JPH07292807A - Wall panel connection structure and bath room unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To connect each of wall panels having an offset portion easily, and what is more, firmly. CONSTITUTION:In wall panel connection structure where a wall panel to which a frame is instal led at the edge of the rear side of a panel, is set up on a floor having an offset portion and each of the wall panels is connected, a hook 401 is installed upward from an end part 40 of a projection piece 3 projecting to a lateral side of the projection piece 3 projectingly installed to a frame 20 of one wall panel 1 while a hook 412 is installed downward from an end part 41 of a projection piece 4 projectingly installed to a frame 39 of the other wal l panel 2. The end parts 40 and 41 of both projection pieces 3 and 4 are arranged to come in contact with the frames 39 and 20 of the adjacent wall panels 2 and 1 while the hooks 401 and 412 of both projection pieces 3 and 4 are hooked with each other so that they may be connected to each other.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connection structure for wall panels and bathroom units constituting unit rooms such as bathroom units, toilet units and washbasin units.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a connection structure of wall panels forming the unit chamber, for example, a wall panel connection structure is known in which wall panels are connected to each other by bolts, nuts or the like on their back surfaces.

Also known is a wall panel connection structure in which a resin block is fitted into a connection groove on the side surface of the panel for connection (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-114712).

Further, in an equipment unit for assembling a factory-produced wall panel on site, a wall panel connecting structure in which both ends of a wall panel which constitutes one wall in advance are fixed by bolts, and both rear surfaces of the panel are connected. A wall panel connection structure in which a spring-like metal fitting fixed to the frame of one wall panel is fitted into a metal fitting or frame groove of the other wall panel to be fixed and connected (for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-40324). Gazettes) are known.

A bathroom unit using the wall panel connection structure is also known.

[0006]

However, in the connection structure for connecting the wall panels with the above bolts, it is necessary to work on the back side of the wall panels to fix the bolts when connecting the wall panels. There was a problem that it took time again.

Further, in the connection structure in which the resin block is inserted into the groove, a frame having a special shape is required, and the problem that the frame strength is lowered due to the opening of the groove. There is a problem that the wall panel is easily rattled because a gap is required between the two.

In addition, in the connection structure using the spring-like metal fitting described above, rattling and front-back misalignment do not occur,
It was difficult to fit the springs, and it was especially difficult to work on the front side of the wall panel because the fittings were not visible.

Further, in the bathroom unit using the above connection structure, there is a step in the bathroom floor or the like. For example, in a bathtub with an integrated washroom, the lower surfaces of the frames of the left and right wall panels adjacent to each other by the step are adjacent. Since they do not match, it is not possible to insert a resin block or a spring-like metal fitting such as a clip from the lower end of the wall panel. Therefore, if there is a step, the lower parts of the wall panel cannot be connected. there were.

The wall panel connection structure of the present invention according to claim 1 has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a wall panel connection structure capable of easily and firmly connecting wall panels having steps. The purpose is to do.

A second aspect of the bathroom unit of the present invention is to provide a bathroom unit having a step which is easy to assemble.

[0012]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

According to the wall panel connection structure of the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the wall panel having a frame at the rear edge of the panel is installed on a floor having a step, and the wall panels are connected to each other. In the connection structure of 1), a hook portion is provided upward from an end portion projecting laterally of the projecting piece projectingly provided on the frame of one wall panel, and an end of the projecting piece projecting on the frame of the other wall panel. The hook portions are provided downward from the portion, the end portions of both projecting pieces abut on the frames of the wall panels adjacent to each other, and the hook portions of both projecting pieces are connected to each other so that they are connected. is there.

In the bathroom unit according to the second aspect of the present invention, the wall panel standing portion is provided on the peripheral edge of the bathroom floor body provided with the bathtub installation portion in which the bathtub fitting portion is opened from the washing place through the rising portion. The frame is fixed to the rear side edge of the wall panel, and the ends of the projecting pieces protruding from the frame are laterally projected, and the adjacent wall panels are connected by the frames being sandwiched by clips. At the corner of the bathroom floor, a frame-shaped support frame is erected, and the support frame and the frame of the adjacent wall panel are sandwiched and connected by clips, and at the rising portion of the bathroom floor,
In addition, the ends of both projecting pieces abut on the frames of the wall panels adjacent to each other, and the hooking portions provided at the end portions projecting to the side of both projecting pieces are engaged to connect. It is a feature.

[0015]

According to the wall panel connection structure of the present invention as defined in claim 1, there is provided a hooking portion of the projecting piece provided on the frame of one wall panel and a hooking portion of the projecting piece provided on the frame of the other wall panel. And the end portions of both projecting pieces are brought into contact with the frames of the wall panels adjacent to each other to connect the wall panels to each other. Thereby, the lower end portions are easily and firmly connected to each other even when the wall panels having the step portions at which the clips cannot be inserted are connected to the lower end portions.

Since the bathroom unit of the present invention according to claim 2 is configured as described above, the adjacent wall panels are connected by the frames being sandwiched by clips.
At the corners, the pillar frame and the adjacent frame of the wall panel are connected by being sandwiched by clips, and at the rising portion where the step is formed, the ends of both projecting pieces abut the frame of the adjacent wall panel. The hooking portions provided at the end portions projecting laterally of both the projecting pieces are engaged with each other to be connected. As a result, the bathroom unit having a step can be easily and firmly assembled.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A wall panel connection structure and a bathroom unit according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a wall panel connection structure of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a wall panel whose lower surface 16 is installed lower, and 2 is a wall panel whose lower surface 17 is installed higher than the lower surface 16 of the wall panel 1 by a step L. The upper surface 19 of the panel 2 is installed on the same surface. Reference numeral 20 is a frame provided on the back side edge of the wall panel 1, 39 is a frame provided on the back side edge of the wall panel 2, and 3 is a frame 2
The plate-shaped protrusions 4 attached to the reference numeral 0 are plate-shaped protrusions attached to the frame 39. Reference numerals 40 and 41 denote ends of the protruding pieces 3 and 4 projecting laterally from the frames 20 and 39, 401 and 411 are hook portions provided above the ends 40 and 41, and 402 and 412 are respectively. It is a hook portion provided below the end portions 40 and 41. When connecting the wall panels 1 and 2, the hook portion 401 and the hook portion 412 are engaged with each other to connect the wall panels 1 and 2. Thereby, the lower part of the wall panels 1 and 2 can be connected, and the conventional defect that the clip 5 cannot be inserted into the lower end parts of the wall panels 1 and 2 is solved. Note that the hooking portion 402 and the hooking portion 411 are not engaged with each other, and thus need not be provided. Hook 40
By providing 2 and the hooking portion 411, the wall panels 1 and 2 can be connected more firmly. Reference numeral 5 denotes a clip that straddles the upper end 201 of the frame 20 and the upper end 391 of the frame 39 and holds them.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a portion A of the wall panel connection structure of the present invention shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, 42
Is a top surface of the protruding piece 3, and 413 is a bottom surface of the hooking portion 412 of the protruding piece 4. When the wall panel 2 and the wall panel 1 are connected to each other, the upper surface 42 of the protruding piece 3 and the lower surface 413 of the hook portion 412 of the protruding piece 4 are connected.
Are brought into contact with each other, and the wall panel 2 is connected in a state of being placed on the panel 1. If the lower surface 17 of the wall panel 2 is structured to be supported by another object, the lower surface 413 of the hooking piece 412 of the protruding piece 4 does not have to particularly contact the upper surface 42 of the protruding piece 3.

Next, a connecting method of the wall panel connecting structure of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. After the wall panel 1 is installed at a predetermined position, the wall panel 2 is pushed down from above to engage the hook portion 412 with the hook portion 401, and the lower surface 413 of the hook portion 412 is brought into contact with the upper surface 42 of the protruding piece 3. As a result, the wall panel 2 is connected while being placed on the wall panel 1. Next, the clip 5 is inserted from above so as to straddle the upper end 201 of the frame 20 and the upper end 391 of the frame 39.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another example of the wall panel connection structure of the present invention. In FIG. 3, 6 and 7 are wall panels that are adjacent to each other at right angles, 61 and 71 are frames provided on the back surface side edges of the wall panels 6 and 7, and 8 is a wall that is connected adjacent to the wall panel 7. Panel, 81 is a frame provided on the rear side edge of the wall panel 8, 9 is the wall panel 6
The pillar frame 10 interposed between the wall panel 7 and the wall panel 7 straddles the upper and lower ends of the pillar frame 9 and the upper and lower ends of the frame 61, and the upper and lower ends of the pillar frame 9 and the upper and lower ends of the frame 71. Clips that are inserted between the upper and lower ends of the frame 71, and the upper and lower ends of the frame 81, and that sandwich the upper and lower ends of the frame 71 and the upper and lower ends of the frame 81. Is.

12 and 13 are frames 81 and 71, respectively.
Are plate-like projecting pieces attached at alternate positions so that they do not interfere with each other when connected to each other, and the projecting pieces 12 and 13 have end portions 1 projecting laterally of the frames 81 and 71, respectively.
21 and 131 are provided, and the hook portions 122 and 132 are provided above the end portions 121 and 131, respectively, and the hook portion 12 is provided below.
3, 133 are provided. In this case, the protruding piece 1
Although the front and rear deviations of the wall panels 7 and 8 can be prevented by the reference numerals 2 and 13, the left and right deviations cannot be prevented. In order to prevent the lateral displacement, the hooking portion 123 may be engaged with the hooking portion 132. However, the clips 11 and 11 are inserted into the upper and lower ends of the frames 81 and 71, respectively.
Since the left and right displacements of the wall panels 7 and 8 are prevented by the elements 1 and 11, it is not always necessary to engage the hook portion 123 with the hook portion 132.

The wall panel 7 and the wall panel 8 have a frame 81.
The clips 11 and 11 are inserted into the upper and lower ends of the frame 71, and the ends 121 and 131 of the projecting pieces 12 and 13 are brought into contact with and connected to the frame 71 and the frame 81, respectively.

14 and 14 are frames 61 and 71, respectively.
The projecting pieces 15, 15 mounted on the
The protruding pieces 14 and 15 are attached to the end portions 14 and 15 of the end portions 14 protruding laterally of the frames 61 and 71, respectively.
1, 151 are provided, the hook portion 142 and the hook portion 143 are provided above and below the end portion 141, and the hook portion 152 is provided below the end portion 151.

The wall panel 6 and the wall panel 7 are a frame 61.
And the upper and lower ends of the support frame 9, and the support frame 9 and the frame 7.
Clips 10 and 10 are respectively inserted into the upper end and the lower end of the hook 1, and the hook portion 143 of the protruding piece 14 attached to the frame 61 and the hook portion 1 of the protruding piece 15 attached to the support frame 9.
52, and the hooking portion 143 of the protruding piece 14 attached to the frame 71 and the protruding piece 1 attached to the support frame 9.
The wall panel 6 and the wall panel 7 which are adjacent to each other at a right angle are connected to each other via the support frame 9.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an example of the bathroom unit of the present invention. In FIG. 4, 21 is a bathroom unit, 2
2 is the washroom part of the bathroom unit 21, 23 is the rising part,
Reference numeral 24 is a bathtub fitting portion, 25 is a bathtub installation portion provided with the bathtub fitting portion 24, 26 is a bathroom floor body, 27 is a wall panel standing portion provided on the periphery of the bathroom floor body 26, and 28 and 28 are Wall panels connected next to each other, 29 are wall panels connected to the wall panel 28 with a step L, 30 is a frame-shaped support frame provided at a corner portion, 31 is a wall panel 29 via the support frame 30 A wall panel connected to the wall panel 31 at a right angle, a wall panel connected to the wall panel 31 next to each other, a bathtub fitted to the bathtub fitting portion 24, a ceiling panel 34, and wall panels 28, 29, Reference numerals 31 and 32 are provided in a wall panel standing portion provided on the periphery of the bathroom floor 26 including locations not shown, and ceiling panels 34 are wall panels 28, 29, 31 ,.
The bathroom unit 21 is assembled by being mounted on 32.

The connection between the wall panels 28 and 28 is shown in FIG.
The wall panel 7 and the wall panel 8 are connected by the same connection method as shown in FIG. 2, and the wall panel 28 and the wall panel 29 are connected by the connection method between the wall panel 1 and the wall panel 2 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The wall panel 29 and the wall panel 31 are connected by the same connection method as the wall panel 7 and the wall panel 6 shown in FIG. 3, and the wall panel 31 and the wall panel 32 are connected by the same connection method. Are connected by the same connecting method as the connecting method of the wall panel 7 and the wall panel 8 shown in FIG. As a result, the bathroom unit 21 having the step L is easily and firmly assembled.

[0027]

Since the wall panel connection structure of the present invention according to claim 1 is configured as described above, it is possible to easily and firmly connect the lower ends of the wall panels even between wall panels having steps. it can.

The bathroom unit of the present invention according to claim 2 is configured as described above, and it is possible to easily and firmly connect adjacent wall panels, adjacent panels at right angles, and wall panels having steps. Therefore, the bathroom unit having a step can be easily and firmly assembled.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a wall panel connection structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion A of the assembly structure of the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another example of the wall panel connection structure of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an example of a bathroom unit of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 28, 29, 31, 32 Wall panel 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15 Projecting piece 5, 10, 11 Clip 9, 30 Strut frame 16, 17, 413 Lower surface 18 , 19, 42 Upper surface 20, 39, 61, 71, 81 Frame 21 Bathroom unit 22 Washing area 23 Standing portion 24 Bathtub fitting portion 25 Bathtub installation portion 26 Bathroom floor 27 Wall panel standing portion 33 Bathtub 34 Ceiling panel 40, 41, 121, 131, 141, 151 Ends 201, 391 Upper ends 122, 123, 132, 133, 142, 143, 1
52, 401, 402, 411, 412 Hooking part L Step

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wall panel connecting structure in which a wall panel having a frame on the back side edge of the panel is installed on a floor having a step, and the wall panels are connected to each other in a frame of one wall panel. A hook is provided upward from an end of the protruding piece that projects sideways, and a hook is provided below from an end of the protruding piece that is projected on the frame of the other wall panel. A connection structure for wall panels, characterized in that the ends of the pieces abut against the frames of the wall panels adjacent to each other and the hook portions of both projecting pieces engage to connect. 2. A wall panel standing portion is provided at a peripheral edge of a bathroom floor body provided with a bathtub installation portion in which a bathtub fitting portion is opened through a rising portion from a washing room portion, and a rear side edge of the wall panel. The frame is fixed to the frame, the ends of the protruding pieces protruding from the frame are laterally projected, and the adjacent wall panels are connected by the frames being sandwiched by clips, and at the corner of the bathroom floor. Is a frame-shaped support frame, and the support frame and the frame of the adjacent wall panel are connected by being sandwiched by clips, and at the rising part of the bathroom floor body, the ends of both projecting pieces are Contact each other with the frames of the wall panels adjacent to each other, and the hook portions provided at the end portions projecting to the side of both projecting pieces are connected by being engaged with each other.