JP2866537B2 - Faucet mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for mounting a faucet on a faucet mounting base.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to mount a faucet fitting 5 on a wash basin or a sink, as shown in FIG. 9, an insertion hole 2 is provided in a faucet fitting mounting base 1 constituting a counter surface of a wash basin or a sink. The cylinder 6 of the faucet fitting 5 is inserted directly into the insertion hole 2,
The nut 30 was screwed and fixed.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the faucet fitting 5 itself is fixed by screwing operation with the nut 30, so that the relatively heavy faucet fitting 5 is manually operated. There is a problem that it is difficult to perform the work by supporting the nut with the nut, and it is difficult to perform the work. Further, there is a problem that the work is more difficult to be performed when the hose or the like is connected to the faucet fitting 5. Furthermore, if the faucet fitting 5 is attached to the faucet fitting mounting base 1 in advance at the time of shipment, there is a problem that it protrudes inward and outward, making it difficult to pack and easily breakage. It is common to mount with a nut and tighten the nut at the site.
, There is a problem that on-site work is troublesome. Also, when removing the faucet fitting 5, the nut 3
0 had to be removed, and the work was troublesome and time-consuming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object to provide a faucet fitting mounting structure capable of simplifying on-site construction when attaching and detaching a faucet fitting. To offer.

[0005]

According to the faucet fitting mounting structure of the present invention, the faucet fitting mounting base 1 is provided with an insertion hole 2 and the tubular part 4 of the faucet fitting mounting member 3 is inserted into the insertion hole 2. Attached to the faucet fitting mounting base 1, the cylinder 6 of the faucet fitting 5 is inserted into the tubular portion 4 of the faucet fitting mounting member 3, and an elastic fitting 7 is provided.
Is attached to the faucet fitting member 3, and the elastic engaging portion 8 of the engaging fitting 7 is engaged with the engaged portion 9 provided on the cylinder 6 of the faucet fitting 5.
It is characterized by being elastically engaged with the above, and by adopting such a configuration, the above-mentioned problem of the conventional example has been solved and the object of the present invention has been achieved. .

[0006]

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the cylindrical portion 4 of the faucet fitting member 3 is inserted into the insertion hole 2 of the faucet fitting base 1 so that the faucet fitting base 1 is attached to the faucet fitting base 1. Put on,
The tubular body 6 of the faucet fitting 5 is inserted into the tubular portion 4 of the faucet fitting attaching member 3, and the elastic fitting 7 is attached to the faucet fitting attaching member 3, and the elastic engaging portion 8 of the engaging fitting 7 is attached. Is elastically engaged with the engaged portion 9 provided on the cylindrical body 6 of the faucet fitting 5, when attaching the relatively heavy faucet fitting 5, the tubular body 6 of the faucet fitting 5 is attached. It can be attached by inserting it into the faucet fitting member 3 and elastically engaging the engaged portion 9 with the elastic engaging portion 8. It is also possible to attach the faucet fitting member 3 to the faucet fitting base 1 in advance. In such a case, the faucet fitting 5 simply attaches the cylindrical body 6 to the faucet fitting at the site. Mounting can be performed only by inserting the engaged portion 9 into the member 3 and elastically engaging the engaged portion 9 with the elastic engaging portion 8. In addition, when removing the faucet fitting 5, it can be removed simply by releasing the elastic engagement of the elastic engaging portion 8 with the engaged portion 9.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. A pair of insertion holes 2 are formed in the faucet mounting base 1 constituting a counter surface such as a wash basin or a sink.
As shown in FIG.
A vertically open tubular portion 4 is provided at one end of the plate-shaped portion 10, and a hole 11 is provided at the other end of the plate-shaped portion 10. A male screw part 25 is provided on the outer periphery of the upper end of the cylindrical part 4. Plate-like part 1
The elastic insertion portion insertion hole 12 is provided at 0, and the elastic engagement portion insertion hole 12 is partially communicated so as to cross the cylindrical portion 4. The faucet fitting 5 is for two handles, and has two cylindrical bodies 6 projecting upward from the faucet fitting body 13, and from the upper surface of each tubular body 6, a handle for operation is attached. Are protruded. A flange portion 15 is provided at a lower portion of the cylindrical body 6, and a cutout portion serving as the engaged portion 9 is provided slightly above the flange portion 15 of one of the cylindrical bodies 6. Further, a guide slope 16 is provided at a corner of the distal end of the cylindrical body 6 on which the engaged portion 9 is provided. In the drawing, reference numeral 7 denotes an engagement fitting having elasticity. As shown in FIG. 3, a substantially J-shaped operation part 17 is continuously extended laterally from one end of a substantially linear elastic engagement part 8. A substantially semicircular outer elastic contact portion 18 extends from the distal end of the operating portion 17 so as to face the elastic engaging portion 8, and constitutes the engaging metal fitting 7. Further, the engagement fitting 7 may have a shape as shown in FIG.

Thus, the tubular portion 4 of the faucet fitting member 3 is inserted into one of the two insertion holes 2 of the faucet fitting mounting base 1 from below, and the plate-shaped portion 10 is connected to the faucet fitting. As shown in FIG. 6, the male screw part 25 of the part protruding from the insertion hole 2 of the cylindrical part 4 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the mounting table 1 while the hole 11 provided in the plate-shaped part 10 is aligned with the other insertion hole 2. A nut 19 as shown in FIG. 1 is screwed into the faucet mounting member 1 to attach the faucet mounting member 3 to the faucet mounting base 1. Here, the elastic fitting 7 elastically contacts the substantially semicircular outer elastic contact portion 18 to one end surface of the plate-shaped portion 10 and elastically engages the substantially linear elastic engaging portion 8. The elastic engaging portion insertion hole 12 is partially inserted in the cylindrical portion 4. With the faucet fitting member 3 attached to the faucet fitting stand 1 in this way, the two-handle faucet fitting 5-2
The two cylinders 6 having the engaged portion 9 are
And the other cylindrical body 6 is inserted from the hole 11 into the other insertion hole 2 so as to protrude above the faucet mounting base 1. Here, when the tubular body 6 having the engaged portion 9 is inserted into the tubular portion 4 from below, the guide slope portion 16 is
The elastic engaging portion 8 traversing the inside is inserted while being pushed outward, and when the elastic engaging portion 8 comes to a position corresponding to the engaged portion 9, it is elastically engaged and attached. The two-handle faucet fitting 5 is attached as described above, but two cylinders 6 are provided, and one of the two cylinders 6 is inserted into the cylinder portion 4 on the other side and into the hole 11 and the insertion hole 2 on the other side. Thus, only the one cylindrical body 6 is attached by the engagement between the elastic engaging portion 8 and the engaged portion 9 as described above, and the faucet fitting 5 will rotate around the one cylindrical body 6. Even if the other cylinder 6 hits the edge of the hole 11 or the insertion hole 2, the rotation of the faucet fitting 5 is prevented, and as a result, a special mechanism for stopping rotation is not required for mounting the faucet fitting 5. .

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the faucet fitting 5 is a cylindrical body 6 that serves as a pipe connection from both sides of the lower surface of the faucet fitting body 13.
And one of the cylindrical bodies 6 has an engaged portion 9.
Is provided. An elastic engaging portion insertion hole 12 is formed in the wall of the cylindrical portion 4 of the faucet mounting member 3, and the elastic engaging metal fitting 7 elastically contacts one outer surface of the cylindrical portion 4 and has a substantially linear shape. The elastic engaging portion 8 is inserted into the elastic engaging portion insertion hole 12. When the faucet fitting 5 is attached, the faucet fitting member 3 attached to the faucet fitting base 1 is attached in the same manner as in the above embodiment, and the faucet fitting 5 is engaged from above the faucet fitting base 1. The cylindrical body 6 having the joint 9 is inserted into the cylindrical part 4, the elastic engaging part 8 is elastically engaged with the engaged part 9 and attached, and at the same time, the other cylindrical body 6 is inserted through the other insertion hole 2. It is inserted through the hole 11. In this manner, the faucet fitting 5 is inserted from above the faucet fitting mounting base 1 and attached, thereby eliminating the troublesome work of mounting the heavy faucet fitting 5 while supporting and supporting it by hand from below. Will be gone.

FIG. 8 shows still another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a faucet fitting member 3 is provided with a vertically extending tubular portion 4 which opens vertically from both ends of the plate-shaped portion 10, and one of the tubular portions 4 is similar to the embodiment of FIG. An engagement metal fitting 7 is attached, and a male screw portion is formed on the other cylindrical portion 4. Further, the faucet fitting 5 is formed by suspending a tubular body 6 serving as a pipe connection portion from both sides of a lower surface portion of the faucet fitting body 13, and one of the tubular bodies 6 is provided with an engaged portion 9. is there. In this embodiment, the faucet fitting member 3 is located above the faucet fitting stand 1, and the two cylindrical portions 4 of the faucet fitting member 3 are attached to the faucet fitting stand 1 from above. It is inserted into each of the two insertion holes 2 provided, and one cylindrical portion 4 is fastened by a nut 19. With the faucet fitting member 3 attached to the faucet fitting base 1 attached in this way, the cylinder 6 having the engaged portion 9 from above the faucet fitting base 1 is engaged with the engaging fitting. 7 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 4 to which it is attached, and the elastic engaging portion 8 is elastically engaged with the engaged portion 9 and attached. At the same time, the other cylindrical body 6 is inserted into the other cylindrical portion 4. .

In each of the above embodiments, the faucet 5 can be easily removed by releasing the elastic engagement between the elastic engaging portion 8 and the engaged portion 9. Here, in the embodiment, the elastic engagement portion 8 is released from the engagement with the engaged portion 9 by operating the substantially J-shaped operation portion 17 of the engagement fitting 7, For example, when the operation unit 7 is moved in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1, the elastic engagement by the elastic engagement unit 8 can be released as shown by arrow B in FIG.

In the present invention, the faucet mounting member 3 may be preliminarily mounted on the faucet mounting base 1 in a factory as described above, and only the faucet mounting 5 may be mounted on site. Of course, both the faucet fitting member 3 and the faucet fitting 5 may be mounted on site. Further, it is also possible to attach the water faucet fitting 5 to the faucet fitting 5 at a site while connecting a pipe such as a hose.

[0013]

According to the present invention, as described above, the tubular portion of the faucet fitting member is inserted into the insertion hole of the faucet fitting stand and mounted on the faucet fitting stand. Is inserted into the tubular portion of the faucet fitting member, the elastic engaging fitting is attached to the faucet fitting member, and the elastic engaging portion of the engaging fitting is provided on the faucet fitting tubular body. When the relatively heavy faucet fitting is attached by elastically engaging the engaging portion, the tubular body of the faucet fitting is inserted into the faucet fitting attaching member, and the engaged portion is elastically engaged with the fitting portion. The faucet fitting can be attached by elastically engaging the faucet fitting, and the faucet fitting can be simplified, and the faucet fitting mounting member can be pre-attached to the faucet fitting mounting base. However, in such a case, the faucet fitting simply inserts the cylinder into the faucet fitting mounting member at the site. So that it is attached only at causing elastically engaged with the engaged portion in the elastic engaging portion by. Further, in removing the faucet fitting, the faucet can be removed simply by releasing the elastic engagement of the elastic engaging portion with the engaged portion, thereby simplifying the removing operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view in which a water faucet mounting base in a state where the water faucet is mounted on the water faucet mounting member according to the first embodiment is omitted.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 4 shows a faucet fitting attaching member used in the above.
(A) is a plan view and (b) is a cross-sectional view.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an engagement fitting used in the first embodiment.

FIGS. 6A and 6B show a nut used in the above, wherein FIG. 6A is a front view and FIG. 6B is a bottom view.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Faucet mounting base 2 Insertion hole 3 Faucet mounting member 4 Cylindrical part 5 Faucet metal fitting 6 Cylindrical body 7 Engaging metal fitting 8 Elastic engaging part 9 Engaged part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An insertion hole is provided in a faucet mounting base, a tubular portion of a faucet mounting member is inserted into the insertion hole, and the faucet mounting base is mounted on the faucet mounting base. The elastic fitting is attached to the faucet mounting member, and the elastic engaging portion of the engaging fitting is elastically attached to the engaged portion provided on the faucet barrel. A faucet fitting mounting structure characterized by being engaged.