JP2012062711A - Water spray hose storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water spray hose storage device, which enables a water spray hose to be put in and out from a box body in an easy standing posture when water spraying is carried out, a long water spray hose to be compactly stored in the box body, the box body to be made slim, and an installation space therefor to be narrowed.SOLUTION: A water spray hose storage device includes: a box body 3 having a box main body 7 formed in a shape of surrounding a feed water pipe 2 raised outdoors and configured to have an opening 6 in a box upper face 7a higher than the height of a faucet 9 attached at the upper end of the feed water pipe 2, and a top cover 8 closing the opening 6 such that it can be opened; a water spray hose 4 connected to the feed water pipe 2 and having a nozzle 12 at its tip; and a vertically-long shaped automated hose taking-up reel 5 stored in the box body 3, taking up the water spray hose 4 spirally around a vertically directional taking-up shaft 14, and capable of reeling out the hose 4 obliquely upward via the opened opening 6, and the nozzle 12 is detachably disposed at a hose entrance 13 provided at an edge of the opening 6.

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage device for a watering hose installed around a water supply pipe standing outdoors such as a garden of a house or a park.

  As a storage device for this type of watering hose, for example, to install a box in a state surrounding a water supply pipe standing outdoors, and to wind up the watering hose connected to the water supply pipe inside the box There is a garden sink in which the hose reel is housed and the watering hose is pulled out from the box when watering to plant or sprinkle water on the ground (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  According to such a garden sink, the hose reel for winding the watering hose when not in use is housed inside the box, which is convenient for watering work and does not impair the beauty of the garden or park. There is an advantage.

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  However, in the garden sink, the watering hose is taken out from the box lower than the height of the faucet and faucet attached to the upper end of the water supply pipe. Had to squat down and bow down, and the burden on the working posture was great.

  Also, since the hose reel is installed in the box so that its winding shaft is horizontal, the hose reel (winding diameter) becomes larger in order to wind up the long watering hose. Must be formed in a large size, and it is necessary to make a large installation space for the box. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that it cannot be applied to a water pipe installed in a narrow place.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems. The object of the present invention is to install a box in a state surrounding a water supply pipe standing outdoors as described above. In a hose reel storage device that houses a hose reel for winding a watering hose connected to a water supply pipe inside the body, in the box, hose reel, and the direction of the watering hose feeding out from the hose reel, etc. By adding improvements, the watering hose can be taken in and out of the box in an easy posture while watering, and long watering hoses can be stored compactly inside the box, making the box slimmer and installed It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage device for a watering hose capable of reducing the space.

  The watering hose storage device according to the present invention has, as described in claim 1, a box upper surface higher than the height of the faucet attached to the upper end of the water supply pipe so as to surround the water supply pipe standing outdoors. A box body having a shape having an opening; a box having an upper lid that can be opened and closed; a watering hose connected to the water supply pipe and having a nozzle at a tip; and housed in the box. A vertical hose automatic take-up reel which can be wound up spirally around a take-up shaft with the watering hose in a vertical orientation and can be fed obliquely upward through an opening in an open state; Is detachably disposed at a hose doorway provided at the edge of the opening.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the storage device for a watering hose according to the first aspect, the watering faucet is provided at a position higher than the faucet.

  A storage device for a watering hose according to the present invention as set forth in claim 3 comprises a vertically long box body having faucets and watering faucets arranged on the outer surface, and a water supply pipe provided vertically in the box body. The watering hose is accommodated in the vertical direction from the upper opening of the box body while being spirally wound around the water supply pipe.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the storage device for the watering hose according to the third aspect, a take-up reel for winding the watering hose is disposed in the box body.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the storage device for the sprinkling hose according to the fourth aspect, an automatic hose take-up reel is adopted as the take-up reel.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the watering hose storage device according to the third to fifth aspects, the watering faucet is provided at a position higher than the faucet.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the hose inlet / outlet is provided in the opening on the upper surface of the box higher than the height of the faucet attached to the upper end of the water supply pipe, and the watering hose is opened from the hose automatic take-up reel. The watering hose can be taken out and put in and out of the box with an easy posture while standing, so that the watering hose can be easily taken in and out.
Moreover, since the watering hose is spirally wound around the vertical take-up shaft, a long watering hose can also be wound spirally around the vertical hose automatic take-up reel. The automatic hose take-up reel of the shape can be stored compactly inside the box, and it can be slimmed down and the installation space can be reduced, so it can be applied to water pipes standing in a narrow place is there.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the watering hose can be taken out and put in and out of the box with an easy standing posture, and the opening and closing operation of the watering faucet can be performed with an easy standing posture. .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even when no take-up reel is provided, the watering hose can be accommodated in the box body while being spirally wound by hand, and the watering is made from the upper opening of the box body. The hose can be stored and taken out easily.
According to this invention of Claim 4, the hose for watering can be accommodated in a box main body, winding up simply. At this time, the take-up reel is preferably an automatic hose take-up reel employing a spring mechanism or the like. In addition, if the water faucet is provided at a position higher than the faucet, the water faucet can be opened and closed in an easy standing posture (claim 6).

  According to the watering hose storage device of the present invention, the watering hose can be taken in and out of the box in an easy posture while standing, and a long watering hose can be stored compactly inside the box. It is possible to reduce the size of the box and the installation space.

It is a front view of the storage device of the watering hose which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a side view of the storage device of the watering hose of FIG. It is a side view which shows the state which pays out the watering hose upward from the storage device of the watering hose of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 3, a watering hose storage device 1 according to the present invention includes a box 3 that surrounds a water supply pipe 2 that is vertically installed outdoors in a garden or a park of a house, a watering hose 4, and the like. And a take-up reel 5 for taking up the watering hose 4. As the take-up reel 5, an automatic hose take-up reel 5 that can automatically take up the hose by operating a button outside the figure is adopted.

  The box body 3 has a box body 7 having a polygonal or circular cross section surrounding the water supply pipe 2 and an elongated shape in the longitudinal direction having an opening 6 on the box upper surface 7a, and an upper lid for closing the opening 6 of the box body 7 so as to be openable and closable. 8. The height of the box upper surface 7 a of the box body 7 is set to be higher than the height of the faucet 9 attached to the upper end of the water supply pipe 2 (near the height position of the person's waist). A pedestal or sink 10 is provided at the bottom of the box 3.

  The watering hose 4 is connected to the water supply pipe 2 via a branch pipe 11 and has a nozzle 12 at the tip. The nozzle 12 is detachably disposed at a hose inlet / outlet port 13 recessed at the edge of the opening 6 of the box 3.

  The automatic hose take-up reel 5 is formed in a vertically long shape in which the take-up shaft 14 is vertically oriented, and the rotational force is always in a direction in which the watering hose 4 is spirally wound around the take-up shaft 14. (Not shown) or the like. The watering hose 4 is extended and extended against the spring force of the mainspring spring, and is wound up by the spring force of the mainspring spring.

  The water faucet 15 is provided at a position higher than the faucet 9 so that the water faucet 15 can be opened and closed in an easy standing posture.

  Next, the point which waters by the storage device 1 of the watering hose comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.

  First, as shown in FIG. 3, the top cover 8 is opened, the nozzle 12 of the watering hose 4 is taken out from the hose inlet / outlet 13, and the watering hose 4 is opened from the hose automatic take-up reel 5 against the elasticity of the mainspring spring. It goes out diagonally upward through the planting and waters the ground. At that time, the hose inlet / outlet 13 is provided at the edge of the opening 6 of the box upper surface 7 a higher than the height of the faucet 9 attached to the upper end of the water supply pipe 2, and the watering hose 4 is opened from the hose automatic take-up reel 5. Since it feeds out diagonally upward via the opening 6, the watering hose 4 can be pulled out from the box 3 with a comfortable posture while standing.

  After watering, the watering hose 4 can be automatically wound around the winding shaft 14 by the elasticity of the mainspring spring. At this time, since the watering hose 4 is spirally wound around the vertical take-up shaft 14, the long watering hose 4 is sufficiently wound up corresponding to the vertically long hose automatic take-up reel 5. Can do. Therefore, the vertically long hose automatic take-up reel 5 can be stored compactly inside the box 3, and the box 3 can be slimmed and the installation space can be reduced. This is advantageous because it can be applied to the water supply pipe 2 installed in a narrow place. Even after winding the watering hose 4, the nozzle 12 can be returned to the hose inlet / outlet 13 in an easy posture while standing. Finally, the upper lid 8 is closed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Watering hose storage device 2 Water supply pipe 3 Box body 4 Watering hose 5 (Automatic hose) Take-up reel 6 Opening 7 Box body 7a Box upper surface 8 Top lid 9 Faucet 10 Sink 11 Branch pipe 12 Nozzle 13 Hose inlet / outlet 14 Winding up Axis 15 Watering tap

Claims (6)

  A box body formed in a shape surrounding the water supply pipe standing outdoors and having an opening on the upper surface of the box higher than the height of the faucet attached to the upper end of the water supply pipe, and an upper lid for closing the opening to be opened and closed A box body, a watering hose connected to the water supply pipe and having a nozzle at the tip thereof, and a coiled hose wound around a winding shaft which is housed inside the box body and has the watering hose oriented vertically. A vertically long hose automatic take-up reel that can be fed obliquely upward through an opening in a lid state, and the nozzle is detachably disposed at a hose inlet / outlet provided at an edge of the opening A storage device for a watering hose.   The watering hose storage device according to claim 2, wherein a watering faucet is provided at a position higher than the faucet.   A vertically long box body in which a faucet and a water faucet are arranged on the outer surface, and a water supply pipe provided vertically in the box body, and the watering hose is spirally wound around the water supply pipe A watering hose storage device, wherein the watering hose is stored vertically from an upper opening of a main body.   4. The watering hose storage device according to claim 3, wherein a take-up reel for winding the watering hose is disposed in the box body.   5. The watering hose storage device according to claim 4, wherein an automatic hose take-up reel is employed as the take-up reel.   The watering hose storage device according to claim 3, wherein a watering faucet is provided at a position higher than the faucet.