathroom 2. The other side of the bathroom wall 20 that does not extend along the bathroom 20 faces the washing area 22, and an apron 13 erected from the floor pan 21 is detachably connected to the bathroom 2. It is not exposed.

  Usually, the bathroom 2 and the bathtub 1 are formed in the same size so that the bathroom wall 20 of the bathroom 2 and the outer edge of the bathtub 1 can be aligned without gaps. Uses a bathtub 1 that is slightly smaller than the size of the bathroom 2, and a gap S is generated between the bathroom wall 20 and the outer edge of the bathtub 1 (see FIG. 4). In addition, in this example, the clearance gap S has arisen between the pair of short side part in the edge of the bathtub 1, and the bathroom wall 20, respectively, and this clearance gap S is between the bathroom wall 20 and the flange part 11 of the bathtub 1. The upper opening S1 that opens upward from the side, and the side opening S2 that opens from the space between the bathroom wall 20 and the apron 13 to the side (washing station 22 side). However, as shown in FIG. 2, the opening S1, S2 is closed by the respective blindfold members M (upper cover body 4, side cover body 5, side end cap member 6), and the gap S is blinded. Will be done.

  The upper opening S1 of the gap S is closed by the upper cover body 4 as the blindfold member M as shown in FIG. The upper cover body 4 is attached to a support 3 that fixes the bathtub 1 to the bathroom 2. Here, the support tool 3 is a metal piece material, and a plurality of support tools 3 are used to fix the bathroom wall 20 at several places with intervals at the side edges of the bathtub 1. For example, in this example, in order to fix two places on the short side edge of the bathtub 1 to the bathroom wall 20, two supports 3 are used for the short side edge of the bathtub 1. Moreover, the drooping edge 12 of the short side part of the bathtub 1 of this example is formed so that it may be located outside, so that it goes downward, and the upper opening part S1 of the clearance gap S is formed so that it may become narrow toward the bottom. .

  The support 3 is formed of a single metal plate, and has a bathroom wall fixing part 32 fixed to the bathroom wall 20 at one end thereof, and covers the hanging edge 12 of the bathtub 1 from below at the other end. Thus, the clamp-like bathtub support part 31 is sandwiched, and the cover body fixing part 30 is further provided between the bathroom wall fixing part 32 and the bathtub support part 31. Specifically, the bathroom wall fixing part 32 is constituted by a vertical piece 3 a along the bathroom wall 20, and a wall for inserting a wall fixing tool 24 such as a screw to be inserted into the bathroom wall 20 into the vertical piece 3 a. The fixing tool through hole 33 is formed in a long hole shape that is long in the vertical direction. The cover body fixing portion 30 is configured by a horizontal piece portion 3b that extends substantially horizontally from the upper end of the vertical piece portion 3a of the bathroom wall fixing portion 32 and is exposed to the upper opening S1 of the gap S, and this horizontal piece portion 3b. A base fixing tool screw hole 34 into which a base fixing tool 25 such as a screw for fixing a base member 40 described later is screwed is formed. The bathtub support portion 31 has a pair of sandwiching piece portions 3c for sandwiching the hanging edge 12 of the bathtub 1 from inside and outside. The pair of sandwiching piece portions 3c are connected at the lower ends, and the upper ends of the outer sandwiching piece portions 3c are connected to each other. It is connected to the horizontal piece 3 b of the cover body fixing part 30. The hanging edge 12 of the bathtub 1 is inserted (press-fitted) from above between the pair of sandwiching piece portions 3c. However, in order to smoothly perform the insertion, the upper portions of the pair of sandwiching piece portions 3c are spaced apart from each other. The insertion guide part 31a made into the inclined piece shape which does is formed.

  The upper cover body 4 is a separate and detachable base member 40 that is fixed to the cover body fixing portion 30 of the support 3, and is detachably engaged with the base member 40 and the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1. And a cover member 41 that closes the gap S. The upper cover body 4 in this example closes the upper opening S1 of the gap S formed between the bathroom wall 20 and the short side edge of the bathtub 1, and the base member 40 and the cover member 41 are It is made of a long material having the same length as the short side dimension. In addition, the long material which comprises the base member 40 and the cover member 41 is formed in the horizontally long shape where the same longitudinal cross-section continues in a length direction, respectively.

  The base member 40 has a horizontal plate-like base base portion 42 that is fixed on the cover body fixing portion 30 of each support 3, and a pair of a pair of base base portions 42 in the width direction with a gap S therebetween. The mounting ridges 43 are erected side by side, and the ridges 42 a are erected at the end of the base base 42 in the width direction. A base claw portion 43 a that protrudes outward (in the opposite direction to the opposing direction) is provided at the upper end of each of the mounting projections 43. A base fixing portion through hole 44 through which the base fixing member 25 is inserted is formed in the base base portion 42 between the pair of mounting protrusions 43. The width dimension of the base member 40 is formed to be shorter than at least the width dimension of the upper opening S1 of the gap S.

  The cover member 41 has a horizontal plate-like cover base portion 46 whose upper surface is exposed to the bathroom 2, and a pair of mounting ridges 43 of the base member 40 are formed at the center portion in the width direction of the lower surface portion of the cover base portion 46. A mounting recess 47 to be inserted and fitted is provided. The mounting concave portion 47 is a concave portion that is formed by a pair of hanging pieces 46a and 46a projecting downward from the lower surface of the cover base portion 46, and is open at the lower end of each hanging piece 46a and 46a. A cover claw portion 47a projecting inward (opposing direction) is provided. A ridge 46b is suspended from the end of the bottom surface of the cover base 46 in the width direction. When the base member 40 and the cover body 41 are attached, the ridge 46b is fitted to the ridge 42a. . One of the widthwise ends of the cover base 46 is provided with a bathroom wall elastic contact portion 48 for elastic contact with the bathroom wall 20, and the other is provided with a bathtub elastic contact portion 49 for elastic contact with the hanging edge 12 of the bathtub 1. It has been. The width dimension of the cover member 41 is at least longer than the width dimension of the upper opening S1 of the gap S. Moreover, since each elastic contact part 48 and 49 is made to follow the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1 and to contact elastically without a gap, the fin piece which consists of a soft material formed thinly toward the front-end | tip can be used suitably.

  In order to close the upper opening S <b> 1 of the gap S by the upper cover body 4, the bathtub is fixed to the bathroom wall 20 by the bathroom wall fixing part 32 and is bathed by the bathtub support part 31 as shown in FIG. 1. The base member 40 is placed over the cover body fixing portion 30 of each support tool 3 that sandwiches one hanging edge 12, and the base fixing tool 25 is supported through the base fixing tool through hole 44 of the base member 40. The base member 40 is fixed to each support tool 3 by being screwed into the base fixing tool screw hole 34 of the tool 3, and the base claw part 43a and the cover claw part 47a are engaged while the base member 40 is removed. The cover member 41 is detachably attached to the base member 40 by fitting the mounting concave strip portion 47 of the cover member 41 to the wearing convex strip 43. In this example, the upper surface of the upper cover body 4 (specifically, the upper surface of the cover base portion 46 of the cover member 41) is substantially flush with the upper surface of the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1 (specifically, slightly above). ).

  Thus, the blind cover of the upper opening S <b> 1 of the gap S by the upper cover body 4 is performed using a structure in which the upper cover body 4 as the blind cover member M is fixed to the support 3 that supports the bathtub 1. Therefore, the blindfold member M of the gap S between the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1 is disposed at a position lower than the upper surface of the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1 as in the prior art, or approximately the same height as the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1. It can be arranged at a position, that is, the arrangement height of the blindfold member M can be set freely, and the degree of freedom of installation of the blindfold member M can be increased. In this example, the upper surface of the upper cover body 4 is positioned substantially flush with the upper surface of the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1 as described above. As a result, the upper cover body 4 can be connected to the flange portion 11 of the bathtub 1, and a clean appearance can be revealed. Bath water accumulates on the upper cover body 4 and the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1 The possibility of bathing water entering the gap S can be eliminated. Furthermore, since the through hole 44 for the base fixing tool of the base member 40 is formed in the base base portion 42 surrounded by the mounting protrusion 43, the mounting protrusion 43 functions as a water blocking wall. It is possible to prevent the bath water from reaching the fixing tool through-hole 44, and it is possible to improve the water stoppage in the gap S and prevent the base fixing tool 25 from deteriorating. In addition, the upper cover body 4 of this example includes a base member 40 that is fixed to the cover body fixing portion 30 of the support 3 and a gap between the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1 that is detachably engaged with the base member 40. Cover member 41 that closes S, and even if the cover body that touches the bath water deteriorates and needs to be replaced, the base member 40 remains as it is and the cover member 41 that touches the bath water. It is sufficient to replace only the upper cover body 4, and the work for replacing the upper cover body 4 is simplified and the cost for the replacement is reduced.

  Further, the side opening S2 of the gap S is closed by the side cover body 5 as the blindfold member M as shown in FIG. The side cover body 5 is attached to the bathroom wall 20. Here, the apron 13 has a front plate portion 14 facing the washing place 22, and a flange edge 15 protruding backward is formed on the periphery of the front plate portion 14, and the flange edge 15 of the upper edge portion is formed on the flange edge 15. A locking piece 16 is formed for locking along the back side of the hanging edge 12 of the bathtub 1 facing the washing place 22. Further, the flange edge 15 of the side end portion of the apron 13 of this example is formed so as to be located outward as it goes backward, and the gap S that is a gap portion between the bathroom wall 20 and the flange edge 15 of the apron 13 is formed. The side opening S2 is formed so as to be narrower toward the back.

  Similar to the upper cover body 4, the side cover body 5 includes a long base member 50 and a cover member 51 that are detachable separately. The long members constituting the base member 50 and the cover member 51 are each formed in a vertically long shape in which the same cross section is continuous in the length direction.

  The base member 50 has a vertical plate-like base base portion 52, one of the end portions in the width direction of the base base portion 52 is provided with a bathroom wall fixing portion 53, and the other is provided with an apron locking portion 54. ing. In addition, a mounting groove 55 that is inserted and fitted with a pair of mounting protrusions 57 of a cover member 51 to be described later is provided at the center in the width direction of the base base 52. Specifically, the bathroom wall adhering portion 53 has an adhering protrusion 52 a that extends to the back side over one end of the base base 52 and abuts the entire outer surface along the bathroom wall 20. It has through-holes 33 for wall fixing tools that are drilled at a plurality of locations on the fixing protrusion 52a. The wall fixing tool through-hole 33 is formed in the shape of a long hole extending vertically. The apron locking portion 54 is formed by a hooking ridge 52 c that protrudes to the front side over the other end of the base base 52. Further, the mounting concave portion 55 is a concave portion that opens to the front side formed by a pair of projecting pieces 52b projecting from the surface of the base base portion 52 to the front side. A base claw portion 55a that protrudes in the opposite direction (opposite direction) is provided.

  The cover member 51 has a vertical plate-like cover base portion 56 whose surface is exposed to the bathroom 2, and a mounting groove portion 55 of the base member 50 is provided at the center in the width direction of the back surface portion of the cover base portion 56. A pair of mounting ridges 57 to be inserted and fitted are provided. A cover claw portion 57 a protruding outward (opposite direction) is projectingly provided at the protruding tip of the mounting ridges 57. In addition, a bathroom wall abutting portion 58 that abuts against the bathroom wall 20 is provided at one of the end portions in the width direction of the cover base portion 56, and an apron that abuts against the flange edge 15 at the side end of the apron 13. A contact portion 59 is provided. The bathroom wall abutting portion 58 is formed in a shape in which one end portion in the width direction of the cover base portion 56 is bent to the back side, and the apron abutting portion 59 is the end surface of the other end portion in the width direction of the cover base portion 56 toward the back side. It is formed by making it into the shape of the inclined end surface which gave the roundness located inside. Since the opening width (gap S width) of the upper opening S1 and the side opening S2 of the gap S is substantially the same size, the width dimensions of the upper cover body 4 and the side cover body 5 are formed to be substantially the same dimension. ing.

  In order to close the side opening S2 of the gap S by the side cover body 5, the base member 50 is fixed to the bathroom wall 20 in a cantilever manner by the bathroom wall fixing portion 53 as shown in FIG. The base member 50 is disposed so as to close the side opening S2 of the gap S by causing the flange edge 15 at the side end of the apron 13 to be locked from the inside to the apron locking portion 54 of 50, and The cover member 51 is attached to the base member 50 by fitting the mounting projection 57 and the mounting recess 55 while engaging the cover claw 57a and the base claw 55a. Is called. At this time, in the cover member 51, the respective contact portions 58 and 59 at both ends in the width direction are in contact with the flange edge 15 at the side end of the bathroom wall 20 or the apron 13, that is, the cover member 51 is also on the gap S side. It arrange | positions so that the opening part S2 may be plugged up. Thus, since the side opening S2 of the gap S is closed by the two members (base member 50 and cover member 51) constituting the side cover body 5, a good water stop performance is ensured. Further, the side cover body 5 of this example closes the side opening S2 of the gap S so as to be substantially flush with the surface of the front plate portion 14 of the apron 13.

  More specifically, the side cover body 5 of this example is formed so as to reach the upper end position of the front plate portion 14 of the apron 13, that is, the side cover body 5 is formed of the apron 13 of the side opening S 2 of the gap S. A side adjacent portion S2a of the front plate portion 14 is closed. In the side opening S2 of the gap S, there is a side adjacent part S2b of the hanging edge 12 on the washing place 22 side of the bathtub 1 as a remaining part of the side adjacent part S2a of the front plate part 14 of the apron 13. The side adjacent part S2b of the drooping edge 12 on the washing place 22 side of the bathtub 1 in the side opening S2 is closed by the side end cap member 6 of the upper cover body 4. Here, the side end cap member 6 includes a vertical plate-like cap base 60 and an engagement leg 61 protruding to the back of the cap base 60, and the engagement leg 61 is connected to the cover member 41 of the upper cover body 4 and the base member. The side end cap member 6 is fixed to the upper cover body 4 by being inserted and locked between the upper cover body 4 and the upper edge of the cap base 60 of the side end cap member 6 at this time. The cover member 41 is continuous with the upper surface of the cover member 41, and the lower edge of the cover member 41 can be substantially flush with the surface of the cover member 51 of the side cover body 5. That is, the side opening S2 of the gap S is completely closed by the side cover body 5 and the side end cap member 6 as a whole so as to be blinded. And the blindfold member M (the upper cover body 4, the side cover body 5, and the side end cap member 6) arrange | positioned in the clearance gap S between the bathtub 1 and the bathroom wall 20 of this example is all adjacent to the bathtub 1 and the apron 13 The gap S is blindfolded so as to be substantially flush with one another, and a good appearance is ensured over the entire gap S between the bathroom wall 20 and the bathtub 1.

It is the arrangement | positioning structure of the bathtub of the example of embodiment of this invention, (a) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part (near the upper opening part of a clearance gap), (b) is an exploded perspective view of (a). is there. It is a whole perspective view same as the above. (A) is a horizontal sectional view of the main part (near the side opening of the gap), and (b) is an exploded perspective view of (a). It is a perspective view which shows the problem of a prior art. It is another example of a prior art, (a) is a partially cutaway perspective view, (b) is a side sectional view of the main part.

Explanation of symbols

1 Bathtub 2 Bathroom 3 Supporting tool 4 Cover body (upper cover body)
11 Flange part 12 Hanging edge 20 Bathroom wall 30 Cover body fixing | fixed part M Blindfold member S Crevice

Claims (3)

  A plurality of piece-shaped support fixtures are fixed to the bathroom wall, and the hanging edge of the outer edge of the flange portion of the bathtub is supported by the bathtub support portion provided on the supporting fixture, and between the opposing bathroom wall and the hanging edge of the bathtub. An arrangement structure of a bathtub, wherein a cover body positioned so as to close a gap is fixed so as to be placed on a cover body fixing portion provided in a support.   The cover body is composed of a base member that is fixed to the cover body fixing portion of the support, and a cover member that detachably engages with the base member and closes a gap between the bathroom wall and the hanging edge of the bathtub. The bathtub structure according to claim 1, wherein the bathtub is disposed.   The bathtub arrangement structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the upper surface of the cover body is positioned substantially flush with the upper surface of the flange portion of the bathtub.

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