JP4739991B2 - Water faucet installation structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an installation structure for a faucet installed on a counter in a bathroom.

Conventionally, in the single lever type faucet disclosed in Patent Document 1, the water discharge flow rate can be adjusted by operating the lever up and down, and the temperature of the hot water can be adjusted by rotating the lever in the horizontal direction. The horizontal operation to the high temperature discharge side is configured to be possible, and when it reaches a position where hot water of a predetermined temperature is discharged, the rotation is restricted by the stopper, and it can be moved to a position where higher temperature is discharged. When the push button provided on the lever is pressed, the restriction state of the stopper is released, and the lever can be rotated to a position where hot water of a predetermined temperature or higher is discharged. It is configured as follows.
Utility Model Registration No. 2563245

  In the conventional single lever type faucet disclosed in Patent Document 1, a push button is provided at the end of the lever to release the restriction state of the stopper. When operating, there is a problem that there is a possibility of an erroneous operation of pushing the push button.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a water faucet installation structure that does not cause an erroneous operation. Claim 1 is a cylindrical shape on the upper surface of a bathroom counter. The temperature control handle is provided, and a lever that protrudes substantially horizontally is provided on the temperature control handle, and a thermostat faucet that can adjust the mixed water temperature by rotating the temperature control handle in the horizontal direction is installed. In structure
The said lever is to while pushing up from below, a button can cancel the rotation restriction of the high temperature water discharge side by Rukoto rotate the handle is provided.

  A second aspect of the present invention is that the button having substantially the same length as the lever is provided below the lever.

  Moreover, Claim 3 is that the said counter is a basin stand.

In the present invention, a cylindrical temperature control handle is disposed on the upper surface of a bathroom counter, and a lever that protrudes substantially horizontally is provided on the temperature control handle, and mixing is performed by rotating the temperature control handle in the horizontal direction. in installation structure of the adjustable and the thermostat faucet water temperature, the said lever, while pushing up from the bottom, the buttons may cancel the rotation restriction of the high temperature water discharge side by Rukoto by rotating the handle provided Therefore, during normal temperature adjustment operation, you can grab the handle and lever from above and rotate it in the horizontal direction and operate it well. The button will not be pressed by mistake and will not cause an incorrect operation, and only when releasing the restriction of rotation to the high temperature discharge side, the button can be operated by changing the position of the hand from below. A free faucet.

  In addition, since the button having the same length as the lever is provided under the lever, the lever and the button have a sense of unity, and the design is improved.

  In addition, since the counter is a basin stand, the basin can be satisfactorily placed on the upper surface of the counter and used in a bathroom.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of the bathroom, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the bathroom.
A bathtub 2 is installed in the bathroom 1, and a counter 4 constituting a basin table on which the basin can be placed is placed on the wall surface on the side of the washing place 3, and above the counter 4, A water discharge port 5 is disposed, and a flow rate / switching handle 6 for switching between a flow rate of water discharged from the water discharge port 5 and a shower, and a temperature control handle 7 capable of adjusting the water discharge temperature are disposed on the counter 4. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the thermostat faucet body 8 incorporating the thermostat is concealed in the counter 4, and the flow rate / switching handle 6 and the temperature control handle 7 are exposed on the upper surface of the counter 4. It is what is done.
The thermostat faucet body 8 is provided with a hot water supply section 9 into which hot water is introduced and a water supply section 10 into which water is introduced. The amount of water entering from the hot water supply section 9 and the water entering from the water supply section 10 is mixed. Is adjusted by rotating the temperature control handle 7 in the horizontal direction to adjust the water discharge temperature.

Further, the thermostat faucet main body 8 is provided with a water discharge outlet 11, and water discharged from the water discharge outlet 11 is discharged from the water outlet 5.
Further, the water discharge whose temperature has been adjusted is also introduced to the shower hose connecting portion 13 by being switched by the flow rate / switching handle 6, and the shower hose 14 is connected to the shower hose connecting portion 13. A hand shower 15 is attached to the tip of the shower hose 14.

FIG. 4 is an internal structure diagram of the faucet body and the temperature control handle, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional configuration diagram of a portion of the temperature control handle.
In the faucet body 8, a thermostat portion 8a is built, and a gear 22 connected to the shaft of the thermostat portion 8a protrudes upward from the center portion of the base 12 installed on the counter 4, and this A temperature control handle 7 is attached to the outer periphery of the gear 22 by serration fitting, and the temperature control handle 7 is fixed to the shaft of the thermostat portion 8a with a screw 23.
Accordingly, the gear 22 is rotated by rotating the temperature control handle 7 in the horizontal direction, whereby the thermostat portion 8a is adjusted, and hot water having the temperature adjusted in the thermostat portion 8a is generated. . The pedestal 12 is provided with a temperature scale, and can be adjusted by rotating the temperature control handle 7 to a desired temperature.

The upper end side of the temperature control handle 7 is covered with a cap 21, and a substantially horizontal lever 17 is provided so as to protrude integrally from the outer periphery of the temperature control handle 7 on the cap 21 side. An upper moving member 19 is provided so as to be movable up and down, and a button 18 is attached to the lower portion of the upper moving member 19 via engagement claws 18a and 18a.
The button 18 is configured to be pushed upward from the lower side, and the button 18 has substantially the same length as the lever 17 and is configured to have a sense of unity with the lever 17.

A pressing convex portion 17b is integrally formed downward from the upper surface 17a of the lever 17, and the leaf spring 20 is disposed on the upper surface side of the upper moving member 19 while being pressed by the pressing convex portion 17b. The upward moving member 19 and the button 18 are always urged downward by the urging force 20.
The illustrated right end of the upper moving member 19 is a hanging piece 19a that hangs downward. The hanging piece 19a is arranged so as to move up and down along the inner peripheral wall 7a of the temperature control handle 7. In addition, a stopper piece 19b is integrally formed at the lower end of the hanging piece 19a so as to extend further downward.

The stopper piece 19b moves on a pedestal guide ring 16 fixed in the pedestal 12 as shown in a schematic perspective view of FIG. 6, and protrudes upward on the upper surface of the pedestal guide ring 16 to project the first step portion 16a. The second step portion 16b that protrudes further upward is integrally formed, a regulating wall S1 having a hot water temperature of 40 ° C. is formed on the end surface of the first step portion 16a, and the end surface of the second step portion 19b. A regulating wall S2 having a hot water temperature of 40 ° C. is formed.
In such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 7, the normal adjustment of the hot water temperature is performed by rotating the temperature adjustment handle 7 in the horizontal direction while holding the temperature adjustment handle 7 and the lever 17 from above. Can be operated.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the vertical height a between the washing area 3 and the upper surface of the counter 4 is set to 357 mm, and the temperature control handle 7 is disposed at a substantially waist height position of 400 mm or less. During normal operation, the temperature control handle 7 and the lever 17 are gripped and operated from above by hand. Therefore, during a normal temperature adjustment operation, the hand does not touch the button 18 and no malfunction occurs.
When the temperature control handle 7 is rotated to the high temperature water discharge side, the stopper piece 19b comes into contact with the 40 ° C. regulation wall S1 of the first step portion 16a, and the rotation is regulated at this position, and further to the high temperature side. Can no longer be rotated, and 40 ° C. hot water is discharged.

In addition, when it is desired to discharge a hot water temperature of 40 ° C. or higher as necessary, the direction of the hand is changed, and the button 18 and the lever 17 are picked from the lower side by hand, and are sandwiched between the clothespins as shown in FIG. It is possible to operate by pushing the button 18 upward by such an operation method. In this case, the upper moving member 19 is moved upward together with the button 18, and the stopper piece 19b is placed on the first step portion 16a. In this state, it can be further rotated to the high temperature water discharge side.
The stopper piece 19b is in contact with the regulating wall S2 having a hot water temperature of 45 ° C., and cannot be rotated to a higher temperature side.

  As described above, in the normal temperature control operation, the button 18 is not touched by a finger and is difficult to be operated erroneously. When the button 18 is consciously operated, the button is held in a different manner as shown in FIG. 18 will be operated, and it can be favorably operated by picking it with a finger.

It is a plane block diagram of a bathroom. It is a front block diagram which shows the inside of a bathroom. It is a block diagram of a thermostat type faucet body and a handle. It is an internal structure figure of a faucet body and a temperature control handle. It is the cross-sectional block diagram which expanded the part of the temperature control handle. It is a schematic perspective view of the part which formed the 1st step part and 2nd step part which a stopper piece contact | abuts. It is operation explanatory drawing at the time of normal temperature adjustment operation. It is operation explanatory drawing at the time of operating a button consciously.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathroom 3 Washing place 4 Counter 5 Water outlet 6 Flow rate / switching handle 7 Temperature control handle 8 Thermostat faucet body 9 Hot water supply part 10 Water supply part 11 Water discharge outlet part 12 Base 13 Shower hose connection part 16 Base guide ring 16a First step part 16b Second step portion 17 Lever 17a Upper surface 17b Pressing convex portion 18 Button 18a Engaging claw 19 Upper moving member 19a Hanging piece 19b Stopper piece 20 Leaf spring 22 Gear S1 Restriction wall of hot water temperature 40 ° C S2 Restriction wall of hot water temperature 45 ° C

Claims (3)

A cylindrical temperature control handle is provided on the upper surface of the bathroom counter. The temperature control handle is provided with a lever that protrudes substantially horizontally, and the temperature of the mixed water is adjusted by rotating the temperature control handle in the horizontal direction. In the thermostat faucet installation structure that was made possible,
The said lever, while pushing up from below, installation structure of a faucet, wherein a button capable of releasing the rotation restriction of the high temperature water discharge side is provided by Rukoto by rotating the handle.   The faucet installation structure according to claim 1, wherein the button having the same length as the lever is provided under the lever.   The faucet installation structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the counter is a basin stand.

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