JP2019124014A - Identification device of faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a display device of a faucet requiring no replacement of a machine screw for every display.SOLUTION: A display device for a faucet handle comprises a machine screw 30 for attaching a handle penetrating a handle 20 of a faucet 1 and screwed to the tip of a spindle 14, and a display member 40 detachably attached to a head part of the machine screw 30 for attaching the handle and having a display for identifying fluid controlled in a circulation state by the rotation operation of the handle 20. The display member 40 is formed of a ring-like resin molding 40 engageable on the outer peripheral face of a head part 31 of the machine screw 30 for attaching the handle, or a cap-like resin molding 50 engageable on a top face of the head part of the machine screw for attaching the handle and on the outer peripheral face. Color for identifying the fluid is applied on the outer peripheral face, and engagement parts snap-fittable with each other are formed on the outer peripheral face of the head part of the machine screw for attaching the handle and on an inner peripheral face of the display member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device for a water faucet.

  In the lever type single faucet etc. used in the kitchen etc., the indication of the color given to the lever (handle) etc., for example, blue for water, or red for hot water, either water or hot water Identification has been made.

  In this identification, for example, a colored display member can be seen in a recess formed on the upper surface of the head of a handle attachment screw screwed to the tip of the spindle through the handle of the faucet For example, it has been performed by press-fitting or bonding. When the handle mounting screw does not protrude from the top surface of the handle, the top surface of the handle is provided with a recess, and a colored display member has been attached to the recess in the same manner.

  FIG. 6 shows a faucet provided with a display member for displaying the type of liquid flowing to the faucet by the identification method conventionally performed. The single faucet 1 includes a faucet body 10, a faucet handle 20, a handle mounting screw 60, and a display member 70.

  The faucet body 10 is formed with an upper projecting portion 11 having a male screw portion 13, and a nut 12 is screwed to the male screw portion 13. The spindle 14 passing through the inside of the upper projecting portion 11 is internally threaded with an internal thread, and the internal thread and the external thread portion 62 of the handle mounting screw 60 are engaged.

  The faucet handle 20 has a handle portion 21 and is formed with a polygonal prism-like fitting recess 23 therein, and an adapter 15 engaged with the fitting recess 23 is fitted therein. In this case, the female serration 15a formed on the inner surface of the adapter 15 and the male serration 14a formed on the outer periphery of the spindle 14 engage with each other.

  A head portion 61 of a handle mounting screw 60 is in contact with the top surface 22 of the faucet handle 20, and an identification member 70 is attached to a recess 63 formed in the head portion 61 by bonding or press fitting. The color of the identification member 70 makes it possible to identify whether the liquid flowing through the single faucet 1 is, for example, water or hot water.

  In the faucet having the display member as shown in FIG. 6, since the display member 70 is attached to the recess 62 formed on the upper surface of the head portion 61 of the handle attachment screw 60, the handle attachment screw 60 is required for each display. Become. Moreover, in the faucet which does not need identification, since the recessed part 63 is unnecessary, the plain screw which the recessed part 63 is not formed is also needed. Therefore, for example, for a faucet requiring distinction of water or hot water or a faucet not requiring distinction, three types of handle mounting screws 60 are required, and a large inventory is required.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a display device for a water faucet in which replacement of a screw is not necessary for each display by providing a plain screw and a display member which is detachable from the plain screw.

  According to the present invention (1), a handle mounting screw screwed to the tip of the spindle through the handle of the water faucet and a head of the handle mounting screw are detachably mounted and rotated by operating the handle. And a display member having a display for identifying a fluid whose flow state is to be controlled, wherein the display member is a ring-shaped resin molded body or handle mounting that can be fitted onto the outer peripheral surface of the head of the handle mounting screw. A cap-like resin molded body that can be fitted onto the top and outer peripheral surfaces of the head of the screw, and the outer peripheral surface is colored to identify the fluid, and the screw for handle attachment In the display device for a faucet handle, engaging portions capable of snap-fitting with each other are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the head of the head and the inner peripheral surface of the display member.

  The display device for a faucet handle according to the present invention (1) includes a screw for handle attachment and a ring-shaped or cap-shaped display member detachably attached to the head of the handle attachment screw. And since the two parts to be combined are attached in a snap fit with each other, it is not necessary to replace the handle mounting screw for each display. Further, although the conventional screw replacement requires a tool, according to the present invention, since the display member can be easily replaced by hand, no special tool is required for the replacement.

According to the invention (2), the engaging portion at the outer peripheral surface of the head of the screw for handle attachment is an annular step portion formed at the widthwise intermediate portion of the outer peripheral surface to face the bottom side of the head, In the invention (1), the engaging portion on the inner peripheral surface of the display member is formed on the inner peripheral surface at intervals in the circumferential direction and includes a plurality of engaging convex portions which can be snap-fit to the annular step portion. The display device for the faucet handle of
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  According to the present invention (2), the engaging portion on the outer peripheral surface of the head of the screw for handle attachment is formed by the annular step portion formed in the width direction intermediate portion of the outer peripheral surface to face the bottom side of the head. Since the structure is simplified, the number of processing steps can be reduced.

  The present invention (3) is the display device for a faucet handle according to claim 2, wherein serrations are respectively formed on both side portions of the annular step portion in the outer peripheral surface of the head of the handle attachment screw.

  The present invention (3) is the display device for a faucet handle according to the present invention (2), in which serrations are respectively formed on both side portions of the annular step portion in the outer peripheral surface of the head of the handle attachment screw.

  For example, when it is not necessary to distinguish water or hot water, the side portion of the head of the handle attachment screw is exposed and visible from the outside, but the annular step on the outer peripheral surface of the head of the handle attachment screw Since the serrations are formed on both side portions of, the appearance is not lost.

  According to the display device for a faucet handle of the present invention, it is necessary to replace the handle attachment screw for each display using a display device of a faucet provided with a plain screw and a display member removable from the plain screw. There is no

FIG. 1 shows a single faucet attached with the display device for a faucet handle of Example 1 in which a ring-shaped display member is used. FIG. 2 shows a single faucet fitted with the display device for a faucet handle of Example 2 in which a cap-like display device is used. FIG. 3 shows an example of a handle attachment screw used in Examples 1 and 2. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the ring-shaped display member used in the first embodiment. FIG. 5 shows an example of the cap-like display member used in the second embodiment. FIG. 6 shows an example of a single water faucet to which a conventional display member is attached.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be exemplarily described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the relative arrangement and the like of the component parts described in this embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention thereto unless specifically described, and are merely illustrative examples. Further, for convenience, the directions of members and the like may be referred to as upper, lower, left, and right depending on the directions in the drawings, but these do not limit the scope of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 shows a single faucet 1 to which a faucet handle display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is attached. About the part already demonstrated by the prior art, description is partially omitted hereafter.

  The male screw portion 32 of the handle mounting screw 30 is screwed to the female screw cut on the inner surface of the spindle 14 so that when the handle portion 21 is moved, the spindle 14 rotates in response to the movement of the handle portion 21. There is.

  A ring-shaped display member 40 is detachably attached to a side surface portion of the head portion 31 of the handle attachment screw 30 so as to be snap-fit.

  For example, in the case where three types of single faucets of a single faucet that requires identification of water or hot water and a single faucet that does not require identification are prepared, a color different from that of one type of handle mounting screw 30 If stock of only two types of ring-shaped display members 40 is prepared, it becomes possible to cope with all cases. In addition, it is not necessary to replace the handle mounting screw 30 for each display, the ring-shaped display member 40 can be removed by hand, and it takes much more time and effort than installing a single faucet according to the conventional identification method. It can be reduced.

  Further, since the ring-shaped display member 40 can be attached to the handle mounting screw 30 after installation of the water faucet, it is not necessary to identify the water faucet at the time of stocking or at the time of construction, and management becomes easy.

  Furthermore, since the ring-shaped display member 40 is attached to the outer periphery of the handle mounting screw 30, the ring-shaped display member 40 can be easily viewed from any angle, and the user can easily identify the faucet.

  FIG. 2 shows the single faucet 1 to which the faucet handle display device of the second embodiment of the present invention is attached. A different point from FIG. 1 is that the display member is changed from the ring-shaped display member 40 to the cap-shaped display member 50. Also in the second embodiment, the same effect as the first embodiment can be obtained.

  FIG. 3 shows the handle mounting screw 30 used in FIGS. 1 and 2.

  The engagement portion of the outer peripheral surface of the head portion 31 of the handle mounting screw 30 is formed by an annular step portion 33 formed at the widthwise intermediate portion of the outer peripheral surface so as to face the bottom surface side of the head portion Since the joint is simple, the number of processing steps can be reduced.

  Further, since the serrations 34 are formed on both side portions of the annular step portion 33, the appearance is improved even when the display member is not used.

  FIG. 4 shows a top view (a), a front view (b) and an A-A sectional view (c) of the ring-shaped display member 40 used in Example 1 shown in FIG. On the inner circumferential surface 42 of the ring-shaped display member 40, four engaging convex portions 41 are formed at every 90 °.

  FIG. 5 shows a top view (a), a front view (b) and an A-A sectional view (c) of the cap-like display member 50 used in Example 2 shown in FIG. On the inner circumferential surface 52 of the cap-shaped display member 50, four engaging convex portions 51 are formed at every 90 °.

  Under the ceiling portion 53 of the cap-like display member 50 is the head accommodation space 54. Therefore, when the cap-like display member 50 is used, the head 31 of the handle attachment screw 30 can not be seen from the outside, Aesthetics can be improved.

1: single faucet 10: faucet main body 11: upper protrusion 12: nut 13: male screw 14: spindle 14a: male serration 15: adapter 15a: female serration 20: faucet handle 21: handle 22: top surface 23: fitting recess 30: handle mounting screw 31: head 32: male screw 33: annular step 34: serration 40: ring-shaped display member 41: engagement protrusion 42: inner circumferential surface 50: cap-shaped display Member 51: engagement convex portion 52: inner circumferential surface 53: ceiling portion 54: head storage space 60: handle mounting screw 61: head 62: male screw portion 63: recess 70: identification member

Claims (3)

Handle mounting screw screwed to the tip of the spindle through the handle of the faucet, and fluid which is detachably mounted on the head of the handle mounting screw and whose circulation state is controlled by the rotation operation of the handle And a display member having a display for identifying the
The display member is a ring-shaped resin molded body that can be fitted onto the outer peripheral surface of the head of the handle mounting screw or a cap-shaped resin molded body that can be fitted onto the top and outer peripheral surfaces of the head of the handle mounting screw. The outer peripheral surface is colored to identify the fluid,
A display device for a faucet handle, wherein engaging portions capable of snap fitting to each other are formed on an outer peripheral surface of a head of a handle mounting screw and an inner peripheral surface of a display member. The engagement portion of the outer peripheral surface of the head of the handle mounting screw is an annular step portion formed at the widthwise intermediate portion of the outer peripheral surface so as to face the bottom side of the head,
The water according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion on the inner peripheral surface of the display member is formed on the inner peripheral surface at intervals in the circumferential direction and includes a plurality of engaging projections which can be snap-fit to the annular step portion. Display device for stopper handle. The display device for a faucet handle according to claim 2, wherein serrations are respectively formed on both side portions of the annular step portion on the outer peripheral surface of the head of the handle attachment screw.

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