JPH0813658A - Wall material for bathroom or the like and connection method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a wall material which can be rapidly and accurately assembled, by providing a structure in which at least one of ribs is not connected to the inside face of a reinforcing flange constituting the external periphery of a plastic wall material. CONSTITUTION:A wall material 10 is provided with external horizontal flanges 11 and external vertical flanges 12 and further horizontal ribs 11A and vertical ribs 12A to increase the strength of the whole wall body, which are mutually crossed and connected lattice-form reinforcing ribs. The horizontal ribs 11A are not connected to the inside face of the flange 12. The wall material is formed as a unit structure. A corner post 14 as a connection member is erected at the wall face body of a bathroom corner and one side of the flange 12 of the wall material 10 is fitted to the post 14. The flange 12 of another wall material 10 is fitted to the post 14 so as to arrange the wall material 10 at nearly right angles against other wall material 10. And a corner packing 15 is buried in the joint between two wall materials 10 to connect these two wall materials together. In this way, the wall materials are connected from the inside of a bathroom and hence, the wall can be rapidly and accurately constructed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wall material such as a bathroom or a sanitary unit in which members are assembled into a unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a wall member 20 used in a bathroom unit of a condominium, a business hotel, etc. has a rear side, as shown in FIG.
From the inner surface of the outer peripheral vertical flange 22 toward the inner surface of the opposing outer peripheral flange, the horizontal ribs 21A and the vertical ribs 22A for increasing the strength of the wall material are continuous with each other at a substantially right angle so as to form a lattice shape. , Molded integrally with a resin material.

When assembling such a conventional wall material on site, in a place where the wall body structure of the building is a flat portion, the outer peripheral surfaces of the outer peripheral vertical flanges 22 of the wall material are aligned as shown in FIG. A plurality of wall materials are connected by fixing with screws 23. Further, in a place where the wall body of the building is a corner portion, as shown in FIG. 9, the wall material is connected by fixing it with a screw 23 or the like via a corner angle 24 as a connecting member.

A conventional wall material has a lateral rib 21 on the outer peripheral flange.
Since a number of A and the like are formed, when performing the screw fixing work, the screw fixing position is determined by visually selecting so that the screw fixing position comes to a place avoiding the rib portion.

In addition to the method of connecting the wall members on the flat surface with screws, an intermediate post which is a connecting member for sandwiching and holding the vertical flanges 22 of two adjacent wall members is used. Are connected (not shown), but in order to avoid the lateral ribs 21A and the like, a notch is formed in the intermediate post according to the position of the lateral ribs 21A and the like. .

[0006]

As described above, when assembling and constructing a wall material such as a bathroom or a sanitary unit in which members are assembled into a unit, the conventional wall material has a reinforcing rib extending up to the outer peripheral flange on the back side thereof. Since the ribs are connected to each other, it is necessary to avoid the ribs connected to the flange and fix them by screwing or notching the connecting member. Therefore, the work of connecting the wall materials must be done from the back side of the wall material, that is, from the outside of the bathroom or the like, and the workability is significantly impaired.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a wall material that can be assembled quickly and accurately by connecting the wall material from the inside of a bathroom or the like, and a method for connecting the wall material.

[0008]

The invention according to claim 1 of the present application relates to a wall material for a bathroom or the like. In a wall material in which a rib is integrally formed on the back surface of a resin wall material, at least one of the ribs is provided. It is characterized in that it is not connected to the inner surface of the reinforcing flange constituting the outer peripheral portion of the wall material.

The invention according to claim 2 of the present application relates to a method for connecting wall materials such as a bathroom, which is the method for connecting wall materials such as bathroom according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing flange portion of the wall material is It is characterized in that the wall member is connected by connecting with a connecting member, and the joint material is embedded in the connecting surface.

[0010]

[Function] Since the ribs are not connected to the inner surface of the reinforcing flange on the outer periphery of the wall material, it is necessary to attach screws or connect members while avoiding the rib portion when connecting the wall materials. Moreover, the wall material can be easily connected from the inside of the bathroom or the like.

[0011]

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

FIG. 1 shows a wall material according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a wall material 10 is a wall material used for a bathroom unit. The wall material 10 has an outer peripheral horizontal flange 11 and an outer peripheral vertical flange 1 on the back side to obtain a joint strength when connecting the wall materials to each other, a wall material main body, and a connecting strength when connected.
2 has a grid-like reinforcing rib in which lateral ribs 11A and vertical ribs 12A are alternately cross-connected to supplement the strength of the entire wall material. The lateral ribs 11A are the inner surface of the outer peripheral vertical flange 12. It is integrally molded as a structure not connected to. In this case, the vertical rib 12A may be integrally formed as a structure not connected to the inner surface of the outer peripheral lateral flange 11.

Next, a method of connecting the wall materials of the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is an example in which a wall material according to the first embodiment is connected to a corner portion of a bathroom or the like. A corner post 14 as a connecting member is erected on a wall body of a bathroom corner (not shown), and one side of the vertical flange 12 of the wall member 10 is fitted into the corner post 14. Next, another wall material 10 is prepared, and the wall material 10 is fitted into the corner post 14 first.
The vertical flange 12 of another wall member 10 is fitted to the corner post 14 so that the vertical flange 12 is at a right angle. Next, the corner packings 15 as joint materials are embedded one by one in the joints of the two wall materials 10 fitted to the corner posts 14, and the connection between the two wall materials 10 is completed. As described above, according to this assembly work, all the connecting work can be performed from the inside of the bathroom, so that the work can be performed quickly and accurately. Although this embodiment relates to a method for connecting a corner portion of a bathroom, even when two wall members 10 are connected to each other on a flat wall body of a bathroom (not shown), an intermediate portion is used instead of a corner post. Just by raising the post, the two wall members 10 can be connected to each other just as in this embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a wall material according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the wall member 10 has a vertical rib 12B inside the vertical flange 12 that is not connected to the horizontal rib 11A.
Are formed integrally with each other by adjoining each other. Although one vertical rib 12B is provided in FIG. 3, a plurality of vertical ribs 12B may be provided. As a function of the second embodiment of the present invention, not only the wall material 10 of this embodiment can be applied to the first embodiment as it is, but also the vertical ribs 12 are provided.
If the wall material 10 is cut out along the surface of the vertical flange 12 side of B, the flange portion is formed by the vertical rib 12B, and the vertical rib 12B substantially becomes the vertical flange 12, and the cutout dimension It is possible to provide a structure equivalent to that of the wall material 10 of the first embodiment, which is narrower by that amount.

FIG. 4 shows a wall material according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the wall material 10 is integrally formed with the structure in which the vertical rib 12A is not connected to the inner surface of the lateral flange 11. As an operation of the third embodiment of the present invention, although not shown, even in the case of connecting a ceiling wall material and a side wall material for a ceiling of a bathroom or the like, as in the second embodiment, the corner posts 14 and By using the corner packing 15, the wall material at the ceiling corner can be easily connected from the inside of the bathroom or the like. Also, when connecting a floor member such as a bathtub or a waterproof pan to the wall material 10 in a bathroom or the like, the lower lateral flange 11 and the bathtub are connected to each other by using a retaining pin set in advance on the flange of the bathtub or the waterproof pan. It is possible to connect it with the flange of a waterproof pan from the inside of the bathroom.

FIG. 5 shows a wall material according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the wall member 10 is integrally formed with a structure in which the horizontal rib 11A is not connected to the inner surface of the vertical flange 12. The operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the horizontal rib 11A intersects with the vertical rib 12A, and its end stops in a state of being cut out before the inner surface of the vertical flange. Since the terminal ribs 13 having the ribs are formed, the rib reinforcing effect can be obtained.

FIG. 6 shows a wall material according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the wall member 10 is integrally formed with a structure in which the horizontal rib 11A is not connected to the inner surface of the vertical flange 12. The operation of the fifth embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the horizontal rib 11A intersects with the vertical rib 12A, and the end rib is inclined from the intersection toward the lower end of the inner surface of the vertical flange 12. Since 13 is formed, a rib reinforcing effect can be obtained.

[0018]

According to the wall material for a bathroom or the like and the method for connecting the same according to the present invention, the wall material can be connected at the construction site quickly and accurately from the inside of the bathroom or the like, so that the wall material can be easily assembled. Improve to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a wall material showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view in which two wall materials according to the first embodiment of the present invention are connected at a corner portion of a bathroom.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a wall material showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of a wall material showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a wall material showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a wall material showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing an example of a conventional wall material.

FIG. 8 is an external perspective view in which two conventional wall materials are connected by a flat wall surface portion of a bathroom.

FIG. 9 is an external perspective view in which two conventional wall materials are connected at a corner of a bathroom.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 20 Wall material 11, 21 Outer peripheral horizontal flange 11A, 21A Horizontal rib 12, 22 Outer peripheral vertical flange 12A, 12B, 22A Vertical rib 13 Terminal rib 14 Corner post 15 Corner packing 23 Screw 24 Corner angle

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wall material in which a rib is integrally formed on the back surface of a resin wall material, wherein at least one location of the rib is not connected to an inner surface of a reinforcing flange forming an outer peripheral portion of the wall material. Wall materials for bathrooms, etc. characterized by doing so. 2. The method for connecting a wall material for a bathroom or the like according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing flange portion of the wall material is connected by a connecting member, and a joint material is embedded in the connecting surface to form the wall. A method for connecting wall materials such as bathrooms, which is characterized by connecting the materials.