JP2517032Y2 - Bathtub with flange with stool - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a bathtub having a flange with a seating portion formed with a seat surface on which a person can stably sit on the flange of the bathtub.

[Technology of Conventional Example] In the conventional bathtub, the flange formed on the outer periphery of the upper end portion of the bathtub has the same narrow width as the other portions facing the washing area. Width,
Some flanges have a wider part, but in this case, the wider part of the flange is wider on the side facing the wall rather than on the washroom side. The operation switch of the water jetting device, the operation switch of the fine bubble generating device, and the like are provided. In addition, there are some flanges that have a wide end in the longitudinal direction facing the washing area, but in this one, the operation switch of the jet water jet device, the operation switch of the micro-bubble generator, etc. are provided in the wide part. It is provided.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the portion of the flange facing the washing area has a width of about 10 cm, this portion is positively used as a portion for a person to sit on. could not. In other words, even if it was possible to sit down with a width of about 10 cm, it was not possible to stably sit from the washroom side or the bathtub side. In addition, the portion of the flange facing the washing area had a width of about 10 cm, and the volume of the bathtub was poor, and the appearance could not be luxurious.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional example, and the purpose thereof is to stabilize the portion of the flange of the bathtub facing the washroom side from the washroom side or from the bathtub side. Provided is a bathtub having a flange with a seating portion, which can be seated and can give a feeling of luxuriousness by giving a feeling of volume of the flange, and which is wide enough to sit on but strong. It is in.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A bathtub having a flange with a sitting portion according to the present invention has a flange portion 2a located on the side of the washing place 3 of the flanges 2 provided on the outer periphery of the upper end of the bath body 1, which is substantially along the washing place. The width is about 15 cm or more over the entire length so that it can be seated, and this part is used as a seating part 4, and an outer hanging part is provided at the edge of the washing part 3 side of the flange part 2a which becomes the seating part 4 downward.
17 is integrally projectingly provided, and a reinforcing member 5 is provided on the lower surface of the flange portion 2a serving as the seating portion 4 so as to be close to the outer hanging portion 17 and along the outer hanging portion 17, and the reinforcing material 5 and the outer hanging portion are provided. It is characterized in that the upper end of an apron 29 is fitted between it and 17, and by adopting such a configuration, the problems of the conventional example described above are solved and the object of the present invention is achieved. It was done.

[Operation] Then, the flange portion 2a located on the washroom 3 side of the flange 2 provided on the outer periphery of the upper end portion of the bathtub body 1 is made wide so that the width of about 15 cm or more can be seated over substantially the entire length along the washroom. By using the portion as the stool portion 4, it is possible to stably sit on the wide stool portion 4 of about 15 cm or more and have a rest. In this way, although the width of the flange portion 2a along the side of the washroom 3 is set to about 15 cm or more so that a person can sit stably, the lower surface of the wide sitting portion 4 is longitudinally aligned. By providing the reinforcing material 5 along the
The 2a is reinforced over almost the entire length to improve its strength so that it can sit stably. Furthermore,
By widening the flange portion 2a along the side of the washing place 3 over substantially the entire length, it is possible to give the volume feeling of the flange 2 and make the appearance luxurious. Stool 4
The reinforcing member 5 is provided on the lower surface of the flange portion 2a, which is close to the outer hanging part 17 and along the outer hanging part 17, and the upper end of the apron 29 is fitted between the reinforcing member 5 and the outer hanging part 17. As a result, the upper end of the apron 29 can be stored neatly.

[Embodiment] The present invention will be described in detail below based on an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

A bathroom unit is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the floor pan 6 is mounted on a pedestal 12, and in the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, the floor pan 6 has a washing space 3 on the upper surface thereof.
6a and a bath-side floor pan 6b whose upper surface serves as a portion for installing the bath 13. A standing piece 7 is provided on the outer peripheral part of the floor pan 6 (a part other than the part connecting the floor pan 6a on the washing floor side and the floor pan 6b on the bathtub side), and the standing piece 7 is placed on the upper end portion of the floor pan 6. A piece 8 is provided, and a wall panel 9 is erected on the mounting horizontal piece 8. The wall panel 9 is composed of a waist wall panel 9a and a normal wall panel 9b. A ceiling panel 10 and a lighting box 11 are installed between the upper ends of the wall panels 9, and the upper end of the wall panel 9 is connected to the end of the ceiling panel 10 and the end of the lighting box 11. Here, the wall panel 9, the ceiling panel 10 and the like have water-resistant wood boards attached to the surfaces to form a Japanese-style unit bath.

The bathtub 13 is installed on the floor pan 6b on the bathtub side. The bathtub 13 comprises a bathtub body 1 and a flange 2 provided on the outer periphery of the upper end portion of the bathtub body 1. In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, the bath body 1 and the flange 2 are separate bodies, but they may be integrated. In the accompanying drawings, the flange 2 is made of artificial marble which is separate from the bathtub body 1. As shown in FIG. 5, the bathtub body 1 is provided with an outer flange portion 14 around the outer periphery of the upper end portion, and a step portion 15 is provided on the inner periphery of the upper surface portion of the outer flange portion 14. Further, a portion along the washing area 3 of the bathtub body 1 is provided with a seated stepped portion 28 over the entire length. The flange 2 has a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view, and an inner hanging portion 16 projects downward from the inner peripheral portion and an outer hanging portion 17 projects downward toward the outer peripheral portion. Then, the outer collar portion 14 of the bath body 1
The lower surface of the inner circumference of the flange 2 is placed on the upper surface of the flange 2 and is adhered and fixed by the adhesive 18. In this case, the hanging part
The lower surface of 16 is placed on the bottom surface of the step portion 15 and adhered, and a gap is formed between the vertical surface of the step portion 15 and the side surface of the inner hanging portion 16 and the adhesive 18 is applied to this portion. It is designed to be filled. The rectangular flange 2 in plan view has a washing area 3 on the long side.
It is arranged along the side. The flange portion 2a located along the washing place 3 side of the flange 2 is wide enough to allow a person to sit down over substantially the entire length along the washing place, and the wide flange portion 2a along the washing place 3 side is seated on the sitting portion. There are four. The flange portion 2a, which is the wide stool portion 4 along the side of the washing room 3, is wider than about 15 cm. Here, the width of the stool portion 4 is set to about 15 cm or more because it is necessary for the person to sit steadily at least 15 cm or more, and if the width is less than this, it is impossible to sit stably. Further, the width of the flange portion 2a along the washing place 3 which becomes the stool portion 4 is preferably about 25 cm or less, and when it is larger than this, the flange portion from the washing place 3 to the bath 13 and from the bath 13 to the washing place 3 is used. This is not preferable because it hinders the operation of straddling 2a. A reinforcing material 5 is fixed along the longitudinal direction on the lower surface of the flange portion 2a which becomes the wide sitting portion 4 along the washing space 3. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 36 is an overlay portion for fixing the reinforcing member 5 to the flange portion 2a.
A portion of the flange portion 2 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view other than the flange portion 2a along the washing place 3 is along the wall panel 9. Of these, the flange on one side of the pair of flanges on the short side
2b is wide (for example, about 30 cm), and in this part, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
9, operation switch 20 of jet water jetting device, operation switch 21 of fine bubble generator, switch 22 for circulating hot water in the bathtub body 1 to spout water from spout 19, drain plug
An opening / closing switch 24, a bathtub superiority switch 25, etc. are provided.

A counter 40 is provided at one end of the floor pan 6a on the side of the washing room. The counter 40 has a width substantially the same as that of the flange portion 2b as shown in FIG. 1 and is flush with the flange portion 2b. It is attached so that The front plate 26 that hangs down from the front of the counter 24 has a washcloth 27
The hot water supply switch 28 is attached.

As shown in FIG. 3, a fitting portion 30 at the upper end of the apron 29 is fitted between the outer hanging portion 17 of the flange portion 2a and the reinforcing member 5, and the lower end of the apron 29 is at the floor pan on the washing floor.
It is fixed to the lower surface of the upper lateral piece 33 of the Z-shaped metal fitting 32 fixed to the bank portion 31 of 6a by the screw tool 34.

Ribs on both sides of the back of the flange 2b
A protrusion 37 is provided, and a reinforcing bar 35 such as a steel pipe is fixed to the lower surface of the rib portion 37 and the lower surface of the outer flange portion 14 of the bath body 1 to reinforce this portion.

[Effects of the Invention] In the present invention, as described above, the flange located on the washbasin side of the flange provided on the outer periphery of the upper end of the bathtub body has a width of about 15 cm or more over the entire length along the washbasin. Since this part is made as a wide seating area so that you can sit on it, you can rest comfortably on any part in the length direction of the wide seating area of about 15 cm or more from both the washroom side and the bathtub side. This has the advantage of being able to do this, and in addition to this, despite the fact that the width of the flange part along the washbasin side is about 15 cm or more wide so that people can sit stably, this Since a reinforcing material is provided along the longitudinal direction on the lower surface of the wide seating portion, the flange portion of the wide portion is reinforced over substantially the entire length to improve the strength, and it is possible to sit stably. Change In addition, since the flange portion along the side of the washing area is wide over substantially the entire length, there is an advantage that the appearance of the flange can be made luxurious by giving a feeling of volume of the flange. In addition, since the outer hanging part is integrally projecting downward at the edge of the wide flange on the washroom side that serves as a stool, the outer hanging part provides a thick feeling of thickness. Combined with widening the flange part, there is an advantage that the flange part that becomes the seating part has a feeling of volume, and further, on the lower surface of the flange part that becomes the seating part, the outer hanging part is close to the outer hanging part. Reinforcement is provided along the
Since the upper end of the apron is fitted between the reinforcing member and the outer hanging part, there is an advantage that the upper end of the apron can be stored in a good appearance.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a plan sectional view of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same,
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an essential part of the above, and FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b).
(C) (d) (e) is a plan view, a front view, a rear view, a left side view and a right side view of the same bathtub, FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a flange mounting portion, and 1 is a bathtub body Reference numeral 2 is a flange, 2a is a flange portion, 3 is a washing area, 4 is a sitting portion, and 5 is a reinforcing material.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Motohiko Nakamura, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (72) Hirohisa Fukuyama, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. ( 72) Inventor Taizo Hayashida, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (56) Bibliography Sho 61-163586 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A flange which is provided on the outer circumference of the upper end of the bathtub body and which is located on the wash-basin side is wide enough to sit over about 15 cm or more over substantially the entire length along the wash-basin, and this portion is used as a seating portion. , An outer hanging portion is integrally projected downward to an edge portion of the flange portion serving as a stool portion toward the washing area, and the lower portion of the flange portion serving as a stool portion is adjacent to the outer hanging portion and extends along the outer hanging portion. A bathtub having a flange with a seating portion, characterized in that a reinforcing member is provided, and an upper end of an apron is fitted between the reinforcing member and the outer hanging portion.