JP2006194040A - Switching member - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operation property of a switching member for discharging water having an adequate temperature and water having a high temperature. <P>SOLUTION: This switching member is provided with a switching main body 22 provided with a first inlet 24 in which water having an adequate temperature is introduced and a second inlet 25 in which water having a high temperature is introduced, a switching valve element 45 inserted into the switching main body 22 to open and close a flow passage for water having the adequate temperature supplied from the first inlet 24 and open and close a flow passage for water having the high temperature supplied from the second inlet 25 independently, and a handle 21 linked to the switching valve element 45. The switching main body 22 is provided with a first outlet 28 communicating with the first inlet 24 and a second outlet 29 communicating with the second inlet 25 through the switching valve element 45 to supply water having the adequate temperature and water having the high temperature from each outlet 28, 29 independently by operating the handle 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a switching member that opens and closes a flow path of hot water so that any one of a plurality of shower water forms can be supplied.

For example, when you enjoy bathing in the bathroom, you may not only discharge the appropriate temperature water adjusted by the temperature adjustment member from the normal shower head, but also discharge mist shower water that can wrap the whole body in the form of mist as hot water. is there. In this case, when the mist shower water is discharged, the hot water becomes mist-like and can be warmed while wrapping the whole body, which is pleasant. Thus, there is Patent Document 1 as a known one that can discharge not only ordinary shower water but also mist shower water. Patent Document 1 includes a mixing valve that adjusts the temperature of hot water and water to an appropriate temperature, and a switching valve that branches the appropriate temperature water introduced from the mixing valve into two flow paths. The switching valve has two outlets. , One outlet communicates with a normal hand shower, the other outlet communicates with a mist shower, and by operating a handle linked to the switching valve, the temperature-controlled suitable temperature water introduced from the mixing valve is supplied to the hand shower or mist. It is supplied to the shower and the appropriate temperature water is discharged outside.
JP-A-10-28656

  In Patent Document 1, the appropriate temperature water discharged from the mist shower is mixed at an appropriate temperature by the mixing valve. However, the mist shower has a significantly lower discharge temperature than the normal shower water. Even if the temperature is adjusted to an appropriate temperature by the valve, low-temperature hot water is supplied due to a decrease in temperature. Therefore, in order to discharge mist shower water at an appropriate temperature, it is necessary to set the water discharge temperature to a high temperature with a handle connected to the mixing valve, and mixing is performed when normal shower water is discharged and when mist shower water is discharged. The temperature set by the valve had to be changed and the operability was poor.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art, and an object thereof is to improve operability in a switching member for discharging appropriate temperature water and high temperature water. is there.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a switching main body portion having a first inlet portion into which appropriate temperature water is introduced and a second inlet portion into which high temperature water is introduced is inserted into the switching main portion. A switching valve body that independently opens and closes the flow path of the appropriate temperature water supplied from the first inlet section and the flow path opening and closing of the hot water supplied from the second inlet section, and a handle connected to the switching valve body. The switching main body portion includes a first outlet portion communicating with the first inlet portion and a second outlet portion communicating with the second inlet portion via the switching valve body, and the appropriate temperature water and the high temperature water are supplied by operating the handle. It is made to be supplied independently from each outlet part.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the switching member according to the first aspect, a shower head and a mist nozzle are attached to each outlet of the switching main body.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the switching member according to the first or second aspect, the handle is in the water stop position at the center, and the appropriate temperature water is supplied by rotating from the center to one side, and rotating from the center to the other side. The hot water is supplied.

  In the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention, the appropriate temperature water and the high temperature water are introduced into the switching main body, and the supply of either the appropriate temperature water or the high temperature water can be switched by operating a single handle. It is easy to use because it can quickly supply hot water in the desired form with a simple operation.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, since the appropriate temperature water is supplied from the shower head and the high temperature water is supplied from the mist nozzle, the optimum temperature suitable for the shower head or the mist nozzle can be obtained by operating a single handle. Hot water can be supplied.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the appropriate temperature water or the high temperature water can be supplied by operating the handle from the center to one side or the other side.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments embodying the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a bathtub 1 and a washing place 3 are disposed adjacent to each other in the bathroom 1, and a wall plate 4 is erected along the bathtub 2 and the washing place 3. A counter 5 is provided in front of the wall plate 4 toward the washing place 3, and a faucet 6 is mounted on the horizontal surface of the counter 5. The faucet 6 adjusts the temperature adjustment member 10 for adjusting the temperature of hot water supplied toward the washing place 3, and the discharge water and flow rate of hot water introduced from the temperature adjustment member 10 or a water heater (not shown). A switching member 20, a shower head 60 that supplies appropriate temperature water introduced from the switching member 20 toward the washing place 3, and the like, and a mist shower 70 that supplies high temperature water introduced from the switching member 20 toward the washing place 3, etc. And.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the temperature adjustment member 10 and the switching member 20 of the faucet 6 are mounted in a state where the functional parts are embedded in the counter 5. A temperature adjustment handle 11 that connects and adjusts the temperature of the hot water and a switching handle 21 of the switching member 20 that switches the hot water discharge and stop water and adjusts the flow rate are provided side by side so as to protrude upward. The switching member 20 performs the appropriate temperature water that has passed through the temperature adjustment member 10, the hot water discharged directly from the water heater without passing through the temperature adjustment member 10, the opening / closing of the water stop, and the flow rate adjustment. Either supply from the water shower head 60 or supply from the high temperature water mist shower 70 can be switched.

  The temperature adjusting member 10 has two inlet portions 13 and 14 and one outlet portion 15 formed on the outer peripheral surface of a temperature control main body portion 12 formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, and the water inlet portion 13 is a water supply pipe 16. The hot water inlet 14 communicates with a hot water supply via a hot water supply pipe 17, the outlet 15 communicates with a switching member 20 via a connecting pipe 18, and both inlets are provided inside. A control valve 19 for adjusting the mixing temperature of the water and hot water introduced from 13 and 14 is accommodated. A temperature control handle 11 connected to the control valve 19 is attached to the upper part of the counter 5.

  The switching member 20 supplies the hot water having the temperature adjusted by the temperature adjusting member 10 to the shower head 60, or supplies the hot water mist shower 70 introduced directly from the water heater without passing through the temperature adjusting member 10. 1, the appropriate temperature water is supplied to the shower head 60 via the hose 61 shown in FIG. Has been. Further, the high temperature water is supplied to the mist shower 70 through the water pipe 71, and the mist shower 70 is fixed to the upper end portion of the wall plate 4.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the switching member 20 includes a switching main body portion 22 constituting the skeleton. The switching main body 22 has a substantially cylindrical shape in which a water passage 23 through which appropriate temperature water and high-temperature water pass is formed, and is mounted in an embedded state inside the counter 5 in a state of being provided side by side with the temperature adjusting member 10. The switching main body 22 protrudes in the same direction from the outer peripheral surface thereof, and a pair of inlet portions 24 and 25 are formed in the axial direction so as to be spaced apart from each other. The first inlet portion 24 formed on one side is connected to the connecting pipe. 18 is connected to the outlet 15 of the temperature adjusting member 10, and the second inlet 25 formed on the other is connected to the hot water heater via the high-temperature water supply pipe 27.

  A pair of outlet portions 28 and 29 project in the same direction from the outer peripheral surface of the switching main body portion 22 and are opposite to the inlet portions 24 and 25 with the axis as a center. The first outlet portion 28 formed on one side is formed on the same axis as the first inlet portion 24 via the water passage 23 and is connected to the shower head 60 via the hose 61. The second outlet portion 29 is formed at a predetermined interval from the first outlet portion 28, and is disposed on the same axis line via the second inlet portion 25 and the water passage 23. It is connected to the mist shower 70 via.

  A switching cartridge 31 is attached to the switching body 22 in the axial direction of the water passage 23. The switching cartridge 31 has a hollow cylindrical shape, and as shown in FIG. 4, an outer cylinder 32 to which an intermediate cylinder 40 is coupled, and a switching valve body rotatably accommodated in the outer cylinder 32 and the intermediate cylinder 40. 45. An opening hole 33 for accommodating the intermediate cylinder 40 and the switching valve body 45 in the axial direction is formed at one end of the outer cylinder 32, and an inlet hole communicating with the second inlet portion 25 of the switching main body portion 22 on the peripheral wall thereof. 34 is formed, and a first outlet hole 35 and a second outlet hole 36 are formed on the same axial line as the inlet hole 34 in the axial direction. Strainers 37 and 37 are attached to the outer periphery of the first outlet hole 35 and the second outlet hole 36 so that foreign matters contained in the appropriate temperature water or high temperature water are captured by the strainers 37 and 37.

  On the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 32, annular grooves 38 are formed at a total of four locations between the inlet hole 34 and the first outlet hole 35, and at both outer ends of the inlet hole 34 and the first outlet hole 35. Sealing materials 39 are respectively attached to the grooves 38. The sealing material 39 seals the space between the partition wall 22a of the switching main body 22 and the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 32 in a watertight manner. And the first outlet portion 28 are partitioned into a suitable temperature water primary chamber 23a and a suitable temperature water secondary chamber 23b, and the water passage 23 is connected to the high temperature water inlet portion 25 and the high temperature water outlet portion 29. The high temperature water primary chamber 23c and the high temperature water secondary chamber 23d are mounted between the chambers so as to be partitioned.

  The intermediate cylinder 40 is coupled to the inside of the outer cylinder 32, and a first water passage hole 41 communicating with the first outlet hole 35 of the outer cylinder 32 and a second passage communicating with the second outlet hole 36 are formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. Water holes 42 are formed. In the present embodiment, the intermediate cylinder is coupled to the inside of the outer cylinder, but the outer cylinder and the intermediate cylinder may be integrated.

  The switching valve body 45 has a substantially cylindrical shape and is rotatably mounted inside the outer cylinder 32. A third water hole 46 communicating with the first inlet 24 of the switching body 22 is formed at one end of the switching valve body 45, and the first outlet hole 35 of the outer cylinder 32 and the intermediate cylinder 40 are formed on the outer peripheral surface. A fourth water passage hole 47 communicating with the first water passage hole 41, a fifth water passage hole 48 communicating with the inlet hole 34 of the outer cylinder 32, a second outlet hole 36 of the outer cylinder 32, and the first holes of the intermediate cylinder 40. A sixth water hole 49 communicating with the two water holes 42 is formed. A partition wall 50 is formed inside the switching valve body 45, and the flow path inside the switching valve body 45 is communicated with the appropriate temperature water primary chamber 23 a by the partition wall 50, and the first water flow chamber 51 through which the appropriate temperature water passes, The high temperature greenhouse primary chamber 23c communicates with a second water flow chamber 52 through which high temperature water passes. Therefore, the appropriate temperature water supplied from the temperature adjustment member 10 and the high temperature water supplied from the water heater are not mixed inside the switching valve body 45.

A spindle 53 is inserted into one end of the switching valve body 45 through an insertion hole 32 a formed in the outer cylinder 32, and a switching handle 21 is attached to the tip of the spindle 53.
The switching handle 21 is set at a water stop position at the center, and is set so that an appropriate temperature water is supplied when rotated to one side from the water stop position, and a high temperature water is supplied when rotated to the other side. 21, the switching valve body 45 rotates inside the outer cylinder 32, and the appropriate temperature water or high-temperature water passing through the water holes 41 and 42 of the intermediate cylinder 40 passes through the hose 61 or the water pipe 71. 60 or mist shower 70.

Next, the operation of the switching member of this embodiment will be described.
FIGS. 5A and 5B show a water stop state where neither the appropriate temperature water nor the high temperature water is supplied from the shower head 60 or the mist shower 70. In this state, the switching valve body 45 is disposed at one rotational position centering on the axis line by the operation of the switching handle 21, and the first water passage chamber 51 of the switching valve body 45 and the first passage of the intermediate cylinder 40. The flow path of the water hole 41 is blocked by the partition wall 45 a of the switching valve body 45. The flow path between the second water passage chamber 52 of the switching valve body 45 and the second water passage hole 42 of the intermediate cylinder 40 is blocked by the partition wall 45 a of the switching valve body 45. Therefore, the appropriate temperature water introduced from the temperature adjusting member 10 and the high temperature water introduced from the water heater are stopped by the switching member 20 and are not supplied from the outlet portions 28 and 29 to the shower head 60 or the mist shower 70.

  In order to supply appropriate temperature water from the shower head 60, the switching handle 21 is rotated. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, when the switching valve body 45 is rotated inside the outer cylinder 32 by the rotation operation from the center which is the water stop position of the switching handle 21 to the left in one direction, The first water flow chamber 51 of the body 45 and the first water flow hole 41 of the intermediate cylinder 40 communicate with each other through the fourth water flow hole 47 of the switching valve body 45. Further, the flow path between the second water passage chamber 52 of the switching valve body 45 and the second water passage hole 42 of the intermediate cylinder 40 is blocked by the partition wall 45 a of the switching valve body 45. Accordingly, the appropriate temperature water introduced from the temperature adjusting member 10 to the switching member 20 shown in FIG. 3 via the connecting pipe 18 passes through the first outlet portion 28 and the hose 61 and is supplied from the shower head 60 to the outside. . Further, the high temperature water introduced from the water heater through the high temperature water supply pipe 27 is stopped by the switching member 20 and is not supplied from the second outlet portion 29 to the mist shower 70.

  In order to supply high-temperature water from the mist shower 70, the switching handle 21 is rotated. As shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b), when the switching valve body 45 is rotated inside the outer cylinder 32 by rotating the switching handle 21 in the right direction from the center of the water stop position, the switching valve 21 is rotated. The flow path between the first water flow chamber 51 of the body 45 and the first water flow hole 41 of the intermediate cylinder 40 is blocked by the partition wall 45 a of the switching valve body 45. Further, the second water passage chamber 52 of the switching valve body 45 and the second water passage hole 42 of the intermediate cylinder 40 communicate with each other through the sixth water passage hole 49 of the switching valve body 45. Therefore, the high temperature water introduced from the water heater passes through the second outlet 29 and the water pipe 71 and is supplied from the mist shower 70 at an appropriate temperature. Further, the appropriate temperature water introduced from the temperature adjusting member 10 is stopped by the switching member 20 and is not supplied from the first outlet portion 28 to the shower head 60.

  As described above, in the switching member of the present invention, the appropriate temperature water and the high temperature water are introduced into the switching main body, and the supply of either the appropriate temperature water or the high temperature water can be switched by operating a single handle. It is easy to use because it can quickly supply hot water in the desired form with a simple operation.

  In addition, since hot water is supplied from the shower head and high temperature water is supplied from the mist nozzle, hot water at an optimum temperature can be supplied from the shower head or mist nozzle by operating a single handle.

  Furthermore, by operating the handle from the center to one or the other, the appropriate temperature water or hot water can be supplied, and the operation is easy and there is no erroneous operation.

  In the present embodiment, high-temperature water is supplied to the mist shower, but may be supplied to another shower device or other water discharge device instead of the mist shower.

The whole figure of the bathroom where the switching member of the present invention was attached. Explanatory drawing of the state with which the faucet provided with the switching member was mounted | worn by the counter of the bathroom. The principal part expanded sectional view of the switching member. The disassembled perspective view of a switching cartridge. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the switching cartridge of a water stop state. (B) is a top view which similarly shows the switch handle of a water stop state. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the switching cartridge of the supply state of suitable temperature water. (B) is a top view which similarly shows the switch handle of the supply state of suitable temperature water. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the switching cartridge of the supply state of high temperature water. (B) is a top view which similarly shows the switching handle of the supply state of high temperature water.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20: Switching member 21: Switching handle 22: Switching main-body part 24: 1st inlet part 25: 2nd inlet part 28: 1st outlet part 29: 2nd outlet part 45: Switching valve body 60: Shower head 70: Mist shower

Claims (3)

  A switching main body having a first inlet for introducing appropriate temperature water and a second inlet for introducing high temperature water, and opening and closing a flow path of appropriate temperature water inserted into the switching main body and supplied from the first inlet. And a switching valve body that independently opens and closes the flow path of the high-temperature water supplied from the second inlet portion, and a handle that is linked to the switching valve body, and the switching main body portion includes the first switching valve body via the switching valve body. A first outlet portion that communicates with the inlet portion and a second outlet portion that communicates with the second inlet portion, and the appropriate temperature water and the high temperature water are supplied independently from each outlet portion by operating the handle; A switching member as a feature.   The switching member according to claim 1, wherein a shower head and a mist nozzle are attached to each outlet of the switching main body. 3. The switching member according to claim 1, wherein the handle is in a water stop position at the center, and is supplied with hot water by rotation from the center to one side, and is supplied with hot water by rotation from the center to the other side. .

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