JP3038132B2 - Piping unit and its piping case - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a piping unit in which piping such as a water supply main pipe and a drain main pipe is accommodated in a piping case, and a front plate as a decorative plate is provided on a front surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Toilet components such as wall panels, plumbing units, and booths are manufactured in factories, carried into the site, assembled and constructed, and system toilets capable of constructing a desired toilet space are widely used.

[0003] The piping unit is a unit in which a piping such as a water supply main pipe and a drain main pipe common to sanitary fittings such as toilet bowls is accommodated in a piping case, and an example thereof is shown in FIG.
It is shown in FIG. In the figure, 300 is a piping case 3
02 is a piping unit including a drain main pipe 304, a water supply main pipe 306, a deodorizing main pipe 308, a ventilation main pipe 310, and other pipes.

[0004] The piping case 302 has a reinforcing frame in which a plurality of angle-like horizontal frame members 312 provided laterally at the front upper end, the front lower end, the rear upper end, and the rear lower end are arranged at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction. Of a pair of vertical frame members (posts) 314 and a front and rear frame member 316 that connects the upper end and the lower end of the vertical frame member 316 in a front-rear direction. A long bolt 318 that is fixed to the floor by an anchor bolt 317 at an intermediate portion of the front and rear frame members 316 at the lower end and penetrates inside the piping case 302.
At the wall side.

[0005] A front plate 320 and a deck 322 as decorative boards are respectively provided on the front and upper surfaces of the piping case 302, and the front plate 32 is provided on the front surface of the piping case 302.
A toilet 324 as a sanitary device is attached via the “0”.

As shown in FIG. 23, a reinforcing tree 326 is adhered and fixed at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction on the back surface of the deck 322, and a rear end portion of the reinforcing tree 326 (FIG. 23).
An insertion metal fitting 328 is attached to the lower surface (middle left end). The deck 322 is attached so that the insertion fitting 328 is inserted into the insertion portion 329 on the piping case 302 side. The front end of the deck 322 is connected to the piping case 3
It is mounted on the upper end of a height adjustment adjust bolt 331 provided on the 02 side.

As shown in detail in FIG. 24, a mounting bracket 330 for mounting a toilet 324 is fixedly mounted on the piping case 302. This mounting bracket 330
25, both left and right ends are welded to a vertical frame member (post) 314 on the front surface side of the piping case 302 in a state of protruding from the front surface of the piping case 302 by a certain dimension as shown in FIG. The toilet 324 is attached to the mounting bracket 330 by the opening 3 of the front plate 320.
32 (FIG. 24). Specifically, the mounting bracket 330 and the toilet 324 are fastened and fixed by fastening bolts 334 so as to sandwich the front plate 320 from front and rear.

In the conventional piping unit, the front plate 320
Are used in various forms, and here, a tile panel is used. As shown in FIG. 24, the tile panel has a number of tiles 338 adhered to the surface of a base board 336, and a reinforcing frame 340 made of a metal square pipe is fixed along the peripheral edge of the back surface. It is usually attached to the piping case 302 using the reinforcing frame 340.

That is, the metal fittings 342 to be locked are fixed to the reinforcing frame 340 at the upper end portion by bolts (not shown), while the corresponding metal fittings 344 are fixed to the piping case 302 side. Metal fitting 344 and locked metal fitting 3
The front plate 320 is prevented from being detached from the piping case 302 based on the engagement action with the pipe case 302.

An adjusting bolt 346 for height adjustment is attached to the reinforcing frame 340, and the lower end thereof is abutted and placed on the upper surface of the locking metal member 344.
Thus, the weight of the front plate 320 is supported.

FIG. 25 shows a front view of the piping case 302.
As shown in (A), an operation unit bracket 354 for attaching an operation unit 356 for remote control of a flush tap (flash valve) 352 (see FIG. 22) of the toilet 324 is fixedly provided. The operation unit 356 is attached to the front plate 320 so as to be exposed on the surface thereof. The operation section bracket 354 is also protruded from the front surface of the piping case 302 in a state where
Is cantilevered.

FIG. 25B shows a main part of a piping case in a urinal piping unit. In the case of the urinal piping case 302, mounting brackets 348 and 350 are fixedly provided at two upper and lower locations. You. These mounting brackets 348 and 350 are also fixedly provided so as to protrude from the front surface of the piping case 302.

[0013]

In the case where the panel with the reinforcing frame 340 is used as the front plate 320, not only the reinforcing frame 340 as a constituent member for manufacturing the front plate is required, Reinforcement frame 340 around openings in different positions for each panel
It is necessary to go around the reinforcing frame 34
A troublesome and difficult design work is required for the front plate 320 itself, which increases the manufacturing cost of the front plate 320. In addition, the arrangement of the reinforcing frame 340 causes a problem that the thickness of the front plate 320 becomes large.

On the other hand, on the piping case 302 side, there is a problem that it is necessary to fix the mounting bracket 330 so that the mounting bracket 330 protrudes from the front surface of the piping case 302 by a predetermined dimension. When the reinforcing frame 340 is provided on the back surface of the front plate 320 in this manner, when the reinforcing frame 340 is brought into contact with the front surface of the piping case 302, the piping case 30
(2) A predetermined gap is created between the front surface and the back surface of the front plate 320. Therefore, the mounting bracket 330 needs to be protruded forward by a dimension corresponding to the gap, so that the mounting bracket 330 and the sanitary fitting are in close contact with each other. Will occur.

Thus, when the mounting bracket 330 is provided so as to protrude forward, the mounting bracket 3
It is necessary to weld and join the pipe 30 to the pipe case 302 in a state where the pipe 30 is strictly protruded by a predetermined dimension, and the welding operation becomes extremely difficult, which makes the pipe case difficult to manufacture. This is a factor that increases the manufacturing cost.

Further, since it is difficult to perform welding work in a state where the mounting bracket 330 is protruded by a certain dimension, the projecting dimension of the mounting bracket 330 tends to vary. Is also protruding forward, the front plate 3
When the front plate 320 bends when attaching / fixing the front plate 320 to the front of the piping case 302, or when the front plate 320 is forcibly pressed and fixed to the piping case 302 side, the front plate 320 rises from the piping case 302. End, the next front plate 3
This causes a problem that a surface step is formed between the first and second surfaces. Similarly, the same problem occurs when the operating faucet bracket 354 of the washing faucet is provided on the front surface of the piping case 302 in a protruding state.

A steel plate panel in which a board is adhered to the back surface of a steel plate as a backing material is also used as a front plate. In this case, the mounting bracket 330 is fixed so as to protrude from the front surface of the piping case 302. Therefore, in this case as well, the above-mentioned problem arises,
There is a problem that it is necessary to form a recess for fitting the mounting bracket 330 into the board of the front plate.

[0018]

The invention of the present application has been made to solve such a problem. Thus, the invention of the present application comprises a piping case, a drain main pipe, a water supply main pipe, etc., housed inside the piping case, and a front plate as a decorative plate disposed in front of the piping case. In a piping unit in which a mounting bracket is fixedly mounted on the front surface of the piping case and a sanitary device such as a toilet bowl is attached to the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket has a front surface which corresponds to the piping case. The front plate is disposed so as to be substantially flush with the front surface, and the front plate does not have a reinforcing frame extending in a protruding shape at the rear peripheral edge thereof, and the entire rear surface including the rear peripheral edge is a flat surface. Wherein the back surface of the front plate is stuck and fixed so that the back surface of the front plate is brought into contact with the front surface of the piping case (claim 1).

According to another aspect of the present invention, in claim 1, an operating portion bracket for mounting an operating portion of a faucet is fixedly mounted on a front surface of the piping case, and the front surface of the operating portion bracket is connected to a pipe. The operating portion bracket is provided in a state in which the operating portion bracket is retracted at a position substantially flush with the front surface of the case or a small distance into the piping case (claim 2).

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the mounting bracket is formed of a plate, and a left-right end of the mounting bracket is welded to a front column of the piping case. (Claim 3).

Still another aspect of the present invention is directed to a piping case, a drain main pipe, a water main pipe, and the like housed in the piping case, and a front plate as a decorative plate disposed on the front surface of the piping case. A mounting plate fixed to a front surface of the piping case, and a sanitary fixture such as a toilet bowl is attached to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket is fixedly mounted such that the front surface of the bracket is substantially flush with the front surface of the piping case (claim 4).

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in claim 3, an operating portion bracket for mounting an operating portion of a water faucet is fixed to a front surface of the piping case, and the front surface of the operating portion bracket is provided. The bracket for the operation part is fixedly mounted substantially flush with the front surface of the piping case or at a small distance into the piping case (claim 5).

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in claim 4 or 5, the mounting bracket is formed of a plate, and a left-right end of the mounting bracket is welded to a front column of the piping case. (Claim 6).

[0024]

As described above, according to the invention of the present application, the entire back surface of the front plate is made flat, and the bracket for mounting sanitary fittings is adjusted so that the front surface is flush with the front surface of the piping case. It is fixed and attached and fixed so that the back surface of the front plate is in contact with the front surface of the piping case. The present invention has been made under the following viewpoints. That is, when the required strength of the conventional front panel was reviewed, it was found that, for example, even in a tile panel, the reinforcing frame could be omitted by increasing the thickness of the base board.

The reinforcing frame on the back side of the panel is omitted, the back side of the front plate is formed as a flat surface, and the mounting bracket is also provided on the piping case side so that the front surface is flush with the front surface of the piping case. , It is possible to solve any of the above-mentioned problems.

That is, since a reinforcing frame is not required in manufacturing the front plate, the number of components is reduced, and design work such as the arrangement position of the reinforcing frame is also unnecessary, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the front plate. It becomes possible.

On the other hand, when the mounting bracket is fixedly mounted on the piping case, the welding operation is greatly simplified, whereby the manufacturing cost of the piping case can be reduced and the mounting accuracy of the mounting bracket can be increased. When the mounting bracket is provided flush with the front of the piping case, there is no need to locate the mounting bracket at the position where the mounting bracket protrudes, as in the case where the mounting bracket is securely fixed in a state where it protrudes to a certain dimension. The mounting bracket can be fixed at a precisely determined position without causing a variation in the protrusion amount.

In addition, when the front plate is stuck and fixed to the front of the piping case, the mounting bracket comes into contact with the back surface of the front plate, so that the front plate rises from the piping case or the front plate bends. Therefore, it is also possible to solve the problem that, when the front plate is attached, a surface step is formed between adjacent front plates.

Further, according to the present invention, since the front surface of the front plate is flat, the front plate can be easily stacked when it is carried or stored.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an operating portion bracket for mounting an operating portion of a faucet is fixedly mounted on the front surface of a piping case, and the front surface thereof is substantially flush with the front surface of the piping case or in the piping case. According to the present invention, even when the operating unit bracket is provided in the piping case, the operating unit bracket contacts the back surface of the front plate and the front plate is It can be prevented from being in a floating state.

Another invention of the present application is one in which the mounting bracket is formed of a plate, and both left and right end portions thereof are welded to a support on the front side of the piping case. If this is the case, the mounting bracket can be easily welded to the piping case, and the supporting strength of the mounting bracket, and thus the supporting strength of the sanitary ware, can be increased.

The invention according to claim 4, 5 or 6 is based on claim 1,
The present invention relates to a piping case used for a piping unit of 2 or 3, and according to these inventions, welding work is easy when a mounting bracket for mounting sanitary fixtures or a bracket for an operation section is fixed to the piping case. Yes, while reducing the production cost of the piping case,
The mounting accuracy can be made good, and the advantage that the bending and the surface step of the front plate when the front plate is mounted on the piping case can be eliminated can be obtained.

[0033]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a piping unit,
A plumbing case 12 and various plumbing such as a drain main 16, a water main 18, a deodorizing main 20, and a venting main 22, which are common to the sanitary appliances (the toilet 14 in this example) housed therein, are provided. ing. In this example, the toilet 14 is provided with a human body local cleaning device.

The piping case 12 is fixed to the wall 24 and the floor 26, respectively, and a deck 28 and a front plate 30 as decorative plates are provided on the upper surface and the front surface, respectively. The toilet 14 is attached to the mounting bracket 32 on the front surface of the piping case 12 via the plate 30.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the components of the piping case 12. In the figure, reference numeral 34 denotes a piping case main body which forms the main body of the piping case 12, and is a rectangular frame-shaped cross-sectional angle bar-shaped horizontal frame member which is located at the upper front end and the lower front end of the piping case 12 and extends in the horizontal direction. 36,38
Are arranged at predetermined intervals along these horizontal frame members 36, 38, and the upper end and the lower end thereof are provided at the respective horizontal frame members 36, 38.
A plurality of pillars (vertical frame members) 40 made of a square pipe and fixed by welding to 38 are used as main elements, and have a substantially planar structure as a whole. Here, each of the horizontal frame members 36 and 38 is oriented in such a direction that the vertical piece is located on the rear side of the horizontal piece.

In the pipe case body 34, the mounting bracket 32 is fixed by welding so as to straddle between the adjacent columns 40. Mounting bracket 32
Is a form in which a metal plate is bent and formed as shown in FIG. 3, and both ends in the left-right direction with the front surface thereof being flush with the front surface of the column 40 as shown in FIG. The part is welded and fixed to each of the pair of right and left columns 40. In addition, the front surface of the support 40 is connected to the horizontal frame members 36, 38.
, So that the front surface of the mounting bracket 32 is flush with the front surface of the piping case 12.

An angle-shaped support member 42 for supporting the above-mentioned pipe is disposed on the support column 40 in a vertically extending multi-stage so as to extend rearward from the support column 40 (toward the inside of the piping case 12), and cantilevered. It is fixed to the support 40 by welding. Further, an operation unit bracket 44 for attaching an operation button (operation unit) 116 (see FIG. 1) for remote control of a flash valve, which will be described later, is provided on the support 40.
It is fixedly installed in a state of extending laterally (left and right direction). The operation unit bracket 44 is also formed by bending a metal plate, and its front surface is substantially
The cantilever is fixed to the support column 40 in a cantilever manner so as to be flush with the front surface.

The pipe case body 34 is provided on the wall 24 side,
Specifically, it is fixed to a wall rail 48 laterally fixed to the column member 24a on the side of the wall body 24 via long bolts 50 in the front-rear direction, and a horizontal frame member 38 at the lower end is fixed to the floor 26. 2 (see FIG. 2).
reference). That is, the pipe case main body 34 is
8. Fixed to the wall 24 and the floor 26 via the floor fixing bar 52. Each of the above members is made of steel.

FIG. 4 specifically shows a fixing structure of the upper part of the piping case body 34. As shown in FIG. 4, the front end of the long bolt 50 is connected to the horizontal frame 36 by a nut 54 in a through hole 51 formed in a vertical piece thereof.
And the rear end is a slide piece 56,
It is fixed to the wall rail 48 by a plate-shaped press fitting 58 and a nut 60.

The wall rail 48 is a member having a C-shaped cross section and has a guide groove 62 inside, and a slit-shaped opening 6 communicating with the guide groove 62 and extending laterally on the front surface.
Four. In the guide groove 62, the opening 6
A slide piece 56 having a vertical dimension larger than 4 is slidably inserted. The slide piece 56 has a claw 66 bent forward at each of the upper end and the lower end as shown in the figure, and has a female screw hole 68 at the center.

On the other hand, the press fitting 58 is a member having a U-shaped cross section and has a through hole 70 at the center, and the rear end of the long bolt 50 is inserted into the through hole 70. The rear end of the long bolt 50 is further screwed into a female screw hole 68 at the center of the slide piece 56, and the nut 60 screwed to the long bolt 50 at the front side of the pressing metal fitting 58 causes the slide to be performed. The rear end of the long bolt 50 is fixed to the wall rail 48 such that the piece 56 and the press fitting 58 sandwich the wall rail 48 from front and rear. The edge of the opening 64 of the wall rail 48 is bent inward, and an uneven friction portion 65 a is formed on the distal end surface of the bent portion 65. The friction portion 65a is brought into frictional contact with the slide piece 56.

FIGS. 5 and 6 specifically show the fixing structure of the lower part of the piping case body 34. FIG. As shown in the figure, the floor fixing bar 52 is provided with a fixing piece 72 to the horizontal floor 26.
And a vertical piece 74 rising from the rear end thereof, wherein a floor fixing piece 72 is fixed to the floor 26 by anchor bolts 76 and nuts 78.

On the other hand, the horizontal frame member 38 at the lower end of the piping case body 34 has a nut 84 welded to the lower side of the horizontal piece 80, and an adjusting bolt 86 for adjusting the height is screwed into the nut 84. The lower end of the bolt 86 is in contact with the upper surface of the floor fixing piece 72 of the floor fixing bar 52.

In a state where the height is adjusted by the adjusting bolt 86, the vertical piece 82 of the horizontal frame member 38 is superimposed on the vertical piece 74 of the floor fixing bar 52, and the screw 8
8 is fastened and fixed. Reference numeral 90 indicates a lock nut.

FIG. 7 shows a piping structure such as a supply pipe for washing water to the toilet bowl 14 and a water supply pipe to the human body local cleaning device in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, in this example, at a position between the columns 40 and 40, a branch pipe 92 is branched upward from the water supply main pipe 18 via a joint (cheese) 94, and the branch pipe 92 is connected to the branch pipe 92. A supply pipe 96 for washing water to the toilet 14 is connected to 92. A flush valve 98 is provided on the water supply passage through the branch pipe 92 and the supply pipe 96.

From the branch pipe 92, a flash valve 98
A water conduit 100 made of a copper pipe in the remote control device is branched and connected to a flash valve 98.
An operation button 116 is provided on the water pipe 100. The operation button 116 is provided so as to be exposed on the surface of the front plate 30 as shown in FIG.

From the branch pipe 92, a water supply pipe 102 made of a copper pipe for supplying cleaning water to the human body local cleaning device further branches. The water pipe 100 and the water pipe 102 made of these copper pipes are welded to the branch pipe 92, respectively.

FIG. 8 shows a specific mounting structure of the deck 28. In the figures, reference numerals 104 and 106 denote bolt support fittings, each of which is composed of an L-shaped fitting 105 and a U-shaped fitting 107 preliminarily integrated therewith. Here, the U-shaped metal fitting 107 is fitted into the horizontal frame member 36 or the wall rail 48 at the upper end of the piping case 12, and is thus prevented from rotating.

The front bolt supporting member 104 of the bolt supporting members 104 and 106 has a bolt 118 in a horizontal elongated hole 109 provided in the vertical piece 110.
Thus, it is fixed to the horizontal frame member 36 of the piping case 12. On the other hand, the bolt support fitting 106 on the rear side is fixed to the wall rail 48 by a bolt 118 and a slide piece 56 in a hole 114 formed in the vertical piece 110.

Each of the bolt supports 104 and 106 has a nut 1 on the lower surface of the horizontal piece 108.
Numeral 20 is welded and fixed, and these nuts 120 constitute a female screw hole. Bolts 122 arranged in a line in the front-rear direction are screwed into the female screw holes. These bolts 122 have a shaft portion 124 and a head portion 126 having a larger diameter than the shaft portion 124.

On the other hand, a rail member 128 extending in the front-rear direction of the deck 28 is fixed to the lower surface of the deck 28 near the left and right ends of the deck 28 as shown in FIG. In FIG. 9 (A), reference numeral 136 denotes a front hanging portion hanging downward at the front end of the deck 28.

The rail member 128 is made of an extruded material or a drawn material such as a resin material or an aluminum material, and has a rectangular cross section having a uniform cross section in the front-rear direction. The rail member 128 includes a first vertical connecting portion 130 that vertically connects the upper and lower portions of the outer peripheral frame portion inside the left and right side portions as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. And a second connecting portion 131 for connecting the first connecting portion 130 laterally at an intermediate position in the vertical direction, and the first connecting portion 130, the second connecting portion 131, and the bottom portion extend in the front-rear direction. 132 are defined.

On the lower surface, an insertion opening 134 extending in a slit shape in the front-rear direction while communicating with the rail groove 132 is provided.
Are formed. Here, the rail groove 132 is a portion into which the head 126 of the bolt 122 is fitted, and the dimensions in the vertical and horizontal directions are substantially equivalent to those of the bolt head 126. The insertion opening 134 is provided in the bolt shaft portion 12.
4 can be inserted. The rail groove 132
The insertion opening 134 has a front surface and a rear surface each having an open shape.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the bolt head 126 is inserted into the rail groove 132 of the rail member 128 and the bolt shaft 124 is inserted into the insertion opening 134. The deck 28 is fixed to the upper surface of the piping case 12.

In the case of the mounting structure of the deck 28 of this embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (1), the deck 28 can be easily attached to the piping case 12 simply by sliding the deck 28 backward. Specifically, the heads 126 and the shafts 124 of the pair of front and rear bolts 122 are fitted and inserted into the rail groove 132 and the insertion opening 134 of the rail member 128 from the open shape portion on the rear surface. The deck 28 can be attached to the piping case 12 by sliding the deck 28 backward. In addition, bolt 12
Reference numerals 2 are provided in a plurality of rows at positions corresponding to locations where the rail members 128 are provided.

In this embodiment, a tile panel is used as the front plate 30. However, the tile panel of the present example is different from the conventional tile panel in that, as shown in FIG.
35 is merely attached. That is, as shown in a tile panel 30A of FIG.
It does not have the metal reinforcing frame 137A protrudingly provided on the back side of the base board 133A, and the entire back surface including the rear peripheral edge of the panel is a flat surface.

However, the front plate 30 made of the tile panel of this embodiment
The thickness of the base board 133A in the front plate 30A made of a conventional tile panel is, for example, about 3 mm, whereas the thickness is 10 mm. Nevertheless, the front plate 30 made of the tile panel of this example has a total thickness of, for example, 16 as a result of omitting the reinforcing frame 137A.
mm (the thickness of the tile is 5 mm), and the thickness of the front plate 30A made of a conventional tile panel is, for example, 25 mm.
The overall thickness is thin compared to the degree. The flat back surface is attached to the piping case 12 in a state of directly contacting the front surface of the piping case 12.

At this time, since the mounting bracket 32 and the operating portion bracket 44, which have been conventionally formed to project forward, are provided flush with the front surface of the piping case 12, the mounting bracket 32 and the operating portion bracket are provided. The problem that the front plate 30 partially contacts the rear surface of the front plate 30 and hinders the close contact of the front plate 30 with the front surface of the piping case does not occur.

FIGS. 12 to 14 show the mounting structure of the front plate 30 specifically. First, in FIG.
Numeral 38 denotes an elastic clip formed of a leaf spring, which has a vertical fixing piece 140, an engaging claw 142 projecting upward at a lower end of the fixing piece 140, and an upward extending extending forward from an upper end of the fixing piece 140. It has a U-shaped elastic arm 144, and the fixed piece 140 is attached to the piping case 12 in a state of being in close contact with the horizontal frame member 36 at the upper end of the piping case 12.

The elastic arm 144 extends forward from the front surface of the piping case 12, and has a hook 146 protruding downward at the distal end thereof. Hook 146
Has a curved shape, and a guide surface 148 for inserting and guiding the front plate 30 upward is formed inside.

Here, the elastic arm 144 and the hook 146
Are located inside the front hanging portion 136 on the deck 28 and are concealed from the outside by the front hanging portion 136. A predetermined gap is secured between the elastic arm 144 and the lower surface of the deck 28, and the elastic arm 1
44 is capable of being sufficiently elastically deformed in the vertical direction.

In the case of the mounting structure of this embodiment, when the front plate 30 is pushed upward while the back surface thereof is in contact with the front surface of the piping case 12, the hooking claw 146 of the elastic clip 138 is moved together with the front surface of the piping case 12. The upper end of the front plate 30 is sandwiched from both front and rear sides and fixed.

As shown in FIG. 13, the piping case 1
A skirting base member 150 for attaching and fixing a skirting board to the front surface of the front case 2 is fixed to the front surface of the piping case 12 by screws 152 at the lower end of the front side. On the other hand, a plate-shaped hanger metal fitting 154 separate from the front plate 30 is fixed to a lower end of the rear surface of the front plate 30 by screws 156.

The lower end surface of the front plate 30 is placed on the upper surface of the baseboard base member 150 via the spacer member (in this example, a vinyl chloride liner) 158, and the hanger bracket 154 is attached to the baseboard base member. It is hooked on the hook 160 on the rear surface of the upper end of the member 150 so as to be prevented from being detached.

In this example, as shown in FIG. 14, the front plate 30 is divided into upper and lower parts, and the lower surface of the lower part of the upper part 30-1 and the lower part of the lower part 30-2 are divided.
The hanger bracket 162 is fixed to the back surface of the upper end portion with screws. On the other hand, on the piping case 12 side,
A hanging bar 164 having a rectangular box-like cross section is provided laterally so as to straddle the upper and lower portions 30 and 40, and a hanger bracket 162 is hooked on the hanging bar 164. The lower end and the upper end of -1 and 30-2 are prevented from being detached from the piping case 12, respectively.

As clearly shown in FIG. 16, the toilet 14 is mounted on the front surface of the lower divided body 30-2. However, the front surface of the upper divided body 30-1 is in an open state, so that the upper divided body 30-1 can be detached alone. The front plate 30 is divided into the upper divided body 30-1 and the lower divided body 30-2 as described above by detaching the upper divided body 30-1. Piping case 12 on the rear side of the toilet 14
This is to enable maintenance of the inside.

The elastic clip 138 can be elastically deformed in the lower space of the deck 28 just enough to fasten and detach the upper divided body 30-1 to and from the piping case 12. ing. That is, a sufficient vertical space is secured between the lower surface of the deck 28 and the elastic arm 144 of the elastic clip 138 so that the hanger bracket 162 can be removed from the hook bar 164.

In this example, the front plate 30 is divided into upper and lower parts. However, it is of course possible to form one panel from the upper end to the lower end. Also in this case, the elastic arm 144 of the elastic clip 138 and the deck 28 are attached so that the front plate can be attached to and detached from the piping case 12 in a swift manner.
It is desirable to secure a sufficient vertical space between the lower surface and the lower surface.

In the present embodiment, the front plate 30 does not have a reinforcing frame, so that the number of components can be reduced, and design work such as an arrangement position of the reinforcing frame when manufacturing the front plate can be eliminated. The manufacturing cost of the plate 30 can be reduced. The required strength of the front plate 30 of this embodiment is sufficiently ensured even when the reinforcing frame is omitted because the thickness of the base board 133 is increased.

The mounting bracket 32 is attached to the piping case 12.
When fixing the piping case, the positioning operation is easy (it is only necessary to be flush with the front surface of the piping case 12), so that the welding operation is extremely simple, so that the manufacturing cost of the piping case 12 can be reduced. With the mounting bracket 32
Can be fixed at a precisely determined position.

In addition, when the front plate 30 is stuck and fixed to the front surface of the piping case 12, the mounting bracket 32 hits the back surface of the front plate 30 and the front plate 30 rises or bends from the piping case 12. Therefore, when the front plate 30 is attached, it is possible to prevent the adjacent front plates 30 from forming a surface step.

In this embodiment, the operation section bracket 44 for the operation button 116 on the front of the piping case 12 is also provided.
Is fixed so that the front surface thereof is substantially flush with the front surface of the piping case 12, so that the operating portion bracket 44 hits the rear surface of the front plate 30 to lift it up. No, and bracket 4 for operation part
4 can be easily welded to the piping case 12 and the mounting accuracy can be improved.

Further, in this embodiment, the mounting bracket 32
Is formed of a plate, and both right and left ends thereof are connected to a piping case 12.
The mounting bracket 32 can be easily welded and fixed to the piping case 12 because it is welded to the front column 40, and the supporting strength of the mounting bracket 32 and thus the toilet bowl 14 is strong. It can be.

In addition, since the front plate 30 of the present embodiment has a flat back surface, there is an advantage that the front plate 30 can be easily stacked when being carried or stored. In addition, the front plate 30 made of tile panels is
As a result, the sound insulation effect of the front plate 30 is large, and the reinforcing frame is not fixed to the back surface of the base board 133. There is an advantage that a problem such as cracking or cracking of the front plate 30 does not occur due to a difference in shrinkage due to dryness and humidity from the front 133.

FIG. 17 shows another embodiment of the elastic clip composed of a leaf spring.
Is composed of a plate-like elastic arm 168 extending in the horizontal direction and a hooking claw 146 projecting downward at the tip end thereof. Frame material 36
It is fixed to. That is, in this example, the elastic arm 168
However, it also serves as a fixed piece. Also in this example, the elastic arm 168 is provided between the elastic arm 168 and the lower surface of the deck 28.
Are sufficiently large to allow elastic deformation up and down.

An elongated hole 172 in the front-rear direction is formed in the elastic arm 168, and the elastic arm 168 is fixed to the horizontal frame member 36 by a screw 170 in the elongated hole 172. Since the elastic clip 166 is fixed by the screw 170 in the elongated hole 172 as described above, the fixing position of the elastic clip 166 can be changed along the elongated hole 172, and the position of the hooking claw 146 in the front-rear direction can be adjusted.

FIG. 18 shows another embodiment of the front plate. In the figure, a front plate 174 is a form in which a board 178 as a backing material is fixed to the back surface of a steel plate 176, and a front plate 180 in FIG. The space is filled with a filler 184, and the front plate 186 (C) is a form in which a decorative material 190 other than a tile is stuck on the surface of the base board 133.

Each of the front plates 174, 180, and 186 has a flat back surface as a whole. (B),
In the case of the front plates 180 and 186 made of the non-steel panel of (C), the lower end can be fixed to the piping case 12 by attaching a hanger fitting to the lower end similarly to the above embodiment.

In the case of the steel plate panel 174 shown in FIG. 19A, the hanger portion 192 can be formed by bending the lower end of the steel plate 176 downward as shown in FIG. In this case, the baseboard base member 150 is fixed to the lower end portion of the piping case 12 by screws 152 via the spacer member 194, so that the baseboard base member 150 is fixed.
An insertion gap is formed on the back side of the upper end portion of the baseboard, and the hanger portion 192 is inserted into the insertion gap, and this can be hooked on the hook portion 160 on the back side of the upper end portion of the baseboard base member 150. .

In the case where the front plate 174 made of a steel plate panel is divided into upper and lower parts, as shown in FIG. 20, a hanger is formed by bending a steel plate downward at the lower end of the upper divided body 174-1. A part 193 is formed, and the hanger part 193 is hooked on the back surface of the upper end part of the lower divided body 174-2 to prevent the lower end part of the upper divided body 174-1 from being detached. it can.

In this case, in this case, the upper divided body 17
The lower end and the upper end of the 4-1 and the lower divided body 174-2 do not necessarily have to be fixed to the piping case 12, respectively. Since the toilet 14 is attached to the front surface of the lower divided body 174-2, the divided body 174-2 is intentionally used.
Even if the lower end of 1 and the upper end of the divided body 174-2 are not fixed to the piping case 12, a problem does not occur such that the connecting portion of the upper and lower divided bodies protrudes forward.

FIG. 21 shows an example in which a urinal 200 is attached as a sanitary device.
Are provided with mounting brackets 196 and 198 at two upper and lower positions. Also in this example, the front surfaces of the mounting brackets 196 and 198 are flush with the front surface of the piping case 12, and the left and right ends of the mounting brackets 196 and 198 are fixed by welding to the support 40. On the other hand, the front surface of the front plate 30 is flat, and the front surface of the front plate 30 is attached to the piping case with the rear surface in contact with the front surface of the piping case 12.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, this is merely an example, and the present invention can be applied to a piping unit having a conventional box assembly structure. The configuration can be made in various modified forms without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire configuration of a piping unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a piping case in the piping unit of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view and a side sectional view of the piping case in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view showing a main part of a fixing structure at an upper portion of the piping case main body in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a main part of a fixing structure at a lower portion of the piping case main body in FIG. 1;

6 is a view showing the fixing structure of FIG. 5 in a different cross section.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a part of a piping structure in the piping unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view and a front sectional view showing a deck mounting structure in the piping unit of FIG. 1;

9 is a bottom perspective view and a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the deck in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure for attaching the deck in FIG. 8;

11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a front plate in the piping unit of FIG. 1 together with a comparative example.

12 is a diagram showing an attachment structure of an upper part of a front plate in the piping unit of FIG. 1 together with an elastic clip.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a lower mounting structure of the same front plate together with a hanger bracket.

FIG. 14 is a view showing a mounting structure of a divided portion of the same front plate together with a hanger bracket.

FIG. 15 is a view showing the entire mounting structure of the front plate shown in FIGS. 12 to 14;

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of an advantage when the front plate has a divided structure.

17 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the elastic clip in FIG. 12 together with a mounting structure.

FIG. 18 is a view showing another example of the configuration of the front plate.

FIG. 19 illustrates a case where FIG. 18A is used as a front plate.
It is a figure which shows the mounting structure of a lower part of a front plate.

FIG. 20 shows a case where FIG. 18 (A) is used as a front plate.
It is a figure which shows the attachment structure of a front-plate division part.

FIG. 21 is a view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional piping unit.

FIG. 23 is a view showing a deck mounting structure in a conventional piping unit.

24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mounting structure of a front plate and a toilet in the piping unit of FIG. 22;

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a main part of a piping case in a conventional piping unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Piping unit 12 Piping case 14 Toilet bowl 30,174,180,186 Front plate 32,196,198 Mounting bracket 40 Post 44 Bracket for operation part 200 Urinal

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI E04H 1/12 301 E04H 1/12 301 (72) Inventor Kenichiro Obata 5-1-1 Koiehoncho, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Japan Inax No. (72) Inventor Riki Narita 3-273-1, Nitta-cho, Tokoname-shi, Aichi Japan No. 206, Chita Enokido (56) References JP-A-6-117008 (JP, A) ) Actually open Hei 2 -136179 (JP, U) Actually open Hei 3 -63646 (JP, U) Actually open Hei 3-5786 (JP, U) Actually open Hei 2 -129485 (JP, U) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E03D 11/14 A47K 4/00 E03D 11/00

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] A piping case, a drain main pipe, a water main pipe, and the like housed in the piping case, and a front plate as a decorative plate disposed on a front surface of the piping case. ,
In a piping unit in which a mounting bracket is fixed to a front surface of the piping case and a sanitary device such as a toilet is attached to the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket has a front surface substantially equal to a front surface of the piping case. Along with being arranged in one, the front plate does not have a reinforcing frame that protrudes at the back peripheral edge, and is configured such that the entire back surface including the rear peripheral edge is a flat surface, A piping unit, wherein the back surface of the front plate is stuck and fixed so that the back surface of the front plate abuts on the front surface of the piping case. 2. The pipe according to claim 1, further comprising: an operating section bracket for mounting an operating section of the faucet, fixed to a front surface of the piping case, and a front surface of the operating section bracket substantially corresponds to a front surface of the piping case. A piping unit, wherein the operating portion bracket is disposed on the upper surface or in a state of being retracted a minute distance into the piping case. 3. The mounting bracket according to claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket is formed of a plate, and a left-right end of the mounting bracket is welded to a support on a front side of the piping case. Piping unit. 4. A pipe case, a drain main pipe, a water supply main pipe, and the like housed in the pipe case, and a front plate as a decorative plate disposed on a front surface of the pipe case. ,
A mounting case is fixed to a front surface of the piping case, and a sanitary fixture such as a toilet is mounted on the mounting bracket. The piping case in the piping unit, wherein the front surface of the mounting bracket is the piping case. Wherein the mounting bracket is fixedly provided so as to be substantially flush with the front surface of the piping unit. 5. The operation case according to claim 3, further comprising: an operation portion bracket for mounting an operation portion of the faucet, fixed to a front surface of the piping case, and a front surface of the operation portion bracket and a front surface of the piping case. A piping case in a piping unit, wherein the operating portion bracket is fixedly mounted on the substantially upper surface or in a state of being retracted into the piping case by a small distance. 6. The mounting bracket according to claim 4, wherein the mounting bracket is formed of a plate, and a left-right end of the mounting bracket is welded to a front column of the piping case. Piping case in the piping unit.