JPH0734649A - Store box and its installation device for operation panel set in sanitary installation room such as bath room - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To minimize the amount of projection from a room wall surface and increase the durability of an operation panel by storing the store box of the operation panel inside the room wall surface. CONSTITUTION:A store box is formed by providing a collar fixing projection 21 and a main body 11 around the open periphery and a wiring hole 41 and a pair of upper and lower inserting holes 51 and 52 at the center of a bottom plate 31. Also a jig to install the store box on an objective wall surface comprises a lateral hat type bridge body 5 for fixing the main body 11 to an objective wall 2 and a screw member 4. Next a recessed mounting port is opened in the objective wall 2, the fixing part 21 of the store box 1 is fitted loosely into it, and the bridge body 5 and the screw member 4 are screwed fixedly to the rear wall of the objective wall surface 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a housing box for housing an operation panel installed on a wall to be mounted such as a room wall in a sanitary facility room such as a bathroom, and a mounting device for the housing box.

[0002]

[Technical background] In today's bathrooms and other sanitary facilities rooms, not only automatic hot water supply systems and audio equipment, but also telephones, TVs, etc. are installed to improve the bathing sensation, and are upgraded. Operation panel A that is a collection of touch switches that operate them
Is mounted on the room wall 200 that is easy for users to operate. Such an operation panel A is attached to the surface of the chamber wall 200 as shown in FIG.

[0003]

Therefore, the operation panel A largely protrudes from the surface of the room wall 200, and a bath utensil such as a bath lid collides with it, causing damage or failure. Especially when it is attached to the wall near the bathtub, there is also a problem in terms of safety that a bather taking a bath hits and injures him.

The present invention has been made in view of the conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a sanitary equipment room such as a bathroom in which the operation panel can be attached to the room wall with a small protruding amount. An object is to provide a storage box for an operation panel to be installed and a mounting device for the same.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The technical means taken to achieve the above-mentioned object is a concave recessed shape having an open edge with a locking projection for locking a front edge of a mounting opening formed in a wall to be mounted. It is characterized in that it is attached to the above-mentioned attachment port in a fitting state or a loose fitting state. The mounting device includes a housing box having an opening edge for engaging with the front edge of the mounting opening formed in the wall to be mounted, and a screw having a length longer than the wall thickness to be mounted and inserted from the housing box to the back. A bridge having a length such that both ends of the member and the opposite back surface of the mounting target wall around the mounting opening come into contact with each other and screwed to the screw member to sandwich the mounting target wall with the locking projection. The gist of the present invention is to have a body and a wiring hole that is opened in the storage box and has a size that allows finger insertion. Further, the mounting device is composed of a storage box having an opening edge with a protrusion for engaging with the front edge of the mounting opening opened in the wall to be mounted, and a pair of spring members for mounting, and the storage box is provided on the bottom plate portion. There is a pair of hooks and a pair of upper and lower or left and right spring holes formed in each of the opposing side plates or the bottom plate portion approaching the side plates, and each spring member is hooked on one hook. The fulcrum part that stops and the one protruding from the inside of the storage box to the rear side of the back surface of the mounting target wall, and elastically to the back surface part of the mounting target wall around the mounting port when the fulcrum part is locked to the hook part. It is also effective to form the elastic engaging portion that engages with each other and the connecting portion that connects the elastic engaging portion and the fulcrum portion from the inside of the housing box.

[0006]

According to the above technical means, there are the following actions. (Claim 1) The accommodation box is fitted or loosely fitted in the mounting opening with the locking projection protruding from the open edge locked to the front edge of the mounting opening. Accommodate the operation panel. (Claim 2) An attachment target wall that constitutes a rim of a mounting opening in an upper space between the back surface of the accommodation box and the bridge body in a state where the bridge body is temporarily fixed to a screw member that is inserted from inside the accommodation box. After inserting the accommodation box diagonally upward so that the upper side wall part of the accommodation box fits loosely, the accommodation box is rotated toward the wall to be attached with the upper space as a fulcrum, and the rear surface of the accommodation box and the bridge The lower side wall portion forming the rim of the mounting opening is opposed to the lower space and slid downward. In this state, both ends of the bridge face the upper wall rear surface and the lower wall rear surface around the mounting opening. Then, the bridge member is supported by a finger inserted from the wiring hole opened in the accommodation box as needed (supported so as not to rotate only when the screw member is supported by one point), and the screw member is rotated. As a result, the bridge body is pulled toward the storage box side, and both ends of the bridge body contact the back surface of the wall to be mounted around the mounting opening, and the locking projection and the bridge body clamp the wall to be mounted for operation. Install the panel storage box. (Claim 3) The elastic engaging portion of each spring member is provided from the spring hole of each of the bottom plate portion or the side plate portion of the storage box in which the locking projection of the open edge is locked to the front edge of the mounting opening, and the elastic engaging portion of each spring member is provided around the mounting opening. The wall portion to be attached is made to project obliquely to the rear direction, and the fulcrum portion of each spring member is rotated from the inside of the accommodation box toward the bottom plate portion and hooked on the hook portion from that state. At this time, the elastic engagement portion rotates in the direction of the attachment target wall by the rotation amount of the hook portion and elastically engages with the back surface of the attachment target wall, and the elastic engagement portion and the locking projection are attached. Hold the target wall and attach the storage box for the operation panel.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following advantages. (A) The storage box of the operation panel is mounted with the locking projection only protruding from the surface of the wall to be mounted. Therefore, even if the operation panel is housed and fixed, the amount of protrusion from the wall to be attached is small, and not only is it safe, but tools for the bathroom and the like are less likely to hit and damage or failure does not occur, and the operation panel The durability can be improved. (B) The appearance is improved and the interior quality can be improved. (Claim 2) (C) Further, the accommodation box in which only the locking projection protrudes from the wall to be mounted can be retrofitted by a dry method rather than a wet method that causes a delay in work. (Claim 3) (d) Furthermore, the accommodation box can be mounted by simply inserting a pair of spring members, and the mounting work is simple.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show an embodiment of claims 1 and 2 (hereinafter referred to as a first embodiment), and FIGS. 7 to 11 show another embodiment of claims 1 and 2 (a second embodiment below). (Referred to as an example)
FIG. 12 shows still another embodiment (hereinafter referred to as a third embodiment) of claims 1 and 2, and FIGS. 13 to 15 show claims 1 and 3.
16 (hereinafter referred to as the fourth embodiment), and FIG. 16 shows another example of the storage box used in the fourth embodiment. First, the first embodiment will be described.

1 to 6, reference numeral 1 is a housing box for the operation panel A, 2 is a wall to be mounted, 3 is a mounting port opened in the wall 2 to be mounted, 4 is a screw member, and 5 is a bridge. is there.

The wall 2 to be mounted is a bathroom wall, a washroom wall, a toilet room wall, etc., and has a horizontally long rectangular mounting opening of a size such that the main body 11 of the storage box 1 to be mounted can be loosely fitted. 3 is open.

The storage box 1 is formed of a synthetic resin material or a metal material, and has a flange portion provided around the open edge as a locking projection 21, and the depth thereof is such that at least the operation panel A can be stored. A wiring hole 41 having a size such that a finger can be inserted is formed in the central portion of the bottom plate portion 31 of the main body portion 11, and a pair of upper and lower insertion holes 51, 51 are formed on both sides of the wiring hole 41.

The screw member 4 is the main body of the storage box 1.
When the bridge body 5 is inserted through the insertion holes 51, 51 formed in the hole 11 and is temporarily fixed by screwing the bridge body 5 to the tip portion, the thickness of the wall 2 to be attached is set between the back surface of the main body 11 and the bridge body 5. It has a length that can be secured, and the head 14 is provided with a cutting groove 14a for inserting a tool.

As shown in the figure, the bridge 5 is a pair of elongated metal plate members each having a sideways hat shape.
The screw holes 15 have a length slightly longer than the short side length, and the screw holes 15 are formed at the positions facing the insertion holes 51, respectively.

Next, the procedure for attaching the storage box 1 in the first embodiment will be described. First, the screw rod portions 2 of the two pairs of screw members 4 and 4 inserted from the inside of the storage box 1 to the rear side.
Temporarily fix the two bridges 5, 5 to the tips of 4, 24 (Fig. 2,
(Figure 3). Next, the storage box 1 is formed so that the upper side wall 2a forming the mounting target wall 2 around the mounting opening 3 is loosely fitted into the upper space 5a between the back surface of the main body 11 of the storage box 1 and the bridge 5. Insert diagonally upward (Fig. 4). From that state, the storage box 1 itself is rotated toward the mounting target wall 2 side so that the locking projection 21 abuts on the mounting target wall 2, and is slightly slid downward to form the back surface of the main body portion 11 of the storage box 1. Bridge 5
The lower side wall portion 2b around the mounting port 3 is loosely fitted in the lower space 5b between the both ends of the bridges 5 and 5 by the mounting port 3 described above.
The upper side wall portion 2a and the lower side wall portion 2b are made to face the back side, and then the above-mentioned screw members 4 and 4 are rotated to perform the main fixing. As a result, the bridges 5 and 5 are pulled toward the rear surface of the mounting target wall 2 and contact the rear surface of the mounting target wall 2 to hold the mounting target wall 2 portion around the mounting port 3 with the locking projection 21. Attach the storage box 1 (Fig. 5). Finally, put the operation panel A in the storage box 1 and fix it.
The decorative cover 6 is attached (FIGS. 1 and 6). Although not shown in the first embodiment, the left side wall portion (not shown) and the right side wall portion (not shown) of the wall 2 to be attached are attached. It is also possible to mount the accommodation box 1 by sandwiching the mounting target wall 2 between the bridges 5 and 5 with which both ends abut and the locking projection 21. As for the mounting procedure, first, the bridges 5 and 5 are temporarily fixed in a horizontal state, and the left side wall portion (not shown by reference numeral) or the right side wall portion (not shown by reference numeral).
Either one of them in the left side space (without reference numeral) or the right side space (without reference numeral) between the back surface of the main body 11 of the housing box 1 and the bridges 5 and 5, and then the above-mentioned mounting. Similarly to the method described in the procedure, the opposite wall portion (not shown) is provided in the opposite space (not shown) between the back surface of the main body 11 of the storage box 1 and the bridges 5, 5. Fit it and fix it permanently.

Further, the storage box 1 can be mounted by the mounting procedure of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. That is,
First, the screw members 4 and 4 are inserted through the pair of upper insertion holes 51 and 51 of the housing box 1, and the upper screw holes 15 and 15 are screwed into the tips of the screw rod portions 24 and 24 to form the bridges 5 and 5. Temporarily stop (Fig. 7). Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the bridges 5 and 5 are rotated by a desired amount about the threaded portion until they are entirely within the mounting opening 3, and in that state, the main body 11 of the storage box 1 is mounted. 3 is loosely fitted (Fig. 9). At this time, the locking protrusion of the open edge
21 is locked to the front edge of the mounting opening 3. And wiring hole 41
Insert the finger 100 into the normal position, that is, align the bridge body 5 vertically, that is, hold the bridge body 5 with the finger 100 so that the bridge body 5 does not rotate (Fig. 10), and the above-mentioned screw member 4 and the lower side. The screw member 4 inserted in the insertion hole 51 is rotated to perform the main fixing (FIG. 11). The bridges 5 and 5 are pulled toward the wall 2 to be mounted, abut on the rear surface of the wall 2 to be mounted, and the locking projection 21 holds the wall 2 around the mounting port 3 between the housings 1 and 2. Attach (Fig. 5). Finally, the operation panel A is put in the housing box 1 and fixed, and the decorative cover 6 is attached (FIGS. 1 and 6).

The third embodiment shown in FIG. 12 is one bridge 5
This is an example in which the storage box 1 is attached by. Wiring hole 41
Is the same as in the first embodiment in that the hole is formed at the central position of the bottom plate portion 31 of the housing box 1, and the insertion hole 51 is formed so that the wiring hole 41 is vertically sandwiched. 41, a bridge body 5 portion corresponding to the insertion hole 51 is provided with a hole 25 having the same size as the wiring hole 41, and a screw hole 15 is opened.

The procedure for attaching the storage box 1 in the third embodiment does not operate the two bridges 5 as in the first and second embodiments, but the procedure is the same except that it is one. Is the same. In this case, unlike the first and second embodiments described above, a wide bridge body 5 is used in consideration of mounting strength. The hole 25 is used as a wiring hole similarly to the wiring hole 41.

Next, a fourth embodiment shown in FIGS. 13 to 15 will be described. Reference numeral 1 is a storage box for an operation panel (not shown), 2 is a wall to be mounted, 3 is a mounting port opened in the wall 2 to be mounted, and 7 is a spring member. Since the mounting target wall 2 and the mounting port 3 are similar to those in the first, second, and third embodiments described above, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.

As in the first and second embodiments described above, the housing box 1 is provided with a brim-shaped locking projection 21 around its open edge, and a hook 61 and a spring hole 71 are formed. The hole in the middle of the bottom plate portion 31 is the wiring hole 81.

As shown in FIG. 13, the hook portions 61 are provided on both half portions of the bottom plate portion 31 of the storage box 1, and the upper and lower side plate portions are provided.
91, a horizontal slit 61b parallel to the left and right side plate portions 91 'which communicates with the end of the vertical slit 61a opened in the bottom plate portion 31 and has a length that does not reach 91 ,
By opening 61b, it is constituted by a plate-shaped portion surrounded by vertical slits 61a and horizontal slits 61b, 61b.

The spring exit hole 71 has upper and lower lateral slits 61b, 61b.
Of the side plate portions 91 'and 91' on the extension of the length direction of the base plate are opened at upper and lower intervals, and the locking protrusions 21 are locked to the front edge of the mounting opening 3 as shown in FIG. When the box 1 is set, an elastic engagement portion 27, which will be described later, can wrap around behind the mounting target wall 2.

The spring member 7 is a metal linear object having a U-shape in a front view, and is elastically engaged with the fulcrum portion 17 hooked on the hook portion 61 and the rear surface of the wall 2 to be mounted around the mounting opening 3. It is made up of a mating elastic engaging portion 27 and a connecting portion 37 connecting the elastic engaging portion 27 and the fulcrum portion 17.

The fulcrum 17 passes through the vertical slit 61a and the upper and lower horizontal slits 61b, 61b to hook the housing box 1.
61 It is bent in a U shape when viewed from the front so that it can go around behind.

The elastic engaging portion 27 has a substantially F-like shape in plan view,
Upper and lower parallel linear portions 17a, which are a component of the fulcrum portion 17,
It is provided in parallel with the extension of 17a, and as shown in FIG. 13, the locking projection 21 is locked to the front edge of the mounting opening 3 and the accommodation box 1 is set to the outside from the spring exit hole 71. After the protrusion, when the fulcrum 17 is hooked on the hook 61, the tip end thereof elastically engages the rear surface of the wall 2 to be mounted around the mounting opening 3 to exert an elastic clamping force. It has been formed (Fig. 15).

The connecting portion 37 includes the elastic engaging portion 27 and the fulcrum portion.
The upper and lower parallel linear portions 17a, 17a, which are one component of the upper and lower parallel linear portions 17a, 17a, can be connected from the inside of the containing box 1 by a step higher from the end of the upper and lower parallel linear portions 17a, 17a toward the containing box 1 side. Is folded.

Next, a brief description will be given of the procedure for mounting the storage box in the fourth embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14, the locking projection 21 is locked to the front edge of the mounting opening 3 and fitted into the mounting opening 3. The elastic engaging portions 27, 27 are obliquely inserted from the left and right spring exit holes 71, 71 of the combined housing box 1 to form the elastic engaging portions 27, 27.
Is arranged behind the back surface of the wall 2 to be mounted around the mounting opening 3.
Next, the fulcrum portion 17 located at the midway portion of the accommodation space of the accommodation box 1 is rotated toward the bottom plate portion 31 and hooked on the hook portion 61 (FIG. 15). During this time, the elastic engaging portion 27 that rotates in the same direction
When the fulcrum portion 17 is hooked on the hook portion 61, the tip of the contacting portion abuts the back surface of the wall 2 to be mounted, and a strong elastic engaging force is exerted. The wall 2 part to be attached is clamped so that 1 itself does not come off. And
Similar to the first, second and third embodiments, an operation panel (not shown) is put into the accommodation box 1 and fixed, and a decorative cover (not shown) is attached.

FIG. 16 shows another example of the storage box 1 used in the fourth embodiment. The housing box 1 comprises a hook portion 61 which is a hook groove recessed from the upper surface side of a projection 101 integrally projecting from the bottom plate portion 31 of the housing box 1. When the hook portion 61 is thus formed by the hook groove portion, the upper and lower parallel linear portions, which are one component of the fulcrum portion 17, are formed.
The spring member 7 is attached by dropping 17a and 17a from above and hooking them.

In the fourth embodiment, the spring outlet holes 71 do not have to be the left and right side plate portions 91 ', 91', but are opened in the bottom plate portion 31 in the portions approaching the left and right side plate portions 91 ', 91'. It may be perforated. In that case, since the elastic engaging portion 27 moves away from the rear surface of the wall 2 to be attached, the elastic engaging portion 27 can be made larger than the elastic engaging portion 27 shown in the fourth embodiment. Good. Although not shown, the hook portion 6
1, 61 are formed in parallel with the upper and lower side plate portions 91, 91, and the spring outlet holes 71, 71 are the upper and lower side plate portions 91, 91 and their side plate portions 91, 91.
The present invention also includes an embodiment in which the bottom plate portion 31 that is close to the above is opened, and the elastic engagement portion 27 elastically engages the rear surface of the upper wall portion and the rear surface of the lower wall portion around the mounting opening 3. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a usage state of the first embodiment, showing a state in which an operation panel is housed and attached.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a relationship between a storage box and a bridge.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a storage box is set in a mounting port.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a state in which a storage box provided with a bridge is set in a mounting port.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a state in which a storage box is attached.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a mounting state of an operation panel and a decorative cover.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a relationship between a storage box and a bridge according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which an accommodation box provided with a bridge is loosely fitted into a mounting port.

FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state in which a storage box provided with a bridge is loosely fitted to a mounting port.

FIG. 10 is a rear view showing a state where the bridge body is supported by fingers.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a mounting state of the accommodation box.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional plan view showing a state in which the elastic engagement portion of the spring member is projected from the spring exit hole to the outside.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional plan view showing a state in which a storage box is attached.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of another example of the storage box used in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a side cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of a conventional operation panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

2: Wall to be mounted 3: Mounting port 1: Storage box 4: Screw member 21: Locking projection 5: Bridge 7: Spring member 31: Bottom plate of storage box 61: Hook part 91 ': Side plate of storage box (Left and right side plate parts) 71: Spring hole 17: Support point part 27: Elastic engagement part 37: Connection part A: Operation panel 5a: Upper space 2a: Upper side wall part 2b: Lower side wall part 5b: Lower space 41, 81: Hole for wiring

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A recessed recess having an opening edge for engaging with a front edge of a mounting opening formed in a wall to be mounted, and is fitted into the mounting opening in a fitting or loose fitting manner. A storage box for operation panels installed in sanitary equipment rooms such as bathrooms. 2. An accommodating box having an open edge for engaging with a front edge of a mounting opening formed in a wall to be mounted, and a length longer than the thickness of the wall to be mounted inserted from the inside of the housing box to the back. The mounting target wall is sandwiched between the screw member and the screw member, which has a length such that both ends contact the back surface portions of the mounting target wall facing each other around the mounting port and is screwed to the screw member. Mounting a storage box for an operation panel installed in a sanitary facility room such as a bathroom, which is provided with a bridge body and a hole for wiring that is opened in the storage box and has a size that allows finger insertion. apparatus. 3. An accommodating box having an opening edge for engaging with a front edge of a mounting opening formed in a wall to be mounted, and a pair of spring members for mounting. The accommodating box is provided on a bottom plate portion. There is a pair of hooks and a pair of upper and lower or left and right spring holes formed in each of the opposing side plates or the bottom plate portion approaching the side plates, and each spring member is hooked on one hook. The fulcrum part that stops and the one protruding from the inside of the storage box to the rear side of the back surface of the mounting target wall, and elastically to the back surface part of the mounting target wall around the mounting port when the fulcrum part is locked to the hook part. An operation to be installed in a sanitary facility room such as a bathroom, characterized in that it is formed of an elastic engaging portion to be engaged and a connecting portion connecting the elastic engaging portion and the fulcrum portion from inside the accommodation box. Mounting device for the storage box for the panel.