JPH08226560A - Installation structure from plate type member upper surface of faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To install a faucet by work only from an upper surface side of a counter and bathtub, etc., by screwing a cylindrical nut for fixing in a screwing part formed on the inner surface side of a click for tightening and sandwiching a plate type member by a hook part of the click for tightening and a pedestal. CONSTITUTION: A hook part 9 to hook on a lower surface of a counter 2 is furnished and a click 3 for tightening divided into a plural number is installed on an element for faucet installation of the counter 2. A pedestal 4 to hold a click for at a specified position on a circumference is arranged on the upper surface side of the counter 2, and a contact surface part to make contact with the upper surface side of the pedestal 4 is cylindrically furnished on the outer peripheral surface side by a nut 5 for fixing. This nut 5 for fixing is screwed in a screwing part 11 formed on the inner peripheral side of the click 3 for tightening, and the counter 2 is sandwiched by a hook part 9 of the click 3 for tightening and the pedestal 4. Consequently, it is possible to install a faucet l by work only from an upper surface of the counter 2 and a bathtub, or the like.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a faucet which can be fitted with a hot and cold water mixing faucet or a single faucet from the top side of a wash basin, or a drain faucet from the top side of a bath or washbasin. It relates to a mounting structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, the size of a washbasin, a kitchen, and a water tank of a bathtub tends to increase. Therefore, it is difficult for only one worker to reach the counter or kitchen counter to install hot and cold water mixing faucets or single faucets, or to install drainage taps on the bottom of bathtubs or washbasins. A worker is required for each of the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the bathtub or the like, and two workers are required.

Further, there is a problem that an unstable and unreasonable posture lasts for a long time with only one worker, which causes severe fatigue and a long working time. Furthermore, it is often the case that only one worker is caught with the tool, and it is not enough even if he / she intends to firmly install the faucet.The faucet is a single-lever type faucet with a stopper that regulates the range of rotation of the spout. However, when the spout is rotated, the faucet body itself rotates together, and its attachment is loose.
Furthermore, there is a problem that the space for mounting the water tank is enlarged due to the increase in the size of the water tank portion, and the effective use of the room is limited.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been improved and removed in view of the above conventional problems, and a faucet to which a faucet can be attached only by work from the upper surface side of a counter, bathtub or the like. It is intended to provide a mounting structure of.

The means adopted by the present invention in order to solve the above-mentioned problem is that the faucet mounting hole provided in the plate member for mounting the faucet is engaged with the lower surface of the plate member. A plurality of divided fastening claws are attached and a pedestal for holding the locking claws at a predetermined position on the circumference is provided on the upper surface side of the plate-like member, A cylindrical fixing nut is formed on the inner peripheral surface side of the fastening claw, which has a male screw formed on the outer peripheral surface side and has an abutting surface portion on the outer peripheral surface side that abuts on the upper surface side of the pedestal. It is an attachment structure from the upper surface of the plate-shaped member of the faucet, characterized in that the plate-shaped member is sandwiched by the hook portion of the fastening claw and the pedestal.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the faucet mounting hole of the plate member is provided with the hook portion that engages with the lower surface of the plate member, and the plurality of fastening claws are attached. Then, a cylindrical pedestal is arranged on the upper surface side of the plate-like member, and the fastening claws are engaged at predetermined positions on the inner peripheral surface side of the receding seat, so that the plurality of fastening claws are secured. It is held in place on the circumference.

A screw portion is formed on the inner peripheral surface side of the fastening claw. By fastening the male screw portion formed on the outer peripheral surface side of the tubular fixing nut to the screw portion, the fastening claw can be pulled upward. Then, the hook portion is locked to the lower surface side of the plate member.

Further, when the fixing nut is screwed in, the abutting surface portion comes into contact with the upper surface side of the pedestal, and the pedestal is pressed against the upper surface side of the plate member. That is, the plate member is sandwiched between the hook portion and the pedestal,
In the end, the pedestal and the fixing nut are fixed to the water faucet mounting holes of the plate member. After that, when the faucet is a hot and cold water mixed faucet, the faucet body may be fixed to the fixing nut via a screw or the like, and when the faucet is a drainage faucet, A plate or the like may be attached to the fixing nut.

As described above, according to the present invention, the work of installing the faucet body can be performed only by the work on the upper surface of the plate-like member such as the counter or the bottom wall of the bathtub, and even a single worker can do it. It can be installed easily.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The structure of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings based on the case where a single lever type hot and cold water mixing faucet is attached to a kitchen counter installed on a kitchen cabinet. . 1 to 5 relate to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a main part when a single-lever type hot and cold water mixer 1 is installed on a counter 2. Is a perspective view showing the fastening claw 3, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the base 4, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the fixing nut 5, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the decorative cover 6.

As shown in the figure, in the first embodiment, first, the fastening claw 3 shown in FIG. 2 is mounted in the faucet mounting hole 7 of the counter 2. The fastening claw 3 includes a split piece 8 obtained by splitting a tubular member into multiple pieces, and has a hook portion 9 projecting in the outer diameter direction on the lower end surface side. Further, a locking projection 10 is formed on the upper end surface side so as to project in the outer diameter direction, and a part of the female screw portion 11 is formed on the inner peripheral surface side.

In this fastening claw 3, a locking projection 10 is fitted and mounted in a locking recess 13 formed in an annular step 12 on the inner peripheral surface side of the pedestal 4 shown in FIG. As a result, the fastening claws 3 are distributed and arranged on the circumference of the faucet mounting hole 7 of the counter 2. In practice, the pedestal 4 in advance
The locking projections 10 of the fastening claws 3 are fitted into the locking recesses 13 of the above, and in this state, an elastic tube (not shown) or the like is annularly formed near the hooks 9 of all the fastening claws 3. For hooking and fastening the hook 4 of the fastening claw 3 so that the hook portion 9 is smaller than the diameter of the faucet mounting hole 7, simultaneously mount the pedestal 4 and the fastening claw 3 from the upper surface side of the counter 2. It may be attached to the hole 7.

Next, the cylindrical fixing nut 5 shown in FIG. 4 is prepared. The fixing nut 5 has a spline 14 on the outer peripheral surface near the upper end surface and an abutting surface portion 15 that can abut on the upper end surface side of the pedestal 4, and the outer peripheral surface on the lower side of the abutting surface portion 15 has a spline 14. The male screw 16 is engraved. The abutting surface portion 15
Are formed to project annularly. Also spline 1
4 and the abutting surface portion 15 are provided with a faucet body 17 shown in FIG.
An annular tapered groove 18 is formed for fixing

In this cylindrical fixing nut 5, the male screw 16 is provided in the faucet mounting hole 7 and the fastening claw 3 is provided.
Is screwed onto the screw 11 on the inner peripheral surface side. When the pedestal 4 is fixed and the fixing nut 5 is screwed in, each divided piece 8 of the fastening claw 3 is pulled up, and the hook portion 9 thereof is provided.
Comes into contact with the lower surface side of the counter 2. After that, the fixing nut 5 descends, and eventually the abutting surface portion 15 comes into contact with the upper end surface of the pedestal 4, and the pedestal 4 is pressed against the upper surface side of the counter 2.

In other words, the hook 2 of each divided piece 8 of the fastening claw 3 and the pedestal 4 sandwich the counter 2 from above and below, and as a result, the pedestal 4 and the fixing nut 5 are combined with each other. It will be fixed to the faucet mounting hole 7 on the upper surface side.

Next, the split ring-shaped decorative cover 6 shown in FIG. 5 is externally fitted and mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the base 4. See also FIG.
As shown in, a water supply pipe 20, a hot water supply pipe (not shown), etc. are inserted into the water or hot water inflow passage 19 of the faucet body 17.
In the drawing, only the water inflow path 19 is shown. Then, in this state, the tubular portion 21 formed on the lower end surface side of the faucet body 17 is prevented from rotating through the spline 14 and then externally fitted and attached to the fixing nut 5 to fix the tubular portion 21 and the fixing portion. The nut 5 is fastened with the fixing screw 22.

When the fixing screw 22 is screwed in, the taper end of the screw 22 comes into contact with the annular taper groove 18, and the faucet body 1
7 is pulled down, and the ceiling surface 23 of the inner cavity of the faucet body 17 is brought into contact with the upper end surface of the fixing nut 5 to be fixed. Finally, the decorative cover 6 externally fitted to the pedestal 4 may be slid upward to conceal the fixing screw 22.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the faucet body 17 is fitted into the faucet mounting hole 7 of the counter 2 only by fitting the faucet body 17 onto the fixing nut 5 and tightening the screws. Since it can be mounted and all of these mounting operations can be performed from the upper surface side of the counter 2, it can be performed by one worker. After that, the water supply pipe 20 and the hot water supply pipe may be connected to the water supply source and the hot water supply source, respectively, in the kitchen cabinet.

Next, FIGS. 6 to 9 relate to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows a main part of a single lever type hot and cold water mixing faucet 1 installed on a counter 2. FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view, FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a tubular fixing nut 25, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a clamp hook 26 that connects the faucet body 17 and the fixing nut 25, and FIG. It is a perspective view shown.

In the second embodiment, the fastening claw 3
The pedestal 4 and the pedestal 4 are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and the procedure for mounting them in the faucet mounting hole 7 of the counter 2 is the same as in the first embodiment. is there. Thus, the fixing nut 25 has the serration 28 on the outer peripheral surface on the upper side thereof and the abutting surface portion 15 having a diameter larger than this.
Are formed, and a concavo-convex portion 29 for tool locking is engraved on the peripheral side surface of the abutting surface portion 15. Also, the abutting surface portion 15
A male screw portion 16 that is screwed into the screw portion 11 of each divided piece 8 of the fastening claw 3 is engraved on the lower side of the.

The manner of attaching the pedestal 4 and the fixing nut 25 to the faucet attaching hole 7 of the counter 2 is the same as in the case of the first embodiment described above. That is, the fixing nut 2
5 is screwed into the inner peripheral surface screw portion 11 of each divided piece 8 of the fastening claw 3, the hook portion 9 of each divided piece 8 is brought into contact with the lower surface side of the counter 2, and the abutting surface portion 15 of the fixing nut 25 is attached. The pedestal 4 may be pressed to the upper surface side of the counter 2 via and the counter 2 may be sandwiched between the pedestal 4 and the hook portion 9. After the mounting of the pedestal 4 is completed, the decorative cover 27 shown in FIG. 9 is erected on the upper end surface side thereof.

After that, the ring 30 is fixed to the lower surface side of the faucet body 17. The ring 30 has a serration 31 that meshes with the fixing nut 25 on the inner peripheral surface side, and an annular recess 32 for mounting the clamp hook 26 shown in FIG. 8 is formed on the outer peripheral surface side.

Next, the clamp hook 26 is fitted and mounted in the recess 32 of the ring 30, and then the entire ring 30 and the faucet body 17 are pushed down to make the serration 3 of the ring 30.
1 is engaged with the serration 28 of the fixing nut 25. Then, in this state, the split piece 3 of the clamp hook 26
The hook portion 34 formed in 3 is bent to temporarily expand the diameter,
The fixing nut 25 may be reduced in diameter on the lower surface side of the concave-convex portion 29 and engaged with this. As a result, the faucet body 17 can be fixed to the fixing nut 25. The other configurations and effects are the same as in the case of the above-described first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted here.

By the way, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be appropriately modified. For example, the faucet body may be a hot and cold water mixing faucet, a single faucet or a drainage faucet, and the objects to which it is attached are kitchen counters, washbasins, various counters such as bath counters, bathtubs and washbasins. May be. Further, although the faucet body is attached to the fixing nut in the above description, it is also possible to attach the faucet body directly to the pedestal.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A fastening claw is attached to the faucet mounting hole of a plate member such as a kitchen counter, and a cylindrical pedestal is arranged on the upper surface side of the plate member to hold the fastening claw at a predetermined position on the circumference. Then, the fixing nut is screwed to the inner peripheral surface side of the fastening claw, the fastening claw is pulled up, and the pedestal is pushed down.
You can clamp the counter with the fastening claw and the pedestal,
Since all of these operations can be performed by a single worker from the upper surface side of the plate-shaped member, there is no need for separate workers on both sides of the cabinet and the counter upper surface.

For work on the upper surface of a counter or the like,
It is a simple thing to screw in and push in the pedestal and the faucet body, there is no need to take an unreasonable work posture,
It is possible to easily obtain a sufficient tightening force. Furthermore, since almost no tools are required, it is not necessary to secure a working space for that purpose, and the effective space in the room is not limited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part showing a water faucet mounting structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a fastening claw according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a pedestal according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a tubular fixing nut according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a makeup cover according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part showing the attachment structure of the water faucet according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a tubular fixing nut according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a clamp hook according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a makeup cover according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Single lever type hot and cold water mixing faucet 2 ... Kitchen counter 3 ... Fastening claw 4 ... Pedestal 5 ... Cylindrical fixing nut 6 ... Cosmetic cover 7 ... Faucet mounting hole 8 ... Fastening claw split piece 9 ... Hook part of fastening claw 11 ... Screw part of fastening claw split piece 16 ... Male screw part of fixing nut 17 ... Faucet body 20 ... Water supply pipe 25 ... Cylindrical fixing nut 26 ... Clamp hook 27 ... Cosmetic cover

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A faucet mounting hole provided in a plate-shaped member for mounting a faucet is provided with a hook portion that engages with a lower surface of the plate-shaped member, and a plurality of fastening claws are mounted. Then, a pedestal for holding the locking claws at a predetermined position on the circumference is arranged on the upper surface side of the plate-like member, and has a male screw formed on the outer peripheral surface side of the cylindrical body, and has an upper surface of the pedestal. A cylindrical fixing nut having an abutting surface portion that abuts on the outer peripheral surface side is screwed to a screw portion formed on the inner peripheral surface side of the fastening claw, and the hook portion and the pedestal of the fastening claw are attached. A structure for mounting a faucet from the upper surface of the plate-shaped member, wherein the plate-shaped member is sandwiched between and.