JP4709979B2 - Release wire for remote-operated drain plug device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a remotely operated drainage plug device used for opening / closing a drainage outlet of a tank body such as a wash basin or a sink.

As a well-known remote control type drain plug device, there is one shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, for example. A conventional example of the remotely operated drainage apparatus shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 will be described below with reference to the drawings.
7 and FIG. 8, the remote control type drain plug device of the conventional example includes a tank drain port, a drain plug, a valve support member, a release wire, a caulking unit, an operation unit, a holding mechanism unit, an elbow described below. It consists of a member and a tube tube.
In the present embodiment, the tank body uses a bathtub, and an opening for draining drainage is formed on the bottom surface.
The drainage port has a substantially cylindrical shape that constitutes an opening for draining drainage therein, and has an external thread on the outer surface thereof, and is attached to the opening of the tank body.
The drain plug is a member that opens / closes the drain port in a water-tight manner, and constitutes a valve shaft that is configured to hang from the center.
The valve support member is a member that is housed and fixed in the drain port, and houses the shaft portion so as to be able to advance and retreat, and connects a release wire, which will be described later, to the rear end.
The release wire is composed of an outer tube and an inner wire.
The outer tube is configured to have a cylindrical shape and flexibility in the side surface direction for allowing the inner wire to pass through the inner tube so as to freely advance and retract. Further, both end portions of the outer tube constitute an outer end that is integrally formed by projecting outward in a bowl shape, and includes a rotating ring made of a metal material. In this conventional example, the outer tube is made of a tetrafluoroethylene material.
The inner wire is disposed so as to be inserted into the outer tube so as to be able to advance and retreat. In this conventional example, an inner wire in which a metal wire is formed in a spiral shape is used. One end portion is disposed so as to communicate with the drain plug, and the other end communicates with the operation portion.
The caulking portion is made of a metal material and is caulked and fixed to a rotating ring provided at an end portion of the outer tube.
An operation part is a member which operates advance / retreat of the said inner wire, is arrange | positioned at the top | upper surface of the said tank, and is provided with an operation button.
The holding mechanism portion is a member that holds the advancement / retraction of the inner wire, and in this conventional example, it is constituted by a conventionally known thrust lock mechanism and is disposed in the drain outlet.
The elbow member is a part of the drainage pipe for draining the wastewater in the tank to the sewage side. In this conventional example, it is connected to the drainage port and finally drained to the drain trap as appropriate. It is piped by a drain pipe. Moreover, it comprises an insertion port through which the release wire is inserted.
The tube tube is a hollow member that has a cylindrical shape and is rigid in the axial direction and flexible in the side direction. One end is inserted into the operation section, and the other end is inserted into the elbow member. Each mouth is watertightly connected, and a release wire is inserted inside.

As a construction method of the release wire of the remote control type drain plug device of the conventional example, first, an elbow member is connected to the drainage port of the tank body, an operation unit is attached and fixed to the top surface of the upper edge of the bathtub, and the operation unit and The insertion port of the elbow member is watertightly connected through the tube tube.
Further, the release wire is inserted from the operation unit side to the drain port side.
Thereafter, the release wire is pulled up from the drain port side with pliers or the like, the release wire and the holding mechanism are connected, and the holding mechanism is attached to the valve support member.
The valve support member is attached and fixed to the drain port, the drain plug is attached to the valve holding member so that the end of the inner wire communicates, and the operation button is further attached to the operation unit, so that the remote control type drain plug device Construction is complete.

The release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device thus constructed operates as follows. First, an operation is performed on the operation button of the operation unit so that the drain plug closes the drain port, that is, the inner wire is retracted to the operation unit side. When an operation is applied to the operation button from this state and the inner wire is advanced toward the drain port, the tip of the inner wire temporarily rises to function the thrust lock mechanism of the holding mechanism portion directly above, and the thrust lock mechanism The shaft part pushes up the lower end of the valve shaft of the drain plug, and the drain plug rises accordingly, opening the drain port. The inner wire is retracted by the action of a spring incorporated in the release wire and returns to the initial position. Further, this open state is held by a thrust lock mechanism of a holding mechanism portion provided in the drain port.
If the operation button is operated from this state and the inner wire is moved forward again to the drain port side, the tip of the inner wire temporarily rises again, and the thrust lock mechanism of the holding mechanism portion directly above functions and holds. The holding state of the mechanism unit is released. The inner wire is retracted by the action of a spring incorporated in the release wire and returns to the initial position. For this reason, as the shaft portion of the thrust lock mechanism descends, the drain plug also descends to close the drain port. Thereafter, by repeating this operation, the opening and closing of the drain port can be remotely and freely operated by the operation unit.

In addition, as for the flow of drainage of the remote control type drain plug device of the conventional example, when the drain plug of the drain port is open, drainage flows from the drain port to the elbow member, and finally through the drain trap. Drained into sewage. When the drain plug of the drain port is closed, water is stored in the tank.

JP No. 3140312 (FIGS. 2 and 4)

By the way, the release wire of the remote control type drain plug device has the following problems.
1. The release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device often has a complicated position from the operation unit to the drain port, and the two cannot be connected unless a release wire having some flexibility is used.
2. As described in the paragraph 0003, there is a possibility that the release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device may be pulled by a construction worker from the drain port with pliers or the like during construction.
3. In addition, if the tank body is a bathtub, a person enters the inside, and a relatively heavy item such as a bucket containing water enters the inside of the wash bowl. With these heavy objects placed on the drain plug, if you operate the remote-controlled drain plug device to open or close the drain port, a heavy load can be applied in the axial direction of the outer tube There is sex.
4). On the other hand, in the release wire of the conventional remote-operated drain plug device, the outer end is configured integrally with the outer tube, and For this reason, the outer tube is made of a resin having a relatively low tensile strength such as tetrafluoroethylene having flexibility, so that the above 2.3. In such a case, the outer end sometimes breaks due to the applied load or tensile stress. And when such a breakage occurred, the outer end wrinkles disappeared, and it was impossible to attach to the caulking part, and it became a cause that the release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device would not operate normally .

From the above, the release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device of the present invention is
To provide a release wire for a remote-operated drain plug device that can withstand a load during use when a tensile strength is applied during construction and that does not malfunction.

The release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device according to claim 1 is a release wire 3 of the remote-operated drain plug device that opens and closes the drain port 2 of the tank body 1 by remote operation. The outer tube 5 is composed only of a resin layer composed of a cylindrical body having flexibility in the direction, and the inner wire 4 is inserted through the outer tube 5 so as to be movable forward and backward. At least one end portion is formed with a cylindrical portion 7 that protrudes outwardly from the end portion, and an outer end 6 that has an external thread 8 engraved on the outer peripheral surface thereof. , the portion outer end 6 is press-fitted from the outside direction of the outer tube 5, the remote controlled discharge valve device, characterized in that to constitute a caulked portion 9 for caulking a metallic material Les Is Suwaiya.

The release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device according to claim 2 is the release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device according to claim 1, wherein the outer end 6 is made of a metal material. .

The remote-operated drainage device according to any one of claims 1 and 2 , wherein the release wire of the remotely-operated drainage plug device according to claim 3 uses the tank body 1 as a bathtub. It is a release wire of the stopper device.

Release wire remote controlled discharge valve device according to claim 5, wherein the tank body 1, characterized in that the washbowl claim 1 or remotely operated according to any one of claims 2 It is a release wire of a drain plug device.

According to the release wire of the remote control type drain plug device of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the outer end 6 in which the external thread 8 is engraved on the outer peripheral surface is press-fitted into at least one end of the outer tube 5, tensile stress or Even if a load is applied, the outer end 6 is not damaged. Further, since the male screw 8 is configured, the effect is exerted particularly on the portion caused by the tensile stress.
According to the first aspect of the invention, since the portion into which the outer end 6 is press-fitted is swaged and fixed with a metal material from the outer side of the outer tube 5, the outer tube 5 Even if a tensile stress or a load is applied, the flange 7 of the outer end 6 is not damaged.
According to the invention described in claim 2 , since the outer end 6 is made of a metal material, even if a tensile stress or a load is applied to the outer tube 5, the outer end 6 may be damaged rather than being made of a resin material. Disappears.
According to the first aspect of the invention, since the outer tube 5 is made of a resin material, the outer tube 5 itself is flexible even if the position and distance from the operation unit 15 to the drain port 2 are complicated. Because it can be equipped, it is effective.
According to invention of Claim 3 , since the tank 1 was made into the bathtub, the release wire 3 of a remote control type drain plug device can be used for a bathtub.
According to invention of Claim 4 , since the tank 1 was made into the wash bowl, the release wire 3 of a remote control type drain plug device can be used for a wash bowl.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
A remote-operated drain plug device employing the release wire 3 of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 6 includes a tank body 1, a drain port 2, a drain plug 10, a valve support member 12, a release wire 3, The caulking part 9, the operation part 15, the holding mechanism part 11, the elbow member 13, and the tube tube 14 are configured.
The tank body 1 uses a bathtub in this embodiment, and has an opening for draining drainage on the bottom surface.
The drainage port 2 has a substantially cylindrical shape that constitutes an opening for draining drainage therein. The drainage port 2 has a male screw on its outer surface and is attached to the opening of the tank body 1.
The drain plug 10 is a member that opens / closes the drain port 2 in a water-tight manner, and constitutes a valve shaft that hangs down from the center.
The valve support member 12 is a member that is housed and fixed in the drain port 2, and accommodates the shaft portion so as to be able to advance and retreat, and is connected to a later release wire 3.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the release wire 3 includes an outer tube 5 and an inner wire 4.
The outer tube 5 is configured to be cylindrical and flexible in the side surface direction for allowing the inner wire 4 to be inserted and retracted therein, and is made of a resin material made of a tetrafluoroethylene material. Further, at both ends of the outer tube 5, a flange portion 7 protruding outward in the shape of a flange and an outer end 6 made of a metal material with a male screw 8 engraved on the outer peripheral surface thereof are provided by being press-fitted and fixed. With this configuration, even if the outer tube 5 is pulled during construction, the outer end 6 made of metal is press-fitted and fixed to the end of the outer tube 5, so Will not be damaged. Therefore, the tensile strength of the outer tube 5 increases.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the inner wire 4 is disposed so as to be inserted into and retracted from the outer tube 5, and in this embodiment, the inner wire 4 in which a metal wire is formed in a spiral shape is used. To do. Then, one end is disposed so as to communicate with the drain plug 10 and the other end with the operation unit 15.
The caulking portion 9 is made of a metal material, and is a member for caulking and fixing the outer end 6 and the outer tube 5 at the end of the outer tube 5 to connect to the operation portion 15 and the valve support member 12. .
The operation unit 15 is a member that operates the inner wire 4 to move forward and backward. The operation unit 15 is disposed on the top surface of the tank body 1 and includes an operation button 16.
The holding mechanism portion 11 is a member that holds the inner wire 4 forward and backward, and includes a conventionally known thrust lock mechanism in this embodiment. Further, in this embodiment, the holding mechanism portion 11 is attached so as to be in contact with the end portion on the operation portion 15 side of the release wire 3 so as to be disposed in the operation portion 15 unlike the conventional example.
The elbow member 13 is a part of the drainage pipe for draining the drainage in the tank body 1 to the sewage side. In this embodiment, the elbow member 13 is connected to the male screw of the drainage port 2 and finally to the drainage trap. It is appropriately piped with a drain pipe so as to be drained. In addition, an insertion port through which the release wire 3 is inserted is provided.
The tube tube 14 is a hollow member that is cylindrical and has rigidity in the axial direction and flexibility in the side direction, one end being the operation portion 15 and the other being an elbow member. Each of the thirteen insertion ports is watertightly connected, and the release wire 3 is inserted inside.

As a construction method of the release wire 3 of the remote control type drain plug device of the embodiment, first, the elbow member 13 is connected to the drain port 2 of the tank body 1, and the operation unit 15 is attached and fixed to the top surface of the upper edge of the bathtub. Then, the operation unit 15 and the insertion port of the elbow member 13 are connected in a watertight manner via the tube tube 14.
Further, the release wire 3 is inserted from the operation unit 15 side to the drain port 2 side.
Thereafter, the release wire 3 is pulled up from the drain port 2 side with pliers or the like, and the end of the release wire 3 is attached to the valve support member 12.
Then, the valve support member 12 is attached and fixed to the drain port 2, the holding mechanism portion 11 of the release wire 3 on the operation portion 15 side is attached to an appropriate portion of the operation portion 15, and the operation button 16 is attached to the operation portion 15. The construction of the remote-operated drain plug device is completed. Further, during construction, even when the release wire 3 is pulled excessively when the release wire 3 is pulled up from the drain port 2, the outer tube 6 is attached to the outer tube 5 at the end of the outer tube 5 by a male screw 8. Since it is press-fitted and fixed, the flange portion 7 of the outer end 6 is not damaged.

The release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device thus constructed operates as follows. First, the operation button 16 of the operation unit 15 is operated so that the drain plug 10 closes the drain port 2, that is, the inner wire 4 is retracted to the operation unit 15 side (in FIGS. 1 and 5). When an operation is applied to the operation button 16 from this state and the inner wire 4 is advanced to the drain port 2 side, the tip of the inner wire 4 temporarily rises as shown in FIGS. The thrust lock mechanism of the holding mechanism portion 11 in the above is functioned, and the thrust lock mechanism holds the advance of the inner wire 4. As the inner wire 4 advances, the distal end of the inner wire 4 pushes up the lower end of the valve shaft of the drain plug 10, and the drain plug 10 rises accordingly and opens the drain port 2. Further, this open state is held by the thrust lock mechanism of the holding mechanism unit 11 provided in the operation unit 15. (In the case of FIG. 2 and FIG. 6)
When the operation button 16 is operated from this state and the inner wire 4 is advanced again toward the drain port 2 again, the tip of the inner wire 4 temporarily rises again, and the thrust of the holding mechanism portion 11 in the operation portion 15 is increased. The lock mechanism is caused to function, and the holding state of the holding mechanism unit 11 is released. The inner wire 4 is retracted by the action of a spring incorporated in the release wire 3 and returns to the initial position (in FIGS. 1 and 5). For this reason, as the thrust lock mechanism is lowered, the drain plug 10 is also lowered to close the drain port 2. Thereafter, by repeating this operation, the opening and closing of the drain port 2 can be remotely and freely operated by the operation unit 15.
In addition, in the remote-operated drain plug device operated in this way, a relatively heavy item such as a person or a bucket containing water enters the tank body 1, and these heavy items are placed in the drain plug 10. Even if the remote-operated drain plug device is operated to open and close the drain port 2 in the mounted state, as described above, the outer end 6 is a metal material and the outer tube 5 end portion of the outer tube 5, Since it is press-fitted and fixed by the male screw 8, the strength is dramatically improved, and the flange portion 7 of the outer end 6 of the outer tube 5 is not damaged.

In addition, as a flow of drainage of the remote control type drain plug device of the above embodiment, when the drain plug 10 of the drain port 2 is open, drainage flows from the drain port 2 to the elbow member 13 and finally. Drained into sewage through a drain trap. When the drain plug 10 of the drain port 2 is closed, water is stored in the tank body 1.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the claims.
For example, in the above embodiment, the mechanism portion is a thrust lock mechanism, but there is no particular problem as long as the mechanism can hold the release wire 3 forward and backward.
In the embodiment, the outer end 6 is made of a metal material, but there is no problem as long as the material of the outer end 6 is stronger than the material of the outer tube 5.
Moreover, in the said Example, although the holding mechanism part 11 is arrange | positioned at the operation part 15 side, even if it arrange | positions the holding mechanism part 11 at the drain outlet 2 side like a prior art example, there is no problem.
In the above embodiment, the outer tube 5 is made of ethylene tetrafluoride, but there is no particular problem as long as the material is flexible.
Moreover, in the said Example, although the shape of the inner wire was made into the metal spring-like wire, there is no problem even if it uses the wire which comprised the metal more linearly, for example.
Moreover, in the said Example, although the tank 1 is made into the bathtub, there is no problem even if it is a wash bowl etc., for example.

It is sectional drawing at the time of closing of the release wire of this invention. It is sectional drawing at the time of opening of the release wire of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view by the side of the operation part of the release wire of this invention. It is a fragmentary sectional view by the side of the drain outlet of the release wire of the present invention. It is sectional drawing at the time of closing at the time of construction to the bathtub in an Example. It is sectional drawing at the time of opening at the time of construction to the bathtub in an Example. It is sectional drawing which shows the release wire of the remote control type drain plug device of a prior art example. It is a partial expanded sectional view which shows the release wire of the remote control type drain plug device of a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tank body 2 Drain port 3 Release wire 4 Inner wire 5 Outer tube 6 Outer end 7 鍔 part 8 Male screw 9 Clamping part 10 Drain plug 11 Holding mechanism part 12 Valve support member 13 Elbow member 14 Tube pipe 15 Operation part 16 Operation button

Claims (4)

In the release wire 3 of the remote-operated drain plug device that opens and closes the drain port 2 of the tank body 1 by remote control.
The release wire 3 is
An outer tube 5 composed only of a resin layer composed of a cylindrical body having flexibility in the lateral direction;
An inner wire 4 that is inserted in the outer tube 5 so as to freely advance and retract;
And at least one end of the outer tube 5,
It is cylindrical and comprises a flange 7 configured to project outward at the end, and is configured by press-fitting an outer end 6 in which a male screw 8 is engraved on the outer peripheral surface ,
A release wire for a remote-operated drain plug device, characterized in that a caulking portion 9 for caulking and fixing a portion into which the outer end 6 is press-fitted with a metal material from the outside direction of the outer tube 5 is configured . The release wire for a remote-operated drain plug device according to claim 1 , wherein the outer end (6) is made of a metal material. The release wire of the remote-operated drain plug device according to any one of claims 1 and 2 , wherein the tank body 1 is a bathtub. Release wire remote controlled discharge valve device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the tank body 1, and a wash bowl.

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