JPH09100562A - Sliding shower hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to easily mount and remove a hanger main body. SOLUTION: In a sliding shower hanger constituted of a guide rail 1 fixed to the wall surface and a hanger main body 6 borne along a guide groove 2 of the guide rail 1 in a slidable manner, a mounting base section with a shape not being projecting to a moving track of the hanger main body 6 at the end of the guide rail 1 is fixed to the wall surface together with the guide rail 1 with a screw. An end cap 50 capable of covering the moving track and screw is provided in the mounting base section.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slide type shower hanger capable of moving a shower to a desired position along a guide rail fixed to a wall surface, and more specifically to a structure of a wall rail mounting portion of the guide rail. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A slide type shower hanger capable of moving a shower along a round bar-shaped guide bar fixed to the wall surface of a bathroom, a shower room, etc.
It is known from Japanese Patent Publication No. 91656. In the slide shower hanger shown in the publication, end members are fitted to both ends of the guide bar, and the end members are fixed to the wall surface with screws. The end member also serves as a stopper that prevents the hanger body from falling off the guide bar when the hanger body moves to both ends.

By the way, in the hanger body, there are cases where the parts which are crimped to the guide bar due to the screwing of the tightening handle are worn or deformed and the original function and operability cannot be maintained. In such a case, Requires the hanger body to be removed from the guide bar for repair such as replacement of parts. However, in the conventional structure, the screw must be removed from the wall surface and the end member must be removed, which makes the work troublesome, and the problem of damaging the wall surface of the tile or the like and lowering the fixing strength because the screw is refastened. there were.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention is intended to solve the above problems and to provide a slide type shower hanger in which the hanger body can be easily attached and detached.

[0005]

To this end, the sliding shower hanger of the present invention is a slide comprising a guide rail fixed to a wall surface and a hanger body slidably supported along a guide groove of the guide rail. In a shower shower hanger, an attachment base part that does not project on the movement track of the hanger body is fixed to the wall of the guide rail with a screw together with the guide rail, and the movement track and the screw can be covered with the attachment base part. It is characterized in that an end cap is provided. Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned slide type shower hanger, the protrusion of the mounting base is inserted into the space formed in the back surface of the guide rail, and a screw is inserted into the mounting base to form a wall surface of the mounting base together with the guide rail. It is fixed to. Furthermore, the present invention is the above slide type shower hanger,
The end cap is provided with a protrusion that engages with the guide groove of the guide rail.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of this slide type shower hanger, and FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. Figures 3 and 4
As shown in FIG. 1, the guide rail 1 has an equal cross-sectional shape made of an extruded product of aluminum having guide grooves 2 and 2 formed on both outer surfaces and a void 3 formed on the back surface. A screw hole 4 is formed so as to pass through.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a plate-shaped mounting base which has the same width as that of the guide rail 1 and which does not project on a moving track of the hanger body 6 described later, that is, does not project on an extension line of the guide grooves 2 and 2. A through hole 42 is formed in a protruding portion 41 formed integrally with the base portion 40, and the protruding portion 41 is connected to the guide rail 1.
The mounting base 40 is fixed to the wall surface 44 together with the guide rail 1 by inserting the screw 43 through the through hole 42 from the screw hole 4 by inserting the screw 43 into the space 3 from the end of the. Mounting base 40
An elastic sandwiching piece 46 having a dovetail-shaped fitting groove 45 is integrally formed on the surface of the. 47 is the mounting base 4
A tongue piece extending to the end surface of 0 has a step 48 formed at the tip of the tongue piece 47.

Reference numeral 50 denotes an end cap formed so as to cover the moving track and the screw 43 when the end portion of the guide rail 1 is covered, and the inner surface of the end cap 50 is also shown in FIG. As described above, the pair of protrusions 51 that can be engaged with the guide grooves 2 and 2 are integrally formed, and
A fitting piece 52 that can be fitted into the fitting groove 45 is integrally formed. Further, a convex notch 53 to which the step portion 48 of the tongue piece 47 can be fitted is formed at the edge of the end cap 50.

Reference numeral 6 is a cylindrical hanger body, and a leg portion 7 which is loosely fitted in one guide groove 2 of the guide rail 1 is integrally formed on the back surface of the hanger body 6. Reference numeral 8 denotes a hollow shaft-shaped component. The hollow shaft-shaped component 8 has a screw shaft portion 9 having a screw groove formed on the outer periphery of one end, a flat shaft portion 10 adjacent to the screw shaft portion 9, and a meshing shaft portion 11 having a spline groove. Then, a large diameter portion 13 capable of holding the O-ring 12 is formed on the outer circumference. Then, the hollow shaft-shaped component 8 is inserted into the hanger body 6 so that the O-ring 12 is brought into sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the hanger body 6. Reference numeral 14 is a hook for hooking the shower head, and a spline groove is formed in the inner periphery of the through hole 16 formed in the base portion 15 of the hook 14, and the through hole 16 is fitted in the meshing portion 11. Further, the hook 14 projects to the front through a vertically long slot 17 formed in the front of the hanger body 6. The hollow shaft-shaped component 8 is prevented from moving to the right in FIG. 2 by the contact of the base portion 15 with the stepped portion 26 formed on the inner surface of the hanger body 6.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a cylindrical base portion 19 having a hollow shaft-shaped component 8
While being loosely fitted to the flat shaft portion 10 of the above so as to be movable back and forth in the axial direction
The leg portion 2 is formed from the notch 20 formed on the back surface of the hanger body 6.
1 is a protruding piece in which the leg portion 21 is loosely fitted in the other guide groove 2 of the guide rail 1. Further, reference numeral 22 is a tightening handle in which the female screw cylinder portion 23 is screwed into the screw shaft portion 9 and protrudes from the general opening of the hanger body 6, and the tip of the female screw cylinder portion 23 is attached to the base portion 19 of the pressing piece 18. Can abut. Reference numeral 25 is a cap fitted in the other end opening of the hanger body 6. A shower head 26 is hooked on the hook 14.

In this shower hanger, however, when the tightening handle 22 is loosened, the leg portions 7 and 21 can slide along the guide grooves 2 and 2 of the guide rail 1, so that the hanger body 6 is guided by the guide hanger body 6. It can slide up and down along the rail 1. At this time, the end cap 50 functions as a stopper that prevents the hanger body 6 from falling off at the upper and lower ends of the guide rail 1. And the tightening handle 22
The base portion 19 of the pressing piece 18 is pressed by the tip of the female screw cylinder portion 23 by tightening, and the leg portion 21 of the pressing piece 18 is crimped to the guide rail 1 together with the other leg portion 7.
The hanger body 6 can be fixed at an arbitrary position of the guide rail 1 so as not to be slidable, and at the same time, the female screw cylinder portion 23 presses the base portion 19 to prevent the hollow shaft-shaped component 8 from rotating due to its frictional resistance, so that the hook 14 is fixed. Can be fixed so that it cannot tilt.

The end cap 50 has a screw 43 with a notch 53.
The insertion piece 52 is disengaged from the engagement groove 45 and can be easily detached from the guide rail 1 by inserting a flat-blade screwdriver and prying. Therefore, the guide groove 2,
Since the two ends are opened and the end cap 50 does not function as a stopper, the leg portions 7 and 21 can be separated from the guide grooves 2 and 2, and the hanger body 6 can be removed from the guide rail 1. The end cap 50 has a function as such a detachable stopper, and also has a function of improving the appearance by covering the screw 43 in a normal state.

[0013]

As described above, according to the sliding shower hanger of the present invention, the hanger main body can be easily removed from the guide rail by engaging and disengaging the end cap, which facilitates maintenance of the hanger main body. There is. Further, since the mounting base of the end cap is screwed together with the guide rail, there is an advantage that it can be securely mounted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a slide shower hanger according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the hanger body of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view when an end cap of the guide rail is unfolded.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a guide rail.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the back surface of the end cap.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Guide Rail 2 Guide Groove 3 Void 4 Screw Hole 6 Hanger Body 7 Leg 14 Hook 21 Leg 22 Tightening Handle 26 Showerhead 40 Mounting Base 41 Projection 42 Through Hole 43 Screw 44 Wall Surface 45 Fitting Groove 46 Elastic Clamping Piece 47 Tongue piece 48 Step portion 50 End cap 51 Projection 52 Fitting piece 53 Notch

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Masayuki Takai 4-10-25 Mei Station, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Tokai Rika Sales Co., Ltd. Chome 10-25 Tokai Rika Sales Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A slide type shower hanger comprising a guide rail fixed to a wall surface and a hanger body slidably supported along a guide groove of the guide rail, the hanger body being provided at an end of the guide rail. A slide-type shower hanger characterized in that an attachment base portion that does not project on the movement track of the above is fixed to a wall surface with a screw together with the guide rail, and an end cap that can cover the movement track and the screw is provided on the attachment base portion. . 2. The mounting base is fixed to a wall surface together with the guide rail by inserting a projecting portion of the mounting base into a gap formed on the back surface of the guide rail and inserting a screw into the mounting base. The slide shower hanger described. 3. The slide type shower hanger according to claim 1, wherein the end cap is provided with a protrusion that engages with a guide groove of the guide rail.