JPH11137469A - Bucket base installation structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bucket base installation structure in which a position of a bucket base plate can be freely set and the bucket base plate is strongly fixed while a fixing member is not exposed in such a place as to get in contact with a user. SOLUTION: A bucket base installation structure is composed of a rise wall formed on one side wall parting a washing place and provided with a horizontal surface at an upper surface, a bucket base plate 11 provided with a fixing member 14a protruded from a bottom surface downward, a fixing metal 15 provided with a through hole through the fixing member 14, and a cover 13 to cover a lower part of the bucket base plate 11. The cover 13 has a recessed part upward to a front part and a side part of the bucket base plate 11, and the recessed part has a through hole through the fixing member 14, so by inserting the fixing member 14 into the through hole, the bucket base plate 11 is fixed as it is mounted on a mounting part, and that the cover 13 is fixed to the bucket base plate 11 by inserting the fixing member 14 through the through hole.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates mainly to a bathtub mounting structure that can be used comfortably while sitting on a chair, and this bathtub mounting structure is particularly mounted to a bathroom unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bathroom unit in which a washing place and a bathtub are housed in one unit is known. In this bathroom unit, hot water is supplied from a faucet provided on one side wall of the unit, and the hot water tub is used on the floor of the washing room. For this reason, when using a bathtub while sitting on a chair,
The bather may be in a bent position and feel cramped. In order to improve this, there has been proposed a structure in which a bathtub (counter) is integrally formed above the floor of the washing room of the bathroom unit to simplify the assembling process.

[0003] This bathtub is used as a bathtub,
Often, it is also used as a springboard when exchanging lighting fixtures arranged on the ceiling or side wall of a bathroom unit. If the bathtub is formed integrally with the bathroom unit, it cannot withstand a large load and cannot be used as a stepping board or the like, which is inconvenient. Therefore, various types of bathtub structures capable of withstanding a large load have been proposed (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-117132).

[0004]

For example, there has been proposed a structure in which a counter is provided inside a wall surface of a bathroom, and a lower portion of the counter is firmly fixed by a mounting bracket. A faucet fitting is provided on the upper surface of the counter, and a front part of the faucet fitting of the counter is used as a hot water bath mounting portion.

According to such a structure, the counter is
Since it is firmly fixed by the mounting bracket, it can withstand a large load. However, since the mounting bracket is exposed, it is necessary to cover the mounting bracket with a cover after mounting. Also, in such a case, since the counter surface and the bathtub surface are substantially the same, if the counter position is raised to adjust the height of the bathtub, the position of the faucet fitting is also raised at the same time, and the use of flushing is easy. Gets worse. Similarly, if the counter position is lowered to adjust the height of the faucet fitting, the position of the bathtub is lowered at the same time, and the usability of the bathtub becomes poor.

A faucet is provided on the upper surface of the counter,
There has also been proposed a structure in which a part of the lower part of the counter is protruded toward the washing place side to form a bathtub mounting surface, thereby making the bathtub lower than the counter to be easy to use. However, according to this structure, since the bathtub is provided on the cover separate from the counter, the cover must be attached after the counter is attached, and the fixing screws of the cover are exposed.

[0007] It has also been proposed to fix a water bath base plate to the front side wall of the washing place and to support the lower portion thereof with a support fitting such as an L-shape. Similarly, after fixing the bathtub base plate, the exposed support fittings are not covered, so that the support fittings are exposed. Contact with these exposed hardware may cause injury.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a water bath mounting structure in which the position of the water bath base plate can be freely set and the water bath base plate is firmly fixed, but the fixing member is not exposed at a place where it touches the body. The challenge is to provide

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 is directed to a rising wall formed on one side wall defining a washing area and having a horizontal surface on an upper surface, and a rising wall extending downward from the bottom surface. A water bath base plate having a fixing member protruding out therefrom, a mounting portion supported on a side wall of the rising wall and mounting the water bath base plate, and a first through hole penetrating the fixing member. A fixing bracket, and a cover that covers a lower portion of the bathtub base plate. The cover is provided with a recess facing upward and forward and to the side of the bathtub base plate. Is formed with a second through-hole penetrating the fixing member, and the water bath base plate is fixed in position while being mounted on the mounting portion by penetrating the fixing member through the first through-hole. The cover may be configured such that the fixing member penetrates the second through hole. A Yutouya pad securing structure, characterized in that fixed to the Yutouya base plate.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the fixing member is a screw member, and the two fixing members are fixed by screwing with another screw member screwed to the screw member. It is a bathtub fixing structure according to claim 1.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the rising wall is formed integrally with a side wall of the bathroom unit, in which the washing place and the bathtub are housed in one unit, which partitions the washing place. It is a bathtub mounting structure.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the water bath base plate is provided on the side wall of the rising wall, the position of the water bath base plate can be freely set. In addition, since the water bath base plate is firmly fixed by the fixing bracket, it can withstand a large load. Further, since the lower part of the bathtub is covered with a cover that is not exposed to the place where the fixing member touches the body, the metal part of the fixing member is not exposed in the bathroom, and the safety is enhanced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the bathtub can be attached and detached by screwing, so that attachment and detachment becomes easy.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the rising wall is formed integrally with the side wall, the assembling process of the bathroom unit is simplified, but this bathtub base plate is firmly fixed by the metal fitting. So it can withstand heavy loads.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a bathroom unit, in which a washing place 2 and a bathtub 3 are housed in one unit.

On the front surface of one of the side walls 4 defining the washing place 2, a rising wall 7 composed of a horizontal surface 5 having a substantially horizontal upper surface and a side wall 6 is formed. A faucet fitting 8 is fixed to the horizontal surface 5. The height of the horizontal plane 5 is about 40 to 45 cm from the floor 9 of the washing place 2, and the height of the bathtub 3 is set substantially equal. In addition, the bathtub mounting portion 10 of the present invention is attached to the side wall 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bathtub mounting portion 10 includes a bathtub plate 11 for mounting a bathtub and a fixing bracket 1.
2 and a cover 13, the bath base plate 11 is fixed from below by a fixing bracket 12 fixed to the side wall 6, and the lower part of the bath base plate 11 and the fixing bracket 12 are
It is covered by a cover 13. The water bath base plate 11 is set so that the distance between the mounting surface 11a on which the water bath is mounted and the floor surface 8 is about 20 to 25 cm so that the body can be washed in a natural posture while sitting on a bath chair. Have been. In addition, the lowermost end of the cover 13 and the floor 8 are spaced from each other by several cm.

Next, a detailed configuration of the bathtub mounting portion 10 will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 3, the water bath base plate 11 has a size suitable for placing a water bath, for example, a width of about 36.
cm, depth about 26cm, artificial marble or FRP
It is formed of a material having a high surface height such as. The mounting portion 11a has a substantially flat upper surface. This mounting part 1
The rear 11b of 1a is formed linearly along the side wall 6, and has a substantially circular shape extending to the front 11c and both sides 11d, 11d. By making the peripheral edge circular, the usability as a bathtub is improved, but the shape is not limited to this and is free. In addition, bathtub 1
A peripheral rib 11f is provided on the lower peripheral edge of the lower surface 1 so as to protrude downward beyond the engaging portion 11e with the cover 13.

Bottom surface 11g surrounded by peripheral rib 11f
A pair of screw portions 14a, 14a protrudingly formed near the center of the pair at a symmetric position parallel to the side wall 6. The screw portion 14a is formed by embedding the head portion 14b of the fixing bolt 14 in the water bath base plate 11, and is obtained by integrally forming the water bath base plate 11 by injection molding or the like. Can be The head portion 14b may be formed so as not to be buried in the present invention, since the screw portion 14a may be formed so as to protrude. Also,
As will be described later, the length of the screw portion 14a is long enough to be screwed with the female screw portion holding the cover 13 and the length of which the tip is not exposed from the cover 13. .

The fixing fitting 12 is composed of a fitting main body 15 having a substantially V-shape in plan view, and a support member 16 extending obliquely downward from the V-shaped top of the fitting main body 15 and supporting the fitting main body 15. The metal fitting body 15 is shown in FIG. 4 and the support member 16 is shown in FIG. 5, the details of which will be described later. For example, a stainless plate having a thickness of about 1.5 mm is used as the fixing bracket 12 (the bracket main body 15 and the supporting member 16). It is formed by bending or the like so that the radius of curvature R is about 5 mm.

As shown in FIG. 4, the metal fitting body 15 is
This is for supporting the water bath base plate 11 from the bottom surface 11g. The metal fitting body 15 includes V-shaped mounting portions 15a for mounting the bathtub base plate 11, and both mounting portions 15a.
A horizontal support portion 15b formed at the V-shaped top portion where the a and 15a are connected, and a vertical fixing portion 15c formed at the end of the mounting portion 15a, respectively. Both the mounting portion 15a and the horizontal support portion 15b have a flat upper surface along the bottom surface 11g, and the mounting portion 15a is supported by a vertical piece 15d forming a rib, and the horizontal support portion 15b
Are supported by the vertical support portions 15e forming the ribs.

Each of the mounting portions 15a has a through hole 17 formed therein. The through-hole 17 is used for positioning the water bath base plate 11 by penetrating the screw portion 14a, and is loosely fitted to the screw portion 14a.

A pair of screw holes 18 are formed in the vertical fixing portions 15c. The screw holes 18 are for fixing the fixing fittings 15 to the side wall 6 by screws. Further, a pair of rectangular vertically long engagement holes 19 are formed in the vertical support portion 15e. This vertical engagement hole 1
Numeral 9 is for engaging with the support member 16 and has a width of about 2 mm.

The support member 16 is, as shown in FIG.
It is substantially constituted by a bottom wall 16a and both side walls 16b bent upward from both sides of the bottom wall 16a. Side wall 1
The tip of the wall edge 16c of 6b is inclined with respect to the wall edge 16c to form a horizontal edge 16d. This horizontal edge 16d
Supports the horizontal support 15b from below. In addition, a convex engagement protrusion 16e that is engaged with the vertically long engagement hole 19 is formed at the tip of the side wall 16b.

The end of the bottom wall 16a is bent to form a vertical piece 16f, and a fixing piece 1 having a pair of screw holes 16g is provided on both sides of the vertical piece 16f.
6h and 16h are formed in a flange shape.

As shown in FIG. 6, the support member 16 thus configured is fixed to the side wall 6 by a fixing piece 16h through a screw nail (not shown) through a screw hole 16g. The horizontal support 16 b is slid while being supported by the horizontal edge 16 d, and the engagement projection 16 e is engaged with the vertically long engagement hole 19. Next, the metal fitting main body 15 is kept horizontal, and in this state, a screw nail is inserted into the screw hole 18 to fix the metal fitting main body 15 to the side wall 6.

With such a configuration, a triangular shape in a horizontal plane is formed from the V-shaped bracket main body 15 and the horizontal portion of the side wall 6, and the vertical portion of the side wall 6 and the bracket main body 15 are formed. A triangular shape in a vertical plane is formed from the support member 16. As described above, since the metal fittings 12 are fixed by the respective triangles having the side walls flat, they are firmly fixed.

Next, the screw portions 14a, 14a are
7, 17 so that the rear part 11 b of the mounting portion is along the side wall 6 and the bathtub base plate 11 is
Place on top of. Next, the screw portion 14a is screwed together with the nut 20 or the like to sandwich the metal fitting body 15, thereby fixing the position of the bathtub base plate 11.

As a result, the water bath base plate 11 is fixed by penetrating the screw portion 14a into the reinforced metal fitting 12, so that the water bath base plate 11 is sufficiently firmly fixed to such a degree that there is no danger even if a person puts his foot on the foot. be able to.

Next, the cover 13 is formed by integrally molding the main body 13a by injection molding or the like. As shown in FIG. 7, the outer peripheral edge of the main body 13 a
1e, the rear 13b is formed in a straight line along the side wall 6, the front 13c and both sides 13d,
It is substantially circular over 13d. A pair of through holes 21 are formed near the center of the lower part at symmetrical positions parallel to the side wall 6. This through hole 21 is for penetrating the screw portion 14a.

The periphery of this through-hole 21 is the cover body 1 when the bathtub base plate mounting portion 10 is viewed from the front or side.
3 is formed as a recess 22 extending upward. The recess 22 functions as a fixing member receiving portion. Also,
The lower part of the main body 13a is gently inclined from the front to the back.

In the cover 13 thus formed, the outer peripheral edges 13b to 13d are engaged with the engaging portions 11e, and the screw portions 14a pass through the through holes 21. By screwing the nut 23 to the tip of the screw portion 14a protruded by penetration,
This cover 13 is fixed. In this state, the fixing members (such as the screw portion 14a and the nut 23) are buried in the recesses 22 and are not visible even when viewed from the front of the washing place or the side surface where the water bath is placed. Also, bathers may have their feet inserted under the bathtub in a natural way when using the bathtub,
Since the fixing members (14a, 23) are not exposed where the body touches, the fixing members are prevented from being exposed in the bathroom and damaging the feet.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and even if there is a design change or the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in this invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the fixing bolt 14 has the long screw portion 14a so that it can be fixed by the other screw member (nut 23) in the recess 22.
Since the length of the screw portion 14a can be connected by a joint or the like, the length may be short.

Further, these fixing members (23, 14a)
However, even if a cap made of resin or the like is provided to enhance safety, the cap is not visible from the outside and does not impair the appearance.

The rising wall 7 may be formed integrally with the side wall 4. Although the conventional configuration in which the water bath base plate is integrally formed cannot withstand a large load, in the configuration of the present invention in which the water bath base plate is fixed to the side wall 6 of the rising wall 7 by the metal fitting 12, the water bath base plate 11 is firmly fixed. Because it is fixed, it can withstand a large load.

[0039]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the position of the water bath base plate can be freely set, and the water bath base plate is firmly fixed by the fixing bracket, so that a large load is applied. Can withstand. Further, since the lower part of the bathtub is not exposed to the place where the fixing member touches the body, the fitting part is prevented from being exposed to the bathroom, and the safety is enhanced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the fixing member is constituted by the screw member, the mounting and dismounting of the bathtub fixing structure is facilitated by screwing.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the rising wall is formed integrally with the side wall, the bathroom unit is simplified. However, this bath pan plate can withstand a large load. It has a beneficial effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 shows a state in which a bathtub mounting structure of the present invention is mounted on a unit bath, wherein (a) is a plan view and (b) is a partial cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a basic configuration of a bathtub mounting structure of the present invention,
(A) is a plan view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. (A), and (d) is a side view.

3 (a) is a plan view, FIG. 3 (b) is a front view, FIG. 3 (c) is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3 (a), and FIG. 3 (d) is a side view. The figure is shown.

FIG. 4 shows a basic configuration of the bracket main body 15 of FIG. 2,
(A) is a plan view, and (b) is a front view.

5 shows a basic configuration of the support member 16 of FIG. 2,
(A) shows a front view and (b) shows a side view.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating a state in which the bathtub plate of FIG. 2 is attached to a fixing bracket, where FIG. 6A is a plan view, FIG. 6B is a front view, and FIG. 6C is AA in FIG. Sectional view, (d) shows a side view.

7A and 7B show a basic configuration of the cover of FIG. 2, wherein FIG. 7A is a plan view, FIG. 7B is a front view, and FIG. 7C is a side view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... Washing area 4 ... Side wall 5 ... Horizontal plane 6 ... Side wall 6 7 ... Standing wall 8 ... Faucet fitting 10 ... Basket stand mounting part 11 ... Tank base plate 11g ... Bottom 13 ... Cover 13 14 ... Fixing member (fixing bolt) 14a Fixing member (screw part) 15 ... Fixing bracket 15a ... Placement part 17 ... Through hole 21 ... Through hole 22 ... Recess

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rising wall formed on one side wall defining a washing area and having a horizontal surface on an upper surface, a water bath base plate having a fixing member protruding downward from a bottom surface, and the rising wall. And a fixing part which is supported by the side wall and has a mounting portion for mounting the water bath base plate and a first through-hole penetrating the fixing member; and a cover for covering a lower part of the water bath base plate. The cover is provided with a concave portion facing upward with respect to the front and side of the water bath base plate, and the concave portion is formed with a second through hole penetrating the fixing member; The plate is fixed in position in a state where the plate is placed on the placement portion by penetrating the fixing member through the first through hole, and the cover is configured such that the fixing member penetrates the second through hole. The water bath is fixed to the water bath base plate. Construction. 2. The fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member is a screw member, and the two fixing members are respectively fixed by screwing with another screw member screwed to the screw member.
The bathtub fixing structure described in 1. 3. The bathtub mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the rising wall is formed integrally with a side wall of the bathroom unit, in which a washing place and a bathtub are housed in one unit, which defines the washing place.