JP2012200331A - Washstand - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a washstand in which a drain port having a slope in the periphery is surely plugged.SOLUTION: In the washstand having a washbowl 8 with a drain port 6 formed therein, a slope 10 inclined toward the drain port 6 is formed in the periphery of the drain port 6. The washstand has a drain plug 14 connected to the washbowl 8 with a ball chain and plugging up the drain port 6 having an annular sealing part 14A on the outer circumference. The drain plug 14, in plugging the drain port 6, has legs 14D for regulating the position of the drain plug 14 so that the entire circumference of the sealing part 14A abuts on the slope 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathroom vanity, and more particularly to a bathroom vanity having a bathroom bowl in which a drain outlet is formed.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a wash bowl of a vanity can stop a drain outlet with a drain plug so that water can be stored and used. As such a vanity, a vanity having a structure in which a drain plug is held in a hand and inserted into a drain outlet has been widely used (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Such a vanity has a simple configuration, and thus has an advantage that the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In recent years, a vanity having a structure in which a vertically movable drain plug provided at the drain of the wash bowl is remotely operated by a remote control device provided around the wash bowl has been widely used ( For example, see Patent Document 2). According to such a vanity, since the drain plug can be opened and closed without putting a hand into the wash bowl, there is an advantage that it can be operated without making the hand dirty.

  By the way, in recent years, the applicants of the present invention have found that the drainage port provided in the conventional wash bowl has become difficult to collect around the drainage port when performing tasks such as face washing, brushing teeth, washing hands, and washing. Has proposed a vanity table in which a convex R-shaped slope is provided around the wall, and metal members such as a flange around the drain outlet are eliminated (see, for example, Patent Document 3). Even in such a vanity having a convex R-shaped slope around the drain, it is conceivable that a drain plug is inserted into the drain and a drain plug that can move up and down is provided at the drain.

Registered Utility Model No. 3050011 JP 2010-37923 A JP 2010-37774 A

  Here, it is necessary to provide a hair catcher at the drain port in order to collect foreign matters such as hair, dust, and lint. The applicants have proposed a vanity with a hair catcher at the top of the drain so that the collected hair, dust, and lint can be easily discarded.

  However, if the hair catcher is provided at the uppermost part of the drain port in this way, it interferes with the hair catcher, and therefore a structure in which a drain plug is inserted into the drain port cannot be adopted. On the other hand, a structure in which a drain plug that can be moved up and down is provided at the drain outlet is expensive because the number of parts becomes large. Therefore, it is conceivable to hold the drain plug in the hand and place it above the drain port to stop the water, but since the convex R-shaped slope is provided around the drain port, the position of the drain plug may be slightly shifted. If this happens, there will be a problem that the drain plug tilts, resulting in poor water stoppage and wasteful drainage of water.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is to provide a vanity that can reliably stop a drain outlet having an inclined surface around it at a low cost.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned goal, the present invention is a bathroom vanity having a wash bowl in which a drain outlet is formed, and an inclined surface that is inclined toward the drain outlet is formed around the drain outlet. It is connected to the wash bowl with a ball chain, has an annular seal part on the outer periphery, a drain plug that stops the drain outlet, and the entire circumference of the seal part is inclined when the drain outlet is stopped And a restricting means for restricting the position of the drain plug so as to come into contact with.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, the position of the drain plug is regulated by the regulating means so that the seal portion of the drain plug contacts the predetermined position with respect to the drain port. Thereby, a seal | sticker part can be made to closely_contact | adhere with a wash bowl, and a drain outlet can be reliably water-stopped. Moreover, since the circumference | surroundings of a drain outlet become an inclined surface, a stain | pollution | contamination does not adhere easily around a drain outlet, and cleaning can also be performed easily. Furthermore, since a mechanism for moving the drain plug up and down is unnecessary, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In the present invention, preferably, it further includes a hair catcher that is detachably attached to the drain port and collects foreign matter, the hair catcher has a knob that protrudes upward, and the drain plug includes a hair catcher. An engagement hole that opens downward to allow the knob to be inserted is formed, and the restricting means includes a knob of the hair catcher and an engagement hole formed in the drain plug.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, since the hair catcher is usually provided with a knob, it is only necessary to provide a protrusion having an engagement hole on the lower surface of the drain plug. The drain plug can be placed at a predetermined position. In addition, since the drain plug can be attached with the knob of the hair catcher as a guide, the drain plug can be easily attached.

In the present invention, the knob is preferably shaped so that the width increases from the upper side to the lower side.
According to the present invention configured as described above, when the drain plug is first disposed, even if the position of the drain plug is slightly deviated, it is guided to the side surface of the knob and the drain plug can be disposed at a predetermined position. .

In the present invention, preferably, the engagement hole that opens downward from the drain plug has a shape that becomes wider from the upper side to the lower side.
According to the present invention configured as described above, when the drain plug is first arranged, even if the position of the drain plug is slightly deviated, it is guided to the inner peripheral surface of the engagement hole, and the drain plug is in a predetermined position. Be guided to.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the hair catcher further includes a hair catcher that is detachably provided at the drain port and collects foreign matter, the hair catcher has a cylindrical peripheral wall portion that opens upward, and the drain plug is disposed on the lower surface. The leg is arranged concentrically and extends downward, and the restricting means includes a peripheral wall portion of the hair catcher and a leg portion of the drain plug, and the leg portion of the drain plug is provided on the peripheral wall portion of the hair catcher. By abutting, the position of the drain plug is regulated.
According to the present invention configured as described above, since it is only necessary to provide the leg portion on the drain plug, the drain plug can be arranged at a predetermined position with a simple configuration. In addition, since the drain plug can be attached using the inner wall surface of the hair catcher as a guide, the drain plug can be easily attached.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if it is a drain outlet which has an inclined surface around, the wash-stand vanity which can stop water reliably is provided at low cost.

It is a perspective view which shows the vanity unit including the vanity table by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an upper perspective view of the vanity according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top perspective view of the drain outlet vicinity of the vanity shown in FIG. It is an expansion perspective view of the drain outlet vicinity of the vanity shown in FIG. The hair catcher used with the vanity table by 1st Embodiment of this invention is shown, (A) is a top view, (B) is AA sectional drawing in (A), (C) is a bottom view, (D) FIG. The drain plug used with the vanity table by 1st Embodiment of this invention is shown, (A) is an upper perspective view, (B) is an elevation view, (C) is a lower perspective view. It is a figure for demonstrating the method of attaching a drain plug to a drain outlet and stopping water in the vanity stand by 1st Embodiment of this invention. The drain plug used by 2nd Embodiment of this invention is shown, (A) is an upper perspective view, (B) is an elevation view, (C) is a lower perspective view, (D) is a vertical sectional view passing through the center. It is. In the vanity stand by 2nd Embodiment of this invention, it is a figure for demonstrating the method of attaching a drain plug to a drain outlet and stopping water.

Hereinafter, a bathroom vanity according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vanity unit including a vanity according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the vanity unit 1 includes a vanity table 2 and a mirror cabinet 4 disposed above the vanity table 2.

2 is a top perspective view of the vanity table 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a top perspective view of the vicinity of the drainage port 6 of the vanity table 2 shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the drain port 6 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the vanity table 2 is a member made by, for example, integral molding using a resin, and a rectangular wash bowl 8 is formed on the bottom surface of one corner of the wash bowl 8. A drain port 6 connected to the drain pipe is formed. By closing the drain port 6 with a drain plug which will be described in detail later, water can be stored in the wash bowl 8.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, an inclined surface 10 formed in a mortar shape is provided around the drainage port 6 of the wash bowl 8, and an inclined surface 10 of the drainage port 6 of the wash bowl 8 is formed. The horizontal section has a circular shape. Note that a metal member such as a flange is not attached around the drainage port 6 of the wash bowl 8 in order to prevent the adhesion of dirt.

A hair catcher 12 is attached to the inlet (top) of the drain port 6. Since the hair catcher 12 is provided at the entrance of the drain port 6 in this way, the hair catcher 12 can be easily removed when the hair collected by the hair catcher 12 and foreign matter such as dust and lint are discarded. be able to. Further, since the hair catcher 12 is provided at the inlet of the drain port 6, when the drainage containing hair flows into the hair catcher 12 from the wash bowl 8, the hair catcher 12 is swirled by the inclined surface 10 provided around the drain port 6. To reach the hair catcher 12. Therefore, the hair can be collected on the surface of the hair catcher 12, the hair is hard to be entangled with the hair catcher 12, and the hair catcher 12 can be easily cleaned.
In the present embodiment, the wash bowl 8 is made of resin, but is not limited thereto, and can be made of other materials such as pottery.

  5 shows the hair catcher 12 attached to the drain port 6 shown in FIG. 4, (A) is a plan view, (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in (A), (C) is a bottom view, D) is a perspective view. As shown in the figure, the hair catcher 12 is made of, for example, a resin-molded member, and includes a cylindrical peripheral wall portion 12A, a flange portion 12B formed on the outer periphery of the upper edge of the peripheral wall portion 12A, and a peripheral wall. A radially extending rib 12C having an end connected to the lower edge of the portion 12A, a circumferential portion 12D concentrically arranged with the peripheral wall portion 12A and connected to the center of the rib 12C, and the center of the peripheral wall portion 12A by the rib 12C Is supported at the center of the peripheral wall portion 12A by the rib 12C, and has a downward projecting portion 12F downward. The hair catcher 12 is attached to the drain port 6 by the flange portion 12 </ b> B engaging with the peripheral edge of the drain port 6 of the wash bowl 2.

  An opening 12G is formed in a portion surrounded by the rib 12C, the circumferential portion 12D, and the circumferential wall portion 12A, and the waste water in the wash bowl 2 passes downward through the opening 12G. At this time, the ribs 12C and the circumferential portion 12D can collect foreign matters such as hair in the drainage, dust, and lint.

  The knob portion 12E is inclined on both sides so that the width becomes narrower upward, and the upper portion is formed in an arc shape. When the hair catcher 12 is removed from the drain port in order to discard the hair collected by the hair catcher 12, dust, lint, etc., the hair catcher 12 can be easily removed by grasping the knob 12E. be able to.

  FIG. 6 shows the drain plug 14 used in the vanity according to the present embodiment, wherein (A) is an upper perspective view, (B) is an elevation view, and (C) is a lower perspective view. As shown in the figure, the drain plug 14 includes a disc-shaped plug body 14B having a seal portion 14A around it, and a ball chain connecting portion 14C for connecting a ball chain formed on the upper surface of the plug body 14B. And a plurality of leg portions 14D formed on the lower surface of the plug body 14B.

  The leg portions 14D are formed on the lower surface of the plug body 14B on the circumference concentric with the plug body 14B at intervals in the circumferential direction, and project downward toward the plug body 14B. As will be described later, when the drain plug 14 is attached to the drain outlet, the outer diameter of the leg 14D and the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall 12A of the hair catcher 12 are such that the diameter of the circumference on which the leg 14D is provided. It is determined so as to abut (that is, the width of the outer side surface of the opposing leg portion 14D and the diameter of the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 12A of the hair catcher 12 substantially coincide).

  In the present embodiment, the leg portion 14D formed on the lower surface of the drain plug 14 and the peripheral wall portion 12A of the hair catcher 12 regulate the position of the drain plug 12 when the drain plug 12 is attached to the drain port 6. Function as.

Next, a method for stopping water by attaching a drain plug to a drain outlet in the vanity of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a method of stopping a drain outlet by attaching a drain plug to the drain outlet in the vanity according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
First, as shown in FIG. 7A, the drain plug 14 is held in the hand, and the outer surface of any one of the leg portions 14D is disposed so as to contact the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 12A of the hair catcher 12. . Next, the leg portion 14D of the other drain plug 14 is accommodated in the peripheral wall portion 12A of the hair catcher 12 while keeping the leg portion 14D of the drain plug 14 and the peripheral wall portion 12A of the hair catcher 12 in contact with each other. In this manner, the position of the drain plug 14 is adjusted. Then, with all the leg portions 14D of the drain plug 14 being accommodated in the peripheral wall portion 12A of the hair catcher 12, as shown in FIG. 8B, the drain plug 14 is attached around the plug body 14B. The seal portion 14A is pushed downward until it comes into contact with the inclined surface 10 of the wash bowl 8. In this way, the leg portion 14D of the drain plug 14 and the peripheral wall portion 12A of the hair catcher 12 attached to the drain port 6 come into contact with each other, so that the drain plug 14 is regulated at a predetermined position with respect to the drain port 6. The seal portion 14A of the drain plug 14 can be reliably disposed at a predetermined position. For this reason, the entire circumference of the seal portion 14 </ b> A comes into close contact with the inclined surface 10 of the wash bowl 8, and the drain outlet 6 can be reliably stopped.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the drain plug 14 is connected to the drain port 6 by contacting the leg portion 14D of the drain plug 14 and the peripheral wall portion 12A of the hair catcher 12 attached to the drain port 6. Is guided to a predetermined position. Accordingly, the seal portion 14A of the drain plug 14 can be securely brought into close contact with the inclined surface 10 of the wash bowl 8 without tilting the drain plug 24, and the drain port 6 can be surely stopped.

  Further, in order to dispose the drain plug 14 in a predetermined position, it is only necessary to provide the drain plug 14 with the leg 14D. Therefore, the drain plug 14 can be disposed in the predetermined position with a simple configuration, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Can be suppressed.

  Moreover, what is necessary is just to arrange | position the drain plug 14 on the basis of 12 A of inner wall surfaces of the hair catcher 12, and can mount | wear with the drain plug 14 easily.

  Moreover, since the circumference | surroundings of the drain port 6 are the inclined surfaces 10, a stain | pollution | contamination does not adhere easily around the drain port 6, and cleaning can also be performed easily.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the drain outlet 6 is water-stopped by arrange | positioning the drain plug 14, since it does not require a complicated mechanism compared with the structure which moves a conventional drain plug up and down, manufacturing cost Can be suppressed.

  Hereinafter, a vanity according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, elements having the same configurations as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawing and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, only the drain plug is different from the first embodiment. Moreover, the length of the knob | pick part 12E is formed longer than the hair catcher 12 used for this embodiment compared with 1st Embodiment.

  8A and 8B show a drain plug used in the second embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 8A is an upper perspective view, FIG. 8B is an elevation view, FIG. 8C is a lower perspective view, and FIG. It is a vertical sectional view. As shown in the figure, the drain plug 24 of the present embodiment has a disc-shaped plug body 24A, a ball chain connecting portion 24B formed on the upper surface of the plug body 24A, and a lower surface of the plug body 24A. A cylindrical portion 24C formed so as to extend, an annular seal member 24D attached to the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 24C, a plurality of legs 24E extending downward from the lower surface of the cylindrical portion 24C, and a plug 24A And a cylindrical protrusion 24G having an engagement hole 24F formed at the center of the lower surface. Among these, at least the seal member 24D is formed of an elastically deformable resin material (for example, ethylene propylene rubber (EPDM)).

A groove 24H is formed in the cylindrical portion 24C over the entire outer periphery, and the seal member 24D is attached to the cylindrical portion 24C by fitting the inner edge portion into the groove 24H.
The engagement hole 24F formed in the protruding portion 24G has a truncated cone shape whose width increases from the top to the bottom, and the diameter of the lower end portion is substantially equal to the width of the lower end of the knob portion 12E of the hair catcher 12. It has become.
In the present embodiment, the position of the drain plug 24 when the protruding portion 24G in which the engagement hole 24F of the drain plug 24 is formed and the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 attach the drain plug 24 to the drain port 6. It functions as a regulation means for regulating

Next, a method for stopping the water by attaching the drain plug 24 to the drain port 6 in the vanity of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a view for explaining a method of stopping the water by attaching the drain plug 24 to the drain outlet 6 in the vanity according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
First, as shown in FIG. 9A, holding the drain plug 24 in the hand, the upper end of the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 is positioned in the engagement hole 24F formed in the protruding portion 24G of the drain plug 24. Arrange to do. Next, as shown in FIG. 9B, the side surface of the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 is kept in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the engagement hole 24F formed in the protrusion 24G of the drain plug 24. Then, the drain plug 24 is pushed downward until the sealing member 24D attached around the cylindrical portion 24C comes into contact with the inner surface of the wash bowl 8. At this time, the side surface of the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 is brought into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the engagement hole 24F formed in the protrusion 24G of the drain plug 24, whereby the drain plug 24 is attached to the hair catcher 12. Guided to a predetermined position with respect to the drain port 6, the seal member 24 </ b> D of the drain plug 24 is reliably guided to a predetermined position on the inclined surface 10. For this reason, the entire periphery of the sealing member 24D is in close contact with the inclined surface 10 of the wash bowl 8, and the drain port 6 can be reliably stopped.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the inner peripheral surface of the engagement hole 24F formed in the protruding portion 24G below the drain plug 24 and the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 attached to the drain port 6. , The drain plug 24 is guided to a predetermined position with respect to the drain port 6. Accordingly, the seal portion 24D can be reliably brought into close contact with the wash bowl 8 without tilting the drain plug 24, and the drain port 6 can be reliably stopped.

  In addition, since the hair catcher 12 is usually provided with a knob 12E, it is only necessary to form an engagement hole 24F that opens downward in the drain plug 24. Therefore, the drain plug 24 can be placed at a predetermined position with a simple configuration. The manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  Further, since the drain plug 24 can be mounted with the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 as a guide, the drain plug 24 can be easily mounted.

  Further, the truncated cone is such that the side surface of the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 is inclined so that the width is narrowed upward, and the engagement hole 24F formed in the drain plug 24 is widened downward. Due to the shape, when the drain plug 24 is initially disposed, the side surface of the knob 12E and the inner peripheral surface of the engagement hole 24F function as a guide surface even if the position of the drain plug 24 is slightly shifted. Therefore, the drain plug 24 is guided to a predetermined position.

  In this embodiment, the side surface of the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 is inclined so that the width becomes narrower upward, and the engagement hole 24F formed in the drain plug 24 has a width downward. Although the case where the frustum shape which spreads was exhibited was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this.

  If the side surface of the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 is inclined so that the width becomes narrower upward, the engagement hole 24F formed in the drain plug 24 and opening downward is substantially constant over the top and bottom. The drain plug 24 is guided to a predetermined position.

  Moreover, even if the side surface of the knob 12E of the hair catcher 12 is not inclined, the truncated cone in which the engaging hole 24F formed in the drain plug 24 that opens downward extends from the upper side to the lower side. If it has a shape, the drain plug 24 is guided to a predetermined position.

2 Washing vanity 6 Drain outlet 8 Washing bowl 10 Inclined surface 12 Hair catcher 12A Peripheral wall part 12E Knob part 14, 24 Drain plugs 14A, 24D Seal part 14D Leg part 24F Engagement hole

Claims (5)

A bathroom vanity having a bathroom bowl in which a drain outlet is formed,
An inclined surface that is inclined toward the drain outlet is formed around the drain outlet,
A drain plug connected to the wash bowl by a ball chain, having an annular seal portion on the outer periphery, and stopping the drain port;
A bathroom vanity comprising: a regulating means for regulating the position of the drain plug so that the entire circumference of the seal portion contacts the inclined surface when the drain port is stopped. . Furthermore, a hair catcher that is detachably attached to the drainage port and collects foreign matter is provided,
The hair catcher has a knob protruding upward,
The drain plug is formed with an engagement hole that opens downward so that the knob of the hair catcher can be inserted,
The bathroom vanity according to claim 1, wherein the restricting means includes a knob portion of the hair catcher and an engagement hole formed in the drain plug.   The vanity according to claim 2, wherein the knob is shaped to increase in width from the upper side to the lower side.   4. The vanity according to claim 2, wherein the engagement hole that opens downward from the drain plug has a shape that increases in width from the upper side to the lower side. Furthermore, a hair catcher that is detachably provided at the drainage port and collects foreign matter,
The hair catcher has a cylindrical peripheral wall that opens upward,
The drain plug has a leg portion extending downward and arranged concentrically on the lower surface,
The restricting means is constituted by a peripheral wall portion of the hair catcher and a leg portion of the drain plug, and the leg portion of the drain plug contacts the peripheral wall portion of the hair catcher, thereby regulating the position of the drain plug. The bathroom vanity according to claim 1.