JP2003213745A - Pipe spout - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pipe spout equipped with an illumination means for lighting up a dark side of the user's hand continuously during water flows. <P>SOLUTION: In the water discharge pipe 1 of the double pipe structure comprising an inner pipe 2 communicating with an outlet port of hot water or water formed on the faucet body, an external pipe 3 provided outward of the inner pipe 2, and the water discharge outlet part 7 having rectifying action mounted on the lowest stream position, it is provided with a housing box 22 for housing a rotary vane 21 which is rotated by discharge of hot water or water between the water outlet port and the inner pipe 2, and an electric power generator 33 which generates electric power by means of the rotation of a rotary vane 21, and an LED lighting 20 is provided on the rim of the water discharge outlet part 7. A lead wire 37 is arranged in a space formed between the inner pipe 2 and the external pipe 3. One end of the lead wire 37 is connected to the electric power generator 33, and the other end of the lead wire 37 is connected to the LED lighting 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a water discharge pipe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The present applicant is developing a water discharge pipe having a double pipe structure composed of an inner pipe and an outer pipe having a large bend so that the inner pipe cannot be inserted. And, it is a straight large diameter pipe with a longer straight small diameter pipe inserted through it, with both ends of the small diameter pipe protruding from both ends of the large diameter pipe and the small diameter pipe. The pipe body and the pipe body are bent at the same time, and the inner pipe of the resulting water discharge pipe is connected to the hot water or the water outlet of the hot water mixing chamber formed in the faucet body.

[0003]

By the way, when the faucet provided with the water discharge pipe of the double pipe structure is installed on, for example, the washstand of the washroom, the lighting device existing in the washroom is turned on to wash the washroom. Even if the whole room was brightened and hot water or water was spouted from the inner pipe to perform an operation such as hand washing, the hand portion was not always bright only with the lighting device.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a water discharge pipe which can keep brightly illuminating a dark part of a hand portion while hot water or water discharge is performed.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the water discharge pipe of the present invention is composed of a pipe communicating with hot water or a water outlet formed in a faucet body, and has a rectifying action. In the water discharge pipe attached to the most downstream end, a storage box for storing the rotary vanes rotating by hot water or water spouting is provided between the water outlet and the pipe, and electric power is received by receiving the rotational force of the rotary vanes. Providing a generator to generate, LED lighting is provided on the outer periphery of the spout,
Further, one end is connected to the generator and the other end is connected to the LED.
There is a lead wire connected to the illuminating lamp.

[0006] From another point of view, the present invention comprises an inner pipe communicating with hot water or a water outlet formed in a faucet body and an outer pipe provided outside the inner pipe, and has a rectifying action. In a water discharge pipe having a double pipe structure in which a water spout is attached to the most downstream end, a storage box for storing hot water or a rotary vane rotated by spouting water is provided between the water outlet and an inner pipe, and the rotary vane is provided. Is provided with a generator that receives the rotational force of the electric power to generate electric power, and further, an LED illumination lamp is provided on the outer periphery of the water discharge port, and a lead wire is provided in the space formed between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. Provided is a water discharge pipe, wherein one end of a lead wire is connected to the generator and the other end of the lead wire is connected to the LED illumination lamp.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, in a water discharge pipe in which a water discharge port having a rectifying function is attached at the most downstream end, the water discharge port is an LED lighting lamp and an electric power for the LED lighting lamp. While having a coil for supplying to the outer peripheral portion in this order from the downstream side, and having a lead wire connecting between the coil and the LED illumination lamp on the outer peripheral portion side, hot water or A water discharge pipe is provided in which a rotary vane that rotates by water discharge is accommodated, and a magnet is provided at the water spout to rotate the rotary vane in a magnetic field.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. 1 and 2 show one embodiment of the present invention applied to, for example, a hot and cold water mixing faucet for a washbasin. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 is a water discharge pipe having a double pipe structure, and an inner pipe 2
And an outer pipe 3 provided outside the inner pipe 2. That is, the inner pipe 2 is in communication with hot water or a water outlet formed in a hot water mixing chamber of a water faucet body (not shown) of the hot water mixer, and the hot water supplied from the hot water outlet or It is a small-diameter pipe that forms a water discharge passage j. The outer pipe 3 is a large-diameter pipe that covers the inner pipe 2 via the air layer W.

The water faucet body of the hot and cold water mixing faucet has a hot water introducing portion connected to the hot water supply pipe, a water introducing portion connected to the water supply pipe, and the hot and cold water mixing chamber communicating with both introducing portions. Have.

Reference numeral 4 is a hot and cold water mixing faucet mounting surface portion provided on the washbasin H, and washbasin balls B are continuously provided in front of this. The hot and cold water mixing faucet is made of a resin which is arranged directly above the hot water introducing portion, and the rotary type hot water handle 5 is made of a resin which is arranged right above the water introducing portion. A water handle 6 is provided on the surface 4a of the mounting surface portion 4.

On the other hand, at the most downstream end of the water discharge pipe 1, a water discharge port portion 7 having a rectifying function is attached to a ring-shaped tip mounting member 8 described later by screwing. The tip mounting member 8 is composed of an outer peripheral large diameter portion 8a located on the inlet side of hot water or water that has passed through the water discharge passage j and an outer peripheral small diameter portion 8b located on the outlet side, and the small diameter portion 8b is the water outlet portion 7. Has an outer thread q which is screwed into an inner thread p formed on the inner peripheral surface of the upper part of. Reference numeral 9 is an outflow hole that penetrates the center of the tip mounting member 8. The entire outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion 8a is brazed to the inner peripheral surface of the tip of the outer pipe 3, and the inner peripheral surface of the inner pipe 2 and the outflow hole 9 are used to connect the inner pipe 2 to the inner peripheral surface of the inner pipe 2.
The tip end attachment member 8 is attached to the above by means such as fitting.

Further, the water discharge port portion 7 is composed of an outer peripheral large diameter portion 7a located on the inlet side of hot water or water that has passed through the outflow hole 9 of the tip mounting member 8 and an outer peripheral small diameter portion 7b located on the outlet side. . The outer peripheral small-diameter portion 7b has a ring groove 40 on the outer peripheral surface in which a connection point between the branch wiring 39 and the LED illumination lamp 20 described later is located. Further, the large-diameter portion 7a is composed of a portion having a large inner diameter and a portion having a smaller inner diameter in order from the upstream side, and the inner screw p is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the portion having the large inner diameter. . Reference numeral 10 denotes a discharge hole penetrating the center of the water discharge port portion 7, which is connected to the outflow hole 9 after the water discharge port portion 7 is screwed to the tip mounting member 8. 1
Both 1 and 12 are straightening vanes. Reference numeral 7'denotes a ring-shaped cover body that covers the spout 7.

The characteristic structure will be described below.

Reference numeral 20 is a plurality of LED illumination lamps provided on the outer periphery of the water discharge port 7. These LED illumination lamps 20 are provided in a downward state on the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral small diameter portion 7b of the water spout portion 7 so as to irradiate the bottom of the wash bowl B of the washbasin H with illumination light. The emission color of the LED lighting 20 is
It can be appropriately selected from green, red, blue, and yellow.

On the other hand, at the most upstream end of the water discharge pipe 1, there is provided a storage box 22 for storing rotary blades 21 which rotate by hot water or water discharge. That is, the storage box 22 is provided between the hot water or the water outlet formed in the hot water mixing chamber and the rear end of the inner pipe 2. A plurality of rotary blades 21 are formed. The storage box 22 has a storage chamber 24 for the rotary blade 21. The storage chamber 24 communicates with the outlet through a joint 27. The storage box 22 has hot water or a water inflow hole 24 a that flows into the storage chamber 24 from the outlet through the joint 27. Further, 30 is a connecting member attached to one end of the rotary shaft 29 and the base of the rotary blade 21 so as to rotate the rotary shaft 29 in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary blade 21. Further, the rotating shaft 29 is accommodated in the shaft portion 32 via a bearing 31 in a sideways state.

Further, the other end of the rotary shaft 29 has a rotary blade 21.
Is connected to a generator 33 that generates electric power by receiving the rotational force of. The generator 33 is attached to the back side of the housing box 22.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a rear end mounting member having an inflow hole 26 in the center thereof, which is composed of a ring-shaped rising portion 25a and a ring-shaped outwardly facing flange 25b protruding laterally from the lower surface of the rising portion 25a. This flange 25b
Is a notch 4 through which the other end of a lead wire 37 described later can pass.
Has 1. The upper surface of the flange 25b is brazed to the lower surface of the rear end bent portion 3a of the outer pipe 3, and the rear end outer peripheral surface of the inner pipe 2 and the inflow hole 26.
The rear end attachment member 25 is attached to the inner pipe 2 by means of fitting or the like. The storage box 22 is located immediately below the rear end mounting member 25.
The housing box 22 has a communication hole 24 b that connects the housing chamber 24 and the water discharge passage j of the inner pipe 2 via the inflow hole 26.

A lead wire 37 is arranged in the air layer W formed between the outer pipe 3 and the inner pipe 2. One end of the lead wire 37 is connected to each other end of a branch wiring 39 branched by the number of the LED illumination lamps 20 via a connector 38. On the other hand, one end of the branch wiring 39 is connected to each of the LED illumination lamps 20. The outer peripheral large diameter portion 8a of the tip mounting member 8 and the outer peripheral large diameter portion 7a of the water outlet portion 7 are arranged so that the branch wirings 39 reach the LED illumination lamp 20 located on the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral small diameter portion 7b of the water outlet portion 7.
Have grooves X and Y on the outer peripheral surface through which branch wirings can pass. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the connection between one end of the branch wiring 39 and the LED illumination lamp 20, the outer peripheral small-diameter portion 7b has a ring groove 40 in which the connection portion of the branch wiring 39 and the LED illumination lamp 20 is located. It has on the outer peripheral surface.

On the other hand, the other end of the lead wire 37 is connected to the connector 42 of the generator 33 through the notch 41 of the rear end mounting member 25.

Reference numeral 43 denotes a cover member located on the surface 4a of the hot and cold water mixing faucet mounting surface portion 4 through a washer 44, and covers the housing box 22, the generator 33 and the lead wire 37 through a ring-shaped sealing member. To do.

Then, the rotary vane 21 is rotated by hot water or spouted water, and this rotation causes the generator 33 to generate electricity.
The LED illumination lamp 20 emits light via the lead wire 37 and the branch wiring 39. This makes it possible to continue to brightly illuminate the dark portion of the hand portion when hot or cold water is discharged.

Further, the lead wire 37 is arranged in the air layer W formed between the outer pipe 3 and the inner pipe 2, and
Since the branch wiring 39 is located between the ring-shaped cover body 7'covering the spout 7 and the groove X of the tip mounting member 8, and between the groove Y of the spout 7 and the cover 7 '. The lead wire 37 and the branch wiring 39 can be reliably waterproofed from hot water or water.

In this embodiment, the installation is made such that the illumination light is directed toward the bottom of the wash bowl of the washbasin, but the water discharge pipe 1 of the present invention is directed toward the bottom of the kitchen sink. When installed so as to irradiate light, it is possible to wash dishes and sinks while brightly illuminating the bottom of the dishes and the bottom of the sink, which used to be dark in the past.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention in which the rotary vanes are rotated in a magnetic field and the current generated in the rotary vanes is supplied to the LED illumination lamp through the coil. In FIG. 3, the same parts as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are the same or equivalent parts.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 50 denotes a boss having a shaft hole 51 through which the upstream end of the rotary shaft 50a can be inserted, and the ring body 5
It is installed in the center of 2 via a pair of ribs 53, 54. The ring body 52 has an outer thread G on the outer peripheral surface and is screwed with an inner thread T formed on the inner peripheral surface on the upstream side of the water discharge port 7.

On the other hand, on the downstream side of the spout 7, a boss 58 is arranged in the central portion with a pair of ribs 56, 57 interposed. The boss 58 has a bottomed hole 58a.
8a has a shaft hole 55 into which the downstream end of the rotary shaft 50a can be inserted.
The bearing member 59 in which is formed is fitted.

Reference numeral 60 is a ring body, the center of which is the shaft holes 51, 5
It is located on the axis connecting 5 points. A rotary shaft 50a is provided at a central position of the ring body 60, and the rotary shaft 50a and the ring body 60 are connected via a plurality of rotary blades 61,
Rotating blade 61, rotating shaft 50a due to hot or cold water discharge
And the ring body 60 is adapted to simultaneously rotate about said axis. That is, the rotary blades 61 are radially formed from the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50a toward the inner peripheral surface of the ring body 60. The rotary blade 61 is made of a conductor.

Further, the ring body 60 has a plurality of magnets 66 on its peripheral surface.

Reference numeral 67 is a coil fixedly installed inside the spout 7. That is, the spout 7 has a plurality of LED illumination lamps 20 and a coil 67 for supplying electric power to each LED illumination lamp 20 in the outer peripheral portion in this order from the downstream side. The outer peripheral surface of the most downstream end portion 7c of the water spout portion 7 is provided so as to face downward so that the illumination light is emitted toward the bottom portion of the wash bowl B of the wash basin H. The emission colors of the LED lighting 20 are green, red,
It can be appropriately selected from blue and yellow.

Reference numeral 70 denotes the coil 67 and the LED illumination lamp 2
The lead wire connecting between 0, and the most downstream end 7 of the spout 7
It is wired on the outer peripheral side of c.

Since the rotating blade 61 of the conductor rotates in a magnetic field across the magnetic field due to hot or cold water discharge, a current flows from the rotating blade 61 through the coil 67 and the lead wire 70. . Therefore, the LED illumination lamp 20 emits light. This makes it possible to continue to brightly illuminate the dark portion of the hand portion when hot or cold water is discharged.

[0032]

According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a water discharge pipe which can keep brightly illuminating a dark place of a hand portion while hot water or water discharge is being performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a usage state in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is an explanatory diagram of a configuration in the above embodiment. FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram of a main part configuration in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration explanatory diagram according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Water discharge pipe, 2 ... Inner pipe, 3 ... Outer pipe, 7 ... Water discharge port part, 20 ... LED lighting, 21 ... Rotating blades, 22 ... Storage box, 33 ... Generator, 37 ... Lead wire.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A water discharge pipe comprising a pipe communicating with hot or cold water or a water outlet formed in a faucet body, and having a water discharge port portion having a rectifying action mounted at the most downstream end,
An accommodating box for accommodating a rotary vane that rotates by hot water or spouting water is provided between the water outlet and the pipe, a generator that receives the rotational force of the rotary vane to generate electric power is provided, and the outer periphery of the spout An LED lighting lamp is provided on the water discharge pipe, and a lead wire having one end connected to the generator and the other end connected to the LED lighting light is provided. 2. An outlet pipe having a rectifying action, which is composed of an inner pipe communicating with hot water or a water outlet formed in the faucet body and an outer pipe provided outside the inner pipe, and is attached to the most downstream end. In the water discharge pipe having a double pipe structure, a storage box for storing rotating blades that rotate by hot water or water discharge is provided between the water outlet and the inner pipe, and receives the rotational force of the rotating blades to generate electric power. A generator for generating electricity is provided, and further, an LED illumination lamp is provided on the outer periphery of the water discharge portion, and a lead wire is provided in a space formed between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, and one end of the lead wire is provided for the generator. The water discharge pipe is characterized in that the other end of the lead wire is connected to the LED illumination lamp while being connected to. 3. In a water discharge pipe in which a water discharge port portion having a rectifying action is attached to the most downstream end, the water discharge port portion is LE.
D illumination lamp and a coil for supplying electric power to the LED illumination lamp are provided on the outer peripheral portion in this order from the downstream side, and one of lead wires connecting the coil and the LED illumination lamp is provided on the outer peripheral portion side. The water discharge port portion accommodates a rotary blade that rotates by hot water or water discharge, and further, a magnet is provided at the water discharge port portion to rotate the rotary blade in a magnetic field. Water pipe. 4. The LED lighting device emits illumination light toward a position hitting hot water or spouting water, such as the bottom of a kitchen sink, the bottom of a washbasin of a washbasin, the bottom of a bathtub or the bottom of a bathroom washroom. The water discharge pipe according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a plurality of water discharge pipes are provided on the outer periphery of the water discharge port so as to face downward.