JP2003265349A - Shower unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shower unit which can be installed compactly in the streamlined state of reducing a quantity of protrusion from a wall surface. <P>SOLUTION: The shower unit is installed on a wall surface 4 by extending a vertically turnable arm 15 having a plurality of water spray nozzles 6, 16 and 16 upwards from both the right and left ends of a horizontal rotary shaft 28, the arm 15 is formed approximately linearly and set to form a gap space S between the rear face of the arm 15 and the wall surface 4 when it is turned up the top, and a slope 15d is formed from the rear face of the arm 15 to its outer surface side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower device installed in a bathroom or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are many applications for a shower device having an arm having a plurality of water spray nozzles. For example, in the device disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-286656, the uppermost part is provided. It is equipped with an arm that has a rotating shaft and extends downwards, and a back surface that has multiple nozzles, and while sitting on the attached chair with the back facing the wall, you can operate the operation handle on the right side of the body. You can operate it and take a shower on your whole body.

In such a shower device, in order to secure a water channel from the faucet metal fitting portion below to each nozzle, the size is increased and the thickness is increased. It is necessary to provide a large gap between the body of the shower device and the arm so that a finger can be inserted, and to bend the arm greatly, the overall width of the device also increases, and the amount of protrusion from the wall when the arm is stored is large. There was a problem that it would become.

In order to solve such a problem, the inventors have proposed a device as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-327423. That is, in this apparatus, the water spray nozzle is provided on the arm extending upward from the horizontal rotation shaft, and the arm is tilted toward the front so that the arm can be held at any position according to the posture. However, even in such a device, the arm is curvedly formed on the front side so that the arm can be reached well, and
There is a problem that the tip of the arm is also curved in order to sprinkle water well on the back, and the protrusion size from the wall surface is large.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a shower device which can be compactly installed and has a small protrusion from the wall surface. The gist of 1 is a shower installed on a wall by extending left and right arms having a plurality of water spray nozzles upward and downward from both left and right ends of a horizontal rotation shaft arranged horizontally. In the device, each of the left and right arms is formed in a substantially linear shape, and when the left and right arms are rotated to the uppermost part, the back surface of the arms and the wall surface are substantially over the entire upper and lower ends of each arm. Is formed so that a clearance space is formed between them and an inclined surface with respect to the wall surface is formed from the back surface of each arm toward the outer surface. Also, the second
The gist of is that a mirror is installed on the wall surface between the left and right arms, and both left and right edges of the mirror are inserted into the gap space.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the bathroom. A bathtub 2 is installed in the bathroom 1, a shower device 5 is provided on a wall surface 4 on the side of the washing room 3, and a wall surface 4 on the right side of the shower device 5 is Racks 9 and 9 are provided at the top and bottom. Shower device 5
Is a full-body shower 6 that can squirt a shower over the whole body, and a hand shower 7 that can be held and used by hand,
It is composed of a water discharge port 8 through which normal water discharge can be performed. A mirror 17 is provided in the whole body shower 6 of the shower device 5, and a washbasin stand 10 is provided below.

FIG. 2 shows an enlarged perspective view of the shower device. The whole-body shower 6 that constitutes the shower device 5 includes an upper watering section 13 and a lower watering section 18, and the upper watering section 13 includes a pair of an upper left arm 14 and an upper right arm 15. The sprinkler unit 18 is composed of a pair of lower left arm 19 and lower right arm 20. Lower left arm 1
A faucet metal fitting 11 is provided between the upper end of the lower right arm 9 and the lower right arm 20, and a temperature control handle 22 (operating part) for temperature control is provided on the front surface of the faucet case 32 of the water faucet hardware 11. ), And an opening / closing handle 23 (operation unit) for opening / closing the whole body shower and adjusting the opening degree is provided on the right side thereof, and on the right side thereof, switching between the hand shower 7 and the spout 8 and opening / closing, and opening degree adjustment. Switching open / close handle 24
(Operation part) is provided.

A cover material 12 is provided on the faucet fitting portion 11, and the lower left sides of the upper left arm 14 and the upper right arm 15 are arranged on both left and right sides of the cover material 12. Each of the upper left arm 14 and the upper right arm 15 is provided with three sprinkling nozzles 16, 16 and 16, respectively, and the lower left arm 19 and the lower right arm 20 are respectively provided with two fixed nozzles 21 and 21. It is provided.

Inside the faucet case 32, a faucet metal fitting 11 is constructed by piping as shown in FIG.
Further, the upper cover material 12 is configured to be easily attached and detached, and a perspective view of the state in which the cover material 12 is removed is shown in FIG.
Shown in. That is, a horizontal rotary shaft 28 is provided in the horizontal direction on the top of the faucet metal part 11, and both end sides of the horizontal rotary shaft 28 are fixed to the wall surface 4 side and left and right projected forward. Is rotatably supported by the bearing portions 29, 29 of the horizontal rotation shaft 28.
Is provided. The rotation holding mechanism 30 has a clutch mechanism inside and can stop and hold the rotation of the horizontal rotation shaft 28 at an arbitrary position. Further, the auxiliary spring 31 is provided on the right side of the rotation holding mechanism 30. The auxiliary spring 31 assists the rotation holding mechanism 30, and can stop the downward rotation of the horizontal rotation shaft 28.

The lower ends of the upper left arm 14 and the upper right arm 15 are attached to the left and right ends of the horizontal rotating shaft 28, respectively. That is, the shaft cover portion 14 a protruding forward from the lower end of the upper left arm 14 and the shaft cover portion 15 a protruding forward from the lower end of the upper right arm 15 are attached to the left and right ends of the horizontal rotating shaft 28. The cover member 12 is detachably attached between the shaft cover portions 14a and 15a, and the cover member 12 covers the horizontal rotation shaft 28, the rotation holding mechanism 30, and the auxiliary spring 31. The cover member 12 includes a flat surface portion 12a that is horizontal when mounted, a front hanging portion 12b that extends downward from the front end of the flat surface portion 12a, and a rising portion 12c that rises at the rear end of the flat surface portion 12a. It is integrally formed. If the cover member 12 is removed, the horizontal rotary shaft 28 and the water passage connection portion of the faucet fitting 11 can be assembled, checked, and maintained from above, so that even if replacement is necessary due to a failure, etc. The member can be easily replaced by removing the cover material 12.

As shown in the front view of FIG. 5, the horizontal metal fitting 11 has the handles 22, 23, 24 arranged at a height of a dimension from the floor F, and the a dimension is 680.
It is set to about 700 mm. The height b from the floor surface F to the horizontal rotating shaft 28 is set to 760 mm. In addition, the watering nozzle 16 of the left upper arm 14
The lateral distance c between the water spray nozzles 16 of the upper right arm 15 and the upper right arm 15 is set to 400 mm, and the inner distance d between the upper left arm 14 and the upper right arm 15 is set to 340 mm. The inner distance between the lower left arm 19 and the lower right arm 20 is also set to 340 mm. That is, the upper left arm 14
The inner distance d between the upper right arm 15 and the upper right arm 15 is set to be smaller than the shoulder width of a normal person.
Since the width of the wall is set narrow, the wall surface 4 can be made compact.
It is possible to install the shelves 9, 9 and the like in the space on the side thereof.

The lateral width e of the top plate 33 of the washbasin stand 10 provided between the lower left arm 19 and the lower right arm 20 is 2
It is set to 80 mm, and the height f from the floor surface F to the top plate 33 is set to 300 mm. Therefore, the basin can be easily placed on the top plate 33 from the side of the washing room 3 to discharge water into the basin from the water outlet 8, and the lower base 34 below the top plate 33 can be easily discharged. Recessed nozzles 34a, 34a are formed on the left and right sides, and the fixed nozzles 21, 21 of the lower left arm 19 and the lower right arm 20 are formed.
It is configured so that the spray from can be satisfactorily sprayed on the feet without interfering with the lower base 34 of the washbasin base 10.

In this example, the operating handles 22, 23,
24 is provided at a height position of a dimension that can be easily operated both in a sitting state and a standing state,
It is easy to operate, and moreover, since the handles 22, 23, 24 can be seen in front of the whole body shower 6, it is easy to see the display of the handles, and it is easy to make fine adjustments of the handles, and it is difficult to make an erroneous operation. .

As shown in the side view of FIG. 6, when the upper left arm 14 and the upper right arm 15 are rotated to the uppermost position, the hit stop projections 36 protruding from the back surfaces of the arms 14 and 15 are provided. It is configured to contact the wall surface 4,
In this state, between the wall surface 4 and the back surfaces of the arms 14 and 15,
A gap space S of about 12 mm is formed. That is, the gap space S is set to a dimension such that a finger is not caught. Further, a lower end inclined surface 15b is formed in an inclined shape at the lower end of the upper right arm 15, and correspondingly, an upper inclined surface 20a is also formed on the upper end side of the lower right arm 20. Both of them are arranged at appropriate intervals so that the lower end inclined surface 15b and the upper inclined surface 20a do not interfere with each other when is rotated downward. This slope is on the left arm 14,19
Similarly, it is formed so as not to interfere.

The vertical axis 15P of the upper right arm 15 and the horizontal axis 28P of the horizontal rotary shaft 28 are displaced back and forth by a distance h, and the horizontal rotary shaft 2
Since the shaft center 15P of the upper right arm 15 is arranged closer to the wall surface 4 than 8 is, the upper right arm 15 can be brought close to the wall surface 4 side and housed compactly.
In the upper left arm 14 as well, the vertical axis of the left upper arm 14 and the axis 28P of the horizontal rotation shaft 28 are similarly provided.
The spaces are offset from each other by a distance h, and the upper left arm 14 is arranged closer to the wall surface 4 than the horizontal rotation shaft 28 and is set to approach the wall surface 4. Therefore, the amount of protrusion from the wall surface 4 is small, and the apparatus can be installed compactly so that it does not interfere with the use of the hand shower 7 or the like. On the contrary, since the horizontal rotation shaft 28 is disposed considerably forward of the wall surface 4, the above-described rotation holding mechanism 30 and the like can be made large, and the horizontal rotation shaft 28 can be firmly held. Become.

Incidentally, FIG. 9 shows an enlarged plan view of the periphery of the cover material 12. Between the back surface 15c of the upper left arm 14 and the upper right arm 15 and the wall surface 4, a clearance space S is formed so that the above-mentioned finger is not caught, and the side edge of the mirror 17 is inserted into this clearance space S for installation. Has been done. That is, the left and right edge portions of the mirror 17 enter the back side of the upper left arm 14 and the back side of the upper right arm 15, and the entry width k is set to be about 15 mm. As a result, even if the mirror 17 is installed with a slight inclination, a neat installation state can be obtained when viewed from the front side, and deviations in the construction of the mirror 17 can be satisfactorily absorbed by the entry margin K. Is configured. That is, when both ends of the mirror 17 are exposed, it is necessary to mount the mirror 17 accurately in parallel with the upper left arm 14 and the upper right arm 15, which makes construction difficult, but in this example, construction is easy and the appearance is good. It will be improved.

Next, FIG. 10 is a plan view of the faucet metal fitting 11 in the faucet case 32, in which a water supply pipe 37 and a hot water supply pipe 38 are passed through from the back side of the wall surface 4, and the connection portions are respectively provided. The water pipe 41 extends from the connection portion 39, and the hot water pipe 42 extends from the connection portion 40.
The water pipe 41 and the hot water pipe 42 are respectively connected to a temperature control unit 43, and hot water is mixed well in the temperature control unit 43, and the mixed hot water passes through a hot water pipe 44 to a branching unit 45. It is configured to reach the first portion at the branch portion 45.
It branches into a water channel 46 and a second water channel 47, a whole body shower opening / closing valve 48 is connected to the first water channel 46, and the above whole body shower opening / closing handle 23 is connected to this whole body shower opening / closing valve 48.

A hand shower / water spout switching open / close valve 49 is connected to the second water channel 47, and a hand shower / water spout switching open / close handle 24 is connected to the hand shower / water spout switching open / close valve 49. ing. In addition, the hand-shower / water spout switching open / close valve 4
Hot water is supplied to the water discharge port 8 from a water discharge pipe 50 from a connection pipe 9. The connection pipe 25 is connected to the upper port 49a of the upper surface of the hand shower / water discharge switch opening / closing valve 49, and the connection pipe 25 is connected to the connection pipe 25. The shower hose 26 is connected, and the hand shower 7 is attached to the tip of the shower hose 26. The hand shower 7 can be hooked on a shower hook 27 provided on the wall surface 4.

An upper opening 48a is opened on the upper surface of the whole body shower opening / closing valve 48, and a branch member 51 is connected to the upper opening 48a as shown in FIG. , Lower left hose 52, lower right hose 5
3, an upper left hose 54, an upper right hose 55 (water channel) are provided. The lower left hose 52 is piped in the lower left arm 19 and communicates with the fixed nozzle 21, and
The lower right hose 53 is arranged inside the lower right arm 20 and communicates with the fixed nozzle 21. In addition, the upper left hose 54 is piped in the upper left arm 14 so that the water spray nozzle 1
The upper right hose 55 is connected to the water spray nozzle 16 by being piped in the upper right arm 15. Note that the left and right upper hoses 54, 55 are formed to have a larger diameter than the left and right lower hoses 52, 53, so that the hot water can be satisfactorily supplied to the upper side in anticipation of the pressure loss when the hot water is supplied upward. It is configured to be able to.

Therefore, by appropriately adjusting the temperature adjusting handle 22, the temperature adjusting portion 43 can generate hot water of an appropriate temperature, and in this state, the whole body shower opening / closing handle 2
By operating 3, the whole body shower opening / closing valve 48
Is opened, hot water is jetted from the sprinkling nozzles 16, 16 and 16 and the fixed nozzles 21 and 21, so that the whole body can take a shower. Note that FIG. 2 or FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the left and right upper arms 14 and 15 can be kept in an upright state, and the whole body can be showered in a standing state. Further, as shown in FIGS. , 15 can be tilted to the front side and used when sitting on a bath chair in the washing room 3 or when sitting on a wheelchair or shower chair, and can take a shower well, By the jet from the fixed nozzle 21, it is possible to take a shower up to the feet. By adjusting the opening of the whole-body shower opening / closing handle 23, fine adjustment of the shower discharge amount can be easily performed.

A lock button 23a is provided on the whole body shower opening / closing handle 23, and the whole body shower opening / closing handle 23 cannot be rotated unless the lock button 23a is pressed to operate. The shower opening / closing handle 23 is operated so that shower water is not blown out from the whole body shower 6 and the whole body is wet with water from the whole body shower 6 especially at the time of cleaning. It is configured so that it will not be lost.

The hand shower 7 can be operated by operating the hand shower / water spout switching opening / closing handle 24.
It is also possible to eject hot water from the water outlet, or to switch it to discharge the regulated water from the water outlet 8 and put hot water into the basin for use, and adjust the opening of the hand shower / water outlet switching opening / closing handle 24. Thus, the fine adjustment of the discharge amount can be easily performed.

It is possible to easily finely adjust the temperature by the temperature control handle 22 while taking a shower in the whole body. For example, when the body warms up while using the whole body shower, or when the person becomes furious due to a long use time, the temperature of the shower can be lowered by fine adjustment. It is also possible to finely adjust the opening degree of the whole body shower opening / closing handle 23 to change the strength of the shower to obtain a massage feeling. In the middle of the operation in the washing room 3, for example, in the middle of a hair washing operation, when the body becomes cold, the whole body shower opening / closing handle 23 is opened to take a whole body shower to heat up, or conversely, sweat is taken in the middle of the whole body shower. Came out, operate the hand shower / water outlet switching opening / closing handle 24,
It is also possible to easily perform an action such as once pouring hot water from the spout 8 to wash the face.

In this example, the faucet metal fitting 1 is provided at the center of the front face.
1 is provided, and the arms 14 and
Since 5, 19, and 20 are arranged, the water passage distance of the hoses 52, 53, 54, and 55 described above can be set to be short, so that the temperature of the hot water after the water is removed from the faucet metal fitting 11 decreases. Since it is small and the pressure loss is also small, it is possible to take a full-body shower at a favorable temperature and a favorable ejection amount.

Further, since the water channel is short, water rarely remains in the water channel after the use of the whole body shower is stopped. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the residual water in the upper hoses 54 and 55 is satisfactorily passed through the branching member 51 to favorably lower the lower hose 5.
It flows to 2, 53, and is discharged from the fixed nozzle 21 at the lower end, so that residual water does not remain in the waterway and spoil.
Further, since less water remains, the initial cold water for the next use also decreases. Moreover, in this example, since the upper hoses 54 and 55 are formed thick, the ejection amounts from the nozzles 16 and 21 can be equalized on the lower side and the upper side.
Warm water can be satisfactorily ejected from the uppermost nozzle 16.

As shown in FIG. 9, the upper arm 14,
Inclined surfaces 14d, 1 from the back surface 15c of 15 toward the outside
5d is formed, and the upper arms 14 and 15 can be favorably tilted to the front side for operation by touching the inclined surfaces 14d and 15d with hands from the outside, and the operability is good. Furthermore, it is also possible to put a finger in the clearance space S and favorably tilt it forward. Further, in this example, the cover material 12
A detergent, shampoo, or the like can be placed on the flat surface portion 12a of the above, and the flat surface portion 12a can be effectively used as a counter. Since the cover material 12 exists in the central portion, small articles placed on the flat surface portion 12a. Is easy to reach, detergent, etc.
It also becomes possible to properly perform actions such as washing hair in a usual washing place.

The upper arm 1 is rotated by the rotation holding mechanism 30.
4, 15 can be stopped at an arbitrary angle, and at this time, the clutch mechanism of the rotation holding mechanism 30 acts to stop the movement of the upper arms 14, 15 to the lower side, and further the upper arm 1
When gravity acts strongly on 4, 15 (for example, upper arm 1
When 4, 5 are horizontal, the auxiliary spring 31 is compressed to generate a strong reaction force, which prevents the upper arms 14, 15 from moving downward.

As shown in FIG. 8, the upper arm 14,
It is also possible to rotate 15 to the side of the lower arms 19 and 20 until they almost come into contact with each other.
The sprinkling nozzle 16 and the fixed nozzle 21 are provided at positions displaced from each other so that the fixed nozzle 21 and the fixed nozzle 21 do not come into contact with each other and are damaged.

[0029]

According to the present invention, the left and right arms having a plurality of sprinkling nozzles and extending vertically can be extended from the left and right ends of a horizontal rotation shaft arranged horizontally to the wall surface. In the shower device to be installed, the left and right arms are each formed in a substantially linear shape, and when the left and right arms are rotated to the uppermost part, the back surfaces of the arms are almost entirely over from the upper end to the lower end. A space is formed between the arm and the wall surface, and the arm is formed in a straight line and curved by forming an inclined surface with respect to the wall surface from the back surface of each arm to the outer surface. Since it can be installed compactly on the wall surface by reducing the amount of protrusion from the wall surface, and because the gap space is formed, the arm can be grasped without being pinched by hands, Ri can be easily rotated by grasping the arms Hands from the side, convenient, it is assumed compact for projecting amount from the wall surface is small, an effect that can be installed as a refreshing.

Further, by installing a mirror on the wall surface between the left and right arms, and inserting both left and right edges of the mirror into the gap space, the mirror and the arm are installed with a slight tilt due to variations in construction or the like. Even if it is misaligned, the left and right ends of the mirror are hidden by the arms when the arms are stored up to the wall surface, which is not bothersome and has the effect of providing a neat installation state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a bathroom.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a shower device provided in the bathroom.

FIG. 3 is a perspective configuration diagram of a state in which an upper arm of the shower device is rotated.

FIG. 4 is a perspective configuration diagram of the shower device with a cover member removed.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a whole body shower.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the whole body shower.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a configuration in which an upper arm is tilted.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state in which the upper arm is further tilted down to the lowest end.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged plan view of the periphery of the cover material.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged plan view showing a state in which a cover member is removed and a faucet metal fitting part is exposed.

FIG. 11 is a schematic piping configuration diagram of a branch member of a whole body shower.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathroom 3 Washing place 4 Wall surface 5 Shower device 6 Whole body shower 7 Hand shower 8 Water outlet 9 Shelf 10 Washbasin stand 11 Faucet metal fitting part 12 Cover material 12a Flat surface part 13 Upper part watering part 14 Upper left arm 14a Shaft cover parts 14d, 15d Inclination Surface 15 Upper right arm 15a Shaft cover portion 15b Lower end inclined surface 15c Rear surface 16 Sprinkling nozzle 17 Mirror 19 Lower left arm 20 Lower right arm 20a Upper inclined surface 21 Fixed nozzle 22 Temperature adjusting handle (operating part) 23 Whole body shower opening / closing handle (operating part) 23a Lock button 24 Hand shower / water spout switching open / close handle (operation unit) 26 Shower hose 27 Shower hook 28 Horizontal rotation shaft 30 Rotation holding mechanism 31 Auxiliary spring 32 Water faucet case 33 Top plate 34 Lower stand 34a Recess 37 Water supply pipe 38 Hot water supply Pipe 39, 40 Connection 41 Water pipe 42 Hot water 43 temperature control unit 45 branches part 46 first water passage 47 second water passage 48 on the whole body shower off valve 49 hand shower / water outlet switching-off valve 51 branch members 52 and 53 under the hose 54, 55 Hose S interstitial space

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shower installed on a wall by extending left and right arms having a plurality of water spray nozzles upward and downward from both left and right ends of a horizontal rotary shaft arranged horizontally and extending upward and downward. In the apparatus, each of the left and right arms is formed in a substantially linear shape, and when the left and right arms are rotated to the uppermost part, the back surface of the arm and the wall surface are substantially over the entire area from the upper end to the lower end of each arm. The shower device is characterized in that a gap space is formed between the arm and the arm, and an inclined surface with respect to the wall surface is formed from the back surface of each arm toward the outer surface. 2. The shower device according to claim 1, wherein a mirror is installed on a wall surface between the left and right arms, and both left and right edges of the mirror are made to enter the gap space.