JPH077833Y2 - Bathtub lid storage device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a storage device for a bellows type lid used in a bathtub.

[Conventional technology and its problems]

As is well known, a lid that is removably placed on the opening of a bathtub body is generally folded and leaned against the corner of the bathroom or the edge of the bathtub while bathing.

However, when the lid is laid leaning against a corner of a bathroom or an edge of a bathtub as in the conventional case, the lid leaning against the body may fall down during bathing, which is dangerous. However, there was a problem that the appearance in the bathroom was also poor.

The present invention has been made in view of such a current situation, and its purpose is to store the lid in a lid storage case when the lid is not used, and when the lid is used. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a bathtub lid storage device that can be used by pulling out the lid from the lid storage case and that can improve the appearance in the bathroom.

[Structure for solving problems]

To achieve the above object, in a bathtub lid accommodating device according to the present invention, a lid storage case disposed adjacent to a bathtub body, and a lid winding device disposed in the lid storage case. And the lid winding device,
Pulleys arranged vertically, a belt suspended on the pulleys, a means for rotating one of the pulleys, a wire for connecting one end of the bellows-shaped lid, and the rotating means side A gear fixed to the shaft of the pulley, a small gear operatively connected to the gear via a chain, and a coil spring operatively connecting the shaft of the small gear and the drive shaft of the rotating means. It is characterized in that it is configured by including.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

1 to 5 show a bathtub lid accommodating device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The bathtub lid accommodating device according to this embodiment is disposed adjacent to the bathtub body 2. It is composed of a lid storage case 3, a lid winding device 4 arranged in the lid storage case 3, and a bellows type lid 5 having one end 5a connected to the lid winding device 4. .

The bathtub body 2 may be of any type as long as it is a publicly known one having a substantially concave cross section.

In this embodiment, the lid storage case 3 is attached to the right side of the bath body 2 and is formed in a hollow box shape, and the bellows-type lid 5 is put in and taken out from the upper portion of the bath body side. An opening 6 for opening is provided. Of course, the depth dimension of the lid storage case 3 and the opening 6 is formed to be larger than the depth dimension of the bellows type lid 5. Then, in the lid storage case 3 configured as described above, the lid winding A taker 4 is housed.

As is clear from FIGS. 3 and 4, the lid winding device 4 includes rotatable pulleys 7 and 8 arranged vertically with a predetermined gap therebetween, and windings around the pulleys 7 and 8. A wire 21 which is mounted and whose one end is connected to the pinion gear 23 of the clutch mechanism 24 and the other end is connected to one end 5a of the bellows type lid 5, and is freely rotatable near the opening 6 of the lid storage case 3. Pulley arranged in
It consists of 11 and.

The pulleys 7, 8, 11 are attached to the left and right sides of shafts 12, 13, 14 that are rotatably installed in the lid storage case 3, and the pulleys 11 are attached to the lower surface of the bellows-type lid 5. The bellows type lid 5 which is supported and has an outer diameter which is smoothly bent along the pulley 11.

A belt B is suspended on the pulleys 7 and 8, and the pulley 8 is rotatably connected by a motor 20.

That is, a gear 22, which is a speed reduction means, is fixed to the shaft 13 to which the pulley 8 is fixed.
Operatively connected to the pinion gear 23 via 29,
Is further operatively connected to the drive shaft 20a of the motor 20 via the clutch mechanism 24. Also, the motor 20
Is turned on / off by a switch 25 arranged outside the lid storage case 3 as shown in FIG. 4, and as shown in FIG. 3, the peripheral portion of the opening 6 of the lid storage case 3 is The limit switch 26 arranged in the above position is turned on to stop.

As shown in FIG. 5, the clutch mechanism 24 is disposed apart from the end of the motor drive shaft 20a and has the shaft 27 to which the pinion 23 is fixed, the shaft 27 and the motor drive shaft.
The coil spring 28 is wound around the outer peripheral surface of 20a.

The coil spring 28 is configured so that its winding direction is a direction in which it is tightened with respect to the rotation direction of the motor 20, and the end portion on the motor drive shaft side is the motor drive shaft 20.
In addition to being locked to a, its pinion side end is configured to be locked to the shaft 27 when the motor is rotating, and to be released from the locked state when the bellows type lid 5 is pulled out. There is.

The bellows-type lid 5 is configured such that a plurality of strip-shaped lid members are connected at their lower surfaces and can be bent downward from the connecting side (direction of arrow a in FIG. 3). One side end 5a thereof is connected to the other end of the constant load spring 10 as described above, and the other side end 5b thereof projects upward from the upper surface of the other lid member as shown in FIG. When the bellows-type lid 5 is stored in the lid storage case 3,
The other end 5b abuts against the peripheral edge of the opening 6 so that the other end 5b is prevented from being further caught in the lid storage case 3.

Next, the operation of the lid storage device configured as described above will be described.

First, the bellows type lid 5 is opened by the lid storage device according to the above-described embodiment.
In order to store the above, the switch 25 is turned on and the motor 20 is rotated. This allows the shaft 27 and the motor drive shaft to
The coil spring 28 wound around the outer peripheral surface of the motor 20a is rotated in the tightening direction, and is brought into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 27 to rotate the small gear 23 in the same direction as the rotation direction of the motor drive shaft 20a.

The rotation of the small gear 23 causes the gear 22 to rotate, and as a result,
Since the pulleys 7 and 8 rotate, the bellows type lid 5 is stored in the lid storage case 3 via the belt B suspended between the pulleys 7 and 8. Then, the other end 5b of the bellows type lid 5 presses the limit switch 26 provided at the peripheral portion of the opening 6 to turn it on, whereby the operation of the motor 20 is stopped and the winding of the bellows type lid 5 is stopped. The collecting work is completed.

When the bellows-type lid 5 is pulled out from the above-mentioned stored state to close the opening of the bathtub body 2, first, the other end 5b of the bellows-type lid 5 is gripped, and then the bellows-type lid 5 is held. Need only be pulled away from the lid storage case 3. At this time, the small gear 23 is rotated in the direction opposite to the storing rotation direction in response to the pulling-out operation of the bellows-type lid 5, so that the coil spring 28 and the shaft 27 are locked. Since it is released, the tightened state by the coil spring 28 is released, and thereafter, the other end of the coil spring 28 slides on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 27, so that the pull-out operation of the bellows type lid 5 is prevented. You can pull it out smoothly.

6 and 7 show a bathtub lid accommodating device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The bathtub lid accommodating device according to this embodiment is replaced with the motor 20 in the second embodiment. hand,
Other constitutions and operations are the same as those of the second embodiment except that the pulleys 7 and 8 are manually operated. Therefore, the same reference numerals as those in the second embodiment are attached to the drawings and detailed description thereof is given. The description is omitted here.

That is, in the lid storage device according to this embodiment, the pulley 7,
Gears 30 and 31 are fixed to shafts 12 and 13 which support 8 and a chain 32 is suspended on the fixed gears 30 and 31, and a pulley 7
By disposing a handle 33 at the end of the shaft 12 that supports the shaft, and by rotating the handle 33, the pulleys 7 and 8 can be rotated and the bellows type lid 5 can be wound into the lid storage case 3. It is configured to be able to.

[Effect of device]

As described above, the lid storage device for a bathtub according to the present invention stores the lid in the lid storage case when the lid is not used, and when the lid is used, the lid storage device is stored in the lid storage case. Since the lid is configured so that it can be used by pulling it out, it is safe without the risk of inadvertently hitting the body or the like, and the unused lid is not exposed in the bathroom, improving the appearance. Has a bellows lid,
Since it is configured to be wound by the pulleys arranged above and below in the lid storage case, the width (thickness) dimension of the lid storage case can be reduced (thinned).

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bathtub to which a lid accommodating device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is attached, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a connected state of a bellows-type lid and a wire in the lid accommodating device.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of the lid storage device, FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state of the lid storage device viewed from a side portion, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a clutch mechanism of the lid storage device. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the main part of a lid housing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a side view showing the lid housing device as viewed from the side. [Explanation of reference numerals] 2 ... bath body 3, 3 lid storage case 4 ... lid winding device, 5 ... bellows type lid 5a ... one end of bellows type lid

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A lid storage case arranged adjacent to a bath body, and a lid winding device arranged in the lid storage case. And a belt suspended on the pulley,
A means for rotating one of the pulleys, a wire connecting one end of the lid formed in a bellows shape, a gear fixed to the shaft of the pulley on the rotating means side, and a chain suspended on this gear. And a coil spring that connects the pinion gear and a drive shaft of the rotating means. The coil spring of the rotating means is rotated when rotated in the tightening direction. The drive shaft and the pinion gear are coupled and locked, and when the lid is pulled out, the drive shaft and the pinion gear are arranged so as to be rewound in a direction to release the locked state between the drive shaft and the pinion gear. A bathtub lid storage device.