JP3086832B2 - Faucet mounting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a faucet mounting device for connecting a double plastic water pipe and a faucet fitting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a water tap fitting is connected to a rising portion of a double plastic water pipe provided with a flexible water supply pipe and a flexible corrugated pipe protecting the water supply pipe.
There is a faucet mounting device. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a faucet mounting device 1 disclosed in JP-A-2-13620 has a faucet connecting portion 3 connected to a faucet fitting and a water supply connecting portion 6 connected to a water supply pipe 21. Fitting 2 with water faucet connecting part 3 and water supply pipe
An attachment portion 11 having an opening 11a for attaching the faucet connection portion 3 and a holding portion 14 for holding the flexible corrugated tube 22 so that the opening 21a can be connected thereto.
And a box body 10 for housing the joint 2
And adjusting means 40 for adjusting the position of the joint 2 in the box body 10. This adjusting means 40
Front plate 41 having an elongated hole 41a through which the faucet connecting portion 3 is inserted.
A first fixing member 42 for rotatably fixing the front plate 41 to the opening 11a of the attachment portion 11 of the box body 10, and a faucet connecting portion 3 for connecting the faucet connecting portion 3 at an appropriate position in the longitudinal direction of the elongated hole 41a. And a second fixing member 43 for fixing the second fixing member 43.

[0003] The construction procedure of this will be described. First, while fixing the box body 10 to the back side of the wall,
One end of the flexible corrugated tube 22 is connected to the holding portion 14 of the box body 10.
And lay the other end up to a header that supplies water, etc.
The flexible water supply pipe 21 is inserted into the inside of the flexible corrugated pipe 22. Next, the water supply pipe 21 inserted inside the flexible corrugated pipe 22
Is once pulled out from the opening 11a of the attachment part 11 of the box body 10, and the end of the water supply pipe 21 is connected to the water supply connection part 6 of the joint 2, and then the joint 2 is returned to the box body 10 through the opening 11a, and the joint 2 Connect the faucet connection part 3 to the attachment part of the box body 10.
Attach to 11. At this time, the faucet connecting portion 3 is fixed to the long hole 41a of the front plate 41 with the second fixing member 43, and the front plate 41
The first fixing member 42 is used to attach the mounting portion 11 of the box body 10.
Fixed to

[0004]

In the water faucet mounting apparatus described above, the faucet fitting can be arranged at a desired position by the adjusting means even if the fixing position of the box body is slightly shifted. Even if the hot water and the water are supplied by two water supply pipes, the mixing faucet can be arranged without bending, and the aesthetic appearance is excellent and the usability is good. However, the adjusting means for adjusting the position of the joint in the box body is formed by the front plate, the first fixing member and the second fixing member and has a large number of parts, so that the position of the joint can be adjusted in a short time. is not.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a faucet mounting apparatus in which the position of a joint in a box body can be easily adjusted.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water faucet mounting apparatus including a flexible water supply pipe and a flexible corrugated pipe protecting the water supply pipe. 2
A joint for connecting a heavy plastic water pipe and a faucet fitting, the fitting having a faucet connection part connected to the faucet fitting and a water supply connection part connected to the water supply pipe, a faucet connection part and a water supply pipe A faucet having an attaching portion having an opening so that the faucet coupling portion can be connected thereto, and a box body accommodating a fitting, having a holding portion for holding a flexible corrugated tube, and a joint. In the attachment device, the joint is provided with an attaching piece attached to the attaching portion with an engaging means movably engaging with the attaching portion of the box main body, wherein the box main body includes: Tightening
Providing tie pieces protruding so as to face the opening of the attachment part
At the same time , the attachment portion of the box body is provided with attachment means for engaging with the engagement means at a predetermined position to attach the attachment piece of the joint to the fastening piece.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water faucet mounting device, wherein the engaging means is formed by a substantially oval insertion hole, and the attaching means is formed by a female screw fastening screw. And a male screw fixing screw which is screwed with the fastening screw and can be inserted into the insertion hole.

[0008]

According to the structure of the first aspect, the engaging means movably engaged with the attaching portion of the box main body, and the engaging piece of the joint engaged with the engaging means at a predetermined position. Since the position of the joint in the box body can be adjusted by the attachment means attached to the fastening piece, a separate member for adjusting the position is not required.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the function of the first aspect, a fixing screw is inserted into a predetermined position of the insertion hole of the faucet connecting portion, and the fixing screw and the screw of the attaching portion are screwed. By combining, the position of the joint in the box body can be adjusted.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The faucet mounting device 1 connects a double plastic water pipe 20 provided with a water supply pipe 21 and a flexible corrugated pipe 22 for protecting the water supply pipe to be described later, and a water faucet fitting 30. And the box body 10 as main constituent members. Members having the same basic functions as those described in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The joint 2 is a piping member made of bronze casting for connecting the faucet fitting 30 and the water supply pipe 21, and has a faucet connecting portion at one end.
3 is formed in an L-shaped substantially pipe shape having a water supply connection portion 6 at the other end. The faucet connecting portion 3 connects the faucet fitting 30 and is attached to an attaching portion of the box body 10 described later, and includes a first cylindrical member 4 having a female screw 4a therein, A substantially flat plate 2 disposed on the outer periphery of one cylindrical body 4
And attachment pieces 5,5. Female screw 4a of first cylinder 4
Is screwed with a male screw 30a of the faucet fitting 30 described later. The attachment pieces 5, 5 are parallel to the end face 4b of the first cylindrical body 4,
It is symmetrically disposed about 1 cm inward from 4b, and has insertion holes 5a, 5a in each. This insertion hole
Reference numerals 5a and 5a denote engagement means through which a fixing screw as attachment means to be described later can be inserted, and which can move the position where the fixing screw is inserted. It is arranged to be parallel.

The water supply connecting portion 6 connects the water supply pipe 21 and has a cylindrical second cylindrical body 7 having an external thread 7a outside.
It has a cap nut-shaped fastening member 8 having a female screw 8a screwed with the male screw 7a therein, and a ring-shaped crimping member 9 inside the fastening member 8 for crimping a water supply pipe 21. The inside of the second cylinder 7 is connected to the inside of the first cylinder 4.

The box body 10 accommodates the joint 2 at a predetermined position. The box body 10 has opposing pieces 10a and 10b and a connecting piece 10c for connecting the opposing pieces 10a and 10b so as to have a substantially C-shaped cross section.
The main component is formed by bending a metal plate. The connecting piece 10c is substantially flat and has a mounting portion 11 at a substantially central portion thereof. The attachment portion 11 is a portion to which the joint 2 can be taken in and out, and is for attaching the joint 2, and has an opening 11a and a fastening piece having fastening screws 12a, 12a.
12, 12 and fixing screws 13 and 13 are provided. The opening 11a is a portion where the fitting 2 is taken in and out, and the attachment pieces 5 and 5
Are formed in a substantially circular shape having a diameter slightly larger than the distance between the end faces. Each of the fastening pieces 12 and 12 has a substantially flat plate shape protruding so as to face the opening 11a.
a. The fastening screws 12a, 12a are arranged such that the distance between the centers is the same as the distance between the centers of the insertion holes 5a, 5a of the attachment pieces 5, 5. The fixing screws 13, 13 are screwed with the fastening screws 12a, 12a to attach the faucet connecting portion 13 of the joint 2, and are formed in a male screw shape that can be inserted into the insertion holes 5a, 5a. The fixing screws 13, 13 and the fastening screws 12 a, 12 a are attachment means.
engage with a, 5a.

The opposing pieces 10a and 10b of the box body 10 are also substantially flat, and have a holding portion 14 at a substantially central portion of the opposing piece 10b. The holding portion 14 holds the flexible corrugated tube 22 via a connector described later, and has a circular hole 14a through which a male screw of a connecting body described later is inserted.

The double plastic water pipe 20 is a pipe for supplying water or hot water to a faucet fitting 30 provided in a water supply facility, which will be described later, using a header or the like from a main pipe section in a water supply / hot water supply pipe of a house or the like. As described above, the water supply pipe 21 and the flexible corrugated pipe 22 are provided. The water supply pipe 21 is for flowing water or the like, and is formed in a pipe shape from a flexible plastic such as polybutene. The flexible corrugated pipe 22 accommodates and protects the water supply pipe 21 therein, and is formed of polyethylene so as to have a corrugated outer peripheral wall 22a in which a large number of peaks and valleys are alternately arranged in the axial direction. It is formed in the shape of a pipe from plastic such as

Reference numeral 23 denotes a coupler, which is a holding portion 14 of the box body 10.
And a flexible corrugated tube 22. The connecting body 24 is made of plastic, a first connecting body 25, and a second connecting body 26.
And The connecting main body 24 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and has a first engaging portion 24a which engages with the first connecting body 25 at one end and a second engaging portion 24a at the other end.
It has a male screw 24b for fastening to the connection body 26. First connector 25
Is a substantially cylindrical member for holding the flexible corrugated tube 22, and is fitted to one end of the first engagement portion 24a to engage with the second
There is a holding piece 25b for holding the engaging portion 25a by sandwiching the flexible corrugated tube 22 at the other end. The second connector 26 fixes the connecting body 24 to the holding portion 14 of the box body 10, and is formed in a nut shape having a female screw 26a screwed with a male screw 24b. The second connector 26 is provided with a hole 14a of the holding portion 14.
Has an outer diameter slightly larger than the diameter of

The faucet fitting 30 is a discharge hole having a valve for water supply control such as a single faucet or a mixing faucet in a water supply facility.
And a male screw 30a to be screwed with the female screw 4a of the faucet connecting portion 3. Reference numeral 31 denotes a pipe cover, which is formed of a metal plate material and covers the joint 2 and the like so that the joint 2 and the like cannot be seen from the faucet fitting 30 side.
32 is a wall and 33 is construction materials.

Next, the procedure for installing the faucet mounting device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the box body 10
Is fixed to the building material 32 inside the wall 32, one end of the flexible corrugated tube 22 is fixed to the connector 23, and the connector 23 is fixed to the holding portion 14 of the box body 10. On the other hand, the other end of the flexible corrugated pipe 22 is laid down to a header or the like connected to the main pipe section, and the water supply pipe 21 is inserted into the flexible corrugated pipe 22 and guided to the inside of the box body 10. . Next, the water supply pipe 21 guided to the inside of the box body 10 was once pulled out from the opening 11a of the attachment portion 11 of the box body 10, and the end of the water supply pipe 21 was connected to the water supply connection part 6 of the joint 2. After that, the joint 2 is inserted into the box body 10 through the opening 11a, and the faucet connecting portion 3 of the joint 2 is attached to the attachment portion 11 of the box body 10.

At this time, the fixing screw 13 is attached to the insertion holes of the attachment pieces 5,5.
5a, 5a through the appropriate position, and
By screwing with the fastening screws 12a, 12a of the
3 is attached to the attachment portion 11 of the box body 10. 4 and 5 or FIG. 6 show a state in which the mounting position of the faucet connecting portion 3 is changed, and FIGS. 4 and 5 show a state in which the fixing screw 13 is inserted into the upper end of the insertion holes 5a, 5a. Reference numeral 6 denotes a fixing screw 13 inserted through the lower ends of the insertion holes 5a.

The faucet mounting apparatus 1 has an engaging means for adjusting the position of the joint 2 in the box body 10, that is, the insertion holes 5a, 5a are provided in the faucet connecting portion 3 of the joint 2, Since an independent member for adjustment is not required, assemblability is improved. The insertion holes 5a, 5a have a substantially oval shape into which male screw-shaped fixing screws 13, 13 can be inserted, and a female screw into which the fixing screws 13, 13 are screwed into the mounting portion 11 of the box body 10. Since the screw-shaped fastening screws 12a, 12a are provided, the box body 10
In this case, the position of the joint 2 can be easily adjusted.

Although the insertion holes 5a, 5a of the faucet connecting portion 3 are vertically long holes, they may be horizontally long holes.
Also, the description has been given of the engagement means formed by an insertion hole and the attachment means formed by a fastening screw and a fixing screw. However, the invention is not limited thereto.
The grooves and the attachment means in which the widths of the types are alternately arranged may be formed as projections pressed into the wider width.
Furthermore, although a connecting device as a separate member is used for connecting the box main body and the flexible corrugated tube, the connecting means may be formed directly on the box main body as in the conventional example.

[0022]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water faucet mounting apparatus, comprising: an engaging means movably engaged with an attaching portion of a box body; The attachment means for attaching the attachment piece to the fastening piece allows the position of the joint in the box body to be adjusted, so that a separate member for adjusting the position is not required, so that the assemblability is improved. At the same time, the position of the joint is easily adjusted.

In the water faucet mounting apparatus according to the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, a fixing screw is inserted into a predetermined position of the insertion hole of the water faucet connecting part, and the fastening screw of the mounting part is connected to the fixing screw. By screwing, the position of the joint in the box body can be adjusted, so that the adjustment of the position of the joint is further facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a faucet mounting device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the faucet mounting device.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the water tap mounting device.

FIG. 4 is a side view in which the position of a joint of the faucet mounting device is changed.

FIG. 5 is a partial front view of the water tap mounting device.

FIG. 6 is a partial front view of the water faucet attachment device, in which the position of a joint is further changed.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a faucet mounting device showing a conventional example of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the faucet mounting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Water faucet mounting device 2 Fitting 3 Water faucet connecting part 5 Mounting piece 5a Insertion hole (engaging means) 6 Water supply connecting part 10 Box body 11 Mounting part 12 Fastening piece 12a Fastening screw (Mounting means) 13 Fixing screw ( Attaching means) 14 Holder 20 Double plastic water pipe 21 Water supply pipe 22 Flexible corrugated pipe 23 Coupler 30 Water tap fitting 31 Piping cover

(56) References JP-A-2-13620 (JP, A) JP-A-62-265027 (JP, A) JP-A-5-83063 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int .Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E03C 1/042

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A double plastic water pipe comprising a flexible water supply pipe and a flexible corrugated pipe for protecting the water supply pipe, and a water faucet, wherein the water faucet is provided. A coupling having a faucet connecting part connected to the water supply pipe and a water supply connecting part connected to the water supply pipe, and an attachment having an opening so that the water faucet connecting part and the water supply pipe can be connected to attach the water faucet connecting part. in faucet mounting anda box body for accommodating a joint with a holding portion for holding a part with a flexible corrugated tube, the joint is movably engaged with respect to mounting portion of the box body comprise engaging means for engagement will be provided attachment piece is attached to the mounting portion, the box body is open mounting portion fastening piece
At the same time, it is provided so as to protrude so as to face the mouth, and at the attaching portion of the box body, attaching means for engaging the engaging means at a predetermined position and attaching the attaching piece of the joint to the fastening piece is provided. A faucet mounting device, comprising: 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the engaging means is formed by a substantially elliptical insertion hole, and the attaching means is formed by screwing the female screw-shaped fastening screw with the fastening screw. The water faucet mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the water faucet mounting device is formed by a male screw fixing screw that can be inserted.