JP3196099B2 - How to install a faucet - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a water faucet mounting hole for a wash counter or the like, in which a member for mounting a water faucet body such as a pedestal is fixed. The present invention relates to a method of attaching a faucet main body to the member from the upper surface side of the faucet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a washing counter and a kitchen counter,
A hot and cold mixing faucet, a single faucet and the like are separately packed and shipped from the factory. And in the field,
After each package was unpacked and a wash counter and kitchen counter were installed, a hot and cold mixing faucet and a single faucet were attached.

[0003] This is because, at the time of shipment from the factory, a hot and cold water mixing faucet and a single faucet are attached to a wash counter and a kitchen counter, etc., so that the entire box is packed by the height of these faucets. This is because there is a drawback that the height is higher than that of a wash counter, a kitchen counter or the like, handling becomes inconvenient, and the amount that can be conveyed is reduced.

[0004] Therefore, there is a disadvantage that the entire operation of installing the faucet must be performed on site, and the number of work steps is large and the efficiency is low. Furthermore, there is a problem that the space for mounting the tank is enlarged due to the enlargement of the water tank portion, and the effective use in the room is limited.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has been improved and eliminated, and a member for attaching a faucet is attached to a plate member such as a counter at the time of shipment from a factory. It is another object of the present invention to provide a faucet mounting method in which only a faucet body is mounted on site.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water faucet mounting hole provided in a plate-like member, wherein a plurality of pipes each having a bent portion abutting on the lower surface of the plate-like member are arranged. A ring for holding a pipe at a predetermined position is provided on the upper surface side of the plate-like member, and a pedestal for mounting a faucet is screwed to the ring, so that a bent portion of the pipe and the pedestal can be used. A method of mounting a faucet, wherein a faucet member is sandwiched and shipped from a factory in this state, and the faucet body is fixed to the pedestal at the site from the upper surface side of the plate-shaped member.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a tubular sleeve is fixed to a faucet mounting hole provided in a plate-like member with a nut, and a cap nut is fixed to the sleeve. The method of attaching a faucet, wherein the lower end of the faucet body is screwed into the cap nut at the site and fixed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plate-like member which is shipped from a factory in a state where a tubular sleeve is fixed to a faucet mounting hole with a nut. A faucet mounting method, wherein a faucet main body is screwed through a cap nut to a portion protruding from the shape member to the upper surface.

[0010]

According to the first to third aspects of the present invention, a pedestal, a sleeve, a cap nut, and the like for attaching a faucet body are basically attached to a faucet attachment hole of a plate-like member. Is shipped from the factory. The height dimension of the member for attaching the faucet body such as the pedestal is extremely low as compared with the faucet body, and the height dimension of the box to be packed does not increase.

At the site, the faucet body is screwed or engaged with a member for attaching the faucet body such as the pedestal. In other words, the work at the site is extremely simplified, and it can be mounted by one worker.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings based on the case where a single lever type hot / water mixing faucet is attached to a kitchen counter installed on a kitchen cabinet. .

FIGS. 1 to 8 relate to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where a pedestal 5 is fixed to a counter 2 using a bent pipe 3, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the whole when a single-lever type hot / water mixing faucet 1 is installed on a counter 2, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a plurality of bent pipes 3. 4 is a plan view showing a pipe mounting ring 4, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a pedestal 5, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a pipe positioning ring 9, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a clamp hook 7 for fixing.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a decorative cover 8 for concealing the pedestal 5 and the clamp hook 7.

In this embodiment, a factory is made up to the state shown in FIG. 1 and shipped.
In the production of the state shown in FIG. 1, first, the bent pipe 3 best shown in FIG.
Is arranged. This bent pipe 3 has an O.D.
It has a ring 10 below which an annular recess 11 is formed. The lower portion has a bent portion 12 bent at 90 degrees to the vertical portion.

Then, on the upper surface side of the counter 2,
The annular concave portion 11 of the bent pipe 3 is fitted and locked in the locking hole 13 of the pipe mounting ring 4 shown in FIG. 4, and the bent pipe 3 is arranged at a predetermined position in the faucet mounting hole 2a. . Bent pipe 3
Is inserted into the center hole 14 of the ring 4, and then the annular recess 11 is guided along the introduction opening 15 to the position of the locking hole 13. Just do it. The bent portion 12 of the bent pipe 3 is adjusted in its direction so as not to interfere with the faucet mounting hole 2a.
After the insertion, the orientation is adjusted again so that the bent portion 12 corresponds to the lower surface of the counter 2.

Thereafter, the pedestal 5 shown in FIG. 5 is prepared.
The pedestal 5 has a serration 16 on the inner peripheral surface on the upper end side,
A female screw 17 is engraved below it. An annular step 18 having a smaller diameter on the lower side than on the upper side is formed at a substantially middle position in the vertical direction of the outer peripheral surface. In the prepared pedestal 5, the female screw 17 formed on the inner peripheral surface side thereof is screwed to a screw portion 20 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the radial projection 19 of the pipe mounting ring 4.

[0017] By screwing the pedestal 5, the bent pipe 3 is as lifted upward through the pipe mounting ring 4, the bent portion 12 comes to abut against the lower surface of the counter 2 . Further, as the screwing proceeds, the lower end surface of the pedestal 5 comes into contact with the upper surface side of the counter 2,
The counter 2 is sandwiched between the bent portion 12 and the base 5 from above and below. In other words, pedestal 5 is counter 2
Can be fixed up.

Thereafter, on the inner peripheral surface side of the pedestal 5, the serrations 2 engraved on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe positioning ring 9 shown in FIG.
1 is fitted and fitted. The pipe positioning ring 9 has a bent pipe 3 or a straight pipe head mounted on the mounting hole 22 thereof. Mounting hole 22
Various pipes such as a water supply, a hot water supply, an electric signal, a detergent, and a pipe for circulating a water purifier can be attached. After fixing the bent pipe 3 with the pipe mounting ring 4 and inserting and holding the head side of the bent pipe 3 into the pipe positioning ring 9 in this manner, it is possible to prevent the swing of these pipes. And can be fixed to a rigid.

In this embodiment, up to this state shown in FIG. 1 is produced in a factory, packed and shipped. With such a package, the height dimension is extremely small and does not become bulky. Thereafter, the faucet main body 6 is attached to the pedestal 5 at the site, and the attachment of the hot and cold water mixing faucet 1 is completed. The installation procedure at this site is as follows.

That is, after the pipes such as the bent pipes 3 are mounted inside the pedestal 5, a decorative cover 8 shown in FIG. The decorative cover 8 is joined to the back surface groove 24 of the hook portion 23 of the clamp hook 7 shown in FIG. 7 and pressed in the diameter reducing direction, and is held in this state by the stopper 25 and the inner periphery of the hook portion 23. Surface, and press this in the radially expanding direction to form a hook 2
A claw opening 26 is formed to open the base 3 so as to be larger than the outer diameter of the pedestal 5.

After the makeup cover 8 is attached, the hot and cold water mixing faucet 1
A clamp hook 7 shown in FIG. 7 is fitted to and fixed to the annular concave portion on the outer peripheral portion on the lower surface side of the main body 6 of the main body 6.
Is inserted into the space between the decorative cover 8 and the pedestal 5, and the faucet body 6 and the clamp hook 7 are rotated counterclockwise with respect to the decorative cover 8 shown in FIG.

As a result, the rear groove 24 of the hook portion 23 of the clamp hook 7 is fitted into the stopper 25 of the decorative cover 8, and then the faucet body 6 and the entire clamp hook 7 are pushed down, and the hook portion 23 is pressed in the inner diameter direction by a gradually decreasing back surface groove 24. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the faucet body 6 is engaged with the annular step 18 of the pedestal 5, and the faucet body 6 is fixed to the pedestal 5.

That is, the installation of the water faucet body 6 can be completed only by twisting and pushing the clamp hook 7 attached to the water faucet body 6 into the pedestal 5, and the work of mounting the water faucet body 6 on site. Is very convenient because it can be performed in a one-touch manner. In addition, all of these mounting operations can be performed from the upper surface side of the kitchen counter 2, and can be performed by one worker.

When the faucet body 6 is attached to the pedestal 5, the heads of pipes such as a water supply pipe and a hot water supply pipe protruding from the pipe positioning ring 9 are connected to the respective flow paths of the faucet body 6. To be connected to each other. Further, the lower ends of these pipes are connected to a water supply source and a hot water supply source in the kitchen cabinet after the operation of attaching the faucet main body 6 is completed.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, at a factory, a sleeve 27 is fixed to a faucet mounting hole 2a of a kitchen counter 2 with a nut 28, and a cap nut 30 is mounted between a flange 29 of the sleeve 27 and the counter 2. Up to the factory, and shipped in this state.

At the site, the water supply pipe 3 is provided on the bottom side of the faucet body 6.
1 and the hot water supply pipe 32 are connected to each other, and then the serration 33 formed on the outer peripheral surface on the lower side of the faucet main body 6 is connected to the sleeve 2.
7 is engaged with the serration 34 formed on the inner peripheral surface of the faucet 7 to prevent the faucet body 6 from rotating. Then, the cap nut 30 may be screwed onto a male screw 35 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the faucet body, and the faucet body 6 may be fixed on the counter 2.

FIG. 10 shows a third embodiment in which the relationship between the cap nuts is reversed. That is, a male screw 35 is engraved on the outer peripheral surface of a portion of the sleeve 27 exposed on the upper surface side of the counter 2, and the cap nut 30 is attached to the faucet main body 6 side. The other configuration, operation, and effect are the same as those of the second embodiment.

FIGS. 11 to 14 show a fourth example in which the pedestal 5 is fixed to the counter 2 using a shape memory material.
According to the embodiment of the present invention. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the pedestal 5 is installed on the counter 2, FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a fastening member 36 made of a shape memory material, FIG. 13 is a perspective view of an inner sleeve 37, and FIG. It is a perspective view of.

As shown in FIG. 12, in the fourth embodiment, first, the fastening member 36 made of the shape memory material shown in FIG. I do. The fastening member 36 has a divided piece 39 obtained by dividing the cylindrical member into many parts, and the lower end face side thereof is formed by a shape memory operation.
The hook portion 40 is formed so as to be wound up in a roll shape on the outer peripheral surface side and abut on the lower surface side of the counter 2. A locking projection 41 protruding in the outer diameter direction is provided on the upper end face side.
Are formed.

This fastening member 36 is shown in FIG.
The locking projection 41 is fitted and fitted into a locking recess 42 formed on the inner peripheral surface side of the ring 38 shown. Thereby, the fastening members 36 are distributed and arranged on the circumference of the faucet mounting hole 2a of the counter 2.

Next, as shown in FIG. 13A, the inner sleeve 37 is inserted from the inner peripheral surface side of each of the divided pieces 39 of the ring 38 and the fastening member 36. As a result, the split piece 39 is externally fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the inner sleeve 37, and is held between the outer peripheral surface of the inner sleeve 37 and the inner peripheral surface of the faucet mounting hole 2a. For this reason, each of the divided pieces 39 comes into contact with the water tap mounting hole 2a around the water tap mounting hole 2a. As shown in FIG. 13B, the inner sleeve 37 may have a polygonal cylindrical shape. In the case of a polygonal cylindrical shape, it is possible to also serve as a detent for each of the divided pieces 39 of the fastening member 36.

Thereafter, each of the divided pieces 10 made of the shape memory material is operated for shape memory. Thereby, Counter 2
A roll-shaped hook portion 40 is formed on the lower surface side of the counter 2, and the hook portion 40 abuts on the lower surface side of the counter 2 so that it does not come out upward.

Next, the pedestal 5 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is prepared, and the screw portion 17 engraved on the inner peripheral surface thereof is screwed into the male screw 43 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the ring 38. Combine.
Then, if the pedestal 5 is sequentially screwed into the ring 38, the ring 38 pulls up each of the divided pieces 39 of the fastening member 36 upward. Thereby, each divided piece 39
Of the pedestal 5 comes into contact with the upper surface of the counter 2. That is, the counter 2 is sandwiched between the hook portions 40 of the divided pieces 39 and the pedestal 5 from above and below, and as a result, the pedestal 5 is fixed onto the counter 2. In this embodiment, the state up to this state is produced at the factory and shipped.

If necessary, the serrations 16 engraved on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe positioning ring 9 shown in FIG. 9 can be shipped from a factory with the water supply pipe 31 and the hot water supply pipe 32 attached. The procedure for attaching the faucet body 6 to the pedestal 5 at the site is the same as in the case of the above-described first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Next, a description will be given of a fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 15, in which the pedestal 5 is fixed to the faucet mounting hole 2a of the kitchen counter 2 using a shape memory material. In the fifth embodiment, a hook 44 made of a shape memory material is separately connected and fixed to the lower end of the divided piece 39 of the fastening member 36. When the fastening member 36 is inserted and arranged in the faucet mounting hole 2a, the hook portion 44 hangs in the vertical direction as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. As shown by the solid line, the counter 2 is raised in the horizontal direction and is brought into contact with the lower surface of the counter 2. The hook portion 44 can be transformed according to the thickness of the counter 2 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. The other configuration and operation and effect are the same as those of the fourth embodiment.

FIGS. 16 and 17 relate to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a normal hook member 45 is used in place of the hook portion 40 made of a shape memory material of the fastening member 36 shown in FIG. The procedure for attaching the pedestal 5 to the counter 2 in the factory is the same as that of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 11 except for the shape memory operation, and the procedure for attaching the faucet body 6 to the pedestal 5 at the site. Is the same as in the first embodiment described above.

FIGS. 18 and 19 show the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. The seventh embodiment is different from the fifth embodiment in that the faucet main body 6 is attached to the pedestal 5 instead of the faucet main body 6 in the fifth embodiment.
And the screw 47.

[0038]

As described above, in the present invention,
The height of the box to be packed is increased because the tub, the sleeve, the cap nut, etc., for mounting the faucet body are attached to the faucet mounting hole of the plate-like member before shipment from the factory. It doesn't mean it's not bulky.

Further, since the water faucet body is screwed or engaged with a member for mounting the water faucet body such as the pedestal at the site, the work at the site can be greatly simplified. It can be installed by one worker.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a mounting structure of a pedestal to a kitchen counter according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a faucet mounting structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a bent pipe according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a pipe mounting ring according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a pedestal according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a pipe positioning ring according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a clamp hook according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a decorative cover according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure for attaching a sleeve and a cap nut to a kitchen counter according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure for attaching a sleeve to a kitchen counter according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure for attaching a pedestal to a kitchen counter according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a fastening member made of a shape memory material according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an inner sleeve according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a ring according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure for attaching a pedestal to a kitchen counter according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure for attaching a pedestal to a kitchen counter according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a partial longitudinal sectional view showing a faucet mounting structure according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure for attaching a pedestal to a kitchen counter according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a main part of a faucet mounting structure according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Single lever type hot and cold water mixing faucet 2 ... Kitchen counter 2a ... Water faucet mounting hole 3 ... Bent piping 4 ... Piping mounting ring 5 ... Pedestal 6 ... Faucet body 7 ... Clamp hook 8 ... Cosmetic cover 8 ... Piping Attachment ring 9 ... Piping positioning ring 12 ... Bent part 27 ... Sleeve 28 ... Nut 30 ... Cap nut 31 ... Water supply pipe 32 ... Hot water supply pipe 36 ... Tightening member 37 ... Inner sleeve 38 ... Ring

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of pipes each having a bent portion abutting on a lower surface of the plate-shaped member are provided in a faucet mounting hole provided in the plate-shaped member. A ring for holding the pipe at a predetermined position is provided, and a pedestal for mounting a faucet is screwed to the ring, so that a plate-shaped member is sandwiched between the bent portion of the pipe and the pedestal. Characterized in that the faucet main body is fixed to the pedestal from the upper surface side of the plate-like member at the site on the spot. 2. A tubular sleeve is fixed to a faucet mounting hole provided in a plate-like member with a nut, and a cap nut is fixed to the sleeve before shipment from a factory. A method for mounting a faucet, wherein a lower end side of a faucet body is screwed and fixed. 3. A factory which is shipped from a factory in a state where a tubular sleeve is fixed to a faucet mounting hole provided in a plate-like member with a nut, and a portion protruding upward from the plate-like member of the sleeve at a site. A method of mounting a faucet, wherein a faucet body is screwed through a cap nut.