JP5982658B2 - Faucet with cover - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a faucet with a cover with a crank leg.

Conventionally, mixed faucets with walls with crank legs have been widely used in which the body body of the faucet body is made of a metal casting and the valve part and other faucet mechanism parts are built inside. Yes.
In this type of faucet, the faucet body can be supported by a pair of water-side and hot-water-side crank legs attached to the wall in a connected state to the original piping behind the wall.
Also, by rotating the pair of left and right crank legs on the water side and hot water side in a direction parallel to the wall surface, adjusting the rotation angle, and adjusting the screwing amount of the pair of crank legs into the original pipe, respectively, Adjust the position of the faucet to a horizontal position, make the gap between the faucet body and the wall equal to the left and right (left and right in the front view as seen from the user), or between the connection parts of the faucet body with the pair of left and right crank legs And the gap between the connecting portions of the wall-side water and hot water source pipes can be absorbed.

  By the way, in the case of a conventional faucet, the metal body body made of a metal casting forms the faucet appearance as it is, and in order to improve the design of the faucet, the outer surface of the body body is generally plated in the past. To give the exterior a beautiful finish.

  However, in this case, in order to achieve a good appearance, extra body is attached to the body body, the outer surface is flattened, the plating process is performed after the polishing process is performed, and thus the body body is inevitably heavy. Construction work is difficult, and the amount of casting material used is increased, and polishing and plating processes are required, resulting in high costs.

  In addition, in order to prevent burns when the user touches the main body, a water jacket structure is provided on the main body, and water is circulated there. Complicated and heavy.

Such a problem can be solved by a water faucet with a cover in which the faucet body is covered with a cover.
Specifically, in the case of a faucet with a cover, there is no need to attach excess meat to the main body of the faucet so that the cover has the appearance of a faucet and to form its outer surface into a flat shape without irregularities. Good weight can be reduced.
In addition, the cover can prevent the user from directly touching the main body, and the water jacket structure conventionally provided on the main body can be omitted.
Furthermore, in the faucet with a cover, it is possible to give the faucet various appearances by changing the type of the cover.

By the way, in the conventional faucet with a cover with a crank leg of the type which attaches a faucet main body to a wall with a crank leg, only a faucet main body is covered with a cover and the crank leg is exposed.
For example, the following Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 disclose such a faucet with a cover with a crank leg.

  In the conventional faucet with a cover that exposes the crank leg in this way, the cover is attached to the faucet body in advance at the factory production stage, and the faucet body with the cover is attached to the wall with the crank leg at the construction site. There is an advantage that the installation can be performed and the installation is easy.

  However, in the case of such a faucet with a cover, the crank leg is exposed to the outside and forms part of the faucet appearance when the faucet is installed. The legs must be plated to give the appearance a beautiful finish, and the processing for that is expensive.

  In addition, if the crank leg is exposed to the outside when the faucet is installed, the crank leg has a complicated bent shape, which complicates the appearance of the faucet and makes the crank leg dirty. In addition, the crank leg has a complicated bent shape as described above, and is difficult to clean and tends to remain dirty, which deteriorates the appearance of the faucet.

Therefore, it is conceivable that such a pair of crank legs on the water side and hot water side are covered with a cover from the outside so as to be hidden inside together with the faucet body.
However, in this case, a gap occurs between the end of the cover on the wall side and the wall due to construction errors such as variation in the amount of screwing into the wall of the crank leg, and this gap is a factor that impairs the aesthetics of the faucet. .

The following Patent Document 3 shows a faucet with a cover, in which a gap formed between the wall-side end of the faucet cover (30) and the wall is concealed by the end cover (50). The points made are disclosed.
However, the one disclosed in Patent Document 3 is to conceal the gap by positioning the end cover outside the outer surface of the faucet cover (30). In this case, the faucet cover (30 ) Is located on the outside of the stepped shape and appears on the outside, and the stepped portion becomes conspicuous in appearance, detracting from the faucet's appearance and reducing the quality of the faucet. End up.

In addition, the one disclosed in Patent Document 3 adjusts the orientation of the faucet body to a horizontal posture by adjusting the rotation angle of the pair of crank legs and adjusting the screwing amount to the original pipe behind the wall, The gap between the main body and the wall is made equal to the left and right, or the gap between the connection between the pair of left and right crank legs in the faucet body and the gap between the connection of the water and hot water main pipe on the wall side is absorbed. In addition, there is no problem that the size of the gap between the faucet cover (30) and the wall varies depending on the variation in the screwing amount of the crank leg into the original pipe.
Furthermore, what is disclosed in Patent Document 3 is to fix the faucet body to the wall with the faucet cover (30), which is different from the present invention in these respects.

JP 2011-219959 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-183527 JP 2001-207495 A

  The present invention is based on the circumstances as described above, and can solve the problem that the aesthetics of the faucet deteriorates due to the gap between the cover and the wall that arises during installation of the faucet. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a faucet with a cover with a crank leg that can make the faucet look good.

  Thus, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a crank leg comprising a faucet body, a pair of water-side and hot-water crank legs for fixing the faucet body to a wall, and a cover covering the faucet body. A water faucet with a cover, wherein the cover conceals a gap formed between a body cover that covers the faucet body together with the pair of crank legs, and a wall-side end of the body cover and the wall. A gap cover, and the gap cover is provided in the faucet main body including the crank leg and the faucet body fixed to the wall via the crank leg and the body cover. It is characterized by being held inside the main body cover by a slide holding part so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction toward the wall.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the gap cover is fixed to the faucet main body in a state in which the position of the gap cover is adjusted to conceal the gap. A fixed portion is provided at a position on the upper surface cover portion side of the main body cover that covers the faucet main body and the crank leg from above, and in the fixed portion, the gap cover is provided on a fixing portion provided mainly on the faucet. It is supposed to be fixed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first and second aspects, the body cover covers the faucet body from the side together with the pair of crank legs. Engaging portions on the inner surface of each of the side surface cover portions, and engaging the gap cover at a position corresponding to the engaging portion in the left-right direction with respect to the engaging portion. An engaged portion is provided, and the pair of side surface cover portions are restrained in the left-right direction by engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the gap cover is provided with a pressed portion extending in a direction along the wall, and the main body cover includes the faucet body. In addition, the lower surface cover portion that covers the crank leg from the lower side is provided with an opening that allows the pressed portion to be pressed toward the wall.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, a claw that prevents the gap cover from being removed is provided on one of the gap cover and the faucet main body, and the claw is provided on the other side in the direction in which the gap is removed. It is characterized in that a latching part for latching is provided.

Effects and effects of the invention

As described above, the cover-equipped faucet with a crank leg according to the present invention includes a main body cover that covers the faucet body together with a pair of crank legs, and a gap that conceals a gap generated between the wall-side end of the main body cover and the wall. It has nothing to have a cover, and the gap cover is slidably held inside the main body cover, and in the faucet with a cover of the present invention, the crank leg can be hidden inside the cover, It is possible to omit the plating process on the crank leg.
In addition, it is easy to get dirty on the crank leg, and it is difficult to clean the dirt, so it is easy to keep the crank leg dirty, which can solve the problem of worsening the faucet's aesthetics. The aesthetics of the faucet can be enhanced.
Also, the hot water-side crank leg can be covered inside the cover, so the user may touch the hot water-side crank leg with unintentional movements and may be hot or in some cases burned. Can also be eliminated.

  In addition, in the faucet with a cover of the present invention, when a gap is generated between the main body cover and the wall when the faucet is installed, the gap cover is slid to the wall side and brought into contact with the wall, The gap between the walls can be hidden.

Moreover, in the faucet with a cover according to the present invention, since the gap cover is held inside the main body cover, the water faucet body and the main body cover fixed to the wall via the crank leg and the crank leg in detail are included. Because the slide holding part provided on the water faucet main body is slidably held in the front / rear direction (front / rear direction toward the wall) inside the main body cover, the end part on the wall side of the main body cover is viewed from the outer surface side. As in the case of covering the gap with the gap cover, the gap cover protrudes in a stepped shape from the outer surface of the main body cover, and the end surface of the gap cover appears outside, or the joint between the main body cover and the gap cover This prevents the problem that the water faucet becomes conspicuous and deteriorates the appearance of the faucet, and the faucet can be installed on the wall with a good appearance. In addition, the quality of the faucet can be improved in the installed state.
Here, the faucet main body can include a rigid bracket made of metal or the like fixed to the faucet body.

  In the present invention, the gap cover is fixed to the faucet main body, and a fixed portion is provided in the gap cover at a position on the upper surface cover portion side of the main body cover, and the gap cover is attached to the faucet at the fixed portion. It can fix to the fixing | fixed part of a main body (Claim 2).

When the gap cover that is slidable inside the main body cover is fixed to the faucet main body after concealing the gap between the main body cover and the wall, the gap cover is fixed to the main body cover with the fixing part as a fulcrum during construction. When the relative rotation is performed, the rotation angle of the upper surface portion of the gap cover with the fixed portion as a fulcrum is increased when the fixed portion is at a position far away from the upper surface cover portion.
As a result, the upper surface of the gap cover is relatively inclined with respect to the upper surface cover portion of the main body cover, and the gap cover is largely inclined to create a gap between the gap cover and the wall. It becomes a factor which worsens the aesthetics of the stopper.

However, if the gap cover is fixed to the main body cover at the position on the upper surface cover part side, the fixing part of the gap cover that serves as a fulcrum of rotation will be close to the upper surface cover part, so the gap cover is relative to the main body cover. The upper surface of the main body cover with respect to the upper surface of the main body cover, the inclination of the upper surface of the gap cover can be suppressed to be small, and the gap between the gap cover and the wall can be prevented, or the gap can be made as much as possible. Therefore, the aesthetic appearance of the faucet installed state can be maintained well.
Here, the position on the side of the upper surface cover means a position above half of the total height of the main body cover, but is preferably as close to the upper surface cover as possible.

Next, according to a third aspect of the present invention, the main body cover includes a pair of left and right side cover parts, an engagement part is provided on each inner surface of the pair of side cover parts, and an engagement part is provided at a position corresponding to the gap cover. And the pair of side surface cover portions are restrained in the left-right direction by the engagement between the engaging portions and the engaged portions.
For example, when the main body cover is a resin molded product, the molded product, that is, the main body cover may be warped and deformed in the direction in which the pair of side surface cover portions are opened during molding.
If the main body cover is deformed in such a manner, the finished state of construction deteriorates and the aesthetics of the faucet deteriorates.

However, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the pair of side cover portions are restrained in the left-right direction by the engagement between the engaging portion provided on the side cover portion of the main body cover and the engaged portion of the gap cover. The main body cover can be prevented from warping and deforming in the direction in which the cover portion opens, and the main body cover can be held in a good shape regardless of the molding conditions.
As a result, the aesthetic appearance of the faucet installed state can be maintained well.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the gap cover is provided with a pressed portion extending in the direction along the wall, and the main body cover is provided with an opening in the lower surface cover portion. Attach the legs to the wall, and connect and fix the faucet body to the crank leg, and then attach the body cover, then insert a finger etc. from the opening of the body cover to place the pressed part on the wall The gap cover that is slidable and pressed can be pressed against the wall.
In other words, the work of pressing the gap cover against the wall can be easily performed, and a gap is generated between the gap cover and the wall due to the difficulty of the work, or the gap varies. Can be prevented.
In particular, when fixing the gap cover to the faucet main body in contact with such a wall, press the pressed part through the opening with one hand (finger) and press the gap cover against the wall. Fixing the gap cover in a state where the gap cover is partially separated from the wall during the fixing work and a gap is created between the wall and the wall. Can be prevented.

  Next, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a claw for preventing the gap cover from being pulled out is provided on one of the gap cover and the faucet main body, and a latching portion for latching the claw in the removal direction is provided on the other side. According to No. 5, when installing a faucet with a cover on the wall at the installation site, the gap cover that is slidably held inside the main body cover falls off, making it difficult to perform the work, or the gap due to the removal. It is possible to prevent the cover from being damaged, to improve the workability of construction, and to prevent the gap cover from being damaged due to falling off.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the water tap with a cover with a crank leg of one embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the water tap with a cover shown in the direction different from FIG. It is a bottom view of the faucet with a cover of FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view of the water tap with a cover shown in the direction different from FIG. It is the figure which showed the water faucet with a cover of FIG. 1 in the state which removed the cover. It is the figure which showed the state which connected the crank leg to the main body in the water tap with a cover of FIG. It is the figure which decomposed | disassembled and showed the cover of the faucet with a cover of FIG. 1 with the faucet body. It is the figure which showed the upper cover in the water tap with a cover of FIG. It is the figure which showed the lower cover in the water tap with a cover of FIG. It is the figure which showed the clearance gap cover in the water tap with a cover of FIG. It is the figure which showed the upper cover and clearance gap cover of FIG. 1 in the assembly | attachment state. It is explanatory drawing of the construction procedure of the faucet with a cover of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the construction procedure following FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the construction procedure following FIG. It is action | operation explanatory drawing of the clearance gap cover in the water tap with a cover of FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view of the water tap with a cover with a crank leg of other embodiments of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the water faucet with a cover of FIG. 16 in the state which removed the main body cover. It is the figure which showed the water faucet with a cover of Drawing 16 from the bottom side in the state where a crank leg was removed. It is the figure which showed the bracket and clearance gap cover of the faucet with a cover of FIG. It is the figure which showed the fixing structure of the cover in the faucet with a cover of FIG.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4, reference numeral 10 denotes a wall-covered water faucet (mixed water faucet) (hereinafter simply referred to as a water faucet) having a crank leg, which forms a housing as shown in FIG. A water faucet body 14 having a temperature control valve unit, a switching valve unit and other faucet mechanisms inside the main body 12, a main water supply pipe piped on the back of the wall W (see FIG. 5), and a hot water supply pipe Water supply pipe for supplying water and hot water from the main pipe to the faucet body 14, a water-side crank leg 16 also serving as a hot water supply pipe, a hot water-side crank leg 18, and a cover for enclosing them (here In this case, the resin 20 is made up.
Here, the main body 12 is made of a metal casting. However, the outer surface is not polished or plated, and the outer surface is left as it is.

  In this embodiment, the cover 20 is covered downward on the faucet body 14 as shown in FIG. 7, and covers the faucet body 14 together with the pair of water-side and hot water-side crank legs 16 and 18 from above. A main body cover 21 comprising an upper cover 42 and a lower cover 44 as a cover for covering the faucet main body 14 together with the pair of crank legs 16 and 18, and the main body cover 21, more specifically on the wall W side of the upper cover 42. A gap cover 46 that conceals the gap between the end and the wall W is provided.

  The faucet body 14 is fixed to the wall W by a pair of crank legs 16 and 18, and the body cover 21 including the upper cover 42 and the lower cover 44 is fixed to the faucet body 14. In this embodiment, the pair of crank legs 16, 18, the faucet body 14, and the body cover 21 including the upper cover 42 and the lower cover 44 constitute the faucet main body 15.

As shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 4 and 5, the crank legs 16 and 18 are made of male threaded pipes that are threadedly connected to the original piping behind the wall W and project from the wall W in the horizontal direction. A tube body 22 and a tube body 24 bent at a right angle in a direction parallel to the wall surface are provided, and a cap nut 26 is provided at the tip of the tube body 24.
Here, the pair of pipe bodies 24 in the water-side crank leg 16 and the hot water-side crank leg 18 have a letter C shape in a front view.
The cap nut 24 is screw-connected by the cap nut 26 to a water-side and hot-water side connection port 28 provided on the faucet body 14, more specifically, the body body 12, having an external thread on the outer peripheral surface.
Here, each of the cap nut 26 and the connection port 28 has its axis lined in a direction perpendicular to the wall W (strictly, its wall surface).

That is, in this embodiment, the faucet body 14 has a connection port 28 formed by a cap nut 26 with respect to the crank legs 16, 18 after attaching the pair of water-side and hot-water crank legs 16, 18 to the wall W. By being connected, they are fixed to the wall W via the crank legs 16 and 18.
At that time, the faucet body 14 is correctly attached to the wall W in a horizontal posture by adjusting the rotation angle in the direction parallel to the walls W of the crank legs 16 and 18 and the amount of screwing into the wall W.
Further, by adjusting the screwing amount of the pair of left and right crank legs 16, 18, the distance between the faucet body 14 and the wall W is adjusted evenly on the left and right.
3 and 6, reference numeral 30 denotes a saddle that covers and conceals the connection portion between the original pipe behind the wall W and the pipe body 22 of the crank leg 16.

On the other hand, a water discharge port 32 on the side of the currant protrudes downward from the front part of the main body 12, and as shown in FIG. 5, the shower water is discharged from the back to the shower head via the shower hose. The shower elbow 34 protrudes downward.
Note that a male screw portion is provided at the tip of the water discharge port 32 on the curran side, and a cap 35 (see FIG. 2) is screwed thereto.
The main body 12 is also integrally provided with a block-like engaged portion 36 that partially protrudes forward from the front surface of the central portion in the left-right direction (left-right direction in front view from the user). ing.
The engaged portion 36 is provided with a female screw hole 37 that opens on the lower surface thereof in the vertical direction.

A temperature control handle 38 is attached to the left end side of the faucet body 14 including the main body 12 (left end side in front view from the user), and a switching handle 40 is attached to the right end side so as to be rotatable. The temperature control handle 38 and the switching handle 40 are protruded from the cover 20 in the left-right direction as shown in FIGS.
Here, the temperature control handle 38 adjusts the temperature of the discharged water by a rotating operation. In addition, the switching handle 40 switches between water discharge from the water outlet 32 on the curran side and water discharge from the shower elbow 34 by rotating operation, and the flow rate adjustment of water discharged from the water outlet 32 on the curran side and the shower elbow 34. Perform water discharge.

As shown in FIG. 8, the upper cover 42 includes a plate-like upper surface cover portion 48 that is flat in a substantially horizontal direction, and a plate-like front cover portion 50 that is bent downward from the front end of the upper surface cover portion 48. And a pair of plate-shaped side surface cover parts 52 that fall downward from left and right ends (left and right in the front view with respect to the wall W) of the upper surface cover part 48, and have a box shape with the lower surface opened. The top cover portion 48 covers the faucet body 14 from the upper side together with the pair of water-side and hot water-side crank legs 16, 18, and the front cover portion 50 covers the faucet body 14 from the front side. The side cover portion 52 covers the faucet body 14 together with the pair of crank legs 16 and 18 from the side.
Here, the pair of side surface cover portions 52 are provided with inverted U-shaped cutout portions 54 for projecting the temperature control handle 38 and the switching handle 40.

As shown in FIG. 8, each of the pair of side surface cover parts 52 is provided with a quadrangular tubular part 84 at an upper position near the upper surface cover part 48 on the inner surface side.
Each cylindrical portion 84 has an upper wall portion, a lower wall portion, and a pair of side wall portions, and the upper wall portion forms a gap with the upper surface cover portion 48, and a later-described gap is formed in the gap. A plate-like slide portion 86 (see FIGS. 10 and 11) of the gap cover 46 is inserted, and the slide holding portion 150 is configured to hold the slide cover 86 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.

Further, the lower wall portion constitutes a fixing portion 152 for fixing a plate-like fixed portion 154 described later of the gap cover 46 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.
Furthermore, a plate-like protruding piece 156 protrudes from the inner surface of each of the pair of side surface cover portions 52.
The lower part of each protrusion piece 156 is an engagement piece (engagement portion) 158 that forms a slit-like gap with the inner surface of the side cover portion 52.

  The engagement piece 158 can move a plate-like engaged portion 160 (described later) of the gap cover 46 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 in the front-rear direction in a slit-like gap between the side cover portion 52 and the inner surface. It is inserted and engaged with the engaged portion 160 in the left-right direction, and cooperates with the engaged portion 160 to restrain the pair of side surface cover portions 52 in the left-right direction.

The front cover 50 has an upper part 56 and a lower part 58 as shown in FIGS.
The upper part 56 has a curved shape that protrudes forward as it advances downward, and the lower part 58 has an inclined shape that moves backward toward the faucet body 14 as it advances downward.
As shown in FIG. 12, the lower portion 58 of the inclined shape extends downward to a position near the lower end of the faucet body 14, specifically the lower end of the body body 12.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, the lower cover 44 has a flat plate-like lower surface cover portion 60 that extends in a substantially horizontal direction, and the faucet body 14 together with the pair of crank legs 16 and 18 is placed on the lower side. Covering from.
The front end portion of the lower cover 44 is curved and extended obliquely upward, and the curved portion 62 is connected to the front cover portion 50 of the upper cover 42, specifically the lower end of the lower portion 58.
The lower cover 44 also has a pair of left and right upright portions 64 that cover a part of the front side surface of the faucet body 12.

The pair of upright portions 64 are provided with arc-shaped notches 66 for projecting the temperature control handle 38 and the switching handle 40.
In addition, the lower cover portion 60 of the lower cover 44 has a circular and through-opening portion 68 for projecting downward the water discharge port 32 on the side of the faucet body 14 as shown in FIG. In addition, a through opening 70 having an elliptical shape on the left and right sides for projecting the shower elbow 34 downward is provided at the center in the left and right direction.

The lower cover portion 60 of the lower cover 44 includes a main portion 60A that covers the faucet body 14 from the lower side and a pair of crank legs 16, 18 at a height position above the tubular body 22 in the pair of crank legs 16, 18. And a leg cover portion 60B that covers 18 from below.
As shown in FIG. 2, the leg cover portion 60B has an inverted bridge shape that curves downward and protrudes, and includes a rotary operation unit 72 of a water stop cock incorporated in the tube body 22, and a strainer. An opening 76 for operating the rotary operation unit 74 for detaching operation is formed at the front end position.
Here, the opening 76 is a front opening that opens toward the front on the user side.

The gap cover 46 is generated between the wall W and the end of the main body cover 21, that is, the upper cover 42, due to variations in the screwing amount of the crank legs 16, 18 into the wall W and other construction errors. 7 has a function of closing and concealing the gap, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, a flat upper surface closing portion 78 having a plate shape, and a pair of plate shapes falling from the left and right ends of the upper surface closing portion 78 And a plate-like connecting portion 162 that falls from the rear end of the upper surface closing portion 78 on the wall W side and connects the pair of side surface closing portions 80 and the upper surface closing portion 78.
Here, the upper surface of the upper surface closing portion 78 is a flat surface having no upward protruding portion.

In this embodiment, the gap cover 46 is slidably held in the main body cover 21, specifically, the upper cover 42 slidably in the front-rear direction (front-rear direction toward the wall W) (fixed by a fixing unit 152 described later). In the state that has not been).
Specifically, the gap cover 46 has plate-like slide portions 86 that extend forward at the left and right end portions of the upper surface closing portion 78, and the slide portions 86 hold the above-described slide holding of the upper cover 21. The gap cover 46 is held by the slide holding part 150 of the upper cover 42 so that it can slide in the front-rear direction.

The gap cover 46 also has a plate-like fixed portion 154 that extends below the slide portions 86 and faces the slide portions 86. These fixed portions 154 are supported by a plate-like support portion 166 that hangs down from the slide portion 86.
The fixed portion 154 is provided with an elongated hole-like insertion portion 88 that extends in the front-rear direction and opens at the front end.
The gap cover 46 is fixed to the upper cover 42 at the fixed portion 154.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the bolt 90 is inserted into the insertion portion 88 of the fixed portion 154, further upwardly inserted into the insertion hole 94 of the fixing portion 152 in the upper cover 42, and the cylindrical portion 84. The fixed portion 154 is fixed to the fixing portion 152 by being screwed into the nut 92 inside.
That is, the gap cover 46 is fixed to the upper cover 42 by the fixing portion 152 in the fixed portion 154.

In this embodiment, the fixed portion 154 of the gap cover 46 is provided at a position on the upper cover portion 48 side of the upper cover 42, and the gap cover 46 is fixed to the upper cover 42 at an upper position close to the upper cover portion 48. .
Here, the upper surface cover portion 48 side means that the distance from the upper surface cover portion 48 is within a range of 1/2 or less of the total height of the main body cover 21.
At this time, the lower cover 44 is also fixed together with the upper cover 42 and the gap cover 46 at the same time.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, a bottomed cylindrical fixing portion 96 having a lower end opened from the lower cover 44 and having a bottom portion at the upper end is raised. As shown in FIG. 4, the cylindrical fixing portion 96 is inserted into the opening from the lower end thereof, inserted into the insertion hole 98 provided in the bottom portion of the upper end, the insertion portion 88 and the insertion hole 94, and the nut. The gap cover 46 is fixed to the upper cover 42 and the lower cover 44 at the same time.

An elastic piece 168 extends forward from the pair of support portions 166, and a claw 170 is provided at each tip portion in opposite directions in the left-right direction, that is, toward the side cover portion 52 of the upper cover 42. .
Here, the claw 170 is provided with an inclined cam surface 172.
These claws 170 are hooked on one side wall portion of the cylindrical portion 84 of the upper cover 42 as a hook portion 174 so that the gap cover 46 can be removed from the upper cover 42 when the faucet 10 is installed. To prevent.

  When the gap cover 46 is inserted into the upper cover 42 from the rear to the inner side, and the gap cover 46 is assembled to the upper cover 42, the claw 170 brings the cam surface 172 into contact with the latching portion 174 of the cylindrical portion 84, With the cam action, the elastic piece 168 is elastically deformed and gets over the latching portion 174. When the elastic piece 168 is released from the deformation when it gets over, it can be hooked to the hooking portion 174.

The gap cover 46 also has a plate-like engaged portion 160 that extends forward from the lower end portions of the pair of side surface cover portions 52.
The engaged portions 160 are inserted into slit-shaped gaps formed between the engaging pieces 158 of the upper cover 42 and the side surface cover portions 52 and engaged with the engaging pieces 158.
The pair of side surface cover portions 52 are restrained in the left-right direction by the engagement between the engagement piece 158 and the engaged portion 160.

In this embodiment, the faucet body 14 is connected to a pair of crank legs 16 and 18 attached to the wall W in a state where the gap cover 46 is slidably held inside the body cover 21, that is, the upper cover 42. After fixing and attaching the body cover 21 to the faucet body 14, the gap cover 46 is slid to the wall W side and applied to the wall W, so that the space between the upper cover 42 and the wall W is reduced. The gap is closed with a gap cover 46 and concealed.
At that time, the gap cover 46 is provided with a pressed portion 176 for pressing the gap cover 46 toward the wall W and moving it to the wall W side.

  Specifically, rib-shaped pressed portions 176 that protrude in parallel along the wall W from the side surface closing portion 80 to the left and right ends are provided at both left and right end positions of the gap cover 46, and at the center portion in the left and right direction, A plate-like pressed portion 178 that falls vertically from the connecting portion 162 in a direction parallel to the wall W is provided in the gap cover 46.

  The gap cover 46 slidably held inside the upper cover 42 is formed by pressing the wide plate-shaped pressed portion 178 at the center in the left-right direction backward toward the wall W, or by a pair of left and right ends. By pressing the rib-shaped pressed portion 176 backward, the rib-shaped pressed portion 176 can be slid toward the wall W and brought into contact with the wall W.

In this embodiment, the pair of left and right rib-shaped pressed portions 176 and, in some cases, the connecting portion 162 can also be pressed portions, but the main operation portion when the gap cover 46 is pushed backward is the horizontal direction. It becomes the center pressed part 178.
By pressing the pressed portion 178 at the center in the left-right direction, the gap cover 46 can be moved rearward with a good left-right balance.
At this time, in this embodiment, the elongated hole-like opening 70 provided in the lower cover 44 can be used as an opening for the pressing operation.

  The opening 70 is an opening for exposing the shower elbow 34 downward. The opening 70 has a shape of an elongated hole in the left-right direction so that the shower elbow 34 can be rotated in the left-right direction. Therefore, a hand (finger) is inserted into the lower cover 44 from the opening 70 and the pressed portion 178 of the gap cover 46 is pressed, so that the gap cover 46 is directed evenly toward the wall W with a good left / right balance. It can be pushed.

Bending portions 180 and 182 protruding at right angles in the horizontal direction are provided from the lower end of the pressed portion 178 and the lower ends of the pair of side surface closing portions 80.
The bent portions 180 and 182 are moved in the front-rear direction on the inner surface of the lower surface cover portion 60 of the lower cover 44 when the gap cover 46 slides.

As shown in FIG. 8, the upper cover 42 is provided with a plate-like engagement portion 100 that protrudes rearward from the front cover portion 50, more specifically from the lower portion 58, at a substantially central portion in the left-right direction. .
The engaging portion 100 is positioned directly below the above-described engaged portion 36 of the faucet body 14 and is engaged upward with the engaged portion 36, and is upwardly directed to the front portion of the upper cover 42. Even when force is applied, the front portion of the upper cover 42 is prevented from being lifted by the engaging action.
The left and right end faces of the plate-like engaging part 100 are connected to the inner surface of the lower part 58 of the front cover part 50 by triangular reinforcing ribs 104, and the engaging part 100 is strengthened by the reinforcing ribs 104. It is reinforced.

In this embodiment, a penetrating insertion hole 106 is provided in the engaging portion 100, and as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the screw 108 is inserted into the faucet body 14 through the insertion hole 106. The engagement portion 100 is fixed to the front portion of the faucet body 14 by being screwed into the internal female screw hole 37 from the opening of the engagement portion 36.
However, the main function of the engaging portion 100 is to engage with the engaged portion 36 of the faucet body 14 upward to prevent the front portion of the upper cover 42 from being lifted, so that the fixing with the screw 108 can be omitted. Is possible.

The upper cover 42 also has a cylindrical shape that falls from the inner surface (lower surface) of the upper surface cover portion 48 as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. A pair of fixing portions 112 are provided at the left and right side positions.
On the other hand, the faucet body 14, specifically the body body 12, has a pair of bowl-shaped fixed portions 114 at left and right positions corresponding to each other in plan view, specifically at positions facing the fixing portion 112 in the assembled state. Are provided integrally.
These fixed portions 114 are provided with penetrating insertion holes 116.
The upper cover 42 is fixed to the corresponding pair of fixed portions 114 of the faucet body 14 at the pair of fixing portions 112.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, a cylindrical female screw fitting 118 is embedded in the cylindrical fixing portion 112, and a screw 120 passes through the insertion hole 116 of the fixed portion 114. By being screwed in, the fixing portion 112 and the fixed portion 114 are screwed and fixed by the screw 120.
In this embodiment, the lower cover 44 is also fixed together with the upper cover 42 to the fixed portion 114 of the faucet body 14 in the fixing portion 122 shown in FIGS. 7 and 9.

  Specifically, the lower cover 44 covers the faucet body 14 upward from the lower side so as to cover the engaging portion 100 of the upper cover 42 from the lower side. A cylindrical shape is provided at a position deeper than the engaging portion 100, more specifically, a position directly below the fixed portion 112 of the upper cover 42 and the fixed portion 114 of the faucet body 14 in the assembled state. A fixing part 122 is provided.

The cylindrical fixing portion 122 of the lower cover 44 has a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening at the lower end and a bottom portion 124 (see FIG. 14) at the upper end, and the lower end of the fixing portion 122 as shown in FIG. The screw 120 is inserted upward from the opening, and further inserted through the insertion hole 126 of the bottom portion 124 and the insertion hole 116 of the fixed portion 114, and screwed into the female screw fitting 118 inside the fixing portion 112 of the upper cover 42, The fixing portion 112 of the upper cover 42 and the fixing portion 122 of the lower cover 44 are simultaneously fixed to the fixed portion 114 so that the fixed portion 114 is sandwiched from both the upper and lower sides.
That is, the upper cover 42 and the lower cover 44 are simultaneously fixed to the faucet body 14 by one common screw 120.

  The upper cover 42 is also provided with a pair of plate-like ribs 128 protruding downward from the inner surface (lower surface) of the upper cover portion 48 toward the faucet body 14 at positions close to the left and right ends as shown in FIG. In addition, a pair of plate-like ribs 130 that protrude downward from the inner surface of the upper surface cover portion 48 are provided at positions inside the ribs 128.

As shown in FIG. 12, the pair of ribs 128 on the outer sides in the left-right direction are opposed to the flange portions (second engaged portions) 132 at the left and right ends of the faucet body 14 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. The upper cover 42 is engaged from both outsides in the left-right direction and has a function of positioning the upper cover 42 in the left-right direction with respect to the faucet body 14.
The lower cover 44 also engages with the flange portion 132 of the faucet body 14 from both sides in the left-right direction to position the lower cover 44 in the left-right direction with respect to the faucet body 14 (FIG. 7 and FIG. 9) are provided so as to protrude upward from the inner surface of the lower cover 44 toward the faucet body 14.
The lower cover 44 has ribs 148 that fit into the inner surface of the side cover portion 52 of the upper cover 42 and define the position in the left-right direction of the assembly of the lower cover 44 and the upper cover 42. It is provided in a stepped shape.

The pair of ribs 128 includes a stopper portion 134 having a curved shape that curves in a shape corresponding to the outer peripheral shape of the faucet body 14, specifically, the body body 12.
As shown in FIG. 12B, these stopper portions 134 abut against the front surface of the main body 12 in the faucet body 14 and function to position the upper cover 42 in the front-rear direction with respect to the faucet body 14. Eggplant.
The pair of ribs 128 also have a guide portion 136 that extends in the front-rear direction on the rear side of the stopper portion 134 and contacts the faucet body 14 downward.

These guide portions 136 have a function of positioning the upper cover 42 in the vertical direction with respect to the faucet main body 14, and a position where the stopper portion 134 is separated from the faucet main body 14 forward while maintaining the contact state. And slides relative to the upper surface of the faucet body 14 between the rear end of the faucet body 14 and a position where the upper cover 42 slides in the front-rear direction. Yes.
Detailed actions of the stopper part 134 and the guide part 136 in the rib 128 will be described later.

On the other hand, the pair of ribs 130 at the inner side in the left-right direction are arranged on the upper surface of the faucet body 14 in detail with the upper cover 42 attached to the faucet body 14, more specifically, the faucet body 14 shown in FIGS. 5 and 7. A contact portion 140 that faces the contacted portion 142 in a downward direction in a state where a predetermined minute gap shown in FIG. 13 is formed is provided between the contacted portion 142 and the upper surface.
When a downward force is applied to the upper surface cover portion 48 of the upper cover 42, these contact portions 140 abut against the contacted portion 142 of the faucet body 14 and further deform the upper surface cover portion 48. Work to suppress.
Accordingly, here, the gap between the contact portion 140 and the contacted portion 142 is such that the contact portion 140 hits the contacted portion 142 when a downward force is applied to the upper surface cover portion 48 and deformation starts. In order to be able to do so, it is set to a minute gap.

Each of the pair of ribs 128 and 130 is provided so as to extend in the front-rear direction. On the inner surface of the upper surface cover portion 48 of the upper cover 42, a rib 144 is provided so as to extend in the left-right direction.
Further, ribs 146 extending along the front cover portion 50 are provided following the ribs 128 and 130 extending in the front-rear direction.
The plurality of ribs 128, 130, 144, and 146 serve to reinforce each part of the upper cover 42 made of resin.
In the faucet with a cover according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, the upper cover portion 48, the front cover portion 50 of the upper cover 42, and the lower cover portion 60 of the lower cover 44 are separated from the faucet body 14. In this state, the faucet body 14 is enclosed, and a space is formed between each cover portion and the faucet body 14. And the space has a heat insulation effect.

Next, the construction procedure of the faucet with a cover according to the present embodiment will be described below together with the operation of each main part.
When the water faucet with a cover according to the present embodiment is installed at the installation site, first, the pair of crank legs 16 and 18 are screwed into the original pipe on the back of the wall W by screwing the tube body 22 made of a male screw pipe. Connect to piping and attach to wall W.
After that, the collar 30 that has been retracted forward from the wall W in advance is screwed to the wall W side (the inner peripheral surface of the collar 30 is provided with a female screw), and the collar 30 is brought into contact with the wall W, The connecting portion between the crank legs 16 and 18 and the corresponding original pipe is concealed by the saddle 30.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, the faucet body 14 is connected to the ends of the pipe bodies 24 of the pair of crank legs 16 and 18 by the cap nut 26 at the pair of connection portions 28.
Here, the faucet body 14 is attached to the wall W.

In this embodiment, after that, the cover 20 is fixed to the faucet body 14 and attached.
At that time, first, the upper cover 42 is attached to the faucet body 14 by covering the faucet body 14 downward from above with the gap cover 46 slidably held.
At this time, the engaging portion 100 of the upper cover 42 is positioned forward of the faucet body 14 as shown in FIG. .
If the engaging part 100 is not positioned in front of the faucet body 14, the engaging part 100 interferes with the faucet body 14 when the upper cover 42 is put on the faucet body 14. The upper cover 42 cannot be put on the faucet body 14.

Now, when the upper cover 42 is put on the faucet body 14 so that the engaging portion 100 is positioned in front of the faucet body 14 in this way, the left and right sides of the upper cover 42 are shown in FIG. The curved stoppers 134 provided on the pair of ribs 128 are positioned away from the front surface of the faucet body 14 forward.
And the guide part 136 with which the rib 128 was equipped contact | abuts downward on the upper surface of the faucet body 14, and the upper cover 42 will be in the state supported by the faucet body 14 with the clearance cover 46 by the contact effect | action.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 12A, the fixing portion 112 of the upper cover 42 is also located in a state of being spaced forward from the corresponding fixed portion 114 of the faucet body 14.

Then, the upper cover 42 is pushed backward toward the wall W.
At this time, the guide portions 136 of the pair of ribs 128 slide relative to the faucet body 14 while maintaining a contact state with the upper surface of the faucet body 14, and push the upper cover 42 by a certain amount. Then, the curved stopper portion 134 provided on the rib 128 abuts against the front surface of the faucet body 14 to act as a stopper, and here, the pushing end of the upper cover 42 is defined. That is, the upper cover 42 is positioned in the front-rear direction with respect to the faucet body 14 (FIG. 12B).

  The engaging portion 100 and the fixing portion 112 provided on the upper cover 42 move integrally rearward as the upper cover 42 is pushed in, and the stopper portion 134 hits the front surface of the faucet body 14 so that the upper cover 42 When the engaging portion 100 is positioned in the front-rear direction with respect to the faucet body 14, the engaging portion 100 is positioned directly below the engaged portion 36 of the faucet body 14 and is engaged upward with the engaged portion 36. In addition, the fixing portion 112 of the upper cover 42 is positioned directly above the fixed portion 114 of the faucet body 14 as shown in FIG. It becomes a state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the screw 108 is then screwed into the female screw hole 37 of the engaged portion 36 of the faucet body 14 from the insertion hole 106 of the engaging portion 100 of the upper cover 42, 42 is fixed (temporarily fixed) to the faucet body 14.
As described above, the upper cover 42 is placed on the faucet body 14 downward and temporarily fixed. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the lower cover 44 is placed on the faucet body 14 upward from below. Fix to the faucet body 14.

At this time, the lower cover 44 is fixed to the faucet body 14 as follows.
That is, the screw 120 is inserted into the fixing portion 122 as shown in FIG. 14 from the opening at the lower end of the cylindrical fixing portion 122 of the lower cover 44, and then the screw 120 is inserted into the insertion hole 126 of the fixing portion 122. , Through the insertion hole 116 of the fixed part 114 of the faucet body 14 and screwed into the female screw fitting 118 in the cylindrical fixing part 112 of the upper cover 42.
Here, these three members are screwed and fixed in a state where the fixing portion 112 of the upper cover 42 and the fixing portion 122 of the lower cover 44 sandwich the fixed portion 114 of the faucet body 14 from above and below. .
That is, the upper cover 42, the faucet body 14, and the lower cover 44 are fixed together.

Here, the engaging portion 100 of the upper cover 42 is covered from the lower side by the lower cover 44, and the faucet body 14 and the pair of crank legs 16, 18 are entirely enclosed by the upper cover 42 and the lower cover 44. They are in a hidden state and are hidden inside the main body cover 21.
At this time, a gap in construction is generated between the upper cover 42 and the wall W.
For example, as shown in FIGS. 15B and 15C, when the water faucet 10 with a cover is attached to the wall W, the gap between the upper cover 42 and the wall W may vary depending on the amount of screwing of the crank legs 16 and 18. There are gaps and the sizes of the gaps vary.

Then, the gap cover 46 is slid to the wall W side, and the gap is closed by the gap cover 46.
The work is performed as follows.
That is, one hand (finger) is inserted into the lower cover 44 from the elongated hole-shaped opening 70 of the lower cover 44, and the pressed part 178 at the center of the left and right sides of the gap cover 46 faces the wall W backward. The gap cover 46 is slid to the wall W side and brought into contact with the wall W.
The sliding movement of the gap cover 46 toward the wall W can also be performed by pressing the rib-shaped pressed portions 176 at the left and right end positions. By pressing 178, it is easier to move the gap cover 46.

Next, while maintaining the state in which the gap cover 46 is pressed against the wall W with one hand, the gap cover 46 is placed against the upper cover 21, that is, the faucet main body 15 with a tool such as a screwdriver with the other hand. The work to fix to.
This work is performed as follows.
That is, the bolt 90 shown in FIG. 11 is inserted from the opening at the lower end of the cylindrical fixing portion 96 of the lower cover 44, and the bolt 90 is inserted into the insertion hole 98 at the upper end of the fixing portion 96 and the fixed portion 154 of the gap cover 46. The gap cover 46 is inserted into the insertion hole 94 of the fixing part 152 in the cylindrical part 84 of the upper part 42 and the upper part 42 and is screwed into the nut 92 inside the cylindrical part 84 so that the gap cover 46 and the lower part 42 are lowered. It will be in the state firmly fixed with respect to the cover 44. FIG.

In the water faucet 10 with a cover according to the present embodiment as described above, the crank legs 16 and 18 can be hidden inside the cover 20, so that the plating process on the crank legs 16 and 18 can be omitted.
In addition, the crank legs 16 and 18 are easily soiled, and the dirt is difficult to clean, so the crank legs 16 and 18 are easily soiled, which solves the problem of deteriorating the faucet aesthetics. It is possible to enhance the beauty of the water tap 10 with a cover with the crank legs 16 and 18.
Further, the hot water side crank leg 18 can be covered inside the cover 20, so that the user touches the hot water side crank leg 18 in an unintended movement, and the user may feel hot and possibly burn. There is no fear of it.

  Further, in the faucet 10 with a cover according to the present embodiment, when a gap is generated between the main body cover 21 and the wall W when the faucet is installed, the gap cover 46 is slid to the wall W side to come into contact with the wall W. By doing so, the gap between the main body cover 21 and the wall W can be concealed.

  In addition, in the faucet 10 with a cover according to the present embodiment, the gap cover 46 is held inside the main body cover 21, specifically the inner side of the upper cover 42, so that the end on the wall W side of the upper cover 42 is spaced from the outer surface side. As in the case of concealing the cover gap with the cover, the gap cover protrudes in a stepped shape with respect to the outer surface of the upper cover 42, and the end surface of the gap cover appears outside, or the upper cover 42 and the gap cover It is possible to install and install the covered faucet 10 on the wall W with a good aesthetic appearance without causing the problem that the seam becomes conspicuous and the aesthetic appearance of the covered faucet 10 is deteriorated. Moreover, the quality of the faucet 10 with a cover can be improved in an installation state.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the gap cover 46 is fixed to the upper cover 42 at the position on the upper surface cover portion 48 side, and the fixing portion of the gap cover 46 serving as a fulcrum of rotation is a position close to the upper surface cover portion 48. When the gap cover 46 rotates relative to the upper cover 42, the inclination of the upper surface of the gap cover 46 with respect to the upper surface cover portion 48 of the upper cover 42 can be suppressed to be small, and the gap between the gap cover 46 and the wall W can be suppressed. Can be prevented. Alternatively, the gap can be made as small as possible. Thereby, the aesthetics of the installation state of the faucet 10 with a cover can be made favorable.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the upper cover 42 is provided with a pair of left and right side cover parts 52, an engaging part 158 is provided on each inner surface of the pair of side cover parts 52, and the gap cover 46 is in a corresponding position. Since the engaged portions 160 are provided and the pair of side cover portions 52 are restrained in the left-right direction by the engagement between the engaged portions 158 and the engaged portions 160, the pair of side covers are formed during molding. The upper cover 42 can be prevented from warping and deforming in the direction in which the portion 52 opens, and the upper cover 42 can be held in a good shape regardless of the molding conditions.
And thereby, the aesthetic appearance of the installed state of the faucet 10 with a cover can be favorably maintained.

Further, in the present embodiment, the gap cover 46 is provided with a pressed portion 178 extending in the direction along the wall W, and the opening 70 is provided in the lower surface cover portion 60 of the lower cover 44. It is possible to insert a finger or the like and press the pressed portion 178 toward the wall to press the gap cover 46 against the wall W.
Therefore, with the other hand (finger) pushing the pressed portion 178 through the opening 70 and pressing the gap cover 46 against the wall W, it becomes easier to perform the fixing work with the other hand. It is possible to prevent the gap cover 46 from being partially fixed away from the wall W and fixing the gap cover 46 in a state where a gap is formed between the wall W and the gap cover 46.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the claw 170 for preventing removal is provided on the gap cover 46, and the hooking portion 174 for hooking the claw 170 in the removal direction is provided on the upper cover 42. Is installed on the wall W, the gap cover 46 slidably held on the inner side of the upper cover 42 may fall off, making it difficult to perform the work, or the gap cover 46 may be damaged due to the drop off. In addition to improving the workability of construction, it is possible to prevent the gap cover 46 from being damaged due to falling off.

Next, FIGS. 16 to 20 show another embodiment of the present invention.
The cover-equipped faucet 10 of this embodiment is also equipped with a crank leg, and a faucet body fixed to a wall W via a pair of water-side and hot water-side crank legs 16, 18 and the crank legs 16, 18 14 and a cover 20 that encloses the faucet body 14 together with the pair of crank legs 16 and 18, and the cover 20 includes a body cover 21 having an upper cover 42 and a lower cover 44, and a gap cover 46. Further, this embodiment is the same as the above embodiment in that the faucet main body 15 is configured including the crank legs 16 and 18, the faucet body 14, and the body cover 21.
Moreover, the same thing as the said embodiment is used in common as the faucet main body 14. FIG.
However, in this embodiment, it has a metal-made rigid bracket 200 that also serves as a reinforcing member for fixing the cover 20 to the faucet body 14, and the faucet main body 15 is configured including the bracket 200. This is different from the above-described embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 19, the bracket 200 has a pair of fixed function portions 202 at positions separated in the left-right direction.
Each of the pair of fixing function portions 202 has a faucet body side fixing portion 204 that is fixed to the fixed portion 114 of the faucet body 14, and further, at a position spaced apart outward in the left-right direction, A cover-side fixing portion 206 for fixing the cover 42, the lower cover 44, and the gap cover 46 is provided.
Each is provided with an insertion hole 210 for inserting a bolt or the like as a fixture and female screw holes 208 and 212.
Further, a claw 170 to be described later on the gap cover 46 side is inserted so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and a long hole-like hooking hole (holding portion) 214 for hooking the claw 170 is also inserted. A slide holding portion 216 is provided that supports the slide portion 236 from the lower side and holds the slide portion 236 so as to be slidable.
The bracket 200 has an integral structure in which the pair of fixed function portions 202 are connected in the left-right direction by a connecting portion 213.

In this embodiment, the bracket 200 is fixed to the faucet body 14 at the fixing portion 204 on the faucet body 14 side, and is held by the faucet body 14.
In the fixing part 206 on the cover side, the upper cover 42 and the lower cover 44, that is, the main body cover 21 is fixed as follows.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 20, the bolt 218 is inserted upward into the insertion hole 210, and the bolt 218 is screwed into the nut 222 held inside the fixing portion 220 of the upper cover 42. Thus, the upper cover 42 is fixed to the fixing portion 206 of the bracket 200.
Further, at the rear side position of the insertion hole 210, the screw 228 is inserted into the insertion hole 226 provided in the fixing portion 224 of the lower cover 44 and screwed into the female screw hole 212 of the fixing portion 206, so that the lower cover 44 is attached to the bracket. It is fixed to the fixing part 206 of 200.

As shown in FIG. 19, the gap cover 46 has an elongated shape in the left-right direction, and has an upper surface closing portion 78 and a pair of left and right side surface closing portions 80, and the upper surface closing portion 78 and the side surface closing portion. It has a plate-like front surface portion 230 that connects 80 to the front end side.
And the to-be-fixed part 154 is made to protrude ahead from the right-and-left both ends of this front-surface part 230. As shown in FIG.
As shown in the partially enlarged view of FIG. 19, the fixed portion 154 is provided with an insertion hole 232 having a long hole shape in the front-rear direction, and further provided with an elastic piece 168 in a direction protruding forward. A claw 170 is provided at the tip.
Furthermore, a slide part 236 extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the upward rising part 234.
A groove 238 is formed below the slide portion 236.

The gap cover 46 is fixed to the fixing portion 206 of the bracket 200 as follows.
That is, in the state where the fixed portion 154 of the gap cover 46 is sandwiched between the fixing portion 206 of the bracket 200 and the fixing portion 224 of the lower cover 44, the screws 228 shown in FIG. The gap cover 46 is fixed to the fixed portion of the bracket 200 at the fixed portion 154 by being inserted into the elongated hole-like insertion hole 232 of the hole 226 and the fixed portion 154 of the gap cover 46 and screwed into the female screw hole 212 of the bracket 200. It is fixed to 206.
In the state where the screw 228 is loosened, the gap cover 46 can slide in the front-rear direction.

  In this embodiment, the gap cover 46 is not fixed to the faucet main body 15, specifically the bracket 200 on the upper cover portion 48 side of the upper cover 42, but the fixed portion 154 of the gap cover 46 and the bracket 200 are fixed. By providing the portion 206 on the upper side closer to the upper surface cover portion 48 than the position shown in FIG. 20, the gap cover 46 can be fixed to the bracket 200 on the upper surface cover portion 48 side.

As described above, the fixed portion 154 is provided with the rib-like slide portion 236 extending in the front-rear direction, and the slide holding portion 216 of the fixing portion 206 in the bracket 200 is inserted into the lower groove 238 thereof, The slide holding portion 216 holds the slide portion 236, that is, the gap cover 46 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.
In this embodiment, the front surface portion 230 of the gap cover 46 is configured as a pressed portion.

Therefore, in this embodiment, a hand (finger) is inserted into the inside of the lower cover 44 through the long hole-shaped opening 70 of the lower cover 44 shown in FIG. 18, and the front portion 230 of the gap cover 46 is moved rearward with the hand. By pushing, the gap cover 46 can be slid backward with respect to the bracket 200, that is, with respect to the faucet main body 15.
Then, with the gap cover 46 pressed against the wall W, the gap cover 46 can be fixed to the fixing portion 206 of the bracket 200 by the screw 228 using the other hand.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example.
For example, in the present invention, the lower cover is omitted and the main cover is configured by the upper cover alone, or when the lower cover is provided, a part of the front cover part and the side cover part is formed on the lower cover side, or It is possible to form the entire front cover portion and side cover portion as a lower cover, and to configure the upper cover as a lid cover that closes the upper surface thereof. The present invention makes various changes without departing from the spirit thereof. Can be configured.

10 faucet with cover 14 faucet body 15 faucet main body 16, 18 crank leg 20 cover 21 body cover 46 gap cover 48 upper surface cover portion 52 side surface cover portion 60 lower surface cover portion 68, 70 opening portion 84 cylindrical portion 86,236 Slide part 150, 216 Slide holding part 152, 206 Fixed part 154 Fixed part 158 Engagement piece (engagement part)
160 engaged part 170 claw 174 latching part 176,178 pressed part 214 latching hole (latching part)
230 Front (pressed part)

Claims (5)

A water faucet with a cover with a crank leg, comprising a water faucet body, a pair of water-side and hot water-side crank legs for fixing the water faucet body to a wall, and a cover for covering the water faucet body,
The cover includes a body cover that covers the faucet body together with the pair of crank legs, and a gap cover that hides a gap formed between a wall-side end of the body cover and the wall, A clearance cover is provided on the inside of the main body cover by a slide holding portion provided on the main body of the faucet including the crank leg and the faucet body fixed to the wall via the crank leg and the main body cover. And a water faucet with a cover, which is slidably held in the front-rear direction toward the wall. 2. The gap cover according to claim 1, wherein the gap cover is fixed to the faucet main body in a state in which the gap cover is concealed, and the gap cover includes the water cover of the main body cover. A fixed portion is provided at a position on the upper surface cover portion side that covers the stopper main body and the crank leg from above, and in the fixed portion, the gap cover is fixed to a fixing portion provided mainly on the faucet. A faucet with a cover, characterized by being.
  In any one of Claims 1 and 2, the said body cover is provided with a pair of left and right side cover parts in a front view with respect to the wall, covering the faucet body from the side together with the pair of crank legs, An engaging portion is provided on each inner surface of the side cover portion, and an engaged portion that is engaged with the engaging portion in the left-right direction is provided on the gap cover at a position corresponding to the engaging portion. A water faucet with a cover, wherein the pair of side surface cover portions are restrained in the left-right direction by the engagement between the engaging portions and the engaged portions.   In any one of Claims 1-3, While the said to-be-gap cover is provided with the to-be-pressed part extended in the direction along the said wall, the said faucet body and a crank leg are provided in the said main body cover from the lower side. A water faucet with a cover, characterized in that an opening is provided on a lower cover portion to be covered so that the pressed portion can be pressed toward the wall.   5. The latching portion according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a claw that prevents the gap cover from being pulled out is provided on one of the gap cover and the faucet main body, and the claw that latches the claw in the removal direction on the other side. A water tap with a cover, characterized in that is provided.

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