JP2006207307A - Shower head - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shower head, which evens the varying strengths of water discharge, prevents the disturbed directions of water discharge and provides rectified shower water flows discharged from sprinkling holes. <P>SOLUTION: In a shower head 11 provided with a shower body 12 having a water channel 13 formed therein to pass warm water through, a sprinkling plate 16 installed at the bottom of the body 12, and many sprinkling holes 20 communicating with the water channel 13 opened in the sprinkling plate 16, so that shower water is discharged through the sprinkling holes 20, a buffer 21 made of a flexible material is provided upstream the sprinkling holes 20 within the body 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a shower head from which shower water is discharged.

In a sanitary facility such as a sink or vanity, for example, cooking is performed on the worktop of the sink and dishes are cleaned in the sink. Shower water is discharged from the shower head of the faucet attached to the counter. Thus, there exists a thing of patent document 1 in a well-known thing as a shower head used with a sink. The shower head includes a hollow main body housing having a water passage formed therein, and a head cover attached to the bottom of the main body housing. The head cover has a number of shower water outlets communicating with the water passage. Shower water is discharged from the shower outlet toward the sink.
Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 4-57915

  However, in the shower head of Patent Document 1, the hot water passing through the water passage reaches the shower outlet without lowering the flow velocity, and the shower water to be discharged has a variation in water discharge strength and a disturbance in the water discharge direction. As a countermeasure, a method of suppressing the generated noise by reducing the hole diameter of the shower water outlet of the head cover and improving the rectifying property of the discharged water can be considered, but if the hole diameter is reduced, the shower water outlet This is not realistic because foreign matter is likely to be clogged, and the water discharge state of the shower water becomes worse and the frequency of cleaning the head cover increases.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art, and its purpose is to prevent variations in water discharge strength and disturbance in the water discharge direction, and to discharge water from the shower outlet of the head cover. The shower head which improves the rectification | straightening property of the shower water to be provided is provided.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a main body in which a water passage through which hot water passes is formed and a watering plate attached to the bottom of the main body, and the watering plate includes the water passage. In the shower head in which a large number of sprinkling holes communicating with each other are formed and shower water is discharged from each sprinkling hole, a cushioning material made of a flexible material is accommodated inside the main body and upstream of the sprinkling holes. .

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the shower head of the first aspect, the cushioning material is formed of a sponge.

  In claim 1 of the present invention, hot water is weakened by passing through a cushioning material made of a flexible material, and shower water discharged from the water spray hole can be discharged in a straightened rectified state. Moreover, even if the discharged shower water collides with the surface of the sink, the water flow continuously collides, so that the noise generated when the shower water collides with the sink can be kept low.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the shower head according to the first aspect, since the cushioning material is formed of a sponge, by using a sponge that is an inexpensive member, the manufacturing cost is hardly increased. The shower water discharged from the sprinkling holes can be discharged in a straightened rectified state.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a faucet equipped with the shower head of the present invention is attached to a sink.
The sink 1 has a counter 3 fixed to the top of a cabinet 2, and the counter 3 is provided with a sink 4 for performing, for example, tableware washing work. The sink 4 has a box shape with an open top surface, a drain port 5 communicating with the drain pipe 5a in the vertical direction is provided at the approximate center of the bottom surface, and the shower head of the present invention is located behind the sink 4 on the top surface of the counter 3. A faucet 6 with 11 is attached. The faucet 6 has a substantially cylindrical faucet body 7 fixed in the vertical direction with respect to the counter 3, a holder 8 rotatably mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the faucet body 7, the faucet body 7 and the holder 8. And a lever 9 for adjusting the flow rate and temperature of hot water. A shower head 11 is supported at the tip of the holder 8 so as to be able to be drawn out forward.

  In addition, a temperature adjustment mechanism 10 is accommodated in the faucet body 7, and the operation of the lever 9 connected to the temperature adjustment mechanism 10 in the vertical direction discharges and stops hot water discharged from the shower head 11. The water and the flow rate are adjusted, the temperature of the hot water is adjusted by the operation in the left-right direction, and the hot water whose flow rate and temperature are adjusted is discharged from the shower head 11 toward the sink 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shower head 11 is made of a synthetic resin material, and a water passage 13 is formed inside a main body 12 having a hollow structure, and hot water passes through the water passage 13. A button 15 is attached to the front portion of 12, and a cushioning material 21 is accommodated inside the main body 12. In addition, a water spray plate 16 is attached to the opening 14 for discharging hot water formed at the bottom of the main body 12.

  The water spray plate 16 is formed in a disc shape, and a through hole 17 is formed in the center. A DC water discharge portion 18 is provided through the through hole 17 in the vertical direction. The shower water discharge part 19 is formed. The shower water discharger 19 is formed of a large number of water spray holes 20 that are concentrically arranged at equal intervals from the center toward the outer periphery in a substantially annular shape.

  The buffer material 21 has a porous disk shape made of a flexible material such as sponge and has elasticity and water permeability, and is accommodated inside the main body 12 on the upstream side of the water spray plate 16. Sponges are, for example, continuous foams such as polyethylene, polypropylene, EVA, ester urethane, ether type urethane, and cellulose, sea surface, foam rubber, and crimped fiber cotton, which are commercially available and can be obtained at low cost. It is.

Next, the state of the hot water discharged from the shower head 11 will be described.
First, water and hot water supplied to the faucet 6 are mixed to a desired temperature by the temperature adjusting mechanism 10 accommodated in the faucet body 7 and supplied to the shower head 11. The shower head 11 operates the button 15 so that the flow path of hot water discharged toward the sink 4 is switched to either the DC water discharge unit 18 or the shower water discharge unit 19, and the DC water discharge unit 18. From, for example, DC water that is optimal for discharging hot water into the container by the sink 4 is discharged, and shower water that is optimal for cleaning dishes and the like is discharged from the shower water discharger 19. is there.

  The hot water supplied to the main body 12 is sufficiently weakened by the buffer material 21 accommodated in the main body 12 of the shower head 11 and passes through the water spray holes 20 of the water spray plate 16, and water is discharged from the shower water discharge section 19. The shower water to be discharged is discharged as a linear water stream in which water droplets are continuous. As the shower water moves away from the shower head 11, a space is gradually formed between the water droplets. As shown in FIG. 2, the space between the water droplets when colliding with the surface of the sink 4 is extremely small. Since it is slight, the shower water collides with the surface of the sink 4 in a state close to a linear shape. At this time, the surface of the sink 4 is in a state where shower water collides continuously in a state close to a linear shape, and thus noise generated when the shower water collides with the sink 4 can be suppressed to a low level. The faucet body of the present embodiment is a single lever type, but is not limited to this, and may be a two-handle type, a mixing type, or a thermostat type.

  Thus, the shower head of the present embodiment accommodates a cushioning material made of a flexible material inside the main body and upstream of the water spray plate, and the hot water supplied to the main body by this cushioning material has a sufficiently weakened water force. Since it passes through the watering hole of the watering plate, the shower water discharged from the shower water discharger can be discharged in a straightened rectified state. Moreover, even if the discharged shower water collides with the surface of the sink, the water flow continuously collides, so that the noise generated when the shower water collides with the sink can be kept low.

  Further, by using an inexpensive member such as a sponge as the cushioning material, the shower water discharged from the shower head can be discharged in a straightened rectified state with almost no increase in manufacturing cost.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the faucet provided with the shower head of this invention was attached to the counter of the sink. It is explanatory drawing which shows the water discharge state of shower water. It is an expanded sectional view of a shower head.

Explanation of symbols

1: Sink 4: Sink 11: Shower head 12: Body 13: Water passage 16: Sprinkling plate 19: Sprinkling hole 21: Buffer material

Claims (2)

  The main body is provided with a water passage through which hot water passes, and a water spray plate attached to the bottom of the main body. The water spray plate is provided with a number of water holes communicating with the water passage. A shower head in which shower water is discharged, wherein a cushioning material made of a flexible material is accommodated inside the main body on the upstream side of the watering hole. The shower head according to claim 1, wherein the cushioning material is formed of a sponge.

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