JPH08228950A - Apron fitting strcture for bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To stably fit an apron by fitting a fitting part at the upper edge of the apron so as to push it onto the fitting recessed part of a flange. CONSTITUTION: A recessed fitting part 4 having a lower part opened downward is provided on the lower face side of a flange 3 protruded on the washing space side of a bathtub 1, and a fitting part 6 at the upper edge of an apron 5 is fitted to the recessed fitting part 4. An almost horizontal fitting piece 8a is provided at an apron fitting tool 8 mounted between the bathtub installing part of a water-proof floor pan and a washing space, and a plane 9 to be fitted provided almost horizontally at the lower part of the apron 5 is arranged under the fitting piece 8a. A male screw tool 10 such as a bolt is inserted to the plane 9 to be fitted in the vertical direction from the lower part of the plane 9 to be fitted and the male screw tool 10 is screwed into a female screw part 11 at the fitting piece 8a of the apron fitting tool 8. By screwing the male screw tool 10, the fitting part 6 is pressed onto the recessed fitting part 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure used for attaching an apron to a surface of a bathtub on the side of a washing place.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when attaching an apron to the washing side of a bathtub, the upper end of the apron is locked to the flange lower surface side,
The lower part of the apron is attached to the apron attachment installed between the bathtub installation part of the waterproof floor pan and the washroom. Also, when attaching the lower part of the apron to the apron attachment, the screw tool was horizontally screwed in from the washroom.

[0003]

When the apron is attached as in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the upper end of the apron is locked only on the lower surface side of the flange, this locking portion is caused by variations in dimensions or the like. There is a problem that rattling may occur and the apron cannot be attached stably.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to mount the apron so that the fitting portion at the upper end of the apron is pressed against the fitting concave portion of the flange so as to stabilize the apron. To provide a bathtub apron mounting structure that can be mounted.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the apron mounting structure of the bathtub according to the present invention is provided with a fitting recess 4 which opens downward on the lower surface side of the flange 3 projecting toward the washing area 2 side of the bathtub 1. The fitting portion 6 at the upper end of the apron 5 is fitted into the fitting recessed portion 4, and a substantially horizontal mounting piece 8a is provided on the apron mounting tool 8 mounted between the bathtub installation portion 7 of the waterproof floor pan A and the washing area 2. At the same time, the attached surface 9 provided substantially horizontally at the lower part of the apron 5 is arranged below the attaching piece 8a, and a male screw tool 10 such as a bolt is vertically inserted from below the attached surface 9 into the attached surface 9. In addition, the male screw tool 10 is screwed into the female screw portion 11 of the mounting piece 8a of the apron mounting tool 8, and the fitting portion 6 is pressed against the fitting recess 4 by tightening the male screw tool 10.

A recess 12 having an upper surface to be mounted 9 is provided in the lower portion of the apron 5, and the male screw tool 1 is provided in the recess 12.
It is also preferable to store 0. Further, a weir 13 protruding upward is provided between the bathtub installation portion 7 of the waterproof floor pan A and the washing area 2, and an apron attachment 8 is fixed to the weir 13 side of the bathtub installation portion 7 with a fastener 14. Is also preferable.

[0007]

According to the above construction, the apron 5 is attached so that the apron 5 is pushed up by tightening the male screw tool 10, and the fitting portion 6 at the upper end of the apron 5 is pressed against the fitting concave portion 4 of the flange 3. And the apron 5 is attached in a stable manner without rattling.

Further, a recess 12 having an upper surface as a mounting surface 9 is provided in a lower portion of the apron 5, and the male screw tool 1 is provided in the recess 12.
When 0 is stored, the male screw tool 10 can be mounted with good appearance so that it cannot be seen, and the male screw tool 10 screwed in the vertical direction can also be easily operated and mounted in the recess 12. Further, a weir 13 protruding upward is provided between the bathtub installation portion 7 of the waterproof floor pan A and the washing area 2,
Attach the apron attachment 8 to the bathtub installation part 7 side of the fixture 14
If it is fixed at the weir 13, it is possible to prevent the water on the washroom 2 side from going to the bathtub installation portion 7 side at the weir 13, and the apron attachment 8 is fixed to the bathtub installation portion 7 side of the weir 13. By fixing with, it is possible to prevent water from leaking from the portion where the fixing tool 14 is inserted.

[0009]

EXAMPLE In the case of the present embodiment, the waterproof floor pan A is formed by separately forming the bathtub side floor pan A ₁ as shown in FIG. 4 and the washroom side floor pan A ₂ as shown in FIG. It is assembled together. The bath-side floor pan A ₁ is provided with a bath-tub installation section 7, and the wash-room-side floor pan A ₂ is provided with a wash-room 2. The washing place 2 has a water gradient whose height gradually decreases toward the bathtub installation portion 7 side. A rising edge 16 is provided on the outer circumference of the waterproof floor pan A so as to extend over the entire circumference, and a wall panel mounting portion 1 that is horizontal over the entire circumference is provided above the rising edge 16.
7 is provided, and the outer peripheral edge 18 is raised from the outer periphery of the rising edge 16 upward. A weir 13 is provided between the bathtub installation portion 7 of the waterproof floor pan A and the washing area 2,
In the case of the present embodiment, it is formed by providing a convexly curved portion 19 which is convexly curved upward along one side of the wash floor floor pan A ₂ .

A notch 20 is provided in the center of one side of the floor pan A ₂ of the washing room side where the convex curve portion 19 is provided, and a center of one side of the floor pan A ₁ of the bathtub side floor A _{1 on} the washing room 2 side is provided. The protruding portion 21 is provided so that the protruding portion 21 fits in the cutout 20 when the washing floor floor pan A ₂ and the bathtub floor floor A ₁ are connected. 1 on the side of the convex bend 19 of the floor pan A ₂ on the side of the washroom
A connecting piece 22 is hung over the entire length, and a connecting recess 23 is provided over the entire length on one side of the washing floor 2 side of the bath floor A ₁ for the bath pan. When A ₁ and the wash floor floor pan A ₂ are connected, the connection recess 22 is connected to the connection piece 22.
Is inserted and the connection is made in a waterproof manner by the silicon sealing 24 loaded in the connection recess 23. A drainage port 25 is bored in the protruding portion 21 of the bath-side floor pan A ₁ , and a drainage trap 26 communicating with the drainage port 25 is attached below the drainage port 25. Further, the drainage introducing pipe 27 is introduced from the drainage port 25 to the drainage trap 26, and the drainage introducing pipe 27 is connected to the drainage trap 2.
6 is installed, and after the bathtub 1 is installed in the bathtub installation part 7, the drainage port of the bathtub 1 and the drainage introduction pipe 27 are connected by a pipe so that the drainage of the bathtub 1 can be directly drained to the drainage trap 26. ing. Further, overflow water from the bathtub 1 is drained from the drain port 25 to the drain trap 26. The drainage from the washing place 2 is also drained from the drainage port 25 to the drainage trap 26, and the hair catcher 28 and the eye plate 29 are attached to the route drained from the washing place 2 to the drainage port 25. That is, the hair catcher 28 and the eye plate 2 are placed at the positions corresponding to the cutouts 20 in the floor pan A _{2 on} the side of the washroom.
9 are provided.

Installation legs 30 are attached to the lower surface side of the waterproof floor pan A, and the waterproof floor pan A is installed by grounding the lower ends of the installation legs 30 to the body floor 31 of the bathroom. The installation leg 30 has an adjuster function of vertically adjusting the height by a screw mechanism, and the waterproof floor pan A can be installed horizontally by adjusting the height. In the floor pan A ₁ on the bathtub side of the waterproof floor pan A, the installation leg 30 is attached via the mount 32. In the state where the waterproof floor pan A is installed in the bathroom, the lower end of the wall panel 33 is placed on the wall panel placing portion 17 so that the wall panel 33 is erected around the periphery. The metal fittings 35 are attached to the lower frame 34 of the wall panel 33.
The lower end of the wall panel 33 is fixed by hooking on the outer peripheral edge 18. With the waterproof floor pan A installed, the bathtub 1 is installed in the bathtub installation section 7 of the floor pan A ₁ on the bathtub side.
An apron 5 is attached to the surface of the washing place 2 side.

The apron 5 is formed in a rectangular shape as shown in FIG. 2, and a backing material 37 is laminated and reinforced on the back surface if necessary. The upper end of the apron 5 has a fitting portion 6 protruding upward, and the lower portion of the apron 5 has an inclined surface portion 36. A flexible tape material 38 is attached to an appropriate position of the fitting portion 6 at the upper end of the apron 5. As the flexible tape material 38, for example, a soft tape manufactured by Nitto Denko is used. A recess 12 is provided in an appropriate position on the lower sloped surface portion 36 of the apron 5, and the upper surface of the recess 12 is a substantially horizontal mounted surface 9, and an insertion hole 39 is formed in the mounted surface 9. There is. A fitting recess 4 that opens downward is provided on the lower surface of the flange 3 on the side of the washing area 2 of the bathtub 1. The fitting recess 4 is formed between the hanging edge 3 a on the outer periphery of the flange 3 and the pad 40 provided on the lower surface of the flange 3 at the corner of the bath 1. In the case of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the apron attachment 8 is formed in a substantially Z-shaped cross section by an upper horizontal attachment piece 8a, a lower horizontal fixing piece 8b and a vertical vertical piece 8c. . The fixing piece 8b of the apron attachment 8 is placed on the upper surface of the weir 13, and the fixing piece 8b such as a tapping screw is attached to the fixing piece 1b.
The apron attachment 8 is attached by driving 4 into the weir 13. Attachment piece 8a of apron attachment 8
An internal thread portion 11 is provided by attaching an internal thread cylinder to the. When attaching the apron 5, as shown in FIG. 1, the fitting portion 6 at the upper end of the apron 5 is fitted into the fitting recess 4 on the lower surface side of the flange 3, and the apron is placed below the attachment piece 8 a of the apron attachment 8. Position the mounting surface 9 of 5,
The shaft portion 10a of the male screw tool 10, such as a bolt, is inserted into the insertion hole 39 of the mounted surface 9 so that the shaft portion 10a of the male screw tool 10 is inserted.
Is screwed into the female screw portion 11 and the male screw tool 10 is tightened.
By tightening the male screw tool 10, the head 10 of the male screw tool 10 is tightened.
The apron 5 is pushed up at b, the fitting portion 6 is pressed against the fitting concave portion 4, and the apron 5 is attached so as not to rattle. At this time, if the flexible tape material 38 is attached to the upper end of the fitting portion 6, the fitting portion 6 is fitted into the fitting concave portion 4 without further rattling. Further, the fitting portion 6 at the upper end of the apron 5 is fitted into the fitting concave portion 4 of the flange 3, and the mounted surface 9 is positioned below the mounting piece 8a of the apron mounting tool 8, and Mounting piece 8a
The dimensions of each part are set so that a predetermined gap S is formed between the apron 5 and the apron 5 by pushing up the apron 5 so that the gap S becomes smaller by tightening the male screw tool 10 so that the apron 5 does not rattle. It is attached.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 will be described. This embodiment is also basically the same as the above embodiment, but the structure of the apron attachment 8 is different. Apron attachment 8
Is a horizontal mounting piece 8a, a vertical piece 8c, and a vertical piece 8
It is composed of a vertical fixed piece 8b at the lower part of c and a mounting piece 8d that extends horizontally from the vertical piece 8c. Then, the placing piece 8d of the apron attachment 8 is placed on the upper surface of the weir 13, the fixing piece 8b is brought into contact with the side surface of the weir 13 on the bathtub installation portion 7 side, and the fixing piece 8b is attached to the weir 13 by the fixing tool 14. It is fixed.

FIG. 7 shows another example in which the fitting recess 4 is provided on the lower surface side of the flange 3 of the bathtub 1. In the above embodiment, the patch 40 is provided on the flange 3 at the corner of the bathtub 1, but in the case of this example, the patch 40 such as synthetic wood is attached at a position other than the corner of the bath 1. is there. And patch 4
0 and a caulking material 41 such as putty is loaded between the outer surface of the upper end of the bathtub 1. Further, a flexible tape material 38 is attached to the pad material 40.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, a fitting recess for opening downward is provided on the lower surface side of the flange protruding toward the washing area of the bathtub, and the fitting portion at the upper end of the apron is fitted in the fitting recess. Provide a substantially horizontal attachment piece on the apron attachment that is installed between the bathtub installation part of the waterproof floor pan and the washroom, and place the attachment surface that is provided substantially horizontally at the bottom of the apron below the attachment piece. Insert a male screw tool such as a bolt into the mounting surface vertically from below the mounting surface, screw the male screw tool into the female thread part of the mounting piece of the apron mounting tool, and tighten the male screw tool to fit the fitting part. The apron is attached so that the apron can be pushed up by tightening the male screw tool, and the fitting part at the top of the apron is pushed into the fitting recess of the flange. Be those fitted to kicking as one in which can be attached and stably apron so apron does not rattle.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the lower part of the apron is provided with a recess whose upper surface is the mounting surface, and the male screw tool is housed in this recess, the male screw tool is It is possible to mount it with a good appearance so that it cannot be seen, and it is also possible to easily mount it by operating the male screw tool screwed in the vertical direction in the recess. Further, in the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention, since a weir protruding upward is provided between the bathtub installation portion of the waterproof floor pan and the washing area, the weir is installed from the washing area side to the bathtub installation side. It is possible to prevent water from flowing, and since the apron fitting is fixed to the weir's bathtub installation side with a fixing tool, water may leak from the part where the apron mounting tool is fixed by inserting the fixing tool. It is possible to prevent it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows the apron of the above, (a) a partially cutaway front view, (b) a partial plan view, (c) a partial bottom view,
(D) is a partially cutaway side view.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing the whole of the above.

FIG. 4 is a view showing the floor pan on the bathtub side, in which (a) is a plan view;
(B) is a side view and (c) is a sectional view taken along line XX of (a).

5A and 5B show the above-mentioned floor pan on the washroom side, wherein FIG. 5A is a plan view, FIG. 5B is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 5A, and FIG.
It is a ZZ line sectional view of.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a main part of another embodiment of the above.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a main part of another embodiment of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Waterproof floor pan 1 Bathtub 2 Washing place 3 Flange 4 Fitting recess 5 Apron 6 Fitting part 7 Bathtub installation part 8 Apron mounting tool 8a Mounting piece 9 Attached surface 10 Male screw tool 11 Female screw part 12 Recess 13 Weir 14 Fixing tool

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bathtub installation portion for a waterproof floor pan, wherein a fitting recess for opening downward is provided on the lower surface side of a flange protruding toward the washing area of the bathtub, and the fitting portion at the upper end of the apron is fitted in the fitting recess. The apron fitting installed between the washing room and the washing room is provided with a substantially horizontal attachment piece, and the attachment surface, which is provided substantially horizontally at the bottom of the apron, is arranged below the attachment piece. Insert a male screw tool such as a bolt into the mounting surface and screw the male screw tool to the female screw part of the mounting piece of the apron mounting tool.
A bathtub apron mounting structure, characterized in that the fitting portion is pressed against the fitting recess by tightening the male screw tool. 2. The apron mounting structure for a bathtub according to claim 1, wherein a recess having an upper surface to be mounted is provided in a lower portion of the apron, and the male screw tool is housed in the recess. 3. A waterproofing floor pan is provided with a weir projecting upward between the bath installation portion and the washing room, and an apron attachment is fixed to the weir's bath installation portion side by a fixing tool. The apron mounting structure for a bathtub according to claim 1 or 2.