JP6999278B2 - Faucet with handle and handle - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a handle that is rotatably attached to the faucet body and a faucet provided with the handle.

Patent Document 1 discloses a mixing faucet including a faucet body having a discharge port, a temperature control handle attached to the left side of the faucet body, and a switching handle attached to the right side of the faucet body. There is.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-181303

By the way, as shown in FIG. 7, the temperature control handle 81 provided in the mixing faucet of Patent Document 1 has a push button 82 for unlocking the temperature control handle 81 from the peripheral wall portion 81A of the temperature control handle 81. It is provided in a protruding state. The push button 82 protruding from the peripheral wall portion 81A impairs the unified appearance of the faucet and does not look good. The present invention has been made in view of these circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a handle with improved design.

The handle for solving the above-mentioned problems is a handle rotatably attached to the faucet body, and has an outer member constituting the outer surface of the handle and a push button that can be pushed down from the outer surface side of the outer member. The tip surface of the push button provided with the inner member is on a surface along the outer surface of the outer member or recessed from the outer surface of the outer member in a state where the push button is not pressed down. The gist is that it is in a position.

According to this configuration, the tip surface of the push button is on a surface along the outer surface of the outer member or is recessed from the outer surface of the outer member, so that the tip surface of the push button is on the outer member. The appearance of the push button can be made inconspicuous as compared with the aspect of protruding from the outer surface of the push button. This makes it possible to improve the design of the handle.

Regarding the handle, the outer member includes a cylindrical peripheral wall having a hole for exposing the tip surface of the push button, and in a state where the push button is pushed down, the tip surface of the push button is passed through the hole. It is preferable to provide a concealing portion for preventing the inside of the peripheral wall from being seen from between the wall and the inner surface of the peripheral wall. According to this configuration, the concealed portion can prevent the inside of the peripheral wall from being seen through the hole portion, so that the appearance of the handle in the pressed state of the push button can be improved. Further, the concealing portion can prevent foreign matter from being caught between the peripheral wall of the outer member and the push button.

Regarding the handle, it is preferable that the concealing portion is provided on the inner member. According to this configuration, the concealing portion can be efficiently provided in terms of manufacturing as compared with the case where the concealing portion is provided on the outer member.

Regarding the handle, it is preferable that the inner member has a holding member that slidably holds the push button, and the concealing portion is provided on the holding member. According to this configuration, the number of parts can be reduced and the configuration of the inner member can be simplified as compared with the configuration in which the concealing portion is provided separately from the holding member. Further, since the concealing portion can be positioned according to the positioning of the holding member, the concealing portion can be efficiently positioned.

Regarding the handle, the inner member preferably has a lock mechanism for restricting the rotation of the handle beyond a predetermined value, and the push button is preferably a push button for releasing the restricted state by the lock mechanism. According to this configuration, the design of the handle having the push button for releasing the regulation state by the lock mechanism is suitably improved.

It is preferable that the faucet is provided with the handle and the faucet main body. According to this configuration, the faucet can be a faucet that functions as the handle.

According to the present invention, the design of the handle can be improved.

The perspective view of the faucet of this embodiment. An exploded perspective view of the temperature control handle. Another exploded perspective view of the temperature control handle. (A) is a cross-sectional view of the lock mechanism when the push button is not pushed down, (b) is a cross-sectional view of the lock mechanism when the push button is pushed down, and (c) is a temperature control with the lock mechanism released. Sectional view with the handle further rotated. (A) is a perspective view of a temperature control handle having a concealing portion, and (b) is a perspective view of a temperature control handle having no concealing portion. An exploded perspective view of the temperature control handle of the modified example. Perspective view of a prior art faucet.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the faucet 10 is installed on the wall surface 11 of the bathroom. The faucet 10 includes a faucet main body 12 located at the center toward the wall surface 11. A temperature control handle 13 is rotatably attached to the left side of the faucet body 12, and a switching handle 14 is rotatably attached to the right side of the faucet body 12. Further, a pipe 15 (a hot water pipe and a water pipe) fixed to the wall surface 11 is attached to the back side of the faucet main body 12.

The faucet main body 12 has a first discharge port 16 for water discharge from the faucet on the front side and a second discharge port (not shown) for discharge water from the shower connected to the shower hose 17 on the back side. The faucet 10 is configured to be able to adjust the temperature of the mixed water discharged from the first discharge port 16 and the second discharge port by rotating the temperature control handle 13. The temperature control handle 13 has a lock mechanism for restricting rotation to a high temperature side beyond a position corresponding to a predetermined temperature (for example, 43 ° C.), and the lock is provided on the outer surface of the temperature control handle 13. The push button 20 that releases the locked state by the mechanism is exposed. Further, the faucet 10 is configured to be able to switch between the first discharge port 16 and the second discharge port and to switch the discharge stop water by rotating the switching handle 14.

Hereinafter, the temperature control handle 13 will be specifically described.
As shown in FIGS. The inner member 40 is provided with a mounting member 50 for attaching the inner member 40 to the faucet main body 12.

Next, each member of the temperature control handle 13 will be described.
The outer member 30 has a cylindrical peripheral wall 32 and a bottom wall 33 that closes one end side of the peripheral wall 32 (the opposite side of the faucet main body 12), and the other end side of the peripheral wall 32 (the faucet main body 12 side). Is open. The bottom wall 33 is provided with a through hole 34 through which the mounting member 50 is inserted. The through hole 34 has an inner peripheral wall 34A extending in the axial direction. The tubular peripheral wall 32 is provided with a hole 31 that exposes the tip surface of the push button 20, and the inner member 40, which will be described later, is located inside the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30 so as to face the hole 31. A wall portion 35 with which the spring member 42 of the above is in contact is provided.

The inner member 40 is composed of a push button 20, a holding member 41 that slidably holds the push button 20, and a spring member 42 that urges the push button 20.
The push button 20 has a tubular main body portion 21 having a hole 21A penetrating in the left-right direction, and a cylindrical tip portion 22 protruding from the outer surface of the main body portion 21. A shoulder portion 23 is formed around the tip portion 22 of the main body portion 21.

The holding member 41 has an accommodating portion 43 that slidably accommodates and holds the main body portion 21 of the push button 20 in the advancing / retreating direction of the push button 20. The accommodating portion 43 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a hole 43A penetrating in the left-right direction. The accommodating portion 43 is provided with an insertion portion 44 into which the tip portion 22 of the push button is inserted, and a mounting hole 45 for attaching the push button 20 is provided at a position of the accommodating portion 43 facing the insertion portion 44. Has been done. On the outer surface of the accommodating portion 43, a wall-shaped concealing portion 60 projecting in an annular shape along the insertion portion 44 is provided. The concealing portion 60 is configured to have substantially the same inner diameter as the hole portion 31 of the outer member 30.

Further, the holding member 41 is integrally formed with a lid portion 46 that closes the other end side of the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30. The lid portion 46 is provided with a hole 46A through which the mounting member 50 is inserted.

The mounting member 50 has a rod-shaped main body portion 51, a flange portion 52 provided on one end side of the main body portion 51, and an engaging portion 53 provided on the other end side of the main body portion.
Next, the assembly configuration of the temperature control handle 13 will be described.

First, the push button 20 is inserted into the accommodating portion 43 of the holding member 41 from the mounting hole 45 side, and the tip portion 22 of the push button 20 is inserted into the insertion portion 44 and the concealing portion 60 of the accommodating portion 43. The push button 20 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 43 as described above. At this time, the tip portion 22 of the push button 20 protrudes from the concealing portion 60 by a predetermined length in a state where the shoulder portion 23 of the push button 20 is in contact with the end portion of the accommodating portion 43. Here, the protruding length of the tip portion 22 of the push button 20 from the concealed portion 60 is such that the tip surface 20A of the push button 20 is a surface along the outer surface 30A of the outer member 30 in the assembled state as shown in FIG. Set to the length located above. Here, when the periphery of the tip surface 20A of the push button 20 is chamfered, the portion not including the chamfered portion is referred to as the tip surface 20A of the push button 20.

Next, the holding member 41 is placed on the outer member 30 from the open end side so that the insertion portion 44 and the concealing portion 60 of the holding member 41 overlap with the hole portion 31 of the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30. Insert inside. Then, the spring member 42 is arranged between the outer surface of the main body portion 21 of the push button 20 opposite to the tip portion 22 side and the wall portion 35 of the outer member 30. As a result, the spring member 42 is in a state of urging the push button 20 toward the tip end side thereof. When the holding member 41 is inserted into the outer member 30, the other end side of the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30 is closed by the lid portion 46 integrally configured with the holding member 41. Further, the tip of the concealing portion 60 is in contact with the inner surface of the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30.

With the push button 20, the holding member 41, and the spring member 42 mounted inside the outer member 30, the mounting member 50 is inserted into the through hole 34 of the bottom wall 33 of the outer member 30. At this time, the flange portion 52 of the mounting member 50 is positioned so as to be fitted in the through hole 34 of the bottom wall 33. The main body 51 of the mounting member 50 penetrates the hole 21A of the push button 20, the hole 43A of the accommodating portion 43 of the holding member 41, and the hole 46A of the lid portion 46, respectively. Then, the temperature control handle 13 is attached to the faucet body 12 by engaging the engaging portion 53 of the attachment member 50 with the engaged portion 18 of the faucet body 12, which will be described later.

The hole 21A provided in the main body 21 of the push button 20 does not interfere with the inner peripheral wall 34A of the through hole 34 of the outer member 30 regardless of whether the push button 20 is pushed down or not. , The diameter of the hole 21A is large along the advancing / retreating direction of the push button 20.

Next, the locking mechanism of the temperature control handle 13 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the main body 21 of the push button 20 is provided with a protruding portion 21B protruding toward the side surface of the temperature control handle 13 configured by the lid portion 46 in the assembled state. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the faucet main body 12 is provided with a rod-shaped engaged portion 18 to which the mounting member 50 of the temperature control handle 13 is connected. Further, on the outer peripheral side of the engaged portion 18, a peripheral wall 19 that surrounds the periphery of the engaged portion 18 is provided along the circumferential direction of the engaged portion 18.

As shown in FIG. 4A, when the temperature control handle 13 is attached to the faucet main body 12, the protruding portion 21B of the push button comes into contact with the end 19A of the peripheral wall 19 to bring the temperature above a predetermined temperature. The rotation of the temperature control handle 13 to the high temperature side is restricted.

As shown in FIG. 4B, when the lock mechanism is released, the push button 20 is in the depressed state. Along with this, as shown by the arrow, the position of the protruding portion 21B of the push button 20 is displaced inward in the radial direction from the end portion 19A of the peripheral wall 19. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the temperature control handle 13 can be rotated to a temperature higher than the predetermined temperature.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, in a state where the push button 20 is not pushed down, the tip surface 20A of the push button 20 is on a surface along the outer surface 30A of the outer member 30, so that the tip surface 20A of the push button 20 is located. The push button 20 can be made inconspicuous as compared with the aspect in which the outer member 30 protrudes from the outer surface 30A. Therefore, the design of the temperature control handle 13 can be improved.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, when the push button 20 is pushed down to a thickness equal to or larger than the thickness of the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30, the tip of the push button 20 covers the entire circumference of the push button 20. A concealing portion 60 is arranged between the surface 20A and the inner surface of the peripheral wall 32.

Here, in the present embodiment, as described above, the tip surface 20A of the push button 20 in the state where the push button 20 is not pressed down is positioned on the surface along the outer surface 30A of the outer member 30. Therefore, in the case where the concealing portion 60 is not provided, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the push button 20 is pushed down to the thickness of the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30 or more, the push button 20 is pushed down through the hole portion 31. , The inside of the peripheral wall 32 can be seen from between the tip surface 20A of the push button 20 and the inner surface of the peripheral wall 32. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5A, the inside of the peripheral wall 32 can be made difficult to see by providing the concealing portion 60.

Next, the effect of this embodiment will be described.
(1) The tip surface 20A of the push button 20 is located on a surface along the outer surface 30A of the outer member 30. As a result, the appearance of the push button 20 can be made inconspicuous. Therefore, the design of the temperature control handle 13 can be improved.

(2) The outer member 30 includes a tubular peripheral wall 32 having a hole 31 in which the push button 20 is housed. A concealing portion 60 is provided to prevent the inside of the peripheral wall 32 from being seen through the hole portion 31. This makes it possible to improve the appearance of the temperature control handle 13 when the push button 20 is pressed down. Further, the concealing portion 60 can prevent foreign matter from being caught between the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30 and the push button 20.

(3) The concealing portion 60 is provided on the inner member 40. Compared with the case where the concealing portion is provided on the outer member 30, the concealing portion can be efficiently provided in terms of manufacturing.
(4) The inner member 40 has a holding member 41 that slidably holds the push button 20, and the concealing portion 60 is provided on the holding member 41. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced and the configuration of the inner member 40 can be simplified as compared with the configuration in which the concealing portion 60 is provided separately from the holding member. Further, since the concealing unit 60 can be positioned according to the positioning of the holding member 41, the concealing unit 60 can be efficiently positioned.

This embodiment can be modified and implemented as follows. Further, it is also possible to appropriately combine the configurations of the above-described embodiment and the configurations shown in the following modified examples.
In the present embodiment, the tip surface 20A of the push button 20 is on a surface along the outer surface of the outer member 30 in a state where the push button 20 is not pressed down, but the outer member 30 is provided with a range that does not affect the design. It may be in a position recessed from the outer surface 30A.

-The surface of the faucet 10 may be plated or painted. When the outer surface 30A of the outer member 30 is plated or painted, the surface of the plating or painting becomes the outer surface 30A of the outer member 30.

The inner member 40 may be configured without using the holding member 41. For example, if the outer surface of the inner peripheral wall 34A of the outer member 30 and the inner surface of the hole 21A of the push button 20 are in contact with each other along the sliding direction of the push button 20, the push button can be used without using the holding member 41. 20 can be made slidable. Further, in addition to this configuration, the push button 20 and the spring member 42 may be integrally configured. For example, when the push button 20 is formed of an elastic member and the push button 20 is pushed down, the push button 20 may be urged toward the tip end side by the repulsive force of the push button 20 itself against the wall portion 35. good. In this case, the inner member 40 is composed of only the push button 20.

The concealing portion 60 may be composed of a member different from the holding member 41. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, as a concealing portion, an annular member 70 having the same inner diameter as the hole portion 31 of the outer member 30 is prepared, and the annular member 70 is connected to the outer member 30 so as to surround the push button 20. , Placed between the holding member. In this case, the annular member 70 functions as a concealing portion.

The concealing portion may be provided on the outer member 30. For example, in the peripheral wall 32 of the outer member 30, the concealing portion may be formed by increasing the thickness around the hole portion 31 in which the push button 20 is accommodated.

The lid portion 46 may be formed separately from the holding member 41.
The configuration relating to the push button 20 in the temperature control handle 13 may be applied to the switching handle 14. Examples of the push button provided on the switching handle 14 include a push button for switching between the first discharge port 16 and the second discharge port, and a push button for switching the discharge stop water.

Next, the technical idea that can be grasped from the above embodiment and another example will be described below.
(B) The inner member has a lid portion that closes the end portion of the peripheral wall of the outer member, and the lid portion is a handle integrally configured with the holding member.

10 ... faucet, 12 ... faucet body, 13 ... temperature control handle, 20 ... push button, 20A ... tip surface, 30 ... outer member, 30A ... outer member outer surface, 40 ... inner member.

Claims (5)

A handle that can be rotatably attached to the faucet body.
An outer member constituting the outer surface of the handle and an inner member having a push button that can be pushed down from the outer surface side of the outer member are provided.
The tip surface of the push button is on a surface along the outer surface of the outer member or at a position recessed from the outer surface of the outer member in a state where the push button is not pressed down.
The outer member includes a cylindrical peripheral wall having a hole for exposing the tip surface of the push button, and in a state where the push button is pressed down, the tip surface of the push button and the peripheral wall are formed through the hole. A concealing part is provided to prevent the inside of the peripheral wall from being seen from between the inner surface and the inner surface.
A handle characterized in that the tip of the concealing portion is in contact with the inner surface of the peripheral wall. The handle according to claim 1 , wherein the concealing portion is provided on the inner member. The handle according to claim 2 , wherein the inner member has a holding member that slidably holds the push button, and the concealing portion is provided on the holding member. The inner member has a lock mechanism for restricting the rotation of the handle beyond a predetermined value.
The handle according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the push button is a push button for releasing the regulation state by the lock mechanism. A faucet including the handle according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and the faucet main body.

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