JP2009082276A - Air suction structure of bathroom with air bubble bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an air inlet from interfering with a bath lid and to prevent water from leaking to the back surface side of a bathtub. <P>SOLUTION: An air bubble generator 3 for jetting air bubbles to the bathtub 2 and an apron 5 disposed between the bathtub 2 and a waterproof pan 4 on the washing place side are provided. The air inlet part 6 of the air bubble generator 3 is attached to the apron 5, and the air inlet 6a of the air inlet part 6 is made to face the washing place side G. On the washing place side G of the apron 5, an outer lid 5d which is a decorative lid covering the air inlet 6a is provided. The jetting port part 8 of the air bubble generator 3 is attached to the bathtub 2; a silencer 13 is provided in the middle of an air introducing pipe 12 communicating the jetting port part 8 and the air inlet part 6; the inflow port of the silencer 13 is positioned at the upper part and an outflow port is positioned at the lower part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an intake structure for a bathroom with a bubble bath.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bubble generating device that blows out bubbles into a bathtub has a suction port that takes in air that becomes bubbles opened on the upper surface of the upper edge rim of the bathtub (Patent Document 1) and the lower surface side of the upper edge rim of the bathtub. (Patent Document 2).
JP-A-7-250876 JP-A-2005-177119

  By the way, what opened the inlet in the upper surface of the upper edge rim of the bathtub has a problem that the bath lid placed on the upper edge rim interferes with the inlet and damages the inlet. In addition, when the water surface of the bathtub rises to a position higher than the intake port, the bathtub water leaks from the intake port to the back side of the bathtub so that the bottom of the rim of the upper rim of the bathtub opens. May cause problems.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide an air intake structure for a bathroom with a bubble tub that does not cause the air inlet to interfere with the bath lid and does not leak to the back side of the bathtub.

  In order to prevent the air inlet from interfering with the bath lid and leaking water to the back side of the bathtub, the means employed by the present invention according to claim 1 includes a bubble generating device that blows bubbles into the bathtub, a bathtub and a wash basin side waterproof pan In a bathroom with a bubble tub equipped with an apron arranged between the two, the air inlet of the bubble generator is attached to the apron, and the air intake of the air inlet is exposed to the washing area. The intake structure.

  In order to improve the appearance and prevent the water scattered on the washing area side from reaching the intake port of the intake port part, the means adopted by the present invention according to claim 2 is provided with a decorative lid covering the intake port on the washing area side of the apron. It is the air intake structure of the bathroom with a bubble bathtub of Claim 1 provided.

  In order to prevent remaining water in the silencer, the means adopted by the present invention as claimed in claim 3 is to attach the spout portion of the bubble generating device to the bathtub, and to connect the spout portion and the suction port portion. The bathroom intake structure with a bubble tub according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a silencer is provided in the middle of the communicating air introduction pipe, and the inlet of the silencer is positioned upward and the outlet is positioned downward.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, since the air inlet is not opened on the upper surface of the upper edge rim of the bathtub, the air inlet does not interfere with the bath lid covering the bathtub. In addition, even if the bathtub water flows backward to the intake port, it flows out to the washing area, so that water does not leak to the back side of the bathtub.

  According to the present invention, the air intake port is covered with a decorative lid so that the air intake port is not visible to the bather on the washing place side, and the water scattered on the washing place side reaches the intake port. I will not let you.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, even when the bathtub water flows backward and enters the silencer, when the bathtub is drained, the remaining water in the silencer flows out from the lower outlet and may remain. Absent.

  An air intake structure of a bathroom with a bubble bathtub according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the present air intake structure”) will be described based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.

  1 to 4 show an embodiment of the intake structure of the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows the entire intake structure 1 of the present invention. The intermediate structure is omitted, and the washing-side waterproof pan 4 and the bathtub-side waterproof pan are shown. 7 is a left side sectional view showing a part of each of the bathtub 2 and the bathtub 2, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the piping state with the apron and the like omitted, and FIG. 4 is a front view showing the apron 5 with the middle omitted and a part of the outer lid (decorative lid) 5d broken.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the air intake structure 1 of the present invention includes a bubble generating device 3 that ejects bubbles into a bathtub 2, and an apron 5 disposed between the bathtub 2 and the waterproofing side waterproof pan 4. Attach the intake port 6 of the generator 3 so that the intake port 6a of the intake port 6 faces the washing area G so that the bathtub water flows out to the washing area G even if the bathtub water flows backward to the intake 6a. It is configured. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the apron 5 includes an apron body 5a in which the upper and lower ends are connected to the upper rim 2a of the bathtub 2 and the waterproofing pan 4 on the washing ground side in a watertight manner, and a work port 5b opened in the apron body 5a. A removable inner lid 5c that covers the work opening 5b, and an outer lid 5d that is a removable decorative lid that covers the apron body 5a from the washing area side G together with the inner lid 5c. The air intake structure 1 of the present invention attaches the air inlet portion 6 to the apron main body 5a and covers the air inlet portion 6 with the outer lid 5d, so that the bather on the washing side G can receive the air inlet portion 6 as shown in FIG. The intake port 6a is made invisible so that it looks good and the water scattered on the washing station side G is prevented from reaching the intake port 6a. As shown in FIG. 1, a bathtub 2 is installed in a bathtub-side waterproof pan 7 joined to the washing area-side waterproof pan 4. Moreover, the washing-panel-side waterproof pan 4 and the bathtub-side waterproof pan 7 are provided with a wall panel 17 standing on the periphery thereof.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the bubble generating device 3 includes the air inlet portion 6, two jet outlet portions 8 attached to the rising wall portion 2 b of the bathtub 2, a circulation pump 9, a pump 9, two water supply pipes 10, 10 that communicate with the discharge ports 8, 8, a water suction pipe 11 that communicates the suction port of the pump 9 with the jets 8, 8, and the intake port 6. And an air inlet pipe 12 that communicates with the jet outlets 8 and 8. Each spout portion 8 is provided with a spout (not shown) that discharges bubbly water into the tank and a suction port (not shown) that sucks the bath water from the tank. Water is sucked into the pump 9 from the suction port through the water suction pipe 11, and the bathtub water discharged from the pump 9 is ejected from each injection port into the bathtub through the water supply pipe 10. At this time, it is assumed that each jet port 8 sucks air from the air introduction pipe 12 to the mixing tool (not shown) by the momentum of the jet water, and bubbles are mixed in the bathtub water ejected by the mixing tool. The spout 8 may be configured to provide a check valve at a location communicating with the air introduction pipe 12 of the mixing tool so as to prevent the bathtub water from flowing back to the air introduction pipe 12. In addition, the suction port which sucks in bathtub water is not limited to this example provided in the spout part 8, and when using the spout part which does not provide the suction port, the rising wall part 2b of the bathtub 2 is used. A suction port portion is provided in the suction port portion, and a water suction pipe 11 is connected to the suction port portion to cope with it.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the air introduction pipe 12 includes branch pipes 12a and 12a extending from the downstream jetting sections 8 and 8, and the intake port from the branch pipes 12a and 12a through a T-shaped connector 12b. The silencer 13 is provided in the middle of the collecting pipe 12c. The silencer 13 is attached and fixed to a mount base (not shown) bonded to the rising wall 2b of the bathtub 2 with a binding band 14, and noise emitted from the suction port 6a of the intake port 6 to the washing area G is generated. It is small. The collecting pipe 12 c is joined to the inlet 13 a above the silencer 13 via an elbow 15 that can swing freely, and the downstream 12 c-2 is connected to the outlet 13 b below the silencer 13. Has been. The collecting pipe 12 c is arranged so that the upstream side 12 c-1 is along the lower surface side of the upper edge rim 2 a of the bathtub 2. In this way, the silencer 13 has the inlet 13a positioned upward and the outlet 13b positioned downward, so that even if the bathtub water flows backward and enters the silencer, the bathtub 13 drains the bathtub. Since the residual water in the silencer flows out from the lower outlet 13b, it does not remain. The silencer 13 may have two lateral joints (not shown) projecting in the opposite direction on the substantially same straight line so that each branch pipe 12a can be easily joined to each joint. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the air inlet 6 of the bubble generating device 3 is disposed on the rear side of the apron main body 5a (opposite to the washing side G), and a main body member 6b joined to the collecting pipe 12c of the air introduction pipe 12. The mouth member 6c is disposed on the front side (washing station side G) of the apron body 5a and forms the suction port 6a. The mouth member 6c inserted from the washing field side G into the mounting hole 5e of the apron body 5a is joined to the body member 6b. (For example, it is screwed), and the peripheral edge of the attachment hole 5e is sandwiched between the apron body 5a and the mouth member 6c via the seal material 16 and attached.

  As described above, the air intake structure 1 of the present invention attaches the air inlet portion 6 of the bubble generating device 3 to the apron 5 and faces the air inlet 6a of the air inlet portion 6 toward the washing area G, so The interference between the air inlet 6a and the bath lid, which has been caused by the conventional structure of opening the air inlet on the upper surface of 2a, can be eliminated, and even if the bath water flows backward to the air inlet 6a, it flows out to the washing side G Therefore, no water leaks to the back side of the bathtub 2.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the left sectional drawing which shows the whole embodiment of this invention intake structure, Comprising: While omitting intermediate | middle, each wash floor side waterproof pan, the bathtub side waterproof pan, and each part of a bathtub are fractured | ruptured. It is a left sectional view which expands and shows the attachment state of the air inlet part in the embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the piping state which abbreviate | omitted the apron etc. in the same embodiment. The apron in the same embodiment is shown, Comprising: It is the front view which fractured | ruptured a part of outer cover while omitting intermediate | middle.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Bathtub, 3 ... Bubble generating device, 4 ... Washing | cleaning area side waterproof pan, 5 ... Apron, 5d ... Outer lid which is a makeup | decoration cover, 6 ... Intake port part, 6a ... Intake port, G ... Washing station side, 8 ... Spout Part, 12 ... air introduction pipe, 13 ... silencer

Claims (3)

  In a bathroom with a bubble tub equipped with an air bubble generator that blows out air bubbles into the bathtub and an apron disposed between the bathtub and the waterproof pan on the washing area side, the air inlet of the air bubble generator is attached to the apron, and the intake of the air inlet Inhalation structure of a bathroom with a bubble tub, characterized by having the mouth face the washing area.   The air intake structure of a bathroom with a bubble tub according to claim 1, wherein a makeup lid that covers the air intake port is provided on the washing area side of the apron.   The bubble generating device has an outlet portion attached to the bathtub, a silencer is provided in the middle of an air introduction pipe communicating the outlet portion and the inlet portion, and the inlet port of the silencer is positioned upward and the outlet port. The bathroom air intake structure with a bubble tub as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein is located below.

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