JP2589204Y2 - Kitchen shower - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kitchen shower which is used by being attached to the tip of a flexible tapping pipe of a water heater.

[0002]

As a conventional technique, for example, the actual fair 4-52612 discloses (in particular, 5 see figure) and the actual fair 4-5954 JP (see in particular Chapter 7 cerebrospinal) (hereinafter Conventional
As shown in Example 1 ), in a tapping device (kitchen shower) used by being attached to the tip of a tapping tube of a water heater, the switching device for the tapping device is located above the tapping device. those attached switch (hot water supply operation member) for instructing the start-stop of the tapping is. In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
As shown in Conventional Example 2),
The kitchen shower is supplied by rotating to a predetermined position.
Switch to hot water stop, rectification, and shower
Slide switch with integrated rhythm (shutter)
To the left and right to project light from the light emitting element to the prism
Depending on whether or not to perform (disconnecting means)
Some allow start and stop .

[0003]

In the conventional example 1 , since the switching operation tool and the switch (hot water supply operation tool) are provided vertically and separately provided, the overall shape of the tapping tool is equivalent. There is a problem that not only is it vertically elongated and large, but also the aesthetic appearance is deteriorated. Conventional example 2
A method of transmitting signals using optical fiber
Used by linking the hot water knob and slide switch
Short-circuit between the disconnection means directly operated by the user and the control circuit
And insulation deterioration is prevented from occurring.
Therefore, switch to rectification and shower or tap and stop
In the operation, the tapping knob is of a rotary type,
The knob cannot be operated with the hand holding the shower head. One
Mari one-handed operation is not possible. Therefore, with one hand
Rotate the control knob with the other hand while holding the shower head
I needed to .

[0004] This invention is based on the fact that in a kitchen shower of this type, switching between a straight and a shower is not performed very frequently in actual use. etc. it is not possible to perform vessels of functionally simultaneously taking into account the embedded actuating means of the ignition switch to the switching operating means of the switching valve,
Switching operation means and switch actuation means can be separately
The objective is to provide an easy-to-use kitchen shower that can be easily operated independently, has a compact appearance , and has an aesthetically pleasing appearance.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the kitchen shower of the present invention is, for example, as shown in the drawings corresponding to the embodiment, a tapping pipe of a water heater.
In a kitchen shower attached to the tip of 1 and capable of switching the discharge state of hot water or water between straight and shower, the switching operation means A of the switching valve V for switching the discharge state of hot water or water between straight and shower, Ignition switch S for instructing water heater to ignite and discharge hot water, extinguish fire and stop hot water
Operating means 2 for the switching operation of the switching valve V
A and the actuation means 2 of the ignition switch S are individually operated independently.
The main feature is that it can be used.

[0006] Further, operating means for switching the switching valve V
A is seesaw type switch knob, the seesaw type switch knob 5 in the middle to ON the ignition switch S, or providing a push ignition button 20 to OFF operation, or seesaw type slide ignition in the middle of the switching knob 5 It is also characterized in that a button 20 is provided.

[0007]

Since the kitchen shower of the present invention is constructed as described above, the switching operation means A operates the switching valve V to switch the discharge state of hot water or water between straight and shower. two sets only incorporated a by operating the actuating means 2 of the ignition switch S the ignition switch S O
N, if turned off, it is possible to instruct the water heater to ignite and discharge hot water, extinguish fire and stop hot water. As a result, the kitchen shower
The above switching operation, tapping, and tapping stop operation with the fingers of the grasped hand
Can be .

[0008] The switching operation means A of the switching valve V and a seesaw type switch knob 5, the actuating means 2 of the ignition switch S and push or sliding ignition button 20, switch Tsu
If the ignition button 20 is installed in the middle of the
One of the operation is Ru cormorant accurately made without erroneous operation with one hand.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the kitchen shower of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The kitchen shower of the embodiment comprises a shower body B, a shower tube C and a cap D,
These are provided detachably from each other by engaging and disengaging portions 3, 3 '.

The shower main body B has a connection tube 4 to which a tip end of a tapping pipe 1 described later is connected at an upper central portion, and has a concave portion 6 on one side for mounting a switching knob 5. .

The shower cylinder C is provided with a shower nozzle 7 on the outer periphery at the lower end, a straight discharge port 8 at the center, and the straight discharge port 8 inside.
Switching body 11 having a straight valve hole 9 communicating with the nozzle and a shower valve hole 10 communicating with the shower nozzle 7.
Is built in with a sealing material 11a for maintaining watertightness.

Furthermore, the cap D is provided with a holding portion 13 of the sealing member 12 to maintain the water-tightness between the hot water pipe 1 and the connecting tube 4 of the shower body B which is connected to the connecting tube 4 of the shower body B in the heart I have.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a flexible tapping pipe of a water heater, which has a structure in which a flexible pipe 1a is covered with a heat insulating cover pipe 1b.

V is a switching valve for switching the hot water or water discharge state between straight and shower. The switching valve is an obtuse V-shaped flat seesaw-sealed plate-like switching valve. Pivotally displaced up and down by a predetermined angle about the fulcrum, the straight side contact surface 9b is provided on the valve seat 9a of the straight valve hole 9, and the shower side is provided on the valve seat 10a of the shower valve hole 10. The contact surface 10b contacts and separates so that the straight valve hole 9 and the shower valve hole 10 are alternately opened and closed by the plate-shaped switching valve V, so that the discharge state of hot water or water can be switched between straight and shower.

A is a switching operation means for switching the switching valve V, and is a seesaw-like rotation in the front-rear direction at a fixed angle θ about a support shaft 14 integral with one side recess 6 of the shower main body B as a fulcrum. A switching knob 5 is provided as possible.

The switching knob 5 is provided with an elastic arm 16 which is horizontally and horizontally displaced by a rotating lever 15 provided integrally with the switching knob 5 via a support shaft 14. Is slidably associated with a chevron guide projection 18 formed on the upper surface of the plate-like switching valve V, so that the resilient arm 16 can be operated by the seesaw operation of the switching knob 5.
Is pivotally displaced to the left and right, and the plate-like switching valve V
The structure is such that the valve holes 9 and 10 can be opened and closed sharply by being rotationally displaced in a snap fashion by the downward pressing action of the elastic arm 8 and the elastic arm 16.

S denotes an ignition switch (for example, a waterproof tact switch) for instructing the water heater to ignite and discharge hot water, extinguish and stop the water supply. The ignition switch is connected to the igniter of the water heater and only turns on and off the ignition switch. It is possible to perform ignition and tapping, fire extinguishing and tapping stop.

[0019] The ignition switch S, in the embodiment of FIGS. 1-4, it is attached and fixed to the substrate 19 fixed to the switch knob 5, crowded seen assembled integrally ignition switch S in switching knob 5 In.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the ignition switch S
Is mounted and fixed on a substrate 19 fixed to the bearing portion 21 of the shower body B, and the ignition switch S is mounted separately from the switching knob 5.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a means for operating the ignition switch.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, a push-type ignition button 20 is provided at the center of the seesaw-type switching knob 5 so as to be freely movable in the front-rear direction and to automatically return to the original position.
The ignition switch S can be turned on and off by the ignition button 20 by pushing 0.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the ignition button 20 tilts to the right and left in a seesaw shape together with the switching knob 5 with respect to the ignition switch S which is fixed separately from the switching knob 5. The ignition button 20 is provided at the center of the switching knob 5 which has the least inclination to the left and right, so that the ignition button is used in both the straight operation when one side of the switching knob 5 is pressed and the shower operation when the other side is pressed. The ON / OFF operation of the ignition switch S by the push operation of 20 can be surely performed without any trouble.

In the above embodiment, reference numeral 22 denotes the ignition button 2
Waterproof resin film 23 covering the surface side of No. 0, 23
Is a lead wire, the flexible pipe 1a of the tapping pipe 1 from the hot water of the shower body B and the cap D or a space through which water does not pass.
And the heat insulating cover tube 1b and the shower body B
And wiring so as not to hinder the attachment and detachment of the cap D. Reference numeral 24 denotes a straightening body provided in the straight discharge port 8 of the shower tube C, and reference numeral 25 denotes a screen.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, a slide ignition button 20 is provided at the center of the seesaw switch knob 5, and the ignition switch S is turned on and off by sliding the ignition button 20. It has a structure that can be done.

In the slide type ignition button of the embodiment, the guide projection 26 is provided with the ignition button 20 integrally provided with the guide member 26 urged downward by the projection 27 at the center of the seesaw type switching knob 5. The ignition button 20 is provided so as to be slidable up and down, and the projection 29 provided on the guide member 26 integral with the ignition button 20 has a restoring force for turning on and off the ignition switch S fixed in the switching knob 5. The arm 30 has a structure associated with a back surface having a tapered portion 31.

Therefore, when the ignition button 20 is slid upward against the ridge 21, the tip of the arm 30 is pushed down via the tapered portion 31 by the projection 29 of the guide member 26 which moves linearly, and the ignition is performed. Press switch S to turn on
Then, when the user lifts his / her hand from the ignition button 20 and releases the lifting force, the ignition button 20 slides downward and returns to the original position by the force of the sprung 27. Activate ignition switch S and turn on
Release the operation and turn off.

In this embodiment, the other components are the same as those in the previous embodiment (FIGS. 1 to 5), and the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted. The slide-type ignition button of the embodiment is of the up-down slide type, but may be of the left-right slide type, but is freely implemented.

[0028] In the above configuration, when to discharge hot water or water from the kitchen shower straight shape, kitchen
Hold the shower with the right or left hand, and use the thumb of the grasped hand to show the switching knob 5 (see FIGS. 2 and 5). Press the left side and rotate the switching knob 5 by a certain angle θ clockwise to switch. The elastic arm 16 is pivoted in the same direction by a pivot lever 15 integrated with the support shaft 14 of the knob 5, and the distal end convex portion 17 of the elastic arm 16 moves on the chevron guide convex portion 18 of the plate-shaped switching valve V to the right in the figure. Then, the plate-shaped switching valve V is slid horizontally and snap-displaced clockwise about the central pivot c as a fulcrum.

Therefore, the straight side contact surface 9b is separated from the valve seat 9a of the straight valve hole 9 to open the straight valve hole 9, and the shower side contact surface is provided on the valve seat 10a of the shower valve hole 10. Because the shower valve hole 10b is pressed to close the shower valve hole 10, hot water or water from the tapping pipe 1 can be discharged straight from the straight discharge port 8 of the shower cylinder C.

In the discharge state, the ignition button 20 located at the center of the switching knob 5 is held by the kitchen shower.
If the ignition switch S is turned ON and OFF by pushing or sliding with the thumb of the hand, it is possible to instruct the water heater to ignite and discharge hot water, extinguish fire and stop hot water.

Next, when hot water or water is discharged from the kitchen shower in the form of a shower, the hand held in the same manner as described above is used.
When the right side of the switching knob 5 is rotated by a predetermined angle θ counterclockwise by pushing the right side of the switching knob 5 (see FIGS. 2 and 5) with the thumb, a rotating lever 15 integrated with the support shaft 14 of the switching knob 5 , The elastic arm 16 is rotated in the same direction, and the tip convex portion 17 of the elastic arm 16 slides the chevron guide convex portion 18 of the plate-like switching valve V horizontally horizontally to the left to show the plate-like switching valve V. (Refer to FIG. 3) Rotationally displaces counterclockwise in a snap manner with the central pivot portion c as a fulcrum.

Accordingly, the shower side contact surface 10b is separated from the valve seat 10a of the shower valve hole 10 to open the shower valve hole 10, and the straight side contact surface 9b is provided on the valve seat 9a of the straight valve hole 9. Is pressed to close the straight valve hole 9, so that hot water or water from the tapping pipe 1 can be discharged from the shower nozzle 7 of the shower cylinder C in a shower shape.

In the discharge state, the ignition button 20 located at the center of the switching knob 5 is held in the same manner as described above.
If the ignition switch is turned on and off by pushing or sliding with the thumb of the hand, it is possible to instruct the water heater to ignite and discharge hot water, extinguish fire and stop discharging water.

In each of the above operations, the elastic arm 1
6, the snap-like rotational displacement of the plate-shaped switching valve V is formed on the upper surface of the plate-shaped switching valve V by improving the action effect by the U-shaped bulging portion 16a provided at the base end of the elastic arm 16. It is performed lightly and reliably by the convex shape of the chevron guide 18.

[0035] While in the embodiment is provided with the ignition button 20 for ignition switch actuated switch knob 5 to rotate displaced seesaw-like back-and-forth direction, the switching knob, for example, a slide type or push type, etc. The same can be applied.

[0036]

[Effect of the invention] According to the kitchen shower of the invention,
Since the actuation means for actuating the ignition switch of the water heater is incorporated in the switching operation means of the switching valve, the overall shape of the kitchen shower becomes compact and the appearance is improved, so that its commercial value is improved.

In operation, the switching operation of the switching valve is also performed.
The operating means and the ignition switch operating means are operated separately
Can, for example, in switching the see-saw operation switch Kawaben, ON switch, if OFF operation and structure for a push or sliding operation, the hand fingers gripping the kitchen shower,
In other words, two operations can be performed accurately with one hand without erroneous operations .
Is easy to perform, so it is attached to the tip of the tapping pipe.
To operate the kitchen shower in an unstable state.
It is easy to use without any problems
You .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall vertical side view showing an embodiment of a kitchen shower of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of only a main portion having a different mounting portion for a switch.

FIG. 6 is an overall front view of a different embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional side view of only the main part.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of only an ignition button portion.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 tapping pipe V switching valve A switching operating means S ignition switch 2 switch operating means 5 switching knob 20 ignition button

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-75440 (JP, A) JP-A-4-5954 (JP, Y2) JP-A-4-52612 (JP, Y2) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) E03C 1/086 F24H 1/10 301 F24H 9/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A kitchen shower attached to the tip of a tapping pipe of a water heater and capable of switching a discharge state of hot water or water between a straight and a shower, and switching a discharge state of hot water or water between a straight and a shower. The switching operation means of the switching valve is provided with an ignition switch operating means for instructing the water heater to ignite and discharge hot water, extinguish the fire and stop the hot water supply.
Switching operation means and ignition switch actuation means separately
A kitchen shower that can be operated independently . 2. An operating means for switching a switching valve is a seat.
2. The kitchen shower according to claim 1, further comprising a push-type ignition button for turning on and off an ignition switch in the middle of the seesaw-type switching knob. 3. An operating means for switching the switching valve is a seat.
2. The kitchen shower according to claim 1, further comprising a slide-type switching knob for turning on and off an ignition switch in the middle of the seesaw-type switching knob.