JP2006283435A - Hair catcher - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an easy-to-clean hair catcher whose collecting parts are constituted in upper and lower positions, and which is equipped with a valve body and a valve shaft. <P>SOLUTION: This hair catcher comprises: a tank body 1; a drain inlet 2 which is opened in the tank body 1; a catch basin part 3 which is attached to the drain inlet 2; a collecting part 4 which is composed of a meshed rib constituted on the catch basin 3, so as to collect garbage in wastewater; and a shaft part 5 which is constituted in such a manner as to be detachably attached to the collecting part 4. In the hair catcher, the collecting part 4 is constituted in such a manner as to be split into a plurality of pieces, and turned into a comb shape when split into the plurality of pieces; a scraping brush part 12 is constituted at the leading end of the shaft 5; and the collecting part 4 is slidably locked to the shaft part 5 when a holding means 6 is released. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a hair catcher that is provided at a drain outlet such as a sink or a wash basin and collects dust in drainage.

Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, there has been a hair catcher provided in a drain outlet such as a sink or a washstand as a tank body.
This conventional hair catcher is composed of a valve body, a valve shaft, and an eye plate portion described below.
The valve body is a lid that opens and closes the drain port. In this conventional example, the drain port and the valve body are water-stopped by forming a watertight packing on the outer periphery of the valve body. In addition, in order to enable a valve shaft to be detachably attached to the valve body, an engaging portion is configured.
The valve shaft is a member configured to be arranged below the valve body and to arrange the valve body at the drain outlet. And it can attach to the engaging part of the said valve body so that attachment or detachment is possible.
The eye plate part is composed of a collection part and a shaft part described below.
The collecting part is composed of an upper collecting part for collecting waste garbage from the drain outlet and a lower collecting part for collecting waste waste discharged from an overflow outlet such as a wash basin. The upper collection part and the lower collection part are integrally configured via the part. In addition, the collection part is comprised from a mesh-shaped rib.
The shaft portion is integrally attached to the central portion in plan view of the collecting portion, and the upper collecting portion and the lower collecting portion are integrally attached. Moreover, the center of the shaft portion is hollow and is attached so that the valve shaft is inserted therethrough.
In addition, this conventional example employs a conventionally known remote-operated drain plug device. This remote-operated drain plug device is a device that can open / close a drain valve body by operating an operation unit that is remotely attached. By adopting this device, the valve body needs to be configured with a valve shaft.

In this conventional hair catcher, drainage flows as follows.
When drainage is generated from a sink or a wash basin, the drainage is discharged from a drain outlet such as a wash basin toward sewage. At this time, the wastewater is discharged into sewage through the collection part of the hair catcher provided at the drainage port. And the collection part which the waste_water | drain passed collects the waste refuse in waste_water | drain.

This conventional hair catcher removes dust on the collection part as follows.
When the valve body is removed from the drain port, the eye plate attached to the valve shaft can also be removed. Then, the valve body is removed from the valve shaft, and the eye plate is pulled out from the valve shaft. Then, garbage on the collecting part is removed by picking up the garbage on the collecting part by hand or washing it off with a toothbrush.

JP-A-9-316957 (FIGS. 1 and 6)

Such conventional hair catchers have the following problems.
1. In many cases, wastewater is mixed in the wastewater. For this reason, a hair catcher is often disposed at the drain outlet to separate the wastewater and wastewater in the wastewater.
2. However, in recent sinks and washstands, the mainstream is the construction of overflow piping to prevent overflow of the tank body, so the collection part of the hair catcher collects waste from the drain. It is necessary to configure the upper collecting part except the upper collecting part and the lower collecting part excluding waste from the overflow. However, in the case of the hair catcher configured in this way, the distance between the upper collecting part and the lower collecting part becomes narrow, so that a human finger may not enter the narrow interval or the finger does not enter For this reason, another member such as a toothbrush had to be prepared to clean the collecting part.
3. In recent years, remote-operated drain plug devices have become popular, but this requires that a valve body with a valve stem be placed at the drain port. If the valve body and the hair catcher are appropriately arranged at the drain outlet as separate members, it may interfere with the operation of the remote-operated drain plug device and the valve body may not normally open and close the drain outlet. For this reason, the hair catcher employed in the remote-operated drain plug device is disposed at a fixed position of the drain port by being attached to the valve stem of the valve body so as not to interfere with the operation of the remote-operated drain plug device. The configuration is adopted. The hair catcher attached to the valve shaft of the valve body in this way is very troublesome to clean because the valve body and the valve shaft are in the way.

The hair catcher of this invention aims at making it a hair catcher which is easy to clean in the hair catcher which comprised the collection part up and down, and the hair catcher provided with the valve body and the valve stem.

The hair catcher according to claim 1 includes a tank body 1, a drain port 2 that opens to the tank body 1, a plate part 3 that is attached to the drain port 2, and a mesh-like rib that is configured in the plate part 3. In the hair catcher comprised from the collection part 4 comprised from this, and the collection part 4 which collects the garbage in waste_water | drain, and the collection part 4 so that attachment / detachment is possible, the said collection part 4 Is a hair catcher that is configured to be divided into a plurality of parts, and that the collection part 4 has a comb shape when divided.

The hair catcher according to claim 2 is the hair catcher according to paragraph 0008, characterized in that, in the hair catcher described above, the collecting portions 4 intersect each other.

The hair catcher according to claim 3 includes a tank body 1, a drain port 2 that is opened to the tank body 1, a plate part 3 that is attached to the drain port 2, and a mesh-shaped rib that is configured in the plate part 3. In a hair catcher composed of a collecting part 4 configured to collect debris in drainage, and a shaft part 5 configured to be detachable from the collecting part 4, the hair catcher is scraped to the tip of the shaft part 5. It is a hair catcher characterized by comprising the brush part 12 for use.

The hair catcher according to claim 4 includes a tank body 1, a drain opening 2 that opens to the tank body 1, a pan plate portion 3 that is attached to the drain port 2, and a mesh-shaped rib that is configured in the pan plate portion 3. Consists of a collecting unit 4 configured to collect waste in waste water, and a shaft unit 5 configured to be detachable from the collecting unit 4 and provided with holding means 6 for holding the collecting unit 4. The hair catcher is characterized in that when the holding means 6 is released, the collection portion 4 is slidably locked with respect to the shaft portion 5.

The hair catcher according to claim 5, wherein the collection unit 4 includes a slide unit 7 on which the shaft unit 5 slides, and the slide unit 7 and the collection unit 4 are used together. It is a hair catcher as described in.

Since this invention was comprised as mentioned above, there exist the following outstanding effects.
1) In the present invention according to claim 1, since the collection part 4 is divided into a plurality of parts, the eye plate part 3 can be easily detached from the valve shaft 9 and the valve body 8, Further, by dividing, the eye plate can be used as a comb and can be easily cleaned.
2) In the present invention according to claim 2, since the collecting parts 4 intersect each other at the time of division, the waste garbage on the collecting part 4 is made to intersect with the collecting part 4 itself. Can be scratched. Therefore, cleaning on the collection part 4 becomes very easy.
3) In the present invention described in claim 3, since the scraping brush portion 12 is formed at the tip of the shaft portion 5, the waste dust on the collecting portion 4 can be cleaned by the own brush portion 12. It can be done, and there is no need to prepare a brush.
4) In the present invention according to claim 4, when the holding means 6 is released, the collecting part 4 is slidably locked with respect to the shaft part 5. When the cleaning is performed, the shaft portion 5 is not obstructed, and the collecting portion 4 slides only by shaking the shaft portion 5 up and down. You can also shake down the waste trash.
5) In the present invention according to claim 5, since the slide portion 7 on which the shaft portion 5 slides is configured in the collection portion 4, and the slide portion 7 and the collection portion 4 are combined, the slide configuration is complicated. Therefore, the shape of the member can be simplified.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, this embodiment is a hair catcher provided in a drain outlet 2 such as a sink or a washstand as the tank body 1.
The hair catcher of the present embodiment includes a valve body 8, a shaft portion 5, and an eye plate portion 3 described below.
The valve body 8 is a lid for opening and closing the drain port 2. In this conventional example, the drain port 2 and the valve body 8 are stopped by forming a watertight packing on the outer periphery of the valve body 8. A valve shaft 9 which will be described later is detachably attached to the valve body 8.
The shaft portion 5 is a member configured to hang down below the valve body 8 and to arrange the valve body 8 in the drain port 2. Moreover, the latching rib for latching the collection part 4 is comprised. In addition, the said latching rib may be comprised from elastic members, such as an O-ring, and may be comprised from hard members, such as a synthetic resin material. In this embodiment, the valve shaft 9 is composed of a convex rib integrally formed of synthetic resin.
The eye plate part 3 includes a collection part 4 and a shaft part 5 described below. (See FIGS. 1 (a) and (b))
The collection unit 4 includes an upper collection unit 4a that collects wastewater from the drainage port 2 and a lower collection unit 4b that collects wastewater discharged from an overflow port such as a wash basin. Then, the upper collecting portion 4a and the lower collecting portion 4b are both locked and attached to the locking portion of the shaft portion 5. Moreover, the collection part 4 is comprised from a mesh-shaped rib. And in the said Example, as shown in FIG.1 (b), it has the structure by which the lower collection part 4b is divided | segmented into 2 divisions, The form is a planar view comb-shaped rib, At the time of uniting A mesh-like rib is formed, and the rib has a comb shape when divided. Further, as shown in FIG. 1B, as the uniting means of the lower collection part 4b, the engagement claw 10 is formed in one divided lower collection part 4b, and the other lower collection part 4b The engaged portion 11 to which the engaging claw 10 engages is configured. The engagement can be easily removable by the user. Further, the upper collection part 4 a has an action of supporting the valve body 8 in the drain port 2.
In this embodiment, a conventionally known remote-operated drain plug device is employed. This remote-operated drain plug device is a device that can open / close the valve body 8 of the drain port 2 by operating an operation unit that is remotely mounted. Since this device is employed, the necessity of configuring the shaft portion 5 in the valve body 8 is increased.

In the hair catcher of this embodiment, drainage flows as follows.
When drainage is generated from the sink or the washbasin, the drainage is discharged from the drain port 2 of the washbasin or the like toward the sewage. At this time, the waste water is drained into sewage through the hair catcher collecting portion 4 provided in the drain port 2. And the collection part 4 which the waste_water | drain passed collects the waste refuse in waste_water | drain.

The hair catcher of the present embodiment removes dust on the collection unit 4 as follows.
When the valve body 8 is removed from the drain port 2, the engaging claw 10 and the engaged portion 11 of the collecting portion 4 attached to the shaft portion 5 are removed, and the collecting portion 4 as shown in FIG. Split. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, when the collecting portion 4 is removed from the shaft portion 5 and the comb-shaped ribs of the collecting portion 4 are crossed to operate the comb, the divided collection is performed. The waste debris from both parts 4 can be scraped and removed by the respective comb-like ribs.
Then, after the drainage dust is removed, the engaging claw 10 of the collecting portion 4 and the engaged portion 11 are engaged while the collecting portion 4 is engaged with the engaging portion of the shaft portion 5, and the shaft portion 5 and the attachment of the collection part 4 are complete | finished, and the valve body 8 is arrange | positioned in the drain port 2 after that.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, this embodiment is a hair catcher provided in a drain outlet 2 such as a sink or a washstand as the tank body 1.
The hair catcher of the present embodiment includes a valve body 8, a shaft portion 5, and an eye plate portion 3 described below.
The valve body 8 is a lid for opening and closing the drain port 2. In this embodiment, the drain port 2 and the valve body 8 are stopped by forming a watertight packing on the outer periphery of the valve body 8. The shaft portion 5 is attached to the valve body 8 in a non-detachable manner.
The shaft portion 5 is a member for placing the valve body 8 in the drain port 2, which is configured to be suspended below the valve body 8. Further, a brush portion 12 is formed at the tip opposite to the valve body 8.
The eye plate part 3 consists of the collection part 4 and the storage cylinder 5a described below.
The collection unit 4 is a member that collects waste waste from the drain port 2 and is composed of mesh-like ribs.
The storage cylinder 5a is a member that is configured integrally with the eye plate portion 3, configures a portion for storing the shaft portion 5 therein, and supports the shaft portion 5 as shown in FIG.
The hair catcher configured as described above can support the valve body 8 by inserting the tip of the shaft portion 5 with the valve body 8 into the storage cylinder 5a as shown in FIG. Further, when the shaft portion 5 is removed from the storage cylinder 5a, the brush portion 12 is exposed from the shaft portion 5, and the collecting portion 4 can be cleaned as it is.
In this embodiment, a conventionally known remote-operated drain plug device is employed. This remote-operated drain plug device is a device that can open / close the valve body 8 of the drain port 2 by operating an operation unit that is remotely mounted. Since this device is employed, the necessity of configuring the shaft portion 5 in the valve body 8 is increased.

In the hair catcher of this embodiment, drainage flows as follows.
When drainage is generated from the sink or the washbasin, the drainage is discharged from the drain port 2 of the washbasin or the like toward the sewage. At this time, the waste water is drained into sewage through the hair catcher collecting portion 4 provided in the drain port 2. And the collection part 4 which the waste_water | drain passed collects the waste refuse in waste_water | drain.

The hair catcher of the present embodiment removes dust on the collection unit 4 as follows.
When the valve body 8 is removed from the drain port 2, the shaft portion 5 is taken out from the storage cylinder 5 a and the brush portion 12 is exposed at the tip of the shaft portion 5. Then, the collection part 4 separated from the shaft part 5 cleans the waste water on the collection part 4 by scraping the collection part 4 with the brush part 12 as shown in FIG. I can do it.
Then, after the drainage dust is removed, the brush portion 12 of the shaft portion 5 is accommodated in the storage cylinder 5a, and then the hair catcher is disposed at the drainage port 2 to finish.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 7 to 12, this embodiment is a hair catcher provided in a drain outlet 2 such as a sink or a washstand as the tank body 1.
The hair catcher of the present embodiment includes a valve body 8, a shaft portion 5, and an eye plate portion 3 described below.
The valve body 8 is a lid for opening and closing the drain port 2. In this embodiment, the drain port 2 and the valve body 8 are stopped by forming a watertight packing on the outer periphery of the valve body 8. In addition, the shaft part 5 mentioned later is attached to the said valve body 8 so that attachment or detachment is possible.
The shaft part 5 includes a storage cylinder 5a and a switch part 5b inserted into the storage cylinder 5a so as to be movable up and down. Further, the holding cylinder 6 is provided with holding means 6 for holding the vertical movement of the switch portion 5b, and in this embodiment, the spring 13 is housed. When the switch portion 5b is pushed downward, the spring 13 contracts and the switch portion 5b jumps out from below the storage cylinder 5a. When the pushing is released, the compression of the spring 13 is released, the spring 13 is ejected, and the switch portion 5b can be returned to the original position.
The eye plate part 3 is constituted by a mesh-like rib attached to the shaft part 5 and constitutes a collecting part 4 for collecting dust in the drainage.
As shown in FIG. 12, the collection part 4 constitutes a rail made of a frame for attaching the shaft part 5, and is slidably attached to the shaft part 5. The collecting part 4 is normally held between the tip of the switch part 5b and the tip of the storage cylinder 5a by the elastic force of the spring 13 of the holding means 6.
In this embodiment, a conventionally known remote-operated drain plug device is employed. This remote-operated drain plug device is a device that can open / close the valve body 8 of the drain port 2 by operating an operation unit that is remotely mounted. Since this device is employed, the necessity of configuring the shaft portion 5 in the valve body 8 is increased.

In the hair catcher of this embodiment, drainage flows as follows.
When drainage is generated from the sink or the washbasin, the drainage is discharged from the drain port 2 of the washbasin or the like toward the sewage. At this time, the waste water is drained into sewage through the hair catcher collecting portion 4 provided in the drain port 2. And the collection part 4 which the waste_water | drain passed collects the waste refuse in waste_water | drain.

The hair catcher of the present embodiment removes dust on the collection unit 4 as follows.
When the valve body valve body 8 is removed from the drain port 2, the valve body 8 and the shaft portion 5 are removed, and the switch portion 5b of the shaft portion 5 is pushed downward as shown in FIG. Then, the spring 13 in the storage cylinder 5a contracts, and the tip of the switch portion 5b is lowered below the storage cylinder 5a. At that time, the holding of the collection part 4 is released, and it is possible to slide around the shaft part 5. At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, when the user shakes up and down, the collection part 4 itself slides and the waste water on the collection part 4 is shaken off by the centrifugal force. Moreover, there is also a merit that by sliding the collection unit 4, the area of the collection unit 4 is widened so that wastewater from the collection unit 4 can be easily cleaned.
Then, after the drainage dust is removed, as shown in FIG. 9, the pushing of the switch portion 5b is released at an appropriate place where the center of the collecting portion 4 and the center of the shaft portion 5 are aligned, thereby the storage cylinder 5a. The inner spring 13 springs, and the collecting part 4 is held by the switch part 5b and the storage cylinder 5a. Thereafter, the valve body 8 is disposed at the drain port 2.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately changed within the scope of the claims.
For example, in the above embodiment, a remote-operated drain plug device is used, but a remote-operated drain plug device is not used, and a drain plug device using a rubber plug or a bathroom drain device is always open. It may be adopted for the drainage device.
Further, in the case of not using the remote-operated drain plug device as described above, the shaft portion may be omitted if it is the invention of the first embodiment corresponding to claim 1.

(A) It is a top view of the collection part which shows 1st Example of this invention. (B) It is a top view at the time of decomposition | disassembly of the collection part which shows 1st Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing at the time of attaching the hair catcher of 1st Example of this invention to the drain outlet of a tank body. It is a perspective view which shows the time of scooping out the waste refuse on a collection part by making a collection part cross | intersect 1st Example of this invention. It is a perspective view of the hair catcher which shows 2nd Example of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the hair catcher which shows 2nd Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the 2nd Example of this invention and crosses a brush part to a collection part, and shows at the time of scraping out the waste water on a collection part. It is a perspective view which shows the hair catcher which shows 3rd Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the hair catcher which shows 3rd Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing at the time of normal use of the hair catcher which shows 3rd Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing at the time of the cleaning of the hair catcher which shows 3rd Example of this invention. It is a perspective view at the time of cleaning of a hair catcher which shows 3rd Example of this invention. It is a figure of the hair catcher which shows 3rd Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows a prior art example. It is an exploded sectional view showing a conventional example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tank body 2 Drain outlet 3 Eyeplate part 4 Collection part 4a Upper collection part 4b Lower collection part 5 Shaft part 5a Storage cylinder 5b Switch part 6 Holding means 7 Slide part 8 Valve body 9 Valve shaft 10 Engagement claw 11 Engaged portion 12 brush portion 13 spring

Claims (5)

Drainage port 2 opened to the tank body 1 and the tank body 1;
A pan 3 attached to the drain 2;
A collection unit 4 configured by a mesh-like rib configured in the eye plate unit 3 to collect waste in waste water;
In the hair catcher composed of
The hair catcher, wherein the collection part 4 is configured to be divided into a plurality of parts, and the collection part 4 has a comb shape when divided. In the hair catcher described above,
The hair catcher according to claim 1, wherein the collecting parts 4 intersect each other. Drainage port 2 opened to the tank body 1 and the tank body 1;
A pan 3 attached to the drain 2;
A collection unit 4 configured by a mesh-like rib configured in the eye plate unit 3 to collect waste in waste water;
A shaft portion 5 configured to be detachable from the collecting portion 4;
In the hair catcher composed of
A hair catcher characterized in that a scraping brush portion 12 is formed at the tip of the shaft portion 5. Drainage port 2 opened to the tank body 1 and the tank body 1;
A pan 3 attached to the drain 2;
A collection unit 4 configured by a mesh-like rib configured in the eye plate unit 3 to collect waste in waste water;
A shaft portion 5 that is configured to be detachable from the collecting portion 4 and includes a holding means 6 that holds the collecting portion 4;
In the hair catcher composed of
The hair catcher, wherein the collection part 4 is slidably locked with respect to the shaft part 5 when the holding means 6 is released. The slide part 7 on which the shaft part 5 slides is configured in the collecting part 4,
The hair catcher according to claim 4, wherein the slide part (7) and the collection part (4) are combined.

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