JP2002098292A - Joint member of wiring/piping material protecting cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joint member capable of allowing the whole face of a contact part to be abutted on a wall face to prevent the formation of clearance between the contact part and the wall face or the like even when a projecting edge part such as a skirting board exists on an internal angle part, in the joint member connecting two wiring/piping material protecting covers mounted in a state of facing to the internal angle part at their end parts, and accommodating and protecting the wiring/piping material exposed to the internal angle parts. SOLUTION: The contact part abutted on the wall face W with the internal angle part C1 of a joint member body 10 is provided with a compressive deformation part 9 capable of being compressed and deformed corresponding to a projecting amount of the skirting board B to allow the contact part to be abutted on the wall face W while preventing the interference with the skirting board B formed on the internal angle part C1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a non-connected state in which two wiring and piping material protective covers are orthogonal to each other along a wall surface of a building and a floor surface or a ceiling surface, and each end is close to each other. The present invention relates to a joint member of a wiring and piping material protection cover which is provided and protects the wiring and piping material housed and protected by the protection cover by covering and exposing a portion exposed at the inside corner of the building.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 13, a conventional joint member J 'used for the above purpose is integrally formed of resin so that it cannot be deformed. in the wall surface W of the C _1, the baseboards B projects, abuts against the abutment surface 51 provided on the back side of the baseboards B, yet the height of the joint member J 'baseboards B
Therefore, a predetermined gap 61 is formed between the upper end of the contact surface 51 of the joint member J ′ and the wall surface W.

[0003] Therefore, the the presence of the gap 61 'with appearance of itself is deteriorated, the joint member J' joint member J disposed in the inner corner portion C ₁ part of the housing protected wires L in Can be visually recognized through the gap 61 or the dust accumulates in the gap 61, so that the exterior appearance of the room is deteriorated. In FIG. 13, P ₁ and P ₂ are first and second electric wire protection covers disposed along the floor surface F and the wall surface W, respectively.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in the joint member described above, even when a protruding edge portion such as a baseboard is provided at a corner of a building, the entire contact portion is brought into contact. It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to prevent a gap from being generated between the contact portion and a wall surface or the like.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a housing for protecting a wiring / pipe material therein, and providing an end of a first protective cover disposed along a floor or a ceiling. A first connection portion to which the first portion is connected, and a second connection portion to which the end of a second protection cover, which also accommodates and protects the wiring and piping material inside and is vertically disposed along the wall surface, is connected. A joint member for housing and protecting a wiring / pipe material exposed between the first and second protective covers at an inside corner of a building formed by the wall surface and the floor surface or the ceiling surface. A joint member of a wiring / pipe material protection cover having a main body, and a baseboard formed at the corner at a contact portion abutting on a surface of the joint member body forming the corner. Compressed deformation part that can be compressed and deformed according to the amount of protrusion of the protruding edge It is characterized by a door.

For this reason, when a projecting edge is present at the corner, the compression deforming portion of the joint member main body is such that only the portion corresponding to the projecting edge is compressed and deformed by an amount corresponding to the projecting amount. Then, the remaining portion is in a non-compressed state, and comes into contact with a wall surface or the like continuous with the protruding edge portion. Accordingly, the entire surface of the abutting portion of the joint member main body abuts on the protruding edge portion and a wall surface or the like continuous with the protruding edge portion, so that no gap is formed between the joint member main body and the wall surface.

An example of a compression deforming portion provided on the contact portion of the joint member main body is a bellows structure, and the compression deformation portion of the bellows structure is arranged along the direction in which the wiring and piping material protective cover is provided. In order to be able to cut in the compression direction at an arbitrary position, a thin wall is formed, and a cut is formed along the compression direction at a position corresponding to the height or the like of the protruding edge of the corner in the compression deformation portion. Only one of the compression deformed portions bisected by the cut is compressed and deformed in accordance with the amount of protrusion of the protruding edge portion, and the gap generated between the contact portion of the joint member and the wall surface is eliminated. . Further, it is also possible to easily form a rectangular cutout portion corresponding to the width and the amount of protrusion of the protruding edge portion in the compression deformed portion, and the compression deformed portion is completely or almost not deformed. Only by the notch shape, the entire surface of the contact portion of the joint member main body is brought into contact with the protruding edge portion and the wall surface provided with the same.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to examples. Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one example of use of the joint member J ₁ according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a likewise cross-sectional side view, FIG. 3, the joint member main body 10
And a fixture D is a perspective view of a separated state as viewed from the front lower side, FIG. 4 is a X ₁ -X ₁ line sectional view of FIG. 2, FIG. 5
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line X ₂ -X ₂ in FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line YY in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, when an electric wire (L) crawling on a floor (F) is fed along a wall (W) to an electric appliance (not shown) installed on a ceiling (R), The electric wire L
, In the floor F, is accommodated protected first wire protection cover P ₁ disposed horizontally along which, in the wall surface W, a second wire protection cover disposed vertically therealong It is housed protection to P _2. Each wire protection cover P ₁ of the first and second 2, P ₂ are orthogonal to each other, yet the first inner corner portion C ₁ of the floor-side, in a disconnection state in which the respective ends are close to each other distribution Is established. Therefore, in the first inner corner portion C ₁ of the floor surface side, first and second respective wire protection cover P
_Since the electric wire L housed and protected in P ₁ and P ₂ is exposed, the electric wire L is protected by the joint member J ₁ according to the present invention.
Is exposed and protected.

The first and second electric wire protection covers P
₁ and P ₂ are each composed of a combination of two members, a base and a lid fitted to the base, and the wire L is housed and protected therein. Cover P ₁ ,
Cross-sectional shape of the P ₂ is different. That is, the cross section of the first wire protection cover P ₁ disposed on the floor surface F, in order to eliminate the catch portion, and has a split circular, second wire protection disposed on the wall surface W cover P _2, since there is no snagging problems, has a cross section square shape, yet the width of the first wire protection cover P ₁ is widened far than a second width of the wire protection cover P ₂ I have.

The joint member J ₁ is composed of a joint member main body 10 covering the exposed portion of the electric wire L and a fixture D for fixing the main body 10 to a floor F. The joint member body 10 is an integrally molded product of resin,
4, a member having a predetermined width in a front view, a substantially L-shaped side surface, and an opening on both a bottom surface and a back surface. The upright portion 1 standing on the back side of the joint member body 10 has a U-shaped cross section, and the first and second electric wire protection covers P ₁ ,
In response to the width of the P ₂ are significantly different, progressively width upwards is narrower. Also, the joint member body 1
The horizontal installation portion 2 on the near side of the reference numeral 0 has a circular cross section, and its length is much shorter than that of the upright portion 1, and its width reaches the back surface of the joint member body 10. The upright portion 1 and the horizontal installation portion 2
Are continuous at the bent portion. The first and second connection ports 3 and 4 connected to the first and _second electric wire protection covers P ₁ and P ₂ are respectively provided at the front end of the horizontal installation section 2 and the upper end of the upright section 1. Is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the upper plate portion 5 of the upper end of the upright portion 1, so as to be a plurality of types of second wire protection cover P ₂ of different sizes are connected, on the back surface A plurality of connection opening forming grooves 6a, 6b, 6c are formed, and the upper plate portion 5 is dropped in a square shape at any one of the connection opening forming grooves 6a (6b, 6c), and the second connection is formed. The mouth 4 is formed.

Further, when grasped from the viewpoint of the respective plate portions constituting the joint member main body 10, the joint member main body 10 is provided with a pair of opposing members provided at predetermined intervals over the entire area of the upright portion 1 and the horizontal installation portion 2. Side plate portion 7, a front plate portion 8 connecting the pair of side plate portions 7 on the front side, and a pair of the side plate portion 7 and the front plate portion 8 connected at the upper end of the upright portion 1. And the upper plate portion 5. A portion of the pair of side plate portions 7 having a predetermined width from the back side to the near side is formed of a bellows member over substantially the entire height of the joint member main body 10, and serves as a compression deformation portion 9. The bellows member forming the compression deforming portion 9 is formed to be thin so as to be cut. In addition, the lower end surfaces of the pair of side plate portions 7 are first contact surfaces 11 that contact the floor surface F, and a pair of the compressive deformation portions 9 are formed only at a predetermined width on the back side. An end face on the back side of the side plate portion 7 and the upper plate portion 5 that is continuous with each other is a second contact surface 12 that contacts the wall surface W and a baseboard B protruding toward the indoor side at the lower end portion of the wall surface W. .

The horizontal installation portion 2 of the joint member main body 10 has a structure in which a fixture D can be mounted. That is, in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of engaging claws 13 are provided on the back surface of the front plate portion 8 arranged on the horizontal installation portion 2 at predetermined intervals along the width direction thereof, A fitting groove 14 is provided in each side plate portion 7 on the side of the pair of engagement claws 13. Also, in FIG.
The first wire protection cover P disposed on the floor F
A positioning piece 15 for positioning the insertion end ₁ is projected downward. In FIG. 2, 1
Reference numerals 6 and 17 denote a floor plate and a wall plate, respectively.

Further, the joint member main body 10 is fixed to the floor surface F via a fixture D. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 6, this fixture D is a rectangular substrate 2.
A pair of engagement plates 22 are integrally formed on the upper surface of the first member 1 at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction, and a connecting portion between the substrate 21 and the pair of engagement plates 22 has a pair of joint member main bodies 10. A pair of engaged holes 23 engageable with the engaging claws 13 are provided, and at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 21,
The joint member main body 10 has a configuration in which a fitting plate portion 24 that can be fitted into each of the fitting grooves 14 protrudes laterally, and a screw hole 25 is provided in a central portion of the substrate 21. Then, leave fixing the fixture D to the first inner corner portion C ₁ of the floor surface F to dispose the joint member J ₁ via the screws 26, when pushing the joint member main body 10 from immediately above, the joint The pair of engaging claws 13 of the member main body 10 are engaged with the pair of engaged holes 23 of the fixture D, and the respective fitting plates 24 of the fixture D are fitted into the respective fitting grooves 14 of the joint member main body 10. There is fitted, the joint member J ₁ is disposed through the fastener D to the first inner corner portion C ₁ of defined position.

The above-mentioned joint member J₁use
First corner C having baseboard B on the floor side of the building₁
, The first and second electric wire protection cables for the electric wire L
Bar P₁, P_TwoAnd the first and second parts
Each wire protection cover P₁, P_TwoTo connect each end of
This is performed as follows. 1 and 2 are two-dot chains
As shown by the line, the first power line horizontally disposed on the floor F
Wire protection cover P₁Has one end at the lower end of the wall W
Close to the skirting board B
And a second wire protection cover vertically arranged on the wall W.
ー P_TwoIs a predetermined distance between the lower end and the baseboard B.
And each protective cover P ₁, P_TwoContainment
The protected wire L is connected to the first corner C₁Exposed at
ing.

If the baseboard B has a large protrusion,
As shown in FIG. 3, previously cut 18 provided along the compression direction to the compressive deformation portion 9 of the joint member main body 10 which is disposed in the first inner corner portion C _1. The position of the notch 18, the first abutment surface 11 is a lower end surface of the joint member J ₁
From the position corresponding to the height of the baseboard B. Then, the part immediately preceding the first wire end portion of the protective cover P ₁ in the floor F, the fixture D via screws 26
Is fixed, the second wire protection cover P is fitted to the second connection port 4 of the joint member main body 10, and a portion of the compression deformation portion 9 below the cut 18 is attached to the baseboard B. When the joint member main body 10 is pressed from directly above the fixture D in a state where the joint member main body 10 is abutted and compressed, a pair of engagement claws 13 provided on the back surface of the front plate portion 8 of the joint member main body 10 engaged with the pair of Hikakarigoana 23 of the fixture D, while covering the exposed portions of the wires L, the joint member J ₁ is disposed in the first inner corner portion C _1.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, only the portion of the compression deforming portion 9 below the notch 18 is compressed and deformed by an amount corresponding to the amount of protrusion of the baseboard B. Then, each portion of the compression deforming portion 9 above and below the notch 18 is a second portion on the back surface thereof.
The contact surface 12 contacts the wall surface W and the baseboard B, respectively. For this reason, by providing the cut 18 in the compression deforming portion 9, the cut surface, which is the lower end surface of the compression deforming portion 9 above the cut 18, comes into close contact with the upper end surface of the baseboard B. A gap between the joint member main body 10 and the wall surface W is not generated immediately above the baseboard B. Also, the first lower end surface of the joint member body 10
The entire surface of the contact surface 11 contacts the floor surface F. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, one end of the first electric wire protection cover P <b> ₁ is fitted to the first connection port 3 of the joint member main body 10.

When the skirting board B has a large amount of protrusion, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the compression deforming portion 9 of the joint member main body 10 is formed into a cross-sectional shape of the skirting board B. It is also possible to provide a notch 20 by notching in a corresponding square shape. Thereby, the joint member J ₁
In the arrangement state, the baseboard B is fitted into the notch 20 provided in the compression deforming portion 9,
Is not deformed, and the non-notched portion and the notched portion 2
The second contact surfaces 12, 12 'on the back surface of the base member 0 are in contact with the wall surface W and the front surface of the baseboard B, respectively. No longer occurs.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, when the amount of protrusion of the baseboard B ′ is small, the notch 18 or the notch 20 is not provided in the compressively deformed portion 9 of the joint member main body 10 without any modification. a manner, when disposed in the first inner corner portion C _1, the compressive deformation portion 9, only the portion corresponding to the baseboard B is, is only compression deformation amount corresponding to the projecting amount, the該巾tree B While remaining in contact with the front surface, the remaining portion thereof is in contact with the continuous wall surface W above the baseboard B in the non-compressed state. As a result, there is almost no gap between the baseboard B and the wall surface W immediately above the baseboard B.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the ceiling surface R, a second wire protection cover P ₂ and identical third wire protection cover P ₃ disposed on the wall surface W is disposed ,
Exposed portions of the electric wires L in the second inner corner portion C ₂ formed by the wall surface W and the ceiling surface R is covered by the joint member J _2. Body 30 of the joint member J _2, the upper surface and the back and is opened, a horizontal installation portion 31 which is installed on a ceiling surface R, and the vertical installation portion 32 which is installed on the wall surface W is almost the same shape And the width is the same in all parts. Only a portion having a predetermined width from the back side of the pair of side plate portions 33 constituting the joint member main body 30 is a compression deforming portion 34 formed of a bellows member, and the upper end surfaces of the pair of side plate portions 33 are ceiling surfaces. A first contact surface 35 that comes into contact with R, and a vertical end surface on the back surface of the compression deformation portion 34 is a second contact surface 36 that comes into contact with the wall surface W.
In addition, first and second connection ports 37 and 38 having the same square shape are formed at a front end of the horizontal installation section 31 and a lower end of the vertical installation section 32, respectively. Similarly to the joint member main body 10, a fixing tool (not shown) is provided at an end on the side of the horizontal installation portion 31 on the back surface of the front plate portion 39 connecting the pair of side plate portions 33. A pair of engaging claws 40 for fixing the joint member main body 30 to the ceiling surface R by a lever is formed.

[0022] Therefore, if provided in a state where the second inner corner portion C ₂ on core print B is projected larger where the wall surface W and the ceiling surface R orthogonal compressive deformation portion 34 of the joint member main body 30 First, a notch 41 is formed along the compression direction at a position corresponding to the width of the baseboard B. Then, by disposing the joint member main body 30 to the second inner corner portion C ₂ via fasteners (not shown) covers the wire L which are exposed at said input corners C _2, at both ends The first and second connection ports 37 and 38 are fitted with the ends of the third and second wire protection covers P ₃ and P ₂ disposed on the ceiling surface R and the wall surface W, respectively. Then, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a cut 41 (FIG. 1) is formed in the compression deformation portion 34 of the joint member main body 30.
2), only the portion corresponding to the skirting board B is compressed and deformed by an amount corresponding to the amount of protrusion of the skirting board B, and the second abutment on the back side thereof is provided. Face 36
Abuts against the front surface of the baseboard B and the wall surface W immediately below the front surface.
Thereby, even if there is a large step between the skirting board B and the wall surface W, the second end, which is the rear end surface of the joint member main body 30, is formed.
No large gap is formed between the contact surface 36 and the wall surface W. Also, the first contact surface 35 of the joint member main body 30
Is in contact with the ceiling surface R. In FIG. 11,
19 indicates a ceiling plate.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the compression deforming portion provided integrally with the joint member main body is constituted by a bellows member. Any other member, such as a rubber material or a soft resin material, may be used as long as it can abut the entire front surface of the portion. Further, in each of the above embodiments, the baseboard is taken as an example of the protruding edge portion formed at the corner, but if the joint member according to the present invention is used, interference may occur even with other protruding portions. In addition to being able to be arranged so as to avoid, the portion where the protruding edge portion is provided is not limited to the wall surface but may be a floor surface.

In the above embodiment, electric wires are taken as examples of the wiring and piping material housed and protected by the protective cover, but other wiring and piping materials include cables, hot water supply pipes, refrigerant pipes for air conditioners, and the like. When wiring and piping these wiring and piping materials through a corner of a building, the joint member according to the present invention can also cover a portion exposed at the corner.

[0025]

According to the joint member of the present invention, the protruding amount of the protruding edge portion such as a baseboard formed on the abutting portion of the joint member body which abuts on the surface forming the inward corner portion. Is provided so that even if a protruding edge portion such as a baseboard is provided at the corner of the building, the contact portion can be brought into contact. Therefore, no gap is formed between the contact portion and a wall surface or the like. As a result, the appearance of the joint member is improved, and the appearance of the room is enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Is a perspective view showing an example of use of the joint member J ₁ according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a separated state of the joint member main body 10 and the fixture D when viewed from the front lower side.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line X ₁ -X ₁ of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line X ₂ -X _{2 in} FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 2;

7 is a side sectional view showing another example of use of the joint member J _1.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the joint member main body 10 in which the cutout portion 20 is provided in the compression deformation portion 9 as viewed from the lower rear side.

It is a side view showing still another example of the use of the joint member J ₁ according to the present invention; FIG.

Is a perspective view showing an example of use of the joint member J ₂ according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the same.

12 is a perspective view of the joint member J _2.

FIG. 13 is a side view of a conventional joint member J 'in use.

[Explanation of symbols]

B, B ': baseboards (protruding edge) C _1: first inner corner portion C _2: second inner corner portion D: fixture F: (a surface forming the inner corner portion) floor J _1: first Joint member J ₂ : Second joint member L: Electric wire (wiring and piping material) P ₁ : First electric wire protection cover (Wiring and piping material protection cover) P ₂ : Second electric wire protection cover (Wiring and piping material protection cover) R: ceiling surface (surface forming an inset corner) W: wall surface (surface forming an inset corner) 3, 37: first connection port (first connection section) 4, 38: second connection port (second connection port) Connection part) 9, 34: Compression deformation part 10, 30: Joint member main body 18, 41: Cut

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (reference) // B29L 31:00 B29L 31:00

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A first connecting portion for accommodating and protecting wiring and piping materials therein, to which an end of a first protective cover disposed along a floor surface or a ceiling surface is connected. A building formed by the second connecting portion that stores and protects the piping material and that is connected to the end of the second protective cover vertically disposed along the wall surface; and the wall surface and the floor surface or the ceiling surface A joint member main body that covers and protects the wiring and piping material exposed between the first and second protective covers at the corners of the joint member. The contact portion contacting the surface to be formed is provided with a compression deformable portion that can be compressed and deformed in accordance with the amount of protrusion of a protruding edge portion such as a baseboard formed at the corner. Joint member for wiring and piping material protection cover. 2. The joint member according to claim 1, wherein the compression deformation portion has a bellows structure. 3. The compression-deformed portion of the bellows structure is formed to be thin so that it can be cut in the compression direction at an arbitrary position along the direction in which the wiring / piping material protective cover is provided. The joint member of the wiring / pipe material protection cover according to claim 2.