CN112012281A - Mounting structure, tap and basin subassembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an installation structure, a faucet and a water tank assembly, wherein the installation structure is used for fixing an object to be installed on a thin wall provided with an installation hole and comprises an installation seat, a limiting piece and a fastening piece, the installation seat is fixedly connected with the object to be installed and is lapped on the front surface of the thin wall when being arranged in the installation hole, the limiting piece at least has a projection with the size smaller than that of the installation hole on a plane vertical to the axis of the installation hole, the projection passes through the installation hole and then changes to enable part of the entity of the limiting piece to face the back surface of the thin wall, the fastening piece is screwed to the limiting piece or the installation seat from the front surface of the thin wall, and force is applied to the front surface of the thin wall. The faucet and the sink assembly adopting the structure can be conveniently installed on the sink table board from the front, and the problem that the operation is laborious when the faucet is installed below the sink is solved.

Description

Mounting structure, tap and basin subassembly

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of faucet installation, in particular to an installation structure, a faucet and a water tank assembly.

Background

The water purification tap is the play tap of water purifier, can install together when installing the water purifier additional in family kitchen, water purification tap generally can install on the basin, this just needs trompil installation on the metal cell body of basin, the installation generally is to insert water purification tap from the upside behind the mounting hole on the cell body, embolia the water purification tap body with the nut from the downside of cell body, screw behind the nut and lie in the common cooperation of the flange structure of cell body upside with water purification tap, the wall of centre gripping cell body, thereby realize water purification tap's fixed. This kind of mounting means requires to carry out the locking operation of nut from the cell body below, and basin below space is narrow and small to the tap generally will be installed in the position that is close to the wall, and the locking operation of nut is very wasted time and energy, and the installation effectiveness is very low.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to overcoming the above-mentioned drawbacks and problems of the related art, and to providing a mounting structure, a faucet, and a sink assembly, which can mount the faucet on a sink deck from the front of the sink, and which solves the problem of labor-consuming operations of mounting the faucet from below the sink.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a mounting structure for fixing an object to be mounted to a thin wall provided with a mounting hole, comprising: the mounting seat is fixedly connected with an object to be mounted and is lapped on the front surface of the thin wall when being placed in the mounting hole; the limiting piece at least has a projection smaller than the size of the mounting hole on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the mounting hole, and part of the limiting piece is towards the back of the thin wall through position transformation after passing through the mounting hole; and the fastener is screwed to the limiting piece or the mounting seat from the front surface of the thin wall and applies force to the front surface of the thin wall to enable the limiting piece to move towards the thin wall until the limiting piece abuts against the back surface of the thin wall.

Furthermore, the mounting seat comprises a lower part and an upper part which are gradually increased in size, the lower part of the mounting seat is used for being placed in the mounting hole, and the upper part of the mounting seat is used for being lapped on the front surface of the thin wall; the limiting piece penetrates through the mounting hole to reach the lower position of the mounting seat and is limited by the mounting seat.

Furthermore, the mounting seat is at least symmetrically provided with two sliding grooves with openings on the side wall of the mounting seat; the upper part of the mounting seat forms a flange lapped on the front surface of the thin wall at the position of the sliding groove; the limiting piece moves from a first position to a second position along the sliding groove, and is positioned in the sliding groove when positioned at the first position; when the sliding groove is located at the second position, part of the sliding groove physically extends out of the sliding groove and faces the back face of the thin wall.

Furthermore, the limiting piece is provided with a matching groove; when the limiting piece moves to the second position, two groove walls of the matching groove are respectively positioned on one side of the flange and the back surface of the thin wall; the limiting piece is provided with a threaded hole, and the fastener is screwed in the threaded hole and abuts against the flange so that the limiting piece and the flange are matched to clamp the thin wall.

Furthermore, a positioning part is arranged on the flange corresponding to the position of the screw hole; the front end of the fastener is in a table shape or a cone shape, and is sunk into the positioning part when abutting against the flange.

Furthermore, the size of the limiting part is matched with the width of the sliding groove, and a pushing part for pushing the limiting part to move along the sliding groove is arranged on the limiting part.

Furthermore, the limiting part is provided with a step part, a transition surface between two steps of the step part forms the pushing part, and a gap is formed between the pushing part and the wall of the sliding groove when the limiting part is located at the first position.

In addition, the invention also provides a faucet, which comprises a faucet body and the mounting structure as described in any one of the above items; the object to be installed is the faucet body; the mounting seat is fixedly connected with the faucet body in a threaded connection mode.

In addition, the invention also provides a sink assembly, which comprises a sink and the faucet as described above; the table surface of the water tank forms the thin wall provided with the mounting hole; the faucet is mounted to the sink deck via the mounting structure.

As can be seen from the above description of the present invention, the present invention has the following advantages over the prior art:

1. when the mounting seat is lapped on the front surface of the thin wall, one part of the mounting seat is positioned in the mounting hole, the lapping part forms a limiting action in one direction, the limiting part can penetrate through the mounting hole and reach the back position of the thin wall, and the position of the limiting part can be changed after reaching the back of the thin wall, thereby part of the entity of the limiting piece faces to the back of the thin wall, and the limiting piece is limited by the mounting seat, therefore, the position limiting part forms the position limiting in the other direction, and is screwed to the position limiting part or the mounting seat from the front through the fastening part, the limiting piece is forced to move towards the thin wall by applying force to the front surface of the thin wall, the limiting piece is abutted against the back surface of the thin wall and the fastening piece applies force from the front surface, so that the limiting piece and the fastening piece clamp the thin wall together, the mounting seat is fixed on the thin wall, and then the object to be mounted is fixed on the mounting seat, so that the object to be mounted can be fixed on the thin wall; the mounting structure can realize the fixed connection of the object to be mounted from the front side of the thin wall without locking from the back side of the thin wall, and solves the problems of small operation space and inconvenient operation on the back side of the thin wall under certain conditions.

2. The lower part of the mounting seat can be placed in the mounting hole, the upper part of the mounting seat is lapped on the front surface of the thin wall, the limiting part is limited by the lower part of the mounting seat after penetrating through the mounting hole, so that the limiting part cannot fall off, and the limiting part can be pushed to move when the fastener is in threaded connection with the mounting seat.

3. The mounting base is provided with a sliding groove, the limiting part can slide in the sliding groove, and when the limiting part is located at the first position, the limiting part is located in the sliding groove, so that the limiting part can enter the mounting hole along with the mounting base, and a part of the entity is kept at the position of the back face of the thin wall, then the limiting part moves to the second position, and a part of the entity of the limiting part can face the back face of the thin wall, so that the limiting part forms a part abutted against the back face of the thin wall, and when the fastener is locked, the part of the limiting part extending out of the sliding groove can be abutted against the back face of the.

4. The limiting part is provided with a threaded hole, a fastening piece is screwed into the threaded hole and extends out of the hole to abut against the flange, then the limiting part moves towards the back of the thin wall and is matched with the flange to clamp the thin wall, and the mounting seat is fixed on the thin wall.

5. Set up location portion on the flange, the fastener front end can be absorbed in the location portion when stretching out the spiro union hole to avoid the fastener aversion, make the close-fitting unstable.

6. The size of the limiting part is matched with the width of the sliding groove, so that the limiting part cannot shift in the side direction, and meanwhile, the limiting part is also provided with a pushing part for pushing the limiting part to slide along the sliding groove.

7. The pushing part is arranged to be a transition surface of the step part, and due to the structure of the step part, the transition surface can form a gap with the groove wall of the sliding groove when the limiting part is located at the first position, and the limiting part can be conveniently pushed to slide through the gap.

8. The faucet comprises a faucet body and the mounting structure, the faucet and the mounting seat are fixed in a threaded mode, and the faucet can be fixed on the thin wall after the mounting seat is fixed on the thin wall.

9. The provided sink assembly comprises a sink and the faucet, wherein the thin wall is formed on the top surface of the sink, and the faucet is mounted on the top surface of the sink through the mounting structure.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a mounting structure provided in the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the assembled mounting structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of FIG. 1 mounted on a sink deck;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of FIG. 1 in a state without the fastener locked;

fig. 5 is a schematic view showing a state where the mounting structure of fig. 1 locks the fastener.

Description of the main reference numerals:

10. a limiting member; 11. a step portion; 12. screwing holes; 13. a mating groove; 14. a fastener; 20. a mounting seat; 21. a sliding groove; 22. a flange; 221. a positioning part; 23. a faucet fixing hole; 30. a sink deck; 31. and (7) installing holes.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are presently preferred embodiments of the invention and are not to be taken as an exclusion of other embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

In the claims, the specification and the drawings of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly limited, the terms "first", "second" or "third", etc. are used for distinguishing between different items and not for describing a particular sequence.

In the claims, the specification and the drawings of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly limited, all directional or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center," "lateral," "longitudinal," "horizontal," "vertical," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are based on the directional or positional relationships indicated in the drawings and are used for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element so indicated must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

In the claims, the description and the drawings of the present application, unless otherwise expressly limited, the terms "fixedly connected" or "fixedly connected" should be interpreted broadly, that is, any connection between the two that does not have a relative rotational or translational relationship, that is, non-detachably fixed, integrally connected, and fixedly connected by other devices or elements.

In the claims, the specification and the drawings of the present invention, the terms "including", "having" and their variants, if used, are intended to be inclusive and not limiting.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a mounting structure provided in the present invention, the mounting structure is used for fixing an object to be mounted to a thin wall provided with a mounting hole 31, and mainly includes a mounting base 20, a limiting member 10 and a fastening member 14.

In this embodiment, the mounting structure is used for a faucet, specifically, the faucet includes a faucet body and the mounting structure, the object to be mounted is the faucet body, and the mounting seat 20 is fixed to the faucet body by a screw connection method, so that the faucet body can be fixed to a thin wall.

Furthermore, the invention also provides a sink assembly, which comprises a sink and the faucet, wherein the sink table 30 is formed into the thin wall provided with the mounting hole 31, and the faucet is mounted on the sink table 30 through the mounting structure.

Specifically, the mounting seat 20 is used for fixedly connecting with an object to be mounted, and is lapped on the front surface of the thin wall when being placed in the mounting hole 31; in this embodiment, the mounting seat 20 includes a lower portion of gradually increasing size for placement in the mounting hole 31 and an upper portion for overlapping the thin-walled front surface.

The thin-walled front surface as described herein refers to the upper surface of the sink deck 30. typically, the sink forms an outwardly extending deck structure around the top, and a faucet can be mounted on this horizontal deck structure to access the water inlet line from below the sink deck 30. The thin-walled backside described below thus refers to the underside surface of the sink deck 30, while the underside of the sink deck 30 is generally hollow. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the sink deck 30 is provided with a mounting hole 31, the mounting hole 31 being generally circular and adapted to mount a faucet for dispensing water.

The middle part of the mounting seat 20 is provided with a through threaded hole which forms a faucet rigid coupling hole 23, the pipe fitting of the faucet body is matched with the size of the faucet rigid coupling hole 23, and meanwhile, the faucet body is screwed in the faucet rigid coupling hole 23 through an external thread, so that the faucet body and the sink table top 30 can be fixedly connected.

The limiting member 10 has at least one projection smaller than the size of the mounting hole on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the mounting hole 31, and after passing through the mounting hole 31, the limiting member changes its position to make a part of the body face the back of the thin wall, and after passing through the mounting hole 31, the limiting member reaches the lower position of the mounting seat 20 and is limited by the mounting seat 20. The fastener 14 is screwed to the limiting member 10 or the mounting base 20 from the front surface of the thin wall, and applies force to the front surface of the thin wall to move the limiting member 10 towards the thin wall until the limiting member abuts against the back surface of the thin wall.

The fact that the limiting element 10 has at least one projection smaller than the size of the mounting hole 31 on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the mounting hole 31 means that when the limiting element 20 is projected from any angle (parallel projection) onto the plane perpendicular to the axis of the mounting hole 31, there is at least one angular position, and the projection of the limiting element 10 on the plane can be smaller than the size of the mounting hole 31, so that the limiting element 10 can pass through the mounting hole 31 at the angular position and reach the back of the thin wall.

Specifically, at least two sliding grooves 21 opened on the side wall of the mounting seat 20 are symmetrically arranged on the mounting seat 20, the upper part of the mounting seat 20 forms a flange 22 overlapping the front surface of the thin wall at the position of the sliding groove 21, the limiting member 10 moves along the sliding groove 21 from the first position to the second position, and when the limiting member is located at the first position, the limiting member is located in the sliding groove 21, and when the limiting member is located at the second position, part of the limiting member physically extends out of the sliding groove 21 and faces the back surface of the thin wall.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the mounting seat 20 is cylindrical as a whole, and has a stepped structure from bottom to top, the diameter of the lower portion of the mounting seat is smaller than that of the upper portion of the mounting seat, so that a downward stepped surface is formed at the joint of the mounting seat and the mounting seat, and the diameter of the lower portion of the mounting seat 20 is matched with that of the mounting hole 31, but the diameter of the upper portion of the mounting seat is larger than that of the mounting hole 31, so that the mounting seat 20 can be inserted into the mounting hole 31 according to the lower portion of the mounting seat 20, but at the same time, the mounting seat 20 can be lapped on the. Specifically, two sliding grooves 21 are provided in the mount 20, the sliding grooves 21 are opened in the radial direction of the mount 20, and the two sliding grooves 21 are symmetrical to each other. The sliding groove 21 has three side walls, and the portion of the sliding groove that meets the outer side wall of the mounting seat 20 forms an opening, and the mounting seat 20 has a flange 22 at this point, and the flange 22 corresponds to a plate-like structure that is placed across the opening of the sliding groove 21, and forms the outer edge of the upper portion of the mounting seat 20 in cooperation with the other portion of the mounting seat 20, and divides the opening of the sliding groove 21 into upper and lower portions.

After being placed in the sliding groove 21, the stopper 10 can slide along the sliding groove 21 in the outside direction of the mounting base 20, so that the stopper 10 is placed in the sliding groove 21 at a first position, and reaches a second position by sliding in the outside direction of the mounting base 20. The number of the limiting members 10 is the same as that of the sliding grooves 21, and two limiting members 10 are provided, and in the embodiment, the limiting members 10 are two block-shaped structures with smaller volume, which can freely pass through the mounting holes 31, and after passing through the mounting holes 31, make part of the solid body face the back surface of the thin wall by sliding from the first position to the second position.

Of course, in other embodiments, the structure of the limiting element 10 may be different from the above-mentioned embodiments, and it needs to be matched with the structure of the installation base 20 itself, for example, a transversely through groove-shaped structure is provided in the middle of the installation base 20, the limiting element 10 is a long strip-shaped structure, and the limiting element 10 can pass through the installation hole 31 in an inclined posture and return to a normal position after passing through, so that both ends of the limiting element 10 can cross the orientation of the installation hole 31, and meanwhile, the limiting element 10 can be placed in the groove-shaped structure on the installation base 20, and then, both ends of the limiting element 10 abut against the back of the thin wall, so that the limiting of the installation base 20 in two vertical directions can be achieved.

In the embodiment, the limiting member 10 is provided with a matching groove 13, and two groove walls of the matching groove 13 are respectively located on one side of the flange 22 and the back surface of the thin wall when the limiting member 10 moves to the second position. The limiting member 10 is provided with a threaded hole 12, and the fastening member 14 is threaded in the threaded hole 12 and abuts against the flange 22 so that the limiting member 10 and the flange 22 are matched to clamp the thin wall. Further, a positioning portion 221 is provided on the flange 22 at a position corresponding to the screw hole 12, and the tip of the fastening member 14 is in a shape of a table or a cone, which is recessed into the positioning portion 221 when abutting against the flange 22.

Specifically, the limiting member 10 is provided with a groove portion opening in the horizontal direction, the groove portion forms the above-mentioned engaging groove 13, two sides of the engaging groove 13 have two horizontal side wall surfaces, and the limiting member 10 forms the two side walls through a solid structure. Taking the direction of fig. 3 as an example, the limiting member 10 is provided with a screw hole 12 at the upper side portion of the engaging groove 13, the screw hole 12 penetrates through the top end surface of the limiting member 10 and a wall of the engaging groove 13, when the limiting member 10 is located in the sliding groove 21, the limiting member 10 is pushed to move from the first position to the second position, at this time, the flange 22 enters the engaging groove 13, and the water tank deck 30 also enters the engaging groove 13, as shown in fig. 4 in particular, at this time, the wall surface of the lower side of the engaging groove 13 forms a solid structure facing the back surface of the water tank deck 30, and the wall surface can limit the upward movement of the mounting base 20 by abutting against the back surface of the water tank deck 30.

After the fastening member 14 is screwed into the threaded hole 12, the front end of the fastening member extends out of the upper side wall of the matching groove 13 and abuts against the flange 22, and with the locking of the fastening member 14, the limiting member 10 moves upward relative to the mounting base 20 until the lower side wall of the matching groove 13 abuts against the back of the sink deck 30, so that the mounting base 20 is fixed.

Of course, in other embodiments, the fastener 14 may be threaded onto the mounting base 20, for example, by providing a threaded hole in the flange 22 of the mounting base 20, into which the fastener 14 may be threaded, such that when the fastener 14 extends out of the underside of the flange 22, the front end of the fastener will directly abut against the front surface of the sink deck 20, and the fastener 14 will drive the mounting base 20 to move upward slightly until the stop 10 on the mounting base 20 abuts against the back surface of the sink deck 30. Of course, this requires that the stop 10 be restrained on the mounting block 20 and not be inclined so as to be unable to abut the back of the sink deck 30.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the flange 22 is provided with a positioning portion 221, the positioning portion 221 is a counter bore, the cross section of the counter bore is an inverted trapezoid, and the front end of the fastening member 14 may be in a truncated cone shape or a tapered cone shape, and when the fastening member 14 extends out of the side wall of the fitting groove 13, the front end of the fastening member 14 is sunk into the positioning portion 221, so that the position of the fastening member 14 is prevented from being changed, and the overall stability is improved.

Further, the size of the limiting member 10 is adapted to the width of the sliding groove 21, and a pushing portion for pushing the limiting member 10 to move along the sliding groove 21 is provided thereon, in this embodiment, the limiting member 10 is provided with a step portion 11, a transition surface between two steps of the step portion 11 forms the pushing portion, and the pushing portion forms a gap with a groove wall of the sliding groove 21 when the limiting member 10 is located at the first position.

Specifically, the position of the back side of the stopper 10 (relative to the position of the engagement groove 13) is provided with a stepped portion 11, and the width of the stopper 10 is adapted to the width of the sliding groove 21, so that when the stopper 10 is placed in the sliding groove 21, the stopper cannot move in the left-right direction any more, but can move only in the front-back direction along the extending direction of the sliding groove 21. In order to facilitate the position of the limiting member 10 to be pushed by the user to leave from the first position when the limiting member is located at the first position, the transition surface of the step portion 11 forms a pushing portion, and a certain gap is formed between the transition surface and the side wall of the end portion of the sliding groove 21 when the limiting member 10 is located at the first position, so that the user can stir the limiting member 10 to slide by a tool or a fingernail or the like. Of course, the pushing portion may be a protruding toggle rod, etc., as long as the user can push the limiting member 10 to the second position conveniently.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, when the fastening member 14 is not screwed into the screw hole 12, the upper wall of the mating groove 13 of the position-limiting member 10 abuts against the flange 22, and then the fastening member 14 is screwed into the screw hole 12 and tightened, the upper wall of the mating groove 13 moves away from the flange 22, and the lower wall of the mating groove 13 moves up until abutting against the back of the sink deck 30, thereby clamping the sink deck 30 in cooperation with the flange 22.

The mounting structure, the faucet and the sink assembly provided by the invention utilize the action of the limiting piece 10, so that a user can mount the faucet from the front side of the sink table-board 30, and the problem of labor-consuming operation of mounting the faucet from the lower part of the sink is solved.

The description of the above specification and examples is intended to be illustrative of the scope of the present invention and is not intended to be limiting. Modifications, equivalents and other improvements which may occur to those skilled in the art and which may be made to the embodiments of the invention or portions thereof through a reasonable analysis, inference or limited experimentation, in light of the common general knowledge, the common general knowledge in the art and/or the prior art, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Claims (9)

1. A mounting structure for fixing an object to be mounted to a thin wall provided with a mounting hole, comprising:

the mounting seat is fixedly connected with an object to be mounted and is lapped on the front surface of the thin wall when being placed in the mounting hole;

the limiting piece at least has a projection smaller than the size of the mounting hole on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the mounting hole, and part of the limiting piece is towards the back of the thin wall through position transformation after passing through the mounting hole;

and the fastener is screwed to the limiting piece or the mounting seat from the front surface of the thin wall and applies force to the front surface of the thin wall to enable the limiting piece to move towards the thin wall until the limiting piece abuts against the back surface of the thin wall.

2. A mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein said mounting seat comprises a lower portion and an upper portion of progressively increasing size, said lower portion being adapted to be received in said mounting hole and said upper portion being adapted to overlap said thin-walled front surface; the limiting piece penetrates through the mounting hole to reach the lower position of the mounting seat and is limited by the mounting seat.

3. A mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein said mounting base is symmetrically provided with at least two sliding grooves opened on a side wall thereof; the upper part of the mounting seat forms a flange lapped on the front surface of the thin wall at the position of the sliding groove; the limiting piece moves from a first position to a second position along the sliding groove, and is positioned in the sliding groove when positioned at the first position; when the sliding groove is located at the second position, part of the sliding groove physically extends out of the sliding groove and faces the back face of the thin wall.

4. A mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein said retaining member is provided with a fitting groove; when the limiting piece moves to the second position, two groove walls of the matching groove are respectively positioned on one side of the flange and the back surface of the thin wall; the limiting piece is provided with a threaded hole, and the fastener is screwed in the threaded hole and abuts against the flange so that the limiting piece and the flange are matched to clamp the thin wall.

5. A mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein said flange is provided with a positioning portion at a position corresponding to said screw hole; the front end of the fastener is in a table shape or a cone shape, and is sunk into the positioning part when abutting against the flange.

6. An installation structure as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 4, wherein said retainer is sized to fit the width of said slide groove and is provided with a pushing portion for pushing said retainer along said slide groove.

7. An assembly structure as claimed in claim 6, wherein said retainer has a stepped portion, and a transition surface between two steps of said stepped portion forms said pushing portion, said pushing portion forming a gap with a wall of the sliding groove when the retainer is in the first position.

8. A faucet comprising a faucet body, characterized by further comprising a mounting structure of any one of claims 1-7;

the object to be installed is the faucet body; the mounting seat is fixedly connected with the faucet body in a threaded connection mode.

9. A sink assembly comprising a sink, further comprising a faucet as recited in claim 8;

the table surface of the water tank forms the thin wall provided with the mounting hole; the faucet is mounted to the sink deck via the mounting structure.

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