JP2011149179A - Ball tap device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball tap device which shortens a required time even when the height of a float during assembly and maintenance is easily adjusted, while suppressing costs low by making the number of required components small. <P>SOLUTION: In this ball tap device, a fixing zone 118 for fixing the float 28 and an unfixing zone 120 are provided in line in mutually different locations on an outer surface of a shaft portion 34 of a connecting arm for connecting the float 28 and a water supply valve together; and a large number of engaging protrusions 121 are vertically provided in the fixing zone 118. A fitting portion 116 of the float 28 is provided with a window portion 128 as an engaging recess; and the window portion 128 is rotated in a normal direction, and vertically and irregularly engaged with the engaging protrusion 121 with proper height, so as to adjust the height of the float 28. Additionally, the window portion 128 is preprovided with a claw 130 for being latched to the engaging protrusion 121 in the direction of inverse rotation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball tap device that automatically performs water supply and water supply stop for a cleaning tank that stores therein cleaning water for toilet cleaning.

Conventionally, as a toilet cleaning device, a float that moves up and down in conjunction with the level of the cleaning water in the cleaning tank, a water supply valve that supplies water to the cleaning tank, and a linking arm that connects the float and the water supply valve are provided. A ball tap device that opens the water supply valve by lowering the float to supply water into the cleaning tank and closes the water supply valve and stops water supply by raising the float when the cleaning water in the cleaning tank becomes full. Widely used.
For example, this type of ball tap device is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

FIG. 16 shows a specific example thereof.
In the figure, reference numeral 300 denotes a cleaning tank, which has a double tank structure of a ceramic outer tank 302 and a resin inner tank 304 inside.
A ceramic hand-washing basin 306 that also serves as a lid is provided on the outer tank 302. A hand-washing water discharge pipe 308 is provided upright from the hand-washing basin 306.
A drainage port 310 is provided at the bottom of the handwashing bowl 306, and the handwash water discharged from the handwashing water discharge pipe 308 falls from the drainage port 310 into the cleaning tank 300.

Reference numeral 312 denotes a ball tap disposed in the cleaning tank 300, which performs water supply and water supply stop in conjunction with the raising and lowering of the float 314.
That is, when the float 314 descends, the water supply valve of the ball tap 312 is opened and water is supplied into the cleaning tank 300 through the water outlet 316.
On the other hand, as the water level in the cleaning tank 300 rises, the float 314 rises, and when the water surface becomes full, the water supply valve of the ball tap 312 is closed and water supply is stopped.

  A water conduit 318 made of a bellows tube extends from the ball tap 312, and its tip is connected to the hand irrigation water pipe 308. When water is supplied to the cleaning tank 300, the water irrigation water pipe is also passed through the water conduit 318. Water supply to 308 is performed.

A float valve (drain valve) 320 is provided at the bottom of the cleaning tank 300. A tip of an L-shaped action lever 324 that rotates integrally with a cleaning handle 322 provided on the wall of the cleaning tank 300 is connected to the float valve 320 via a chain 326.
Thus, the float valve 320 floats and opens when the washing handle 322 is rotated, and the washing water in the washing tank 300 is discharged to the toilet through the discharge port 328.

The above-described water supply valve of the ball tap device shown in FIG. 16 opens and closes when the float lifting / lowering motion is transmitted to the water supply valve side via the connecting arm 330.
Here, the connecting arm 330 has a screw shaft portion 332 extending vertically, and a float 314 is assembled thereto.
The position of the float 314 is adjusted up and down by screw feed by relatively rotating the screw shaft portion 332 and the float 314.
Then, by adjusting the vertical position of the float 314, the amount of cleaning water when the cleaning tank 300 is full is adjusted.

Specifically, when the position of the float 314 is moved downward, the water supply valve of the ball tap closes quickly when water is supplied into the cleaning tank 300, and the amount of water supplied into the cleaning tank 300 is adjusted to be small.
Conversely, when the position of the float 314 is moved upward, the water supply valve of the ball tap 312 is closed slowly when water is supplied into the cleaning tank 300, so that more water is supplied into the cleaning tank 300.
In the figure, W represents the position of the surface of the cleaning water in the cleaning tank 300.

  However, in the case where the float is vertically adjusted by screw feed in this way, when adjusting the float height during assembly at the factory or on-site maintenance work, how many rotations of the screw shaft relative to the float are required. However, it is necessary to move the float relative to the target position along the screw shaft, and the height adjustment work is cumbersome and difficult to adjust, and it takes a long time. .

Further, the float may move relative to the screw shaft during use, and the float position may change from a previously adjusted position.
Thus, if the position of the float 314 is changed, the water level of the washing water at the time of full water, that is, the water amount is different from the set water amount, and the washing ability for the toilet is affected.

  On the other hand, as a means of facilitating the assembly and height adjustment of the float, it may be possible to fix the connecting arm and the float with a clip or the like. In this case, however, the required number of parts increases, which is a ball tap. This leads to an increase in the cost of the device.

  In Patent Document 2 below, a valve pusher is provided at the lower part of a tube that is slidably fitted to the overflow pipe, and a float is provided at the upper part. A drainage amount adjusting device is disclosed in which a drainage valve in a state is pushed by a valve pusher and closed, in which a protrusion is provided on the inner surface of the float, while a recess that engages with the protrusion is vertically provided on the outer surface of the tube. The point which provided many and adjusted the height position of the float by those uneven | corrugated engagement was disclosed.

  However, the float disclosed in Patent Document 2 is for determining the amount of drainage when discharging the cleaning water, and does not determine the amount of water supplied when the cleaning water is supplied unlike the float of the present invention. In addition to the difference in object, in the one disclosed in Patent Document 2, the protrusion is freely movable in the circumferential direction and in both the forward and reverse directions with respect to the depression, and once the depression is caused by its rotation. There is a problem that the protrusions engaged with the detachment from the recess, and in this respect as well, the one disclosed in Patent Document 2 is different from the present invention.

JP 2002-167838 A Utility model registration No. 3019494

  The present invention is based on the circumstances as described above, and it is easy to adjust the height of the float at the time of assembly and maintenance, the required time is short, the number of required parts is small, and the cost can be kept low. The object is to provide a ball tap device.

  Thus, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a float that moves up and down in conjunction with the water level of the cleaning water in the cleaning tank, a water supply valve that supplies water to the cleaning tank, and a linkage that connects the float and the water supply valve. An arm, and when the float is lowered, the water supply valve is opened to supply water into the cleaning tank. When the cleaning water in the cleaning tank reaches a set full state, the water supply is performed by raising the float. In the ball tap device that closes the valve and stops water supply, the connecting arm has a shaft portion extending vertically, and the float is provided with a fitting portion that is rotatably fitted to the shaft portion. The outer surface of each of the first and second fixing zones and fixing release zones for fixing the float at different locations in the circumferential direction are provided in a row, and the fixing zone is formed of radial protrusions or recesses. Engagement In addition, a movable side engaging portion including a recess or a protrusion corresponding to the fixed side engaging portion is provided in the fitting portion of the float, and the fixed side engaging portion and the movable side engaging portion are connected to each other. The float is fixed up and down with respect to the shaft portion by upper and lower concave and convex engagements, and at least one of the fixed side engaging portion and the movable side engaging portion is provided vertically. The engagement position of the other engagement portion with respect to the one engagement portion can be changed up and down, and when the movable side engagement portion is positioned in the fixed release zone, The float can be slid up and down with respect to the shaft portion by disengaging the fixed-side engaging portion, and the movable-side engaging portion and the fixed-side engaging portion are movable-side engaged. By rotating the part in the forward direction from the fixed release zone toward the fixed zone, And one of the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion is provided with a latching portion that latches in the reverse rotation direction with respect to the other in the uneven engagement state. And

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the latching portion is latched on the other side by an operation force applied during the forward rotation, and is applied during the forward rotation applied in the reverse rotation direction. The latch is released with an operation force larger than the operation force.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the latching portion is a claw provided on one of the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion, and the claw is rotated by the forward rotation. The other is elastically overcome and hooked against the other in the reverse rotation direction, and the other is elastically overcome the reverse rotation direction with respect to the other by the operation force forcibly applied in the reverse rotation direction. The latch is to be released.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the one of the shaft portion and the fitting portion includes a fixed side engaging portion and a movable side engaging portion at the time of the forward rotation. A stopper for restricting the rotation of the float in the forward rotation direction under a concave-convex engagement state, and a contact portion in contact with the stopper is provided on the other of the shaft portion and the fitting portion. To do.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the fitting portion of the float is provided with a radially penetrating window portion, and the window portion forms the movable side engaging portion including the concave portion. And the side surface of the window portion forms the stopper, and the corresponding side surface of the fixed-side engaging portion formed of the protrusion of the shaft portion forms the contact portion. .

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, at the lower end side of the shaft portion, the fitting portion is placed on the shaft in a state where the movable side engaging portion is positioned in the fixed release zone. The float is provided with a drop prevention portion for preventing the fall from falling downward.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect of the present invention, the hook portion protruding in the radial direction in the fixing release zone is provided on the lower end side of the shaft portion, and the hook portion is provided on the lower end side of the fitting portion. The drop-off preventing portion is configured to be hooked on a hooking surface protruding inward in the radial direction to prevent the fitting portion from falling, and the fitting portion is separated from the hooking surface in the circumferential direction. A passing recess for passing the hooking portion in the axial direction is provided at a position, and the fitting portion can idle with respect to the shaft portion until the hooking portion reaches the passing recess from the hooking surface. It is characterized by being.

Effects and effects of the invention

  As described above, the present invention provides a fixed zone and a fixed release zone for fixing the float at the outer surface of the shaft portion of the connecting arm and at different locations in the circumferential direction, respectively, and the fixed zone has a diameter. A fixed-side engaging portion consisting of a protruding portion or a concave portion in the direction is provided, and a movable-side engaging portion consisting of a concave portion or a protruding portion corresponding to the fixed-side engaging portion is provided in the fitting portion of the float. The float is fixed up and down with respect to the shaft portion by the concave-convex engagement, and at least one of the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion is provided in the vertical direction, The engaging position of the other engaging part with respect to the engaging part can be changed up and down, and the vertical position of the float with respect to the shaft part can be adjusted.

In the fixed release zone, the float can slide up and down with respect to the shaft portion, and the movable side engaging portion and the fixed side engaging portion move the movable side engaging portion from the fixed release zone to the fixed zone. In this ball tap device according to the present invention, the float is pivoted in a state where the movable side engaging portion is positioned in the fixing release zone of the shaft portion. The movable side engaging part and the fixed side engaging part are raised and lowered by sliding up and down along the part and rotating the movable side engaging part at the predetermined height position, that is, by rotating the float in the forward direction. The float can be adjusted to the desired height position by engaging.

  In the present invention as described above, the float is moved to a desired height with respect to the shaft portion by slightly rotating the movable side engaging portion of the float from the state where it is located in the unfixed zone of the shaft portion toward the fixed zone. It is possible to adjust the position to the position, and when adjusting the height of the float at the time of assembly at the factory or maintenance at the site, the work can be performed very easily and in a short time. Since a separate member for fixing the shaft portion is not particularly required, the number of parts can be reduced, and the required cost of the ball tap device can be reduced.

  In the present invention, one of the fixed-side engagement portion and the movable-side engagement portion is provided with a latching portion that latches in the reverse rotation direction with respect to the other in the uneven engagement state, and the reverse rotation direction of the latching portion Due to the latching action, it is possible to effectively prevent the disengagement of the movable side engaging part once engaged with the fixed side engaging part up and down by rotating in the reverse direction. .

As a result, the float once adjusted in height to the desired position can be prevented from coming off the fixed position due to looseness of the float in use, etc., and the float is firmly fixed in the adjusted position. State.
Moreover, since the latching part is provided in one of the fixed side engaging part and the movable side engaging part, a separate member for fixing the float whose position has been adjusted to the adjusting position is not required, and the number of required parts is reduced. It is also possible to avoid the increase of.

  In this case, the latching portion is latched on the other of the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion by the operating force applied during the forward rotation, and is applied in the reverse rotation direction. The latch can be released with an operation force larger than the operation force at the time of direction rotation (Claim 2).

If it does in this way, a latching part can be made into a latching state with a small operation force, and when releasing one latch, latching can be cancelled | released by applying an operation force larger than this. In this case, the latching portion is easy to latch and difficult to come off.
In this aspect, a hook provided on one of the fixed side engaging part and the movable side engaging part is used as the above-mentioned latching part, and the claw elastically crosses the other by rotating in the forward direction and moves to the other On the other hand, it can be hooked in the reverse rotation direction, and the other can be elastically overcome in the reverse rotation direction by the operation force forcibly applied in the reverse rotation direction to release the hook. ).

  In this way, the claw can be brought into a latched state by simply rotating the movable engagement portion of the float toward the fixed zone, that is, toward the fixed engagement portion, and forced in the reverse rotation direction. Therefore, the latch can be released by applying an operating force, and the fixing and releasing of the float with respect to the shaft portion can be performed easily and in a short time with a simple operation.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the rotation of the float is restricted to one of the shaft portion and the fitting portion in the forward rotation direction under the concavo-convex engagement state between the fixed side engagement portion and the movable side engagement portion when rotating in the forward direction. A stopper is provided, and the other is provided with a contact portion that comes into contact with the stopper. By doing so, the float is once rotated up and down by rotating too much in the forward rotation direction. It is possible to effectively prevent the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion from being disengaged again.

  That is, according to the fourth aspect, the movable side engaging portion and the fixed side engaging portion are surely brought into the concave / convex engaging state by simply rotating the float to the position where the stopper hits the contact portion, that is, The float can be securely fixed to the shaft portion in the vertical direction.

  In this case, the fitting portion of the float is provided with a window portion penetrating in the radial direction, and the window portion is formed as a movable side engaging portion including the concave portion, and the side surface of the window portion is configured as the stopper. None, and the corresponding side surface of the fixed-side engaging portion formed of the protruding portion on the shaft portion side can be used as the abutting portion.

  Next, according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the state where the movable side engaging portion of the float is positioned in the fixed release zone of the shaft portion, the float drop preventing portion that prevents the fitting portion from falling downward from the shaft portion is provided at the lower end of the shaft portion. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the float that is in a state of freely slidingly moving in the vertical direction with respect to the shaft portion falls off from the lower end side of the shaft portion and falls off. It can be effectively prevented.

As a result, the height adjustment work can be prevented from becoming difficult due to the float falling from the shaft during the float height adjustment work, and the height adjustment work can be performed more easily. It becomes like this.
Moreover, it can prevent that a float will be damaged when a float falls from an axial part.

  In this case, a hooking portion protruding in the radial direction in the fixing release zone is provided on the lower end side of the shaft portion, and the hooking portion is hooked on the hooking surface protruding in the radial direction on the lower end side of the fitting portion. The fitting portion is provided with a drop-out prevention portion that prevents the fitting portion from falling, and the fitting portion is provided with a passage recess that allows the hook portion to pass in the axial direction at a position separated from the hooking surface in the circumferential direction. Can be idly rotated with respect to the shaft portion until the hook portion reaches the passage recess from the hooking surface (claim 7).

In this way, it is possible to prevent the float from dropping from the shaft portion. On the other hand, when it becomes necessary to remove the float from the shaft portion, the float is slightly removed from the state in which the hook portion is caught on the retaining surface. The float can be easily removed from the shaft portion by rotating to the hook portion and bringing the passage recess of the fitting portion to the hook portion.
Further, when the float is assembled to the shaft portion, the float can be assembled to the shaft portion by fitting the fitting portion to the lower end of the shaft portion and slightly rotating it. Then, the float can be fixed at a desired height position by further rotating the float after sliding it upward along the shaft portion.
That is, according to the seventh aspect, it is possible to very easily perform the operation of removing the float from the shaft portion and reassembling the float with respect to the shaft portion.

It is the figure which showed the ball tap apparatus which is one Embodiment of this invention with the internal structure of the washing tank. It is the figure which showed the ball tap apparatus of the embodiment. It is the figure which showed the water supply valve and peripheral part of the ball tap apparatus of the embodiment. It is the figure which showed the water supply valve of FIG. 3 in the valve closing state and the valve opening state. It is the figure which showed the float and axis | shaft of the ball tap apparatus of the embodiment in the fixed state. FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the float and shaft of FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram of the structure for fixing the float and the shaft in FIG. 5. It is the figure which showed the state in which the float in the same embodiment was slidable with respect to the axial part. It is the figure which showed the float of the same embodiment in the state of (I) drop-off prevention and (II) detachable state. It is action | operation explanatory drawing of the loosening prevention mechanism of the cap nut in the embodiment. FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram following FIG. 10. It is the figure which decomposed | disassembled and showed the structural member of the water quantity adjustment mechanism of the makeup water in the same embodiment. It is action | operation explanatory drawing of the water quantity adjustment mechanism of FIG. It is the figure which showed typically the principal part of other embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the principal part of other embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the conventional ball tap apparatus.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a cleaning tank having a double tank structure of a resin outer tank 12 and a resin inner tank 14 on the inside thereof.
A resin hand-washing basin 16 that also serves as a lid is provided on the upper part of the outer tank 12, and a hand-washing water discharge pipe 18 is provided on the hand-washing basin 16 in a form standing from the hand basin 16.
A drain outlet 20 is provided at the bottom of the hand basin 16, and the hand wash water discharged from the hand wash water discharge pipe 18 falls from the drain outlet 20 into the cleaning tank 10.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a ball tap device disposed inside the cleaning tank 10, a main body portion 24 of which is attached to the inner tank 14, and a water supply pipe 26 is connected to the main body portion 24.
The water supplied through the water supply pipe 26 is supplied into the cleaning tank 10 by opening a water supply valve 58 shown in FIG. 2 described later of the ball tap device 22, and the water supply is stopped by closing the water supply valve 58.

The ball tap device 22 includes a float 28 that moves up and down in conjunction with the level of the cleaning water in the cleaning tank 10, and a connecting arm 30 that connects the float 28 and the water supply valve 58 (the float 28 and the connecting arm 30). Are all made of resin).
The linking arm 30 has an arm portion 32 and a shaft portion 34 extending downward from the tip thereof, and the float 28 is assembled to the shaft portion 34.

A cleaning handle 36 is rotatably provided on the wall of the cleaning tank 10.
Reference numeral 38 denotes an L-shaped action lever that rotates in conjunction with the cleaning handle 36 inside the cleaning tank 10, and its tip is connected to a drain valve (not shown) via a chain 40.
The drain valve is opened from the closed state by the rotation operation of the washing handle 36, so that the washing water stored in the washing tank 10 vigorously moves from the discharge port at the bottom of the washing tank 10 toward the toilet. It can be discharged.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 44 denotes a main body in the ball tap device 22 that has a cylindrical shape as a whole.
The water supply pipe 26 of FIG. 1 is connected to the left end portion of the main body body 44 in FIG. 2, and the left end of a socket-like branch pipe 46 that is separate from the main body body 44 and has a cylindrical shape is connected to the right end portion. The part is connected to the external fitting state.
Further, a makeup water pipe 48 is connected to the right end of the branch pipe 46 in the figure.
The replenishing water pipe 48 is for supplying replenishing water to the toilet bowl, and its distal end is inserted into the overflow pipe 42 inside the washing tank 10 as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, the makeup water pipe 48 is made of a rubber tube.

The branch pipe 46 has a cylindrical water outlet 50 for discharging water from the main body 44 into the washing tank, specifically, the inner tank 14, and a pipe for supplying the water to the hand washing water discharge pipe 18 of FIG. And a supply port 52 having a shape.
In this embodiment, one end side of a water conduit 54 for guiding water from the main body 44 to the hand-washing water discharge pipe 18 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to the supply port 52.
Here, the water guide pipe 54 is formed of a bellows pipe, and the tip side thereof is connected to the hand-washing water discharge pipe 18.

  The washing tank 10 may be provided with a hand washing water discharge pipe 18 as in the washing tank 10 of FIG. 1 or may not be provided with the hand washing water discharge pipe 18. Is not provided, the supply port 52 is opened as it is without connecting the water conduit 54 to the supply port 52.

  That is, in this embodiment, the water conduit 54 is connected to the supply port 52 when the hand wash water discharge pipe 18 is provided, and the water conduit 54 is connected to the supply port 52 when the hand wash water discharge pipe 18 is not provided. Instead, by leaving the supply port 52 open as it is, it is possible to easily cope with those with and without the hand-washing water discharge pipe 18.

Thus, when the washing tank 10 is not provided with the hand-washing water discharge pipe 18 and the conduit pipe 54 is not connected to the supply port 52 but is opened as it is, the water from the main body 44 is supplied to the water discharge port 50. Water is discharged into the cleaning tank 10 from both the mouth 52.
In this case, the supply port 52 becomes a second water discharge port for discharging water into the cleaning tank.

For example, in the ball tap device 312 shown in FIG. 16, a supply port for supplying water to the hand-washing water discharge pipe 308 is provided upward in the main body 334, and in this case, the hand-washing water discharge pipe 308 is provided. The body body 334 itself must be replaced with a non-existing one.
However, in this embodiment, the presence or absence of the hand washing water discharge pipe 18 can be handled by simply connecting the water conduit 54 to the supply port 52 or simply removing the water conduit 54 from the supply port 52.

When the water conduit 54 is not connected to the supply port 52, the water from the main body 44 is discharged from both the water discharge port 50 and the supply port 52. They are provided in the same direction and downward.
However, in this embodiment, the water outlet 50 and the supply port 52 are provided not diagonally downward but obliquely downward.
By providing the water outlet 50 and the supply port 52 in a diagonally downward direction in this way, water from the water outlet 50 and the supply port 52 is discharged diagonally downward, so that the water landing sound can be quietly generated. can do.

As shown in FIG. 2, the main body portion 24 is provided with a water supply valve 58 that communicates and blocks the water channel 56. The water supply valve 58 is opened and closed as the connecting arm 30 rotates around the shaft 60 as the float 28 moves up and down.
Specifically, the linkage arm 30 is rotated counterclockwise around the shaft 60 by the rise of the float 28, whereby the water supply valve 58 is closed, and the linkage arm 30 is pivoted as the float 28 is lowered. The water supply valve 58 is opened by rotating around 60 in the clockwise direction in the figure.

Thus, when the water supply valve 58 is opened, the water channel 56 is in a communication state, that is, an open state, and water from the water supply pipe 26 flows from the main body 44 to the branch pipe 46 and from the water outlet 50 of the branch pipe 46. Water is discharged toward the inside of the washing tank 10, and the water is discharged into the hand-washing water discharge pipe 18 through the supply port 52 (when the hand-washing water discharge pipe 18 is provided) or into the washing tank 10 through the supply port 52 (including the hand-washing water discharge pipe 18. If not).
Further, the water flowing into the branch pipe 46 further flows into the toilet from the overflow pipe 42 through the makeup water pipe 48, and the makeup water is supplied to the toilet.

In this embodiment, the water supply valve 58 is a diaphragm type and pilot type valve.
FIG. 3 specifically shows the configuration.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 62 denotes a main valve in the water supply valve 58, which is a diaphragm valve.
The main valve 62 includes a diaphragm film 66 made of an elastic material such as rubber, and a diaphragm holder 68 that is harder (here, made of resin).

The outer peripheral portion 70 of the diaphragm film 66 is thick, and the outer peripheral portion 70 is vertically sandwiched between the main body 44 and the diaphragm retainer 72 having a cup shape. The outer peripheral portion 70 of the diaphragm film 66 is fixed to the main body 44 by sandwiching them.
Here, the outer peripheral portion 70 of the diaphragm film 66 simultaneously functions as a seal portion, that is, functions to seal and seal the water channel 56 and the outside in a watertight manner.

  The cup-shaped diaphragm retainer 72 is fitted into a cylindrical portion 74 formed integrally with the main body body 44 so as to be fitted in an upward direction from the lower side in the figure, and is externally threaded on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 74. The diaphragm retainer 72 is fixed to the cylindrical portion 74, that is, the main body 44 by screwing the female thread portion 78 on the inner peripheral surface of the cap nut 80 to the portion 76.

  That is, in this embodiment, by screwing the cap nut 80 upward in the drawing, the diaphragm retainer 72 fitted in the cylindrical portion 74 is pushed upward, and the diaphragm retainer 72 cooperates with the main body body 44. Thus, the outer peripheral portion 70 of the diaphragm film 66 is tightened to an elastically compressed state with a predetermined tightening allowance.

The cup-shaped diaphragm retainer 72 also has a function as a back pressure chamber forming member, and forms a back pressure chamber 82 behind the lower side of the main valve 62 made of a diaphragm valve in the figure.
The back pressure chamber 82 causes the internal pressure to act on the main valve 62 as a pressing force in the upward valve closing direction in the figure.

On the other hand, the main valve 62 is provided with a through-introducing small hole 84 that allows the primary side of the water channel 56 to communicate with the back pressure chamber 82 at a position eccentric from the center.
The introduction small hole 84 functions to increase the pressure of the back pressure chamber 82 by causing the primary water in the water channel 56 to flow into the back pressure chamber 82.

On the other hand, the diaphragm presser 72 is provided with a pilot water channel 86 as a drainage water channel penetrating through the center thereof.
The pilot water channel 86 serves to drain the water in the back pressure chamber 82 and reduce the pressure in the back pressure chamber 82.

  A pilot valve 88 is provided at the base end portion of the arm portion 32 of the connecting arm 30, and the pilot water passage 86 is closed by the seal portion 90 of the pilot valve 88 seating upward on the pilot valve seat 92.

In this embodiment, the water supply valve 58 operates as follows.
That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the water supply valve 58 is closed, the connecting arm 30 is rotated around the shaft 60 by the lowering of the float 28 shown in FIG. When the valve is separated downward in the figure and opened, the water in the back pressure chamber 82 in FIG.
Then, the primary side pressure in the water channel 56 overcomes the pressure in the back pressure chamber 82, and the main valve 62 is opened downwardly from the state shown in FIGS. 3 (A) and 4 (A).

When the main valve 62 is opened, the water channel 56 is in a communication state, and water flows from the main body 44 toward the branch pipe 46 and the makeup water pipe 48 of FIG.
Here, water is discharged from the water outlet 50 and the supply port 52, and makeup water is further supplied from the overflow pipe 42 into the toilet through the makeup water pipe 48.

  On the other hand, when the linkage arm 30 pivots counterclockwise around the axis 60 in FIG. 2 in conjunction with the rise of the float 28, the water in the washing tank is set when the float 28 reaches the rise end. When the water is full, the seal portion 90 of the pilot valve 88 is seated upward on the pilot valve seat 92 and closes, where water outflow from the back pressure chamber 82 stops.

Then, the pressure of the back pressure chamber 82 rises due to the inflow of water into the back pressure chamber 82 through the introduction small hole 84, and the main valve 62 composed of a diaphragm valve is seated upward on the main valve seat 64 by the pressure rise, Close the valve.
Here, the flow of water in the water channel 56 is stopped, and water supply to the washing tank 10 and the hand washing water discharge pipe 18 is stopped.

In this embodiment, a diaphragm type water supply valve 58 is provided downward.
Specifically, a main valve 62 made of a diaphragm valve is disposed on the lower side with respect to a main valve seat 64 formed integrally with the body body 44, and is opened by a downward movement in the figure. The outer peripheral portion 70 of the diaphragm film 66 is fixed upward to the main body body 44 by being tightened upward by the lower diaphragm retainer 72, the cap nut 80 and the like with respect to the upper main body body 44, and the back pressure chamber 82 is further connected to the main valve. It is formed on the lower side of 62 and has a structure in which a pilot water channel 86 is opened downward.

  Accordingly, when the cylindrical portion 74, the diaphragm retainer 72, the cap nut 80, etc. of the main body 44 are damaged and the sealing function by the outer peripheral portion 70 of the diaphragm film 66 is lost, the water in the water channel 56 is jetted downward. Thus, the jetted water does not fall into the washing tank 10 and leak outside.

  When the diaphragm-type water supply valve 58 is provided upward unlike this example, when the sealing function by the outer peripheral portion 70 of the diaphragm film 66 is lost, water from the water channel 56 is jetted upward and external leakage occurs. However, according to this embodiment, such external leakage can be prevented.

  Further, if the diaphragm type water supply valve 58 is provided upward and the pilot water channel 86 is opened upward, the connecting arm 30 is rotated counterclockwise around the axis 60 in FIG. However, it is necessary to close the upward opening of the pilot valve 88. In this case, the shape of the connecting arm 30 is complicated and the length is long.

  However, in this embodiment, such an inconvenience does not occur, the shape of the connecting arm 30 can be made simple, the length of the connecting arm 30 can be made as short as possible, and the connecting arm 30 can be made compact. By rotating counterclockwise around the axis 60 of the connecting arm 30, the pilot water channel 86 can be closed by the pilot valve 88 smoothly with natural movement. That is, the water supply valve 58 can be closed.

  If the diaphragm retainer 72, the main valve 62, etc. are assembled by simply screwing the cap nut 80, the cap nut 80 will loosen when the impact of a water hammer or the like generated in the piping system is repeatedly applied. There is a possibility that the tightening force to the presser 72 and the main valve 62 may be reduced.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the cap nut 80 is prevented from loosening as follows.
That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, an elastic protrusion 94 having a substantially triangular shape in plan view is provided at a predetermined portion of the upper end portion and the outer peripheral portion of the cap nut 80. A corresponding engaging projection 96 is provided on the body 44 side.

In this embodiment, after the cap nut 80 is fitted to the lower end portion of the cylindrical portion 74 of the main body body 44, when the cap nut 80 is rotated and screwed into the cylindrical portion 74, the cap nut 80 is screwed to almost full. By the way, when the elastic protrusion 94 of the cap nut 80 reaches the same height as the engaging protrusion 96 on the main body body 44 side and the cap nut 80 is further rotated in this state, the elastic protrusion 94 of the cap nut 80 is moved to the main body body. The engagement protrusion 96 on the 44 side is elastically overcome, and the elastic protrusion 94 engages with the engagement protrusion 96 on the return side.
In this engaged state, the cap nut 80 does not rotate in the loosening direction unless a forcible operating force is applied. Therefore, the cap nut 80 is loosened by the engaging action of the elastic projection 94 and the engaging projection 96. Is prevented.

These elastic projections 94 and engagement projections 96 also have the following functions.
That is, when the screw nut 80 is stopped when the cap nut 80 is tightened upward to the position where the elastic projection 94 gets over the engagement projection 96, the tightening amount of the outer peripheral portion 70 of the diaphragm 66, that is, the elastic compression. The amount can be a preset compression amount, and a certain sealing performance by the outer peripheral portion 70 can be ensured.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 4, a metal coil spring 95 is provided inside the back pressure chamber 82.
The upper end of the coil spring 95 is brought into contact with the main valve 62 and the lower end thereof is brought into contact with the bottom of the diaphragm retainer 72.

A cleaning pin 97 extends upward from the lower end of the coil spring 95 in the figure, and this cleaning pin 97 is inserted through the introduction small hole 84 in the main valve 62 and protrudes upward.
When the main valve 62 moves up and down in FIGS. 3 and 4, the cleaning pin 97 moves relative to the inside of the introduction small hole 84 to prevent clogging of fine dust and foreign matters in the introduction small hole 84. It has a function to prevent.
In this embodiment, the cleaning pin 97 extends from the lower end of the coil spring 95 in a straight shape upward in the drawing, and is then bent slightly above the main valve 62. In the figure, 98 represents the bent portion.

If the cleaning pin 97 has an upward straight shape until it reaches the upper end, the cleaning pin 97 is dropped from the main valve 62 together with the coil spring 95 when the main valve 62 is removed during maintenance or the like. There is a risk that.
In order to prevent the dropout, a separate fixing member for fixing the cleaning pin 97 is required.
However, according to this embodiment, it is possible to effectively prevent the cleaning pin 97 from dropping from the main valve 62 together with the coil spring 95 by the bent portion 98 at the upper end portion without using a special fixing member. it can.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 100 denotes a makeup water adjustment mechanism that adjusts the amount of makeup water sent to the toilet through the makeup water pipe 48, and this water quantity adjustment mechanism 100 includes a rotating member 106 attached to the end of the makeup water pipe 48. Have.
FIG. 12 specifically shows the configuration of the water amount adjusting mechanism.
As shown in the figure, a circular water passage hole 102 is provided at a position deviated from the center (axial center) at the right end of the branch pipe 46 in the drawing.
On the other hand, the rotation member 106 is also provided with a water passage hole 104 at a position eccentric from its center.

FIG. 13 shows the operation of adjusting the amount of makeup water by the water amount adjusting mechanism 100.
FIG. 13 (I) shows a state where the water passage holes 102 and 104 are matched, and under this state, the overlapping area G of the water passage holes 102 and 104 is maximized, and the makeup water is the largest. The amount of water is supplied to the toilet.
From the state shown in FIG. 13 (I), when the rotating member 106 is rotated 45 ° together with the makeup water pipe 48 as shown in FIG. 13 (II), the overlapping area G of the water passage holes 102 and 104 is reduced. The amount of makeup water decreases.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 13 (III), (IV), and (V), when the rotating member 106 is rotated 45 ° with the make-up water pipe 48 by 45 °, the overlapping area G gradually decreases accordingly. Thus, the amount of makeup water supplied to the toilet is reduced, and the amount of makeup water is minimized in the state shown in FIG.
Further, by rotating the rotating member 106 together with the makeup water pipe 48 in the reverse direction, the overlapping area G gradually increases, and the amount of makeup water increases accordingly.

The amount of water stored inside the toilet bowl may be reduced by being drawn out of the toilet bowl due to the induction siphon phenomenon caused by the use and washing of other toilet bowls. It is necessary to store a lot of water. That is, it is necessary to supply a large amount of makeup water toward the toilet through the makeup water pipe 48.
In addition, depending on the toilet, the amount of stored water varies, and it is necessary to increase or decrease the amount of makeup water according to each toilet.

  In this case, according to this embodiment, the amount of makeup water can be easily adjusted by simply rotating the rotation member 106 by applying a rotational force to the makeup water pipe 48. Moreover, the water amount adjusting mechanism 100 can be configured with a small number of parts and at a low cost.

In the present embodiment, the float 28 has a quadrangular cylindrical shape as shown in FIG. The upper end surface is closed by a closing portion 108, and the lower end surface is open.
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), ribs 110 are formed integrally with the float 28 vertically and horizontally so as to form a square shape together with the outer cylindrical portion 114, and a cylindrical portion 112 is also integrally formed at the center. Is formed.
Here, the cylindrical portion 112 extends vertically from the lower end of the float 28, specifically, from the lower end of the outer cylindrical portion 114 to the closing portion 108 at the upper end. The cylindrical portion 112 has an inner diameter that is loosely fitted to a shaft portion 34 including an engagement protrusion 121 described later.

The float 28 is also provided with a fitting portion 116 that protrudes upward from the closing portion 108 so as to be rotatably fitted to the shaft portion 34 of the connecting arm 30.
As shown in FIG. 6 (A), on the outer surface of the shaft portion 34 in the connecting arm 30, there are fixing zones 118 for fixing the float 28 at two locations separated by 180 ° in the circumferential direction. The fixing release zones 120 are also provided in the vertical direction along the shaft portion 34 at two positions that are separated from each other in the circumferential direction by 90 ° in the axial direction. It has been.

The fixed zone 118 is provided with a large number of engaging protrusions (fixed side engaging portions) 121 protruding in the radial direction.
Each of the engagement protrusions 121 has the same shape here, and is arranged at equal intervals in the vertical direction.

  As shown in the partially enlarged view of FIG. 6 (A), these engaging protrusions 121 have a quadrangular cross-sectional shape, and the bottom and the unlocking zone 120 side (engaging protrusion 121). An inclined guide surface 122 is provided on the fixing release zone 120 side on the left side when viewed from the front.

  On the other hand, the fitting portion 116 of the float 28 has a substantially cylindrical shape as a whole, and two portions separated in the circumferential direction by 180 ° are for avoiding interference with the engagement protrusion 121 in the shaft portion 34. Projecting radially outward.

That is, a portion between the pair of curved portions 126 and 126 having a partial cylindrical shape is a protruding portion 124 protruding outward in the radial direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a passage recess 127 for allowing the engagement projection 121 to pass in the axial direction is formed inside each of the projections 124.
On the other hand, the inner surfaces of the pair of curved portions 126 are each slidably fitted to the outer surface of the fixing release zone 120 in the shaft portion 34.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6 (B), the fitting portion 116 has window portions (movable side engaging portions) 128-1 and 128-2 as engaging concave portions in two upper and lower stages and in the circumferential direction. Are provided at two locations separated by 180 °.
Here, each window part 128-1 and 128-2 are provided in the form which penetrates the fitting part 116 to radial direction.

Each of the windows 128-1 and 128-2 has a horizontally long rectangular shape extending in the circumferential direction, and the bottom of the upper window 128-1 protrudes upward in the form of a hook. The nail | claw 130 as is provided.
Here, the front surface of the claw 130 has a substantially triangular shape, and the right side surface in the drawing is an inclined guide surface 132, and the other side surface is inclined in the opposite direction. The surface 134 is used.
Here, one guide surface 134 has a steep angle with respect to the other guide surface 132.
The window portions 128-1 and 128-2 are provided in each of the pair of curved portions 126 in the fitting portion 116 as shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, the left side surface in the figure of the pair of window portions 128-1 and 128-2 forms a stopper 136 that restricts the fitting portion 116 from rotating in the counterclockwise positive rotation direction with respect to the shaft portion 34. Further, the left side surface of the engagement protrusion 121 on the side of the shaft 34 forms a contact portion 138 corresponding thereto.

  In this embodiment, the fitting portion 116 of the float 28 is fitted to the shaft portion 34 in an externally fitted state, and the pair of windows 128-1 and 128-2 as the movable side engaging portions are fixed to the shaft portion 34. The fitting portion 116 of the float 28 is positioned along the fixed release zone 120 with respect to the shaft portion 34 in a state where the protruding portion 124 as the interference avoiding portion is positioned in the fixed zone 118 of the shaft portion 34. The float 28 can be slid freely up and down to bring the float 28 to a desired height with respect to the shaft portion 34.

And more precisely, at the desired height position, the pair of window portions 128-1 and 128-2 of the fitting portion 116 are positioned at the same height as the engagement protrusion 121 of the corresponding shaft portion 34. In this state, when the float 28 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 6, that is, in the counterclockwise positive rotation direction, the pair of window portions 128-1 and 128-2 are respectively connected to the pair of engaging protrusions 121 adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. And the pair of window portions 128-1 and 128-2 are engaged with the pair of upper and lower engaging protrusions 121 in the up and down manner.
Here, the float 28 is fixed to the shaft portion 34 at a desired height position.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 7 (I), the pair of upper and lower engaging projections 121 are first engaged with the right side portions of the corresponding pair of window portions 128-1 and 128-2, and As the float 28, that is, the fitting portion 116 is further rotated, the windows 128-1 and 128-2 are relatively moved leftward in the drawing.

  In the middle of this, the claw 130 provided on the window 128-1 hits the engaging projection 121, and the claw 130 moves relative to the engaging projection 121 in the right direction in the drawing with further rotation.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 (II) and 5, the stopper 136 made up of a pair of left side surfaces of the window portions 128-1 and 128-2 hits the contact portion 138 made up of the left side surface of the engaging projection 121. Thus, further rotation of the fitting portion 116, that is, the float 28 is restricted.

  At this time, the claw 130 elastically climbs over the engagement protrusion 121 in the right direction in the drawing and is hooked on the right side surface in FIG. 7 of the engagement protrusion 121. Is restricted to rotate in the reverse rotation direction, that is, the clockwise reverse rotation direction to the left in FIG. 6, and the engagement portion 116 or the float 28 rotates in the reverse direction, whereby the engagement protrusion 121 and the window portion 128 are rotated. -1 and 128-2 are prevented from being disengaged in the vertical concave-convex engagement.

The window portions 128-1 and 128-2 are in a state where a pair of vertically adjacent engaging projections 121 are sandwiched from above and below, and the float 28 is fixed to the shaft portion 34 without rattling up and down. It becomes a state.
Further, the claw 130 provided in the window portion 128-1 moves the engaging protrusion 121 from the left end side surface to the right end side surface with a small rotational operation force by the action of the inclined guide surface 132 on the right side in the drawing. It is possible to get over this smoothly and move relative.
On the other hand, after overcoming the engaging protrusion 121, the left-side steeply inclined guide surface 134 is hooked on the right side surface of the engaging protrusion 121 in the drawing to prevent reverse rotation.

  That is, the steep angle guide surface 134 on the left side of the claw 130 in the drawing also functions as a hooking surface for hooking the engaging protrusion 121. Therefore, the left inclined guide surface 134 is an inclined surface having a steep angle with respect to the right guide surface 132 in the drawing.

  In the windows 128-1 and 128-2, the vertical width of the right portion in the drawing is larger than the vertical width of the left portion in order to facilitate the engagement of the engaging protrusion 121. Specifically, the bottom surface of the right portion in the drawing of each of the windows 128-1 and 128-2 is slightly lower than the bottom surface of the left portion.

On the other hand, the float 28 once adjusted in height may be adjusted to another height position as follows.
That is, when the float 28 is rotated in the reverse rotation direction as described above, the window portions 128-1 and 128-2 engaged with the engaging protrusion 121 in a concavo-convex manner are moved from the fixed zone 118 in the shaft portion 34 to the fixed release zone. Bring it to 120.

At this time, the claw 130 provided on the window 128-1 moves elastically over the engagement protrusion 121 from the right end to the left end by the operation force applied forcibly, and the engagement protrusion 121. Release the latch on.
At this time, since the left side surface of the claw 130 in the drawing is an inclined guide surface 134, the claw 130 is engaged by an operating force forcibly applied in the reverse rotation direction with a larger force than that in the normal direction rotation. The protrusion 121 can be moved over the left side in the figure.

  Now, when the fitting portion 116 of the float 28 is rotated in the reverse rotation direction in this way, the float 28 is moved along the shaft portion 34 to another new target height position, and at that position, the float 28 is floated. By rotating the door 28 in the forward rotation direction, the windows 128-1 and 128-2 can again be engaged with another pair of engaging protrusions 121 adjacent to the top and bottom. The float 28 is fixed at another new height position.

In the present embodiment, a pair of hooking portions as a fall preventing portion for preventing the float 28 from dropping at the lower end position of the unlocking zone 120 of the shaft portion 34 as shown in FIGS. 140 is provided in a form protruding in the radial direction.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, a corresponding pair of hooking surfaces 142 are provided at the lower end of the fitting portion 116, and when the hooking portion 140 is hooked on the hooking surface 142, the float 28 is moved. The shaft 34 is prevented from falling off.

  Here, the pair of hooking surfaces 142 position the window portions 128-1 and 128-2 in the fitting portion 116 below the window portion 128-2, in the fixing release zone 120 of the shaft portion 34, and the protruding portion 124. Is placed in the fixing zone 118 so that the hooking surface 142 is positioned at the same circumferential position as the fixing release zone 120 of the shaft portion 34.

Accordingly, when the float 28 is positioned so as to be slidable up and down with respect to the shaft portion 34, the pair of hooking surfaces 142 face the pair of hook portions 140 in the shaft portion 34 in the axial direction and downward in the figure. It becomes.
Therefore, even if the float 28 slides downward in the drawing along the shaft portion 34, the hook portion 140 of the shaft portion 34 is hooked on the hooking surface 142 of the float 28 as shown in FIG. It is prevented from dropping from the shaft portion 34.
The pair of hooking surfaces 142 are provided so as to protrude radially inward from the fitting portion 116.

As shown in FIG. 9, a pair of passage recesses 144 that allow the hook portion 140 to pass in the axial direction are provided at the bottom portion of the fitting portion 116 at positions spaced apart from the pair of hook surfaces 142 in the circumferential direction. ing.
Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 9 (II), the float 28 that is caught by the hooking portion 140 of the shaft portion 34 and prevented from falling is rotated from that position so that the passage concave portion 144 is matched with the hooking portion 140, whereby the float 28 Can be removed from the shaft portion 34 downward in the figure.
Conversely, the float 28 that has been removed can be fitted to the shaft portion 34 again by fitting the shaft 28 with the hook portion 140 of the shaft portion 34 by fitting the passage recess 144 with the hooking portion 140 of the shaft portion 34. .

  In the present embodiment as described above, the window portions 128-1 and 128-2 of the float 28 are positioned in the fixing release zone 120 of the shaft portion 34, and the float 28 is slid up and down. The float 28 can be adjusted to a desired height position with respect to the shaft portion 34 by rotating the -1 and 128-2 slightly toward the fixed zone 118. When the height of the float 28 is adjusted during maintenance in the factory, the operation can be performed very easily and in a short time, and no separate member for fixing the float 28 and the shaft portion 34 is required. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced, and the required cost of the ball tap device 22 can be reduced.

  Further, in this embodiment, the window 128-1 is provided with a claw 130, and the claw 130 is hooked in the reverse rotation direction with respect to the engagement protrusion 121, so that the engagement protrusion 121 is temporarily moved up and down. It is possible to effectively prevent the windows 128-1 and 128-2 engaged with the concave and convex portions from rotating in the reverse direction and being disengaged.

As a result, it is possible to prevent the float 28 once adjusted in height to a desired position from being moved out of the adjustment position due to rattling or the like of the float 28 in use. Can be firmly fixed.
Further, since the claw 130 is provided in the window portion 128-1, it is not necessary to provide a separate member for fixing the float 28 whose position has been adjusted to the adjustment position, and it is possible to avoid an increase in the number of necessary parts. .

  Further, the claw 130 elastically climbs over the engagement protrusion 121 by rotating in the forward direction and is hooked in the reverse rotation direction with respect to the engagement protrusion 121 and is forced to operate with a stronger force in the reverse rotation direction. Since the engagement protrusion 121 is elastically overcome and the hook is released, the float 28 is simply rotated in the forward and reverse directions to rotate the float 28 relative to the shaft 34. Fixing and releasing can be performed easily and in a short time with a simple operation.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the left side surfaces of the windows 128-1 and 128-2 in the drawing are made the stopper 136 for restricting the rotation of the float 28 in the forward rotation direction, and the left side surface of the engagement protrusion 121 corresponds. Therefore, when the float 28 is excessively rotated in the forward rotation direction, the engagement protrusion 121 and the windows 128-1 and 128-2 that are once engaged are again brought into contact with each other. It is possible to effectively prevent the engagement from being released.

  In the present embodiment, the hook portion 140 as a fall prevention portion is provided on the lower end side of the shaft portion 34, while the corresponding hooking surface 142 is provided on the fitting portion 116 of the float 28. On the other hand, it is possible to effectively prevent the float 28 that is in a state of sliding freely in the vertical direction from falling off from the lower end side of the shaft portion 34 and dropping off from the shaft portion 34.

  As a result, the height adjustment work can be easily performed without the height adjustment work becoming difficult due to the float 28 dropping from the shaft portion 34 during the height adjustment work of the float 28. At the same time, it is possible to prevent the float 28 from being damaged by dropping the float 28 from the shaft portion 34.

  Further, the fitting portion 116 is provided with a passage recess 144 that allows the hook portion 140 to pass in the axial direction at a position spaced apart from the hooking surface 142 in the circumferential direction, so that it is necessary to remove the float 28 from the shaft portion 34. The float 28 can be easily removed from the shaft portion 34 without hindrance. Alternatively, the float 28 is fitted into the shaft portion 34 and then slightly rotated so that the float 28 can be assembled to the shaft portion 34, and the assembly and removal of the float 28 with respect to the shaft portion 34 can be performed very easily. Can do.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the engagement protrusion 121 as the fixed-side engagement portion is provided on the shaft portion 34 side, and the engagement concave portion including the window portion 128 is provided on the fitting portion 116 side as the movable-side engagement portion. Further, the claw 130 is provided on the engagement recess side, but as shown in FIG. 14 (a), the engagement recess 146 as the movable side engagement portion is provided on the fitting portion 116 side, and the shaft portion It is also possible to provide the claw 130 on the side of the engaging protrusion 121 provided on the line 34.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14 (b), a groove-like engaging recess 146 is provided as a fixed-side engaging portion on the shaft portion 34 side, while a movable-side engaging is provided on the fitting portion 116 side of the float 28. Engagement protrusions 121 are provided so as to be engaged in a concave and convex manner, and a claw 130 is provided on the side of the engagement protrusion 121, or as shown in FIG. It is also possible to provide the claw 130 on the concave portion 146 side.

Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the upper surface 148 of the window portion 128 of the fitting portion 116 in the float 28 is formed as a surface inclined to the right in the drawing, and the float 28, that is, the fitting portion 116 is shown in the right in the drawing. When the rotation operation is performed in the positive rotation direction, the upper and left corners of the engagement protrusion 121 in the drawing are elastically slightly bitten into the predetermined portion of the upper surface 148 by the guide action of the inclined upper surface 148. In addition, the rotation of the fitting portion 116 in the right direction in the drawing can be restricted.
In this case, the predetermined portion becomes the stopper 150, and the corresponding corner portion of the engaging protrusion 121 becomes the contact portion 152.
In this state, the window portion 128 and the engagement protrusion 121 are engaged in a concavo-convex manner in the vertical direction, and the float 28 is fixed at a predetermined vertical position.

Further, the fitting portion 116 is restricted from moving in the reverse rotation direction when the contact portion 152 slightly contacts the stopper 150 and enters the biting state.
Then, by applying an operating force in the reverse rotation direction with a stronger force than when rotating in the forward direction, the contact portion 152 consisting of the corner portion is detached from the stopper 150 in the right direction in the figure, and here the window portion 128, that is, the fitting portion 116. Can move in the reverse rotation direction.
That is, here, a predetermined portion of the inclined upper surface 148 serves as a stopper 150 and a latching portion that restricts the reverse rotation of the window portion 128, that is, the fitting portion 116.
In addition to the above, the fixed side engaging portion, the movable side engaging portion, and the claw can be provided in various forms.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a large number of engaging protrusions on the shaft 34 side are provided in the upper and lower directions, but in some cases, a plurality of movable side engaging portions are provided on the float 28 side in the upper and lower directions. For example, the fixed position of the float 28 can be adjusted up and down by engaging the fixed side engaging portion provided on the side 34, and the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit thereof. It can be configured in a form to which is added.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Washing tank 22 Ball tap apparatus 28 Float 30 Linking arm 34 Shaft part 58 Water supply valve 116 Fitting part 118 Fixing zone 120 Unlocking zone 121 Engaging protrusion (fixed side engaging part 128-1, 128-2 Window part (movable) Side engaging part)
130 Claw (Hook)
136 Stopper 138 Contact part 140 Hook part 142 Hook surface 144 Passing recess

Claims (7)

A float that moves up and down in conjunction with the water level of the cleaning water in the cleaning tank, a water supply valve that supplies water to the cleaning tank, and a linking arm that connects the float and the water supply valve. In the ball tap device that opens the water supply valve to supply water into the cleaning tank, and when the cleaning water in the cleaning tank reaches a set full state, the water supply valve is closed by the float to stop the water supply ,
The linkage arm has a shaft portion extending vertically, and the float is provided with a fitting portion that is rotatably fitted to the shaft portion,
On the outer surface of the shaft portion, a fixing zone and a fixing release zone for fixing the float at different locations in the circumferential direction are provided in rows, respectively, and a radial protrusion or recess is provided in the fixing zone. A fixed-side engaging portion is provided, and a movable-side engaging portion including a recess or a protrusion corresponding to the fixed-side engaging portion is provided in the fitting portion of the float, and the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable portion are movable. The float is fixed up and down with respect to the shaft portion by upper and lower uneven engagement with the side engagement portion,
In addition, at least one of the fixed-side engaging portion and the movable-side engaging portion is provided in the vertical direction, and the engaging position of the other engaging portion with respect to the one engaging portion can be changed vertically. In addition, in a state where the movable side engaging portion is positioned in the fixing release zone, the movable side engaging portion and the fixed side engaging portion are disengaged to move the float up and down with respect to the shaft portion. With or without slide movement,
Furthermore, the movable side engaging portion and the fixed side engaging portion are configured to engage with the concave and convex portions vertically by rotating the movable side engaging portion in the forward direction from the fixed release zone toward the fixed zone. One of the fixed side engaging portion and the movable side engaging portion is provided with a latching portion that latches in the reverse rotation direction with respect to the other in the uneven engagement state.   2. The operation force according to claim 1, wherein the latching portion is latched on the other side by the operation force applied during the forward rotation and is larger than the operation force during the forward rotation applied in the reverse rotation direction. The ball tap device is characterized in that the hook is released by the hook.   In Claim 2, The said latching | locking part is a nail | claw provided in one of the said fixed side engaging part and the movable side engaging part, and this claw elastically climbs over the said other by the said normal direction rotation. The other side is hooked in the reverse rotation direction, and the other is elastically overcome in the reverse rotation direction by the operation force forcibly applied in the reverse rotation direction, and the hook is released from the other. A ball tap device characterized by that.   In any one of Claims 1-3, one side of the said shaft part and the said fitting part is under the uneven | corrugated engagement state of the said fixed side engaging part and a movable side engaging part at the time of the said positive direction rotation. A ball tap device characterized in that a stopper for restricting rotation of the float in the forward rotation direction is provided, and a contact portion that abuts against the stopper is provided on the other of the shaft portion and the fitting portion. In Claim 4, the fitting portion of the float is provided with a window portion penetrating in the radial direction, and the window portion forms the movable side engaging portion including the concave portion,
The ball tap device is characterized in that a side surface of the window portion forms the stopper, and a corresponding side surface of the fixed-side engaging portion including the projecting portion of the shaft portion forms the contact portion.   6. The lower end side of the shaft portion according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the fitting portion is prevented from falling downward from the shaft portion in a state where the movable side engaging portion is positioned in the fixed release zone. A ball tap device comprising a float drop prevention portion.   In Claim 6, The hook part which protruded in the radial direction by the said fixed release zone was provided in the lower end side of the above-mentioned shaft part, and this hook part protruded radially inward by the lower end side of the above-mentioned fitting part. The drop-off prevention part is configured to be hooked on a latching surface to prevent the fitting part from dropping, and the hooking part is pivoted to a position spaced apart from the latching surface in the circumferential direction. A passage recess is provided to pass in a direction, and the fitting portion is idly rotatable with respect to the shaft portion until the hook portion reaches the passage recess from the hooking surface. Ball tap device.

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