JP6602589B2 - Column sprinkler and faucet column with sprinkler function - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a column-shaped water sprinkling device including a rising tubular portion that is erected so as to guide water to be supplied upward, and a faucet column with a sprinkling function.

  Examples of the device having a rising tubular portion that is erected so as to guide the water to be supplied upward are, for example, antifreeze faucet columns that are switched to a water passing state or a draining state by a handle operation, By using a motion conversion mechanism including a cam portion for switching to a state, the operating angle range of the handle can be narrowed to around 90 °, and the operation time can be shortened and an easy operation with one touch can be realized (Patent Document) 1) has been proposed by the applicant.

  According to such an antifreeze water faucet column, the purpose is to supply or stop water with a currant and to prevent freezing by a water draining operation with a handle, which also serves as a column such as a rising tubular portion. There was no idea of watering using the structure of the water pipe.

Japanese Patent No. 3998635 (Claim 1, [0011])

  The problem to be solved with regard to the column sprinkler and the faucet column with a sprinkler function is that provided with a sprinkling nozzle that can rationally and effectively sprinkle the columnar body installed on the ground such as the faucet column. That is not proposed.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a column sprinkler and a faucet with a sprinkling function that can easily change the water sprinkling direction by a sprinkling nozzle portion provided at the upper end of a columnar body such as a faucet pillar and improve watering workability. To provide a pillar.

The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above object.
According to an embodiment of the columnar water spray device according to the present invention, a rising tubular portion which is erected to direct water that is water upward, the handle guides the water upward is connected to the upper end of the upstanding upstream tubular section A flow rate adjusting opening / closing mechanism for adjusting the amount of supplied water by manual operation, and a watering nozzle portion that is connected to an upper end of the opening / closing mechanism and sprays or sprays water, and the opening / closing mechanism and the watering nozzle portion are integrated. The upper rotationally movable portion configured as described above can be rotated with respect to the rising tubular portion around an axis in the rising direction to an arbitrary position to change the direction of water spraying. And is connected in a watertight state by O-ring packing .

  Moreover, according to one form of the column watering apparatus which concerns on this invention, the stand part for standing up an apparatus can be provided in the lower end part of the said standing tubular part, It can be characterized by the above-mentioned.

Moreover, according to one aspect of the faucet column with a watering function according to the present invention, the water faucet column with the watering function is installed in a state of standing and fixed on the ground, and guides water to be supplied upward. connecting a rising tubular portion which is erected, the opening and closing mechanism for the flow rate adjustment for adjusting the supply amount of water in the manual operation of the handle with is connected to the upper end of the upstanding upstream tubular part guiding the water upwards, the upper end of the opening and closing mechanism And a watering nozzle part for spraying and spraying water, and a water discharge part connected to a faucet at the upper part of the rising tubular part and below the opening / closing mechanism, the opening / closing mechanism and the watering nozzle The upper rotary movable part configured integrally with the part can be rotated with respect to the rising tubular part to an arbitrary position around the rising axial center to change the watering direction. Connected by retaining structure, It is connected to a watertight state by the O- ring seal with.

Further, according to one aspect of the faucet column with a watering function according to the present invention, the water discharge portion rotates relative to the rising tubular portion to an arbitrary position around an axis in the rising direction, and the direction of the faucet It can be characterized by being connected by a retaining structure and connected in a watertight state by an O-ring packing .

  Moreover, according to one form of the faucet | pillar column with a watering function which concerns on this invention, the watering nozzle part can be comprised by attaching the wide angle fan-shaped nozzle so that attachment or detachment is possible.

  According to the column sprinkler and the faucet column with a sprinkling function according to the present invention, the direction of water spraying by the sprinkling nozzle portion provided at the upper end of the columnar body such as a faucet column can be easily changed, thereby improving the workability of watering. It has a particularly advantageous effect of being able to.

It is a side view which shows typically the example of the form of the columnar watering apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a side view which shows typically the example of the form of the faucet pillar with a watering function concerning the present invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of the form example of the faucet pillar with a watering function which concerns on this invention. It is a side view which shows the principal part of the example of a form of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part of the form example of FIG. It is a side view which shows the principal part of the form example of the columnar watering apparatus which concerns on this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a columnar watering device and a faucet column with a watering function according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings (FIGS. 1 to 6). First, based on FIGS. 1 and 2, a basic configuration of a columnar watering device and a faucet column with a watering function according to the present invention will be described.
In these embodiments, as a common basic configuration, the rising tubular portion 10 (see FIG. 3) standing up so as to guide the water to be supplied upward, and the upper end of the rising tubular portion 10 are connected to the upper side. An opening / closing mechanism 21 for adjusting the flow rate that guides water and adjusts the amount of supplied water, and a watering nozzle unit 30 that is connected to the upper end of the opening / closing mechanism 21 and sprays and sprays water.

  First, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the upper rotary movable portion 20 configured integrally with the opening / closing mechanism 21 and the watering nozzle portion 30 has an axis in the rising direction with respect to the rising tubular portion 10. Rotation including rotation is possible at the center and is connected in a watertight state.

  According to this, the watering direction by the watering nozzle part 30 can be changed easily, and the workability of watering can be improved. That is, in the nozzle for watering (wide-angle fan-shaped nozzle 31) as in this embodiment, since the ejection direction is one direction, the watering range can be expanded by rotating to any position, and the watering workability can be improved. . In particular, since the opening / closing mechanism 21 and the watering nozzle part 30 are integrated, if the handle 25 of the opening / closing mechanism 21 is rotated with the hand held, the operability is good and the watering direction can be easily changed. it can. Further, the amount of water spray can be easily performed by operating the handle 25 of the opening / closing mechanism 21 for adjusting the flow rate.

  In addition, the form example shown in FIG. 1 eliminates the faucet function and specializes in the watering function. Here, the watering function is a function of watering a plant or the like as found in a sprinkler, or a function of cooling the periphery by spraying water in a mist form under extreme heat. Further, the water spraying state such as water spraying or spraying can be appropriately changed by replacing the nozzle serving as the water ejection port.

  Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a stand portion 60 for raising the device is provided at the lower end portion of the rising tubular portion 10. According to this, the columnar sprinkler can be used in a state where it is easily moved and erected. That is, there is an advantage that it is easy to move and is easy to use for a wide range of watering. Note that the form of the stand portion 60 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 1, and it is needless to say that a known form such as a tripod can be appropriately used. Reference numeral 61 denotes a connection hose which is connected to the rising tubular portion 10 so as to supply water.

  And the form example shown in FIG. 2 is provided with the water discharging part 51 to which the faucet 55 is connected to the upper part of the rising tubular part 10 and the lower side of the opening-and-closing mechanism 21 compared with the structure of the form example of FIG. It is different in that it is a faucet column with a watering function that is installed in a state where it stands and is fixed on the ground. In the watering nozzle as in this embodiment, since the ejection direction is one direction, the watering range can be expanded by rotating to any position, and the workability of watering can be improved.

  In this embodiment, a sprinkler function is added to the faucet column, and the faucet column can be suitably used as a sprinkler. That is, the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 has a structure capable of discharging water from the head (cap portion) of the faucet column, and obtains a cooling effect in summer by watering plants or spraying in the form of mist. It is something that can be done. Further, the water spraying state such as water spraying and spraying can be appropriately changed by using an exchangeable water nozzle as in the embodiment of FIG. In addition, these embodiments can be used effectively in a small place such as a general household or a kindergarten.

  Next, in addition to the configuration of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the water discharger 51 can freely rotate with respect to the rising tubular part 10 including rotation about the rising axis (vertical axis of the pipe). Further, the internal structure of the embodiment connected in a watertight state will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  The rising tubular portion 10 according to this embodiment includes a rising pipe 11 in which a water supply elbow 12 having a water supply connection port 12a to which a water source such as a water supply is connected is arranged at the lower end and connected to an opening above the water supply elbow 12. And a riser tube extension body 15 extended to the upper end of the riser tube 11.

  The riser pipe 11 is protected by being built in the lower outer cylinder 13 and connected in a state in which the lower part of the middle joint 14 is fitted on the upper side of the lower outer cylinder 13. The support ring 16 is fitted into the ring-shaped groove of the riser extension trunk portion 15 and abuts against the upper surface of the inner diameter cylindrical portion of the intermediate joint 14, whereby the intermediate joint 14 can be pressed by the support ring 16. A portion where the rising pipe 11 and the rising pipe extension trunk 15 are connected is inserted into the inner diameter cylindrical portion of the middle joint 14. Thus, the rising tubular portion 10 is guided and positioned at the center of the lower outer cylinder 13.

  In the upper rotary movable unit 20 according to this embodiment, the opening / closing mechanism 21 and the watering nozzle portion 30 are connected in the vertical direction with the axis of the water passage extending in the rising direction aligned. The watering nozzle part 30 is integrally provided on the upper side.

  The opening / closing mechanism 21 includes an opening / closing mechanism main body 22 having a water passage communicating in the vertical direction, and a spindle 23 having a valve body 23a for opening / closing the water passage at one end, and is equivalent to the opening / closing mechanism in the faucet. It is provided depending on the configuration. The operation of the spindle 23 is guided by a bonnet 24 and is kept watertight by a packing 24 a pressed by the bonnet 24. A handle 25 is fixed to the other end of the spindle 23 with a screw 23a, and the flow rate can be manually adjusted by operating the handle.

  The opening / closing mechanism body 22 is covered so as to be built in the upper outer cylinder 26. A spindle 23 is inserted into the opening of the cover 26a of the handle mounting portion fixed to the upper outer cylinder 26 by a drilling screw 26b, and can be operated by the handle 25 fixed to the other end of the spindle 23. Has been.

  Next, a description will be given of a form in which the upper rotary movable unit 20 is rotatable with respect to the rising tubular portion 10 around the axis of the rising direction (vertical axis of the tube) and connected in a watertight state. To do. In this embodiment, the connection joint 27 fixed in a watertight state with the axial center aligned with the lower connection portion of the opening / closing mechanism main body 22 is brought into a watertight state by the O-ring packing 28, and the upper end portion of the rising tubular portion 10 is It is connected to the upper end part of the rising pipe extension trunk | drum 15 to comprise in an external fitting state. The opening / closing mechanism main body 22 and the connection joint 27 are integrated with the O-ring packing 19 by being watertight.

  A ring retainer 29 is screwed and fixed to the lower end portion of the connection joint 27, and is fitted between the connection joint 27 and the ring retainer 29 in a ring-shaped groove on the upper part of the riser tube extension body 15. The retaining ring 15a is sandwiched to form a retaining structure. That is, the opening / closing mechanism main body 22, the connection joint 27, and the ring presser 29 are integrated, so that the upper rotary movable portion 20 is not detached from the rising tubular portion 10 and detached from the rising tubular portion 10. And freely connected.

  Moreover, in this example, the water spray nozzle part 30 is comprised because the wide-angle fan-shaped nozzle 31 is attached to the upper side of the opening-and-closing mechanism main body 22 so that attachment or detachment is possible. In the water spray nozzle portion 30, the nozzle joint 32 is connected to the upper end portion of the water passage of the opening / closing mechanism body 22 through an O-ring packing 33 in a watertight state, and a gland 34 presses the nozzle joint 32 from above to open and close. The mechanism main body 22 is fixed by being screwed to the upper end portion. Further, the wide-angle fan-shaped nozzle 31 is fixed to the upper end portion of the nozzle joint 32 by screwing.

In addition, an outer cylinder cap 35 is fitted to the upper end of the upper outer cylinder 26, and a cap 36 is fitted to the outer cylinder cap 35 so that the nozzle joint 32 and the wide-angle fan-shaped nozzle 31 are included and protected. ing.
In addition, about watering, spraying, etc., the water sprinkling condition can be changed by exchanging the nozzle of the water ejection port. That is, the form of the nozzle is not limited to the wide-angle fan-shaped nozzle 31 and may be selectively replaced according to the watering conditions.

  Next, the water discharger 51 is configured to be rotatable with respect to the rising tubular portion 10, including rotation, around the axis in the rising direction (vertical axis of the tube) and connected in a watertight state. A configuration example of the intermediate rotationally movable portion 50 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The intermediate movable portion 50 of the present embodiment has a rotating drum 52 through which the riser tube extension barrel 15 is inserted, and a spout 55 connection provided on the rotating drum 52 to a faucet 55 (see FIG. 2). The mouth 51a, a pair of O-ring packings 53 and 53 arranged vertically so that the rotating drum 52 can rotate and be watertight with the riser tube extension barrel 15, and a water discharger cover 54a that protects the water discharge connection port 51a. And the water discharge part cover 54a is comprised so that it can rotate integrally by the intermediate | middle outer cylinder 54 fixed with the drilling screw 54b. In the rising pipe extension body portion 15, a water passage opening is formed in the middle portion thereof, and a pair of O-ring packings 53, 53 positioned at the top and bottom of the water passage opening are sealed, and the water passage portion of the rotating body 52 is included. By being positioned as such, water is formed so that water can be passed to the faucet 55 connected to the spout connection port 51a.

  In this embodiment, the riser extension body 15 is connected to a state in which the intermediate outer cylinder 54 is fitted to the upper part of the lower middle joint 14 so that the intermediate outer cylinder 54 is built in and protected. And connected to the lower side of the upper middle joint 17. Then, the support ring 18 fits into the ring-shaped groove of the connection joint 27 and abuts against the upper surface of the inner diameter cylindrical portion of the intermediate joint 17, so that the intermediate joint 17 can be pressed by the support ring 18. In addition, a portion where the connecting joint 27 and the ring presser 29 overlap with the upper end portion of the riser tube extension body portion 15 and is fitted in a rotatable and watertight state is inserted into the inner diameter cylindrical portion of the intermediate joint 17. As a result, the riser tube extension body 15 of the riser tubular portion 10 and the rotary movable portion 50 of the intermediate portion and the configuration (rotary movable portion 20 of the upper portion) that is rotatably connected to the upper portion thereof are connected to the intermediate outer cylinder 54 and the upper side. It is guided and positioned at the center of the outer cylinder 26.

According to the rotation movable part 50 in the middle part of the present embodiment, the faucet 55 can be rotated around the vertical axis of the pipe, so that the faucet 55 can be operated in a desired direction and the usability is improved.
In addition, the water discharging part 51 which concerns on this invention is not limited to this form example, The form which does not rotate may be sufficient and should just be selected according to use conditions.

  In the above embodiment, each configuration of the rising tubular portion 10, the water discharge portion 51, the opening / closing mechanism 21, and the watering nozzle portion 30 can be formed by connecting them in series (straight) in the axial direction (rising direction) of the tube. It has a structure, is easy to configure, and can be produced at low cost.

  As described above, the present invention has been variously described with reference to preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Of course.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Rise tubular part 11 Rise pipe 12 Water supply elbow 12a Water supply connection port 13 Lower outer cylinder 14 Middle joint 15 Rise pipe extension trunk | drum 15a Engagement ring 16 Support ring 17 Middle joint 18 Support ring 19 O-ring packing 20 Upper rotation Movable part 21 Opening / closing mechanism 22 Opening / closing mechanism body 23 Spindle 23a Valve body 23b Screw 24 Bonnet 24a Packing 25 Handle 26 Upper outer cylinder 26a Cover of handle mounting part 26b Drilling screw 27 Connection joint 28 O-ring packing 29 Ring presser 30 Water spray nozzle part 31 Wide-angle fan-shaped nozzle 32 Nozzle joint 33 O-ring packing 34 Gland 35 Outer cap 36 Cap 50 Rotating movable part 51 Intermediate water discharge part 51a Water discharge connection port 52 Rotating body 53 O-ring packing 54 Intermediate Outer cylinder 54a Water discharge part cover 54b Drilling screw 55 Faucet 60 Stand part 61 Connection hose

Claims (5)

A rising tubular portion that is erected so as to guide water to be supplied upward, and an opening / closing mechanism that is connected to the upper end of the rising tubular portion to guide water upward and adjust the amount of water supplied by manual operation of the handle And a watering nozzle part connected to the upper end of the opening and closing mechanism for spraying and spraying water,
The upper rotary movable part configured integrally with the opening / closing mechanism and the watering nozzle part rotates with respect to the rising tubular part to an arbitrary position around the axial center of the rising direction. The columnar watering device is characterized in that it is connected by a retaining structure and is connected in a watertight state by an O-ring packing so that it can be changed .   The columnar watering device according to claim 1, wherein a stand portion for raising the device is provided at a lower end portion of the rising tubular portion. A faucet column with a sprinkling function that is installed in a state where it stands and is fixed on the ground, and is connected to an upper end of the rising tubular portion that rises so as to guide water to be supplied upward. A flow rate adjusting opening / closing mechanism for guiding water upward and adjusting the amount of water supplied by manual operation of the handle ; and a watering nozzle connected to the upper end of the opening / closing mechanism for spraying and spraying water. A water discharge portion that is an upper portion of the tubular portion and has a faucet connected to the lower side of the opening and closing mechanism;
The upper rotary movable part configured integrally with the opening / closing mechanism and the watering nozzle part rotates with respect to the rising tubular part to an arbitrary position around the axial center of the rising direction. The water faucet column with a watering function is connected by a retaining structure and connected in a watertight state by an O-ring packing . The water discharge portion, relative to the rising tubular portion, is rotated to any position about the rising direction of the axis and to be able to change the faucet orientation, along with being connected by a retaining structure missing O- The faucet column with a sprinkling function according to claim 3, wherein the faucet column is connected in a watertight state by a ring packing .   The faucet column with a watering function according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the water spray nozzle portion is configured by attaching the wide-angle fan-shaped nozzle so as to be detachable and replaceable.