JP2008240307A - Fixing structure for piping cover of covered faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing structure for a piping cover of a covered faucet, which enables the piping cover to be surely fixed by fixing the piping cover from the inside by means of a piping fixing implement for fixing piping, and which avoids an increase in the manufacturing cost of the whole faucet and installation work. <P>SOLUTION: This fixing structure Y for fixing the piping cover 70 onto a vertical wall surface X is provided with the piping cover 70 for covering the pieces 32 and 34 of piping, which are installed on the front side of the vertical wall surface X for installing and fixing a faucet body 20. The piping cover 70 is fixed by using a piping stay 80 for fixing the pieces of 32 and 34 of piping onto the vertical wall surface X. An abutting support portions 86 of the piping stay 80 is elastically locked to a step portion 79 of the piping cover 70, so as to fix the piping cover 70. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fixing structure for a piping cover of a cover faucet.

  A cover faucet that covers faucet parts such as a faucet body with a cover is known. Among such cover faucets, those having a “piping cover” for covering piping connected to the faucet body and routed to the front surface side of the faucet are known. In these cover faucets, the piping cover is fixed to other covers such as a main body cover (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-16760 A (FIGS. 1 and 4)

  In such a conventional structure for fixing the piping cover of the cover faucet, the piping cover is only fixed to other covers such as the main body cover by locking and fixing. For this reason, when a strong force is applied to the piping cover, the piping cover may be detached from the other cover. In addition, there has been a problem that the piping cover emits an unpleasant vibration sound due to vibration when the faucet discharges a large flow rate. On the other hand, if an attempt is made to prepare a separate means for fixing the piping cover, extra parts increase, which increases the manufacturing cost of the faucet as a whole, and also increases the work of assembling the parts in the faucet installation work. There was a problem.

  The present invention solves the problems of the fixing structure of the piping cover of the conventional cover faucet described above, and by fixing the piping cover from the inside using a piping fixing tool for fixing the piping, An object of the present invention is to provide a fixing structure for a piping cover of a cover faucet that can more reliably fix the piping cover and can avoid an increase in manufacturing cost and installation work of the entire faucet.

  In order to solve the above problems, means taken by the present invention will be described below. The structure for fixing the pipe cover of the cover faucet of the present invention includes a pipe connected to the faucet body of the cover faucet and routed to the installation surface front side where the faucet body is installed and fixed, and covering the pipe A piping cover fixing structure for a cover faucet for fixing the piping cover to the installation surface, and using the pipe fixing tool for fixing the piping to the installation surface. This is a fixing structure for a pipe cover of a cover faucet, characterized in that is fixed.

  By using the pipe fixing tool, the pipe cover can be fixed more reliably, and since it is also used as the pipe fixing tool, the number of parts increases without using other members for fixing the pipe cover. There is nothing. Examples of the fixing means to the pipe cover by the pipe fixing tool can include an abutting means for bringing the pipe fixing tool into contact with the pipe cover, a fitting means for fitting to the pipe cover, and a screwing means for screwing. .

  Further, the pipe fixing tool may be provided with a contact support portion that elastically contacts and supports the inner side surface of the pipe cover (Claim 2).

  By providing such a contact support portion, the pipe cover can be reliably supported and fixed by simple means. The contact support portion can be configured by using an elastic member such as a spring material or resin.

  Moreover, it is good also as providing the latching | locking part which latches the said contact support part in the said piping cover (Claim 3).

  By providing such a locking portion, the contact support portion can be positioned reliably, and the piping cover can be more reliably fixed. Examples of the “locking portion” include a recess and a protrusion. Further, the locking direction by the locking portion can be performed in either the vertical direction or / and the horizontal direction of the pipe cover. In particular, by providing the abutment support portion and the locking portion so as to fix the piping cover so that the abutment support portion biases the locking portion toward the installation surface (Claim 4), A gap with the installation surface can be made difficult to occur.

  In the present invention, the pipe cover is fixed using the pipe fixing tool as described above, so that the pipe cover can be fixed securely, while avoiding an increase in faucet manufacturing cost and installation work. it can.

  Next, an embodiment of the fixing structure of the pipe cover of the cover faucet of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the fixing structure Y of the present invention is provided for fixing a pipe cover 70 of a cover faucet 1 formed in an inverted L shape in a side view. The cover faucet 1 is fixed to a standing wall surface X that is an installation surface. The cover faucet 1 has a faucet body 20 to be described later covered with a cover 9. The cover 9 has a vertically long rectangular plate-like back surface portion 2 and is bent from the upper end of the back surface portion 2 obliquely upward to the front side. And a flat portion 3 formed in a plate shape having a square shape in plan view.

  On the left and right side surfaces of the flat portion 3, a temperature control handle 4 is attached to the left and a switching handle 5 is attached to the right. Both the handles 4 and 5 are formed in a “kamaboko” shape facing downward in a side view, and have a shape in which a handle 17 extends sideways along the upper end portion. The temperature adjustment handle 4 is provided with a safety button 16 for performing a push operation when hot water is discharged.

  An elbow 18 to which a shower hose 7, which is a vinyl tube, is connected is provided on the left side surface of the flat portion 3 behind the temperature control handle 4. A water discharge port 6 projects from the lower portion of the flat surface portion 3. The mixed water adjusted to an appropriate temperature by the operation of the temperature adjustment handle 4 is discharged by adjusting the amount of water discharged from either the water outlet 6 or the shower by the operation of the switching handle 5. Has been.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cover faucet 1 includes a faucet body 20, a stay 50 for fixing the faucet body 20 to the standing wall X, and a hot water side connected to the faucet body 20. A water-side pipe 32, 34 and a pipe stay 80 for fixing the pipes 32, 34 to the standing wall surface X are accommodated. The pipe stay 80 corresponds to the “pipe fixture” according to the present invention.

  A temperature control cartridge 24 and a switching valve cartridge 26 are accommodated in a cylindrical water faucet body 22 of the water faucet body 20, and are incorporated by operating the temperature adjustment handle 4 or the switching handle 5 connected and fixed thereto. The temperature control valve or switching valve to be operated is driven. Further, the water discharge port 6 described above projects from the bottom surface of the substantially central portion of the faucet body 22.

  Connection portions 27a and 27b protrude from the left and right sides of the back surface of the faucet body 22, and a connection portion 30 protrudes between the connection portions 27a and 27b. And the hot water side and water side joints 28a and 28b, which are bent in a crank shape, are connected to the connecting portions 27a and 27b, respectively. A backflow prevention valve unit 42 is built in each of the faucet side connecting portions 40 of the joints 28a and 28b. Further, a stop cock unit 46 is built in each of the main portions 44 of the joints 28a and 28b.

  Further, on the lower side of the rear end of the main body portion 44 of the joints 28a and 28b, fixing holes 45 for fixing the main body portion 44 to the standing wall surface X are provided on the left and right sides for each of the joints 28a and 28b. ing. A fixing hole 45 is provided on the upper surface of the rear end of the main body 44 of each of the joints 28a and 28b, and a fixing portion 54 for fixing the stay 50 with a screw 52 is provided. A screw 55 with a washer for fixing the stay 50 to the standing wall surface X is attached to the upper portion of the stay 50.

  Further, a shower pipe 60 for supplying mixed water to the shower is connected to the connection portion 30 of the faucet body 20. The other end side of the shower pipe 60 protrudes from the left side surface of the cover faucet 1 when viewed from the front, and is connected to the elbow 18 via the connection fitting 56.

  Next, the cover 9 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the cover 9 includes an upper cover 10 that covers the upper part of the faucet body 20, a body cover 11 that covers the lower part of the faucet body 22, and pipes that cover the pipes 32 and 34 below the faucet body 22. And a cover 70. The upper cover 10 is covered with a portion near the tip of the faucet body 22, and is fixed to the faucet body 22 by a bolt 13 from the lower portion at the rear portion of the spout 6, and the upper portion of the faucet body 22 is also fixed. The part is held in contact with the support bar 14 from the back side. Further, the body cover 11 is fixed to the faucet body 22 by the bolt 13 together with the upper cover 10 at a site behind the water discharge port 6. A pipe cover 70 is assembled to the lower part of the upper cover 10 and the body cover 11.

  Next, the pipe 32.34, the pipe stay 80, and the pipe cover 70 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the hot water side and water side pipes 32 and 34 are connected to the lower ends of the joints 28a and 28b, respectively. Further, the pipes 32 and 34 are suspended downward from the joints 28a and 28b, protruded below the cover faucet 1, and further drawn inside a bathroom counter (not shown) so that the back side of the counter Is connected to a terminal (not shown) of the hot water supply pipe / water supply pipe drawn from the outside of the vertical wall X.

  The lower portions of the pipes 32 and 34 are fixed to the standing wall surface X by a pipe stay 80. The piping stay 80 is formed of a stainless spring material. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the entire pipe stay 80 is formed in a substantially horizontally long rectangular shape, and is flat toward the front side in order to hold the pipes 32, 34 on the left and right sides near the center. A holding part 82 formed in a semicircular arc shape is provided. The inner diameter of the holding portion 82 is formed to be substantially the same as the outer diameter of the pipes 32 and 34, and is provided so that the pipes 32 and 34 can be securely held in the holding portion 82. Further, fixing holes 84 for screwing the pipe stays 80 to the standing wall surface X with the screws 15 are formed on the left and right sides of the holding portion 82, respectively. The fixing hole 84 is formed in a slightly oblong shape on the left and right, and is provided so that the position of the screw 15 can be slightly adjusted in the left and right direction.

  At both left and right ends of the pipe stay 80, contact support portions 86 formed by bending both ends of the pipe stay 80 to the front side are formed. The shape of the contact support portion 86 is formed in an L shape in plan view with the left and right ends of the pipe stay 80 in the longitudinal direction as top portions 88 respectively. The interval between the two top portions 88 is slightly larger than the interval between the inner side surfaces 72 of the both side portions 72 of the pipe cover 70, and when the pipe cover 70 is fixed to the pipe stay 80, the both abutting support portions 86 are provided. Both top portions 88 abut and support the inner side surfaces of both side portions 72 so as to be elastically press-fitted between both side portions 72 of the pipe cover 70. In this way, the contact support portion 86 fixes the pipe cover 70.

  The piping cover 70 includes a front portion 74 formed in a slightly elongated rectangular shape when viewed from the front, and a vertical fan-shaped side portion 72 that is bent on the back side along the left and right sides of the front portion 74 and has a slightly wider upper portion. Is provided. As described above, the engagement protrusion 76 that is engaged with and fixed to the engagement groove 12 at the lower portion of the body cover 11 is formed at the upper front portion of the pipe cover 70.

  Further, an engaging recess 78 is provided near the lower side of the inner side surface of the side portion 72. As shown in FIG. 4, the length of the engagement recess is substantially the same as the length of the contact support portion 86 in the height direction, and upper and lower step portions 77 of the engagement recess 78 are provided. The pipe cover 70 is fixed in the vertical direction by fitting to the upper and lower ends of the top portion 88. Yes. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the engaging recess 78 is formed so that the top portion 88 is formed on the stepped portion 79 on the back side of the engaging recess 78 when the piping cover 70 is assembled to the piping stay 80 in the longitudinal direction of the piping cover 70. The abutment support portion 86 abuts and supports the pipe cover 70 such that the top portion 88 presses the stepped portion 79 on the back side in the vertical wall surface X direction. Therefore, a gap is hardly formed between the pipe cover 70 and the standing wall surface X. In addition, the step part 77 and the step part 79 are equivalent to the "locking part" said to this invention.

  According to the present fixing structure Y, in addition to the abutment support portion 86 fixing the pipe cover 70 as described above, the pipe cover 70 is fixed using the pipe stay 80 for fixing the pipes 32 and 34 to the standing wall surface X. Since it is fixing, a separate part for fixing the piping cover 70 is not required.

  Next, another embodiment of the fixing structure Y of the present invention will be described. In addition, about the structure which is common in 1st embodiment mentioned above, the same code | symbol as 1st embodiment is attached | subjected to a figure, and description is abbreviate | omitted. As shown in FIG. 7, the pipe stay 81 used for the fixing structure Y includes an insertion portion 85 in which a holding portion 83 is opened to the front side. The holding portion 83 has an inner diameter that is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the pipes 32 and 34, and the width of the insertion portion 85 is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the pipes 32 and 34. Further, the pipes 32 and 34 are provided so as to be elastically detachable. Therefore, when the pipes 32 and 34 cannot be fixed in the holding portion 83 and the pipes 32 and 34 need to be replaced, the pipes 32 and 34 are piped without removing the pipe stay 81 from the standing wall surface X. Since it can be removed from the stay 81, the maintainability of the cover faucet 1 can be improved.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the pipe cover 70 is used for the cover faucet 1 provided separately from the other body cover 11 or the like, but the cover faucet is integrally formed with the other cover. You may use for. Further, the pipe stay is not limited to being integrally formed, and for example, a member for fixing the pipes 32 and 34 may be provided separately. In addition, the pipe stay fixing means for the standing wall surface X is not limited to the screw 15, and other means may be used.

  Further, the shape of the pipe stays 80 and 81 is not limited to the above-described shape, and for example, the contact support portion may be formed in an arc shape. However, in order to reliably perform positioning and fixing of the pipe cover 70 in the front-rear direction, a step 79 is provided on the pipe cover 70 side as in the above-described embodiment, and a top part 88 is provided on the contact support part 86. It is desirable to provide the stepped portion 79 so that it can be locked. In addition, it may replace with the step part 79 and may provide a protrusion on the piping cover 70 side.

  Further, the above-described contact support portion 86 is bent toward the front side of the pipe stay 80, but may be bent toward the back side. However, as described above, in order to fix the piping cover 70 so as to be pressed against the vertical wall surface X side, the length between the top portions 88 is made larger than between both side portions 72 as in the above-described embodiment. It is desirable that the side support 72 is laterally fixed in the direction of the standing wall surface X by forming the contact support portion 86 bent toward the front side.

  In the above-described embodiment, a gap is provided between the back surface of the front surface 74 of the piping cover 70 and the piping stay 80. However, the piping stay 80 is attached to the back surface of the front surface 74 when the piping cover 70 is attached. It is good also as what reinforces with respect to the stress from a front direction by providing so that it may contact | abut.

It is a perspective view of a cover faucet using the fixing structure of the present invention. It is a side view longitudinal cross-sectional view of the cover faucet of FIG. It is a planar view cross-sectional view of the cover faucet of FIG. It is a partially broken sectional view of the cover faucet of FIG. It is a partial bottom view of the cover water tap of FIG. It is a principal part expansion perspective view of a fixing structure. It is a bottom view of another piping stay.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; Cover faucet, 2; Back part, 3; Plane part, 4; Temperature control handle, 5; Switching handle, 6: Spout, 7: Shower hose, 9; Cover, 10: Upper cover, 11: Body cover, 12; engaging groove, 13; bolt, 14; support bar, 15; screw, 16; safety button, 17; handle, 18; elbow, 20; faucet body, 22; 26; switching valve cartridge, 27a. 27b; connection part, 28a. 28b; Joint, 30; Connection part, 32, 34; Piping, 40; Faucet side connection part, 42; Backflow prevention valve unit, 44; Main part, 45; Fixing hole, 46; , 52; screw, 54; fixing part, 55; screw with washer, 60; shower pipe, 70; pipe cover, 72; side part, 74; front part, 76; engaging protrusion, 77; Joint recess, 79; Stepped portion, 80.81; Piping stay, 82.83; Holding portion, 84; Fixing hole, 85; Insertion portion, 86; Abutment support portion, 88; Top portion, X: Standing wall surface, Y: Fixed structure.

Claims (4)

A pipe connected to the faucet body of the cover faucet and routed to the installation surface front side where the faucet body is installed and fixed;
A piping cover for covering the piping;
A piping cover fixing structure of a cover faucet that fixes the piping cover to the installation surface,
A pipe cover fixing structure for a cover faucet, wherein the pipe cover is fixed using a pipe fixing tool for fixing the pipe to the installation surface.   The fixing structure of the pipe cover of the cover faucet according to claim 1, wherein the pipe fixing tool is provided with a contact support portion that elastically supports and fixes the inner surface of the pipe cover. .   The fixing structure of the pipe cover of the cover faucet according to claim 2, wherein the pipe cover is provided with a locking part for locking the contact support part.   The cover faucet according to claim 3, wherein the contact support portion and the locking portion are provided so that the contact support portion biases the locking portion toward the installation surface. Piping cover fixing structure.

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