JPH11113663A - Support structure for sink-cabinet top plate - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a support structure for a sink-cabinet top plate whereby one process can be reduced from bending processes required when the top plate is press formed, and workability in the attachment of the top plate to the cabinet can be improved. SOLUTION: A top plate 1 forms an inward portion 1d, bent rearward, at the lower end of a front pendent part 1c hanging from the front end of a raised part 1b formed at the front edge of the top plate 1 made of a metal plate, and an upward portion 1e made by bending the front end of the inward portion 1d upward almost at right angles. A top bar 3c is disposed on a door-stopper front plate 3b stretching in the upper part of the front of a cabinet 3, such that the face of the front end of the top bar 3c contacts the rear side of the upward portion 1e of the top plate 1. Further, on the top face of the top bar 3c, a top-plate support device 5 nearly in the shape of a letter L is provided such that the erect portion 5a of the device is positioned further forward than the top bar 3c. Thus, the erect portion 5a of the top-plate support device 5 receives and supports the rear side of the raised part 1b of the top plate 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a support structure for a sink top plate, and more particularly to a cabinet support structure for a front end portion of a sink top plate made of a metal plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the structure of a front part of a water tank 2 in a top plate 11 made of a metal plate such as a stainless steel plate mounted on a cabinet 3 of a sink as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, a raised portion 11b is formed at the front edge of the top plate 11 so as to be raised more than the upper edge surface 11a of the water tank formed by the step drawing to return water. The raised portion 11b of the top plate 11 is shown in FIG.
2 is located forward of the front door stop 3b shown in FIG. 2 which is temporarily provided over the front upper portions of the left and right side plates 3a of the cabinet 3 shown in FIG. It is necessary to adopt the structure of No. 3.

[0003] For this reason, the top plate 11 is formed by folding the tip of an inward piece 11d bent toward the rear from the lower end of a front descending portion 11c hanging down to the front end of a raised portion 11b to the front side to form a folded piece. 11e and the cabinet 3
Is a structure in which a plate-shaped ridge 3c is mounted on the upper surface of the door stop front plate 3b such that the front side projects forward from the front surface of the door stop front plate 3b, and a support ridge 3d is mounted on the upper surface of the door stop 3c. When the top plate 11 is attached to the cabinet 3, the top plate 11 is dropped into the cabinet 3 so that the lower surface of the crest 3 c of the cabinet 3 abuts on the folded piece 11 e of the top plate 11. Thus, a structure in which the back side of the raised portion 11d of the top plate 11 is supported by the supporting member 3d is generally adopted.

[0004]

However, in the top plate of the sink described in the prior art, as shown in FIG. 2, in order to prevent a user of the sink from touching and cutting his hand. In this process, the tip of the inward piece 11d is folded back to form a folded piece 11e, and the processing of the folded piece 11e requires two steps from the top of press working, and costs are reduced. There was a problem of becoming high.

[0005] The top plate 11 of the sink is attached to the cabinet 3.
2, the top plate 11 needs to be dropped into the cabinet 3 so that the upper surface of the folded piece 11e is brought into contact with the lower surface of the crest 3c of the cabinet 3, as shown in FIG. In the narrow space defined by the back side of the raised portion 11b and the inwardly facing piece 11d and the folded piece 11e, the front end side of the cabinet 3c of the cabinet 3 and the support
There is also a problem that the work of inserting and dropping d is inferior, and the workability of mounting is inferior.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is possible to reduce a bending process by a press at the time of forming a top plate made of a metal plate, and to provide a cabinet for the top plate. An object of the present invention is to provide a support structure for a sink top plate that can also improve the workability of attaching the sink top to a sink.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a support structure for a sink top plate according to the present invention has a raised portion formed on a front edge of a top plate made of a metal plate provided with a water tank. A ceiling formed with an inward piece bent toward the rear from the lower end of the front descending portion hanging down at the front end of the raised portion and an upward piece bent at a substantially right angle with the tip of the inward piece facing upward. A ceiling is mounted on the upper surface of the door and the front door of the door, which is erected on the upper part of the front of the cabinet so that the front side projects forward from the front of the front of the door. A cabinet in which the upright portion of the top plate support is located forward of the front end of the ceiling, and the rear side of the upwardly facing piece of the top plate is the top of the cabinet. Abutting against the front end surface of the lodge, on the back side of the raised portion of the top plate The upper end of the standing piece of serial attached to top 棧上 surface of the cabinet top plate supporter is characterized by comprising attached to the cabinet said top plate so as to abut or nearly abut.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A top plate having a raised portion, a front descending portion, an inward piece and an upward piece at a front end portion is made of a thin metal plate such as a stainless steel plate, and is separately formed on the top plate. A water tank made of a metal plate is attached by seam welding.

The cabinet has a front side opened by assembling left and right side plates, a back plate and a bottom plate, a front door stop is provided between the left and right side plates at the upper front of the cabinet, and the front opening of the cabinet is freely openable and closable. Covered by the door.

A substantially L-shaped top plate support for attaching to the upper surface of the ceiling and receiving and supporting the back side of the raised portion of the front edge of the top plate is formed by extrusion of a synthetic resin or bending of a metal plate. Formed by

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a support structure for a sink top plate according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing the entire structure of a sink, and FIG. 1B is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1A showing an embodiment of a supporting structure of a sink top plate according to the present invention. It is.

In FIG. 1A, the top plate 1 of the sink is
A water tank 2 made of a thin metal plate of stainless steel plate and separately formed by seam welding is attached, and a draining bead is formed on the upper surface of the top plate 1 by press molding.

As shown in FIG. 1 (b), a front portion of the top plate 1 to which the water tank 2 is attached is raised from an upper edge surface 1a of the water tank formed by a stepped drawing, and a raised portion 1b for returning water is formed. A front descending portion 1c formed at a front edge of the top plate 1 and hanging from a front end of the raised portion 1b; an inward piece 1d bent substantially horizontally from a lower end of the front descending portion 1c toward a rear side; An upwardly directed piece 1e formed by bending the tip of the inwardly facing piece 1d upward at a substantially right angle is bent.

On the other hand, the cabinet 3 of the sink is shown in FIG.
(A) Left and right side plates 3 of the cabinet 3 shown in FIG.
1 (b) is provided over the upper part of the front surface between the front doors 3a, 3b, and a ceiling 3c is provided on the upper surface of the front doors 3b.
b is provided so as to protrude forward from the front of b.
Is disposed such that its front end surface is in contact with the back side of the upwardly facing piece 1e of the top plate 1. Further, on the upper surface of the crest 3c, a top plate support 5 made of an extruded product of a synthetic resin having a substantially L-shaped cross section is provided. The mounting piece 5b is attached by a screw or the like so as to be located slightly on the front side, and the upper end of the upstanding piece 5a of the top support 5 is raised by the raised portion 1 in the top 1.
b is received and supported.

Accordingly, an upward piece 1e is formed by bending the front end of the inward piece 1d of the top plate 1 at a substantially right angle toward the upper side, and the rear side of the upward piece 1e is used as the front end of the ceiling 3c in the cabinet 3. It is a configuration to contact the surface,
In the related art, it is possible to reduce the bending step of pressing the folded piece 11e shown in FIG. 2 by one step.

Further, the upright piece 5a of the substantially L-shaped top support 5 attached to the upper surface of the top 3c of the cabinet 3 receives and supports the rear side of the raised portion 1b at the front edge of the top 1. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the front edge portion of the top plate from sinking and floating when a force is applied to the upper surface on the front end side of the top plate, and of course, as described above, the back side of the upwardly facing piece 1e is attached to the front end surface of the top edge 3c. In order to attach the top plate 1 of the sink to the cabinet 3, the back side of the raised portion 11 b of the top plate 11, the inward piece 11 d, and the folded piece 11 e, as shown in FIG. Without the need for complicated work such as inserting the front end 3c of the cabinet 3c and the support 3d into the narrow space formed by
The mounting is easily completed by dropping the top plate 1 substantially vertically from above.

[0018]

As described above, the support structure for the sink top plate according to the present invention is characterized in that the tip of the inward piece bent toward the rear side from the lower end of the front descending portion hanging down to the front end of the raised portion is directed upward. The top plate is formed with an upward piece bent at a substantially right angle toward the panel, so that the bending process by the press can be reduced by one step and cost can be reduced. The top plate is attached to the cabinet such that the upright pieces of the top plate support attached to the top surface of the top plate abut or substantially abut against the back side of the raised portion of the top plate. Yes,
When the top plate is mounted on the cabinet, a simple mounting operation of dropping the top plate substantially vertically from above is performed, and the workability of mounting the top plate is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing the entire structure of a sink,
(B) is AA sectional drawing in (a) by the Example of the support structure of the sink top plate concerning this invention.

FIG. 2 shows a structure according to a conventional example and is AA in FIG.
It is sectional drawing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Top plate 1a ... Water tank upper edge surface 1b ... Ridge part 1c ... Front down part 1d ... Inward piece 1e ... Upward piece 2 ... Water tank 3 ... Cabinet 3a ... Side plate 3b ... Door stop front plate 3c ... Natural ridge 3d ... Supporting edge DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 ... Door 5 ... Top plate support 5a ... Standing piece 5b ... Mounting piece 11 ... Top plate 11a ... Water tank upper edge surface 11b ... Raised part 11c ... Front descending part 11d ... Inward piece 11e ... Folded piece

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Nobuhisa Amaya 1250 Shimoedori, Shimodate City, Ibaraki Pref.Hitachi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A top portion formed of a metal plate provided with a water tank has a raised portion formed at a front edge thereof, and is bent inward from a lower end of a front descending portion hanging down to a front end of the raised portion toward a rear side. A top plate formed of a piece and an upward piece bent at a substantially right angle with the tip of the inward piece facing upward, and a top surface of a door stop front plate erected on the front upper part of the cabinet, the front side having the front end A ledge is mounted so as to protrude forward from the front surface of the plate, and a substantially L-shaped top plate support is provided on the upper surface of the ledge. A cabinet attached so as to be located on the front side, the back side of the upwardly facing piece of the top plate abuts on the front end surface of the ceiling in the cabinet, and the back side of the raised portion of the top plate has the cabinet. The upper end of the standing piece of the top plate support attached to the upper surface of the ceiling is in contact with or almost abuts A top plate attached to a cabinet as described above.