CN208486733U - Guide wheel device and sliding door and window - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a kind of guide wheel device and sliding door and window, guide wheel device includes: pedestal, and pedestal is equipped with pin shaft and circular hole, and circular hole extends around the axial circular arc of pin shaft；Idler wheel mechanism includes swing component and roll wheel assembly, and swing component is set on pedestal by pin shaft rotation, and roll wheel assembly rotation is set on swing component, and is arranged with the different axis of pin shaft；Driving member, sliding are set to side of the pedestal far from idler wheel mechanism, and driving member is equipped with skewed slot；Guide post, sliding is arranged in skewed slot, circular hole and connect with swing component, when driving member is moved along the length direction of pedestal, guide post is abutted and moved along skewed slot and circular hole by the inner sidewall of skewed slot, so that guide post drives swing component opposite base to rotate around the axial direction of pin shaft, so that roll wheel assembly is adjustable along the offset of the width direction of pedestal.On the inner wall for the guide groove that above-mentioned guide wheel device can make roll wheel assembly stick on sash, the offset error between door and window fan and sash is effectively overcome, guarantee that the unobstructed of sliding door and window slides.
Description
Technical field
The utility model relates to window technology fields, more particularly to a kind of guide wheel device and sliding door and window.
Background technique
With the extensive application of sliding door and window, more stringent requirements are proposed for running stability of the people to sliding door and window.Mesh
Before, on most of sliding door and window, it is provided only with pulley assembly or hanger rail component, in the process of running, door and window fan can exist vertical
Movement in the guide groove direction of sash easily leads to door and window fan and rubs with sash, generates noise, or even influence sliding door
The service life of window.
Utility model content
Based on this, it is necessary to provide a kind of guide wheel device of sliding smoothness that can be improved sliding door and window, Yi Jiyi
Kind uses the sliding door and window of above-mentioned guide wheel device.
A kind of guide wheel device, comprising:
Pedestal, the pedestal are equipped with pin shaft and circular hole, and the circular hole extends around the axial circular arc of the pin shaft；
Idler wheel mechanism, including swing component and roll wheel assembly, the swing component are set to the pedestal by pin shaft rotation
On, the roll wheel assembly rotation is set on the swing component, and is arranged with the different axis of the pin shaft；
Driving member, sliding are set to side of the pedestal far from the idler wheel mechanism, and the driving member is equipped with skewed slot, institute
The length direction of the extending direction and the pedestal of stating skewed slot forms angle；And
Guide post, sliding is arranged in the skewed slot, the circular hole and connect with the swing component, when the driving member is along institute
When stating the length direction movement of pedestal, the guide post is abutted by the inner sidewall of the skewed slot and along the skewed slot and the circular hole
It is mobile, so that the guide post drives axial direction rotation of the swing component relative to the pedestal around the pin shaft, and then so that described
Roll wheel assembly is adjustable along the offset of the width direction of the pedestal.
One end of the skewed slot is additionally provided with the limiting slot being connected with the skewed slot in one of the embodiments, described
Limiting slot extends along the length direction of the pedestal, and the guide post, which can slide, to be contained in the limiting slot.
The pedestal is equipped with hook in one of the embodiments, is correspondingly provided on the driving member along the pedestal
The sliding slot that extends of length direction, hook sliding be arranged in the sliding slot and with the driving member far from the pedestal one
Side abuts against；Or
The driving member is equipped with hook, and the cunning of the length direction extension along the pedestal is correspondingly provided on the pedestal
Slot, the hook sliding are arranged in the sliding slot and abut against with the pedestal far from the side of the driving member.
One end of the sliding slot is additionally provided with for supplying the hook into or out of the cunning in one of the embodiments,
The mounting groove of slot.
In one of the embodiments, further include locating part, card slot is additionally provided on the driving member, the card slot is described in
The length direction of pedestal extends, and the locating part sliding is arranged in the card slot and connect with the pedestal, the locating part energy
Enough inner sidewalls with the card slot abut against, to limit the driving member along the relative movement of the width direction of the pedestal.
It in one of the embodiments, further include adjusting screw rod, one end of the pedestal is equipped with the first bending arm, the biography
One end of moving part be equipped with the second bending arm, the adjusting screw rod be arranged in the first bending arm and with the second bending arm phase
It screws togather.
One end of the pedestal is additionally provided with through slot in one of the embodiments, and the second bending arm is arranged in described
Through slot.
It in one of the embodiments, further include fixture block, the fixture block is arranged on the adjusting screw rod and with described
The side of one bending arm abuts, to limit the adjusting screw rod along its axial relative movement.
The roll wheel assembly includes fixing axle and idler wheel in one of the embodiments, and the fixing axle is set to the pendulum
On moving part, and it is arranged with the different axis of the pin shaft；The idler wheel rotation is set in the fixing axle.
A kind of sliding door and window, including door and window fan, sash and above-mentioned guide wheel device, the pedestal are installed on door and window fan
In groove, the roll wheel assembly is slid against in the guide groove of sash.
Above-mentioned guide wheel device, when in use, by the way that pedestal to be installed in the groove of door and window fan, when driving member is along pedestal
Length direction it is mobile when, guide post is abutted and moved along skewed slot and circular hole by the inner sidewall of skewed slot, swings so that guide post drives
Part opposite base is rotated around the axial direction of pin shaft, so as to keep roll wheel assembly adjustable along the offset of the width direction of pedestal, so that
Roll wheel assembly can stick on the inner wall of the guide groove of sash, effectively overcome the offset error between door and window fan and sash,
Guarantee that the unobstructed of sliding door and window slides, reduce the friction between door and window fan and sash, reduces noise, extend making for sliding door and window
Use the service life.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the guide wheel device in an embodiment of the present invention；
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of the explosion of guide wheel device shown in Fig. 1；
Fig. 3 is the partial structural diagram of guide wheel device shown in Fig. 1.
Specific embodiment
The utility model is more fully retouched below with reference to relevant drawings for the ease of understanding the utility model,
It states.The better embodiment of the utility model is given in attached drawing.But the utility model can come in many different forms
It realizes, however it is not limited to embodiments described herein.On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is that making practical new to this
The disclosure of type understands more thorough and comprehensive.
It should be noted that it can directly on the other element when element is referred to as " being fixed on " another element
Or there may also be elements placed in the middle.When an element is considered as " connection " another element, it, which can be, is directly connected to
To another element or it may be simultaneously present centering elements.Term as used herein " vertical ", " horizontal ", " left side ",
" right side " and similar statement for illustrative purposes only, are not meant to be the only embodiment.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein are led with the technology for belonging to the utility model
The normally understood meaning of the technical staff in domain is identical.Terminology used in the description of the utility model herein only be
The purpose of description specific embodiment, it is not intended that in limitation the utility model.Term " and or " used herein packet
Include any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the guide wheel device 10 in an embodiment of the present invention includes pedestal 100, idler wheel mechanism
200, driving member 300 and guide post 400.Pedestal 100 is equipped with pin shaft 110 and circular hole 120.Axis of the circular hole 120 around pin shaft 110
Extend to circular arc.Idler wheel mechanism 200 includes swing component 220 and roll wheel assembly 240.Swing component 220 is set to by the rotation of pin shaft 110
On pedestal 100.The rotation of roll wheel assembly 240 is set on swing component 220, and is arranged with the different axis of pin shaft 110.The sliding of driving member 300 is set
In side of the pedestal 100 far from idler wheel mechanism 200.Driving member 300 is equipped with skewed slot 310.The extending direction and pedestal of skewed slot 310
100 length direction forms angle.The sliding of guide post 400 is arranged in skewed slot 310, circular hole 120 and connect with swing component 220.When
When driving member 300 is moved along the length direction of pedestal 100, guide post 400 abutted by the inner sidewall of skewed slot 310 and along skewed slot 310 and
Circular hole 120 is mobile, so that guide post 400 drives 220 opposite base 100 of swing component to rotate around the axial direction of pin shaft 110, and then so that
Roll wheel assembly 240 is adjustable along the offset of the width direction of pedestal 100.
Above-mentioned guide wheel device 10 by the way that pedestal 100 to be installed in the groove of door and window fan, works as driving member when in use
300 along the length direction of pedestal 100 when moving, and guide post 400 is abutted by the inner sidewall of skewed slot 310 and along skewed slot 310 and circular hole
120 is mobile, so that guide post 400 drives axial direction rotation of 220 opposite base 100 of swing component around pin shaft 110, so as to make roller group
Part 240 is adjustable along the offset of the width direction of pedestal 100, and roll wheel assembly 240 is enabled to stick on the guide groove of sash
On inner wall, the offset error between door and window fan and sash is effectively overcome, guarantee that the unobstructed of sliding door and window slides, reduce door and window fan
Friction between sash reduces noise, extends the service life of sliding door and window.
For convenience of understanding, in the present embodiment, rectilinear direction of the length direction of pedestal 100 where X-axis is defined.Pedestal
100 width direction is the rectilinear direction where Y-axis.The extending direction of skewed slot 310 and the rectilinear direction where X-axis are formed and are pressed from both sides
Angle.When driving member 300 is moved along the rectilinear direction where X-axis, guide post 400 is abutted by the inner sidewall of skewed slot 310 and along skewed slot
310 and circular hole 120 it is mobile so that guide post 400 drives axial direction rotation of 220 opposite base 100 of swing component around pin shaft 110, into
And so that roll wheel assembly 240 is adjustable along the offset of the rectilinear direction where Y-axis.
As shown in figure 3, in one embodiment, pedestal 100 is for being mounted in the groove of door and window fan.Pedestal 100 includes cross
To plate 130, vertical plate 140 and extension board 150.Vertical plate 140 includes two.Two vertical plates 140 are respectively arranged on transverse plate 130
Both ends.Extension board 150 is set to the one end of vertical plate 140 far from transverse plate 130, and is arranged in parallel with transverse plate 130.Extension board
150 include two.Two extension boards 150 are corresponded with two vertical plates 140 respectively.
As shown in Figure 3, it should be pointed out that extension board 150 is equipped with the fixation hole 152 for installing extension board 150.?
When pedestal 100 is installed in the groove of door and window fan, fixation hole 152 can be arranged in by external screw-thread fastener with by extension board
150 are fixed on the bottom wall of the groove of door and window fan.Further, the two sides of transverse plate 130 can fit in the groove of door and window fan
Opposite two inner sidewalls on, so as to effectively improve installation fixing intensity and stabilization of the pedestal 100 with respect to the groove of door and window fan
Property, prevent pedestal 100 from occurring opposite slide in the groove of door and window fan.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, the middle part of swing component 220 is set to pedestal 100 by the rotation of pin shaft 110
On.Further, the middle part of swing component 220 is equipped with the first connecting hole 222.Pedestal 100 is equipped with the second connecting hole 160.Pin shaft
110 wear the first connecting hole 222 and are connected in the second connecting hole 160.Third connecting hole 224 is additionally provided on swing component 220.The
Three connecting holes 224 and 222 disloyalty of the first connecting hole are arranged.One end of guide post 400 passes through third connecting hole 224 and swing component 220
It is fixedly connected.
As shown in Fig. 2, in the present embodiment, roll wheel assembly 240 includes two.Two roll wheel assemblies 240 are respectively arranged on pendulum
The both ends of moving part 220.Further, roll wheel assembly 240 includes fixing axle 242 and idler wheel 244.Fixing axle 242 is set to swing component
On 220, and it is arranged with the different axis of pin shaft 110.The rotation of idler wheel 244 is set in fixing axle 242.
As shown in Figures 1 and 3, in one embodiment, one end of skewed slot 310 is additionally provided with the limit being connected with skewed slot 310
Slot 312.Limiting slot 312 extends along the length direction of pedestal 100.Guide post 400, which can slide, to be contained in limiting slot 312.Due to
Limiting slot 312 extends along the length direction of pedestal 100, and when guide post 400 is moved to limiting slot 312, guide post 400 is limited slot
312 opposite two inner sidewalls abut, so that guide post 400 changes its moving direction when sliding into one end of skewed slot 310, and play slow
The effect of punching, so that the position for 220 opposite base 100 of swing component being connected on guide post 400 is fixed and cannot continue phase
To rotation, roll wheel assembly 240 is avoided to change along the offset of the width direction of pedestal 100.In the present embodiment, limiting slot
312 include two.Two limiting slots 312 are respectively arranged on the both ends of skewed slot 310.
As shown in Figures 1 and 3, in one embodiment, pedestal 100 is equipped with hook 170.It is correspondingly provided on driving member 300
The sliding slot 320 extended along the length direction of pedestal 100.The sliding of hook 170 is arranged in sliding slot 320 and with driving member 300 far from base
The side of seat 100 abuts against.So set, guaranteeing driving member 300 along the premise of the length direction normal movement of pedestal 100
Under, certain position-limiting action can be played to driving member 300, and driving member 300 is avoided to split away off from pedestal 100.In this implementation
In example, hook 170 includes two.Two hooks 170 are arranged at intervals on pedestal 100, to enhance driving member 300 and pedestal 100
Connective stability between the two.
It is understood that in other embodiments, the setting position of 320 the two of hook 170 and sliding slot can phase intermodulation
It changes.Specifically, hook 170 can be equipped on driving member 300.The length direction extension along pedestal 100 can be correspondingly provided on pedestal 100
Sliding slot 320.The sliding of hook 170 is arranged in sliding slot 320 and abuts against with pedestal 100 far from the side of driving member 300.
As shown in figure 3, in one embodiment, one end of sliding slot 320 be additionally provided with for for hook 170 into or out of sliding slot
320 mounting groove 322, the installation and removal in order to hook 170 with respect to sliding slot 320.In the present embodiment, mounting groove 322 wraps
Include two.Two mounting grooves 322 are respectively arranged on the two sides of sliding slot 320.Two mounting grooves 322 and two hooks 170 correspond.
As shown in Figures 1 and 3, in one embodiment, above-mentioned guide wheel device 10 may also include locating part 500.Driving member
Card slot 330 is additionally provided on 300.Card slot 330 extends along the length direction of pedestal 100.The sliding of locating part 500 is arranged in card slot 330
And it is connect with pedestal 100.Locating part 500 can be abutted against with the inner sidewall of card slot 330, to limit driving member 300 along pedestal 100
Width direction relative movement.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2, in one embodiment, above-mentioned guide wheel device 10 may also include adjusting screw rod 600.Pedestal
100 one end is equipped with the first bending arm 180.One end of driving member 300 is equipped with the second bending arm 340.Adjusting screw rod 600 is arranged in
First bending arm 180 is simultaneously screwed with the second bending arm 340.When needing to change roll wheel assembly 240 along the width direction of pedestal 100
Offset when, rotation adjusting can be carried out to adjusting screw rod 600 by tools such as screwdrivers, to drive driving member 300 along pedestal
100 length direction is mobile, so that guide post 400 drives axial direction rotation of 220 opposite base 100 of swing component around pin shaft 110,
Realize that roll wheel assembly 240 along the adjusting of the offset of the width direction of pedestal 100, adjusts easy to operate, the convenience of adjusting
Property is good.
As shown in Figure 1, in one embodiment, the first bending arm 180 is equipped with via hole 182.It is set on second bending arm 340
There is threaded hole 342.Adjusting screw rod 600 is arranged in via hole 182 and is screwed with threaded hole 342.Further, in the present embodiment
In, one end of pedestal 100 is additionally provided with through slot 190.Second bending arm 340 is arranged in through slot 190.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2, in one embodiment, above-mentioned guide wheel device 10 may also include fixture block 700.Fixture block 700 blocks
It is abutted on adjusting screw rod 600 and with the side of the first bending arm 180, to limit adjusting screw rod 600 along the opposite of its axial direction
It is mobile.
It should be pointed out that the utility model additionally provides a kind of sliding door and window.Sliding door and window includes door and window fan, sash
And above-mentioned guide wheel device 10.Pedestal 100 is installed in the groove of door and window fan.Roll wheel assembly 240 slides against in sash
In guide groove.
Each technical characteristic of above embodiments can be combined arbitrarily, for simplicity of description, not to above-described embodiment
In each technical characteristic it is all possible combination be all described, as long as however, the combination of these technical characteristics be not present lance
Shield all should be considered as described in this specification.
Above embodiments only express the several embodiments of the utility model, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but simultaneously
The limitation to utility model patent range therefore cannot be interpreted as.It should be pointed out that for the ordinary skill people of this field
For member, without departing from the concept of the premise utility, various modifications and improvements can be made, these belong to this reality
With novel protection scope.Therefore, the scope of protection shall be subject to the appended claims for the utility model patent.
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1. a kind of guide wheel device characterized by comprising
Pedestal, the pedestal are equipped with pin shaft and circular hole, and the circular hole extends around the axial circular arc of the pin shaft；
Idler wheel mechanism, including swing component and roll wheel assembly, the swing component are set on the pedestal by pin shaft rotation, institute
It states roll wheel assembly rotation to be set on the swing component, and is arranged with the different axis of the pin shaft；
Driving member, sliding are set to side of the pedestal far from the idler wheel mechanism, and the driving member is equipped with skewed slot, described oblique
The length direction of the extending direction of slot and the pedestal forms angle；And
Guide post, sliding is arranged in the skewed slot, the circular hole and connect with the swing component, when the driving member is along the base
When the length direction of seat is mobile, the guide post is abutted and moved along the skewed slot and the circular hole by the inner sidewall of the skewed slot
It is dynamic, so that the guide post drives axial direction rotation of the swing component relative to the pedestal around the pin shaft, and then so that the rolling
Wheel assembly is adjustable along the offset of the width direction of the pedestal.
2. guide wheel device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that one end of the skewed slot is additionally provided with and the skewed slot
The limiting slot being connected, the limiting slot extend along the length direction of the pedestal, the guide post can slide be contained in it is described
In limiting slot.
3. guide wheel device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the pedestal is equipped with hook, the driving member
On be correspondingly provided with the sliding slot of length direction extension along the pedestal, hook sliding be arranged in the sliding slot and with the biography
Moving part is abutted against far from the side of the pedestal；Or
The driving member is equipped with hook, and the sliding slot of the length direction extension along the pedestal, institute are correspondingly provided on the pedestal
Hook sliding is stated to be arranged in the sliding slot and abut against with the pedestal far from the side of the driving member.
4. guide wheel device according to claim 3, which is characterized in that one end of the sliding slot is additionally provided with for described in confession
Mounting groove of the hook into or out of the sliding slot.
5. guide wheel device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that further include locating part, also set on the driving member
Have a card slot, the card slot extends along the length direction of the pedestal, the locating part sliding be arranged in the card slot and with it is described
Pedestal connection, the locating part can be abutted against with the inner sidewall of the card slot, to limit the driving member along the pedestal
The relative movement of width direction.
6. guide wheel device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that it further include adjusting screw rod, one end of the pedestal
Equipped with the first bending arm, one end of the driving member is equipped with the second bending arm, and the adjusting screw rod is arranged in first bending
Arm is simultaneously screwed with the second bending arm.
7. guide wheel device according to claim 6, which is characterized in that one end of the pedestal is additionally provided with through slot, described
Second bending arm is arranged in the through slot.
8. guide wheel device according to claim 6, which is characterized in that further include fixture block, the fixture block is arranged in described
It is abutted on adjusting screw rod and with the side of the first bending arm, to limit the adjusting screw rod along its axial relative movement.
9. guide wheel device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the roll wheel assembly includes fixing axle and idler wheel,
The fixing axle is set on the swing component, and is arranged with the different axis of the pin shaft；The idler wheel rotation is set in the fixing axle.
10. a kind of sliding door and window, which is characterized in that including door and window fan, sash and such as any one of claim 1 to 9 institute
The guide wheel device stated, the pedestal are installed in the groove of door and window fan, and the roll wheel assembly slides against leading in sash
In slot.
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