JPH07145660A - Floor heating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to easily and quickly adjust floor height and to load and unload heater panels in a state to set floor panels. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of floor panels 2 provided with leg members 4 capable of adjusting height from above are set, and the same plane-shaped heater panels 8 having through-holes 9 for access are laid on the selected floor panels 2. For part having no heater, the floor height is controlled at the upper surfaces of the floor panels 2, and for part having heaters, the height of the floor panels 2 is adjusted low by thickness D of the heater panels 8 through the through-holes 9 of the heater panels 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floor heating system composed of floor panels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a heating floor device for heating a floor surface in a room, various structures have been proposed, and a floor heating device composed of floor panels is used as one form thereof. Then, as this type of floor heating device, a plurality of floor panels having a predetermined size (for example, 50 cm × 50 cm) are used,
It has been proposed that these are laid in a predetermined arrangement on a floor member such as a concrete slab, and some floor panels (panel portions) or all floor panels are panels with a heater. In this case, the indoor floor surface is formed by the upper surface of each panel adjusted to the same level, and if necessary,
A floor finishing member is laid on the floor surface, or Joutan, floor carpet, or the like is laid.

In the above floor heating apparatus, each floor panel is installed on the floor member by height adjustable leg members, and the space formed between the floor member and each floor panel is a computer cable or various pipes. It is generally used as a space for laying. Further, as a floor panel with a heater, the heater is housed inside a flat plate-shaped hollow body composed of a box member and a lid member, and the above-mentioned hollow is provided by a height adjustable support leg of the same form as a screw type lift. A configuration is adopted in which a desired position of the body is supported from the lower surface. Further, also in the case of a floor panel without a heater, a configuration is adopted in which the desired position of the flat plate-shaped panel member is supported from the lower surface by the similar supporting legs whose height can be adjusted.

[0004]

However, in the conventional floor heating device of this type, the height of the supporting legs cannot be adjusted after the floor panel is laid, and the floor surface height cannot be adjusted. When adjusting, or changing the panel without heater to the panel with heater, or vice versa, adjustment and change cannot be done unless the corresponding floor panel is removed from the floor surface, There is a problem that it becomes very complicated and it is difficult to make accurate adjustment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above prior art, and an object of the present invention is to have a simple structure and to easily adjust the height of the floor surface even when the floor panels are spread. It is an object of the present invention to provide a panel-type floor heating system that can be accurately operated and can easily and quickly change the specifications of the presence or absence of a heater panel.

[0006]

According to the floor heating apparatus of the present invention, female screw members having screwed holes vertically penetrating the flat plate member are fixed to a plurality of positions of the flat plate member, and the female screw member of each female screw member is fixed. A height-adjustable floor panel formed by screwing a leg member made of a male screw member capable of being screwed into the screw hole from above the flat plate member, and having the same planar shape as the flat plate member, A heater panel having a predetermined thickness, in which a vertical through hole is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole of the female screw member, is used, and in the panel portion without the heater, the floor surface height is regulated by the upper surface of the floor panel. , In the panel part with heater,
By laying the heater panel on the floor panel and adjusting the height of the floor panel through the through hole to be lower by the thickness of the heater panel,
The above object is achieved.

That is, according to the above construction, the height of each floor panel and the attachment / detachment of each heater panel can be carried out only by screwing operation from the floor even when the floor heating device is still constructed. Even if the floor panel is spread, the height of the floor surface can be easily and accurately adjusted, and the presence or absence of the heater panel can be easily and quickly changed.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional perspective view showing an embodiment of a floor heating system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a plurality of floor panels 2 are laid on a floor member 1 such as a concrete slab in a predetermined vertical and horizontal arrangement. Each floor panel 2 has a rectangular flat plate member 3 having a predetermined size (for example, 500 mm × 500 mm × 12 mm) and a bolt-shaped leg member screwed to a desired position (four corners in the illustrated example) of the flat plate member 3. 4 and the height can be adjusted by screwing the leg member 4.

In FIG. 1, the flat plate member 3 is formed of a plastic or metal hollow member, and screw holes 5 are formed at a plurality of positions (four corners) to vertically penetrate the flat plate member 3. The female screw member 6 is fixed by welding or adhesion. The leg member 4, which is a male screw member capable of being screwed from above the flat plate member 3, is screwed into the screw hole 5 of each female screw member 6. In the illustrated example, a groove 7 for driver engagement is formed on the upper end surface of each male screw member 4. Thus, the floor panel 2 capable of adjusting the height of the upper surface of the flat plate member 3 is configured by rotating each male screw member (leg member) 4 with a tool (jig) from above.

Panel portion without heater (panel area)
Then, the height of the floor surface is regulated by adjusting the upper surface of the floor panel 2 to the reference height. On the other hand, in the panel portion (panel area) with a heater, the heater panel 8 is laid on the floor panel 2 and the upper surface of the floor panel 2 is set to a thickness D of the heater panel 8 from the reference height. The height of the heater panel 8 is adjusted so that the upper surface of the heater panel 8 becomes the reference height (floor surface height).

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view seen from the lower side of the heater panel 8. 1 and 2, the heater panel 8 has the same plane shape (for example, 500 mm × 500 mm) as the flat plate member 3 of the floor panel 2, and the thickness D is, for example, about 10 mm to 20 mm (12 mm in the embodiment). Is selected. In addition, in order to perform screwing (height adjusting work) of the male screw member 4 at positions (four positions at four corners in the illustrated example) corresponding to the screw holes 5 of the female screw member 6 of each heater panel 8. And a vertical through hole 9 is formed.

In this embodiment, the heater panel 8 is
As shown in FIG. 2, a cover member 10 formed of a thin molded product of metal or plastic, a heater 11 joined to the back surface of the cover member 10, and a housing member fixed to the cover member 10 so as to sandwich the heater 11 therebetween. The heat insulating member 12 is formed. In this embodiment, as the heater 11, a substrate heater in which wiring for heating wire is formed on a printed circuit board is used, and is fixed to the back surface of the cover member 10 with an adhesive or the like. Further, as the heat insulating member 12, in the present embodiment, a porous heat insulating material obtained by hardening wood, paper or fibrous chips with hardened plastic, or a heat insulating material made of a hard foamed plastic molding is used. It

The vertical through hole 9 is formed by each through hole provided in the cover 10 and the heat insulating member 12, as shown in FIG. In the illustrated example, the heater 11 is provided on substantially the entire back surface of the cover 10 except the through holes 9. Further, the lead wire 13 of the heater 11 is connected to an external power source through a through hole or groove formed in the heat insulating member 12 and the cover 10 as appropriate.

With the configuration described above with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of floor panels 2 each having a predetermined size are used, and these are laid in a predetermined array on the floor member 1, and a part of them is laid. A floor heating device in which a floor panel or all floor panels are formed by a panel with a heater, and a female screw member 6 having screw holes 5 vertically penetrating the flat plate member 3 at a plurality of positions of the flat plate member 3. And a height-adjustable floor panel 2 formed by screwing a leg member 4 made of a male screw member capable of being screwed from above the flat plate member 3 into the screw hole 5 of each female screw member 6, A heater panel 8 having the same planar shape as the flat plate member 3 and having a vertical through hole 9 formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole 5 of each female screw member 6 and having a predetermined thickness D.
In the panel portion without a heater, the floor surface height is regulated by the upper surface of the floor panel 2, and in the panel portion with a heater, the heater panel 8 is laid on the floor panel 2, and The floor heating device is configured so that the height of the floor panel 2 is adjusted lower by the thickness D of the heater panel 8 through the through hole 9.

According to the above construction, a floor heating system having a flat floor surface whose height is adjustable, in which a heater panel 8 is partially or premised, can be obtained. The floor surface formed in this way can be used as it is, but if necessary, a floor finishing member is laid on it, or a floor covering such as Joutan or a floor carpet is laid. A space (underfloor space) formed between the floor panel 2 (flat plate member 3) and the floor member 1 is used as a space for laying computer cables, electric wiring, and various air conditioning pipes. can do.

According to the embodiment described above, a plurality of height-adjustable floor panels 2 formed by screwing together leg members 4 made of a male screw member that can be screwed from above are arranged vertically and horizontally in a predetermined arrangement. And a heater panel 8 having a predetermined thickness D, which has the same planar shape as the floor panel 2 and has vertical through holes 9 for adjusting the leg members 4, is laid on the upper surface of the selected floor panel 2. However, in the part of the floor panel 2 without a heater, the floor height is regulated by the upper surface thereof, and in the part of the floor panel 2 with a heater, the floor panel 2 is pierced through the through hole 9 of the heater panel 8 laid thereon. Since the height of the floor panel is adjusted to be lower by the thickness D of the heater panel 8, the height of each floor panel 2 can be adjusted and the heater panel 8 can be attached / detached even when the floor heating device is still configured. The screws from above the floor And it can be run only in the operation,
Therefore, even when the floor panel 2 is spread,
It is possible to obtain a floor heating device in which the height of the floor surface can be easily and accurately adjusted and the presence or absence of the heater panel 8 can be easily and quickly changed.

Although the printed circuit board type heater is used as the heater 11 in the above-mentioned embodiment, the present invention uses a carbon type sheet heating element, a nichrome wire wiring type heater or a hot water tube as the heater. The same effect can be obtained when it is used.

[0018]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the floor heating apparatus of the present invention, female screw members having screw holes for vertically penetrating the flat plate member are fixed to a plurality of positions of the flat plate member. In addition, a height-adjustable floor panel formed by screwing a leg member made of a male screw member capable of being screwed into the screw hole of each female screw member from above the flat plate member, and the same plane shape as the flat plate member And a heater panel having a predetermined thickness in which a vertical through hole is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole of each female screw member, and a panel portion without a heater is used on the upper surface of the floor panel. The floor height is regulated, and in the panel portion with a heater, the heater panel is laid on the floor panel, and the height of the floor panel is adjusted to be lower by the thickness of the heater panel through the through hole. Because it was configured With a simple structure, the floor heating system can easily and accurately adjust the height of the floor even when the floor panel is spread, and the presence or absence of the heater panel can be easily and quickly changed. Provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional perspective view showing an embodiment of a floor heating system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the heater panel shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from below.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 floor member 2 floor panel 3 flat plate member 4 leg member 5 screw hole 6 female screw member 7 groove for screwing 8 heater panel 9 vertical through hole 10 cover member 11 heater 12 heat insulating member 13 lead wire

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A female screw member having a threaded hole vertically penetrating the flat plate member is fixed to a plurality of positions of the flat plate member, and a screwdriver is screwed into the screw hole of each female screw member from above the flat plate member. A height adjustable floor panel formed by screwing together leg members made of male screw members capable of being screwed, and a flat panel member having the same plane shape as the flat plate member and at a position corresponding to the screw holes of the female screw members. A heater panel having a predetermined thickness formed with through holes in the vertical direction is used, and in the panel portion without a heater, the floor surface height is regulated by the upper surface of the floor panel, and in the panel portion with a heater, the floor panel is used. A floor heating device, wherein the heater panel is laid on the floor, and the height of the floor panel is adjusted to be lower by the thickness of the heater panel through the through hole.