JPH11264162A - Shower device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contract a space in a vertical wall surface required for the Assembly of a shower device, and to house the shower device compactly in a wash dressing table in the shower device assembled into the vertical wall surface of a wash stand. SOLUTION: In the shower device 11, in which a shower holder 30 supporting a shower head 33 is installed to the vertical wall surface 5 of a wash dressing table 1 in a freely vertically movable manner, the shower holder 30 is mounted on the top face 21 of a bulging section 20 formed to the vertical wall surface 5 of the wash dressing table 1 in the freely vertically movable manner. The shower holder 30 is set up to a section approximately just above the top face 21 of the bulging section 20 in the freely vertically movable manner.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower apparatus in which a shower holder for supporting a shower head is provided on a vertical wall surface of a vanity stand so as to be able to move up and down.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a shower device which can be raised and lowered on an upright wall surface of a vanity stand, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-2
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 42147. This is a bathroom vanity on which a standing bowl is provided on a cabinet, a standing wall is provided behind the washing bowl, and a makeup mirror is provided, and a standing wall is provided from above the front of the standing wall so as to protrude from the front of the standing wall. A shower holder is provided so as to be able to ascend and descend obliquely toward the lower side, and the height of water discharged from the shower head is made variable.

[0003]

In such a shower apparatus, it is necessary to secure a space in the depth of the vanity just by incorporating a vertically movable shower holder in front of the upright wall surface of the vanity. Moreover, since the shower holder moves up and down diagonally, a space for incorporating the shower holder is further required on the back side of the vertical wall surface. Here, it is necessary to secure a predetermined space for using the shower device in front of the upright wall surface. There has been a problem that the depth as a whole has to be large, and the miniaturization of the entire bathroom vanity cannot be achieved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional shower device. In a shower device to be incorporated into an upright wall of a wash basin, the space within the upright wall required for incorporating the shower device is reduced. Another object of the present invention is to compactly store a shower device in a vanity stand.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a shower apparatus in which a shower holder for supporting a shower head is provided on a vertical wall surface of a vanity stand so as to be able to move up and down. The holder is provided so as to be able to move up and down on an upper surface of a bulging portion provided on an upright wall surface of the vanity stand. By providing the shower holder on the upper surface of the bulging portion provided on the upright wall, the installation space for the shower holder can be secured in the region of the bulging portion, so compared to the case where the shower holder protrudes from the front surface of the upright wall, There is no need to provide a space for installation inside the upright wall. Also, simply providing a swelling portion on the upright wall surface and incorporating it in the front of the swelling portion not only causes the swelling portion to protrude into the use space of the vanity stand, but also causes the shower holder to protrude into the use space. Although the use of the washbasin may be hindered, since the shower holder is provided on the upper surface of the bulging portion, the showerholder does not unnecessarily protrude into the use space of the washbasin.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the shower apparatus according to the first aspect, a shower holder is provided so as to be able to move up and down substantially right above an upper surface of the bulging portion. Is what you do. The depth of the bulging portion itself can be reduced by providing the shower holder provided on the upper surface of the bulging portion so as to be able to move up and down almost right above the upper surface of the bulging portion. There is no need to provide a space for a shower device inside, and the bathroom vanity can be made more compact. Further, even when the shower holder is raised, the shower holder and the shower head do not protrude into the space of the washbasin and the washbasin does not need to be enlarged, so that the vanity can be made more compact.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vanity table 1 to which a shower device 11 according to an embodiment of the present invention is assembled.
In this vanity table 1, a counter 3 is attached to an upper part of a cabinet 2, and a toilet bowl 4 having an opening in the center of the counter 3 is formed. An upright wall 5 is formed behind the basin 4 so as to rise from the rear end of the counter 3. In addition, the upright wall 5 is provided with a mounting portion 6 which is formed in a substantially rectangular shape so as to protrude forward in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and to which a handle 6 is mounted.
A water tap (not shown) operated by the handle 10 is built in the mounting portion 6. In addition, the upright wall 5
At a portion above the upper end of the mounting portion 6, the makeup mirror stand 7 protrudes forward over the entire surface and has a makeup mirror attached thereto.
Is formed.

A bulging portion 20 is formed on the front surface of the mounting portion 6 so as to project forward in a semi-cylindrical shape. A shower holder 30 is provided on the upper surface 21 of the bulging portion 20 so as to be able to move up and down. ing. On the other hand, the lower end of the bulging portion 20 is extended to a position at a height substantially at the center of the basin 4. The shower holder 30 is configured to move up and down inside the bulging portion 20 to move up and down. On the counter 3 beside the mounting part 20, a mounting part 8 for storing soap or the like is provided, and at the lower part of the mounting part 8, a notch 9 is provided. 8 is provided so as to flow by being guided to the basin bowl 4,
Is prevented from being stained.

The shower device 11 includes a shower holder 3
0, a shower head 33 held by the shower head 33 and a shower hose 31 connecting the shower head 33 to a water tap. The shower holder 30 includes a pipe 32 for inserting a shower hose 31 connected to a water tap and a support part 34 for supporting a shower head 33 connected to the shower hose 31. Has been fixed. The shower holder 30 is provided so as to be able to move up and down so as to be along the mounting portion 6 described above, can hold the shower holder at a desired position, and can obtain a desired water discharge height. Also, the shower head 33
Is supported by the support portion 34 so that it can be freely inserted and removed, can be removed from the support portion 34 at any time, and can be used freely, and can be used arbitrarily as a hand shower. An insertion / removal port 35 provided in the support portion 34 for supporting the shower head 33 is opened toward the front of the vanity stand 1, and supports the shower head 33 by projecting the shower head 33 above the toilet bowl 4. When the shower head 33 is used while being supported by the shower holder 30, the shower head 33 is provided so that hot water does not easily flow into the interior of the counter 3 and smoothly flows into the wash basin 4.

In this shower device 11, a shower holder 30 is provided so as to project from the upper surface 21 of the bulging portion 20,
In addition, since the projecting portion protrudes from the bulging portion 20 almost directly upward, the installation space in the front-rear direction of the vanity table 1 can be reduced to be almost as close as the diameter of the pipe 32 of the shower holder 30. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a special space for the shower device 11 inside the upright wall 5, and therefore, the shower device 11 can be compactly stored in the vanity stand. In addition, since the bulging portion 20 does not reach the bottom surface of the basin 4, the depth space of the basin 4 is not extremely narrowed.
The convenience of the wash bowl 4 is not impaired. On the other hand, since hot and cold water from the shower head 33 to the vicinity of the upright wall surface 5 can be dropped from the lower part of the bulging portion 20 and dropped on the wash basin 4, the periphery of the shower holder 30 can be hardly stained. .

FIG. 2 shows a vanity table 40 incorporating a shower device 48 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In this shower device 48, the pipe 32 of the shower holder 30 in the above-described embodiment is changed to two shafts 43 projecting upward and downward from the upper surface 42 of the bulging portion 41. In the following, the description of the parts common to the first embodiment will be omitted. The shower holder 44 includes two shafts 43 protruding from the rear of the upper surface 42 of the bulging portion 41 so as to be able to move up and down, and a supporting portion 4 fixed on these shafts 43.
Consists of five. The support portion 45 is held by the shaft 43. Further, the shower hose 3 is provided on the front side thereof.
A notch 46 having a width that allows insertion of the notch 1 is provided. A shower hose insertion opening 47 is formed near the front of the upper surface 42 of the bulging portion 41, from which the shower hose 31 is inserted into the bulging portion 41 and connected to a water tap.

In the present embodiment, in addition to the effects provided by the above-described first embodiment, the notch 46 is provided in the support portion 45, so that when the shower holder 44 is moved up and down, By pulling out the shower hose 31 through the notch 46 and pulling it forward, the shower head 33 can be freely moved around without being interfered by the support portion 45. Also, the shower hose 31
Can be pulled out directly from the shower hose insertion opening 47 without passing through the inside of the support portion 45, so that a shower hose of the same length can be pulled out more toward the front side, and the convenience of the shower head 33 can be improved.

FIG. 3 shows a vanity stand 50 incorporating a shower device 59 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the shower device 59, as the shower holder 58, a rail 52 is provided on the front surface of the mounting portion 51, and a supporting portion 53 is mounted on the rail 52 so as to be slidable up and down. By arranging the support portion 53 at an arbitrary position on the rail 52, the height of water discharge from the shower head 33 supported by the support portion 53 can be selected. The shower hose 31 is provided on the upper surface 56 of the bulging portion 55.
Is connected to a water tap through a shower hose insertion port 57 provided in the tub. The support portion 53 has a cutout 54 similar to that of the above-described second embodiment. In the present embodiment, in addition to the effects provided by the above-described second embodiment, since a space for inserting a pipe or a shaft into the bulging portion 55 is not required, the bulging portion 55 may be provided smaller. Can, more vanity stand 50
Space can be saved.

[0014]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the shower holder is provided on the upper surface of the bulging portion provided on the upright wall, the shower device can be compactly stored in the vanity. According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect,
In the above vanity stand, the shower holder is provided so as to be able to move up and down substantially right above the upper surface of the bulging portion, so that the shower holder can be further compactly stored in the vanity stand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bathroom vanity incorporating a shower device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a vanity incorporating a shower device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a vanity incorporating a shower device according to a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1; vanity table; 2; cabinet; 3; counter,
4; wash bowl, 5; standing wall surface, 6; mounting portion, 7; makeup mirror stand, 8; mounting portion, 9; notch, 10;
1; shower device, 20; bulging portion, 21; top surface, 30;
Shower holder, 31; shower hose, 32; pipe, 33; shower head, 34; support section, 35; outlet, 40; vanity table, 41; bulging section, 42; top surface, 43; shaft, 44; Holder, 45;
Support portion, 46; notch, 47; shower hose insertion port, 48; shower device, 50; vanity table, 51; mounting portion, 52; rail, 53; support portion, 54;
55; bulging portion, 56; upper surface, 57; shower hose insertion port, 58; shower holder, 59; shower device.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shower device in which a shower holder for supporting a shower head is provided on an upright wall surface of a vanity stand so as to be able to move up and down, wherein the shower holder has a bulging portion provided on an upright wall surface of the vanity stand. A shower device which is provided on an upper surface so as to be able to move up and down. 2. The shower apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said shower holder is provided so as to be able to ascend and descend substantially directly above an upper surface of said bulging portion.