JP2020122340A - Operation device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an operation device convenient to handle in allowing a user to easily confirm that a water-using instrument is operated.SOLUTION: An operation device of this invention includes a device body and an operation body 56 that is operated by a user, in which the operation body 56 is movable between a first position and a second position and capable of operating a water-using instrument 10 by moving from the first position to the second position. The device body includes an adjacent part 80 of the device body and an indicator part 82 having an outer surface colored differently from other parts. The operation body 56 hides the indicator part 82 from outside when being in the first position and exposes at least a part of the indicator part 82 to outside when being in the second position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to an operating device for operating a water supply device.

Patent Document 1 describes an operation mechanism including a button that can be moved between a lower position and an upper position by a pressing operation, and a guide unit that guides the button. The button is arranged at a lower position flush with the upper surface of the guide portion when the drain plug is in the closed state, and at an upper position protruding from the upper surface of the guide portion when the drain plug is in the opened state. .. In this operation mechanism, in order to make it easier to visually recognize the open/closed state of the drain plug, a sign portion that is exposed to the outside only when the button is at the upper position is formed on the button.

JP2012-97426A

In the technique of Patent Document 1, when the button at the lower position is pressed and operated, and the hand is released from the button, the button moves to the upper position, and the marker portion of the button is exposed only there. That is, the indicator portion of the button is not exposed during the operation of the button. For this reason, it may not be possible to know how much the button should be operated to operate the drain plug, and some users may find it inconvenient. This is a common problem in operating the water supply equipment by operating bodies such as buttons and levers, and the present inventor has recognized that there is room for improvement.

An aspect of the present invention is made in view of such problems, and one of the objects thereof is to provide an operating device which is easy to use in grasping that the water supply device has operated.

A first aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an operating device, which includes an apparatus main body and an operating body operated by a user, and the operating body is provided between a first position and a second position. Is movable, and it is possible to operate the water supply equipment by moving from the first position to the second position, and the device main body is a marker having a color different from that of the adjacent position of the device main body. The operating body hides the marking portion from the outside when in the first position, and exposes at least a part of the marking portion to the outside when in the second position.

According to the first aspect, it is possible to visually recognize the exposed marker portion of the apparatus main body while observing the exposed marker portion of the device body without releasing the hand from the operating body during or after moving the operating body from the first position to the second position. You can know that the surrounding equipment has operated. Therefore, it becomes easier to understand how much the operating body should be operated in order to operate the water supply equipment, as compared with the case where the marker is exposed only after the hand is released from the operating body. For this reason, it is possible to improve the usability of the operating device in order to know that the water supply device has operated.

It is a side view of the water supply equipment of 1st Embodiment. It is a partially expanded sectional view of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which moved the operating body from the position of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the cylindrical member of 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view of the water supply equipment of 2nd Embodiment. It is a typical block diagram of the water supply equipment of 2nd Embodiment. It is a part side sectional view of the operating device of 2nd Embodiment. It is a front sectional view of a part of the operating device of the second embodiment. It is a one part top view of the operating device of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which moved the 1st operation body from the position of FIG. It is a typical block diagram of the water supply equipment of 3rd Embodiment. It is a perspective view of the operating device of 3rd Embodiment. It is an exploded view of the operating device of a 3rd embodiment. It is a side surface sectional view of an operating device of a 3rd embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which moved the 2nd operating body from the position of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which moved the 1st operation body from the position of FIG. It is a front view of a marker member of a 3rd embodiment. It is a side sectional view of a part of the device body of a 3rd embodiment. It is a part side sectional view of the operating device of a 3rd embodiment.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The same components are designated by the same reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted. In each drawing, for convenience of description, some of the constituent elements are omitted as appropriate, or the dimensions thereof are appropriately enlarged or reduced. The drawings should be viewed according to the orientation of the reference numerals. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “fixed” and “attached” in this specification include not only the case where the two conditions are directly met but also the case where other conditions are satisfied.

(First embodiment)
Please refer to FIG. FIG. 1 is also a configuration diagram of the water supply device 10 of the present embodiment. The water supply device 10 of this embodiment is a faucet. The water supply device 10 includes a device body 12 and an operating mechanism 20 that is operated by an operating body 56 (described later) of the operating device 14. The actuation mechanism 20 of this embodiment includes a valve mechanism 22.

The device body 12 of the present embodiment includes a water discharge part 24 capable of discharging water, and a water supply passage 26 for supplying water to the water discharge part 24 is provided inside the device body 12. The water supply passage 26 has an upstream water passage 28 that supplies water to the valve mechanism 22 provided on the way, and a downstream water passage 30 that guides the water supplied from the valve mechanism 22 to the water discharge part 24. The upstream water passage 28 of the present embodiment includes a hot water supply passage 32 for supplying hot water and a cold water supply passage 34 for supplying cold water.

The device main body 12 of the present embodiment serves as a spout portion 36 having the water discharge portion 24 provided at the tip portion, a main pipe portion 38 from which the spout portion 36 projects from the outer peripheral surface, and a cap that covers the tip end opening portion of the main pipe portion 38. And a tubular member 40. Details of the tubular member 40 will be described later.

The valve mechanism 22 of this embodiment constitutes a flow rate adjusting valve. The valve mechanism 22 can change the opening degree of the upstream water passage 28 by the operating body 56, and can adjust the flow rate of water supplied to the downstream water passage 30 through the change. The valve mechanism 22 of this embodiment also constitutes a hot and cold water mixing valve. The valve mechanism 22 can change the ratio of the opening degrees of the hot water supply passage 32 and the cold water supply passage 34 by the operating body 56, and can adjust the temperature of the water supplied to the downstream water passage 30 through the change. Since this type of valve mechanism 22 is known, the description will be omitted here.

Please refer to FIG. The device body 12 of the present embodiment is fixed to the inside of the main portion 38 of the device body 12 and houses the valve mechanism 22, and the housing 42 is screwed into the main portion 38 and the valve mechanism 22 is housed in the housing 42. A fixing nut 44 for fixing is provided.

The valve mechanism 22 of the present embodiment includes a case 46, a disk-shaped fixed valve body 48 fixed to the case 46, a disk-shaped movable valve body 50 arranged in the case 46, and a rotatable inside the case 46. And a rotation holder 52 housed in. The movable valve body 50 moves in conjunction with the operating body 56, and as described above, the opening degree of the hot water supply passage 32 and the cold water supply passage 34 formed in the fixed valve body 48 and the ratio of the opening degrees. Can be changed.

The operating device 14 includes an apparatus main body 54, an operating body 56 operated by a user, and a transmitting portion 58 that transmits an external force received from the operating body 56 to the operating mechanism 20. The device body 54 of the present embodiment also serves as the device body 12 of the water supply device 10. That is, the device main body 54 of the present embodiment also includes the spout portion 36, the main pipe portion 38, the tubular member 40, and the like.

The operating body 56 of the present embodiment is a lever and functions as a so-called single lever. The operating body 56 includes a cover portion 60 that covers a part of the apparatus main body 54, and an operation receiving portion 62 that receives an operation by the user. The operation receiving portion 62 of the present embodiment has an elongated shape protruding from the cover portion 60.

The transmission part 58 of the present embodiment is an elongated body provided separately from the operating body 56, and is fixed to the cover part 60 of the operating body 56. The transmission part 58 of the present embodiment is supported by the rotation holder 52 via the support shaft 64 so as to be rotatable around the first axis La1 passing through the support shaft 64. The operating body 56 is tiltably supported with respect to the apparatus main body 54 via the actuating mechanism 20 (valve mechanism 22) and the transmission portion 58 with the rotation around the first axis La1. The operating body 56 is rotatably supported by the apparatus main body 54 around the first axis La1.

The transmission part 58 is provided so that the movement of the transmission part 58 can be transmitted so that the movable valve body 50 of the actuation mechanism 20 moves linearly when the transmission part 58 rotates around the first axis La1. When the position of the movable valve body 50 changes due to the change in the tilted position of the operating body 56, the opening degree of the upstream water passage 28 is changed by the movable valve body 50.

The transmission portion 58 is rotatably supported by the device main body 54 via a rotation holder 52 around a second axis La2 orthogonal to the first axis La1. The operation body 56 is rotatably supported by the apparatus main body 54 via the actuation mechanism 20 (valve mechanism 22) and the transmission portion 58 about the second axis La2.

The transmission part 58 is provided so as to be able to transmit the movement of the transmission part 58 so that the movable valve body 50 rotates when rotated about the second axis La2. When the rotation amount of the movable valve body 50 changes due to the rotation of the operation body 56, the movable valve body 50 changes the ratio of the opening degrees of the hot water supply passage 32 and the cold water supply passage 34. The opening ratio is changed such that the opening degree of the hot water supply passage 32 increases as the operation body 56 approaches the one end side of the rotatable range, and the opening degree of the cold water supply passage 34 increases as the operation body 56 approaches the other end side. ..

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 1 shows a state in which the operating body 56 is in a first position Ps1 described below, and FIG. 3 shows a state in which the operating body 56 is in a second position Ps2 described below. In FIG. 1, the operating body 56 is at one end position in the tiltable range, and in FIG. 3, the operating body 56 is at the other end position in the tiltable range.

When the operating body 56 is at the first position Ps1 on one end side of the tiltable range, the water supply device 10 is in the first state (water stop state) in which the discharge of water from the water discharger 24 is stopped. When the operating body 56 is in the second position Ps2 on the other end side of the first position Ps1 within the tiltable range, the water supply device 10 is in the second state (water discharge state) in which water is discharged from the water discharge unit 24. In this way, the operating body 56 can operate the operating mechanism 20 by moving from the first position Ps1 to the second position Ps2. Thereby, the operating body 56 can operate the water supply device 10 so that the state of the water supply device 10 is switched. When the operating body 56 is in the second position Ps2, the flow rate of water increases toward the other end of the tiltable range of the operating body 56, and decreases toward the one end. The operating body 56 of the present embodiment is held in a stationary state at any of the first position Ps1 and the second position Ps2.

Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. The tubular member 40 constitutes a part of the device body 54 (device body 12), and is attached to another portion of the device body 54. The "other part" in the present embodiment is the main portion 38 of the apparatus main body 54, and is attached to the main portion 38 by being placed in the tip opening portion thereof. The transmission portion 58 is inserted inside the tubular member 40.

The tubular member 40 includes a lower portion 40a that is inserted into the distal end opening portion of the main pipe portion 38 and an upper portion 40b that is provided closer to the operating body 56 than the lower portion 40a in the tubular axis direction Dca of the tubular member 40. Prepare The upper portion 40b of the present embodiment has a diameter-reduced portion 40c having a shape in which the diameter is reduced toward the operating body 56 side in the cylinder axis direction Dca. As an example of this, the reduced diameter portion 40c has a spherical shape. A step portion 40d is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the tubular member 40 between the lower portion 40a and the upper portion 40b. The step portion 40d is placed on the tip opening of the main portion 38.

The tubular member 40 includes a main body member 66 and a marker member 68, which have a shape obtained by dividing the tubular member 40. The main body member 66 and the marker member 68 have a middle position in the cylinder axis direction Dca of the cylindrical member 40 as a first boundary portion 70a, and two middle positions in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical member 40 as second boundary portions 70b. It is a shape obtained by dividing the tubular member 40. In the present embodiment, the first boundary portion 70a and the second boundary portion 70b are provided so as to pass only the reduced diameter portion 40c of the tubular member 40.

The body member 66 is made of, for example, resin, pottery, metal, or the like. The main body member 66 has a tubular portion 72 that is continuous over the entire circumference of the tubular member 40. A part of the tubular portion 72 constitutes a base portion 74 on which the marking member 68 is placed. As a result, the platform portion 74 of the main body member 66 can position the marker member 68 in the cylinder axis direction Dca of the cylindrical member 40.

The marker member 68 is fixed to the main body member 66. The marker member 68 of the present embodiment is fixed to the main body member 66 via the fixing structure 76. The fixing structure 76 has a receiving portion 76a provided on the main body member 66, and a received portion 76b provided on the marking member 68. The fixing structure 76 fixes the marking member 68 to the main body member 66 by receiving the receiving portion 76b of the marking member 68 by the receiving portion 76a of the main body member 66. The receiving portion 76a of the present embodiment can receive the receiving portion 76b by being fitted to the receiving portion 76b. In the present embodiment, one of the receiving portion 76a and the received portion 76b is a convex portion, and the other is a concave portion. In this embodiment, the receiving portion 76a is a concave portion and the received portion 76b is a convex portion.

The receiving portion 76a and the received portion 76b are provided at positions that face each other at the first boundary portion 70a of the tubular member 40. Specifically, the receiving portion 76a is provided on the outer surface (upper surface) of the base portion 74 of the main body member 66, and the received portion 76b is provided on the outer surface (lower surface) of the marker member 68 facing the outer surface of the base portion 74. .. When the marker member 68 is fixed to the main body member 66, the receiving portion 76a and the received portion 76b are not visible to the outside without being exposed to the outside.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. The marker member 68 constitutes a marker portion 82 having a color different from that of the adjacent portion 80 of the apparatus main body 54 on the outer surface. The main body member 66 configures the adjacent portion 80 in the present embodiment. When the operating body 56 is in the first position Ps1 (hereinafter, also referred to as the concealment position Ps1), it conceals the marker portion 82 from the outside, and when it is in the second position Ps2 (hereinafter, also referred to as the exposure position Ps2), the marker portion 82. At least a part of 82 is exposed to the outside. This condition may be satisfied when the appearance of the operation device 14 is observed from one viewpoint. This means that the marker 82 may be slightly visible from the gap between the operating body 56 at the concealed position Ps1 and the apparatus main body 54 when the viewpoint to be observed is changed. In addition, in the present embodiment, the above-described conditions are satisfied when observed from an arbitrary direction along the normal direction of the outer surface of the marking portion 82.

The “concealment” here means to conceal the entire marking portion 82 so that the marking portion 82 is not exposed to the outside. When the operating body 56 is at the hiding position Ps1, the boundary portions 70a and 70b between the marker member 68 and the main body member 66 are also hidden from the outside. In this embodiment, the cover 60 of the operating body 56 hides the marker 82 from the outside. In this way, the marker portion 82 is exposed to the outside when the operating body 56 moves from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposed position Ps2, and thus functions as a marker that indicates that the water supply device 10 has been activated.

In the present embodiment, the adjacent portion 80 of the apparatus main body 54 is exposed to the outside at least at a part of the operating body 56 at any of the concealed position Ps1 and the exposed position Ps2. When the operating body 56 is in the concealed position Ps1, the outer peripheral surface of the tubular portion 72 of the main body member 66 is exposed to the outside in the range over the entire circumference in the circumferential direction.

When the adjacent portion 80 of the apparatus main body 54 and the marking portion 82 have different colors, for example, the marking portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 may have different colors of materials. In this embodiment, this means is adopted. The marking member 68 is made of a material having the color of the outer surface of the marking portion 82, and the body member 66 is made of a material of the color of the outer surface of the adjacent portion 80. In addition to this, in making the color different between the adjacent portion 80 and the marking portion 82 of the apparatus main body 54, for example, the presence or absence of surface treatment may be changed between the marking portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80, or the color due to the surface treatment may be changed. May be. The term "surface treatment" used herein means, for example, painting, plating, vapor deposition, or the like.

The color of the outer surface of the marker portion 82 is the first color, and the color of the outer surface of the adjacent portion 80 is the second color. In this specification, the dots on the outer surface indicate the first color, and the other parts on the outer surface indicate the second color. In this embodiment, the first color is blue and the second color is silver. When the indicator 82 indicates that the water supply device 10 has been activated, a blue color that makes the user imagine water is displayed. Therefore, it becomes easy to recognize that the water supply device 10 has been activated. Blue here means that the hue is within the range of 5 PB to 5 BG in Munsell value. The second color is a color outside the range of the hue of blue, which is the first color.

“The color of the outer surface is different” between the adjacent portion 80 and the marker portion 82 means that at least one of the hue, the saturation, and the brightness is different between the first color and the second color. In order to facilitate visual identification of the marker portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80, the hue difference between the first color and the second color is preferably, for example, 5 or more in the Munsell color system. From the same viewpoint, it is preferable that the lightness difference between the first color and the second color is, for example, 4 or more in the Munsell color system. From the same viewpoint, it is preferable that the saturation difference between the first color and the second color is, for example, 4 or more in the Munsell color system. By satisfying such a condition, it is possible to facilitate the recognition of the marking portion 82 even if the exposed area of the marking portion 82 to the outside is small.

In the present embodiment, the surface of the part that is adjacent to the adjacent part 80 of the device main body 54 and is exposed to the outside is configured with the same color as that of the adjacent part 80. In this embodiment, the “exposed portion” means the outer peripheral surface of the main pipe portion 38 of the apparatus body 54 in this embodiment. Further, in the present embodiment, the surface of the portion exposed to the outside of the operating body 56 is also configured with the same color as that of the adjacent portion 80. The term “equivalent” here includes a case where the color difference ΔE in the Lab color space is 1.5 or less.

The effects of the above operating device 14 will be described.

(A) The operating body 56 hides the marking portion 82 of the apparatus main body 54 from the outside when it is at the hiding position Ps1, and exposes the marking portion 82 to the outside when it is at the exposure position Ps2. Therefore, it is possible to understand that the water supply equipment 10 is operated by moving the operating body 56 from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposed position Ps2 by visually observing the exposed marker portion 82. In addition, the water supply equipment 10 operates by visually recognizing the exposed marker portion 82 without releasing the hand from the operating body 56 during or after moving the operating body 56 from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposure position Ps2. You can understand what you have done. Therefore, it becomes easier to understand how much the operating body 56 should be operated in order to operate the water supply equipment 10, as compared with the case where the indicator 82 is exposed only after the operating body 56 is released. Therefore, it is possible to improve the usability of the operating device 14 for grasping that the water supply device 10 has operated.

(B) When the operating body 56 is at the concealing position Ps1, the operating body 56 conceals the marker 82 from the outside. Therefore, at that time, the marking portion 82 becomes inconspicuous, and good designability can be obtained. Further, by hiding the sign portion 82 from the outside by the operating body 56, the user can be informed that the operation of the water supply device 10 has stopped.

(C) The marking member 68 is made of a material having a color on the outer surface of the marking portion 82, and the body member 66 is made of a material having a color on the outer surface of the adjacent portion 80. Therefore, the influence of the paint peeling can be eliminated, and different colors can be displayed by the marking portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 for a long period of time.

The adjacent portion 80 of the apparatus main body 54 is constituted by a body member 66 obtained by dividing the tubular member 40, and the marker portion 82 is constituted by a marker member 68 obtained by dividing the tubular member 40. Therefore, it is possible to display different colors while forming the tubular member 40 by the main body member 66 and the marking member 68. In particular, there is no need to use two-color molding in displaying different colors in the marker portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80, and there is an advantage that the manufacturing cost can be suppressed.

In the present embodiment, as the operation body 56 moves from the first position Ps1 side to the second position Ps2 side, the flow rate of water from the water discharger 24 increases and the exposed area of the marker 82 increases. On the other hand, as the operating body 56 moves from the second position Ps2 side to the first position Ps1 side, the flow rate of water from the water discharger 24 decreases and the exposed area of the marker 82 decreases. That is, the flow rate of water can be grasped by visually observing the increase/decrease in the exposed area of the indicator 82 due to the change in the position of the operating body 56.

(Second embodiment)
Please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. The water supply device 10 of the present embodiment is a tank device that is an example of a wash water supply device that supplies wash water to the toilet bowl 90. The water supply device 10 includes a tank 92 as the device body 12, an operating mechanism 20 operated by an operating body 56 (56-A, 56-B in the drawing) of the operating device 14, and a predetermined water level in the tank 92. A water supply device 94 capable of supplying water is provided. The water supply device 94 is, for example, a ball tap or the like.

The tank 92 of this embodiment is arranged above the rear portion of the toilet bowl 90 and is integrated with the toilet bowl 90. The tank 92 can store cleaning water therein, and a drain port 92a is formed at the bottom of the tank 92. The tank 92 includes a tank body 96 that stores cleaning water, and a lid body 98 that covers and closes an upper surface opening formed in the tank body 96. The lid 98 forms the upper surface of the tank 92 and is detachably attached to the tank body 96.

The actuation mechanism 20 of the present embodiment includes a valve mechanism 22 and a transmission mechanism 100 that transmits the external force received from the operating body 56 to the valve mechanism 22.

The valve mechanism 22 of the present embodiment constitutes an opening/closing valve capable of opening/closing the drain port 92a of the tank 92. The valve mechanism 22 is configured by using, for example, a float valve or the like. The transmission mechanism 100 of the present embodiment is a link mechanism that converts an external force in the pushing direction Dd1 (described later) of the operating body 56 into a force in the direction Da in which the valve mechanism 22 opens the drain port 92a. The valve mechanism 22 is configured to close the drain port 92a when the drain port 92a is opened and a predetermined set flow rate of cleaning water is discharged from the inside of the tank 92. As a result, the set flow rate of cleaning water is supplied from the tank 92 to the toilet bowl 90. In this way, the water supply device 10 starts the flush water supply operation of supplying the flush water to the toilet bowl 90 at the set flow rate when the actuation mechanism 20 receives the external force from the operating body 56.

Please refer to FIG. 5, FIG. 7 and FIG. The operating device 14 of the present embodiment includes a device main body 54, a plurality of operating bodies 56 operated by a user, and a transmitting portion 58 that transmits an external force received from the operating body 56 to the operating mechanism 20. The device main body 54 of the present embodiment also serves as the device main body 12 of the water supply device 10. That is, the apparatus main body 54 of this embodiment also includes the tank main body 96 and the lid 98. The lid 98 includes a surface member 102 forming a surface exposed to the outside of the tank 92, and a reinforcing member 104 fixed to the back side of the surface member 102.

The device body 54 has a storage hole 106 that opens on the upper surface of the device body 54, which is the surface of the device body 54. The storage hole 106 of the present embodiment opens on the upper surface of the lid 98. The device main body 54 includes a main body member 66 that constitutes the surface of the device main body 54 in which the storage hole 106 is open, and a marker member 68 that is arranged on the back side of the opening position of the storage hole 106 in the main body member 66. The surface member 102 of the lid 98 constitutes the main body member 66 of the present embodiment. The marker member 68 of the present embodiment is arranged on the back side of the main body member 66.

The operating body 56 is arranged inside the storage hole 106 of the apparatus main body 54. The operation body 56 is a button that is movable in response to a pressing operation by the user, and is supported so as to be movable in the depth direction Dd of the storage hole 106 with respect to the apparatus body 54. The “depth direction Dd” here means a direction along the central axis of the storage hole 106. The operating body 56 of the present embodiment is movable so as to be linearly moved in one side of the depth direction Dd (hereinafter, also referred to as a pushing direction Dd1) in response to a pressing operation by the user.

The operation body 56 includes an operation receiving portion 62 that receives a pressing operation by the user. The transmission portion 58 of the present embodiment is formed of the same member as the operating body 56, and projects from the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating body 56 in the pushing direction Dd1 of the operating body 56. The transmission part 58 can advance and retreat through a through hole 68a formed in the marker member 68. The through hole 68a can guide the transmission portion 58 so as to be able to move back and forth.

When the operation receiving portion 62 of the operation body 56 receives a push operation and moves from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposure position Ps2, an external force is transmitted from the operation receiving portion 62 to the actuating mechanism 20 via the transmission portion 58. The actuating mechanism 20 includes a biasing member for returning the operating body 56 from the exposed position Ps2 to the concealed position Ps1. This biasing member is an elastic member such as a coil spring. When the external force applied to the operating body 56 is released, the biasing member returns the exposed position Ps2 to the concealed position Ps1.

The plurality of operating bodies 56 include a first operating body 56-A and a second operating body 56-B. In this specification, regarding a plurality of components having such common points, common points are used to describe the common points, and differences between individual components are described using individual names. The “generic name” means a name in which “first, second” at the beginning and “−A, −B” at the end are omitted.

Please refer to FIG. 7 to FIG. 7 and 8 show a state in which the operating bodies 56-A and 56-B are in the concealed position Ps1, and FIG. 10 shows a state in which the first operating body 56-A is in the exposed position Ps2. The operation receiving portions 62 of the plurality of operating bodies 56 are housed in the housing hole 106 of the apparatus body 54. The operation receiving portions 62 of the plurality of operation bodies 56 according to the present embodiment are fitted into the single storage hole 106. The plurality of operating bodies 56-A and 56-B are provided adjacent to each other in the first direction Da when viewed from the depth direction Dd. Hereinafter, when viewed from the depth direction Dd, a direction orthogonal to the first direction Da (hereinafter, for convenience, referred to as the left-right direction Da) is referred to as a second direction Db (hereinafter, for convenience, referred to as the front-rear direction Db).

The operating body 56 can move from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposed position Ps2 by moving toward the inner side of the storage hole 106 when a pressing operation by the user is received. When the operating body 56 is at the concealed position Ps1, the water supply device 10 is in the first state in which the supply of wash water is stopped. When the operating body 56 moves from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposed position Ps2, the water supply device 10 starts the wash water supply operation. In this way, the operating body 56 can operate the operating mechanism 20 by moving from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposed position Ps2. Thereby, the operating body 56 can operate the water supply equipment 10 so that the water supply equipment 10 starts the wash water supply operation. The first operating body 56-A and the second operating body 56-B have different set flow rates when operating the water supply device 10. The set flow rate when the water supply equipment 10 is operated by the first operating body 56-A is larger, and the set flow rate when the water supply equipment 10 is operated by the second operating body 56-B is smaller. ..

The marker member 68 is fixed to the main body member 66, a peripheral wall portion 110 surrounding the directional axis of the operating body 56 in the depth direction Dd, a bottom wall portion 112 provided at a position facing the operating body 56 in the pushing direction Dd1, and the main body member 66. The fixed part 114 is provided. The fixing portion 114 of this embodiment projects outward from the peripheral wall portion 110 and is fixed to the main body member 66 using a fixing tool 116 such as a screw.

The marking member 68 constitutes a marking portion 82 whose outer surface has a color different from that of the adjacent portion 80. The marker portion 82 of the present embodiment constitutes the inner surface of the storage hole 106, specifically, the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106. Therefore, the marking portion 82 can be exposed during the pushing operation of the operating body 56. The “adjacent part 80 ”in the present embodiment is configured by the main body member 66, is provided on the inlet side of the storage hole 106 with respect to the marking part 82, and the part of the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106 on the inlet side of the sign part 82 is located. Constitute. The adjacent portion 80 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106 over the entire circumference.

Each of the plurality of operating bodies 56 conceals the corresponding portion of the marker portion 82 from the outside when in the concealed position Ps1, and exposes at least a part of the corresponding portion of the marker portion 82 to the outside when in the exposed position Ps2. .. The location 118 of the marker 82 corresponding to the first operating body 56-A (hereinafter referred to as the first corresponding location 118) is a part of the marker 82 in the circumferential direction in the present embodiment. Further, the location 120 of the marker portion 82 corresponding to the second operating body 56-B (hereinafter referred to as the second corresponding location 120) is another portion in the circumferential direction of the marker portion 82, more specifically, the second portion of the marker portion 82. 1 is the remaining portion other than the corresponding portion 118. Thereby, even when there are a plurality of operating bodies 56, the effect of (A) described above can be obtained.

The locations 118 and 120 corresponding to each of the plurality of operating bodies 56 in the marking portion 82 are composed of a single marking member 68. That is, the first corresponding portion 118 and the second corresponding portion 120 are composed of a single marking member 68. As a result, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with the case where separate members are used at the portions corresponding to the plurality of operating bodies 56 in the marking portion 82.

The color (first color) of the outer surface of the marker portion 82 is blue, and the color (second color) of the outer surface of the adjacent portion 80 is white. In the present embodiment, the surface of the part that is adjacent to the adjacent part 80 of the apparatus main body 54 and is exposed to the outside is configured with the same color (white) as that of the adjacent part 80. The “exposed portion” here refers to the upper surface of the lid 98 in the present embodiment. Also in this embodiment, the surface of the portion exposed to the outside of the operating body 56 is also configured with the same color as that of the adjacent portion 80.

When the operation receiving portion 62 of the operation body 56 described above is pushed to move from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposed position Ps2, as described above, an external force is transmitted to the actuation mechanism 20 of the water supply device 10 and the water supply device 10 is moved. It becomes possible to operate. At this time, the operating body 56 exposes the marking portion 82 of the apparatus body 54, which is hidden from the outside, to the outside. The user can recognize that the water supply device 10 has operated by visually recognizing the exposed sign portion 82. When the external force applied to the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating body 56 is released, the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating body 56 is automatically returned from the exposed position Ps2 to the concealing position Ps1 by the biasing member of the operating mechanism 20. At this time, the operating body 56 hides the marking portion 82 of the apparatus main body 54 exposed to the outside from the outside. The user can recognize that the operation of the water supply apparatus 10 has stopped by visually recognizing that the sign portion 82 is hidden from the outside in this way.

The above-described effects (A) to (C) can also be obtained by the operating device 14 of the present embodiment.

An adjacent portion 80 adjacent to the marking portion 82 of the apparatus main body 54 is provided closer to the entrance side of the storage hole 106 than the marking portion 82. Therefore, the sign portion 82 is provided in the recessed portion of the storage hole 106, and it becomes difficult to visually recognize the sign portion 82 from the outside, and good designability can be obtained.

Other features of the operating device 14 will be described.

The operation receiving portion 62 of the operation body 56 includes an inlet side surface portion 130 that is provided on the inlet side in the depth direction Dd of the storage hole 106 and that receives a pushing operation. The device body 54 includes a peripheral portion 132 provided on the surface of the device body 54 at the periphery of the opening portion of the storage hole 106. The inlet side surface portion 130 of the operating body 56 is provided so as to be flush with the surface of the peripheral edge portion 132 when the operating body 56 is at the concealed position Ps1. The "flush" here includes not only the case where adjacent surfaces are lined up without a step, but also the case where they are lined up without a step.

A guide portion 134 (134-A and 134-B in FIG. 8) is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106. The guide portion 134 of the present embodiment is provided at the adjacent portion 80 and the marking portion 82 on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106. In this embodiment, a plurality of guide portions 134 corresponding to each of the plurality of operating bodies 56 are provided. The plurality of guide portions 134 include a first guide portion 134-A corresponding to the first operating body 56-A and a second guide portion 134-B corresponding to the second operating body 56-B. The first guide portion 134-A is configured by a part of the marker portion 82 of the apparatus main body 54 and the adjoining portion 80 in the circumferential direction, and the second guide portion 134-B is configured by the other portion in the circumferential direction.

The operation body 56 includes a guided portion 136 provided at a position facing the guide portion 134 of the storage hole 106. The guided portion 136 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating body 56 at a position facing the storage hole 106. A plurality of guided parts 136 are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the operating body 56 with a space therebetween in the circumferential direction. The outer peripheral surface portion of the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating bodies 56-A and 56-B has a first surface portion 62a facing the other side of the other operating bodies 56-A and 56-B in the left-right direction Da and the front-back direction Db. It has a pair of second surface portions 62b facing both sides and a facing surface portion 62c facing the other operating bodies 56-A and 56-B in the left-right direction Da. In the present embodiment, at least two guided portions 136 of the operating body 56 are provided on each of the first surface portion 62a and the second surface portion 62b of the operating body 56. The guided portion 136 of the operating body 56 is provided at least at each of the locations on the outer peripheral surface of the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating body 56 that face both sides in the second direction Db.

The guided portion 136 of this embodiment has a convex shape extending in the depth direction Dd. The guided portion 136 is not provided in a part of the outer peripheral surface of the operation receiving portion 62 from the inlet side end portion in the depth direction Dd, and is provided in the range from the midway position to the rear side end portion. The guided portion 136 has an arc shape that is convex outward in a cross section orthogonal to the depth direction Dd.

When the operating body 56 tries to move in the depth direction Dd while being displaced in a direction orthogonal to the depth direction Dd, the guided portion 136 of the operating body 56 is guided to the guide portion 134 along with sliding on the guide portion 134. To be done. When the operating body 56 is in the concealed position Ps1, the guided portion 136 is provided so that at least a part thereof is located on the far side in the depth direction Dd from the boundary portion 70c between the marker portion 82 of the apparatus body 54 and the adjacent portion 80. .. Since such a guide portion 134 is provided in the sign portion 82, the sign portion 82 can be provided with a function of guiding the operating body 56 in addition to the function as a sign indicating that the water supply device 10 has operated.

The plurality of guide portions 134-A and 134-B described above are provided on a single marking member 68. Accordingly, in providing the guide portion 134 corresponding to the plurality of operating bodies 56 on the marker portion 82, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with the case of using individual members.

The peripheral portion 132 of the device body 54 has the same color as the outer surface of the adjacent portion 80. As a result, the marking portion 82 of the apparatus body 54 becomes more noticeable than the peripheral portion 132 and the adjacent portion 80. Along with this, the marker 82 makes it easier to recognize that the water handling equipment 10 has been operated by the operating body 56.

An inclined surface 136a is provided on the inlet-side end surface of the guided portion 136 in the depth direction Dd so as to continuously approach the storage hole 106 toward the back side in the depth direction Dd. The slope 136a is provided on the inlet side in the depth direction Dd with respect to the boundary portion 70c between the marker portion 82 of the apparatus body 54 and the adjacent portion 80 when the operating body 56 is at the concealed position Ps1 (see FIG. 7). On the other hand, the slope 136a is provided on the far side in the depth direction Dd from the boundary portion 70c when the operating body 56 is at the exposure position Ps2 (see FIG. 10 ).

When the operating body 56 returns from the exposed position Ps2 to the concealing position Ps1, a stepped portion that restricts the movement of the operating body 56 is provided in the boundary portion 70c of the apparatus body 54 by contact with the inlet side end surface of the guided portion 136. Consider the case. In this case, the inclined surface 136a of the guided portion 136 guides the operating body 56 away from the stepped portion of the boundary portion 70c by sliding along the stepped portion of the boundary portion 70c. As a result, even if the boundary portion 70c of the apparatus body 54 has a stepped portion, the operation body 56 can move without the guided portion 136 of the operation body 56 being caught by the stepped portion.

The tank body 96 and the toilet bowl 90 of the tank 92 described above are made of pottery, and the lid 98 is made of resin. The operation body 56 described above is arranged inside the storage hole 106 of the lid 98. No other member is arranged between the storage hole 106 of the lid 98 and the operating body 56. The "other member" here does not include the operating body 56. This means that another operating body 56-B may be arranged between the one operating body 56-A and the storage hole 106. The storage hole 106 of the lid 98 is formed in the surface member 102 of the lid 98. The entire surface member 102 is composed of a single member in a range including the peripheral edge portion 132 of the storage hole 106. The advantages of this configuration will be described.

Similar to the tank body 96, consider a case where the lid 98 of the tank 92 is made of ceramics. In this case, the pottery lid 98 is susceptible to shrinkage due to drying in the molding process, and thus the shape of the storage hole 106 is likely to greatly vary. When the operating body 56 is arranged inside the storage hole 106 of the lid 98, the gap between the storage hole 106 and the operating body 56 varies widely, so that the operating body 56 rattles in the direction orthogonal to the depth direction Dd. It becomes easier to attach. As a countermeasure against this, when a pottery lid 98 is used, in order to absorb a manufacturing error of the storage hole 106, a frame member made of resin or metal is usually arranged inside the storage hole 106, and the frame member is The operation body 56 is attached to the lid body 98 via the. In this case, there is a problem that dirt easily accumulates at the joint between the lid 98 and the frame member.

In this respect, according to the present embodiment, since the lid body 98 is made of resin, the influence of shrinkage in the molding process can be suppressed and the shape of the storage hole 106 can be varied as compared with the case where the lid body 98 is made of ceramics. Can be suppressed. Therefore, even if the operating body 56 is arranged without arranging the frame member inside the storage hole 106, variation in the gap between the storage hole 106 and the operating body 56 can be suppressed, and rattling of the operation body 56 can be suppressed. It becomes easy to suppress. While obtaining such an effect, it is not necessary to dispose the frame member inside the storage hole 106 of the lid 98, and thus the number of parts can be reduced. In addition to this, it is possible to suppress the generation of stains on the peripheral portion 132 of the storage hole 106 of the lid 98, and it is possible to easily wipe off the stains.

(Third Embodiment)
Referring to FIG. The water supply device 10 of the present embodiment is also a tank device that supplies cleaning water to a toilet bowl (not shown). As in the second embodiment, the water supply device 10 also includes the tank 92 as the device body 12 and the operating mechanism 20 that is operated by the operating body 56 of the operating device 14 (operating bodies 56-A and 56-B in the figure). , And a water supply device 94.

The actuating mechanism 20 of the present embodiment also includes the valve mechanism 22 and the transmission mechanism 100 that transmits the external force received from the operating body 56 to the valve mechanism 22, as in the second embodiment. Similarly to the second embodiment, the transmission mechanism 100 of the present embodiment is also a link mechanism that converts an external force in the pushing direction of the operating body 56 into a force in the direction Da in which the valve mechanism 22 opens the drain port 92a.

12 to 14 are referred to. The operating device 14 of the present embodiment includes a device main body 54, a plurality of operating bodies 56 operated by a user, and a transmitting portion 58 that transmits an external force received from the operating body 56 to the operating mechanism 20. Unlike the above-described embodiment, the device body 54 of this embodiment is provided separately from the device body 12 of the water supply device 10.

The device main body 54 of the present embodiment constitutes a wall-mounted panel. The apparatus main body 54 includes a base member 142 fixed to the indoor wall portion 140 that defines the indoor space, and a cover member 144 fixed to the base member 142 and exposed to the indoor space. The base member 142 is fixed to the indoor wall portion 140 by using a fixing member 146 such as a screw member.

The device main body 54 has a storage hole 106 that opens to the front surface of the device main body 54, which is the surface of the device main body 54. The storage hole 106 of this embodiment is opened in the front surface of the cover member 144. The device main body 54 includes a main body member 66 that constitutes the surface of the device main body 54 in which the storage hole 106 is opened, and a marker member 68 that is arranged on the back side of the main body member 66. The body member 66 of the present embodiment is constituted by the cover member 144. The main body member 66 has a surface portion 148 that constitutes the surface of the apparatus main body 54, and a tubular portion 150 that protrudes from the opening portion of the storage hole 106 on the surface portion 148 to the back side of the surface portion 148. The tubular portion 150 constitutes a part of the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106.

The operating body 56 is a button that can be moved in response to a pressing operation by the user. The operation body 56 includes an operation receiving portion 62 that receives a pressing operation by the user, and an arm portion 152 that extends from the operation receiving portion 62. The arm portion 152 is supported by the main body member 66 so as to be rotatable about a first axis La1 passing through the support shaft 64 via a support shaft 64 provided at the tip of the arm portion 152. The operating body 56 is supported rotatably around the first axis La1 with respect to the apparatus body 54. The operating body 56 of the present embodiment is movably supported in the depth direction Dd with respect to the apparatus body 54, and is rotatable about the first axis La1 in response to a pressing operation by the user.

The transmission part 58 of the present embodiment is an elongated body provided separately from the operating body 56. The transmission portion 58 is inserted into a support hole 142 a formed in the base member 142 and is supported by the base member 142 so as to be able to move forward and backward.

Similar to the second embodiment, when the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating body 56 receives a push operation and moves from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposure position Ps2, an external force is transmitted from the operation receiving portion 62 to the operating mechanism 20 via the transmission portion 58. To be done. Similar to the second embodiment, when the external force applied to the operating body 56 is released, the biasing member of the actuating mechanism 20 automatically returns the exposure position Ps2 to the concealing position Ps1.

The plurality of operating bodies 56 of the present embodiment also include the first operating body 56-A and the second operating body 56-B. Please refer to FIG. 12 and FIGS. 14 to 16. 12 and 14 show a state in which the operating body 56 is in the concealing position Ps1, FIG. 15 shows a state in which the second operating body 56-B is in the exposure position Ps2, and FIG. 16 is a first operating body 56. -A shows a state in which the exposure position Ps2 is present. The operation receiving portions 62 of the plurality of operating bodies 56 are housed in the housing holes 106 of the device body 54, as in the second embodiment. Like the second embodiment, the operating body 56 can operate the operating mechanism 20 by moving from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposed position Ps2. Thereby, the operating body 56 can operate the water supply equipment 10 so that the water supply equipment 10 starts the wash water supply operation.

The marker member 68 includes a cylindrical peripheral wall portion 110 that surrounds the device main body 54 around the direction axis in the depth direction Dd, and a claw portion 154 that protrudes from the peripheral wall portion 110. The tubular portion 150 of the main body member 66 is fitted inside the peripheral wall portion 110. The claw portion 154 of the marker member 68 functions as a stopper that limits the movable range of the operating body 56 in the pushing direction by contacting the operating body 56.

The marker member 68 constitutes a marker portion 82 having a color different from that of the adjacent portion 80 of the apparatus main body 54 on the outer surface. The marking portion 82 of the present embodiment is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106. As in the second embodiment, the “adjacent portion 80” in the present embodiment is formed by the main body member 66, and is provided on the inlet side of the marker portion 82 of the storage hole 106.

Similar to the second embodiment, each of the plurality of operating bodies 56 conceals the corresponding portion of the marker portion 82 from the outside when in the concealed position Ps1, and at least the corresponding portion of the marker portion 82 when in the exposed position Ps2. Partly exposed to the outside. In the present embodiment as well, the location corresponding to each of the plurality of operating bodies 56 in the labeling unit 82 is configured by a single labeling member 68.

The color (first color) of the outer surface of the marker portion 82 is blue, and the color (second color) of the outer surface of the adjacent portion 80 is white. In the present embodiment, the surface of the part that is adjacent to the adjacent part 80 and is exposed to the outside of the apparatus main body 54 is configured with the same color (white) as the adjacent part 80. In this embodiment, the “exposed portion” here means the surface (front surface) of the cover member 144. Further, in the present embodiment, the surface of the portion exposed to the outside of the operating body 56 is also configured with the same color as that of the adjacent portion 80.

When the operation receiving portion 62 of the operation body 56 described above is pushed to move from the concealed position Ps1 to the exposed position Ps2, as described above, an external force is transmitted to the actuation mechanism 20 of the water supply device 10 and the water supply device 10 is moved. It becomes possible to operate. At this time, the operating body 56 exposes the marking portion 82 of the apparatus body 54, which is hidden from the outside, to the outside. The user can recognize that the water supply device 10 has operated by visually recognizing the exposed sign portion 82. When the external force applied to the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating body 56 is released, the operation receiving portion 62 of the operating body 56 is automatically returned from the exposed position Ps2 to the concealing position Ps1 by the biasing member of the operating mechanism 20. At this time, the operating body 56 hides the marking portion 82 of the apparatus main body 54 exposed to the outside from the outside. The user can recognize that the operation of the water supply device 10 has stopped by visually recognizing that the sign portion 82 is hidden from the outside in this way.

The above-mentioned effects (A) to (C) can also be obtained by the operating device 14 described above.

Other features of the operating device 14 will be described.

Also in the present embodiment, the inlet side surface portion 130 of the operating body 56 is provided so as to be flush with the surface of the peripheral edge portion 132 of the apparatus body 54 when the operating body 56 is in the concealed position Ps1.

Please refer to FIG. 13 and FIG. A guide portion 134 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106. The guide portion 134 of the present embodiment is provided on the marker portion 82 on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106. In the present embodiment, the common guide portion 134 is provided for the adjacent operating bodies 56. The guide portion 134 of this embodiment is a recess.

Each of the operation bodies 56 adjacent to each other has a guided portion 136 (136-A, 136-B in the drawing) provided at a position facing the common guide portion 134. The guided portion 136 includes a first guided portion 136-A provided on the first operating body 56-A and a second guided portion 136-B provided on the second operating body 56-B. The guided portion 136 of the present embodiment is a convex portion arranged inside the concave portion formed by the guide portion 134. In addition to this, the guided portions 136-A of the adjacent operation bodies 56 may be concave portions, the common guide portion 134 may be convex portions, and the convex portions may be arranged inside the concave portions. These convex portions and concave portions extend along the depth direction Dd.

The guided portion 136 tries to move in the depth direction Dd while being displaced in the direction in which the operating body 56 is orthogonal to the depth direction Dd (in this example, the horizontal direction of the paper when viewing FIG. 17 in accordance with the direction of the reference numeral). At this time, the guide portion 134 is guided along with sliding on the common guide portion 134. By providing the common guide portion 134 for the adjacent operation bodies 56, the number of guide portions 134 of the device body 54 used for guiding the operation body 56 can be reduced, and the structure of the device body 54 can be simplified.

Reference is made to FIG. The inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106 is composed of an upper surface 106a, a lower surface 106b, and a pair of side surfaces 106c. The marker portion 82 has an upper surface forming portion 108a that forms the upper surface 106a of the storage hole 106, a lower surface forming portion 108b that forms the lower surface 106b, and a side surface forming portion 108c that forms the side surface 106c.

It is assumed that the depth dimension of the upper surface constituting portion 108a of the marker portion 82 is Lu, the depth dimension of the lower surface constituting portion 108b of the marker portion 82 is Ll, and the depth dimension of the side surface constituting portion 108c of the marker portion 82 is Ls. The depth dimension here means a dimension of the storage hole 106 in the depth direction Dd. At this time, the depth dimension Lu of the upper surface component 108a is smaller than the depth dimension Ll of the lower surface component 108b. In the present embodiment, the depth dimension Lu of the upper surface forming portion 108a is smaller than the depth dimension Ls of the side surface forming portion 108c. The depth dimension Ls is the same as the depth dimension Ll. The depth dimension of the marker portion 82 is set to be different depending on the position on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole 106.

Accordingly, when the operating device 14 is arranged at a position lower than the head of the user in the standing posture, the depth dimension of the marker portion 82 at a portion (the upper surface forming portion 108a of the marker portion 82) that is difficult for the user to visually recognize is determined. It gets shorter. Therefore, even if the depth dimension is changed between the upper surface forming portion 108a and the lower surface forming portion 108b of the marker portion 82, that is not noticeable, and good designability can be obtained. The “user” here is assumed to have an average size in the country in which the operating device 14 is sold.

The arm portion 152 of the operating body 56 is arranged at a position facing the part 82a (see FIG. 14) of the upper surface forming portion 108a of the marking portion 82 in the depth direction Dd. The depth dimension Lu of the upper surface constituting portion 108a of the marker portion 82 is shorter than the depth dimension of the marker portion 82 at a portion other than the upper surface constituting portion 108a of the marker portion 82. Therefore, it is easier to avoid the interference with the arm portion 152 of the operating body 56 by adjusting the depth dimension Lu of the upper surface forming portion 108a of the marking portion 82 to the depth size of the portion other than the upper surface forming portion 108a of the marking portion 82.

Further, as described above, the depth dimension of the marker portion 82 is set to be different depending on the position on the inner surface of the storage hole 106. As a result, the amount of material used can be reduced by matching the portion of the marker portion 82 having a short depth dimension with the depth dimension of a portion having a long depth dimension.

Reference is made to FIG. FIG. 19 also shows the first operating body 56-A and the marking member 68 in the AA cross section of FIG. The boundary portion 70d between the marker portion 82 of the apparatus main body 54 and the adjacent portion 80 constitutes a stopper 170 that limits the movable range of the operating body 56. The boundary portion 70d of the present embodiment has a stepped shape between the marker portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 such that the inner dimension thereof becomes wider toward the inner side of the storage hole 106. The movable range of the operating body 56 is limited by the guided portion 136 thereof hitting the stopper 170.

As a result, the boundary portion 70d between the marking portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 can also have a function as the stopper 170. Therefore, the structure of the operating device 14 can be simplified by providing the stopper 170 separately from the boundary portion 70d.

The marking member 82 constitutes the marking member 68, and the adjacent portion 80 constitutes the main body member 66 which is separate from the marking member 68. Therefore, the stopper 170 can be configured only by combining the marker member 68 and the main body member 66 without providing the single member with the unevenness serving as the stopper.

As shown in FIG. 17, the operating body 56 is provided with a convex portion 172 for contacting another stopper formed by the marker member 68 and the main body member 66. Further, the marker member 68 is provided with a concave portion 174 in which the convex portion 172 is arranged. By providing such a concave portion 174, it becomes easy to secure the contact area of the convex portion 172 of the operating body 56 with the stopper. This is also an effect obtained by forming the guide portion 134 into a recess.

Another modified example of each component will be described.

The water supply device 10 may be any device used for water supply, and its specific example is not particularly limited. In addition to these, the water supply device 10 includes, for example, a toilet bowl, a bathtub, a wash basin, a hand basin, a sink, a water stopcock, and the like, and their accessories. Further, a flush valve is included in the flush water supply device as a water supply device.

The operating device 14 may include three or more operating bodies 56. This means that the number of operating bodies 56 is not limited. The operation body 56 has been described by using the button and the lever as an example, but the operation body 56 is not limited to this, and may be a handle, a toggle switch, or the like.

It is sufficient that the operating body 56 can operate the water supply equipment 10 by moving from the first position Ps1 to the second position Ps2. Here, "to operate the water supply equipment" means to operate the water supply equipment such that the state of the water supply equipment is switched as in the first embodiment, as well as the second embodiment and the third embodiment. This includes the case where the water supply equipment is operated so as to start the operation. Further, the “state” here includes not only the state where the water supply equipment is performing a specific operation but also the state where the water supply equipment is not operating, that is, the state where the water supply equipment is not operating. ..

In the examples of the second embodiment and the third embodiment, the operating body 56 is not held at the second position Ps2 when moving from the first position Ps1 to the second position Ps2, and is linked to the operation of the water supply device 10. As described above, the example in which the second position Ps2 is returned to the first position Ps1 by the external force applied from the operation mechanism 20 of the water supply device 10 has been described. In addition to this, the operating body 56 may be automatically returned from the second position Ps2 to the first position Ps1 by using a biasing member provided separately from the actuation mechanism 20. The biasing member is made of, for example, an elastic body such as a spring.

The operating body 56 may be configured to be held in a position between the first position Ps1 and another position by using a position holding mechanism, and the holding position may be switched each time the operating body 56 is operated. The position holding mechanism here is, for example, a thrust lock mechanism, a heart cam mechanism, a rotating cam mechanism, a ratchet cam mechanism, or the like. The "operation of the operating body 56" here is, for example, a pushing operation of the operating body 56. The "other position" here may be the above-mentioned second position Ps2 or a position closer to the first position Ps1 than the second position Ps2. In any case, when the operating body 56 is moved from the first position Ps1 to the second position Ps2, the water supply device 10 may start operating, or may be operated so that the state of the water supply device 10 is switched. ..

Although the transmission unit 58 of the operation device 14 mechanically transmits the external force received from the operation body 56 to the actuation mechanism 20 of the water supply device 10, other transmissions may be electrically transmitted. .. In this case, the transmission unit 58 detects, for example, that the operating body 56 has moved from the first position Ps1 to the second position Ps2 by the sensor, and drives the actuation mechanism 20 by the drive source based on the detection result. The external force received from the operating body 56 may be transmitted. The detection mechanism here is, for example, a contact on a circuit board, a proximity sensor, or the like. The drive source is, for example, a motor, an actuator, or the like.

The adjacent portion 80 adjacent to the marker portion 82 of the device main body 54 may be exposed when the operating body 56 is in either of the first position Ps1 and the second position Ps2, and may be exposed by the operating body 56 or other members. It may be hidden.

The example has been described in which the marking portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 are configured by different members (the marking member 68 and the main body member 66) from each other. In addition to this, the marking portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 may be formed of the same member. In this case, as described above, the color of the marker portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 may be made different by changing the presence or absence of the surface treatment between the marker portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 or making the color of the surface treatment different.

The combination of colors on the outer surfaces of the marking portion 82 and the adjacent portion 80 is not particularly limited. Although the combination of blue and silver has been taken as an example, other than this, for example, a combination of two kinds of colors selected from yellow, red, black, white, etc., or a combination of one of these colors A colorless and transparent combination may be used.

The tubular member 40 of the first embodiment may form a device body 54 of the operating device 14 that is separate from the device body 12 of the water supply device 10. The location where the tubular member 40 is attached to the apparatus body 54 is not particularly limited. The position where the main body member 66 and the marker member 68 that form the tubular member 40 are divided is not particularly limited, and the main body member 66 does not need to include the base portion 74.

In the fixing structure 76 of the first embodiment, the example in which the receiving portion 76a and the received portion 76b are the combination of the convex portion and the concave portion has been described. In addition to this, the receiving portion 76a and the received portion 76b may be, for example, a combination of a claw portion and a claw receiving portion.

In the apparatus main body 54 of the second and third embodiments, individual marking members may be formed in the marking portion 82 at locations corresponding to each of the plurality of operating bodies 56.

The stopper 170 of the third embodiment may be provided at the boundary between the marker portion 82 of a single member and the adjacent portion 80.

Although the depth dimension of the marker portion 82 of the third embodiment is the smallest on the upper surface of the storage hole 106, the location where the depth dimension is small is not particularly limited.

Any combination of the above components is also effective as an aspect of the present invention. An example of this combination will be described.

Similar to the third embodiment, the depth dimension of the marker portion 82 of the operating device 14 of the second embodiment may be set to be different depending on the position on the inner surface of the storage hole 106. Similar to the third embodiment, in the operating device 14 of the first and second embodiments, the boundary between the marker 82 and the adjacent portion 80 may form a stopper. The operating device 14 of the second and third embodiments may also include the tubular member 40 of the first embodiment. Like the second and third embodiments, the operating device 14 of the first embodiment may include a plurality of operating bodies 56.

The embodiments and modifications of the present invention have been described above in detail. The above-described embodiments and modifications are merely specific examples for implementing the present invention. The contents of the embodiments and modifications do not limit the technical scope of the present invention, and many design changes such as changes, additions, and deletions of constituent elements are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the above-described embodiment, the content of such design change is emphasized by adding the notation “embodiment”, but the design change is allowed even in the content without such description. The hatching attached to the cross section of the drawing does not limit the material to which the hatching is attached.

Generalizing the invention embodied by the above-described embodiments and modifications, the following technical idea is derived. Hereinafter, description will be given using an aspect described in the problems to be solved by the invention.

In the operating device according to the second aspect, in the first aspect, the operating body may be a button that is movable in response to a pressing operation by a user.

In the operating device according to the third aspect, in the second aspect, the operating body may be rotatably supported with respect to the device body.

In the operating device according to the fourth aspect, in the first aspect, the operating body may be a lever rotatably supported with respect to the device body.

The operating device of a fifth aspect is the operating device according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the device main body has a storage hole that opens on a surface of the device main body, and the operating body is provided on the inner side of the storage hole. It is possible to move from the first position to the second position by moving toward the second position, and the indicator portion may be provided on the inner surface of the storage hole. According to this aspect, the sign portion can be exposed during the pushing operation of the operating body.

In the operating device according to the sixth aspect, in the fifth aspect, the adjacent portion may be provided on the inlet side of the storage hole with respect to the marking portion. According to this aspect, the sign portion is provided in the recessed portion of the storage hole, and it becomes difficult to visually recognize the sign portion from the outside, and good designability can be obtained.

An operating device according to a seventh aspect is the operating device according to the sixth aspect, wherein the device main body has a peripheral edge portion provided on a peripheral edge of an opening portion of the storage hole on a surface of the device main body, and the peripheral edge portion is adjacent to the adjacent portion. It may have the same color as the outer surface. According to this aspect, the marking portion of the apparatus main body becomes more conspicuous than the peripheral portion and the adjacent portion, and it becomes easier for the marking portion to recognize that the water supply device is operated by the operating body.

An operating device according to an eighth aspect is the operating device according to the fifth aspect, wherein the device body has a body member that constitutes the surface of the device body where the accommodation hole opens and the adjacent portion, and an opening location of the accommodation hole in the body member. It may have a sign member which is arranged further in the back and constitutes the above-mentioned sign part.

In the operating device according to the ninth aspect, in the fifth aspect, the depth dimension of the sign portion may be set to be different depending on the position on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole. According to this aspect, it is possible to reduce the amount of member used by matching the portion having a short depth dimension of the sign portion with the depth dimension of a portion having a long depth dimension.

In the operating device according to a tenth aspect, in the ninth aspect, the storage hole is opened in a front surface of the device body, and the sign portion includes an upper surface forming portion that constitutes an upper surface of the storage hole, and the storage hole. And a bottom surface forming portion that forms a bottom surface of the bottom surface, and the depth dimension of the top surface forming portion may be smaller than the depth dimension of the bottom surface forming portion. According to this aspect, when the operating device is arranged at a position lower than the head of the user in the standing posture, the depth dimension of the sign portion at a portion that is difficult for the user to visually recognize becomes short. Therefore, even if the depth dimension is changed between the upper surface forming portion and the lower surface forming portion of the sign portion, this is not noticeable and good designability can be obtained.

An operating device according to an eleventh aspect is the operating device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the device body has a guide portion, and the operating body has a guided portion guided by the guide portion, The guide unit may be provided on the sign unit. According to this aspect, in addition to the function as a sign indicating that the water supply device has operated, the sign part can have a function of guiding the operating body.

In the operating device of the twelfth aspect, in the eleventh aspect, the guide portion may be a concave portion or a convex portion.

In the operating device of a thirteenth aspect, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the boundary portion between the adjacent portion and the marker portion may constitute a stopper that limits the movable range of the operating body. According to this aspect, the boundary portion between the marker portion and the adjacent portion of the apparatus body can also have a function as a stopper, and the structure of the operating device can be simplified by providing the stopper separately from the boundary portion.

In the operation device of the fourteenth aspect, in the thirteenth aspect, the device main body may include a main body member that configures the adjacent portion and a marker member that configures the marker portion. According to this aspect, the stopper can be formed only by combining the marker member and the main body member without providing the single member with the unevenness serving as the stopper.

The operating device according to a fifteenth aspect is the operating device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the operating device includes a plurality of the operating bodies, and each of the plurality of operating bodies is the one when the operating body is in the first position. The corresponding portion of the marking portion may be hidden from the outside, and at least a part of the corresponding portion of the marking portion may be exposed to the outside when in the second position. According to this aspect, the effect of the first aspect described above can be obtained even when there are a plurality of operating bodies.

In the operating device according to a sixteenth aspect, according to the fifteenth aspect, the device main body may include a single marker member that constitutes a portion of the marker section corresponding to each of the plurality of operating bodies. According to this aspect, it is possible to reduce the number of parts as compared with the case where separate members are used at the portions corresponding to the plurality of operating bodies in the sign portion.

An operating device according to a seventeenth aspect is the operating device according to the sixteenth aspect, wherein the apparatus main body has a plurality of guide portions corresponding to the plurality of operating bodies, and each of the plurality of operating bodies has a corresponding guide portion. The guided portion may be guided to the plurality of guide portions, and the plurality of guide portions may be provided on the single marking member. According to this aspect, in providing the guide portions corresponding to the plurality of operating bodies on the marker portion, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with the case of using individual members.

In the operating device according to an eighteenth aspect, in the sixteenth aspect, the device main body has a guide portion, and each of the adjacent operating bodies has a guided portion guided by the common guide portion. Good. According to this aspect, it is possible to reduce the number of guide portions of the device body used for guiding the plurality of operating bodies, and to simplify the structure of the device body.

In the operating device according to a nineteenth aspect, in the eighteenth aspect, the common guide portion may be a single concave portion or a convex portion provided in the apparatus main body.

In the operating device according to a twentieth aspect, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the device main body includes a tubular member, and the tubular member includes a main body member having a shape obtained by dividing the tubular member and a marker member. The marking member may constitute the marking portion. According to this aspect, it is possible to display different colors while forming the tubular member with the main body member and the marking member.

In the operating device according to a twenty-first aspect, in the twentieth aspect, the main body member may have a platform, and the marker member may be placed on the platform. According to this aspect, it is possible to position the marker member in the cylinder axis direction of the cylindrical member by the base portion of the main body member.

In the operating device according to the twenty-second aspect, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the device main body may include the marker member that constitutes the marker portion and that is made of a color material of an outer surface of the marker portion. Good. According to this aspect, it is possible to display the color of the outer surface of the marking portion for a long period of time by eliminating the influence of paint peeling.

Further, when the invention embodied by the above-described embodiments and modifications is generalized, it can be said that the invention described in the following items is included.

(First item)
A resin lid that covers and closes the upper opening formed in the tank body,
A tank device comprising: a resin button arranged inside a storage hole formed in the lid.

(Second item)
The tank device according to the first item, wherein no other member is arranged between the accommodation hole of the lid and the button.

The problems relating to the invention described in this item are as follows.

As described above, when a lid made of ceramics is used, it is affected by shrinkage in the molding process, which causes a large variation in the shape of the storage hole. When such a variation occurs, as described above, it is necessary to take measures such as disposing a frame member inside the accommodation hole, and therefore improvement thereof is desired.

The invention described in this item has been made in view of such a problem, and one of the objects thereof is to provide a tank device capable of suppressing variations in the shape of the storage hole.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Water supply equipment, 14... Operating device, 40... Cylindrical member, 54... Device main body, 56 (56-A, 56-B)... Operation body, 66... Main body member, 68... Marking member, 70a-70d... Boundary portion, 72... Cylindrical portion, 74... Stand portion, 80... Adjacent portion, 82... Marking portion, 106... Storage hole, 106a... Upper surface, 106b... Lower surface, 132... Peripheral portion, 134... Guide portion, 136 (136) -A, 136-B)... Guided part, 150... Cylindrical part, 170... Stopper.

Claims (15)

The device body,
An operating body operated by a user,
The operating body is movable between a first position and a second position, and it is possible to operate a water supply equipment by moving from the first position to the second position,
The device body includes a marker portion having a color different from that of the device body adjacent to the device body,
The operating body conceals the marking portion from the outside when in the first position, and exposes at least a part of the marking portion to the outside when in the second position. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the operating body is a button that can be moved by being pressed by a user. The operation device according to claim 2, wherein the operation body is rotatably supported with respect to the device body. The operation device according to claim 1, wherein the operation body is a lever rotatably supported with respect to the device body. The device body has a storage hole opening on the surface of the device body,
The operating body can move from the first position to the second position by moving toward the inner side of the storage hole,
The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the sign portion is provided on an inner surface of the storage hole. The operating device according to claim 5, wherein the adjacent portion is provided closer to the entrance side of the storage hole than the sign portion. The operating device according to claim 5, wherein a depth dimension of the sign portion is set to be different depending on a position on the inner peripheral surface of the storage hole. The device body has a guide portion,
The operating body has a guided portion guided by the guide portion,
The operation device according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion is provided on the sign portion. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein a boundary portion between the adjacent portion and the marker portion constitutes a stopper that limits a movable range of the operating body. This operation device includes a plurality of operation bodies,
Each of the plurality of operating bodies hides a corresponding portion of the marking portion from the outside when in the first position, and at least a part of the corresponding portion of the marking portion when in the second position. The operating device according to claim 1, which is exposed to the outside. The operating device according to claim 10, wherein the device main body has a single marker member that configures a portion of the marker that corresponds to each of the plurality of operating bodies. The apparatus body has a plurality of guide portions corresponding to each of the plurality of operating bodies,
Each of the plurality of operating bodies has a guided portion guided by the corresponding guide portion,
The operating device according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of guide portions are provided on the single marker member. The device body has a guide portion,
The operating device according to claim 10, wherein each of the adjacent operating bodies has a guided portion guided by the common guide portion. The device body includes a tubular member,
The tubular member includes a main body member and a marking member having a shape obtained by dividing the tubular member,
The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the sign member constitutes the sign part. The main body member has a base,
The operating device according to claim 14, wherein the marker member is mounted on the platform.

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