JP2011208406A - Mounting structure of front panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mounting structure of a front panel for firmly mounting the front panel without causing rattling in the longitudinal direction.SOLUTION: In the mounting structure for attaching the front panel 9c to a frame including a lateral frame 3 having a substantially horizontal upper face 3a and a substantially vertical back face 3b, a fixing metal fitting 16 having a mounting piece 16b protruding backward horizontally and a suspended piece 16c suspended down from the rear end of the mounting piece is fixed to the back face of the front panel 9c, and the fixing metal fitting 16 is hooked to the lateral frame 3 so that the mounting piece 16b of the fixing metal fitting 16 is brought into contact with the upper face 3a of the lateral frame 3 and the suspended piece 16c is arranged on the back side of the back face 3b of the lateral frame, while a hand screw 21 is fastened to a screw hole 16e of the suspended piece 16c of the fixing metal fitting 16 from the back side so that the front edge of a screw 21a is pressed to the back face 3b of the lateral frame 3 to fix the front panel 9c to the frame.

Description

  The present invention relates to a front panel mounting structure in a urinal unit or the like.

As a mounting structure of this type of front panel, there is a mounting structure as disclosed in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2.
In the mounting structure of the front panel of Patent Document 1, a lower communication member for receiving the lower part of the front panel is provided at the lower front part of the frame body, and a groove for inserting the upper part of the front panel is provided at the upper front part of the frame body. The front panel is attached by inserting the upper part of the panel.
In addition, in the mounting structure of the front panel in Patent Document 2, a locking groove that opens downward is provided in the upper front portion of the frame, a receiving portion is provided in the lower front portion of the frame, and the upper portion of the front panel is inserted into the locking groove. The front panel is attached by supporting the lower part of the front panel on the receiving part.

JP 2002-38566 A JP 2001-55775 A

  In the mounting structure of the front panel disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the upper part of the front panel is inserted into a groove provided on the frame body or the frame side, and the upper part of the front panel is inserted into the groove. Since there is a play allowance for the gap to be inserted, when the upper part of the front panel is inserted into the groove, the upper part of the front panel tends to be loose in the front-rear direction. There is a problem that a step difference occurs between the front surface and the front surface of the adjacent panel, resulting in poor appearance.

An object of the present invention is to provide a front panel mounting structure that can be firmly mounted without a step difference with an adjacent panel, and the following measures have been taken to achieve at least a part of this object.
The present invention is a structure for attaching a front panel to a frame having a transverse bone having a substantially horizontal upper surface and a substantially vertical back surface,
At least a mounting piece projecting substantially horizontally rearward and a hanging piece hanging from the rear end of the mounting piece is fixed to the back surface of the front panel,
Hook the fixing bracket to the horizontal bone so that the mounting piece of the fixing bracket contacts the upper surface of the horizontal bone and the hanging piece of the fixing bracket is arranged on the back side of the back of the horizontal bone,
The gist is to fasten the screw from the back side to the screw hole of the hanging piece of the fixing metal and press the front end of the screw against the back surface of the lateral bone to fix the front panel to the frame.

  In the mounting structure of the front panel of the present invention, the fixing bracket fixed on the back side of the front panel can be hooked on the horizontal bone of the frame to attach the front panel, and the screw is tightened from the back side to the screw hole of the fixing bracket, By pressing the front end of the screw against the horizontal bone of the frame, the front panel can be fixed in the front-rear direction by firmly contacting the back of the front panel with the horizontal bone of the frame. In this state, the front panel does not rattle in the front-rear direction, the front of the next panel and the front of the front panel are flush with each other, and there is no step difference between the front panel and the front panel. Is obtained.

In the front panel mounting structure of the present invention, the screw tightened in the screw hole may be a screw having a hand-turned portion that can be turned by hand.
In this way, since it can be turned by hand, no tools are required and the work of attaching the front panel to the frame can be performed easily.

In the front panel mounting structure of the present invention, the frame has a plurality of upper and lower horizontal bones, and the upper horizontal bones of the horizontal bones are hooked with upper fixing brackets fixed to the upper back of the front panel. Tighten and fix the screws, and hook the lower fixing bracket fixed to the lower back of the front panel to the lower horizontal bone of the horizontal bone. It can also be set as the structure which makes a piece elastically latch to the back surface of a lower horizontal bone.
In this way, the upper fixing bracket is attached to the upper back of the front panel, the lower fixing bracket is attached to the lower rear of the front panel, and the upper fixing bracket is attached to the horizontal bone at the top of the frame. Hook, the lower fixing bracket can be hooked on the horizontal bone at the bottom of the frame, and the front panel can be hooked and attached to the frame at the top and bottom, the lower fixing bracket is elastically locked to the back of the horizontal bone of the frame, The upper fixing bracket can be attached to the frame without rattling back and forth by tightening the screw and pressing the front end of the screw against the horizontal bone. Surface unevenness will not occur.

Further, in the structure in which the front panel is attached using the upper fixing bracket and the lower fixing bracket according to the present invention, the lower lateral bone on which the lower fixing bracket is hooked has a position protruding backward from the back surface of the lower lateral bone. It can also be set as the structure by which the slip prevention member is provided.
In this way, the horizontal bone at the bottom of the frame is provided with a misalignment prevention member that protrudes rearward. Therefore, when the lower fixing bracket is hooked on the lower lateral bone, the lower fixing bracket is not misaligned. The front panel is prevented from being displaced in the left-right direction.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the installation state of a urinal unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of the state which attaches a front plate on either side to the flame | frame which comprises a urinal unit. It is an expansion perspective view of the upper part in the state where the front plate is attached to the frame. It is a principal part expansion perspective block diagram seen from the back surface side of the state which hooked the upper fixing metal fitting fixed to the back upper part of the front panel on the upper horizontal bone of the frame. It is a principal part expansion perspective view seen from the back surface side of the state which hooked the lower fixing metal fitting fixed to the lower back surface of the front panel on the lower horizontal bone of the frame. It is a disassembled perspective view before screwing a hand screw into the screw hole of the upper fixing bracket. It is a side surface expanded block diagram of the state which hooked the lower fixing metal fitting on the lower horizontal bone. FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective configuration diagram of a main part of the frame and the front panel showing a state in which the mounting height of the front panel is adjusted.

Next, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated using an Example.
1 is an external perspective view of the urinal unit in an installed state, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a state in which the left and right front panels are attached to the frame constituting the urinal unit, and FIG. It is a principal part expansion perspective view of the state which attached the front panel on either side.

In the urinal unit 1, a central front panel 9a, a left front panel 9b, and a right front panel 9c are attached to the front surface of the frame 2, and a urinal 10 is attached and fixed to the front surface of the central front panel 9a. A top plate 15 is provided on the upper surface of the frame 2, and a damaged plate 12 is provided on the lower front surface of the frame 2 so as to rise from the floor surface 13. In addition, gap adjusting members 11a and 11b are provided on the left and right sides of the front surface of the frame 2 in order to close the gap with the wall surface 14b constituting the toilet.
The frame 2 attached to the back wall 14a of the toilet has an upper lateral bone 3 laid horizontally on the upper part on the front side, and a lower lateral bone 4 laid on the lower part on the front side. The bones 4 are connected by longitudinal bones 5 in the vertical direction. The frame 2 has a plurality of depth bones 6 and 6 extending in the depth direction, and a rear lateral bone 7 is connected to the rear ends of the depth bones 6 and 6, and the rear lateral bone 7 is connected to the back wall surface 14a of the toilet. It is fixed with bolts or the like.

The central front panel 9a attached to the front center portion of the frame 2 is pressed against the frame 2 by attaching the urinal 10 to the front surface thereof, and is attached in a firmly fixed state. The left front panel 9b and the right front panel 9c are attached so that the front surface is flush with the left and right sides of the center front panel 9a.
In the left front panel 9b and the right front panel 9c, fixing brackets 16 and 20 are fixed in advance to the upper part and the lower part of the back surface, and the fixing brackets 16 and 20 fixed to the upper part and the lower part are fixed to the upper horizontal bone 3 of the frame 2. The left front panel 9b and the right front panel 9c are attached to the front surface of the frame 2 by being hooked onto the lower lateral bone 4 in a drop-like manner.

Since the attachment structure of the left front panel 9b and the right front panel 9c is the same, the attachment structure will be described below by exemplifying the right front panel 9c.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged configuration diagram from the back side showing a state where the two upper fixing brackets 16, 16 fixed to the upper part of the back side of the right front panel 9 c are hooked on the upper horizontal bone 3 of the frame 2. FIG. 5 is an enlarged configuration diagram from the back side showing a state in which one lower fixing bracket 20 fixed to the bottom of the back surface of the right front panel 9 c is hooked on the lower horizontal bone 4 of the frame 2.

The upper fixing bracket 16 protrudes substantially horizontally rearward from the lower end of a vertical fixing piece 16a fixed to the upper back side of the right front panel 9c with a screw 18, and a mounting piece 16b is formed. A drooping piece 16c that hangs substantially vertically is formed at the rear end, and a guide piece 16d whose lower end side is inclined rearward is integrally formed at the lower end of the drooping piece 16c.
Two upper fixing brackets 16 and 16 are attached and fixed in advance with screws 18 on the upper surface of the back surface of the right front panel 9c, but the hanging piece 16c of one upper fixing bracket 16 located on the outer side A screw hole 16e in which a female screw is formed is provided.
A screw hole 16f in which a female screw is formed in the vertical direction is provided at the center of each mounting piece 16b of the two upper fixing brackets 16 and 16, and the height adjustment bolt 17 is provided in each screw hole 16f. Are screwed in the vertical direction.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the lower fixing bracket 20 fixed to the lower rear portion of the right front panel 9c with the screw 18 protrudes substantially horizontally rearward at the lower end of the vertical fixing piece 20a to form a mounting piece 20b. The hanging piece 20c extending downward from the rear end of the mounting piece 20b is formed at an angle such that the lower end side is inclined to the front side, and the guide piece 20d is inclined rearward from the lower end of the hanging piece 20c. Are integrally formed.
In addition, the vertically long holes 20e and 20e in which the screws 18 and 18 are inserted are formed in the fixing piece 20a, and the lower fixing bracket 20 can be adjusted in the vertical direction through the vertically long holes 20e and 20e. It is configured.

As described above, the two upper fixing brackets 16 and 16 are fixed in advance on the upper back surface of the right front panel 9c, and the one lower fixing bracket 20 is fixed in advance on the lower back surface of the right front panel 9c. In this state, as shown in FIG. 4, the two upper fixing brackets 16 are hooked on the upper horizontal bone 3 of the frame 2, and the lower fixing bracket 20 is hooked on the lower horizontal bone 4 of the frame 2, and the right front panel 9c is attached. It can be attached to the front surface of the frame 2.
The upper horizontal bone 3 and the lower horizontal bone 4 of the frame 2 are formed of, for example, square pipes, and have a shape having a substantially horizontal upper surface 3a, 4a and a substantially vertical back surface 3b, 4b. In the state where the metal fitting 16 is hooked, the placing piece 16b comes into contact with the upper surface 3a of the upper horizontal bone 3, and the hanging piece 16c of the upper fixing metal fitting 16 is arranged in a hanging manner on the back side of the back surface 3b of the upper horizontal bone 3. It will be. In addition, since the guide piece 16d is formed, the hanging piece 16c can be favorably disposed on the back side of the back surface 3b of the upper transverse bone 3 when hooked.

  Further, at the lower part, as shown in FIG. 5, the mounting piece 20 b of the lower fixing bracket 20 abuts on the upper surface 4 a of the lower horizontal bone 4, and the hanging piece 20 c of the lower fixing bracket 20 contacts the back surface 4 b of the lower horizontal bone 4. Is elastically locked as shown in FIG. That is, in the state where the lower fixing bracket 20 is hooked on the lower horizontal bone 4, the hanging piece 20c abuts on the back surface 4b of the lower horizontal bone 4, and the back surface of the right front panel 9c is made to be in contact with the lower horizontal bone 4 by the elasticity of the hanging piece 20c. Thus, the lower part of the right front panel 9c is firmly attached to the frame 2 without backlash in the front-rear direction.

Note that, as shown in FIG. 6, the screw 21 is manually screwed into the screw hole 16 e from the back side with respect to the upper fixture 16 having the screw hole 16 e on one side of the upper fixture 16.
The hand screw 21 is integrally formed with a hand knurled portion 21b whose outer periphery is knurled at the rear end of the screw portion 21a to be screwed into the screw hole 16e. The screw portion 21a can be tightened in the screw hole 16e, and the front end of the screw portion 21a is pressed against the back surface 3b of the upper lateral bone 3 by tightening, whereby the right front panel is placed on the front side of the upper lateral bone 3. The back surface of 9c is pressed, and the upper part of the right front panel 9c is firmly fixed, so that there is no backlash in the front-rear direction. In addition, since the front-rear direction of the right front panel 9c is fixed by the hand screw 21 with the top plate 15 removed, the work can be performed without using a tool, and the workability is good.

In this way, on the upper fixing bracket 16 side, the screw portion 21a can be screwed into the screw hole 16e using a hand screw 21 or a thumbscrew to eliminate backlash in the front-rear direction. Since the piece 20c is elastically locked to the lower transverse bone 4, the upper and lower portions of the right front panel are free from back and forth rattling, and the front surface of the right front panel 9c and the front surface of the adjacent central front panel 9a are flush with each other. Thus, there is no surface step between the center front panel 9a and the right front panel 9c, and the attachment state of the right front panel 9c with a clean and good appearance can be obtained.
Similarly, the left front panel 9b is firmly attached to the frame 2 using the upper and lower fixing brackets 16 and 20 without any backlash in the front-rear direction, and a clean mounting state with no surface step is obtained. It is what

As shown in FIG. 5, the back surface 4 b of the lower horizontal bone 4 is provided with a misalignment prevention member 22 that protrudes rearward. The side edge of the hanging piece 20c of the lower fixing bracket 20 abuts on the position deviation prevention member 22 to prevent the right front panel 9c from being displaced in the left-right direction. Can be removed.
If the position shift prevention member 22 is provided in advance so that the side edge of the right front panel 9c abuts the side edge of the center front panel 9a without any gap, the side edge of the hanging piece 20c of the lower fixing bracket 20 is By abutting against the displacement prevention member 22, the side edge of the right front panel 9c is surely abutted against the side edge of the center front panel 9a and positioned without a gap.
In addition, the position shift prevention member 22 is also positioned when the lower fixing bracket 20 is hooked on the lower horizontal bone 4, and the right front panel 9 c can be easily aligned.
Similarly, in the left front panel 9b, a displacement prevention member 22 that protrudes rearward is provided on the back surface 4b of the lower transverse bone 4, and the side edge of the hanging piece 20c of the lower fixing bracket 20 is the displacement prevention member 22. As a result, the side edge of the left front panel 9b is reliably in contact with the side edge of the center front panel 9a and positioned without any gap.

Since the two upper fixing brackets 16 and 16 are provided with height adjusting bolts 17 and 17, respectively, the height adjusting bolt 17 is screwed into the screw hole 16f, and the lower end of the height adjusting bolt 17 is set to the upper part. By pressing against the upper surface 3a of the horizontal bone 3, the vertical height of the right front panel 9c can be adjusted.
As shown in FIG. 8, the vertical height is adjusted in such a manner that opening holes 8a and 8a are formed in advance in the upper lateral bone 8 provided on the upper surface on the front side of the frame 2, and the opening hole 8a is viewed from above. The screwdriver 23 is inserted, the lower end of the screwdriver 23 is brought into contact with the head of the upper end of the height adjustment bolt 17, and the height adjustment bolt 17 can be screwed well by rotating the screwdriver 23.

Similarly, in the left front panel 9b, the two upper fixing brackets 16 and 16 are provided with height adjustment bolts 17 and 17, respectively, and the lower end of the height adjustment bolt 17 is connected to the upper surface 3a of the upper horizontal bone 3. By pressing, the vertical height of the left front panel 9b can be adjusted.
By adjusting the height with the height adjustment bolts 17 in this way, the upper ends of the right front panel 9c and the left front panel 9b can be aligned with the upper ends of the center front panel 9a, and the upper end side step with respect to the top plate 15 is eliminated, so The right front panel 9c and the left front panel 9b having a good appearance can be attached.

In this example, two upper fixing brackets 16 and 16 are provided on the upper side, a screw hole 16e is formed in the upper fixing bracket 16 on one side, and the screw 21 is screwed into the screw hole 16e by hand. However, a screw hole 16e may be formed in the upper fixing bracket 16 on the other side, and the two upper fixing brackets 16 and 16 may be configured so that both of the two upper fixing brackets 16 and 16 can be screwed by screwing the screw 21 and fixed in the front-rear direction. good.
Further, two or more upper fixing brackets 16 may be provided, and the upper fixing brackets 16, 16, 16 may be configured to be fixed in the front-rear direction by tightening the hand-screws 21.

  Further, the upper fixing bracket 16 may be composed of one piece. In this case, the upper fixing bracket 16 is set to have a long horizontal width, and the screw hole 16e and the screw hole 16e are formed in the upper fixing bracket 16 having a large horizontal width. And the front and rear direction can be fixed by tightening the hand screw 21 in the screw hole 16e, and the height adjustment bolt 17 can be screwed into the screw hole 16f to adjust the height. In the case of one upper fixing bracket 16, in order to prevent rattling, two or more screw holes 16e, 16e are formed in one upper fixing bracket, and two or more hand-screws 21 are tightened. The front and rear direction may be fixed with a plurality of hand-screws 21, and two or more height adjustment bolts 17 may be provided so that the height can be adjusted with the plurality of height adjustment bolts 17.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Urinal unit 2 Frame 3 Upper lateral bone 4 Lower lateral bone 3a, 4a Upper surface 3b, 4b Back surface 5 Longitudinal bone 7 Rear lateral bone 8 Upper lateral bone 8a Open hole 9a Center front panel 9b Left front panel 9c Right front panel 10 Urinal 11a 11b Clearance adjusting member 15 Top plate 16 Upper fixing bracket 16a Fixing piece 16b Mounting piece 16c Hanging piece 16d Guide piece 16e Screw hole 16f Screw hole 17 Height adjustment bolt 18 Screw 20 Lower fixing bracket 20a Fixing piece 20b Mounting piece 20c Drooping piece 20d Guide piece 20e Longitudinal hole 21 Hand screw 21a Screw part 21b Hand turning part 22 Misalignment prevention member

Claims (4)

A structure in which a front panel is attached to a frame having a transverse bone having a substantially horizontal upper surface and a substantially vertical back surface,
Fixing fixtures having at least a mounting piece protruding substantially horizontally rearward and a hanging piece hanging from the rear end of the mounting piece to the back surface of the front panel;
Hook the fixing bracket to the lateral bone so that the mounting piece of the fixing bracket is in contact with the upper surface of the horizontal bone and the hanging piece of the fixing bracket is arranged on the back side of the back surface of the horizontal bone;
A front panel mounting structure, wherein a screw is tightened from a back side into a screw hole of a hanging piece of the fixing bracket, and a front end of the screw is pressed against a back surface of the transverse bone to fix the front panel to the frame. The front panel mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the screw tightened in the screw hole is a screw having a hand-turned portion that can be turned by hand. The frame includes a plurality of upper and lower horizontal bones,
The upper horizontal bone of the horizontal bone is fastened and fixed by tightening the screw by hooking the upper fixing bracket fixed to the upper back of the front panel,
The lower fixing bracket fixed to the lower back of the front panel is hooked to the lower horizontal bone of the horizontal bone, and the lower fixing bracket is not screwed and the hanging piece of the lower fixing bracket is used as the lower horizontal bone. The front panel mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the front panel is elastically locked to a back surface of the front panel. 4. The front panel according to claim 3, wherein the lower lateral bone to which the lower fixing bracket is hooked is provided with a displacement prevention member that protrudes rearward from the back surface of the lower lateral bone. 5. Mounting structure.

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