JP2022091241A - Faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a faucet that can attach a gutter-shaped member capable of supplying water in a wide film-like state to washing basins, hand washing basins, etc., in a good-looking and concise manner.SOLUTION: A faucet 1 comprises: a columnar faucet body 2; and a gutter-shaped water discharge plate 3 that is attached to the faucet body 2 and has an upper surface part 3a inclined diagonally downward. The water discharge plate 3 is attached to the faucet body 2 by inserting and fixing an upper end side of the water discharge plate into a slit 15 provided in the faucet body 2. The faucet body 2 is provided with an opening 51a for discharging water toward the upper end side of the upper surface part 3a.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a faucet capable of supplying water in a wide film-like state to a wash basin, a hand wash basin, or the like.

Conventionally, there is a faucet having a function of supplying hot water or water in the form of a wide film from a spout to a wash basin or a hand wash basin. Patent Document 1 discloses this type of faucet with a wide spout.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-231885

In the technique described in Patent Document 1, the faucet body is provided with a wide spout. This causes a problem that the faucet body becomes large. In order to avoid this problem, the main body of the faucet has a gutter-shaped member attached below the spout as a normal size, and the water flow is widened and widened by discharging water from the spout to the upper surface of this member. It is conceivable to supply it as a thing. Here, it has been desired to provide a structure in which such a gutter-shaped member can be attached to the faucet body in a good-looking and concise manner.

In view of such a request, an object of the present invention is to provide a gutter-shaped member capable of supplying water in a wide film-like state to a washbasin, a hand-washing device, or the like with a good-looking and concise appearance. The purpose is to provide a faucet that can be attached.

The first invention of the present invention is a faucet, which has a columnar faucet main body and a gutter-shaped plate member attached to the faucet main body and having an upper surface portion inclined diagonally downward. The plate member is attached to the faucet body by inserting and fixing the upper end side to the slit provided in the faucet body, and the plate member is directed toward the upper end side of the upper surface portion of the faucet body. It is characterized in that it is provided with a spout for spouting water.

According to the first invention, since the plate member is attached to the faucet body by inserting the upper end side of the plate member into the slit provided in the faucet body and fixing the plate member, an additional bracket or the like is added. A simple and good-looking structure can be obtained without using members.

In the second aspect of the present invention, in the first invention, the faucet body is provided with a screw hole from the upper end portion to the slit, and the plate member is in a state where the upper end portion side is inserted into the slit. It is characterized in that it is fixed to the faucet body with a screw.

According to the second invention, the plate member is prevented from coming off from the slit of the faucet main body, and can be stably attached to the faucet main body.

It is a perspective view of the faucet which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the faucet of the said embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment state of the plate member in the upper part of the faucet of the said embodiment. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line of the IV-IV arrow of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the V part of FIG. 4 enlarged. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line of the VI-VI arrow in FIG. It is a perspective view which looked at the rectifying plate from the outside. It is a perspective view which looked at the rectifying plate from the inside. It is an exploded perspective view of the faucet of the said embodiment.

The configuration of the faucet 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9. In the following description, each direction such as front, back, top, bottom, left, and right with respect to the user of the faucet 1 is shown in each figure, and the explanation regarding the direction is based on this.

As shown in FIG. 1, the faucet 1 according to the present embodiment is a so-called single lever faucet installed on a top plate of a wash basin, a hand wash basin, or the like (not shown). It has a function of internally mixing hot water and water supplied from below and supplying it to a wash basin, a hand wash basin, or the like in a wide film-like state.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, the faucet 1 is a faucet main body 2 and a spout plate that supplies water discharged from the faucet main body 2 to a wash basin, a hand wash basin, or the like in a wide film-like state. 3 and. The faucet main body 2 includes an outer cylinder portion 10, an inner cylinder portion 20 coaxially arranged inside the outer cylinder portion 10, a cartridge 30 and a connecting member 40 arranged inside the inner cylinder portion 20, and an inner cylinder. It has a straightening vane 50 arranged outside the portion 20 and a handle portion 60. Here, the water discharge plate 3 corresponds to the "plate member" in the claims.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 and 9, the outer cylinder portion 10 is formed by cutting a bamboo laminated wood obtained by stacking thin bamboos and hardening them with a resin. The appearance is substantially a quadrangular prism shape, and is formed as an enlarged portion 11 whose cross section gradually expands in the horizontal direction as the upper end portion side moves upward. Inside, a columnar vertical through hole T is formed coaxially with the substantially square pillar shape of the appearance, and the outer peripheral wall surface thereof is an inner side surface 12. The upper end side of the inner side surface 12 is formed as a widening surface 13 that is widened to the front, back, left and right, and a step portion 14 extending in the horizontal direction is provided at the boundary between the inner side surface 12 and the widening surface 13. A slit 15 extending diagonally toward the lower side is provided between the inner side surface 12 and the outer surface of the outer cylinder portion 10 in the vicinity of the lower end portion of the enlarged portion 11 on the front side. The upper end side of the water discharge plate 3, which will be described later, is inserted into the slit 15 and fixed. The left-right center portion on the front side of the slit 15 is formed as a substantially rectangular through hole 16 whose interval is widened up and down and the long axis direction is the left-right direction when viewed from the front side. Further, a pair of left and right screw holes 17 for passing a screw V (see FIG. 3) for fixing the water discharge plate 3 inserted in the slit 15 so as not to come off are formed so as to extend in the vertical direction. Further, when the inner cylinder portion 20 is inserted into the upper and lower through holes of the outer cylinder portion 10 and positioned, the inner cylinder portion 20 is directly above the O-ring mounting portion 21c of the inner cylinder portion 20 on the inner side of the outer cylinder portion 10. A columnar drainage hole 18 that penetrates between the side surface 12 and the outer surface is provided. Here, the through hole 16 corresponds to the "water spout" in the claims.

The inner cylinder portion 20 is a cylindrical metal pipe material, and has an upper inner cylinder portion 21 and a lower inner cylinder portion 22 having a diameter larger than that of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. A male screw portion 21a is provided at the lower end portion of the upper inner cylinder portion 21, and a female screw portion 22a is provided at the upper end portion of the lower inner cylinder portion 22. The upper inner cylinder portion 21 and the lower inner cylinder portion 22 are configured to be integrated by screwing the male screw portion 21a and the female screw portion 22a. An enlarged diameter flange portion 21b is provided at the upper end portion of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. An O-ring mounting portion 21c protruding in the radial direction is provided in an annular shape slightly below the central portion in the vertical direction of the upper inner cylinder portion 21, and the O-ring 21d is mounted in the central portion in the vertical direction thereof. When the upper inner cylinder portion 21 and the lower inner cylinder portion 22 are integrated and inserted into the upper and lower through holes T of the outer cylinder portion 10, the O-ring 21d hits the inner side surface 12 of the outer cylinder portion 10. The lower side surface of the flange portion 21b is brought into contact with the step portion 14 of the outer cylinder portion 10 to be in a watertight state, and is positioned with respect to the inner side surface 12 of the outer cylinder portion 10. Inside the upper inner cylinder portion 21, a partition wall portion 21e is provided slightly below the central portion in the vertical direction, and a small diameter portion 21f above the partition wall portion 21e and a large diameter portion 21g having an inner diameter larger than that of the small diameter portion 21f. They are provided in this order from the bottom. The partition wall portion 21e is provided with a hole penetrating in the vertical direction so that hot water and water can be supplied from below to the connecting member 40 arranged above the partition wall portion 21e. A stepped portion 21h extending in the horizontal direction is provided at the boundary between the small diameter portion 21f and the large diameter portion 21g. A female screw portion 21k is provided on the upper end side portion of the large diameter portion 21g. Above the O-ring mounting portion 21c on the front side of the upper inner cylinder portion 21, a cylindrical inner cylinder discharge hole 21m penetrating from the front to the back is provided. Four screw holes 21n for fixing the straightening vane 50 to the upper inner cylinder portion 21 are provided on the peripheral portion of the inner cylinder discharge hole 21 m.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 9, the cartridge 30 includes a columnar main body 31 and a prismatic operating shaft 32 extending upward from the upper surface of the main body 31. The diameter of the main body portion 31 is set to be slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the large diameter portion 21 g of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. The operation shaft 32 is rotated around the central axis C with respect to the main body 31, or is swung around the connecting shaft 33 extending in the horizontal direction, so that hot water supplied from below into the main body 31 is supplied. And the ratio of mixing water can be adjusted to adjust the temperature, and the amount of discharged the adjusted water downward can be adjusted. Since the cartridge 30 has the same structure as that disclosed in documents such as JP-A-2020-46067, detailed description of the structure will be omitted. The operation shaft 32 is connected to the handle portion 60, which will be described later, and is operated via the handle portion 60.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 9, the connecting member 40 is a substantially columnar member whose diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the small diameter portion 21f of the upper inner cylinder portion 21 and its height is the small diameter portion. It is set slightly smaller than the vertical length of 21f. An enlarged collar portion 41 is provided at the upper end portion of the connecting member 40. The outer diameter of the flange portion 41 is set to be slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the large diameter portion 21 g of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. As is well shown in FIG. 9, on the front side of the connecting member 40, a hot water supply passage 42 that supplies hot water supplied from below to the cartridge 30 and a water supply passage 43 that supplies water supplied from below to the cartridge 30. And are provided so as to penetrate up and down. Further, as is well shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, a bottomed temperature control water channel 44 through which the temperature controlled water discharged downward from the cartridge 30 is passed is vertically formed on the inner side of the connecting member 40. It is provided up to the vicinity of the central part. Further, as is well shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, a groove-shaped portion 45 having a rectangular cross section extending in the circumferential direction is formed in the outer diameter portion of the connecting member 40 slightly above the central portion in the vertical direction. .. Then, on the inner side of the connecting member 40, the lower end side of the temperature control water channel 44 and the groove-shaped portion 45 are connected by a cylindrical communication hole 46 extending in the radial direction. The portion that opens into the groove-shaped portion 45 of the communication hole 46 is the connecting member discharge port 46a. In the outer diameter portion of the connecting member 40, an upper O-ring 47 is disposed above the groove-shaped portion 45, and a lower O-ring 48 is disposed below the groove-shaped portion 45. When the connecting member 40 is inserted into the upper inner cylinder portion 21, the position is positioned with the lower surface of the flange portion 41 in contact with the step portion 21h. At this time, a cylindrical gap portion H1 is formed by the upper inner cylinder portion 21 and the groove-shaped portion 45 of the connecting member 40. Then, on the front side of the connecting member 40, the inner cylinder discharge hole 21m of the upper inner cylinder portion 21 and the gap portion H1 are in a communicating state. Since the upper O-ring 47 and the lower O-ring 48 are arranged between the upper inner cylinder portion 21 and the connecting member 40, the temperature control water channel 44, the communication hole 46, the gap portion H1, and the inner cylinder discharge hole 21 m are provided. It will be in a watertight state and communicate.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the straightening vane 50 is a plate-shaped member having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the front. The front side is a flat flat portion 51, and the back side is formed on a curved surface portion 52 having a cylindrical side surface along the outer diameter surface of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. An elliptical opening 51a having a major axis in the left-right direction is provided on the lower side of the flat surface portion 51, and a slit hole 51b extending diagonally upward with an inclination angle of about 30 ° with respect to the horizontal plane in the same cross section is provided from this opening. It is provided so as to penetrate from the flat surface portion 51 to the curved surface portion 52. On the side of the curved surface portion 52, a bottomed recess 51c is formed, which is recessed toward the front side in an isosceles triangle shape having the lower surface portion of the slit hole 51b as the base and the apex upward. The slit hole 51b and the recess 51c are integrated and communicate with each other. Four screw holes 51d penetrating from the flat surface portion 51 to the curved surface portion 52 are provided on the left and right end portions on the upper side of the opening portion 51a. When the straightening vane 50 is screwed to the upper inner cylinder 21 by matching the four screw holes 51d with the four screw holes 21n of the upper inner cylinder 21, the apex side of the recess 51c is the upper inner cylinder 21. It coincides with the inner cylinder discharge hole 21m. As a result, the water discharged from the inner cylinder discharge hole 21m is discharged diagonally downward from the opening 51a through the gap portion H2 composed of the recess 51c and the outer diameter surface of the inner cylinder discharge hole 21m and the slit hole 51b. Will be done.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 and 9, the handle portion 60 is fixed to a base portion 61 extending in a conical trapezoidal shape in the vertical direction, an operation portion 62 curved from the vicinity of the top of the base portion 61, and an outer cylinder portion 10. It has a decorative cover 63 to be formed, and a decorative plate 64 that is movable with respect to the decorative cover 63. The base 61 can be integrated by covering the operation shaft 32 of the cartridge 30. The operation shaft 32 of the cartridge 30 can be operated by moving the operation unit 62 up and down or left and right with the base 61 integrated with the operation shaft 32 of the cartridge 30. The decorative cover 63 has a substantially square shape when viewed from above, and is attached so as to cover the upper end portion of the outer cylinder portion 10. The central portion of the decorative cover 63 is provided with a cover through hole 63a having a size that allows the base portion 61 to move when the operation portion 62 is moved up and down or left and right through the base portion 61 of the handle portion 60. The decorative plate 64 is attached in a state of being overlapped on the upper portion of the decorative cover 63, and is formed as a disk-shaped decorative member that covers the cover through hole 63a of the decorative cover 63 from above. A columnar plate through hole 64a penetrating in the vertical direction is provided in the central portion of the decorative plate 64. The plate through hole 64a is formed to have an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the base portion 61, and the decorative plate 64 can slide on the decorative cover 63 according to the movement of the base portion 61 passed through the plate through hole 64a. It has become like.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 and 9, the water discharge plate 3 is formed by forming a metal plate in the shape of a gutter with a shallow bottom, and has a substantially rectangular shape in which the long axis direction extends toward the front and back when viewed from above. There is. The upper surface portion 3a of the water discharge plate 3 is formed in an arc shape having a cross section having a radius of about 160 mm. An arcuate notch 3b along the outer diameter portion of the upper inner cylinder portion 21 is provided at the center portion in the left-right direction at the inner end portion of the water discharge plate 3 when the water discharge plate 3 is attached to the outer cylinder portion 10. ing. Further, in the vicinity of the notch 3b of the water discharge plate 3, when the water discharge plate 3 is attached to the outer cylinder portion 10, a pair of left and right water discharge plate screws are located at positions corresponding to the pair of left and right screw holes 17 of the outer cylinder portion 10. A hole 3c is formed so that the hole 3c can be fixed to the outer cylinder portion 10 with a screw V. As is well shown in FIG. 5, when the water discharge plate 3 is attached to the outer cylinder portion 10, the upper surface portion 3a of the water discharge plate 3 has a center line in the left-right direction having an inclination angle of about 10 ° with respect to the horizontal plane. It extends downward toward you.

The procedure for assembling the faucet 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 and 8. First, the connecting member 40 is inserted into the upper inner cylinder portion 21 for positioning, and the cartridge 30 is inserted and positioned there, and the cylindrical tightening member 71 is placed on the female screw portion 22a of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. To be screwed into. As a result, the connecting member 40 and the cartridge 30 are fixed in the upper inner cylinder portion 21 at appropriate positions. Next, the straightening vane 50 is fixed to the outer diameter surface of the upper inner cylinder portion 21 with four screws. Next, one end of a hot water supply pipe (not shown) is connected to the lower end of the hot water supply passage 42 of the connecting member 40 fixed in the upper inner cylinder portion 21 in a watertight state, and is connected to the upper inner cylinder portion 21. One end of a water supply pipe (not shown) is connected to the lower end of the water supply channel 43 of the fixed connecting member 40 in a watertight state. Then, with the hot water supply pipe and the water supply pipe passed through the inside, the female screw portion 22a of the lower inner cylinder portion 22 is screwed into the male screw portion 21a of the upper inner cylinder portion 21 to screw the upper inner cylinder portion 21 and the lower inner cylinder portion 22. To integrate. In this state, the upper inner cylinder portion 21 and the lower inner cylinder portion 22 are inserted into the upper and lower through holes T of the outer cylinder portion 10, and the step portion 14 of the outer cylinder portion 10 is below the flange portion 21b of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. Position the sides so that they are in contact with each other. At this time, a cylindrical gap portion H3 is formed between the inner side surface 12 of the outer cylinder portion 10 and the outer diameter surface of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. The lower end side of the gap portion H3 is in a watertight state between the inner side surface 12 of the outer cylinder portion 10 and the outer diameter surface of the upper inner cylinder portion 21 by the O-ring 21d. Even if water gets inside, the water is discharged to the outside through the drain hole 18 of the outer cylinder portion 10. Next, the two screws V are inserted into the slit 15 of the outer cylinder portion 10 from the back end side so that the notch 3b is in contact with the outer diameter surface of the upper inner cylinder portion 21. It is fixed to the outer cylinder portion 10 with. Next, with the operation shaft 32 of the cartridge 30 passed through the cover through hole 63a, the decorative cover 63 is attached to the upper end portion of the outer cylinder portion 10. Finally, with the base portion 61 passed through the plate through hole 64a of the decorative plate 64, the base portion 61 with the operating portion 62 is attached together with the decorative plate 64 so as to cover the operating shaft 32 of the cartridge 30 from above.

The faucet 1 assembled as described above is placed at a predetermined position on a top plate (not shown, hereinafter referred to as "top plate") of a wash basin, a hand wash basin, etc. via a decorative washer 72, and is also placed. It is fixed via a fixing member 73 fixed to the lower end side of the lower inner cylinder portion 22. Specifically, the fixing member 73 has a cylindrical shape and is inserted into a hole (not shown) provided in the top plate with the hot water supply pipe and the water supply pipe inside to sandwich the top plate. It is fixed by tightening the nut (not shown). Hot water is supplied to the other end of the hot water supply pipe from a hot water supply device (not shown), and water is supplied to the other end of the water supply pipe from a water supply device (not shown).

The operation of the faucet 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 and 9. The hot water and water supplied from below the faucet 1 to the cartridge 30 via the connecting member 40 are mixed in the cartridge 30 and discharged to the temperature control water channel 44 as water whose discharge amount is adjusted. The temperature control is performed by rotating the operation portion 62 of the handle portion 60 left and right around the central axis C. The discharge amount is adjusted by rotating the operation unit 62 up and down around the connecting shaft 33 of the cartridge 30. The temperature-controlled water discharged to the temperature-controlled water passage 44 passes through the communication hole 46, the gap H1, the inner cylinder discharge hole 21 m, the gap H2, and the slit hole 51b, and is discharged diagonally downward from the opening 51a. To. At this time, the water discharged from the communication hole 46 in the inward direction is changed in direction at the gap H1 and discharged toward the front from the inner cylinder discharge hole 21 m, and the water discharged from the inner cylinder discharge hole 21 m is discharged. The water force is weakened by the fact that the water force is changed downward at the gap portion H2 and the water is discharged from the slit hole 51b so that the direction is changed downward toward the front. Then, in a state where the water force is weakened and spreads in a plane shape, the water is discharged from the opening 51a toward the upper surface portion 3a of the water discharge plate 3 diagonally downward through the through hole 16 of the outer cylinder portion 10.

The present embodiment configured as described above has the following effects. Since the water discharge plate 3 is attached to the outer cylinder portion 10 by inserting and fixing the upper end side of the water discharge plate 3 into the slit 15 provided in the outer cylinder portion 10 of the faucet main body 2, an additional member such as a bracket can be attached. It can be a simple and good-looking structure without using it. Further, the outer cylinder portion 10 is provided with a pair of left and right screw holes 17 extending from the upper end portion to the slit 15, and the water discharge plate 3 has a pair of left and right water discharge plate screws with the upper end portion side inserted into the slit 15. The screw V is passed through the hole 3c and fixed. As a result, the water discharge plate 3 is prevented from falling out of the slit 15, and is attached to the outer cylinder portion 10 in a stable state.

Although the specific embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to their appearance and configuration, and various changes, additions, and deletions can be made without changing the gist of the present invention. For example, the following can be mentioned.

1. 1. In the above embodiment, the water discharge plate 3 is fixed to the outer cylinder portion 10 by the screw V in a state where the upper end portion side of the water discharge plate 3 is inserted into the slit 15 of the outer cylinder portion 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. , May be fixed by adhesion or the like.

2. 2. In the above embodiment, the water discharge plate 3 is formed by forming a metal plate in the shape of a gutter with a shallow bottom, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the water discharge plate 3 may be formed by molding a resin plate or the like.

1 Faucet 2 Faucet body 3 Water spout plate (plate member)
3a Top surface 3c Spout plate screw hole 10 Outer cylinder 15 Slit 16 Through hole (spout)
17 Screw hole 20 Inner cylinder 30 Cartridge 40 Connecting member 50 Rectifying plate 60 Handle V screw

Claims (2)

It ’s a faucet,
It has a columnar faucet body and a gutter-shaped plate member attached to the faucet body and having an upper surface portion inclined diagonally downward.
The plate member is attached to the faucet body by inserting the upper end side into a slit provided in the faucet body and fixing the plate member.
The faucet main body is provided with a spout for discharging water toward the upper end side of the upper surface portion. In claim 1, the faucet body is provided with a screw hole extending from the upper end portion to the slit.
The plate member is a faucet that is screw-fixed to the faucet body with the upper end side inserted into the slit.

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