JP2007031998A - Bathroom wall panel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathroom wall panel for easily changing a color of a wall panel even after constructing a bathroom. <P>SOLUTION: A panel is formed by sandwiching a surface emitter between two cover members 2 and 3. In this bathroom wall panel A, the two cover members 2 and 3 and the surface emitter are respectively laminated via an adhesive, and at least one of the cover members is formed of a transparent member. Desirably, the adhesive is formed of a butyl-based adhesive sheet 4, and the surface emitter is formed of an electroluminescence emission sheet 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to wall panels. More particularly, the present invention relates to a wall panel that is used in a bathroom and can change color.

  Conventionally, wall panels used in bathrooms are generally decorative steel sheets that are laminated with a sheet printed with a pattern on a steel sheet, or inorganic decorative panels that are designed by applying colors or patterns to a slate board or the like with a painted or transfer sheet. Is used. For example, when you want to remodel a bathroom and change the color of a wall panel, the method of repainting is rather time-consuming and expensive, so it often ends up replacing the entire panel. Also, even if you want to change the mood by simply changing the color of the bathroom wall panel without remodeling, in order to keep the color tone for a long time in a humid bathroom, water-resistant coating by a specialist is required, There is a problem that the cost of painting is high.

On the other hand, light emitting sheets made of electroluminescence have been widely used in recent years as surface light emitters such as walls and ceilings, and as light sources for backlights such as self-illuminating signs such as internally illuminated signs and road signs. Yes. Patent Document 1 below proposes a light-emitting panel unit using the light-emitting sheet, a light-emitting panel, and a self-light-emitting display using the light-emitting panel.
JP-A-8-138401 (pages 1 to 3, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  Therefore, it is possible to change the color of the bathroom wall panel by incorporating a surface light emitter such as the above-mentioned light emitting sheet into the bathroom wall panel, changing the external input such as the voltage applied to the electrode, and changing the emission color, brightness, etc. Conceivable. However, the surface light emitter is inferior in water resistance and moisture resistance, and generally has a thickness of about 1 mm or less and is very thin and difficult to handle. Therefore, it is very difficult to incorporate it into a panel and use it as a bathroom wall. is there. The present invention solves such a problem, protects the surface light emitter from moisture, moisture, etc., and incorporates it in a bathroom wall panel, so that the color of the wall panel can be easily changed even after the bathroom is constructed. It is an object to provide a bathroom wall panel.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, according to the first invention of the present application, a panel in which a surface light emitter is sandwiched between two cover members, and the two cover members and the surface light emitter are respectively provided. There is provided a bathroom wall panel which is laminated via an adhesive and at least one of the cover members is a transparent member. The transparent member is not particularly limited, and glass, ceramic, plastics and the like are used.

  In the bathroom wall panel according to claim 2, in addition to the invention according to claim 1, the adhesive is a butyl adhesive sheet. As the adhesive, various adhesives such as butyl, acrylic, urethane, epoxy, phenol and the like can be mentioned, but the butyl adhesive is preferably used because of its excellent transparency and adhesiveness. It is done. Furthermore, it is preferable to use an adhesive as a sheet.

  Moreover, the bathroom wall panel of Claim 3 is made into the electroluminescent light emission sheet | seat in addition to the invention of Claim 1. Examples of surface emitters include EL (Electroluminescence), LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), LED (Light Emitting Diode), PDP (Plasma Display Panel), etc. EL is preferably used because of its large size.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a panel in which a surface light emitter is sandwiched between two cover members, the laminate including the two cover members and the surface light emitter. A bathroom wall panel is provided in which upper and lower end portions and left and right end portions are sandwiched by U-shaped cross-sectional frames, and at least one of the cover members is a transparent member.

  In the bathroom wall panel according to claim 5, in addition to the invention according to claim 4, the surface light emitter is an EL (electroluminescence) light emitting sheet. In the second invention as well, the EL light emitting sheet is preferably used since it can be made thin and light as in the first invention and the light emitting area can be increased.

  The bathroom wall panel according to the first aspect of the present invention is as described above, wherein the two cover members and the surface light emitter are respectively laminated via an adhesive, and at least one of the cover members is Because it is a transparent member, the above-mentioned bathroom wall panel is built with the cover member made of a transparent member facing the bathroom, and when the surface light emitter is energized, it emits light and can be a colored bathroom wall panel. .

  The bathroom wall panel according to claim 2 is as described above, and in addition to the effect of the bathroom wall panel according to claim 1, since a butyl adhesive sheet having excellent transparency is used, it is as if an adhesive is used. The transparent member and the surface light emitter can be bonded as if they are not used. In addition, since the butyl adhesive sheet is excellent in adhesiveness, the two cover members and the surface light emitter can be firmly bonded and laminated while preventing intrusion of moisture and moisture. Furthermore, when glass is used as the transparent member, even if the glass is broken due to external impact or the like, the adhesive sheet can prevent the fragments from being scattered, and the user can be safe.

  The bathroom wall panel according to claim 3 is as described above, and in addition to the effect of the bathroom wall panel according to claim 1, an EL light emitting sheet is used as the surface light emitter, and thus the light emitter made into a sheet shape. Can be easily stacked by sandwiching them between cover members, and light can be emitted with low power consumption. Further, since the luminous intensity, luminance, and the like are increased by increasing the voltage applied to the EL light emitting sheet, the color, pattern, etc. of the bathroom wall panel can be easily changed by controlling the applied voltage.

  The bathroom wall panel according to a second aspect of the present invention is as described above, and the upper and lower end portions and the left and right end portions of the laminate composed of the two cover members and the surface light emitter have a U-shaped cross section. While being sandwiched between the frames, at least one of the cover members is a transparent member. Therefore, when the surface light emitter is energized, light is emitted and a colored bathroom wall panel can be obtained.

  The bathroom wall panel according to claim 5 is as described above, and in addition to the effect of the bathroom wall panel according to claim 4, since the EL light emitting sheet is used as the surface light emitter, the light emission in the sheet form is used. The body can be easily stacked with the cover member interposed therebetween, and light can be emitted with low power consumption. Further, in the same manner as in the first invention, the color, pattern, etc. of the bathroom wall panel can be easily changed by controlling the voltage applied to the EL light emitting sheet.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a bathroom wall panel according to the first invention. The first invention will be described below with reference to FIG. Fig.1 (a) is a perspective view which shows the bathroom wall panel A of 1st invention, FIG.1 (b) is a plane sectional view which follows the XX line in Fig.1 (a).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the bathroom wall panel A according to the first invention uses glass having a thickness of about 5 mm as a transparent member, and serves as a surface light emitter between two glass members 2 and 3. An EL light emitting sheet 1 having a thickness of about 1 mm is sandwiched and laminated. That is, as shown in FIG. 1B, a transparent butyl adhesive sheet 4 used as an adhesive is interposed between the glass member 2 and the EL light emitting sheet 1, and the same. Further, the adhesive sheet 4 is also interposed between the glass member 3 and the EL light emitting sheet 1, and the glass member 2, the EL light emitting sheet 1, and the glass member 3 are firmly bonded in this order. In this way, the two glass members 2 and 3 and the EL light-emitting sheet 1 are firmly laminated while preventing moisture and moisture from entering, and the bathroom wall panel A according to the first invention is formed.

The EL light emitting sheet 1 includes a transparent electrode made of a conductive material such as In ₂ O ₃ , a dielectric layer, a light emitting layer made of a phosphor such as ZnS: Cu, a dielectric made of BaTiO _3, etc. A layer, a back electrode made of a conductive material such as an Al foil, etc. are laminated by means such as vapor deposition, sputtering, screen printing or pasting, and an AC voltage is applied between the transparent electrode and the back electrode. The light emission brightness increases as the applied voltage increases.

  By applying an AC voltage to the EL light emitting sheet 1 as a surface light emitter via a voltage control unit (not shown) and controlling the AC voltage, the color, light emission luminance, and the like of the EL light emitting sheet 1 can be changed. As a result, it is possible to change the color, pattern, etc. of the bathroom wall panel A incorporating the EL light emitting sheet 1 by controlling the applied voltage even after the construction of the bathroom.

  FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a bathroom wall panel according to the second invention. Hereinafter, the second invention will be described with reference to FIG. Fig.2 (a) is a perspective view which shows the bathroom wall panel B of 2nd invention, FIG.2 (b) is a plane sectional view which follows the YY line in Fig.2 (a). In the second invention, a strong acrylic resin plate is used as the transparent member. In this embodiment, an EL light emitting sheet 1 having a thickness of about 1 mm as a surface light emitter is sandwiched and laminated between two acrylic resin members 5 and 6 made of an acrylic resin having a thickness of about 5 mm.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 2B, a laminate C is formed by sandwiching the EL light emitting sheet 1 between the two acrylic resin members 5 and 6, and the upper and lower ends of the laminate C are formed. The left and right end portions are sandwiched between frames 7 having a U-shaped cross section. In this way, by firmly pressing the end of the laminate C with the frame 7, the two acrylic resin members 5 and 6 and the EL light emitting sheet 1 are firmly laminated while preventing moisture and moisture from entering. The bathroom wall panel B according to the second invention is formed.

  The structure of the EL light emitting sheet 1 is the same as that of the first invention, and the color and light emission luminance of the EL light emitting sheet 1 can be changed in the same manner. As a result, by using the bathroom wall panel B in which the EL light emitting sheet 1 is incorporated, it is possible to easily change the color, pattern, etc. of the wall panel by controlling the applied voltage even after the construction of the bathroom. In the second invention as well, an adhesive may be interposed between the two acrylic resin plates 5 and 6 and the EL light emitting sheet 1 in the same manner as in the first invention.

  Below, the construction example constructed using the bathroom wall panel A concerning 1st invention is demonstrated. FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view showing a state in which the bathroom wall panel A is built in parallel to constitute a wall portion. As shown in FIG. 3, the connecting member 8 is fixed to the driver side end of the bathroom wall panel A, and the connecting members 8 are joined together by a joiner 91. By doing in this way, the wall part of a bathroom can be constructed. FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view showing a state in which the corner portion is constructed by installing the bathroom wall panel A. FIG. The bathroom corner portion can be constructed by connecting the connecting members 8 with the corner joiner 92 in the same manner as described above.

  By the above-described method, the bathroom wall panel A according to the present invention can be built, and a bathroom in which the color, pattern, etc. of the wall panel can be easily changed even after construction can be obtained. In the above, although the construction example constructed using the bathroom wall panel A according to the first invention has been described, it is needless to say that the construction can be similarly performed even when the bathroom wall panel B according to the second invention is used.

(A) is a perspective view which shows the bathroom wall panel concerning 1st invention, (b) is a plane sectional view which follows the XX line in (a). (A) is a perspective view which shows the bathroom wall panel concerning 2nd invention, (b) is a plane sectional view which follows the YY line in (a). It is a plane sectional view showing the state where the wall part was constituted by installing the bathroom wall panel in parallel. It is a plane sectional view which shows the state which built the bathroom wall panel and comprised the corner part.

Explanation of symbols

A Bathroom wall panel 1 according to the first invention EL light emitting sheet 2 Glass member 3 Glass member 4 Adhesive sheet B Bathroom wall panel C according to the second invention Laminated body 5 Acrylic resin plate 6 Acrylic resin plate 7 Frame 8 Connecting member 91 Joiner 92 Corner Joiner

Claims (5)

  A panel in which a surface light emitter is sandwiched between two cover members, wherein the two cover members and the surface light emitter are laminated via an adhesive, and at least one of the cover members. Bathroom wall panel with a transparent sheet.   The bathroom wall panel according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive is a butyl adhesive sheet.   The bathroom wall panel according to claim 1, wherein the surface light emitter is an electroluminescent light emitting sheet.   A panel in which a surface light emitter is sandwiched between two cover members, and the upper and lower end portions and the left and right end portions of the laminate composed of the two cover members and the surface light emitter have a U-shaped cross section. A bathroom wall panel that is sandwiched between frames and at least one of the cover members is a transparent member.   The bathroom wall panel according to claim 4, wherein the surface light emitter is an electroluminescent light emitting sheet.

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