JP2011078708A - Clearance concealing member - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clearance concealing member coping with different pipe diameters without processing. <P>SOLUTION: The clearance concealing member 10 concealing a clearance between a hole formed in a cabinet to allow piping to pass through, and the piping passing through the hole, includes a plate-like body portion 11; a circular opening 12 formed in the body portion 11 to allow the piping to pass through; a first protrusion 13 projecting from an opening edge 12E to the center C side of the opening 12 and thinner than the body portion 11; and a plurality of second protrusions 14 projecting from the first protrusion 13 to the center C side of the opening 12 and thinner than the body portion 11. The second protrusions 14 are spaced from one another. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gap concealing member for concealing a gap between a pipe passage hole of a cabinet and a pipe passing through the hole.

Holes through which piping such as water supply pipes, hot water supply pipes and drain pipes are formed are formed in the cabinets constituting the system kitchen and the vanity. Conventionally, various lids have been used in order to conceal the gap between the pipe passage hole and the pipe passing through the hole (Patent Documents 1 and 2).
FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the conventional lid 100 is attached to the pipe 110, in which 120 is a bottom plate of the cabinet, and 121 is a hole for pipe passage.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-181675 JP 2003-235657 A

  Although the lids of Patent Documents 1 and 2 can cope with different tube diameters, an operator has to process a plate member constituting the lid according to each tube diameter.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a gap concealing member that can cope with different pipe diameters without being processed.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a gap concealing member that conceals a gap between a hole for piping a cabinet and a pipe passing through the hole, and is formed in a plate-like main body portion and a main body portion, A circular opening through which the pipe passes, a first protrusion protruding from the opening edge toward the center of the opening and thinner than the main body, and a plurality of first protrusions protruding from the first protrusion toward the center of the opening and thinner than the main body. 2 protrusions, and the second protrusions are separated from each other. The gap concealing member hides the gap between the pipe passage hole of the cabinet and the pipe passing through the hole. In the present specification, the term “hide” is used to include a mode in which it is difficult to see the gap from the outside, for example, a mode in which the gap is incompletely closed.

  In the gap concealing member of the present invention, preferably, the first protrusion is provided with a separating means such as a notch or a notch in a region between adjacent second protrusions.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a gap concealing member that conceals a gap between a pipe passage hole of a cabinet and a pipe passing through the hole, and is formed in a plate-like main body portion and a main body portion. And a circular opening through which the pipe passes, and a protrusion that protrudes from the opening edge toward the center of the opening and is thinner than the main body, and the protrusions are separated from each other.

  According to the present invention, the protrusion, the first protrusion, and the second protrusion are bent in accordance with the diameter size of the pipe, so that it is convenient to save the trouble of processing as in the prior art.

(A) is a top view of the gap concealment member which concerns on this embodiment, (B) is sectional drawing of the gap concealment member along the II line | wire of (A). (A)-(C) are the figures which show the state which attached the clearance gap concealment member of FIG. 1 to piping from which diameter size differs. It is a top view which shows this modification of the clearance gap concealment member of FIG. It is a top view which shows the clearance gap concealment member which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which attached the conventional clearance gap concealment member to piping.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1A is a plan view showing a gap concealing member 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along line II in FIG.

  The gap concealing member 10 includes a main body 11 and an opening 12 formed in the main body.

  The main body 11 is a plate-like member and has a circular outline B as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the upper surface 11A and the bottom surface 11B of the main body 11 are formed flat.

  A circular opening 12 having the same center C as the circular outline B of the main body 11 is formed in the main body 11. The opening 12 is a hole for passing the pipes 30A to 30C as will be described later. As shown in FIG. 1B, the opening 12 passes through the main body 11 in the thickness direction of the main body 11.

  The gap concealment member 10 of the present embodiment further includes a first protrusion 13 protruding from the opening edge 12E toward the center C of the opening 12, and a plurality of protrusions protruding from the first protrusion 13 toward the center C of the opening 12. The second protrusion 14 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the first protrusion 13 protrudes from the entire region of the opening edge 12 </ b> E toward the center C of the opening 12. The first protrusion 13 is set such that the protruding length L (see FIG. 1A) from the opening edge 12E to the center C of the opening 12 is the same over the entire region of the opening edge 12E. As shown in FIG. 1B, the thickness t2 of the first protrusion 13 is set to be smaller than the thickness t1 of the main body 11 (t2 <t1). The bottom surface of the first protrusion 13 is formed flush with the bottom surface 11 </ b> B of the main body 11.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, each second protrusion 14 protrudes from the first protrusion 13 toward the center C of the opening 12. Specifically, the second protrusion 14 extends from the inner peripheral edge defined by the first protrusion 13 to the center C side of the opening 12. In the present embodiment, four second protrusions 14 are provided at equiangular intervals (θ = 90 degrees) around the center C of the opening 12, and the second protrusions 14 are separated from each other.

  Each of the second protrusions 14 has the same shape, which is a semicircular shape in the illustrated example. As shown in FIG. 1A, an imaginary line L1 that defines the equiangular interval at an intermediate point (hereinafter sometimes referred to as vertex P) of an arc 14A that defines the outline of each second protrusion 14. Pass through. As shown in FIG. 1B, these second protrusions 14 are set to have the same thickness t2 as that of the first protrusions 13, and the bottom surfaces of the second protrusions 14 are formed on the main body part 11. Is formed flush with the bottom surface 11B.

  The upper surface 15A and the bottom surface 15B formed by the first protrusion 13 and the second protrusion 14 are formed flat as shown in FIG. 1B, and the surfaces 15A and 15B are The main body 11 is formed parallel to the upper surface 11A and the bottom surface 11B.

Next, the operation of the gap concealing member 10 of this embodiment will be described.
When the gap concealing member 10 is attached to a pipe 30A having a radius R1 corresponding to the distance from the center C of the opening 12 to the apex P of each second protrusion 14, as shown in FIG. The protrusion 14 is in an initial posture extending toward the center C side of the opening 12 and abuts on the pipe 30A at the apex P. The four second protrusions 14 abut on the pipe 30A at the apex P, so that the gap concealing member 10 is held by the pipe 30A. As a result, the gap concealing member 10 hides the gap S between the pipe passage hole 51 of the cabinet 50 and the pipe 30 </ b> A passed through the hole 51.

Next, the case where the gap concealment member 10 is attached to a pipe 30B having a diameter different from that of the previous pipe 30A will be described.
Here, it is assumed that the radius R2 of the pipe 30B is larger than the previous pipe 30A and corresponds to the distance R3 from the center C of the opening 12 to the first protrusion (R1 <R2 <R3).
When the gap concealing member 10 is attached to the pipe 30B having the radius R2, as shown in FIG. 2 (B), each second protrusion 14 bends at the base of the first protrusion 13 and hits the pipe 30B. Touch. The four second protrusions 14 bend and elastically contact each other, whereby the gap concealing member 10 is held by the pipe 30B.

  When the gap size concealing member 10 is attached to the pipe 30C when the diameter size of the pipe 30C is larger than the pipe 30B (when the radius is R3), as shown in FIG. 11 at the base part with a curve. Also in this case, the four second protrusions 14 bend and elastically contact the pipe 30C, whereby the gap concealing member 10 is held by the pipe 30C.

  Thus, according to the gap concealing member 10 of the present embodiment, the first projecting portion 13 or the second projecting portion 14 bends according to the diameter size of the pipe, so that the time and effort required for processing as in the prior art is reduced. Convenient to save.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a gap concealing member 10A according to a modification of the present embodiment.
In the gap concealing member 10A, in addition to the configuration of the gap concealing member 10 described above, the first protrusion 13 includes a notch 13A. Specifically, the first protrusion 13 includes a notch 13A in a region portion A between the adjacent second protrusions 14 and 14. In the illustrated example, four notches 13A are formed corresponding to the four second protrusions 14 being provided. The cutout 13 </ b> A is provided at an intermediate position in the region portion A between the adjacent protrusions 14, 14. In addition, about the same structure as the above-mentioned gap concealment member 10, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

By providing these notches 13A, when the gap concealing member 10 is attached to the pipe shown in FIG. 2C, the first protrusion 13 is easily bent.
Note that a notch or the like may be used instead of the notch 13A as the separating means.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a gap concealing member 10B according to another embodiment.
The gap concealment member 10B is different from the gap concealment members 10 and 10A described above in that the first protrusion 13 is not provided, and the second protrusion 14 is located on the center C side of the opening 12 from the opening edge. It is characterized by protruding to the side. In addition, about the same structure as the above-mentioned gap concealment member 10, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Even in the gap concealing member 10B, the second protrusion 14 can contact the pipe in the initial posture or bend and elastically contact the pipe.

  As described above, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit of the invention.

  For example, the upper surface 11 </ b> A and the bottom surface 11 </ b> B of the main body 11 may be formed on a surface having irregularities. The outline B of the main body 11 is not limited to a rectangle such as a circle, a triangle, or a square, but may be an ellipse.

  The first protrusion 13 and the second protrusion 14 are not limited to being flush with the bottom surface 11B of the main body 11 as shown in FIG. 1B, and the surface 15B is offset closer to the surface 11A than the bottom surface 11B. May be.

  The first protrusion is not limited to being provided in the entire area of the opening 12, and may be provided with a part of the entire area of the opening 12 being omitted or intermittently.

  The number of the second protrusions is not limited to the illustrated example, and may be a plurality of five or more. Further, the arrangement of the plurality of second protrusions 14 is not limited to the equiangular interval around the center C, and for example, the angle may be set to be different for each interval between the adjacent second protrusions 14. The shape of the second protrusion is not limited to the illustrated example, and may be a triangle or a quadrangle.

  The gap concealing member of the present invention is configured by integrating the main body, the first protrusion, and the second protrusion. The gap concealing member is made of a resin such as PP (polypropylene) or PE (polyethylene), but the material is not limited thereto, and any material that can be elastically deformed may be used.

  In the gap concealing member of the present invention, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 4, the groove portion 60 extending from the center C along the radial direction is formed from the inner peripheral edge to the outer peripheral edge, and the main body portion 11 is broken by the groove portion 60. It may be.

10, 10A, 10B Gap concealing member 11 Main body portion 11A Upper surface of main body portion 11B Bottom surface of main body portion 12 Opening 12E Opening edge 13 First protrusion 13A Notch of first protrusion 14 Second protrusion 14A Arc 15A Upper surface 15B Bottom surface L1 Virtual line P Vertex

Claims (3)

A gap concealing member that hides the gap between the hole for piping the cabinet and the pipe that has passed through the hole,
A plate-shaped body,
A circular opening formed in the main body and through the piping;
A first protrusion that protrudes from the opening edge toward the center of the opening and is thinner than the main body;
A plurality of second protrusions that protrude from the first protrusion toward the center of the opening and are thinner than the main body,
A gap concealing member in which the second protrusions are separated from each other.   2. The gap concealment according to claim 1, wherein the first protrusion includes a separating means such as a notch or a notch in a region between the adjacent second protrusions. Element. A gap concealment member that hides the gap between the hole for piping the cabinet and the pipe that has passed through the hole,
A plate-shaped body,
A circular opening formed in the main body and through the piping;
Projecting from the opening edge toward the center of the opening, and having a projection thinner than the main body,
A gap concealing member in which the protrusions are separated from each other.