JP2002371603A - Shower hose housing structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shower hose housing structure which receives water droplets adherent to a shower hose connecting a faucet main body to a shower head supported by a front end of a sliding pipe, by a water storage tank, wherein the sliding pipe is rotatable by slight operation even if a guide hose sheathing the shower hose makes contact with the slide pipe in a cabinet, to thereby improves the usability of the shower hose. SOLUTION: According to the shower house housing structure, the guide hose 26 which sheathes the shower hose 8 is rotatably connected to the sliding pipe 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage structure for a shower hose in which water droplets attached to a shower hose connecting a faucet body and a shower head with a sink or a sink are stored in a water receiving tank. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a mixing faucet attached to a counter or wall surface of a wash basin or a sink is used by pulling out a shower head from a holder, a shower hose connecting the faucet body and the shower head is used. Drops of water have fallen below the counter, dampening the inside of the cabinet and the floor. Therefore, a water receiving tank for accommodating water drops dropped from the shower hose is installed in the cabinet as shown in FIG.
There are things. 6 will be briefly described. A faucet main body 42 and a base member 43 are attached to a counter 41, and a slide pipe 44 slidable and rotatable up and down is inserted into the base member 43, and the slide pipe 44 The shower head 46 is detachably supported on a holder 45 connected to the upper end of the shower pipe and connected to the faucet body 42 and the shower head 46 at the lower end of the slide pipe 44 toward the inside of the cabinet 40 below the counter 41. A guide hose 48 through which the guide hose 47 is inserted is connected, and a water receiving tank 49 is installed inside the cabinet 40.
Of the shower hose 47 and the guide hose 4
8 and the water receiving tank 49.

[0003] In the above, the guide hose through which the shower hose is inserted is fixed to the lower end of the slide pipe by bonding or screwing. When the slide pipe rotates, the guide hose also rotates integrally. If the pipe is in contact with the inner wall of the cabinet or the inner wall of the water receiving tank, the presence of the guide hose will cause frictional resistance, and the slide pipe will not rotate smoothly or generate abnormal noise, resulting in poor usability. there were.

[0004]

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to store water droplets attached to a shower hose connecting a faucet main body and a shower head supported by the tip of a slide pipe in a water receiving tank. In the shower hose storage structure, the slide pipe is rotated by a light operation even if the guide hose covering the shower hose is in contact with the inside of the cabinet, thereby improving the usability.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention,
A water faucet body and a base member are attached to a counter or a wall provided on the upper surface of the cabinet, and a slide pipe is slidably and rotatably supported up and down on the base member, and a shower head is provided at an upper end of the slide pipe. Connect the holder that can be detachably supported, connect the shower head and the faucet body with the shower hose inserted into the through hole of the slide pipe, and connect the guide hose for covering the shower hose to the lower part of the slide pipe, shower In a storage structure of a shower hose for storing water droplets attached to a hose in a water receiving tank installed inside a cabinet by a guide hose, the guide hose is rotatably connected to a slide pipe.

According to the present invention, the guide hose is made of a soft synthetic resin and is bendable.

According to claim 3, the guide hose is a TPE.
It was a hose.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a wash basin and a sink (in the embodiment, a wash basin A) are provided with a cabinet 1 having an internal storage space, and a counter disposed on the upper surface of the cabinet 1. A water faucet body 5 and a base member 9 are attached to a wall surface 4 which is provided upright in the vertical direction behind the counter 2 and a bowl 3 disposed substantially at the center of the counter 2. The main body 5 is of a single lever type in which the temperature and flow rate of the mixed water are adjusted by operating a lever 6 exposed from the wall surface 4 to the front, and the base member 9 is inserted through a slide pipe 15 to be described later vertically and slidably and rotatably. Things.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the base member 9 is attached to the mounting hole 4a of the wall surface 4 at an angle, and an insertion hole 10 is formed in the front of the counter 2 to incline. An annular recess 11 is formed in the upper inner periphery, and a support member 12 for fixing a slide pipe 15 described below at a raised position is attached to the recess 11, and the support member 12 is made of synthetic resin. A plurality of stoppers 13 formed in a cylindrical shape by molding and having elastically deformable in the circumferential direction projecting inward at the lower end into a claw shape, and a cover 14 is screwed into the concave portion 11 from above, thereby supporting the supporting member. 12 is held in the recess 11.

The slide pipe 15 is cylindrical and has a through hole 16 through which a shower hose 8 connected to the faucet main body 5 is inserted. When the support member 12 rises, a flange portion 17 over which the stopper 13 of the support member 12 elastically rides is formed to protrude annularly, and the stopper 13 over the flange portion 17 elastically engages a lower portion of the flange portion 17. An annular groove 18 is recessed.

An opening 21 is formed in an upper portion of a holder 20 connected to a male screw 19 formed on the outer periphery of the upper end of the slide pipe 15, and a substantially cylindrical bush 22 is mounted in the opening 21. The bush 22 has an upper portion protruding from the holder 20, and a male serration 23 is formed on the entire protruding outer peripheral surface.

The shower head 7 attached to the tip of the shower hose 8 can switch the mixed water to shower water or DC water by operating a button 7a provided on the front, and is connected by screwing to the lower inner peripheral surface side. A female serration 25 having a shape to be fitted with the male serration 23 of the bush 22 is formed on the entire inner peripheral surface of the member 24. Therefore, when the connecting member 24 of the shower head 7 is supported by the bush 22,
The female serration 25 of the connecting member 24 and the male serration 23 of the bush 22 are fitted at an arbitrary position, and can be held by the holder 20 so that the shower head 7 does not rotate in a predetermined direction.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a guide hose 26 for covering the shower hose 8 connected to the faucet body 5 is rotatably connected to the lower portion of the slide pipe 15. The guide hose 26 is used when the shower head 7 is pulled out of the holder 20 and used.
For guiding the water droplets adhering to the water receiving tank B installed inside the cabinet 1 and is made of a soft synthetic resin, so that it is bendable and is inserted into the inner periphery of the opening 26a at the tip. Is a guide hose 26
An annular claw 28 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the guide hose 26, and an annular flange 29 having a diameter larger than that of the claw 28 is formed at the end of the other end. The opening 26a of the guide hose 26 is
Firmly tightened on the inner circumference. The nut 31 has a receiving edge 33 facing the flange 29 of the joint 27 on the inner peripheral surface, and a female screw portion 32 screwed to the male screw portion 19 formed on the lower outer peripheral edge of the slide pipe 15. 27 and the lower end surface of the slide pipe 15 are opposed to each other.
, The guide hose 26 is rotatably connected to the slide pipe 15.

If the guide hose is a TPE hose made of a soft polyolefin resin which is not harmful as a resin material, no toxic gas is generated at the time of incineration as in the case of a hose made of a vinyl chloride resin. Offer health-friendly products. Further, the structure for rotatably connecting the slide pipe and the guide hose is not limited to the above embodiment, and any structure can be applied.

[0015] As shown in FIG.
5 slides up and down in an inclined state inside the cabinet 1, so that the guide hose 26 bends along the inner wall surface when it comes into contact with the inner wall surface of the cabinet 1, and the lower part of the guide hose 26 is It faces the water receiving tank B installed inside. Therefore, water droplets adhering to the shower hose 8 are transferred to the water receiving tank
Can be led to.

In the above configuration, when the shower head 7 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is supported by the base member 9,
The shower head 7 is located at a relatively low position,
By operating the lever 6, the mixed water that has passed through the shower hose 8 is discharged from the shower head 7, and hand washing and face washing can be performed satisfactorily. In this case, the guide hose 26 comes into sliding contact with the inner wall surface of the cabinet 1, and when the holder 20 is rotated together with the slide pipe 15, the guide hose 26 has frictional resistance. However, the guide hose 26 is rotatably connected to the slide pipe 15. Therefore, the slide pipe 15 does not rotate following the slide pipe 15, and only the slide pipe 15 can rotate independently. Therefore, even when the guide hose 26 is in sliding contact with the wall surface 4 of the cabinet 1 or the inner surface of the water receiving tank B, the slide pipe 15 can be smoothly rotated without causing frictional resistance or generating abnormal noise.

Next, a shower head 7 for washing hair, etc.
In order to change the height, the shower head 7 is raised together with the holder 20 from the base member 9 in the inclined direction as shown in FIG.

After shampooing, the shower head 7 can be returned to the state shown in FIG. 3 by grasping the shower head 7 and pushing it down in the inclined direction.

Although the mixing faucet is mounted on the wall in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the mixing faucet may be mounted on the counter.

Further, the mixing faucet is not limited to a single lever type, and may be a thermostat or a two-handle type. Further, the faucet body may be integrally mounted on the base member.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a water faucet main body and a base member are mounted on a counter or a wall disposed on the upper surface of a cabinet, and a slide pipe is slidably and rotatable up and down on the base member. Along with the support, a holder for detachably supporting the shower head is connected to the upper end of the slide pipe, and the shower head and the faucet body are connected by a shower hose inserted into the through hole of the slide pipe. In a shower hose storage structure in which a guide hose for covering the shower hose is connected and water droplets attached to the shower hose are stored in a water receiving tank installed inside the cabinet by the guide hose, the guide hose is rotatable on a slide pipe. Guide hose is connected to the cabinet when the slide pipe rotates. Never water receiving abnormal sound or a frictional resistance in sliding contact with the inner wall surface of the tank occurs, it is possible to rotate the slide pipe smoothly, it is possible to significantly improve the usability.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the guide hose is made of a soft synthetic resin and is bendable. Therefore, when the guide hose comes into contact with the inner wall surface of the cabinet or the water receiving tank, the guide hose is bent to reduce frictional resistance when the slide pipe rotates. Can be done.

Further, since the guide hose is a TPE hose, no toxic gas is generated at the time of incineration unlike a hose made of a vinyl chloride resin.
We can provide products that consider the global environment and health.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a wash basin.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view of the wash basin.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a state where the shower head is supported by a base member.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a state where a shower head is pulled out from a base member.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged explanatory view of a connecting portion between a slide pipe and a guide hose.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 cabinet 2 counter 4 wall surface 5 faucet body 7 shower head 8 shower hose 9 base member 15 slide pipe 16 through hole 20 holder 26 guide hose B water receiving tank

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A water faucet main body and a base member are mounted on a counter or a wall provided on an upper surface of a cabinet, and a slide pipe is vertically slidably and rotatably supported on the base member. A holder for detachably supporting the shower head is connected to the upper end, the shower head and the faucet body are connected by a shower hose inserted into the through hole of the slide pipe, and a guide hose for covering the shower hose is provided at the lower part of the slide pipe. In a storage structure of a shower hose for storing water droplets attached to a shower hose by a guide hose in a water receiving tank installed inside a cabinet, the guide hose is rotatably connected to a slide pipe. Shower hose storage structure. 2. The storage structure for a shower hose according to claim 1, wherein the guide hose is made of a soft synthetic resin and is bendable. 3. The storage structure for a shower hose according to claim 2, wherein the guide hose is a TPE hose.