JP2005213924A - Joint mounting tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joint mounting tool capable of carrying out easy and accurate positioning of a joint without giving any alteration to the joint itself. <P>SOLUTION: The joint mounting tool 21 is provided for mounting and fixing onto a supporting wall the joint integrally provided on a mount having a plurality of mounting holes. The joint mounting tool 21 comprises a square base plate 22 formed of a transparent material and a vertically aligning protrusion 25 and a horizontally aligning protrusion 26 provided on the base plate 22 in a cross shape. An intersection 23 between the vertically aligning protrusion 25 and the horizontally aligning protrusion 26 is provided on the base plate 22, as a marker for alignment to a joint mounting center. A plurality of marking holes 24 are also provided in the base plate 22. The plurality of marking holes 24 are eccentric from the intersection 23. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a joint mounting jig capable of easily and accurately mounting, for example, a joint for mounting a water faucet to a support wall.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a joint for attaching a water faucet is integrally formed so as to protrude from a pedestal having a horizontally long rectangular plate shape having attachment holes at four corners. When mounting and fixing the joint on the support wall, first, marking is performed on the support wall at a position corresponding to the mounting center of the joint. Subsequently, the center of the pedestal is visually aligned with the marking position, and the joint is fixed to the support wall by screwing it into the support wall through screws in the four mounting holes.

However, since the center of the pedestal is visually aligned with the marking position, the positioning accuracy of the pedestal center with respect to the marking position is poor. Accordingly, a joint mounting jig has been proposed in which a positioning projection and a positioning notch are provided at the center of each side of the base (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1).
Product catalog of Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., Eslon Eslopex catalog (issued in June 2000, Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.)

  However, this conventional joint mounting jig must be provided with positioning protrusions and positioning notches on the pedestal itself when the joint is manufactured. In this case, since the pedestal is made of metal and is opaque, the operation of aligning the mounting center of the joint with the mark corresponding to the mounting center on the support wall is not easy, and the accuracy is insufficient. . In addition, the manufacture of such a joint has been troublesome because it has become necessary to change the mold, or it has become necessary to perform processing after molding.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. An object of the invention is to provide a joint mounting jig capable of easily and accurately positioning a joint without changing the joint itself.

  In order to achieve the above object, the joint mounting jig according to the first aspect of the present invention is a joint mounting for mounting and fixing a joint integrally provided on a pedestal having a plurality of mounting holes to a support. A jig for providing a mark for aligning with a mounting center of a joint on a substrate made of a transparent material, and providing a plurality of marking holes for marking at positions corresponding to the mounting holes. It is what.

  The joint mounting jig according to a second aspect of the present invention is the invention according to the first aspect, wherein the plurality of marking holes correspond to mounting holes that are eccentric with respect to a mounting center of the joint, It is eccentric with respect to the mark.

  A joint mounting jig according to a third aspect of the present invention is a joint mounting jig for mounting and fixing a joint integrally provided on a pedestal having a plurality of mounting holes to a support, which is a transparent material. The substrate is provided with a mark for aligning with the attachment center of the joint, and a markable guide portion formed along the periphery of the joint pedestal is provided.

According to the joint mounting jig of the present invention, the following effects can be exhibited.
According to the joint mounting jig of the first aspect of the present invention, the alignment mark provided on the substrate made of a transparent material is aligned with the mounting center of the joint, and then marked on the support through a plurality of marking holes. To do. Next, remove the fitting mounting jig from the support, align the fitting mounting hole at the marked position on the support, pass a screw or the like through the mounting hole, and screw it into the support. Fixed. Therefore, it is possible to easily and accurately position the joint without changing the joint itself.

  According to the joint mounting jig of the invention of claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, a plurality of mounting holes provided in the joint are eccentric with respect to the joint mounting center. Even in this case, the plurality of marking holes in the joint mounting jig correspond to the joint mounting holes and are eccentric with respect to the mark. Therefore, even in such a case, the joint is fixedly attached to the support by aligning the mounting hole of the joint with the marked position on the support and screwing the screw into the support through the mounting hole. be able to.

  According to the joint mounting jig of the invention described in claim 3, after the alignment mark provided on the substrate made of a transparent material is aligned with the joint mounting center, it is formed along the periphery of the joint base. Then, marking is performed on the support along the guide portion that can be marked. Next, the joint mounting jig is removed from the support, the periphery of the joint pedestal is aligned with the marked position on the support, and in this state, a screw or the like is passed through the mounting hole and screwed into the support. Attached and fixed to the support. Therefore, it is possible to easily and accurately position the joint without changing the joint itself.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 8, the joint 11 is formed in an inverted L shape, and a plurality of (four in the present embodiment) circular hole-like mounting holes 12 are formed on a square plate-like base 13 that is formed through the four corners. Are integrally connected to each other via a connecting portion 14. One end of the joint 11 is opened in the horizontal direction, and an internal thread 15 is threaded on the inner peripheral portion thereof to form a pipe connection portion 16 into which a faucet or the like (not shown) is threaded. The other end of the joint 11 is suspended to form a resin pipe connection portion 17 to which a resin pipe (not shown) is connected with one touch. The joint 11 is made of a metal such as brass (brass) or bronze.

  The plurality of mounting holes 12 are eccentric from the mounting center 18 of the joint 11, that is, the center of the pipe connection portion 16. That is, of the plurality of mounting holes 12, the two mounting holes 12 above the lower two mounting holes 12 are provided at positions far from the mounting center 18 of the joint 11. The joint 11 is fixedly attached to the support wall 20 by positioning the attachment center 18 and screwing it into the support hole 20 as a support through the screw 19 in the attachment hole 12. At this time, a joint mounting jig is used in order to easily and accurately position the joint 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the joint mounting jig 21 is provided with a mark for aligning the mounting center 18 of the joint 11 on a square plate-like substrate 22 made of a transparent material, and mounting the joint 11. It is formed by providing a plurality of circular marking holes 24 for marking at positions corresponding to the holes 12. As the transparent material, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, a synthetic resin such as a polystyrene resin, glass, or the like is used. The substrate 22 has a thickness of about 0.5 to 1.5 mm that is easy to handle, but can be further increased in consideration of durability and the like. If the thickness is less than 0.5 mm, the film becomes too thin and easily deforms, making it difficult to handle. When the thickness exceeds 1.5 mm, it becomes thick and difficult to see through the transparent material, and becomes heavy and inconvenient. The diameter of the marking hole 24 is usually about 3 to 5 mm.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, a vertical alignment protrusion 25 having a triangular cross section as a vertical alignment line of the joint 11 and a joint perpendicular to the vertical alignment protrusion 25 are formed on the substrate 22. Similarly, a horizontal alignment protrusion 26 having a triangular cross section as a horizontal alignment line 11 extends in a cross shape. And as shown in FIG.4 (b), the said mark for alignment is formed of the intersection 23 of both the protrusions 25 and 26 extended in a cross shape. The plurality of marking holes 24 are eccentric with respect to the intersections 23 so as to correspond to the attachment holes 12 that are eccentric with respect to the attachment center 18 of the joint 11.

  Further, the joint mounting jig 21 is provided with a pair of elongated holes 27 having a lateral L shape so as to be positioned above and one side of the two marking holes 24 located in the upper part of FIG. These inner peripheral edges 28 are formed along the peripheral edge 13a of the pedestal 13 of the joint 11 to form a guide portion that can be marked.

  When the joint 11 is attached to the support wall 20, as shown in FIG. 5, a vertical alignment protrusion 25 and a horizontal alignment protrusion 26 provided on the substrate 22 of the joint attachment jig 21 are provided. The fitting attachment jig 21 is placed on the support wall 20 so that the intersection 23 is aligned with a predetermined attachment center 18 of the joint 11. Thereafter, the vertical position of the joint mounting jig 21 is adjusted by the vertical alignment protrusions 25, and the horizontal position of the joint attachment jig 21 is aligned by the horizontal alignment protrusions 26. A pen mark is inserted and a circular marking 29 is attached to the support wall 20. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, when the joint mounting jig 21 is separated from the support wall 20, a circular marking 29 remains on the support wall 20.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the attachment holes 12 of the joint 11 are aligned with the positions of the four markings 29 on the support wall 20. In this case, the attachment holes 12 of the joint 11 may be aligned with the positions of at least two markings 29. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, in this state, the four screws 19 are passed through the mounting holes 12 and screwed into the support wall 20, whereby the joint 11 is fixedly mounted at the target position of the support wall 20. .

  Alternatively, the joint mounting jig 21 is provided with a pair of elongated holes 27 having a lateral L shape, and an inner peripheral edge 28 is formed along the peripheral edge 13a of the base 13 of the joint 11 so that marking can be performed. Has become a department. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5, after fitting the joint mounting jig 21 on the support wall 20 and aligning the intersection 23, the vertical position and the horizontal position in the same manner as described above, Then, the support wall 20 is marked along, and then the joint mounting jig 21 is removed from the support wall 20. Thereby, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 6, a pair of markings 29 is provided on the support wall 20. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the peripheral edge 13 a of the base 13 of the joint 11 is aligned with the positions of these markings 29. In this state, as shown in FIG. 8, the joint 11 is attached and fixed to the support wall 20 by screwing screws 19 into the support walls 20 through the respective attachment holes 12.

  As described above, the positioning of the joint 11 with respect to the support wall 20 can be performed by either the method using the intersection 23 and the marking hole 24 or the method using the intersection 23 and the inner peripheral edge 28 of the long hole 27. It can be done quickly.

The effects exhibited by the above embodiment will be described below.
According to the joint mounting jig 21 of the above-described embodiment, the intersection 23 between the vertical alignment protrusion 25 and the horizontal alignment protrusion 26 as an alignment mark provided on the substrate 22 made of a transparent material. Is aligned with the mounting center 18 of the joint 11, and then the support wall 20 is marked through the plurality of marking holes 24. Next, the joint mounting jig 21 is removed from the support wall 20, the mounting hole 12 of the joint 11 is aligned with the position of the marking 29 on the support wall 20, and the screw 19 is passed through the mounting hole 12 and screwed into the support wall 20. The joint 11 is attached and fixed to the support wall 20. Therefore, there is no need to change the joint 11 itself as in the prior art, and the positioning of the joint 11 with respect to the support wall 20 can be performed easily and accurately.

  Moreover, since the plurality of mounting holes 12 provided in the joint 11 are eccentric with respect to the mounting center 18 of the joint 11, that is, the distances of the plurality of mounting holes 12 from the mounting center 18 are different. It is difficult to determine 12 positions. Even in such a case, in the joint mounting jig 21 of the present embodiment, the plurality of marking holes 24 in the joint mounting jig 21 correspond to the mounting holes 12 of the joint 11, and at the intersection 23 as a mark. It is eccentric. Therefore, by using the joint mounting jig 21 of the present embodiment, the mounting hole 12 of the joint 11 is aligned with the position of the marking 29 on the support wall 20, and the screw 19 is passed through the mounting hole 12 and screwed into the support wall 20. As a result, the joint 11 can be fixedly attached to the target position of the support wall 20.

  Furthermore, the joint mounting jig 21 is provided with a pair of long holes 27 having a lateral L shape, and the inner peripheral edge 28 of the long holes 27 is formed along the peripheral edge 13 a of the base 13 of the joint 11. It is a guide part that can be marked. For this reason, after marking the support wall 20 along the inner peripheral edge 28, the joint mounting jig 21 is removed from the support wall 20. The peripheral edge 13a of the pedestal 13 of the joint 11 is aligned with the position of the marking 29 on the support wall 20, and in this state, the screw 19 is screwed into the support wall 20 through the mounting hole 12, so that the joint 11 is fixed to the support wall 20. Is done. Therefore, the joint 11 can be positioned easily and accurately without changing the joint 11 itself.

It should be noted that the present embodiment can be implemented with the following modifications.
As shown in FIG. 9 (a), one of the pair of long holes 27 is located at the bottom of FIG. 9 (a) and the marking hole 24 at the diagonal position of the marking hole 24. It can also be provided around. As shown in FIG. 9B, the long hole 27 can be formed in a substantially linear shape at the upper portion of the joint mounting jig 21 and the central portion of the right portion.

  The vertical alignment ridges 25 and the horizontal alignment ridges 26 can be formed into vertical alignment ridges and horizontal alignment ridges, respectively, or into lines by painting, printing, or the like.

  -The attachment hole 12 of the joint 11 should just be 2 or more, and may be 3 or 5 or more. Therefore, the number of marking holes 24 of the joint mounting jig 21 may be two or more corresponding to the mounting holes 12 of the joint 11, and may be three or five or more. Further, the number of the marking holes 24 of the joint mounting jig 21 does not necessarily correspond to the number of the mounting holes 12 of the joint 11, and may be smaller than the number of the mounting holes 12.

The vertical alignment ridge 25 and the horizontal alignment ridge 26 may be omitted, and the alignment mark may be a short cross, a point, or the like.
-Either the marking hole 24 or the long hole 27 can be omitted.

-As a support body, besides the support wall 20, a pillar, a beam, or the like may be used.
-At least the marking hole 24 and the inner peripheral edge 28 of the long hole 27 of the substrate 22 may be chamfered by barrel processing, shot peening, or sand blasting.

Further, the technical idea that can be grasped from the embodiment will be described below.
(1) The joint mounting jig according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a guide portion that is formed along the periphery of the joint pedestal and that can be marked. When comprised in this way, at least one of a marking hole and a guide part can be selected and used.

  (2) The joint mounting jig according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of marking holes correspond to mounting holes that are eccentric with respect to a mounting center of the joint and are eccentric with respect to the mark. According to this structure, even if the some attachment hole provided in the joint is eccentric with respect to the attachment center of a joint, positioning of a joint can be performed easily and correctly.

  (3) For fitting fitting according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising a vertical alignment line for aligning the vertical position of the joint and a horizontal alignment line for aligning the horizontal position of the joint. jig. When comprised in this way, the vertical position and horizontal position of a joint can be match | combined easily.

  (4) The joint mounting jig according to the technical idea (3), wherein the mark is an intersection of a vertical alignment line and a horizontal alignment line. When comprised in this way, the said mark can be match | combined with the attachment center of a coupling, and the vertical position and horizontal position of a coupling can be matched easily.

The front view which shows the coupling attachment jig | tool in embodiment of this invention. Sectional drawing in the 2-2 line of FIG. The side view which shows the jig | tool for fitting attachment shown in FIG. (A) is sectional drawing which expands and shows the part of 4a of FIG. 2, (b) is a front view which expands and shows the part of 4b of FIG. The front view which shows the state which applied the jig for joint attachment to the support wall. The front view which shows the state which gave the marking on the support wall. The front view which shows the state which applied the coupling on the support wall. The perspective view which shows the state which penetrates a screw | thread in a mounting hole in the state of FIG. (A) And (b) is a front view which shows another example of the jig for fitting attachment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Joint, 12 ... Mounting hole, 13 ... Base, 13a ... Periphery, 18 ... Mounting center, 20 ... Support wall as support body, 21 ... Joint mounting jig, 22 ... Substrate, 23 ... Intersection as mark, 24 ... marking hole, 28 ... inner peripheral edge as a guide part, 29 ... marking.

Claims (3)

A joint mounting jig for mounting and fixing a joint integrally provided on a pedestal having a plurality of mounting holes to a support, and a mark for aligning the joint mounting center with a substrate made of a transparent material And a plurality of marking holes for marking at positions corresponding to the mounting holes. The joint mounting jig according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of marking holes correspond to mounting holes that are eccentric with respect to a mounting center of the joint and are eccentric with respect to the mark. A joint mounting jig for mounting and fixing a joint integrally provided on a pedestal having a plurality of mounting holes to a support, and a mark for aligning the joint mounting center with a substrate made of a transparent material And a guide portion that is formed along the peripheral edge of the joint pedestal and that can be marked is provided.

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