JP3153184U - Watering can - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a watering can provided with a watering part capable of adjusting the amount of watering continuously. A water spray adjusting plate 3 in contact with a front plate 2 provided with a large number of lateral wide holes 2d for sprinkling at intervals in the circumferential direction and the radial direction is rotatable to a hollow cylindrical portion 2g of the front plate 2. It is mated. When the crown handle is rotated, the small gear 5a is rotated and the crown tooth 3c is rotated. The watering adjustment plate 3 provided with the crown tooth 3c is rotated, and the valve port 3a of the watering adjustment plate 3 and the horizontal wide hole 3d for watering are separated. It becomes an opening. When the valve portion 3b of the watering adjustment plate 3 closes the horizontal wide hole 2d for watering, water is not sprinkled. [Selection] Figure 9

Description

  This invention relates to a watering can characterized by the structure of the watering part.

  The watering watering can is used for irrigation of plants and the like by providing a large number of pores in the watering part. Water is supplied to the watering section from a water source connected to the pipe connection section. A water supply type watering can be known as a water source from a commercial water supply to a pipe connection part through a hose. Some watering cans are integrated with a water source connected to the outlet of a container for containing water. Watering cans that are widely used are usually provided with a large number of pores, but watering cans that can be switched between watering, atomization, and jet flow using the water pressure of water supply are commercially available.

    Patent Document 1 Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 7-1748

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  The thing of patent document 1 is a water source integrated type, provides many pores for watering on the bottom face of a ladle container, and has the laminated board which can move on a bottom face. The laminating plate is provided with holes, and the holes coincide with the pores, and the holes are removed from the pores so that the pores are blocked and water is not discharged from the container.

  Patent Document 1 and some commercially available watering can perform opening and closing of pores.

  However, there are times when it is time consuming and inconvenient to give a lot of water to plants and other objects with a fixed pore size.

  Also, the pores can be easily clogged. As an aspect in which the pores are clogged, foreign substances are simply caught in the pores. Around the pores of the plate constituting the pores corrode, the pores are reduced or blocked. In other words, foreign matter may be caught in pores that have become smaller due to corrosion. When the pores become clogged, it is normal to disassemble and clean the watering can.

  This invention aims to provide a watering can with adjustable watering amount.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a watering pot that can eliminate clogging without disassembling even if the watering hole is clogged together with the above-mentioned object.

The first device according to the present application is a circular front plate having a plurality of lateral wide holes for sprinkling with a plurality of sprinkling portions spaced apart in the circumferential direction when viewed from the front,
A disc-shaped valve opening provided in contact with the front plate on the inner side of the front plate so as to be rotatable with respect to the front plate, and having an opening with a radial edge around the center of the circle; A water amount adjusting plate having a valve portion adjacent to the circumferential direction of the valve port and capable of partially or fully opening and closing the watering lateral wide hole of the front plate,
Rotating means of the water amount adjusting plate;
A watering can characterized by having

  A second device according to the present application is the watering device according to the first device, characterized in that a plurality of lateral wide holes for sprinkling that are long in the circumferential direction have a plurality of pairs at different radial positions.

  A third device according to the present application is the watering device according to the first or second device, wherein the valve opening and the valve portion of the water amount adjusting plate have a fan shape that requires the center of the water amount adjusting plate.

The fourth device according to the present application is detachably coupled to the peripheral edge of the front plate, extends in a direction away from the front plate, and has a pipe connection portion made of a flexible member at the rear end, and the pipe connection portion and the water amount adjustment. It is a watering can as described in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd device characterized by having the trunk | drum which made the water passage between board | plates.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present application, a radial bearing provided on the peripheral surface of the front plate is a crown portion provided on the peripheral surface of the water amount adjusting plate, a small gear meshing with the crown tooth, and a journal portion coaxial with the small gear. And a water amount adjusting plate rotating means having a drive member having a journal portion supported on the outer periphery of the front plate and a crown handle at the end of the journal portion outside the outer periphery of the front plate. A watering can according to any one of the inventions.

  A sixth device according to the present application is the watering can according to any one of the first to fifth devices, which has a normally-open watering hole at the center of the front plate.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, the amount of water spray can be adjusted simply by operating the rotating means of the water amount adjusting plate. The amount of sprinkling can be adjusted while sprinkling water or while the watering is stopped. When the sprinkling hole becomes clogged, it is possible to remove the dust by simply increasing the opening of the sprinkling hole and passing the water as it is. Moreover, even if the brush is applied to the outer surface of the front plate in a state where the opening of the water spray hole is increased, the dust in the water spray hole can be removed.

  According to the device of claim 2, water can be sprayed substantially uniformly from the front plate surface in the above device.

  According to the device according to claim 3, in any of the above devices, the distribution mode of the water spray can be changed. Moreover, the water of the front plate can be stopped.

  The device according to claim 4 can be used regardless of the type of water source.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the water amount adjusting plate having a large reduction gear ratio between the crown gear and the small gear can be accurately moved continuously at a minute angle. And since the crown handle can be operated even during watering, the amount of water spray can be adjusted by visually checking the watering state.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to eliminate a region where water is not sprayed on the front plate and to perform a small amount of watering with a small spread.

It is a front view of an Example. It is a side view of FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. It is a rear view of a water quantity adjustment board. It is a front view of the rotation means of a water quantity adjusting plate. FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 5. It is a side view of a clasp. It is a rear view which shows an effect | action. It is a rear view which shows an effect | action. It is a rear view which shows an effect | action.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view seen from the front of the watering can, that is, a front view of a watering plate composed of a front plate and a water amount adjusting plate, and the surface of the front plate can be seen. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

  The front plate 2 has a cylindrical collar 2b as a mounting portion on the periphery of a disc-shaped perforated plate portion 2a that forms a part of a sphere. A female screw 2c is provided on the inner periphery of the collar 2b.

  The perforated plate portion 2a has a laterally wide hole 2d for watering that is long in the circumferential direction when viewed from the front side, through the plate material of the perforated plate portion 2a. A plurality of horizontal wide holes 2d for watering are provided in the perforated plate portion 2a at intervals in the circumferential direction. In addition, in the radial direction of the perforated plate portion 2a, there are a plurality of horizontal wide holes 2d for watering. The water spray horizontal wide hole 2d arranged in the radial direction of the perforated plate portion 2a has fan-shaped radial lines r1 and r2 on both sides of the front plate 2 at both ends 2d1 and 2d2 of the hole 2d. It arrange | positions so that it may come. In addition, although the horizontal wide hole 2d for watering is arrange | positioned over the perimeter of the perforated board part 2a, drawing shows only two places adjacent to the circumferential direction, and others are abbreviate | omitting. And the circle which passes along the outer periphery of the horizontal lines r1 and r2 and the horizontal wide hole 2d for watering by a thin line is shown.

Therefore, the circumferential length of the water spray horizontal wide hole 2d varies depending on the radial position from the center C of the perforated plate portion 2a, and the length of the water spray horizontal wide hole 2d is proportional to the radius from the center C. Changes. The watering horizontal wide holes 2d are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the perforated plate portion 2a. The lengths of the horizontal water-spreading holes 2d at the same radius from the center C of the perforated plate portion 2a are equal to each other. Between the horizontal wide holes 2d for watering adjoining in the circumferential direction is the non-hole part 2e. The non-hole portion 2e has a sector shape that requires the center C of the perforated plate portion 2a. The sprinkling horizontal wide holes 2d are arranged with the circumferential direction of the perforated plate portion 2a equally distributed. In this example, the horizontal wide holes 2d for watering are arranged with 16 circumferential directions of the perforated plate portion 2a. In the present example, the intervals in the radial direction of the water spray horizontal wide holes 2d are equal. In this example, the number of sprinkling horizontal wide holes 2d in one place in the circumferential direction is six in the radial direction. Assuming that the angle between both ends 2d1, 2d2 of the water spray horizontal wide hole 2d extending to the center C of the perforated plate portion 2a is θ and the angle extending to the center C of the perforated plate portion 2a of the non-perforated portion 2e is α,
θ ≦ α
It has become.

  A large number of pores 2f are provided at the center of the perforated plate portion 2a.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the perforated plate portion 2a is integrally provided with a hollow cylindrical portion 2g centered on the center C on the back surface. The pores 2f are provided in the perforated plate portion 2a surrounded by the hollow cylindrical plate portion 2g. A center hole 3e of the water spray adjusting plate 3 is rotatably fitted to the outer periphery of the hollow cylindrical portion 2g. The outer diameter of the watering adjustment plate 3 is a disc shape that can enter just the inner periphery of the collar 2b of the front plate 2. The front surface of the watering adjustment plate 3 is a spherical surface that is in full contact with the inner surface of the perforated plate portion 2a of the front plate 2 except the central portion.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the watering adjustment plate 3 is provided with a valve opening 3 a and a valve portion 3 b that are opened in a fan shape that requires a center C. The valve port 3a has a radial line around the center C as both ends in the circumferential direction. In this example, the radial line is the radial direction. The valve ports 3a are provided with 16 circumferential directions. A central angle β centered on the center C of the valve port 3a is equal to an angle θ at which both ends 2d1 and 2d2 of the watering horizontal wide hole 2d are stretched about the center C. Therefore, when the watering side wide hole 2d of the front plate 2 and the valve opening 3a of the watering adjustment plate 3 coincide, the watering side wide hole 2d is fully opened. And if the water spray horizontal wide hole 2d and the valve port 3a are different, the water spray horizontal wide hole 2d has an opening area smaller than fully open, and if it is difficult to complete, the valve portion 3b is closed. In addition, although the valve port 3a is arrange | positioned over the perimeter of the watering adjustment board 3, drawing shows only two places of the circumferential direction adjacent.

  Near the outer periphery of the back surface of the watering adjustment plate 3, a crown tooth 3 c centering on the center C is provided. Stoppers 3d are provided at both ends in the circumferential direction of the crown tooth 3c. The stopper 3d interferes with a small gear 5a that meshes with a crown tooth 3c, which will be described later, and prevents the crown tooth 3c from moving. In this example, the height of the stopper 3d is higher than the height of the tooth of the crown tooth 3c and protrudes from the top of the tooth.

  As shown in FIG. 6, since the bearing 6 disposed in the radial direction of the outer peripheral portion of the front plate 2 is provided in a substantially radial direction of the flange 2b of the front plate 2, a male screw 6a screwed into the screw 2h and a female screw 2h are provided. A cylindrical portion 6b and a collar 6c which are fitted into a hole 4a whose center line is on the extension of the center line. The hole 4 a is provided in a substantially radial direction of the large cylindrical portion 4 b of the body portion 4.

  The large cylindrical portion 4b of the trunk portion 4 is provided at the large end of the trunk portion 4, and has an external screw 4d that is screwed into the screw 2c to be provided on the outer periphery of the collar 2b of the front plate 2.

  When the male screw 4d of the body 4 is screwed into the female screw 2c of the front plate 2, the body end surface 4h comes into contact with the back surface of the perforated plate 2a, and the end of the body 4 is large on the end surface near the outer periphery of the water amount adjusting plate 3. The step part 4e of the cylindrical part 4b approaches and the water amount adjusting plate 3 is restrained from moving in the axial direction.

  The collar 6c provided at the end of the bearing 6 has a larger diameter than the male screw 6a. The outer diameter of the small gear 5a of the drive member 5 of the turning means of the watering adjustment plate 3 is smaller than that of the cylindrical portion 6b. A small gear 5a is provided at one end of the journal portion 5b, and a small-diameter shaft portion 5c is provided at the other end. The crown handle 11 is press-fitted into the small diameter shaft portion 5c.

  The journal portion 5b is rotatably fitted in the center hole of the bearing 6. The journal portion 5 b is equal to the length of the bearing 6. The small gear 5a and the crown handle 11 are larger in diameter than the journal portion 5b, and the drive member 5 does not move in the axial direction.

  The trunk | drum 4 is extended in the direction away from the front board 2, and has the piping connection part 4f in the rear end. The trunk portion 4 is continuous with a cylindrical pipe connecting portion 4f having a reduced diameter at the rear end of the trumpet-shaped front portion 4g. The trunk portion 4 is hollow through the pipe connecting portion 4f and the front portion 4g, and the trunk portion 4 is open at both front and rear ends. The peripheral surface of the front portion 4g of the trunk portion has a middle bulge shape with the middle bulging outward rather than the eccentric cone shape. As shown in FIG. 2, the center line CL1 of the front part 4g of the body part is inclined with respect to the center line CL of the front plate 2, and the center line CL2 of the pipe connecting part 4f is offset with respect to the center line CL. Center lines CL and CL2 are parallel.

  The cross section of the front portion 4g cut along a plane perpendicular to the center lines CL and CL2 of the front portion 4g is a circle centered at a point where this plane cuts the center line CL1.

  The pipe connecting part 4f is made of soft rubber and can be expanded and contracted. The front part 4g of the body part is a hard member, for example, a metal or a synthetic resin.

  The pipe connecting part 4f can be adapted to a watering-type watering can that can be connected to the other end of a hose whose water source is tap water and one end is connected to a faucet. It is also suitable for a water source integrated type connected to the outlet of a container for containing water. The pipe connecting part 4f and the front part 4g are connected, for example, by providing a hollow cylindrical part at the rear end of the front part 4g, and fitting the pipe connecting part 4f with a diameter expanded on the outer periphery of the hollow cylindrical part.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in order to secure the connection between the hose joint (not shown) inserted into the center hole of the pipe connecting portion 4f or the pipe end and the watering can 1, a stopper 7 is fitted on the outer periphery of the pipe connecting portion 4f. . As shown in FIG. 7, the diameter of the stopper 7 is reduced by a nut 9 screwed into a small screw 8 inserted through a hole penetrating the collars 7a and 7b provided at the end of the stopper, and the pipe connecting portion 4f A hose joint or pipe end (not shown) is fixed.

  The operation of this embodiment will be described. When the crown handle 5c is rotated with a finger, the drive member 5 rotates and the small gear 5a rotates. The crown tooth 3c meshing with the small gear 5a is driven, and the water spray adjusting plate 3 rotates around the hollow cylindrical portion 2g.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the state where the lateral wide hole 2d for watering is surrounded by the valve port 3a, the amount of water spraying becomes the maximum through the entire area of the wide horizontal hole 2d for watering. At this time, a stopper 3d provided at one end in the circumferential direction of the crown tooth 3c hits the small gear 5a.

  When the crown handle 5c is rotated from the state of FIG. 8, the crown tooth 3c moves, and the stopper 3d is separated from the small gear 5a. The watering adjustment plate 3 is rotated around the hollow cylindrical portion 2g.

  FIG. 9 shows a state in which the crown handle 5c is rotated from the state of FIG. In this state, a part of the watering horizontal wide hole 2 d is closed by the valve portion 3 b of the watering adjustment plate 3. Thereby, it becomes a small amount of watering than the state of the maximum watering amount shown in FIG. Since the crown tooth 3c is moved by the crown handle 5c, that is, the sprinkling adjustment plate 3 is continuously rotated, the valve 3b is continuously acting to limit the opening area of the watering horizontal wide hole 2d. Changes steplessly.

  When the crown handle 11 is rotated from FIG. 9 to reduce the opening of the watering horizontal wide hole 2d, the valve portion 3b closes the watering horizontal wide hole 2d as shown in FIG. 10 and the watering horizontal wide hole 2d. Watering from is not performed. In this state, the stopper 3d at the other end is in contact with the small gear 5a.

  Water is sprinkled from the pores 2f irrespective of the sprinkling of the sprinkling horizontal wide hole 2d.

  With the above-described configuration and operation, the water spray amount can be continuously adjusted by adjusting the opening of the water spray wide wide hole on the front panel with the valve portion of the water spray adjustment plate.For example, when watering a plant, the size of the plant Depending on the type, etc., it is possible to adjust the water flow and flow rate. The flow rate can be easily adjusted by simply turning the crown handle according to the water spray condition.

  If clogging occurs when the water spray is reduced by squeezing the water spray hole, turn the crown handle and move the valve that blocks the water spray hole to increase the water spray. The clogging is resolved when garbage etc. flows out. Moreover, you may clean with a brush etc. in the state which opened the horizontal wide hole for watering.

  The distribution in the radial direction of the water spray horizontal wide holes 2d is arranged in six different radial directions in this example, but it may be one or more.

  In the embodiment, the horizontal wide hole for watering is a hole having both ends in contact with the two straight lines in the range surrounded by the two straight lines in the radial direction from the center of the perforated plate portion, but radiates spirally from the center of the perforated plate portion. It is good also as a hole which has the both ends in contact with this two curve enclosed by the two curves which face a direction. The valve opening and valve portion of the watering adjustment plate are also matched to the distribution of the watering adjustment plate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Watering can 2 ... Front plate 2a ... Perforated board part 2b ... Collar 2c ... Female screw 2d ... Wide hole for watering 2d1, 2d2 ... End 2e ... Non-hole part 2f ... Fine hole 2g ... Hollow cylindrical part 2h ... Female screw
3 ... Sprinkling control plate 3a ... Valve port 3b ... Valve part 3c ... Crown tooth 3d ... Stopper 3e ... Center hole 4 ... Body part 4a ... Hole 4b ... Large cylindrical part 4c ... Large end 4d ... Male screw 4e ... Step part 4f ... Piping connection part 4g ... front part 4h ... trunk part end face
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 ... Drive member 5a ... Small gear 5b ... Journal part 5c ... Small-diameter shaft part 6 ... Bearing 6a ... Male screw 6b ... Cylindrical part 6c ... Collar 7 ... Fastening metal fitting 7a, 7b ... Collar 8 ... Small screw
9 ... Nut 11 ... Crown handle C ... Center CL, CL1, CL2 ... Center line r1, r2 ... Line β ... Center angle θ ... Angle α ... Angle

Claims (6)

A circular front plate having a plurality of lateral wide holes for sprinkling with a plurality of sprinkling sections spaced apart in the circumferential direction as viewed from the front,
A disc-shaped valve opening provided in contact with the front plate on the inner side of the front plate so as to be rotatable with respect to the front plate, and having an opening with a radial edge around the center of the circle; A water amount adjusting plate having a valve portion adjacent to the circumferential direction of the valve port and capable of partially or fully opening and closing the watering lateral wide hole of the front plate,
Rotating means of the water amount adjusting plate;
A watering can characterized by having The watering can according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of pairs of wide watering holes for sprinkling that are long in the circumferential direction are provided at different radial positions. 3. The watering can according to claim 1, wherein the valve opening and the valve portion of the water amount adjusting plate have a fan shape that requires the center of the water amount adjusting plate. A body part that is detachably coupled to the peripheral edge of the front plate, extends in a direction away from the front plate, and has a pipe connection portion made of a flexible member at the rear end, and has a water passage between the pipe connection portion and the water amount adjustment plate. The watering can according to claim 1, 2, or 3. A journal provided on the peripheral surface of the water amount adjusting plate, a small gear that meshes with the crown, and a journal that is coaxial with the small gear and supported by a radial bearing provided on the peripheral surface of the front plate; The watering can according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a water amount adjusting plate rotating means having a driving member having a crown handle at an end of the journal portion outside the outer periphery of the face plate. The watering can according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a normally-open watering hole in the center of the front plate.

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