JP2008190121A - Sliding shower hook device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sliding shower hook device enabling a user to easily unlock a sliding shower hook locked in the state of being fixed to a sliding bar by a single-hand operation, and which is prevented from rapidly descending when being unlocked. <P>SOLUTION: In this sliding shower hook device 16, the sliding shower hook 18 for holding a shower head by detachably latching it is provided with an unlocking operation portion 14 for unlocking. The unlocking operation portion 14 is provided on the undersurface of the sliding shower hook 18 in such a shape as to upward apply an operating physical force for unlocking. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a slide shower hook device that detachably holds a shower head and is assembled so as to be slidable up and down along a slide bar, and particularly relates to a device having a feature in a lock release operation unit that releases a lock by a lock mechanism.

  Conventionally, a slide shower hook that has a hook portion that detachably hangs and holds the shower head and a fitting portion that slidably fits the slide bar, and is slidably mounted on the slide bar in the vertical direction. A slide shower hook device provided with a lock mechanism that fixes the slide bar at a predetermined position above and below and a lock release operation unit that releases the lock by the lock mechanism is widely used in bathroom shower devices and the like.

  As this slide shower hook device, a device that is locked by a lock mechanism by rotating a handle and unlocked by rotating in the opposite direction is known.

11 and 12 show a conventional example of this slide shower hook device.
In FIG. 11, reference numeral 200 denotes a slide bar provided on a wall or the like in the vertical direction, and 202 is a slide shower hook device having a slide shower hook 204. The slide shower hook 204 is installed in the vertical direction with respect to the slide bar 200. A lock mechanism that can be unlocked and fixed at a predetermined position is provided.

The slide shower hook 204 includes a fitting portion 206, and is fitted to the slide bar 200 so as to be slidable in a fitting hole 208 of the fitting portion 206.
The slide shower hook 204 is provided with a hook portion 210 at the left end portion in the drawing, and the shower head is removably hooked in a hooking hole 212 of the hook portion 210.

On the other end, a slide shower hook 204 is fixed to the slide bar 200, and a rotary handle type operation unit 214 for releasing the fixation is provided at the opposite end.
In this slide shower hook device 202, when the operation unit 214 is rotated in one direction, an internal lock mechanism 219 shown in FIG. 12 works to fix the slide shower hook 204 to the slide bar 200.
When the operation unit 214 is rotated in the reverse direction, the lock by the lock mechanism 219 is released, and the slide shower hook 204 can be slid up and down along the slide bar 200.

FIG. 12 shows the internal structure of the slide shower hook 204.
In the figure, reference numeral 220 denotes a pressing member as a brake member that is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the slide bar 200 and immovably fixes the slide shower hook 204 to the slide bar 200. Reference numeral 216 denotes the pressing member 220 against the slide bar 200. A ring-shaped drive member that is driven forward and backward between a pressing lock position and a retracted position retracted in the right direction in the figure. In this example, the pressing member 220 and the drive member 216 constitute a lock mechanism 219. .

In the slide shower hook device 202, when the rotary handle type operation unit 214 is rotated to one side, the drive member 216 rotates integrally with the operation unit 214 based on the serration coupling in the serration unit 218.
Then, the pressing member 220 is pushed leftward in the drawing by the screw feeding action of the screw portion 222 and pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the slide bar 200. Here, the slide shower hook 204 is moved by the braking action of the pressing member 220 to the slide bar. 200 is fixed. That is, the locked state becomes impossible.
On the other hand, when the operation unit 214 is rotated in the reverse direction, the pressing member 220 is retracted in the right direction in the figure, where the slide shower hook 204 is fixed to the slide bar 200, that is, unlocked.

  By the way, in the case of this slide shower hook device 202, if the unlocking by the handle 214 is operated with one hand, the slide shower hook device 202 will be moved to the weight of the shower head held by the hook portion 210 as soon as the lock is released. The shower head may drop suddenly due to weight or the like, and at this time, the shower head may fall off and the shower head itself may be damaged, or the floor surface may be damaged.

  Therefore, in the case of this slide shower hook device 202, it is usually necessary to hold the slide shower hook device 202 with one hand and operate the handle 214 with the other hand. In this case, the position of the slide shower hook 204 is Therefore, there is a problem that the operation for moving the slide shower hook 204 from one position to another position is troublesome.

  Conventionally, unlike the unlocking by rotating the rotary handle, a lever-type or push-button type unlocking operation part is provided on the side surface of the slide shower hook, and these are operated in the horizontal direction or the downward direction. Some are known to unlock.

For example, Patent Document 1 below discloses that a lever-type unlocking operation portion is provided on a side surface of a slide shower hook, and unlocking is performed by operating the lever in the left-right direction.
However, even in this case, when the unlocking operation is performed with one hand, the slide shower hook device suddenly descends along the slide bar. It is necessary to operate the unlocking operation unit, that is, an operation with both hands, and the same problem as described above occurs.

  Especially, in the case of unlocking by pushing down the push button type unlocking operation part provided on the side of the slide shower hook downward, downward force is applied to the operation part when unlocking When the lock is released, there is a problem that the slide shower hook device tends to drop rapidly.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 47-32337

  The present invention is based on the circumstances as described above, and can be easily unlocked by a one-handed operation by a lock mechanism for fixing the slide shower hook to the slide bar. The object of the present invention is to provide a slide shower hook device that does not drop rapidly.

  Thus, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hook portion that detachably hooks and holds the shower head, and a fitting portion that is slidably fitted to the slide bar, and slides up and down on the slide bar. A slide shower hook device comprising a slide shower hook that is assembled so as to be provided with a lock mechanism for fixing the slide shower hook to a predetermined position above and below the slide bar, and a lock release operation portion for releasing the lock by the lock mechanism. The unlocking operation portion is provided on the lower surface of the slide shower hook in a form in which an operation force for unlocking is applied upward.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the lock release operation unit is a push button operation unit.

Effects and effects of the invention

  As described above, according to the present invention, in the slide shower hook device, the unlocking operation portion for releasing the lock by the lock mechanism for fixing the position of the slide shower hook is provided on the lower surface of the slide shower hook and the operation for unlocking. It is provided in a form in which force is applied upward.

According to the present invention, when the lock is released by the lock release operation unit, the operation unit is added to the slide shower hook device from the bottom upward, so that the unlocked slide shower hook device is suddenly moved along the slide bar. Therefore, the slide shower hook device suddenly descends at the same time as the lock is released, thereby eliminating the problem that the shower head falls off or the shower head itself or the floor surface is damaged due to the fall off. can do.
Further, with one hand free, the unlocking operation can be performed with only one hand, and the unlocking operation can be easily performed.

In the present invention, the following other advantages can be obtained.
Usually, the slide bar and the slide shower hook device are often installed from the upper part to the middle part (upper and lower intermediate positions) in the bathroom, and in this case, the user of the shower head looks up and uses it. Since the unlocking operation part is provided on the lower surface of the slide shower hook, the visibility of the unlocking operation part is improved, and it is not necessary to perform actions such as searching for the position of the unlocking operation part during the unlocking operation. Benefits are gained.

Also, if the unlocking operation part is provided in a protruding shape on the upper surface or side surface of the slide shower hook, the overall appearance of the slide shower hook device becomes complicated, and there is a problem that the aesthetic appearance is impaired by the unlocking operation part. Since the unlocking operation part is provided on the lower surface of the slide shower hook and the unlocking operation part does not exist as a protrusion on the side surface or the upper surface, the appearance of the entire slide shower hook can be improved.
In addition, since there is no protrusion on the side, there is an advantage that the protrusion does not hit the user's body due to the unexpected movement of the user and there is no fear of damaging the body.

  In the present invention, the unlock operation unit can be a push button operation unit (Claim 2). In such a case, the lock release operation can be performed simply by pressing the push button operation unit upward. And unlocking operation can be made simpler.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a slide bar that extends long in the vertical direction, and an upper end portion and a lower end portion thereof are attached to a wall or the like by a pair of upper and lower mounting members 12, 13 arranged on the back surface. .

In this embodiment, the slide bar 10 has a long horizontal cross section, that is, a wide rectangular shape on the left and right.
The pair of upper and lower attachment members 12 and 13 are provided in a state of being completely hidden behind the slide bar 10 in a front view with respect to the slide bar 10.

16 is a slide shower hook device, and 18 is a slide shower hook which is the main element.
The slide shower hook 18 includes a fitting portion 20 at a base end portion (left end portion in the drawing), and is fitted to the slide bar 10 so as to be slidable up and down in a fitting hole 22 of the fitting portion 20. ing.

The slide shower hook 18 is provided with a hook portion 24 at the tip (right end in the figure), and the shower head is detachably hooked into a hooking hole 26 of the hook portion 24.
The slide shower hook 18 has a shape that is slightly inclined obliquely upward from the base end portion toward the tip end portion.

Inside the slide shower hook 18, a lock mechanism for fixing and locking the slide shower hook 18 with respect to the slide bar 10 in both the upward and downward directions and a lock release mechanism are provided. As shown, a push button type unlocking operation portion 14 for performing the unlocking operation is provided on the lower surface of the slide shower hook 18 so as to protrude downward.
In this embodiment, as will be clarified later, by pushing up the unlocking operation unit 14 upward, the lock by the lock mechanism is released.

3 to 5 specifically show the internal structure of the slide shower hook 18.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 28 denotes a main body portion of the slide shower hook, and reference numeral 30 denotes a cover that covers the main body portion 28 together with a lock mechanism, a lock release mechanism, and the like described later.
In this embodiment, as a lock mechanism for fixing and locking the slide shower hook 18 to the slide bar 10 in both the upward and downward directions, a one-way clutch type downward lock mechanism 32 and a one-way clutch type upward direction are provided. A pair of locking mechanisms with the locking mechanism 34 is provided.

The downward lock mechanism 32 has a biting member (biting portion) 36 whose planar shape forms a rectangular ring shape.
The biting member 36 is fitted in the groove 38 of the main body 28 and moves up and down integrally with the main body 28.
As shown clearly in the partially enlarged view of FIG. 3, the inner surface on the left side of the biting member 36 has a biting surface 40 having a shape that inclines away from the outer peripheral surface of the slide bar 10 as it advances downward. It is said that.

  Reference numeral 42 denotes a roller as a member to be bitten (a biting part). In the downward lock mechanism 32, when the biting member 36 tries to move downward integrally with the main body part 28, a schematic diagram is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the biting member 36 bites the roller 42 together with the outer peripheral surface of the slide bar 10 at the biting surface 40, thereby fixing and locking the main body 28, that is, the slide shower hook 18 downward.

A holding member 44 holds the roller 42 and is provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction in FIGS. 3 and 4.
Specifically, the holding member 44 has left and right end portions (upper and lower end portions in FIG. 7C) front and rear (in FIG. 7C) on the guide surface 50 of the main body portion 28 and the guide surface 52 of the cover 30. In the state of being sandwiched between the left and right), it can be moved up and down in FIGS. 3 and 4 under the guide action of the guide surfaces 50 and 52.
The cover 30 is provided with a guide surface 54 that restricts and guides the position of the holding member 44 in the left-right direction (vertical direction in FIG. 7C), and this guide surface 54 is moved when the holding member 44 moves up and down. Is also guided by movement.

The holding member 44 has a protruding portion 46 protruding upward as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 6 and 7.
The protruding portion 46 is provided with a holding hole 48, and the roller 42 is held in the holding hole 48 so as to move integrally with the holding member 44 in the vertical direction.

  The holding member 44 in the downward lock mechanism 32 is urged upward by a coil spring (biasing means) 56 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, and therefore a normal state (locked state). Then, the roller 42 is in the upper biting position and is in a state of being bitten downward by the biting member 36 and the slide bar 10.

The slide shower hook 18 is prevented from moving downward because the biting member 36 bites the roller 42 together with the slide bar 10 downward.
When the holding member 44 is moved downward in the figure, the roller 42 is moved from the upper engagement position to the lower retraction position shown in FIG. , The downward lock mechanism 32 is unlocked, and the slide shower hook 18 can freely move downward along the slide bar 10.

Similar to the downward lock mechanism 32, the upward lock mechanism 34 has a ring-shaped biting member 58, a roller 60 as a bite member (bite part), and a vertical direction that holds the roller 60. And a movable holding member 62.
In the upward locking mechanism 34, the roller 60 has basically the same shape as the roller 42 of the downward locking mechanism 32, and the biting member 58 and the holding member 62 are biting members 36 in the downward locking mechanism 32. The holding member 44 is symmetrical in the vertical direction.

Specifically, the ring-shaped biting member 58 in the upward lock mechanism 34 is fitted in the groove 64 of the main body 28 and moves up and down integrally with the main body 28, that is, the slide shower hook 18. Further, on the left side of the figure, there is provided a biting surface 65 having a shape inclined at the same angle and opposite to the biting surface 40 of the biting member 36 in the downward lock mechanism 32, and the roller 60 is directed upward in the figure. The slide bar 10 is used for biting.
The holding member 62 has a protruding portion 66 protruding downward, and the roller 60 is held in a state of moving integrally in a holding hole 68 of the protruding portion 66.

Further, the holding member 62 in the upward lock mechanism 34 is urged downward by a coil spring 56 common to the downward lock mechanism 32.
Here, the holding members 44 and 62 are provided with an insertion hole 90 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7B, and an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the coil spring 56 are respectively provided in the insertion hole 90. Has been inserted.

  Accordingly, in this upward lock mechanism 34, the roller 60 is in the lower biting position at the normal time (at the time of locking), and the biting member 58 bites the roller 60 upward together with the slide bar 10. The slide shower hook 18 is locked to the slide bar 10 in a fixed state by the upward engagement of the roller 60 by the engagement member 58.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 70 denotes a lock release mechanism that releases the lock by the downward lock mechanism 32 and the upward lock mechanism 34, and 72 denotes a release member that constitutes its main element.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the release member 72 has a pair of arms 74 and a connecting portion 75 for connecting them, and the planar shape is a U-shaped as a whole, The left end portion of each arm 74 in the drawing is bifurcated into a Y shape, and each of the branch portions is a release action portion 76.
The inner surface on the left side of the release action portion 76 in the drawing is an inclined cam surface 78 that is inclined toward the holding members 44 and 62 so as to open to each other.

As shown in FIG. 6, the release member 72 is provided with protrusions 104 extending in the left-right direction in the drawing along the inner surfaces of the pair of arms 74. 5, the release member 72 is held by the main body 28 so as to be movable in the left-right direction in FIG. 5 by being slidably fitted into the support groove 106 provided in the main body 28. .
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the release member 72 is moved in the right direction in the drawing, that is, retracted by a coil spring 108 inserted between the connecting portion 75 of the release member 72 and the main body portion 28. Always biased in the direction.

  The pair of holding members 44 and 62 are provided with an actuated portion 80 that is sandwiched in the vertical direction by the release action portion 76 of the release member 72, that is, that receives the release action, in a shape protruding left and right in FIGS. 4 and 7. In addition, a cam surface 84 having an inclined shape corresponding to the cam surface 78 of the releasing action portion 76 (here, the inclined shape having the same angle) is formed in each of the operated portions 80 and 82.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the connecting portion 75 of the release member 72 is provided with a protruding portion 86 having a triangular side surface protruding rightward in the drawing at the center in the left-right direction. . The lower surface of the protrusion 86 is an inclined cam surface 88.

The push button type unlocking operation portion 14 is vertically moved with the lower portion protruding downward from the cover 30 into the opening 92 of the cover 30 and the fitting hole 94 (see FIG. 5B) of the main body portion 28. It is fitted to be movable.
Here, in the unlocking operation unit 14, the support surface 96 shown in FIG. 8 is supported by the periphery of the opening 92 of the cover 30.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 8 (A), the fitting hole 94 is provided with a rib-shaped sliding guide 98, and the lock release operation portion 14 is guided by these guides 98. Under the action, it can move up and down.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the unlocking operation portion 14 is provided with a contact portion 100 that protrudes upward in a rib shape at the center in the left-right direction, and at the front end of the contact portion 100, A cam surface 102 that is inclined at an angle corresponding to the cam surface 88 of the release member 74 is provided.

Next, the operation of the slide shower hook device 16 of this embodiment will be described.
In FIG. 3, the upper lock mechanism 32 and the lower lock mechanism 34 are both in a locked state, and the slide shower hook 18 is fixed and locked in both the upward and downward directions with respect to the slide bar 10. It is in.

  At this time, the roller 42 of the downward lock mechanism 32 and the roller 60 of the upward lock mechanism 34 are in the state of being engaged downward and upward together with the slide bar 10 by the engaging members 36 and 58, respectively, and held. The members 44 and 62 are in the raised position and the lowered position, respectively, due to the urging force of the coil spring 56, and the release member 72 is in a state of being retracted to the right in FIGS. 3 and 4 due to the urging force of the coil spring 108.

In this state, when the push-button type unlocking operation unit 14 is pushed upward in the figure, the cam surface 102 of the unlocking operation unit 14 and the cam surface 88 of the release member 72, as shown in FIG. By the action, the release member 72 is forcibly moved forward in the left direction in the figure.
Then, a pair of release action portions 76 provided at the respective distal ends of the arms 74 of the release member 72 are actuated by the holding member 44 of the downward lock mechanism 32 and the hold member 62 of the upward lock mechanism 34. The portions 80 and 82 are sandwiched, and the holding members 44 are forcibly moved downward and the holding member 62 upward through the operated portions 80 and 82 by the action of the cam surfaces 78 and 84.

At this time, the roller 42 of the downward lock mechanism 32 moves from the upper biting position shown in FIG. 10 (A) to the retracted position, which is the lower non-biting position shown in FIG. 10 (B).
Similarly, the roller 60 in the upward lock mechanism 34 also moves from the lower biting position to the retracted position that is the upper non-biting position.

  Here, the downward lock by the downward lock mechanism 32 and the upward lock by the upward lock mechanism 34 are released, and in this state, the slide shower hook 18 moves upward and downward along the slide bar 10. It can move in any of the downward directions.

Then, when the slide shower hook 18 is brought to a desired position, when the upward operating force on the unlocking operation portion 14 is removed, the releasing member 72 moves from the forward position in FIG. And the unlocking operation unit 14 is protruded downward.
Here, both the downward lock mechanism 32 and the upward lock mechanism 34 are locked again, and the slide shower hook 18 is fixed to a desired position with respect to the slide bar 10.

According to the slide shower hook device 16 of the present embodiment as described above, since the operation unit is added upward from the bottom to the slide shower hook device 16 when the lock is released by the unlock operation unit 14, the lock is released. Therefore, there is no problem that the slide shower hook device 16 suddenly descends along the slide bar 10. Therefore, the slide shower hook device 16 suddenly descends simultaneously with the unlocking, so that the shower head falls off or falls off. Therefore, the problem that the shower head itself or the floor surface is damaged can be solved.
Further, with one hand free, the unlocking operation can be performed with only one hand, and the unlocking operation can be easily performed.

In addition, the following advantages can be obtained.
Usually, the slide bar 10 and the slide shower hook device 16 are often installed from the upper part to the middle part (upper and lower intermediate positions) in the bathroom. In this case, the user of the shower head looks up and uses it. In this case, the unlocking operation unit 14 is provided on the lower surface of the slide shower hook 18 so that the visibility of the unlocking operation unit is improved, and an action such as searching for the position of the unlocking operation unit 14 during the unlocking operation is performed. It does not have to be done.

Further, if the unlocking operation unit 14 is provided in a protruding shape on the side surface or upper surface of the slide shower hook 18, the overall appearance of the slide shower hook device 16 becomes complicated, and the aesthetic appearance is impaired by the unlocking operation unit 14. In this embodiment, the unlocking operation unit 14 is provided on the lower surface of the slide shower hook 18, and the unlocking operation unit 14 does not exist as a projection on the side surface or the upper surface. Can be good.
In addition, since there is no protrusion on the side, there is an advantage that the protrusion may hit the body due to a user's unexpected movement, and there is no fear of damaging the body.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example, and the present invention can be configured in various forms without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

It is a perspective view which shows the slide shower hook apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention with an external appearance with a slide bar. It is the principal part perspective view which showed the slide shower hook apparatus of FIG. 1 from another direction. It is side surface sectional drawing which shows the slide shower hook apparatus internal structure of the embodiment in an assembly state. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of the slide shower hook apparatus of the embodiment in an assembly state. It is a perspective view which shows a part of main body part in the slide shower hook apparatus of the embodiment. It is the perspective view which decomposed | disassembled and showed the slide shower hook apparatus of the embodiment to each component. It is a figure which shows the holding member in the slide shower hook apparatus of the embodiment. It is a figure of the lock release operation part in the slide shower hook apparatus of the embodiment. It is a figure explaining the operation | movement at the time of lock release of the slide shower hook apparatus of the embodiment. It is a figure explaining the principle of the lock mechanism in the embodiment. It is the perspective view which showed an example of the conventional slide shower hook apparatus. It is sectional drawing which shows the locking mechanism in a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Slide bar 14 Lock release operation part 16 Slide shower hook apparatus 18 Slide shower hook 32 Down direction lock mechanism 34 Up direction lock mechanism

Claims (2)

A slide shower hook that includes a hook portion that detachably hooks and holds the shower head, and a fitting portion that slidably fits on the slide bar, and is slidably mounted on the slide bar up and down. A slide shower hook device comprising: a lock mechanism for fixing a slide shower hook to a predetermined position above and below the slide bar; and a lock release operation unit for releasing the lock by the lock mechanism. A slide shower hook device characterized in that an operation force for unlocking is applied upward on the lower surface of the shower hook.   2. The slide shower hook device according to claim 1, wherein the unlocking operation unit is a push button operation unit.

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