JP4553653B2 - Water faucet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a faucet attached to a wash basin or a sink.

  For example, in the case of disposing a faucet for supplying hot water on a counter such as a wash basin or a sink, in order to fix the faucet to the counter, in Patent Document 1, an attachment hole drilled in the counter is used. On the other hand, the hot water pipe connected to the lower part of the faucet, the water pipe and the mounting shaft for fixing the faucet are inserted, the lower end of the main body is seated on the counter, and then the fixed washer and the spacer tube are attached to the mounting shaft. Extrapolated from below, the fixed washer is placed so as to embrace the mounting shaft, hot water supply pipe and water supply pipe. Then, by tightening the nut from the lower part of the counter by screwing it onto the male thread part formed on the mounting shaft, the fixed washer receives the restraining force of the nut through the spacer tube, and its upper surface abuts against the lower surface of the counter As a result, the main body and the fixed washer pinch the upper and lower surfaces of the counter, thereby fixing the faucet to the counter.

JP-A-8-226148

  In the case of Patent Document 1, the wash bowl is housed inside the counter, but there is a type of wash stand in which the wash bowl is installed on the upper surface of the counter. When trying to fix to the main body, since the total length of the faucet is short, the spout position of the hot water becomes low, and a cylindrical socket must be attached to the main body to lengthen the total length of the faucet. Moreover, in order to fix the faucet to the counter, it is necessary to lengthen the mounting shaft in response to the length of the faucet being increased. It had to be replaced and the work was cumbersome.

  In addition, there is a faucet that does not have a socket attached to the main body, and a socket that is not attached to the main body. There is a method of manufacturing faucets with different mounting shaft lengths depending on the attached faucet, but this requires poor preparation and management is difficult because it is necessary to prepare multiple types of faucets. Met.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art, and its purpose is a faucet without a socket attached to the main body and a faucet with a socket attached to the main body. Any of the faucets can be used as it is without changing the mounting shaft connected to the main body.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a pedestal disposed at an upper portion of a mounting hole drilled in a counter of a wash basin or a sink, a faucet body attached to the upper portion of the pedestal, and a faucet body. A mounting shaft that is connected and inserted through the mounting hole; a washer that is seated on the periphery of the mounting hole from below and through which the mounting shaft is inserted; and a fixture that is screwed onto the mounting shaft from below the washer. A faucet fixed with a counter sandwiched between a pedestal and a washer, and a height adjusting socket is freely mountable between the faucet body and the pedestal, and a mounting shaft and a fixture. An extension shaft can be freely mounted between the two.

  In the water faucet of the present invention, it can be used as it is without removing the mounting shaft connected to the main body in any of the state where the socket is not attached to the main body and the case where the socket is attached to the main body. The workability can be greatly improved. Further, since it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of kinds of faucets as in the prior art, productivity is improved.

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

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the wash basin 1 has a wash bowl 3 made of ceramic or metal on the upper surface of the counter 2, and a faucet 10 is fixed to the counter 2 near the wash bowl 3. Yes. The wash bowl 3 is hemispherical and has a drain port 4 at the center of the bottom. Hot water discharged from the faucet 10 flows out of the drain port 4 and is connected to the lower part of the drain port 4. It is discharged to the outside through 5.

  The faucet 10 is a two-handle type, a faucet body 11 to which a mounting shaft 16 for fixing the faucet 10 and an extension shaft 21 are connected, and a hot water supply pipe H and a water supply pipe provided on the left and right sides of the faucet body 11. Handles 14 and 14 as operation units for adjusting the hot water supplied from C, the flow rate and temperature of water, and a water discharge pipe 15 through which hot water adjusted by the operation of the handles 14 and 14 is discharged. It is. In addition, the faucet 10 is disposed at the upper part of the mounting hole 6 drilled in the counter 2, and is fixed by inserting a washer 51 from the lower part of the counter 2 into the extension shaft 21 inserted through the mounting hole 6. The tool 61 is fixed to the counter 2 by screwing it onto the extension shaft 21 and sandwiching the counter 2 between the faucet body 11 and the washer 51.

  The faucet body 11 is formed in a substantially W shape by combining cylindrical shapes, and a cylindrical storage chamber 12 is formed inside. In the storage chamber 12, a hot water supply pipe H and a water supply pipe C are stored side by side, and the tips of the hot water supply pipe H and the water supply pipe C are connected to the lower part of the faucet body 11. Between the hot water supply pipe H and the water supply pipe C, an attachment shaft 16 for fixing the faucet 10 having a male screw portion 17 formed at the tip is accommodated. The tip of the attachment shaft 16 is the tip of the faucet body 11. An extension shaft 21, which will be described later, is connected to the lower end of the mounting shaft 16. An annular recess 13 is formed on the bottom surface of the faucet body 11, and a socket 31 is fitted in the recess 13.

  The extension shaft 21 is used only when the socket 31 is attached to the faucet body 11, and includes a cylindrical large-diameter portion 22 having a female screw portion 23 that is screwed with the male screw portion 17 of the mounting shaft 16, and an attachment. The shaft 16 is formed of a small-diameter portion 24 having a male screw portion 25 having the same shape as the male screw portion 17, and the total length thereof is longer than the total length of the socket 31. In addition, a hexagonal column-shaped tool locking portion 26 protrudes from the tip of the small diameter portion 24.

  The socket 31 is attached to the faucet body 11 to adjust the overall length of the faucet 10, and the shape thereof is a cylindrical shape having the same diameter as the outer diameter of the faucet body 11, with a partition slightly above the center. As shown in FIG. 4, a plate 32 is formed so as to protrude on the inner periphery, and as shown in FIG. Are formed respectively. An annular projecting portion 34 is formed on the upper surface of the socket 31 so as to protrude upward. The projecting portion 34 is fitted into the recessed portion 13 of the faucet body 11. A concave groove 35 is formed in an annular shape on the lower surface of the socket 31, and a pedestal 41 is fitted in the concave groove 35.

  The pedestal 41 has a thin plate shape larger than the outer diameter of the socket 31, and an opening 42 is formed through the top and bottom of the center 41, and a positioning piece 43 is formed on the periphery of the opening 42 so as to protrude downward. Yes. The positioning piece 43 is annular and has an outer diameter that is substantially the same as that of the mounting hole 6 formed in the counter 2. Further, a convex portion 44 that fits into the concave groove 35 of the socket 31 is formed on the upper surface of the base 41 so as to protrude upward. The convex portion 44 and the convex portion 34 of the socket 31 have the same shape. When the socket 31 is not attached to the faucet body 11, the convex portion 44 of the base 41 is fitted into the concave portion 13 of the faucet body 11. In combination, it can also be used as a faucet with a short overall length.

  The washer 51 has a substantially semicircular thin plate shape that can cover the outer peripheral edge of the mounting hole 6 of the counter 2, and holds the hot water supply pipe H, the water supply pipe C and the mounting shaft 16 or the extension shaft 21 at the lower part of the counter 2. It is arranged so that

  The fixture 61 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and has an inner peripheral surface at one end formed with a female screw portion 62 that is screwed to the male screw portion 17 of the mounting shaft 16 or the male screw portion 25 of the extension shaft 21. A hexagonal tool locking portion 63 is formed.

In the above configuration, the structure for attaching the faucet to the counter will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in the wash basin 1a in which the wash bowl 3a is accommodated inside the counter 2a, there is sufficient space between the wash bowl 3a and the water discharge pipe 15 of the faucet 10. It is not necessary to lengthen the overall length, and the state in which the socket 31 is not attached to the faucet body 11, that is, the faucet 10 is used as a normal form. In this case, in order to attach the faucet 10 to the counter 2a, first, the convex portion 44 of the base 41 and the concave portion of the faucet body 11 are connected to the faucet body 11 to which the hot water supply pipe H, the water supply pipe C, and the attachment shaft 16 are connected. 13 and the base 41 is attached to the lower part of the faucet body 11.

Next, the positioning piece 43 of the base 41 is inserted into the mounting hole 6a drilled in the counter 2a, and the hot water supply pipe H, the water supply pipe C, and the mounting shaft 16 are inserted below the mounting hole 6a. Then, the washer 51 is inserted into the mounting shaft 16 from the lower part of the counter 2 a, the fixture 61 is screwed to the mounting shaft 16 using a tool such as a monkey, and the counter 2 a is formed by the faucet body 11 and the washer 51. The water faucet 10 is fixed to the counter 2a.

  However, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, in the wash basin 1 in which the wash bowl 3 is installed on the upper surface of the counter 2, the faucet 10 has a short overall length in a normal form, and the wash bowl 3 a and the faucet 10 Since there is no sufficient space between the water discharge pipe 15 and the water faucet 15, the function as a water faucet cannot be performed sufficiently.

  In this case, in order to attach the faucet 10 to the counter 2, first, the hot water supply pipe H, the water supply pipe C, and the attachment shaft 16 are connected to the faucet body 11 to which the hot water supply pipe H, the water supply pipe C, and the attachment shaft 16 are connected. Is inserted into the insertion holes 33, 33a, 33b of the partition plate 32 of the socket 31, and the convex portion 34 of the socket 31 and the concave portion 13 of the faucet body 11 are fitted to each other to mount the socket 31. Then, the extension shaft 21 is screwed to the mounting shaft 16 using a tool such as a wrench.

Next, the pedestal 41 is attached to the lower portion of the socket 31 by fitting the convex portion 44 of the pedestal 41 with the concave groove 35 of the socket 31. Then, the positioning piece 43 of the base 41 is inserted into the mounting hole 6 formed in the counter 2, and the hot water supply pipe H, the water supply pipe C, and the extension shaft 21 are inserted below the mounting hole 6. Then, the washer 51 is inserted into the extension shaft 21 from the lower part of the counter 2, the fixture 61 is screwed onto the mounting shaft 16 using a tool such as a monkey, and the counter 2 is sandwiched between the base 41 and the washer 51. Thus, the faucet 10 is attached to the counter 2.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
In the faucet of the present invention, the attachment connected to the faucet body 11 in both the case where the socket 31 is not attached to the faucet body 11 and the case where the socket 31 is attached to the faucet body 11. Since it can be used as it is without removing the shaft 16, the workability can be greatly improved. Further, since it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of kinds of faucets 10 as in the prior art, productivity is improved.

  In the present embodiment, the faucet has been described as a two-handle type, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a single lever type faucet, a single faucet, a thermostat type faucet, etc. may be used.

It is a side view of the state where the faucet with which the socket was mounted | worn with the main body was fixed to the counter by the attachment structure of this invention. It is a front view of FIG. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of FIG. It is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG. It is a side view of the state where the faucet without the socket attached to the main body is fixed to the counter. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

2: counter 6: mounting hole 10: faucet 11: faucet body 16: mounting shaft 21: extension shaft 31: socket 41: pedestal 51: washer 61: fixture

Claims (1)

A pedestal disposed at the top of the mounting hole drilled in the counter of the sink or sink, a faucet body mounted on the top of the pedestal, and an attachment connected to the faucet body and inserted through the mounting hole A shaft, a washer that is seated on the periphery of the mounting hole from below and through which the mounting shaft is inserted, and a fixture that is screwed onto the mounting shaft from below the washer. The counter is sandwiched between the base and the washer. In the faucet to be fixed by wearing, a height adjusting socket can be mounted between the faucet body and the base, and an extension shaft can be mounted between the mounting shaft and the fixture. A faucet characterized by that.

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