JP2003119855A - Shower hook - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shower hook capable of being kept irrotational even in contact with a user's hand and having switch mechanisms eliminating the fear that a suction board used for mounting the shower head drops off when rotated. SOLUTION: The shower hook comprises a retaining member 21 mounted in a bathroom 4 or shower room by use of a suction board 20; a shower head hook 22 rotatably held against the retaining member 21; and the switch mechanisms 25, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 40, 42, 44, 45, m, m', m", n, n', and n" for switching the hook member 22 between a rotatable condition and an irrotational condition relative to the retaining member 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower hook used in, for example, a bathroom or a shower room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of shower hooks for hanging a shower head, for example, along a vertical pipe attached to a wall surface of a bathroom in order to make the shower sprinkling position of the shower head variable. Although there is one configured to move together with the sliding slide body and to be rotatable with respect to the slide body by the click mechanism, when the user's hand hits the shower head, the shower hook rotates. There was a fear.

Further, when the shower hook is attached to a wall surface of a bathroom or a shower room by using a suction plate, if the shower hook is rotated with respect to the wall surface by using a click mechanism, the shower hook is caught at the time of rotation. There is a risk that the suction cup will come off the wall surface due to external force.

According to the present invention, the shower head can be kept in a non-rotatable state even if it is touched by the user's hand, and even if the shower head is attached by using a suction disc, the suction disc is not likely to come off during rotation. It is an object to provide a shower hook provided with a mechanism.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a holding member mounted in a bathroom or a shower room, and a shower head hook rotatably held by the holding member. The hook member and a switching mechanism for switching the hook member to a rotatable state and a non-rotatable state with respect to the holding member.

From another point of view, the present invention provides a holding member mounted in a bathroom or a shower room by using a suction plate, and a shower head hooking hook member rotatably held by the holding member. , A switching mechanism for switching the hook member with respect to the holding member between a rotatable state and a non-rotatable state.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The present invention is not limited to this.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention in which a holding member attached to a wall surface of a bathroom or a shower room via a suction plate is provided.

First, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a thermo-type hot and cold water mixing faucet capable of easily adjusting the temperature of hot water and the amount of water discharged, and switching between the shower hose 2 and the water discharge pipe 3, for example, on the wall 5 of the bathroom 4, The water faucet body 6 incorporating the temperature adjusting means is installed horizontally in a horizontal state.

The faucet body 6 is cylindrical and has a hot water connection port 8 communicating with a hot water pipe (not shown) through a hot water connection pipe 7 on the back side and a water through a water connection pipe 9. It has a water connection port 10 that communicates with a pipe (not shown). Also, the faucet body 6 is
A water spout connection port 11 for water, hot water, or mixed water is provided at the lower center position, and a shower hose connection port (not shown) is provided at the back center position. Further, the faucet body 6 is provided at one end with a handle 12 for adjusting the temperature of water, the temperature of hot water, or the temperature of mixed water. A switching handle 13 is configured to switch between a water discharge state and a water stop state or to supply water, hot water, or mixed water by switching to the water discharge pipe side or the shower hose side by the operation thereof. 14 is a hand shower 15
Is connected to the downstream end of the shower hose 2. The shower head 14 is attached to a shower hook 16 provided on the wall 5 of the bathroom 4. Reference numeral 17 is a shower plate detachably attached to the front surface of the shower head 14.
A large number of shower sprinkler holes 18 are formed.

The characteristic structure of the present invention will be described below.

1 to 3, the shower hook 16 is attached to a wall 5 of a bathroom 4 or a shower room by a suction plate 2 as shown in FIG.
0 (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 9-293644 and Japanese Patent Application 200
0-028091 specification, refer to the drawings), a holding member 21 attached via the holding member 21, a shower head hooking hook member 22 rotatably held by the holding member 21, and the holding member 21. The hook member 22 includes a switching mechanism for switching between a rotatable state and a non-rotatable state.

Further, the holding member 21 has a pair of left and right arm portions 23, 24 and a mounting portion 5 for connecting the two members 23, 24.
It consists of 0 and. The arm portions 22 and 23 are
Each has a circular shaft hole 25, 26. Further, the mounting portion 50 includes the suction plate 20 on the outer surface F ′ side.

The hook member 22 is the shower head 1.
A notch 27 for hooking 4 is provided at a central position, and circular holes 30, 31 are provided at positions corresponding to the circular shaft holes 25, 26 on the left and right.
Have. 28 and 29 are the bottoms 28, 29 of the circular holes 30 and 31, respectively. The circular shaft hole 25 and the circular shaft hole 26 have the same shape. Further, the circular hole 30 and the circular hole 31 have the same shape. In this embodiment, while the user holds the grip portion 14a of the shower head 14 and positions the grip portion 14a above the notch 27, the shower hose 2 is passed through the notch 27 and the rear grip portion 14a. From the upper side of the notch 27 to the notch 27
By inserting the shower head 14 into the hook member 2
Can be hooked at 2.

The circular shaft holes 25 and 26 have serrations m and n formed in the left-right direction (direction shown by arrow S) at positions close to each other on the inner peripheral surface.
That is, the circular shaft hole 25 has the serration m formed in the S direction in the annular region of the inner half of the inner peripheral surface of the circular shaft hole 25. The circular shaft hole 26 has the serration n formed in the S direction in an annular region of the inner half of the inner peripheral surface of the circular shaft hole 26.

Further, the circular holes 30 and 31 have serrations m'and n'formed in the S direction, respectively, at positions on the inner peripheral surface spaced from each other. That is, the circular hole 30 has the serration m ′ formed in the S direction in the annular region of the outer half of the inner peripheral surface of the circular hole 30. The circular hole 31 has serrations n ′ formed in the S direction in the annular region of the outer half of the inner peripheral surface of the circular hole 31.

In the hook member 22, the circular hole 30 communicates with the circular shaft hole 25, and the circular hole 31 communicates with the circular shaft hole 26.
It is installed in a space G surrounded by 0 and the arm portions 23 and 24. In this case, the left side surface A of the hook member 22 and the inner side surface B of the arm portion 23 are in contact with each other, and the right side surface C of the hook member 22 and the inner side surface D of the arm portion 24 are in contact with each other. is there. Also, the hook member 22
Has an inwardly curved surface portion e extending from the rear surface E to the lower surface Q so as to allow the hook member 22 to rotate without being blocked by the inner surface F of the mounting portion 50 of the holding member 21.

33 is the circular shaft hole 25 and the circular hole 3
A substantially cap-shaped pivot member having a serration m ″ that meshes with each serration m, m ′ of 0 in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface X, and penetrates the circular shaft hole 25 to form the circular hole 3
It is arranged to reach 0. The pivot member 33 is arranged with the opening 33a facing the bottom portion 28 of the circular hole 30. The pivot member 33 has a serration m ″ in an annular region on the inner half (opening 33a side) of the outer peripheral surface X. Furthermore, the serration m ″ is formed with a locking member 41 having four locking claws 40 at a center angle of 90 °.

On the other hand, 34 is a substantially cap-shaped pivot member having a serration n ″ in the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface Y that meshes with the serrations n and n ′ of the circular shaft hole 26 and the circular hole 31. It is arranged so as to pass through the circular shaft hole 26 and reach the circular hole 31. The pivot member 34
Are arranged so that the opening 34a faces the bottom portion 29 of the circular hole 31. The pivot member 34 has serrations n ″ in an annular region on the inner half (opening 34a side) of the outer peripheral surface Y. Further, in the serration n ″, a locking member 43 having four locking claws 42 at a center angle of 90 °.
Are formed.

Further, the pivot member 33 has an annular inner peripheral groove 36, and the pivot member 34 has an annular inner peripheral groove 37.

The serration m, the serration n, the serration m ', the serration n', the serration m ", and the serration n" have the same shape. The pivot member 33 and the pivot member 34 have the same shape.

Then, the pair of pivot members 33, 34
Form a pivot shaft for rotating the hook member 22 in the vertical direction (the direction indicated by the arrow T).

A switching mechanism for switching the hook member 22 to the holding member 21 in the T direction from the rotatable state to the non-rotatable state will be described below.

44 and 45 are a pair of pivot members 33,
34 is a pair of elastic members that always urge 34 in directions K and K ′ that are separated from each other.

Then, one end of the elastic member 44 is fitted into the inner circumferential groove 36 through the opening 33a of the pivot member 33, and the other end of the elastic member 44 is brought into contact with the bottom portion 28 of the circular hole 30. By doing so, the elastic member 44 is interposed between the pivotally supporting member 33 and the circular hole 30. At this time, the pivot member 33
Is biased in the K direction by the biasing force of the elastic member 44, the four locking claws 40 are locked to the inner annular end surface 60 of the serration m ′ [see FIG. 3 (A)]. That is, while the serration m ″ meshes with the serrations m and m ′, the locking claw 40 presses the inner annular end surface 60 of the serration m ′ by the urging force of the elastic member 44.

Further, one end of the elastic member 45 is fitted into the inner circumferential groove 37 through the opening 34a of the pivot member 34, and the other end of the elastic member 45 is brought into contact with the bottom portion 29 of the circular hole 31. Thereby, the elastic member 45 is interposed between the pivot member 34 and the circular hole 31. At this time, the pivot member 34 is
Although biased in the K'direction by the biasing force of the elastic member 45, the four locking claws 42 are locked on the inner annular end surface 60 'of the serration n' (see FIG. 3A). That is, while the serration n ″ meshes with the serrations n and n ′, the locking claw 42 presses the inner annular end surface 60 ′ of the serration n ′ by the biasing force of the elastic member 45.

As a result, co-rotation between the pivot members 33, 34 and the hook member 22 can be prevented. This state is a state in which the hook member 22 cannot rotate in the T direction, and is a locked state of the hook member 22. In this locked state,
For example, even if the user's hand hits the shower head 14 hooked on the hook member 22, the shower hook 16 does not rotate.

The locking claws 40, 42 and the pivotally supporting members 33, 3
4, the circular shaft holes 25 and 26, the circular holes 30 and 31, the serrations m, m ′, m ″, n, n ′ and n ″, and the elastic members 44 and 45 constitute the switching mechanism.

On the other hand, the hook member is operated by the user by performing a simple switching operation that does not require a force for pressing the pivot members 33 and 34 in the directions in which they approach each other against the urging force of the elastic members 44 and 45. 22 can be rotated in the T direction from the locked state. In this case, the pressing force required to press the pivot members 33 and 34 has an advantage that it is smaller than the turning force required when the shower hook is rotated by the conventional click mechanism.
That is, the user can rotate the hook member 22 with an easier switching operation than the conventional one.

Then, the user uses the pivot members 33 and 3
For example, the serration m ″ of the pivot member 33 can be changed by pressing the four toward each other.
Is disengaged from the serration m'and the serration m'provided on the hook member 22 is released from being pressed against the inner annular end surface 60 by the four locking claws 40. At the same time, also on the side of the pivot member 34, the hook member 2
The pressing by the four locking claws 42 to the inner annular end surface 60 'of the serration n'provided in 2 is released. in this case,
It is preferable that the user guides the hook member 22 to the desired position in the T direction while pressing the pivot members 33 and 34.

As described above, the hook member 22 can be rotated in the T direction until the pressing of the pivotal support members 33 and 34 is released, and when the pressing of the pivotal support members 33 and 34 is released. Since 22 can be locked, there is an advantage that the hook member 22 can be set at an arbitrary position.

By the way, the lock state can be released while preventing the suction plate 20 from coming off from the wall surface 5. That is, when releasing the locked state, the pressing force of the user is applied to the pivot members 33 and 34, and the pressing force is
Since it is hardly transmitted to the hook member 22 and the holding member 21, it is possible to reliably avoid the situation where the pressing force is transmitted to the holding member 21 and the suction plate 20 is disengaged from the wall surface 5.

Then, for example, in order to make the shower hook 16 usable by a child from the state of the shower hook 16 used by an adult of standard height, the inclination angle θ of the shower head 14 with respect to the wall surface 5 is increased. By rotating the hook member 22, the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 can be easily changed to the state shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG.

In this embodiment, the shower head 14 is hooked on the hook member 22 from the upper side of the hook member 22 while passing the shower hose 2 through the cutout 27.

4 and 5 show the shower hose 2 not only from above the hook member 22 ', but also from the hook member 22'.
2 shows another embodiment of the present invention in which the shower head 14 (see FIG. 1) can be hooked on the hook member 22 'from the front side of the. In FIGS. 4 and 5, the same reference numerals as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are the same or equivalent.

4 and 5, the shower hook 1
6'is a suction plate 2 on the wall 4 of the bathroom 4 or the shower room
A holding member 21 'attached via 0, a shower head retaining hook member 22' rotatably held by the holding member 21 ', and a hook member 22' for the holding member 21 '. A switching mechanism for switching between a rotatable state and a non-rotatable state. This switching mechanism
Switching mechanism 40, 42, 33, 3 shown in the above embodiment
4, 25, 26, 30, 31, m, m ', m'', n,
It has the same structure as n ′, n ″, 44 and 45.

Further, the holding member 21 'is the suction plate 20.
And a spacer 51 and a pair of left and right arm portions 23 ', 2
4'and a mounting portion 50 'connecting the two 23' and 24 '. Reference numeral 52 denotes a push button for installing the suction disk 20 on the wall 5, and by pushing this button, the suction disk 20 is moved to the wall 5 via the interlocking mechanism provided in the spacer 51.
Adsorb to. Reference numeral 53 is a suction plate peeling lip provided on the outer peripheral side of the suction plate 20. By picking up this lip, the suction plate 20 can be easily removed from the wall 5.

On the other hand, the hook member 22 'has a notch 27' for hooking the shower head 14 (see FIG. 1) in the center front position, and a pair of laterally widened portions for facilitating the catching of the shower head 14. Arm member 60,
61. That is, the front end portions 60a, 61a of the arm members 60, 61 are opened in a direction of being separated from each other so that the shower head 14 can be hooked from the front side of the hook member 22 ', and the entrance 66 of the notch 27' is opened.
Is formed. Then, when the grip portion 14a (see FIG. 1) of the shower head 14 is inserted from the inlet 66, the arm members 60 and 61 spread in a direction in which they are separated from each other,
After that, when the grip portion 14a enters into the cutout 27 ', the arm members 60 and 61 are closed in the direction of approaching each other and the cutout 2 is formed.
It acts so as to sandwich the grip portion 14a in 7 '. Also,
It is very convenient since small articles used in the bathroom 4 or the shower room can be hung on the arm members 60 and 61.

FIG. 4B shows a hook member 22 'whose angle can be adjusted in three steps, for example.

In each of the above embodiments, the shower hook 16 directly attached to the wall surface 5 of the bathroom 4 or the shower room is shown. However, in the present invention, the shower hook 16 is attached along the vertical pipe such as a handrail attached to the wall surface of the bathroom. The holding member 21 may be attached to one side of the slide body that slides in the vertical direction via the suction plate 20, or the holding member 21 may be directly attached to one side of the slide body.

Further, in the present invention, the holding member 21 may be formed integrally with the slide body without using the suction plate 20.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, the holding member is mounted in the bathroom or the shower room, the hook member for hooking the shower head is rotatably held on the holding member, and the holding member is attached to the holding member. Since the switching mechanism for switching the hook member between the rotatable state and the non-rotatable state is provided, the shower sprinkling position of the shower head can be arbitrarily changed, while the shower head is hooked on the hook member. Even if the user's hand is hit by, the hook member can be kept in a non-rotatable state and the shower hook does not rotate.

Further, according to the present invention, when the holding member is attached to the bathroom or the shower room by using the suction plate, the hook member is rotated by the switching mechanism with almost no external force applied to the hook member and the holding member. Since it is possible to switch from the impossible state to the rotatable state, there is no possibility that the suction cup comes off from the wall surface of the bathroom or shower room, for example.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a use state of a shower hook according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of essential parts in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the above embodiment. FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram of a main part configuration in the embodiment.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention. (B) is a configuration explanatory view showing a usage state in the other embodiment.

FIG. 5A is a plan view showing another embodiment. (B) is a front view showing the other embodiment.
(C) is a bottom view showing the other embodiment.
(D) is a right side view showing the other embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 ... Bathroom, 5 ... Wall, 14 ... Shower head, 16 ... Shower hook, 20 ... Suction plate, 21 ... Holding member, 22 ... Shower head hook member, 25, 26, 30, 3
1, 33, 34, 40, 42, m, m ', m'', n,
n ', n''... Switching mechanism.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A holding member mounted in a bathroom or a shower room, a shower head retaining hook member rotatably held by the holding member, and the hook member rotatable with respect to the holding member. A shower hook comprising a switching mechanism for switching between a non-rotatable state and a non-rotatable state. 2. A holding member mounted in a bathroom or a shower room by using a suction plate, a shower head hooking hook member rotatably held by the holding member, and the hook with respect to the holding member. A shower hook comprising a switching mechanism for switching between a rotatable state and a non-rotatable state of a member. 3. The holding member has a pair of left and right arm portions and circular shaft holes respectively provided in the arm portions, and the hook member has circular holes at positions corresponding to the circular shaft holes. Further, the circular shaft hole and the circular hole each have serrations formed in the left and right directions on the inner peripheral surface thereof, while having serrations that mesh with the serrations of the circular shaft hole and the circular hole, respectively. Providing left and right pivotal support members that penetrate the shaft hole and reach the circular hole,
An elastic member is provided for urging the pivot members in a direction in which the pivot members are always separated from each other. Further, when the hook member is locked, the serration of the pivot member is such that the serration of the pivot member has the circular shaft hole and the circular hole. A locking claw that is locked to the inner end surface of the serration of the circular hole so as to prevent the pivotal support member and the hook member from rotating together in the state of meshing with each serration. The shower hook according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the switching mechanism is configured by the pivot support member and the serrations of the circular shaft hole, the circular hole, and the pivot support member. 4. The shower hook according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is provided on a slide body that slides along a pipe attached to the bathroom or shower room.