JP3107355B2 - Hot water mixer tap - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hot / water mixer tap installed in a bathroom, a kitchen, a hand washing place and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various types of hot-water mixing taps installed in bathrooms, kitchens, hand-washing places, and the like have been provided. Generally, a hot-water pipe and a water-supply pipe projecting from a wall surface are provided. There is known a configuration in which a hot water supply and a water supply are mixed in the mixer tap main body to reach an appropriate temperature after being connected to the mixer tap main body, and then water is discharged from a water discharge pipe protruding from the mixer tap main body.

[0003]

However, in these hot water supply mixer taps, the surface of the end of the hot water supply pipe and the end of the mixer tap main body to which the hot water supply pipe is connected is exposed, and usually about 80 degrees. The surface of the hot water supply pipe to which the hot water is supplied and the surface of the connection portion of the mixer tap body to which the hot water supply pipe is connected are 75
The temperature is about high, and there is a problem in that when the hot water is adjusted or the hot water temperature is incorrectly touched, burns may occur.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a hot-water mixer tap which can prevent burns and has high safety.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a hot water supply pipe 1 and a water supply pipe 2 are provided on a wall surface 5.
The mixer tap body 3 is installed between the
In the connected mixer tap A, the switching provided on one side
The notch part 18 and the notch 19 provided on the other side are connected to the hot water supply pipe 1.
And a cover 4 made of synthetic resin, which is attached by being disposed so as to cover the exposed surface of the hot water supply pipe 1 which is heated by hot water supply. According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the hot water supply pipe 1 has an L-shape.
The upper part of the main body tube 1a becomes a mixing plug with a connecting nut 14.
The cover 4 is connected to the back of the body 3,
Upper cover for covering the upper part of the hot water supply pipe 1 provided with the socket 14
It is characterized by having a body 17. Claim
According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the cover 4 has a wall surface 5.
It is characterized in that an engaging portion 7 composed of elastic legs 6 is provided which engages with a more protruding joint between the hot water supply pipe 1 and the mixer tap main body 3 or a joint between the wall surface 5 and the hot water supply pipe 1. Is what you do.

[0006] According to the invention of claim 4 , according to claim 1 or claim
3 , a side cap 8 is provided on a side surface of the mixer tap main body 3, and an extension piece 9 integrally protruded from the side cap 8.
Hot water supply inlet 10 of mixer tap body 3 facing hot water supply pipe 1
Is characterized in that the surface of the cover is covered.

[0007]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the cover 4 is provided.
Between the wall surface 5 and the mixer tap main body 3, which become hot due to hot water supply.
By covering the exposed surface of the hot water supply pipe 1 installed between the hot water supply pipes 1, even if the hot water supply pipe 1 is erroneously touched at the time of adjusting the amount of hot water or the temperature of the hot water, no burn is caused. According to the invention of claim 3 , the engaging portion 7
Is engaged with each joint, so that the cover 4 can be easily attached manually without trouble.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the hot water supply pipe 1 having a high temperature can be covered by the cover 4, and the portion of the mixer tap body 3 having a high temperature can be covered by the extension piece 9 of the side cap 8. In addition, the cover 4 and the side cap 8 can reliably cover the high temperature portion.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. As shown in FIG. 1, a hot water mixing tap A according to the present invention connects a hot water supply pipe 1 protruding from a wall 5 to one end of a mixing tap main body 3 and mixes a water supply pipe 2 protruding from a wall 5. A main body is formed by being connected to the other end of the plug main body 3, and a water discharge pipe 11 is protruded from the center of the front surface of the mixing plug main body 3. A water amount adjustment unit 12 for adjusting the amount of water discharged from the water discharge pipe 11 is provided above the water discharge pipe 11,
Further, at one end of the mixer tap body 3, a hot water temperature adjusting section 13 for adjusting the temperature of hot and cold water discharged from the water discharge pipe 11 is provided.

The mixing plug main body 3 is protruded from the wall surface 5 and is provided.
The hot water supply pipe 1 is connected to the wall 5 by connecting the upper part of the L-shaped main pipe 1a to the back of the mixer tap main body 3 with the connecting nut 14 as shown in FIGS. It is installed between the mixer tap body 3. 4 and 5 show the case of the hot water supply pipe 1, the water supply pipe 2 is also installed between the wall surface 5 and the mixer tap main body 3 in the same manner as the hot water supply pipe 1. Reference numeral 15 denotes an adjusting unit for adjusting the amount of water.

A cover 4 as shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the hot water supply pipe 1 installed between the wall surface 5 and the mixer tap main body 3 as shown in FIGS.
The cover 4 is formed in a receiving box shape with one side open, and has a lower cover body 16 for covering a lower portion of the hot water supply pipe 1 provided with the adjusting portion 15, and the hot water supply pipe 1 provided with the connection nut 14. The main body is constituted by an upper cover body 17 that covers the upper part of. A sleeve cover portion 17a protrudes from one side surface of the upper cover body 17 toward one side.
A sleeve cover portion 16a protrudes from one side surface of the lower cover body 16 toward one side. Each sleeve cover 16a, 1
A cutout 18 is provided in 7a. Notch 1 of sleeve cover 17a protruding from upper cover 17
An elastic leg 6 is provided at an edge of the elastic leg 6.
Thereby, the engaging portion 7 is formed. Lower cover body 16
On the other side, a notch 19 is provided, and an elastic leg 6 is provided at an edge of the notch 19, and the engaging portion 7 is formed by the elastic leg 6. The elastic leg 6 is formed by providing an engaging claw 6b at the tip of a bendable projection 6a projecting into a notch 18 of the upper cover 17 and a notch 19 of the lower cover 16. Cage, notch 1
8, the engaging claw 6b is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the hot water supply pipe 1 in a state where the outer peripheral surface of the hot water supply pipe 1 is in contact with the rear end of the notch 19. The cover 4 is arranged so as to cover the hot water supply pipe 1 as shown in FIG. 5, and the notch 18 provided on the sleeve cover 17a of the upper cover body 17 is provided with the hot water supply pipe 1.
The lower cover 1
The notch 19 provided on the other side surface of the hot water supply pipe 6 is engaged with a joint between the lower part of the hot water supply pipe 1 and the wall surface 5.
Is installed between the wall surface 5 and the mixer tap body 3 so as to cover the water supply pipe, and the width dimension of the notch 18 provided in the upper cover body 17 is slightly larger than the diameter of the upper part of the hot water supply pipe 1. Notch 19 provided in the lower cover body 16
Is slightly larger than the diameter of the lower part of the hot water supply pipe 1. Here, when the engaging portion 7 is engaged with the upper and lower ends of the hot water supply pipe 1, the elastic leg 6 constituting the engaging portion 7 is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the hot water supply pipe 1 and rattles. The cover 4 can be attached to the hot water supply pipe 1 without using it, and the cover 4 can be attached by placing it so as to cover the hot water supply pipe 1 from the side, and a tool or a fastener is used. The cover 4 can be easily attached without any manual labor and one-touch operation. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the adjusting portion 15 is housed and arranged in the sleeve cover portion 16 a provided on one side surface of the lower cover body 16, and the adjusting screw 15 a of the adjusting portion 15 is operated. Can be performed through a notch 18 provided in the sleeve cover 16a.

A side cap 8 is attached to one side surface of the mixer tap body 3. This side cap 8 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, a main part is formed by integrally extending an extension portion 21 which is narrower than the disk portion 20 from a part of a peripheral edge of the disk portion 20. An extension piece 9 is integrally provided to project from the edge in a direction orthogonal to the edge. From the center of the disk portion 20, a connecting protrusion 22 is projected in a direction orthogonal to the disk portion 20, and the connecting protrusion 22 is inserted into a connecting recess formed in the side end surface of the mixer tap main body 3. By locking, the side cap 8 is attached to the end face of the mixer tap body 3. When the side cap 8 is attached to the end face of the mixer tap main body 3, the extension piece 9 of the side cap 8 is arranged so as to cover the surface of the hot water supply inflow portion 10 of the mixer tap main body 3 facing the hot water supply pipe 1. In this case, the portion of the mixing plug main body 3 where the temperature becomes high is surely covered with the side cap 8.

By installing the cover 4, the hot water supply pipe 1, which becomes hot by hot water supply, can be covered. By installing the side cap 8, the hot water supply pipe 1 can be covered.
Can cover the exposed surface of the mixer tap body 3 which becomes high in temperature with the inflow of high-temperature water through the cover 4. The cover 4 and the side cap 8 surely cover the high-temperature portion, and Alternatively, it is possible to prevent a burn even if touched by mistake when adjusting the hot water temperature. Also,
Since the cover 4 and the side cap 8 engage the engaging portion 7 with the hot water supply pipe 1 and insert and lock the connecting projection 22 into the connecting recess on the side end surface of the mixing tap main body 3, the cover 4 and the side cap 8 are ready-made. It can be easily attached to the mixer tap body 3 by retrofitting.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the hot water supply pipe and the water supply pipe have a wall.
Notch provided on one side of a hot-water mixer tap installed between the surface and the mixer tap body and connected to the mixer tap body
So that the hot water pipe is covered with the notch on the other side
It is equipped with a synthetic resin cover that covers the exposed surface of the hot water supply pipe, which is heated by hot water supply when it is installed by placing it, so it is installed between the wall surface and the mixer tap main body by the cover
A hot-water mixer with high safety by covering the exposed surface of the hot water supply pipe, which is heated to a high temperature, so as not to be burned even if it is accidentally touched when adjusting the amount or temperature of hot water. It is. The invention according to claim 2
The hot water supply pipe connects the upper part of the L-shaped main pipe with a nut.
Connected to the back of the mixer tap body with a
An upper cover for covering an upper portion of the hot water supply pipe provided with the connection nut.
Since it has a bar body, it is installed between the wall and the mixer tap body.
The upper part is connected to the back of the mixer tap body with a connecting nut.
The upper part of the hot water supply pipe can be covered by the upper cover body
Things.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the cover includes an elastic leg which is engaged with a junction between the hot water supply pipe and the mixer tap main body or a junction between the wall and the hot water supply pipe protruding from the wall surface. Since the engaging portion is provided, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the cover can be easily attached manually by engaging the engaging portion with each joint. .

[0016] The invention of claim 4 is the invention of claim 1 or claim 3.
In, a side cap is provided on the side of the mixer tap body,
The hot water mixing tap is provided by the cover and the side cap in addition to the effect of claim 1, since the surface of the hot water supply inflow portion of the mixing tap main body facing the hot water supply pipe is covered by an extension piece integrally projecting from the side cap. Thus, it is possible to reliably cover a high-temperature portion of the device and to surely prevent a burn during use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 3 shows a cover, wherein (a) is a front view,
(B) is a left side view of (a), (c) is a right side view of (a), (d) is a bottom view, and (e) is a rear view.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a piping state of a hot water supply pipe.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing an attached state of a cover.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 5;

8 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a hot and cold water mixing tap.

10A and 10B show a side cap, wherein FIG. 10A is a front view, FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 10C is a rear view, and FIG. 10D is a bottom view.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a side cap.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Mixing tap for hot and cold water 1 Hot water supply pipe 2 Water supply pipe 3 Mixing tap main body 4 Cover 5 Wall 6 Elastic leg 7 Engagement part 8 Side cap 9 Extension piece 10 Hot water supply entry part

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takuyuki Goto 308 Kurono, Gifu City Inside KVK Inc. (72) Inventor Hiroshi Yokoi 308 Kurono Kino, Gifu City Inside KVK Inc. (56) References 6-28493 (JP, U) JP-A 63-31169 (JP, U) JP-A 56-40276 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E03C 1/044

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A hot water supply pipe and a water supply pipe are connected between a wall surface and a mixer tap main body.
In the hot-water mixer tap installed between and connected to the mixer tap body, the cutout provided on one side and the other side
By placing the notch over the hot water supply pipe
A hot and cold water mixing tap comprising a synthetic resin cover for covering a surface exposed portion of a hot water supply pipe which is attached and becomes high in hot water supply. 2. The hot water supply pipe is located above an L-shaped main pipe.
Is connected to the back of the mixer tap body with a connection nut,
The cover covers the upper part of the hot water supply pipe provided with the connection nut.
2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an upper cover body for covering.
Hot water mixer tap on the list. 3. The cover is provided with an engaging portion comprising an elastic leg which is engaged with a junction between the hot water supply pipe and the mixer tap main body or a junction between the wall surface and the hot water supply pipe protruding from the wall surface. The hot and cold water mixing tap according to claim 1, characterized in that: 4. A mixing cap body having a side cap provided on a side surface thereof, and an extension piece integrally projecting from the side cap covering a surface of a hot water supply inflow portion of the mixing tap main body facing the hot water supply pipe. The hot and cold water mixing tap according to claim 1, characterized in that: