Piping cover structure

Abstract

To provide a pipe cover structure with high aesthetic appearance, capable of preventing a pipe from being found from the outside and capable of accommodating a variety of different installation environments and pipe shapes.SOLUTION: A pipe cover structure covers a pipe 10a extending from a housing 11 and comprises a side peripheral surface part B having side peripheral surfaces B1c, B2c that surround the pipe 10a on the outside of the housing 11. The side peripheral surface part B is configured such that its length can be freely adjusted in a penetration direction, which is a direction in which the pipe 10a penetrates a housing surface 10b, which is an outer peripheral surface of the housing 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a pipe cover structure for covering a pipe extending from a housing. [Background technology]

[0002] BACKGROUND ART As described in Patent Document 1, a pipe cover is known that cylindrically covers the periphery of a pipe through which exhaust gas, a refrigerant, or the like flows, conforming to the shape of the pipe. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2019-196893 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the piping cover disclosed in Patent Document 1 above, the piping cover is arranged along the shape of the piping, so if an object hits the piping cover from the outside, the piping cover and the piping may come close to each other, potentially damaging the piping. Furthermore, since the pipe cover is arranged along the shape of the pipe, the presence of the pipe is noticeable from the outside, and there is room for improvement in terms of aesthetics. Furthermore, there is a problem that pipe covers that conform to the shape of the pipe are difficult to use for pipes with many bends.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a piping cover structure that makes the presence of piping difficult to notice from the outside, is adaptable to a variety of different installation environments and piping shapes, and has a highly aesthetic appearance. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The piping cover structure for achieving the above object comprises: Clothes dryerA piping cover structure for covering a piping extending from a housing, characterized by the following configuration: a side peripheral surface portion having a side peripheral surface surrounding the piping on the outside of the housing, The side peripheral surface portion is configured so that the length thereof can be adjusted freely in a penetration direction, that is, a direction in which the piping penetrates the housing surface, which is the outer peripheral surface of the housing.

[0007] According to the piping cover structure having the above-described characteristic configuration, the side peripheral surface portion is Clothes dryer Since the side periphery is formed in a form that surrounds the piping on the outside of the housing, it does not necessarily have to be shaped to match the shape of the piping, and a space can be left between the piping and the side periphery, which reduces the risk of damage to the piping even if an object hits the side periphery from the outside.In addition, even for piping with many bends, the entire piping can be covered in one go, which improves the aesthetic appearance. Furthermore, the side circumferential surface portion is Clothes dryer The length can be freely adjusted in the penetration direction, which is the direction in which the cable penetrates the surface of the housing. Clothes dryer Even if the length of the piping exposed indoors between the housing and the wall surface varies, the piping can be well enclosed, and a piping cover structure with excellent aesthetics can be realized that can be flexibly adapted to the installation environment.

[0008] Further characteristic configurations of the piping cover structure include: The side peripheral surface portion is configured to include a plurality of plate member molded bodies that are slidable relative to each other in the penetration direction along the side peripheral surface.

[0009] According to the above characteristic configuration, by molding multiple plate member molded bodies along the side surface into a shape that suits the site and sliding them against each other, it is possible to effectively surround curved pipes or multiple pipes as a whole, thereby realizing a pipe cover structure that is highly flexible in adapting to the installation environment and has a highly aesthetic appearance.

[0010] Further characteristic configurations of the piping cover structure include: The side peripheral surface portion is configured to include a plate-shaped plate member molded body, The molded plate member has a bending groove that extends along the penetration direction, and the side peripheral surface is formed by being bent along the bending groove to form an outer peripheral shape that surrounds the piping.

[0011] According to the above characteristic configuration, the plate member molded body has a bending groove that runs along the penetration direction, and the side surface is formed by bending along the bending groove, taking on an outer circumferential shape that surrounds the piping.Therefore, the bending angle along the bending groove can be freely adjusted to suit the installation environment, thereby increasing the degree of freedom in the circumferential shape, and even if the object to be surrounded is a curved piping or a large number of piping, it can take on a shape that can well contain them, thereby further improving the aesthetic appearance.

[0014] Further characteristic configurations of the piping cover structure include: the side peripheral surface portion has an abutment surface that can abut against the housing surface, The abutment surface is provided with a magnet that exerts a magnetic force as an adhesive force to the housing surface of the housing, which is a ferromagnetic material.

[0015] According to the above characteristic configuration, the side peripheral portion has an abutment surface that can abut against the housing surface, which is the outer peripheral surface of the housing, and a magnet is provided on the abutment surface that exerts magnetic force as an adhesive force against the housing surface of the housing, which is a ferromagnetic material.Therefore, for example, by making the magnetic force of the magnet sufficient to exert a force that allows the side peripheral portion to adhere closely to the housing, the abutment surface can be appropriately adhered to the housing, and interference noise can be effectively prevented from occurring between the two.

[0016] Further characteristic configurations of the piping cover structure include: The side peripheral surface portion has an abutment surface that can abut against a housing surface, which is the outer peripheral surface of the housing, and the abutment surface has an insertion hole through which the piping can be inserted.

[0017] According to the above characteristic configuration, the side peripheral surface portion has an abutment surface that can abut against the housing surface, which is the outer peripheral surface of the housing, and has an insertion hole in the abutment surface through which a pipe can be inserted.Therefore, by installing the side peripheral surface portion with the pipe passed through the insertion hole, it is possible to prevent the side peripheral surface portion from shifting position or falling due to vibration of the housing. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0018] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a piping cover structure according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a development view of a side peripheral surface portion according to the embodiment. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a piping cover structure according to another embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a development view of a side peripheral surface portion according to another embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0019] The piping cover structure according to the embodiment of the present invention is designed to make the presence of piping less noticeable from the outside, to be adaptable to various different installation environments and piping shapes, and to have a highly aesthetic appearance. A piping cover structure 100 according to an embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.

[0020] As shown in Figures 1 and 2, this relates to a piping cover structure 100 that covers a piping 10a that is connected to equipment 10. Examples of the equipment 10 include various types of equipment, such as a clothes dryer that uses city gas 13A as fuel to dry clothes. Here, when the device 10 is a clothes dryer, a fuel supply pipe for supplying fuel, an exhaust gas flow pipe for circulating combustion exhaust gas, etc. will be connected to the device 10, and in the following explanation and drawings, these pipes will be collectively referred to as pipe 10a. In this embodiment, the device 10 is installed near the ceiling C above the device 10 (the tip end of the arrow Z in FIG. 1), and its back surface (the base end of the arrow X in FIG. 1) is installed close to the inner wall (not shown).

[0021] The piping cover structure 100 has a side peripheral surface portion B having side peripheral surfaces B1c, B2c that surround the piping 10a outside the housing 11 of the equipment 10, and the side peripheral surface portion B is configured to be freely adjustable in length in the penetration direction (the direction along arrow Z in Figure 1), which is the direction in which the piping 10a penetrates the housing surface 10b, which is the outer peripheral surface of the housing 11. The side peripheral surface portion B can be made of a material such as resin that can be easily cut using a cutting tool (not shown) such as scissors, as a plate member molded body that can slide freely against each other in the above-mentioned penetration direction, and in this embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, it is made up of two plate member molded bodies: a first plate member molded body B1 and a second plate member molded body B2.

[0022] To further explain, the first plate member molded body B1 has a first bending groove B1d along the penetration direction, as shown in Figure 1 or Figure 2, and the side peripheral surface B1c is formed by bending along the first bending groove B1d, resulting in an outer peripheral shape (the shape shown in Figure 1) that surrounds the piping 10a. Specifically, the first plate member molded body B1 has four first bending grooves B1d along the penetration direction. In the state shown in Fig. 2, by folding two of the first bending grooves B1d at both ends in mountain folds and folding the two inner first bending grooves B1d in valley folds, back abutment portions B1b that abut against the inner wall (not shown) are formed at both ends in a direction perpendicular to the penetration direction, and three inner surfaces of the back abutment portions B1b form side circumferential surfaces B1c. Furthermore, the first plate member molded body B1 has a second bending groove B1e in a direction perpendicular to the penetration direction, and in the state shown in Figure 2, the second bending groove B1e is folded in a mountain or valley shape to form a ceiling surface abutment portion B1a that abuts against the ceiling C. In this embodiment, the bending angle of the bending grooves is set to 90°, but the bending angle can be adjusted appropriately by changing the number of bending grooves.

[0023] The first plate member molded body B1 described above is molded into the shape shown in Fig. 1 by making the first bending groove B1d and the second bending groove B1e into valley or mountain folds as described above, and the rear surface abutment portion B1b is fixed to an inner wall (not shown) located on the rear side of the device 10 by the bolt Bt, and the top surface abutment portion B1a is fixed to the ceiling C (an example of a portion facing the penetration portion of the housing surface 10b) by the bolt Bt, thereby achieving a fixed state. The bolt Bt functions as a fixing member.

[0024] As shown in Figure 1 or Figure 2, the second plate member molded body B2 has a third bending groove B2d along the penetration direction, and forms a side peripheral surface B2c by being bent along the third bending groove B2d, resulting in an outer peripheral shape (the shape shown in Figure 1) that surrounds the piping 10a. Specifically, the second plate member molded body B2 according to this embodiment has two third bending grooves B2d extending along the penetration direction. As shown in Fig. 2, when the side peripheral surface B2c of the second plate member molded body B2 is aligned with the side peripheral surface B1c of the first plate member molded body B1 in a direction perpendicular to the penetration direction, the third bending grooves B2d of the second plate member molded body B2 are formed at the same positions as the two inner first bending grooves B1d of the first plate member molded body B1 in the direction perpendicular to the penetration direction. In the second plate member molded body B2 in the state shown in FIG. 2, the two third bending grooves B2d are folded in a valley shape to form a side peripheral surface B2c having three surfaces.

[0025] 1 or 2, a slit groove S is formed in the first plate member molded body B1, and a through hole Sk for inserting a fixing jig Bs is formed in the second plate member molded body B2. With this configuration, the first plate member molded body B1 is fixed to a ceiling C or an inner wall (not shown) with bolts Bt, and the side peripheral surface B2c of the second plate member molded body B2 is slidably moved relative to the side peripheral surface B1c of the first plate member molded body B1 in the penetration direction (movement from FIG. 1(a) to FIG. 1(b)). Then, the second plate member molded body B2 is fixed to the first plate member molded body B1 at a desired position with the fixing jig Bs (fixed in the state of FIG. 1(b)). This allows the second plate member molded body B2 to be kept out of contact with the housing 11 of the device 10 while appropriately concealing the piping 10a. This prevents interference due to contact between the housing 11 of the device 10 and the second plate member molded body B2, and the generation of interference noise associated with this interference, even if vibrations occur due to operation of the device 10. In this embodiment, the second plate member molded body B2 is located inside the first plate member molded body B1.

[0026] [Another embodiment] (1) In the above embodiment, an example of a configuration was shown in which the side peripheral surface portion B has two plate member molded bodies, a first plate member molded body B1 and a second plate member molded body B2, but the plate member molded bodies may be configured with three or more.

[0027] (2) In the above embodiment, a configuration example is shown in which a slit groove S is formed in the first plate member molded body B1 and a through hole Sk for inserting the fixing jig Bs is formed in the second plate member molded body B2, but a configuration in which a slit groove S is formed in the second plate member molded body B2 and a through hole Sk for inserting the fixing jig Bs is formed in the first plate member molded body B1 may also be used. Furthermore, the first plate member molded body B1 and the second plate member molded body B2 are not limited to the above-described configuration and various other configurations can be adopted as long as they are configured so that the positions of both can be adjusted and fixed in the penetration direction.

[0028] (3) In the above embodiment, the side surface B1c of the first plate member molded body B1 and the side surface B2c of the second plate member molded body B2 are shown as examples of configurations in which they cover the periphery of the piping 10a except for the back surface of the equipment 10, but they may also be configured to cover the entire periphery of the piping 10a.

[0029] (4) In the above embodiment, the second plate member molded body B2 is configured to be in a non-contact position with respect to the housing 11 of the device 10. However, the plate member molded body may be configured to be in contact with the housing 11 of the device 10. For example, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, the third plate member molded body B3 as the side peripheral surface portion B can be configured to have a first peripheral surface abutment portion B3a (an example of an abutment surface) and a second peripheral surface abutment portion B3b (an example of an abutment surface) that can abut against the housing surface 10b, which is the outer peripheral surface of the housing 11 of the device 10.

[0030] To further explain, the third plate member molded body B3 has a fourth bending groove B3d along the penetration direction (direction along arrow Z) as shown in Figure 3 or Figure 4, and in the state shown in Figure 4, the fourth bending groove B3d is folded in a valley shape to form a side peripheral surface B3c, resulting in an outer surrounding shape (the shape shown in Figure 3) that surrounds the piping 10a. Furthermore, the third plate member molded body B3 has a fifth bending groove B3e in a direction perpendicular to the penetration direction, and in the state shown in Figure 4, the fifth bending groove B3e is folded in a valley shape to form a first outer peripheral surface abutment portion B3a and a second outer peripheral surface abutment portion B3b that abut against the housing surface 10b of the device 10. Incidentally, the first outer peripheral surface abutment portion B3a is provided with a plurality of magnets M that exert a magnetic force as an adhesive force to the housing surface 10b of the housing 11, which is made of a ferromagnetic material. Meanwhile, the second outer peripheral surface abutment portion B3b is formed with an insertion hole B3bx through which the piping 10a can be inserted, and in the installed state shown in Fig. 3, the piping 10a is inserted into the insertion hole B3bx. This prevents the side peripheral surface portion B from falling off from the housing surface 10b of the device 10 due to vibration of the device 10. The length of the third plate member molded body B3 can be freely adjusted by cutting it along a cutting portion K along a direction perpendicular to the penetration direction using a cutting jig (not shown) or the like. It should be noted that instead of the insertion hole B3bx, a configuration may be adopted in which the pipe 10a and the side peripheral surface portion B are connected by a string or the like.

[0031] Furthermore, the configurations disclosed in the above embodiments (including other embodiments, the same applies below) can be applied in combination with configurations disclosed in other embodiments, as long as no contradictions arise. Furthermore, the embodiments disclosed in this specification are examples, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to these, and can be modified as appropriate within the scope that does not deviate from the purpose of the present invention. [Industrial Applicability]

[0032] The pipe cover structure of the present invention is effective as a pipe cover structure that makes the presence of pipes difficult to notice from the outside, is adaptable to a variety of different installation environments and pipe shapes, and has a highly aesthetic appearance. [Explanation of symbols]

[0033] 10:Equipment 10a: Piping 10b: Housing surface 11: Housing 100: Piping cover structure B: Side circumference B1: First plate member molded body B1a: Top contact part B1c: Side peripheral surface B1d: First bending groove B1e: Second bending groove B2: Second plate member molded body B2c: Side peripheral surface B2d: Third bending groove B3: Third plate member molded body B3a: First outer peripheral surface contact part B3b: Second outer peripheral surface contact part B3bx: Through hole B3c: Side surface C:Ceiling M: Magnet

Claims

1. A piping cover structure for covering piping extending from a housing of a clothes dryer, a side peripheral surface portion having a side peripheral surface surrounding the piping on the outside of the housing, The side peripheral surface portion is configured so that the length thereof can be freely adjusted in a penetration direction, that is, a direction in which the piping penetrates the housing surface, which is the outer peripheral surface of the housing.

2. The piping cover structure according to claim 1 , wherein the side peripheral surface portion is configured to include a plurality of plate member molded bodies that are slidable relative to each other in the penetration direction along the side peripheral surface.

3. The side peripheral surface portion is configured to include a plate-shaped plate member molded body, A piping cover structure as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the plate member molded body has a bending groove along the penetration direction, and the side surface is formed by bending along the bending groove to form an outer peripheral shape that surrounds the piping.

4. the side peripheral surface portion has an abutment surface that can abut against the housing surface, A piping cover structure as described in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a magnet is provided on the contact surface to exert a magnetic force as an adhesive force to the housing surface of the housing, which is a ferromagnetic material.

5. A piping cover structure described in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the side peripheral surface portion has an abutment surface that can abut against the housing surface, and the abutment surface has an insertion hole through which the piping can be inserted.

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