JP2009287199A - Sink mounting structure and manufacturing method for counter with sink - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sink mounting structure in which an opening of a counter and a sink arranged inside the opening are accurately positioned. <P>SOLUTION: A joining area 40 is formed by infilling an adhesive into a space 3 which is formed between an upper end 11a of a sidewall of the sink 10 and bar materials 30-33 fixed to the backside 25 of the counter near the opening in such a manner as to include a gap 3a and surround the opening 23 of the counter 20. The counter 20 and the sink 10 are positioned by means of a fixing bracket 50 which is provided with a holding portion 52 for regulating the motion of a folded piece 12b by abutting on the folded piece 12b at least at the corner of the opening 23, and a fixing portion 51 fixed to the bar material 31; and the holding portion 52 is embedded in the joining area 40 together with the folded piece 12b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement of a sink mounting structure for incorporating and fixing a sink to a counter in a system kitchen or the like.

  A conventional counter with a sink has a structure in which the flange portion of the sink is attached below the counter. For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, the flange portion of the sink is fixed by an adhesive on the back surface in the vicinity of the opening of the counter.

  In such a structure, the joint part of the joint portion by the adhesive faces the rising surface that falls into the sink from the opening and does not appear on the upper surface of the counter, so the appearance is neat, but the joint part is Since it is exposed to the position facing the sink, it is always easy to get wet, so it is easy to get dirty, bacteria are easily generated, and it is easy to cause slimming and darkening, and it is also difficult to remove the stain.

  Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present applicant has made various attempts to expose the joint portion between the counter and the sink flange portion on the surface. These are filled with an adhesive from the back side between the counter and the sink and joined to each other. A part of the joint forms a joint, and the joint is formed between the counter and the sink on the front side. It is exposed during. According to such a configuration, since the counter and the sink can be formed flush with the joint, the portion exposed on the surface together with the joint is very easy to clean.

  In addition, in order to join the counter and the sink more firmly, and to improve the strength of the flange part and to stabilize the shape, a folded piece is formed by folding the flange part and hanging down on the outer peripheral end of the flange part. An embodiment in which it is embedded in the joint has also been tried by the present applicant.

In such a counter with a sink, a joint with a width of several millimeters is exposed on the surface so as to run around the opening parallel to the horizontal part of the flange part so as to surround the flange part of the sink, so that the joint part is hidden. It has a different aesthetic from the counter with sink.
JP 2007-222344 A

  By the way, the joint appearing on the surface cannot create aesthetics if the joint width is too large, and is preferably set to 5 or 6 mm or less. The non-uniform width is conspicuous, which can greatly impair the beauty.

  Therefore, in the case where the joint is exposed, the joint width is kept uniform by stopping the relative movement from the positioning of the counter and the sink until the adhesive is cured in the joining process. I have to keep it. Furthermore, there is a possibility that the joint width may fluctuate due to the fluctuating dimensions of the opening due to the heat of the adhesive between filling the adhesive and curing, and it is necessary to suppress such slight movement of the material. There is also.

  In the above-mentioned document, the sink and the counter are fixed with fixing metal fittings at the two opposite edges of the opening, but this is used to improve the attachment strength of the sink. It cannot be expected that the subtle movement of the material is stopped so as to keep the joint width uniform until the material hardens.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a sink mounting structure in which the opening of the counter and the sink disposed therein are accurately positioned. An object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method capable of efficiently manufacturing such a counter with a sink.

  To achieve the above object, the sink mounting structure according to claim 1 is provided between an inner peripheral surface of an opening formed in a counter and a folded piece of a flange portion provided around an upper end portion of the sink. A sink mounting structure having a joint where a counter and a sink are joined so that joints are formed in the gap, the joint including the gap and surrounding the opening of the counter. It is formed by filling the space formed between the crosspiece fixed to the back of the counter and the upper end of the side wall of the sink with an adhesive. The counter and the sink are at least the corners of the opening, and the folded pieces It is positioned by a fixing bracket that has a presser part that abuts against and restricts its movement and a fixing part that is fixed to the crosspiece, and the presser part is buried in the joint part together with the folded piece. The features.

  In the sink mounting structure according to the second aspect, the crosspiece is provided with a stepped portion whose opening side is lowered, and the fixing portion of the fixing bracket is fixed to the upper surface of the stepped portion.

  The manufacturing method of the counter with a sink according to claim 3 forms a joint in a gap between an inner peripheral surface of the opening formed in the counter and a folded piece of a flange portion provided around the upper end of the sink. A method of manufacturing a counter with a sink in which the counter and the sink are joined to each other, wherein the counter and the sink are at least at the corners of the opening, and a presser part that abuts against the folded piece and restricts its movement. Positioned by a fixing bracket having a fixing portion fixed to the crosspiece, and including a gap, a crosspiece fixed to the counter back surface near the opening so as to surround the opening of the counter, and a sink Join the counter and the sink by filling the space formed between the upper end of the side wall with adhesive and burying the holding part of the fixing bracket and the folded piece. Characterized in that the so that.

  According to the sink mounting structure of claim 1, since the counter and the sink are positioned between the crosspiece fixed to the counter and the folded piece of the flange portion of the sink by the fixing bracket, the counter and the sink The joints appearing between the two can be formed with uniform and accurate joint widths, and the appearance is excellent.

  According to the sink mounting structure of the second aspect, since the crosspiece has a stepped portion, the fixing portion of the fixing bracket can be attached to the upper surface of the stepped portion with a screw. In addition, the outer portion of the crosspiece is formed higher than the step portion, and the upper step portion can serve as an adhesive weir so that the entire fixing bracket is buried in the joint portion. You can also.

  According to the method for manufacturing the sink mounting structure according to claim 3, before filling the adhesive between the counter and the sink, the fixing bracket is used to fix the crosspiece fixed to the counter at least at the corner. Since the fixing part of the fixing bracket is attached and the holding part of the fixing bracket is fixed to the folded piece of the flange part of the sink, it can be positioned easily, and then the horizontal direction until the filled adhesive is cured Therefore, the relative position of the sink and the counter can be prevented from shifting. In addition, since the pressing portion of the fixing bracket is buried in the joint portion, it is possible to prevent the pressing portion of the fixing bracket from moving after the adhesive is cured.

  Moreover, since it fixes with the fixing metal fitting before filling with an adhesive agent, it can prevent that the width dimension of the clearance gap used as a joint is fluctuate | varied by the thermal expansion of the counter or sink by the heat | fever of an adhesive agent. In particular, in the case of counters made of artificial marble, the width of the joint gap may become large due to the thermal expansion of the counter, but if it is fixed with fixing brackets at least at four corners, the gap width will increase. Can be prevented. As the fixing bracket, a simple L-shaped structure having one end fixed to the crosspiece and the other end hooked on the folded piece of the flange portion can be used.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of a sink mounting structure according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a counter with a sink having the sink mounting structure.

  The counter 1 with a sink is formed by an artificial marble counter 20 (top plate) and a metal sink 10 joined to an opening 23 formed in the counter 20.

  The counter 20 may be any non-metal such as resin or made of metal, but it is desirable that the counter 20 be made of man-made or natural marble for the sake of beauty. A front hanging portion 21 is formed at the front end of the counter 20.

  On the other hand, the sink 10 is formed by drawing, and has a substantially rectangular bottom portion 13, a side wall 11 having an inclined portion 11 b rising from the four sides of the bottom portion 13, and the entire circumference of the opening outside the upper end of the side wall 11. And a flange portion 12 formed over the entire area. Further, a drain port 13 a is formed at the bottom 13 of the sink 10.

  On the surface 24 of the counter 20, the joint 2 is exposed between the sink 10 attached to the opening 23 and the opening 23 over the entire circumference of the opening. The joint 2 forms a part of a joint 40 formed by curing a hard resin adhesive filled from the back side in order to join the counter 20 and the sink 10.

  FIG. 1 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 4 and 5 are schematic bottom views of the counter 1 with sink, and show before and after filling of the adhesive, respectively. Furthermore, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a fixing bracket used in the counter 1 with the sink. Hereinafter, the sink mounting structure and the structure of the joint 40 will be described with reference to these drawings.

  The crosspieces 30 to 33 are fixed to the back surface 25 of the counter 20 in the vicinity of the opening 23 so as to surround the opening 23. These crosspieces 30 to 33 serve as weirs when the adhesive is injected from the back side as will be described later, and are formed of a wood material such as a square, plywood, and particle board, a synthetic resin, or a metal such as aluminum. ing.

  In the present embodiment, one crosspiece 30 is fixed to each of the locations corresponding to the opposite sides of the sink 10 in the longitudinal direction, while each of the locations corresponding to the opposite sides in the short direction is respectively Two crosspieces 32 and 33 are fixed. The crosspiece 34 for the long side and the crosspiece 32 disposed on the outside for the short side are substantially the same height, and the crosspiece 33 for the inner side (opening side) for the short side is the outside crosspiece. It is formed lower than the material 32. That is, the bars 32 and 33 for the short side have a shape that descends stepwise toward the opening 23.

  Further, a corner beam 31 having a triangular shape in plan view, which is almost the same height as the inner beam member 33 for the short side, is fixed to the corner of the opening 23. The inner side bar member 33 for the side forms a step portion lower than the outer side bar members 30 and 32. In this embodiment, the step portion is formed by two crosspieces 32 and 33 having different heights on the short side, but the same step portion is formed by one crosspiece processed and formed in a staircase shape. You may make it form.

  On the other hand, the sink 10 has a side wall 11 inclined at an upper end portion, and a flange portion 12 is formed outward from the upper end of the side wall 11. The flange portion 12 includes a horizontal portion 12a exposed on the surface of the counter 1 with sink, and a folded piece 12b extending vertically downward from the outer peripheral end of the horizontal portion 12a. The folded piece 12b is provided to increase the adhesive force, and through holes (not shown) for further increasing the adhesive strength are formed at appropriate positions over the entire circumference of the folded side 12b.

  The sink 10 is disposed in the opening 23 so that the outer surface 12ba of the folded piece 12b faces the inner peripheral surface 23a of the opening 23 of the counter 20 via the gap 3a that forms the joint 2; The folded piece 12b and the corner bar 31 are fixed by the fixing bracket 50, and the sink 10 and the counter 20 are connected.

  The fixing bracket 50 is formed in an L shape, and includes a fixing portion 51 that is fixed to the crosspiece 31 by screws, and a pressing portion 52 that is hooked to contact the folded piece 12b from the inside and presses outward. Configured. Three screw holes 51 a are formed in the fixing portion 51.

  In addition, in the space between the upper end portion 11 a of the side wall 11 of the sink 10 and the corner bar 31 fixed to the back surface 25 of the counter 20, including a gap 3 a forming the joint 2, a joint portion formed by curing an adhesive 40 is formed, and the folded piece 12b and the pressing portion 52 of the fixing bracket 50 are engaged with each other and are buried in the joint portion 40 in a state in which the movement in the horizontal direction is restricted.

  The adhesive that forms the joint 40 is, for example, a two-component urethane system in which a main agent such as a polyol having a hydroxyl group and a curing agent such as an isocyanate having an isocyanate group are mixed and reacted at room temperature to be cured. It may be an adhesive (hard resin adhesive). In addition, as long as this adhesive becomes hard when cured, it is not limited to a two-component type or a room temperature curable type, and may be another hard resin adhesive such as a one-component type or a thermosetting type, Moreover, it is good also as not only a urethane type adhesive agent but another epoxy type adhesive agent, an acrylic adhesive agent, etc.

  In this example, as the first adhesive for forming the surface-side adhesive layer 41a among the adhesive layers 41 forming the joint portion 40, a surface joint is formed, so that the color matches the counter color. It is preferable to use a material having a low viscosity that does not change color, has high adhesive strength, and can be injected into a gap between joints. In addition, as the second adhesive for forming the back surface side adhesive layer 41b, an adhesive having a high adhesive force is desired. However, in consideration of cost, a lower price than the first adhesive should be used. Is preferred.

  In this way, the joint portion 40 is formed by filling the space formed between the crosspieces 30 to 33 fixed to the counter back surface 25 and the side wall upper end portion 11a of the sink 10 with the adhesive layer 41. A part of is exposed to the surface as a joint 2. In the illustrated example, the counter 20 and the sink 10 are almost flush with the joint 2 interposed therebetween.

  In addition, on the back side of the counter 20, the bonding portion 41 is formed with the adhesive layer 41 up to the height of the crosspieces 31 and 32, and the surface of the fixture 50 is exposed as shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 5 shows the state after the second adhesive is injected, and the second back side adhesive layer 41b (the portion indicated by the spotted pattern in the figure) is exposed on the back side.

  Although FIG. 7 shows another embodiment, as shown in this figure, a large amount of adhesive is filled and the higher bars 30 and 32 provided outside the corner bars 31 act as weirs. Thus, the entire fixing bracket 50 may be buried in the adhesive layer.

  The sinked counter 1 having such a joint 40 is preferably manufactured by the following procedure.

  First, the counter 20 with the crosspieces 30 to 33 mounted on a work table (not shown) and the sink 10 are turned over so that the sink 10 is placed in the opening 23 of the counter 20. Then, the relative position between the two is visually confirmed and aligned so that the gap 3a serving as the joint 2 has a uniform width, and the fixing bracket 50 is attached and fixed at the four corners. The counter 20 is connected to fix their relative positions.

  Thus, after the sink 10 and the counter 20 are fixed in position, the space 3 formed between the crosspiece 30 and the side wall upper end portion 11a of the sink 10 is sequentially filled with the first and second adhesives, and the folded piece 12b and the holding part 52 of the fixing metal fitting 50 are almost completely buried in the adhesive layer 41, and the adhesive is cured (see FIGS. 4 and 5).

  In this way, since the sink 10 and the counter 20 are fixed using the fixing bracket 50 before filling the adhesive, there is almost no displacement or the like until the adhesive is cured. If correctly positioned, the joint 2 appearing between the counter 20 and the sink 10 can be formed with a uniform and accurate joint width, and the appearance can be improved. It is sufficient that the fixing bracket 50 is fixed at the four corners. However, in order to fix the fixing bracket 50 more reliably, it is desirable to fix the crosspiece 32 and the sink 10 between the crosspiece 32 and the sink 10 with a fixing bracket. .

  Also, the adhesive to be filled is heated to about 50 ° C. at the time of filling, generates a heat of curing reaction at the time of curing, or heat is applied if it is of a thermosetting type. There is a risk that such heat is transmitted and they thermally expand. Particularly in the present embodiment, since the counter 20 is made of artificial marble, the opening 23 is widened due to thermal expansion, and the width dimension of the gap 3a for the joint 2 may be increased. Since the sink 10 is pulled from the four corners of the 20 openings 23 and the two are connected to determine their relative positions, the joint width can be prevented from fluctuating due to the thermal expansion of the material.

  The fixing metal fitting 50 can be attached to the four corners to restrict horizontal movement of the sink 10 with respect to the counter 20, but before the adhesive is cured, the holding portion 52 and the folded piece 12b are engaged with each other. For example, a slight shift in the vertical direction may occur. However, since the presser part 52 is buried in the adhesive layer 41 by filling the adhesive, the upward and downward displacement movement can be suppressed by the hardening of the adhesive.

Further, since the corner bar 31 is formed as a step that is one step lower than the outer bar 30, the fixing portion 51 of the fixing bracket 50 can be attached to the upper surface of the step with screws or the like. Very efficient.
Moreover, since the outside of the corner bar 31 is high and can serve as an adhesive weir filled with the outer bars 30 and 32, the entire fixing bracket 60 may be buried in the joint as shown in FIG. it can. In addition, also when fixing an edge part with a fixing metal fitting, since the crosspiece 33 comprises the step part, it is easy to attach the fixing metal fitting 50. FIG.

  In the present embodiment, the sink 10 is fixed by the fixing bracket 50 so as to be pulled from the four corners. However, when a material whose joint width is narrowed by the thermal expansion of the material due to the heat of curing is used, FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the sink 10 is pressed from the counter 20 with a fixing bracket, and the sink 10 is taken from four corners as shown in FIG. 8A, or from two or four sides as shown in FIG. 8B. You may make it fix by extending | stretching. Further, as this type of fixing bracket, the same type of L-shaped fixing bracket used in the above embodiment can be used. FIG. 8 schematically shows a part of the bottom surface. Furthermore, the sink 10 and the counter 20 may be connected by using other fixing brackets that can be fixed by screwing or welding to an appropriate place such as the flange portion 12 of the sink 10.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along the line XX in FIG. 3 schematically showing an embodiment of a counter with a sink having a sink mounting structure according to the present invention. It is a schematic perspective view of the counter with the sink It is a schematic plan view of the counter with the sink. It is a schematic bottom view (before adhesive filling) of the counter with the sink. It is a schematic bottom view (after adhesive filling) of the counter with the sink. It is a perspective view of the fixture used for the counter with the sink. It is the schematic bottom view (after adhesive filling) which showed other embodiment of the counter with a sink concerning this invention. It is a general | schematic partial bottom view which shows the other example of the sink attachment structure which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Counter with a sink 2 Joint 3 Adhesive filling space 3a Clearance 10 Sink 11 Side wall 11a Side wall upper end 11b Inclined part 12 Flange part 12a Horizontal part 12b Folding piece 12ba Outer surface (surface facing the inner peripheral surface of the counter opening) )
20 counter 23 opening 23a inner peripheral surface 25 back 30 crosspiece 31 corner crosspiece 32 crosspiece (high)
33 Crosspiece (low)
40 Joining part 41 Adhesive layer 50 Fixing bracket 51 Fixing part 51a Screw hole 52 Presser part

Claims (3)

The counter and the sink are joined to form a joint in a gap between the inner peripheral surface of the opening formed in the counter and the folded piece of the flange portion provided around the upper end of the sink. A sink mounting structure with a joined portion,
The joint includes an adhesive in a space formed between the crosspiece fixed to the counter back surface near the opening and the upper end of the side wall of the sink so as to surround the opening of the counter, including the gap. Is formed by filling
The counter and the sink are positioned at least at a corner of the opening by a fixing bracket that includes a pressing portion that abuts against the folded piece and restricts its movement and a fixing portion that is fixed to the crosspiece. The sink mounting structure, wherein the pressing portion is buried in the joint portion together with the folded piece. In claim 1,
A sink mounting structure in which the crosspiece is structured to have a stepped portion with the opening side lowered, and a fixing portion of the fixing bracket is fixed to an upper surface of the stepped portion. The counter and the sink are joined to form a joint in a gap between the inner peripheral surface of the opening formed in the counter and the folded piece of the flange portion provided around the upper end of the sink. Manufacturing method of counter with sink,
The counter and the sink are positioned at least at a corner of the opening by a fixing bracket that includes a pressing portion that abuts against the folded piece and restricts its movement and a fixing portion that is fixed to the crosspiece. After
An adhesive is filled in the space formed between the crosspiece fixed to the counter back surface near the opening so as to surround the opening of the counter including the gap and the upper end of the side wall of the sink. A method for manufacturing a counter with a sink, wherein the counter and the sink are joined by burying the holding portion of the fixing bracket and the folded piece.

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