JPH0757998B2 - Ventilation structure for electricity operation panel in bathroom - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an invention for ventilating an electric operation panel provided in a bathroom from an external space.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, an electric operation panel having various switches such as a switch of an electronically controlled hot water mixing device, a switch for lighting control, a switch for bubble bath control, and a switch for jet jet bath control is installed in a bathroom. It is arranged inside.

FIG. 6 shows a conventional operation panel 2'arranged in the bathroom. In FIG. 6, 9 is a lower case, and a circuit board 11 having switches 10 and the like mounted therein is provided in the lower case 9. The lower case 9 and the upper case 13 via the packing 12.
, And a cover 15 made of silicon is attached to the upper case 13 via an adhesive tape 14. Lower case 9
An electric wire 16 is introduced from the outside into the inside, and a packing 17 is attached to the introduced portion of the electric wire 16. In the figure, 18 is a frame.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, even though the above-mentioned conventional electric operation panel 2'has a waterproof structure, it is extremely necessary that it is directly exposed to hot water, has high humidity, and has a large temperature difference. Since it is installed in a bathroom, which is a poor environment, there is still a problem that switches and the like, which are electric parts inside the operation panel 2 ', are rusted or short-circuited due to moisture or dew condensation.

The present invention was made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to ventilate electricity from outside the bathroom into the operation panel body so that electric components inside do not deteriorate due to moisture. This is to provide a ventilation structure for the operation panel.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the ventilation structure for the electric operation panel in the bathroom of the present invention, the operation panel body A having the operation panel 2 for operating the built-in switch 10 is installed in the bathroom 1. Then, the operation panel 2 is exposed and arranged in the bathroom 1 so that the inside of the operation panel body A is in a sealed state with respect to the inside of the bathroom 1, and the inside of the operation panel body A and the outside space 3 outside the bathroom 1 are arranged. Are connected by an air passage 4, the air passage 4 has a waterproof structure for preventing water from entering the inside of the air passage 4, and an electric wire 16 is inserted and arranged in the air passage 4. By adopting such a configuration, the above-mentioned object of the present invention is achieved.

[Operation] In the present invention, however, the outside space 3 outside the bathroom 1 and the inside of the operation panel body A are communicated with each other by the ventilation passage 4 having waterproofness, so that the inside of the operation panel body A is ventilated. By doing so, the inside of the operation panel body A is dried.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The bathroom 1 shows an example of a so-called bathroom unit in which a wall panel 6 is erected on the outer periphery of a floor pan 5, a ceiling panel (not shown) is assembled, and a bathtub 7 is incorporated inside. An operation panel body A having an operation panel 2 for operating a built-in switch 10 is installed in the bathroom 1, and this operation panel body A has an inside of the operation panel body A with respect to the inside of the bathroom 1. The operation panel 2 is arranged so as to be exposed in the bathroom 1 so as to be in a sealed state. In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, an operation panel 2 is attached to a counter 8 provided in the bathroom 1.
The operation panel 2 attached to the counter 8 is for controlling the electronic mixing apparatus. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a circuit board 11 having a switch 10 and the like attached thereto is provided in a lower case 9. The upper case 13 is attached to the upper opening of the lower case 9 via the packing 12 with a screw tool, and the upper case 13 is attached to the silicon cover 15 via the adhesive tape 14 and further to the frame. The body 18 is attached to form the operation panel 2. The lower case 9 is provided with an electric wire insertion port 19 and a ventilation port 20, and a connecting cylinder portion 21 is provided so as to surround the electric wire insertion port 19 and the ventilation port 20. The electric wire 16 is inserted through the electric wire insertion port 19. The connecting tube portion 21 of the operation panel 2 and the external space 3 outside the bathroom 1 are connected by a ventilation passage 4 having waterproofness. Operation panel 2 as ventilation passage 4
Using a cylinder 4a that is separate from the lower case 9, one end of this cylinder 4a is connected to the connecting cylinder portion 21, and the other end of the cylinder 4a is passed through the wall panel 6 of the bathroom 1 and the nut 22 is used. Attached connecting cylinder 38
Connected to. Therefore, the external space 3 which is the space between the wall 23 of the building and the wall panel 6 of the bathroom 1 and the inside of the operation panel 2 arranged in the bathroom 1 are the ventilation passages 4a.
The outer space 3 between the wall 23 and the wall panel 6 and the inside of the operation panel 2 are ventilated so that no moisture is trapped inside the operation panel 2. Further, the electric wire 16 is inserted into the ventilation path 4 and led out to the external space 3, so that the electric wire 16 is protected by the ventilation path 4 so that the electric wire 16 is not exposed to moisture.

The above-mentioned ventilation passage 4 is arranged below the counter 8 to which the operation panel 2 is attached. Below the counter 8, various pipes and electronic mixing devices are further provided as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. It is provided. 1 to 3, the hot water and water supplied through the hot water supply pipe 24 and the water supply pipe 25 are supplied to the electronic mixing stopper 27 through the strainer 26, where they are mixed at an appropriate temperature, and further at the flow rate adjusting unit 28. Flow rate is adjusted and bath side pipe 29, shower side pipe 30, washroom faucet side pipe 31
1, and is supplied to the bathtub-side pipe 29, the shower-side pipe 30, or the washing-faucet-side pipe 31 as shown by an arrow A in FIG. Electronic mixing tap 27
Is to be driven by a motor 32 to adjust the hot water temperature. In the flow rate adjusting unit 28, rotation of the motor 33 drives an internal switching valve to switch the flow path or adjust the flow rate. It has become. The drive control of the motors 32, 33 and the like is performed by operating the operation panel 2 arranged in the bathroom 1. In addition,
In FIGS. 1 and 3, 34 is a water stopcock, 35 is a manual switching valve, and when the electronic mixing tap 27 or the flow rate adjusting unit 28 fails, the manual switching valve 35 switches the flow of hot water and water, As shown by the arrow B in FIG. 1, the flow rate and the mixing amount are adjusted by operating the water stopcock 34. An apron 36 is placed in front of the lower part of the counter 8 to hide the above pipes, etc.
The washbasin faucet 37 penetrates through the apron 36 and projects into the washroom.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the tube 4a which is separate from the lower case 9 of the operation panel 2 is used as the ventilation path 4 is shown. However, a part of the operation panel 2 is formed into a tube shape, and the wall panel 6 of the bathroom 1 is used. The ventilation passage 4 may be formed by penetrating into the external space 3 to communicate with the inside of the operation panel 2.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, an example in which the electronic mixing device is controlled as the operation panel 2 is shown, but various other types such as a switch for lighting control, a switch for bubble bath control, a switch for jet jet bath control, and the like. It may be the electric operation panel 2 having the switch. The operation panel 2 is attached to the counter 8 provided in the bathroom 1 in the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, but the operation position is not limited thereto.
It can be attached to the flange or any other position. In particular, an electric operation panel 2 having a switch for controlling a bubble bath, a switch for controlling a jet jet bath, etc. is attached to a flange of the bathtub 7 so that the operation panel 2 can be operated while being in the bathtub 7. Is.

In the present invention, the operation panel 2 includes a plurality of switches and a single switch, and further various display devices, but the present invention is not limited to any of these.

By the way, a shower control switch 40 in FIG. 3 is attached to the rear end of the shower control switch 40 so that the rear end of the shower control switch 40 penetrates the wall panel 6 and faces the external space 3. The inside can be dried by providing a ventilation part such as a ventilation hole.

[Advantages of the Invention] In the present invention, as described above, an operation panel body having an operation panel for operating the built-in switch is installed in the bathroom, and the inside of the operation panel body is installed inside the bathroom. The operation panel is exposed and placed in the bathroom so that it becomes a closed state, and the inside of the operation panel and the outside space outside the bathroom are connected by a ventilation passage, and this ventilation passage prevents water from entering the ventilation passage. Since it has a waterproof structure to prevent it and electric wires are inserted in the ventilation path, it is possible to ventilate the inside of the operation panel body so that moisture does not accumulate inside the operation panel body. Since it can be dried, it is possible to prevent the electric components inside the operation panel from being deteriorated by moisture. Further, since the electric wire is arranged to be inserted in the air passage, the air passage for ventilation can also be used as a space for inserting the electric wire, and space can be saved. The wires can be arranged so that they will not deteriorate due to moisture.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. XX is an enlarged cross-sectional view, FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 YY line, FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an operation panel and a ventilation passage of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a part of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view that can be cut away, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a conventional operation panel. A is an operation panel body, 1 is a bathroom, 2 is an operation panel, 3 is an external space, 4 is an air passage, and 10 is Switch, 16 is an electric wire.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Mitsuhiko Tokumoto 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Koji Mihara, 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (56) References: 62-115464 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An operation panel body having an operation panel for operating a built-in switch is installed in a bathroom, and the operation panel body is installed in the bathroom so that the inside of the operation panel body is sealed to the bathroom. It is placed exposed inside and connects the inside of the operation panel body and the outside space outside the bathroom by a ventilation path, and this ventilation path has a waterproof structure to prevent water from entering the ventilation path. A ventilation structure for an electric operation panel in a bathroom, which is characterized by being inserted and arranged.