JPH0898279A - Bathroom remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To surely perform ventilation and waterproof by providing a respiration hole communicating with the inside of a remote controller on a stay pipe mounting part fitted in a remote controller mounting hole and covering it with a film provided with permeability and waterproofing ability. CONSTITUTION: A remote controller main body is mounted on a bathroom wall face 51 via the remote controller mounting hole 52 piercing through a wall body 5, and the stay pipe 2 is screwed with the stay pipe mounting part 3 via a packing. The respiration hole 7 which communicats the inside of the remote controller main body with the outside is provided on the mounting part 3, and it is covered with the film 8 provided with both the permeability and waterproofing ability. In this way, the mounting part 3 and a boss 6 protruding over its back side can surely be brought into contact with the outside air via the mounting hole 52 even when a back side case 12 and the wall face 51 are sealed with a sealing material, and the waterproofing can surely be attained by the film 8 without disturbing a respiration function.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote controller in a bathroom.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG.
101 is attached to the bathroom inner wall surface 201 through the remote control mounting hole 202 that penetrates the wall body 200, and the remote control body 101
Connect the wire cord 110 extending from the
There is a remote control X in the bathroom that is connected to an external electric wire (not shown) through 2.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 120 denotes a stay pipe, which is inserted into the remote control mounting hole 202, and is packed in a pipe mounting portion 103 projecting from the back case 102 of the remote control body 101 (see FIG. (Not shown), and the fixing nut 301 on the back side wall surface 203 of the wall body 200.
It is fixed at.

302 is a fixed washer, 303 is a back cover, 304
Is a mounting plate for mounting the cover 303, 305 is a connector for connecting the remote control side cord 110a of the electric wire cord 110 and the wiring cord 110b in the back cover 303, and 306 is a sealing material.

[0005]

However, the above remote controller X in the bathroom still has the following problems.

That is, in the bathroom, the room temperature fluctuates significantly between when it is used (for example, when bathing or when hot water is poured in the bathtub) and when it is not used, and in a high humidity atmosphere. is there.

Therefore, the temperature inside the remote controller main body 101 also rises and falls, and the air inside the remote controller main body 101 repeatedly expands and contracts due to the difference in air temperature.

By repeating the expansion and contraction, the core wire in the electric wire cord 110 causes a breathing action, and moisture enters the remote control body 101 through the electric wire cord 110, causing a failure in the board in the remote control body 101. Sometimes caused.

Therefore, as a countermeasure against this, a method of filling the inside of the remote controller main body with resin to surely block the intrusion of water has been considered, but this is an expensive countermeasure and results in an increase in cost. It was

An object of the present invention is to provide a remote controller in the bathroom which can solve the above problems.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a remote controller main body is mounted on a wall surface in a bathroom through a remote controller mounting hole penetrating a wall body, and an electric wire cord extending from the remote controller main body is externally passed through the remote controller mounting hole. In the remote controller in the bathroom connected to the electric wire, a stay pipe mounting part to be fitted into the remote controller mounting hole is formed in the back case of the remote controller main body, and the stay pipe mounting part communicates the inside and outside of the remote controller main body with a breathing hole. The present invention relates to a remote controller in a bathroom, characterized in that the breathing hole is covered with a film body having both breathability and waterproofness.

The present invention is also characterized by the following configurations.

(A) A boss portion is formed on the back side surface of the stay pipe mounting portion, a breathing hole is provided so as to penetrate the boss portion, and the boss side opening of the breathing hole is covered with the film.

(B) A ventilation blocking portion is formed in a part of the wire cord to block ventilation between the inside of the remote controller main body and the outside through the inside of the wire cord.

(C) The ventilation blocking portion is located in the cord insertion hole provided in the boss portion.

(D) The ventilation blocking part is formed by cutting out only the covering cover of the wire cord to form the wire exposed part, and potting the wire exposed part.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a remote controller in the bathroom according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the same from a side view, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view including a fitting for the remote controller.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, an in-bathroom remote controller A according to the present invention comprises a front case 11 and a back case 12, which are combined together to form a remote controller body 1.
A substrate 14 is housed inside with a packing 13 interposed therebetween.

On the surface of the front case 11, an operation panel 16 having various operation switch groups 15 is attached.

Further, a stay pipe mounting portion 3 for mounting a stay pipe 2 which will be described later is formed in a tubular shape on the upper central portion of the back side case 12 and protrudes outward.

As shown in FIG. 3, the remote controller main body 1 having the above-described structure is mounted on the bathroom inner wall surface 51 through the remote controller mounting hole 52 penetrating the wall body 5, and as described in the prior art, The stay pipe 2 is inserted into the remote control mounting hole 52, and is screwed to the stay pipe mounting portion 3 via the packing 21 (see FIG. 4) to fix the fixing nut 22 (see FIG. 4) on the back side wall surface of the wall body 5. Fixed).

An electric wire cord 4 is extended from the substrate 14 so as to be connected to an external electric wire (not shown) which is connected to a main remote controller of a water heater or the like. The electric wire cord 4 is extended to the back side of the wall body 5 through the remote control mounting hole 52.

In FIG. 3, S is a sealing material for sealing between the back case 12 and the bathroom inner wall surface 51, and 23 in FIG.
Is a fixed washer for fixing the remote controller main body 1 on the back side of the wall 5, 24 is a back cover, 25 is a mounting plate for mounting the cover 24, and 41 is a connector provided at the other end of the electric wire cord 4.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a boss portion 6 is formed on the back side surface of the stay pipe mounting portion 3. That is, the boss portion 6 is provided so as to project toward the inside of the remote controller body 1.

With respect to the remote controller A in the bathroom having the above-mentioned structure, the gist of the present invention is that, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the breathing that connects the inside and outside of the remote controller main body 1 to the stay pipe mounting portion 3 described above. The hole 7 is provided, and the breathing hole 7 is covered with a film body 8 having both breathability and waterproofness.

That is, in the bathroom, the indoor temperature fluctuates greatly between use and non-use, and generally the atmosphere is of high humidity.

Therefore, the temperature inside the remote controller main body 1 also fluctuates up and down, and the air inside the remote controller main body 1 repeatedly expands and contracts due to the air temperature difference.

By repeating expansion and contraction, a breathing action is caused by the core wire in the electric wire cord 4, moisture enters the remote control body 1 through the electric wire cord 4, and the board 14 in the remote control body 1 fails. Sometimes caused.

However, when the respiratory action cannot be performed, the expansion and contraction of the air inside the remote controller main body 1 as described above causes the operation panel 16 attached to the surface of the front case 11 to communicate with the inside of the remote controller main body 1. And the operation panel 16 is peeled off, and moisture still enters.

As described above, the remote controller A in the bathroom is required to have both breathability and waterproofness at the same time.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, a breathing hole 7 is provided so as to penetrate the boss portion 6 so that the breathing action can be surely performed and the waterproofing can be surely performed. Opening
71 is covered with a film body 8 having both breathability and waterproofness.

That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the boss portion side opening 71 is provided so as to be located above the boss portion 6, and is located below the boss portion side opening 71. A step is provided on the side to provide an opening 72 on the pipe mounting side, and both openings
By communicating 71 and 72 inside the boss portion 6, the inside and outside of the remote controller main body 1 are communicated, and the boss portion side opening 71 is covered with the film body 8. The shape of the film body 8 is not limited to the shape shown in FIG.

With the above structure, as shown in FIG. 3, the sealing material S is provided between the back case 12 and the bathroom inner wall surface 51.
Even if sealed with, the stay pipe attachment part 3 and the attachment part 3
Since the boss portion 6 projecting on the back side of the remote controller will surely come into contact with the outside air through the remote controller mounting hole 52, it does not interfere with the breathing action in the remote controller main body 1 and is reliably waterproofed by the film body 8. be able to.

The film body 8 is made of a resinous porous film and has hundreds of millions of micropores per cm ² .
Such fine pores allow gas to pass therethrough and repel liquids having a large contact angle, so that they have both air permeability and waterproofness. A commercially available product can be used as the film body 8.

Further, since the breathing hole 7 is located on the upper side of the boss portion 6, and especially the boss portion side opening 71 is located so as to face the upper space in the remote controller, water temporarily enters the stay pipe 2. It is difficult for water to enter the breathing hole 7.

Moreover, as described above, since the step 71 is formed between the opening 71 on the boss portion side of the breathing hole 7 and the opening 72 on the pipe mounting portion side, the pipe mounting portion side opening 71 side is a normal step. There is no possibility that the film body 8 will be broken even if it is picked up with a stick or the like. Therefore, breathability and waterproofness can be reliably maintained.

The present invention is also characterized in that the ventilation block 9 is formed in a part of the wire cord 4 to block the ventilation between the inside of the remote controller main body 1 and the outside through the inside of the wire cord 4. is there.

Further, the ventilation blocking portion 9 is located in a cord insertion hole 61 provided so as to penetrate the boss portion 6. Further, the ventilation blocking portion 9 is as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7. Then, only the covering cover 42 of the electric wire cord 4 is partially cut off to form the electric wire exposed portion 40, and the electric wire exposed portion 40 is potted. 43 is a core wire, which is a single wire in this embodiment.

That is, the cord insertion hole 61 is provided below the above-mentioned breathing hole 7, and the electric wire cord 4 extending from the inside of the remote controller main body 1 is inserted from the lower end surface of the boss portion 6 into the cord insertion hole 61. Then, it is bent at a substantially right angle in the insertion hole 61 and extends to the outside through the stay pipe mounting portion 3.

Then, in the cord insertion hole 61, only the covering cover 42 of the electric wire cord 4 is partially cut off to form the electric wire exposed portion 40, and the cord insertion hole 61 is filled with resin and potted. ing.

Therefore, the ventilation cord 9 completely shuts off the ventilation between the inside and outside of the remote control body 1 through the inside of the wiring cord 4 and the breathing action inside the remote control body 1 is as described above. It will be performed only in the hole 7.

Further, since the volume of the cord insertion hole 61 is small, the amount of the resin to be filled is small, which is economical and can suppress the cost increase. Moreover, the wall on the boss portion 6 side becomes the resin wall. Potting is easy and workability is improved.

[0043]

According to the present invention, the remote controller main body is mounted on the wall surface in the bathroom through the remote controller mounting hole penetrating the wall body, and the electric wire cord extending from the remote controller main body is connected to the external electric wire through the remote controller mounting hole. In the remote controller in the bathroom, a stay pipe mounting portion to be fitted into the remote controller mounting hole is formed in the back case of the remote controller main body, and a breathing hole for communicating the inside and the outside of the remote controller main body is formed in the stay pipe mounting portion. By covering the breathing hole with a film that has both breathability and waterproofness, the remote control main body can communicate with the outside air to absorb the expansion and expansion of the air inside the remote control main body, and it can surely be waterproof. The failure of can be prevented.

Further, a boss portion is formed on the back side surface of the stay pipe mounting portion, and a breathing hole is provided so as to penetrate the boss portion,
By covering the opening on the boss side of the breathing hole with the above film body, the inside of the remote control body and the outside air do not communicate with each other regardless of the mounting state of the remote control body, and breathing is not obstructed. Is possible. .

Further, a ventilation blocking portion is formed in a part of the electric wire cord to block ventilation between the inside of the remote controller main body and the outside through the inside of the electric cord, and the ventilation blocking portion is provided in the boss portion. It is located inside the cord insertion hole, and the ventilation blocking part is formed by cutting out only the covering cover of the wire cord to form the wire exposed part and potting the wire exposed part. It is possible to prevent water from entering due to the breathing action of the remote control body via the.

Since the amount of potting into the ventilation block is small, it is economical and the increase in cost can be suppressed.

Since the wall on the boss side is a resin wall, potting is easy and workability is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a remote controller in a bathroom according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the same mounting state.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged rear view of a stay pipe attachment portion.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I of FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a main part.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a mounting state of a conventional remote controller in a bathroom.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A In-bathroom remote control 1 Remote control body 2 Stay pipe 3 Stay pipe mounting part 4 Electric wire cord 5 Wall body 6 Boss part 7 Breathing hole 8 Membrane body 9 Ventilation blocking part 11 Front case 12 Back side case 40 Wire exposed part 42 Cover cover 52 Remote control Mounting hole 61 Cord insertion hole 71 Boss side opening

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An electric wire cord extending from the remote control body (1) while mounting the remote control body (1) on the wall surface (51) in the bathroom through the remote control mounting hole (52) penetrating the wall body (5).
In the remote controller in the bathroom in which (4) is connected to the external electric wire through the remote control mounting hole (52), a stay pipe that is fitted to the remote control mounting hole (52) in the back case (12) of the remote control body (1). The mounting part (3) is formed, and the stay pipe mounting part (3) is provided with a breathing hole (7) for communicating the inside and outside of the remote control body (1).
A remote controller in the bathroom, which is covered with a film body (8) that is both breathable and waterproof. 2. A boss portion (6) is formed on a back side surface of the stay pipe attachment portion (3), and a breathing hole (7) is provided so as to penetrate the boss portion (6). 2. The remote controller in the bathroom according to claim 1, wherein the opening (71) on the boss side of (1) is covered with the film body (8). 3. A ventilation blocking part in a part of the electric wire cord (4).
The remote controller in the bathroom according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the remote controller main body (1) is formed by forming (9), and ventilation between the inside and the outside of the remote controller main body (1) is cut off through the inside of the electric wire cord (4). 4. The remote controller in the bathroom according to claim 3, wherein the ventilation blocking part (9) is located in a cord insertion hole (61) provided in the boss part (6). 5. The electric wire cord (4) is provided for the ventilation blocker (9).
Partly cut off only the covering cover (42) of the wire to expose the wire (40)
The remote controller in the bathroom according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the exposed portion (40) of the electric wire is formed by potting.