JP2559034Y2 - Fixing structure to mirror wall etc. - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fixing structure for mounting a mirror on a wall or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mirror fixed using a wall in a washroom or the like is supported at its upper and lower sides by metal fittings. FIG.
(A) and (b) of the same drawing show a typical example of a mirror fixing structure using a conventional mirror fitting.

In the drawing, the lower end of a mirror M arranged along a wall W is placed on an L-shaped support bracket (not shown) fixed in advance to the wall W, and the upper end is restrained by a mirror stopper 20 shown in the figure. And is fixed to the wall W. The mirror stopper 20 is made of a metal plate having an inverted L-shaped vertical cross-section, and is formed with a “-shaped holding portion 20a at the upper end and an elliptical hole 20b at the back surface that abuts against the wall W. Is mounted with a cushioning material 21 for receiving the rear surface of the mirror M.

The mounting of the mirror fitting 20 is performed in the following manner.

[0005] First, the mirror M
The screw 22 is passed through the hole 23 and slid upward with respect to the screw 22 as shown in FIG. 8A, and the front lower end of the holding portion 20a is mirrored. Temporarily fix at a position slightly higher than the level at the upper end of M. This temporary fixing is carried out so that the mirror stopper 20 can be pushed downward and can be moved, so that there is no wobble in fixing the mirror M. After this, the mirror stopper 20 is pushed down to
(B), the upper end of the mirror M is restrained by the holding portion 20a, and the back surface of the mirror M is supported by the cushioning material 21 and fixed to the wall W.

[0006]

However, when the wall W is strongly tightened with the screw 22 to temporarily fix the mirror stopper 20 to such an extent that the mirror stopper 20 can be pushed down, the mirror stopper 20 cannot be pushed down, and the screw is again stopped. 22 had to be loosened, and the work was troublesome. In particular, since the method of tightening the screw 22 differs depending on the worker in the field work, at present, such a problem of the tightening of the mirror fastener 20 cannot be ignored.

The problem to be solved in the present invention is to enable the mirror to be easily fixed to a wall or the like irrespective of the skill of an operator.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a fixed seat fixed to a mounting surface such as a wall by screws, and a mirror stopper movably connected to the fixed seat in a vertical direction. The fixed seat has a transverse cross-sectional shape in which both ends in the width direction are recessed, and the outer periphery of the recessed portion is formed of an elastic material, and the mirror stopper holds the "shape holding" for restraining the upper end of the mirror. A part is provided at the upper end, and a pair of leg pieces is formed by extending downward from both ends in the width direction of the holding part, and a projection capable of engaging with the elastic material is provided on a surface where the pair of leg pieces face each other. Provided to be biased toward the upper end side of the leg piece , and further tilted the upper part to the rear side at the lower end part of the leg piece so that it can engage with the lower surface of the fixed seat.
The present invention is characterized in that an engaged claw is provided.

[0009]

The fixed seat to which the mirror stopper is connected is fixed to the wall in advance by a screw, and when the mirror is held, the mirror stopper is first lowered and the upper end of the mirror is restrained and fixed by the holding portion. Then, since the projection of the leg piece engages with the elastic material of the concave portion of the fixed seat, the mirror stopper is integrated with the fixed seat, and the mirror stopper is fixed to the wall via the fixed seat. Therefore, in the related art, the quality of the construction is determined by the tightening degree of the screw for the stopper, but the mirror can be restrained by the mirror stopper regardless of the degree of tightening of the screw for attaching the fixed seat to the wall.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a member used for a mirror fixing structure according to the present invention. These members are configured by combining a mirror stopper 1 for restraining the upper end of the mirror M, a main body 3 for restraining the mirror stopper 1 on the wall W side, and a spacer 4 as in the conventional example. It comprises a fixing seat 2 (see FIG. 3) and a screw 5 for fixing the fixing seat 2 to the wall W.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are a front view and a side view of the mirror stopper 1, respectively. The mirror stopper 1 has a "-shaped holding portion 1a formed at its upper end, and
a, two leg pieces 1b extending downward from both ends. The opposing pieces of the leg pieces 1b are parallel to each other, and the protrusion 1c protrudes inward at a position deviated to the upper end side as shown in FIG. The projection 1c has such a shape that the lower side has a gentle slope and the upper surface is substantially horizontal. Also, as shown in FIG. 2B, inside the position deviated to the lower end side of the leg piece 1b, two engaging claws in which a part of the leg piece 1b is cut out and slightly tilted rearward are provided. 1d is provided. If the stopper 1 is made of a metal plate or the like, the engagement claws 1d can be changed in posture from, for example, the posture inclined obliquely rearward in FIG. 1 to the position included in the leg piece 1b.

FIG. 3A is a front view of the fixed seat 2 and FIG.
(B) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line ABCDCEF of FIG. The fixing seat 2 is composed of a main body 3 located on the front side and a spacer 4 integrated with the rear surface and abutting against the wall W. Both the main body 3 and the spacer 4 are made of a metal plate. An elastically deformable cushioning material 6 such as hard rubber or synthetic resin is incorporated between the main body 3 and the spacer 4.

The main body 3 of the fixed seat 2 is provided with a convex portion 3a having a substantially square shape as viewed from the front with a central portion protruding rearward, and a screw hole 3b for passing a screw 5 is opened in the center. . The spacer 4 has a flat plate shape, has the same shape as the main body 3 or has a slightly similar shape, and has a screw hole 4a through which a screw 5 passes in the center. Further, the cushioning material 6 is incorporated so as to fit around the convex portion 3a of the main body 3, and has four receivers 6a for hitting and supporting the rear surface of the mirror M.
And a plurality of small projections 6b are provided on the back side and fitted into the spacer 4 to be integrated.
Then, the main body 3 and the spacer 4 are integrally connected to each other by welding or the like on the front and back surfaces thereof.

The mirror stopper 1 and the fixed seat 2 are previously integrated as shown in the left half of FIG. 4, and are used when the mirror M is mounted on the wall W on site in this state. The integration of the fixed seat 2 into the mirror stopper 1 is performed by inserting the fixed seat 2 between the leg pieces 1b of the mirror stopper 1 in FIG. Leg piece 1
When the fixed seat 2 is inserted into the main body 3 and the spacer 4
As the leg piece 1b advances between the two, the engaging claw 1d falling rearward gradually turns forward. Therefore, the fixed seat 2 can be easily inserted into the leg 1b, and when the spacer 4 passes through the upper end of the engagement claw 1d, the engagement claw 1
d is returned to the original posture by the restoring force. For this reason, once the fixed seat 2 is inserted into the leg piece 1b, even when the fixed seat 2 is pulled down, the engaging claw 1d is engaged with the lower end of the spacer 4 to be restrained, and the mirror stopper is provided. 1 does not come off the fixed seat 2.

When the mirror stopper 1 is pressed downward with respect to the fixed seat 2, the leg 1b is brought into the convex portion 3a as shown in the right half of FIG.
The protrusion 1c moves along the outer peripheral surface of the surrounding cushioning material 6, and keeps a state in which the protrusion 1c has bitten into the cushioning material 6.

The procedure for fixing the mirror M to the wall W using the above members is as follows.

First, after determining the mounting height of the mirror M, the mirror M
A screw fixing type mirror stopper (not shown) or the like shown in the conventional example is mounted on the wall W in accordance with the position of the lower end of the wall. The mirror M is placed on the mirror fitting on the lower end side to take a posture along the wall W, and the upper end level of the mirror M is inscribed on the wall W. Next, the mirror M is once removed, the upper end of the main body 3 of the fixed seat 2 is made to coincide with the upper end level of the mirror M as shown in FIG. 5, and the screw 5 is passed through the screw holes 3b and 4a as shown in FIG. Screwed in. As a result, the fixing seat 2 is fixed to the wall W, and the mirror stopper 1 is also restricted to the wall W side.

After the two sets of the mirror stopper 1 and the fixing seat 2 are fixed to the wall W so as to correspond to both ends of the mirror M, the lower end of the mirror M is placed on the lower mirror stopper, and the mirror is fixed as shown in FIG. Buffer material 6 on back of M
To the receiver 6a. Next, when the mirror stopper 1 is pushed down so that the holding portion 1a covers the upper end portion of the mirror M, the upper end of the mirror M is restrained and fixed to the wall W. At this time, since the projection 1c is still biting into the cushioning material 6 around the projection 3a, the mirror stopper 1 is firmly restrained by the wall W via the fixed seat 2, and the mirror W is securely held without rattling. . FIG. 7 shows a bottom view of the mirror stopper 1 and the fixed seat 2 when the mirror M is fixed. In FIGS. 7 and 6,
Although the receiver 6a of the cushioning member 6 is drawn as an original shape, it is a matter of course that the mirror 6 is elastically deformed and contracted when receiving the mirror M.

In the construction described above, the worker performs the operation of fixing the fixed seat 2 to the wall W with the screw 5 and the operation of sliding the mirror stopper 1 to fix the mirror M. Among these operations, the operation of fixing the fixing seat 2 to the wall W is only an operation of strongly tightening the screw 5, and is fixed uniformly and irrespective of the operation method. In addition, the mirror stopper 1 itself can be slid smoothly regardless of the skill of the operator, and the operation is simplified. In this way, by simply fixing the screw 5 to the wall W, the fixing of the mirror stopper 1 to the wall W and the holding of the mirror M can be performed reliably and easily. Stable construction can be performed without being affected.

When removing the mirror M, the mirror stopper 1 is pulled up from the position indicated by the dashed line to the height indicated by the solid line as shown in FIG. At this time, the mirror stopper 1 has its engaging claw 1d.
Abuts against the lower end of the spacer 4 of the fixed seat 2, so that the mirror stopper 1 does not come off the fixed seat 2. When the mirror M itself is lifted and removed, the mirror stopper 1 also moves upward, but the engaging claw 1d protruding from the back surface of the mirror M is
, The mirror stopper 1 remains attracted to the wall W side. For this reason, the upper end of the mirror M is
a because it moves upward while being inserted into the
a allows the mirror M to be safely operated without falling down to the front side.

Further, the position where the mirror stopper 1 is highest with respect to the fixed seat 2 is determined by the engaging claw 1d, and the projection 1c is always biting into the peripheral surface of the cushioning member 6. There is no wobble. For this reason, when aligning the distance between the line that scribes the upper end level of the mirror M to the wall W and the lower end of the holding portion 1a, the work is facilitated because the mirror stopper 1 does not fluctuate. The maximum height of the mirror stopper 1 by the dovetail 1d can be easily known by checking that the mirror stopper 1 does not move by pulling up the mirror stopper 1, and the positioning with the mirror M becomes easy, so that the mirror M is securely fixed. it can.

[0022]

[Effect of the Invention] In the present invention, a mirror stopper for restraining a mirror on the wall side is provided movably up and down with respect to a fixed seat mounted on a mounting surface such as a wall with screws, and a mirror stopper is provided via the fixed seat. The mirror is fixed by. For this reason, the connection strength of the mirror stopper to the fixed seat is uniform regardless of the work method, and in the construction where skill and experience were required for the degree of screw tightening using only the stopper and the screw as in the past, In comparison, it is only necessary to fix the fixing seat firmly to the wall with screws, which simplifies the work and stably fixes the mirror to the wall.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of members used for a mirror fixing structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of a mirror stopper.

FIG. 3 is a view showing details of a fixed seat.

FIG. 4 is a front view for showing that the mirror stopper moves up and down with the fixed seat integrated with the mirror stopper.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a procedure for fixing a mirror upper end portion by a mirror stopper.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing how to fix the upper end of the mirror by the mirror stopper.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view showing a mirror stopper and a fixing seat when the mirror is fixed.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a conventional mirror fixing structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mirror stopper 1a Holder 1b Leg 1c Projection 1d Engagement claw 2 Fixed seat 3 Main body 4 Spacer 5 Screw 6 Buffer material M Mirror W Wall

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A fixed seat fixed to a mounting surface such as a wall by a screw, and a mirror stopper connected to the fixed seat so as to be movable in a vertical direction, wherein the fixed seat has both ends in a width direction. The mirror has a cross-sectional shape with a concave portion, and the outer periphery of the concave portion is formed of an elastic material. A pair of leg pieces is formed by extending downward from both ends in the width direction of the portion, and a projection engageable with the elastic material is biased toward the upper end of the leg piece on a surface where the pair of leg pieces face each other. Provided,
Furthermore, the lower end of the leg can be engaged with the lower surface of the fixed seat .
A structure for fixing a mirror to a wall or the like, characterized in that an engaging claw whose upper part is inclined rearward is provided.