JP2011179192A - Socket cover of water faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a socket cover capable of reducing the risk of deformation and damage by decreasing the degree of deterioration. <P>SOLUTION: An insertion-and-fitting portion, into which a piping-side connecting portion can be inserted and fitted, and a fitting part 42, into which a body portion 24 can be fitted, are provided. The fitting part 42 is provided with a holding portion 62 for inelastically holding the body portion 24 and comprising: an elastically expandable opening 46 into which the body portion 24 can be inserted and fitted from a lateral direction thereof; first, second and third abutting surfaces 52, 53 and 54 to which three faces out of four outer peripheral surfaces of the body portion 24 can be abutted respectively; and a fixing rib 60 protrusively provided at the opening end of the opening 46 in such a manner as to abut on a partial region of the outer peripheral surface of the body portion 24. In addition, a tapered portion 58 capable of guiding a corner of the inserted/fitted body portion 24 to the third abutting surface 54 is provided on the back side of the end of the opening 46 facing the fixing rib 60. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a socket cover that covers a socket that connects a water faucet body and a hot water supply pipe / water supply pipe.

  Conventionally, a terminal fixture attached to an end of a hot water supply pipe / water supply pipe or the like drawn around the wall surface of a housing such as a bathroom and the water faucet body are connected via a “socket” formed in a crank shape. Yes. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the socket formed in the crank shape is connected to the pipe side and connected to the pipe side, and the pipe side connection part 22 formed in a cylindrical shape, and the end of the pipe side connection part 22 The main body 24 is connected to the pipe and connected to the end of the main body 24 opposite to the pipe-side connecting portion 22 and the main body 24. And a cylindrical water faucet side connection portion 26 that is bent at a right angle with respect to. In particular, in the hot water side socket 20 into which high temperature water (about 80 ° C. or higher) from a hot water supply source such as a hot water water heater flows, the hot water side socket 20 is covered to prevent direct contact with the user. In many cases, a socket cover 80 made of synthetic resin is attached.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the socket cover 80 elastically attaches the fixing claws 82 to either or both of the cylindrical pipe-side connecting portion 22 and the water faucet-side connecting portion 26. It is attached so that it can be held. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 11A, the two fixing claws 82 curved inward are connected between the pipe side connecting portion 22 or the water faucet side. As shown in FIG. 11 (b), the fixing claws 82 are elastically deformed so as to expand so that the pipe side connecting portion 22 or the water faucet side connection is provided. As shown in FIG. 11C, the hot water side socket 20 is configured such that the pipe side connection portion 22 or the faucet side connection portion 26 is held by the both fixing claws 82 as shown in FIG. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-8-246524 (FIGS. 2, 5, and 7)

  The socket cover 80 needs to be removed from the hot water side socket 20 or the like for maintenance such as cleaning, but the fixing claws 82 are likely to deteriorate while the elastic expanding operation is repeated during removal and attachment. In particular, the hot water side socket 20 is always in contact with or close to the hot water side socket 20 heated to a high temperature because hot water of about 80 ° C. is always flowing when the hot water mixing faucet is used as described above. The fixing claw 82 is significantly deteriorated due to the influence of the elastic expanding operation. Further, in the state where the pipe side connection part 22 or the water faucet side connection part 26 is press-fitted into the fixing claws 82 in the state of being held in the hot water side socket 20 as shown in FIG. Since the fixing claw 82 is always stressed in the expanding direction, the deterioration becomes further remarkable. When the user applies an unreasonable force such as performing an incorrect mounting method, the fixing claw 82 may be deformed or damaged due to such deterioration.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a socket cover that can reduce the degree of deterioration and the risk of deformation and breakage.

The first means of the present invention is:
It is formed in a crank shape to connect the end fitting attached to the end of a hot water supply pipe / water supply pipe etc. drawn around the wall surface of a cabinet such as a bathroom, and the cylinder connected to the pipe side. A pipe-side connecting portion formed in a pipe shape, a main body portion connected to the pipe-side connecting portion end and bent at a right angle with respect to the pipe-side connecting portion axis and formed into a rectangular cross section, and a main body portion Covers a socket that is connected to an end opposite to the end provided with the pipe-side connecting portion and that is bent at a right angle with respect to the main body and formed in a cylindrical shape. A cylindrical socket cover,
An insertion portion into which either the pipe side connection portion or the faucet side connection portion can be inserted, and a fitting portion into which the main body portion can be fitted,
In the fitting part,
An opening provided so as to be elastically expandable, and the main body is provided so as to be insertable from the lateral direction;
Of the four outer peripheral surfaces of the main body, a first contact surface, a second contact surface and a third contact surface with which at least a part of three surfaces can contact each other, and an opening of the opening A fixing rib projecting at the end so as to be able to come into contact with a part of the remaining one outer peripheral surface of the main body, and holding the main body inelastically; A socket cover characterized in that is provided.

  As described above, the socket cover of the present invention is configured such that the main body of the socket can be held inelastically by the three contact surfaces and the fixing rib. Therefore, when the socket cover is attached to the socket, no load is always applied to the contact surface. Therefore, deterioration of the socket cover can be reduced. On the other hand, when the socket cover is attached to the socket, the opening is elastically expanded so that the main body can be inserted into the holding portion, and the fixing rib provided at the end of the opening This prevents the socket cover from falling off the main body. Note that the “cross-sectional rectangular shape” of the main body portion of the socket is intended to include not only the rectangular shape itself but also a rectangular corner portion where R is formed.

  Moreover, the socket cover of this invention is provided only with the insertion part which can insert only either of the both connection parts of a socket other than a fitting part, and inserts both of a connection part. It is not the whole structure. Therefore, the socket cover of the present invention can be shortened as a whole as compared with the socket cover having two insertion portions, and the required raw materials can be reduced.

  The second means of the present invention is characterized in that, in the socket cover, the insertion part is provided so that a pipe side connection part of the socket can be inserted.

  The socket formed in the crank shape includes a faucet side connection part connected to a connection port projecting on the back side of the faucet body, a pipe side connection part connected to the hot water supply pipe / water supply pipe side, and these And a main body part connecting the two connection parts. Therefore, in a state where such a socket is attached, the water faucet side connection portion is located at the rear portion of the faucet body, whereas the pipe side connection portion is the length of the main body portion from the water faucet side connection portion. It will be located a distance away. Therefore, the faucet side connection part is hidden behind the faucet body and placed at a position where the hand of the faucet user cannot touch, while the pipe side connection part is separated from the back face of the faucet body. It will be arranged at the position. In the socket cover of the present invention, the pipe-side connection portion can be covered by the insertion portion and the fitting portion that can be fitted to the main body portion is provided. Even if it is not provided, it can be securely fixed to the socket. Therefore, the socket cover does not include a portion covering the faucet side connection portion, and can be provided short.

  And in the member located near the connection port of the faucet body, for example, in the hot and cold water mixing faucet installed on the wall surface of the bathroom, a counter for placing a shampoo bottle etc. is installed above the back surface of the faucet body Although it is often done, since the site | part which coat | covers the faucet side connection part is not provided, possibility that it will contact the member close | similar to a faucet main body, such as a counter, can be made low. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that peripheral members may be obstructed when the socket cover is attached. On the other hand, the faucet side connection portion located on the back side of the faucet body is less likely to be touched by the user by the faucet body, so that the safety of the user is not impaired.

  According to a third means of the present invention, in the socket cover, the fixing rib is provided on one of both end portions of the opening, and on the back side of the end of the opening facing the fixing rib. The taper part which can guide the corner | angular part of the main-body part inserted by the contact surface is provided.

  The socket cover is provided with a tapered part on the back side of the end of the opening opposite to the fixing rib so that the corner of the main part can be guided to the abutment surface. Can be guided. In addition, since the socket cover can reduce the amount of elastic expansion of the opening when the main body is inserted by the taper portion, the opening and fixing ribs are repeatedly deteriorated when the socket is repeatedly installed and removed. Can be reduced. In addition, the angle of the taper part in the socket cover of this invention is suitably determined by the shape of the cross section of a main-body part, the vertical length of the main-body part of a fixing rib, etc.

The fourth means is the socket cover,
The fixing rib is provided on the back side of the socket cover, and the tapered portion is provided on the front side of the socket cover.

  The socket cover is provided with a taper portion on the front side of the socket cover, so that the socket body is located on the back side of the taper portion when the socket cover is attached to the socket. There will be a gap between the two. Therefore, when this socket cover is attached to a hot water side socket through which high-temperature water flows, there is little deterioration due to heat at the front side of the socket cover that can be visually observed by the user, and the aesthetic appearance of the socket cover is impaired. hard. In addition, the portion on the front side of the socket cover that is easy for the user to touch is not easily heated, and the risk of the user being burned can be further reduced.

  Since the socket cover of the present invention is configured as described above and is provided with a holding portion that holds the main body portion inelastically, a load is not always applied to the contact surface or the like in a state of being attached to the socket, Deterioration of the socket cover can be reduced. In particular, it is preferable for the socket on the hot water side where the degree of deterioration due to the heat of the high-temperature water is large because the degree of deterioration can be further reduced. Further, since the socket cover is fixed on the main body portion of the socket and does not need to cover both of the connection portions of the socket, the socket cover can be shortened, and the raw material can be reduced to reduce the manufacturing cost. In addition to these effects, the socket cover according to the second aspect hardly interferes with members around the faucet body such as a counter, and can be smoothly attached and detached. In addition to these effects, the socket cover according to claim 3 can reduce the amount of expansion of the opening when attaching / removing the main body by providing a tapered portion. Can also be carried out smoothly. In addition to these effects, the socket cover according to claim 4 makes it difficult for heat to be transmitted to the front side of the socket cover when it is attached to a hot water side socket through which high temperature water of about 80 ° C. or higher flows. The aesthetics of the cover can be improved and the risk of burns for the user can be further reduced.

It is the front side perspective view of the water tap which attached the socket cover of this invention to the hot water side socket. It is a back side perspective view of the water tap of FIG. It is a right view of a socket cover and a hot water side socket. (A) Front view of socket cover, (b) Rear view, (c) Left side view, (d) Right side view, (e) Top view, (f) Bottom view, (g) A FIG. It is a perspective view of the socket cover and the hot water side socket for demonstrating attachment to the socket of a socket cover. It is a principal part cross-sectional view of the socket cover and the hot water side socket for demonstrating attachment to the socket of a socket cover. It is a principal part cross-sectional view of another socket cover and a hot water side socket. It is a principal part cross-sectional view of another socket cover and a hot water side socket. It is a principal part cross-sectional view of another socket cover and a hot water side socket. It is a perspective view of the socket cover and the hot water side socket for demonstrating the attachment to the socket of the conventional socket cover. It is a principal part cross-sectional view of the socket cover and the hot water side socket for demonstrating the attachment to the socket of the conventional socket cover.

  Next, an embodiment of the socket cover of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2, the socket cover 1a of the present invention is attached to the wall surface X, and is drawn around the back of the wall surface 1 and a hot water / water mixing faucet 2 of the type called “wall faucet”. The hot water supply side socket 20 is attached to the hot water supply side socket 20 while covering the crank-shaped hot water side socket 20 that connects a terminal device (not shown) of the hot water supply pipe / water supply pipe.

  The hot and cold water mixing faucet 2 has a horizontally long faucet body 3, a temperature control handle 4 rotatably attached to the left end portion of the faucet body 3, and a right end portion of the faucet body 3. The water discharge switching handle 5 attached to the water faucet and the water discharge port 6 projecting toward the lower center front side of the faucet body 3 are provided. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, a shower connection port 7 connected to a shower hose (not shown) is provided on the back side of the faucet body 3 so as to project. And although illustration is abbreviate | omitted in the back side of the faucet main body 3, the hot water side connection port and the water side connection port to which the hot water side socket 20 and the water side socket 21 are each connected are protrudingly provided.

  The hot and cold water mixing faucet 2 configured as described above is configured such that approximately 80 ° C. hot water flowing from the hot water supply pipe flows into the faucet body 3 from the hot water side socket 20, and water flowing from the water supply pipe flows into the water side socket. 21 flows into the faucet body 3 and is mixed with hot water at a desired temperature by a valve device (not shown) driven by the temperature adjustment handle 4 in the faucet body 3 and further driven by the water discharge switching handle 5. The valve device (not shown) switches the water discharge to the water discharge port 6 or the shower connection port 7 and adjusts the water discharge amount, and an appropriate amount of hot water is discharged from either the water discharge port 6 or the shower at a desired temperature. It is comprised so that.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the entire hot water side socket 20 is formed in a crank shape. More specifically, the hot water side socket 20 is connected to the hot water supply pipe side and connected to the pipe side connection portion 22 formed in a cylindrical shape, and to the end of the pipe side connection portion 22 and connected to the pipe side connection portion 22 axis. A main body 24 that is bent at a right angle and has a rectangular cross section, and is connected to an end of the main body 24 opposite to the end on which the pipe-side connecting portion 22 is provided and the main body And a water faucet side connection portion 26 that is bent at a right angle with respect to 24 and formed in a cylindrical shape, and is entirely formed in a crank shape. A communication hole for allowing hot water to flow from the hot water supply pipe to the hot water side connection portion of the faucet body 3 is formed in the hot water side socket 20. Although not described in detail, the water side socket 21 is configured in substantially the same manner as the hot water side socket 20.

  In this example, the socket cover 1 a is attached to the hot water side socket 20, but it is not excluded to attach to the water side socket 21. Moreover, if necessary, it is good also as attaching to the socket which communicates except normal hot water and water.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the socket cover 1 a is formed in a substantially rectangular shape that is vertically long when viewed from the front, and is formed in a substantially “L” shape with a cylindrical portion 48 projecting toward the front when viewed from the side. Has been. The socket cover 1a is provided with an insertion part 40 at the lower part and a fitting part 42 at the upper part.

  At the tip of the fitting portion 42 at the upper part of the socket cover 1a, a first insertion port 43 is formed which is opened so that the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 is inserted in a state where it is attached to the hot water side socket 20. Yes. The front side wall surface 44 and the rear side wall surface 45 constituting the first insertion port 43 of the socket cover 1a are formed in an arc shape in which the vicinity of the center protrudes slightly in the front end direction. Moreover, when attaching to the hot water side socket 20, the opening part 46 which can insert the hot water side socket 20 from the side part is formed in the right side surface of the socket cover 1a in front view.

  A cylindrical portion 48 having a bottomed end is formed on the front side of the insertion portion 40 below the front side wall surface 44 of the socket cover 1a. An adjustment port 49 for adjusting the adjustment spindle 28 provided in the hot water side socket 20 is opened at the bottom end of the cylindrical portion 48 of the socket cover 1a.

  Further, a second insertion hole 50 that is cut out in an arc shape is formed in a portion on the back side of the insertion portion 40 below the back side wall surface 45 of the socket cover 1a. The second insertion hole 50 is a portion that is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the pipe-side connection portion 22 formed in the cylindrical shape of the hot water side socket 20, and has an arc shape having an inner diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of the pipe-side connection portion 22. Notched in. And between the front side wall surface 44 and the back side wall surface 45 on the left side when viewed from the front, a side wall surface 47 that connects them is provided.

  In the socket cover 1a, the opening 46 of the fitting portion 42 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. A first contact surface 52, a second contact surface 53, and a third contact surface 54 are provided in the opening 46. The first abutting surface 52 is constituted by the inner wall surface of the back side wall surface 45, and the length in plan view is substantially the same as the length in the longitudinal direction of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20. Further, as shown in FIG. 4D, a first rib 56 and a second rib 57 respectively formed in the vertical direction are provided in the opening 43. The second abutment surface 53 includes a first projecting portion 56 a erected from an inner wall surface of the side wall surface 47 and a front end surface of the first projecting portion 57 a among the first rib 56 and the second rib 57. It is composed of The front end surfaces of the first projecting portion 56 a and the first projecting portion 57 a are formed in parallel with the inner wall surface of the side wall surface 47. The length of the second contact surface 53 in plan view is provided substantially the same as the length of the main body 24 in the short direction. The third abutment surface 54 is erected from the inner wall surface of the front side wall surface 44 of the first rib 56 and the second rib 57, and the first projecting portion 56a and the first projecting portion. It is comprised from the front end surface of the 2nd protrusion part 56b connected with 57a and the 2nd protrusion part 57b. The tip surfaces of the second projecting portion 56 b and the second projecting portion 57 b are formed in parallel with the inner wall surface of the front side wall surface 44.

  A tapered portion 58 that is inclined toward the front side wall surface 44 toward the opening 46 is connected to the second projecting portion 56b and the second projecting portion 57b of the socket cover 1a. The tapered portion 58 is provided at an angle inclined by 30 degrees with respect to the front side wall surface 44. The angle of the taper portion 58 may be set to an appropriate angle depending on the shape of the cross section of the main body portion 24, the ratio of the fixing rib 60 to the vertical length of the main body portion 24, etc. Length of the third contact surface 54: Length of the second contact surface 53: Length of the first contact surface 52: Length of the fixing rib 60: Thickness of the fixing rib 60 = 1: 4.8 If it is about 30 degrees at 10.5: 1.3: 0.5, the hot water side socket 20 can be smoothly attached to and detached from the main body 24 as described later.

  In this example, by providing the tapered portion 58 on the front side of the socket cover 1a, the socket cover 1a is attached to the hot water side socket 20 as shown in FIG. The outer peripheral surface on the front side is located on the back side from the front side wall surface 44 of the socket cover 1 a, and the socket cover 1 a has a gap between the hot water side socket 20 and the front side wall surface 44. Therefore, when this socket cover 1a is attached to the hot water side socket 20 through which high-temperature water flows, it is difficult for heat to be transmitted to the front side wall surface 44 of the socket cover 1a that can be visually observed by the user. Therefore, there is little deterioration by a heat | fever and the beauty | look of the socket cover 1a is hard to be impaired. Further, since the front side wall surface 44 of the socket cover 1a that is easy for the user to touch is hard to be heated, the risk of the user being burned can be further reduced. However, in the present invention, it is also possible to provide the tapered portion 58 on the back side wall surface 46 and the fixing rib 60 on the front side wall surface 44.

  Moreover, in the socket cover 1a of this example, the second contact surface 53 and the third contact surface 54 are provided with the first projecting portion 56a, the first projecting portion 57a, the second projecting portion 56b, and the second projecting configuration. By using the front end surface of the portion 57b, even when the hot water side socket 20 is attached to the socket cover 1a, most of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 is not in direct contact with the front side wall surface 44 and the side wall surface 47. It is configured as follows. Therefore, the heat of the high-temperature water flowing through the hot water side socket 20 is hardly transmitted to the front side wall surface 44 and the side wall surface 47. In the socket cover 1a of the present invention, the second abutment surface 53, the third abutment surface 54, or the tapered portion 58 is used as the front end surface of the first rib 56 or the second rib 57 as in the above example. Instead of this, for example, the tip surface of a wider protruding portion may be used. In such a case, you may comprise a 2nd contact surface, a 3rd contact surface, or a taper part only by one protrusion-shaped site | part. On the contrary, the second contact surface, the third contact surface, or the tapered portion may be configured by providing three or more ribs.

  Further, the socket cover 1a has a rectangular plate-like fixing rib 60 projecting from the end of the opening 46 on the rear side wall surface 45 side in a side view. As shown in FIG. 4 (d), the fixing rib 60 is provided at a position near the center of the two first ribs 56 and the second rib 57 in the vertical direction of the socket cover 1a. Projecting from the end of 45 toward the front side wall surface 44. Moreover, the width | variety is provided in about 1/3 of the space | interval of the two 1st ribs 56 and the 2nd ribs 57. FIG. As described above, the first contact surface 52 sandwiched between the fixing rib 60 and the side wall surface 47 is formed to have the same width as the lateral length of the transverse section of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20. The distance between the front end of the fixing rib 60 and the front side wall surface 44 is slightly smaller than the length of the main body 24 in the vertical direction, so that the socket cover 1a can be easily removed from the attached main body 24. It is provided not to come off.

  As described above, the socket cover 1a has the first contact surface 52, the second contact surface 53, the third contact surface 54, and the fixing rib 60 so as to hold the main body 24 of the hot water side socket 20. 62 is configured. In the holding portion 62, as described above, the holding portion 62 has a shape that conforms to the outer shape of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 to be held. Has been.

  Next, a method for attaching the socket cover 1a to the hot water side socket 20 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, first, the portion of the hot water socket 20 where the adjustment spindle 28 is provided is inserted into the insertion portion 40 so as to be inserted into the cylindrical portion 48 of the socket cover 1a. Next, the socket cover 1a is rotated clockwise (in the direction of the arrow in the drawing) when viewed from the front, and the fitting portion 42 is fitted to the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20. At this time, the socket cover 1a is fitted to the hot water side socket 20 as shown in FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 6A, the fitting portion 42 of the socket cover 1a is inserted and fitted so that the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 is inserted from the opening 46 of the socket cover 1a. At this time, as described above, the distance between the front end of the fixing rib 60 of the socket cover 1a and the front side wall surface 44 is set slightly smaller than the vertical length of the main body 24 of the hot water side socket 20. Therefore, when the hot water side socket 20 is inserted, the fixing rib 60 is pushed by the main body 24 and the back side wall surface 45 is slightly bent outward.

  Further, when the fitting portion 42 is inserted into the insertion portion 40 of the socket cover 1a for the hot water side socket 20, as shown in FIG. Reaches the tapered portion 58 of the socket cover 1a, and the main body portion 24 is guided toward the third contact surface 54 of the socket cover 1a so as to go up the tapered portion 58. At this time, since the back surface of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 remains in contact with the fixing rib 60 of the socket cover 1a, the socket cover 1a has the main body portion of the hot water side socket 20 in a plan view. It is inserted into the main body 24 so as to be inclined slightly downward to the left. Further, when the socket cover 1a is inserted into the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20, as shown in FIG. 6C, the corner portion of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 is a tapered portion of the socket cover 1a. 58, and reaches the third contact surface 54. At this time, the back side of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 is still in a position in contact with the fixing rib 60, so that the socket cover 1 a can be connected to the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 in a plan view. In this state, the fixing rib 60 is pushed by the main body 24 and the back side wall surface 45 is slightly bent outward. State. However, since the socket cover 1a is provided with the taper portion 58, the back side wall surface 45 is less bent when attached.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (d), the socket cover 1 a is rotated to a position where the corner of the main body 24 of the hot water side socket 20 reaches the back end of the third contact surface 54, and the main body 24 is When pushed in, the main body portion 24 gets over all the fixing ribs 60 of the socket cover 1 a and is accommodated and held in the holding portion 62. As described above, the first contact surface 52, the second contact surface 53, the third contact surface 54, and the fixing rib 60 that form the holding portion 62 of the socket cover 1 a have a shape that follows the outer shape of the main body portion 24. Since it is formed in a shape that abuts against the main body 24 inelastically, the holding portion 62 of the socket cover 1a attached to the main body 24 of the hot water side socket 20 is connected to the main body 24. It is in a state where no load is applied by pressure bonding. Further, as shown in FIG. 6 (d), a gap is provided between the front side wall surface 44 and the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20 in a state of being attached to the main body portion 24. Yes. Moreover, since the 2nd contact surface 53 and the 3rd contact surface 54 of the socket cover 1a are formed in the front end surface of the 1st rib 56 and the 2nd rib 57, the main-body part 24 of the hot water side socket 20 is a side. It is configured not to directly contact the wall surface 47. When removing the socket cover 1a from the hot water side socket 20, the work may be performed in the reverse order. Also during the removal, the socket cover 1a is configured so that the back side wall surface 45 is less bent by the tapered portion 58.

  The socket cover of the present invention is not limited to the above example, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 shows a socket cover 1b in which the tapered portion is omitted unlike the above-described example. The socket cover 1b is formed in a stepped shape from the third contact surface 54 to the front side wall surface 44, and is not provided with a tapered portion. Also in the socket cover 1b, the first contact surface 52, the second contact surface 53, the third contact surface 54, and the fixing rib 60 that constitute the holding portion 62 are shaped along the outer shape of the main body portion 24. Since it is formed in a shape inelastically contacting the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20, the holding portion 62 of the socket cover 1 b attached to the main body portion 24 is crimped to the main body portion 24. It is in a state where no weight is added by doing.

  FIG. 8 shows that the tapered portion is omitted, and unlike the above example, the first projecting portion 52c and the third projecting portion of the first rib 56 and the second rib 57 are also provided on the first contact surface 52. This is a socket cover 1c constituted by a portion 57c (not shown). Further, the socket cover 1c is provided with fixing ribs 60 in front of and behind the opening 46, respectively. In this socket cover 1c, a stepped portion is formed from the third abutting surface 54 to the front side wall surface 44, and similarly, a stepped portion is formed from the first abutting surface 52 to the rear side wall surface 45. Not provided. Also in this socket cover 1 c, the first contact surface 52, the second contact surface 53, the third contact surface 54 and the fixing rib 60 constituting the holding portion 62 are formed on the outer shape of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20. Since it is formed in a shape that abuts the main body 24 inelastically, the holding portion 62 of the socket cover 1c attached to the main body 24 is pressure-bonded to the main body 24. It is assumed that no weighting is added.

  FIG. 9 shows that the tapered portion is omitted, and unlike the above example, the first contact surface 52, the second contact surface 53, and the third contact surface 54 are all connected to the wall surfaces of the socket cover 1d. It is comprised by the inner wall surface. In addition, the socket cover 1d is provided with fixing ribs 60 in front of and behind the opening 46, respectively. In this socket cover 1d, the first contact surface 52 is formed by the inner wall surface of the back side wall surface 45, the second contact surface 53 is formed by the inner wall surface of the side wall surface 47, and the third contact surface 54 is the front surface. The inner wall surface of the side wall surface 44 is configured. Therefore, no rib is provided in the holding portion 62 of the socket cover 1d. Also in this socket cover 1 d, the first contact surface 52, the second contact surface 53, the third contact surface 54 and the fixing rib 60 constituting the holding portion 62 are the outer shape of the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20. , And is formed in a shape inelastically contacting the main body portion 24 of the hot water side socket 20, the holding portion 62 of the socket cover 1 c attached to the main body portion 24 includes the main body portion. It is assumed that no weight is applied by crimping to 24. Since the socket cover of this example does not use ribs on the contact surface, it can be easily manufactured.

  The present invention can be widely used for a socket cover of a water faucet.

1a, 1b, 1c, 1d; socket cover, 2; hot water and water mixing faucet, 3; faucet body, 4; temperature control handle, 5; spout switching handle, 6; spout, 7; Side socket, 21; water side socket, 22; pipe side connection part, 24; body part, 26; faucet side connection part, 28; adjustment spindle, 40; insertion part, 42; fitting part, 43; Insertion port 44; Front side wall surface 45; Rear side wall surface 46; Opening portion 47; Side wall surface; 48; Cylindrical portion 49; Adjusting port 50; Second insertion hole 52; 53; 2nd contact surface, 54; 3rd contact surface, 56; 1st rib, 56a; 1st protrusion part, 56b; 2nd protrusion part, 56c; 3rd protrusion part, 57; Rib, 57a; first protrusion, 57b; second protrusion, 57c; third protrusion, 58; taper, 60; fixing rib, 6 ; Holding portion, 80; socket cover, 82; lock bar, X; wall.

Claims (4)

It is formed in a crank shape to connect the end fitting attached to the end of a hot water supply pipe / water supply pipe etc. drawn around the wall surface of a cabinet such as a bathroom, and the cylinder connected to the pipe side. A pipe-side connecting portion formed in a pipe shape, a main body portion connected to the pipe-side connecting portion end and bent at a right angle with respect to the pipe-side connecting portion axis and formed into a rectangular cross section, and a main body portion Covers a socket that is connected to an end opposite to the end provided with the pipe-side connecting portion and that is bent at a right angle with respect to the main body and formed in a cylindrical shape. A cylindrical socket cover,
An insertion part into which either the pipe side connection part or the faucet side connection part of the socket can be inserted, and a fitting part into which the main body part can be fitted,
In the fitting part,
An opening provided to be elastically expandable and provided so that the body portion of the socket can be inserted from the lateral direction;
Of the four outer peripheral surfaces of the main body, a first contact surface, a second contact surface and a third contact surface with which at least a part of three surfaces can contact each other, and an opening of the opening A fixing rib projecting at the end so as to be able to come into contact with a part of the remaining one outer peripheral surface of the main body, and holding the main body inelastically; A socket cover characterized by comprising:   The socket cover according to claim 1, wherein the insertion portion is provided so that a pipe-side connection portion of the socket can be inserted.   The fixing rib is provided on one of both end portions of the opening, and the corner of the main body portion to be fitted is formed on the back side of the end of the opening facing the fixing rib. The socket cover according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a tapered portion capable of being guided.   The socket cover according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fixing rib is provided on the back side of the socket cover, and the tapered portion is provided on the front side of the socket cover.

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