JP3926471B2 - Sink aquarium - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a water tank for a sink.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, the following water tanks of this kind are known. That is, the bottom wall of the aquarium has a bottom wall front part and a bottom wall rear part having a drainage guiding groove stepped down from the bottom wall front part. The bottom wall extends across the bottom wall front part and the bottom wall rear part. A drainage device mounting opening is formed in the wall, and a lid mounting stepped portion that is stepped down from the upper surface of the bottom wall front portion is formed at the edge of the drainage device mounting opening in the front of the bottom wall. It is known that a lid is detachably mounted on a stepped portion (see JP-A-9-256434).
The conventional water tank of the sink has an advantage that the drainage can be smoothly discharged due to the presence of the rear portion of the bottom wall having the drainage guide groove.
[0003]
[Disadvantages of the prior art]
The conventional water tank of the sink has the following drawbacks. That is, there is a drawback that it is difficult to clean the vertical side surface of the drainage guide groove and the boundary portion between the vertical side surface of the drainage guide groove and the bottom surface of the drainage guide groove. In addition, there is a drawback that a small spoon or fork or the like that has been rolling on the bottom wall together with the drainage falls into the drainage guide groove and generates noise.
[0004]
[Means for eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks]
The present invention employs the following means in order to eliminate the above disadvantages.
The invention according to claim 1 is a sink water tank in which a part of the side wall on the rear side of the water tank of the sink is a protruding wall projecting rearward, and the bottom wall of the water tank has no groove / dent. And a bottom wall rear portion that does not have a groove or a depression in front of the protruding wall, and a drainage device mounting opening is formed in the bottom wall in a manner straddling the bottom wall front portion and the bottom wall rear portion. A lid mounting stepped portion is formed at the edge of the drainage device mounting opening from the upper surface of the bottom wall of the water tank, and the lid is detachably mounted on the lid mounting stepped portion. Has a front portion whose upper surface is flush with the upper surface of the front portion of the bottom wall, and a rear portion whose upper surface is stepped down from the drainage device mounting opening edge of the rear portion of the bottom wall and has a drainage port. A portion of the rear portion of the bottom wall in the vicinity of the boundary with the front portion of the wall has a downward slope toward the rear that is steeper than the front portion of the bottom wall.
[0005]
【The invention's effect】
The invention of claim 1 has the following effects.
Since the rear part of the bottom wall does not have a drainage guide groove, that is, there is no boundary between the vertical side surface of the drainage guide groove and the vertical side surface of the drainage guide groove and the bottom surface of the drainage guide groove, which is difficult to clean. Easy to clean. In addition, since the rear portion of the bottom wall does not have the drainage guide groove, a small spoon / fork or the like does not fall into the drainage guide groove and noise is not generated.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In this description, the front means the lower side of FIG. 1, the rear means the upper side of the figure, the left means the left side of FIG. 1, and the right means the right side of the figure.
[0007]
A water tank 3 having a side wall 4 and a bottom wall 7 is provided on the top plate 2 of the sink 1. A part of the rear side wall 4 of the water tank 3 is a protruding wall 5 protruding rearward. The side wall 4 and the projecting wall 5 are constituted by a hanging part and a curved part that connects the lower end of the hanging part and the peripheral part of the bottom wall 7. In other words, the curved portion at the bottom peripheral edge of the water tank 3 (the curved portion that should be referred to as the lower part of the side wall 4 or the protruding wall 5 or the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 7) is the side wall 4 or the protruding wall in this specification. The lower part of 5.
[0008]
The bottom wall 7 of the water tank 3 has a bottom wall front portion 7a having no grooves / dents, and a bottom wall rear portion 7b having no grooves / dents in front of the protruding wall 5. Note that the left and right boundary lines L in FIG. 1 indicate the boundary between the bottom wall front portion 7a and the bottom wall rear portion 7b, but in reality, they hardly appear as lines.
The portion of the bottom wall rear portion 7b in the vicinity of the boundary with the bottom wall front portion 7a (the portion of the bottom wall rear portion 7b in the vicinity of the boundary line L) has a downward slope toward the rear that is steeper than the bottom wall front portion 7a. . Here, “the bottom wall rear portion 7b in the vicinity of the boundary with the bottom wall front portion 7a (the portion of the bottom wall rear portion 7b in the vicinity of the boundary line L) is inclined downward toward the rear that is steeper than the bottom wall front portion 7a. “To be done” means that the angle formed between the virtual horizontal plane and the bottom wall rear portion 7b in the vicinity of the boundary line L is larger than the angle formed between the virtual horizontal plane and the bottom wall front portion 7a. In other words, in the boundary line L, an angle θ (see FIG. 2) formed by the upper surface of the bottom wall front portion 7a and the upper surface of the bottom wall rear portion 7b exceeds 180 degrees and is 200 degrees or less. Means that. In FIG. 1, the direction of inclination of the bottom wall 7 is indicated by an arrow. As is apparent from the above, the downward inclination toward the rear includes a downward inclination as a whole, but also includes an inclination inclined rightward or leftward.
A drainage device mounting opening 10 is formed in the bottom wall 7 so as to straddle the bottom wall front portion 7a and the bottom wall rear portion 7b. A drainage device mounting edge 11 stepped down from the upper surface of the bottom wall 7 is formed at the edge of the drainage device mounting opening 10, and a known drainage device 13 is attached to the drainage device mounting edge 11 by known means. The drainage device 13 includes a drainage device main body 14 having a trap mechanism (not shown) and a garbage basket 15 that is detachably fitted to the drainage device main body 14.
The edge of the drainage device mounting opening 10 is formed by a stepped portion (see FIGS. 3 and 4) formed on the bottom wall 7 so as to be flush with the upper surface of the drainage device body 14 and the upper surface of the drainage device body 14. A lid mounting stepped portion 25 that is stepped down from the upper surface of the bottom wall 7 of the water tank 3 is formed.
[0009]
A lid 17 made of synthetic resin or metal is detachably placed on the lid placing step 25 so as to cover the drainage device 13.
The lid body 17 is provided at the front portion 17a whose upper surface is flush with the upper surface of the bottom wall front portion 7a of the water tank 3, and the bottom surface of the lower portion of the front portion 17a. An edge 17c, a rear portion 17b having a drain port 19 whose upper surface is stepped down from the upper surface of the bottom wall rear portion 7b of the water tank 3 and whose lower surface is placed on the lid body placing stepped portion 25; And a connecting portion connecting the rear portion 17b. The connecting portion is convexly curved forward as viewed from the plane.
“The upper surface of the rear portion 17b of the lid body 17 is stepped down from the upper surface of the bottom wall rear portion 7b of the water tank 3” means that the upper peripheral edge (from the bottom wall rear portion 7b) of the vertical peripheral wall of the lid body mounting stepped portion 25 It means that the upper surface of the rear portion 17b of the lid body 17 is positioned below the virtual surface including the outer peripheral edge of the border where the lid body placement stepped portion 25 falls.
The front portion 17a of the lid body 17 is a series of continuous surfaces with the bottom wall front portion 7a, and constitutes a mounting surface such as a pan.
A drainage guide wall 20 that is inclined downward toward the front is formed at the rear edge of the drainage port 19.
[0010]
The drainage reaches from the bottom wall front part 7 a to the bottom wall rear part 7 b where the slope is steep, where the speed is increased and the drainage is smoothly discharged from the drain outlet 19. Even when the pan or the like is placed on the front portion 17a of the lid body 17 so as to cover the entire lid body 17, the bottom surface of the pan or the like and the upper surface of the bottom wall rear portion 7b (and the upper surface of the rear portion 17b of the lid body 17) Since the drainage gap is formed in the drainage, the drainage can be smoothly discharged from the drain outlet 19.
[0011]
[Modifications]
A description will be given below of modifications and the like.
(1) The drainage guide wall 20 may or may not be present.
(2) You may form the drooping edge mounted in the cover body mounting step-down part 25 in the lower surface peripheral part of the rear part 17b of the cover body 17. FIG.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of an essential part showing an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged end view taken along line III-III in FIG.
4 is an enlarged end view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sink stand 2 Top plate 3 Water tank 4 Side wall 5 Protruding wall 7 Bottom wall 7a Bottom wall front part 7b Bottom wall rear part 10 Drainage apparatus installation opening 11 Drainage apparatus installation edge 13 Drainage apparatus 14 Drainage apparatus body 15 Garbage basket 17 Lid 17a Front part 17b Rear portion 17c Hanging edge 19 Drain port 20 Drain guide wall 25 Lid mounting step

Claims (1)

In the water tank of the sink where a part of the rear side wall of the sink tank is a protruding wall protruding backward, the bottom wall of the water tank has a front part of the bottom wall that does not have a groove or a depression, and the front of the protruding wall. The drainage device mounting opening is formed on the bottom wall so as to straddle the bottom wall front portion and the bottom wall rear portion, and the edge of the drainage device mounting opening. A lid mounting stepped portion that is stepped down from the upper surface of the bottom wall of the aquarium is formed, and the lid is detachably mounted on the lid mounting stepped portion. A front part that is flush with the upper surface of the part, and a rear part that has a drainage opening at the same time as the upper surface is stepped down from the drainage device mounting opening edge of the rear part of the bottom wall, and near the boundary with the front part of the bottom wall The water tank of the sink in which the part of the rear part of the bottom wall is inclined downward toward the rear steeper than the front part of the bottom wall.

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