JP2002330888A - Shower device and bathroom unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shower device letting a user understand it by sense to have appropriate-temperature hot water and low-temperature hot water by operating either of operation parts and shortening an period till comfortably using it and to provide a bathroom unit having it. SOLUTION: When this shower device provided with a top shower 2 disposed in a ceiling part or a wall surface upper part and capable of delivering multiple types of shower ranges, multiple mixed hot water or hot water/water pipes connected to the top shower 2, and multiple opening/closing handles 18, 19, and 20 provided on the way to the pipe and disposed with a handle part (operation part) in a room side wall surface is assembled, respective handle parts of the opening/closing handle are vertically disposed from a high place to a low place corresponding to the multiple types of shower ranges. The respective handle parts of the opening/closing handle are preferably disposed in such a height as being operated by a person in a standing posture.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a shower device and a bathroom unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known a shower apparatus which discharges hot and cold water having a different spraying range and type from a top shower fixed on a ceiling surface or an upper wall surface of a bathroom unit. For example, the shower device is capable of performing any type of shower, such as hot water with a very small watering range, a squall shower with a medium watering range, and a mist with a large watering range. A plurality of buttons are arranged on the operation unit (touch panel) of the shower of the shower device in accordance with the type of tapping water, squall shower, mist, etc., and a bather presses a desired type of button. .

[0003]

The temperature of hot water discharged from the top shower slightly decreases due to contact with air before it hits the body. Further, if the sprinkling ranges are different, even if the same temperature of hot water is discharged, the hot water temperature when hitting the body is different to the extent that it can be sensed. In particular, in the case of mist, even if hot water is discharged from the shower, the temperature drops to such a degree that cold water is felt.

Further, the conventional operation unit (touch panel) is compact, and buttons corresponding to various types of hot and cold water are concentrated at locations of substantially the same height. For this reason, it is easy to make an illusion that hot and cold water of the same temperature is applied to the body even when any type of button is pressed. The only way to press the appropriate button is to learn which button the appropriate temperature is applied to, and it takes some time to use it comfortably.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a shower device which allows the user to intuitively know which operating section is to be operated with hot or cold hot water, and to reduce the time required for comfortable use. It is to provide.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration. That is, the present invention provides a top shower 2 which is disposed on the ceiling or the upper wall surface and which can discharge a plurality of types of watering ranges (or by changing the type of watering), and a plurality of mixed hot water pipes connected to the top shower 2 or What is claimed is: 1. A shower device comprising a hot / water pipe and a plurality of opening / closing means provided in the middle of the pipe and having an operation unit (handle unit) disposed on a side wall surface of the room, wherein each operation unit of the opening / closing means is provided. Is a shower device characterized by being arranged from a high place to a low place (or from a low place to a high place) corresponding to a plurality of types of watering ranges.

Here, it is preferable that each operation section of the opening / closing means is regularly arranged in a vertical direction (up and down direction).

[0008] Further, it is preferable that each operating portion of the opening / closing means is arranged at a higher position as the watering range becomes narrower.

Further, it is preferable that each operation section of the hot and cold water opening / closing means is arranged at a height at which a human can stand and operate.

[0010] The present invention also relates to a bathroom unit provided with the shower device.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
The shower device of the present invention will be described more specifically. FIG. 1 is a front view of a shower device according to an example of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. The storage panel with mirror 1 is fixed to the front of the wall surface of the bathroom unit, the top shower 2 is fixed to the ceiling surface, and three types of hot water can be discharged from the top shower 2. The first is the “splash hot water” with a very small watering range, the second is the “squall shower” with a normal watering range, and the third is “mist” with a large watering range. In addition to the top shower 2, a hand shower 4 connected to the tip of a flexible hose 3 is also provided, and is disposed slightly above the intermediate height of the storage panel 1 as shown in FIG.
A faucet 5 is provided at a lower portion of the storage panel 1, and a temperature control operation unit (knob type) 6 is disposed on the left side of the faucet 5, and a switching operation unit 7 (lever type) is disposed on the right side of the faucet 5.

The piping structure is as follows. Hot water piping 8
The water pipe 9 is connected to a thermo-cartridge (not shown), and the thermo-cartridge is moved by a (knob-type) temperature adjusting operation unit 6 to determine a mixing ratio of hot water and hot water. Switching operation unit side 1 from thermo cartridge
It branches to 0 and the top shower side 11. Further, from the switching operation unit side 10, a water outlet side 12 and a hand shower side 13 are provided.
Then, the hot water supply destination is selected by the switching operation unit 7 at the branch. The pipe extending to the top shower side 11 is branched into a pouring water side 14 and a squall shower side 15, and opening / closing handles (18, 19) are attached in the middle of each. The water pipe 9 branches to the mist side 16 just before heading toward the thermo cartridge, and another opening / closing handle 20
Is installed.

The operation of the shower in the shower apparatus of the present invention is performed by three kinds of opening / closing handles 18, 19, 20 which are arranged at intervals above and below the mirror 17 of the storage panel 1. An opening / closing handle 18 for pouring hot water, an opening / closing handle 19 for squall shower, and an opening / closing handle 20 for mist.

The height of the three types of opening / closing handles is 130 cm or more for the lowest mist. The height is used as a guide when the lock is installed in the bathroom, and it is considered that a child who can reach this height (the lock provided there) has the ability to understand the meaning of locking and unlocking.

The shower apparatus of the present invention can be applied not only to a bathroom or a bathroom unit but also to a sanitary equipment unit such as a shower room.

In a bathroom unit provided with a shower device according to the present invention, for example, a waterproof pan comprising a bath tub mounting area and a washing area is fixed on a gantry, and a wall panel, a door frame, a door and the like are erected around this. , A ceiling cover is provided at the top, a bathtub is placed and fixed, and a bathroom counter, water supply device,
It is constructed by providing auxiliary equipment such as a hot water supply device, a shower device of the present invention, a lighting device, a ventilation device, and a drain pipe.

[0017]

According to the present invention, the operation unit for discharging hot water from the top shower of the shower device according to the extent of the water spray range (that is, the temperature of the discharge water temperature)
Since it is arranged from a high place to a low place, it has a simple configuration. Therefore, it is unlikely that the other opening / closing handle is operated by mistake, and various kinds of hot and cold water supply from the shower device can be enjoyed comfortably.

It is even simpler if the operating parts of the opening / closing handle are regularly arranged in the vertical direction (vertical direction). In addition, if the opening / closing handle corresponding to hot water having a higher discharge temperature is arranged at a higher position, erroneous operations are further reduced. Further, when the height of the opening / closing handle is different, the operational feeling of each opening / closing handle is different, and the operator can operate the opening / closing handle even if his eyes are closed after several uses.

Further, by disposing the open / close handles at positions where a human can stand and operate, even if cold water splashes on the body or the like, the body can be instantaneously moved and swiftly dealt with.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a shower device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the shower device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Storage panel 2: Top shower 3: Hose 4: Hand shower 5: Water faucet 6: Temperature adjustment operation unit 7: Switching operation unit 8: Hot water piping 9: Water piping 10: Switching operation unit side 11: Branch Piping (Top shower side) 12: Water outlet 13: Hand shower side (Piping for hand shower) 14: Pouring hot water side (Piping hot water) 15: Squall shower side (Piping for squall shower) 16: Mist side (Mist piping) 17: Mirror 18: Opening / closing handle (for tapping hot water) 19: Opening / closing handle (for squall shower) 20: Opening / closing handle (for mist)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Shigeto Nakayama 1010 Ippongi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Hitachi Chemical Unit Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2D032 FA01 FA02 GA00 GA02

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A top shower which is disposed on a ceiling or an upper part of a wall surface and is capable of discharging a plurality of spraying ranges, a plurality of mixed hot water pipes or hot / water pipes connected to the top shower, and provided in the middle of the pipes. A plurality of opening / closing means, wherein the operating unit is disposed on the indoor side wall surface part, wherein each operating unit of the opening / closing means corresponds to a plurality of types of watering ranges from a high place to a low place. Shower device placed there. 2. The shower apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each operation section of the opening / closing means is regularly arranged in a vertical direction. 3. The shower apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each operation section of the opening / closing means is disposed higher as the watering range becomes narrower. 4. The shower device according to claim 1, wherein each operation section of the opening / closing means is arranged at a height at which a human can stand and operate. 5. A bathroom unit comprising the shower device according to claim 1.