JPH0636481U - Shower device for shoulder rest of bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To be used while maintaining the angle of the jet that can give a sufficient massage effect to the bather. Store it easily so it doesn't get in the way of bathers when not in use. [Structure] A spherical bearing 31 is provided on a pedestal 30 attached to the flange 2 of the bathtub. A shower fitting for shoulder application, in which a spherical joint portion 32 is provided at the lower end of a shower appliance 17 for shoulder application having a nozzle 3 for shoulder application on the upper portion, and a joint portion 32 is rotatably attached to a spherical bearing 31 of a pedestal 30. Set 17 upside down. The channel 33 of the pedestal 30 communicates with the channel 34 of the shower device 17 for shoulder rest while the shower device 17 for shoulder rest stands upright, and the pedestal at the joint portion 32 with the shower device 17 for shoulder rest folded down. Three
The flow path 33 of 0 is blocked.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a shower device for a shoulder rest of a bathtub used for massaging the shoulder by giving a strong jet of shower water to the shoulder while taking a bath.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 A conventional shower device for shoulder rests of this type of bathtub is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-141282. The purpose of this is to mount the shower device for shoulder rest on the flange of the bathtub and to apply the shower to the shoulder from the shoulder part of the shower device for shoulder rest while taking a bathing posture.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the above-mentioned shower device for shoulder pads is mounted so as to project onto the flange of the bathtub in order to apply the shower jet to the shoulder in the bathing posture, and when the shower for shoulder pads is not used It gets in the way and is dangerous when going in and out of the bathtub. Moreover, in order to give a sufficient massage effect to the bather, it is necessary to apply the jet from a direction close to the vertical to the place where the bather's jet hits. Since the shoulder pad nozzle part can be attached at a position closer to the bather, there is a problem that it is more intrusive to the bather.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to use the jet stream in a state in which the angle of the jet can be maintained so as to give a sufficient massage effect to the bather. (EN) It is possible to provide a shower device for a shoulder rest of a bathtub which can be stored without being disturbed by a bather when not in use.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, a shower device for a shoulder rest of a bath tub according to the present invention is a shower device for a shoulder rest in which a pedestal 30 attached to a flange 2 of the bath tub 1 is provided with a spherical bearing 31 and a shoulder rest nozzle 3 is provided on an upper portion. A spherical joint portion 32 is provided at the lower end of 17, and the joint portion 32 is rotatably attached to the spherical bearing 31 of the pedestal 30 so that the shower device 17 for shoulder rest can be tilted up and down. When the channel 33 of the pedestal 30 and the channel 34 of the shower device 17 for shoulder rest are communicated with each other in the upright state, and the shower device 17 for shoulder rest is laid down, the channel 33 of the pedestal 30 is joined at the joint portion 32. It is characterized in that it is configured to cut off

[0006]

[Action]

 According to the above configuration, when using the shoulder rest shower, the shoulder rest shower device 17 is erected upward, and the shoulder rest nozzle 3 is positioned at a sufficiently high position, so that the bath occupant does not have to take a shower. It can be used while maintaining the angle of the jet stream, which gives a great massage effect. Further, when the shoulder rest shower is not used, the shoulder rest shower device 17 can be laid down side by side and stored on the flange 2 so as not to disturb the bather. Further, when the shower device 17 for shoulder rest is folded and stored, the joint portion 32 blocks the flow passage 33 of the pedestal 30 to stop the water.

[0007]

【Example】

 FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the whole bath 1, and FIG. 4 is a pipeline diagram showing the entire system. A circulation pump 8 is arranged on the side of the bathtub 1, and a suction port 9 and the circulation pump 8 in the bathtub 1 are connected by a suction pipe 10. The circulation pump 8 removes the hot water in the bathtub 1. Can be sucked in. Further, on the inner wall surface of the bathtub 1, there are provided a plurality of back jet nozzles 11 for jetting hot water containing air bubbles into the bathtub 1 and foot jet nozzles 12, and the jet nozzles 11 and 12 and the circulation pump 8 are provided. Are connected by nozzle water supply pipes 13 and 14, so that hot water can be supplied to the injection nozzles 11 and 12. An air intake port 15 is provided on the flange 2 of the bathtub 1, and the air intake port 15 and the injection nozzles 11 and 12 are connected by an air pipe 16, whereby air is supplied to the injection nozzles 11 and 12. You can do it. On the flange 2 of the bath tub 1, a pair of shower devices 17 for shoulder rests are arranged at positions corresponding to the shoulders of the bather. The shower device 17 for shoulder rests and the circulation pump 8 are provided for showering water for shoulder rests. It is connected by a pipe 18 so that the bath water is supplied to the shower device 17 for shoulder rest. As described later, the shoulder rest shower device 17 can be erected upward to be in a use state, or can be laid down on the flange 2 and stored. The bathtub 1 is operated by the remote controller 20, and various operation patterns can be selected, flow intensity can be adjusted, and jet flow frequency can be adjusted. A signal from the remote controller 20 is sent to the remote controller light receiving section 21 and transmitted to the control section 22 housed in the circulation pump 8. Reference numeral 27 is an on / off switch attached to the flange 2 of the bath tub 1 so that the injection nozzles 11 and 12 can be turned on and off. Reference numeral 28 denotes a drain plug switch for opening and closing the drain plug at the bottom of the bathtub 1.

The bath water sucked from the suction port 9 is supplied from the circulation pump 8 through the flow rate control valve 23 that controls the circulation flow rate inside the pump unit, the nozzle water supply pipes 13 and 14, the shoulder contact shower water supply pipe 18 To be supplied to. The nozzle water supply pipes 13, 14 and the shoulder pad shower water supply pipe 18 are respectively provided with a back flow path switching valve 24 such as a motor valve, a foot flow path switching valve 25, and a shoulder flow path switching valve 26. , The supply of bath water can be switched. The bath water that has circulated through the nozzle water supply pipes 13 and 14 through the back flow path switching valve 24 and the foot flow path switching valve 25 is mixed with the air from the air pipe 16 at the injection nozzles 11 and 12. A jet stream containing bubbles is ejected into the bathtub 1. The bath water that has circulated through the shoulder flow path switching valve 26 and the shoulder shower water supply pipe 18 is supplied to the shoulder shower device 17, and the shoulder nozzle of the shoulder shower device 17 is supplied. It is injected from 3. The flow rate of the bath water circulated and supplied to the injection nozzles 11 and 12 and the shoulder rest shower device 17 is controlled by the control unit 22 by controlling the flow rate control valve 23 that can control the flow rate by the valve opening degree using the stepping motor. The circulating flow rate can be adjusted, and the jet flow of various variations can be obtained by adjusting the strength of the jets jetted from the jet nozzles 11 and 12 and the shoulder pad nozzle 3 of the shoulder pad shower device 17.

A pair of shoulder rest shower devices 17 are attached to the flange 2 as shown in FIG. A pedestal 30 is arranged on the flange 2 so as to penetrate the flange 2, and is fixed by a mounting nut 36. A spherical bearing 31 is provided on the upper portion of the pedestal 30, and the channel 33 provided in the pedestal 30 is connected to the shower water supply pipe 18 for the shoulder rest. A pressing portion 37 is provided on the upper portion of the spherical bearing 31, and a notch 38 extending from the upper portion to the lower portion is provided on a part of the pressing portion 37. A packing 39 is attached above and below the spherical bearing 31. A connecting member 41 is attached to the lower portion of the main body 40 of the shower device 17 for shoulder rest via an O-ring 42, and a spherical joint portion 32 is provided at the lower end of the connecting member 41. The joint portion 32 is rotatably fitted to the spherical bearing 31 and is held by a pressing portion 37 so as not to come off. A strainer 52 for removing dust is interposed between the connecting member 41 and the main body 40. On the upper part of the main body 40, a cylindrical rotary shaft 43 is horizontally arranged and rotatably mounted. An O-ring 45 is also interposed in a watertight manner at a portion where the rotary shaft 43 is rotatably connected. The shoulder shaft nozzle 3 is attached to the rotary shaft 43, and a jet of shower water can be jetted from the jet port 46 at the tip of the shoulder pad nozzle 3. An oscillation-type pure fluid element 47 such as a feedback oscillation-type pure fluid element is installed in the shoulder pad nozzle 3, and the jet direction is alternately switched by the oscillation of the oscillation-type pure fluid element 47. ing. That is, the jet flow jetted from the main nozzle 48 of the oscillation type pure fluid element 47 is switched by the negative pressure of the feedback pipe line 50 and jetted alternately. Further, the shoulder rest shower device 17 is provided with a flow path 34 extending from the joint portion 32 at the lower end to the shoulder rest nozzle 3. When using the shoulder rest shower, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 (a), the shoulder rest shower device 17 is erected so that the passage 33 of the pedestal 30 and the passage 34 of the shoulder rest shower device 17 are separated from each other. The shoulder contact nozzles 3 can communicate with each other to jet a jet stream to massage the shoulder. At this time, the shoulder rest shower device 17 can rotate the shoulder resting nozzle 3 in a horizontal plane by rotating the joint portion 32 around the vertical axis with respect to the spherical bearing 31, and the rotating shaft 43 can turn the shoulder resting nozzle 3 into contact with the shoulder resting nozzle 3. It can be rotated up and down, and the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 can be freely changed. When the shoulder rest shower device 17 is tilted toward the notch 38, the joint portion 32 rotates with respect to the spherical bearing 31 and the shoulder rest shower device 17 is placed on the flange 2 as shown in FIG. 2 (b). It can be stored like lying down and lying down. At this time, the packing 39 is in close contact with the joint portion 32 at a portion of the joint portion 32 where there is no flow passage 34, and water is stopped so that the jet flow does not occur even if the circulation pump 8 is operated in the stored state.

[0010]

【The invention's effect】

 The present invention provides a spherical bearing on the pedestal attached to the flange of the bathtub as described above, and a spherical joint portion on the lower end of the shower device for a shoulder rest having a nozzle for the shoulder rest on the upper portion and a spherical bearing for the pedestal. Since the joint part is rotatably attached to the shoulder rest shower device so that it can be tilted up and down, when using the shoulder rest shower, stand up the shoulder rest shower device upwards and make sure that the shoulder rest nozzle is It can be used with the jet angle kept high enough to give a sufficient massage effect to the bather, and when the shoulder rest shower is not used, the shoulder rest shower equipment It can be stored by lying down on the flange and laying it on the flange so that it does not disturb the bather. And the shoulder shower device are connected to each other and the shoulder shower device is tilted to block the pedestal flow path at the joint, so the shoulder shower device is tilted and stored. In this condition, the joint can block the flow path of the pedestal to stop water.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a shower device portion for a shoulder pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view for explaining the operation of the above, FIG.
Shows a state when used, and (b) shows a state when stored.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the entire bathtub of the above.

FIG. 4 is a pipeline diagram of the entire system of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathtub 2 Flange 3 Shoulder pad nozzle 17 Shoulder pad shower device 30 Pedestal 31 Spherical bearing 32 Joint part 33 Flow path 34 Flow path

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A spherical bearing is provided on a pedestal attached to a flange of a bathtub, and a spherical joint portion is provided on a lower end of a shower device for a shoulder rest provided with a nozzle for a shoulder rest on an upper portion and a joint portion is provided on a spherical bearing of the pedestal. Rotatably attaches the shoulder rest shower device to the upright position, and while the shoulder rest shower device is upright, the pedestal flow path and the shoulder rest shower device flow path are connected and the shoulder rest shower A shower device for a shoulder rest of a bathtub, characterized in that the flow path of the pedestal is blocked at the joint portion in a state where the appliance is tilted.