JP2001055837A - Functional panel for bathroom - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a functional panel for a bathroom capable of being installed on a wall panel in a sanitary equipment room such as a bath room, capable of easily performing the maintenance and inspection of shower piping under service from the inside of the room, and eliminating the feeling that the panel is present as an inspection cover. SOLUTION: This functional panel for a bathroom is a functional panel A obtained by installing a mirror 2 on the front surface of a panel main body 1 and a water washing hardware 3 on the front lower surface thereof. A recessed part is provided at the front portion of the panel main body 1 where the mirror 2 is installed, a pipe for feeding hot water from the water washing hardware 3 to a shower device 7 is disposed in the recessed part, and the mirror 2 is installed so as to cover an opening part of the recessed part 4. Also, the functional panel for bath room may be formed so that an inspection cover 6 with hot water pail stand is installed detachably on the underside of the panel main body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a functional panel for a bathroom used in a sanitary equipment room such as a shower unit and a bathroom unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, bathroom units have been installed in houses and the like. In this bathroom unit, hand showers, lighting fixtures and mirrors are mounted on the inner wall surface in addition to the flushing fittings. Wiring and piping for these devices are generally performed outside the bathroom wall panel. is there.

[0003] However, when piping is provided outside the wall panel of the bathroom, the work itself must be performed simultaneously with the construction of the wall panel, and the setup is complicated. Also, if the piping system malfunctions such as water leakage or dew condensation that occurs during use after installation, partial repairs cannot be made, so the wall panels must be removed and the pipes must be repaired. It was massive.

Therefore, as described in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 3-82729, pipes such as a ceiling shower and a hand shower, and wiring to ceiling lights and various types of curan for electronic curran are formed on a wall panel. There has been proposed a device in which a vertically long groove is formed and housed in a wiring / pipe space, and a front cover is provided with a closing lid provided with a hand shower.

[0005]

However, in the wall panel for piping and wiring described in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 3-82729, the piping and wiring space is covered and covered with a vertically long lid. Not only does it look conspicuous and it looks cheap, but the lid has a problem that it is difficult to remove it, although it has a simple structure, and it requires extra lid parts, which increases the cost.

In view of such circumstances, the present invention relates to a bathroom functional panel to be attached to a wall panel of a sanitary facility room such as a bathroom, so that maintenance and inspection of a shower pipe during use can be easily performed from the indoor side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bathroom functional panel which can be performed and has an excellent external appearance which does not make it feel as an inspection lid.

[0007]

In order to achieve such an object, a bathroom functional panel according to the invention of claim 1 (hereinafter referred to as a "bathroom functional panel of claim 1").
Is a bathroom functional panel in which a mirror is attached to the front of the panel body and a flush fitting is attached to the lower front part, and a recess is provided in the front part of the panel body to which the mirror is attached, and the recess is provided in the recess from the flush fitting. And a mirror is mounted so as to cover the opening of the recess.

[0008] In the functional panel for a bathroom according to claim 1, the panel body is not particularly limited, but is made of ABS resin,
It is preferable that a concave portion is formed by projecting a synthetic resin sheet such as a polystyrene resin to the rear side by vacuum forming.

The functional panel for a bathroom according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion is provided at a central portion of a front surface of the panel body, a mirror is provided so as to cover an opening of the concave portion, and a flush fitting is provided at a lower portion of the front surface. Is installed, but a shower device may be provided on one of the left and right side edges of the panel body,
A lighting fixture may be provided in the upper front part.

Further, a bathroom functional panel according to the invention of claim 2 (hereinafter referred to as a "bathroom functional panel of claim 2")
In the bathroom functional panel according to the first aspect of the present invention, an inspection lid with a water tub base is detachably provided below the panel main body.

The bathroom functional panel according to the third aspect of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as "bathroom functional panel of claim 3") has a mirror mounted on the front surface of the panel body and a flush fitting mounted on the lower front portion. A hot water supply pipe from the flush fitting to the shower device is disposed on the back side of the front part of the panel body to which the mirror is attached, and a hot water supply pipe around the flush fitting is provided at a lower front part of the panel body. The inspection cover is detachably provided.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a bathroom functional panel according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, bathroom functional panel A
Is composed of a vertically long panel body 1 formed of a synthetic resin, a mirror 2 provided at the center of the front surface of the panel body 1 and a flush fitting 3 provided at a lower part of the front surface of the panel body 1. In addition, an inspection lid 6 with a bathtub is provided detachably below the panel body 1. In addition, a shower device 7 is attached to the left flange 1 d of the panel main body 1, and a lighting fixture 8 is provided on an upper front part of the panel main body 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the panel body 1 is formed with a vertically long concave portion 4 so that a central portion of the front surface to which the mirror 2 is attached projects toward the rear side. The portion 41 is formed along the vertical direction so as to swell toward the front side, and storage spaces 42 and 43 are formed on both sides of the mirror mounting base 41, respectively. The peripheral edge of the panel main body 1 has an upper edge wall 1a and right and left edge walls 1b, 1c which are bent at right angles to the back side except for the lower side, and further has a flange portion 1d, a right and left edge wall 1b, 1c. Although 1e extends outward, a lower edge portion of the panel main body 1 is opened so that an inspection lid 6 with a hot water bath described later can be detachably mounted.

As shown in FIG. 3, the storage space 42 is provided with an insertion hole 45 through which a hot water supply / water supply pipe 5 from the flush fitting 3 is inserted into a lower side wall 44 of the storage space 42. One end of the hot water / water supply pipe 5 is inserted into the hole 45 and connected to the flush fitting 3 and is raised, and the other end is penetrated through the left side wall of the storage space 42 to the left side edge wall 1b of the panel body 1. It is connected to the attached connection fitting 51. In this case, the hot / water supply pipe 5 is piped to the back side of the panel body 1 on the side of the flush fitting 3 below the lower wall 44 of the storage space 42, but is connected to the connection fitting 51 above the lower side wall 44. The pipe is exposed in the storage space 42. The hot / water supply pipe 5 exposed and plumbed in the storage space 42 is covered and covered by closing the opening of the concave portion 4 of the panel body 1 with the mirror 2.

The plane dimension of the mirror 2 is substantially the same as the opening of the concave portion 4 of the panel main body 1, or the upper and lower ends are slightly smaller except for the mounting allowances for the mirror fixtures 21 and 22. The mirror 2 is fitted so as to cover the opening of the concave portion 4, pressed against the mirror mounting base 41, and supported so as to be substantially flush with the front surface of the panel body 1. Further, the upper and lower edges of the mirror 2 are fixed to the mirror fixture 2.
By fixing them at 1 and 22, respectively, the opening of the concave portion 4 of the panel main body 1 is closed.

The inspection lid 6 with a water tub is provided with an inspection lid 61 having a vertical surface and a water tub 62 having a horizontal surface.
The inspection lid 61 has the same width as the lower end of the panel body 1, and the water bath base 62 is made of synthetic resin into a substantially L-shaped cross section so that a water bath such as a washbasin can be placed thereon. It is molded integrally.

The shower device 7 includes a shower head 72 to which a shower hose 71 is attached, a shower hook 73 for hanging the shower head 72, and a guide rail 74 for moving the shower hook 73 up and down to adjust the height position. The guide rail 74 is attached and fixed to the left side flange 1c of the panel body 1, and
One end of the shower hose 71 is connected to a connection fitting 51 attached to the left edge wall 1b of the panel body 1.

The bathroom functional panel A of the present invention is attached to a wall panel 12 erected on the peripheral edge 11 of the bathroom unit 10 on the side of the washing station 10 as shown in FIG. 3 using screws (not shown). The respective ends of the water supply pipe 13 and the hot water supply pipe 14 previously piped to the outside of the wall panel 12 are connected to the flush fitting 3 via the connection fitting 15. The wall panel 12 to which the bathroom functional panel A is attached has a connection fitting 1.
An inspection port 121 is opened in the vicinity of the lower side where 5 is provided. The inspection lid 6 with a bathtub is inserted and connected to the opening of the inspection lid 61 below the panel body so that the inspection lid 61 closes the inspection opening 121, and is connected to the inspection lid 6 with a screw (not shown). The flange 64 is fixed to the wall panel 12.

After the bathroom functional panel A is attached in this way, if a failure occurs in the piping system such as water leakage or dew condensation during use, the connection fitting 15 and the water supply pipe 13 connected to the connection fitting 15 and Maintenance and inspection of the hot water supply pipe 14 and the water supply / hot water supply pipe 5 from the washing metal fitting 3 to the shower device 7 can be easily performed from the indoor side by removing the inspection lid 6 with the bathtub base and the mirror 2. Moreover, the mirror 2 covers and covers the water supply / hot water supply pipe 5, and the inspection lid 6 with the water bath base is the panel body 1
Since it is provided below the door, it does not make the user feel that it exists as an inspection lid, so that the appearance is not unsightly. Further, since there is no need for a cover for covering and hiding, the number of parts is reduced.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show another embodiment of the bathroom functional panel according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the bathroom functional panel B is provided with a vertically long panel body 20 formed of a synthetic resin, a mirror 2a provided at the center of the front face of the panel body 20, and a lower front face of the panel body 20. The washing metal fitting 3 and the inspection cover 30 that covers the periphery of the washing metal fitting 3 are provided.

The panel body 20 includes a mirror 2 as shown in FIG.
A vertically long concave portion 4a is formed in the center of the front surface where a is mounted, and the mirror 2a is mounted in the concave portion 4a. The peripheral edge of the panel main body 20 has an upper edge wall 20a and a right and left edge wall 2 which are bent at right angles to the back side except for the lower side.
0b, 20c, and flange portions 20d, 20e extend outward from the left and right edge walls 20b, 20c. The lower edge portion of the panel body 20 covers the periphery of the flush fitting 3 described later. The inspection cover 30 is open so that the inspection cover 30 can be detachably attached.

The plane dimension of the mirror 2a is substantially the same as the opening of the concave portion 4a of the panel body 20, or the upper and lower ends are mirror fixtures 21a.
The size is slightly smaller except for the mounting margin of 22a. The mirror 2a is fitted so as to cover the opening of the concave portion 4a, and the upper and lower edges of the mirror 2a are fixed to the mirror fixtures 21a and 22a, respectively, so that the mirror 2a is pressed against the mirror mounting base 41a and substantially corresponds to the front surface of the panel body 20. It is supported to be flush.

The inspection cover 30 has the same width as the lower end of the panel main body 20, and has an opening 32 formed on the front surface thereof, through which the flush fitting 3 can be inserted. As shown in FIG. 5, the flush fitting 3 is attached to a board 31 to which the flush fitting 3 is attached, and the board 31 is integrally fixed to a fitting 33 provided on the back side.

The bathroom functional panel B of the present invention is attached to a wall panel 12 erected on a peripheral edge 11 of the bathroom unit 10 on the side of the washing room 10 as shown in FIG. 5 using screws (not shown). A water supply pipe 13a and a hot water supply pipe 14a, which are provided inside a counter 60 provided inside the wall panel 12, are respectively raised upward, and their ends are connected to the flush fitting 3, and the flush fitting 3 is It is mounted on the wall panel 12 via the mounting bracket 33. Washing fitting 3
The hot water supply / water supply pipe 5a to the shower device 7 is inserted between the wall panel 12 and the mirror mounting base 41a of the panel main body 1 to connect to the connection fitting 51 attached to the left side edge wall 1b of the panel main body 1. Connected. The inspection cover 30 opens the upper edge of the inspection cover 30 below the panel body 20 so as to cover the water supply pipe 13a and the hot water supply pipe 14a which are piped and exposed inside the wall panel 12. It is attached to the wall panel 12 by being brought into contact with the portion and connected thereto, and fixing the flange portion 33 with a screw (not shown).
In this case, the flush fitting 3 is inserted through the opening 32 into the inspection cover 3.
0 is exposed to the side of the surface.

After the bathroom functional panel B has been mounted in this way, if a failure occurs in the piping system such as water leakage or dew condensation during use, the water supply pipe 13a and the hot water supply pipe 14a.
In addition, maintenance and inspection of the water supply / hot water supply pipe 5a from the washing metal fitting 3 to the shower device 7 can be easily performed from the indoor side by removing the inspection cover 30.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific embodiment is not limited to this embodiment, and a design change or the like may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Even if present, it is included in the present invention. For example, in the embodiment, the mirror mounting base 4
1 is provided, and the mirror is fitted into the opening of the concave portion 4 and fixed to the mirror mounting base 41 so as to be flush with the front surface of the panel body 1. However, when the mirror is small, the mirror mounting base 41 must be provided. And the plane dimension of the mirror 2 is
The mirror 2 may be directly superimposed on the front surface of the panel body 1 so as to protrude from the periphery of the opening of the concave portion 4 so as to protrude from the periphery of the opening of the concave portion 4. Although the shower device 7 is attached to the flange 1c of the panel body 1, it may be attached to the wall panel 12.

[0028]

According to the bathroom functional panel of the present invention, even if dew condensation or water leakage occurs in the shower pipe or the pipe to the flush fitting during use, maintenance can be performed simply by removing the inspection lid with the mirror and the bathtub. Inspection can be easily performed from the indoor side, and the appearance is excellent because the mirror does not make it feel that the mirror is present as an inspection lid. In addition, since there is no need for a cover part and the number of parts is small, the number of construction steps is small and the cost can be reduced.

In particular, according to the structure of claim 2, furthermore,
Since it is an inspection lid integrated with the bathtub, it does not feel that it is present as an inspection lid, so it is excellent in appearance, and piping inspection near the flushing fitting can be easily performed from the indoor side. .

[0030] In the bathroom functional panel of the third aspect,
Even if dew condensation or water leakage occurs on the shower pipe or the pipe to the flush fitting during use, simply remove the inspection cover and maintenance and inspection of the hot and cold water supply pipes around the flush fitting and the shower pipe are easy from the indoor side. In addition, the inspection cover is excellent in appearance because it covers and covers the hot and cold water supply pipes around the flush fitting. In addition, since there is no need for a cover part and the number of parts is small, the number of construction steps is small and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a bathroom functional panel according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the bathroom functional panel is attached to a wall panel in which the functional panel is used.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the bathroom functional panel of FIG. 1 is attached to a wall panel.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the bathroom functional panel of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the bathroom functional panel of FIG. 4 is attached to a wall panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, B Bathroom functional panel 1, 20 Panel body 2, 2a Mirror 3 Washing fitting 30 Inspection cover 4, 4a Recess 41, 41a Mirror mounting base 42, 43 Storage space 5, 5a Hot / water supply pipe 6 With bathtub Inspection lid 61 Inspection lid 62 Bathtub

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bathroom functional panel in which a mirror is attached to a front surface of a panel body and a flush fitting is attached to a lower portion of the front surface, wherein a recess is provided in a front portion of the panel body to which the mirror is attached, and a flush fitting is provided in the recess. A functional panel for a bathroom, comprising: a hot water supply pipe from a water heater to a shower device; and a mirror mounted so as to cover an opening of the concave portion. 2. The functional panel for a bathroom according to claim 1, wherein an inspection lid with a bathtub is detachably provided below the panel body. 3. A bathroom functional panel in which a mirror is attached to a front surface of a panel body and a flush fitting is attached to a lower part of the front face, and hot water supply from the flush fitting to a shower device is provided on a back side of a front portion of the panel body to which the mirror is attached. Piping is arranged,
A functional panel for a bathroom, characterized in that an inspection cover for covering a hot and cold water supply pipe around a flush fitting is detachably provided at a lower front part of a panel body.