JP2017066611A - Faucet cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a faucet that enables a robust design plate with high-class image to be strongly fit on a top face of a faucet cover.SOLUTION: An upper cover member 35 constituting a design plate is disposed on a top face of a stay 341 of a cover 11 that covers a faucet body. A reinforcement plate is disposed on a rear face side of the stay 341. A fixing member is installed in a protruding manner on a rear face of the upper cover member 35, and the fixing member passes through an insertion hole of the stay 341 and is inserted in a mounting hole of the reinforcement plate to fix the upper cover member 35 by sandwiching the stay 341 between the upper cover member 35 and the reinforcement plate.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a faucet cover in which a design plate is provided on the upper surface of a cover body.

Techniques relating to this type of faucet cover are disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.
In the faucet covers of Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2, a design plate is provided on the stay on the upper surface of the faucet body. A curved portion that is curved in an arc shape toward the lower rear is formed at the front end portion of the design plate, and the curved portion covers the front end portion of the faucet body. And the lower part of the curved part is being fixed to the lower surface of the faucet body with the screw. Moreover, the rear end part of the design plate is stopped by the standing wall surface of the bathroom.

JP 2008-231888 A JP 2013-108298 A

  As described above, in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the design plate is fixed to the lower surface of the faucet body with screws. Therefore, since the screw is exposed on the outer surface of the faucet, not only the appearance of the faucet is deteriorated, but the screw may be removed due to mischief or the like.

  In Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, if the design plate is fixed to the upper surface of the stay with a screw, the head of the screw is exposed on the upper surface of the design plate, which is not preferable in appearance. For this reason, the design plate is not fixed to the stay, the front end is fixed to the lower surface of the faucet body with screws as described above, and the rear end is only fixed to the vertical wall surface. It was difficult to secure the mounting strength. The fact that the mounting strength cannot be ensured is difficult to use with a thick and sturdy design plate because its weight is excessive. Therefore, it is impossible to use a thick and sturdy high-quality design plate. In addition, since the thin design plate is stopped at the front end portion and the rear end portion, the intermediate portion is easily lifted.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a faucet cover capable of firmly attaching a sturdy design plate to an upper surface.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, in the faucet provided with a design plate on the upper surface of the stay of the cover body covering the faucet body, a reinforcing plate is disposed on the back side of the stay, A fixing member is provided on the back surface of the design plate, the fixing member is inserted into the opening of the reinforcing plate through the opening of the stay, and the fixing member is fixed to the reinforcing plate. Is provided.

  In the above configuration, the design plate on the upper surface of the cover main body is fixed to the reinforcing plate on the lower surface of the stay of the cover main body by the fixing means. For this reason, the design plate and the reinforcing plate are connected to the stay in a state where the stay is clamped, and the design plate can be fixed to the stay with high mounting strength. Further, since the design plate can be fixed to the stay and the reinforcing plate, it is not necessary to form a curved portion that covers the faucet body with respect to the design plate. Accordingly, a thick and sturdy design plate can be used, and the design plate can be prevented from being lifted. Furthermore, since it is not necessary to use the screw exposed on the surface of the cover for fixing the design plate, the appearance as a faucet can be improved.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to firmly fix a sturdy design plate to the upper surface of the cover of the faucet.

The perspective view of the front part side of a faucet. The perspective view of the rear side of a faucet. The perspective view which looked at the cover from the rear side. The exploded perspective view which looked at the cover from the rear side. Sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of a reinforcement board. Sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of the reinforcement board with respect to a fixing member. Sectional drawing which shows the fixed state of an attachment piece. Sectional drawing which shows the fixing position of a front cover body and a rear cover body. Sectional drawing which shows the example of a change of an insertion hole. Sectional drawing which shows the example of a change of a fixing hole.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
This embodiment is embodied in a hot and cold water mixing faucet (hereinafter simply referred to as a faucet) that can discharge water, hot water, and mixed water of water and hot water.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a shower hose 15 having a shower head (not shown) at the tip is connected to the shower spout 14 at the rear part of the faucet body 11 covered with the cover 30. A currant water discharge pipe 17 is connected to the currant water discharge port 16 on the lower surface of the faucet body 11. A water discharge amount adjustment handle 18 is provided at the right end of the faucet body 11 in FIG. 1, and a temperature adjustment handle 19 is provided at the left end of the faucet body 11.

  A shower side push button 41 and a currant side push button 42 are arranged at the front portion of the cover 30. Then, the shower water discharge and water stop from the shower head and the water discharge and water stop from the currant water discharge pipe 17 are performed by the pushing operation on the both push buttons 41 and 42. In the case of these water discharges, the water discharge amount is adjusted by manual operation of the water discharge amount adjustment handle 18. The temperature of the water discharge is adjusted by manual operation of the temperature adjustment handle 19.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cover body 31 of the cover 30 includes a rear cover member 32 made of a synthetic resin covering the rear surface and the rear half of the lower surface of the faucet body 11, and the front surface of the faucet body 11. A front cover member 34 made of a synthetic resin having a stay 341 on the upper surface side is provided. A lower cover member 33 made of a metal plate that covers the lower surface of the faucet body 11 is fixed to the lower portion of the front cover member 34. A metal upper cover member 35 is fixed to the upper surface of the stay 341. The entire upper cover member 35 is mirror-finished by plating to constitute a design plate. A metal reinforcement plate 36 connected to the upper cover member 35 is provided on the lower surface of the stay 341.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a plurality of (6 in the embodiment) insertion holes 51 are provided at the rear edge and both side edges of the stay 341 of the front cover member 34 at intervals. It is transparent. In the rear edge and both side edges of the reinforcing plate 36, a plurality of (5 in the embodiment) fixing holes 55 are formed at positions opposed to the other insertion holes 51 except for the one insertion hole 51. It is installed. The fixing hole 55 is formed in a dharma shape as a whole by adjoining a large diameter portion 551 located on the front side and a small diameter portion 552 located on the rear side.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, attachment pieces 57 and 58 are formed at the left and right ends of the rear edge of the reinforcing plate 36 by forming a pair of cuts 56, and these attachment pieces 57 and 58 are intermediate. The tip portions 571 and 581 are located below the base portion. One attachment piece 57 is provided with an insertion hole 59 therethrough. One attachment piece 57 having the insertion hole 59 is disposed at a position facing the one insertion hole 51, and the insertion hole 51 is not formed at a position facing the other attachment piece 58.

  On the back surface of the upper cover member 35, short columnar fixing members 61 are welded to a plurality of locations (six locations in the embodiment) facing the one mounting piece 57 and the fixing hole 55, respectively. The fixing member 61 corresponding to one mounting piece 57 is inserted into the insertion hole 51, and the other fixing member 61 is inserted into the insertion hole 51 and the fixing hole 55.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an annular groove 62 is formed on the outer periphery of the fixing member 61, and a screw hole 63 that opens to the lower end surface is formed at the axial center position of the fixing member 61. An annular guide surface 64 made of an inclined surface is formed on the lower outer periphery of the annular groove 62 of the fixing member 61.

  4 and 5, the outer diameter of the fixing member 61 is smaller than the inner diameter of the large diameter portion 551 of the insertion hole 51 and the fixing hole 55 and larger than the small diameter portion 552 of the fixing hole 55. ing. The outer diameter of the annular groove 62 is larger than the inner diameter of the small diameter portion 552, and the inner diameter of the annular groove 62 is smaller than the inner diameter of the small diameter portion 552. Then, the annular groove 62 of the fixing member 61 is fitted into the small diameter portion 552 of the fixing hole 55 so that the upper cover member 35 and the reinforcing plate 36 are fixed with the stay 341 of the front cover member 34 sandwiched therebetween. . Since the fixing member 61 facing the one attachment piece 57 is not fitted into the fixing hole 55, the annular groove 62 is unnecessary.

  The axial dimension from the base end (upper end) of the fixing member 61 to the annular groove 62 is slightly shorter than the thickness of the reinforcing plate 36, and the small diameter portion 552 of the fixing hole 55 of the reinforcing plate 36 is fitted into the annular groove 62. In the combined state, the reinforcing plate 36 and the upper cover member 35 are attracted, and the stay 341 is sandwiched between the reinforcing plate 36 and the upper cover member 35.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the one attachment piece 57 is in contact with the lower surface of the fixing member 61 and is fixed to the fixing member 61 with a screw 71 screwed into the screw hole 63 of the fixing member 61. .

  In the present embodiment, fixing means for fixing the fixing member 61 to the reinforcing plate 36 with the stay 341 sandwiched therebetween are the annular groove 62 formed in the fixing member 61 and the inner edge of the small diameter portion 552 of the fixing hole 55. Part, a screw hole 63 of the fixing member 61, one attachment piece 57, and a screw 68.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, a pair of recesses 66 are formed at the upper end of the rear cover member 32 at positions corresponding to the fixing members 61 at the left and right ends of the rear edge of the upper cover member 35, and An insertion groove 67 is formed in the recess 66. A screw 71 passing through the insertion groove 67 from below is screwed into the screw hole 63 of the fixing member 61. In this case, loosening of the screw 71 is suppressed by the repulsive force of the elastic deformation of the bottom wall 69 of the recess 66, and backlash between the rear cover member 32, the upper cover member 35, and the stay 341 is prevented.

The fixing member 61 having the screw hole 63 into which the screws 68 and 71 are not screwed may not have the screw hole 63.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the tips of the mounting pieces 57 and 58 are engaged with the inner surface of the rear cover member 32 and the lower surface of the protrusion 72 on the inner surface.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, in order to assemble the upper cover member 35 as a design plate to the front cover member 34 to which the lower cover member 33 has been assembled in advance, the upper cover member 35 is placed on the stay 341 of the front cover member 34, The fixing member 61 of the cover member 35 is inserted through the insertion hole 51 of the stay 341. Next, the reinforcing plate 36 is applied to the lower surface of the stay 341, the tip of the fixing member 61 and one mounting piece 57 are brought into contact with each other, and the fixing member 61 is positioned in the large-diameter portion 551 of the fixing hole 55 of the reinforcing plate 36. Let In this state, the reinforcing plate 36 is slid (see the solid line and the two-dot chain line of the reinforcing plate 36 in FIG. 5), and the small diameter portion 552 of the fixing hole 55 is fitted into the annular groove 62 of the fixing member 61. At this time, the thickness of the reinforcing plate 36 is thicker than the dimension from the base end of the fixing member 61 to the annular groove 62, but an inclined guide surface 64 is formed at the upper edge of the annular groove 62. Therefore, the fitting operation with respect to the small diameter portion 552 of the annular groove 62 can be performed smoothly.

  Then, the screw 68 is inserted from the lower surface side of the reinforcing plate 36 into the insertion hole 59 of the attachment piece 57 and screwed into the screw hole 63 of the fixing member 61. In this way, the upper cover member 35 is assembled with the reinforcing plate 36 with the stay 341 interposed therebetween.

  On the other hand, a rear cover member 32 is assembled to the faucet body 11. In this state, the front cover member 34 having the upper cover member 35 is placed on the front side of the faucet body 11 so that the faucet body 11 is incorporated. In this way, the mounting pieces 57 and 58 of the reinforcing plate 36 are positioned in contact with the inner surface of the rear cover member 32 and the lower surface of the protrusion 72. When the screw 71 is screwed into the screw hole 63 of the fixing member 61 from the lower side of the recess 66 of the rear cover member 32 through the insertion groove 67, the screw 71 is prevented from loosening due to elastic deformation of the bottom wall 69 of the recess 66. The upper sides of the upper cover member 35 and the rear cover member 32 are fixed to each other.

As described above, the faucet body 11 can be surrounded by the cover 30 having the upper cover member 35 as a design plate.
And according to this embodiment, there exist the following effects.

  (1) Since the upper cover member 35 constituting the design plate is fixed at the three sides of the reinforcing plate 36, the rear edge portion, and both side edge portions with the stay 341 of the front cover member 34 interposed therebetween, the upper cover member 35 is fixed. , The stay 341 and the reinforcing plate 36 form a three-layer structure, and the upper portion of the cover 30 covering the upper surface of the faucet body 11 can have a high strength structure. Further, the upper cover member 35 can be prevented from being lifted from the stay 341, and a good appearance can be obtained.

  (2) Since the front side of the faucet body 11 is covered with the front cover member 34, it is not necessary to curve the front side of the upper cover member 35. Accordingly, a flat plate-like member can be used as the upper cover member 35. As a result, a thick and sturdy member can be used as the upper cover member 35.

  (3) The small diameter portion 552 of the fixing hole 55 of the reinforcing plate 36 is fitted into the annular grooves 62 of the plurality of fixing members 61 in the upper cover member 35, and one mounting piece 57 of the reinforcing plate 36 is screwed to the fixing member 61. The upper cover member 35 and the reinforcing plate 36 can be fixed simply by screwing the screw into the hole 63. Therefore, these assembling operations need only be performed by sliding the upper cover member 35 and mounting the single screw 68. Not only is the assembling simple, but only one screw 68 is required, and the number of parts is reduced. The configuration is simple.

  (4) Since the screw for fixing the upper cover member 35 from above is not used for fixing the upper cover member 35, it is possible to prevent the screw head from being exposed on the upper surface of the upper cover member 35. The appearance as a faucet can be improved. Further, unlike Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, there is no need to form a curved portion that accommodates the faucet body 11 on the front side of the upper cover member 35. Therefore, the upper cover member 35 is thick and sturdy. You can use anything.

  (5) Since the upper cover member 35 is welded to the back surface of the fixing member 61, the upper cover member 35 is different from a case where, for example, a pin or a screw head is caulked in the through hole of the upper cover member 35. The outline of the fixing member 61 does not appear on the upper surface of the upper cover member 35, and the appearance of the upper surface of the upper cover member 35 can be improved.

  (6) Since the mounting piece 57 to be screwed is located at the rear edge of the reinforcing plate 36, there is no obstacle to the use of the driver below the mounting piece 57, and the screw tightening work by the driver is easy. It can be carried out.

  (7) Since the thickness of the reinforcing plate 36 is thicker than the dimension from the base of the fixing member 61 to the annular groove 62, the upper cover member is interposed via the fixing member 61 when the reinforcing plate 36 is fitted in the annular groove 62. 35 is attracted to the reinforcing plate 36. Therefore, the lamination strength of the upper cover member 35, the stay 341, and the reinforcing plate 36 can be improved, and rattling between the upper cover member 35, the stay 341, and the reinforcing plate 36 can be prevented, giving a sense of quality to the user. it can.

  (8) The rear cover member 32 and the front cover member 34 are fixed by the screw 71 screwed into the screw hole 63 of the fixing member 61. In this case, since the lower portion of the insertion groove 67 through which the screw 71 is inserted is opened, the screwing operation by the driver can be easily performed.

  (9) In the screwing of the rear cover member 32 and the front cover member 34 with the screw 71, the bottom wall 69 of the recess is elastically deformed. Therefore, the reaction force of the elastic deformation causes the rear cover member 32 and the front cover. The play between the member 34 and the member 34 can be suppressed.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and can be embodied in the following manner.
The screw hole 63 of the fixing member 61 is formed only in the fixing member 61 into which the screw 68 is screwed.

A C ring as a fixing means that contacts the lower surface of the reinforcing plate 36 is provided in the annular groove 62 of the fixing member 61, and the fixing member 61 and the reinforcing plate 36 are fixed by the C ring.
As shown in FIG. 9, the insertion hole 51 serving as the opening of the stay 341 is formed in a groove shape in which the end edge side of the stay 341 is opened.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the fixing hole 55 as the opening of the reinforcing plate 36 has a groove shape in which the edge side of the hole of the reinforcing plate 36 is opened. In this case, the reinforcing plate 36 is prevented from moving backward by the attachment pieces 57 and 58 coming into contact with the inner surface of the rear cover member 32.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Faucet body, 30 ... Cover, 31 ... Cover body, 34 ... Front cover member, 341 ... Stay, 35 ... Upper cover member, 36 ... Reinforcement plate, 51 ... Insertion hole, 55 ... Fixing hole, 551 ... Large Diameter portion, 552 ... small diameter portion, 57 ... mounting piece, 61 ... fixing member, 62 ... annular groove, 63 ... screw hole, 68 ... screw.

Claims (5)

In a faucet provided with a design plate on the upper surface of the stay of the cover body covering the faucet body,
A reinforcing plate is disposed on the back side of the stay, and a fixing member projects from the back surface of the design plate, and the fixing member is inserted into the opening of the reinforcing plate through the opening of the stay, A faucet cover provided with fixing means for fixing a fixing member to the reinforcing plate.   2. The faucet cover according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means includes a groove formed on an outer periphery of the fixing member and an inner edge of the opening of the stay fitted in the groove.   The fixing means includes a large-diameter portion having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the fixing member, and a small-diameter portion having an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the groove and smaller than the outer diameter of the groove and into which the groove is fitted. The faucet cover according to claim 2.   The fixing means includes a screw hole that opens to an end surface of the fixing member, a mounting piece that is formed in the reinforcing plate and abuts against a front end surface of the fixing member, and is screwed into the screw hole. The faucet cover according to claim 3, further comprising a screw that is tightened against the faucet.   The faucet cover according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the fixing member is disposed on an outer periphery of the design plate.

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