JP2008237733A - Hand-washing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hand-washing apparatus which can fix a liquid medicine feeder in a way unable to rotate without preparing two or more screw apertures in a hand wash basin, is easily executed, and is also excellent in an outward aspect nature. <P>SOLUTION: The hand-washing apparatus 1 has the hand wash basin 2, the liquid medicine feeder 10 fixed to the standing wall part 2a of the hand wash basin 2 through a support member 3, and an automatic spigot which emits water toward the hand wash basin 2. The support member 3 is inserted in a mounting hole 5 formed by penetrating the standing wall part 2a of the hand wash basin 2 toward the back from the front of the hand wash basin 2, a rotation stopping implement 6 is engaged with the support member 3, which projects from the back of the mounting hole 5, and the back part 2b of the hand wash basin 2 as a rotation stopping means for preventing the support member 3 from rotating in the circuit direction of the mounting hole 5, and a nut 8 is screwed on the support member 3 as a tightening means which fixes the support member 3 to the mounting hole 5. The liquid medicine feeder 10 is fixed in such a way that it cannnot rotate in the status that the protrusion 3a of the support member 3, etc. are inserted into the lock aperture 19a of the main unit 19 of the liquid medicine feeder 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hand-washing apparatus disposed in a toilet or a washroom of a public facility such as a station, a hotel, a department store, a restaurant, or a hospital.

  Some hand-washing devices disposed in toilets and washrooms of public facilities such as stations and hotels are provided with a liquid supply device such as soap for hand-washing. Such a liquid supply device is fixed to a standing wall portion of a hand-washer or a wall surface of a building using a plurality of screws. In this case, in order to prevent rotation when an external force is applied to the liquid supply device, the plurality of screws are arranged apart from each other in the vertical direction (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 51-12078

  In the conventional hand washing apparatus, when fixing the liquid supply device to the standing wall portion of the hand washing device, in order to prevent the solution supply device from rotating, male screws are inserted into a plurality of screw holes previously established in the standing wall portion, It is necessary to fix the liquid supply device by screwing. However, it is extremely difficult to open a plurality of relatively small-diameter screw holes with high accuracy in the standing wall of a ceramic handwashing machine manufactured through a firing process. In addition, if there are a plurality of screw holes in the standing wall portion of the hand-washing machine, where hot water is often applied when actually performing hand washing or the like, there is a high possibility that water leaks from these screw holes.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a handwashing apparatus that can fix the liquid supply device in a non-rotatable manner without providing a plurality of screw holes in the handwashing machine, is easy to construct, and has excellent appearance. There is.

The hand-washing device of the present invention is a hand-washing device comprising a hand-washing device and a liquid supply device fixed to a standing wall portion of the hand-washing device via a support member,
A support member inserted from the front of the handwasher into the mounting hole formed through the standing wall of the handwasher, and the support member is prevented from rotating in the circumferential direction of the mounting hole. Therefore, the support member protruded from the back surface of the mounting hole, the rotation preventing means engaged with the back surface portion of the hand-washing device, and the fastening means for fixing the support member to the mounting hole. To do.

  With such a configuration, the support member inserted into the mounting hole of the standing wall portion of the hand-washing device is fixed in a non-rotatable state by the detent means disposed on the back surface portion of the hand-washing device. If the liquid supply device is attached to the wall, the liquid supply device can be fixed in a non-rotatable manner without providing a plurality of screw holes in the standing wall portion of the hand-washing device. At the time of construction, it is only necessary to engage the detent means with the support member inserted in one mounting hole provided in the standing wall part of the handwasher and the back part of the handwasher and fix it with the fixing means. Easy and easy to install. In addition, since it is not necessary to provide a plurality of screw holes in the handwasher, the possibility of water leakage is greatly reduced, and a plurality of screws and the like are not exposed in front of the standing wall portion of the handwasher, so that the appearance is improved.

  Here, as the detent means, the detent is engaged with the support member protruding to the back side of the mounting hole so as not to be relatively rotatable in the circumferential direction, and is engaged with the back portion of the handwasher so as not to be circumferentially movable. It is desirable to provide tools. With such a configuration, it is only necessary to engage the stoppers with the support member protruding to the back side of the mounting hole and the back part of the hand-washing machine, so that the construction is further facilitated and reliable rotation prevention. An effect can be obtained.

  In this case, it is desirable that a part of the detent means is brought into contact with the lower surface of the rim portion extending from the upper side of the standing wall portion of the handwasher toward the back surface. With such a configuration, the rotation preventing means can be engaged using the rim portion formed in the hand-washing machine, so that the workability is improved.

  On the other hand, in order to engage the rotation stopper with the support member in a circumferentially non-rotatable manner, a long groove portion that holds the support member in a state of being in contact with a flat portion formed on the peripheral surface of the support member It can be provided on the rotation stopper. With such a configuration, the engagement position of the long groove portion of the rotation stopper with respect to the flat surface portion of the support member can be changed, so the engagement position of the rotation stopper on the back surface portion of the handwasher and the attachment hole Even if the distance fluctuates due to manufacturing tolerances of the hand-washing machine, the rotation stopper can be reliably brought into contact with a predetermined position on the back surface of the hand-washing machine. Further, by engaging the long groove portion of the rotation stopper with the flat portion of the support member, the fixing posture of the support member with respect to the mounting hole is determined, so that the labor of alignment can be saved.

  Moreover, the auxiliary member for engaging the said rotation stopper with the back surface part of the said hand-washing machine can be provided in at least one of the said supporting member and the said fastening means. With such a configuration, the anti-rotation tool can be firmly engaged with the back surface portion of the hand-washing machine, so that the anti-rotation effect is enhanced and rattling is also prevented.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to fix the liquid supply device in a non-rotatable manner without providing a plurality of screw holes in the handwasher, and it is possible to provide a handwashing device that is easy to construct and excellent in appearance.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. 1 is a front perspective view showing a hand-washing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the hand-washing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the hand-washing apparatus shown in FIG. Is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a view as seen from the direction of arrow B in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the hand-washing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes a hand-washing machine 2, a liquid supply device 10 that is fixed to a standing wall 2 a of the hand-washing machine 2 via a support member 3, and a hand-washing machine 2. The automatic faucet 4 that discharges water toward the water is provided. The support member 3 is inserted into the attachment hole 5 formed through the standing wall portion 2 a of the hand-washing device 2 from the front to the back of the hand-washing device 2. As a detent means for preventing the support member 3 from rotating in the circumferential direction of the mounting hole 5, the support member 3 projecting from the back surface of the mounting hole 5 and extending toward the back surface of the hand-washer 2. A rotation stopper 6 is engaged with the lower surface 2b of the rim portion 2c, and a nut 8 is screwed onto the support member 3 as a fastening means for fixing the support member 3 to the mounting hole 5. Further, the auxiliary member 7 having a plurality of pressing bolts 7 a for engaging the rotation stopper 6 with the lower surface 2 b of the rim portion 2 c in a pressed state is fixed to the support member 3 by the nut 8 as with the rotation stopper 6. ing. The rotation stopper 6 and the auxiliary member 7 are each formed of a plate material having an L-shaped cross section.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the support member 3 has a flange 3 f having an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the mounting hole 5 in the vicinity of the center, and a main body portion 19 of the liquid supply device 10 described later is provided on the front side of the flange 3 f. A protruding portion 3a for fixing is provided, and a male screw portion 3b to which a nut 8 is screwed and a rotation stopper 6 and an auxiliary member 7 are attached to the back side of the flange 3f. As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of plane portions 3d that are parallel to each other are formed on the outer periphery of the male screw portion 3b.

  Here, based on FIGS. 6-9, the fixing structure of the supporting member 3 with respect to the attachment hole 5 established in the standing wall part 2a of the hand-washing machine 2 is demonstrated. 6 is a perspective view showing the fixing structure of the support member of the liquid supply device constituting the hand washing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIGS. 7 and 8 are exploded perspective views showing the fixing structure of the support member shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. It is a disassembled side view which shows the fixing structure of the supporting member shown in FIG. In order to clarify the structure, the inner diameter of the mounting hole 5 shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 is drawn larger than the outer diameter of the flange 3 f of the support member 3, but the actual inner diameter of the mounting hole 5 is the flange of the support member 3. It is smaller than the outer diameter of 3f.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the support member 3 has a male screw portion 3b formed on the back side of the flange 3f inserted into the mounting hole 5 of the standing wall portion 2a, and the flange 3f is brought into contact with the front surface of the standing wall portion 2a. Hold in contact. And the washer 9 and the corrugated washer 11 are attached to the external thread part 3b which protruded horizontally from the back side of the attachment hole 5, and the pair of flat surface parts 3d on the outer periphery of the external thread part 3b are perpendicular to the rotation stopper 6 having an L-shaped cross section. After attaching so that it may be pinched by the long groove part 6a provided in the part 6v, it attaches so that the external thread part 3b may penetrate the through-hole 7g opened in the vertical part 7v of the auxiliary member 7 of L-shaped cross section, A nut 8 is screwed onto the male screw portion 3b protruding from 7g. In this case, the horizontal portion 6h of the rotation stopper 6 is attached so that the upper surface of the horizontal portion 6h contacts the lower surface 2b of the rim portion 2c, and the horizontal portion 7h of the auxiliary member 7 is below the horizontal portion 6h of the rotation stopper 6 Install so that it is parallel to

  And after temporarily fixing by lightly tightening the nut 8 screwed to the male screw portion 3b protruding from the through hole 7g, the pressing bolts 7a are respectively inserted into the plurality of bolt holes 7b opened in the horizontal portion 7h of the auxiliary member 7. When screwed from below and tightened, the tip of the pressing bolt 7a comes into contact with the lower surface of the horizontal portion 6h of the rotation stopper 6 and pushes up the horizontal portion 6h. Thereby, the horizontal portion 6h of the rotation stopper 6 is pressed against the lower surface 2b of the rim portion 2c. Thereafter, if the nut 8 screwed to the male screw portion 3b is tightened, the support member 3 is fixed to the standing wall portion 2a in a non-rotatable manner.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the protruding portion 3 a and the flange 3 f of the support member 3 are inserted into the locking hole 19 a opened in the back surface portion of the main body portion 19 of the liquid supply device 10. When the liquid supply device 10 is attached to the screw member 23 and the screw 23 is inserted upward from the lower surface of the main body portion 19 and screwed into the female screw hole 3c formed in the protruding portion 3a, the liquid supply device 10 cannot rotate to the support member 3. Fixed to. When the protrusion 3a is inserted into the locking hole 19a of the main body 19, the protrusion 19c provided in the locking hole 19a and the flat surface 3e provided at the tip of the protrusion 3a are in surface contact. By doing so, positioning of both is performed uniquely.

  In the hand-washing apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the support member 3 inserted into the mounting hole 5 of the standing wall 2a of the hand-washing machine 2 is brought into a non-rotatable state by the rotation stopper 6 disposed on the back surface of the hand-washing machine 2. Fixed. Therefore, by attaching the liquid supply unit 10 to the support member 3 fixed so as not to rotate, the liquid supply unit 10 can be fixed so as not to rotate. When attaching the support member 3, the support member 3 inserted into one mounting hole 5 provided in the standing wall portion 2 a of the hand-washing device 2, the lower surface 2 b of the rim portion 2 c of the hand-washing device 2, and the rotation stopper 6 are respectively provided. Can be engaged and fixed with the nut 8, so that the construction is easy. Further, since it is not necessary to provide a plurality of screw holes in the standing wall portion 2a of the hand washing device 2 where hot water is often applied during hand washing, the possibility of water leakage is greatly reduced, and a plurality of screws are provided in front of the standing wall portion 2a of the hand washing device 2. The external appearance is excellent because the screws are not exposed.

  The rotation stopper 6 is engaged with the external thread portion 3b of the support member 3 protruding to the back side of the mounting hole 5 so as not to be relatively rotatable in the circumferential direction, and on the lower surface 2b of the rim portion 2c located on the back surface portion of the handwasher 2. Since it only has to be engaged so as not to move in the circumferential direction, construction is easy and a reliable anti-rotation effect can be obtained.

  In this case, since a part of the rotation stopper 6 is engaged with the lower surface 2b of the rim portion 2c extending from the upper side of the standing wall portion 2a of the hand-washing device 2 toward the rear surface, it is formed in a general hand-washing device 2. The anti-rotation tool 6 can be engaged using the rim | limb part 2c currently used, and it is excellent in workability.

  On the other hand, in order to engage the rotation stopper 6 with the support member 3 so as not to be relatively rotatable in the circumferential direction, the length of gripping the support member 3 in a state of being in contact with the pair of flat portions 3d formed on the peripheral surface of the support member 3. By providing the groove 6 a in the rotation stopper 6, the engagement position of the long groove 6 a of the rotation stopper 6 with respect to the flat portion 3 d of the support member 3 can be changed up and down. Therefore, even if the distance between the engagement position (the lower surface 2b) of the horizontal portion 6h of the rotation stopper 6 and the mounting hole 5 on the rear surface of the handwasher 2 varies due to manufacturing tolerances of the handwasher 2, the rear surface of the handwasher 2 The horizontal portion 6h of the rotation stopper 6 can be reliably brought into contact with a predetermined position (lower surface 2b) of the portion. Further, by engaging the long groove portion 6a of the rotation stopper 6 with the flat surface portion 3d of the support member 3, the fixing posture of the support member 3 with respect to the mounting hole 5 is uniquely determined, so that the labor of alignment can be saved.

  Further, since the auxiliary member 7 having a plurality of pressing bolts 7 a is attached to the support member 3 in order to engage the anti-rotation device 6 with the back surface (lower surface 2 b) of the hand-washer 2 in a pressed state, the anti-rotation device 6. By tightening the pressing bolt 7a toward the horizontal portion 6h, the rotation stopper 6 can be firmly engaged with the lower surface 2b of the rim portion 2c of the handwasher 2. As a result, the anti-rotation effect is enhanced and rattling can be prevented.

  Here, the structure, function, etc. of the liquid supply device 10 constituting the hand washing apparatus 1 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the liquid supply device 10 includes a cylindrical tank 14 for storing the liquid agent, and a tank introduction portion 15 that receives a cylindrical opening 14 a protruding from the lower surface portion of the tank 14. The discharge port 16 for discharging the liquid agent supplied from the cylindrical opening 14a and the flow path from the cylindrical opening 14a to the discharge port 16 are opened and closed to stop the discharge of the liquid agent from the discharge port 16. And a valve mechanism 18. Moreover, the main body part 19 attached to the standing wall part 2a via the support member 3 and the coupling mechanism 20 for detachably attaching the tank 14 in a state where it communicates with the tank introduction part 15 of the main body part 19 are provided. .

  The valve mechanism 18 for stopping the discharge of the liquid agent from the discharge port 16 is an operation with a valve seat 25 disposed coaxially with the discharge port 16 and a valve body 26a disposed on the upper surface side of the valve seat 25 so as to be movable up and down. A rod 26, a spring 27 that urges the entire operation rod 26 including the valve body 26a toward the valve seat 25, and a hat-shaped fixture 28 that presses and fixes the spring 27 toward the valve body 26a are provided.

  A connecting mechanism 20 for detachably attaching the tank 14 to the tank introducing portion 15 of the main body portion 19 is a short cylindrical connecting portion rotatably attached to the outer periphery of a cylindrical opening portion 14a projecting from the lower surface portion of the tank 14. The member 29, a female screw portion 15a provided on the inner periphery of the tank introduction portion 15 of the main body 19 for screwing the male screw portion 29a provided on the outer periphery of the connecting member 29, and the connecting member 29 are connected to the cylindrical opening 14a. And a stopper member 30 that is attached to the outer periphery so as not to be detached.

  An opening 14b is provided on the upper surface of the tank 14, a lid 14c that opens and closes the opening 14b is attached to be rotatable about a support shaft 14d, and a vent hole 14e is provided in a part of the lid 14c. Yes. When the lid 14c is rotated about the support shaft 14d, the opening 14b on the upper surface of the tank 14 is exposed or closed, so that the liquid agent can be replenished into the tank 14 and the like.

  The usage of the liquid supply device 10 is the same as the conventional one. When the operating rod 26 protruding from the lower surface of the main body 19 is pushed upward, the valve body 26a is separated from the valve seat 25, so that the inner side of the cylindrical opening 14a. The liquid agent R stored in the container passes through the gap between the operation rod 26 and the inner periphery of the discharge port 16 and is discharged downward. When the push-up force with respect to the operating rod 26 is released, the operating rod 26 is lowered by the restoring force of the spring 27 and the valve body 26a is pressed against the valve seat 25 to close the gap, so that the discharge of the liquid agent R is stopped. .

  Next, based on FIGS. 10-12, 2nd embodiment of this invention is described. 10 is a vertical sectional view showing a hand washing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 10, and FIG. 12 is a view seen from the direction of arrow C in FIG. 10-12, the part which attaches | subjects the same code | symbol as FIGS. 1-9 is a part which has the same structure and function as the component of the hand-washing apparatus 1, and abbreviate | omits description.

  10 to 12, only the rotation stopper 56 is used in place of the rotation stopper 6 and the auxiliary member 7 which are constituent members of the hand washing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. The rotation stopper 56 is formed in a plate shape having an L-shaped cross section, and includes a vertical portion 56v that engages with the male screw portion 3b of the support member 3 and a horizontal portion 56h that contacts the lower surface 2b of the rim portion 2c. The flat portion 3d on the outer periphery of the male screw portion 3b of the support member 3 protruding from the back of the mounting hole 5 of the standing wall portion 2a is attached so as to be sandwiched by the long groove portion 56a formed in the vertical portion 56v, and the horizontal portion 56h is attached to the rim portion 2c. When the nut 8 is screwed and tightened to the male screw portion 3b, the support member 3 is fixed to the standing wall portion 2a.

  In the case of the hand-washing device 50, the supporting member 3 is used as the anti-rotation means 56 only as a detent means without using the auxiliary member 7 which is a constituent member of the hand-washing device 1 shown in FIG. 3. Since it can be fixed to the mounting hole 5 in a non-rotatable manner, the structure can be simplified. Other structures, functions, and the like are the same as those of the hand-washing apparatus 1 described above.

  The hand-washing apparatus of the present invention can be widely used by being placed in a toilet or washroom of a public facility such as a station, hotel, department store, restaurant or hospital.

It is a front perspective view which shows the hand-washing apparatus which is 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a back perspective view of the hand-washing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a vertical sectional view of the hand washing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 3. It is the figure seen from the arrow B direction in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the fixing structure of the supporting member of the liquid supply device which comprises the hand-washing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the fixing structure of the supporting member shown in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the fixing structure of the supporting member shown in FIG. It is a disassembled side view which shows the fixing structure of the supporting member shown in FIG. It is a vertical sectional view which shows the hand-washing apparatus which is 2nd embodiment of this invention. FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 10. It is the figure seen from the arrow C direction in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,50 Hand-washing apparatus 2 Hand-washing machine 2a Standing wall part 2b Lower surface 2c Rim part 3 Support member 3a Protruding part 3b Male screw part 3c Female screw hole 3d, 3e Plane part 3f Flange 4 Automatic faucet 5 Mounting hole 6,56 Anti-rotation tool 6a Long Groove part 6a, 56a Long groove part 6h, 56h Horizontal part 6v, 56v Vertical part 7 Auxiliary member 7a Press bolt 7b Bolt hole 7c Horizontal part 7g Through hole 7v Vertical part 8 Nut 9 Washer 10 Liquid supply unit 11 Wave washer 14 Tank 14a Cylinder 14a Opening part 14b Opening part 14c Cover 14d Support shaft 15 Tank introduction part 15a Female thread part 16 Discharge port 18 Valve mechanism 19 Main body part 19a Locking hole 19c Protrusion part 20 Connection mechanism 25 Valve seat 26 Operation rod 26a Valve body 27 Spring 28 Fixing tool 29 Connecting member 29a Male thread part 30 Stopper member

Claims (5)

A hand-washing device comprising: a hand-washing device; and a liquid supply device fixed to a standing wall portion of the hand-washing device via a support member,
A support member inserted from the front of the handwasher into the mounting hole formed through the standing wall of the handwasher, and the support member is prevented from rotating in the circumferential direction of the mounting hole. Therefore, the support member protruded from the back surface of the mounting hole, the rotation preventing means engaged with the back surface portion of the hand-washing device, and the fastening means for fixing the support member to the mounting hole. Hand washing equipment.   As the anti-rotation means, there is provided an anti-rotation device which is engaged with the support member protruding to the back side of the mounting hole so as not to be relatively rotatable in the circumferential direction and is engaged with the back surface portion of the hand-washer so as not to move in the circumferential direction. The hand-washing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein   The hand-washing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a part of the detent means is brought into contact with a lower surface of a rim portion extending in a rearward direction from above the standing wall portion of the hand-washing device.   In order to engage the support member with the support member so as not to rotate in the circumferential direction, the long groove portion that holds the support member in contact with a flat surface portion formed on the peripheral surface of the support member is prevented from rotating. The hand-washing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the hand-washing apparatus is provided on a tool.   The auxiliary member for engaging the said detent tool with the back part of the said hand-washing device in the pressing state was provided in at least one of the said support member and the said fastening means, The any one of Claims 2-4 characterized by the above-mentioned. The hand-washing device described in 1.

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