JPH0882104A - Mounting structure of front plate in piping unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To minimize a required number of components and enhance mounting workability prior to mounting a front plate to a piping case in a piping unit for a system toilet. CONSTITUTION: An L-shaped support fitment 42 having a fixing piece 44 and a horizontal support piece 46 is mounted to the front of a piping case 12. On one hand, a rocking fitment 52 designed to rock a front plate 22 with the piping case 12 is constituted as a member which is separated and isolated from a reinforcing frame 38 of the front plate 22. a non-removable piece 54 in the locking fitment 52 is inserted into an insertion clearance 50 while the reinforcing frame 38 is loaded on a loading piece 56. An adjustable bolt 62 is inserted downward into a bolt insertion hole 40 of the reinforcing frame 38 and then threaded with a nut 60 fixed with the loading piece 56 so that the lower end may come in contact with the support piece 46 on the support fitment 42.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a front plate mounting structure in a piping unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wide variety of system toilets have been constructed in which toilet components such as wall panels, piping units, and booths have been produced in advance in a factory, and these have been brought into the field and assembled to construct a desired toilet space. It is used.

Here, the piping unit is composed of a piping case, drainage pipes, water supply pipes and the like housed therein, and decks and front plates as decorative plates arranged on the upper surface and the front surface of the piping case. A sanitary ware such as a toilet bowl can be attached to the front plate on the front side.

As a mounting structure of the front plate on the front surface of the piping case in this piping unit, a structure as shown in FIG. 6 is conventionally known. In the figure, 100 is a piping case and 10
Reference numerals 2 and 104 denote a deck and a front plate arranged on the upper surface and the front surface of the piping case 100. At the upper end of the front plate 104, a reinforcing frame 106 made of a metal square pipe is provided so as to project to the back surface side.

A support metal fitting 108 is attached to the front surface of the upper portion of the piping case 100. The support metal fitting 108 is substantially L
A fixed piece portion 110, which is a character-shaped member and extends vertically along the front surface of the piping case 100, and a fixed piece portion 11
Support piece 11 extending horizontally forward from the upper end of 0
2 is provided, and is fixed to the front surface of the piping case 100 by welding or the like at the fixing piece portion 110.

The upper portion of the fixed piece 110 and the piping case 1
00, the insertion gap 114 having a predetermined depth and an open upper end is formed. On the other hand, the front plate 104
Locking metal fittings 116 are attached to the reinforcing frame 106 in FIG. The locking metal member 116 has an L-shape, and the lower portion of the plate-shaped retaining piece 118 extending vertically along the front surface of the piping case 100 has the insertion gap 1 described above.
It is inserted in 14 and is prevented from coming off.

A horizontal fixing piece 120 is fixed to the upper surface of the reinforcing frame 106 with a pair of bolts 122. These bolts 122 are screwed into a nut 124 welded inside the reinforcing frame 106 to fix the fixing piece 120 to the upper surface of the reinforcing frame 106 in a pressed state.

The bolt 1 is attached to the reinforcing frame 106.
A through hole is formed vertically between the holes 22 and 122, and a height adjusting bolt 126 is inserted downward. The adjusting bolt 126 is screwed into a nut 128 that is welded separately from the nut 124 inside the reinforcing frame 106, and the lower end of the adjusting bolt 126 is in contact with the supporting piece portion 112 of the supporting metal fitting 108.

[0009]

However, in the case of this mounting structure, two bolts 122 and two corresponding nuts 124 are required to fix the locking metal member 116 to the reinforcing frame 106 of the front plate 104, and the required number of parts is required. In addition to these, a nut 128 for screwing the adjustment bolt 126 must be fixed by welding inside the reinforcing frame 106.
There is a problem that a lot of man-hours are required for assembling to the No. 06 and when the front plate 104 is attached to the piping case 100, the locking metal fitting 116 has to be attached to the front plate 104 in advance.

[0010]

The front plate mounting structure of the present invention has been devised in order to solve such problems. Thus, the mounting structure of the invention of the present application is configured such that drain pipes, water supply pipes, and other pipes are housed inside the pipe case, and a front plate as a decorative plate is attached to the front face of the pipe case, and the toilet bowl is mounted on the front face of the front plate. A mounting structure of the front plate in a piping unit to which sanitary equipment is mounted, comprising: (a) a fixing piece portion that extends vertically along the front surface of the piping case, and a support that extends forward at the upper end portion of the fixing piece portion. And a support part fixed to the front surface of the piping case with the upper end forming an insertion gap having a predetermined depth and having an open shape between the fixing piece part and the front surface of the piping case. Material and (b)
A bolt insertion hole formed in a state of vertically penetrating a reinforcing frame provided in a protruding shape on the upper back surface of the front plate,
(C) A plate-shaped retaining piece that extends along the front surface of the piping case and has its lower end side inserted downward into the insertion gap,
In a state in which the retaining piece is inserted into the insertion gap, it extends forward from the upper end of the retaining piece at a position above the supporting piece, and the lower surface of the reinforcing frame is placed on and supported by the upper surface. An engaging member which is provided as an independent body separated from the reinforcing frame, in which the mounting piece portion is provided with upper and lower female threaded holes for penetrating the mounting piece portion; It is characterized in that it includes an adjusting bolt for height adjustment that is inserted into the hole downwardly, is screwed into the female screw hole portion, and makes the lower end abut on the supporting piece portion (claim 1). .

According to another invention of the present application, in the mounting structure according to claim 1, the female screw hole portion of the mounting piece portion in the locking member is constituted by a nut fixed to a lower surface side of the mounting piece portion. (Claim 2).

According to still another invention of the present application, in the mounting structure according to claim 1, the female screw hole portion of the mounting piece portion of the locking member is internally threaded to the inner surfaces of the upper and lower through holes provided in the mounting piece portion. Is formed (claim 3).

[0013]

According to the present invention, the mounting piece portion of the locking member, which is formed separately and independently from the supporting member and the reinforcing frame of the front plate, is located on the lower surface of the reinforcing frame. Insert the adjustment bolt downward into the bolt insertion hole of the reinforcing frame, and screw it into the upper and lower female threaded holes on the mounting piece.In that state, place the lower end of the adjustment bolt in the front of the piping case. When the front plate is brought into contact with the supporting piece of the supporting member fixed to, the front plate is in a state of being supported by the supporting member.

When the adjusting bolt is brought into contact with the support piece of the support member, the retaining piece of the locking member is inserted into the insertion gap of a predetermined depth formed between the support member and the front surface of the piping case. The front plate is locked to the support member via the locking member. Further, by rotating the adjusting bolt in this state, the height of the front plate can be adjusted.

According to the present invention, the locking member is provided separately from the reinforcing frame of the front plate. According to the present invention, the locking member needs to be fixed to the reinforcing frame of the front plate with bolts. Therefore, unlike the conventional mounting structure, the bolt 122 and the nut 124 (see FIG. 6), which are required for mounting the locking member to the reinforcing frame, are unnecessary, and therefore the number of required parts can be reduced. At the same time, the number of steps for assembling the locking member to the reinforcing frame can be omitted.

Therefore, when the front plate is attached to the piping case, it is not necessary to previously attach the locking member to the reinforcing frame of the front plate.

The female screw hole portion of the mounting piece portion of the locking member can be constituted by a nut fixed to the lower surface thereof (claim 2). By doing so, the length of the female screw hole portion in the axial direction can be increased, and therefore, an advantage that the supporting force when the adjusting bolt is screwed can be increased can be obtained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a female screw is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the through hole of the mounting piece portion of the locking member to form the female screw hole portion. Can be omitted and the number of required parts can be further reduced.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 4, 10 is a piping unit in the system toilet, and this piping unit 10 includes a piping case 12, a drainage pipe 14, a water supply pipe 16 and other pipes 18 housed therein, a piping case 12 upper surface and a front surface. The deck 20 and the front plate 22 as a decorative plate arranged in the above are unitized, and are installed on the floor surface 26 in contact with the wall surface 24.

A toilet 28 as a sanitary device is attached to the front surface of the piping unit 10, specifically to the front surface of the front plate 22.

Here, the piping case 12 has rectangular frame-shaped reinforcing frames 32 arranged at predetermined intervals on angle-shaped horizontal frame members 30 at the front upper end, front lower end, rear upper end, and rear lower end.
Is a fixed form, and has a rectangular box shape as a whole.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front plate 22 has a form in which a decorative material 36 such as a tile is attached to the surface of a base board 34, and a reinforcing frame 38 made of a metal square pipe is provided on the back surface at the back surface. It is attached in a state of protruding. The reinforcing frame 38 is formed with a bolt insertion hole 40 that vertically penetrates the reinforcing frame 38.

On the other hand, on the front surface of the upper portion of the piping case 12, specifically, on the front surface of the angle-shaped horizontal frame member 30 at the upper end of the front surface of the piping case 12, a support metal fitting (support member) 42 is provided.
Has been fixed. The support fitting 42 has an L shape, and has a plate-shaped fixed piece portion 44 extending vertically and a fixed piece portion 44.
Has a support piece portion 46 that is bent at a right angle from the upper end of the, i.e., extends forward in the horizontal direction.

Thus, the lower portion of the fixing piece portion 44 is fixed to the front surface of the piping case 12 through the plate-shaped spacer member 48, so that the upper end is provided between the upper portion of the fixing piece portion 44 and the front surface of the piping case 12. Is an open gap and has a predetermined depth
(See FIG. 2) are formed.

Reference numeral 52 designates an L-shaped engaging member (engaging member) which is formed as a member separate and independent from the supporting member 42 and the reinforcing frame 38 of the front plate 22, and is L-shaped. A retaining piece 54 extending vertically along
And a placing piece portion 56 that extends horizontally forward from the upper end of the retaining piece portion 54 at a predetermined distance above the supporting piece portion 46 of the support fitting 42.

The engaging metal fitting 52 is inserted into the above-mentioned insertion gap 50 formed between the support metal fitting 42 and the front surface of the piping case 12 at the lower portion of the retaining piece portion 54 so as to be prevented from being detached, and the placing piece portion. On the upper surface of 56, the lower surface of the reinforcing frame 38 of the front plate 22 is placed.

A through hole 58 is formed in the mounting piece portion 56 of the locking fitting 52 so as to pass through the mounting piece portion 56 in the vertical direction, and a nut is formed below the through hole 58 on the lower surface of the mounting piece portion 56. 60 is fixedly installed. The nut 60 is provided such that its axis matches the through hole 58.
That is, in this example, the nut 60 constitutes the female screw hole portion in the mounting piece portion 56 of the locking fitting 52.

A bolt insertion hole 40 of the reinforcing frame 38.
An adjusting bolt 62 for height adjustment is inserted through the. The adjusting bolt 62 is screwed into the nut 60, and the lower end of the adjusting bolt 62 is in contact with the support piece portion 46 of the support fitting 42.

FIG. 2 shows a procedure for attaching the front plate 22 to the front surface of the piping case 12 in this example. As shown in the figure, with the mounting piece portion 56 of the locking metal fitting 52 positioned on the lower surface of the reinforcing frame 38, the adjusting bolt 62 is inserted into the bolt insertion hole 40 of the reinforcing frame 38, and the locking metal fitting is also inserted. The nut 60 of the mounting piece portion 56 at 52 is screwed so as to project downward from the nut 60 at the lower end, and the lower end of the adjusting bolt 62 is supported by the supporting piece portion 46 of the support fitting 42.
The front plate 22 is supported by the supporting member 42, that is, the piping case 12 by being brought into contact with the upper side.

At the same time, the retaining piece portion 54 of the locking fitting 52 is inserted into the insertion gap 50 between the support fitting 42 and the front surface of the piping case 12, whereby the front plate 22 is locked to the piping case 12. In this state, rotate the adjusting bolt 62,
Thus, the height of the front plate 22 is adjusted.

As described above, in this embodiment, the locking metal fitting 52 is formed as a member which is separated from and independent of the reinforcing frame 38 of the front plate 22, and the adjustment bolts 62 are screwed together to fasten them in a close contact state. Therefore, it is not necessary to fix the locking metal fittings 52 to the reinforcing frame 38 with bolts prior to mounting the front plate 22, so that the process for assembling can be omitted and the number of required parts is small. can do.

Further, in the present embodiment, the adjusting bolt 62 is screwed to the nut 60 fixed to the lower surface of the mounting piece portion 56 of the locking fitting 52, so that the screwing length can be made long. Therefore, the front plate 22 can be firmly supported.

As a means for attaching the front plate 22 to the piping case 12, as shown in FIG.
A plate-like hanging metal fitting 130 is attached to the front part of the upper surface of the above, and an adjusting bolt 136 with a large-diameter head 134 is inserted downward into the left and right long holes 132 of the hanging metal fitting 130, and the adjusting bolt It is also possible to attach the front plate 22 by screwing the male screw shaft portion of 136 to the nut 138 fixed to the reinforcing frame 38.

In this mounting means, the front plate 22 is in a state of being suspended by the suspending metal fittings 130 via the adjusting bolt 136, and the height of the front plate 22 is adjusted by rotating the adjusting bolt 136. It can be carried out.

However, in the case of this mounting means, the front plate 2
The front plate 22 must be supported when the adjusting bolt 136 is screwed onto the nut 138 of the second reinforcing frame 38, which causes a problem of poor workability.

However, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front plate 22 can be mounted on the piping case 12 with the adjusting bolt 62 already mounted on the front plate 22, so that the mounting work can be performed easily. You can

FIG. 3 shows a locking metal fitting in another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the locking metal fitting 64 penetrates the mounting piece portion 56 vertically. Hole 6
6 is formed, and a female screw is formed on the inner surface of the through hole 66, so that the female screw hole portion of the mounting piece portion 56 is formed.

In this example, the adjusting bolt 62 can be screwed without using the nut 60, and the number of required parts can be further reduced.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the fixing gap 44 of the support fitting 42 is fixed to the front surface of the piping case 12 via the spacer member 48 to form the insertion gap 50. However, like the support fitting 108 shown in FIG. It is also possible to form the insertion gap 50 by fixing a bent-shaped support fitting to the front surface of the piping case 12, and the present invention can be configured in a form in which various modifications are made without departing from the gist of the invention. Is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part of a mounting structure for a front plate that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a mounting structure for a front plate in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view and a cross-sectional view of a locking fitting according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing an example of a piping unit to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a mounting means as a comparative example for explaining the advantages of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional mounting structure for a front plate in a piping unit.

[Explanation of Codes] 10 Piping Unit 12 Piping Case 22 Front Plate 38 Reinforcement Frame 40 Bolt Insertion Hole 42 Support Metal Fitting (Supporting Member) 44 Fixing Piece 46 Supporting Piece 50 Inserting Gap 52, 64 Locking Metal Fitting (Locking Member) 54 retaining piece 56 mounting piece 60 nut 62 adjusting bolt 66 through hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A drainage pipe, a water supply pipe, and other pipes are housed inside the pipe case, and a front plate as a decorative plate is attached to the front face of the pipe case, and sanitary ware such as a toilet bowl is attached to the front face of the front plate. A mounting structure of the front plate in a piping unit, comprising: (a) a fixing piece portion that extends vertically along the front surface of the piping case, and a supporting piece portion that extends forward at an upper end portion of the fixing piece portion, A support member having the fixed piece portion fixed to the front surface of the piping case with the upper end forming an insertion gap having a predetermined depth and having an open shape between the fixed piece portion and the front surface of the piping case; A bolt insertion hole formed in a state of vertically penetrating a reinforcing frame provided on the back surface of the upper end of the plate and (c) extending along the front surface of the piping case, and the lower end side is inserted downward into the insertion gap. A plate-shaped retaining piece
In a state in which the retaining piece is inserted into the insertion gap, it extends forward from the upper end of the retaining piece at a position above the supporting piece, and the lower surface of the reinforcing frame is placed on and supported by the upper surface. A retaining member which is provided as an independent body separated from the reinforcing frame, and which has an internal threaded hole portion for up and down, and which is provided with a mounting piece portion; and (d) the bolt insertion hole. Of the front plate in the piping unit, which includes a height adjusting bolt that is inserted downwardly into the female screw hole portion and is screwed into the female screw hole portion so that the lower end abuts on the supporting piece portion. Mounting structure. 2. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the female screw hole portion of the mounting piece portion of the locking member is constituted by a nut fixed to a lower surface side of the mounting piece portion. Front plate mounting structure for the characteristic piping unit. 3. The mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the female screw hole portion of the placing piece portion of the locking member is formed with an internal screw on the inner surface of the upper and lower through holes provided in the placing piece portion. A mounting structure for a front plate in a piping unit, which is characterized in that it is configured.