JP3335565B2 - Faucet mounting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for mounting a faucet, which can be easily mounted on a top plate of a sink or a sink by only working from the upper side.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to attach a faucet to a top plate of a washbasin or a sink, first insert a male thread formed at a lower portion of the faucet body into a mounting hole of the top plate, and then narrow the faucet below the top plate. A person who dives into the place and tightens the nut in a cramped position with the nut screwed to the male thread, but holds the faucet body from rotating on the top plate and a person who tightens the nut from under the top plate However, two workers were required, and the workability was poor and time-consuming.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which a faucet can be easily and quickly attached to a top plate of a sink or a sink by only working from the upper side. Referring briefly to FIG. 5 , a cylindrical pedestal 33 is disposed in a mounting hole 32 formed in a top plate 31 of a wash basin or a sink, and a lower peripheral surface of the pedestal 33 is located above the top plate 31. Two bolts 34 that can be applied and are vertically inserted through the mounting holes 32
A rotatable fastener 35 is held below each bolt 34, and after inserting the fastener 35 into the mounting hole 32 from above the top plate 31, a hand is inserted into the mounting hole 32, and the fastener 35 is moved outward. Then, the fastener 35 is opposed to the lower portion of the top plate 31 and the bolt 34 is tightened with a tool from the upper portion to clamp the fastener 35 to the top plate 31 from the lower portion.
Are fitted to the pedestal 33 from above, and the faucet main body 36 and the pedestal 33 are firmly connected by fixing screws 37.

[0004] According to the above, the fastener is held in the lower portion of the bolt, put your hands after inserting the mounting hole of the ceiling plate, so that the lower surface and the abutment of the top plate to rotate outwardly Change the direction and tighten the bolt from the top of the top plate to clamp the top plate from the bottom, but put your hand in the mounting hole of the top plate and rotate the fastener so that the top plate can be clamped. It takes time and effort to adjust the position, and the fasteners rotate together with the tightening of the bolts, and depending on the thickness of the top plate, the fasteners are not held in place and the top plate cannot be pinched. There was a problem that the pedestal was fixed.

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The problem to be solved by the present invention is to attach a water faucet to a wash basin or a sink by a simple operation only from the upper part of the top plate in a short time and reliably. Is to be able to do it.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a water faucet mounting apparatus for mounting a water faucet main body to a mounting member by mounting a mounting member to a mounting hole of a top plate from above. a pedestal to place the upper portion mounting hole of the ceiling plate in cylindrical fitting into the space portion, Zorezore <br/> inserted into a pair of insertion holes bored in the periphery of the pedestal, the attachment hole A pair with male threads protruding at the bottom
And bolts screwed from the lower to the male screw portion of said each bolt,
A pair of fasteners that pinched from the lower top plate by inserting a rotatable a mounting hole with a bolt, fixed to the base in parallel with the bolts, rotation of the contact with the fastener during rotation of the fastener Is stopped, a mounting member is constituted by a pair of stoppers that vertically face a lower portion of the top plate and a flat portion of the fastener, and the pedestal is disposed in a mounting hole of the top plate from above, and each bolt is mounted. operating the bets in the tightening direction top board each fastener bottom rotates, first planar portion is in contact with the respective <br/> stopper where facing the top plate lower, then each fastener bolt external thread portion The mounting member is mounted on the top plate by ascending along the top and holding the top plate from below.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the faucet body 1 of the present invention supplies mixed water from a water discharge pipe 3 by operating a single lever 2, and a water supply pipe 4 communicating with a water supply source is provided at a lower part. Hot water supply pipes 5 communicating with the hot water supply source are connected respectively.

As a member for fixing the faucet main body 1 to a top plate A of a washstand or a sink, a pedestal 8 located above the top plate A as shown in FIGS. A pair of bolts 14 inserted into the lower part of the plate A, a pair of fasteners 17 screwed to the respective bolts 14 and holding the top plate A from below, and a pair of fasteners 17 for preventing rotation of the respective fasteners 17 and holding them at predetermined positions Are provided as mounting members C.

The pedestal 8 is a substantially cylindrical shape having an outer shape fitted into the space 6 opened at the lower part of the faucet main body 1 , and a bolt 14 is inserted into two portions of the peripheral edge 9 opposed to each other in the radial direction. An insertion hole 10 is provided in the vertical direction, and a female screw portion 11 which is in communication with the screw hole 7 of the faucet main body 1 and is screwed with the screw 13 is provided in the outer periphery of the side portion in the horizontal direction. A through hole 12 through which the hot water supply pipe 5 is inserted is opened.

[0012] The bolt 14, hexagonal portion protrudes on the upper end 15
When made externally threaded portion 16 for to face the bottom of the top plate A in portrait, it is inserted into the mounting hole B of the top plate A through the insertion hole 10 of the pedestal 8.

The fastener 17 is substantially elliptical in a plane and is screwed from the lower end to the male screw portion 16 of the bolt 14. When the pedestal 8 is mounted on the top plate A as shown in FIG. 1
4 can be rotated so as to be positioned inside the inner diameter of the mounting hole B, so that the fastener 17 can be inserted into the mounting hole B. Then, as shown in FIG. When the fastener 17 is operated in the tightening direction, the fastener 17 rotates together with the bolt 14, and the flat portion 18 of the fastener 17 faces the lower surface of the top plate A so that the top plate A can be clamped from below. .

[0014] Stopper 19 is fixed to the base 8 adjacent in a direction parallel to the bolt 14, when the stopper 19 is rotated after insertion of the fastener 17 into the mounting hole B of the top plate A, substantially elliptical The amount of rotation of the fastener 17 is limited so that the flat portion 18 of the fastener 17 in the shape of the shape faces the lower surface of the top plate A up and down, and can be stopped at a position where the lower portion of the top plate A can be always clamped.

In order to attach the faucet body 1 to the top plate A of the sink or sink in the present invention, first, the attaching member C is attached to the top plate A.
To the mounting hole B from above. That is, the pedestal 8 of the mounting member C shown in FIG. 2 is disposed above the mounting hole B of the top plate A as shown in FIG. 3, and the bolts 14 , 14 , the fasteners 17 , 17 and the stoppers 19 , 19 are mounted on the mounting hole B. Through. Incidentally, it allowed to rotate advance inward to a smaller diameter than the mounting hole B so that this case each fastener 17, 17 may pass through the mounting hole B. Subsequently, when the hexagonal portion 15 of each bolt 14 is operated in the tightening direction by a tool, the fastener 17 rotates together with the male screw portion 16 and stops rotating when it comes into contact with the stopper 19. The flat portion 18 vertically faces the lower surface of the top plate A around the mounting hole B.

Next, when the hexagonal portion 15 of each bolt 14 is further operated in the tightening direction, the fastener 17 rises along the male screw portion 16 without rotating while facing the lower surface of the top plate A, as shown in FIG. The top portion A can clamp the top plate A from below. Therefore, the mounting member C is mounted on the top plate A by sandwiching the top plate A from above and below by the pedestal 8 and the fastener 17.

Furthermore fitted the space 6 of the faucet body 1 from above the base 8 as shown in FIG. 1, and the water supply pipe 4 and a hot water supply tube 5 is inserted into the mounting hole B, the internal thread portion 11 of the pedestal 8 The faucet body 1 can be fixed to the mounting member C by making the screw holes 7 of the faucet body 1 face-to-face with each other and screwing a screw 13 with a tool. In this way, the faucet main body 1 and the mounting member C can be mounted only from the top of the top plate A.

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According to the present invention, when each of the bolts is operated in the tightening direction when the mounting member for fixing the faucet main body is mounted in the mounting hole from the upper portion of the top plate, the fastener that rotates together with the bolt is obtained. > In the state of facing the lower part of the top plate by the stopper, the top plate can be clamped from the lower part by rising along the male screw part of the bolt. There is no need to adjust the position of the fastener by putting a hand in the hole, and anyone can easily and quickly install the faucet.

In addition, as compared with the conventional faucet mounting device,
With a simple change of fixing the stopper for positioning the fastener to the mounting member, workability is greatly improved, and the mounting member can be securely fixed to the top plate.

[0032]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of a water faucet mounting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mounting member.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a state where a mounting member is arranged in a mounting hole of a top plate.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a state in which the mounting member is mounted on a top plate.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Faucet main body 6 Space part 8 Pedestal 9 Peripheral part 10 Insertion hole 14 Bolt 16 Male screw part 17 Fastener 18 Flat part 19 Stopper A Top plate B Mounting hole C Mounting member

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A water faucet mounting device for mounting a water faucet body to a mounting hole of a top plate and mounting the water faucet body to the mounting member in a mounting hole of a top plate. And a pair of bolts each having a male screw portion that is inserted through a pair of insertion holes formed in a peripheral portion of the pedestal from the upper portion of the mounting hole of the top plate, and protrudes below the mounting hole. If, screwed from the lower to the male screw portion of said each bolt, fixed to the top plate by inserting a rotatable a mounting hole with a bolt from the bottom and a pair of fasteners that pinched, the base in parallel with the respective bolt Then, when the fastener is rotated, the fastener is stopped to stop the rotation of the fastener, and a mounting member is configured by a pair of stoppers that vertically face the lower part of the top plate and the flat part of the fastener, place the top of the pedestal into the mounting hole of the ceiling plate, it is operated in the tightening direction of each bolt top plate bottom of each fastening Ingredients rotates, first planar portion is in contact with the respective stopper where facing the top plate lower, then
A faucet mounting device, wherein each fastener rises along a male screw portion of the bolt and clamps the top plate from below to mount the mounting member to the top plate.