JPH0520638U - sink - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] A sink A in which a surface member 1 including a top plate portion 3 and a sink portion 4 is attached to a counter 2. This top plate 3
A tubular body 5 is attached to the edge of the opening downward, and a locking piece is attached to the lower portion of the tubular body 5. Further, the sink portion is provided with a locking collar 41 on the outside of the bowl-shaped upper edge portion. Then, the sink portion 4 is placed on the locking piece of the top plate portion 3.
The locking brim is directly attached to the packing and sandwiched between the packings. [Effect] The depth of the sink can be changed by changing the presence or absence of packing or the height of packing.
Therefore, the sink to which the surface material is attached can be set to a normal sink depth or a depth suitable for a wheelchair. Therefore, this surface material can be manufactured and sold as an ordinary sink surface material or for a wheelchair. Therefore, the demand increases and the cost becomes low.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a sink.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Conventionally, the surface material used for the sink has been composed of a top plate and a sink formed by partially recessing the top plate.

And, the height of the counter of the sink is usually 80 to 85 cm, and the depth of the sink recess is 18 cm. For the elderly and people with disabilities who have weak legs and are forced to use wheelchairs, the sink counter height should be 75 cm and the sink cavity should be 12 cm deep to make it easier to work in a wheelchair. The sink is used.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, there are few special sinks with shallow recesses, and they are expensive, which is inconvenient for the elderly and people with disabilities.

Therefore, the inventor of the present invention considers a surface material for the sink, in which the depth of the sink recess can be adjusted as appropriate, so that the sink can be used as an ordinary sink and a sink for wheelchairs, and therefore the demand is high. The present invention has been made paying attention to the fact that the sink can be manufactured at low cost.

That is, it is an object of the present invention to provide a sink which is inexpensive and easy for the elderly and handicapped to work.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and achieve the above object, and is a sink having a surface member composed of a top plate portion and a sink portion mounted on the upper surface of a counter. Is an opening provided in a part of the plate body, a cylindrical body is provided at the edge of the opening downward, and further, a locking piece protruding inside the lower part of the cylindrical body is provided. The sink portion is provided with a locking collar on the outside of the upper edge of the bowl shape, and the locking collar of the sink portion is superposed on the locking piece of the top plate portion directly or with the packing sandwiched. In addition, the end surface of the locking collar of the sink portion and the inner surface of the cylindrical body of the top plate portion are watertight.

The lower portion of the cylindrical body of the top plate of the present invention is provided with an inwardly protruding locking piece, but this locking piece may be provided at various places inside the lower portion of the cylindrical body. However, it may be provided all around the inner surface.

In the present invention, the locking brim of the sink portion is superposed on the locking piece of the top plate directly or with the packing sandwiched, but this superimposing method is simply performed on the locking piece. The retaining collar may be placed directly or by sandwiching the packing, or both may be fixed.

Various fastening methods can be adopted even for this fastening. For example, bolts and nuts may be used for fastening, or an adhesive may be used for fastening. Also, both may be used together. Also, in the method of fixing with bolts and nuts, a screw rod is attached by welding to the lower surface of the locking collar of the sink, a through hole is provided in the locking collar, and the screw rod is inserted into this through hole, and the nut is inserted. There are a method of screwing and fixing the screw, and a method of providing through holes in the locking flange and the locking piece, inserting bolts into both of these holes, and screwing in a nut to fix. Further, the packing may be placed on the locking piece, the packing may be attached to the locking piece with bolts and nuts, and then the locking flange may be placed on and bonded to the packing.

In the present invention, the end face of the locking collar of the sink part and the inner surface of the cylindrical body of the top plate part are watertight. Various methods can be adopted as the watertight method. For example, a gasket may be provided between the end surface of the locking brim and the inner surface of the tubular body, or a sealing material may be attached.

[0012]

[Operation] The surface material used for the sink according to the present invention comprises a sink and a top plate. The presence of this packing, the height of the packing, and the locking flange of the sink part are superposed on the locking piece provided on the inner surface of the lower part of the cylindrical body of the top plate, either directly or by sandwiching the packing. By changing the, the depth of the sink changes. That is, if the locking collar is piled up directly on the locking piece without sandwiching the packing, the depth of the sink becomes such that the cylindrical body of the top plate and the sink are connected, and The length is almost equal to the sum of the length from the surface of the top plate to the locking piece of the tubular body and the depth from the locking collar of the sink to the bowl-shaped bottom. If a packing is provided between the locking piece and the locking brim, the height of this packing will be shallow. In other words, the depth of the sink recess can be appropriately adjusted by the presence or absence of packing or by inserting packings having different heights.

Therefore, in the sink of the present invention, by preparing one kind of surface material and changing the packing, it becomes a normal deep sink or a shallow sink for wheelchairs, so that it is a surface for wheelchairs with little demand. The cost is reduced because it is not necessary to manufacture only wood.

[0014]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sink, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which a locking collar is fastened on a locking piece with a high packing. FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the order in which the sink portion is fixed to the top plate portion, and FIG. 4 shows a state in which the locking collar is fixed on the locking piece with a packing having a low height sandwiched therebetween. FIG.

In FIG. 1, A is a sink, and the surface material 1 is attached on a counter 2. The surface material 1 includes a top plate portion 3 and a sink portion 4. The top plate 3 is provided with a square opening with rounded corners in a part of the plate, and a rectangular tubular body 5 with rounded corners is formed at the edge of this opening. The tubular body 5 is integrally provided, and a locking piece 51 is provided inside the lower portion of the tubular body 5. Further, the locking piece 51 is provided with a through hole 52.

Further, the sink portion 4 is provided with a locking collar 41 on the outer side of the bowl-shaped upper edge portion formed of a bottomed tubular body. The tubular body can be inserted into the tubular body 5 of the top plate portion 3, and the locking collar 41 is close to the inner surface of the tubular body 5.

61 and 62 are rubber packings, 61 is a low-height packing, and 62 is a high-height packing. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, a packing 61 is provided between the locking piece 51 and the locking collar 41, or, as shown in FIG. 4, a packing 62 includes a locking piece 51 and a locking collar 41. It is provided between. A through hole is provided at the center of each packing 61, 62.

Reference numeral 7 is a threaded rod, and the threaded rod 7 is welded to the lower surface of the locking collar 41. Reference numeral 8 is a nut, and the nut 8 is screwed into the threaded rod 7. The nut 8 and the screw rod 7 fasten the locking collar 41 and the locking piece 51 with the packing 61 or 62 interposed between them, if necessary.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a gasket, which is fitted to the end surface of the locking collar 41, and makes the locking collar 41 and the inner surface of the tubular body 5 watertight. That is, when the tubular body of the sink portion 4 is put into the tubular body 5 of the top plate portion 3, the locking collar 41 of the sink portion 4 and the inner surface of the tubular body 5 are close to each other. When the sink portion 4 is inserted and mounted in the tubular body 5 with the gasket 9 fitted to the edge portion of the retaining collar 41, the gasket 9 causes a gap between the locking collar 41 and the inner surface of the tubular body 5. It becomes watertight.

Next, an assembling method and action of this sink A will be described. An opening is provided in a part of the plate body, and the upper end of the rectangular tubular body 5 having the locking piece 51 projecting inward toward the lower portion is welded to the edge of the opening and is integrally attached to the plate body to mount the top plate portion 3. Manufacture.

The height of the tubular body 5 at this time is 70 mm. On the other hand, a bowl-shaped sink 4 made of a cylindrical body having a bottom and having a locking collar 41 projecting to the outside of the upper edge is manufactured by sheet metal working.

The depth of the sink portion 4 at this time is 115 mm. The threaded rod 7 is attached to the lower surface of the locking collar 41 by welding. The length of this screw rod 7 is 80 mm.

Next, an annular packing 62 having a height of 65 mm is put into the tubular body 5 through the opening, and the lower surface of the packing 62 is placed on the locking piece 51. Next, the gasket 9 is fitted on the end surface of the locking collar 41, and the sink portion 4 is inserted into the tubular body 5 through the opening of the top plate portion. At that time, the screw rod 7 is inserted into the through hole of the packing 62 and then into the through hole 52 of the top plate portion 3.

When the locking brim 41 reaches the upper surface of the packing 62, the lower end of the screw rod 7 projects downward from the through hole 52 of the locking piece 51. The plate portion 3 and the sink portion 4 are fixed to each other.

Then, the gasket 9 fitted in the locking collar 41 closes the gap between the inner surface of the tubular body 5 and the locking collar 41, and becomes watertight. Therefore, no water leaks from here.

The surface material 1 thus manufactured was attached to the counter 2 to manufacture the sink A. The sink A has a sink depth of 120 mm, which is the most suitable depth for sitting on a wheelchair and using the sink.

Next, the same top plate portion 3 and sink portion 4 are assembled using the packing 61 having a height of 5 mm, and the other steps are assembled in the same manner as above to manufacture the surface material 1. Was attached to a counter to manufacture a sink.

The sink has a sink depth of 180 mm, which is the same as a normal sink depth. Thus, the sink of the present invention can be used as a normal sink or a sink for wheelchairs by changing the height of the packing.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 to 6 will be described. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 6, no threaded rod is attached to the locking brim 41a, a packing 62a having a high height and a packing 61a having a low height are used, and the rubber packing 62a or 61a is previously bolted. 71, the nut 81 to attach to the locking piece 51a, the locking flange 41a is adhered to the upper surface of the bolt with a sealing material 91 to make the portion watertight, and do not use the gasket 9 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. Is different.

Others have the same structure. The sink Aa has the same function as the sink A shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and can be used in the same manner.

[0031]

[Effect of the device]

 Since the surface material used for the conventional sink has the top plate and the sink integrated, it was impossible to change the depth of the sink, but the surface material used for the sink of the present invention Since the locking brim is superposed on the stopper directly or by sandwiching the packing, the depth of the sink changes depending on the presence or absence of this packing and the height of the packing. Therefore, the sink with this surface material attached to the counter can be of a normal sink depth or a depth suitable for wheelchairs.

Therefore, this surface material can be manufactured in a large amount and sold as a surface material for an ordinary sink, or can be sold for a wheelchair, so that the surface material for a wheelchair and, by extension, the sink can be made inexpensive. Become.

As described above, the present invention is extremely valuable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sink according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a locking brim is fastened on a locking piece with a high packing in between.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the order of fixing the sink portion to the top plate portion.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a locking brim is fastened to a locking piece with a packing having a low height interposed therebetween.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and is an explanatory view showing a state in which a locking brim is fastened on a locking piece with a high packing.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a locking brim is fastened on a locking piece with packing having a low height sandwiched therebetween.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A sink 1 surface material 2 counter 3 top plate 4 sink 41, 41a locking brim 5 tubular body 51, 51a locking piece 61, 61a low-height packing 62, 62a low-height packing 7 screw rod 71 Bolt 8, 81 Nut 9 Gasket 91 Sealing material

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A sink in which a surface material composed of a top plate and a sink is attached to an upper surface of a counter, the top plate having an opening in a part of a plate, and an edge of the opening. A cylindrical body is provided downward, and further, a locking piece protruding inside the lower part of the cylindrical body is provided, and the sink portion has a locking collar on the outside of the bowl-shaped upper edge portion. It is provided, and the locking flange of the sink is overlapped on the locking piece of the top plate directly or with the packing sandwiched, and the end face of the locking flange of the sink and the tubular shape of the top plate are provided. A sink characterized by being watertight with the inner surface of the body.