JP2000034755A - Structure and method for installing faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure and method capable of easily connecting a tube for a piping system of a sheathing pipe header type to a faucet and preventing water leak to the back of a wall. SOLUTION: A faucet mounting plate 20 is mounted in an opening 16 provided on a wall 10. The bottom face 24 of a recess 22 in the faucet mounting plate 20 has a frontward down-grade. A tube 32 is inserted in a tube insert 26 provided in the bottom face 24 and connected to the tube connection 44 of a faucet 40. The faucet 40 is fixed to the wall 10 with machine screws 70. The recess 22 is covered with a cover 80.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure in which a faucet is installed on a wall and an installation method therefor, and in particular, a sheath pipe header type piping system in which a tube of synthetic resin or the like is routed behind the wall. The present invention relates to a faucet installation structure and a method which is very suitable when employed in the above-mentioned.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a sheath pipe header method as a method of routing pipes for water supply or hot water supply in a building. In this sheath pipe method, a bellows-shaped sheath pipe is routed between a header for supplying water or a header for supplying hot water and a bathroom, a kitchen, or the like, and a tube for supplying water or supplying hot water is passed through the inside of the sheath pipe, and one end is connected to the end of the sheath tube. Connect to the header and the other end to a faucet in a bathroom or kitchen.

[0003] The tube is often made of a synthetic resin such as cross-linked polyethylene or polybutene.

In a conventional structure in which the water faucet is fixedly installed on a wall and the tube and the water faucet are connected, as described in Japanese Patent No. 2587977 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-302738, the tube tip is pulled out from the wall and the joint is connected. Is fixed to the end of the tube, the joint is fixed to a wall, and the inlet of the faucet is screwed into the joint to fix the faucet and communicate with the tube.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Among the above conventional structures,
In the installation structure of the faucet of Japanese Patent No. 2587977,
A pedestal for mounting the faucet is fixed to the front of the wall, a joint at the tip of the tube is fixed to the pedestal, and the faucet is fixed to the pedestal. The disadvantage is that there is a large hangout.

In both Japanese Patent No. 2587977 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-302738, a fitting is attached to the end of the tube and a water tap is connected to the fitting, so that there are many connecting points and the connecting work is difficult. It takes time and increases the possibility of water leakage.

According to the present invention, a tube is directly connected to a faucet,
An object of the present invention is to provide an installation structure of a faucet which requires only a small protrusion of the faucet and an installation method therefor.

[0008]

According to the faucet installation structure of the present invention, a faucet mounting plate is mounted on an opening provided on a wall,
A faucet is installed on the front side of the faucet mounting plate, and the tube routed behind the wall is pulled out to the front side of the faucet mounting plate through the tube insertion portion of the faucet mounting plate, Is directly connected to the terminal.

In such a water faucet installation structure, the tube is directly connected to the water faucet and the number of connection points is small, so that the connection work is simplified and the possibility of water leakage is reduced.

In the installation structure of the faucet, it is preferable that the faucet is provided with a concave portion, and the tube insertion portion is provided on the bottom surface of the concave portion. According to this structure, the tube that has been routed upward from below in the wall can be pulled out to the room side with almost no bending.

[0011] In this case, the bottom of the recess is formed with a downward slope toward the front, and the gap between the hole and the tube is closed with a seal. It can be drained and the infiltration of the back of the wall can be reliably prevented.

In the water faucet installation structure of the present invention, the water faucet is disposed on the front surface of the upper half side of the water faucet mounting plate, and a tube connecting portion is projected from the rear of the tube obliquely downward and rearward. It is preferable that the tube is connected to the tube connection portion.

According to such a configuration, it is possible to connect the water faucet very easily without bending the tube.

In the installation structure of the faucet of the present invention, the aesthetic appearance can be enhanced by covering the front side of the concave portion of the faucet mounting plate with a cover. This cover may be integral with the faucet or separate. If the cover is provided separately from the faucet, it becomes extremely easy to connect the tube to the faucet. When the faucet and the cover are integrated, the installation time is reduced, and the faucet mounting point is increased by fixing the cover to the faucet mounting plate or wall, which increases the number of supporting points (fixed points) of the faucet. Becomes extremely robust.

In the present invention, the faucet is provided with a bolt or screw insertion portion, and the bolt or screw inserted from the front side of the faucet into the bolt or screw insertion portion is screwed into the faucet mounting plate or wall. By attaching the faucet, the faucet can be firmly attached from the indoor side.

The method of installing a faucet of the present invention is a method for setting the above faucet installation structure, wherein the tip of a tube routed to the back side of a wall having an opening is passed through the opening to form a wall. Pulling out the front end, passing the tip of the tube through the tube insertion portion of the faucet attachment plate, attaching the faucet attachment plate to the opening in the wall, and connecting the tip of the tube to the faucet. And a step of fixedly disposing the faucet on the front side of the faucet mounting plate.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an installation structure and method of a faucet according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a cover is attached, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing this installation structure. It is.

In this embodiment, the wall 10 is composed of a tile panel in which a tile 14 is attached to the front of a board 12. An opening 16 is provided in the board 12 of the wall 10, and a faucet attachment plate 20 is attached to the opening 16 with a screw 21. The opening 16 corresponds to the tile 1
4 is a square opening slightly smaller than one or a plurality of (four in this embodiment).

The faucet mounting plate 20 is provided with a recess 22 which is recessed rearward. The bottom surface 24 of the concave portion 22 is a slope having a downward slope toward the front. This bottom surface 24
Is provided with a tube insertion portion 26 formed of a hole.

On the back side of the wall 10, a sheath tube 30 is arranged,
A tube 32 made of a synthetic resin is inserted into the sheath tube 30. The tube 32 and the sheath tube 30 are raised upward from below the floor. The distal end side of the tube 32 protrudes upward from the upper end of the sheath tube 30, and is drawn out through the tube insertion portion 26 to the indoor side.

In this embodiment, the faucet 40 has a body 42 and two tube-like tube connecting portions 44 projecting obliquely rearward from the rear side of the body 42.
46 (see FIG. 4 for reference numeral 46) and the body 42
A water / water mixing valve (not shown) disposed in the body 42
Temperature control handle 48 for water discharge temperature adjustment arranged on the left and right of
And a flow control handle 50 for switching between water discharge and water stoppage and for adjusting the flow rate, and a water discharge pipe 52 extended from the lower surface of the front part of the body 42 to be rotatable forward.

The tube connecting portion 44 is communicated with a water inlet of the hot water mixing valve, and the tube connecting portion 46 is communicated with the hot water inlet of the hot water mixing valve. The two tubes 32 and the tube insertion portions 26 are provided, respectively. The tube 32 on the right side of FIG. 1 is a water supply tube connected to a header for water, and the tube 32 on the left side is a tube for water supply connected to a header for hot water. It is a supply tube.

The tube 32 is connected to the tube insertion portion 26.
After being pulled out from the inside to the indoor side, a seal ring 60 is attached, and then fitted around the tube connection portions 44, 46, and fixed to the tube connection portions 44, 46 by a hose connection fixing member 62 such as a union nut or a hose band. Is done.

After the tube 32 is inserted through the tube insertion portion 26, the faucet mounting plate 20 is fixed to the board 12 by the screws 21. When a nut is fixed to the board 12, the faucet mounting plate can be fixed to the board by bolts instead of the screws 21.

A flange 54 rises from an upper rear edge of the body 42 of the faucet 40, and a bolt or screw insertion hole 56 is provided in the flange 54. Faucet 4
No. 0 is fixed to the wall 10 by screwing the screw 70 into the board 12 through the insertion hole 56 and the insertion hole 64 of the faucet mounting plate 20.

After the faucet 40 is fixed, the cover 80 is
Is attached to the lower side of the faucet 40 so as to cover the water faucet. The cover 80 is provided with an insertion hole 84 for a screw 82, and the screw 82 is inserted through an insertion hole 86 provided in the faucet mounting plate 20.
Is screwed into the board 12 so that the cover 80 is fixed.

The faucet 40 and the cover 80 may be fixed to the board 12 by bolts similarly to the faucet mounting plate 20.

In order to set the faucet installation structure, the tube 32 is pulled out from the opening 16 into the room before the faucet mounting plate 20 is fixed to the wall 10, and in this state, the tube 3
2 is passed through the tube insertion portion 26 of the faucet mounting plate 20. Then, a seal ring 60 is attached to the tube 32.
When the seal ring 60 is attached to the tube 32 in this manner, the tube 32 is prevented from dropping out of the tube insertion portion 26.

Next, the faucet mounting plate 20 is attached to the wall 10 with a screw 2.
1, the tube 32 and the tube connecting portion 44 of the faucet 40 are connected, and the faucet 40 is fixed to the wall 1 by a screw 70.
Fix to 0. After that, the cover 80 is attached. Prior to attaching the faucet attachment plate 20 to the wall 10,
The tube 32 and the faucet 40 may be connected.

In this embodiment, the seal ring 60 is used, but the space between the tube insertion portion 26 and the tube 32 may be closed with a self-hardening sealing material such as silicon caulking or other putty. good. Alternatively, the tube 32 may be fitted into the tube insertion portion 26 to perform sealing, or a ring-shaped rubber or resin lip may be attached to the tube insertion portion 26.

In the structure in which the faucet is installed by this method, the bottom surface 24 of the concave portion 22 has a downward slope toward the front, as is apparent from FIG. Since the gap between the tube connecting portion 4 and the insertion portion 26 is closed,
Even if water leaks from the connection between the tube 4 and the tube 32, the water flows out into the room without entering the back side of the wall 10.

As is apparent from FIG. 3, the faucet mounting plate 20 is in a non-projecting state from the front surface of the wall 10,
The faucet 40 projects very little forward, and it is possible to effectively use the space in the room.

In this embodiment, since the cover 80 is attached later, it is easy to connect the distal end of the tube 32 to the tube connecting portion 44 and the like. Also, as described above, the recess 2
Since the tube insertion portion 26 is provided on the bottom surface 24 of the second 2,
It is possible to pull out the tube 32 to the room side and connect it to the tube connecting portion 44 by only slightly bending the tube 32 raised upward from below.

In the above embodiment, the faucet 40 is mounted so as not to protrude from the faucet mounting plate 20.
In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the flange 54 of the faucet 40 is extended upward, the flange 54 is superimposed on the tile 14 of the wall 10, and the faucet 40 is directly fixed to the wall 10 by screws 70. May be.

In the present invention, the faucet 40 may be provided with a shower function. In this case, the connection portion of the shower hose 89 may be arranged on any of the upper surface, the side surface, and the lower surface of the faucet 40. When the shower hose connection portion is provided on the lower surface of the faucet 40, the cover 80 has a hose passage 80 as shown in FIG.
A may be provided.

In each of the above embodiments, the screw 54 is used for fixing the faucet, but the nut may be fixed to the board 12 and the faucet may be fixed by bolts.

In the present invention, the faucet can be attached by means other than bolts or screws. FIG. 5 shows an example of this, in which a projecting piece 90 projects forward from both left and right sides of the faucet mounting plate 20, and the projecting piece 90 is attached to the faucet 40.
Are fastened by a fastener 96. The projecting piece 90 is provided with a slit 92, into which the insertion piece 96b of the fastener 96 is inserted.

A groove into which the protruding piece 96 is inserted is provided from the rear surface of the faucet 40, and a groove 94 into which the insertion piece 96b is inserted is provided from both end surfaces of the faucet 40.
Reference numeral 96a is a base piece of the fastener 96. When the insertion piece 96b is inserted into the groove 94, the base piece 96a overlaps the side end surface of the faucet 40.

In the above embodiments, the cover 80 is separate from the faucet 40, but the cover 80 'may be integrated with the faucet 40' as shown in FIG.
The other configuration of the faucet 40 'in FIG. 6 is the same as that of the faucet 40, and the same reference numerals indicate the same parts. When the cover 80 'is integrated with the faucet 40' in this manner, when the cover 80 'is fixed to the wall 10, the faucet 40' is also fixed to the wall, and the mounting strength of the faucet to the wall is increased. Is extremely high. Also, the number of screws for mounting is small, and the mounting workability is good.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the tube is directly connected to the faucet, the number of tube connection operations is reduced, workability is improved, and the number of connection portions is reduced. The possibility of water leakage is reduced by the amount.
Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the protrusion of the faucet toward the indoor side. Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily connect the tube to the faucet by pulling out the tube to the inside of the room or to prevent water from entering the back of the wall.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cover is mounted in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure according to another embodiment.

FIG. 5A is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment. (B) is a horizontal cross-sectional view of a main part of the installation structure diagram (fixed structure part by protrusion) shown in (a).

FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of a water faucet used in still another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 wall 12 board 14 tile 16 opening 20 faucet mounting plate 22 recess 24 bottom 26 tube insertion part 32 tube 40, 40 'faucet 44, 46 tube connection part 62 hose connection fixing member 80, 80' cover 90 protruding piece 96 difference Piece

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A faucet mounting plate is attached to an opening provided in a wall, a faucet is installed on a front side of the faucet mounting plate, and a tube routed behind the wall is attached to the faucet mounting plate. A faucet installation structure, wherein the faucet is pulled out to the front side of a faucet mounting plate through a tube insertion portion and is directly connected to the faucet. 2. The faucet installation structure according to claim 1, wherein the faucet mounting plate has a concave portion, and the tube insertion portion is provided on a bottom surface of the concave portion. 3. The water according to claim 2, wherein the bottom surface of the concave portion is formed as a slope having a downward slope toward the front, and a seal for closing a gap between the hole and the tube is provided. Plug installation structure. 4. The water faucet according to claim 2, wherein the water faucet is disposed on a front surface of an upper half side of the water faucet mounting plate, and a tube connection part is provided to project obliquely downward and rearward from a rear part of the water faucet. An installation structure for a faucet, wherein the tube is connected to the tube connection portion. 5. The installation structure for a water faucet according to claim 2, wherein a cover is provided to cover a front side of the recess of the water faucet mounting plate. 6. The faucet installation structure according to claim 5, wherein the cover is separate from the faucet. 7. The faucet installation structure according to claim 5, wherein the cover is integral with the faucet. 8. The faucet according to claim 1, wherein the faucet is provided with a bolt or screw insertion portion, and the faucet is inserted into the bolt or screw insertion portion from the front side. A faucet installation structure, wherein the faucet is fixed by bolts or screws. 9. A step of pulling out the distal end side of the tube routed to the back side of the wall having the opening toward the front of the wall through the opening, and passing the distal end of the tube through the tube insertion portion of the faucet mounting plate. Attaching the faucet mounting plate to the opening in the wall, connecting the tip of the tube to the faucet, and fixing the faucet to the front side of the faucet mounting plate. How to install the stopper.