JP4468386B2 - Joint member for ceiling panel - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a joint member for a ceiling panel used when a ceiling panel of a bathroom such as a system bathroom is fixed to a wall panel.

Conventionally, as a joining member for fixing (joining) a ceiling panel and a wall panel of a bathroom, for example, one disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. As shown in FIG. 7, the joining member includes an attachment portion 100 a that is screwed to the upper end surface of the wall panel 102, and a screwing recess 100 b that is formed adjacent to the attachment portion 100 a and is screwed to the ceiling panel 101. It is formed of a rail 100 having an engaging portion 100c that is disposed opposite to both ends of the opening of the screwing recess 100b and to which both ends of the cover 103 are engaged. And when fixing the attachment part 100a of the rail 100 to the upper end surface of the wall panel 102, before installing the ceiling panel 101 on the attachment part 100a, the rail 100 is mounted on the upper end part of the wall panel 102, It is made to screw from above.
JP 11-310987 A

  However, in such a joining member, since the interval between the rail 100 attached to the upper end surface of the wall panel 102 and the ceiling (not shown) on the housing side above the ceiling panel 101 is narrow, When the rail 100 is screwed, it is difficult to secure a sufficient working space above the mounting portion 100a of the rail 100, and the screwing work becomes troublesome.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, The objective is to provide the joining member for ceiling panels which can perform the operation | work from the inside of a bathroom and can improve the workability | operativity of joining work.

In order to achieve such an object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a ceiling panel joining member for fixing the outer peripheral edge of the ceiling panel to the upper end of the wall panel. mounting a wall panel mounting wall having a cover engaging portion at the lower end with attached by screws in a vertical posture on the interior side of the upper end, by the ceiling panel is screw extends in the horizontal direction from the upper end of the wall panel mounting wall A ceiling panel mounting wall, a cover mounting wall that is erected on the opposite side of the ceiling panel mounting wall in the same direction as the wall panel mounting wall and has a cover engaging portion at the lower end, and the wall panel A bendable connecting portion for connecting the mounting wall and the ceiling panel mounting wall is provided.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a wall panel mounting wall in which the joining member is mounted in a vertical position on the indoor side of the upper end of the wall panel by screws, and a ceiling panel mounting wall in which the ceiling panel is mounted by screws. Since the cover mounting wall is provided, a recess opened to the inside of the bathroom can be formed by three walls. By using the recess, the wall panel can be screwed to the wall panel mounting wall from the inside of the bathroom or the ceiling to the ceiling panel mounting wall. The panel can be screwed, and the workability of joining the ceiling panel to the wall panel can be improved.

In addition, since it includes a bendable connecting portion that connects the wall panel mounting wall and the ceiling panel mounting wall , the wall panel mounting wall is attached to the wall panel in a state where the working space in front of the wall panel mounting wall is expanded while the connecting portion is bent Can be screwed, and the workability of joining can be further improved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4 show an embodiment in which a joining member according to the present invention is applied to a bathroom, FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the joining member, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cover. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the joining operation.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a ceiling panel 1 of a bathroom is attached to an upper end 2 a of a wall panel 2 that forms a wall surface of the bathroom by a joining member 3, and a cover 4 is attached to the joining member 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the joining member 3 is formed in a long shape (rail shape) by resin molding, and extends vertically in the wall panel mounting wall 5 and on the upper end of the wall panel mounting wall 5. A ceiling panel mounting wall 6 comprising a pair of mounting walls 6a, 6b extending horizontally in the direction, and a wall at one end of the mounting wall 6a (the end on the indoor side) of the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 A cover mounting wall 7 erected in the vertical direction which is the same direction as the panel mounting wall 5 is provided. And the recessed part 8 opened to the indoor side is formed of these three attachment walls 5-7.

  Of the pair of mounting walls 6a and 6b of the ceiling panel mounting wall 6, a bendable connecting portion 9 is formed between the mounting wall 6a on the indoor side and the upper end of the wall panel mounting wall 5, The connecting portion 9 is integrally formed on each of the mounting walls 5 to 7 made of hard resin by two-color molding of soft resin. By bending the connecting portion 9, the mounting wall 6 a and the cover mounting wall 7 can be deformed upward with respect to the wall panel mounting wall 5 as described later.

  Further, locking portions 5a and 7a as hook-like cover locking portions protruding inward are integrally formed at the tip which is the lower end of the wall panel mounting wall 5 and the tip which is the lower end of the cover mounting wall 7, respectively. The cover 4 is detachably locked to the pair of locking portions 5a and 7a. A plurality of mounting holes 10 (see FIG. 2) are formed at predetermined intervals in the wall panel mounting wall 7 of the joining member 3 and the mounting wall 6a of the ceiling panel mounting wall 6, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the cover 4 is formed into a long shape by molding a soft resin, for example, and has a body portion 4a having a substantially wedge-shaped cross section having a cavity 11 therein, and one end of the body portion 4a. And a pair of fins 4b, 4c, etc. that are formed integrally with each other and are wider than the width of the main body 4a and project on both side surfaces of the main body 4a. Further, locking portions 12a and 12b projecting outward in a hook shape are integrally formed at the front end portions of both side surfaces having different height dimensions of the main body portion 4a. Of the fins 4b and 4c of the cover 4, one fin 4b has a long projecting dimension and its tip is bent inward (on the main body 4a side), while the other fin 4c has a short projecting dimension and a horizontal direction. It is formed so as to protrude.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the wall panel mounting wall 5 of the joining member 3 is fixed to the upper end portion 2 a of the wall panel 2 by a fixing screw 13, and the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 of the joining member 3 is The cover 4 is attached to the opening of the concave portion 8 of the joining member 3 when the ceiling panel 1 and the wall panel 2 are fixed to the outer peripheral edge 1 a by the fixing screw 14.

  Next, an example of a specific method for joining the ceiling panel 1 and the wall panel 2 using the joining member 3 and the cover 4 will be described with reference to FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, the wall of the joining member 3 is placed on the surface 2c of the upper end 2a of the wall panel 2 in which the joining member 3 is erected on the outer peripheral edge of a waterproof pan (not shown) in the bathroom. The panel mounting wall 5 is brought into contact, and the mounting wall 6 b of the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 of the joining member 3 is placed on the upper end surface 2 b of the wall panel 2.

  In this state, as shown by an arrow A in FIG. 4A, the mounting wall 6a and the cover mounting wall 7 of the joining member 3 are bent (tilted) upward with the connecting portion 9 as the center, and the wall panel mounting wall 5 Open the front of the. In this state, the fixing screw 13 is screwed into the upper end portion 2a of the wall panel 2 from the mounting hole 10 of the wall panel mounting wall 5 as shown by the arrow (b), and the screwing of all the fixing screws 13 to the wall panel 2 is completed. Then, the bent state of the attachment wall 6a of the joining member 3 and the cover attachment wall 7 is released and returned to the original state. Thereby, the wall panel 2 is fixed to the wall panel mounting wall 5 of the joining member 3.

  After the wall panel 2 is fixed to the wall panel mounting wall 5 of the joining member 3, the ceiling panel 1 is then placed on the wall panel 2 (joining member 3) as shown in FIG. At this time, a first flat portion 1 a 1 and a second flat portion 1 a 2 higher than the flat portion 1 a 1 are formed on the outer peripheral edge portion 1 a of the ceiling panel 1, and the second flat portion 1 a 2 is the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 of the joining member 3. In this state, the fixing screw 14 is screwed into the ceiling panel 1 from the mounting hole 10 of the mounting wall 6a of the joining member 3 as indicated by an arrow C in this state. Thereby, the ceiling panel 1 is fixed to the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 of the joining member 3, and the wall panel 2 and the ceiling panel 1 are connected and fixed via the joining member 3.

  And if the ceiling panel 1 and the wall panel 2 are connected and fixed by the joining member 3, the cover 4 will be shown in the recessed part 8 of the joining member 3 currently opened indoors as shown by the dashed-two dotted line of FIG.4 (c). Installing. The cover 4 is mounted by pushing the cover main body 4a into the recess 8 as shown by an arrow D using the wedge shape of the cross section. The pair of locking portions 12a and 12b of the cover main body 4a The wall panel mounting wall 5 and the cover mounting wall 7 are mounted by being locked to locking portions 5a and 7a provided at the front ends.

  In this mounted state (locking state of the locking portion), the fin portion 4c of the cover 4 is in close contact with the surface 2c of the wall panel 2 while being deformed, and the first flat portion of the ceiling panel 1 is also deformed while the fin portion 4b is deformed. The recess formed between the ceiling panel 1 and the upper end of the wall panel 2 is concealed in close contact with the end surface of 1a1. At this time, since the projecting dimension of the fin portion 4b of the cover 4 is long and the tip is bent inward, the tip is deformed against the elastic force, and the surface of the ceiling panel 1 is satisfactorily deformed. It will be in close contact.

  That is, according to this joining method, the screwing of the fixing screw 13 from the wall panel mounting wall 5 to the wall panel 2 and the screwing of the fixing screw 14 from the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 to the ceiling panel 1 Using this, the driver can be directed in a predetermined direction, and the cover 4 can be attached from the indoor side. In FIG. 1, a gap is formed between the cover mounting wall 7 of the joining member 3 and the outer peripheral edge 1 a of the ceiling panel 1, but as shown by a two-dot chain line a, for example, It is also possible to adopt a structure in which the peripheral edge portion 1 a is in contact with the cover mounting wall 5.

  Thus, in joining the ceiling panel 1 and the wall panel 2 of the above embodiment, the joining member 3 includes the wall panel attachment wall 5, the ceiling panel attachment wall 6, and the cover attachment wall 7, so that three attachment walls are provided. 5-7, the recessed part 8 opened to the indoor side can be formed, and using this recessed part 8, the screwing by the fixing screw 13 of the wall panel 2 to the wall panel attaching wall 5 from the indoor side, and the ceiling panel attaching wall 6 A screwing operation with the fixing screw 14 of the ceiling panel 1 and a mounting operation of the cover 4 can be performed.

  In particular, since a bendable connecting portion 9 is provided between the wall panel mounting wall 5 and the ceiling panel mounting wall 6, the cover mounting wall 7 and the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 can be obtained by bending the connecting portion 9. The mounting wall 6a can be bent upward to increase the work space in front of the wall panel mounting wall 5 and the screwing operation of the wall panel 2 to the wall panel mounting wall 5 can be easily performed. The efficiency of the work can be improved as compared with the joining work.

  In addition, since one mounting wall 6b of the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 is placed on the upper end surface 2b of the wall panel 2 and the wall panel mounting wall 5 comes into contact with the surface 2c of the wall panel 2, the joining member 3 is attached to the wall panel 2. It can be firmly fixed to the upper end 2a, and the joining state of the wall panel 2 and the ceiling panel 1 can be stabilized. Further, since the cover 4 is attached to the recess 8 by the engagement of the pair of engaging portions, the cover 4 can be easily attached to the joining member 3 with one touch, and the ceiling panel 1 and the wall panel 2 can be attached. Since the joint portion is concealed by the cover, a concave portion or the like is not formed on the outer peripheral edge portion 1a of the installed ceiling panel 1, thereby improving the cleanability of the portion or obtaining a joint structure excellent in design. be able to.

5 and 6 show a modified example and a reference example of the joining member 3 in the above embodiment. Hereinafter, the same parts as those in the above embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals. First, the joining member 3 shown in the modification of FIG. 5 does not form the connecting portion 9 by two-color molding of soft resin, but as shown in FIG. Or a concave portion 15 that is recessed in a V-shape, and the concave portion 15 is bent as indicated by an arrow a, or, as shown in FIG. (Shape) cuts 16 may be provided to be bent as shown by the arrow A as the thin connecting portion 9. In addition, as shown by a two-dot chain line in (b), other appropriate structures can be adopted as the connecting portion 9 such as providing the connecting portion 9 with holes 17 at a predetermined interval so that the connecting portion can be easily bent. .

Further, as shown in the reference example of FIG. 6, the connecting portion 9 is not provided between the upper end portion of the wall panel mounting wall 5 and the mounting wall 6 a, for example, between the mounting wall 6 a and the cover mounting wall 7, Only the cover mounting wall 7 can be configured to be bendable as indicated by an arrow A. As described above, the shape of the connecting portion 9 that can be bent and the position of the connecting portion 9 can be appropriately changed according to the shape of the joining member 3 and the like.

  In the above embodiment, the ceiling panel mounting wall 6 including the pair of mounting walls 6a and 6b is formed at the upper end portion of the wall panel mounting wall 5 of the joining member 3 so as to extend in both the left and right directions. For example, only the mounting wall 6 a may be formed on one side of the upper end of the wall panel mounting wall 5. Further, the shape of the joining member 3 itself, the shape of the outer peripheral edge 1a of the ceiling panel 1 and the like in the above embodiment are also examples. For example, the length of the cover mounting wall 7 is increased to be substantially the same as the wall panel mounting wall 5. The length can be appropriately changed within a range not departing from the gist of each invention according to the present invention, such as setting to the same length.

  The present invention is not limited to a joining member for a ceiling panel in a bathroom such as a system bathroom, but can also be used for a joining member for a ceiling panel in a surrounding area such as a sauna room or a washroom.

The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows one Embodiment at the time of applying the joining member for ceiling panels concerning this invention to a bathroom The perspective view of the joining member Perspective view of the cover Illustration of the joining work Sectional drawing which shows the modification of the joining member Side view showing a reference example of the joining member Sectional drawing which shows the conventional joining member

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Ceiling panel, 1a ... Outer periphery part, 2 ... Wall panel, 2a ... Upper end part, 2b ... Upper end surface, 2c ... Surface, 3 ... Joining member, 4 ... Cover, 4a ... Body part, 4b, 4c ... Fin part, 5 ... Wall panel mounting wall, 5a ... Locking part, 6 ... Ceiling panel mounting wall, 6a, 6b・ ・ ・ Mounting wall, 7 ... Cover mounting wall, 7a ... Locking part, 8 ... Recess, 9 ... Connection part, 10 ... Mounting hole, 11 ... Cavity, 12a, 12b ... Locking part, 13, 14 ... Fixing screw.

Claims (1)

A ceiling panel joining member for fixing the outer peripheral edge of the ceiling panel to the upper end of the wall panel,
A wall panel mounting wall that is attached to the indoor side of the upper end portion of the wall panel with a screw in a vertical posture and that has a cover engaging portion at the lower end, and the ceiling panel that extends horizontally from the upper end of the wall panel mounting wall A ceiling panel mounting wall that is mounted by screws, and a cover mounting wall that is erected on the opposite side of the ceiling panel mounting wall in the same direction as the wall panel mounting wall and has a cover engaging portion at the lower end A connecting member for a ceiling panel, comprising: a bendable connecting portion that connects the wall panel mounting wall and the ceiling panel mounting wall .

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