JP3856175B2 - Corner support and equipment unit - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a corner column used in equipment units such as a bathroom unit, a toilet, a shower room, a dressing room, and a partition installed in a general house / office, and an equipment unit using the same.
[0002]
[Prior art]
FIG. 5 (A is a perspective view and B is a plan view) shows a conventional metal corner post used for an equipment unit such as a bathroom unit. This is a long-sized corner column provided with two insertion portions (7a, 7b) orthogonal to each other having a crimping piece (6a, 6b) having a pressing function at the end. Moreover, the corner part at the time of assembling the wall panel of a bathroom unit using the conventional corner support | pillar is shown in FIG. In the corner portion of the conventional bathroom unit, as shown in FIG. 6, the corner column 3 is erected on the corner portion 11 of the waterproof floor in the field assembly work, and one corner of the corner column 3 is vertically inserted on the back end portion of the wall panel 4a. A metal engaging piece 5a having a substantially U-shaped cross section attached in the direction (waterproof tape 12a is previously applied to one surface of the metal engaging piece 5a) is inserted into the corner column 3 and fixed. Further, a metal engagement piece 5b having a substantially U-shaped cross section attached in the vertical direction to the rear end portion of the wall panel 4b is inserted and fixed in the same manner in the other insertion portion of the corner column 3. After that, a caulking material 10 such as silicon was filled in a gap between the wall panel 4a and the wall panel 4b orthogonal to each other.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above method, a waterproof tape must be applied every time a plurality of corner posts (usually four or more are required) are erected. In addition, wall panels usually have a large height of about 1 m and a width of about 2 m, which may cause warpage. When warpage occurs, gaps formed at the corners of the front surfaces of the wall panels that are orthogonal to each other are not allowed. There was often a problem that the width of the filled caulking material was not uniform and looked worse (the problem of reworking the assembly work to eliminate it).
The present invention solves the above problem, that is, does not require a waterproof tape sticking operation in the field assembly work, and the width of the caulking material filled in the space between the corners of the orthogonal wall panel is uniform and attractive. The purpose is to provide a corner post that enables the provision of a good bathroom unit.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the present invention, first, a corner post of a long body, which can be inserted with engagement pieces (5a, 5b) of a wall panel, and has two insertion parts orthogonal to each other having crimping pieces (6a, 6b). (7a, 7b) and a recess 9 formed between the two insertion portions, and the two insertion portions having the crimping piece and the recess are integrally formed as a corner pillar of a long body. It is.
Here, the concave portion 9 provided between the two insertion portions is a portion that fits into a convex portion of an inner joint described later.
[0005]
In using the corner support of the present invention, it is elastic and the shape thereof is substantially an arrow shape, and it is preferable to use a long inner joint.
[0006]
The present invention also relates to an equipment unit assembled using the corner post. Equipment units include bathroom units, toilets, shower rooms, dressing rooms, and various partitions in houses and offices.
In the bathroom unit, the corner column of the present invention is set up at the corner of the waterproof floor, the inner joint is fitted to this, the flat column is set up at the flat surface, the wall panel and the door are fitted and fixed, and the upper part is fixed. Has a ceiling panel, and a bathroom unit has a bathtub on one side and a washing place on the other. And it completes by providing incidental facilities, such as a water supply apparatus, a hot water supply apparatus, an illuminating device, a ventilation apparatus, and a drainage channel.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is an example of a corner post according to the present invention, in which A is a perspective view and B is a plan view. As shown in FIG. 1, the corner strut of the present invention is a long body, and has two insertion portions (7a, 7b) orthogonal to each other having crimping pieces (6a, 6b) having a pressing function, and these two insertion portions. And a recess 9 formed in a direction intersecting at an angle of 45 degrees between them. Moreover, the corner column of the present invention can be provided with a screw fixing hole or a door frame mounting metal hole.
[0008]
The material of the corner column is preferably made of metal in consideration of the strength of the bathroom unit, and galvanized steel sheet, aluminum, stainless steel, etc. can be used as the metal. These metal corner struts can be manufactured by a method such as roll forming. Note that the material is not limited to metal as long as it has the same strength as metal, and may be engineering plastic or the like.
[0009]
FIG. 2 is another example of the corner post of the present invention. The back surface of the concave portion does not form a convex portion as shown in FIG.
[0010]
FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of an inner joint (elongate body) used for the corner column of the present invention. The inner joint 8 has elasticity, and the horizontal cross-sectional shape is substantially an arrow shape as shown in FIG. The tip portion 16 of the arrow is flat and forms the inner joint surface portion, the root portion 14 of the arrow forms a fitting portion with the concave portion of the corner post, and the wing portion 15 of the arrow forms the engagement piece of the wall panel. A contact portion is formed, and a wedge-shaped pressing piece is provided at the root portion and the wing portion. Here, the wedge-shaped pressing piece serves to prevent the wall panel from falling off the corner column. The material of the inner joint can be selected from materials having elasticity and a sealing function, for example, synthetic resins such as soft vinyl chloride and polyethylene, natural rubber, and synthetic rubber. The inner joint (elongate body) having a shape as shown in FIG. 3 can be manufactured by extrusion molding.
[0011]
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a corner portion of a bathroom unit assembled using the corner column of the present invention. In order to fix the wall panels (4a, 4b) to the corner column, first, in the field assembly work, as shown in FIG. Next, this corner column is erected on the corner 11 of the waterproof floor 1 as shown in FIG. 4, and is attached to one insertion portion of the corner column 2 in the vertical direction at the back end of the wall panel 4a. The metal engagement piece 5a is pushed in and fixed. Further, a metal engagement piece 5b having a substantially U-shaped cross section attached in the vertical direction to the back end of the wall panel 4b is pushed in and fixed to the other insertion portion of the corner column 2 in the same manner. The corner column 2 is fixed to the rising wall of the waterproof floor (screw fixing, bolt / nut fixing, etc.) using a screw hole provided on the back surface of the insertion portion of the corner column 2.
Since it is such a structure, the engagement pieces (5a, 5b) of the wall panel are firmly fixed to the corner column by the pressing function of the crimping pieces (6a, 6b) and the elasticity of the inner joint material.
[0012]
【The invention's effect】
If the corner support | pillar of Claim 1 utilizes this, the sticking operation | work of a waterproof tape will not be required. Therefore, equipment units and partitions such as a bathroom unit, a toilet, a shower room, and a dressing room can be assembled in a shorter time than before. Further, the present invention can be applied to various types of wall panels (for example, Maberus wall type, Jewelon wall type, PVC steel plate wall type, PET steel plate wall type, etc.).
The equipment unit according to claim 2 or the bathroom unit according to claim 3 has a good appearance because the caulking material width filled in the gaps at the front surface corners of the orthogonal wall panels is uniform.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a corner post according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which A is a perspective view and B is a plan view.
FIG. 2 is a corner post according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which A is a perspective view and B is a plan view.
FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of an inner joint used for a corner post of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a corner portion of a bathroom unit assembled using the corner column of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional corner post, and B is a plan view.
FIG. 6 is a plan view of a corner portion of a bathroom unit assembled using a conventional corner post.
[Explanation of symbols]
1: waterproof floor 2, 3: corner post 4a, 4b: wall panel 5a, 5b: engagement piece 6a, 6b: crimping piece 7a, 7b: insert 8: inner joint 9: recess 10: caulking material 11: waterproof floor Corners 12a, 12b: waterproof tape 13: screw 14: root of arrow (with wedge-shaped pressing piece)
15: Arrow wing (with wedge-shaped pressing piece)
16: tip of arrow (inner joint surface)

Claims (3)

The wall panel includes an engagement piece that can be inserted into the wall panel and has two insertion portions that are perpendicular to each other, and a recess formed between the two insertion portions. The inner joint having a wing portion having a wedge-shaped pressing piece for fixing the engagement piece of the wall panel and a root portion having the wedge-shaped pressing piece, and the two insertion portions and the concave portion having the pressure-bonding piece are integrally formed. A long-length corner post. The equipment unit assembled using the corner support | pillar of Claim 1. The equipment unit according to claim 2, wherein the equipment unit is a bathroom unit.

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