JPS62197018A - Up-and-down movable washing stand - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field 1] The present invention relates to a mechanism for raising and lowering a washstand (1) of a vertically lifting type washstand in which a washbowl body is moved up and down.

[Background technology 1 The height to the top of the bathroom vanity and the distance between it and the floor] is JIS
According to the standard, it is 720IllL11, but it would be easier to use if you could change the height depending on your height and purpose of use.

In recent years, it has been considered to raise and lower the washbowl of a washstand so that the height of the washbowl can be changed, but in the past, complicated mechanisms such as link mechanisms were used to raise and lower the washbowl. However, there was no mechanism that could smoothly move the washbasin up and down using a simple mechanism.

[Objective of the Invention 1 The present invention has been made in view of the points described above, and the object of the present invention is a simple 8! To provide a vertically elevating washstand that can be smoothly raised and lowered in a structure.

[Disclosure 1 of the Invention] The vertically-elevating washstand of the present invention has an elevating body A that supports the washbowl body 1 in a vertically movable manner with a rectangular cylindrical movable guide tube 8 and a rectangular cylindrical fixed guide tube 9. The movable guide tube 8 is fixed to the washbasin body 1, the lower end of the fixed guide tube 9 is installed on the floor 2, and the movable guide tube 8 is slidably inserted into the fixed guide tube 9. At the same time, a roller 11 is interposed between the fixed guide cylinder 9 and the movable guide l'18, and one end of one gas spring 12 arranged vertically inside the elevating body A is fixed to the movable guide cylinder 8. At the same time, the fixed side of the other end is fixed to the id tube 9, and by configuring it as described above, the drawbacks of the conventional example are solved. In other words, the washbowl body 1
The elevating body A that supports the vertically up and down movement is composed of a rectangular cylindrical movable guide tube 8 and a rectangular cylindrical fixed @〃guide tube,
The movable side guide tube 8 is fixed to the washbasin bottle body 1, and the lower end of the fixed side guide tube 9 is installed on the floor 2, and the movable side guide tube 8 is slidably inserted into the fixed side guide tube 9, and the fixed side guide tube 8 is slidably inserted into the fixed side guide tube 9. Low to open tube 9 and movable guide tube 8? 11, it is possible to be guided to move up and down linearly, stably and smoothly in the vertical direction with a simple structure.Moreover, one of the springs arranged in the vertical direction inside the elevating body A is a spring. By fixing one end of the 12 to the movable guide tube 8 and the other end to the fixed guide tube 9, one can be automatically raised by the spring 12, resulting in a simple structure. The washbowl body 1 can now be raised and lowered by a combination of the lifting body A and one γ spring 12.

The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to Examples.

As shown in FIG. 1, the washbowl body 1 is provided with a recessed bowl portion 1a, and on the back side of the upper surface of the washbowl body 1, a freely drawable shower collar 5, mixing pulp 6, and drain plug are operated. An operating section 7 is provided. The upper part of the elevating body A is attached to the back surface of the washbasin body 1. As shown in Fig. fjS2 and Figs. 3(a) and 3(b), this elevating body A has a movable side in the shape of a flat rectangular cylinder with a wide width in the left and right direction, and is composed of an id cylinder 8 and a fixed side guide cylinder 9. The fixed side guide tube 9 is inserted into the movable side guide tube 8. Retainer-1
A sliding roller 11 held at 0 is interposed between the movable guide tube 8 and the fixed guide tube 9, and the roller 11 is held at zero.
1 to the movable guide tube 8 with respect to the fixed guide tube 9.
It is designed to slide up and down. retainer-10
The rollers 11 held by the rollers 11 are interposed at the four corners.

In this embodiment, there is a fixed side guide fi in the movable side cylinder 8.
2I9 is slidably inserted therein, but a structure in which the movable side is slidably inserted into the id tube 8 inside the fixed side id tube 9 may also be used.

The movable gA〃id*S is attached to the back surface of the washbowl body 1, and the lower end of the fixed side guide cylinder 9 is fixed to the rack part 3. This stationary part 3 is formed to be approximately H-shaped when viewed from the top, and has side base parts 3a on both sides of the stationary part 3.
The lower end of the stationary side guide cylinder 9 is connected to the connecting part 3b connecting between the parts, and the washbowl body 1 can be made to stand on its own by placing the stationary part 3 on the floor. When the elevating body A is constituted by the movable guide tube 8 and the fixed guide tube 9, each having a flat rectangular tube shape, it is possible to stably support the movable guide tube 8 and the fixed guide tube 9 at wide intervals in the left-right direction while reducing the distance in the depth direction. Movable guide cylinder 8 and fixed 1111! The elevating body A consisting of the ff-id tube 9 may be provided at the center in the left and right width direction, and should not be provided on the back side as described above, but on the lower surface of the washbowl body 1 as shown in FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b). A gas spring 12 as a lifting means is installed in the center of the cylinder 9 on the side fixed to the lifting body, which may be installed between the center and the floor 2. The spring 12 is constructed as follows.

As shown in FIG. 4, a piston 15 is slidably inserted into the sill 14, and a piston rod 16 extending from the piston 15 is guided out of the sill 14.
The bushing rod 17 is inserted into a through hole penetrating the piston rod 16 and the piston 15. An intermediate guide 19 is slidably installed between the piston 15 inside the cylinder 14 and the ID seal 18, and oil 20 is sealed between the intermediate guide 19 and the guide seal 18. The chambers on both sides of the piston 15 are filled with gas 21 such as nitrogen gas at high pressure.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4(b), by pushing the bushing rod 17, the pulp 22 at the tip of the bushing rod 17 is opened and the pulp hole 23 of the piston 15 is opened.
is larger than the pressure receiving surface S2 on the piston rod 16 side.
6 side to reach the maximum extension state as shown in FIG. It can be moved to the opposite side to achieve the maximum compression state as shown in Figure 4 (,), and by releasing the pushing of the bushing rod 17 with the piston 15 located at an arbitrary position, it will not move at that position. You can do it like this. The end of the cylinder 14 of the gas spring 12 configured as above is fixed to the upper end of the movable guide cylinder 8, and the end of the piston rod 16 of the gas spring 12 is fixed to the lower end of the fixed guide cylinder 9. has been done. A top plate 27 is detachably attached above the movable side cylinder 8. As shown in FIG. 5, an operating plate 24 for operating the bushing rod 17 is rotatably attached to the tip of the bushing rod 17, and the pedal 25 and the operating plate 24 are connected by a release wire 26. By stepping on 25, the operation plate 24 is rotated and the bushing rod 1 is rotated.
7 is pushed in. A pipe B for water supply and drainage is pre-installed below the washbasin body 1 at the time of factory assembly. A drain pipe 31 is connected to the drain port of the bowl portion 1a of the washbasin body 1 via a drain trap member 30.
Connect it. One end of the lexical hot water supply pipe 32 and the water supply pipe 33 is connected to the mixing pulp 6, and the other ends of the hot water supply pipe 32 and the water supply pipe 33 become connection ports 32a and 33a, and are installed above the e% section 3. It is fixed. A shower collar 5 is connected to one end of a flexible shower hose 34, and the other end of the shower hose 34 is connected to a mixing pulp 6. The front side of the pipe B is covered with an integral cover 35, and as shown in FIG. 6, the integral cover 35 includes an upper integral cover 35a and a lower integral cover 35b. The upper cover unit 35a is attached to the washbasin body 1, the lower cover unit 35b is attached to the stationary part 3, and the lower part of the upper cover unit 35a and the upper part of the lower cover unit 35b overlap. .

As mentioned above, the vertically adjustable washstand of the present invention is constructed,
By placing the stationary part 3 on the floor 2 with the back side along the wall surface 36, it is arranged to stand on its own. At this time, the stationary part 3 is fixed to the floor 2 if necessary. Pipe B is processed by connecting the drain pipe 31 to a drain pipe buried under the floor 2, and connecting the connection ports 32a and 33a of the hot water pipe 32 and water supply pipe 33 to the hot water pipe or water supply pipe buried in the wall. . A mirror cabinet 37 is installed above the vertically adjustable washstand.

Next, the operation of the vertically-elevating washstand of the present invention constructed as described above will be explained. When you step on the pedal 25 now, the bushing rod 17 of the gas spring 12 is pushed and the gas spring 12 expands, and the movable side id cylinder 8 slides against the fixed side id cylinder 9, and the force of the gas spring 12 causes the movable side id cylinder 8 to slide against the fixed side id cylinder 9. When the push-in of the rod 17 that raises the washbowl body 1 is released, the gas spring 12 stops expanding at that position and stops at that position. Further, when the washbowl body 1 is pressed downward by depressing the pedal 25 and the bushing rod 17 is pushed in, the gas spring 12 is compressed and the washbowl body 1 is lowered. At this time as well, when the pedal 25 is released, the compression of the gas spring 12 is stopped at that position, and the washbowl body 1 is stopped at that position. Thus, by raising and lowering the washbowl body 1, the user can wash his or her hair according to his or her height and purpose. For example, as shown in FIG. 7(a), the washbowl body 1
You can wash your feet by lowering it to the bottom, as shown in Figure 7 (1,
) As shown in Figure 7(e), by raising the washbowl body 1 a little, children can wash their clothes and wash their hair, and as shown in Figure 7(e), the washbowl body 1 can be further raised to allow adults to wash their clothes and their hair, as shown in Figure 7(d). Thus, the user can lower the washbowl body 1 and wash his/her hair while sitting on the chair 38.

Also, FIG. fi9 shows another embodiment of the description. In this embodiment, the main tub is the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiments, and the washbowl body 1 can be raised and lowered by grasping the grip 39. The grip 39 is provided with an operating lever 40, and by grasping the grip 39 and the operating lever 40, the bushing rod 17 can be operated via the release wire 26 in the same way as the pedal 25 in the above embodiment. . Further, the drain pipe 31 is provided with a bend preventer 41 to prevent the flexible drain pipe 31 from being bent to form a trap portion when the washbasin body 1 is raised and lowered.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention comprises an elevating body that supports the washbowl body vertically and vertically by a rectangular cylindrical movable guide tube and a rectangular cylindrical fixed guide tube. The tube is fixed to the washbowl body, and the lower end of the fixed side guide tube is installed on the floor, and the movable guide tube is slidably inserted into the fixed side guide tube, and the movable guide tube is inserted between the fixed side guide tube and the movable side guide tube. Since rollers are interposed between the rollers, it can be moved up and down in a straight line in a stable and smooth manner using a guide.It is also made into a double cylindrical shape and has a simple structure with a loaf inserted between them, making it smooth. Moreover, one end of the gas spring arranged vertically inside the elevating body is fixed to the movable guide cylinder, and the other end is fixed to the fixed guide cylinder, so it can be moved smoothly as shown above. The movable guide cylinder that is raised and lowered can be automatically raised by one gas spring, and therefore the washbowl body can be raised and lowered stably and smoothly with a simple structure.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the vertically elevating washstand of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan sectional view of the elevating body of the above, and Fig. tjS3 (a
)(b) is a side sectional view of the elevating body same as above, and FIGS. 4(a)(b)
) (c) is a front cross-sectional view of the same gas spring as above, and Figure 5 is the same as above for operating the spring 8! Explanatory diagram of the structure, No. 6
The figure is a side sectional view of the vertically adjustable washstand shown above, and Figure 7 (
a), (b), (c), and (d) are explanatory diagrams of the same operation as above, and Fig. 8 (
,)(b) is a side sectional view showing a state of installation different from that in FIGS. 3(a) and (b), and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the same pond, in which 1 is a washbowl body; 2 is a floor, 8 is an idle cylinder on the movable side, 9 is a guide cylinder on the fixed side, 11 is a roller, 12 is a gas spring, and A is an elevating body. Agent Patent Attorney Ishi 1) Ai 7 Figure 1 Figure 5 Figure 6 Mochi 9Q Figure 8 (b) 7” ”

Claims (1)

[Claims] [1] An elevating body that supports the washbowl body in a vertically movable manner is composed of a rectangular movable guide tube and a rectangular fixed guide tube, and the movable guide tube is fixed to the washbowl body. The lower end of the fixed guide tube is installed on the floor, the movable guide tube is slidably inserted into the fixed guide tube, and a roller is interposed between the fixed guide tube and the movable guide tube,
A vertically elevating washstand characterized by having one end of a gas spring arranged vertically inside an elevating body fixed to a movable guide tube and the other end fixed to a fixed guide tube.