JP2006063570A - Connecting structure of drain plug device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connecting structure of a drain plug device for easily connecting the drain plug device to a drain port member inserted into a tank wall and an operation guide member inserted into the tank wall or an apron. <P>SOLUTION: In this connecting structure of the drain plug device when connecting a drain joint 1 to the drain port member 3 inserted into the tank wall B, and an operation joint 2 to the operation guide member 4 inserted into the tank wall B and the apron; a support 21 of a drain mechanism body 11 is supported by the drain joint 1, and a support 22 of an operation mechanism body 12 is supported by the operation joint 2, and the drain mechanism body 11 and the operation mechanism body 12 are connected by a release wire LW. The drain port member 3, the operation guide member 4, the drain joint 1 and the operation joint 2, are connected by mutual hooking by mutual fitting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a connection structure for connecting a drain plug device that remotely opens and closes a drain port opened in a tank wall such as a bathtub or a basin.

Conventionally, in a drainage plug device, a drainage mechanism support body is fitted into the drainage joint inner surface and an operation mechanism support body is screwed into the operation joint inner surface so that the operation mechanism body and the drainage mechanism body can be moved forward and backward. A configuration in which a release wire to be connected is wired to form a unit is known.
And when this drain plug device is connected to a drain port member inserted into the tank wall, an operation guide member inserted into the tank wall or apron, the drain port member inserted through the tank wall can be advanced and retracted to the inner surface of the drainage joint. The drainage joint and drainage outlet member are attached to the drainage mechanism body at the drainage outlet, and the operation guide member inserted into the tank wall and the apron is screwed into the inner face of the operation joint, Thus, the operation mechanism is attached to the operation port (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In the prior art described above, a drainage mechanism support body is screwed into the drainage joint inner surface, and an operation mechanism support body is screwed into the operation joint inner surface, and the drainage mechanism body and the operation mechanism body are connected with a release wire. The drain outlet member and the operation guide member are respectively screwed into the drainage joint and the operation joint from the tank of the bathtub and basin, etc., and the components of the unit body are not disassembled into the bathtub and the basin. A drain plug device can be installed.
By the way, in the prior art, after the drain port member and the operation guide member are screwed into the drain joint and the operation joint from the inside of the tub, basin, etc., the respective support bodies are connected to the drain port member side and the operation guide member side. The drainage mechanism body and the operation mechanism body are locked by being reversely rotated to abut against the distal end of the drainage port member and the distal end of the operation guide member.
Therefore, when installing the drain plug device, the drain port member, the drainage joint of the operation guide member, the screwing operation to the operation joint, and the reverse rotation operation of each support body are necessary, and the workability at the time of installation is optimal Things were difficult.
JP 2003-82731 A

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and the purpose of the process is to provide a drain plug device (a drainage joint supporting a drainage mechanism support and a manipulation joint supporting a manipulation mechanism support. The drainage device that connects the drainage mechanism body and the operation mechanism body with a release wire is easily connected to the drainage port member inserted into the tank wall, the operation guide member inserted into the tank wall or the apron. It is in providing the connection structure of a drain plug device.
Another purpose is to connect the drainage plug device so that the connection between the drain port member and the drainage joint is strong, and the connection is not released even if a load is accidentally applied to the drainage mechanism from inside the tank. To provide a structure.

The technical means taken in order to solve the above problems include supporting the drainage mechanism body support body on the drainage joint, and supporting the operation mechanism body support body on the operation joint, the drainage mechanism body, the operation mechanism body, This is a drain plug device connection structure when connecting the drainage joint to the drainage port member inserted into the tank wall and the operation joint to the operation guide member inserted into the tank wall or apron. A drain plug device connection structure characterized in that the drain port member, the operation guide member, the drain joint, and the manipulation joint are connected by engagement with each other (claim 1).
And, a specific example of the drainage joint connecting means to the drainage port member is a drainage mechanism body in which the drainage joint connecting means to the drainage port member is engaged with the water inlet of the drainage joint so as to be removable from above. A support, an annular recess that is recessed in the drainage joint so as to surround the water inlet of the drainage joint, and a lower end of the drainage port member is fitted, and an annular seal portion that is inserted into the annular recess and press-contacts the lower end of the drainage port member And a latch for connection that is formed between both a standing wall and a drain port member that are erected in the circumferential direction so as to constitute the outer wall portion of the annular recess and engages with each other when the drain port member is fitted into the annular recess (Claim 2).
Further, a specific example of the connection means of the operation joint to the operation guide member is that the connection means of the operation joint to the operation guide member includes a stopper portion protruding outward from the operation guide member, and the operation joint. A cylindrical guide portion that is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the annular seal portion that opens and opens upward, and a stopper that is provided on the cylindrical guide portion and expands by abutment with the stopper portion so as not to prevent the stopper portion from entering. And a clamping part that restores after passing the part and clamps the stopper part with the cylindrical guide part via the annular seal part (Claim 4).

According to the above means, the drainage port member inserted into the tank wall, the tank wall and the apron are connected to each other by engagement between the operation guide member, the drainage joint, and the operation joint (claim 1).
Specifically, the drain port member is pushed up from the outside of the tank so that the lower end of the drain port member installed in the drain port of the tank wall is fitted into the annular recess around the water inlet of the drain joint. Presses the annular seal portion and at the same time, the standing wall and the drain port member are engaged with each other to form a connection latch portion, and the drain joint and the drain port member are connected in a watertight manner (claim 2). .
And the support body of the drainage mechanism body engaged with the water inlet of the drainage joint in the drainage port member so as to be detachable is pulled into the tank to cope with the maintenance (Claim 2).
Then, by pushing up the operation joint from below so that the stopper portion protruding outward from the operation guide member installed in the operation port of the tank wall or the apron expands the holding portion of the operation joint, the stopper is After the passage of the part, the clamping part is restored, and the stopper part is clamped between the clamping part and the cylindrical guide part via the annular seal part, and the operation joint and the operation guide member are connected in a watertight manner. (Claim 4).
A well-known thrust lock mechanism such as an opening / closing mechanism is incorporated in either the drainage mechanism body or the operation mechanism body.

  In addition, a protrusion projecting to the outside is provided at the same height or equivalent height corresponding to the connecting latching portion on the standing wall, and a ring material having a large diameter is loosely fitted around the standing wall. It is more preferable that the reinforcing hook for engaging with the outward projection to reinforce the engagement between the connecting hooks is formed on the material (Claim 3).

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the drainage joint supports the drainage mechanism body support body, the operation joint body supports the operation mechanism body support body, and the drainage mechanism body and the operation mechanism body. The drain plug device communicated with the release wire and unitized can be easily connected to a drain port member inserted into the tank wall and an operation guide member inserted into the tank wall or apron.
Moreover, in Claims 2 and 4, the drainage joint that supports the support body of the drainage mechanism body and the operation joint that supports the support body of the operation mechanism body are pushed up and installed through the tank wall. It can be easily connected to the drain port member and the operation guide member.
In addition, since the drainage mechanism support is engaged with the water inlet of the drainage joint so that it can be inserted and removed from above, the drainage joint can be removed from the drainage joint without unlocking the drainage joint. It can be removed and pulled out into the tank to check the connection status with the release wire, the thrust lock mechanism, which is an opening / closing mechanism, and the like.
In addition, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the ring that is loosely fitted is pushed up so that the reinforcing hook formed on the ring is engaged with the outward projection of the standing wall to Since the engagement between the hooks is strengthened, the drainage joint is more strongly connected to the drainage port member, and even if it is accidentally applied to a load such as a human body load on the plug lid in the open state supported by the drainage mechanism body The possibility that the drainage joint is detached from the drain port member can be eliminated, and the connection strength can be increased.

  Next, an embodiment of the connection structure of the drain plug device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. Reference numeral A is the drain plug device.

  The drain plug device A supports the drainage mechanism body 11 and the support bodies 21 and 22 of the operation mechanism body 12 in the drainage joint 1 and the operation joint 2, respectively. The drainage mechanism body 11 and the operation mechanism body 12 are connected to the release wire LW. Are connected to the drain port member 3 and the operation guide member 4.

The drainage joint 1 is a drainage cloth made of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. 1, the insertion path 1a and the drainage path 1b of the release wire LW are formed in a cylindrical shape protruding at equal intervals on the peripheral surface of the main body. .
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the drainage joint 1 has a water inlet 1c opened on the upper surface, and an annular recess 1d is provided so as to surround the water inlet 1c, and is further formed on the outer wall of the annular recess 1d. Thus, the standing wall 1e is erected in the circumferential direction.

  In the annular recess 1d, an annular seal portion 5 is provided at the inner lower end thereof.

  The drainage mechanism 11 is provided with a well-known thrust lock mechanism (not shown) in the guide cylinder 11a. One end of the release wire LW is connected to the lower end of the guide cylinder 11a and receives the pushing force of the release wire LW. The thrust lock mechanism (not shown) is locked and unlocked at the pushing end, and the plug lid 6 that can be removably inserted into the support shaft 11b is moved up and down. The drain lid is opened and closed by alternately moving the lid lid 6 up and down.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the operation mechanism body 12 includes a release wire LW return elastic machine 12 c having the other end connected to the lower end of the operation cylinder body 12 a in the operation cylinder body 12 a and is pushed from above. An operation shaft 12b engaged with and disengaged from the button 7 is projected, and the operation shaft 12b is pushed against the elastic force of the return ammunition 12c via the push button 7, thereby releasing the release shaft. The wire LW is moved forward into the guide cylinder 11a of the drainage mechanism 11, and the thrust lock mechanism is locked and unlocked at the forward end to move the plug lid 6 up and down. .

  The drainage mechanism 11 and the operation mechanism 12 are both supported by the supports 21 and 22, respectively.

The support body 21 of the drainage mechanism 11 is formed of a synthetic resin material, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the end of the connecting piece portion 21a extending radially or in a cross shape from the guide cylinder 11a is the outer ring plate 21b. And a plurality of elastic leg portions 21c vertically spaced apart from each other at an equal interval from the outer ring plate 21b with a slit (longitudinal slit) and a hooking claw portion facing outward at the lower end of the elastic leg portion 21c. 21e is provided so that the inner surface of the outer ring plate 21b is surface-engaged with a thin engagement piece 1f that is spaced from the inner surface of the water inlet 1c of the drainage joint 1 described above. It is mounted on the edge so that it can be inserted and removed.
An insertion slit 1f ″ for the outer ring plate 21b is cut out at a portion corresponding to the outer ring plate 21b of the engagement piece 1f.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the engaging piece 1f is erected up to the same height as the upper surface of the outer ring plate 21b mounted on the water inlet 1c, and engages with the upper end of the outer ring plate 21b at the upper end thereof. The claw portion 1 f ′ may be protruded outward to increase the engagement strength.

  As shown in FIG. 2 and the like, a latching projection 1e1 projects inward from the upper end of the standing wall 1e of the drainage joint 1, and a ring material 8 that is one size larger is formed on the standing wall 1e. It is loosely fitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drainage port member 3 has a latching recess 23 corresponding to the latching protrusion 1e1 of the drainage joint 1 on the upper end and a latching flange 13 to the tank wall B at the upper end. In addition, a latching step portion 33 is formed on the lower inner peripheral surface corresponding to the latching claw portion 21e of the outer ring plate 21b, and the drainage port b1 of the tank wall B is inserted to tighten the tightening nut N. It is installed.
And the latching protrusion 1e1 of the said standing wall 1e and the latching recessed part 23 of the drain outlet member 3 comprise the latching part 9 for a connection mutually latched when the drain outlet member 3 is fitted to the annular recessed part 1d. Further, an outward projection 1e2 is projected from the upper end of the standing wall 1e in correspondence with the latching projection 1e1.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the ring member 8 has a slightly smaller diameter than the diameter of the upright wall 1e including the outward projection 1e2, and has a reinforcing latch 18 for engaging the outward projection 1e2 on the inner surface thereof. By forming and engaging the reinforcing hooks 18 with the outward projections 1e2, the hooking of the connecting hooks 18 is enhanced.

On the other hand, the support body 22 of the operation mechanism body 12 is a fitting cylinder portion to which the operation cylinder body 12a is fitted, and a cylinder that opens from above the fitting cylinder portion 22 to dispose the annular seal portion 15 on the inner peripheral surface. The operation guide 2 is formed by raising the guide part 32.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the fitting tube portion 22 is provided with a notch 22a in the axial direction at equal intervals on the upper portion, and a biting convex portion 22b projecting inwardly at the end of the notch 22a. Thus, the operation cylinder 12a of the operation mechanism body 12 to be inserted is locked.

  The cylindrical guide part 32 is raised with a bottomed cylindrical shape from the middle and high part of the fitting cylinder part 22 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and a disk part 32a is continuously provided at the upper end thereof, Arc-shaped notches 32b and 32b are provided immediately below the disk portion 32a in the required range of the cylindrical wall symmetrical portion.

  The annular seal portion 15 is disposed on the bottom surface of the cylindrical guide portion 32.

  In addition, the C-shaped sandwiching portion 10 is engaged with and detached from the notches 32b and 32b so as to be detachable using its elasticity.

  As shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 and the like, the C-shaped sandwiching portion 10 is formed with arc-shaped wide portions 10b and 10b facing from above the surrounding space of the disc portion 32a on both arc piece portions 10a and 10a. The annular seal portion 15 faces the arcuate wide portions 10b and 10b via a slight gap S, and the inner half portions of the arcuate wide portions 10b and 10b are directed to the downward inclined guide surface 10c, 10c.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the operation guide member 4 is provided with a hook flange 14 to the tank wall B or apron (not shown) at the upper end, and a stopper portion 24 in the vicinity of the lower end in a disk shape. The tank wall B and the operation port b2 of the apron are inserted and tightened with a tightening nut if necessary.

And when connecting the drainage joint 1 of the drain plug apparatus A unitized as mentioned above to the drain port member 3 installed in the tank wall B, as shown to FIG. 2 (I) (B) In a state where the outer ring plate 21b is surface-engaged with the engagement piece 1f erected at an equal interval from the inner surface of the water inlet 1c, and the support body 21 of the drainage mechanism 11 is detachably engaged with the drainage joint 1, The drainage joint 1 is pushed upward so that the lower end of the drainage port member 3 is inserted into the annular recess 1d.
Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 (c) and 2 (d), the annular seal portion 5 is pressed and the lower end of the drain port member 3 is fitted into the annular recess 1d. At the same time, the engaging recess 23 of the drain port member 3 is drained. The hooking projection 9 of the joint 1 is hooked to form the hooking portion 9 for connection, and the hooking projection 21 e of the support 21 of the drainage mechanism 12 is hooked to the hooking step 33 of the drainage port member 3. . Then, the ring material 8 is artificially lifted upward, and the latching portion 18 for reinforcement is engaged with the outward projection 1e2 of the standing wall 1e to enhance the latching of the latching portion 9 for connection. .
Thereby, the watertight connection with the drainage port member 3 of the drainage joint 1 that supports the support 21 of the drainage mechanism 11 is completed.

  When the operation joint 2 of the drain plug device A is connected to the operation guide member 4 installed on the tank wall B or the apron, as shown in FIGS. By pushing up the operation joint 2 upward so that the stopper portion 24 abuts the surfaces 10c and 10c, the C-shaped clamping portion 10 expands in diameter, and after passing through the stopper portion 24, the C-shaped clamping portion 10 is restored, and the stopper portion 24 is sandwiched in a watertight manner by the sandwiching portion 10 and the cylindrical guide portion 32 via the annular seal portion 15, thereby supporting the support body 22 of the drainage mechanism body 12. The connection with the drain port member 3 of the drainage joint 1 to be completed is completed.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a shake preventing body suspended from the stopper lid, and this shake preventing body 16 has a tubular portion 16a having an inner diameter that fits and slides on the guide tubular body 11a, and the tubular portion 16a. At the lower end of the support member 11b, axial cuts 16c for avoiding the connecting piece portion 21a when the support shaft 11b moves up and down are formed by the number of connecting piece portions 21a.
The shake prevention body 16 moves up and down so as to be guided into the guide cylinder 11 a as the stopper lid 6 moves up and down by the support shaft 11 b.
Even if the length of the cylindrical portion 16a is in a state where the stopper cover 6 is lifted by the support shaft 11b (drainage port open state), the length of the cylindrical portion 16a is set to a length that follows the outer peripheral surface of the guide cylinder 11a. It functions to prevent the shaft 11b from swinging or tilting.
Further, the shake preventing body 16 has a foreign matter mixing prevention cover for preventing foreign matter mixed into the drainage from entering the guide cylinder 11a from a support shaft guide hole (not shown) opened in the guide cylinder. It is supposed to function as well.

Further, the support body 21 of the drainage mechanism body 11 is engaged as shown in FIG. 4 by pulling the support body 21 of the drainage claw part 21e against the engagement step part 33 of the drainage port member 3 of the latching claw part 21e into the tank. A space in which the piece 1f is elastically deformed toward the water inlet 1c and the latching claw portion 21e is removed is formed between the drain port member 3 and the drainage mechanism 11 can be maintained.
After the maintenance, the drainage mechanism 11 is set by inserting the latching claw portion 21e so as to elastically deform the engaging piece 1f toward the water inlet 1c and engaging with the latching step portion 33. Yes.

Although not shown in the drawing, the structure of the clamping portion is expanded by abutment with a stopper portion protruding outward from the operation guide member and restored after passing through the stopper portion without disturbing the entrance of the stopper portion. Needless to say, the configuration is not limited to the C-shape of the embodiment as long as the portion is sandwiched between the cylindrical guide portion via the annular seal portion.
Reference numeral C is a guide tube of the release wire LW, and is fitted to the fitting cylinder portion that is the support 22 of the operation joint 2. D is a sealing cap that is fitted into the insertion path 1a of the drainage joint 1, and has an insertion hole d that allows the release wire LW to be inserted in a watertight manner.

The front sectional view of the connection structure of the drain plug device of this embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the connection part of a drain port member and a drainage joint, (A) shows the state before the push-up which fits the drainage joint which supports a drainage mechanism body in a drainage port member, (B) Shows the state where the lower end of the drain port member is fitted in the annular recess, (C) shows the state where the fitting is proceeding in pressure contact with the annular seal part, (D) shows the connection latching part A state is shown in which a latching portion for reinforcement is formed which further raises the ring and enhances the latching relationship of the latching portion for connection. Sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the connection part of the drain port member and drainage coupling which show the other modification of an engagement piece. Sectional drawing in the principal part which shows the state extracted in order to maintain a drainage mechanism body. The perspective view of a clamping part. An operation joint is shown, (A) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view, (B) is a partially cutaway plan view, and a clamping part is indicated by a two-dot chain line. It is sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the connection part of an operation guide member and an operation coupling, (A) shows the state before the push-up which fits the operation coupling which supports an operation mechanism body in an operation guide member, (B) Indicates a state where the connection between the operation guide member and the operation joint is completed.

Explanation of symbols

A: Drainage plug device 1: Drainage joint 2: Operation joint 11: Drainage mechanism body 21: Operation mechanism body 21, 22: Support body LW: Release wire B: Tank wall 3: Drain port member 4: Operation guide member 5, 15 : Annular seal 1c: Water inlet 1d: Annular recess 1e: Standing wall 9: Connecting latch 8: Ring 1e2: Outward projection 18: Enhancing latch 24: Stopper 32: Cylindrical guide 10 : Clamping part

Claims (4)

  The drainage joint supports the drainage mechanism body support body, the operation joint body supports the operation mechanism body support body, the drainage mechanism body and the operation mechanism body are connected with a release wire, and the drainage joint is connected to the tank wall. The drainage plug member is connected to the drainage port member, and the operation joint is connected to the operation guide member inserted into the tank wall or the apron. The drainage plug device has a connection structure, and the drainage port member, the operation guide member and the drainage joint, A connection structure for a drain plug device, wherein the operation joint is connected to each other by engaging with each other.   The drainage joint connecting means to the drainage outlet member is recessed in the drainage joint so as to surround the drainage mechanism support body engaged with the drainage inlet of the drainage joint so that it can be inserted and removed from above. An annular recess that is installed and fitted with the lower end of the drain port member, an annular seal portion that is inserted into the annular recess and press-contacts the lower end of the drain port member, and is arranged from the circumferential direction so as to constitute an outer wall portion of the annular recess The drain plug device according to claim 1, further comprising a connection latch portion that is formed between the raised wall and the drain port member and is engaged when the drain port member is fitted into the annular recess. Connection structure.   Projecting outwardly protruding protrusions at the same height or equivalent height corresponding to the connecting latching portion on the standing wall, and loosely fitting a ring material having a large diameter around the standing wall, The connection structure for a drain plug device according to claim 2, wherein a hooking portion for reinforcement is formed to be hooked to the outward projection to reinforce the hooking relation of the hooking portion for connection.   The connecting means of the operation joint to the operation guide member includes a stopper portion projecting outward from the operation guide member, and a cylindrical shape that opens on the inner peripheral surface of the operation joint provided with an annular seal portion. It is provided in the guide part and the cylindrical guide part, and is expanded by abutment with the stopper part. The stopper part is restored after passing through the stopper part without interfering with the entrance of the stopper part, and the stopper part is cylindrical through the annular seal part. The drain plug device connection structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a clamping portion that is clamped by the guide portion.

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