JPH10219778A - Drain faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate cleaning by taking out a mechanical box providing an alternately locking and unlocking thrust lock mechanism from a drain part at the time of pushing a faucet cover. SOLUTION: A drain faucet is detachably housed in the drain housing A1 of a drain part A, loosely inserted in the lower end of a mechanical box 2, a support shaft 6 vertically movably supporting the box 2 is abutted on the support rib A12 of the cylinder A1 to be supported, and fluctuation is prevented by a vibration stopper 4 and a hair catcher 5. At the time of closing the faucet, the box 2 is lowered to abut a packing 31 on a drain opening face A11, and a thrust lock mechanism 7 is locked. Next, when a cover 3 is pushed by a hand, the packing 31 is elastically deformed to slightly lower the box 2, when the hand is released from the cover 3, the lock mechanism 7 is unlocked to climb the box 2, and the cover 3 is also climbed to open the faucet. At the time of cleaning the drain part A, when the cover 3 is pulled in a faucet open state, and the box 2 is drawn. Thereby the drain part and the drain faucet can be easily and surely cleaned.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drain plug used for a bathtub, a basin, a sink, a hand-washing machine and the like, and more particularly to a drain plug which is supported so as to be supported by a support provided in a drain. The present invention also relates to a direct push type drain plug which is alternately locked and unlocked by a thrust lock mechanism each time a lid is pushed, opened when locked, and closed when unlocked.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a direct push type drain plug, for example, a drain plug having a structure described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-28948 has been proposed by the present applicant. The structure is such that a support shaft that fixedly supports the stopper from the upper end of the mechanical box fixed by the support rib provided in the drainage section is vertically movably fitted, and every time the stopper is pushed into the mechanical box. A thrust lock mechanism for locking and unlocking at the lower end of the vertical movement path of the support shaft is provided,
A spring is provided to constantly urge the support shaft upward. Therefore, in the drain plug having the above configuration, the thrust lock mechanism is locked and unlocked by pushing the stopper lid, and the drain portion is opened and closed.

[0003]

By the way, dirt such as hair and dirt contained in the water flowing at the time of drainage adheres to the mechanical box and the supporting ribs, but prevents the drainage portion from being clogged due to the adhesion of the dirt. Cleaning is done regularly. However, in the drain plug having the above configuration, the mechanical box is fixed to the drain portion, and the lid is fixed to the support shaft. Therefore, when the lid is opened, tweezers are inserted through the narrow gap between the lid and the drain port. It has to be cleaned by inserting a thin stick or the like, which makes it difficult to clean, and eventually leaves garbage. In addition, there is a possibility that the residual dust attached to the mechanical box during a long period of use gives resistance to the vertical movement of the support shaft, and the operation of the thrust lock mechanism is not smoothly performed. Further, there is a fear of an accident such as dropping foreign matter such as inserted tweezers or rods into the drainage section.

As a drain plug having a structure capable of solving the above-mentioned problems, for example, a structure in which a plug lid can be inserted into and removed from a support shaft as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-7262 has been proposed by the present applicant. Proposed. According to this structure, the drainage portion can be cleaned by removing the plug lid so as to expose the entire drainage portion surface, so that the drainage portion is more easily cleaned than the drainage plug described above. However,
Since the radio box is fixed to the drainage section in the same way as the drain plug described above, the radio box cannot be completely cleaned, and eventually the thrust lock mechanism will malfunction. It is not at present. In addition, since the stopper is inserted into and removed from the support shaft, a gap is generated between the stopper and the support shaft due to an assembly error when assembling the drain plug, and a thrust lock mechanism at the time of opening and closing the stopper is provided. The response of the operation of is sometimes poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable the entire drain plug to be inserted into and removed from a drain portion, and to easily clean the drain plug and the drain portion. Another object of the present invention is to provide a drain plug which can be surely provided.

[0006]

The technical means taken by the present invention to achieve the above object is to provide a mechanical box having a stopper at its upper end which elastically abuts a drain port, A support shaft that is inserted and supported to vertically move the mechanical box; and a support shaft that is provided between the support shaft and the mechanical box and that is supported by the lower end of the vertical movement path of the mechanical box every time a stopper is pushed. A thrust lock mechanism that alternately locks and unlocks the mechanical box with respect to the thrust lock mechanism, and biasing means that is provided between the inner surface of the upper end of the mechanical box and the thrust lock mechanism and that raises the mechanical box when the thrust lock mechanism is unlocked. And a drain plug protruding from the lower end of the mechanical box at the time of locking and unlocking. (Claim 1)

The above-mentioned urging means only needs to have an urging force in the vertical direction, and more specifically, can be achieved by using a coil spring or the like.

According to the above-mentioned technical means, the following effects are obtained. The mechanical box having a stopper is accommodated in the drainage section such that the lower end of the support shaft is supported by a support section provided in the drainage section so as to be removable from the drainage section. Incidentally, the above-mentioned support portion is of a well-known form today, which is formed in a plane cross shape crossing the axis of the drain cylinder from the inner peripheral surface of the drain cylinder. (Hereinafter, the supporting portion will be described as a supporting rib in the following description.) The supporting rib is provided so that a dedicated tool can be used from the front side (the ball surface side) of a basin or the like when the drainage tube is attached or detached. At the same time, it serves also as a hair catcher for removing hair, dirt, and the like contained in the drainage, and may be an existing one or a newly provided one. When the stopper is closed, the mechanical box is in a normal state of descending with respect to the support shaft, and the thrust lock mechanism is locked. At this time, the urging means applies an urging force to the locking force of the thrust lock mechanism. When the stopper lid is pushed from the above state, the mechanical box is slightly lowered to release the lock of the thrust lock mechanism. When the lock of the thrust lock mechanism is released, the urging force of the urging means acts in a direction to lower the support shaft and a direction to raise the mechanical box. Since the urging force acts only in the direction in which the radio box is raised because the support shaft is in contact with the support rib, the radio box is raised to open. Also, the open state of the drain plug is maintained by the urging force of the urging means. In order to return to the closed state from the open state, when the stopper is pushed against the urging force, the mechanical box is lowered, and the lowering of the mechanical box locks the thrust lock mechanism to the closed state described above. You. If the user pulls out the plug while holding the lid in the open state, the radio box is pulled out of the drainage section together with the lid, leaving nothing in the drainage section. Also, when attaching a drain plug, it is set by inserting it into the drain section as it is. According to the above, the invention of claim 1 has the following effects. The above-mentioned drain plug can be performed by a simple act of pulling out and inserting into and removing from the drain part. In addition, since there is nothing in the drainage part by pulling out the drain plug,
Cleaning inside the drainage section can be done easily and reliably to every corner. Since the drain plug itself can be removed and cleaned, the lid and the radio box can be cleaned easily and reliably to every corner. Further, the thrust lock mechanism has good responsiveness because the pushing movement of the stopper is transmitted directly to the mechanical box.

The drain plug may be constituted by the following technical means. The technical means includes a mechanical box in which a support shaft having a plug lid elastically in contact with the drain port is vertically movably fitted from the upper end, and a push-button for the plug lid provided between the mechanical box and the support shaft. A thrust lock mechanism for alternately locking and unlocking the support shaft with respect to the mechanical box on the lower end side of the vertical movement path of the support shaft for each movement, and a thrust lock mechanism provided between the lower end inner surface of the mechanical box and the thrust lock mechanism, The drain plug is provided with a biasing means for elevating the support shaft when the thrust lock mechanism is unlocked, and a support provided on the mechanical box and located below the lower end of the mechanical box. (Claim 2)

According to the technical means of the second aspect, the supporting shaft having the stopper having the following functions is supported by the mechanical box so as to be vertically movable. The mechanical box is accommodated in the drainage section such that the support section is supported by a support rib provided in the drainage section so as to be able to be inserted and removed from the drainage section. When the stopper is closed, the support shaft is in the lowered state, and the thrust lock mechanism is in the locked state. At this time, the biasing means applies a biasing force to the locking force of the thrust lock mechanism. When the stopper is pushed from the above state, the support shaft is slightly lowered to release the lock of the thrust lock mechanism. When the lock of the thrust lock mechanism is released, the urging force of the urging means acts in a direction to raise the support shaft and a direction to lower the mechanical box. The urging force acts only in the direction in which the support shaft is raised because the support portion of the mechanical box abuts against the support rib, so that the support shaft is raised to open. Also, the open state of the drain plug is maintained by the urging force of the urging means. In order to return to the closed state from the open state, when the stopper is pushed against the urging force, the support shaft is lowered, and the thrust lock mechanism is locked by the lowering of the support shaft, and the closed state is set. You. If the user pulls out the plug while holding the lid in the open state, the radio box is pulled out of the drainage section together with the lid, leaving nothing in the drainage section. Also, when attaching a drain plug, it is set by inserting it into the drain section as it is. When the stopper is pushed from the above state, the support shaft is slightly lowered to release the lock of the thrust lock mechanism. At this time, the support shaft is raised by the urging force of the spring, and accordingly the stopper is raised and the drainage part is opened. Therefore, the same effect as that of the first aspect is obtained.

Further, the following technical means may be added to the technical means of the first aspect. The technical means is that a hair catcher is provided in the radio box according to claim 1. (Claim 3)

According to the technical means of the third aspect, the following effects are obtained. In such a drain plug, when the drain portion is opened and drained, dirt such as hair and dirt contained in the drain is captured by the hair catcher. Since the hair catcher is provided in the radio box, when the drain plug is pulled out, dust is pulled up with the dust attached to the hair catcher. Most of the refuse such as hair and dirt is captured by the hair catcher, so that the support ribs are almost free of refuse. In addition, even if the hair catcher fails to catch the hair, it is captured by the support rib. Due to the above, the invention of claim 3 has the following effect in addition to the effect of claim 1 described above. Since most of the dust can be easily removed by pulling out the drain plug, cleaning the drain plug every time draining is not troublesome, so that the drain part can always be kept clean. Further, since most of the garbage is captured by the hair catcher, cleaning of the drainage portion can be very easily performed. Further, since the hair catcher and the support ribs in the drainage portion perform double dust removal, the dust removal efficiency is good, and the clogging of the drainage portion and the drainage trap can be eliminated. The hair catcher may be in any form as long as it can capture dirt such as hair and dirt contained in the drained water.

The above-mentioned effects can also be achieved by using the following technical means. The technical means is that a hair catcher is provided at a position of the support shaft of the drain plug according to claim 1 protruding from the lower end of the mechanical box. (Claim 4) The bearing portion of the drain plug of claim 2 is a hair catcher. (Claim 5)

According to the technical means of the fourth and fifth aspects, the following effects are obtained. The hair catcher according to the fourth aspect is provided on a support shaft holding a fixed position, and the hair catcher according to the fifth aspect is configured such that the support portion holding the fixed position is a hair catcher, so that the hair catcher is opened. The hair catcher is kept in the fixed position both at the time of closure and at the time of closure. That is, since the dust is captured by the hair catcher in which the home position is held, the weight of the dust does not cause resistance of the mechanical box and the support shaft to rise. Due to the above, the inventions of claims 4 and 5 have the following effects in addition to the effects of claims 1 to 3 described above. Regardless of the amount of dust captured by the hair catcher, the stopper lid can be stably raised when the thrust lock mechanism is unlocked, and a drain plug with good responsiveness of the thrust lock mechanism can be provided.

Further, by making the hair catcher of claims 3 to 5 detachable, the following new functions and effects can be obtained in addition to the above-mentioned functions and effects. (Claim 6)

According to the technical means of the sixth aspect, the hair catcher and the radio box can be separated. Therefore, at the time of cleaning, the hair catcher and the mechanical box are separated and individually cleaned, so that finer portions can be easily and reliably cleaned.

Further, the hair catcher according to any one of claims 3 to 6 has an outer ring, so that the following new operation and effect can be obtained in addition to the above operation and effect. (Claim 7)

According to the technical means of the seventh aspect, when the drain plug is accommodated, the hair catcher and the lid prevent the drain plug from shifting and wobbling in the left-right direction. Therefore, it is possible to provide a drain plug which can be inserted and removed and which is free from water stoppage failure due to displacement and wobble of the drain plug.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of a drain plug according to the present invention, in which the drain plug is housed in a drain section, FIG. 1 shows a closed state, and FIG. 3 shows an open state. In the figure, 1 is a drain plug, and A is a drain section.

The drainage section A includes a drainage cylinder A1 penetrated through an opening provided at the bottom of a container B such as a bathtub or a basin;
And a fixed cylinder A2 that is screwed into the drainage cylinder A1 from outside the bottom of the cylinder and fixes the drainage cylinder A1 to the container B. Drain cylinder A1
A drain port A11 which is opened and closed by a stopper 3 described later is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the upper end with a diameter larger than the inner diameter of the drainage tube A1, and a support rib A12 is formed on a lower end. Drain A
The depth 1 is set to such a depth that the stopper lid contacts the surface of the drain port A11 in a state where the support shaft 6 of the drain plug 1 described later contacts the support rib A12. The support rib A12 may be an existing one or a newly provided one.

The support rib A12 is of a well-known type formed in the shape of a cross in a plane crossing the axis of the drainage cylinder A1 from the inner peripheral surface of the drainage cylinder A1. And the like, using a special tool from the front side (the ball surface side), and also serves as a hair catcher for removing hair, scale, etc. contained in drainage.

The drainage plug 1 housed in the drainage section A as described above has a mechanical box 2 housed detachably in the drainage section A, and is provided at the upper end of the mechanical box 2 and has elasticity. The above-mentioned stopper lid 3 provided with a packing 31, a steady rest 4 provided between the stopper lid 3 and the mechanical box 2, a hair catcher 5 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mechanical box 2, The support shaft 6, which is loosely inserted from the lower end of the box 2 and supports the mechanical box 2 so as to be able to move up and down, between the support shaft 6 and the mechanical box 2 provided inside the mechanical box 2. A thrust lock mechanism 7 that alternately locks and unlocks the lower end of the vertical movement path of the mechanical box 2 each time the cap 3 is pressed, and applies a biasing force to the locking force when the thrust lock mechanism 7 is locked. Give and unlock It is composed of a biasing means 8 which gives a biasing force in a direction to increase the support shaft 6 in. Further, the lower end of the support shaft 6 always protrudes from the lower end of the mechanical box 2 both when locking and unlocking. In this embodiment, a case is shown in which the biasing means 8 is a coil spring, and the coil spring will be described with reference numeral 8 hereinafter.

The mechanical box 2 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a shaft cylinder 21 whose diameter is slightly smaller than the diameter of the mechanical box 2 and whose upper end is closed is integrally formed at the upper end. The steadying piece 4 is formed by a fitting cylinder 41 fitted to the shaft cylinder 21 and a plurality of stopper pieces 42 integrally formed on the outer periphery of the fitting cylinder 41.
The length of the steadying piece 4 is set to such a length that its tip does not contact the inner peripheral surface of the drainage cylinder.

The stopper 3 is formed by integrally forming a connecting barrel 32 on the lower end face downward along the axis, and by fitting a packing 31 to the outside of the connecting barrel 32. The packing 31 is formed in the shape of an inverted dish provided with a hole 311 that fits into the connection shaft cylinder 32 at the center using an elastic material such as rubber, and is capable of being deformed in the vertical direction. The steadying piece 4 and the stopper 3 thus formed are attached to the shaft cylinder 21 of the mechanical box 2.
And press-fit them sequentially.

The hair catcher 5 is, as shown in FIG.
An outer ring 51, which is located so as to surround the mechanical box 2 and has a diameter slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the drainage tube A1, and a radially formed integrally with the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring 51 and the outer peripheral surface of the mechanical box 2 It is formed of a hair catcher portion 52 and a cylindrical hair catcher portion 53 having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outer ring 51 and formed perpendicular to the radial hair catcher portion 52. Further, the lower end of the outer ring 51 is always positioned above the lower end of the support shaft 6. The lower end position of the outer ring 51 is set to such an extent that the mechanical box 2 can be slightly lowered when the thrust lock mechanism 7 described later is locked and unlocked. In this embodiment, the hair catcher 5 is formed as described above. However, the shape is not limited to this, and any shape may be used as long as it can capture dirt such as hair and dirt contained in drainage. There may be.

The support shaft 6 has a diameter of the lower half 61 larger than that of the upper half 62, and the upper half 62 is
Are fitted into the inside of the shaft cylinder 21 at the point.

The thrust lock mechanism 7 is a lower half of the support shaft 6.
A fixed ring 71 fixed to the distal end of the support shaft 61, a rotating ring 72 positioned above the fixed ring 71 and vertically and rotatably fitted to the upper half 62 of the support shaft 6, An engagement wall 73 integrally provided on the inner periphery of the support ring and engaged with the fixed ring 71 and the rotating ring 72;
A spring that constantly urges the rotating ring 72 downward during the 72
It consists of 74.

The fixing ring 71 is provided with teeth 711 continuously formed in a sawtooth shape on the upper end edge thereof, and is formed with projections 712 provided at 90-degree intervals on the outer peripheral surface. The rotating ring 72 has a tooth 721 that meshes with and cooperates with the tooth 711 of the fixed ring 71 at the lower end edge thereof.
It is formed by providing the same convex portion 722 as in FIG. Engagement wall 73
Are convex portions of the fixed ring 71 and the rotating ring 72 on the inner peripheral surface thereof.
Engaging grooves 731 for engaging with 711 and 721 are provided in the vertical direction at 90-degree intervals, and a sawtooth-shaped tooth portion 732 is provided at the upper end for engaging and disengaging the convex portion 722 of the rotating ring 72. ing. The spring 74 is disposed in a compressed state between a ring 75 and a rotating ring 72 which are vertically movably fitted on the outer periphery of the support shaft 6.

The coil spring 8 is disposed in a compressed state between the ring 75 and the inside of the upper end of the mechanical box 2 so as to face above the spring 74 of the thrust lock mechanism 7 configured as described above. The coil spring 8 has an urging force larger than the urging force of the spring 74.

The usage state of the drain plug 1 configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drain plug 1 is inserted into the drain portion A and is removably accommodated. In this storage state, the drain plug 1 is supported by the support shaft 6 abutting on the intersection of the support rib A12, and the steady rest 4 and the hair catcher 5 are connected by the drain plug 1.
To prevent wobble in the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the closed state, the mechanical box 2 is lowered and the packing 31 is in contact with the drain port A11. The lowered state of the mechanical box 2 is held by the lock of the thrust lock mechanism 7. In the locked state of the thrust lock mechanism 7, the convex portion 722 of the rotating ring 72 is locked to the tooth portion 732 of the engaging wall 73,
The engagement with the fixing ring 71 has been released. The urging force of the coil spring 8 acts on the rotating ring 72, and the teeth 722 of the rotating ring 72 are pressed against and engaged with the teeth 732 of the engagement wall 73 to lock the thrust lock mechanism 7. Holding. At this time, the urging force of the coil spring 8 also acts in the direction in which the mechanical box 2 is lifted, but the rotating ring is disengaged from the fixed ring, and the urging force of the coil spring 8 locks the mechanical box 2. The urging force of the coil spring 8 is applied to the support shaft 6 because the urging force of the coil spring 8 is pressed against and locked to the tooth portion 732 of the joint wall 73.
, And the lowered state of the mechanical box 2 is maintained.

Next, in order to change from the closed state to the open state shown in FIG.
Since the lower end of the hair catcher 5 is in contact with the intersection of A12 and the lower end of the hair catcher 5 is floating with respect to the support rib A12, the packing 31 is elastically deformed and the mechanical box 2 is slightly lowered. With the lowering of the mechanical box 2, the rotating ring 72 on which the urging force of the coil spring 8 acts is lowered toward the fixed ring 71 while being locked by the teeth 732 of the engaging wall 73. Simultaneously with the lowering of the mechanical box 2, the fixing ring 71 is made to protrude from the tip of the engaging groove 731 in the engaging wall 73, and comes into contact with the rotating ring 72 to push up the ring. At this time, since the urging force of the spring 74 urging the rotating ring 72 is lower than the urging force of the coil spring 8, the spring 74 is compressed. Then, at the same time when the rotating ring 72 is pushed up, the engagement of the engaging wall 73 with the tooth portion 732 is released,
Due to the urging force of the spring 8, the teeth 721 of the rotating ring 72 mesh with the teeth 711 of the fixed ring 71 while rotating along the inclination of the teeth 711 of the fixed ring 71. In the above state, since the rotating ring 72 is engaged with the fixed ring 71, the urging force of the coil spring 8 acts in the direction of lowering the support shaft 6 and in the direction of raising the mechanical box 2. Since the lower end of the shaft 6 is in contact with the support rib A12, the urging force of the spring 8 acts only in the direction in which the mechanical box 2 is raised. When the user releases the cap 3 and raises the mechanical box 2 by the urging force of the coil spring 8, the protrusion 72 of the rotating ring 72 is raised.
2 rotates along the inclination of the tooth portion 732 of the engaging wall 73 to be in a position where it can engage with the convex portion 711 of the fixing ring 71 and engage with the engaging groove 731. Is raised by being guided by the fixing ring 71, whereby the stopper 3 is raised to be in the opened state.

When the water is drained in the open state, the hair catcher 5 captures dirt such as hair and dirt contained in the drainage. That is, the dust is captured twice in combination with the support ribs A12 in the drainage section A. In particular, most of large debris such as hair that causes the clogging of the drainage section A is captured by the hair catcher 5. When drainage is completed and the drainage section A is to be cleaned, when the user pulls out the stopper 3 from the open state, the mechanical box 2 is pulled out together with the stopper 3 because the mechanical box 2 is integrated with the stopper 3. At this time, since the hair and the like adhere to the hair catcher 5, the cleaning of the drainage section A becomes very easy. Further, since the drain plug 1 can be cleaned in a detached state, it can be easily and reliably cleaned. When the drain plug 1 is attached, it may be stored in the drain section A as it is.

In order to return to the closed state from the opened state, the stopper 3 is pushed down to the limit, and the convex portion 722 of the rotating ring 72 is pressed.
And the convex portion 712 of the fixing ring 71 is engaged with the engaging groove 73 in the engaging wall 73.
1 and the rotating ring 72 rotates along the inclination of the tooth portion 711 of the fixed ring 71, and the convex portion 72 of the rotating ring 72 is rotated.
2 engages with the tooth portion 732 of the engagement wall 73 to lock the thrust lock mechanism 7 and maintain the lowered state of the mechanical box 2.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. The drain plug 1 is housed in a drain portion A, FIG. 3 is a closed state, and FIG. Shows the plug state. Note that the drainage section A is the same as in the above-described embodiment, and the description is omitted.

The drain plug 1 in the present embodiment comprises a plug lid 3
A mechanical box 2 in which a support shaft 6 having a vibration-preventing piece 4 is vertically movably fitted from the upper end, and a support shaft provided between the mechanical box 2 and the support shaft 6 each time the stopper 3 is pushed. 6 and a thrust lock mechanism 7 for alternately locking and unlocking at the lower end of the vertical movement path, and between the inner surface of the lower end of the mechanical box 2 and the thrust lock mechanism 7. An urging means 8 which applies an urging force to the locking force and applies an urging force in a direction in which the support shaft 6 is lifted when the lock is released, and a support portion 9 provided integrally with the mechanical box 2 and supporting the mechanical box. Have been.

The mechanical box 2 is formed in a cylindrical shape having through holes 22 and 23 formed on the upper and lower end portions with a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the mechanical box 2. The support part 9 provided integrally with the above-mentioned radio box 2 is located so as to surround the radio box 2, and the lower end of the support part 9 is supported by the support rib A 12 while being accommodated in the drainage part A.
It is to be supported by. In the present embodiment, the case where the support 9 is a hair catcher is shown, and in the following description, the hair catcher is denoted by reference numeral 9. or,
The hair catcher 9 is the same as the hair catcher 5 of the above-described embodiment, and thus the description is omitted.

The support shaft 6 is fitted in the mechanical box 2 in a penetrating manner, and the lower end of the support shaft 6 is always positioned above the lower end of the hair catcher 9. A rest piece 4 is press-fitted to a portion of the support shaft 6 protruding from the upper end of the mechanical box 2, and a stopper 3 is screwed to a tip thereof. Since the configuration is the same as the above embodiment, the description is omitted.

The thrust lock mechanism 7 has a fixed ring 71 fixed approximately in the middle of the support shaft 6, and is located below the fixed ring 71 so as to be vertically movable and rotatable with respect to the support shaft 6. The fitted rotating ring 72 and the fixed ring 71 and the rotating ring
An engaging wall 73 engaged with the rotating shaft 72 and a spring 74 for constantly urging the rotating ring 72 downward between the support shaft 6 and the rotating ring 72 are provided. The thrust lock mechanism 7 includes the stopper 3
, The support shaft 6 is moved up and down to lock and unlock. The spring 74 is disposed in a compressed state between a ring 75 and a rotating ring 72 which are vertically movably fitted on the outer periphery of the support shaft 6.

The urging means 8 in the present embodiment shows a case in which a coil spring is used in the same manner as in the above-mentioned embodiment. Hereinafter, the coil spring will be described with reference numeral 8. Further, the coil spring 8 in the present embodiment
Has an urging force larger than the urging force of the spring 74 as in the above-described embodiment. The coil spring 8 thus configured is disposed in a compressed state between the ring 75 and the inside of the lower end of the mechanical box 2 in opposition to the lower side of the spring 74 in the thrust lock mechanism 7 configured as described above. ing. That is, the positional relationship among the fixed ring 71, the rotating ring 72, the engaging wall 73, the spring 74, and the coil spring 8 is opposite to that of the above-described embodiment. The form and operation of the fixed ring 71, the rotating ring 72, the engaging wall 73, the spring 74, and the coil spring 8 are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and therefore, description thereof will be omitted.

The use state of the drain plug 1 configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the drain plug 1 is inserted into the drain portion A and is removably accommodated. In this storage state, the drain plug 1 is supported by the hair catcher 9 abutting on the support rib A12.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the closed state, the support shaft 6 is in a lowered state, the thrust lock mechanism 7 is locked, and the packing 31 is in contact with the drain port A11. At this time, the coil spring 8 applies an urging force to the locking force of the thrust lock mechanism 7.

As shown in FIG. 5, from the closed state, the stopper 3
, The support shaft 6 is slightly lowered to release the lock of the thrust lock mechanism 7. At this time, the support shaft 6 is raised by the urging force of the coil spring 8, and accordingly, the lid 3 is raised to be in the open state. Then, in order to return to the closed state from the open state, when the stopper 3 is pushed down to the limit, the support shaft 6 is lowered, and as the support shaft 6 is lowered, the thrust lock mechanism 7 locks and the stopper 3 is closed. Keep the plugged state. Therefore, the same operation and effect as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained, and since the hair catcher 9 is supported by the support rib A12, the stability at the time of accommodation is excellent.

The drain plug 1 may be constructed as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 in addition to the above two embodiments. still,
Regarding the drain plug 1 in the present embodiment, the configuration of the plug 3, the steady rest 4, the mechanical box 2, the support shaft 6, the thrust lock mechanism 7, and the coil spring 8 is the same as that of the first embodiment described above. Therefore, the description is omitted.

The drain cock 1 has a hair catcher 10 detachably provided at the lower end of a support shaft 6 protruding from the lower end of the mechanical box 2. The hair catcher 10 has an outer ring 11 and
A radial hair catcher portion 12 formed from the center of the outer ring 11 toward the inner peripheral surface, and a cylindrical shape having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outer ring 11 and formed perpendicular to the radial hair catcher portion 12. And a hair catcher portion 13. The center of the hair catcher 10 has a female screw
14 is provided, and is detachably attached by screwing into a male screw 63 provided at the tip of the support shaft 6. The form of the hair catcher parts 12 and 13 in the hair catcher 10 is the same as that of the hair catcher part in the hair catcher in the above-described two embodiments, and the diameter of the hair catcher 10 is also the above-described two embodiments. The diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the drainage cylinder in the drainage section, as in the hair catcher of the first embodiment.

When the hair catcher 10 is screwed to the support shaft 6, at least the mechanical box 2 is lowered between the lower end of the mechanical box 2 and the surface of the hair catcher section 12 of the hair catcher 10 so that the thrust lock is provided. An interval is provided such that the mechanism 7 can be locked and unlocked. The lower end of the hair catcher 10 is located below the lower end of the support shaft 6, and although not shown, the lower end of the hair catcher 10 is supported by a support rib A12 in a state of being stored in the drainage section A. Therefore, the stability at the time of accommodation is excellent.

The drain plug 1 configured as described above has the same operational effects as those of the above-described two embodiments. In addition, since the hair catcher 10 is made detachable, if the hair catcher 10 is removed when cleaning the drain cock 1, it is possible to clean finer portions and to easily clean the drain plug 1. Can be

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a drain plug according to the present invention in a closed state, showing a state in which the drain plug is housed in a drain part.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line (2)-(2) in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view in an opened state.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of another drainage plug according to the present invention in a closed state, showing a state of being housed in a drainage part.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the opened state.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway front view showing a closed state of another drainage plug according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway front view in the opened state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: drain plug 2: mechanical box 3: plug lid 6:
Support shaft 7: Thrust lock mechanism 8: Coil spring (biasing means) 5, 10: Hair catcher 9: Hair catcher (support) 71: Fixed ring 72: Rotating ring 73: Engagement wall
74: Spring

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A mechanical box having a stopper at its upper end elastically abutting a drain port, a support shaft inserted from the lower end of the mechanical box and supporting the mechanical box so as to be vertically movable;
A thrust lock mechanism provided between the support shaft and the mechanical box, which alternately locks and unlocks the mechanical box with respect to the support shaft on the lower end side of the vertical movement path of the mechanical box each time the stopper is pushed; A biasing means is provided between the inner surface of the upper end of the mechanical box and the thrust lock mechanism to raise the mechanical box when the thrust lock mechanism is unlocked, and the lower end of the support shaft is locked and unlocked when the lock is released. A drain plug protruding from the lower end. 2. A mechanical box in which a support shaft having a stopper lid elastically contacting a drain port is vertically movably fitted from an upper end,
A thrust lock mechanism provided between the radio box and the support shaft for alternately locking and unlocking the support shaft with respect to the radio box on the lower end side of the vertical movement path of the support shaft each time the stopper is pushed; A biasing means provided between the inner surface of the lower end of the mechanical box and the thrust lock mechanism for raising the support shaft when the thrust lock mechanism is unlocked, and a support provided on the mechanical box and positioned lower than the lower end of the mechanical box Drain plug with a part. 3. The drain cock according to claim 1, wherein a hair catcher is provided in the radio box. 4. The drain plug according to claim 1, wherein a hair catcher is provided at a portion of the support shaft protruding from a lower end of the mechanical box. 5. The drain plug according to claim 2, wherein the bearing is a hair catcher. 6. The drain plug according to claim 3, wherein said hair catcher is detachable. 7. The drain plug according to claim 3, wherein the hair catcher has an outer ring.