JP2005133406A - Faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a faucet capable of positively discharging water from a direction desired by a user without causing the user to erroneously operate a handle in the faucet capable of discharging warm water regulated to the desired set temperature beforehand in a water heater or the like, from a water discharge pipe or a shower head. <P>SOLUTION: This faucet 1 is supplied with water supplied from a water supply source and warm water regulated to the set temperature beforehand in the water heater or the like, and provided with the water discharge pipe 8 and the shower head 10 for discharging the water and warm water to the outside. The faucet 1 is provided with a faucet body 2 with a plurality of valve devices 11 stored therein, and handles 28, 28a provided at the faucet body 2 and linked with the valve devices 11. The faucet 1 is constituted to perform discharge and cut-off operation on the water discharge pipe 8 side and discharge and cut-off operation on the shower head 10 side respectively by operating the handles 28, 28a linked with the valve devices 11, 11 respectively. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a faucet capable of supplying hot water whose temperature is adjusted in advance by a water heater or the like.

  Conventionally, a water faucet that is installed in a bathroom, a sink, a wash basin, etc., supplies hot water that has been adjusted in advance to a desired set temperature with a water heater, etc., and operates the handle to change the direction of hot water discharged. There is a document 1.

  If this patent document 1 is demonstrated simply, the valve apparatus provided with the spout water function and the switching function will be accommodated in the faucet body. Then, by operating a single handle provided on the faucet body, hot water supplied to the faucet body is selected on either the curran side or the shower unit side, that is, switching of the flow path and discharging It is possible to switch water.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-343647

  The water faucet is operated with the same handle both when discharging hot water from the currant side and when discharging water from the shower unit side, and therefore the user operates the handle in the wrong direction. If the water is discharged from the shower unit with the intention of discharging water from the currant side, the user may be exposed to hot water.

  This invention pays attention to the problem which exists in such a prior art, and the objective is to discharge the hot water adjusted to desired setting temperature beforehand with a water heater etc. from a water discharge pipe or a shower head. Therefore, a user can provide a water faucet that can reliably discharge water from a direction desired by the user without erroneous operation of the handle.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, water supplied from a water supply source and hot water adjusted to a preset temperature by a water heater or the like are supplied, and a water discharge pipe for discharging water, hot water to the outside, a shower A faucet provided with a head, comprising a faucet body in which a plurality of valve devices are accommodated, and a handle provided on the faucet body and connected to the valve device, and connected to each of the valve devices. By operating each handle, the water discharge operation on the water discharge pipe side and the water discharge operation on the shower head side can be performed.

  According to the water faucet of the present invention, the handle for performing the water stop operation on the side of the water discharge pipe and the handle for performing the water stop operation on the side of the shower head are provided separately. Can be reliably discharged from the desired direction. Also, when the handle is rotated in one direction, water from the water supply source is directly discharged, and when it is rotated in the other direction, hot water adjusted to a preset temperature with a water heater or the like can be discharged. The hot water adjusted to the set temperature can be used properly.

  Furthermore, since the plurality of valve devices accommodated in the faucet body share the same parts, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the faucet 1 is installed in a bathroom. The faucet 1 includes a faucet body 2 in which a plurality of valve devices 11 described later are accommodated, and left and right ends of the faucet body 2. Handles 28, 28 a that are provided and operate each valve device 11, a water discharge pipe 8 that discharges water or hot water to the washing place side, and a shower head 10 that discharges water to the user side are provided.

  The faucet body 2 is formed with a water inlet 3 to which water from a water supply source is supplied and a hot water inlet 4 to which hot water adjusted to a preset temperature by a water heater or the like is supplied. , 4 supply water and hot water into the faucet body 2. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the faucet body 2 has water channels 5, 5a through which water passes, hot water channels 6, 6a through which hot water passes, and both channels 5, 5a, 6, 6a. Water discharge channels 7 and 7a communicating with the water discharge pipe 5 or the shower head 11 are formed.

  A plurality of valve devices 11 (two in this embodiment) are accommodated in the faucet body 2, and the valve devices 11 are operated by handles 28 and 28a provided at both ends of the faucet body 2, respectively. Thus, either water or hot water supplied into the faucet body 2 is discharged. One handle 28 performs the operation of water discharge on the water discharge pipe 8 side, and the other handle 28a performs the operation of water discharge on the shower head 10 side.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the valve device 11 includes a hollow cylindrical outer cylinder 12 and an inner cylinder 20 that is rotatably accommodated in the outer cylinder 12. An opening 13 for accommodating the inner cylinder 20 in the axial direction is opened at one end of the outer cylinder 12, and a first outlet 14 and a second outlet 15 are formed on the same axial line in the peripheral wall. Opened, the first outlet 14 communicates with water flow paths 5 and 5a to which water from a water supply source is supplied, and the second outlet 15 is hot water to which hot water adjusted to a preset temperature by a water heater or the like is supplied. It communicates with the flow paths 6 and 6a. Furthermore, an insertion hole 18 having a smaller diameter than the opening 13 is opened at the center of the other end of the outer cylinder 12.

  On the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 12, annular grooves 16 are formed at a total of three locations between the outlets 14 and 15 and at both ends on the outer sides of the outlets 14 and 15, respectively. It is installed. A slot 19 is formed in the inner wall surface of the outer cylinder 12 around the outlets 14 and 15 along the axial direction, and a sheet member 25 is mounted in the slot 19.

  The sheet member 25 seals water tightly between the inner wall surface of the outer cylinder 12 and the outer wall surface of the inner cylinder 20, and is made of rubber, synthetic resin, or other elastic body, A first communication hole 26 and a second communication hole 27 that are in close contact with the inner wall surfaces of the outlets 14 and 15 and are slightly larger than the hole shapes of the two outlets 14 and 15 are formed.

  The inner cylinder 20 is rotatably accommodated inside the outer cylinder 12, and a spindle 21 that passes through the insertion hole 18 of the outer cylinder 12 is integrally formed at one end, and the opening 13 of the outer cylinder 12. To the insertion hole 18 so as to be coaxial. The other end of the inner cylinder 20 is provided with an outlet portion 22 through which the supplied water or hot water communicates with the water discharge passages 7 and 7a, and a pair of opening holes 23 and 24 are opened on the peripheral surface. The opening holes 23 and 24 are provided in different directions at intervals on the peripheral surface.

  Handles 28, 28 a are respectively attached to the tips of the spindles 21, 21, and the inner cylinder 20 rotates inside the outer cylinder 12 by rotating the handles 28, 28 a and passes through the outlet portion 22 of the inner cylinder 20. Water or hot water is supplied to either the first outlet 14 or the second outlet 15 of the outer cylinder 12 through one of the opening holes 23 and 24.

  To assemble the valve device 11, first, the seat member 25 is inserted into the slot 19 from the opening 13 of the outer cylinder 12 and attached. In this case, the sheet member 25 is provided with a first communication hole 26 and a second communication hole 27, and the first communication hole 26 is overlapped with the first outlet 14 on the inner peripheral side of the outer cylinder 12. The two communication holes 27 are overlapped with the second outlet 15, and the sheet member 25 is in close contact with the periphery of the outlets 14 and 15 in a watertight manner.

  Next, the inner cylinder 20 is inserted into the opening 13 of the outer cylinder 12, and the spindle 21 is protruded from the insertion hole 18 of the outer cylinder 12. Then, when the valve device 11 rotates the spindle 21 protruding from the insertion hole 18, the inner cylinder 20 rotates and one of the opening holes 23, 24 is formed in the first outlet 14 or the second outlet 15 of the outer cylinder 12. It communicates with either one. As a result, only one of water and hot water supplied from the outlet portion 22 of the inner cylinder 20 to the water discharge passages 7 and 7a is discharged.

  In the above configuration, for example, in order to discharge water or hot water from the water discharge pipe 8 side, when the handle 28 provided on the left side of the faucet body 2 is rotated upward, the inner cylinder 20 rotates and the second opening opens. The hole 24 and the second outlet 15 of the outer cylinder 12 communicate with each other, and hot water adjusted to a preset temperature by the water heater passes through the hot water channel 6, the outlet 22, and the water discharge channel 7, and discharges water from the water discharge pipe 8. Is done. Further, when the handle 28 is rotated downward, the inner cylinder 20 rotates, the first opening hole 23 communicates with the first outlet 14 of the outer cylinder 12, and the water from the water supply source becomes the water flow path 5 and the outlet. Water is discharged from the water discharge pipe 8 through the section 22 and the water discharge flow path 7.

  On the other hand, when water or hot water is discharged from the shower head 10 side, when the handle 28a provided on the right side of the faucet body 2 is rotated upward, the inner cylinder 20 is rotated and the second opening hole 24 is rotated. The second outlet 15 of the outer cylinder 12 communicates, and hot water adjusted to a preset temperature by the water heater passes through the hot water channel 6a, the outlet 22 and the water discharge channel 7a, and is discharged from the shower head 10. Further, when the handle 28a is rotated downward, the inner cylinder 20 rotates, the first opening hole 23 communicates with the first outlet 14 of the outer cylinder 12, and the water from the water supply source flows into the water channel 5a and the outlet. Water is discharged from the shower head 10 through the section 22 and the water discharge flow path 7a. Even when water is discharged from either the water discharge pipe 8 side or the shower head 10 side, the outlets 14 and 15 of the outer cylinder 12 and the opening holes 23 and 24 of the inner cylinder 20 are formed depending on the rotation angle of the handles 28 and 28a. The communicating ratio changes, and the flow rate of water or hot water discharged can be changed.

  In this embodiment, the water discharge pipe and the shower head are connected to the faucet body, but may be accommodated on the wall surface in the bathroom.

It is a whole perspective view which shows the water tap of this invention. It is a partial sectional view of the faucet of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the valve apparatus accommodated in a faucet main body.

Explanation of symbols

1: faucet 2: faucet body 5, 5a: water flow path 6, 6a: hot water flow path 7: water discharge flow path 8: water discharge pipe 10: shower head 11: valve device 28, 28a: handle

Claims (1)

In a faucet provided with water supplied from a water supply source and hot water adjusted to a preset temperature by a water heater or the like, and having a water discharge pipe for discharging water and hot water to the outside and a shower head, A faucet body in which the valve device is accommodated, a handle provided on the faucet body and connected to the valve device, and by operating each handle connected to the valve device, A faucet characterized in that it can be used for water discharge operation at the shower head and water discharge operation at the shower head side.

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