JPH10317438A - Mounting structure of faucet, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve workability, in which a pedestal member is fixed onto a counter and a wall surface. SOLUTION: A bolt 6 is passed through the through-hole of a pedestal member 5 and the lower end of the bolt 6 is screwed beforehand into the female tapped hole 11 of a horseshoe-shaped member 7 for fixing the pedestal member 5 onto a counter. The left piece 7a and right piece 7b of the horseshoe-shaped member 7 are picked by a fingertip under the state and narrowed, and the horseshoe-shaped member 7 is inserted into a faucet mounting hole. When the bolt 6 is pushed downwards, the horseshoe-shaped member 7 is passed through the faucet mounting hole as an approximately horizontal posture is left as it is kept, returned to an original state by the energizing force of a leaf spring, and superposed at the lower edge of the faucet mounting hole. The edge section of the faucet mounting hole is held strongly from upper and lower sections by the pedestal member 5 and the horseshoe-shaped member 7 by sufficiently clamping the bolt 6, and the pedestal member 5 is fastened firmly onto the counter. The faucet is installed to the pedestal member 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a faucet mounting structure in which a faucet is mounted on a counter. More specifically, the present invention relates to a faucet mounting structure in which a faucet can be mounted to a counter from above by a pedestal member fixed to the counter. The present invention also relates to a structure in which a wall mounting member such as a towel hanger is mounted on a wall using the pedestal member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a water faucet is attached to a faucet mounting hole such as a counter or a basin of a basin, the faucet is arranged behind a sink or a basin, so that the faucet is fixed (for example, nuts are tightened). Is performed in the rear part of the sink or basin, and the fixing work posture is difficult and workability is poor. In addition, a special crank-shaped special tool for tightening nuts while bypassing a sink or a basin is required.

[0003] In view of the above, various structures have been proposed for fixing a faucet to a faucet mounting hole of a faucet installation plate such as a counter or a basin flange simply by working from above.

As one of them, an annular pedestal member is disposed above a counter or the like, a counter back member is disposed below the counter or the like, and a bolt is passed from above through a base hole of the pedestal member. A structure is known in which a pedestal member is fixed by being screwed into a female screw hole of a back member, and a faucet is fixed to the pedestal member (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-93012).

[0005] Figs. 10 to 12 are perspective views showing the structure of the same publication.
2) is bored, and an annular pedestal member 63 is disposed on the upper side thereof. A horseshoe-shaped member 64 as a counter back member is disposed below the faucet mounting hole 61. Openings 65 and 66 (the eleventh) are formed in the pedestal member 63 and the horseshoe-shaped member 64.
Figure) is provided. As shown in FIG.
A bolt 67 is passed through the bolt 66, and a nut 68 is screwed into the tip of the bolt 67. Then, as shown in FIG.
Through the faucet mounting hole 61 from above, so that the horseshoe-shaped member 64 faces the lower edge of the faucet mounting hole 61.

Thereafter, the bolt 67 is tightened, and the horseshoe-shaped member 64 and the pedestal member 63 sandwich the edge of the faucet mounting hole 61 to fix the pedestal member 63.

A male screw is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal member 63, and a faucet 69 is fixed to the pedestal member 63 by a union nut-shaped fastening nut 70.

The opening 65 of the horseshoe-shaped member 64 is provided with a slit 71, and the nut 68 is provided with a projection 72 which engages with the slit 71. When turning the bolt 67, the bolt 67 is pulled up and the horseshoe-shaped member 64 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the counter 60. And nut 68
The projections 72 are engaged with the slits 71, and then the bolts 67 are turned to tighten the bolts 67 while preventing the nuts 68 from rotating together. Thereafter, the detent member 73 is inserted into the central hole 74 of the pedestal member 63 and the horseshoe-shaped member 64 is inserted.
While tightening the bolt.

[0009]

In the conventional water faucet mounting structure, the bolt 67 needs to be turned many times to fix the pedestal member 63, which is troublesome.

That is, when the horseshoe-shaped member 64 is passed through the faucet mounting hole 61, the horseshoe-shaped member 64 is tilted as shown in FIG.
There is a fairly large gap between 4 and the back of the counter 60. Therefore, the horseshoe-shaped member 64 does not adhere to the back surface of the counter 60 unless the bolt 67 is turned extremely many times.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to improve workability of fixing a base member to a counter or a wall surface.

[0012]

According to the faucet mounting structure of the present invention, a pedestal member is fixed to a faucet mounting hole of a counter using a counter back member and a bolt, and a faucet is engaged with the pedestal member from above. In the faucet mounting structure fixed by being fixed, the counter back member is deformable in a radial direction or a chord direction of the faucet mounting hole so as to pass through the faucet mounting hole. is there.

In such a faucet mounting structure, the faucet mounting hole can be passed through the faucet mounting hole so that the counter back member is narrowed, and the gap between the counter back member and the counter after passing through the faucet mounting hole is extremely small. can do.

The counter back member is provided with a biasing member such as a spring, and when the counter back member passes through the faucet mounting hole, the counter back member expands itself and engages with the lower edge of the faucet mounting hole. It is preferable to configure so that

The mounting structure of the wall mounting member of the present invention is as follows.
In the mounting structure of the wall mounting member in which the pedestal member is fixed to the mounting hole of the wall using the wall back member and the bolt, and the wall mounting member is engaged with the pedestal member from the front and fixed, the wall back member includes the wall back member. It is characterized in that it can be deformed radially or chordwise of the mounting hole so that it can pass through the mounting hole.

[0016]

1 (a) and 1 (b) are perspective views of a base member and a counter back member (a horseshoe-shaped member) used in the embodiment. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are a plan view and an exploded perspective view of a horseshoe-shaped member, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a method of attaching a pedestal member to a counter, and FIG. 4 (a) is a method of attaching a faucet. FIG. 4B is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.
It is sectional drawing which follows the B line.

Back guard 2 and sink 3 of counter 1
And a base member 5 is fixed to the faucet mounting hole 4 by a bolt 6 and a horseshoe-shaped member 7. The pedestal member 5 is annular, and the protrusion 5
The protrusion 5a is provided with a through hole 5b (FIG. 4) through which the bolt 6 is inserted.

A female screw hole 5c is provided in the pedestal member 5 at a position facing the convex portion 5a.

Horseshoe-shaped member 7 as back member for counter
Is composed of a central piece 7c and a left piece 7a and a right piece 7b connected to the central piece 7c by leaf springs 8, 9. The central piece 7c is provided with a protrusion 10 projecting into the faucet mounting hole 4, and the protrusion 10 is provided with a female screw hole 11. The bolt 6 is screwed into the female screw hole 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, projecting pieces 12 and 13 project from both ends of the central piece 7c, and the projecting pieces 12 and 13 are slidable in the recesses 14 and 15 of the left piece 7a and the right piece 7b. Plugged in.

Since the leaf springs 8 and 9 are provided on the inner peripheral side of the horseshoe-shaped member 7 so as to straddle the center piece 7c, the left piece 7a and the right piece 7b, the horseshoe-shaped member 7 is formed by the left piece 7a and the right piece. Can be deformed in a direction (direction of arrow A) in which the tip sides of the two approach each other.

In order to fix the pedestal member 5 to the counter 1, as shown in FIG.
b, and screw the lower end of the bolt 6 into the female screw hole 1 of the horseshoe-shaped member 7.
Screw it to 1. In this state, the left piece 7a of the horseshoe-shaped member 7
And pinch the right piece 7b with your fingertips,
Into the faucet mounting hole 4. Next, when the bolt 6 is pushed downward, the horseshoe-shaped member 7 passes through the faucet mounting hole 4 while maintaining a substantially horizontal posture. Then, the left piece 7a and the right piece 7b return to the original state by the urging force of the leaf springs 8 and 9, and overlap the lower edge of the faucet mounting hole 4. Then, by sufficiently tightening the bolt 6, the pedestal member 5 and the horseshoe-shaped member 7 strongly clamp the edge of the water tap mounting hole 4 from above and below, and the pedestal member 5 is firmly fixed to the counter 1.

Since the horseshoe-shaped member 7 passes through the faucet mounting hole 4 while maintaining a substantially horizontal state, the distance between the pedestal member 5 and the horseshoe-shaped member 7 may be slightly larger than the thickness of the counter 1. . Therefore, the horseshoe-shaped member 7 is attached to the faucet mounting hole 4.
After passing through, the pedestal member 5 can be firmly fixed to the counter 1 only by turning the bolt 6 a few times.

Thereafter, a faucet 17 is attached to the base member 5 as shown in FIG. A concave hole 17 a is provided on the bottom surface of the faucet 17, and the concave hole 17 a is fitted to the pedestal member 5. Next, a screw 18 is passed through the hole 17b of the faucet 10,
The faucet 17 is fixed to the pedestal member 5 by screwing the screw 18 into the female screw hole 5c of the pedestal member 5.

The faucet 17 is a kitchen single lever hot water mixing faucet, to which a hot water supply pipe 19 and a water supply pipe (not shown) are connected, and by operating a handle 17c, a desired temperature is supplied from the water discharge pipe 17d. Of water (hot water) is discharged.

FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are a perspective view and an exploded perspective view of a horseshoe-shaped member 20 used in another embodiment.

The horseshoe-shaped member 20 includes a left piece 21 and a right piece 2
The left piece 21 and the right piece 22 are provided with overlapping portions 23 and 24, respectively. The overlapping portion 23 is provided with a raw hole 25 through which the bolt 6 passes,
The overlapping portion 24 is provided with a female screw hole 26 into which the bolt 6 is screwed. The loop spring 27 is locked to the spring locking portions 28 of the left piece 21 and the right piece 22 such that the bolt 6 is inserted into the center hole 27a.

Although not shown, when the pedestal member 5 is fixed to the counter 1 using the horseshoe-shaped member 20, the pedestal member 5 and the horseshoe-shaped member 20 are connected with bolts 6 in advance.
That is, the bolt 6 is passed through the raw hole 5b of the pedestal member 5, then through the raw hole 25 of the horseshoe-shaped member 20, and screwed into the female screw hole 26. Then, the left piece 21 and the right piece 2 of the horseshoe-shaped member 20
2 and inserted into the faucet mounting hole 4, the bolt 6 is pushed, and the horseshoe-shaped member 20 is held in a substantially horizontal posture.
Through. When the horseshoe-shaped member 20 passes through the faucet mounting hole 4, it is urged by the loop spring 27 and FIG.
, And overlaps the lower edge of the faucet mounting hole 4. Then, the pedestal member 5 is fixed to the counter 1 by turning the bolt 6.

Also in this case, since the gap between the horseshoe-shaped member 20 and the counter 1 is small, the pedestal member 5 can be firmly fixed to the counter 1 only by turning the bolt 6 a few times.

FIG. 6 (a) is a perspective view of a pedestal member 30 and a horseshoe-shaped member 31 used in still another embodiment.
FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

The pedestal member 30 is provided with two convex portions 32 on the inner peripheral surface, and each of the convex portions 32 has an elongated hole 33 penetrating vertically. The bolt 6 is inserted through the elongated hole 33. The long hole 33 has a cross-sectional shape that is long in the radial direction of the pedestal member 30.

The horseshoe-shaped member 31 has a left piece 34 and a right piece 35 connected by a spring 36. Convex portions 37, 38 are provided on the inner peripheral surfaces of the left piece 34 and the right piece 35, and female screw holes 37a, 38a are provided in the convex portions 37, 38, and bolts 6, 6 are provided in the female screw holes 37a, 38a. 6 is screwed.

Although not shown, when the pedestal member 30 is fixed to the counter 1 using the horseshoe-shaped member 31,
The pedestal member 30 and the horseshoe-shaped member 31 are connected by bolts 6. That is, the bolts 6, 6 are screwed into the female screw holes 37a, 38a through the long holes 33, 33 of the pedestal member 30. Then, after the left piece 34 and the right piece 35 of the horseshoe-shaped member 31 are pinched and inserted into the faucet mounting hole 4, the bolt 6 is pushed, and the horseshoe-shaped member 31 is passed through the faucet mounting hole 4 in a substantially horizontal posture.
When the horseshoe-shaped member 31 passes through the faucet mounting hole 4, the spring 36
6 (a) and returns to the original shape shown in FIG. 6 (a), and overlaps with the lower edge of the faucet mounting hole 4. Then, the pedestal member 30 is fixed to the counter 1 by turning the bolt 6.

Also in this case, since the gap between the horseshoe-shaped member 31 and the counter 1 is small, the pedestal member 30 can be firmly fixed to the counter 1 only by turning the bolt 6 a few times.

A water faucet is fixed to the base member 30 with screws. The base member 30 is provided with a female screw hole 39 into which the screw is screwed.

When the left piece 34 and the right piece 35 are pinched and their tips are brought close to each other, the bolt 6
Because there is no inclination, there is no problem in deforming the left piece 34 and the right piece 35 in the approaching direction.

In FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the horseshoe-shaped member 31 in which the left piece 34 and the right piece 35 are connected by a spring 36 is used, but as shown in FIG. A horseshoe-shaped member 31A may be used in which the piece 34A and the right piece 35A are integrally formed of a synthetic resin, and the neck-shaped elastic portion 36A is integrally formed so as to connect the two.

FIG. 7 (a) is a perspective view showing a pedestal member 30 and a counter back member 41 used in different embodiments, and FIG. 7 (b) is a counter back member along the line BB in FIG. 7 (a). FIG.

The counter back member 41 is composed of a box-shaped left piece 42 having an open right end surface, and a right piece 43 fitted to the left piece 42 so as to be movable in the insertion / extraction direction.

The upper surfaces of the left piece 42 and the right piece 43 are provided with element holes 44 and 45 through which the bolts 6 pass, and the lower surfaces thereof are female screw holes 46 and 4 into which the bolts 6 and 6 are screwed.
7 are provided.

The counter back member 41 includes a left piece 4
A spring 48 is provided for urging the right and left pieces 43 away from each other.

Although not shown, the counter back member 4
Also when fixing the pedestal member 30 to the counter 1 by using the pedestal 1, the pedestal member 30 and the counter back member 41 are connected with the bolt 6 as shown in FIG. Then, the left piece 42 and the right piece 43 of the counter back member 41 are pinched and the right piece 4
3 is pushed into the left piece 42, and then the counter back member 41 is pressed.
Into the faucet mounting hole 4. Next, push the bolt 6,
The faucet mounting hole 4 with the counter back member 41 in a substantially horizontal posture
Through. The counter back member 41 is provided with the faucet mounting hole 4.
7A is urged by the spring 48 when passing through FIG.
, And overlaps the lower edge of the faucet mounting hole 4. Then, the pedestal member 30 is turned by turning the bolt 6.
Is fixed to the counter 1.

Also in this case, since the gap between the counter back member 41 and the counter 1 is small, the pedestal member 30 can be firmly fixed to the counter 1 only by turning the bolt 6 a few times.

In the present invention, the outer side surface which is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the faucet mounting hole 4 may be an inclined surface like the horseshoe-shaped member 7A and the counter back member 41A shown in FIGS. When the lower side has a shape that is narrowed in this way, it is easy to insert the horseshoe-shaped member 7A and the counter back member 41A into the faucet mounting hole. 8 (b) is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 8 (a), and FIG. 9 (b) is a counter back member 41.
It is a front view of A. Other symbols in FIGS. 8 and 9 indicate the same parts as in FIGS. 1 and 7.

In the above-described embodiment, a single-lever hot-water mixing faucet is used, but any faucet that can be fixed to the pedestal member can be employed in the structure of the present invention regardless of the type.

The present invention is also applicable to a case where a pedestal member 52 is fixed to a wall surface 50 and a wall-mounting member such as a towel hanger 54 or a handrail (not shown) is fixedly attached to the pedestal member 52 as shown in FIG. it can. Any of the above fixing structures may be used for fixing the pedestal member 52 to the wall surface 50.

[0047]

As described above, according to the mounting structure of the present invention, a pedestal member for fixing a faucet or the like can be easily and firmly mounted on a counter or a wall surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a pedestal member and a horseshoe-shaped member according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a horseshoe-shaped member according to the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a horseshoe-shaped member used in another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a horseshoe-shaped member used in still another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a different embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing still another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing still another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing another embodiment.

[Description of Signs] 1 counter 2 back guard 3 sink 4 faucet mounting hole 5 pedestal member 6 bolt 7, 7A horseshoe-shaped member 7a left piece 7b right piece 7c central piece 8,9 leaf spring 17 water tap 20 horseshoe-shaped member 21 left piece 22 right piece 30 pedestal member 31 horseshoe-shaped member 41, 41A counter back member 50 wall surface 52 pedestal member 60 counter 63 pedestal member

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A faucet mounting structure in which a pedestal member is fixed to a faucet mounting hole of a counter using a counter back member and a bolt, and a faucet is engaged with the pedestal member from above to be fixed. A faucet mounting structure, wherein the member is deformable in a radial direction or a chord direction of the faucet mounting hole so as to pass through the faucet mounting hole. 2. The faucet mounting structure according to claim 1, further comprising an urging member for urging the counter back member to expand in a radial direction or a chord direction. 3. The counter back member according to claim 1, wherein the counter back member has a horseshoe shape substantially half way around the faucet mounting hole, and is capable of being deformed in a direction in which tip ends thereof approach each other. Water faucet mounting structure. 4. The faucet according to claim 1, wherein the counter back member extends in a radial direction or a chord direction of the faucet mounting hole, and is deformable in a longitudinal direction thereof. Mounting structure. 5. A mounting structure of a wall mounting member, wherein a pedestal member is fixed to a mounting hole of a wall using a wall back member and a bolt, and the wall mounting member is engaged with the pedestal member from the front and fixed. The mounting structure of a wall mounting member, wherein the back member is deformable in a radial direction or a chord direction of the mounting hole so as to pass through the mounting hole.