JP6666819B2 - Bathtub height adjuster - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathtub height adjuster used to adjust the height of a bathtub.

  In recent years, many houses have unit baths. A general unit bath includes a washing room, a bathtub provided adjacent to the washing room, and an apron that covers a side surface of the bathtub on the washing room side. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a unit bath in which a portion projecting from an upper end of a bathtub is supported from below by a metal frame formed in a U-shape in plan view. In this unit bath, the metal frame is supported by a lower horizontal support member disposed on the floor. Further, the bathtub is supported by a lower horizontal support member via support legs. As the support legs, for example, a sleeper-shaped metal pipe, wood, and the like are mentioned.

  Starting from the bathtub described in Patent Document 1 mentioned above, generally, the bathtub has at least a device for adjusting the posture of the bathtub from below, for example, the posture of the bathtub while supporting the bathtub from below like the support legs described above. An instrument for adjusting the pressure is provided.

JP 2001-178650 A

  For example, as a device for adjusting a posture by changing the height of a bathtub (hereinafter, referred to as a “height adjusting device”), a wooden base having a rectangular shape in plan view and a plurality of wooden And a laminated portion laminated on a part of the upper surface of the base. The size and number of the plate members are appropriately set in consideration of the shape of the bathtub. Further, the base and the plate material, and the plate materials stacked in the up-down direction are bonded with an adhesive.

  However, in the above-described height adjuster, basically, it is necessary to wait for the adhesive to dry in addition to repeating the bonding between the plate materials a plurality of times, so that it takes time to form and install the laminated portion, and the posture of the bathtub is increased. There is a problem that it takes time and effort to adjust the time.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a bathtub height adjuster capable of easily adjusting the posture of the bathtub.

  A bathtub height adjuster according to the present invention is a bathtub posture adjuster for adjusting the position of a bathtub, wherein the bathtub height adjuster comprises a base, and a plurality of height adjusters stacked vertically. A stacking portion that can be stacked on a table, a plurality of first holes are formed on the upper surface of the base, and at least two or more of the first holes on the bottom surface of the height adjusting member. A plurality of projecting portions that can be inserted and extracted are formed, and a plurality of second holes through which the projecting portions can be inserted and extracted are formed on the upper surface of the height adjusting member.

  According to the above-described configuration, the protrusion of the height adjustment member is inserted into the first hole of the base, and the protrusion of the height adjustment member different from the inserted height adjustment member is stacked on the base. If it is inserted into the second hole of the adjustment material, the laminated part can be easily and quickly constructed without using an adhesive or the like, and the laminated part is laminated on the base. The adjusting members can be easily removed from each other, and the laminated portion can be easily removed from the base.

  In the height adjuster for a bathtub described above, the protrusion is formed in a tapered shape in a side view so as to be narrowed downward from a bottom surface of the height adjuster, and the height is formed on an upper surface of the base. The plurality of first holes having different sizes may be formed so as to match the size of the protruding portion at a position lowered by a predetermined length from the bottom surface of the adjusting material.

  According to the above configuration, when the protrusion of the height adjusting member is inserted into the first hole of the base, the depth at which the protrusion is inserted changes according to the size of the first hole. . Thereby, the height of the laminated portion is finely adjusted as compared with the case where the number of height adjusting members in the vertical direction is adjusted. Further, since the protruding portion is formed in a tapered shape in a side view, the height adjusting member is easily manufactured.

  In the bathtub height adjuster described above, the protrusion is formed in a step-like shape in a side view so as to become smaller downward from the bottom surface of the height adjuster, and the height is formed on an upper surface of the base. The plurality of first holes having different sizes may be formed so as to match the size of the protruding portion at a position lowered by a predetermined length from the bottom surface of the adjusting material.

  According to the above configuration, when the protrusion of the height adjusting member is inserted into the first hole of the base, the depth at which the protrusion is inserted changes according to the size of the first hole. . Thereby, the height of the laminated portion is finely adjusted as compared with the case where the number of height adjusting members in the vertical direction is adjusted. Further, since at least a part of the protruding portion is fitted into the first hole, the height of the laminated portion and the posture of the bathtub are stabilized.

  According to the bathtub height adjuster according to the present invention, the posture of the bathtub can be easily adjusted.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the bathroom equipment using the height adjuster of the bathtub of one Embodiment to which this invention is applied. It is a top view of the base which constitutes the height adjuster of the bathtub of one embodiment to which the present invention is applied. It is a side view of the height adjuster which comprises the height adjuster of the bathtub of one Embodiment to which this invention is applied. It is a side view of the height adjustment material which comprises the height adjustment tool of the bathtub of one Embodiment to which this invention is applied, and is an enlarged view of the area | region R shown in FIG. It is a top view of the height adjuster which comprises the height adjuster of the bathtub of one Embodiment to which this invention is applied. It is a perspective view showing the height adjuster of the bathtub of one embodiment to which the present invention is applied. It is another perspective view which shows the height adjuster of the bathtub of one Embodiment to which this invention is applied. It is a side view of the modification of the height adjusting material which comprises the height adjuster of the bathtub of one Embodiment to which this invention is applied, and is a figure corresponding to the enlarged view of the area | region R shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a bathtub posture adjuster to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings used in the following description are schematic, and the length, width, thickness ratio, and the like are not necessarily the same as actual ones, and can be changed as appropriate.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the height adjuster (bathtub height adjuster) 10 of the present embodiment is disposed below the bathtub 5 of the bathroom equipment 2, and the vertical direction of the bathtub 5 (that is, the height direction). And for adjusting the posture in the horizontal direction. The configurations of the bathroom equipment 2 and the bath tub 5 described below are examples of the bathroom equipment and the bath tub on which the height adjuster 10 is arranged. The configuration of the bathroom equipment and the bathtub to which the height adjuster 10 is to be placed is not particularly limited, and may be a known one. In the following, the main parts of the bathroom equipment 2 and the bathtub 5 will be described, and description of the features that can be changed will be omitted.

  The bathroom equipment 2 constitutes a so-called unit bath, and is basically connected to a washing place 3, an apron (not shown) that rises from an end of the washing place 3 on the drain 9 side, and an upper end of the apron. And a bathtub 5 arranged on the opposite side of the washing place 3 with the apron in between. The apron is provided on a side wall 7w on the washing place 3 side of the frame 7 arranged on a floor 6 flush with the washing place 3. From the viewpoint of facilitating access to the inside of the frame 7, an opening 8 is formed in the side wall 7w.

  The bathtub 5 is a bottomed tank member formed in a substantially elliptical shape in plan view. From the viewpoint of ensuring the design properties and the waterproofness of the bathtub 5, an overhanging portion 5F that protrudes outward is provided at the upper end edge of the bathtub 5. The outer peripheral edge of the overhang portion 5F matches the outer peripheral edge of the upper portion of the frame 7. The overhang portion 5F of the bathtub 5 can be locked on the upper portion of the frame 7. The bathtub 5 is basically mounted on the frame 7 by mounting the overhang 5F of the bathtub 5 from above on the upper portion of the frame 7 with an appropriate buffering agent not shown interposed therebetween. Is supported from below.

  The height adjuster 10 is installed on the floor 6 in order to adjust the posture of the bathtub 5 locked to the frame 7 from above as described above, and the posture adjustment positions in four directions on the bottom surface 5b of the bathtub 5. It contacts P1, P2, P3, and P4 from below. The arrangement and number of the posture adjustment positions P of the bathtub 5 are appropriately changed according to the type and shape of the bathtub 5.

  The height adjuster 10 includes a base 12 and a stacked portion 13 stacked on both ends 12X and 12Y of the base 12 which is long in a plan view. The stacking section 13 is composed of a plurality of height adjusting members 14 stacked in the vertical direction.

In the present embodiment, from the viewpoint of suppressing the size of the base 12, of the four attitude adjustment positions P 1, P 2, P 3, and P 4 of the bathtub 5, two sets of the attitude adjustment positions P 1 and P 2 having the shorter separation distance are used. Height adjusters 10A and 10B that contact the respective sets of the posture adjustment positions P3 and P4 from below are used. Therefore, each base 12 of the height adjusters 10A and 10B has a length substantially equal to the separation distance between the posture adjustment positions P1 and P2 and the posture adjustment positions P3 and P4. The upper surface 14a of the uppermost height adjusting member 14 of the laminated portion 13 laminated on both ends 12X, 12Y of the respective bases 12 of the height adjusters 10A, 10B has the posture adjusting positions P1, P2 and the posture adjusting positions. It comes into contact with each of P3 and P4.
In the following description of the height adjusters 10A and 10B, when it is not necessary to distinguish the height adjusters 10A and 10B, the height adjusters 10A and 10B are collectively described as the height adjuster 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of first holes 16 are formed in the upper surface 12a of the base 12.
The first hole 16 has three holes 16a, 16b, and 16c having different sizes from each other. Three holes 16a, 16b, 16c are formed at positions corresponding to the four corners of the height adjusting member 14, respectively. That is, the holes 16a, 16b, and 16c are formed so as to correspond to the four corners of the height adjusting member 14, and four holes constitute one set. The relative arrangement of the four holes 16a, 16b, 16c of each set is aligned with the four corners of the height adjusting member 14. At positions corresponding to the four corners of the height adjusting member 14, holes 16a, 16b, and 16c are arranged in descending order of size along a direction from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the base 12 toward the center.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 to 5, the height adjusting member 14 is formed in a block shape having a square shape in a plan view and a rectangular shape in a side view except for a protruding portion 20 described later. The size of the height adjusting member 14 in plan view is set in accordance with the size of the base material 12. In addition, from the viewpoint that the height of the stacked portion 13 can be easily changed by the number of the height adjusting members 14 stacked in the vertical direction of the stacked portion 13, the thickness of the height adjusting member 14 is determined by adjusting the attitude of the bathtub 5. Appropriately set for easy adjustment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, at four corners of the bottom surface 14 b of the height adjusting member 14, projecting portions 20 that can be inserted into and removed from any of the holes 16 a, 16 b, 16 c of the first hole 16 formed on the base 12. Are formed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the protruding portion 20 is formed in a tapered shape in a side view so as to be tapered downward from the bottom surface 14 b of the height adjusting member 14, and is directed downward while maintaining the tapered size. It is slightly stretched. That is, the protruding portion 20 includes a tapered portion 21 formed in a tapered shape in a side view, and an extending portion 22 connected below the tapered portion 21 and formed in a certain size in a side view. I have.

  The uppermost size w1 of the tapered portion 21 matches the size of the largest hole 16a of the first holes 16 formed in the base 12. The size w2 of each of the bottom of the tapered portion 21 and the extension 22 matches the size of the smallest hole 16c of the first holes 16. In the tapered portion 21, the size of the tapered portion 21 matches the size of a position that is lowered approximately half the entire length of the tapered portion 21 from the bottom surface 14 b of the height adjusting member 14.

  In other words, the size of the holes 16 a, 16 b, and 16 c constituting the first hole 16 formed in the base 12 is such that the projecting portion is located at a position lowered by a predetermined length from the bottom surface 14 b of the height adjusting member 14. The size is set in accordance with the size 20 (see FIG. 2). Therefore, the sizes w1 and w2 and the depth of the tapered portion 21 of the protruding portion 20 are appropriately set in a suitable size for finely adjusting the attitude of the bathtub 5 in consideration of the size of the height adjusting member 14. Have been.

  As shown in FIG. 5, at the four corners of the upper surface 14 a of the height adjusting member 14, second projecting portions 20 of another height adjusting member 14 stacked on the height adjusting member 14 can be inserted and withdrawn. A hole 15 is formed. The shape of the second hole 15 matches the shape of the protrusion 20. That is, the second hole 15 is formed so that the protrusion 20 can be fitted therein (see FIG. 3).

  In addition, from the viewpoint of stabilizing the laminated portion 13 with the base 12, the protruding portion 20 is provided so as to be insertable into and removable from at least two or more of the first hole 16 or the second hole 15. I have. From the viewpoint of reliably stabilizing the laminated portion 13 on the base 12, the number of the protrusions 20 in one height adjusting member 14, the number of a pair of holes 16a, 16b, 16c formed in the base 12, and one The number of the second holes 15 in the height adjusting member 14 is preferably 4 or more and 6 or less, and more preferably 4 as in the present embodiment.

The material forming the base 12 and the height adjusting member 14 having the above-described configuration is not particularly limited, but is a resin or the like having such a strength that the posture of the bathtub 5 can be adjusted from below. Examples of such a resin include polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride.
As illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 7, from the viewpoint of reducing the weight of the base 12 and the height adjusting member 14, a plurality of holes are formed in the upper surface 12 a of the base 12 and the upper surface 14 a of the height adjusting member 14. Is formed. That is, the base 12 and the height adjusting member 14 are so-called lightened.

  According to the height adjuster 10 described above, the protrusion 20 of the height adjuster 14A is inserted into the first hole 16 of the base 12, and a height adjuster 14B different from the height adjuster 14A is inserted. By inserting the protruding portion 20 into the second hole 15 of the height adjusting member 14A, the laminated portion 13 can be easily and quickly configured without using an adhesive or the like, and as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. Then, the lamination part 13 can be laminated on the base 12. In addition, the height adjusting members 14A and 14B can be easily removed from each other as needed, and the laminated portion 13 can be easily removed from the base 12. Therefore, it is necessary to secure a waiting time for drying the adhesive when a plurality of the height adjusting members 14 are stacked, as in the case where the height adjusting members 14 are bonded to each other using an adhesive. In addition, the time for adjusting the attitude of the bathtub 5 is reduced, and the working efficiency is increased.

  Further, according to the height adjuster 10 of the present embodiment, when the protrusion 20 of the height adjusting member 14A is inserted into the first hole 16 of the base 12, the height of the protrusion 20 depends on the size of the first hole 16. That is, by switching the holes 16a, 16b, and 16c into which the protrusions 20 are inserted, the depth at which the protrusions 20 are inserted is changed, and the height of the stacked portion 13 from the upper surface 12a of the base 12 is changed. (See FIGS. 6 and 7). Therefore, the height of the laminated portion 13 can be finely adjusted as compared with the case where the number of the height adjusting members 14 in the vertical direction is adjusted. Conventionally, as in the case where the height adjusting members 14 are bonded to each other using an adhesive, or the case where the interval between the height adjusting members 14 is adjusted using a rubber sheet or the like, an adhesive or the like is used. The variation in the thickness of the rubber sheet does not reduce the adjustment accuracy of the attitude of the bathtub 5, and the working efficiency is further improved.

  FIG. 6 illustrates a case where the protrusion 20 of the height adjusting member 14 </ b> A is inserted into the largest hole 16 a of the first holes 16 of the base 12. FIG. 7 illustrates a case where the protrusion 20 of the height adjusting member 14A is inserted into the smallest hole 16a of the first holes 16 of the base 12. 6 and 7, by switching the first hole 16 into which the protrusion 20 of the height adjusting member 14A is inserted from the largest hole 16a to the smallest hole 16b, the height of the laminated portion 13 is increased. You can see that it is. By finely adjusting the height of the laminated portion 13 in this manner, the height and posture of the bathtub 5 shown in FIG. 1 can be adjusted with high accuracy.

  For example, the thickness of the height adjusting members 14A, 14B is about 30 mm, the size w1 of the uppermost portion of the tapered portion 21 of the height adjusting members 14A, 14B is about 6 mm, and the height at the height of the approximate center of the tapered portion 21. The width w3 can be about 5 mm, and the size w2 of the bottom of the tapered portion 21 and the extension 22 can be about 4 mm. In that case, by adjusting the number of the height adjusting members 14 constituting the stacked unit 13, the height of the stacked unit 13 from the upper surface 12 a of the base 12 can be adjusted every 30 mm. By switching the holes 16a, 16b and 16c into which the protrusions 20 of the height adjusting member 14A at the bottom of the laminated portion 13 are inserted, the height of the laminated portion 13 from the upper surface 12a of the base 12 is adjusted every 1 mm. can do.

  In the height adjuster 10 of the present embodiment, since the protrusion 20 is formed in a tapered shape in a side view, the protrusion 20 of the height adjusting member 14 can be easily manufactured.

  As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and various modifications may be made within the scope of the present invention described in the appended claims. Deformation and modification are possible.

  For example, in FIG. 2, each of a pair of posture adjustment positions P1 and P2 and a pair of posture adjustment positions P3 and P4 having a shorter separation distance among the four posture adjustment positions P1, P2, P3, and P4 of the bathtub 5. The height adjusters 10A and 10B contacting from below are illustrated, but instead of these height adjusters, each of the two sets of posture adjustment positions P1 and P3 and the posture adjustment positions P2 and P4 with the longer separation distance is used. Two height adjusters that contact the pair from below may be used, or only one height adjuster that contacts all of the posture adjustment positions P1, P2, P3, and P4 from below may be used. Accordingly, the shape of the base 12 is appropriately changed. The stacked units 13 may be stacked at four corners of the base 12.

  Further, as described above, the relative positions of the holes 16 a, 16 b, and 16 c constituting each set of the first holes 16 are held as predetermined in accordance with the height adjusting member 14, and the uppermost portion of the stacked portion 13 is formed. As long as the upper surface 14a of the height adjusting member 14 can contact the posture adjustment position P, the position where each set of holes 16a, 16b, 16c is formed on the upper surface 12a of the base 12 is not particularly limited. That is, the holes may be arranged in the order of the holes 16c, 16b, 16a, or may be arranged in the order of the holes 16b, 16c, 16a, along the direction from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the base 12 toward the center.

  For example, on the bottom surface 14b of the height adjusting member 14, instead of the protrusion 20 formed in a tapered shape in a side view, as shown in FIG. 8, the height becomes smaller downward from the bottom surface 14b of the height adjusting member 14. As described above, the protruding portion 25 formed in a step shape in side view may be provided. That is, the protruding portion 25 has a step portion 23 having the same size as the size w1 of the tapered portion 21 of the protruding portion 20 and a size w3 of the tapered portion 21 downward from the bottom surface 14b of the height adjusting member 14. And a stepped portion 24 having the same size as the above, and an extending portion 22 having a size w2 are provided in this order.

  By providing the above-described configuration shown in FIG. 8, the same operation and effect as the height adjuster 10 in which the protrusion 20 is provided on the height adjusting member 14 can be obtained, and the holes 16 a and 16 b into which the five protrusions 25 are inserted , 16c, the depth at which the protruding portion 25 is inserted can be changed, and the height of the laminated portion 13 from the upper surface 12a of the base 12 can be easily changed. Further, according to the configuration shown in FIG. 8, when the protrusion 25 is inserted into the hole 16a, the step 23 is fitted, and when the protrusion 25 is inserted into the hole 16b, the step 24 is fitted. Is inserted into the hole 16c, the extension 22 of the protruding portion 25 is fitted. That is, even if the holes 16a, 16b, 16c into which the protruding portions 25 are inserted are switched, any one of the step portions 23, 24 or the extension portion 22 of the protruding portions 25 fits into any of the holes 16a, 16b, 16c. Therefore, the laminated portion 13 laminated on the base 12 can be stabilized.

  Further, the second hole 15 formed in the upper surface 14a of the height adjusting member 14 is capable of inserting and removing at least the protrusion 20 of another height adjusting member 14 stacked on the height adjusting member 14. For example, in the direction descending from the upper surface 14a of the height adjusting member 14, the protrusion 20 may be uniformly formed with the uppermost size w1. If the strength of the height adjusting member 14 is maintained at a predetermined level or more, the second hole 15 other than the portion directly above the protrusion 20 may penetrate from the upper surface 14a of the height adjusting member 14 to the bottom surface 14b. .

  Further, similarly to the first hole 16, the second hole 15 may be constituted by a plurality of holes having different sizes from each other. According to such a configuration, when the projecting portion 20 of the height adjusting member 14B is inserted into the second hole 15 of the height adjusting member 14A, the projecting portion 20 depends on the size of the second hole 15. Is changed, and the height of the laminated portion 13 from the upper surface 12a of the base 12 can be changed. Therefore, the height of the laminated portion 13 can be finely adjusted as compared with the case where the number of the height adjusting members 14 in the vertical direction is adjusted.

10 height adjuster (bath tub height adjuster), 12 base, 14 height adjuster, 15 first hole, 16 second hole

Claims (3)

In a bathtub posture adjusting tool for adjusting the posture of the bathtub,
A base,
A stack comprising a plurality of height adjusting materials stacked vertically, and a stackable portion that can be stacked on the base,
A plurality of first holes are formed on the upper surface of the base,
On the bottom surface of the height adjusting member, a plurality of protrusions that can be inserted into and removed from at least two or more of the first holes are formed,
A height adjusting tool for a bathtub, wherein a plurality of second holes through which the protrusions can be inserted and removed are formed on an upper surface of the height adjusting member. The projecting portion is formed in a tapered shape in a side view so as to be narrowed downward from a bottom surface of the height adjusting material,
On the upper surface of the base, the plurality of first holes having different sizes are formed so as to match the size of the protruding portion at a position lowered by a predetermined length from the bottom surface of the height adjusting member. The bathtub height adjuster according to claim 1, wherein The protruding portion is formed in a step-like shape in a side view so as to decrease downward from the bottom surface of the height adjusting member,
On the upper surface of the base, the plurality of first holes having different sizes are formed so as to match the size of the protruding portion at a position lowered by a predetermined length from the bottom surface of the height adjusting member. The bathtub height adjuster according to claim 1, wherein

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