JP2007182711A - Hair catcher - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair catcher utilizing the flow of drain water for successfully collecting dust such as hair to a central portion. <P>SOLUTION: The hair catcher 5 is detachably mounted in a drain port. It is circularly shaped in plane vision. It has an inclined face consisting of a first inclined plane 7 and a second inclined plane 8 inclined downward with a peak point near a circumferential portion 6 while crossing each other at an inclined face tangential portion 9 near the lower side of the center of the circumferential portion 6, and a reverse truncated cone curved face 10 inclined downward from the circumferential portion 6 into a reverse truncated cone shape while crossing outer edges 7a, 8a of the first inclined plane 7 and the second inclined plane 8. A number of drain holes 11, 12, 13 are formed in the inclined face. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hair catcher that is detachably attached to a drain outlet.

Conventionally, as a hair catcher that is detachably attached to a drain outlet, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, there is a hair catcher that is formed into a substantially inverted cross-sectional shape with a long inclined surface and a short inclined surface. is there.
JP 2002-13176 A

  The hair catcher having the shape as in Patent Document 1 has a problem in that it is difficult to collect dust such as hair in the center portion because there is no curved surface.

  The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a hair catcher that can collect dust such as hair in the center part, and the claim 1 is provided at a drain outlet. A hair catcher that is detachably attached, wherein the hair catcher has a circular shape in plan view, and has a plurality of flat slopes that are inclined downwardly with the vicinity of the circumferential portion as a vertex and intersecting near the lower center of the circumferential portion, It is composed of an inclined surface having an inverted frustoconical curved surface that inclines in an inverted frustoconical shape from the circumferential portion and intersects with outer edges of the plurality of planar inclined surfaces, and a plurality of drainage holes are formed on each inclined surface. It is.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the drainage hole is opened in a substantially C-shaped cross section whose diameter is increased from the upper surface side toward the lower surface side.

  A third aspect of the present invention is that the plurality of planar slopes are two.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a groove is formed at a position where an intersecting line of the two planar slopes is extended along the curved surface of the inverted truncated cone.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention is that a detachable dust removing tool is provided in the intersection portion and / or the groove portion of the planar slope.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is that the drainage hole does not exist in the vicinity of the end of the intersecting line part of the curved surface of the inverted truncated cone.

  The seventh aspect of the present invention is that an opening area of the drainage hole near the lower center of the circumferential portion of the slope is smaller than an opening area of the upper drainage hole.

  The present invention is a hair catcher that is detachably attached to a drain outlet, and the hair catcher has a circular shape in plan view, and is inclined downward with the vicinity of the circumferential portion as a vertex and intersects near the lower center of the circumferential portion. A plurality of planar slopes, and a slope composed of a curved surface of an inverted frustoconical shape that inclines in an inverted frustoconical shape from the circumferential portion and intersects with the outer edges of the plurality of planar slopes. By forming holes, the drainage that flows from the tangential direction is swung on a slope made of an inverted frustoconical surface to accelerate and flow downward along a plurality of flat slopes, so that The dust can be collected well near the center of the recess.

  In addition, the drainage hole is opened in a substantially cross-sectional shape with a diameter increasing from the upper surface side to the lower surface side, so that the lower side of the drainage hole is widened, so that dust accumulates in the drainage hole. Therefore, it becomes a hair catcher that is difficult to get dirty and easy to clean.

  Moreover, since the number of the plurality of planar slopes is two, the number of planar slopes is two, so that the volume of the recess can be maximized and the drainage capacity is improved. It will be a thing.

  In addition, by forming a groove at a position where the line of intersection of the two planar slopes extends along the curved surface of the inverted truncated cone, the tip of a sharp object such as a toothpick is lowered from above along the groove. The hair collected in the center can be removed well with a toothpick etc., and the hair catcher can be removed well without touching the hair catcher with a toothpick etc. Will be able to.

  In addition, by providing a removable dust removal tool at the intersecting portion of the planar slope and / or the groove portion, even if a toothpick or the like is not prepared, the dust removal tool can be used without touching the hair catcher. Can be satisfactorily taken and can be treated hygienically.

  Further, since the drainage hole does not exist in the vicinity of the end of the intersecting line portion of the curved surface of the inverted truncated cone, the drainage does not flow out from the lower portion of the curved surface of the inverted truncated cone, so Therefore, the hair can be collected and collected in the central portion.

  In addition, since the opening area of the drainage hole near the lower center of the circumference of the slope is smaller than the opening area of the upper drainage hole, the drainage is difficult to flow in the center part of the hair catcher, It can be prevented from flowing out, and dust such as hair can be collected in the central portion in such a way that it is once floated in the central portion.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a bathroom, and a drainage basin 4 is formed in a recessed shape in a washing place 3 near a bathtub 2 in the bathroom 1. As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 2, a hair catcher 5 is detachably attached.
This hair catcher 5 has a structure as shown in a perspective view in FIG. 3, a plan view in FIG. 4, a view in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 5, and a view in the direction of arrow B in FIG. ing.

In other words, the hair catcher 5 has a circular shape in plan view, and a concave portion 5a is formed on the inner side of the circular ring-shaped circumferential portion 6 so as to be recessed downward. The concave portion 5a is formed on the first inclined plane. 7, a second inclined plane 8, and inverted frustoconical curved surfaces 10, 10.
The first inclined plane 7 and the second inclined plane 8 are inclined downwardly toward the center with the vicinity of the circumferential portion 6 as an apex, and intersect at a slope intersection portion 9 below the central portion of the circumferential portion 6. Yes.
Further, the inverted frustoconical curved surfaces 10, 10 are inclined downwardly from the circumferential portion 6 in an inverted frustoconical shape, and intersect the outer edges 7 a, 8 a of the first inclined plane 7 and the second inclined plane 8.

The first inclined plane 7 and the second inclined plane 8 are each formed with a large number of rectangular drainage holes, but the upper half near the circumferential portion 6 has a large opening area for large-diameter drainage. The lower half close to the slope intersection portion 9 is a small-diameter drainage hole 12, 12, 12 having a small opening area.
In addition, a large number of circular drain holes 13, 13, 13 are also formed through the inverted truncated conical curved surface 10. In addition, the part on the extended line of the slope intersection part 9 of the lower part of this inverted truncated cone curved surface 10 becomes the holeless part 10a in which the hole 13 for drainage does not exist.
It should be noted that the angle through which the drain holes 11, 12, 13 penetrate is not limited to the illustrated angle.

The large-diameter drainage hole 11 and the small-diameter drainage hole 12 have a substantially C-shaped cross section having an enlarged slope 11a having a diameter that increases from the upper surface side toward the lower surface side, as shown in the enlarged sectional view of FIG. It has been opened.
The hair catcher 5 is integrally formed with a handle 14 that can be picked with a finger, and can be removed by picking the handle 14 with a finger.

In the hair catcher 5 having such a configuration, since the two planes of the first inclined plane 7 and the second inclined plane 8 intersect at the central portion, the depth from the circumferential portion 6 to the inclined intersection portion 9 is the depth. And the steep angle of the first inclined plane 7 and the second inclined plane 8 can be made steep to improve the flow of drainage.
In addition, the drainage flowing from the tangential direction of the circumferential portion 6 is swung along the inverted truncated cone surface 10 to accelerate the drainage, and below the first inclined plane 7 and the second inclined plane 8 from below. The wastewater can be collected well on the slope intersection portion 9 toward the slope intersection line, and the wastewater flow can favorably collect dust such as hair on the slope intersection portion 9. In addition, the inverted frustoconical curved surface 10 of this portion has a holeless portion 10a, and the drainage hole near the slope intersection 9 is a small-diameter drainage hole 12. Since the drainage performance is set to be low, hair and debris are temporarily raised by the drainage near the upper part of the slope intersection 9 and can be collected well on the slope intersection 9. It becomes.

Further, dust such as hair does not flow out to the outside by the holeless portion 10a. Therefore, since garbage such as hair is well collected on the slope intersection part 9, the hair such as hair collected in the center is collected by pulling the hair catcher 5 upside down with the handle 14 in hand. Can be removed from the hair catcher 5 in a single stroke.
In addition, since each drainage hole 11 and 12 is opened in a cross-sectional shape, it is difficult for dirt to accumulate in the drainage holes 11 and 12 and to be easily cleaned, and to be easily cleaned.

  FIG. 8 shows a modified example, and the hair catcher 5 shown in the perspective view of FIG. 8 is tilted downward with the vicinity of the circumferential portion 6 as the apex, and intersects at the intersection bottom 9a at the lower center of the circumferential portion 6. Four first inclined planes 7, second inclined plane 8, third inclined plane 15, fourth inclined plane 16, and four inclined planes 7, 8, 15 and 16 is provided with a concave portion 5a composed of an inverted frustoconical curved surface 10 that intersects with the outer edges of each of the outer circumferential edges 15 and 16, and each of the inclined planes 7, 8, 15, and 16 and the inverted frustoconical curved surface 10 are not shown, but similar to FIG. A large number of such drainage holes 11, 12, 13 are formed.

Furthermore, the modified hair catcher 5 shown in FIG. 9 has three first inclined planes 7, a second inclined plane 8, and a third inclined plane 15, and the three inclined planes 7, 8, and 15 are circular. An inverted frustoconical curved surface 10 that intersects at the intersection bottom 9a at the center lower part of the peripheral portion 6 and that is inclined downward with the peripheral portion 6 as a vertex is formed so as to intersect with the outer edges of the three inclined planes 7, 8, and 15. It is.
Also in the hair catcher 5 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the drainage is swung along the inverted frustoconical curved surface 10 and is directed downward from the upper end side of each inclined plane 7, 8, 15, 16. It is possible to flow down and collect dust such as hair well above the intersection bottom point 9a.

  Furthermore, the hair catcher 5 shown in the modified example of FIG. 10 is continuous with the outer first inclined plane 7 and the second inclined plane 8 that are inclined downward in the vicinity of the circumferential portion 6 as the apex, and in the center portion. The third inclined plane 15 and the fourth inclined plane 16 are provided so as to be inclined downward so that the third inclined plane 15 and the fourth inclined plane 16 intersect with each other. The inverted frustoconical curved surface 10 intersecting with the outer edges of the inclined planes 7, 8, 15, 16 is formed to be inclined downward from the circumferential portion 6, and the drainage is swirled along the inverted frustoconical curved surface 10. In addition, the waste such as hair can be collected well on the slope intersection part 9 in the central part together with the drainage.

Next, the hair catcher 5 shown in the perspective view of FIG. 11 is changed in the position of the handle 14 and the other components are the same as those in FIG. 5, a slope intersection line portion 9 is formed in a groove shape, and a groove portion 17 for dust removal guide in the vertical direction is formed in a groove shape on the inverted truncated cone curved surface 10 on an extension line of the slope intersection line portion 9. The groove portion 17 extends to the handle 14 and is formed in a concave shape.
If such a groove portion 17 is formed integrally, a pointed object such as a toothpick is inserted into this groove portion 17 and the toothpick etc. are moved along the groove portion 17 from the upper side to the lower side, so The hair accumulated on the line portion 9 can be satisfactorily removed with a toothpick or the like.

As shown in FIG. 11, a separate dust collector 18 can be fitted and attached to the groove portion 17 and the slope intersection portion 9, and the dust collector 18 is attached in the attached state of FIG. 12. As shown in the cross-sectional configuration diagram, a grip portion 18a that can be picked with a finger can be placed outside the handle 14, and an extended piece 18b is formed substantially horizontally from the grip portion 18a. A hanging piece 18c that hangs down is formed, an inclined piece 18d is inclined from the hanging piece 18c, and a horizontal piece 18e that extends substantially horizontally from the lower end of the inclined piece 18d is formed. Can be fitted to the inclined surface intersecting portion 9 and the inclined piece 18d can be fitted to the groove portion 17 for good attachment.
In addition, by holding the grip portion 18a with a hand and lifting the dust collector 18 upward, dust such as hair collected on the slope intersection portion 9 can be satisfactorily removed from the hair catcher 5 by the horizontal piece 18e and the inclined piece 18d. It can be taken up, and the garbage such as hair can be removed hygienically without touching the hair catcher 5.

  In addition, what is shown in an exploded perspective view in FIG. 13 is a modification of the dust removal tool 18, and the dust removal tool 18 in FIG. 13 is provided with only an inclined piece 18d having no horizontal piece 18e. The groove portion 17 into which the inclined piece 18 d is fitted is not formed in the slope intersection line portion 9, but is formed in a concave shape on the inverted truncated cone curved surface 10 on the extension line of the slope intersection line portion 9.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the inclined piece 18 d of the dust collecting tool 18 can be fitted and attached to the groove portion 17, and this dust removal is performed in a state where dust such as hair is collected on the slope intersection portion 9. The tool 18 can be removed by hand, and the hair can be scooped up and removed well with the slanted piece 18d of the dust collector, and the hair catcher 5 can be removed hygienically without touching the hair catcher 5. It will be something that can be removed.

It is a schematic perspective view of a bathroom. It is an expanded block diagram of the hair catcher attached to the drainage ridge part. It is a perspective view of a hair catcher. It is a plane block diagram of the hair catcher of FIG. It is an A direction arrow directional view of FIG. It is a B direction arrow directional view of FIG. It is a section expanded lineblock diagram of a hole for drainage of a hair catcher. It is a perspective view of the hair catcher which shows the example of a change of a hair catcher and is comprised by four inclined planes. Furthermore, it is a perspective view of the hair catcher which shows a different hair catcher and is comprised by three inclined planes. Furthermore, it is a perspective view of the hair catcher which shows a different hair catcher and is comprised by four inclined planes. It is a disassembled perspective view before attaching a dust collector to a hair catcher. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional block diagram of the state which attached the dust removal tool. It is a disassembled perspective view of the hair catcher before the example of a change of a dust collector is shown and attaching a dust collector. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional block diagram of the hair catcher of the state which attached the dust collector.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathroom 3 Washing place 4 Drainage part 4a Drainage port 5 Hair catcher 5a Concave part 6 Circumferential part 7 1st inclination plane 8 2nd inclination plane 7a, 8a Outer edge 9 Slope intersection part 9a Crossing bottom point 10 Reverse truncated cone surface 10a Hole None 11 Large-diameter drainage hole 11a Wide-diameter slope 12 Small-diameter drainage hole 13 Drainage hole 14 Handle 15 Third inclined plane 16 Fourth inclined plane 17 Groove 18 Dust collector 18a Grip 18d Inclined piece 18e Horizontal piece

Claims (7)

A hair catcher that is detachably attached to a drain outlet,
The hair catcher has a circular shape in plan view,
A plurality of planar slopes tilting downward from the vicinity of the circumference and intersecting near the lower center of the circumference; and an outer edge of the plurality of planar slopes tilting downward from the circumference into an inverted frustoconical shape It consists of a slope composed of inverted frustoconical curved surfaces,
A hair catcher characterized in that a large number of drain holes are formed on each slope.   The hair catcher according to claim 1, wherein the drainage hole is opened in a substantially cross-sectional shape having a diameter expanded from the upper surface side toward the lower surface side.   The hair catcher according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of planar slopes are two.   The hair catcher according to claim 3, wherein a groove is formed at a position where an intersecting line of the two planar slopes is extended along the curved surface of the inverted truncated cone.   The hair catcher according to claim 4, wherein a detachable dust removing tool is provided at an intersection line portion of the planar slope and / or the groove portion.   The hair catcher according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the drainage hole does not exist in a vicinity of the end of the intersecting line portion of the curved surface of the inverted truncated cone.   The hair catcher according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein an opening area of the drainage hole near the lower center of the circumference of the slope is smaller than an opening area of the upper drainage hole. .

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