JPH0960939A - Method for fixing bath room air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a easing to be simply fixed by a method wherein at least two threaded holes have a larger diameter than that of a screw head, a fixing member having a groove which is wider in its width than a diameter of a screw shaft and narrower its width than a diameter of a screw head is placed between the easing and the screw head and completely set with screws after temporary fixing of the easing to a bath room ceiling. SOLUTION: A diameter of a threaded hole 17b of a flange segment 14 is larger than a diameter of a head part of a screw 30. Threaded holes are placed at opposing positions on their orthogonal line. A width of a groove 40a of a fixing member 40 is larger than a shaft diameter of a screw 30 and smaller than a diameter of its head part. The screw 30 is screwed into a location at a ceiling 20 in consideration of a thickness size of a threaded hole 17b and also a thickness size of a through-pass hole 40b to which the screws are inserted later. A casing 11 is temporarily fixed between the ceiling 20 and the fixing member 40 by a method wherein the screws 30 screwed into the midway part of each of the threaded holes 17b are embedded into the fixing holes, the through-pass groove 40a of the fixing member 40 is inserted onto the head part of the screw 30 and slid along the shaft of the screw. Then, the screws 30 are completely screwed into the holes and the casing 11 is fixed to the ceiling 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom air conditioner for ventilating a bathroom.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a method shown in FIG. 8 has been generally known as a method for mounting this type of bathroom air conditioner.

This bathroom air conditioner 10 has a casing 11 in which a ventilation fan 1 for exhausting the air in the bathroom to the outside is provided.
2. Air conditioners such as a circulation fan 13 for circulating the air in the bathroom are installed. Further, a flange portion 14 extending outward is provided on the peripheral edge of the lower surface of the casing 11, and a large number of screw holes 15 are formed in the flange portion 14.
On the other hand, the ceiling 20 to which the bathroom air conditioner 10 is attached
The mounting hole 2 to match the outer shape of the casing 11.
1 has been drilled.

When mounting the bathroom air conditioner 10 on the ceiling 20, first, the casing 11 is lifted up and fitted into the mounting hole 21 of the ceiling 20. Next, the screw 30 is passed through the screw hole 15 of the flange portion 14 and screwed into the ceiling 20 to fix the casing 11 to the ceiling 20 with a screw. After this screw fixing, the front panel 16 of the bathroom air conditioner 10 is attached to the lower surface of the casing 11. This completes the work of installing the bathroom air conditioner 10.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
When the casing 11 is screwed to the ceiling 20 by 0, the operator must support the casing 11 with one hand while screwing the screw 30 with the other hand because the casing 11 is not supported by the ceiling 20. It had to be a very troublesome task.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for installing a bathroom air conditioner in which the casing can be easily installed on the ceiling.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has at least two screw holes formed to have a larger diameter than the screw head and wider than the screw shaft. Then, a fixture having a groove narrower than the diameter of the head of the screw is prepared.

Then, a screw is previously screwed into the ceiling part corresponding to the large-diameter screw hole, and then the casing is fitted into the mounting hole while inserting the large-diameter screw hole into the screw partly screwed. . After that, the groove of the fixing metal fitting is fitted into the shaft portion of the screw that is screwed in halfway, and the fixing metal fitting is interposed between the casing and the head of the screw.

As a result, the casing is temporarily fixed to the ceiling before the screw fixing. After this temporary fixing, the casing is fixed to the ceiling by completely screwing in each screw.

[0010]

1 to 7 show an embodiment of a method of mounting a bathroom air conditioner according to the present invention. The same components as those of the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals.

That is, 11 is a casing of a bathroom air conditioner,
Reference numeral 12 is a ventilation fan, 13 is a circulation fan, 14 is a flange portion of the casing 11, 16 is a front panel of the bathroom air conditioner, 20 is a ceiling of the bathroom, 21 is a mounting hole drilled in the ceiling 20, and 30 is a screw. Therefore, these devices and members have the same configuration as the conventional example.

Due to its structure, the present invention is characterized by the screw holes 17a, 17b of the flange portion 14 and the fixing metal fitting 40 used for the mounting work, and is also characterized by the mounting method using this fixing metal fitting 40. .

First, the structure of the screw holes 17a and 17b will be described. One of the screw holes 17a and 17b has the same diameter as that of the conventional screw hole 17a, but the other screw hole 17b has a larger diameter than the screw hole 17a. That is, the diameter of the screw hole 17b is larger than the diameter of the head portion 30a of the screw 30. The screw holes 17b are arranged on the lower surface of the casing 11 so as to be diagonally opposed to each other.

Next, the structure of the fixing member 40 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the fixing fitting 40 has a horizontally long plate having a horizontally long groove 40a and a through hole 40b formed at one end of the groove 40a. This groove 40a
Has a width larger than the diameter of the shaft portion 30b of the screw 30, and
It is smaller than the diameter of the head portion 30a of the screw 30. Further, the through hole 40b is similar to the screw hole 17b in the head portion 30.
It is larger than the diameter of a.

Thus, the screw holes 17 of the bathroom air conditioner
a, 17b and a fixture 40 are prepared, and the bathroom air conditioner is attached to the ceiling 20 in the next step.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the portion of the ceiling 20 corresponding to the large diameter screw hole 17b of the bathroom air conditioner is specified, and the screw 30 is screwed into the specified portion with a screwdriver. Here, this screw-in amount takes into consideration the thickness dimensions of the screw hole 17b and the through hole 40b that are later inserted into the screw 30, and as shown in FIG. 2, the lower surface of the ceiling 20 and the head portion 30a.
It is screwed in so that the distance between and becomes larger than the sum of the thickness dimensions of these members 17b and 42.

When the screwing work up to this point is completed, the casing 11 is lifted up toward the mounting hole 21 of the ceiling 20 as shown in FIG. 3, and the screw hole 17b is screwed in halfway as shown in FIG. The casing 11 is fitted into the mounting hole 21 while being inserted into the screw 30 that has been removed.

After that, the operator uses one hand to make the casing 1
While supporting 1, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the through hole 40b of the fixing bracket 40 is inserted into the head portion 30a of the screw 30,
Further, the fixing member 40 is slid through the groove 40a along the shaft portion 30b of the screw 30 as shown in FIG. 6, and the screw 30 is moved to the other end side of the groove 40a. As a result, the casing 11 is temporarily fixed between the ceiling 20 and the fixing bracket 40.

When this temporary fixing is completed, the operator releases his hand from the casing 11, completely screw in the screw 30 halfway screwed in with a screwdriver, and screw the screw 30 through the other screw hole 17a. Thereby, the casing 11 is fixed to the ceiling 20.

When the mounting operation of the casing 11 is completed, the front panel 16 is mounted on the lower surface of the casing 11 as shown in FIG. This completes the work of mounting the bathroom air conditioner on the ceiling 20.

As described above, according to the method of mounting the bathroom air conditioner of the present embodiment, the casing 11 is temporarily fixed to the ceiling 20 before the main fixing with the screw 30,
When the screw 30 is completely screwed in, both hands of the operator are held, which makes the screwing operation easy.

Although the fixing metal fitting 40 shown in FIG. 7 (a) is used in the above-mentioned embodiment, one end of the groove 41a of the fixing metal fitting 41 is opened as shown in FIG. 7 (b). May be used. Groove 41a using this fixing bracket 41
When fitting the shaft portion 30b into the shaft portion 30b, the fixing metal fitting 41 is fitted into the shaft portion 30b from the open end side of the groove 41a.
Slide toward b and insert. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 7 (c), a fixing member 42 in which a wire is bent to form a groove 42a may be used. When this fixing metal fitting 42 is used, like the fixing metal fitting 41, the fixing metal fitting 42 is fitted into the shaft portion 30b from the shaft portion 30b from the open end side of the groove 42a, and the fixing metal fitting 42 is slid toward the shaft portion 30b.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the casing is temporarily fixed to the ceiling before the screw fixing, there is no need for an operator to support the casing when fixing the casing to the ceiling with a screw, and the casing can be easily screwed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a temporary screwing step according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state of a screw screwed in a temporary screwing process according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a casing fitting step according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a fixing metal fitting step according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a fixing metal fitting sliding step according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a main fixing step according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing various fixing fittings according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a method for mounting a conventional bathroom air conditioner.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Bathroom air conditioner, 11 ... Casing, 14 ... Flange part, 17a, 17b ... Screw hole, 20 ... Ceiling, 21 ... Mounting hole, 30 ... Screw, 40, 41, 42 ... Fixing metal fittings,
40a, 41a, 42a ... Groove, 40b ... Through hole.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A casing having an air-conditioning device such as a ventilation fan and having a flange portion on its periphery is fitted into a mounting hole in a ceiling of a bathroom, and then, a screw is inserted through a plurality of screw holes of the flange portion. In the method of mounting a bathroom air conditioner for fixing to a ceiling, at least two of the screw holes are formed to have a larger diameter than a head portion of the screw, and are wider than a diameter of a shaft portion of the screw, and , Prepare a fixture having a groove that is narrower than the diameter of the head of the screw, screw the screw partway into the ceiling part corresponding to the large-diameter screw hole in advance, and then screw the screw in halfway Insert the large-diameter screw hole into the casing while fitting the casing into the mounting hole, and then fit the groove into the shaft part of the screw that has been screwed halfway to attach the fixing bracket to the casing and the screw. Interposed between the head, then, with screwing a screw screwed halfway to the ceiling, the mounting method of the bathroom air-conditioner, characterized in that screwed through a threaded hole corresponding other screws to each. 2. The method for mounting a bathroom air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the fixing bracket is a plate having a through hole at one end of the groove, the through hole having a diameter larger than a diameter of the head of the screw. . 3. The method for mounting a bathroom air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the fixing metal member is a plate whose one end of the groove is open. 4. The method of mounting a bathroom air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member is formed of a wire bent so that one end of the groove is open.