JP2000110208A - Mounting structure for faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and promptly work without holding of the hand after inserting a spacer for mounting a faucet main body in a vertical direction in a male screw part when the faucet main body is mounted on a slanted top board of a washing stand or a sink. SOLUTION: A male screw part 7 formed on a lower part of a faucet main body 3 is inserted into a mounting hole 2 drilled in a slanted top board 1 of a washing stand or a sink. A fixing nut 10 is screwed on the male screw part 7 from a lower part of the top board 1 through a spacer 11. Thus, the faucet main body 3 is mounted in a vertical direction. In that case, a slipping-out preventing member 14 for elastically engaging with the male screw part 7 of the faucet main body 3 is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the spacer 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for attaching a water faucet to a vanity table or an inclined top plate of a sink.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the top plate of a vanity table or sink on which a faucet is attached is inclined downward toward a wash bowl provided in front, so that water sprinkled on the top plate flows down to the wash bowl. FIG. 6 shows a mounting structure of the faucet. Briefly describing FIG. 6, a mounting hole 3 formed by drilling a male screw portion 34 formed at the lower portion of the faucet main body 33 in the inclined top plate 31 is described.
2, and a fixing nut 36 is inserted through a cylindrical spacer 35 made of a synthetic resin material from the lower portion of the top plate 31 to the periphery of the mounting hole 32 so as to be inclined and cut off from the lower portion of the faucet body 33. The faucet body 33 is attached to the inclined top plate 31 by being screwed to the portion 34 so as to be in the vertical direction.

When the faucet main body is mounted on the inclined top plate so as to be vertical, a spacer is inserted from the lower portion of the top plate into the male thread portion of the faucet main body, but the fixing nut is attached to the male thread portion. If the spacer is not held down with one hand until it is screwed into the connector, the spacer may fall from the male screw portion, and the workability is poor and time-consuming.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problem to be solved by the present invention is that when a water faucet body is mounted on an inclined top plate of a sink or a sink, a spacer for vertically mounting the water faucet body is provided with an external thread. The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to easily and quickly perform an operation by eliminating the need to hold the device by hand after it has been inserted into the unit.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention,
By inserting the male screw part formed in the lower part of the faucet body into the mounting hole drilled in the inclined top plate of the wash basin or sink, and screwing the fixing nut to the male screw part from the lower part of the top plate via a spacer In the faucet mounting structure for vertically mounting the faucet body, the spacer is provided on its inner peripheral surface with a stopper member for elastically engaging with a male screw portion of the faucet body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the falling-off preventing member provided on the spacer has an engaging claw in which a stopper provided on a lower end portion elastically protrudes toward the inner peripheral surface.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the faucet main body 3 is used by being attached to the inclined top plate 1 of a vanity stand or a sink, and the bottom portion 4 is vertically inclined by being inclined according to the inclined surface of the top plate 1. The temperature and flow rate of hot water can be adjusted by operating the lever 5 provided on the upper part in the left-right rotation direction and up and down, and hot water can be supplied from the rotatable discharge pipe 6 to the outside.

A cylindrical male screw portion 7 formed integrally with the lower part of the faucet body 3 is connected to a lower end of a water supply pipe 8 communicating with a water supply source and a water supply pipe 9 communicating with a hot water supply source, and is directed forward. The mounting nut 2 is inserted from above into the mounting hole 2 of the top plate 1 tilted downward, and a spacer 11 described later is inserted into the male screw portion 7 extending to the lower portion of the top plate 1, and then the fixing nut 10 is screwed into the male screw portion 7. The faucet main body 3 is vertically fixed to the top plate 1 thus set.

The spacer 11 is made of a synthetic resin material and has a cylindrical shape that covers the peripheral surface of the male screw portion 7 of the faucet main body 3.
As shown in the figure, an inclined surface 12 is formed on the upper surface so as to be in close contact with the periphery of the mounting hole 2 of the inclined top plate 1. By making the upper surface of the spacer 11 such an inclined surface, when the fixing nut 10 is opposed to the parallel surface 13 formed at the other lower end, the male screw portion 7 and the fixing nut 10 can be on the same vertical line. The faucet body 3 can be attached vertically by correcting the inclination of the top plate 1.

On the inner peripheral surface of the spacer 11, a falling-off preventing member 14 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a pair of the falling-off preventing members 14 are provided so as to face the lower inner peripheral surface of the spacer 11, and a notch 15 is formed in the longitudinal direction from the parallel surface 13 of the spacer 11. Notch 15
The stop piece 16 which divided a part of inner peripheral surface by is provided. The stopper 16 projects an engagement claw 17 at the lower end thereof. The engagement claw 17 elastically always protrudes inward from the inner peripheral surface of the spacer 11 so that the stopper 16 bends when an external force acts.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
When the spacer 11 is pushed upward, the engaging claw 17 formed on the stopper 16 of the drop-off prevention member 14 elastically engages with the thread of the male screw 7 when the spacer 11 is pushed upward. The spacer 11 is prevented from dropping from the male screw portion 7 by the engagement between the engaging claw 17 and the male screw portion 7 even when the hands are lifted while being engaged with each other and the spacer 11 is released. When removing the spacer 11 from the male screw portion 7 of the faucet main body 3, when the spacer 11 is held by hand and a downward force is applied, the engaging claw 17 spreads in the outer peripheral direction and can be easily moved downward. it can.

Now, the case where the water faucet body 3 is mounted on the inclined top plate 1 will be described. First, the male screw portion 7 of the water faucet body 3 is inserted into the mounting hole 2 of the top plate 1 from above, and the male screw portion 7 is attached. Face the lower part of the top plate 1. Next, the spacer 11 is inserted into the male screw portion 7 from the lower portion of the top plate 1 and is raised until it comes into contact with the top plate 1. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the spacer 11 rises while the engaging claw 17 of the falling-off preventing member 14 provided on the inner peripheral surface is elastically engaged with the thread of the male screw portion 7. , It does not fall off the male screw portion 7.

Next, the fixing nut 10 is vertically fitted into the male screw portion 7 from below, and screwed upward so that the inclined surface 12 of the spacer 11 is in close contact with the peripheral edge of the mounting hole 2 of the top plate 1.
The faucet body 3 can be fixed to the top plate 1.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the male screw portion formed at the lower portion of the faucet body is inserted into the mounting hole formed in the inclined top plate of the sink or sink, and the fixing nut is inserted from the lower portion of the top plate via the spacer. In the faucet mounting structure for vertically mounting the faucet body by screwing the faucet into the male thread portion, the spacer is provided on its inner peripheral surface with a fall-off preventing member that elastically engages with the male thread portion of the faucet body. Therefore, the adapter required when attaching the faucet body to the inclined top plate in the vertical direction is held in the male thread part without falling even if you release your hand while inserted through the male thread part, The faucet mounting operation can be performed easily and quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which a faucet is attached to a top plate.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a spacer.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the spacer.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a spacer is inserted into a male screw portion of the faucet main body.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Top plate 2 Mounting hole 3 Water faucet main body 7 Male screw part 10 Fixing nut 11 Spacer 14 Fall prevention member 16 Stop piece 17 Engagement claw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A male screw part formed in a lower part of a faucet body is inserted into a mounting hole formed in an inclined top plate of a sink or a sink, and a fixing nut is inserted into the male screw part from a lower part of the top plate via a spacer. In the faucet mounting structure in which the faucet body is vertically mounted by screwing, the spacer is provided on its inner peripheral surface with a falling-off preventing member that elastically engages with a male screw portion of the faucet body. Water faucet mounting structure. 2. The drop-off preventing member provided on the spacer includes an engaging claw provided with a stopper provided on a lower end portion of the stopper for elastically protruding toward an inner peripheral surface. Water faucet mounting structure.