JPH09195422A - Connecting construction of wall panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To connect together a pair of wall panels, arranging them so as to be positioned in the same plane, even if there is no space upward and on the back. SOLUTION: Respective wall panels 10 are respectively provided with hollow vertical frame materials 11a, and three insertion opening parts 14 are spacedly provided at proper intervals in the vertical direction on the outside face of the each vertical frame material 11a. The main body parts of joint pieces 20 are positioned passing through the respective insertion opening parts 14 in one vertical frame material 11a, and the respective joint parts are projected from the vertical frame material 11a. The other wall panel 10 is slid, and when the respective joint parts are positioned in the vertical frame material 11a, passing through the insertion opening parts 14, the respective joint pieces 20 are pushed down, and the connecting parts of the respective joint pieces 20 are forcedly engaged with the engaging part 14b of the respective insertion opening parts 14 opposite to each other.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wall panel connection structure capable of very easily connecting a pair of wall panels in a state of being arranged in the same plane.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a prefabricated house, a bathroom,
Toilets and the like are unitized, and wall panels can be assembled in each unit with bathroom units and the like installed in a house. For this reason, there is almost no space around the space where the unit is installed, and it is desirable that the wall panel can be assembled in the space inside the unit.

Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-114712 discloses a structure in which a pair of wall panels having a frame member having a U-shaped cross section are connected by three H-shaped joint pieces.

[0004]

In the connection structure disclosed in this publication, in order to insert the H-shaped joint piece into the frame, the space for inserting the joint piece into the frame above each wall panel. However, there is a problem that wall panels cannot be connected to each other in a small unit.

The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to provide a connection structure capable of reliably connecting a pair of wall panels inside a unit.

[0006]

A wall panel connection structure of the present invention is a connection structure for connecting a pair of wall panels having a vertical frame member having a hollow inside in a state of being arranged in the same plane. The plurality of insertion openings provided at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction on the respective facing surfaces of the vertical frame members facing each other and the insertion openings in one wall panel. Is located inside the vertical frame member, and is positioned inside the vertical frame member through the insertion opening of the other wall panel via the connecting part whose width dimension is smaller than this main body part. And a joint piece provided with a joint part, wherein the connecting portion of the joint piece is forcibly fitted to the lower portion of the insertion opening from the widthwise dimension of the connecting portion. Also has a fitting part with a slightly smaller opening width. In each of the vertical frame members facing each other, the joint portion of the joint piece in which the main body portion and the joint portion are respectively positioned is forcibly fitted into the fitting portion of the insertion opening in each vertical frame member. It is characterized by being combined.

[0007]

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

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of an embodiment of a wall panel connection structure of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof. In the wall panel connection structure of the present invention, the pair of wall panels 10 forming the bathroom are connected by the three joint pieces 20.

Each wall panel 10 has a frame 11 formed in a rectangular frame shape by a pair of vertical frame members 11a made of iron and a pair of horizontal frame members 11b made of iron and having a hollow cross section. doing. The horizontal frame members 11b are arranged between the vertical frame members 11a arranged vertically. A face member 12 is attached to the frame 11 so as to cover the internal space surrounded by the frame 11.
A gypsum board 13 (see FIG. 2) arranged in the frame 11 is attached to the back surface of the face material 12. The wall panel 10 has, for example, a length of 1820 mm in the vertical direction and a length of 900 mm in the horizontal direction (width direction).
The vertical frame member 11a and the horizontal frame member 11b of the frame 11 have an outer size of 19 mm, and the face material 12 has a thickness of 5 mm.
Therefore, the thickness of the wall panel 10 is 24 mm.

On the respective outer side surfaces of the vertical frame members 11a of the frame 11, insertion openings 14 into which the joint pieces 20 are inserted are provided at the upper portion, the central portion and the lower portion, respectively. FIG. 3 is a front view of the insertion opening 14 provided in the wall panel 10. Each of the insertion openings 14 has the same shape and size, and has a rectangular insertion portion 14a extending in the vertical direction and a fitting portion 14b extending upward and downward from the insertion portion 14a. ing. Each fitting portion 14b is the insertion portion 1
It is arranged coaxially with 4a and has an opening width smaller than that of the insertion portion 14a.

The insertion portion 14a of the insertion opening 14 has a vertical length of 30 mm and an opening width of 16.6 mm, and each fitting portion 14b has a vertical length of 15 m.
m, and the opening width is 10 mm.

Each joint piece 20 inserted into the insertion opening 14 has a similar shape and size. FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of each joint piece 20, FIG.
5A is a front view of the joint piece 20, FIG.
5B is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 5C is a bottom view thereof.

Each joint piece 20 has a main body portion 21 inserted into an insertion opening 14 of one wall panel 10 of a pair of wall panels 10 to be connected, and an insertion opening 14 of the other wall panel 10. It has a joint part 22 inserted therein and a connecting part 23 connecting the main body part 21 and the joint part 22.

The body portion 21 of each joint piece 20 is
It has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with its upper surface and lower surface horizontal, and its cross section is a square shape with a length of 16 mm, and its vertical length is 25 mm. A joint portion 22 is provided via a connecting portion 23 on one vertical surface extending along the vertical direction of the main body portion 21.

The upper surfaces of the connecting portion 23 and the joint portion 22 are horizontal at the same level as the upper surface of the main body portion 21. The connecting portion 23 is smaller than the widthwise dimension of the main body portion 21 and is 10 mm. The lower end of the connecting portion 23 is located 5 mm above the lower surface of the main body portion 21. Connecting part 2
A press-fitting portion 23a protruding outward by a thickness of 0.3 mm is provided at the lower end of each side surface of 3 over a length of 2 mm in the vertical direction.

The joint portion 22 provided continuously to the connecting portion 23 has a widthwise dimension in a portion close to the connecting portion 23 which is larger than the widthwise dimension of the connecting portion 23. Each side of the connecting portion 23
Of each side is projected to the side. The portion of the joint portion 22 close to the connecting portion 23 has a constant widthwise dimension except for the lower portion, but the portion on the tip end side of that portion except the lower portion tapers away from the connecting portion 23. It is in the shape of. The side surfaces 22f of the portion of the joint portion 22 adjacent to the connecting portion 23 are vertical except for the lower portion.

The tip surface of the joint portion 22 is a vertical surface 22a except for the lower portion, and the widthwise dimension thereof is 5 mm.
It has become. Further, each side surface 22b continuous with the vertical surface 22a at the tip side portion of the joint portion 22 is also vertical except for the lower part.

A vertical surface 22a on the tip side of the joint portion 22
On the lower side, an inclined surface 22c is formed which inclines toward the connecting portion 23 side toward the lower side, and a horizontal lower surface 22d is continuously provided on the inclined surface 22c. This lower surface 22
d is each side surface 22b continuous with the vertical surface 22a on the tip side.
In addition, while being in a continuous state via the respective inclined surfaces 22e, each side surface 22f in the portion close to the connecting portion 23 is also continuous via the respective inclined surfaces 22g.

The three joint pieces 20 having such a structure are connected to the vertical frame member 11a of one wall panel 10 to be connected.
It is designed to be attached to each. The main body 21 of each joint piece 20 passes through the insertion portion 14a of each insertion opening 14 and is positioned inside the vertical frame member 11a. The widthwise dimension of the main body 21 in each joint piece 20 is 16 mm, and the widthwise dimension 1 of the insertion portion 14a is 1.
It is smaller than 6.6 mm, and the body portion 21 of each joint piece 20 can easily pass through the insertion portion 14a. And each connecting part 23 of each joint piece 20
Are positioned in the insertion portions 14a of the insertion openings 14, respectively, and the joint portions 22 project from the vertical frame member 11a of the wall panel 10.

In this case, the dimension between the surfaces of the pair of pressure contact portions 23a provided on the lower portion of each side surface of the joint portion 23 of each joint piece 20 (widthwise dimension of the joint portion 23) is
10.6 mm and the fitting portion 14 in the insertion opening 14
Since the widthwise dimension of b is smaller than 10.0 mm, each pressure contact portion 23a is placed above the facing side edge portion of the fitting portion 14b.

In this state, each joint piece 2
The other wall panel 10 to be connected is arranged such that the other wall panel 10 to be connected is located in the same plane with respect to the wall panel 10 on which 0 is mounted, and the insertion openings 14 of the other wall panel 10 are inserted.
Are opposed to the joint pieces 20, respectively. Then, the wall panel 10 on which the joint piece 20 is not mounted is slid so as to approach the wall panel 10 on which the joint piece 20 is mounted, and the joint portion 22 of each joint piece 20 is slid. Through the insertion portion 14a of each insertion opening 14 of
It is located in the vertical frame member 11a. And each wall panel 10
The vertical frame members 11a are brought close to each other with a space of about 1 mm, and the connecting portion 23 of each joint piece 20 is positioned inside the insertion portion 14a of the insertion opening 14 of the wall panel 10. Let

In such a state, each wall panel 1 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the uppermost joint piece 20.
Insert the tip of a plate material with a thickness of about 1 mm between 0,
The base end portion is made to extend from the face material 12 of each wall panel 10. Then, the base end portion of the plate member extending from between the wall panels 10 is hit with a plastic hammer to push the joint piece 20 downward.
As a result, the respective pressure contact portions 23 of the joint portion 23 of the joint piece 20 are forcibly fitted into the respective fitting portions 14b of the respective insertion openings 14 of the respective wall panels 10.

Hereinafter, similarly, the other two joint pieces 20 are also pushed down by a plate material and a plastic hammer to make a connection portion 23 of each joint piece 20.
The respective pressure contact portions 23 are forcedly fitted into the respective fitting portions 14b in the respective insertion openings 14 of the respective wall panels 10.

In this way, the three joint pieces 20 are attached to one wall panel 10 and the other wall panel 10 is attached.
The pair of wall panels 10 are connected to each other by a simple work of sliding the plate, inserting a plate material between both wall panels 10 and pushing down each joint piece 20. Therefore, even when no space is provided above or on the back surface of the pair of wall panels 10, the wall panels 10 can be easily connected to each other.

When the connection state between the connected wall panels 10 is canceled, a plate material is inserted between the connected wall panels 10 and all the joint pieces 20 are pushed upward by the plate material. As a result, the connecting portion 23 of each joint piece 20 is preferably disengaged from the fitting portion 14b of the insertion opening 14, and the wall panels 10 are slidable in directions away from each other. . Then, if the wall panels 10 are slid in the directions away from each other, the connection state of the wall panels 10 is canceled.

The panel connection structure of the present invention is not limited to the case where the wall panels 10 having the same height are connected to each other. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, in the bath unit, the bottom surface of the wall panel 10 on the bathtub side, Even when the bottom surface of the wall panel 10 on the bathroom pan side is connected at a different height, the same method can be used to easily connect from the space inside the bath unit.

[0027]

As described above, the wall panel connection structure of the present invention is constructed such that the joint portions of a plurality of joint pieces mounted on the vertical frame member of one wall panel are slid on the vertical frame of the other wall panel. The wall panels can be connected to each other by a simple operation of fitting the members in the material and pushing the joint pieces downward. Moreover, the wall panels can be connected to each other without any trouble even if no space is provided above or on the back surface of the wall panels.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of an embodiment of a wall panel connection structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an insertion opening provided in each wall panel.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a joint piece.

FIG. 5 (a) is a side view of the joint piece,
(B) is the top view, (c) is the bottom view.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing another example of the embodiment of the wall panel connection structure of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 wall panel 11 frame 11a vertical frame material 11b horizontal frame material 12 face material 13 gypsum board 14 opening for insertion 14a insertion part 14b fitting part 20 joint piece 21 main body part 22 joint part 23 connecting part 23a pressure contact part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A connection structure for connecting a pair of wall panels each having a hollow vertical frame member in a line in the same plane, wherein each of the vertical frame members facing each other is connected. On the opposite surface, a plurality of insertion openings provided at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction and a main body located in the vertical frame member through the insertion openings of one wall panel are provided. And a joint piece provided with a joint portion located in the vertical frame member through the insertion opening of the other wall panel via a connecting portion having a widthwise dimension smaller than that of the main body portion. Then, a fitting portion having an opening width slightly smaller than the widthwise dimension of the joint is provided at the lower portion of the insertion opening so that the joint of the joint piece is forcibly fitted. A book in each vertical frame that faces each other. A wall panel connection structure characterized in that a joint portion of a joint piece in which a body portion and a joint portion are respectively positioned is forcibly fitted into a fitting portion of an insertion opening in each vertical frame member.