Partition panel assembly structure

Abstract

To enable assembling an upper panel body stably, in constructing a side panel 3 of a toilet booth by assembling the upper panel body 3b via a connecting fixture 5 to a lower panel body 3a.SOLUTION: A connecting fixture 5 comprises: a placing piece 5a that is placed on the upper edge 3aa of a lower panel body 3a; an extending end piece 5b that extends from the front and rear of the placing piece 5a; and an extending middle piece 5c that extends from the middle portion, in which protruding middle pieces 5d and 5e that protrude from the upper edge of the extending middle piece 5c in the front and rear directions are formed, so that the lower edge 3ba of an upper panel body 3b is supported in an installed state by the protruding middle pieces 5d and 5e while the front and rear are sandwiched by the extending end piece 5b.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of assembly structures for partition panels used in fittings such as toilet booths and room partitions. [Background technology]

[0002] Generally, partition panels are used in fixtures such as toilet booths and room dividers to separate indoor spaces, and the height (length) dimensions of these partition panels are often standard dimensions (for example, 180 cm (6 shaku)). However, the height from the floor to the ceiling is generally higher than the specified dimension. For this reason, it has been proposed to use a panel body of the specified dimension as a lower panel body (main panel body) that separates the floor side, and to assemble an upper panel body (transom panel body) that has been cut to the corresponding dimension (height) at the upper edge of the lower panel body in a continuous vertical manner via a connecting device (cap board) (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Jikko No. 64-2014 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in the conventional system, the lower panel body has a groove formed on its upper edge, while the connector has to be provided with a leg piece that fits into the groove formed on the upper edge of the lower panel body.As a result, the lower panel body needs to have a groove formed on its upper edge, and the connector needs to have a leg piece, which not only makes it less versatile, but also poses problems such as the fact that the lower panel body supports the upper panel body linearly via the leg piece, which can pose strength issues.These are the issues that the present invention aims to solve. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The present invention was created in consideration of the above-mentioned actual situation and with the aim of solving these problems.The invention of claim 1 is an assembly structure of a partition panel formed by assembling an upper panel body via a connector to the upper edge of a lower panel body that rises from the floor surface to divide an interior space into front and rear, wherein the connector comprises a mounting piece portion placed on the upper edge of the lower panel body, an extending end piece portion extending upward from both the front and rear end edges of the mounting piece, and an extending intermediate piece portion extending upward from a middle portion of the mounting piece in the front-to-rear direction, the extending intermediate piece portion being set to the extension height of the middle portion of the extending end piece portion, and a protruding intermediate piece portion being formed at the upper edge of the extending intermediate piece portion that protrudes in at least one direction in the front-to-rear direction, and the upper panel body has its lower edge portion supported by the protruding intermediate piece portion with its front and back panels sandwiched between the extending end piece portions. The invention of claim 2 is an assembly structure of a partition panel described in claim 1, characterized in that a pair of extending intermediate pieces are provided on either side of the central portion of the support piece in the fore-and-aft direction, and the pair of extending intermediate pieces are formed with protruding intermediate pieces that protrude inward in the fore-and-aft direction and are spaced apart while facing each other, and a concave groove that opens when the opposing protruding intermediate pieces are spaced apart is formed between the extending intermediate pieces. The invention of claim 3 is an assembly structure of a partition panel described in claim 2, characterized in that the extending end piece portion is formed with a protruding end piece portion that protrudes inward in the front-to-rear direction from a position at the same height as the protruding intermediate piece portion, and the lower edge portion of the upper panel body is also supported by the protruding end piece portion. The invention of claim 4 is an assembly structure of a partition panel as described in claim 3, characterized in that the upper panel body is a transom panel body whose upper edge portion is supported by a ceiling rail arranged on the ceiling surface. The invention of claim 5 is the assembly structure of the partition panel according to claim 3, characterized in that the partition panel is a partition panel for a toilet booth. The invention of claim 6 is an assembly structure of a partition panel described in claim 5, characterized in that the partition panel is a depth panel that separates the depth portion of a toilet booth, the lower panel body is equipped with electrical and electronic equipment, and the lead wires of the electrical and electronic equipment are wired in the recessed grooves formed between the extended intermediate piece portions. [Effects of the Invention]

[0006] By adopting the invention of claim 1, a partition panel is constructed by assembling an upper panel body to the upper edge of a lower panel body via a connector, and the connector comprises a mounting piece portion placed on the upper edge of the lower panel body, an extending end piece portion extending upward from both the front and rear ends of the mounting piece portion, and an extending intermediate piece portion extending upward from a middle portion of the mounting piece in the front-to-rear direction, and the extending intermediate piece portion has a protruding intermediate piece portion that protrudes in at least one direction in the front-to-rear direction at an extending upper edge portion set at the extension height of the middle portion of the extending end piece portion, and the upper panel body is configured so that the lower edge portion is supported by the protruding intermediate piece portion with the front and back panels sandwiched between the extending end piece portions.As a result, the lower panel body may have a planar upper edge portion which is highly versatile, but the support of the upper panel body by the lower panel body is also planar, resulting in a strong and stable support. By adopting the invention of claim 2, a pair of extending intermediate pieces are provided at the front and rear sides of the central portion of the support piece in the fore-and-aft direction, and a concave groove is formed between the pair of extending intermediate pieces by separating the protruding intermediate pieces provided on the extending intermediate piece pieces, resulting in reliable support of the upper panel body over a wide area by the protruding intermediate piece pieces provided on the pair of extending intermediate piece pieces. By adopting the invention of claim 3, the protruding end piece formed on the extending end piece supports the upper panel body together with the protruding intermediate piece, thereby enabling more stable support of the upper panel body. By adopting the invention of claim 4, it is possible to easily make the upper panel body into a transom panel body whose upper edge is supported by a ceiling rail arranged on the ceiling surface. According to the invention of claim 5, the partition panel can be used as a partition panel for a toilet booth. By adopting the invention of claim 6, when the partition panel is used as a depth panel that separates the depth portion of the toilet booth, if the lower panel body is equipped with electrical and electronic equipment, the lead wires of the electrical and electronic equipment can be wired in the recessed grooves formed between the extended intermediate piece portions, making it easier to wire the lead wires. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0007] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a front view of a toilet booth. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 is a plan view of a toilet booth. [Figure 3] This is a side view of the side panel as seen from inside the toilet booth. [Figure 4] (A) and (B) are horizontal cross-sectional views of the connecting portion of the side panel and the lower panel portion. [Figure 5] FIG. [Figure 6] 1A and 1B are side views of a first and second embodiment of a connector. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0008] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a toilet booth, which is composed of a front panel 2 that forms the front of the toilet booth 1, side panels (depth panels) 3 that form the sides of the toilet booth 1, and a door body 4 that opens and closes an entrance E formed between the front panels 2. The front and side panels 2, 3 are assembled in such a manner that upper panel bodies (transom panels) 2b, 3b are placed in series on upper edge portions 2aa, 3aa of lower panel bodies 2a, 3a via connectors (cops) 5. The structure for assembling the upper panel bodies 2b, 3b to the lower panel bodies 2a, 3a for the front and side panels 2, 3 is the same for both, so from here on, we will describe in detail the structure for assembling the upper panel body 3b to the lower panel body 3a for the side panel 3, and will omit a detailed explanation of the front panel body 2. Incidentally, the side panel 3 is divided into two parts, front and rear, on the front side and the wall W side (rear side of the booth), but the assembly structure of the lower panel body 3a and the upper panel body 3b is the same except that the connector 5 is a long, integrated piece that is used along the entire length in the front-to-rear direction.From now on, we will explain in detail the assembly structure of the front side panel body 3 unless otherwise required. In the following explanation, the direction in which the front and back panels of the side panel 3 are viewed from the outside is referred to as the front (front face), and the up, down, left, and right directions are defined based on this front face. However, such orientation is for convenience and does not, of course, affect the interpretation of the present invention.

[0009] The connector 5 is flat and comprises a mounting piece 5a that is placed on the upper edge 3aa of the lower panel body 3, extending end piece portions 5b that extend upward from both left and right end edges of the mounting piece 5a, and a pair of extending intermediate piece portions 5c that are formed and extend from the left-right intermediate portion between the left-right central portion M of the mounting piece 5a. The extending intermediate piece 5c is set to a height up to the middle part of the extending end piece 5b (approximately half the height of the extending end piece 5b in this embodiment), and protruding intermediate pieces 5d and 5e are formed on the upper edge of the extending intermediate piece 5c in both the front and rear directions.

[0010] Furthermore, among the protruding intermediate pieces 5d, 5e, a pair of inward protruding intermediate pieces 5d that protrude toward the central region M face each other while being spaced apart, and the space between the opposing pieces forms an opening Y.With this configuration, a dovetail-shaped groove Z is formed between the pair of extending intermediate pieces 5c, with the mounting piece 5a as the groove bottom, the extending intermediate piece 5c as the groove side piece, and the opening Y as the narrow groove entrance. On the other hand, in the vertically intermediate portion of the front and rear extending end piece portions 5b, protruding end piece portions 5f are formed which protrude inward in the front-to-rear direction at the same height as the protruding intermediate piece portions 5d, 5e, but the protruding end piece portion 5f and the opposing protruding intermediate piece portion 5e are spaced apart from each other, thereby forming recessed grooves Za on the left and right end sides of the connecting device 5.

[0011] The upper panel body 3b is then placed and attached to the lower panel body 3a using the connecting device 5 configured in this manner.To do this, the mounting piece 5a of the connecting device 5 is placed on the upper edge 3aa of the lower panel body 3a, which is already erected on the floor rail 6 installed on the floor surface F, and the central portion M is fixed to the lower panel body 3a via a screw 5g. The front and rear of the lower edge 3ba of the upper panel body 3b are clamped between the left and right extending end piece portions 5b of the connecting device 5 in this fixed state, and the lower edge 3ba of the upper panel body 3b is placed so that it abuts against the protruding intermediate piece portions 5d, 5e and the protruding end piece portion 5f, thereby allowing the upper panel body 3b to be placed and attached to the upper edge 3aa of the lower panel body 3a via the connecting device 5, and the upper edge of the upper panel body 3b in this attached state is fixed to the ceiling rail 7 via screws 7a, thereby attaching and fixing the upper panel body 3b.

[0012] Furthermore, in this device, when wiring lead wires 8a for electrical and electronic devices 8 to be placed in the toilet (examples include devices such as remote flushing devices, electrical and electronic lock devices, sound generators, emergency call devices, etc., which are installed individually, or a set in which these devices are appropriately combined) on the lower panel body 3a, the lead wires 8a can be inserted and incorporated into the grooves Z or Za formed in the connector 5, and in this way the connector 5 can be used as a wiring (arrangement) member for the lead wires 8a. Incidentally, the lower panel body 3a is formed with a wiring hole 3ab for wiring the lead wire 8a.

[0013] In the present embodiment configured as described above, the side panel 3, which serves as the depth panel in the partition panel that constitutes the toilet booth 1, is formed by assembling an upper panel body 3b to a lower panel body 3a via a connector 5. In this case, the connector 5 comprises a mounting piece 5a that is placed on the upper edge 3aa of the lower panel body 3a, a pair of front and rear extending end piece portions 5b that extend upward from both the front and rear end edges of the mounting piece 5a, and an extending intermediate piece portion 5c that extends upward from a front-to-rear intermediate portion of the mounting piece 5a. The extending height of the extending intermediate piece portion 5c is set to the intermediate portion of the extending end piece portion 5b, and protruding intermediate pieces 5d and 5e are formed on the extending upper edge portion thereof in the front-to-rear direction. As a result, when the upper panel body 3b is placed on and assembled to the upper edge portion 3aa of the lower panel body 3a via the connector 5, the lower edge portion 3ba of the upper panel body 3b is sandwiched between portions that are taller than the extending intermediate piece portions 5c of the front and rear extending end piece portions 5a, and the lower edge portion 3ba is supported in a state where it is placed on the protruding intermediate piece portions 5d, 5e. Therefore, the upper edge portion 3aa of the lower panel body 3a can be made flat, which is highly versatile.

[0014] Moreover, in this case, a pair of extending intermediate pieces 5c are provided at the front and rear, sandwiching the front-to-rear central portion M of the supporting piece 5a, and a groove Z is formed between the pair of extending intermediate pieces 5c, which is an opening formed by the protruding intermediate pieces 5d provided on the extending intermediate pieces 5c being spaced apart, resulting in the upper panel body 3b being supported in a wide state by the protruding intermediate pieces 5d provided on the pair of extending intermediate pieces 5c. Furthermore, in this device, a protruding intermediate piece 5e is formed on the extending intermediate piece 5c facing outward in the front-to-back direction, while a protruding end piece 5f is formed on the extending end piece 5b facing inward in the front-to-back direction from a position at the same height as the extending intermediate piece 5c.As a result, the upper panel body 3b is widely supported by these protruding intermediate pieces 5d, 5e and protruding end piece 5f, thereby providing more stable support.

[0015] In this case, the upper panel body 3b is a transom panel body whose upper edge is supported by a ceiling rail 7 arranged on the ceiling surface H, and since it is also a partition panel for the toilet booth 1, there is also the advantage that the assembly of these panel bodies is easy. In this case, the side panel 3 separates the depth portion of the toilet booth 1, and the lower panel body 3a is equipped with electrical and electronic equipment 8, and the lead wires 8a of the electrical and electronic equipment 8 are wired into the groove Z formed between the extending intermediate pieces 5c of the connector 5 interposed between the upper and lower panel bodies 3a, 3b. Therefore, the connector 5 also serves as a wiring member for the lead wires 8a and is effectively utilized, thereby simplifying the structure and reducing the number of parts.

[0016] Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the connector 5 may also be configured as a connector 5 of the second embodiment shown in Figure 6, in which a protruding end piece portion 5f and a protruding intermediate piece portion 5e are connected together and a square tube portion Zb is formed on the front and rear ends of the connector 5. [Industrial Applicability]

[0017] The present invention can be used as an assembly structure for partition panels used in fittings such as toilet booths and room partitions. [Explanation of symbols]

[0018] 1 Toilet booth 2 Front Panel 2a Lower panel body 2b Upper panel body 3 Side Panel 3a Lower panel body 3aa top edge 3ab wiring hole 3b Upper panel body 5 Connectors 5a Mounting piece 5b Extended end piece 5c Extending middle piece 5d, 5e Protruding middle piece 5f Projecting end piece 8 Electrical and Electronic Equipment 8a lead wire Y opening Z groove

Claims

1. In this assembly structure of a partition panel, an upper panel body is assembled via a connector to the upper edge portion of a lower panel body that stands up from the floor surface to divide an interior space into front and rear sections, The connector includes a mounting piece portion placed on the upper edge portion of the lower panel body, extending end piece portions extending upward from both front and rear end edges of the mounting piece portion, and an extending middle piece portion extending upward from a middle portion of the mounting piece portion in the front-rear direction, The extending intermediate piece portion is set to an extending height equal to an intermediate portion of the extending end piece portion, A protruding intermediate piece is formed at an upper end edge of the extending intermediate piece, protruding in at least one of the front and rear directions, An assembly structure for a partition panel, characterized in that the upper panel body has its front and back panels sandwiched between the extended end pieces and its lower edge supported by the protruding intermediate piece.

2. The extending intermediate pieces are provided in a pair at the front and rear sides, sandwiching a central portion of the mounting piece in the front-rear direction, The pair of extending intermediate pieces are formed with protruding intermediate pieces that protrude inward in the front-rear direction while facing each other and are spaced apart from each other, 2. The partition panel assembly structure according to claim 1, wherein a recessed groove is formed between the extending intermediate pieces by separating the opposing projecting intermediate pieces.

3. The extending end piece portion is formed with a protruding end piece portion that protrudes inward in the front-rear direction from a position at the same height as the protruding intermediate piece portion, 3. The partition panel assembly structure according to claim 2, wherein the lower edge of the upper panel body is also supported by the protruding end piece.

4. 4. The partition panel assembly structure according to claim 3, wherein the upper panel body is a transom panel body the upper edge of which is supported by a ceiling rail disposed on the ceiling surface.

5. 4. The assembly structure of a partition panel according to claim 3, wherein the partition panel is a partition panel for a toilet booth.

6. The partition panel assembly structure described in claim 5, characterized in that the partition panel is a depth panel that separates the depth portion of the toilet booth, the lower panel body is equipped with electrical and electronic equipment, and the lead wires of the electrical and electronic equipment are wired in the recessed grooves formed between the extended intermediate pieces.

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