(19)
(11) EP 3 048 206 A1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(43) Date of publication:
27.07.2016 Bulletin 2016/30

(21) Application number: 15193989.9

(22) Date of filing: 10.11.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
E03C 1/04(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD

(30) Priority: 22.01.2015 CN 201520045074 U

(71) Applicant: Globe Union Industrial Corp.
Taichung City 42760 (TW)

(72) Inventors:
  • Lin, Yiping
    42760 Taichung City (TW)
  • Li, Chunhung
    42760 Taichung City (TW)
  • Yuan, Chuahua
    42760 Taichung City (TW)

(74) Representative: Cabinet Chaillot 
16/20, avenue de l'Agent Sarre B.P. 74
92703 Colombes Cedex
92703 Colombes Cedex (FR)

   


(54) FAUCET INSTALLING ASSEMBLY


(57) A faucet installing assembly (1) contains: a fixing device (100) including a base (10), a screwing bolt (20), a connecting bolt (30), and an affixing mount (40). The base (10) includes an insertion portion (11) and an extending portion (12) which has a positioning rib (121) and a groove (122), a bottom fringe (123), an opening (124), and a through orifice (125). The insertion portion (11) has a peripheral fence (111), an accommodating trench (112), an operating space (113), and an isolation fence (114). The screwing bolt (20) includes a circular tab (21) and a threaded extension (22). The connecting bolt (30) includes a threaded aperture (31). The affixing mount (40) includes two opposite side cliffs (41) and a bottom cliff (42) which has a through hole (43), and the affixing mount (40) rotates between an inserting position (P1) and a stopping position (P2) along the connecting bolt (30). The faucet device includes a fitting orifice (201), a channel (202), two connectors (203), and two inlet pipes (204), each of which is in connection with each of the two connectors (203) and is inserted through the accommodating trench (112).




Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION



[0001] The present invention relates to a faucet installing assembly which is for a tap that is mounted on a wash basin or a kitchen sink quick, easy and simple.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION



[0002] A conventional facet is installed in a narrow space below a basin which is located in a kitchen or a bathroom.

[0003] A positioning structure for a faucet disclosed in US Patent No. 8,763,175 B2 is fixed on the basin from an upper end of the basin. The faucet contains a body and a fixing device for installing the faucet on the basin from the upper end of the basin. The fixing device includes a mounting seat, two screw rods, and two clamping blocks. The mounting seat is inserted into an orifice on the basin and is employed to fix the body and to insert a supply pipe assembly. The supply pipe assembly has a first inlet pipe for flowing cold water, a second inlet pipe for flowing hot water and an inflow pipe for flowing a mixed water of the cold water and the cold water. The two screw rods are rotated to insert through the mounting seat from the orifice and are fixed by the two clamping blocks. When the two screw rods are rotated above the basin, they are positioned by the two clamping blocks and two stop stems on the mounting seat, such that the two clamping blocks are driven to force a bottom face of the basin, and the fixing seat and the body are clamped on the basin.

[0004] When the channel of some faucets is located at a low position of the faucets to connect with two inlet pipes, two connectors of the cold-water pipe and the hot-water pipe interference the base of the fixing device, so the base has to be re-designed. For example, an opening of an accommodating tunnel is re-designed so that the two connectors made of copper are accommodated in the accommodating tunnel. But a positioning rod and a clamping block are moved to influence their positioning effect.

[0005] A conventional faucet installing assembly is disclosed in US 6, 328,059 B1 and contains an insertion block inserted into a fixing orifice (301) of the basin, two inlet pipes connecting with a bottom face of the basin through the insertion block, and a faucet device located above the basin. The insertion block extends out of the basin and is fixed in the faucet device. The faucet installing assembly further contains a connecting device for fixing the insertion block on the basin. The connecting device includes a screwing bolt inserting through the insertion block and a fixer rotatably connected with the screwing bolt. The fixer has two flexible pads and is manually rotated toward an inserting position, such that the fixer passes through the fixing orifice of the basin to press one of the two flexible pads. The fixer rotates toward a stopping position by using the two flexible pads, such that when the screwing bolt is rotated, the fixer moves along the screwing bolt to contact with a bottom face of the basin, and the insertion block is fixed on the basin quickly and easily, thus positioning the faucet device on the basin.

[0006] Nevertheless, the connecting device has to cooperate with the insertion block, and the faucet device can only be fixed on the basin, after the insertion block is disposed. Since the insertion block is a part of a cold-water channel and a hot-water channel or a coupling pipe, water leakage will occur. Furthermore, the insertion block is removed from the faucet device troublesomely.

[0007] The fixer of the connecting device moves upward along the screwing bolt by using the cold-water inlet pipe or the hot-water inlet pipe, yet the fixer is stuck in a gap between the cold-water inlet pipe and the hot-water pipe.

[0008] The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION



[0009] One aspect of the present invention is to provide a faucet installing assembly which is mounted on a basin of a kitchen sink or a wash basin in a bathroom quickly and quickly.

[0010] To obtain the above aspects, a faucet installing assembly provided by the present invention contains: a fixing device including a base, a screwing bolt, a connecting bolt, and an affixing mount.

[0011] The base includes an insertion portion for inserting into a fixing orifice of a basin and includes an extending portion formed on a top end of the insertion portion and extending out of a top face of the basin. The extending portion has a positioning rib extending outwardly from a peripheral side thereof to contact with the top face of the basin above the fixing orifice of the basin. The extending portion has a groove defined therein, a bottom fringe formed on a bottom end of the groove, an opening adjacent to the bottom fringe, and a through orifice defined on the bottom fringe. The insertion portion has a peripheral fence, an accommodating trench defined in the peripheral fence and communicating with the opening, an operating space formed on an outer surface of the peripheral fence, and an isolation fence formed on an inner surface of the peripheral fence relative to the operating space.

[0012] The screwing bolt includes a circular tab extending out of and retaining with the bottom fringe, and the screwing bolt also includes a threaded extension extending into the operating space through the through orifice of the base.

[0013] The connecting bolt includes a threaded aperture defined therein and screwing with the threaded extension of the screwing bolt.

[0014] The affixing mount is in an elongated frame shape and includes two opposite side cliffs to rotatably connect with the connecting bolt, and the affixing mount also includes a bottom cliff defined between the two side cliffs. The bottom cliff has a through hole defined thereon to insert through the threaded extension. The affixing mount rotates between an inserting position and a stopping position along the connecting bolt, and when the affixing mount is rotated toward the inserting position, it passes through the fixing orifice of the basin. When the affixing mount is rotated toward the stopping position, the screwing bolt is rotated on the basin and is limited by the isolation fence; and when the connecting bolt moves upward along the threaded extension of the screwing bolt, the affixing mount moves upward along the threaded extension of the screwing bolt to contact with a bottom face of the basin tightly.

[0015] The faucet device includes a fitting orifice defined on a bottom thereof and is mounted on the base. The faucet device also includes a channel defined therein, two connectors disposed on the bottom end thereof relative to the accommodating trench of the base, and two inlet pipes, each of which is in connection with each of the two connectors and is inserted through the accommodating trench of the base.

[0016] Accordingly, the faucet installing assembly of the present invention contains advantages as follows:
  1. 1. The fixing device and the faucet device are mounted on the basin easily and quickly.
  2. 2. The fixing device is adapted for the faucet device of various specifications, such as the channel defined at a low position of the faucet device, hence the channel, the two connectors, and the two inlet pipes are not re-designed, and the faucet device is mounted on the basin by means of the fixing device.
  3. 3. The isolation fence of the base limits a rotation of the affixing mount so that the affixing mount moves along the screwing bolt and separates from the two inlet pipes, and the affixing mount is not stuck in a gap between the two inlet pipes as rotating toward the stopping position from the inserting position.
  4. 4. After the affixing mount moves through the fixing orifice, the returning member (such as the pad or the two torsion springs) forces the affixing mount to move back to the stopping position from the inserting position by using the pad or the two torsion springs, thus contacting the affixing mount with the bottom face of the basin.
  5. 5. The guiding cliff of the affixing mount cooperates with the bushing of the screwing bolt so that the screwing bolt is rotated to force the affixing mount to rotate toward the stopping position from the inserting position and then to contact with the bottom face of the basin tightly, after the affixing mount moves through the fixing orifice. Moreover, the guiding cliff is one piece formed on the affixing mount to reduce production cost.
  6. 6. The affixing mount stably moves upward along the solation fence by ways of the magnetic attracting member (60) to contact with the basin securely, and the screwing bolt is rotated stably by using the affixing mount.
  7. 7. The affixing mount stably moves upward along the solation fence by means of the sliding structure, and the screwing bolt is rotated smoothly, such that the affixing mount contacts with the basin fixedly. Preferably, the sliding structure has the magnetic attraction to enhance operating stability of the connecting bolt.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS



[0017] 

FIG 1 is a perspective view showing a faucet installing assembly being mounted on a basin according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing the faucet installing assembly being mounted on the basin according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the exploded components of a fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the assembly of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein an affixing mount is located at a stopping position.

FIG. 5 is another perspective view showing the assembly of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the affixing mount is located at the stopping position.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing the operation of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is another cross-sectional perspective view showing the operation of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view showing the operation of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is another cross sectional view showing the operation of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the assembly of a faucet device of the faucet installing assembly and a positioning bolt according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing the assembly of a base and the positioning bolt of the faucet installing assembly and the positioning bolt according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the assembly of a fixing device of a faucet installing assembly according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the exploded components of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a side plan view showing the operation of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the second embodiment of the present invention, wherein an affixing mount automatically rotates toward a stopping position from an inserting position.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing the assembly of a fixing device of a faucet installing assembly according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing the exploded components of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a side plan view showing the operation of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the third embodiment of the present invention, wherein an affixing mount automatically rotates toward a stopping position from an inserting position.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing the assembly of a fixing device of a faucet installing assembly according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing the exploded components of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing the assembly of an affixing mount of the faucet installing assembly according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing the assembly of the affixing mount of the faucet installing assembly according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a cross sectional view showing the operation of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is another cross sectional view showing the operation of the fixing device of the faucet installing assembly according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a perspective view showing the assembly of a part of a fixing device and a sliding structure of the faucet installing assembly according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS



[0018] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a faucet installing assembly 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention comprises: a fixing device 100 and a faucet device 200. Referring to FIGS. 3-7, the fixing device 100 includes a base 10, a screwing bolt 20, a connecting bolt 30, and an affixing mount 40.

[0019] The base 10 includes an insertion portion 11 for inserting into a fixing orifice 301 of a basin 300 and includes an extending portion 12 formed on a top end of the insertion portion 11 and extending out of a top face 302 of the basin 300. The extending portion 12 has a positioning rib 121 extending outwardly from a peripheral side thereof to contact with the top face 302 of the basin 300 above the fixing orifice 301 of the basin 300.

[0020] The extending portion 12 has a groove 122 defined therein, a bottom fringe 123 formed on a bottom end of the groove 122, an opening 124 adjacent to the bottom fringe 123, and a through orifice 125 defined on the bottom fringe 123. The insertion portion 11 has a peripheral fence 111, an accommodating trench 112 defined in the peripheral fence 111 and communicating with the opening 124, an operating space 113 formed on an outer surface of the peripheral fence 111, and an isolation fence 114 formed on an inner surface of the peripheral fence 111 relative to the operating space 113. The peripheral fence 111 has a locating fence 115 defined on an upper end thereof to contact with an inner wall of the fixing orifice 301 of the basin 300, such that the base 10 is limited to move laterally on the basin 300.

[0021] The screwing bolt 20 includes a circular tab 21 extending out of and retaining with the bottom fringe 123, and the screwing bolt 20 also includes a threaded extension 22 extending into the operating space 113 through the through orifice 125 of the base 10.

[0022] The connecting bolt 30 includes a threaded aperture 31 defined therein and screwing with the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20.

[0023] The affixing mount 40 is in an elongated frame shape and includes two opposite side cliffs 41 to rotatably connect with the connecting bolt 30, the affixing mount 40 also includes a bottom cliff 42 defined between the two side cliffs 41; wherein the bottom cliff 42 has a through hole 43 defined thereon to insert through the threaded extension 22. The affixing mount 40 rotates between an inserting position P1 and a stopping position P2 along the connecting bolt 30, as shown in FIG. 8. When the affixing mount 40 is rotated toward the inserting position P1, it passes through the fixing orifice 301 of the basin 300, and when the affixing mount 40 is rotated toward the stopping position P2, the screwing bolt 20 is rotated on the basin 300 and is limited by the isolation fence 114, as illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 9, and when the connecting bolt 30 moves upward along the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20, the affixing mount 40 moves upward along the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20 to contact with a bottom face 303 of the basin 300 tightly.

[0024] As illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 10, the faucet device 200 includes a fitting orifice 201 defined on a bottom thereof and is mounted on the base 10. The faucet device 200 also includes a channel 202 defined therein, two connectors 203 disposed on the bottom end thereof relative to the accommodating trench 112 of the base 10, and two inlet pipes 204, each of which is in connection with each of the two connectors 203 and is inserted through the accommodating trench 112 of the base 10, wherein one of the two connectors 203 is a cold-water connector, and the other of the two connectors 203 is a hot-water connector; one of the two inlet pipes 204 is a cold-water inlet pipe, and the other of the two inlet pipes 204 is a hot-water inlet pipe.

[0025] With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the fixing device 100 further includes a returning member 50 which is a pad 51 made of foam and is accommodated in a slot 44 defined by the two opposite side cliffs 41 and the bottom cliff 42 of the affixing mount 40, such that when the affixing mount 40 is manually rotated toward the inserting portion P1 from the stopping position P2, the pad 51 is pressed by the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20 to deform flexibly, as shown in FIG. 8, and the pad 51 forces the affixing mount 40 to rotate back to the stopping position P2 via the fixing orifice 301.

[0026] Referring to FIGS. 3 and 6, the fixing device 100 further includes a magnetic attracting member 60 defined between the connecting bolt 30 and the isolation fence 114 of the base 10, such that the connecting bolt 30 contacts with the isolation fence 114 and moves upward along the screwing bolt 20.

[0027] The magnetic attracting member 60 has a first attraction part 61 formed in the connecting bolt 30 and has a second attraction part 62 formed on the isolation fence 114. The first attraction part 61 is one of a magnetic iron and a magnetic attracting material, and the second attraction part 62 is the other of the magnetic iron and the magnetic attracting material. In this embodiment, the first attraction part 61 is the magnetic iron retained in the connecting bolt 30 relative to the isolation fence 114, and the second attraction part 62 is an attraction strap made of the magnetic attracting material, such as iron or steel. In addition, the second attraction part 62 is located in a moving path of the connecting bolt 30.

[0028] Accordingly, the base 10 or the isolation fence 114 is made of magnetic attracting material so as to form the second attraction part 62 in the moving path of the connecting bolt 30.

[0029] As shown in FIGS. 3 and 10, the extending portion 12 of the base 10 has a longitudinal locking block 126 and a locking notch 127 which are arranged on two opposite positions of the extending portion 12 of the base 10. The faucet device 200 also includes a coupling sleeve 205, the coupling hole 201 defined in the coupling sleeve 205, and a vertical recess 206 formed in the coupling hole 201, such that the longitudinal locking block 126 of the base 10 retains with the vertical recess 206 to limit a rotation of the faucet device 200. Furthermore, a positioning bolt 207 inserts through the coupling sleeve 205 to abut against the locking notch 127, such that a longitudinal movement of the faucet device 200 on the base 10 is limited.

[0030] To fix the faucet installing assembly 1 on the basin 300, the affixing mount 40 of the fixing device 100 is manually rotated toward the inserting position P1, the inserting portion 11 of the base 10 is inserted into the fixing orifice 301 of the basin 300 with the affixing mount 40, wherein when the positioning rib 121 of the extending portion 12 abuts against the top face 302 of the basin 300, the affixing mount 40 is forced by the pad 51 to automatically rotate back to the stopping position P2, as illustrated in FIG. 8.

[0031] Thereafter, the screwing bolt 20 is rotated by a screwdriver to force the affixing mount 40 to move upward along the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20 by ways of the magnetic attracting member 60 until the affixing mount 40 contacts with the bottom face 303 of the basin 300 tightly, as illustrated in FIG 9, thus fixing the faucet installing assembly 1 on the basin 300 by using the fixing device 100.

[0032] Thereafter, the vertical recess 206 of the faucet device 200 is aligned with the longitudinal locking block 126 of the base 10, and the two inlet pipes 204 are inserted through the groove 122, the opening 124 and the accommodating trench 112 of the base 10 so that the coupling hole 201 retains with the base 10 of the fixing device 100, and the positioning bolt 207 is rotated tightly to abut against the locking notch 127 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 11, hence the faucet installing assembly 1 is mounted on the basin 300.

[0033] With reference to FIGS. 12 and 14, a difference of a faucet installing assembly 1 of a second embodiment from that of the first embodiment comprises:

the returning member 50 being a torsion spring 52 fitted on the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20 proximate to the connecting bolt 30, wherein the torsion spring 52 has a free segment 521, such that when the affixing mount 40 is manually rotated toward the inserting position P1 from the stopping position P2, the free segment 521 is deformed flexibly by the bottom cliff 42 of the affixing mount 40 to push the affixing mount 40 to automatically move back to the stopping position P2 via the fixing orifice 301 of the basin 300.



[0034] With reference to FIGS. 15 and 17, a difference of a faucet installing assembly 1 of a third embodiment from that of the first embodiment comprises:

the returning member 50 being a torsion spring 53 fitted on the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20, wherein a first free segment 531 of the torsion spring 53 is inserted into the connecting bolt 30, and a second free segment 532 of the torsion spring 53 is hooked on an outer one of the two opposite side cliffs 41, such that when the affixing mount 40 is manually rotated toward the inserting position P1 from the stopping position P2, the torsion spring 53 pushes the affixing mount 40 to move back to the stopping position P2 via the fixing orifice 301 of the basin 300.



[0035] Referring to FIGS. 18 and 21, a difference of a faucet installing assembly 1 of a fourth embodiment from that of the first embodiment comprises:

an affixing mount 40 including a guiding cliff 45 to replace the returning member 50 of the first embodiment, wherein the guiding cliff 45 is in connection with the two opposite side cliffs 41 and has an arcuate forcing face 451 defined on an inner surface thereof adjacent to the through hole 43, such that when the affixing mount 40 is located at the inserting position P1, the guiding cliff 45 is close to a distal end of the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20, as shown in FIG. 22. When the connecting bolt 30 is rotated with the screwing bolt 20 to move upward along the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20, the distal end of the threaded extension 22 slides on the arcuate forcing face 451 to force the affixing mount 40 to rotate toward the stopping position P2 as illustrated in FIG. 23 or to force the affixing mount 40 to contact with the bottom face 303 of the basin 300 and to locate at the stopping position P2.



[0036] Preferably, the distal end of the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20 has a bushing 23 fitted thereon, and wherein the bushing 23 has an arcuate face 231 sliding on the arcuate forcing face 451 smoothly. The bushing 23 is screwed with or is adhered with the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20.

[0037] As illustrated in FIG. 24, a difference of a faucet installing assembly 1 of a fourth embodiment from that of the first embodiment comprises:

a sliding structure 70 for replacing the magnetic attracting member 60 of the first embodiment. The sliding structure 70 is mounted between the connecting bolt 30 and the isolation fence 114 so that the connecting bolt 30 moves upward along the threaded extension 22 of the screwing bolt 20 and the isolation fence 114 of the base 10.



[0038] Preferably, the sliding structure 70 has a trough 71 and a slidable protrusion 72. For example, the trough 71 is defined on the isolation fence 114, and the slidable protrusion 72 extends outwardly from one end of the connecting bolt 30 relative to the isolation fence 114.

[0039] Of course, the sliding structure 70 has magnetic attraction so that the slidable protrusion 72 magnetically contacts with and moves along the trough 71.

[0040] Accordingly, the faucet installing assembly 1 of the present invention contains advantages as follows:
  1. 1. The fixing device 100 and the faucet device 200 are mounted on the basin 300 easily and quickly.
  2. 2. The fixing device 100 is adapted for the faucet device 200 of various specifications, such as the channel 202 defined at a low position of the faucet device 200, hence the channel 202, the two connectors 203, and the two inlet pipes 204 are not re-designed, and the faucet device 200 is mounted on the basin 300 by means of the fixing device 100.
  3. 3. The isolation fence 114 of the base 10 limits a rotation of the affixing mount 40 so that the affixing mount 40 moves along the screwing bolt 20 and separates from the two inlet pipes 204, and the affixing mount 40 is not stuck in a gap between the two inlet pipes 204 as rotating toward the stopping position P2 from the inserting position P1.
  4. 4. After the affixing mount 40 moves through the fixing orifice 301, the returning member 50 (such as the pad 51 or the two torsion springs 52, 53) forces the affixing mount 40 to move back to the stopping position P2 from the inserting position P1 by using the pad 51 or the two torsion springs 52, 53, thus contacting the affixing mount 40 with the bottom face 303 of the basin 300.
  5. 5. The guiding cliff 45 of the affixing mount 40 cooperates with the bushing 23 of the screwing bolt 20 so that the screwing bolt 20 is rotated to force the affixing mount 40 to rotate toward the stopping position P2 from the inserting position P1 and then to contact with the bottom face 303 of the basin 300 tightly, after the affixing mount 40 moves through the fixing orifice 301. Moreover, the guiding cliff 45 is one piece formed on the affixing mount 40 to reduce production cost.
  6. 6. The affixing mount 40 stably moves upward along the solation fence 114 by ways of the magnetic attracting member 60 to contact with the basin 300 securely, and the screwing bolt 20 is rotated stably by using the affixing mount 40.
  7. 7. The affixing mount 40 stably moves upward along the solation fence 114 by means of the sliding structure 70, and the screwing bolt 20 is rotated smoothly, such that the affixing mount 40 contacts with the basin 300 fixedly. Preferably, the sliding structure 70 has the magnetic attraction to enhance operating stability of the connecting bolt 30.


[0041] While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiments of the invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. The scope of the claims should not be limited by the preferred embodiments set forth in the examples, but should be given the broadest interpretation consistent with the description as a whole.


Claims

1. A faucet installing assembly (1) comprising:

a fixing device (100) including a base (10), a screwing bolt (20), a connecting bolt (30), and an affixing mount (40), wherein

the base (10) includes an insertion portion (11) for inserting into a fixing orifice (301) of a basin (300) and includes an extending portion (12) formed on a top end of the insertion portion (11) and extending out of a top face (302) of the basin (300); the extending portion (12) has a positioning rib (121) extending outwardly from a peripheral side thereof to contact with the top face (302) of the basin (300) above the fixing orifice (301) of the basin (300); the extending portion (12) has a groove (122) defined therein, a bottom fringe (123) formed on a bottom end of the groove (122), an opening (124) adjacent to the bottom fringe (123), and a through orifice (125) defined on the bottom fringe (123); the insertion portion (11) has a peripheral fence (111), an accommodating trench (112) defined in the peripheral fence (111) and communicating with the opening (124), an operating space (113) formed on an outer surface of the peripheral fence (111), and an isolation fence (114) formed on an inner surface of the peripheral fence (111) relative to the operating space (113);

the screwing bolt (20) includes a circular tab (21) extending out of and retaining with the bottom fringe (123), and the screwing bolt (20) also includes a threaded extension (22) extending into the operating space (113) through the through orifice (125) of the base (10);

the connecting bolt (30) includes a threaded aperture (31) defined therein and screwing with the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20);

the affixing mount (40) is in an elongated frame shape and includes two opposite side cliffs (41) to rotatably connect with the connecting bolt (30), the affixing mount (40) also includes a bottom cliff (42) defined between the two side cliffs (41); wherein the bottom cliff (42) has a through hole (43) defined thereon to insert through the threaded extension (22); the affixing mount (40) rotates between an inserting position (P1) and a stopping position (P2) along the connecting bolt (30); when the affixing mount (40) is rotated toward the inserting position (P1), it passes through the fixing orifice (301) of the basin (300); when the affixing mount (40) is rotated toward the stopping position (P2), the screwing bolt (20) is rotated on the basin (300) and is limited by the isolation fence (114); and when the connecting bolt (30) moves upward along the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20), the affixing mount (40) moves upward along the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20) to contact with a bottom face (303) of the basin (300) tightly;

the faucet device (200) includes a fitting orifice (201) defined on a bottom thereof and is mounted on the base (10); the faucet device (200) also includes a channel (202) defined therein, two connectors (203) disposed on the bottom end thereof relative to the accommodating trench (112) of the base (10), and two inlet pipes (204), each of which is in connection with each of the two connectors (203) and is inserted through the accommodating trench (112) of the base (10).


 
2. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the peripheral fence (111) has a locating fence (115) defined on an upper end thereof to contact with an inner wall of the fixing orifice (301) of the basin (300), such that the base (10) is limited to move laterally on the basin (300).
 
3. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two opposite side cliffs (41) and the bottom cliff (42) of the affixing mount (40) define a slot (44); the fixing device (100) further includes a pad (51) accommodated in the slot (44), such that when the affixing mount (40) is manually rotated toward the inserting portion from the stopping position (P2), the pad (51) is pressed by the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20) to deform flexibly, and the pad (51) forces the affixing mount (40) to rotate back to the stopping position (P2) via the fixing orifice (301).
 
4. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing device (100) further includes a torsion spring (52) fitted on the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20) proximate to the connecting bolt (30), wherein the torsion spring (52) has a free segment, such that when the affixing mount (40) is manually rotated toward the inserting position (P1) from the stopping position (P2), the free segment is deformed flexibly by the bottom cliff (42) of the affixing mount (40) to push the affixing mount (40) to automatically move back to the stopping position (P2) via the fixing orifice (301) of the basin (300).
 
5. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing device (100) further includes a torsion spring (53) fitted on the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20), wherein a first free segment (531) of the torsion spring (53) is inserted into the connecting bolt (30), and a second free segment (532) of the torsion spring (53) is hooked on an outer one of the two opposite side cliffs (41), such that when the affixing mount (40) is manually rotated toward the inserting position (P1) from the stopping position (P2), the torsion spring (53) pushes the affixing mount (40) to move back to the stopping position (P2) via the fixing orifice (301) of the basin (300).
 
6. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing device (100) further includes a magnetic attracting member (60) defined between the connecting bolt (30) and the isolation fence (114) of the base (10), such that the connecting bolt (30) contacts with the isolation fence (114) and moves upward along the screwing bolt (20).
 
7. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the magnetic attracting member (60) has a first attraction part (61) formed in the connecting bolt (30) and has a second attraction part (62) formed on the isolation fence (114).
 
8. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first attraction part (61) is one of a magnetic iron and a magnetic attracting material, and the second attraction part (62) is the other of the magnetic iron and the magnetic attracting material.
 
9. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first attraction part (61) is the magnetic iron retained in the connecting bolt (30) relative to the isolation fence (114), and the second attraction part (62) is the magnetic attracting material and is located in a moving path of the connecting bolt (30).
 
10. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 9, wherein the second attraction part (62) is an attraction strap made of the magnetic attracting material.
 
11. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the affixing mount (40) includes a guiding cliff (45), and the guiding cliff (45) is in connection with the two opposite side cliffs (41) and has an arcuate forcing face (451) defined on an inner surface thereof adjacent to the through hole (43), such that when the affixing mount (40) is located at the inserting position (P1), the guiding cliff (45) is close to a distal end of the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20); and when the connecting bolt (30) is rotated with the screwing bolt (20) to move upward along the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20), the distal end of the threaded extension (22) slides on the arcuate forcing face (451) to force the affixing mount (40) to rotate toward the stopping position (P2) or to force the affixing mount (40) to contact with the bottom face (303) of the basin (300) and to locate at the stopping position (P2).
 
12. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 11, wherein the distal end of the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20) has a bushing (23) fitted thereon, and wherein the bushing (23) has an arcuate face (231) sliding on the arcuate forcing face (451) smoothly.
 
13. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing device (100) further includes a sliding structure (70) mounted between the connecting bolt (30) and the isolation fence (114) so that the connecting bolt (30) moves upward along the threaded extension (22) of the screwing bolt (20) and the isolation fence (114) of the base (10).
 
14. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 13, wherein the sliding structure (70) has a trough (71) and a slidable protrusion (72).
 
15. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 14, wherein the trough (71) is defined on the isolation fence (114), and the slidable protrusion (72) extends outwardly from one end of the connecting bolt (30) relative to the isolation fence (114).
 
16. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 14, wherein the slidable protrusion (72) magnetically contacts with and moves along the trough (71).
 
17. The faucet installing assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extending portion (12) of the base (10) has a longitudinal locking block (126) and a locking notch (127) which are arranged on two opposite positions of the extending portion (12) of the base (10); the faucet device (200) also includes a coupling sleeve (205), the coupling hole (201) defined in the coupling sleeve (205), and a vertical recess (206) formed in the coupling hole (201), such that the longitudinal locking block (126) of the base (10) retains with the vertical recess (206) to limit a rotation of the faucet device (200); and a positioning bolt (207) inserts through the coupling sleeve (205) to abut against the locking notch (207), such that a longitudinal movement of the faucet device (200) on the base (10) is limited.
 




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