JP2003003533A - Faucet facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make operation simple at the time of executing water discharge from a water discharging port and a shower head in a faucet facility provided with the water discharging port for executing straight water discharge and the shower head for executing shower water discharge. SOLUTION: The water discharging port 3 having a straight water discharge function and the shower head 4 having a shower water discharge function are arranged at different positions, and at the same time, a handle 12 for the water discharging port for executing flow control of water discharge/cut-off and water discharge, a water discharge/cut-off operation part 20, and a flow control operation part 22 are provided to the water discharging port 3 and the shower head 4 respectively, and, the flow control of the water discharge/cut-off and the water discharge can be executed by only each operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a faucet facility equipped with a spout having a straight spouting function and a shower head having a shower spouting function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of faucet equipment installed in, for example, a bathroom, a spout for straight water spouting is on the floor side of a washing room, and a shower head for shower spouting extends from the faucet body. Connected to the tip of the shower hose of this shower head, this shower head is at a position separate from the spout,
That is, it is provided so as to be hooked on a shower hook provided on a wall or the like.

FIG. 7 shows an example of this type of conventional faucet equipment. In the figure, 200 is a faucet body, and 202 is a water outlet for straightening water discharge and straight water discharge. Here, the spout 202 is provided integrally with the faucet body 200. In this example, the faucet body 200 has a built-in mixing section for mixing hot and cold water and a switching valve for switching the flow paths, and a temperature control operating section 208 and a switching operating section 210, which will be described later, are provided in these mixing sections and It is provided in the switching valve. That is, the temperature control operation unit 208 and the switching operation unit 210 are provided in the faucet body 200.

Reference numeral 204 denotes a shower head provided at a position different from the water outlet 202 for discharging water from the shower, and is connected to the tip of a flexible shower hose 206 extending from the faucet body 200. Shower head 204 here
Is hooked on a shower hook provided on a wall or the like and held there.

Reference numeral 208 denotes a temperature adjusting operation section for adjusting the temperature of the discharged water. By operating the temperature adjusting operation section 208, the water discharged from the water outlet 202 and the water discharged from the shower head 204 are adjusted to appropriate temperatures. Reference numeral 210 denotes a switching operation unit, and the operation of the switching operation unit 210 switches between the water discharge from the water outlet 202 and the water discharge from the shower head 204. The switching operation unit 210 also has the spout 202.
Also, it has the function of adjusting the flow rate of the water discharged from each of them together with the switching of the water discharged from the shower head 204.

[0006]

However, in the case of this type of conventional faucet equipment, since the water discharge from the water discharge port 202 or the shower head 204 is performed based on the switching operation of the switching operation unit 210, Switching operation unit 210
Is operated carelessly and water is discharged from the shower head 204 where water should be discharged from the water discharge port 202, or conversely, water is discharged from the water discharge port 202 where water should be discharged from the shower head 204. There were some inconveniences such as having gone.

However, the shower head 204 is provided with a switch for discharging and stopping water, so that the discharging and stopping water from the shower head 204 can be manually performed while the shower head 204 is held in the hand. Is also proposed.
However, even in that case, the shower head 204
In order to discharge water from the shower head 204, the switching operation unit 210 must be switched to the shower head 204 side in advance. In this case, the operation of the switching operation unit 210 and the shower head 20 are performed.
There is a problem in that it requires two operations including the operation of the switch provided in No. 4 and the operation is troublesome and the operability is poor.

In addition, in the case of this faucet equipment, for example, the shower head 204 has the faucet body 2 in view of the layout in the bathroom.
00 to the left side position or the right side position, the operation direction of the switching operation unit 210 is changed to the left and right directions, or in conjunction with this, the faucet body 2
It is necessary to change the structure of No. 00 or to configure the faucet main body 200 in advance to have a structure that can accommodate any of them.
However, there are inconveniences such as the necessity of being required and the structure of the faucet body 200 being complicated.

[0009]

The faucet equipment of the present invention has been devised to solve such a problem. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the spout having the straight spouting function and the shower head having the shower spouting function are arranged at different positions, and the spouting water is stopped at each of the spouting port and the shower head. And a flow control operation unit for adjusting the flow rate of the discharge water and the flow control operation unit, and the flow control of the discharge water and the discharge water can be performed only by operating each of the discharge control water unit and the flow control operation unit. It is characterized by what can be done.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the water discharge port and the shower head are provided at positions separated from the hot and cold water mixing unit, and the water discharge port, the shower head and the mixing unit are tubular bodies. It is characterized by being contacted through.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first and second aspects, the water discharge port and the shower head are provided on a common counter.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the mixing section is provided with a temperature control operation section for controlling the temperature of the discharged water.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the mixing section and the temperature control operation section are provided on the common counter together with the water discharge port and the shower head.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, each of the water discharge port and the shower head provided at different positions is provided with the water discharge control unit and the flow control unit, and the respective water discharge control units are provided. The water discharge stop and the flow rate of the discharged water can be adjusted only by operating the operation unit and the flow adjustment operation unit, that is, the spout and the shower without switching operations such as the switching operation unit shown in FIG. 7. The present invention is such that it is possible to adjust the flow rate of spouting water and spouting water from the spouting port or from the shower head by simply operating the spouting water stoppage control unit and the flow rate control unit provided in the head. According to this, as in the conventional faucet equipment, by inadvertently operating the switching operation part, water is spouted from the shower head at the portion to be spouted from the spout, or vice versa. Spout water from the spout It is possible to eliminate the disadvantage Mau.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to adjust the discharge water and the flow rate of the discharge water by operating the discharge water control portion and the flow control operation portion of the water discharge port or the shower head, respectively. It has an advantage that it is easy to operate and has good operability for controlling the flow rate of the discharged water and the discharged water.

Furthermore, in the faucet equipment of the present invention, since the water discharge port and the shower head are respectively provided with the water discharge control unit and the flow control unit, the shower head is located on the left side of the water discharge port. Whether it is the position or the position on the right side, the operation direction of the switching operation unit is changed like the conventional faucet equipment shown in FIG. 7, and the structure of the faucet body is complicated. The advantage of being able to easily deal with a change in the layout of the bathroom or a different layout can be obtained without causing a problem such as being lost.

In the present invention, the spout and the shower head may be provided at a position separated from the hot and cold water mixing portion, and may be connected to the mixing portion through a pipe (claim 2). Further, the water discharge port and the shower head can be provided in a common counter (claim 3).

In the present invention, the mixing section may be provided with a temperature adjusting operation section for adjusting the temperature of the discharged water (claim 4). In this case, spout for straight water discharge,
Each of the shower head for shower water discharge and the mixing unit for mixing hot and cold water, that is, the operation unit corresponding to each of the three members having different functions, is provided.
The advantages are that the operation is easy for the user to understand and easy to use. In this case, the mixing section and the temperature control operation section,
It can be provided on a common counter together with the spout and the shower head (claim 5).

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a counter installed in a bathroom. The counter 1 has a mixing section 2 for mixing hot water and water and for adjusting the temperature thereof, a spout 3 for straightening and straight spouting, and a shower. A shower head 4 for discharging water is provided at different positions.

Here, the mixing section 2 and the shower head 4 are provided at the back of the counter 1 and on the inclined surface 5, and the water outlet 3 is provided at the front end of the counter 1. The mixing part 2 and the water discharge port 3 are communicated with each other through a hard pipe, specifically, a metal pipe (tube body) 6 here, and the mixing part 2 and the shower head 4 are connected with a flexible hose (tube body) 7.
Have been contacted through.

In the faucet equipment of this example, the mixed water from the mixing section 2 is guided to the water discharge port 3 through the metal pipe 6 or to the shower head 4 through the hose 7. In this example, the shower head 4 is capable of performing shower water discharge, straightening water discharge, and straight water discharge,
A switching operation unit 8 is provided for switching the water discharge from the shower water discharge to the rectifying water discharge and the straight water discharge, or vice versa.

As shown in FIG. 2, a water / hot water supply pipe 9 is connected to the mixing section 2, and water and hot water are supplied to the mixing section 2 through them. The mixing unit 2 mixes the supplied water and hot water to prepare mixed water having an appropriate temperature, or alternatively, sends the water and hot water alone to the spout 3 or the shower head 4. The mixing section 2 is provided with a temperature adjustment operation section 10 for adjusting the mixing ratio of water and hot water to adjust the temperature of the discharged water so as to be exposed on the upper surface of the counter 1. In FIG. 2, 11 is a joint pipe.

FIG. 3 shows a concrete structure of the water discharge port 3. As shown in the figure, the spout 3 is provided with a spout handle (spout water operation part, flow adjustment operation part) 12 for controlling spout water and adjusting the flow rate of the spout water. By rotating the water spout handle 12, water spouting from the discharge port 13, stopping water, and adjusting the flow rate of the spouted water are performed. Here, the discharge port 13 discharges the spouted water straight by a straightening bundle.

The water discharge port 3 has a built-in valve 15 inside the water discharge port body 14 for controlling water stop and water discharge adjustment. In this example, the valve 15 is a cylinder type valve, and has a cylindrical rotatable valve body 16 and a valve body 16
And a valve casing 17 that is fitted in a watertight manner.

Each of the valve body 16 and the valve casing 17 is provided with openings 18 and 19 for passing water.
In the case of this valve 15, as the valve body 16 rotates, the opening 18,
When 19 match, the water channel is opened to discharge water from the discharge port 13. When the openings 18 and 19 do not match, the water channel is blocked and water discharge from the discharge port 13 stops. That is, it is stopped. Further, the flow rate of the discharged water is adjusted by changing the overlapping area of the openings 18 and 19.

As shown in FIG. 1, the shower head 4 has a shower head 4 at its end (upper end in the figure).
A water-stopping and water-stopping operation unit 20 for performing water discharge and water stop from
A flow control operation unit 22 for adjusting the flow rate of the discharged water is provided.

Inside the shower head 4 and the hose 7, as shown in FIG. 4, there is formed a main water channel 36 through which water flows at a large flow rate. A flexible tube 38 is inserted and arranged. One end of the tube 38 is connected to a piston-type main valve 42 incorporated in the joint pipe 11 via a pipe 40.

The main valve 42 has a water channel inside,
The main valve 42, the pipe 40, and the water passage inside the tube 38 form a pilot water passage 46 that communicates with a back pressure chamber 44 formed on the back side of the main valve 42. Here, the back pressure chamber 44 communicates with the upstream portion of the main water passage 36, specifically, the upstream portion of the back pressure chamber 44 via the small hole 47.

The main valve 42 has a piston portion 48,
The piston portion 48 is slidably fitted to a cylindrical sliding surface 50, and the abutting portion 52 on the tip side is connected to the joint pipe 1.
The main water channel 36 is closed or opened by abutting against or separating from the valve seat 54 formed in 1.

Inside the joint pipe 11, a piston type pressure reducing valve 56 is incorporated upstream of the main valve 42, more specifically, upstream of the opening / closing portion of the main water passage 36 by the main valve 42. The pressure reducing valve 56 has a large-diameter piston portion 58, and the piston portion 58 is slidably fitted to a cylindrical sliding surface 60.

The pressure reducing valve 56 receives pressure to the upstream portion and the downstream portion when the pressure in the downstream portion, more specifically, in the portion of the main waterway 36 downstream of the portion where the pressure reducing valve 56 is arranged reaches a certain pressure. The main water passage 36 is pushed downward due to the difference in area, and the main water passage 36 is moved toward the main valve 42 by bringing the contact portion 66 close to or in contact with the valve seat 62 as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. Throttle or close upstream.

That is, the pressure reducing valve 56 restricts or closes the main water passage 36 by approaching or abutting the valve seat 62, so that the pressure in the main water passage 36 on the downstream side is supplied to the upstream side (primary side). It works to keep the pressure (pressure reduction) lower than the water pressure.
The pressure reducing valve 56 is constantly biased by a spring 64 in the valve opening direction. A screw type connection port 68 is provided at the end of the joint pipe 11.

A flow rate control valve 70, which is a cylindrical spool valve, is incorporated in the shower head 4 in a state of integrally rotating with the flow control operation section 22. This flow control valve 70
Is for adjusting the flow rate of water in the main water passage 36, and has an opening 72 having a substantially wedge shape in the circumferential direction, that is, an opening 72 whose opening width gradually changes as it goes in the circumferential direction. On the other hand, the shower head 4 (strictly speaking, the main body side of the shower head 4) is formed with a circular opening 74 that allows the main water passage 36 and the discharge port 88 to communicate with each other.

In this example, the water from the main water passage 36 flows out to the discharge port 88 through the openings 72 and 74. In this case, the flow rate control valve 70 rotates together with the flow control operation unit 22 to change the position of the opening 72, whereby the flow rate of water discharged from the discharge port 88 is changed from large to small or vice versa.

The discharge / stop water operation section 20 is of a push button type in this example, and has an inverted cup-shaped operation member 76 as shown in FIG. 5, and the pilot water passage 46 each time the operation member 76 is pushed. Lock mechanism 80 for alternately holding the pilot valve 78 for opening and closing the valve in the closed position and the open position
And have.

The pilot valve 78 has a shaft-shaped contact portion 82.
The abutment portion 82 abuts the valve seat 86 of the mounting member 84 at the end of the tube 38 to close the pilot water passage 46 (see FIG. 5 (A)) and separate from the valve seat 86. By doing so, the pilot water channel 46 is opened (see FIG. 5 (B)).

Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 5, the seal between the pilot valve 78 and the main water passage 36 is provided by the packing on the inner peripheral surface of the plug 90 provided at the end of the main water passage 36.

In the case of the faucet equipment of this example, the discharge and stop operation unit 20
4 is pressed by pushing the pilot valve 78
From the valve closed state shown in (A), the valve opening operation is performed as shown in FIG. 5 (B), the pilot water channel 46 is opened here, and then the main valve 42 is opened (the state shown in FIG. 6). As a result, water is supplied to the tip of the shower head 4 through the main water passage 36, and then the flow rate control valve 70, the openings 72, 7
After passing through No. 4, water is discharged from the discharge port 88.

In the state of FIG. 4, the flow rate control valve 70 is fully opened, and water is discharged from the discharge port 88 at the maximum flow rate. In this state, when the flow control operation part 22 is operated to rotate and the opening 72 is gradually narrowed, the discharge port 88 is accompanied with this.
The flow rate of water discharged from is decreasing.

As described above, in the water faucet equipment of this embodiment, the spout 3 and the shower head 4 are respectively provided with the spout handle 12, the water spouting operation section 20, and the flow adjustment operation section 22. Since it is possible to perform stoppage of water from the spout 3 or the shower head 4 and adjustment of the flow rate of the spouted water by an operation, a careless switching operation unit, such as a conventional faucet equipment provided with a switching operation unit, can be used. It is possible to eliminate the inconvenience that the operation causes water to be discharged from the water outlet 3 from the shower head 4, or conversely, water to be discharged from the shower head 4 to be discharged from the water outlet 3. .

Further, according to this embodiment, the water spouting handle 12, the water spouting water stop operation part 20, and the flow adjustment operation part 22 provided respectively for the water spouting stop 3 and the flow rate control of the water spouting from the water spout 3 and the shower head 4. Can be done by simply operating
It is easy to operate and has good operability.

Furthermore, according to this embodiment, since the spout 3 and the shower head 4 are respectively provided with the spout handle 12, the water spout operation unit 20 and the flow adjustment operation unit 22, the shower head 4 is spouted. No. 3 and No. 3 both on the right side and on the right side, you can change the operation direction of the switching operation unit like the conventional faucet equipment equipped with the switching operation unit, There is no problem that the structure of the stopper body is complicated, and the advantage that the layout of the bathroom can be changed or a different layout can be easily dealt with can be obtained.

In this example, the hot water mixing section 2 is also provided with the temperature adjusting operation section 10, whereby each of the water discharge port 3, the shower head 4, and the mixing section 2, that is, each of the three members having different functions from each other. Since the operation unit (the water spout handle 12, the spouting water stop operation unit 20, the flow adjustment operation unit, and the temperature adjustment operation unit 10) corresponding to is provided, the advantage that the operation is easy for the user to understand and easy to use is obtained.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, but this is merely an example, and the present invention can be configured in a form in which various modifications are made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a faucet facility that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a mixing section and its peripheral section in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram specifically showing a configuration of a water outlet of FIG.

4 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the shower head of FIG. 1 together with the internal structure of the main part of the joint pipe of FIG.

5 is an enlarged view showing a main part of a shower head portion in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view showing the main valve of FIG. 4 and its peripheral portion.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the background of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 counter 2 mixing section 3 spout 4 shower heads 6 Metal piping (tubular body) 7 Hose (tube) 10 Temperature control operation part 12 Water spout handle (water stop operation part, flow adjustment operation part) 20 Water discharge control unit 22 Flow control unit

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Masaaki Nagata             5-1-1 Koiemotocho, Tokoname City, Aichi Stock             Company Inax (72) Inventor Makoto Ahara             5-1-1 Koiemotocho, Tokoname City, Aichi Stock             Company Inax F-term (reference) 2D032 FA02 FA11                 2D060 BA01 BB01 BC01 BC11

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A water spout having a straight water spouting function,
A shower head having a shower water discharge function is provided at different positions, and a water discharge stop unit and a flow adjustment operation for controlling discharge water and adjusting the flow rate of the water discharge at the water discharge port and the shower head, respectively. The water faucet equipment is characterized in that the water discharge stop water and the flow rate of the water discharge can be adjusted only by operating each of the water discharge stop operation portion and the flow control operation portion. 2. The water spout and the shower head according to claim 1, wherein the spout and the shower head are provided at positions separated from the hot and cold water mixing portion, and the water spout and the shower head and the mixing portion are connected to each other through a pipe body. A faucet facility characterized by this. 3. The faucet facility according to claim 1, wherein the water discharge port and the shower head are provided on a common counter. 4. The faucet facility according to claim 1, wherein the mixing section is provided with a temperature control operation section for controlling the temperature of the discharged water. 5. The faucet facility according to claim 4, wherein the mixing section and the temperature control operation section are provided in the common counter together with the water discharge port and the shower head.