JPH0310753Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to a bathroom unit equipped with a bubble bathtub.

(Prior Art) A bubble bathtub is known in which hot water inside a bathtub is circulated by a pump and bubbles are supplied into the circulating flow of hot water on the return side to the bathtub to blow out a jet of bubbles into the bathtub. ing.

By the way, in the case of bubble bathtubs, conventionally the pump for blowing out the bubbles has been installed outside the bathroom to prevent electrical leakage, so this poses no particular problem in the bathroom of a detached house. However, in the case of a bathroom unit in an apartment complex, that is, a bathroom unit that is assembled and installed in a predetermined narrow space, it has been difficult to convert the bathtub into a bubble bathtub.

Therefore, the applicant filed an earlier utility model registration application
No. 61-80553) proposed a technical means for installing a pump in the space below a counter installed in a bathroom. FIG. 4 shows an example.
In the figure, 100 is a wall panel, a part of which is bent inward to protrude, and the wall panel 1
A pump 104 is installed in the space below the counter 102 outside the bathtub 00, and the pump 104 is designed to forcefully blow out air bubbles into the bathtub.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, this bathroom unit simply recesses a part of the bathroom wall panel inward to provide space for installing the pump, and the pump is located outside the bathroom. It is no different from the conventional one in that it is installed in the When the pump is installed outside the bathroom in this way, the external piping and the internal piping must be connected through the wall, which causes the following problems. For example, when connecting external piping and internal piping by penetrating a wall, usually a flanged fitting 106 is used as shown in FIG.
is fitted into a through hole formed in the wall via a gasket 108, and is fixed by tightening a nut 110 thereto, and the metal fittings 112 and 114 at the ends of the piping are screwed into the female threads inside the metal fitting 106 to connect them. In this case, in addition to requiring a large number of parts, the structure becomes complicated, resulting in higher construction costs and troublesome construction work.

In addition, in the case of this bathroom unit, a waterproof pan 106 to catch water leakage from the pump 104 is provided separately from the waterproof pan for composing the floor of the bathroom.
A discharge pipe for discharging the water received in step 6 is installed separately from the bathroom unit's own discharge pipe, but this not only increases the number of parts but also causes problems such as troublesome construction work. .

(Means for solving the problem) The bathroom unit of the present invention was devised to solve the above problem, and its gist is as follows.
A bathroom unit equipped with a bubble bathtub that spews bubbles from a spout formed in a side wall of the bathtub, wherein a counter is provided along a wall panel at a predetermined height position in a region adjacent to the bathtub; A waterproof pan constituting the floor of the room is extended from the washing area side to a lower part of the counter, and the pump for blowing out air bubbles is installed on the waterproof pan inside the wall panel and in the space below the counter. It is in.

(Operation and Effects of the Invention) Since the present invention is to install the pump inside the bathroom using the space under the counter,
To easily assemble and install a bathroom unit equipped with a bubble bathtub in a limited space in an apartment complex or the like.

Furthermore, since the lower space of the counter is generally in communication with the external space of the bathtub side wall, the piping from the pump can be easily guided and connected to the bubble outlet, water intake, etc. on the bathtub side wall. In addition to making the piping work easier, since the above-mentioned connecting fittings and the like are not required for piping, the number of parts can be reduced, and construction costs are also reduced.

In the case of this invention, the waterproof pan that makes up the floor of the bathroom, including the washing area, is extended to the bottom of the counter, and the pump is installed above it, so if water leaks from the pump, it can be prevented. It can be received and discharged with such a waterproof pan.
That is, unlike the bathroom unit shown in FIG. 4, there is no need for a separate waterproof pan 106 exclusively for the pump or special piping for dealing with water leakage from the pump 104.

In the present invention, the pump is installed in the bathroom, but since the installation location is the space under the counter that is liquid-tightly separated from the washing area of the bathtub by a partition plate, there is no risk of moisture entering the pump. The amount of adhesion of steam, etc. is small. Moreover, if the voltage from the power supply is lowered to a low voltage using an isolation transformer before inputting it to the pump, it will not affect the human body, so even if the pump is installed in the bathroom, it will not affect the human body. There is no particular problem caused by this.

It is also possible to place the pump outside the side wall of the bathtub in the space below the handrail on the upper edge of the bathtub, that is, to incorporate the pump into the bathtub itself. Since space must be secured, it is inevitable that the bathtub will become narrower. In contrast, the present invention has the advantage of not causing such problems.

(Example) Next, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

Figures 2 and 3 show the inside of the bathroom unit, and in these figures 10 is a waterproof pan;
12 is a bubble bathtub. The bubble bathtub 12 is provided with bubble spouts 14, 14 at predetermined height positions on the side wall, from which bubbles are vigorously spouted. Further, an operating section 16 is provided on the handrail at the upper edge of the bathtub, so that the control operation for blowing out bubbles can be performed here.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a wall panel, the upper end of which is joined to the ceiling panel, and the lower end of which is joined to the waterproof pan 10.

A counter 20 made of artificial marble is provided along the wall panel 18 in a portion adjacent to the bathtub 12, and a front plate 22 hangs downward from the front end thereof and is in contact with the waterproof pan 10. The entire counter 20 can be opened and closed, and the counter 20 can be opened to inspect internal piping and the like.

The waterproof pan extends below the counter 20. As shown in FIG. 1, the lower part of the counter is raised one step higher, and the pump 24 is installed on it via a stand 26. That is, the pump 24 is arranged in the space below the counter 20. A conduit is connected to an inlet and an outlet of the pump 24, and hot water sucked out from the bathtub 12 through these conduits is sent back to the bathtub 12 by the pump 24. The hot water sent out from the pump 24 is
A jet of air bubbles is discharged into the bathtub 12 together with the air supplied from a predetermined air intake port.

The pump 24 is connected to a power source via an isolation transformer placed in the ceiling of the bathroom, and the voltage from the power source is first reduced to 24 volts before being supplied to the pump 24. There is. Therefore, even if water or the like adheres to the pump 24 and causes a current leakage, there will be no adverse effect on the human body.

In this way, in the bathroom unit of this example, the pump 24 is arranged inside the wall panel 18, that is, inside the bathroom, in the space below the counter 20, so that a space for installing the pump 24 is secured outside the bathroom. There's no need to. In other words, the bathtub of the bathroom unit can be configured as a bubble bathtub without any problems, and since the space under the counter 20 is originally only used as a space for piping, it should not be an obstacle when installing the pump. In addition, since the lower space of the counter 20 is in communication with the external space of the side wall of the bathtub, piping work and necessary parts can be simplified.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention can also be configured in other forms.

For example, the bathroom unit in the above example is just one example of the bathroom unit of the present invention, and the present invention can be applied to various types of bathroom units, and the bubble bathtub can also take various forms. obtain. In addition, the present invention can be modified in various ways based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit thereof.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of a bathroom unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a plan view and a front view of the main part showing the inside of the bathroom unit, respectively. FIG. 4 is a front view of essential parts showing an example of the bathroom unit according to the earlier application of the present application, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining problems when the pump is piped outside the bathtub. 12: Bubble bathtub, 14: Spout, 18: Wall panel, 20: Counter, 24: Pump.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A bathroom unit equipped with a bubble bathtub that blows out air bubbles from a spout formed in a side wall of the bathtub,
A counter is provided along the wall panel at a predetermined height in a region adjacent to the bathtub, while a waterproof pan that constitutes the floor of the bathroom extends from the washing area side to the lower part of the counter, and the A bathroom unit characterized in that a pump for blowing out air bubbles is installed inside the wall panel and in a space below the counter.