JPH0748771Y2 - Faucet mounting member set - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a faucet mounting member set.

(Prior art) It is possible to attach and use an automatic water supply device that automatically controls spouting based on human body detection by a sensor, a water purifier for purifying water, etc. at the water spout tip of a faucet. It is being appreciated.

By the way, when attaching accessory equipment such as these automatic water supply devices and water purifiers to the spout of a faucet, a mounting member such as an adapter is usually used.In this case, the shape of the spout of the faucet to which these accessory equipment are attached. Since there are various types of structures, in order to be able to attach an accessory to any of them, a plurality of types of attachment members according to the spout structure of these faucets are required. Therefore, in the case of this kind of accessory device, it is general to provide a set of attachment members according to the structure of the spout to be attached.

This set of mounting members is usually provided in a form in which each mounting member is connected to a common connecting body through a breaking portion, and in this case, the connecting body has a display portion corresponding to each mounting member. It is usually provided so that the type of the mounting member can be known when the mounting member is broken at the breaking portion.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in the case of such a mounting member set, the mounting member is apt to be broken at the breaking portion and fall off from the connecting body due to an impact applied at the time of packing or transportation. However, if two or three pieces are broken, it becomes difficult to know which one corresponds to which one, especially when the shapes are similar, which makes it difficult to attach the accessory device.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The faucet mounting member set of the present invention was devised to solve such a problem, and its gist is to provide an automatic water supply device at the tip of the faucet spout, In the mounting member set in which various mounting members for mounting an accessory such as a water purifier are connected to the connecting body through the break-off portion, and a display portion corresponding to each mounting member is provided in the connecting body, The strength of the breaking portion corresponding to a specific one of the mounting members is set to be relatively weaker than the other breaking portions.

(Effects of the operation and device) With this configuration, when an impact that breaks the breakage portion of the mounting member is applied during packaging or transportation, the breakage portion corresponding to the specific mounting member is given priority. Due to the shock absorbing effect due to the breaking of the breaking portion, the shock to other breaking portions is effectively mitigated. For this reason, the breakage of the other break-off portions is favorably suppressed, and the plurality of mounting members are effectively prevented from falling off from the connecting body. Therefore, when the mounting members are used, the plurality of mounting members are prevented. It is possible to effectively prevent the occurrence of a defect that makes it difficult to distinguish between the types due to the dropout.

(Example) Next, the Example of this invention is described in detail based on drawing.

FIG. 1 shows a mounting member set 10 which is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 uses this mounting member set 10 to attach an automatic water supply device 12 to the tip of a spout 14 of a faucet 14. It shows the state. Note that the automatic water supply device 12 detects a hand (human body) extended below it with a sensor and automatically controls water discharge.

The mounting member set 10 is an integrally molded product made of resin such as ABS resin, and includes three types of mounting adapters 18, 20, 22 for mounting the automatic water supply device 12 to the spout 16, and these adapters 18, 20. A mounting tool 24 used for mounting the
And a connecting body 26 that connects them.

The mounting adapters 18, 20, 22 have a similar structure to each other, and both have an annular structure, and the male screw 18a,
20a, 22a and flanges 18b, 20b, 22b, and a plurality of engaging protrusions 18c, 20c, 22c on the inner peripheral portion (Fig. 1 (B), 5th).
Figure; however, 20c is omitted).

On the other hand, the mounting tool 24 is
While having an engaging projection 24a capable of engaging with the engaging projections 18c, 20c, 22c of 0, 22, and having a large-diameter grip portion 24b on the outer peripheral portion on the base end side, the adapters 18, 20, 22 and Have very different structures.

These mounting adapters 18, 20, 22 and mounting tool 24 are
Breaking portions 18d and 20 having a small cross-sectional area with respect to the connecting body 26, respectively.
d, 22d, 24d are connected to each other, and the connected body 26 is provided with a display unit 28 provided with a predetermined identification symbol for discriminating each type corresponding to those connecting portions. . The identification mark may be provided on the back surface side of the display unit 28.

Incidentally, FIG. 4 shows a concrete mounting structure of the automatic water supply device 12 using the mounting adapter of the mounting member set 10, and FIG. 5 shows a mounting structure when the automatic water supply device 12 is mounted. The usage example of the tool 24 is shown.

That is, when attaching the automatic water supply device 12 to the spout 16 of the faucet 14, a mounting adapter having a shape corresponding to the structure of the spout 16, for example, a mounting adapter 18 and a mounting tool 24.
Are broken by the respective breakers 18d and 24d. Then, as apparent from FIG. 4, the mounting adapter 18 is first screwed to the female screw 16a of the water discharge port 16 with the male screw 18a, and the fixing ring 30 is attached to the water discharge port 16 side.

In addition, the mounting tool 24 that is broken off from the mounting member set 10
As shown in FIG. 5, the spout 16 of this mounting adapter 18
Used when screwed on. That is, the spout 16 and the adapter 18
When screwing on, the engaging projection 24a of the mounting tool 24 is engaged with the projection 18c on the inner surface of the adapter 18, and in the engaged state, the grip portion 24b of the mounting tool 24 is rotated to eject the adapter 18. Screw it onto the water port 16.

When the fixing ring 30 is attached to the water discharge port 16 side, as is apparent from FIG. 4, the male screw 12a provided at the water inlet of the automatic water supply device 12 is screwed into the female screw 30a of the fixing ring 30, and the automatic water supply device 12 is attached. The fixing ring 30 is fixed to the discharge port 16.

By the way, as is apparent from FIG. 1, in the mounting member set 10 of this example, the mounting adapters 18, 20, 22 and the mounting tool 24 are linearly arranged with each other and have a unique structure. The mounting tool 24 is arranged at the edge of the arrangement direction that is more susceptible to impact. And in this example, the first
As shown in FIG. (B), the break-off portion 24d of the mounting tool 24 having a unique structure, which is arranged at a position where this impact is likely to occur, corresponds to the mounting adapters 18, 20, 22. It is set to have a cross-sectional area smaller than that of the other break-off portions 18a, 20a, 22a, and is particularly easy to break when the mounting member set 10 is impacted.

As described above, in the mounting member set 10 of the present example, the breaking portion 24d of the mounting tool 24 having a unique structure is different from the breaking portion 18d.
The cross-sectional area is set smaller than d, 20d, 22d to make it easier to fold, and since this mounting tool 24 is placed in a position where it is more susceptible to shocks, it can be mounted during packaging or during transportation. When a shock is applied to the set 10, as shown in FIG. 2, the breaking portion 24d of the mounting tool 24 having this unique structure is preferentially broken. Therefore, due to the shock absorbing action due to the breaking of the breaking portion 24d, the other breaking portions 18d, 20d
The impacts on d and 22d are alleviated, and their folds are effectively suppressed, so that the adapters 18, 20 and 22 of similar structure fall out from the connecting body 26 and the type can be discriminated. It is possible to favorably prevent the occurrence of such a defect.

In this example, the mounting tool 24, which has a structure that is significantly different from that of the mounting adapters 18, 20, and 22, is designed to be broken preferentially.Therefore, in addition to the mounting tool 24, one of the mounting adapters should be connected. Even if it falls off from the body 26, it is possible to easily identify the type of the mounting adapter that has fallen off.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, in the previous example, the break-off portion 24d of the installation tool 24 was made easy to break, but it is also possible to make one of the other break-away portions 18d, 20d, 22d particularly easy to break, and in that case, the cross-sectional area. By setting the cross section of the breakage part, etc. in addition to setting the size smaller than other breakage parts, the strength of that particular breakage part is weaker than other breakage parts, and it becomes easier to break. Can be

Furthermore, in the previous example, mounting adapters 18, 20, 22 and mounting tools
The present invention has been applied to the mounting member set 10 composed of four mounting members of 24, but the present invention can also be applied to a mounting member set composed of a combination of other mounting members.

In addition to this, the present invention can be applied to a mounting member set of auxiliary equipment other than an automatic water supply device, such as a water purifier for purifying water. It can be configured in a form in which various changes are added based on the above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 (A) is a perspective view of a mounting member set for mounting an automatic water supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 (B) is an enlarged plan view of a main part thereof, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the damage mode of the same attachment member set by. 3 is a perspective view of a mounting example of an automatic water supply device using the same mounting member set, FIG. 4 is an exploded explanatory view of the same automatic water supply device mounting structure, and FIG. 5 is a mounting view of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the usage example of a tool. 10: Mounting member set, 12: Automatic water supply device 14: Water faucet, 16: Water outlet 18,20, 22: Mounting adapter 18d, 20d, 22d, 24d: Breaking part 24: Mounting tool, 26: Connection body 28: Display

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claims: 1. Various attachment members for attaching auxiliary equipment such as an automatic water supply device and a water purifier to the tip of the water outlet of the faucet are connected to a connecting body through a break-off portion, and a display corresponding to each attachment member is provided. In a mounting member set in which a portion is provided in the connecting body, the strength of the break-off portion corresponding to a specific one of the plurality of mount members is set to be relatively weaker than other break-in portions. A mounting member set for a faucet.