JPH08285126A - Water faucet lever handle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a lever handle having a clear and simple appearance by covering a screw attaching hole formed in the lower side outer periphery of the lever handle with a cap having a clip piece so as to completely seal the screw attaching hole. CONSTITUTION: A screw attaching hole 10 is formed in the outer periphery of the lower part of a lever handle 4, a cap burying recessed part 9 recessed in an outer peripheral piece part 4b is formed in the upper side of the screw attaching hole 10 and a tool hanging notch 12 is formed in the upper end of this cap burying recessed part 9. Also, a boss engaging recessed part 11 further recessed inward is formed in the cap burying part 9. After a binding screw 6 is fastened to the screw attaching hole 10, a cap 7 is attached to the cap burying recessed part 9 from the outside and the screw attaching hole 10 is covered with the fitted cap piece 15 of the cap 7. Thus, with the screw attaching hole 10 completely covered, a clear and simple appearance is obtained for the lever handle 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lever handle for a water faucet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lever handle of a faucet is connected to a faucet body side with a screw, and a screw hole for mounting a screw is provided on a lower outer periphery of the lever handle or the like for mounting the screw from the outside. However, there is a problem in that the screw mounting hole is visually recognized from the front surface or the like and the appearance is deteriorated.

[0003]

The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and a lever handle of a faucet capable of providing a neat appearance by covering a screw mounting hole well. The first gist of the present invention is to provide a lever handle of a water faucet having a screw mounting hole opened on the outer periphery of the lower portion, and the screw mounting hole is covered with a cap having a clip piece. . The second gist is that water and hot water are displayed on the surface of the cap.

[0004]

In the first aspect, the cap can be attached to the screw mounting hole formed on the outer periphery of the lower portion of the lever handle with a one-touch operation through the clip piece, and the screw mounting hole can be satisfactorily covered by the cap. The cap can be easily attached, and a neat appearance shape can be formed in the attached state. Further, in the second aspect, since the surface of the cap is marked with water and hot water, the operating direction of the lever handle can be easily recognized by this display, and the function is improved.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a single-lever type water faucet. A water discharge pipe 2 is projected from a water faucet body 1, and a shower head 3 is provided at the tip thereof. Also, the faucet body 1
A lever handle 4 for operation is provided on the upper part of the lever handle 4. The lever handle 4 has a disc operating shaft 5 for moving an internal disc projecting upward from the faucet body 1 via a set screw 6. 2 shows a side cross-section of the lever handle in FIG. 2 and a front view of the lever handle in FIG. 3, the lever handle 4 has a base portion 4a formed at the lower central portion. Base 4
The shaft fitting hole 8 is formed in a recessed shape in a.
The disk operating shaft 5 protruding from the faucet body 1 side is fitted therein. A set screw 6 is fastened to the disc operating shaft 5 from the side of the shaft fitting hole 8 to connect the base 4a to the disc operating shaft 5. The outer peripheral side of the base 4a is an outer peripheral piece 4b. A screw mounting hole 10 is opened on the front side of the outer peripheral piece 4b, and the set screw 6 can be inserted into the screw mounting hole 10 from the outside and the set screw 6 can be screwed in with a screwdriver or the like. As shown in FIG. 3, the outer peripheral piece 4b is recessed above the screw mounting hole 10 so that the cap fitting recess 9 is formed.
At the upper end of the cap fitting recess 9, there is formed a notch 12 for hanging a tool such as a driver in a notched shape. Further, the cap fitting recess 9 is further recessed inward so that the boss engaging recess 1
1 has been formed.

After the set screw 6 is tightened, a cap 7 can be attached to the cap fitting recess 9 from the outside.
It is composed of a cover lid piece 15 that can be fitted into the screw attachment hole 10 to cover the screw attachment hole 10 and a clip piece 17 that integrally extends upwardly from the cover lid piece 15 in a U shape. By inserting it into the hole 10 and disposing it on the back side of the outer peripheral piece 4b, and pressing the cap 7 upward, the clip piece 17 and the cover lid piece 15 of the cap 7 sandwich the outer peripheral piece 4b, and the cap 7 is capped. The cover lid piece 15 of the cap 7 is bulged inward to form a boss portion 16, which is fixed to the fitting recessed portion 9. The boss portion 16 is fitted into the boss engaging recessed portion 11. As a result, the cap 7 becomes substantially flush with the outer peripheral piece 4b and is fitted and fixed in the cap fitting recess 9. In this fitted state, since a slight gap is formed at the upper end of the cap 7 through the tool hanging notch 12, it is possible to easily remove the cap 7 by inserting a screwdriver into the tool hanging notch 12. is there.

As described above, since the cap 7 has the clip piece 17, the clip piece 17 is attached to the screw mounting hole 1
It can be attached very easily by inserting it from 0, and in the attached state, it is flush with the outer peripheral piece 4b of the lever handle, and the screw attachment hole 10 is covered with a good cover.
As shown in FIG. 5, a neat appearance of the lever handle 4 can be obtained, and the screw mounting hole 10 is completely hidden from the front side.

As shown in FIG. 4, the surface of the cover lid piece 15 of the cap 7 is pre-displayed with water and hot water, and a red color is displayed from the center of the cover lid piece 15 to the left side in FIG. A is attached, and blue is displayed on the right side of the figure from the center B
Has been attached. That is, since the red display A indicates hot water and the blue display B indicates water, when the lever handle 4 is rotated in the direction of A, hot water is discharged from the shower head 3. Can be easily recognized, and conversely, in the direction of B, the lever handle 4
By rotating the, it becomes possible to easily recognize that water is discharged.

[0009]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a lever handle of a water faucet having a screw attachment hole formed in the outer periphery of a lower portion, the screw attachment hole is covered with a cap having a clip piece, so that the clip piece can be operated with one touch. There is an effect that a cap can be attached to cover the screw mounting hole well, and the screw handle can be completely hidden to form a lever handle having an extremely neat appearance. Also,
By displaying water and hot water on the surface of the cap, it is possible to easily recognize the operating direction of the lever handle through the display of water and hot water, and operate the lever handle correctly. It has the effect of improving usability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a single lever type water faucet.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side sectional view of a lever handle.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the lever handle before attaching the cap.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the lever handle with a cap attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Faucet Main Body 4 Lever Handle 4a Base 4b Peripheral Piece 5 Disc Operating Shaft 6 Set Screw 7 Cap 8 Shaft Fitting Hole 9 Cap Fitting Recess 10 Screw Mounting Hole 11 Boss Engagement Recess 12 Tooling Notch 15 Cover Lid 16 Boss Part 17 Clip pieces A, B display

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A lever handle of a water faucet having a screw mounting hole formed in an outer periphery of a lower portion, wherein the screw mounting hole is covered with a cap having a clip piece. 2. The lever handle for a water faucet according to claim 1, wherein water and hot water are displayed on the surface of the cap.