JP3242220B2 - Bathroom shower curtain support device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for supporting a shower curtain for a bathroom which can easily and lightly open and close a shower curtain made of a foldable partition plate which opens and closes along a bathtub. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A Western-style bathroom is provided with a bathtub and a shower. When using the shower, the curtain is suspended so that the water or hot water sprayed from the shower nozzle does not fly outside the bathtub. However, when this shower curtain is stretched, it easily adheres to the body and its appearance is not very beautiful. In recent years, in luxury hotels and the like, a foldable partition plate is supported on one inner wall of a bathroom, and when a shower is used, it is opened along the edge of the bath tub to prevent shower splashes from scattering.

[0003]

In this folding shower curtain, partitions having a required width and length are connected to each other so that their side edges can be folded, and one end thereof is fixed to a wall. It is supported by a support frame via a butterfly plate. And by pulling the other end side, when opening the shower curtain along the tub edge from the folded state by extending from each butterfly board, packing for eliminating the gap with the tub edge at the lower edge of each folding type partition plate Is provided, the foldable partition plate is pressed against the edge of the bath tub by the load of the foldable partition plate, increasing the sliding frictional resistance when the partition plate is opened and closed, and has a drawback that the opening and closing becomes heavy.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to raise and lower the foldable partition plate slightly to smoothly open and close the foldable partition plate.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and a foldable and expandable / closable shower is provided on a support frame fixed to a bath wall at a required position in a bathroom. Foldable partition plate used as a curtain for the foldable
Provided on the base end side of the partition plate, supported via a connection frame fitted in the support frame, and provided with lifting means on the support frame, the lifting means comprising a lever having an eccentric cam and , A slide shaft that changes the rotational movement of the eccentric cam into a linear movement by the rotation of the lever, locks the cam of this slide shaft to the connecting frame, and lifts up and down when opening and closing the foldable partition plate. The gist is to make it easy to perform.

[0006]

In a supporting frame fixed to a bath wall, one end of a foldable partition plate connected to be openable and closable by a butterfly plate is fitted and supported, and a bathtub is provided at a lower end of each partition plate. A packing is installed to eliminate the gap with the upper end, and a lifting means is provided on the support frame to lift the entire foldable partition plate so that the packing floats above the end of the bathtub. When the partition plate is opened and closed, it is lifted so that a gap is formed between the partition plate and the end of the bathtub. Thereby, the opening and closing of the partition plate can be performed lightly. Further, when the shower is used, the entire partition plate can be lowered by operating the lever, so that there is no gap with the bathtub due to the packing, so that it is possible to prevent the splashing.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a supporting device for a bathroom shower curtain according to the present invention. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a support frame, which has a U-shaped cross section and which is firmly fixed to the bathtub W along the upper edge of the bathtub B with a plurality of screws or the like, and which is folded by the support frame 1. One end of the plate 2 is fitted and supported.

[0008] The folding partitions 2 is a partition plate 21, 21 ... a plurality thereof adjacent portions to each other and connected via a butterfly plate other foldable coupling having a required width and height, its
The connecting frame 3 disposed at one end is fitted into the support frame 1, and the opening / closing operation handle 4 is attached to the partition plate 21 at the other end.

Each partition plate 21 of the foldable partition plate 2 has a size such that it does not hinder bathing even when it is folded as described above, and its width and the like are determined. 22 and an opaque plate 23 fitted in the frame 22
And a packing 24 protruding from the lower edge so as to prevent a gap from being formed between the lower edge and the upper edge of the bathtub B.

The connecting frame 3 provided on the base end side of the foldable partition plate 2 is fitted into the support frame 1 having a U-shaped cross section.
By the lifting means 5 attached to the support frame 1, the whole of the foldable partition plate 2 is raised to a predetermined height, that is, the height at which the lower end of the packing is separated from the upper end surface of the bathtub.

As shown in detail in FIG. 3 and subsequent figures, the lifting means 5 includes a mounting base 51 fixed to a part of the support frame 1, a lever 52 rotatably supported by the mounting base 51, An eccentric cam 53 and a slide shaft 54 change the rotational motion to a linear motion by the rotation of 52.

The width and length of the mounting table 51 of the lifting means 5 are appropriately determined so as to be fixed along the side surface of the support frame 1 as shown in detail in FIGS. Screw holes 51H, 51H for fixing to the support frame 1 with screws are drilled at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and a cam insertion hole for fitting and rotating the eccentric cam 53 is drilled in the central boss 51B. ,
Further, the periphery of the mounting surface side to the support frame is left, and the center portion is hollowed to form a concave recess 51A. The eccentric cam 53 and the slide shaft 54 can be inserted into the concave recess 51A.

The length and shape of the lever 52 are determined in consideration of the operability so that the lever 52 can be easily rotated and the foldable partition plate 2 can be lifted. A hole 52H for fitting a lever mounting piece of the eccentric cam 53 fitted to the hole 51 is formed so that the eccentric cam 53 can be fixed to the eccentric cam 53 with a screw. The eccentric cam 53 rotates together.

As shown in FIG. 7, the eccentric cam 53 has a boss 51B of the mounting base 51 at the center of one side surface of a disk-shaped main body 53A.
A shaft portion 53S is penetrated so as to be rotatable inside, and the tip is fitted into the hole 52H of the boss portion 52B of the lever in a detent manner, and the lever and the eccentric cam are fixed by screws. On the side opposite to the shaft 53S, the shaft 53
The cam piece 53K is eccentrically decentered by a predetermined angle from S to protrude and is integrally formed. When the eccentric cam 53 is turned around the shaft 53S in the mounting base by operating a lever, The cam piece 53K is eccentrically rotated.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the slide shaft 54 has a rectangular shape fitted into the recess 51A of the mounting base 51 together with the eccentric cam 53. 54H and a cam 54K on one side
Protruding. The cam 54K fits into a locking hole 3H provided in the connecting frame 3, and changes the rotation of the eccentric cam 53 into a linear motion via the slide shaft 54 to move the connecting frame 3 up and down in the support frame. , That is, the whole of the foldable partition plate 2 is lifted or lowered.

As shown in FIG. 10, the support frame 1 is fitted with the cam 54K of the slide shaft 54 so that the whole of the foldable partition plate 2 can be raised and lowered only by a predetermined height by operating a lever. The same long holes 1A and 1B are formed in the upper and lower portions, respectively, so that the long hole 1H and the connecting frame 3 inserted into the support frame 1 are supported by the support frame and can slide vertically.
The supporting shafts 6 and 6 with heads are fixed to the connecting frame 3 by projecting through the elongated holes 1A and 1B so that the connecting frame 3 can move up and down within the supporting frame by the rotation of the eccentric cam. It is assumed that.

In the apparatus constructed as described above, the lever 52 of the lifting means 5 is turned upward as shown in FIG. 2 in a state where the foldable partition plate 2 is folded as shown in FIG. Then, the eccentric cam 53 fixed to the lever 52 rotates in the mounting table 51. In this eccentric cam 53, the cam piece 53K is eccentric with the shaft portion 53S with a predetermined eccentricity, and accordingly, the cam piece 53K is rotationally eccentric according to this eccentricity.
At this time, since the cam piece 53K is fitted in the elongated hole 54H of the slide shaft 54 inserted in the concave recess of the mounting base, the eccentric rotation of the cam piece 53K is changed to a linear motion by the slide shaft 54. Transmitted. Therefore, this slide shaft 54
When the eccentric cam rotates and slides linearly in the mounting table, the cam 54K protruding from the slide shaft 54 is fitted into the hole of the connection frame 3 through the elongated hole 1H of the support frame 1. As the slide shaft slides up and down,
Also slides up and down. The connecting frame 3 has a folding partition plate 2
Is in a state where the entire foldable partition plate is lifted, and the packing is separated from the upper end surface of the bathtub.

In this state, holding the handle, each partition plate 2
1 and 21 are stretched and opened along the upper part of the bathtub as shown in FIG. 1 and used, then the lever 52 is rotated about 180 degrees as shown in FIG. 1 and the lever is turned downward.
The eccentric cam 53 rotates in the opposite direction to the lifting, and the slide shaft 54 also slides in the opposite direction. The connecting frame 3 and the foldable partition plate 2 are lowered by the lifted amount, and the packing is placed on the upper end surface of the bathtub. Make contact. Thus, even if a shower is used, splashes can be prevented from scattering around.

[0019]

According to the present invention, a supporting device for a bathroom shower curtain is provided on a supporting frame fixed to a bath wall at a required position in the bathroom.
A foldable partition plate used as a shower curtain that is foldable and expandable and contractible is installed on the base end side of the foldable partition plate.
The supporting frame is supported via a connecting frame fitted in the supporting frame, and the supporting frame includes a lifting means. The lifting means includes a lever provided with an eccentric cam, and a rotation of the lever. Since the eccentric cam is composed of a slide shaft that changes the rotational motion to linear motion, the entire foldable partition plate can be slightly lifted only by turning the lever when using the shower, making it easy to open and close the partition plate. Moreover, when the shower is used, the entire foldable partition plate is lowered only by turning the lever in the opposite direction, and the gap between the tub and the bathtub is eliminated with packing, so that there is an advantage that splashes can be reliably prevented from scattering around. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of a supporting device for a bathroom shower curtain of the present invention, showing a state in which a foldable partition plate is folded.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the shower using state.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the lifting means.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a mounting base of the lifting means.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view of the lever.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the eccentric cam.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a slide shaft.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a support frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Supporting frame 2 Foldable partitioning plate 21 Partitioning plate 3 Connecting frame 5 Lifting means 51 Mounting stand 52 Lever 53 Eccentric cam 54 Slide shaft

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A foldable partition plate used as a shower curtain which is foldable and can be opened and closed, is mounted on a support frame fixed to a bath wall at a required position in a bathroom . Base
It is provided on the end side, is supported via a connection frame fitted in the support frame, and is provided with a lifting means on the support frame. The lifting means includes a lever provided with an eccentric cam, and a rotation of the lever. It consists of a slide shaft that changes the rotational motion of the eccentric cam into linear motion by movement, and the cam of this slide shaft is locked to the connection frame,
A supporting device for a bathroom shower curtain, characterized in that the folding partition plate can be easily opened and closed by opening and closing when opening and closing.