JPH09140762A - Box type sauna bath - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a depthwise direction thin at the time of unuse. SOLUTION: A front box 3 to be freely extended/contracted is fitted on the front side of a rear box 3 constituting a front opened sauna bathroom. The front box 3 has a front panel 32 equipped with an entrance/exit door 31, and hinged type lift and right side panels 35. The front panel 32 is provided so as to be freely parallelly moved back and forth between the storage position to insert a ceiling panel and a floor panel, which are installed on the upside and downside of inner surface of this front panel, into the rear box 2 and the opening position to pull out the ceiling panel and floor panel forward from the rear box 2. The left and right side panels 34 are pivotally attached so as to be freely turned over the attitude to be closed at the center of left and right sides on the front side of front panel 32 at the rear storage position and the open attitude to close both the left and right sides between the front panel 32 at the front open position and the rear box 2 by opening one side so as to be positioned on the respective front extended lines of left and right side panels of the rear box 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a box type sauna bath which is used by being installed in a bathroom of a home or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a box-type sauna bath of this type, for example, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, there is one that can be reduced in size when not in use to reduce the installation space. In the box-type sauna bath, a front box 3 is attached to a front side of a rear box 2 which constitutes a front-opening sauna bath room so as to be expandable and contractable, and the front box 3 includes a front panel 32 having an entrance door 31. A ceiling panel 33 and a floor panel 34 projecting from above and below the inner surface of the front panel 32 toward the upper and lower parts of the rear box 2, the left and right ends of the front panel 32, and the rear box 2 are hinge members 36.
It is composed of left and right side panels 60 connected to each other.

Further, each of the left and right side panels 60 has two front and rear panels 60a and 60b which are foldably connected inwardly via a hinge member 36, so that the left and right side panels 60 can be inwardly contracted at the time of reduction. The front panel 32 can be arranged close to the front side of the rear box 2 by folding it in, and a flat folded state of the front box 3 can be obtained.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional box-type sauna bath in which a part of the left and right side panels 60 is folded inward, the left and right side panels 60 are double-folded so that the depth direction is reduced. There is a problem in that it is easily bulky because there is a limitation in shortening.

The seal member for preventing the heated air or steam in the sauna bath room from leaking out is formed by the joint between the front end of the side panel 60 and the left and right ends of the front panel 32, and the rear end of the side panel 60. It is necessary to apply not only to the joint portion between the rear box 2 and the rear box 2 but also to the folds of the side panel 60, and there is a waste of increasing the number of hinge members due to the increase in the joint portion. .

Further, when the auxiliary equipment is assembled inside the front panel 32, there is a disadvantage that the folding operation into the inside of the left and right side panels 60 and the auxiliary equipment are likely to interfere with each other. There is a demand for a convenient box-type sauna bath that can solve this problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a box-type sauna bath capable of reducing the number of seal members and the number of hinge members and the number of assembling steps for these. It is intended for.

Further, the present invention provides a box-type sauna bath which is capable of reducing the bulkiness in the reduced state (thinning in the depth direction), making it compact, and narrowing the installation space when not in use. That is also the purpose.

[0009]

A box-type sauna bath according to the present invention comprises a rear box that constitutes a front-opening sauna bath room, and a front box that is attached to the front side of the rear box and is expandable and contractible.

The front box has a front panel having an entrance door and left and right side panels of a double door type, and the front panel has a ceiling panel and a floor panel from above and below the inner surface of the front box. It is made to project toward the upper and lower parts.

The front panel has a rear storage position for closing the front opening of the rear box with the ceiling panel and the floor panel inserted in the rear box with respect to the rear box, and the ceiling panel and the floor panel. It is provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction in parallel with a front open position pulled out from the rear box to the front.

The left and right side panels are closed with respect to the rear box so as to be aligned with the front side of the front panel in the rear storage position at the left and right center, and on the front extension lines of the left and right side panels of the rear box. Is open to one side so as to be located at a front open position, and is pivotally rotatably openable and closable over an open posture that closes both left and right sides between the front panel and the rear box at the front open position.

In the box-type sauna bath, in order to automatically open the front panel, the opening biasing means for constantly moving and biasing the front panel toward the front open position and the front panel rearward. Preferably, a magnet latch device for holding the storage position is provided.

[0014]

When the box-type sauna bath of the present invention is used, the left and right side panels are opened to one side so as to be located on the front extension lines of the left and right side panels of the rear box.

Next, the front panel is moved to the front open position where the ceiling panel and the floor panel are pulled out from the inside of the rear box to the front.

As a result, the left and right side panels are in an open posture in which both the left and right sides between the front panel in the front open position and the rear box are closed, and the space of the sauna bath room in the rear box extends forward. It expands and becomes spacious and easy to use.

When the box-type sauna bath of the present invention is not used, the front panel can be moved to a rear storage position where the ceiling panel and the floor panel are inserted into the rear box and the front opening of the rear box is closed. At the same time, the left and right side panels are closed so as to match the front side of the front panel at the left and right center.

As a result, a thin compact state in the depth direction can be obtained by adding only the thickness of one side panel to the depth dimension of the rear box.

[0019]

1 to 3 are drawings showing an embodiment of a reduced state of the box-type sauna bath according to the present invention, and FIGS. 4 to 6 are expansion of the box-type sauna bath according to the present invention. It shows an example of a state.

4 to 6, this box-type sauna bath has a rear box 2 which is always constructed in a fixed state.
And a front box 3 that is assembled to the front side of the rear box 2 so as to be expandable and contractible. The rear box 2 includes a floor panel 21, a rear panel 22, and upper and lower ceiling panels 23.2.
4 and the left and right side panels 25, 25 constitute a sauna bath room 26 having an open front surface.

In addition, the sauna bath room 26 is provided with a slatted chair 27, a warm air generator 28, and the like.

The front box 3 has a front panel 32 provided with an entrance door 31 and left and right side panels 35, 35 which are of a double-door type, and the front panel 32 has a ceiling panel 33 and a ceiling panel 33 from the upper and lower inner surfaces thereof. Floor panels 34 project inwardly in parallel with each other.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the front panel 3
2 is a rear storage position where the ceiling panel 33 and the floor panel 34 are respectively housed on the lower surface side of the lower ceiling panel 24 and the upper surface side of the floor panel 21 of the rear box 2, and the ceiling panel 33.
The floor panel 34 and the floor panel 34 are removably assembled to the lower side of the ceiling panel 23 of the rear box 2 and the front open position protruding forward from the upper side of the floor panel 21.

The rear ends of the left and right side panels 35, 35 are joined to the front ends of the left and right side panels 24, 25 of the rear box 2 by hinge members 36 (see FIGS. 9 and 10). Due to this joining, the left and right side panels 35, 35 are closed to match the front side of the front panel 32 in the rear storage position at the center of the left and right (solid line state in FIGS. 2 and 3), and the left and right side panels. The open posture that opens to one side so as to be located on each front extension line of 25.25 and closes both left and right sides between the front panel 32 and the rear box 2 in the front open position (see FIG. 3).
The state of FIG. 4) is openable and closable.

Left and right side panels 3 of the front box 3
In order to prevent the heated air or steam in the sauna bath room 26 from leaking to the outside at the joints between the rear ends of 5.35 and the front ends of the left and right side panels 25, 25 of the rear box 2. A seal (not shown) is provided.

Further, the front box 3 has far-infrared ray generators 37 installed at the left and right corners on the inner surface side of the front panel 32, and on the floor panel 34, a saw floor plate 38.
2, the distribution boards 39 are installed on the ceiling panel 33, respectively, and when the front box 3 is stored, the far-infrared ray generating device 37 moves the chair 27 in the rear box 2 as shown in FIG.
The left and right sides of the sludge floor plate 38 are positioned below the chair 27, and the switchboard 39 is positioned within the space between the upper and lower ceiling panels 23 and 24, respectively.

Further, the front panel 3 of the front box 3
2 is provided with an opening urging means 40 which is always urged to move to the front opening position. The opening urging means 40 always urges the wire 41 in the winding direction as shown in FIG. 7, for example. A wire take-up reel 42 wound in a biased state is installed on the lower ceiling panel 24 of the rear box 2, and the tip of the wire 41 is guided by a guide 43 installed on the lower ceiling panel 24 to the front box 3. It is fixedly coupled to the rear end portion 33a of the ceiling panel 33.

Therefore, the front panel 32 of the front box 3 is always urged to move to the forward projecting position by the pulling force of the wire 41.

The front panel 32 of the front box 3 is
Magnet latch device 4 stopped and held in the rear storage position
6, the magnet latch device 46 uses the attraction force of the permanent magnets to restrain the front panel 32 in the rear storage state when storing it backward, and temporarily pushes the front panel 32 inward when opening the front. Therefore, the one that allows the user to freely move in the front open position direction by releasing the constraint is used.

FIGS. 9 and 10 are explanatory views showing an example of the magnet latch device 46, and FIGS.
[FIG. 3] is an explanatory view showing the bottom side thereof.

In both figures, the magnet latch device 46 is shown.
Is a screw 47 on the lower ceiling panel 24 of the rear box 2.
The magnet latch 49 is attached to the main body case 48 fixed by
Is built in so as to be movable back and forth between a front projecting position (FIG. 12) and a rear retracting position (FIG. 13), and a spring 50 that constantly biases the magnet latch 49 to move forward.

Further, the magnet latch 49 is slightly protruded from the front projecting position (FIG. 12) to the rear retracting position (FIG. 13) and further from the rear retracting position (FIG. 13) to the front of the main body case 48. (Fig. 11)
From 1) to the forward protruding position (Fig. 12),
A cam mechanism 5 that gives a one-way motion to the magnet latch 49.
The cam mechanism 51 is provided between the magnet plate 49 and the cam plate 54 that closes the bottom of the main body case 48 and has the substantially heart-shaped groove 52 and the rib 53. It is composed of a stopper member 55.

The stopper member 55 is provided with a projection 5 which is constantly pressed against the base end of the stopper member 55 at the end of the spring 50.
6 and a slider 5 which engages with the groove 52 of the cam plate 54 at the tip.
7 are provided.

Then, as the magnet latch 49 moves back and forth, the stopper member 55 swings left and right around the protrusion 56, and moves the slider 57 in one direction along the groove 52 and the rib 53 of the cam plate 54. To circulate,
On the other hand, on the inner surface of the front panel 32, an iron receiving seat 58 attracted by the magnet latch 49 is fixed.

In the normal state where the front panel 32 is stopped and held in the rear storage position, the magnet latch 49 slightly protrudes toward the front of the main body case 48 (see FIG. 1).
In 1), the seat 58 is in a state of being sucked, and at this time, FIG.
As described above, the slider 57 of the stopper member 55 engages with the position A of the groove 52.

Then, in this state, FIGS.
As described above, when the side panels 35 and 36 and the front panel 32 are lightly pressed to press the receiving seat 58 against the front end of the magnet latch 49, this pressing causes the magnet latch 49 to compress the spring 50 and retract into the body case 48 ( 9, the slider 57 is pushed out from the A position of the groove 52 to the B position.

At this time, when the pressing of the front panel 32 is released, the force of the spring 50 moves the magnet latch 49 forward to automatically open the front panel 32 (FIG. 10). It moves from the B position to the starting position C of the rib 53 (FIG. 12).

At this time, the front panel 32 is automatically pushed and opened further by the opening urging means 40 to the front opening position.

The front panel 32 in the front open position is pushed back against the opening urging means 40 to be retracted to receive the seat 58.
Is attracted to the magnet latch 49 at the front protruding position, and the front panel 32 is further pressed, the magnet latch 49 compresses the spring 50 and retracts into the main body case 48.

At this time, the slider 57 is at the starting position C of the rib 53.
Slides on the rib 53 and moves from this end to the position D of the groove 52 (FIG. 13).

Further, at this time, when the pressing of the front panel 32 is released, the magnet latch 49 is slightly advanced by the force of the spring 50, and the slider 57 returns from the D position of the groove 52 to the A position which is the starting point and engages. , The front panel 32 is stopped and held in the rear storage position.

A magnet latch device 46 for stopping and holding the front panel 32 of the front box 3 in the rear storage position.
In combination with or in place of the magnetic latch device 46, a side lock such as a padlock or a slide bolt for holding the left and right side panels 35, 35 in the closed posture in which the front side of the front panel 32 is centrally aligned in the left and right direction. 35.3
You may make it attach to the matching part of the left-right center of 5.

[0043]

According to the present invention, in use, the front panel is moved to the front open position, and the left and right side panels are placed on one side so as to be located on the front extension lines of the left and right side panels of the rear box. By opening it, the space inside the sauna bath room is extended and expanded forward, which is spacious and easy to use.When not in use, the front panel is moved to the rear storage position and the left and right side panels Has a closed posture in which it is aligned with the front side of the front panel at the center in the left and right, and there is an effect that a compact reduced state can be obtained in which there is no discomfort in furniture overall.

Further, in the present invention, since the left and right side panels are of a double-door type in which the left and right side panels are aligned at the center, one left and right side panel is sufficient. Therefore, according to the present invention, at least 2 Compared to the conventional folding side panel that required more than one sheet, the depth direction can be shortened further, and a thinner and compact reduced state can be obtained, and it is applied to the inner fold of part of the conventional side panel. The sealing member and the hinge member, which have been used, are unnecessary, which is advantageous because the number of members and the number of assembling steps can be reduced accordingly.

Further, the left and right side panels adopt a form in which they are closed so as to be aligned with the front side of the front panel at the left and right center, so that side equipment can be attached to the inside of the front panel even when ancillary equipment such as a far infrared ray generator is attached. The panel can be opened and closed without interfering with its ancillary equipment.

Further, the present invention has an advantage in use that the front panel and the side panel can be automatically opened by providing the opening biasing means of the front panel and the magnet latch device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a reduced state of a box-type sauna bath according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a reduced state of the box-type sauna bath of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a reduced state of the box-type sauna bath of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an expanded state of the box-type sauna bath of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an expanded state of the box-type sauna bath of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a transverse cross-sectional view showing an expanded state of the box-type sauna bath of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing opening biasing means of the box-type sauna bath of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a reduced state of the box-type sauna bath of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a magnet latch device for a box-type sauna bath according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a magnet latch device for a box-type sauna bath according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a magnet latch device for a box-type sauna bath according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing an example of a magnet latch device for a box-type sauna bath according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a magnet latch device for a box-type sauna bath according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a transverse sectional view of a conventional box-type sauna bath.

FIG. 15 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a conventional box-type sauna bath.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Rear Box 3 Front Box 31 Doorway Door 32 Front Panel 33 Ceiling Panel 34 Floor Panel 35 Side Panel 40 Opening Biasing Means 46 Magnet Latch Device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A front box comprising a rear box which constitutes a front open sauna bath room and a front box which is mounted on the front side of the rear box and which can be expanded and contracted, wherein the front box has a front panel having an entrance door. , The left and right side panels of the double door type, the front panel is provided with a ceiling panel and a floor panel projecting from the upper and lower sides of the inner surface thereof toward the upper and lower parts of the rear box, and with respect to the rear box. A rear storage position in which the front panel closes the front opening of the rear box with the ceiling panel and the floor panel inserted in the rear box, and a front open position in which the ceiling panel and the floor panel are pulled forward from the rear box. It is provided so that it can be moved in parallel in the front-rear direction across, and the side panels on the left and right with respect to the rear box,
A posture in which the front side of the front panel in the rear stowed position is closed so as to be aligned at the center in the left and right, and one side is opened so as to be located on each front extension line of the left and right side panels of the rear box, and the front is in the open position. A box-type sauna bath, which is pivotally attached so as to be openable and closable so as to open and close between the front panel and the rear box on both left and right sides. 2. The box-type sauna according to claim 1, further comprising opening biasing means for constantly biasing the front panel toward the front open position and a magnet latch device for holding the front panel in the rear storage position. bath.