JPH11324212A - Equipment unit, ceiling anchorage device, and ceiling panel fixing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an equipment unit without exposing screws for connecting a ceiling panel to a wall panel without requiring large joints and without requiring a large working interval between the rear side of the ceiling panel and a building skeleton, provide ceiling anchorage devices and a ceiling panel fixing method. SOLUTION: An equipment unit 1 includes ceiling anchorage devices 4 mounted at the upper end section of a wall panel 2 and a string-like material 5 interlocked with the ceiling anchorage devices 4. The string-like material 5 is stretched on the surface of a ceiling panel 3 in a tensile state and, at the same time, the peripheral edge section of the ceiling panel 3 is fixed to the upper end section of the wall panel 2 with ceiling anchorage devices 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an equipment unit used in a bathroom or the like, a ceiling fastener used for the same, and a ceiling panel fixing method using the ceiling fastener.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facility unit used for a bathroom or the like, a bathroom space is surrounded by wall panels vertically arranged on four sides, and a ceiling panel covering an upper part of the space is fixed to an upper portion of the wall panel. I have. To fix the ceiling panel, screw it to the wall panel from inside or outside the equipment unit,
Alternatively, it is performed by a fastener fitted to the ceiling panel.

In the method of fixing the ceiling panel, a method of screwing from the inside of the equipment unit is described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-117853. Also,
The method of screwing from the outside of the equipment unit is, for example,
It is described in Utility Model Registration Publication No. 2513639. Furthermore, a method of fixing a ceiling panel by a fastener fitted to the ceiling panel is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-26.
No. 0724 and the like.

[0004]

However, in the method of fixing the ceiling panel of the equipment unit, in the method of screwing from the inside of the equipment unit, the screw head is exposed or hidden at the joint between the ceiling panel and the wall panel. Large joints are needed. Also, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), a method of screwing from the outside of the equipment unit 1, or as shown in FIG. In the case of mounting from outside, it is necessary to lean out from the inspection opening 32 provided in the ceiling panel 3 and work. For this reason, since the work is performed with the upper body largely leaning behind the ceiling panel 3, it is necessary to provide an interval between the ceiling panel back and the building body, which is sufficient for a person to embark, and this installs the equipment unit. In some cases, this may contribute to dimensional restrictions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to prevent a screw for joining a ceiling panel and a wall panel from being exposed, so that a large joint is unnecessary, and a ceiling is not required. An object of the present invention is to provide an equipment unit that does not require a large working space between the back of a panel and a building frame, a ceiling fastener used for the equipment unit, and a ceiling panel fixing method using the ceiling fastener.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an equipment unit in which a ceiling panel covering an upper part of a space surrounded by an upright wall panel is fixed to the wall panel. Ceiling fasteners attached to the upper end of the
A string-like material locked to the ceiling fastener, wherein the string-like material is tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel, and a peripheral edge of the ceiling panel is attached to the upper end of the wall panel by the ceiling fastener. It is fixed to.

The string material is a string, rope, wire, wire or the like made of a natural material or an artificial material.

The present invention according to claim 2 comprises a mounting piece and a ceiling fixing piece which is connected to one side of the mounting piece so as to be deformable, and has a cord shape for passing a string material through the ceiling fixing piece. A ceiling fastener provided with a material passing portion.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an attachment piece for the ceiling fastener according to the second aspect is attached to an upper end portion of the wall panel, and the cord is connected to the cord passing portion of the ceiling fastener. Stop and place the ceiling panel on the top of the wall panel, then strain the string-like material drawn into the ceiling panel inspection port, deform the ceiling fixing piece, and use the ceiling fastener A method of fixing a ceiling panel of a facility unit, wherein a peripheral portion of the ceiling panel is fixed to an upper end of a wall panel.
Here, if the ceiling fastener fixes the wall panel and the ceiling panel by fitting by elastic force, it is not necessary to keep the string-like material in a tensioned state after fixing the ceiling panel.

(Function) The equipment unit according to claim 1 is
A ceiling fastener attached to the upper end of the wall panel, and a string-like material locked to the ceiling fastener, wherein the string-like material is tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel, and Since the peripheral edge of the ceiling panel is fixed to the upper end of the wall panel by the fastener, the screw for joining the ceiling panel and the wall panel is not exposed, and a large joint for hiding the screw is not required. In addition, even if the upper body does not protrude greatly behind the ceiling panel, the string-shaped material can be locked to each ceiling fastener and tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel, so that the back of the ceiling panel and the building frame can be connected. No large working intervals are required between them.

In the ceiling fastener according to the second aspect, the ceiling fixing piece is connected to one side of the mounting piece so as to be deformable. When the shape is tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel, it is pulled by the tensioned string-like material and the ceiling fixing piece is deformed, and the periphery of the ceiling panel is more securely pressed against the upper end of the wall panel Made and fixed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of fixing a ceiling panel, wherein a mounting piece of the ceiling fastener according to the second aspect is attached to an upper end portion of the wall panel, and a string-like material is passed through the string-like material passing portion of the ceiling fastener. The ceiling panel is placed on top of the wall panel, and then the cord is pulled into the ceiling panel's inspection port, and the ceiling fixing strip is deformed to deform the ceiling fixing piece. Since the peripheral portion of the ceiling panel is fixed to the upper end portion of the wall panel, the same operation as in the first or second aspect of the invention is obtained.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a method of fixing a ceiling panel.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a method of fixing a ceiling panel in which a cord material is locked by a different method from FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a ceiling fastener, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a method of using the ceiling fastener. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a method of using another ceiling fastener.

In the figure, 1 is an equipment unit,
The equipment unit 1 is a bathroom unit used as a bathroom. The equipment unit 1 includes a wall panel 2 erected vertically on four sides, and a ceiling panel 3 that covers the space enclosed by the wall panel 2. In the equipment unit 1 of this embodiment, a ceiling panel 3 is fixed to an upper part of a wall panel 2, and as shown in FIG. The upper end of the wall panel 2 is insertable into the inside surrounded by the edge material 31. The equipment unit 1 includes a ceiling fastener 4 and a cord 5. The string material 5 may be any of a fibrous braid, a rubber string material, a metal wire, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the ceiling fastener 4 includes a plate-shaped mounting piece 41 and an inverted L-shaped ceiling fixing piece 42 provided on one side of the mounting piece 41. And a string-like material passing portion 44 for passing the string-like material 5 through the ceiling fixing piece 42
Is provided. The mounting piece 41 and the ceiling fixing piece 42
Is formed in a portion where the groove 43 contacts.
As a result, the ceiling fixing piece 42 and the mounting piece 41 are connected at a thin portion, and the ceiling fixing piece 42 is made deformable with respect to the mounting piece 41.

In order to make the ceiling fixing piece 42 deformable, the ceiling fastener 4 shown in FIG. 3A is replaced with a ceiling fastener shown in FIG. 3B or FIG. It may be. (B) The ceiling fastener 4A shown in the figure is formed of a thin plate material (for example, a metal material) that can be elastically deformed.
Ceiling fixing piece 42 bent at one end of mounting piece 41A
A is connected, and a string-like material passing portion 44A is formed at the upper end of the ceiling fixing piece 42A. 43A is a bent portion. The ceiling fixing piece 42A is formed in an inverted L-shape, and a groove 46A that is recessed downward is formed at the boundary between the ceiling fixing piece 42A and the cord-like material passing portion 44A.

In the ceiling fastener 4B shown in FIG. 3 (C), a mounting piece 41B and a ceiling fixing piece 42B are connected by a hinge 43B, and a string-like material passing portion 44B is attached to the upper end of the ceiling fixing piece 42B.
Are formed.

In FIG. 3, 45, 45A, 45
B is a mounting hole for the screw 7 and the mounting piece 4
1, 41A, 41B are provided for attaching to the wall panel 2 with screws 7.

The ceiling fasteners 4 are mounted on the outer periphery of the wall panel 2 at three positions on the outer periphery of the outer surface, three in total, and a total of twelve are provided. As shown in FIG.
The mounting piece 41 is fixed to the wall panel 2 so that the tip of the screw 7 does not protrude from the inner surface of the wall panel 2. Then, as shown in FIG. 1 (B) and FIG. 4 (B), one long string-like material 5 is locked to the string-like material passing portion 44 of each adjacent ceiling fastener 4. Then, both ends of the string material 5 are pulled and tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel 3 to be stretched, and both ends of the string material 5 are locked to the string material fixing device 6 attached to the upper surface of the ceiling panel 3. The periphery of the ceiling panel 3 is pressed and fixed to the upper end of the wall panel 2 by the string-like material 5 in a tensioned state.

Next, a method of fixing the ceiling panel 3 of the equipment unit 1 using the ceiling fastener 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. First, the mounting pieces 41 of the ceiling fastener 4 are mounted on the four circumferences of the upper part of the wall panel 2 with screws 7. Then, the string members 5 are sequentially passed through the string member passing portions 44 of the adjacent ceiling fasteners 4. Next, as shown in FIG. 1A, the ceiling panel 3 is placed on the upper part of the wall panel 2, and the cord 5 is drawn into the inspection port 32 provided in the ceiling panel 3.

Next, both ends of the string-like material 5 are pulled and locked to a string-like material fixing tool 6 provided on the upper surface of the ceiling panel, so that the string-like material 5 is tensioned and stretched. By making the string-like material 5 in a tensioned state, the ceiling fixing piece 42 of the ceiling fastener 4 is changed from the state shown in FIG. 4A to the state shown in FIG.
Is deformed inward, and the ceiling fixing piece 42 is formed in an inverted L shape.
Of the ceiling panel 3 is pressed by the tip of the ceiling panel 3 to fix the ceiling panel 3 to the upper end of the wall panel 2.

In the method of fixing the ceiling panel 3, a single long string-like material 5 is used, which is sequentially passed through the adjacent ceiling fastener 5, and both ends of the string-like material 5 are pulled to As shown in FIG. 2A, the string-shaped member 5 is fixed to the ceiling member 5 and the string-shaped member
4 and is pulled into the inspection opening 32. As shown in FIG. 2 (b), the drawn string 5 is pulled and locked to the string fixing device 6. You may. In this case, if a plurality of the string-shaped material fixing devices 6 are provided around the inspection port 32, the locking of the string-shaped material 5 becomes easy.

As described above, in the method of fixing the ceiling panel 3, the case where the ceiling fastener 4 shown in FIG. 3A is used has been described, but the ceiling fastener 4B shown in FIG. Can be used in the same manner as the ceiling fastener 4 except for the place where it is connected by the hinge 43B, and the description of the method of use is omitted. The ceiling fastener 4A shown in FIG. 3 (b) has a slightly different usage from the ceiling fastener 4, and will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the attachment pieces 41A of the ceiling fastener 4A are attached to the four circumferences at the upper end of the outer surface of the wall panel 2 with screws 7. Then, the string members 5 are sequentially passed through the string member passing portions 44A of the adjacent ceiling fasteners 4A (same as FIG. 1A). Next, the ceiling panel 3 is placed on the upper part of the wall panel 2, and the cord 5 is drawn into the inspection port 32 provided in the ceiling panel 3.

Next, both ends of the string-shaped material 5 are pulled and locked to a string-shaped material fixing tool 6 provided on the upper surface of the ceiling panel 3.
The string material 5 is stretched in tension. By making the string material 5 in a tensioned state, the ceiling fixing piece 42 of the ceiling fastener 4 is changed from the state of FIG. 5A to the state of FIG.
A is deformed inward, and the protrusion 33 provided on the peripheral portion of the ceiling panel 3 is fitted into the groove 46A. Thereby, the inverse L
The distal end of the U-shaped ceiling fixing piece 42 </ b> A is elastically fitted to the periphery of the ceiling panel 3 to fix the ceiling panel 3 to the upper end of the wall panel 2.

(Operation of the Embodiment) The fixing structure of the ceiling panel 3 of the equipment unit 1 and the method of fixing the ceiling panel 3 according to the present embodiment are as follows. The members 5 are locked to the respective ceiling fasteners 4, and the string-shaped members 5 are pulled and stretched over the upper surface of the ceiling panel 3. Then, the peripheral portion of the ceiling panel 3 is pressed and fixed to the upper end portion of the wall panel 2 by the string-like material 5 in a tensioned state, so that the ceiling panel 3 and the wall panel 2 are joined together as in the related art. The screws are not exposed and no large joints are needed to hide the screws. Further, even if the upper body is not greatly protruded behind the ceiling panel 3, the string-shaped members 5 can be locked to the respective ceiling fasteners 4 and can be tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel 3 and can be stretched over. A large working space is not required between the back and the building frame. Therefore, it is possible to flexibly cope with the height limitation when the equipment unit 1 is installed.

In the ceiling fastener 4 of the present embodiment, the ceiling fixing piece 42 is connected to one side of the mounting piece 41 so as to be deformable, so that the string-like material passing portion 44 of the ceiling fixing piece 42 When the string-shaped material 5 is tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel 3 through the shape-shaped material 5, the ceiling fixing piece 42 is deformed by being pulled by the tensioned string-shaped material 5, and the periphery of the ceiling panel 3 is deformed. The portion is more securely pressed and fixed to the upper end portion of the wall panel 2. The same applies to the ceiling fasteners 4A and 4B.

[0028]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an equipment unit comprising: a ceiling fastener attached to an upper end portion of a wall panel; and a string-shaped material locked to the ceiling fastener, wherein the string-shaped material is a ceiling panel. The ceiling panel is attached to the upper surface in tension and the ceiling panel is fastened to the upper edge of the wall panel by the ceiling fastener, so that the screws for joining the ceiling panel and the wall panel are exposed. No large joints are needed to hide the screws. In addition, even if the upper body does not protrude greatly behind the ceiling panel, the string-shaped material can be locked to each ceiling fastener and tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel, so that the back of the ceiling panel and the building frame can be connected. No large working intervals are required between them.

In the ceiling fastener according to the second aspect, since the ceiling fixing piece is continuously connected to one side of the mounting piece so as to be deformable, the string-like material is passed through the cord-like material passing portion of the ceiling fixing piece, and When the shape is tensioned on the upper surface of the ceiling panel, it is pulled by the tensioned string-like material and the ceiling fixing piece is deformed, and the periphery of the ceiling panel is more securely pressed against the upper end of the wall panel Made and fixed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ceiling panel fixing method, wherein the ceiling fastener mounting piece of the second aspect is attached to an upper end portion of the wall panel, and the string-like material is passed through the string-like material passing portion of the ceiling fastener. The ceiling panel is placed on top of the wall panel, and then the cord is pulled into the ceiling panel's inspection port, and the ceiling fixing strip is deformed to deform the ceiling fixing piece. Since the peripheral portion of the ceiling panel is fixed to the upper end portion of the wall panel, the same operation as in the first or second aspect of the invention is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a method of fixing a ceiling panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a method of fixing a ceiling panel in which a cord is locked by a method different from that of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a ceiling fastener.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing how to use the ceiling fastener.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a method of using another ceiling fastener.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a conventional ceiling panel fixing method.

[Description of Signs] 1 Equipment unit 2 Wall panel 3 Ceiling panel 4, 4A, 4B Ceiling fastener 41, 41A, 41B Mounting piece 42, 42A, 42B Ceiling fixing piece 44, 44A, 44B String material passing part 5 String shape Lumber

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An equipment unit in which a ceiling panel covering an upper part of a space surrounded by an upright wall panel is fixed to the wall panel, and a ceiling fastener attached to an upper end of the wall panel; A string-like material locked to the ceiling fastener, and the string-like material is stretched in tension on the upper surface of the ceiling panel, and the peripheral edge of the ceiling panel is attached to the upper end of the wall panel by the ceiling fastener. An equipment unit characterized by being fixed. 2. A fixing member and a ceiling fixing piece connected to one side of the mounting piece so as to be deformable, and a string-like material passing portion for passing a string-like material through the ceiling fixing piece is provided. Ceiling fastener characterized by being. 3. The ceiling panel according to claim 2, wherein the mounting piece of the ceiling fastener according to claim 2 is attached to an upper end portion of the wall panel, and the string-like material is engaged with the string-like material passing portion of the ceiling fastener. Is placed on the upper part of the wall panel, and the string-like material drawn into the ceiling panel inspection port is tensioned to deform the ceiling fixing piece, and the ceiling fastener is used to fix the peripheral edge of the ceiling panel to the wall. A ceiling panel fixing method for a facility unit, wherein the ceiling panel is fixed to an upper end portion of a panel.