JPH0810094Y2 - Bathroom wall panel joiner - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a wall panel joiner for a bathroom of an industrial production house, for example.

<Prior Art> As shown in FIG. 5, when arranging a wall panel 32 for makeup on the wall surface 31 of a bathroom structure, the side edges 33 of each wall panel 32 may be joined by a wall panel joiner 34. Often done. The wall panel joiner 34 is a pair of an insertion member 36 having a convex insertion locking portion 35 and a receiving member 38 having a concave receiving locking portion 37. The insertion member 36 has sleeve portions 39 projecting from the left and right sides thereof, and further has a seal lip 40 at the tip of the sleeve portion 39, and the seal lip 40 is in contact with the wall panel surface 41 to maintain watertightness.

The receiving member 38 has a sleeve portion 42 on one side of its back surface,
This sleeve portion 42 is sandwiched between the body wall surface 31 and the wall panel 32,
Performs a liner action on the wall panel 32. Providing the sleeve portion 42 on only one side is as shown in FIG.
This is because the wall panel joiner 34 is also used for the wall panel 32 of the entry corner 43. That is, the entering corner portion 43 of FIG.
For the panel panel 32 along the vertical direction on the right side of the figure, if there is a sleeve part with the same width as the sleeve part 42 on the left side of the figure on the right side, bend it at a right angle along the entering corner 43. I have to. However, since this bending is not possible, one sleeve is removed beforehand.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> The conventional bathroom wall joiner 34 has a drawback that it requires troublesome preparation work before use. That is, since the receiving member 38 is provided with the sleeve portion 42 on only one side, the connection between the wall panels 32 at the flat surface portion shown in FIG. 5 and the connection at the entry corner portion shown in FIG. 6 are different. The liner 44 has to be prepared and intervened. Moreover, the sealing function of the seal lip 40 of the insertion member 36 is insufficient, and the wall panel 32
Sometimes there is water on the back side of the.

The present invention can be used in both flat parts and corners,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a bathroom wall panel joiner that does not require a separate liner and has an improved sealing function.

<Means for Solving the Problem> A bathroom wall panel joiner according to the present invention is a convex wall panel that joins side edges of wall panels by contacting both sides of a decorative wall panel disposed on a wall surface of a bathroom structure. A bathroom wall panel joiner comprising a pair of an insertion member having a concave insertion locking portion and a receiving member having a concave receiving locking portion, the insertion member including a bendable sleeve portion projecting on both left and right sides. , A seal lip disposed at the tip of these sleeve portions and in contact with the wall panel surface, the receiving member is provided with protruding sleeve portions on both left and right sides, and the receiving members of the sleeve portions are inserted into the wall surface of the bathroom structure. When used in a corner, it is provided with a bendable thin-walled portion arranged at a portion along the entry corner, and seal lips arranged on both left and right sides of the concave receiving and engaging portion and in contact with the wall panel surface. Configured.

<Operation> When this bathroom wall panel joiner is used for connecting the wall panels of the flat surface to each other, there are sleeve portions on the left and right sides of the receiving member, and these sleeve portions are interposed between each wall panel and the wall surface of the bathroom structure. By doing so, the mounting heights of the wall panels on both sides match. When it is used for connecting the wall panels of the entry corners to each other, the bendable thin wall portion provided on the sleeve portion of the receiving member is bent at a right angle along the entry corners. Further, the sleeve portion existing at the tip of the thin portion is interposed between the side edge portion of the wall panel intersecting at a right angle and the wall surface of the bathroom structure to perform a liner function.

Also, the seal lips disposed on both the left and right sides of the concave receiving and locking portion of the receiving member contact the end faces of the wall panels to perform a sealing action when the flat panel is joined to the wall panels. At the time of connecting the wall panels at the corners, the end face of one wall panel and the front face of the other wall panel are in contact with each other to perform a sealing action. Therefore, in each case, the double sealing action is performed by including the seal lip on the insertion member side.

<Example> An example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bathroom wall panel joiner 1 according to the present embodiment has the wall panel 3 for makeup disposed on the flat surface of the wall surface 2 of the bathroom structure. Used to combine 4a and 4b. This bathroom wall panel Joiner 1
The insertion member 6 having the convex insertion locking portion 5 and the receiving member 8 having the concave receiving locking portion 7 form a pair, and are made of plastic and have a length along the side edge 4 of the wall panel 3. It is a member.

The convex insertion locking portion 5 is formed by inserting a slit 9 into a slender plate-shaped member along the lengthwise direction so as to divide the thickness into two portions so that the thickness direction is easily bent. Article 10
Is provided. The corresponding concave receiving locking portion 7 is a groove-shaped member having a width and a depth that are substantially equal to the thickness and width of the plate-shaped member of the insertion locking portion 5, and the protrusions having a saw-tooth cross section are formed on both inner side surfaces of the groove. Article 11 is provided. The ridges 10 and 11 are both a combination of a vertical surface and a sloped surface with respect to the vertical direction in FIG. 1, and when the insertion member 6 is inserted into the receiving member 8, the sloped surfaces are in contact with each other. The slit 9 shrinks. Now the slopes can slide in and be inserted. When the insertion is finished, the vertical planes come into contact with each other, and they cannot be pulled out. That is, the insertion member 6 is locked to the receiving member 8.

The insertion member 6 has plate-shaped sleeve portions 12a, 12b projecting on both left and right sides to some extent, and a tip of the sleeve portions 12a, 12b is in contact with the surfaces 13a, 13b near the side edges 4a, 4b of the wall panels 3a, 3b. 14
b is provided. The receiving member 8 is also provided with plate-shaped sleeve portions 15a and 15b on both right and left sides, and one of the sleeve portions 15b is provided with a bendable thin portion 16. As shown in FIG. 2, the location of the thin portion 16 is a portion along the entry corner portion 17 when the receiving member 8 is used as the entry corner portion 17 of the bathroom structure wall surface 2. The end faces 18a, 18 of the side edges 4a, 4b of the left and right wall panels 3a, 3b are provided on both the left and right sides of the opening of the concave receiving locking portion 7 of the receiving member 8.
Seal lips 19a and 19b that contact b are provided.

In this embodiment, both the insert member 6 and the receiving member 8 are integrally formed on the seal lips 14a, 14b, 19a, 19b with a soft plastic having an appropriate hardness.

In the bathroom wall panel joiner 1 configured as described above, the sleeve portions 19a and 19b of the receiving member 8 are placed on the bathroom structure wall surface 2,
The side edges 4a, 4b of the wall panels 3a, 3b are placed on it. With this, the concave receiving locking portion 7 is seen between the side edges 4a and 4b, and the convex insertion locking portion 5 of the insertion member 6 is inserted therein and press-locked to connect the side edges 4a and 4b. It The bathroom wall panel joiner 1 is in contact with both sides of the wall panels 3a and 3b, and the sleeve portions 15a and 15b of the receiving member 8 are provided.
Acts as a liner, and the surfaces of the wall panels 3a and 3b are arranged at the same height from the wall surface 2 of the bathroom structure. The seal lips 19a and 19b of the receiving member 8 act as primary seals, and the seal lips 14a and 14b of the insertion member 6 act as secondary seals.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the case where this bathroom wall panel joiner 1 is used for the entry corner portion 17 of the bathroom structure wall surface 2 will be described. The side wall 4a of the wall surface 3a of the bathroom structure along the left and right directions in FIG.
Sandwich one of the sleeve parts 15a. The other of the sleeve portions 15b of the receiving member 8 is bent 90 ° at the thin corner portion 16 at the entry corner portion 17, and the sleeve portion 15c on the tip side thereof extends in the vertical direction in FIG. In other words, it acts as a liner by being sandwiched between the wall panels 3b arranged on the bathroom structure wall surface 2b orthogonal to the left-right direction. The receiving locking portion 7 of the receiving member 8 is the side edge 4a of the wall panel 3a.
Then, except between the side edges 4b of the orthogonal wall panels 3b, the insertion member 6 is inserted therein and pressed and locked in the same manner as in the case of FIG.

At this time, the root portion of the sleeve member 12b of the insertion member 6 is 9
It bends at 0 ° and the seal lip 14b contacts the surface of the wall panel 3b. One of the seal lips 19b of the receiving member 8 is also the wall panel 3b.
Touches the surface 13b near the side edge of. Incidentally, the seal lips 14a, 19b on the left side of the insertion member 6 and the receiving member 8 in FIG. 2 are the surfaces 13a near the side edges of the wall panel 3a as in the case of FIG.
And the end face 18a. Therefore, as in the case of FIG. 1, the seal lips 19a, 19b of the receiving member 8 act as a primary seal, and the seal lips 14a, 14b of the insertion member 6 act as a secondary seal.

Thus, in the bathroom wall panel joiner 1 of this embodiment, the connection between the side edges 4a, 4b of the wall panels 3a, 3b can be made common to each other regardless of the flat portion or the corner portion. Moreover, both side wall panels
It has a liner effect on 3a and 3b, and it is not necessary to prepare another liner. Further, the sealing action can be doubled on both the flat surface portion and the corner portion so that water does not enter the back surface of the wall panel.

Next, another embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described. In this case, a dedicated insert member 6 is prepared and used depending on whether the wall panels 3a and 3b are arranged in a flat portion or in a corner portion. Then, the seal lips 14a, 14 of the insertion member 6
b, the seal lips 19a and 19b of the receiving member 8 and the thin portion 16 are made of soft plastic, and the other portions are made of hard plastic, and the two are joined. Therefore, except for the seal lip and thin portion, the surface hardness is high, it is glossy, and it is hard to be scratched and the appearance is not spoiled. Also, although each sleeve part is slightly bent, it has high rigidity and it is easy to apply an appropriate pressing force to the seal lip.

The configuration, operation, etc. of the other parts are the same as those of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The bathroom wall panel joiner of the present invention can be modified in addition to the above embodiments. For example, bendable thin-walled portions provided on the sleeve portion of the receiving member may be arranged at the left and right sleeve portions at different positions so that even when the thickness of the wall panel is changed, it can be immediately dealt with.

<Effect of the Invention> According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a bathroom wall panel joiner that does not require complicated preparation and disposition of another liner and that has improved water tightness.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view when the bathroom wall panel joiner according to one embodiment is used for a wall panel of a flat portion, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view when it is also used for a wall panel of an entering corner, FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view when the bathroom wall panel joiner according to another embodiment is used for the wall panel of the flat portion, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view when the same is used for the wall panel of the corner portion. FIG. 5 is a horizontal cross-sectional view when the conventional bathroom wall panel joiner is used for the wall panel of the flat portion, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view when the same is used for the wall panel of the corner portion. 1 …… Bathroom wall panel joiner, 2 …… Bathroom structure wall, 3a,
3b …… Wall panel, 4a, 4b …… Side edge, 5 …… Insertion locking part, 6 ……
Insertion member, 7 ... Receiving locking part, 8 ... Receiving member, 12a, 12b ......
Sleeve part, 14a, 14b …… Seal lip, 15a, 15b …… Sleeve part, 1
6 …… Thin part, 17 …… Inner corner, 19a, 19b …… Seal lip.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A side wall edge of the wall panel is connected to both sides of a wall panel for makeup arranged on the wall surface of the bathroom structure.
A bathroom wall panel joiner comprising a pair of an insertion member having a convex insertion locking portion and a receiving member having a concave receiving locking portion, wherein the insertion member is provided with a bendable sleeve portion projecting on both left and right sides. And a seal lip arranged at the tip of these sleeve portions and in contact with the wall panel surface, wherein the receiving member has sleeve portions protruding on both left and right sides, and the receiving members of the sleeve portions are provided on the wall surface of the bathroom structure. When used for a corner portion, it includes a bendable thin portion arranged at a portion along the corner portion, and seal lips arranged on both left and right sides of the concave receiving and locking portion and in contact with the wall panel surface. A bathroom wall panel joiner characterized by that.