JP2011026906A - Connecting structure for wall panels - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connecting structure for wall panels, which is satisfactory in workability. <P>SOLUTION: An edge-piece 7 projecting backward is formed in a side end of each of the wall panels 1a, 1b. A joint member 2 includes an intermediary piece part 10, a parallel part 11 projecting backward from the side end of the intermediary piece 10, and a turnback piece 12 folded back forward from the rear end of the parallel part 11. The edge-piece 7 of the one wall panel 1a is inserted into an insertion groove 13 formed between the parallel part 11 and the turnback piece 12, and the joint member 2 is attached to the wall panel 1a in a state where the intermediary piece 10 and the parallel part 11 are placed along the front part 6 and the edge-piece 7 of the wall panel 1a, respectively. The edge-piece 7 of the other wall panel 1b is placed along the intermediary piece 10, and the edge-piece 7 of the other wall panel 1b, the intermediary piece 10 and the front part of the wall panel 1a are fastened together with a fastener inserted through these three parts. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a connection structure of wall panels connected via a joint member.

  Conventionally, a connection structure for connecting wall panels constituting a wall of a bathroom unit via a joint member is known (for example, Patent Document 1). As this type of connection structure, for example, the structure shown in FIG. 7 is known. It has been.

  In the connection structure shown in FIG. 7, an edge piece 7 that protrudes toward the back is formed at the side end of each wall panel 1 a, 1 b that is adjacent at right angles via the joint member 2. The joint member 2 is long and has a cross-shaped cross section.

  One piece of the joint member 2 is an interposed piece portion 10, and long holes 14 are formed at a plurality of positions in the vertical direction of the interposed piece portion 10. In order to connect both wall panels 1a and 1b using the joint member 2, the interposition piece portion 10 of the joint member 2 is placed along the front surface of one wall panel 1a, and then the interposition piece portion 10 is connected to the other interposition piece portion 10. Along the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1b, and then adjusting the position of the joint member 2, a screw hole 8 formed in the front surface portion of the wall panel 1a, a long hole 14 of the interposition piece portion 10, And screw holes 9 formed in the edge piece 7 of the wall panel 1b are communicated, screws 19 are inserted into these holes 8, 14, 9 and nuts 18 are screwed into the screws 19, so that both wall panels 1a are engaged. 1b is fastened through the interposed piece 10.

  In this connection structure, by interposing the interposition piece 10 between the front face of the wall panel 1a and the edge piece 7 of the wall panel 1b, the front face and the wall panel of the thin plate-like wall panel 1a. There is an advantage that the edge piece portion 1b can be reinforced.

JP-A-9-287222

  Incidentally, in the conventional wall panel connection structure shown in FIG. 7, the joint member 2 is positioned at a predetermined position between the front surface portion of the wall panel 1a and the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1b during the connection operation. In this state, connection work with screws 19 or the like must be performed, and construction is not easy.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, Comprising: It makes it a subject to provide the connection structure of the wall panel excellent in workability.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration. Edge pieces 7 projecting toward the back are formed at the side ends of the wall panels 1a and 1b adjacent at right angles via the joint member 2. The joint member 2 includes an interposed piece 10, a side piece 11 projecting from the side end of the interposed piece 10 toward the back, and a folded piece folded forward from the rear end of the side piece 11. Part 12 is provided. An insertion groove 13 that opens forward is formed between the side piece 11 and the folded piece 12. The edge piece 7 of one wall panel 1a is inserted into the insertion groove 13, and the interposed piece 10 and the side piece 11 are along the front face 6 and the edge piece 7 of the one wall panel 1a, respectively. In this state, the joint member 2 is attached to the one wall panel 1a, the edge piece portion 7 of the other wall panel 1b is fitted along the interposed piece portion 10, and the edge piece portion 7 of the other wall panel 1b is interposed. The front part of the piece part 10 and the one wall panel 1a is fastened by a fastener inserted through these three members.

  In this wall panel connection structure, the edge piece 7 of the wall panel 1a is inserted into the insertion groove 13 of the joint member 2, and the interposed piece 10 and the side piece 11 are connected to the front face 6 of the wall panel 1a and The joint member 2 can be attached to the wall panel 1 a by being along each of the edge piece portions 7. For this reason, at the time of construction, when connecting the three members of the wall panel 1a, the joint member 2 and the wall panel 1b using the fastener 19, the work of positioning and fixing the joint member 2 can be omitted, and the workability can be reduced. Can be improved.

  In the present invention, when connecting the three members of the one wall panel, the joint member, and the other wall panel using a fastener, the work of positioning and fixing the joint member at a predetermined position can be omitted. Can be improved.

It is an example of embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is a horizontal sectional view which shows the connection structure of a wall panel. It is a cross-sectional view of a joint member same as the above. (A)-(g) is the horizontal sectional view which showed the mode when attaching the joint member same as the above to one wall panel. It is a horizontal sectional view which shows the connection structure of the wall panel of another example. It is a cross-sectional view of a joint member same as the above. (A)-(g) is the horizontal sectional view which showed the mode when attaching the joint member same as the above to one wall panel. It is a disassembled perspective view of a prior art example.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the wall panel connection structure of this example shown in FIG. 1, side end portions of wall panels 1 a and 1 b that are adjacent at right angles in plan view are connected via a joint member 2.

  Each of the wall panels 1a and 1b is used as a wall of a unit bus, and includes a surface plate 3 constituting a front portion. The surface plate 3 is made of, for example, a steel plate. In addition, the core material 5 which consists of a gypsum board etc. is provided in the back surface which faces the outdoor side of the surface board 3 similarly to the conventional wall panel 1a shown in FIG.

  Each wall panel 1a, 1b is provided with the edge piece part 7 which protrudes toward the back from the side edge part of the front-surface part 6 of the surface board 3. As shown in FIG. The edge piece 7 is formed by bending a side end of the surface plate 3 toward the back at a right angle, and its rear end is a free end.

  A plurality of screw holes 8 are formed through the side end portion of the front surface portion 6 of one wall panel 1a. Further, the same number of screw holes 9 as the screw holes 8 are formed in the edge piece 7 of the other wall panel 1 b corresponding to the screw holes 8.

  FIG. 2 shows a horizontal sectional view of the joint member 2. The joint member 2 is formed of a vertically long member, and may have the same length as the vertical dimension of the wall panels 1a and 1b, or may be shorter than the vertical dimension of the wall panels 1a and 1b. In the latter case, the two wall panels 1 a and 1 b may be connected by the two joint members 2.

  The joint member 2 includes an interposition piece portion 10 interposed between the front face portion 6 of the wall panel 1a and the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1b, and a back side (when connected) from the side end portion of the interposition piece portion 10. And a folded piece portion 12 that is folded forward from the rear end of the curved piece portion 11.

  At the positions corresponding to the screw holes 8 and 16 of the interposition piece 10, the same number of holes 14 made of vertically long holes are formed as the screw holes 8. The protruding length of the interposed piece portion 10 from the side piece portion 11 is such that the interposed piece portion 10 is located behind the front surface of the wall panel 1b (on the edge piece portion 7 side of the wall panel 1a) during the connection shown in FIG. It is set to the dimension to be positioned.

  The side piece 11 protrudes from the interposed piece 10 at a right angle so that when the interposed piece 10 is placed along the front surface of the front surface portion 6 of the wall panel 1a, it follows the outer surface of the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1a. It has become.

  The folded piece portion 12 is folded from the rear end of the side piece portion 11 on the wall panel 1a side, and is formed in a substantially arcuate cross section that protrudes on the opposite side to the side piece portion 11. An insertion groove 13 that opens forward is formed between the folded piece 12 and the side piece 11. Further, a contact portion 15 that protrudes toward the side portion 11 is formed at the front end portion of the folded piece portion 12.

  In order to connect the both wall panels 1a and 1b as shown in FIG. 1 using the joint member 2, it is performed as follows.

  First, the edge piece 7 of the wall panel 1a is inserted into the insertion groove 13 so that the interposition piece 10 and the side piece 11 are aligned with the front surface of the front face 6 of the wall panel 1a and the outer surface of the edge piece 7 respectively. Thereby, the joint member 2 is attached to the wall panel 1a. At this time, the screw hole 8 and the hole 14 corresponding thereto are communicated.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A to 3G in order, the joint member 2 is attached to the wall panel 1a in contact with the rear end portion of the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1a. In this state, the intervention piece 10 side is rotated so as to move to the wall panel 1a side with the contact portion as a fulcrum. In this way, the joint member 2 is rotated while the interposition piece portion 10 is along the corner portion 16 formed by the front face portion 6 and the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1 a, so that the edge piece portion 7 becomes the insertion groove 13. As a result, it is gradually inserted, and this makes it possible to easily attach the joint member 2 so that the L-shaped section formed by the front face portion 6 and the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1a is wound around the joint member 2.

  As for the joint member 2 attached to the wall panel 1a by the above, the edge piece part 7 of the wall panel 1a is inserted in the insertion groove 13, and the interposed piece part 10 and the side piece part 11 are the front part 6 of the wall panel 1a. And it will be in the temporarily fixed state which contacted the edge part 7 of the wall panel 1a along the edge piece part 7 and the edge piece part 7, respectively.

  Next, the edge piece 7 of the wall panel 1b is connected to the screw hole 8 and the hole 14, and the corresponding screw hole 9 is communicated with the screw hole 9 corresponding thereto. Keep along the front. Thereafter, the screw 19 is inserted through the screw hole 9, the hole 14, and the screw hole 8 in this order, and a nut 18 is screwed into the shaft portion of the screw 19 protruding from the back of the wall panel 1 a. And the three parts of the front face part 6 of the wall panel 1a, the interposed piece part 10, and the edge piece part 7 of the wall panel 1b are fastened by a fastener comprising a nut 18. Thereafter, the screws 19 are similarly inserted into the other screw holes 9, and the three of the front surface portion 6 of the wall panel 1 a, the interposed piece portion 10, and the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1 b are fastened with each screw 19. By doing so, both wall panels 1a and 1b shown in FIG. 1 are connected.

  In this connected state, the interposed piece portion 10 is located behind the front surface of the wall panel 1b and communicates with the room between the front surface portion 6 of the wall panel 1a and the front end portion of the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1b. A gap 17 is formed. The gap 17 is used as a gap for filling a wet seal material (not shown) such as silicone resin or driving a dry seal material, and the seal material is filled so as to fill the gap 17 after the connection. Is filled or driven in, thereby preventing water leakage from between the wall panel 1a and the wall panel 1b.

  In the wall panel coupling structure of the present example described above, the joint member 2 can be temporarily fixed to the wall panel 1a during the coupling operation as described above. For this reason, when connecting the three members of the wall panel 1a, the joint member 2, and the wall panel 1b using the screw 19 and the nut 18, the work of positioning and fixing the joint member 2 can be omitted, and the workability is improved. can do.

  Next, a wall panel connection structure of another example different from the above example will be described. In the following description, the same components as those in the example are given the same numbers, and redundant descriptions are omitted.

  In the connection structure of this example shown in FIG. 4, both wall panels 1a and 1b are connected using a joint member 2 having a shape different from that of the example.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the rear portion of the side piece 11 of the joint member 2 is composed of an arc-shaped portion 20 having an arc-shaped cross-section protruding toward the side opposite to the wall panel 1 a, and the rear end portion of the arc-shaped portion 20 is It is located closer to the wall panel 1a than the front portion of the side piece 11. The folded piece portion 12 projects forward from the rear end portion of the arc-shaped portion 20, and an insertion groove 13 is formed between the folded piece portion 12 and the arc-shaped portion 20. The inner surface of the insertion groove 13 on the wall panel 1a side is orthogonal to the left-right direction, but the opposite inner surface is an arc-shaped surface composed of the surface of the arc-shaped portion 20 on the wall panel 1a side, On the side opposite to the wall panel 1 a of the insertion groove 13, an escape space 21 for releasing the edge piece 7 of the wall panel 1 a inserted into the insertion groove 13 is formed. The folded piece portion 12 is formed in a linear cross section, and the front end portion of the folded piece portion 12 is a contact portion 15.

  In order to attach the joint member 2 of this example to the wall panel 1a, as shown in order in FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (g), the edge of the wall panel 1a is first inclined with respect to the side piece portion 11. The piece 7 is inserted into the escape space 21 of the insertion groove 13. Subsequently, with the contact portion 15 in contact with the edge piece portion 7 of the wall panel 1a, the joint piece 2 is directed toward the wall panel 1a with the joint member 2 as a fulcrum. As shown in FIG. 4, the front portion of the side piece portion 11 and the folded piece portion 12 are placed along both sides of the edge piece portion 7 as shown in FIG. 4. Here, at the time of rotation of the joint member 2, the edge piece 7 can be released to the escape space 21, so that the edge piece 7 can be rotated without any trouble until the edge piece 7 comes into contact with the folded piece 12. it can.

  In this way, the insertion groove 13 of the joint member 2 of this example is formed with the escape space 21 for escaping the edge piece portion 7 inserted obliquely, so that the joint member 2 is placed on the wall panel 1a. It can be attached more easily.

  In each of the above examples, the screw 19 is inserted through the screw hole 9, the hole 14, and the screw hole 8 in this order. Conversely, the screw 19 is inserted through the screw hole 8, the hole 14, and the screw hole 9 in order. And you may fasten the three parts of the front surface part 6 of the wall panel 1a, the interposed piece part 10, and the edge piece part 7 of the wall panel 1b with the screw | thread 19 and the nut 18 screwed together with this. These three members may be fastened with only the screw 19 or using other fasteners. Moreover, this invention can also be applied to the connection structure of the wall panel which comprises walls other than the wall of a bathroom.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a Wall panel 1b Wall panel 2 Joint member 7 Edge piece part 10 Interposition piece part 11 Side piece part 12 Folding piece part 13 Insertion groove 19 Screw

Claims (1)

  Edge pieces projecting toward the back are formed at the side ends of the wall panels adjacent to each other at right angles via the joint member, and the joint member includes the interposed piece portion and the side end portion of the interposed piece portion. Insertion groove which has a side piece protruding toward the back from the side and a folded piece portion folded back from the rear end of the piece portion, and opens forward between the piece and the folded piece portion In which the edge piece of one wall panel is inserted into the insertion groove, and the interposition piece and the side piece are along the front and edge pieces of the one wall panel, respectively. Is attached to the one wall panel, the edge piece of the other wall panel is placed along the interposed piece, the edge piece of the other wall panel, the interposed piece, the front surface of the one wall panel The connection structure of the wall panel characterized by the part being fastened by the fastener inserted by these three parties.

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