JP2018178459A - Remote operation type drain plug device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote operation type drain plug device that has a motor operation part and a manual operation part and that does not cause a failure and erroneous operation of a drive part by influx of water.SOLUTION: A remote operation type drain plug device comprises: a manual switch 11 positioned at the upper part of the remote operation type drain plug device and for receiving input of remote operation by hand; a motor operation part substrate 14 that outputs an operation instruction based on input of remote operation by an electric signal; a switch shaft 12 that ascends/descends by any of operation of the manual switch 11 and an operation instruction from the motor operation part substrate 14; a drive part 18 that transmits the up-and-down motion of the switch shaft 12 to wire 21 for lifting/lowering a valve body 52; an upper cut-off part 13 for preventing water flowing into the remote operation type drain plug device from flowing in the drive part 18; and a water conduction part 15 for conducting water flowing into the remote operation type drain plug device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a remotely operated drain valve device for remotely opening and closing a drainage port of a tank body such as a wash basin and a bathtub.

  A remote control drain tap that remotely opens and closes the drainage port of the bath body, such as a wash basin or a bathtub, without touching the drainage port directly by operating the operation unit provided in the vicinity of the bath body. The device is known. It is also known to drive a motor based on an electric signal from the electric operation unit, and to move the valve up and down to open and close the drainage port. For example, when the bathtub outlet is taken as an example, the electric operation unit is installed outside the bathroom (for example, the kitchen), and the manual operation unit receiving manual operation is installed at the upper edge of the bath to combine both electric and manual operation units. A drainage device is disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-73426

  However, in the drainage device of Patent Document 1, since the drive unit is located below the manual operation unit, there is a problem that water flows in from the manual operation unit to cause failure of the drive unit. It is not preferable that water flows into the drive unit, not only from the manual operation unit, but even by a slight amount. Even if the failure does not occur, there is a possibility that malfunction of the drive unit may occur due to dust and dirt in the drainage, surface tension of water, and the like.

  In addition, in order to inspect and maintain the inside of the drive unit, it is necessary to disassemble and perform all the parts, and there is also a problem that it takes time and effort if failures and malfunction occur frequently due to the inflow of water.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and in the remote-controlled drain valve device having both the electric operation unit and the manual operation unit, the flow of water causes the failure or malfunction of the drive unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote-controlled drain valve device that does not Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote-controlled drain valve device capable of easily performing inspection and maintenance in the drive unit.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the remote-controlled drain valve device according to the present invention opens and closes the drainage port at the bottom of the tank body by raising and lowering the valve body, and remotely raises and lowers the valve body manually by remote control and electric signal. It is a remote control drainage tap device that doubles as an operation, and is located above the remote control drainage tap device, and operates based on a manual operation unit that receives manual remote control input, and remote control input by an electrical signal An electric operation instruction unit that outputs an instruction, a switch shaft that moves up and down according to either an operation of the manual operation unit or an operation instruction from the electric operation instruction unit, and a drive that transmits the elevation of the switch shaft to a wire that raises and lowers the valve body A water stop unit for preventing water flowing into the remote control drain device from flowing into the drive unit, and a water passage unit for passing water flowing into the remote control drain device In particular To.

  As a result, since the drive section is separated from the water flow section to be the water flow section to make the drive section a waterproof section, it is possible to realize a remote control drainage tap device that does not cause a failure or malfunction of the drive section by the inflowing water. It becomes.

  Here, it is preferable that the drive unit includes a removable lid on a side surface.

  This makes it possible to facilitate inspection and maintenance in the drive unit.

  Further, the drive unit includes a motor that operates based on an operation instruction of the electric operation instruction unit, a motor storage unit that stores the motor, and a gear unit that converts the rotational movement of the motor into an elevating movement of a switch shaft. It is preferable to provide a double water stop portion that prevents water from flowing into the motor storage portion.

  According to this, since the current-carrying member which is likely to cause failure or malfunction of the drive unit is disposed in the double waterproof section, occurrence of failure or malfunction can be further reduced.

  Furthermore, the motor storage portion may be provided with a removable lid portion on the surface facing the double water stop portion.

  Thus, inspection and maintenance of the portion where the current-carrying member is disposed can be easily performed.

  Moreover, the drive unit may include a removable cover unit that simultaneously seals the water passage unit and the drive unit on a surface of the motor storage unit facing the cover unit.

  Thus, cleaning and inspection of the water flow portion and inspection and maintenance of the drive portion can be performed simultaneously.

  As described above, according to the remote control drain tap device according to the present invention, since the drive unit is disposed in the waterproof section separated from the water flow section serving as the water flow section, failure of the drive section due to the flowing water And there is no chance of malfunction.

It is a top view of a remote control type drainage plug device. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the BB line cross section of FIG. It is the CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a rear view of the drive part side cover part.

  Hereinafter, a remote control type flush valve device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view of the remote-controlled drainage tap device, and FIG. 2 is a view showing a cross section along line A-A. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a cross section taken along the line B-B, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a cross section taken along the line C-C. FIG. 5 is a view showing a cross section taken along line D-D of FIG.

  The remote control type drainage plug device 1 according to the present embodiment is a device for remotely opening and closing the drainage port of the bath body such as a wash basin and a bathtub, and is provided in the drainage port 51 of the bottom portion of the bath body 50 The valve body 52, the wire 21 connected to the valve body 52 and moving the valve body 52 up and down by advancing and retracting the inner wire inside, and the movement of the switch shaft 12 moving up and down by operation input of either manual operation or electric operation And a drive unit 18 for transmitting data to the drive unit 21.

  The manual switch 11 receives an input of remote control by manual operation, and raises and lowers the switch shaft 12 by the input of manual operation. The manual switch 11, which is a manual operation unit, is disposed on the upper surface of the remote-controlled drainage device 1, and is disposed on the upper edge of the bathtub when the tank body 50 is a bathtub. Below, the case where the tank body 50 is a bathtub is mentioned as an example, and is demonstrated.

  The switch shaft 12 is a shaft member that moves up and down by the operation of the manual switch 11 and also moves up and down by the electric operation, and the movement of the movement is transmitted to the wire 21 via the drive unit 18.

  The upper water stop unit 13 is a water stop member such as a packing for preventing water from the manual switch 11 from flowing into the drive unit 18. The upper water blocking portion 13 circumferentially covers the switch shaft 12 at the upper end (the manual switch 11 side) of the drive portion 18 to maintain water tightness, and water flows into the drive portion 18 along the switch shaft 12 To prevent that.

  The electric operation unit substrate 14 is a substrate on which an electric circuit is mounted, and is an electric operation instruction unit that outputs an operation instruction based on the input electric operation. That is, the electric operation unit substrate 14 activates the motor 23 based on the operation input from the electric operation unit installed outside the bathroom (for example, the kitchen). The motor control unit substrate 14 and the motor 23 are stored in the motor storage unit 20, and the power for moving the switch shaft 12 up and down is transmitted to the drive unit 18 by the gear unit 16 of the rack and the pinion gear.

  The water flow portion 15 is an outer shell of the drive portion 18 and is a void portion for flowing water from the manual switch 11 downward. The water passing portion 15 is a water passing section outside the driving portion 18, and the driving portion 18 is a waterproof section divided from the water passing section. That is, the inside of the drive unit 18 is a section (waterproof section) in which the inflow of water is prevented by the water shutoff section including the upper water shutoff section 13 and the outside of the water shutoff section is a water flow section. Water from the manual switch 11 does not flow into the inside of the portion 18.

  The side surfaces of the water flow portion 15 and the drive portion 18, that is, the opposite side of the motor storage portion 20 are opened and sealed by the removable drive portion lid 24. Thus, by providing the drive unit side cover 24 that opens the opposite side of the water flow unit 15 and the drive unit 18 on the side opposite to the electric device and simultaneously seals the water flow unit 15 and the drive unit 18, It is possible to easily clean, check, and maintain the inside of the unit 15 and the drive unit 18.

  FIG. 6 is a rear view of the drive unit lid 24. As shown in FIG. In the drive unit side lid unit 24, a lid for sealing the drive unit 18 and a lid for sealing the water flow unit 15 are integrated with a level difference. A driving portion side water stopping portion 25 is provided at an inner portion of the step as a water stopping member such as a packing for preventing the inflow of water to the driving portion 18. A water blocking portion 26 is provided at a portion outside the step as a water blocking member such as a packing for preventing water from leaking out of the apparatus from the water passing portion 15. As described above, the drive unit side lid unit 24 includes the drive unit side water stop unit 25 which prevents the inflow of water to the drive unit 18 by providing a level difference, and the water from the water passage unit 15 to the outside of the apparatus By providing the water shut-off portion 26 for preventing the outflow of water, the water shut-off portion 15 and the drive portion 18 are simultaneously sealed.

  The drive unit 18 transmits to the wire 21 the movement of the switch shaft 12 which is moved up and down by an operation input of either manual operation or electric operation. The upper part of the drive unit 18 is stopped by the upper water stop unit 13. The lower part of the drive part 18 is water-stopped by the downward water stop part 19 which is a water stop member, such as packing, arrange | positioned at the lower end (wire 21 side) of the drive part 18. As shown in FIG. The lower water stop portion 19 prevents backflow water from the valve body 52 side (a hose that accommodates the wire 21 and the wire 21 and connects the drive portion 18 side and the drain port 51 side) from flowing into the drive portion 18 There is. A gear portion 16 for transmitting the motive power from the motor 23 to the switch shaft 12 is also disposed in the same space as the drive portion 18 which is divided into a water flow section 15 which is a water flow section and is a waterproof section. The drive unit 18 further has a wall (partition wall) separating the space in which the gear unit 16 is disposed and the motor storage unit 20, and the motor storage unit 20 is a double waterproof section. There is. Only the rotation shaft of the pinion gear of the gear portion 16 penetrates the partition wall, and a water blocking member such as packing is provided around the rotation shaft.

  The motor-side water stop section 17 is constituted by the partition wall and the water stop member. The motor side water shut-off unit 17 functions as a double water shut-off unit, thereby making the motor housing unit 20 in which the electric operation unit substrate 14 and the motor 23 are housed into double waterproof divisions. It is possible to prevent the inflow of water to a current-carrying location that is likely to cause operation.

  Of the motor storage portion 20, the surface facing the wall between the space in which the gear portion 16 is disposed and the motor storage portion 20 is opened, and the removable motor side lid portion 22 for sealing the same is It is provided, and cleaning, inspection, and maintenance of the inside of the motor storage portion 20 can be easily performed. The surface on which the motor side cover 22 is provided is a surface located on the opposite side to the water flow portion 15, so it is difficult to think that water flows in. However, in order to achieve complete waterproofing of the motor housing portion 20, it is preferable that the motor side lid portion 22 also be provided with a water blocking member such as packing.

  Since the remote control type drain valve device 1 configured as described above arranges the drive unit 18 in the waterproof section separated from the water flow section 15 serving as the water flow section, water flows into the drive section 18. Thus, the drive unit 18 can be prevented from being damaged or malfunctioning. Furthermore, since the motor side water stop unit 17 is provided in the drive unit 18 and the motor storage unit 20 is divided into double waterproof sections, water can flow into a current-carrying location where the drive unit 18 is liable to malfunction or malfunction. It can be prevented as much as possible.

  In addition, since one side surface of the water flow portion 15 and the drive portion 18 is opened, and the drive portion side lid portion 24 for sealing the same is provided, cleaning, inspection, and maintenance inside the water flow portion 15 and the drive portion 18 Becomes easy. Furthermore, the motor storage portion 20 is also opened on the side opposite to the water flow section, and the motor side lid 22 for sealing the same is provided. Therefore, the inside of the motor storage portion 20 is cleaned. 23 inspection and maintenance are easy. As described above, by opening both sides of the drive unit 18 and providing a removable lid, it is possible to inspect the inside of the apparatus without disassembling all the parts. In addition, since one side face also serves as the opening of the water flow portion 15, cleaning and maintenance of the water flow section can be performed simultaneously with inspection of the drive portion 18 and the like.

  As mentioned above, although the remote control type drain valve apparatus concerning this invention was demonstrated based on embodiment, this invention is not limited to this, The objective of this invention can be achieved and the range which does not deviate from the summary of invention Various design changes are possible within, all of which are included within the scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the bath body is the bathtub has been described as an example, but the bath body is not limited to the bathtub, and may be a wash basin or a sink.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the upper water stop part, the downward water stop part, and the drive part side water stop part of the drive part side cover part as a water stop part, only any one of the said structure The water stop position is not limited to these, as long as it can be provided and the flow of water into the drive unit can be prevented.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is useful as a remote control type drain valve device for remotely opening and closing a drainage port of a tank body such as a wash basin or a bathtub, and in particular, a remote control type drain valve having both electric and manual operation parts. It is suitable for the device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Remote control type drain valve device 11 Manual switch 12 Switch shaft 13 Upper water stop part 14 Electric operation board | substrate 15 Water flow part 16 Gear part 17 Motor side water stop part 18 Drive part 19 Down water stop part 20 Motor storage part 21 Wire Reference Signs List 22 motor side lid portion 23 motor 24 drive portion side lid portion 25 drive portion side water stop portion 26 water flow portion water stop portion 50 tank body 51 drain port 52 valve body

Claims (5)

A remote-operated drain valve device which opens and closes a drainage port at the bottom of a tank body by raising and lowering a valve body and combines remote control by manual operation and remote control by electric signal for raising and lowering the valve body,
A manual operation unit which is located above the remote control type drain valve device and receives an input of remote control by manual operation;
An electric operation instruction unit which outputs an operation instruction based on an input of remote operation by an electric signal;
A switch shaft that is raised and lowered by either the operation of the manual operation unit or the operation instruction from the electric operation instruction unit;
A drive unit for transmitting the elevation of the switch shaft to a wire for raising and lowering the valve body;
A water blocking portion for preventing water, which has flowed into the remote control drain device, from flowing into the drive portion;
What is claimed is: 1. A remotely operated drain valve device comprising: a water flow section for letting water flow into the remotely operated drain valve device. The said drive part is provided with the lid part which can be attached or detached at the side surface. The remote-control sump valve apparatus of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. The drive unit is
A motor that operates based on an operation instruction of the electric operation instruction unit;
A motor storage unit for storing the motor;
A gear unit for converting the rotational movement of the motor into an elevation movement of a switch shaft;
The remote-controlled flush valve device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a double water blocking portion that prevents water from flowing into the motor storage portion. The said motor storage part equips the surface facing the said double water stop part with a detachable lid part, The remote control type drainage plug apparatus of Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. 5. The remote control according to claim 4, wherein the drive unit includes a removable cover unit that simultaneously seals the water passage unit and the drive unit on a surface of the motor storage unit facing the cover unit. Drain system.

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