JP2011208353A - Installation structure of sensor unit to front panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an installation structure allowing easy installation of a sensor unit to the back side of a front panel in a toilet bowl unit.SOLUTION: In installation of a sensor to the upper part of a toilet bowl in the toilet bowl unit having the front panel for mounting the toilet bowl to the front surface, a bracket 10 fixed to the sensor unit is attached to a base 14 fixed to the front panel for mounting the sensor unit to the front panel. On both of the right and left sides of the base 14, side plates 14b and 14b having cutouts 15 and 15, to which locking screws 12 and 12 on the right and left sides arranged in the bracket 10 are inserted, are arranged. A guide projection 14e to guide the locking screw 12 extending beyond the upper part of the cutout 15 toward the back side is formed below the cutout 15 in the side plate 14b.

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure for attaching a sensor unit to a front panel such as a urinal unit.

As a mounting structure of this type of sensor unit, there is a structure as disclosed in Patent Document 1.
In the structure disclosed in Patent Document 1, a base having notches formed on the left and right side plates is fixed to the front panel, and a screw member provided on a bracket attached to the sensor unit is inserted into the notches on the side plate of the base. By doing so, the sensor unit is attached to the base via a bracket.

JP 2007-270588 A

  In the mounting structure disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the screw member provided on the bracket side is inserted into the notches formed on the left and right side plates of the base, the notch portion is difficult to see and the bracket is Even when trying to align the screw member with the notch while being along the line, there is a problem that it is difficult to guide the screw member into the notch and the sensor unit is difficult to mount.

The object of the present invention is to provide a sensor unit mounting structure on the front panel which improves the workability of the mounting operation of the sensor unit and can be easily mounted. In order to achieve at least a part of this object, the following means are provided. I took it.
In the present invention, when placing a sensor above the toilet in a toilet unit having a front panel to which a toilet is attached on the front surface, a bracket fixed to the sensor unit is attached to a base fixed to the front panel. The sensor unit is attached to the front panel,
The left and right sides of the base are provided with side plates having notches into which locking portions provided on the bracket are inserted,
The gist of the present invention is that a guide projection for guiding the locking portion extending from the upper portion of the notch is formed at the lower portion of the notch in the side plate.

  Since the side projections on both the left and right sides of the base have guide protrusions at the bottom of the notch, the bracket fixed to the sensor unit should be shifted downward along the base fixed to the front panel. When the locking part of the bracket collides with the guide protrusion and the locking part hits the guide protrusion, the locking part is arranged at the entrance of the notch, so that the locking part can be easily inserted into the notch, The bracket can be easily attached to the base, so that the sensor unit can be easily attached to the front panel of the toilet unit.

Further, in the sensor unit mounting structure to the front panel of the present invention, the locking portion is constituted by a screw member, and the notch has an insertion portion that extends to the front side with its rear end open, and the insertion portion. It is also possible to have a storage portion that extends downward on the front end side of the storage portion, and that the vertical dimension of the storage portion is set to be substantially the same as the diameter of the screw member.
In this way, when the screw member of the bracket is inserted into the insertion part of the notch and moved to the front side, the screw member is accommodated in the accommodation part of the notch. Will not occur. In addition, since the vertical dimension of the storage part is set to be approximately the same as the diameter dimension of the screw member, the distance that the screw member moves in the vertical direction within the storage part is short, and the storage part is attached with an inclination at the storage position in the storage part. There is nothing to do.

Further, in the sensor unit mounting structure to the front panel of the present invention, the base is provided with a sponge that can be crushed between the sensor unit and surround the transmission / reception unit of the sensor unit. It can also be.
In this way, when the sensor unit is attached, the sponge is crushed so as to fill the gap between the sensor unit and the base, and the periphery of the transmission / reception part of the sensor unit can be well surrounded by the sponge. Thus, dust and the like can be satisfactorily prevented from entering the transmission / reception unit.

It is an external appearance perspective view of a urinal unit. It is a front block diagram of a urinal unit. It is side surface partial cross section block diagram of a urinal unit. It is a principal part expansion disassembled side view before attaching a sensor unit to the back side of the front panel of a urinal unit. It is the expansion perspective view seen from the back side of the base fixed to a front panel. It is the expansion perspective view seen from the front side of the state where the bracket was attached to the sensor unit. It is the expansion perspective view seen from the back side of the state which attached the bracket of FIG. 6 to the base of FIG. It is a principal part longitudinal cross-sectional enlarged block diagram of the attachment state of a sensor unit. It is a principal part expanded block diagram which shows the example of a change of the notch formed in the side plate of a base. It is a principal part expanded block diagram which shows the further different example of a change of the notch formed in the side plate of the base.

Next, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated using an Example.
FIG. 1 is a perspective configuration diagram of the installation state of the urinal unit, FIG. 2 is a front view of the installation state of the urinal unit, and FIG. 3 is a partial partial cross-sectional configuration diagram of the installation state of the urinal unit. It is.

  In the urinal unit 1, a frame 2 is attached to the wall surface of the toilet. A central front panel 3 is attached to the front of the frame 2, and left and right front panels 4 and 5 are attached to the left and right sides. The urinal 6 is attached and fixed to the front surface. A top plate 7 is provided on the upper surface of the frame 2. A sensor window 3a is opened at an upper portion of the central front panel 3 above the urinal 6 below the top plate 7, and a sensor unit 8 for detecting a human body is attached to the back side of the sensor window 3a.

  As shown in the enlarged exploded view of the main part in FIG. 4, the base 14 is fixed to the back side of the sensor window 3 a of the central front panel 3, while the bracket 10 is attached to the sensor unit 8. By attaching the bracket 10 to the base 14 in advance, the sensor unit 8 is attached to the back side of the sensor window 3a of the center front panel 3.

FIG. 5 shows an enlarged perspective view of the base 14 viewed from the rear side, and FIG. 6 shows an enlarged perspective view seen from the front side of the bracket 10 attached to the sensor unit 8.
The base 14 has a flat fixed piece 14a formed with sensor openings 14d aligned with the sensor window 3a. The right and left sides of the fixed piece 14a are bent 90 ° rearward to form left and right side plates 14b and 14b. The left and right side plates 14b and 14b are formed integrally with cutouts 15 and 15 that are open at the rear ends and extend forward. Further, through holes 14c and 14c through which screws are passed are formed on the upper ends of the left and right side plates 14b and 14b.
Further, a window frame-like sponge 16 is attached to the back side of the sensor opening 14d of the base 14 by being attached to the fixed piece 14a.

As shown in FIG. 4, the notch 15 is formed in an inverted L shape with an insertion portion 15a having a rear end opened and extending substantially horizontally to the front side, and a storage portion 15b extending downward on the front end side of the insertion portion 15a. A guide projection 14e is formed on the side plate 14b at the rear end of the insertion portion 15a of the cutout 15 and extends substantially horizontally rearward from the lower end of the insertion portion 15a.
That is, the guide protrusion 14e extends rearward from the upper end side of the insertion portion 15a of the notch 15 and is integrally formed on the side plate 14b.

In the bracket 10, an opening 10 a larger than the outer periphery of the sponge 16 is formed in a flat contact piece 10 b, and bent pieces 10 c and 10 c are bent 90 ° rearward on the left and right sides of the contact piece 10 b. The left and right bent pieces 10c, 10c are formed with an upper screw hole 10d and a lower screw hole 10e on the upper end side and the lower end side, respectively.
Further, a pair of left and right upper support pieces 10f, 10f are formed on the upper end side of the contact piece 10b so as to extend substantially horizontally to the rear side, and are bent downwardly at the rear ends of the upper support pieces 10f, 10f. The upper screw pieces 10g, 10g are integrally formed, and screw holes 10h, 10h are formed in the upper screw pieces 10g, 10g.
In addition, a pair of left and right lower support pieces 10i, 10i that extend short rearward is also formed on the lower end side of the contact piece 10b. The lower screw pieces 10j are bent upward from the rear ends of the lower support pieces 10i, 10i. , 10j, and screw holes 10k, 10k are formed in the lower screw pieces 10j, 10j, respectively.

The bracket 10 is previously attached to the front side of the sensor unit 8 with four mounting screws 11, 11, 11, 11.
That is, the mounting screws 11 are respectively passed from the rear side to the four threading pieces 8 a, 8 a, 8 a, 8 a formed so as to protrude vertically on the left and right side walls of the sensor unit 8. Each front end is fastened to the screw holes 10 h, 10 h and 10 k, 10 k of the bracket 10, and the bracket 10 is attached and fixed to the front side of the sensor unit 8 by four mounting screws 11, 11, 11, 11.
In the mounting state of the bracket 10, the bracket opening 10 a is disposed on the front side of the transmission / reception unit 9 a on the front surface of the sensor unit 8. The transmission / reception unit 9 a is a part on the front side of the sensing unit 9 in the sensor unit 8.

  As described above, the bracket 10 is attached to the front surface of the sensor unit 8 in advance, and the locking screws (screw members) 12 and 12 are attached to the left and right lower screw holes 10e and 10e of the bracket 10 from the side. . Each locking screw 12 is formed with a hand-turned portion 12a that can be picked and turned with a finger. The hand-turned portion 12a is turned with a finger and screwed into the lower screw holes 10e and 10e, respectively. .

The base 14 has a fixed piece 14a fixed to the back side of the sensor window 3a of the central front panel 3 in advance by sticking or the like, and the base 14 is fixed to the central front panel 3 from the back side. A bracket 10 attached to the unit 8 is attached.
In addition, the state which attached the bracket 10 to the back side of the base 14 is shown with the perspective view seen from the back side in FIG.

  In order to attach the bracket 10 to the base 14 fixed to the back side of the sensor window 3a of the center front panel 3 attached to the front surface of the frame 2, with the top plate 7 on the upper surface of the frame 2 removed, from the rear side, The left and right locking screws 12 and 12 attached to the bracket 10 are inserted into the left and right cutouts 15 and 15 of the base 14, and the left and right side plates 14 b and 14 b of the base 14 are bent to the left and right. The contact piece 10b of the bracket 10 is brought into contact with the fixed piece 14a of the base 14 so that the pieces 10c and 10c are arranged.

  In this example, when the locking screw 12 of the bracket 10 is inserted into the notch 15 from the rear side, if the bracket 10 is lowered downward along the base 14, the locking screw 12 is attached to the guide protrusion 14e. The locking screw 12 naturally rides on the guide protrusion 14e, and in this state, the locking screw 12 is naturally placed at the entrance of the rear end of the insertion portion 15a of the notch 15. In this state, when the bracket 10 is pushed forward, the locking screw 12 is naturally inserted into the notch insertion portion 15a, and the locking screw 12 is eventually dropped into the storage portion 15b. . In a state where the locking screw 12 is accommodated in the storage portion 15b, the movement of the bracket 10 in the front-rear direction is restricted, and the bracket 10 is locked without being displaced.

  The vertical dimension of the storage portion 15b is set to be approximately the same as the outer diameter dimension of the screw portion of the locking screw 12, and the locking screw 12, that is, the bracket 10 moves in the vertical direction more than necessary. Since the vertical movement of the bracket 10 is small, the sponge 16 is not displaced when the bracket 10 is attached to the base 14, and the bracket 10 is attached to the base 14. At the time of attachment, the sponge 16 abuts against the front surface of the sensor unit 8 and is uniformly crushed in the thickness direction. When the bracket 10 is attached, the sensor unit 8 is attached by the sponge 16 as shown in a sectional view in FIG. The gap between the front surface and the base 14 is filled, and the sponge 16 surrounds the periphery of the transmission / reception unit 9a of the sensor unit 8, and dust or the like is seen from above. It is prevented satisfactorily to enter the receiving portion 9a of the sensor unit 8.

In this manner, the bracket 10 can be satisfactorily attached to the base 14 while being crushed in the thickness direction without being displaced, and by shifting the bracket 10 downward along the base 14 at the time of attachment, the bracket 10 Since the locking screw 12 rides on the guide protrusion 14e formed on the side plate 14b of the base and the bracket 10 is pushed forward in this state, the locking screw 12 is inserted into the insertion portion 15a of the notch 15 satisfactorily. The locking screw 12 can be easily inserted after being aligned with the notch 15, and the mounting operation of the bracket 10 to the base 14 can be performed very easily.
Even when the bracket 10 is attached to the base 14 when viewed from above, the guide protrusion 14e of the base 14 protrudes, so that it can be easily confirmed, and the position of the notch 15 can be confirmed well visually. Further, the mounting operation can be easily performed.

  In this way, the locking screw 12 is arranged in the storage portion 15b of the notch 15, and then the locking screw 12 is turned by hand turning the portion 12a and tightened, and further fixed to the left and right through holes 14c and 14c of the base 14, respectively. The left and right fixing screws 13 are tightened to the left and right upper screw holes 10d and 10d of the bracket 10 through the screws 13, respectively. The left and right two locking screws 12 and 12 and the left and right fixing screws 13 and 13 Can be fixed to the base 14.

9 and 10 show a modification of the notch 15.
That is, FIGS. 9 and 10 show the side plate 14b of the base 14 in an enlarged manner. In FIG. 9, the guide protrusion 14e side is opened and the front end of the insertion portion 15a extending horizontally to the front is directed toward the front. Thus, the storage portion 15b is formed in a downwardly inclined manner. The vertical dimension of the storage portion 15b is short and is set to a vertical dimension that does not cause the sponge 16 to be displaced when the bracket 10 is attached.

In addition, in the notch 15 of FIG. 10, the front end side of the insertion portion 15a that is opened on the side of the guide protrusion 14e and extends slightly to the front side is formed to be inclined downward toward the front side. A downward storage portion 15b is formed at the front end of the portion 15a.
Even in such a notch 15, the locking screw 12 of the bracket 10 can be placed on the guide projection 14e, and the locking screw 12 can be easily inserted into the insertion portion 15a. Thus, the locking screw 12 is accommodated in the storage portion 15b, and the movement of the locking screw 12 in the front-rear direction is naturally restricted, and the bracket 10 is attached to the base 14 without being displaced in the front-rear direction.
Note that the vertical dimension of the storage portion 15b is set to be approximately the same as the outer diameter of the locking screw 12, so that the positional displacement of the sponge 16 does not occur when the locking screw 12 is dropped into the storage portion 15b. Is considered.

  In this example, the bracket 10 is illustrated with a hand-operated locking screw 12 attached thereto. However, the locking screw 12 may be a thumbscrew, or instead of the locking screw 12. Alternatively, a structure may be employed in which a locking portion that protrudes in a bar shape from the bent piece 10 c of the bracket 10 is formed, and this bar-shaped locking portion is inserted into the notch 15 of the base 14.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Urinal unit 3 Center front panel 3a Sensor window 8 Sensor unit 9a Transmission / reception part 10 Bracket 10a Opening 10b Contact piece 10c Bending piece 10d Upper screw hole 10e Lower screw hole 10f Upper support piece 10g Upper screw piece 10i Lower support piece 10j Lower screw piece 10h, 10k Screw hole 11 Mounting screw 12 Locking screw (screw member)
12a Hand turning part 13 Fixing screw 14 Base 14a Fixing piece 14b Side plate 14c Through hole 14d Sensor opening 14e Guide protrusion 15 Notch 15a Insertion part 15b Storage part 16 Sponge

Claims (3)

When placing a sensor above the toilet in a toilet unit having a front panel to which a toilet is attached on the front, a bracket fixed to the sensor unit is attached to the base fixed to the front panel. A structure for attaching the sensor unit,
The left and right sides of the base are provided with side plates having notches into which locking portions provided on the bracket are inserted,
A structure for mounting the sensor unit to the front panel, characterized in that a guide projection for guiding the locking portion extending from the upper portion of the notch is formed at the lower portion of the notch in the side plate. The locking portion is formed of a screw member,
The notch has an insertion portion whose rear end is opened and extends to the front side, and a storage portion that extends downward on the front end side of the insertion portion,
The sensor unit mounting structure for a front panel according to claim 1, wherein the vertical dimension of the storage portion is set to be substantially the same as the diameter dimension of the screw member. The front panel according to claim 1, wherein the base is provided with a sponge that can be crushed between the sensor unit and surround a transmission / reception unit of the sensor unit. Mounting structure of sensor unit to

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