JP2014014481A - Cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the necessity of preparing a wood piece for level adjustment and adjusting its length by utilizing a piping cover which conceals piping for height adjustment of a top plate in installation of a cabinet, and to improve the appearance of the cabinet by concealing the piping with the piping cover even when a storage portion is arranged in a position spaced apart from the floor and a space is created below the storage portion.SOLUTION: A cabinet 1 comprises a top plate 7 having a sink 6, side plates 8 attached to both ends of the top plate 7, a storage portion 9 provided below the top plate 7, a space 10 provided on a side of the storage part 9, piping 5 provided below the storage part 9, and a piping cover 15 for concealing the piping 5. An upper end 18 of the piping cover 15 is designed to be at substantially the same height as a lower end 21 of the storage part 9.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cabinet, and more particularly to a cabinet used as a vanity having a space below a top plate.

  A cabinet used for a bathroom vanity or the like includes a top plate provided with a water tank, side plates attached to both ends of the top plate, and a storage portion provided below the top plate. In recent years, an increasing number of users perform makeup, skin care, and the like on a vanity.

  In order to effectively use the washroom, which is a limited space, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), in a cabinet 50 such as a vanity, a storage section 52 is provided below the top plate 51. There is a need for a configuration in which a space portion 53 is provided on one side of the frontage direction, and a space portion 53 is provided on the side of the storage portion 52 in which a user can put a leg while sitting on a chair. Conventionally, the cabinet provided with the space part under the top plate is publicly known (for example, refer to patent documents 1 and 2).

  By the way, when the installation work of the cabinet 50 provided with the storage part 52 as described above is performed, the left and right side plates 54 are usually fixed to the top plate 51, and then the back surface (rear surface) of the top plate 51 is used. The work of fixing to the structural wall of the building with the fixing bracket 55 having an L-shaped cross section is performed.

  However, as described above, in the case of the cabinet 50 in which the space portion 53 is provided on the side of the storage portion 52, as shown in a two-dot chain line (imaginary line) in FIG. The top plate 51 may bend downward due to the weight of the storage portion 53 provided on the lower side of the top plate 51. If the top plate 51 is fixed and attached to the wall surface of the structural wall of the building as it is, the top plate 51 is bent. Will be installed.

  In order to prevent the top plate 51 from being bent in this way, conventionally, during installation work, as shown in FIG. The top plate 51 is temporarily supported from below by a support rod 56, the top plate 51 is adjusted to a desired height, and the top plate 51 and the left and right side plates 55 are placed on the structural wall of the building in a horizontal state without bending. Fixing to a wall surface with a fixing metal 55 is performed.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-192785 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-92888

  As described above, the conventional means for temporarily supporting the top plate 51 from the bottom with the wood end 56 and adjusting the desired height of the top plate 51 brings such a wood end 56 into the installation site in advance. In other words, an appropriate tree end 56 must be found and used at the installation site.

  Even if the wood ends 56 can be prepared, the length (height) of the top board 51 must be adjusted by cutting the length of the wood ends 56 in units of several millimeters. For this reason, it takes time and effort to prepare the tree ends 56 themselves. In particular, when the floor 57 itself of the installation site is not necessarily flat and horizontal, such as depending on the location, it is necessary to adjust the length of the tree end so as to correspond to the region of the installation site.

  By the way, pipes such as water supply pipes, drainage pipes, and hot water supply pipes connected to the water tank are conventionally connected to water supply pipes and drain outlets provided on the floor through the cabinet, and the storage part is separated from the floor. When it is provided at a position and a space is formed below, the pipes are exposed, and the appearance is not necessarily good.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the problem of horizontal maintenance in the conventional installation work of the cabinet. In addition, the storage part is provided at a position away from the floor, and a space is formed below. It is an object to solve the problem that the piping is exposed when it is exposed.

  That is, the present invention eliminates the need to prepare a wooden edge for holding the horizontal in particular by using a piping cover that conceals the piping for horizontal maintenance during the installation work of the cabinet, and the wooden edge itself. It is an object of the present invention to realize a cabinet capable of eliminating troublesomeness such as adjusting the length of the cabinet.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a top plate provided with a water tank, side plates attached to both ends of the top plate, a storage portion provided below the top plate, and provided on the side of the storage portion. And a piping cover for concealing the piping, and the upper end of the piping cover is substantially at the same height as the lower end of the storage portion. The cabinet is characterized by being set as follows.

  It is preferable that the pipe cover is formed in a U-shape including two parts extending from the front part and both ends of the front part in a plan view.

  It is preferable to fix the pipe cover to the wall surface of the installation place so that the top plate is horizontal with the pipe cover temporarily placed below the storage unit, then connect the pipes, and finally install the pipe cover.

  It is preferable to insert a spacer as a height adjusting member between the lower part of the storage part and the pipe cover in a state where the pipe cover is temporarily placed under the storage part.

  The pipe cover is provided with an adjuster for height adjustment, and it is preferable to adjust the adjuster in a state where the pipe cover is temporarily placed below the storage portion.

  The present invention eliminates the inconvenience of adjusting the length of the top plate by adjusting the length of the top plate and eliminating the need to prepare a wooden edge for horizontal holding by using the piping cover that hides the piping. In addition, there is a synergistic effect that the problem that the pipes appear to be exposed when the storage portion is provided at a position away from the floor and a space is formed below is produced.

It is a figure which shows the example of the kitchen using the cabinet which concerns on this invention, (a) is the perspective view seen from diagonally forward, (b) is the perspective view seen from the downward direction. It is a figure explaining the whole structure of the Example of the cabinet based on this invention, (a) is a front view, (b) is BB sectional drawing of (a), (c) is a perspective view. is there. It is a perspective view explaining the piping cover of the cabinet of the said Example, (a) shows an example of a piping cover, (b) shows another example of a piping cover, (c), (d) is (b) It is a figure explaining the square contact piece attached to the corner | angular part of a piping cover shown to (4), (c) is the figure seen from upper direction, (d) is the figure seen from the downward direction. It is a figure explaining the effect | action of the cabinet of the said Example, (a) is a front view which shows the state of the installation construction of a cabinet, (b), (c) is a perspective view which shows a piping cover and a spacer. It is a figure explaining the effect | action of the cabinet of the said Example, (a) is a perspective view explaining the operation | work which adjusts height in the case of the installation work of a cabinet, (b) is the operation | work which adjusts height similarly. It is the perspective view seen from another direction explaining. It is a figure which shows another structure of a piping cover, (a) is a front view which shows the state of the installation construction of the cabinet which uses this piping cover, (b) demonstrates the adjuster attached to this piping cover. FIG. It is a figure explaining a prior art example, (a), (b) is a front view explaining the problem of a prior art example, (c) is the work which adjusts the height in the case of the installation construction of the cabinet in a prior art example. It is a figure explaining.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The form for implementing the cabinet which concerns on this invention is demonstrated below with reference to drawings based on an Example. In this specification, “left and right” are “left and right” as viewed from the front when using the cabinet, and “front” and “rear” are similarly “front” and “back” when viewed from the front. Side ".

  An embodiment of a cabinet according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The whole structure which applied the cabinet 1 of this Example to the kitchen 2 is shown in FIG. 1, and the whole structure of the cabinet which removed the drawer, the door, etc. is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the kitchen 2 includes a cabinet 1 and a wall cabinet 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b), 2 (a), and 2 (c), the cabinet 1 includes a top plate 7 provided with a water tank 6, and left and right sides attached to both ends of the top plate 7. Side plate 8, storage portion 9 provided below top plate 7, space portion 10 provided on the side of storage portion 9 (on the left side in the front direction of cabinet 1 in this embodiment), and storage portion 9 is provided with piping 5 (see FIG. 2B) provided on the back side of 9 and a piping cover 15 for hiding the piping 5.

  The top plate 7 is attached by fixing the rear surface of the top plate 7 to the wall of the structural wall 37 of the building to be installed together with the storage portion 9 provided below and the left and right side plates 8 attached to both ends thereof. It is done.

  The storage unit 9 includes left and right side walls 11 whose top surfaces are fixed to the lower surface of the top plate 7 and bottom walls 12 that are fixed to the lower surfaces of the left and right side walls 11. The storage unit 9 is actually provided with a drawer 13 as shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), but FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (c) focus on the characteristics of the cabinet of the present invention. In order to explain, the state where the drawer 13 is removed is shown. Although not shown, the storage unit 9 may be configured to be opened and closed by a door.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the piping cover 15 is formed in a U shape in plan view, and is formed from a front portion 16 and left and right side portions 17. As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, the pipe cover 15 is provided below the storage part 9 with the front part 16 facing the front front, such as a water supply pipe, a drain pipe, and a hot water supply pipe. By passing the piping 5 through the space surrounded by the front portion 16 and the left and right side portions 17, the piping 5 such as the water supply piping, drainage piping, and hot water supply piping cannot be seen even when the cabinet 1 is viewed from the front side. Can be hidden.

  The upper end 18 of the pipe cover 15 is set so as to be substantially at the same height as the lower end 20 of the storage portion 9. More specifically, the upper end 18 of the pipe cover 15 is set to be substantially the same height position so as not to be higher than the lower end 20 of the storage portion 9.

  With such a configuration, as will be described later, when installing the cabinet 1, the piping cover 15 is temporarily placed so as to support the storage unit 9 from below, and the top plate 7 is set to a predetermined height. It is possible to fix and attach to the wall surface of the structural wall 37 in a state where it is held in the horizontal direction without being bent downward. In addition, after fixing the top plate 7 to the wall surface of the structural wall 37, the piping cover 15 is arranged at a predetermined position as shown in FIGS. Is possible.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (b), a triangular corner piece 22 is fixed to the left and right corner portions 21 and 21 'of the front portion 16 and the left and right side portions 17 of the pipe cover 15 in plan view. Also good. As shown in FIGS. 3 (c) and 3 (d), the square contact piece 22 includes a triangular flat portion 23 and a mounting portion 24 bent downward from the side edge thereof.

  The square contact piece 22 has the flat portion 23 flush with the top surfaces of the front portion 16 and the left and right side portions 17 of the piping cover 15, and the mounting portion 24 is placed on the inner surfaces of the front portion 16 and the left and right side portions 17. , And fix them with screws.

  6 (a) and 6 (b), height adjusters 28 as shown in FIG. 6 (b) are formed on the lower surfaces of the front portion 16 and the left and right side portions 17 of the pipe cover 15, respectively. It is good also as a structure which attaches. The adjuster 28 includes an adjustment bolt 29 and functions as a seat where the head 30 of the adjustment bolt 29 is placed on the floor 31, and the height of the pipe cover 15 can be adjusted by the adjustment bolt 29.

  As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2C, the space portion 10 is formed between the left side plate 8 and the left side wall 11 of the storage portion 9, and when the user sits in front of the cabinet 1, Can be entered. In the space portion 10, a shelf plate 32 may be appropriately installed between the left side plate 8 and the left side wall 11 of the storage portion 9.

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In order to clarify the characteristics of the configuration of the cabinet 1 having the above configuration, the installation work and operation of the cabinet 1 will be described below.

  When the cabinet 1 is installed, the top plate 7 to which the storage unit 9 and the left and right side plates 8 are attached is fixedly attached to the wall surface of the structural wall 37 of the building to be installed on the rear surface 36. At the time of this mounting, as explained in FIG. 7, the problem of the conventional example is that the top plate 7 is likely to be bent due to the weight of the storage portion 9, so that the height of the top plate 7 is adjusted and the top plate 7 is not bent. It is necessary to fix so that it becomes.

  In the present invention, the cabinet 1 temporarily places the piping cover 15 below the left side wall 11 and the bottom wall 12 of the storage portion 9 as shown in FIG. Then, even if the top plate 7 tries to bend downward due to the weight of the storage portion 9, the lower surface of the storage portion 9 comes into contact with the upper surfaces of the front portion 16 and the left and right side portions 17 of the pipe cover 15.

  Thereby, the top plate 7 is corrected to a horizontal state without bending downward and held in a correct position. In this state, the top plate 7 is brought into contact with the wall surface of the structural wall 37 of the building. The fixing bracket 38 as shown in FIG. 1B can be fixed and attached in a horizontal state without bending downward.

  Here, when the height at which the top plate 7 is arranged is accurately adjusted and fixed to the wall surface of the structural wall 37 so as to be more horizontal, the piping cover 15 is temporarily placed below the storage portion 9. Further, for fine adjustment of the height of the top plate 7, a spacer 41 is provided between the upper surface of the pipe cover 15 and the top plate 7 as shown in FIGS. Insert.

  The spacer 41 is used as a height adjusting member, that is, a shim (thin plate for height adjustment), and a thickness of 1 mm or 2 mm is used. By using a plurality of stacked sheets, the height of the top plate 7 can be finely adjusted in units of 1 mm or 2 mm.

  The spacer 41 is inserted into the upper surface of the left corner portion 21 of the front cover 16 and the left side surface portion 17 of the pipe cover 15 and the upper surface of the right corner portion 21 ′ of the front surface portion 16 and the right side surface portion 17. By appropriately adjusting the number of spacers 41 to be inserted into the upper surface of the left corner 21 and the number of spacers 41 to be inserted into the upper surface of the right corner 21 ′, the height of the top plate 7 can be increased. Fine adjustment of the height becomes possible.

  In addition, when inserting the spacer 41 in a corner | angular part, as shown in FIG.3 (b) and FIG.4 (c), if the corner contact piece 22 is attached to corner | angular part 21 and 21 ', it will be flat. Since the spacer 41 can be placed on the portion 23, it is easy to insert and can be stably inserted. Therefore, the height can be adjusted with higher accuracy.

  As described above, the top plate 7 is fixed and attached to the wall surface of the structural wall 37 of the building using the fixing bracket 38 in a state where the height of the top plate 7 is adjusted to be horizontal. Thereby, the top plate 7 is fixed and attached to the structural wall 37 of the building in a horizontal state.

  Thereafter, when the pipe cover 15 and the spacer 41 are used, the pipe cover 15 and the spacer 41 are taken out from the position where they are temporarily placed for the height adjustment of the top plate 7. Then, although not shown, pipes 5 such as a water supply pipe, a drain pipe, and a hot water supply pipe are connected between a faucet and a water tank 6 and the water supply pipe and a drain outlet provided on the floor 31.

  Then, the pipe cover 15 is placed on the floor 31 so as to fit the left and right L-shaped metal fittings 42 fixed to the wall surface of the structural wall 37 as shown in FIG. . Thereby, the piping cover 15 can hide the piping 5, and the piping cover 15 is installed so as not to be displaced in the left-right direction by the left and right L-shaped metal fittings 42. The piping cover 15 may be installed only by fitting it to the L-shaped bracket 42 from the left and right, or may be fixed to the L-shaped bracket 42 with screws or the like.

  According to this cabinet 1, the piping 5 attached to the cabinet 1 can be covered and hidden from the front by the piping cover 15 so as not to be exposed, so that the appearance is improved.

  In addition, the pipe cover 15 can be used as a so-called construction mounting jig for adjusting the height so that the top plate 7 is horizontal in the installation work of the cabinet 1. (Refer to FIG. 7C) is not required, and it is not necessary to cut the tree ends 56 themselves to adjust the length.

  In addition, when attaching the top plate 7 to the wall surface of the structural wall 37, the height is usually adjusted in order to obtain a horizontal state without bending as described above. In some cases, the inclination is applied intentionally.

  For example, if the top plate 7 is inclined and attached so that the front side of the top plate 7 is slightly higher than the rear side, cosmetics, hairdressing containers, etc. slide or roll forward from the top plate 7, It is possible to actively prevent water from flowing down.

  In such a case, it is necessary to accurately adjust a desired inclination angle of the top plate 7 in the front-rear direction and then attach the top plate 7 to the wall surface of the structural wall 37. For this purpose, FIG. As shown in (c), the height may be finely adjusted by appropriately selecting the number of inserted spacers 41 to be placed and inserted in the left corner 21 and the right corner 21 ′.

  As mentioned above, although the form for implementing the cabinet which concerns on this invention was demonstrated based on the Example, this invention is not limited to such an Example, The technical matter described in the claim It goes without saying that there are various embodiments within the scope of the above.

  Since the cabinet which concerns on this invention is the above structures, it is applicable to the various cabinets used as a bathroom vanity, a kitchen, etc.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cabinet 2 Kitchen 3 Wall hanging cupboard 5 Piping 6 Water tank 7 Top plate 8 Side plate 9 Storage part 10 Space part 11 Side wall of a storage part 12 Bottom wall of a storage part 13 Drawer 15 Piping cover 16 Front part of piping cover 17 Side surface of piping cover Portion 18 Upper end of piping cover 20 Lower end of storage portion 21, 21 'Corner portion of piping cover 22 Square contact piece 23 Flat portion of square contact piece 24 Mounting portion of square contact piece 28 Adjuster 29 Adjustment bolt 30 Head 31 Floor 32 Shelf Plate 36 Rear surface of top plate 37 Structural wall 38 Fixing bracket 41 Spacer 42 L-shaped bracket (conventional example)
50 Cabinet 51 Top plate 52 Storage portion 53 Space portion 54 Side plate 55 Fixing bracket 56 Wood end (support bar)
57 floors

Claims (5)

  A top plate provided with a water tank, side plates attached to both ends of the top plate, a storage portion provided below the top plate, a space portion provided on the side of the storage portion, and below the storage portion It is provided with piping provided and a piping cover for concealing piping, and the upper end of the piping cover is set to be substantially the same height position as the lower end of the storage unit. cabinet.   2. The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the pipe cover is formed in a U shape having two sides extending from a front portion and both ends of the front portion in a plan view. .   The cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the piping cover is temporarily placed under the storage portion and fixed to the wall surface of the installation place so that the top plate is horizontal, and then piping is connected. Finally, a cabinet characterized by installing a piping cover.   It is a cabinet of Claim 3, Comprising: The spacer as a height adjustment member is inserted between the downward direction of a storage part, and a piping cover in the state which temporarily placed the piping cover under the storage part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. cabinet.   The cabinet according to claim 3, wherein the piping cover includes an adjuster for height adjustment, and the adjuster is adjusted in a state where the piping cover is temporarily placed below the storage portion. .

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