JP2002212991A - Shower hook device and shower head holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To install a shower hook device even at both a position, where a hook section is placed on the right side, and a position, where it is placed on the left side, to a vertical sliding bar, to mount the shower hook device on the previously secured sliding bar by post-attachment and to fit the shower hook device even to a lateral sliding bar. SOLUTION: In the shower hook device 10 with a main body 12 slidably fixed to the sliding bar 32 in an inserting hole 14 and a hook section 18 with an engaging hole 20, the main body 12 can be divided and connected in the section of the inserting hole 14. The position of the angle of rotation in the periphery of the axial center of the main body 12 of the hook section 18 can be changed at every 90 deg., and the shower hook device 10 can also be set up to the lateral sliding bar.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a shower hook device for hanging and holding a shower head in a bathroom or the like, and a shower head holding device including the shower hook device and a slide bar.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a bathroom, a shower head holding a shower hook device and a slide bar is provided on a wall of the bathroom in order to hold a shower head connected to a washing faucet via a flexible shower hose. Installation of equipment has been performed.

FIG. 7 shows an example. In the figure, a shower head 200 is connected to a washing faucet (not shown) via a flexible shower hose 202. Reference numeral 204 denotes a shower head holding device, which includes a vertical slide bar 206 installed on a bathroom wall, and a shower hook device 208 slidably fixed to the slide bar 206.

[0004] Reference numeral 210 denotes a main body of the shower hook device 208 having an insertion hole 212.
Is slidably fixed to the slide bar 206. The main body 210 is provided with a handle 214. By rotating the handle 214, the main body 210 in the insertion hole 212 is fixed to and released from the slide bar 206.

[0005] The main body 210 is also provided with a hook portion 216. The hook portion 216 has a vertical hook hole 218, and the shower head 200 is inserted into the hook hole 218 and hooked, so that the
0 is in the hook portion 216, that is, in the shower hook device 208.
Is to be held.

Here, a tapered locking surface corresponding to the tapered shape of the shower head 200 is formed on the inner surface of the locking hole 218. The hooking surface is tapered so that the width increases from the lower end to the upper end, so that the shower head 200 is hooked into the hooking hole 218 simply by inserting the showerhead 200 downward into the hooking hole 218. Can be retained.

[0007]

However, in the case of this type of conventional shower hook device 208, when the vertical slide bar 206 is installed, the slide bar 206 is inserted into the insertion hole 212 in order to mount the same. The shower hook device 208 must be installed at the same time, and the shower hook device 208 can be easily removed from the slide bar 206 later, or the shower hook device 208 can be easily installed later on the slide bar 206 already installed. It could not be attached.

Therefore, for example, in each home or the like, a user cannot attach a desired shower hook device 208 to a slide bar 206 already installed by retrofitting.

Further, a conventional general shower hook device 208 is provided.
In the case of (1), in the same shower hook device 208, the handle 214 is located on the left side or the right side with respect to the slide bar 206 (the hook portion 2).
16 cannot be positioned on the right side or on the left side with respect to the slide bar 206), and when the hook portion is positioned on the right side, only the right side is used.
In addition, when it is located on the left side, there is a problem that a shower hook device 208 dedicated to the left side is required.

[0010] In FIG. 7, the hook portion 216 is separated from the main body 210 and the hook mounting portion 22 of the main body 210 is formed.
0 is made rotatable, and the hook portion 216 is made detachable from the hook attaching portion 220 so that the main body 210 can be rotated.
Is rotated 180 ° about the vertical slide bar 206, and the hook mounting part 220 is rotated about 18 degrees around the horizontal axis.
After rotating by 0 °, the hook part 21 once removed there
6, the same shower hook device 208 can be used for both right-handed and left-handed use, that is, in a state where the hook portion 216 is located on the right side and a state located on the left side with respect to the slide bar 206. It is conceivable to be able to be installed in any of them. However, in such a case, there arises a problem that the structure around the hook portion 216 of the shower hook device 208 is complicated.

Further, the conventional shower hook device 208 is presumed to be attached to a vertical slide bar, so that there is a problem that it cannot be attached to a horizontal slide bar, for example.

In recent years, hot water supply systems for bathtubs are mainly automatic hot water supply systems. In this case, there are many cases in which a bathtub-side faucet for supplying water, hot water, or the like to the bathtub is not attached. In such a case, when washing or pouring hot water from the bathtub, the shower head on the washing faucet side is brought to the bathtub side, and water and hot water are supplied from the showerhead. There was no portion for hanging and holding the shower head on the wall of the, and there was inconvenience in performing these operations.

For this reason, a shower hook device is additionally installed on the wall on the bathtub side in some cases, but in this case, the position where the shower head can be hooked and held is fixed, and the shower head is not used. Cannot perform all operations smoothly. Furthermore, even if it is desired to additionally install a shower hook device on the wall on the bathtub side, if a horizontal grip bar or the like is installed there, this will be an obstacle, and the position where the shower hook device can be additionally installed will be a grip bar. However, there has been a problem that the position is limited to a position where the user avoids the obstacle.

In this case, it would be advantageous if the shower hook device could be attached to a horizontal grip bar installed on the wall on the bathtub side, but the conventional shower hook device has such a function. Absent.

[0015]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A shower hook device and a shower head holding device including the same according to the present invention have been devised to solve such problems. The first aspect of the present invention relates to a shower hook device, and (a) a main body having an insertion hole through which a slide bar is inserted, the main body being slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole; A) a hook provided in the body and having a hooking hole having an opening at both ends in the axial direction, and a hook portion for hooking the shower head to the hooking hole in the axial direction through the opening; The hook device is characterized in that the main body can be divided and connected at the insertion hole.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided: (a) a body having an insertion hole through which the slide bar is inserted, the body being slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole; A hook provided in a state protruding from the front end and having both ends in the axial direction having an opening-shaped engaging hole, and a hook portion for engaging the shower head in the axial direction with respect to the engaging hole through the opening. In the hook device, the rotation angle position of the hook portion around the axis of the main body with respect to the main body can be changed by 180 °, and the hook portion can be attached to a horizontal slide bar. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided (a) a body having an insertion hole through which the slide bar is inserted, the body being slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole, and (b) a side of the body. A hook provided in a state protruding from the front end and having both ends in the axial direction having an opening-shaped engaging hole, and a hook portion for engaging the shower head in the axial direction with respect to the engaging hole through the opening. In the hook device, a rotation angle position of the hook portion around the axis with respect to the main body with respect to the main body can be changed by 90 °, and the hook portion can be attached to a horizontal slide bar. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided (a) a main body which has an insertion hole through which the slide bar is inserted, and which is slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole, and (b) a side of the main body. A hook provided in a state protruding from the front end and having both ends in the axial direction having an opening-shaped engaging hole, and a hook portion for engaging the shower head in the axial direction with respect to the engaging hole through the opening. In the hook device, the rotation angle position of the hook portion about the axis with respect to the main body with respect to the main body can be changed by 90 ° and 180 °, and the hook portion can be attached to a horizontal slide bar. Features.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the width of the inner surface of the engaging hole is opposite to that of the opening at both ends from the intermediate portion in the axial center direction to each of the openings at both ends. A pair of extending latching surfaces are formed, and the showerhead can be latched from either side of the openings at both ends.

A sixth aspect of the present invention relates to a shower head holding device including the shower hook device.
(A) a horizontal slide bar and (B) (a) a main body which has an insertion hole through which the slide bar is inserted, and which is slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole, and (b) provided on the main body. A shower hook device having a hook portion having an opening shape at both ends in the axial direction and a hook portion for hooking the shower head to the hook hole in the axial direction through the opening. It is characterized by having.

[0021]

As described above, the shower hook device according to the first aspect of the present invention is such that its main body can be divided and connected at the insertion hole portion. In the case of this shower hook device, it is installed in advance. The shower hook device can be attached to the slide bar later.

Therefore, according to the present invention, for example, in a state where the slide bar is already installed in each home or the like, it is possible to attach the shower hook device to the slide bar so that the shower hook device can be slidably attached as needed.
Also, at this time, it becomes possible to attach a shower hook device desired by the user.

Next, according to a second aspect of the present invention, the hook portion of the shower hook device is connected to the main body around the axis thereof by 18 degrees.
The 0 ° rotation angle position can be changed. In this shower hook device, the same shower hook device can be configured for both right-handed and left-handed use. That is, it is possible to select either the position where the hook portion comes to the right side or the position where the hook portion comes to the left side with respect to the vertical slide bar, and attach the hook portion to the vertical slide bar.

A third aspect of the present invention is such that the angle of rotation of the hook portion of the shower hook device with respect to the main body with respect to the main body can be changed by 90 °. It is possible to attach to both the vertical slide bar and the horizontal slide bar by using the shower hook device.

Therefore, according to the present invention, in the case where a side grip bar is provided on the bathtub side wall of the bathroom,
This can be used as a horizontal slide bar to which a shower hook device can be attached. Therefore, when washing or pouring the bathtub using the showerhead extending from the washing faucet, the showerhead is held on the horizontal slide bar installed on the wall on the bathtub side. It is possible to perform those operations in that state, and furthermore, the holding position of the shower head can be changed along the horizontal slide bar, so that the shower head can be located at the most convenient position,
Workability of the work is dramatically improved.

Furthermore, since the horizontal grip bar installed on the wall on the bathtub side can be used as a mounting member of the shower hook device, when the shower hook device is additionally installed on the bathtub side, the installation position is set to the horizontal position. The inconvenience of being limited to a position avoiding the grip bar can also be solved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the hook portion of the shower hook device is set at 90 ° and 180 ° around the axis of the main body.
The rotation angle position can be changed, and in this shower hook device, the same shower hook device can be attached to a vertical slide bar for both right-handed and left-handed use. Outside, it can also be attached to a horizontal slide bar.

Further, when the shower hook device is configured in advance for a horizontal slide bar, the hook portion can change the rotation angle position by 180 ° around the axis with respect to the main body. The hook portion can be attached to the same side of the main body, for example, to the washing place side, with respect to the horizontal slide bar of the R type and the horizontal slide bar of the R specification.

That is, when the slide bar (grip bar), which is laterally viewed from the washing place, is installed at the left position or when it is installed at the right side, the hook portion is attached to the main body, for example. On the other hand, it is possible to attach them in a state where they are located on the washing place side.

If the angle of rotation of the hook portion with respect to the main body relative to the axis can be changed by 90 ° up to 270 °, the same shower hook device can be used for a vertical slide bar. It can also be mounted on a horizontal slide bar, and when it is mounted on a vertical slide bar, it can be configured for right-handed or left-handed use. When the shower hook device is attached to the bar, it is desirable that the shower hook device can be attached to the L-spec slide bar and the R-spec slide bar.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the hook hole in the hook portion is shaped so that it can be hooked when it is hooked from either side of the opening at both ends in the axial center direction. In this case, the shower head can be hooked into the hook hole without any trouble even if the hook part is rotated 180 ° with respect to the main body and changed from right-handed to left-handed or vice versa. can do.

Alternatively, the shower hook device is attached to the horizontal slide bar, and when the shower hook device is installed to the L specification slide bar, the shower hook device is further attached to the R specification slide bar. In any case where the device is installed, the shower head can be properly hooked to the hook hole.
Here, on the inner surface of the above-mentioned hooking hole, a pair of hooking surfaces whose widths extend in opposite directions from the middle portion in the axial direction toward both ends can be formed.

Next, a shower head holding device comprises a horizontal slide bar and a shower hook device slidably fixed to the horizontal slide bar. In the case of a head holding device, for example, when a grip bar is provided in a horizontal direction, it is possible to attach the shower hook device to the grip bar as a horizontal slide bar. Furthermore, since the shower hook device is slidable along a horizontal slide bar, the position of the shower hook device can be adjusted in the left-right direction or the front-rear direction (ie, the horizontal direction), and the shower hook device can be moved at an appropriate horizontal position. The head can be hooked and held by the shower hook.

[0034]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a shower hook device of the present embodiment, and reference numeral 12 denotes a main body thereof. The main body 12 has a circular cross section. The main body 12 is provided with an insertion hole 14 penetrating it vertically in FIG. 1, and the main body 12 is fixed to and released from the slide bar in a state where a slide bar is inserted through the insertion hole 14. (See FIG. 2B).

Reference numeral 16 denotes an operation handle provided at an axial end of the main body 12, and the main body 12 is fixed to a slide bar inserted through the insertion hole 14 by rotation operation of the operation handle 16, or the fixing thereof is performed. Is released.
Reference numeral 18 denotes a hook portion provided with a form projecting from the main body 12 in a direction perpendicular to the axis thereof, and has a hook hole 20.
The upper end and the lower end in FIG. 1 (A) of the latch hole 20 have an opening shape.

A pair of hooking surfaces 24 are provided on the inner surface of the hooking hole 20 at the upper and lower sides in FIG. 1A with a middle position (intermediate portion) 22 in the axial direction as a boundary. . Here, each of the pair of engaging surfaces 24 is located at the intermediate position 22 in the axial direction.
The tapered surfaces are tapered in opposite directions so as to increase in width toward the openings at both ends. The tapered shape of these hooking surfaces 24 is a shape corresponding to the tapered shape of the shower head.

The main body 12 can be divided and connected in the axial direction of the main body 12 at a dividing surface 26 at an intermediate position of the insertion hole 14 in the left-right direction in FIG. Further, the rotation angle position of the hook portion 18 on the rotation surface 28 together with the rotation portion 30 of the main body 12 can be changed by 90 ° around the axis of the main body 12.

That is, the hook portion 18 is moved from the state shown in FIG. 1A to the state shown in FIG. B)
From the state shown in FIG. 1A, that is, the hook part 18 is rotated 180 degrees from the state shown in FIG. 1A, and further from that state to a rotation angle position further 90 °. The rotation angle position can be changed every 90 °.

FIG. 3I shows a state in which the shower hook device 10 is attached to a vertical slide bar 32. The shower hook device 10 can be slid up and down by a vertically-oriented slide bar 32, that is, the position can be adjusted up and down. In the state shown in FIG. 3 (I), when viewed from the front (front with respect to the operation handle 16), the hook portion 18 is located on the left side of the main body 12 in the drawing, that is, the vertical slide bar 3.
2 is located on the left side.

In the shower hook device 10 of this embodiment, the main body 12 is divided in the axial direction of the main body 12 by the dividing surface 26 from this state, and after the whole is rotated by 180 °, the main body 12 is again divided by the dividing surface 26. 3 and attached to the vertical slide bar 32, the hook portion 18 is positioned on the right side of the main body 12 in the figure, that is, on the right side of the vertical slide bar 32, as shown in FIG. Can be done.

When the hook 18 is located on the left and right sides of the slide bar 32, the hook hole 20 of the hook 18 is turned upside down. The upper surface and the lower surface of the inner surface 18 are symmetrical to each other with respect to the intermediate position 22 in the axial direction of the hook hole 20. In addition, even under the condition shown in (II), the shower head can be properly hooked in the hook hole 20 in the axial direction through the opening at each end.

As shown in FIG. 6, the shower hook device 10 of this embodiment also has a wall 38 on the side of the bathtub 36 in the bathroom.
In the case where a horizontal grip bar is provided in the, it can be attached as a horizontal slide bar 40.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4 (I) (FIG. 4 (I) is in the same state as FIG. 3 (I)), the shower hook device 10 attached to the vertical slide bar 32
In the same manner as described above, the main body 12 is divided in the axial direction at the dividing surface 26, and is divided so as to sandwich the horizontal slide bar 40 in the insertion hole 14 as shown in FIG. By connecting the main body 12 with the surface 26, attaching the main body 12 to the horizontal slide bar 40, and changing the rotation angle position of the hook portion 18 about the axis together with the rotating portion 30 of the main body 12 by 90 °, as shown in FIG. The shower hook device 10 can be attached to the horizontal slide bar 40 in the state shown.

Further, the shower hook device 10 of this embodiment
The state shown in FIG. 5 (I) can be changed from the state shown in FIG. 4 (II) by rotating the hook portion 18 around the axis of the main body 12 by 180 °. (I
The main body 12 is again divided from the dividing surface 26
Then, as shown in FIG. 5 (II), the main body 12 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 such that the horizontal slide bar 40 is sandwiched between the horizontal slide bars 40 as shown in FIG.
Is fixed again to the horizontal slide bar 40 at the dividing surface 26, and at this time, the hook portion 18 is changed from the state shown in FIG. The mounting position of the slide bar 40 can be changed between the position where the hook portion 18 comes to the left and the position where it comes to the right in the drawing.

This is also the case when the horizontal slide bar 40 is installed on the left wall 38 when viewed from the washing place 42 as shown in FIG. 6B, and in FIG. 6A. This means that the same shower hook device 10 can be used for any case where the shower hook device 10 is installed on the right wall 38 as shown in FIG. That is, the same shower hook device 10 can be used for the horizontal slide bar 40 shown in FIG. 6 (B) and also for the horizontal slide bar 4 shown in FIG. 6 (A).
This means that it can be attached to 0.

As apparent from FIGS. 6A and 6B, in any of these cases, the hook portion 18 is on the same side with respect to the main body 12, specifically, in this example, the washing area 42.
Located on the side. In addition, reference numeral 44 in FIG. 6 denotes a washing faucet.

The shower hook device 1 of the present embodiment as described above
In the case of 0, the shower hook device 10 can be attached to the vertical slide bar 32 installed in advance so that the shower hook device 10 can be slid afterwards. For both right-handed and left-handed use. That is, the hook portion 18 can be attached to the vertical slide bar 32 by selecting either the position where the hook portion 18 comes to the right side or the position where it comes to the left side with respect to the vertical slide bar 32.

In addition, the shower hook device 10 of the present embodiment
It can be attached to the vertical slide bar 32 as well as to the horizontal slide bar 40, so that the wash basin 4
When the bathtub 36 is washed using the showerhead extending from the bathtub 4 or when hot water is poured into the bathtub 36, the showerhead is mounted on a horizontal slide bar 40 installed on the wall 38 of the bathtub 36 side. The work can be carried out in a state where the work is held in a hanging state. In addition, the holding position of the shower head can be changed along the horizontal slide bar 40, so that the shower head can be located at the position where it is most easy to use, and the workability of the work is greatly improved.

Further, the shower hook device 10 is provided on the bathtub 36 side.
In addition, the inconvenience that the installation position is limited to a position avoiding the horizontal slide bar 40 can be solved.

The shower hook device 10 of this embodiment is also
It has a feature that it can be attached to the horizontal slide bar 40 of the R specification and the horizontal slide bar 40 of the R specification.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example, and the present invention can be configured in variously modified forms without departing from the gist thereof.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a shower hook device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view and a front view of the shower hook device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the shower hook device of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining an operation of the shower hook device of the same embodiment, which is different from that of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 and FIG. 4 of the shower hook device of the same embodiment.
It is a figure explaining the effect | action different from FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the shower hook device of the same embodiment is attached to a horizontal slide bar in a bathroom together with a peripheral portion.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional shower hook device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Shower hook apparatus 12 Main body 14 Insertion hole 18 Hook part 20 Hook hole 22 Intermediate position (intermediate part) 24 Hook surface 32 Slide bar 40 Slide bar

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A main body which has an insertion hole through which a slide bar is inserted, and which is slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole, and (B) which is provided in the main body and extends in the axial direction. A shower hook device having a hook hole at both ends having an opening shape, and a hook portion for hooking the shower head to the hook hole in the axial direction through the opening. A shower hook device characterized in that the shower hook device can be divided and joined in parts. 2. A main body which has an insertion hole through which a slide bar is inserted, and is slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole, and (b) is provided so as to protrude to the side of the main body. A shower hook device, comprising: a hook portion that has an opening shape at both ends in the axial direction, and a hook portion that axially hooks the shower head through the opening with respect to the hanging hole. A shower hook device, wherein a rotation angle position of the hook portion around the axis with respect to the main body can be changed by 180 °, and the hook portion can be attached to a horizontal slide bar. 3. A main body which has an insertion hole through which a slide bar is inserted, and is slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole, and (b) is provided so as to protrude to the side of the main body. A shower hook device, comprising: a hook portion that has an opening shape at both ends in the axial direction, and a hook portion that axially hooks the shower head through the opening with respect to the hanging hole. A shower hook device, wherein a rotation angle position of a hook portion around the axis with respect to the main body can be changed by 90 °, and the hook portion can be attached to a horizontal slide bar. 4. A main body which has an insertion hole through which a slide bar is inserted, and which is slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole, and (b) which is provided so as to protrude to the side of the main body. A shower hook device, comprising: a hook portion that has an opening shape at both ends in the axial direction, and a hook portion that axially hooks the shower head through the opening with respect to the hanging hole. A shower hook characterized in that a rotation angle position of a hook portion with respect to the main body with respect to an axis of the main body can be changed by 90 ° and 180 °, and can be attached to a horizontal slide bar. apparatus. 5. A pair of hooks according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the inner surfaces of said hook holes have widths extending in opposite directions from an axially intermediate portion toward each of said openings at both ends. A shower hook device, wherein a surface is formed, and the shower head can be hooked from any side of the openings at both ends. (A) a horizontal slide bar and (B) (a)
A body having an insertion hole through which the slide bar is inserted, the main body being slidably fixed to the slide bar in the insertion hole; and (b) a locking hole provided in the main body and having both ends in the axial direction open. A shower hook device having a hook portion for hooking the shower head to the hook hole in the axial direction through the opening.