JP2554550Y2 - Shower device cover mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a cosmetic cover of, for example, a body shower device installed in a bathroom or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a body shower device installed in a bathroom or the like, functional parts such as a shower nozzle and a piping system (including a valve unit and the like) are attached to a decorative cover, and a shower panel is constituted as a whole. Conventionally, a structure in which the shower panel is fixed to a wall surface of a wall panel such as a bathroom using a mounting bracket or the like has been generally adopted.
Further, such a shower panel is provided with an inspection port for maintenance of the shower function unit.

[0003]

However, according to the above-described structure, mounting brackets and members for blindfolding the mounting holes appear on the front side of the shower panel, and the appearance is poor.
Moreover, after fixing the shower panel, it is necessary to separately provide a working opening for fixing the piping system.

[0004] Further, when a failure occurs in the shower device, the piping is removed to check its functional part, and the entire shower panel is removed from the wall panel, or through a small inspection port provided in the shower panel. It is necessary to perform complicated work, and there is a problem that their workability is very poor.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems at a time.
Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting structure for a decorative cover for a shower device, which has good workability at the time of maintenance of the shower function section and is excellent in design.

[0006]

A configuration for achieving the above object will be described with reference to FIG. 1 corresponding to an embodiment. The present invention relates to a shower nozzle 1 installed in a room such as a bathroom 10. .. 1 and a piping system 2 provided with a nozzle receiving portion 2a for screwing the shower nozzle 1 and a piping system 2 provided with the fitting cover 3 for makeup of the piping system 2. The piping system 2 is fixed at a predetermined position in the room by a support member (frame) 4, and the cover 3 has a nozzle receiving portion 2 a of the piping system 2.
2a, the receiving portion 2a of the shower nozzle 1
Through holes 3a,... 3a through which only the threaded portion 1a can pass
Is pierced. Then, the shower nozzle 1 is screwed into the nozzle receiving portion 2a of the piping system 2 from the front side of the cover 3 through the through hole 3a, and the peripheral portion of the through hole 3a is located between the shower nozzle 1 and the nozzle receiving portion 2a. The cover 3 is fixed to the piping system 2 in this fastened state.

[0007]

[Operation] With the cover 3 not attached, the piping system 2
Can be fixed, so that the work is facilitated. Further, the attachment and detachment of the cover 3 can be easily performed only by screwing and releasing the shower nozzles 1... Moreover, the mounting bracket and the like are not exposed on the front side of the cover 3.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1A and 1B are configuration diagrams of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is an exploded perspective view showing the entire structure of the embodiment, and FIG.

Inside the bathroom 10 are wall panels 11 and 12.
The piping system 2 which is a functional part of the body shower device is arranged at the corner of the above. This piping system 2 has 3
Two pipes 2 each having a nozzle receiving portion 2a... 2a
The entire structure is fixed to the wall panels 11 and 12 by the frame 4. That is, the first and third stage nozzle receiving portions 2a of the piping system 2 are supported by the horizontal stays 4a of the frame 4, whereby the entire piping system 2 is fixed to the wall panels 11, 12. . Further, female threads 21a... 21a for screwing the male threads 1a of the shower nozzle 1 are formed in the respective nozzle receiving portions 2a.

On the other hand, the decorative cover 3 is an FR molded into a shape capable of covering both the front and side surfaces of the piping system 2.
In a panel made of P, a wall corresponding to the front side thereof has six through holes 3a... 3a on which the nozzle receiving portions (two rows and three stages) 2a. Is drilled in a positional relationship corresponding to. Each of the through holes 3a is large enough to allow the male screw 1a of the shower nozzle 1 to pass through. When the male screw 1a is inserted, the peripheral edge of the through hole 3a and the flange surface 1b of the shower nozzle 1 Contact.

Next, the mounting structure of the embodiment of the present invention will be described together with the assembling procedure of each part. First, the first and third stages of the nozzle receiving portion 2a of the piping system 2 are fixed to the frame 4, and then both ends of the frame 4 are fixed with screws to the wall surfaces of the wall panels 11 and 12, respectively. .

Thereafter, the decorative cover 3 is inserted into each of the through holes 3.
are aligned with the nozzle receiving portions 2a corresponding to each other. At this time, since the lateral movement of the decorative cover 3 is regulated by the frame 4, this positioning operation can be easily performed. With such positioning, first, the first stage shower nozzle 1
Into the through-hole 3a from the front side of the cover 3, and screw it into the nozzle receiving portion 2a at the back of the cover 3 and temporarily tighten it. Then, in the same procedure, insert it into the second and third nozzle receiving portions 2a. Temporarily tighten the shower nozzle 1 sequentially.

Finally, all the shower nozzles 1
.. By performing the final tightening of 1, the decorative cover 3 is jointly fastened between each nozzle receiving portion 2a and the shower nozzle 1, so that the decorative cover 3 is fixed to the piping system 2, whereby the shower Complete the assembly of the device part. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the mounting of the decorative panel 3 is performed only by fixing the shower nozzle 1.
The mounting work is easy.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the embodiment. In this example, an example in which the present invention is applied to a shower panel having a structure protruding in a direction substantially perpendicular to the wall surface of a wall panel 111 of a bathroom 110 will be described.

First, a piping system 102, which is a functional part of the body shower device of this example, has a piping 121 provided with nozzle receiving portions 102a... 102a arranged at a constant pitch in the height direction.
The first and third nozzle receiving portions 102a are supported by a frame 104, respectively, and the entire piping system 102 is fixed to a wall panel 111.

The decorative cover 103 is connected to the piping system 102.
A panel having a shape capable of covering a total of three surfaces, a front surface and a rear surface, and a side surface thereof. A through hole 103a,. Are pierced at three locations corresponding to.

The procedure for assembling the components is as follows. First, the piping system 102 is fixed to the wall panel 111 using the frame 104, and then the frame 1
04, the decorative cover 103 is fitted into each of the through holes 1.
03a are aligned with the corresponding nozzle receiving portions 102a, and the shower nozzles 1.
By performing final fastening, the decorative cover 103 is fixed to the piping system 102. Also in this example, the mounting of the decorative panel 3 is performed only by fixing the shower nozzles 1 by screwing in, and the mounting work is easy.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a body shower device has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other general shower devices in which a shower nozzle is disposed above a user. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to the present invention.

[0019]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention,
The piping system, which is the functional part of the shower device, is fixed independently to the wall surface of the bathroom etc., and the decorative cover covering the piping system is fastened between the two just by screwing the shower nozzle into the nozzle receiving part of the piping system The fixed structure facilitates the work of fixing the shower piping system and attaching the decorative cover. In addition, the maintenance of the functional unit of the shower device can be performed only by removing the decorative cover without removing it from the wall surface of the shower piping system, and the workability is improved.

Further, the metal fittings and the like for attaching the cover are not exposed on the front side of the decorative cover, and an inspection port is not required, so that unnecessary joints on the front side of the cover are reduced. This increases the degree of freedom in design and improves design.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is an exploded perspective view showing the entire configuration, and (b) is a perspective view showing a main part structure thereof.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ··· shower nozzle 1a ··· male thread part 2 ··· piping system 2a ··· nozzle receiving part 3 ··· decorative cover 3a ··· through hole 4 ··· frame

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A shower device having a shower nozzle installed in a room such as a bathroom and a piping system provided with a nozzle receiving portion for screwing the shower nozzle,
A mounting structure for a cosmetic cover of the piping system, wherein the piping system is fixed to a predetermined position in a room by a support member, and the cover has a position corresponding to a nozzle receiving portion of the piping system. In addition, a through-hole through which only the threaded portion of the shower nozzle into the receiving portion can pass is drilled, and through this through-hole, the nozzle receiving portion of the piping system has
The shower nozzle is screwed in from the front side of the cover, and the peripheral portion of the through hole is fastened between the shower nozzle and the nozzle receiving portion. In this fastened state, the cover is fixed to the piping system. A cover mounting structure for a shower device, characterized in that: