KITCHEN COUNTER

• Main Authors: SAKAMOTO KEIICHI, ISHII KENJI, HIRATA YOSHIHIKO, YAMADA KAZUHIRO, KOBAYAKAWA MASUNORI, KAMEYAMA NORITOSHI, MURAKAMI RYOHEI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.12.2011
• Subjects: CABINETS; COFFEE MILLS; DESKS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; DRAWERS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FURNITURE; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; OFFICE FURNITURE; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SEWERAGE; SINKS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TABLES; TOILET ACCESSORIES; WATER SUPPLY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen counter facilitates cleaning and enhancing design of a flange part which is formed at outer periphery edge of a sink and exposed on a surface side.SOLUTION: A sink 20 is shaped to have a flange portion 22 with a folding piece 25 extending almost vertically to a floor surface formed along a periphery of the flange portion. A connection portion 30 is formed by the following processes: placing a surface 25a of the folding piece 25 at a side of an inner peripheral edge 15 of an opening 13 opposite to an entire inner peripheral edge 15 of the opening 13; keeping a surface side 14 of a counter 10 and the surface side 24a of the sink 20 fit together with a clearance; placing a pressing member 50 on a rear surface 24b of the flange portion between the folding piece 25 and a side wall 26 of the sink in a manner that presses the flange portion 22 from a back side to a front side while keeping clearances from the folding piece 25 and from a side wall 26 of the sink to allow rigid adhesive to be injected therein as well as a clearance from the counter 10; and injecting the rigid adhesive from a back side of the counter 10 and the sink 20. A part of the connection portion 30 is exposed to the surface side of clearance to form a joint J.