Ceiling material unit

Abstract

To provide a ceiling material unit capable of improving utility of a ceiling part.SOLUTION: A ceiling material unit of the present invention comprises a ceiling base (12) mounted at an indoor ceiling part (C) and having a space at an upper surface side of parallel multiple paneling boards (12a), and suspending members (14) where thin plate-like and T-shaped plate part (14b) are provided at upper ends of shafts (14a) and that are detachable to the ceiling base (12). In addition, slits (16) with width where the T-shaped plate part (14b) can be inserted are provided between the parallel paneling boards (12a).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a ceiling material unit that can suspend a suspension member on an indoor ceiling, on which a clothesline or the like can be installed when needed. [Background technology]

[0002] When drying laundry indoors, a clothes drying device is used that is installed in an indoor opening such as a window or a sweeping bay. Conventionally, an example of this type of device is described in the following Patent Document 1 (Japan Patent No. 5166887). This conventional technology is configured as follows. A clothes drying device to be installed along an opening in a room includes a drying pole, a pair of arms attached to both ends of the drying pole, a support to which one end of the arm is pivoted so as to rotate horizontally, diagonally or vertically, and a base to which the support is fixed to the side of the opening. The upper cross section of the support is formed into a substantially arc shape so that when the arm is rotated, the gap between the end face of the arm and the upper face of the support is a constant narrow gap.

[0003] According to this conventional technology, the upper cross section of the support part is approximately arc-shaped, so that the gap between the support part and the arm part that occurs when the clothes drying device is raised or lowered is always narrow, making it difficult for fingers to get pinched. In addition, a spacer is provided between the side of the opening and the base part, making it easier for the arm part to grip, thereby further improving the safety and operability of the clothes drying device. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 5166887 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, the above-mentioned conventional technology had the following problems. That is, in order to install an indoor clothesline, the attachment connecting member (specifically, the above-mentioned base) must be fixed to a vertical surface such as a window frame. Therefore, although the clothesline device can be stored along the wall surface of the opening when indoor drying is not being performed, the clothesline device is always installed in the opening, which significantly affects the interior appearance. In addition, the spacing (distance) between the pair of arms that make up the clothesline device is fixed, and only clotheslines (poles) of a certain length can be used, which is a problem of lack of flexibility in the clothesline configuration. Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide a ceiling material unit that can improve the utility of the ceiling portion, for example, by being able to flexibly accommodate various types of drying racks when installing a clothesline for indoor drying, and by being able to remove the clothesline when indoor drying is not being used so as not to affect the interior appearance. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, as shown in, for example, Figs. 1 to 4, a ceiling material unit is configured as follows. That is, the system comprises a ceiling base 12 that is installed on the ceiling C of a room and has a space on the upper side of a plurality of parallel siding boards 12a, and a hanging member 14 having a thin T-shaped plate portion 14b attached to the upper end of a shaft 14a, the hanging member 14 being detachable from the ceiling base 12. A slit 16 having a width allowing the T-shaped plate portion 14b to be inserted therethrough is provided between the parallel siding boards 12a.

[0007] In the present invention, for example, the T-shaped plate portion 14b provided at the upper end of the hanging member 14, which hangs a clothesline pole or the like used for indoor drying, is passed through the slit 16, and then the hanging member 14 can be attached to the ceiling base 12 simply by rotating the T-shaped plate portion 14b less than half a turn around the vertical axis on the upper surface side of the siding 12a.

[0008] In the present invention, it is preferable that the T-shaped plate portion 14b is formed of a magnetic material, and that a magnet 18 that holds the T-shaped plate portion 14b is attached to the edge along the slit 16 on the upper surface of the siding board 12a. In this case, by attaching the T-shaped plate portion 14b of the suspending member 14 to the magnet 18, it is possible to prevent the suspending member 14 attached to the ceiling base 12 from moving undesirably.

[0009] Furthermore, when providing magnets 18 as described above, it is preferable that the magnets 18 are provided in multiple numbers at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the siding board 12a and arranged so as to face each other on both sides of the slit 16, and that a pair of magnets 18 facing each other on both sides of the slit 16 are arranged so as to be diagonally positioned relative to each other across a line perpendicular to the slit 16, and it is also preferable that the T-shaped plate portion 14b of the suspension member 14 is rotatably connected to the shaft 14a. Effect of the Invention

[0010] According to the present invention, a ceiling material unit can be provided that can flexibly accommodate various types of drying racks when installing indoor drying racks, and can also improve the utility of the ceiling portion by allowing the drying rack to be removed when indoor drying is not being performed so as not to affect the interior appearance. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a ceiling material unit of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a ceiling material unit according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] 3 is a diagram showing a main part of a cross section taken along line CC' in FIG. 2. FIG. [Figure 4]This is an explanatory diagram showing one scene of usage of the ceiling material unit of one embodiment of the present invention, in which Figure 4A shows the state just before the hanging member is attached to the ceiling base, Figure 4B shows the state in which the T-shaped plate portion is inserted into the slit, and Figure 4C shows the state in which the hanging member is engaged with the ceiling base. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a ceiling material unit 10 of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof. As these drawings show, the ceiling material unit 10 of this embodiment is installed in a ceiling part C near an indoor opening WD such as a window or a bay provided in a wall W of a building, and can instantly configure an indoor clothesline as needed, and is a device for improving the utility of the ceiling part, and is roughly composed of a ceiling base 12 and a hanging member 14.

[0013] The ceiling base 12 is a part that is permanently installed on the ceiling C near the opening WD in the room to form a dropped ceiling, and has multiple siding boards 12a arranged in parallel. In the illustrated embodiment, an upper base plate 12b is attached to the ceiling C, and horizontal members 12c made of square timbers are attached to the surface (lower surface) of the upper base plate 12b at intervals from each other so as to be approximately parallel to the upper edge of the opening WD. Then, multiple siding boards 12a are attached to the surface of each horizontal member 12c so as to be parallel to each other using fixing members 12d such as screws. As described later, the siding boards 12a are made of a material that can withstand the load from the hanging members 14 that are engaged with the widthwise end edges over the entire lengthwise direction, such as wood (for wood materials), fiber-reinforced resin, metal material, etc. 1 and 2, reference numeral 12e denotes a "vertical frame material" that defines the outer edge of the ceiling base 12 that will become the dropped ceiling. In addition, in this embodiment, the upper base plate 12b is provided separately from the existing ceiling plate, but the existing ceiling plate may be used as the upper base plate 12b.

[0014] Here, in the above-mentioned ceiling base 12, a slit 16 having a width (for example, a width of about 4 mm) through which a T-shaped plate portion 14b of a hanging member 14 described later can be inserted is provided between the above-mentioned parallel siding boards 12a. Behind this slit 16, a space (internal space) is formed which is surrounded by a pair of left and right siding boards 12a facing each other across the slit 16, the upper base 12b, and the horizontal member 12c. Furthermore, magnets 18 are attached to the upper edge of the siding board 12a along the slits 16 as required (described in detail later).

[0015] 1 and 2, the ceiling base 12 of the present embodiment described above is provided with a curtain rail accommodating section 20 having an inverted U-shaped cross section on the edge portion in contact with the opening WD. Note that this curtain rail accommodating section 20 is provided as necessary, and the ceiling base 12 is not limited to being provided with this curtain rail accommodating section 20.

[0016] The suspending member 14 is detachably attached to the ceiling base 12 and has a shaft 14a for suspending a clothesline pole or the like. A thin T-shaped plate portion 14b is attached to the upper end of the shaft 14a. The T-shaped plate portion 14b is made of a highly rigid material capable of withstanding the load when various objects are suspended via the suspending member 14, but in this embodiment, it is made of a magnetic material, particularly a magnetic metal such as iron, so that it can be attached to the magnet 18. The T-shaped plate portion 14b is formed to a thickness (for example, about 3 mm) that allows it to easily pass through the slit 16.

[0017] In the hanging member 14 of this embodiment, a flange portion 14c is formed at the upper end of the shaft 14a, and the shaft 14a and the T-shaped plate portion 14b are integrally provided via this flange portion 14c (see FIG. 2). In other words, the shaft 14a, the T-shaped plate portion 14b, and the flange portion 14c are integrally formed from the same metal material. This flange portion 14c can reduce the impact when the upper end of the shaft 14a hits the lower edge of the siding board 12a when the T-shaped plate portion 14b is passed through the slit 16 to attach the hanging member 14 to the ceiling base 12.

[0018] In addition, in the present embodiment, the lower end of the shaft 14a is bent into a substantially U-shape into a hook shape, and a clothesline pole or the like is hooked onto this portion.

[0019] Here, the ceiling base 12 to which the suspending member 14 configured as above is attached will be further described. The internal space of the ceiling base 12 into which the above-mentioned T-shaped plate portion 14b is inserted, i.e., the internal space surrounded by a pair of left and right siding boards 12a facing each other across the slit 16, the upper base 12b, and the horizontal member 12c, has a height that is more than twice the height of the T-shaped plate portion 14b, and its left and right width is also formed to be greater than the width of the T-shaped plate portion 14b.

[0020] In addition, as described above, the magnet 18 to which the T-shaped plate portion 14b made of a magnetic material is attached is attached to the edge portion along the slit 16 on the upper surface of the siding board 12a, so that the hanging member 14 attached to the ceiling base 12 can be prevented from moving undesirably. For this reason, in the ceiling material unit 10 of this embodiment, a cylindrical permanent magnet (such as a neo-geo magnet) having a diameter of 20 to 30 mm and a height of about 10 mm is used as the magnet 18, and the magnets 18 are arranged so that a plurality of magnets 18 are provided at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the siding board 12a, as shown in FIG. 3, and are also arranged so as to face each other on both sides of the slit 16. A pair of magnets 18 facing each other on both sides of the slit 16 are arranged so as to straddle a line perpendicular to the slit 16 and to be positioned diagonally to each other. By arranging the magnets 18 in this manner, the hanging member 14 attached to the ceiling base 12 can be more effectively prevented from sliding inside the slit 16.

[0021] In addition, when attaching magnet 18 to the edge along slit 16 on the upper surface of siding board 12a as described above, it is preferable to mark the indoor surface (lower surface) of siding board 12a to indicate the position of magnet 18 without compromising the design.

[0022] Next, when constructing an indoor clothesline using the ceiling material unit 10 configured as above, first, the longitudinal direction of the slit 16 of the ceiling base 12 and the longitudinal direction of the T-shaped plate portion 14b of the hanging member 14 are aligned (see FIG. 4A), and the T-shaped plate portion 14b is inserted into the slit 16 (see FIG. 4B). Next, when the horizontal piece of the T-shaped plate portion 14b reaches the back (upper) side of the siding 12a, the shaft 14a of the hanging member 14 is rotated to attach the T-shaped plate portion 14b to the magnet 18 on the upper surface of the siding 12a, completing the attachment of the first hanging member 14 to the ceiling base 12. Then, another hanging member 14 is attached to the same slit 16 in the same manner with a predetermined interval therebetween (see FIG. 1), and a clothesline pole is hung between the pair of hanging members 14 to complete the indoor clothesline.

[0023] On the other hand, when storing the indoor clothesline, the clothesline pole stretched between the hanging members 14 is removed, and then the shaft 14a of the hanging member 14 is lifted upward to disengage the T-shaped plate portion 14b from the magnet. Then, if necessary, the hanging member 14 can be slid inside the slit 16 to separate it from the magnet 18, and then the above-mentioned steps can be reversed to remove the hanging member 14 from the ceiling base 12. The removed hanging member 14 can be stored in an inconspicuous place or other storage location in the room, improving the appearance of the room space.

[0024] In the above embodiment, the ceiling base 12 is permanently installed on the ceiling C near the opening WD in the room, but the installation location of the ceiling base 12 is not limited to this. The installation location of the ceiling base 12 may be anywhere on the ceiling C in the room, and for example, it may be installed on the ceiling C of a washroom (not shown).

[0025] In the above embodiment, the shaft 14a and the T-shaped plate portion 14b of the suspending member 14 are integrally formed from the same metal material, but they may be formed as separate members. In this case, it is preferable to rotatably attach the T-shaped plate portion 14b to the shaft 14a, and it is particularly preferable to connect the two with a universal joint (not shown). Here, by forming the T-shaped plate portion 14b from a magnetic metal material and rotatably connecting it to the shaft 14a, when the suspending member 14 is inserted near the magnet 18 of the slit 16, the T-shaped plate portion 14b will automatically rotate due to the force of the magnet 18 when the horizontal piece of the T-shaped plate portion 14b enters the internal space of the ceiling base 12, and will be held by the magnet 18. The material forming the shaft 14a in this case may be a magnetic metal material, or another highly rigid material may be used.

[0026] Furthermore, although the lower end of the shaft 14a of the suspending member 14 is bent into a generally U-shape to form a hook shape, the shape of the lower end of the shaft 14a of the suspending member 14 is not limited to this. The shape of the lower end of the shaft 14a of the suspending member 14 may be any shape that can suspend various objects, and may be, for example, annular or generally L-shaped.

[0027] In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the ceiling material unit 10 is shown to be used as a clothesline for indoor drying, but the use of this ceiling material unit 10 is not limited to this, and for example, ornamental plants or the like may be hung from the hanging member 14. Of course, various other modifications can be made within the scope of what a person skilled in the art can imagine. [Explanation of symbols]

[0028] 10: Ceiling material unit, 12: Ceiling base, 12a: Panel, 14: Suspension member, 14a: Shaft, 14b: T-shaped plate, 16: Slit, 18: Magnet, WD: (Indoor) opening, C: Ceiling section.

Claims

1. A ceiling base (12) is installed on the ceiling (C) of the room and has a space on the upper side of a plurality of parallel siding boards (12a); a hanging member (14) having a thin T-shaped plate portion (14b) provided at the upper end of a shaft (14a), the hanging member (14) being detachable from the ceiling base (12); The ceiling material unit is characterized in that a slit (16) having a width that allows the T-shaped plate portion (14b) to be inserted therethrough is provided between the parallel paneling panels (12a).

2. The ceiling material unit according to claim 1, The T-shaped plate portion (14b) is made of a magnetic material, A ceiling material unit characterized in that a magnet (18) for holding the T-shaped plate portion (14b) is attached to the edge portion along the slit (16) on the upper surface of the siding board (12a).

3. The ceiling material unit according to claim 2, The magnets (18) are provided in a plurality at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the paneling (12a) and are arranged so as to face each other on both sides of the slit (16), and a pair of magnets (18) facing each other on both sides of the slit (16) are arranged so as to be diagonally positioned relative to each other across a line perpendicular to the slit (16). This ceiling material unit is characterized in that

4. The ceiling material unit according to claim 2, A ceiling material unit, characterized in that the T-shaped plate portion (14b) of the hanging member (14) is rotatably connected to the shaft (14a).

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