JP2006144327A - Storage hose type faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage hose type faucet capable of effectively utilizing an under side space of a counter as a storage space. <P>SOLUTION: In this storage hose type faucet, an outflow pipe 42 is extended to the under side of the counter 12 from a faucet body 14, and one end part of a flexible hose 20 is connected to the outflow pipe 42, and the other end part is connected to a water discharge head 22, and the water discharge head 22 can be drawn together with the hose 20. A connecting port 180 of a lower part of the outflow pipe 42 on the under side of the counter 12, is projected upward, and the one end part of the hose 20 is connected to the connecting port 180, and after rotating the hose 20 by at least one rotation in the vertical direction, the other end side is connected to the water discharge head 22. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a hose-storing faucet in which a water discharge head can be pulled out together with a flexible hose.

  In recent years, for example, in kitchen faucets, this type of hose storage faucet, i.e., a hose storage faucet that can be pulled out from a holder that holds the water discharge head together with a flexible hose connected to the water discharge head. It has come to be used favorably.

FIG. 16 shows a specific example of a hose-accommodating faucet (kitchen faucet) disclosed in Patent Document 1 below, in which 300 is a counter, 302 is a cabinet below it, and 304 is a sink. Reference numeral 306 denotes a faucet body provided in a standing state on the counter 300.
A water discharge head 308 is provided with a water discharge port 310 and is normally held by the holder 312. The water discharge head 308 can be pulled out from the holder 312 together with the hose 314 as necessary.

316 and 318 are water stopcocks provided at the ends of the water supply main pipe and the hot water supply main pipe, respectively, and supply pipes 320 for water supply and hot water supply from the stopcocks 316 and 318 below the counter 300 and inside the cabinet 302. , 322 extend upward, and their upper ends are connected to the faucet body 306.
The faucet body 306 has a built-in mixing valve that mixes water and hot water sent through the supply pipes 320 and 322 and adjusts the temperature (temperature adjustment). It flows out to the lower side of the counter 300 through 324.

Here, the outflow pipe 324 is formed of a rigid pipe such as a metal pipe, and extends from the faucet body 306 to the lower side of the counter 300.
One end of the flexible hose 314 is connected to a connection port at the bottom of the outflow pipe 324.
The other end of the hose 314 is connected to the water discharge head 308 through the holder 312.
Reference numeral 326 denotes a lever handle provided at the upper part of the faucet body 306.

As shown in FIG. 16, normally, in this type of hose storage type faucet, the lateral space of the faucet, specifically here, the water faucet 316 and the hot water faucet 318, Since the space between them is an empty space, the hose 314 is hung downward from the outflow pipe 324 into the space between the pair of stopcocks 316 and 318, and then turned upwards. The main body 306 and the holder 312 are inserted and connected to the water discharge head 308.
However, when the hose 314 is drooping greatly downward below the counter 300 in this way, the hose 314 hanging down hinders the lower space in the cabinet 302, and this portion is used as a storage space or the like. It becomes the restriction of.

  In addition, although the invention regarding the storage structure of a hose is shown by the following patent document 2, the place made into the subject is different from this invention, and the solution means is also different from this invention.

JP 2002-361234 A JP-A-9-177151

  The present invention has been made for the purpose of providing a hose storage faucet capable of effectively utilizing the space below the counter as a storage space or the like, against the background described above.

  Thus, according to the first aspect, the outflow pipe extends from the faucet body to the lower side of the counter, and one end of the flexible hose is connected to the outflow pipe and the other end is connected to the water discharge head. In the hose storage type faucet that is connected and is capable of being pulled out from the holder that holds the water discharge head together with the hose, the lower outlet of the outflow pipe protrudes upward at the lower side of the counter, The one end of the hose is connected to a connection port, the hose is rotated at least once in the longitudinal direction below the counter, the holder is inserted, and the other end is connected to the water discharge head. It is characterized by that.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the hose is rotated at least once in a space deeper than the sink projecting below the counter.

  A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in any one of the first and second aspects, the hose rotates at least once above a stop cock provided at an end of a water supply source pipe.

Effects and effects of the invention

  As described above, the present invention projects the connecting port at the lower part of the outflow pipe upward on the lower side of the counter, and connects one end of the flexible hose to the connecting port, and the hose in the vertical direction on the lower side of the counter. And the other end side is connected to the water discharge head, and according to the present invention, the flexible hose droops downwardly below the counter. This makes it possible to effectively use the space below the counter as a storage space.

In the present invention, the hose can be rotated at least once in a space behind the sink projecting below the counter (claim 2).
The space on the back side of the sink is a portion that has conventionally been a dead space. Therefore, according to the present invention, the dead space can be used effectively, and accordingly, the space on the front side is not a free space. It can be used effectively as a storage space or other.

In the present invention, the hose can be rotated at least one turn above the water stop cock provided at the end of the water supply source pipe.
If it does in this way, the side space of a water stop cock can be made into the empty space, and the part can be utilized as a storage space or an arrangement space of a component instrument in a water faucet device.

Next, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a kitchen hose storage type automatic faucet will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, 10 is a kitchen cabinet, 12 is a counter, and a faucet body 14 and a water discharge pipe 16 are provided in a state of standing on the counter 12. Here, the water discharge pipe 16 is rotatable with respect to the faucet body 14 by a predetermined angle.
Further, the water discharge pipe 16 has an inverted U-shaped gooseneck shape as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the water discharge pipe 16 has a water discharge port 18 at the tip, and functions as a water discharge head 22 that can be pulled out together with the flexible hose 20 and a holder that holds the water discharge head 22 in the storage position. The water discharge pipe main body 24 having

As shown in FIG. 1, a valve unit 26 is disposed inside the cabinet 10 at a position between the pair of stop cocks 28 and 30.
A water supply main pipe (water supply main pipe) is connected to a water inlet 92 (see FIG. 6A) of the valve unit 26, which will be described later, via a stop cock 28, a branch joint 32, and a connection hose 34. ing.
In addition, a hot water supply main pipe (original pipe for hot water supply) is connected to a hot water inlet 94 (see FIG. 6A) described later via a water stop cock 30 and a connection hose 36.
Supply pipes 38 and 40 for water supply and hot water supply extend upward from the water outlet and the hot water outlet of the valve unit 26, and their tips are connected to the faucet body 14. Water and hot water are respectively supplied to the main body 14.

The faucet body 14 incorporates a mixing valve 58 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later, and is made of metal that allows water or hot water (temperature-controlled water temperature-controlled by the mixing valve 58) to flow out from the mixing valve 58. The outflow pipe 42 extends downward to the lower side of the counter 12.
The lower part of the outflow pipe 42 is configured as a coupler 44.
The coupler 44 includes a connection port 180 protruding upward, and one end of the flexible hose 20 is connected to the connection port 180.

The hose 20 extending upward from the connection port 180 is inside the cabinet 10 below the counter 12 and above the pair of stop cocks 28 and 30 for water and hot water, and is further shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the counter-rotating head 182 protrudes downward from the counter 12 so that the sink 182 makes one turn in the vertical direction, and the faucet body 14 and the water discharge pipe main body 24 as a holder are inserted into the water discharge head 22 at the other end. Are connected.
The hose guide 184 is mounted on the coupler 44 as shown in FIG. 2, and the hose 20 after one rotation passes through the circular guide hole 186 of the hose guide 184 and extends upward. ing.

As shown in FIG. 1, a water purifier 46 is also provided inside the cabinet 10, and water from the water supply source pipe is supplied to the water purifier 46 through the branch joint 32 and the hose 48 in the upstream portion of the valve unit 26. It has come to be guided.
The water purifier 46 purifies the tap water by passing it through a filter 66 (see FIG. 3) described later, and a hose 50 for allowing the purified water to flow out extends from the water purifier 46.
The tip of the hose 50 is connected to the hose 20 connected to the water discharge head 22 via a coupler 44.
That is, the purified water flowing out from the water purifier 46 is guided to the water discharge head 22 through the hoses 50 and 20 and discharged from the water discharge port 18 at the tip thereof.

  A controller (control unit) 52 for controlling the operation of the faucet is also provided inside the cabinet 10 below the valve unit 26.

As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, water and hot water from a water supply main pipe and a hot water supply main pipe are supplied to a mixing valve 58 built in the faucet body 14 through a water supply path 54 and a hot water supply path 56.
The supplied water and hot water are mixed at a predetermined ratio based on the operation of the lever handle 60 and sent to the water discharge head 22 through the outflow passage 62 at a predetermined flow rate determined based on the operation of the lever handle 60. The water is discharged from the water outlet 18 at the tip.
Here, the lever handle 60 adjusts the mixing ratio of water and hot water, that is, adjusts the temperature by turning left and right, and adjusts the flow rate by turning up and down.

The water from the water supply main pipe is also taken out to the water purification path 64 branched from the water supply path 54 at the upstream portion of the electromagnetic valve 68 and passes through the filter 66 of the water purifier 46 provided on the water purification path 64 for purification there. In addition, the purified water (purified water) bypasses the mixing valve 58 and is guided to the outflow passage 62, and is discharged from the water outlet 18 of the water discharge head 22 through the outflow passage 62.
In each of the water supply path 54, the hot water supply path 56, and the water purification path 64, electromagnetic valves 68, 70, and 72 that open and close the flow path and a check valve 74 that prevents backflow are disposed.
A constant flow valve 73 is provided in the water purification path 64.

A bypass path 76 branches and extends from the water supply path 54 at an upstream portion of the electromagnetic valve 68, and a tip thereof is connected to the hot water supply path 56 and downstream portions of the electromagnetic valve 70 and the check valve 74.
An electromagnetic valve 78 and a check valve 74 for opening and closing the flow path are also provided on the bypass path 76.
These solenoid valves 68, 70, 72, 78 are electrically connected to the controller 52, and their operation is controlled by the controller 52.

In the present embodiment, the bypass path 76 that connects the water supply path 54 and the hot water supply path 56 is provided for the following reason.
That is, when the lever handle 60 is in a state where the hot water flow path in the mixing valve 58 is fully open and the water flow path is fully closed, the human body detection by the human body detection sensor (water sensor 116) described later is performed. This is not possible even if the water is discharged from the water outlet 18 based on the above.
Therefore, the water supply channel 54 and the hot water supply channel 56 are connected by the bypass channel 76, and even if the water channel is fully closed in the mixing valve 58, the water from the water supply source pipe is supplied to the bypass channel 76 and the hot water supply channel. 56, and further, supply to the spout 18 through the outflow passage 62 is possible.

In the automatic water faucet of this embodiment, the electromagnetic valves 68 and 78 are opened and the electromagnetic valves 70 and 72 are closed as shown in FIG. Water from the water supply source pipe is sent to the mixing valve 58 through a part of the hot water supply path 56, and further, water is discharged from the water outlet 18 through the outflow path 62 via the mixing valve 58 (water discharge).
Further, as shown in FIG. 15B, water from the water supply main pipe and hot water from the hot water supply main pipe are respectively supplied to the water supply channel under the condition that the electromagnetic valves 68 and 70 are open and the electromagnetic valves 72 and 78 are closed. 54 and the hot water supply path 56 are sent to the mixing valve 58 where they are mixed and made hot water (temperature-controlled water), and then the hot water is discharged from the water outlet 18 through the outflow path 62 (hot water discharge).
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15C, when all of the solenoid valves 68, 70 and 78 are closed and only the solenoid valve 72 is open, the water from the water supply source pipe is the water purifier 46, that is, The water is guided to the side of the water purification path 64, passes through the filter 66, becomes purified water, and is discharged from the water outlet 18 through the outflow path 62 (purified water discharge).

FIG. 8 specifically shows the configuration of the mixing valve 58.
As shown in the figure, the mixing valve 58 has a fixed valve body 82 and a movable valve body 84 that slides on the upper surface of the housing 80, and a lever for the movable valve body 84. A handle 60 is operatively connected.
The fixed valve body 82 is provided with water and hot water inlets 86, 86 through which water and hot water sent through the supply pipes 38, 40 upward in the figure are movable valve bodies. It flows into 84 mixing chambers 88.
Then, the temperature-adjusted hot water or water (cold water) after mixing in the mixing chamber 88 flows out from the outlet 89 to the outflow pipe 42 and is guided to the water outlet 18 through the outflow path 62 of FIG.

The structure of the valve unit 26 is specifically shown in FIGS.
In these drawings, reference numeral 90 denotes a valve body, as shown in FIG. 6, a water inlet 92 and a hot water inlet 94, and an internal flow passage 54a communicating with them and forming a part of the water supply passage 54 and the hot water supply passage 56, 56a.
And the solenoid valves 68 and 70 (refer FIG. 7) are provided on these internal flow paths 54a and 56a.

In the valve body 90, as shown in FIG. 6 (c), a branch passage 76a that forms a part of the bypass passage 76 is branched from the internal water supply passage 54a, and this branch passage 76a. An electromagnetic valve 78 (see FIG. 7) for opening and closing the bypass path 76 is provided above.
The valve body 90 is further provided with a junction flow path 76b that forms the remainder of the bypass path 76 for joining the branch flow path 76a to the hot water supply path 56 as shown in FIG. The water from the passage 76a joins the hot water supply passage 56 through the joint passage 76b, and then is sent to the mixing valve 58 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7 (b), the electromagnetic valves 68, 70, 78 are a diaphragm valve 98 as a main valve, a back pressure chamber 100 formed behind the diaphragm valve 98, and draining the back pressure chamber 100. A pilot water channel 102 as a drainage water channel to be performed, a plunger valve 104 as a pilot valve that opens and closes the pilot water channel 102, a fixed core 106, and a solenoid 108 that operates the plunger valve 104 with electromagnetic force.
In the electromagnetic valves 68, 70, 78, when the plunger valve 104 is opened by energizing the solenoid 108, the pilot water passage 102 is opened and the pressure in the back pressure chamber 100 is released, and the diaphragm valve 98 as the main valve is opened. Opens the valve.

As shown in FIGS. 5A and 7A, the valve body 90 has a water drain plug 110 for draining water and hot water inside the valve body 90, and a diaphragm valve 98 is manually opened when draining water. An opening operation member 112 is provided.
The opening operation member 112 manually opens the diaphragm valve 98 by rotating the knob 114.

As shown in FIG. 4, the upper end of the water discharge pipe body 24 in the water discharge pipe 16 having an inverted U-shaped gooseneck shape, specifically, the upper surface of the upper part of the water discharge pipe main body 24, is directed downward. A water sensor (water human body detection sensor) 116 and a hot water sensor (hot water human body detection sensor) 118 are arranged in a line in the tube axis direction at a predetermined interval.
Here, the water sensor 116 is provided on the front side close to the user (on the front side), and the hot water sensor 118 is provided on the back side. Therefore, the water sensor 116 is positioned below the hot water sensor 118, and the hot water sensor 118 is positioned above the water sensor 116.
In the present embodiment, a water purification sensor (a human body detection sensor for water purification) 120 is also provided on the side surface of the water discharge pipe body 24.
A light irradiator 122 is provided on the lower surface of the distal end portion of the water discharge pipe main body 24 to irradiate the water or the sink 182 or the container in the sink 182 with light.

In the automatic water faucet of this embodiment, when a hand is held over the water sensor 116 and the water sensor 116 detects this, water is discharged from the water outlet 18 (water discharge). Further, when the hand is held over the water sensor 116 again under the water discharge state, the water discharge stops there. That is, the water is stopped.
On the other hand, when the hand is held over the hot water sensor 118, hot water whose temperature is adjusted to an appropriate temperature is discharged from the water outlet 18 based on the detection of the hand by the hot water sensor 118, and the hot water is used again in the hot water. If you hold your hand over the sensor 118, the hot water will stop there.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14, when a hand is put out to the side of the distal end portion of the water discharge pipe main body 24, the water purification sensor 120 detects this, and purified water is discharged from the water outlet 18 (purified water discharge). Further, when the hand is held again against the water purification sensor 120 under the state of water purging, the water purging is stopped there.
As such, the controller 52 controls the operation of the corresponding electromagnetic valves 68, 70, 72, 78.

Here, the detection distance of the water sensor 116 is set shorter than the detection distance of the hot water sensor 118 on the back side.
That is, assuming that each sensor (water sensor 116 and hot water sensor 118) detects the finger of the hand that has been inserted, here the detection distance of the water sensor 116 is about 2 cm, The detection distance is set to about 4 cm.

The internal structure of the water discharge pipe 16 is specifically shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 9, 10, and 11, the water discharge pipe body 24 is inserted into the metal pipe 124 with a U-shaped cross section with the metal pipe 124 to guide the hose 20 on the inside, and to the outside. The curved inner member 126 that guides the electrical wiring connecting the sensors 116, 118, and 120 for the water, hot water, and purified water and the controller 52, and the flexible hose 20 that is provided on the distal end side of the inner member 126. It has a substantially cylindrical guide member 128 that guides the insertion, and a guide cover 130 that covers the guide member 128 from below.

As shown in FIG. 12, a partition plate 131 is fixed on the upper surface of the guide member 128, and sensor units 132 and 134 having the water sensor 116 and the hot water sensor 118 on the upper surface of the partition plate 131. Is placed and fixed, and a resin-made translucent sensor cover 136 is covered from above.
A water purification sensor 120 is attached to the side surface of the guide member 128. A portion of the guide cover 130 corresponding to the water purification sensor 120 is translucent.

The hot water sensor 118 is of a photoelectric type, and as shown in FIG. 13A, the sensor unit 134 having the hot water sensor 118 has a substrate 140, and an infrared light emitting element is provided there. 142, a light receiving element 144, and a microcomputer 146 as a sensor control unit are mounted.
The board 140 is also equipped with an LED 148 for displaying whether or not the hot water discharge state is present. The LED 148 blinks under the hot water discharge state, and the LED 148 is lit and held otherwise. It has become.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 13B, the sensor unit 132 having the water sensor 116 displays whether or not the substrate 140 is in the infrared light emitting element 142, the light receiving element 144, and water spouting. LED 150 is mounted.
Here, the LED 150 blinks if the water is being sprinkled, and if not, the LED 150 is kept lit to display whether the water is being sprinkled.
The sensor unit 132 is also equipped with a three-color (RGB) LED 152 for displaying the current water discharge temperature on the substrate 140.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 13C, the sensor unit 138 having the water purification sensor 120 displays on the substrate 140 whether or not the infrared light emitting element 142, the light receiving element 144, and the purified water discharge water are in the water. An LED 154 is mounted.
The LED 154 blinks in the clean water discharge, and if not, holds the lighting state to display whether or not the clean water discharge is in progress.

On the other hand, the water discharge head 22 has a cylindrical core member 156 and a cover 158 that covers the core member 156 from the outer peripheral side as shown in FIG. The tip is watertight and fixed.
At the tip of the water discharge head 22, there is provided a switching operation unit 160 for switching the water discharged from the water discharge port 18 from straight water discharge to shower water discharge or vice versa.

As shown in FIG. 1, the thermistor 170 is attached to the coupler 44 as a temperature detection element that detects in advance the temperature of water discharged from the water outlet 18.
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the light temperature display unit 162 that displays the temperature of the water discharge or the temperature change thereof by the color or color change of the light based on the temperature detection by the thermistor 170 is the tip of the water discharge pipe 24. In the vicinity of the surface, specifically, here, it is attached at a position sandwiched in the tube axis direction by the tip surface of the water discharge pipe 24 and the water discharge head 22.

The light temperature display portion 162 is made of a translucent resin, and integrally has a rearward extending portion 164 as shown in FIG. 10, with respect to the lower surface of the extended portion 164. The light from the three-color LED 152 is irradiated.
The light temperature display unit 162 made of the translucent resin has an outer peripheral surface serving as a display surface. In the assembled state, only the display surface is exposed on the outer peripheral surface of the water discharge pipe 16, and the temperature of the water discharged on the display surface is indicated. Display in light color.
Specifically, the light emitted from the three-color LED 152 to the irradiated surface of the extending portion 164 passes through the inside of the translucent resin and is radiated to the outside from the display surface of the outer peripheral surface. Display temperature.

The three-color LED 152 is a unitized LED that develops the three primary colors red (Red), green (Green), and blue (Blue), and continuously emits light based on temperature detection by the thermistor 170. Change the color.
The light temperature display unit 162 continuously emits the color and color change of the light to the outside and displays the water discharge temperature.
That is, when the water discharge temperature is low, blue is displayed, when the water discharge temperature is high, red is displayed, and when the water discharge temperature is in the middle, a color corresponding to them is developed and the current water discharge temperature is indicated by the color change.

In the present embodiment, when the water purification sensor 120, the hot water sensor 118, and the water sensor 116 detect the hands substantially simultaneously, the detection by the water purification sensor 120 has the highest priority, and then the hot water sensor 118. Detection by is prioritized.
Specifically, when the water purification sensor 120 detects a hand, the detection of the other sensors, that is, the hot water sensor 118 and the water sensor 116 is invalidated for a certain period of time, and the detection by the hot water sensor 118 and the water sensor 116 is performed after a certain time has elapsed. Is activated.
Further, when the hot water sensor 118 detects a hand, the detection by the water sensor 116 is invalidated for a certain time, and the detection by the water sensor 116 is validated after a certain time has elapsed.
The controller 52 controls the operation of water discharge as such.

  As described above, in the hose storage type faucet of the present embodiment, the connection port 180 at the lower part of the outflow pipe 42 is protruded upward on the lower side of the counter 12, and one end portion of the flexible hose 20 is connected to the connection port 180. The hose 20 is rotated once in the vertical direction in the space below the counter 12 and at the back side of the sink 182 and further above the pair of stop cocks 28 and 30, and the other end side is connected. Since it is connected to the water discharge head 22, it is possible to prevent the hose 20 from drooping downwardly below the counter 12, and a valve unit 26 is provided in the space between the pair of stop cocks 28 and 30. The space below the sink 182 can be used as an empty space, and the same portion can be effectively used as a storage space.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example.
For example, in the above embodiment, the lower portion of the outflow pipe 42 is configured by the coupler 44, and the coupler 44 is provided with an upward connection port 180 to which one end of the flexible hose 20 is connected. In some cases, the lower portion of the outflow pipe 42 may not be constituted by the coupler 44, but the upflow connection port 180 may be provided directly in the outflow pipe 42 itself, and one end of the hose 20 may be connected thereto.
In addition, this invention can be comprised in the form which added the various change in the range which does not deviate from the meaning.

It is a figure which shows the automatic water tap which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of FIG. It is a figure which shows the flow path of the automatic water tap of the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the water discharging pipe and various sensors of the embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the valve unit of the embodiment. It is a perspective view which cut | disconnects and shows the valve unit of FIG. 4 by a mutually different cut surface. It is sectional drawing in the cut surface different from FIG. 5 of the valve unit of FIG. It is a figure which shows the mixing valve in the embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of the water discharging pipe of FIG. It is a figure at the time of separating the water discharge head in FIG. 8 from the water discharge pipe main body. FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 8. It is the figure which showed a part of FIG. 10 in detail. It is the figure which showed each human body detection sensor in the same embodiment. It is a figure at the time of performing purified water spouting. It is explanatory drawing of the flow-path switching in the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the conventional hose accommodation type water faucet.

Explanation of symbols

12 Counter 14 Water faucet body 20 Hose 22 Water discharge head 24 Water discharge pipe main body (holder)
28 Stop cock 42 Outflow pipe 180 Connection port 182 Sink

Claims (3)

An outflow pipe extends from the faucet body to the lower side of the counter, and one end of a flexible hose is connected to the outflow pipe and the other end is connected to a water discharge head. In a hose storage type faucet that can be pulled out from a holder that holds the water discharge head,
A lower connection port of the outflow pipe is protruded upward on the lower side of the counter, the one end of the hose is connected to the connection port, and the hose is rotated at least once in the vertical direction on the lower side of the counter. A hose-retaining faucet, wherein the holder is inserted and the other end is connected to the water discharge head.   The hose-retaining water faucet according to claim 1, wherein the hose is rotated at least once in a space deeper than a sink protruding below the counter.   The hose-retaining faucet according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the hose rotates at least one turn above a stop cock provided at an end of a water supply source pipe.

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