JP2525612Y2 - Makeup cover structure for operation panel - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial application field The present invention relates to a decorative cover structure of an operation panel.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, as an example of an operation panel portion, a pair of left and right mounting seats are provided inside a panel portion case, and small bolt insertion holes are respectively provided on side walls of the panel portion case facing each mounting seat. Attach the panel case to the fixed seat provided on the mounting object via the mounting seat with the small bolt inserted from each insertion hole, insert the cap-shaped decorative cover into the small bolt insertion hole, and insert the insertion hole. By closing, the appearance of the operation panel section is enhanced.

(C) Problems to be solved by the invention However, in the above decorative cover, when the decorative cover is inserted into the small bolt insertion hole, the decorative cover rotates around the axis, so that the head shape of the decorative cover is changed to the panel case. Even if it is formed in an arc shape or the like in accordance with the side wall shape, there is a problem that a positional shift occurs in an inserted state and the aesthetic appearance of the operation panel portion is impaired.

There is also a problem that the decorative cover easily comes off from the small bolt insertion hole and does not fulfill the decorative function of the decorative cover.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems Therefore, in the present invention, a mounting seat is provided inside the panel case, and a small bolt insertion hole is provided on a side wall of the panel case facing the mounting seat. An operation that attaches the panel case to the fixed seat provided on the mounting object via the mounting seat with the inserted small bolt, inserts a cap-shaped decorative cover into the small bolt insertion hole, and closes the insertion hole. In the decorative cover structure of the panel portion, a notch for positioning is formed at the tip of the decorative cover, and a projection for positioning to which the notch is fitted is provided in the mounting seat. It is intended to provide a decorative cover structure of a part.

The present invention is also characterized in that a raised portion for preventing play is provided on the peripheral wall of the decorative cover, and a small hole for removal is provided on the head wall of the decorative cover.

(E) Function / Effect According to the present invention, the following function / effect is produced.

That is, in the present invention, the positioning of the decorative cover can be performed by fitting the positioning notch formed in the tip of the small bolt to the positioning protrusion provided on the mounting seat. In addition, it is possible to prevent the makeup cover from being displaced in the inserted state, and to ensure a good appearance of the operation panel portion.

At this time, by providing a raised portion on the peripheral surface of the decorative cover to prevent backlash, it is possible to prevent the decorative cover from dropping out of the small bolt insertion hole and secure the decorative function of the decorative cover well. can do.

In addition, since a small hole for removing is provided on the head of the decorative cover, when removing the decorative cover, using a tool or the like capable of inserting a tip into the small hole, the decorative cover is used. Can be easily removed from the small bolt insertion hole, and then the panel case can be easily removed from the mounting object by removing the small bolt.

(F) Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Overall configuration of bubble generating bath)

First, the overall configuration of the bubble generating bath tub including the operation panel unit according to the present invention will be described.

1 and 2, (A) is an air bubble generation bathtub, and the air bubble generation bathtub (A) is provided on the front and rear walls and left and right side walls of a bathtub body (1) formed in a box shape having an upper surface opening, respectively. A total of six ejection nozzles (2), (2), (3), (3), (4), and (4) for automatically changing the ejection amount for the feet, the back, and the abdomen are provided.

The specific structure of the jet nozzles (2), (3) and (4) is the same as that described in Japanese Patent Application No. 1-73367 filed by the applicant.

The bathtub body (1) has a flange-shaped edge (1a) with a constant width formed on the periphery, and the edge (1a) has an air intake section (5) and an operation panel section (6) as an operation section. ) Are integrally attached, and vertically elongated recesses (1b) and (1b) with a substantially V-shaped cross section are formed at approximately the center of the left and right side walls. On the inclined surface (1'b) (1'b) on the facing side,
The ventral ejection nozzles (4) and (4) are attached toward the center of the rear wall.

In addition, the ventral ejection nozzle (4) is provided at a higher position than the other foot and back ejection nozzles (2) and (3), so that the bath water can be supplied to the ventral and chest sides and other parts of the human body. To ensure that it can be applied.

Further, a pump protection case (K) is provided outside the bubble generation bath (A). Inside the case (K), a circulation pump (P) for circulating bath water and the pump ( Filter (F) for filtering the bath water circulated by P)
And a pump driving motor (M) for driving the pump (P), a motor for driving the motor (M), a nozzle valve opening / closing operation motor for each ejection nozzle (M1), and an electric three-way valve (G). And a control unit (C) for controlling.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit (C) includes a microprocessor (MPU) and an input / output interface (a).
(B), a memory (m) composed of a ROM and a RAM, and a timer (t).

Further, a bath water circulation path (D) is interposed between the circulation pump (P) and the bubble generation bath (A).

That is, the bath water circulation flow path (D) includes a bath water suction pipe (10) for sending bath water from the bubble generation bath tank (A) to the circulation pump (P), and the bath pump circulation pipe (P). It is composed of a hot water bath pipe (11) for sending hot water to (A).

And the bath water suction pipe (10) is the bathtub body (1)
One end is connected to the suction port (1m) opened at the lower part of the pump, and the other end is connected to the suction port of the circulation pump (P) so that the bath water is sucked into the circulation pump (P). The feed pipe (11) has one end communicating with the water discharge port of the circulation pump (P),
The other ends of the jet nozzles (2), (3), and (4) are connected to each other.

The above-mentioned suction port (1 m) is provided at a lower position than the ejection nozzles (2) and (3) for the foot side and the back side.

In addition, between the air intake section (5) and each of the ejection nozzles (2), (3), (4), an intake pipe (12) (1)
3) (14) is interposed, and each jet nozzle (2) (3)
Utilizing the negative pressure generated at the time of bathwater ejection in (4), the air taken in from the air intake section (5) is supplied to the intake pipe (12).
(13) (14) Through each jet nozzle (2) (3)
(4) Inhaled into each jet nozzle (2) (3) (4)
The bath water containing air bubbles can be spouted into the bathtub body (1).

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, an inverter (I) is interposed between the pump driving motor (M) for driving the circulation pump (P) and the control unit (C). By controlling the number of revolutions of the circulating pump (P) by changing the output frequency of (1), the number of revolutions of the circulating pump (P) can be changed smoothly and reliably.

Further, a pressure detection sensor (S) is attached to a middle part of the bath water suction pipe (10) (which may be a suction side in the circulation pump (P)) as shown in FIG. The amount of hot water in the main body (1), that is, the water level can be detected, and the pressure of the hot water sucked into the circulation pump (P) through the hot water suction pipe (10) can be detected.

The control unit (C) controls the start and stop of the blow operation, the anti-freezing operation, the filter washing operation, and the automatic filter washing operation based on the water level measured by the output from the pressure detection sensor (S). It is composed.

The details of these operations are the same as those described in Japanese Patent Application No. 1-73367 filed by the applicant.

As shown in FIG. 2, a hot-water bath temperature detection sensor (T) for detecting the temperature of hot-water bath fed through the pipe (11) is provided in the middle of the hot-water bath pipe (11). Attachment, the detection result from the sensor (T) is sent to the control unit (C), and the control unit (C) controls the pump driving motor (M) and each ejection nozzle (2) (3) (4). Like that.

By using such a bath temperature detecting sensor (T), when the hot water supply is lower than a certain water temperature, the blow operation by the control unit (C) is not started.

As described above, the blow operation by the control unit (C) is prevented from starting when the bath water does not reach a certain water level and a certain water temperature.

In the blow operation described above, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application No.
In addition to the mild blow, acupressure blow (spot blow in this embodiment), pulse blow, wave blow, cycle blow, and program blow (random blow in this embodiment) described in 73367, each jet form can be adopted. In addition, the strength level can be changed in each jet form.

In addition, the bubble generating bath (A) configured as described above has a remote control capable of sending a drive output to the control unit (C) in a hand-held state separately from the operation panel unit (6). The controller (130) is housed in a controller storage case (130 ') provided on the bathroom side wall (W) so as to be freely taken in and out.

[Explanation of the operation panel]

Hereinafter, the operation panel unit (6) according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the operation panel section (6) forms the upper lid of the air intake section (5).
An air intake section (5) attached to the lower surface of the edge (1a) of the bathtub body (1) is detachably attached from the upper surface of the peripheral edge (1a), and an electric circuit section is provided in the panel case (20). (21) and an operation switch section (22) on the upper surface of the case (20).

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the panel case (20) is formed of an upper case (25) and a lower case (26). It is formed with a downward slope toward the inside, and a stepped recess (25a) with a constant width is formed in the center of the ceiling wall in the left and right width direction, and a number of display lamps are placed in the stepped recess (25a). A receiving hole (25e) is formed, and the operation switch (2) is inserted into the stepped recess (25a).
2) is installed, and the infrared receiving part protruding hole (25b)
And a timer display unit protrusion hole (25c) is formed in the right side of the ceiling wall while an infrared receiver (9) described later is fitted in the protrusion hole (25b) so as to protrude upward. A timer display section (115) described later is fitted in the protruding hole (25c) so as to protrude upward.

As shown in FIG. 8, the rear wall of the upper case (25) takes in air into an air intake section (5), which will be described later, and then supplies air to each of the ejection nozzles (2), (3), and (4). A large number of air intake holes (25b) for supplying air are formed.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral (27) denotes an opening / closing lid for covering the operation switch (22).

As shown in FIG. 4, mounting seats (30) and (30) are provided in the left and right rear portions inside the upper case (25) so as to face the mounting seats (30) and (30). The small bolt insertion holes (31) and (31) are provided on the side wall of the upper case (25), and a cylindrical shape is provided between the periphery of each insertion hole (31) and (31) and each mounting seat (30) (30). The peripheral walls (32) and (32) are integrally provided to form concave portions (33) and (33) for attaching a decorative cover, and the concave portions (33)
(33) The decorative covers (29) and (29) can be inserted and attached inside.

The small bolt insertion hole (30
a), and the mounting seats (30) and (30) are, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
The inner surface is in surface contact with the outer surface of the fixed seats (34) and (34), which are fixed to the left and right sides of 1) in a standing shape, and the small bolt insertion holes (30a) are fixed seats (34). The small bolt (28) is screwed into both holes (30a) (34a) so as to correspond to the small bolt screw holes (34a) (34a) provided in (34), so that the fixing seat (34) is fixed. ), The mounting case (30) is fixed, and the upper case (25) can be mounted.

As shown in FIG. 9, a projection (32a) for positioning the decorative cover (29) is located near the mounting seat below the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall (32) of the decorative cover mounting recess (33). ).

And the decorative cover (29) which forms the gist of the present invention is formed as follows.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 13, the decorative cover (29) has a cylindrical main body (29a) that can be fitted into the peripheral wall (32) of the decorative cover mounting concave portion (33), and the cylindrical main body (29a). The main body (29a) is formed in a cap shape with a head wall (29b) integrally formed in a closed state at one open end.

A notch (29c) (29c) for positioning is formed at a position substantially 180 degrees opposite to the insertion end of the cylindrical body (29a), and a notch (29c) located on the lower side is covered. The protrusion (32) provided on the peripheral wall (32) of the cover mounting recess (33)
The decorative cover (29) can be positioned by preventing the rotation of the cylindrical main body (29a) around the axis by fitting and locking to (a).

Further, two notches (29c) (29) are formed in the cylindrical main body (29a).
c) is provided so that the decorative cover (29) can be attached to both the left and right decorative cover mounting recesses (33) and (33), as shown in FIG. In addition, since the curved shape of the head wall (29b) of the decorative cover (29) is not symmetrical, the positional relationship between the notches (29c) and (29c) is completely as shown in FIG. The lower notch (29c) is not at the position facing 180 degrees, and the projection (3
The outer wall of the head wall (29b) is positioned flush with the side wall of the upper cover (25) by fitting and locking to 2a).

In addition, on the left and right sides of the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical main body (29a), thin and narrow ridges (29d) and (29d) are respectively formed to prevent backlash so that the left and right sides can be shared. The raised portion (29d) (29d) has a head wall (29b) side approximately the same length as the cylindrical body (29a), except for the thickness of the upper case (25). doing.

Further, as described above, the outer surface of the head wall (29b) is flush with the side wall surface of the upper case (25) in a state where the decorative cover (29) is mounted on the decorative cover mounting recess (33). A small hole (29e) for removal is provided at the center of the head wall (29b).

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the lower case (26) is formed such that the left-right width is slightly smaller than the left-right width of the upper case (25). Air intake (5)
Is removably fitted in the upper end of the intake case (250).

As shown in FIG. 7, on the right bottom of the lower case (26), a cord guide tube (26) for power supply and control is provided.
a) is formed to extend downward, and the cylindrical portion (26a) is fitted into the upper end of the connector housing case (266) of the air intake portion (5), and the electric circuit portion in the lower case (26) is formed. The cord (57) connected to (21) can be connected to the control section (C) through the cord guide tube (26a) via the waterproof connector (58) and the multi-core cable (275).

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the lower case (26) has an upper peripheral edge connected to a connecting protruding piece (25f) vertically provided on the inner surface of the upper case (25).

As described above, in this embodiment, since the operation panel section (6) is attached to the edge (1a) of the bathtub body (1), the bather simply reaches out in the bathing posture to reach the operation panel section (6). ) Can be performed easily.

The operation panel section (6) includes a bathtub body (1).
It is detachably attached to the air intake section (5) attached to the lower surface of the edge section (1a), so that the operation panel section (6) can be attached and detached in a comfortable posture.

The electric circuit section (21) provided in the panel section case (20) is configured as follows.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the electric circuit portion (21) includes the upper and lower substrates (50) on the inner surface of the upper case (25).
(51) The (printed circuit board) is mounted vertically at regular intervals, the operation switch (22) is connected to the upper board (50) via the cord (53), and the display lamp (8)
And an alarm buzzer (55) and a timer display unit (115), while an infrared receiver (9) is connected to the lower substrate (51) via a cord (54). (52) is a connector,
(56), (59) and (60) are upper board mounting pieces.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the upper substrate (50) and the lower substrate (51) are electrically connected via the lead wire (49), and the lower substrate (51) and the control unit ( C) are connected via a cord (57), a connector (58) and a multi-core cable (275).

In FIG. 7, (90) is a packing, (91) is a water-impermeable membrane having air permeability, and (92) is a double-sided adhesive tape.

7 and 8, reference numeral (99) denotes an independent foam sheet adhered to the back surface of the upper case (25) in order to achieve complete waterproofing. As the independent foam sheet, for example, chloroprene or the like is used. There are synthetic rubber, polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, ether resin, and ester resin.

The infrared receiving section (9) provided on the left side of the operation panel section (6) is provided with the remote controller (130).
When a predetermined code signal corresponding to each switch is transmitted from an infrared transmitter provided in the remote controller (130) based on a serial code transmission signal set in advance by operating each switch provided in Detects and outputs the detection signal to the input interface (a) of the control unit (C).
Then, a desired driving device is driven based on the driving program read from the memory (m).

As shown in FIG. 7, the infrared receiving section (9) provided on the operation panel section (6) is provided in a hemispherical shape so as to protrude from the surface of the operation panel section. As shown in FIG. 8, the hemispherical infrared receiving section (9) has an inner water surface of the bathtub body (1) because the surface of (1) is formed so as to have a downward slope toward the inside of the bathtub as shown in FIG. The infrared signal can be received from almost the entire area of the bathtub, and outside the bathtub body (1), the infrared signal can be received over the entire area of the bathroom from above the height of the bathtub body (1).

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 10, the operation switch section (22) provided on the surface of the operation panel section (6) has a membrane switch (61) having a click feeling in the stepped recess (25a). ), And a topsheet (62) is provided on the surface of the switch (61).

The operation panel section (6) configured as described above can start a blow operation or the like by operating various operation switches (7).

In addition, among the various operation switches (7) shown in FIG.
0) is an operation switch, (101) is a mild blow switch, (102) is a spot blow switch, (103) is a pulse blow switch, (104) is a wave blow switch, (105) is a cycle blow switch, and (106) is Random blow switch, (107) and (108) are high / low side switch for bath water jetting, (111) is a pattern switch using foot jet nozzle, (112) is a pattern switch using back jet nozzle, and (113) is ventral Spout nozzle use pattern switch,
(114) is a timer switch, (117) is a filter washing switch, (118) is a time setting switch, and (119) is a time setting switch.

In addition, among the various display lamps (8) shown in FIG.
a) is an operation indicator lamp, (101a) (102a) (103a) (104)
a) (105a) and (106a) are blow operation switch display lamps, (109a) is a dynamic level display lamp, and (111a) (112)
a) (113a) are foot, back, and ventral indicators,
Reference numerals (121), (122), and (123) denote lamps for displaying the selected patterns A, B, and C in pulse blow and wave blow, and (117a) denotes a filter cleaning display lamp.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the air intake portion (5) has an intake case (25) formed in a substantially rectangular box shape.
The upper edge of (0) extends outward to form a flange (251), the upper part is open, and the interior of the intake case (250) is partitioned into three rooms by a vertical partition (252). The room is defined as a first, second and third air expansion chambers (253), (254), and (255).

In addition, an upper partition plate (256) and a lower partition plate (257) are provided horizontally at a predetermined interval above each of the air expansion chambers (253), (254), and (255). Partition plate (256)
(257) communicates with the upper silencer pipe (258) and the lower silencer pipe (259), respectively.
The upper and lower sides are communicated via the. (260) (261) (26
2) is an upper expansion chamber, (263), (264), and (265) are lower expansion chambers, and (270), (271), (272), and (273) are air discharge holes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a bubble generating bathtub having a decorative cover structure of an operation panel unit according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a conceptual configuration explanatory view of the bubble generating bathtub. FIG. 3 is a plan view of an operation panel unit. FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view of the operation panel unit. FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway front view of the operation panel unit. FIG. 6 is an exploded explanatory view of the operation panel unit. FIG. 7 is a sectional front view of the operation panel section and the air intake section. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view with the same part omitted. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view for attaching a decorative cover to a concave portion for mounting a decorative cover. FIG. 10 is a front view of a decorative cover. FIG. 11 is a left side view of the decorative cover. FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the decorative cover. FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along the line II of FIG. (A): Bubble generating bath (P): Circulation pump (C): Control unit (1): Bathtub body (2): Spout nozzle for foot side (3): Spout nozzle for back side (4): Belly Side jet nozzle (6): Operation panel (10): Bath water suction pipe (11): Bath hot water pipe (20): Panel case (29): Makeup cover (30): Mounting seat (130 ): Remote controller

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kenji Moriyama 2-1-1 Nakajima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture Totoki Equipment Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takashi Obata Kuchiamihigashi, Kokura-minami-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka 5-1-1, Tokura Equipment Co., Ltd., Kokura Second Factory (72) Inventor Koichi Uchiyama 5-1-1, Kuchiamihigashi, Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka Tokoto Equipment Co., Ltd., Kokura Second Factory (72 ) Inventor Mitsuaki Hashida 2-1-1 Nakajima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture Totoki Equipment Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takayuki Sato 100 Maeda-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Koito Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shinichi Soeda 100 Maeda-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] The mounting seat (3) is provided inside the panel case (20).
0), a small bolt insertion hole (30a) is provided on the side wall of the panel case (20) facing the mounting seat (30), and the small bolt (28) inserted through the insertion hole (30a) is used to mount the mounting seat. (3
Attach the panel case (20) to the fixed seat (34) provided on the object to be attached via 0), insert the cap-shaped decorative cover (29) into the small bolt insertion hole (30a), and insert the same. In the decorative cover structure of the operation panel section in which the hole (30a) can be closed, a notch (29) for positioning is provided at the tip of the decorative cover (29).
c) while the notch (29c) in the mounting seat (30)
A decorative cover structure for an operation panel portion, wherein a positioning projection (32a) is provided for fitting. 2. A raised portion (29d) for preventing backlash on the peripheral wall of the decorative cover (29).
The decorative cover structure of the operation panel described in the above. 3. A small hole (29e) for detachment is provided in a head wall (29b) of a decorative cover (29).
Or the decorative cover structure of the operation panel section according to 2.