JPH04140579A - Multifunction complex faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable each operation of water supply, hot water supply, water and hot water mixed supply, treated water supply and water stop by one faucet by providing the faucet with two functions serving as a complex faucet for switching water and hot water, and a leased faucet for treated water from a water treatment device. CONSTITUTION:The water stop state is obtained by moving the movable disc 3 of a faucet 1 in such a way that its center is decentered to one side from the center of a fixed disc 2. Hot water is supplied by moving the movable disc in such a way that its center is decentered to the other side from the center of the fixed disc 2 so as to communicate a first and a third holes 19, 21 with each other, whereas water is supplied by communicating a second hole 19 and the third hole 21 with each other. Both water and hot water are supplied in the mixed state by further moving the movable disc 3 to communicate the first, second and third holes 19, 20, 21 with one another, and water is supplied to a water treatment device by communicating the second hole 20 and a fourth hole 22 with each other. Water supply, hot water supply, water and hot water mixed supply, treated water supply, and water stop can be thus performed by one faucet 1.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" This invention has two functions: a mixer faucet that switches between cold and hot water, and a faucet exclusively for treated water from water treatment devices such as water purifiers and water coolers. The present invention relates to a multi-functional composite faucet that is capable of supplying water, supplying hot water, supplying mixed hot and cold water, supplying treated water, and shutting off water using a single faucet.

``Conventional technology'' Traditionally, when installing a water treatment device such as a water purifier or water cooler in addition to a water/hot water mixing faucet in a household sink, etc., the water was separated from the water/hot water mixing faucet. A dedicated faucet was provided for the water treatment equipment, and the dedicated faucet was used to switch between supplying water to the water treatment equipment, discharging treated water from the dedicated faucet, and stopping it.

``Problems to be Solved by the Invention'' However, since there is a space limit for general household sinks, installing two faucets in one sink increases the installation space. Further, since each faucet needs to be placed at a certain distance from each other in order to rotate the faucet and operate the switching lever, two faucets cannot be placed close to each other.

In addition, the pipe line for connecting the mixing faucet and the water treatment apparatus is long and complicated, which requires time and effort to install, and requires a large amount of space for arranging the pipe line.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and has two functions: a mixer faucet that switches between cold and hot water, and a faucet exclusively for treated water from water treatment devices such as water purifiers and water coolers. 1
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a multi-functional composite faucet that can supply water, hot water, mix hot and cold water, supply treated water, and shut off water using a single faucet.

"Means for Solving the Problems" The multifunctional composite faucet according to the present invention has a first hole connected to a hot water supply pipe, a second hole connected to a water supply pipe, and a discharge pipe connected to the first hole. a fixed disk in which a third hole is formed, a fourth hole connected to a supply pipe to the water treatment device, and a movable disk in which a long groove is formed on one side; When the long groove forming side surface of the movable disk is superimposed on the disk, the movable disk is slidably arranged, and the center of the movable disk is eccentric to one side from the center of the fixed disk, the movable disk Even when rotated, any one hole of the fixed disk becomes water-stopped and does not communicate with any other hole, and the center of the movable disk moves from the center of the fixed disk to the side opposite to the one-way hole. When the movable disk is rotated and moved to a predetermined first position, the first hole of the fixed disk and the third hole are separated.
When the movable disk is moved to a predetermined second position, the second hole and the third hole of the fixed disk communicate with each other via the long groove of the movable disk. When the movable disk is moved between the first position and the second position, the first hole, the second hole, and the third hole of the fixed disk are connected to the long groove. When the movable disk is moved to a predetermined third position, the fixed disk's second
The hole and the fourth hole communicate with each other via a long groove, water is supplied to the water treatment device connected to the fourth hole, and the treated water from the water treatment device is connected to the above-mentioned discharge pipe. The above problem was solved by arranging the system so that the treated water is supplied through the treated water pipe line.

Further, it is preferable that the treated water pipe is disposed within the discharge pipe, and the discharge end of the treated water pipe is disposed on the inner side of the discharge end of the discharge pipe.

"Function" The multi-functional composite faucet of the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, and by moving the movable disc so as to be eccentric from the center of the fixed disc to one side, the eccentric state can be maintained. Even if the movable disk is rotated as it is, one of the holes in the fixed disk will not communicate with the other hole, resulting in a water-stop state.

Furthermore, if the movable disk is moved so that its center is eccentric from the center of the fixed disk to the other side, and the movable disk is rotated to the No. 1 position while maintaining this eccentric state, the first
The hole and the third hole communicate with each other, hot water is supplied from the discharge port, and the second hole communicates with the third hole.
When the movable disk is moved between the first and second positions, the second hole and the third hole communicate with each other to supply water, and when the movable disk is moved between the first and second positions, the first hole and the second hole communicate with each other. The hole communicates with the third hole, hot water is mixed and supplied, and the movable disk is connected to the third hole.
When moved to the position, the second hole and the fourth hole communicate with each other, water is supplied to the water treatment device, and the treated water from the water treatment device flows through the treated water pipe provided separately from the discharge pipe. The treated water is discharged through it. Therefore, with one faucet, each operation of supplying water, supplying hot water, supplying mixed hot and cold water, supplying treated water, and shutting off water is possible.

Embodiment FIGS. 1 to 3 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a multi-functional composite faucet (hereinafter referred to as a composite faucet) of the present invention.

This composite faucet consists of a fixed disc 2 fixed on a faucet main body l, a movable disc 3 slidably provided on the fixed disc 2, and an operating lever 4 connected to the upper part of the movable disc 3. , four pipes, a hot water supply pipe 5, a water supply pipe 6, a water supply pipe 7 to a water purifier (not shown), and a water purification pipe 8, which are inserted into the faucet body 1 from below, and a faucet. The main component is a discharge pipe 9 attached to the upper part of the main body l.

Inside the faucet main body l, a hot water supply pipe 5, a water supply pipe 6, and a water purifier water supply pipe 7 are provided so as to pass through the upper end of the main body, and eleven openings 5a are provided at the upper end of the main body, respectively. Second
An opening 6a and a third opening lower a are formed. Further, inside the faucet body 1, there is a hot water discharge passage 11 connected to the hot water discharge conduit IO of the discharge pipe 9 and passing through the upper end of the main body to form the fourth opening 11a, and a hot water discharge passage 11 connected to the water purification conduit 8. Purified water passages 13 communicating with the purified water discharge conduits 12 of the discharge pipes 9 are provided, respectively.

Furthermore, two grooves 14a and 14b are formed in the upper part of the faucet main body l. A hot water discharge channel 1 is provided in the upper groove portion 14a.
1 is provided with a fifth opening 15 which is an outlet of the faucet body 1.
Hot water discharge flow path 11 inside and hot water discharge pipe I of the discharge pipe 9
It is in communication with O.

In addition, the lower groove 14b has a sixth outlet which is the outlet of the purified water flow path 13.
An opening 16 is provided, and the purified water flow path 13 in the faucet main body 1 and the purified water discharge conduit +2 of the discharge pipe 9 are communicated with each other.

A base 9a of a discharge pipe 9 that encloses a hot water discharge conduit 10 and a clean water discharge conduit 12 is rotatably fitted outside the grooves +4a, 14b of the faucet body l. When the discharge pipe 9 is fitted into the faucet body l, the discharge pipe 9 connects to the groove 14a on the upper side of the faucet body l and the hot water discharge pipe 10.
are in communication, and the lower groove portion 14. b is in communication with the purified water discharge pipe 12. At the respective discharge ends of the hot water discharge pipe 10 and the purified water discharge pipe 12, downwardly cylindrical discharge ports 17a and 17b are provided. Further, a gasket 18 is provided at the contact portion between the base 9a of the discharge pipe 9 and the faucet body I.

The fixed disk 2 is a ceramic disk in which four through holes are formed as shown in FIG. These through holes each have an arc shape and are connected to each of the first to fourth openings formed at the upper end of the faucet main body l, and the first hole 19 connects to the hot water supply pipe 5 and the water supply pipe 6. A second hole 20 to be connected, a third hole 21 to be connected to the water purifier water supply pipe line 7. fi
A fourth hole 22 is connected to the water discharge channel 11 .

As shown in FIG. 7, on this fixed disk 2, a ceramic movable disk 3 having a slightly smaller diameter and having a long groove 23 formed on the - side (lower side) is slidably mounted. It is placed. As shown in FIG. 5, the end of a shaft 24 connected to the operating lever 4 is connected to the upper surface of the movable disk 3. As shown in FIG. This movable disk 3 is connected to the shaft 2
By moving the operating lever 4 vertically with the operating lever 4 attached to one end of the operating lever 4 and fixed with the fixed pin 25, the movable disc 3 slides eccentrically with respect to the fixed disc 2, and is operated. By turning the lever 4 left and right, it rotates on the fixed disk 2.

Further, the long groove 23 includes an arcuate portion 23a formed near the circumferential edge of the disk, a straight portion 23b extending radially from one end of the arcuate portion 23g, and an end portion of the straight portion 23b that expands slightly on both sides in the circumferential direction. It consists of a protruding extension part 23c. (FIG. 7) Further, a pedestal 26 is placed on the movable disk 3 for regulating the moving direction of the shaft 24.

The fixed disk 2, the movable disk 3, and the pedestal 26
are stacked, the mandrel 24 is placed on the pedestal 26, a gasket 27 having holes facing the first to fourth openings at the upper end of the faucet body l is placed on the outside of the fixed disk 2, and these are placed in the case 28. The ceramic cartridge 29 is housed therein. An engagement protrusion 30 is formed on the gasket 27, and an engagement recess 31 is formed on the upper end of the faucet body 1, so that the engagement protrusion 30 can be engaged and fixed in the engagement recess 31. It has become. (FIG. 3) This ceramic cartridge 29 is mounted by placing it on the faucet body 2, covering the outside with a cover 32, and fixing this cover 32 to the faucet body (2). Further, a cap 33 is attached to the cover 32 so as to cover the connection side portion of the operating lever 4.

Of the pipes connected to the faucet main body 1, the hot water supply pipe 5 and the water supply pipe 6 are connected to a hot water supply pipe and a water supply pipe, similarly to a conventional hot water mixing faucet.

Further, as the water purifier, a known water purifier that performs precision filtration or adsorption treatment using activated carbon on water supplied from a supply port and discharges purified water from a discharge port can be used. This water purifier is stored under a sink, etc., with the water purifier water supply pipe 7 connected to the supply port and the water purifier pipe 8 connected to the discharge port.

Although this embodiment shows an example in which a water purifier is used as the water treatment device, the water treatment device is not limited to a water purifier, and may be used for other water treatment such as an electric water cooler or an ionized water production device. A device may also be used.

Next, how to use this composite faucet will be explained.

4 to 13 are diagrams for explaining how to use the above-mentioned composite faucet.

This switching operation of the compound faucet is performed by moving the operating lever 4 in the vertical direction and rotating it in the left and right directions, as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows the water supply status of this composite faucet. In this water-stop state, the operating lever 4 is lifted upward, and the movable disk 3 is eccentric to the right in FIG.

Here, the arrangement of each hole in the fixed disk 2 is shown in FIG. In this figure, the lower left is the first hole 19 communicating with the hot water supply pipe 5, and the lower right is the second hole 20 communicating with the water supply pipe 6.
, the upper left is the third hole 21 that communicates with the water purifier water supply pipe 7, and the upper right is the fourth hole 22 that communicates with the hot water discharge flow path 11.

The second hole 2° is formed longer than the other holes.

Further, as shown in FIG.
3a1 consists of a straight portion 23b extending in the radial direction from one end of the arc-shaped portion 23a, and an extension portion 23c in which the ends of the straight portion 23b are slightly bulged on both sides in the circumferential direction.

The movable disk 3 is placed on the fixed disk 2, and the operation lever 4 is pulled up as shown in FIG.
! In this case, even if the operating lever 4 is rotated left and right, as shown in FIG.
The two holes do not communicate through LH')*l, -.

Next, when the operating lever 4 is pulled down, the movable disk 3 is eccentric to the left with respect to the fixed disk 2, as shown in FIG. When the operating lever 4 is turned to the first position at the end of the counterclockwise rotation, the arc-shaped portion 23a of the long groove 23 is opened as shown in FIG. 1O.
overlaps the third hole 21 of the fixed disc 2, and the extension part 2
3c overlaps with the first hole 19, the first hole 19 and the third hole 21 communicate with each other, and hot water from the hot water supply pipe 5 flows through the first hole 19.
, the long groove 23, the third hole 2I, the hot water discharge channel 11 in the faucet body I, the fifth opening I5, and the hot water discharge conduit 10 of the discharge pipe 9, and is supplied from the discharge port 17a ( hot water supply status).

Next, when the operating lever 4 is turned to the right while keeping it pulled down, the arcuate portion 23a of the long [23] overlaps the third hole 21 of the fixed disk 2, and the extended portion 23c overlaps both the first hole 19 and the second hole 20.

As a result, the first hole 19, the second hole 20, and the third hole 21 are 1! I! Hot water is introduced through the first hole 19, water is introduced through the second hole 20, the hot water and water are mixed, and the hot water is discharged from the third hole 21 into the hot water discharge channel 11 and then into the fifth opening. 15. The mixed hot water passes through the hot water discharge pipe IO of the discharge vibrator 9 and is discharged from the discharge port 17a (hot water mixed state).

Further, in this mixed state of hot water and hot water, the temperature of the hot water to be discharged can be adjusted by turning the control lever 4 left and right between the first position and the second position to change the introduction ratio of hot water.

Next, while keeping the operating lever 4 pulled down, turn it further to the right and move it to the second position. As shown in FIG. The extension portion 23C of 23 overlaps the second hole 20,
The second hole 20 and the third hole 21 communicate with each other via a long groove 23. This allows water from the water supply pipe 6 to flow through the second hole 2.
0, the long groove 23, the third hole 21, the hot water discharge channel 11 in the faucet body l, the fifth opening 15, the hot water discharge pipe lO of the discharge vibrator 9, and the water is supplied from the discharge port 17a. (Water supply status).

Next, while keeping the operating lever 4 pulled down, turn it further to the right from the second position and move it to the third position, and as shown in FIG. The extended portion 23c overlaps the fourth hole 22, and the extension portion 23c overlaps the second hole 20, so that the second hole 20 and the fourth hole 22 communicate with each other. This allows the water in the water supply pipe 6 to flow through the second hole 20.
, the long groove 23 and the fourth hole 22 to be introduced into the water purifier water supply pipe 7. The water supplied to the water purifier is purified inside the water purifier, and the purified water passes through the water purification pipe 8 and enters the faucet main body l.
The purified water flows through the sixth opening 16, passes through the purified water discharge conduit 12 of the discharge vibrator 9, and is discharged from the discharge port 17b (purified water supply state).

As described above, according to this composite faucet, each operation of water supply, hot water supply, mixed supply of hot water, supply of purified water, and shutoff of water can be performed by lifting and lowering the operation lever 4 and rotating it in the left and right directions when pulling it down. This makes it possible to switch. Therefore, according to this composite faucet, when a water treatment device such as a water purifier is placed separately from a hot water mixed faucet, the mixed faucet and water purification faucet can be incorporated into one composite faucet. Not only can installation space be reduced, but operability can be greatly improved.

FIGS. 14 and 15 show other embodiments of the composite faucet according to the present invention. The difference between the composite faucet according to this embodiment and the composite faucet according to the previous embodiment is that a double-hundred-type discharge vibrator 34 is used, the inner pipe of this discharge vibrator 34 is the purified water discharge pipe 35, and the outer pipe is the hot water discharge pipe 36, and the discharge end 37 of the purified water discharge pipe 35 is set inside the discharge end 38 of the hot water discharge pipe 36 (that is, the discharge end 37
The surface of the discharge end 38 is located above the surface of the discharge end 38.

In the composite faucet according to this embodiment, a double-hundred-type discharge vibrator 34 is used, and the discharge end 37 of the purified water discharge pipe 35 is positioned inside the discharge end 38 of the hot water discharge pipe 36. Due to the arrangement, the discharge end 37 of the purified water discharge pipe 35
The water purifier is cleaned by discharging hot water, and the structure prevents germs from entering the purified water discharge pipe 35, which is highly effective in preventing contamination within the water purifier.

Furthermore, by providing a metal net that covers both of the discharge ends 37 and 38, a water film is formed at the discharge end after hot water is discharged, and in particular, the purified water discharge end 37 is covered by the water film of tap water, thereby making the water purifier The effect of preventing internal contamination is further improved.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, the multi-functional composite faucet of the present invention has the above-described structure, so that the operation lever connected to the movable disk can be pulled up, pulled down, and rotated in the left and right directions. It is possible to switch between water supply, hot water supply, mixed supply of hot and cold water, supply of treated water, and water shutoff. Therefore, according to this composite faucet, when a water treatment device such as a water purifier is installed separately from a mixed faucet for hot water and cold water, the mixed faucet and the dedicated water treatment faucet can be combined into one composite faucet. This reduces installation space and greatly improves operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 3 are views showing one embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view of a composite faucet, FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof. , FIGS. 4 to 13 are diagrams for explaining how to use the composite faucet shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing the switching position of the operating lever;
Figure 5 is a side view of the main parts showing each disk and its surroundings when the lever is pulled up, Figure 6 is a plan view of the fixed disk, Figure 7 is a plan view of the movable disk, and Figure 8 is when the water is stopped. Figure 9 is a side view of the main parts showing each disc and its surroundings when the lever is in the pulled down state, Figure 10 is a diagram showing the positions of each disc in the hot water supply state, and Figure 11 is a diagram showing the positions of each disc in the hot water supply state.
The figure shows the position of each disk when hot water and water are mixed.
13 is a diagram showing the positions of each disk in a water supply state, FIG. 13 is a diagram showing each disc position in a purified water supply state, and FIGS. 14 and 15 are diagrams showing other embodiments of the present invention. 14 is a side sectional view of the discharge pipe, and FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 14. ■...Faucet body, 2...Fixed disc, 3...Movable disc, 4...Operation lever 5...Hot water supply pipe, 6
...Water supply pipe, 7..Water purifier water supply pipe, 8..Water purification pipe, 9. Discharge pipe, 10... Hot water discharge pipe, 12... Clean water discharge pipe, 19... First hole, 20... Second hole, 2
1... Third hole, 22... Fourth hole, 23... Long groove, 34... Discharge pipe, 35... Clean water discharge pipe, 3
6...Hot water discharge pipe line, 37.38...Discharge end.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A first hole connected to a hot water supply pipe, a second hole connected to a water supply pipe, a third hole connected to a discharge pipe, and a supply pipe to the water treatment device. a fixed disk in which a fourth hole connected to the fourth hole is formed, and a movable disk in which a long groove is formed on one surface side, the surface of the movable disk on the side where the long groove is formed is superimposed on the fixed disk, When the movable disk is arranged so as to be slidable, and the center of the movable disk is eccentric to one side from the center of the fixed disk, even if the movable disk is rotated, the hole in one of the fixed disks does not overlap with the other. the movable disk is in a water-stop state without communicating with the hole, the center of the movable disk is eccentric from the center of the fixed disk to the side opposite to the one side, and the movable disk is rotated to a predetermined first position. When the movable disk is moved to a predetermined second position, the first hole and the third hole of the fixed disk are in communication with each other through the long groove of the movable disk, and when the movable disk is moved to a predetermined second position, the fixed disk the second of
When the movable disk is moved between the first position and the second position, the first hole and the third hole of the fixed disk communicate with each other through the long groove. When the second hole and the third hole are in a mixed supply state of hot water and water communicating through the long groove and the movable disk is moved to a predetermined third position, the second hole and the fourth hole of the fixed disk are connected to each other through the long groove. are in communication via a long groove, water is supplied to a water treatment device connected to the fourth hole, and treated water from the water treatment device is discharged through a treated water pipe provided separately from the discharge pipe. A multi-functional composite faucet characterized by being configured to supply treated water. (2) The treated water pipe is disposed within the discharge pipe, and the discharge end of the treated water pipe is arranged inward from the discharge end of the discharge pipe. Multifunctional composite faucet.