EP3540162A1 - Öffnungsaktionsunterstützungsvorrichtung und öffnungsabschnittvorrichtung - Google Patents

Öffnungsaktionsunterstützungsvorrichtung und öffnungsabschnittvorrichtung Download PDF

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EP3540162A1
EP3540162A1 EP19154462.6A EP19154462A EP3540162A1 EP 3540162 A1 EP3540162 A1 EP 3540162A1 EP 19154462 A EP19154462 A EP 19154462A EP 3540162 A1 EP3540162 A1 EP 3540162A1
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Hiroyuki Oomiya
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
    • E05B17/0025—Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing
    • E05B17/0033—Devices for forcing the wing firmly against its seat or to initiate the opening of the wing for opening only
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
    • E05B65/08—Locks or fastenings for special use for sliding wings
    • E05B65/087—Locks or fastenings for special use for sliding wings the bolts sliding parallel to the wings

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  • the present invention relates to an opening action supporting device that supports the opening action of a door body, and relates to an opening section device that includes the opening action supporting device.
  • a configuration is disclosed that includes an opening action supporting mechanism which, when an operation handle disposed in a vertical stile of a sliding door is turned, simultaneously kicks the sliding door against the frame member and relieves the force required for opening the sliding door.
  • the present invention is made in view of the issues faced in the conventional technology, and it is an object to provide an opening action supporting device that enables achieving enhancement in the operability and achieving enhancement in the general versatility of an operation mechanism and an opening action supporting mechanism, and to provide an opening section device that includes the opening action supporting device.
  • An opening action supporting device includes an opening action supporting mechanism including a kicking member that is projectable and retractable from an outer face of a door body, the opening action supporting mechanism being configured to press a frame member supporting the door body that is openable and closable with respect to the frame member, by using the kicking member, to kick the door body against the frame member at time of opening the door body.
  • An operation mechanism provided in the door body is linked to the opening action supporting mechanism via an interlocking member so that, when the operation mechanism is operated, the opening action supporting mechanism operates.
  • the opening action supporting device includes a clutch mechanism configured to connect the interlocking member to the opening action supporting mechanism, and the clutch mechanism is configured to: connect the interlocking member, which moves in one direction when the operation mechanism is operated to a predetermined operating position in an opening direction, to the opening action supporting mechanism to transmit movement of the interlocking member to the opening action supporting mechanism to move the kicking member from a housing position at which the kicking member is retracted inside the door body to a kicking position at which the kicking member is projected outside the door body; and disconnect the interlocking member, which further moves in the one direction when the operation mechanism is further operated from the predetermined operating position in the opening direction, from the opening action supporting mechanism not to transmit movement of the interlocking member to the kicking member.
  • An opening section device includes: the opening action supporting device including the above-described configuration; the door body that is supported by the frame member to be openable and closable with respect to the frame member and that is provided with the opening action supporting device; the operation mechanism that includes an operating unit exposed on an outer face of the door body; and the interlocking member that is movably supported inside the door body.
  • the user at the time of opening the door body, the user only has to operate the operation mechanism to the maximum operation position beyond a predetermined operation position, so that the clutch mechanism changes from the connected state to the disconnected state, and the locking member can be housed after the door body has been kicked.
  • the user after the door body is kicked using the kicking member, the user can open the door body using the operation mechanism that has been operated to the maximum operation position, thereby enabling achieving a high degree of operability.
  • the opening action supporting device as a result of including the clutch mechanism, the separately-designed opening action supporting mechanism can be easily combined with the operation mechanism and the interlocking member. For that reason, the operation mechanism need not be configured on the premise of installation of the opening action supporting mechanism.
  • the opening section device depending on the specifications of the opening section device, it becomes possible to install a plurality of opening action supporting mechanisms or it becomes possible to select the presence or absence of opening action supporting mechanisms using the same operation mechanism and the same interlocking member. That enables achieving a high degree of general versatility.
  • the clutch mechanism can include a unidirectional transmission structure that disconnects the interlocking member, which moves in another direction that is an opposite direction of the one direction when the operation mechanism is operated in a closing direction, from the opening action supporting mechanism.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism can include a first elastic member configured to bias the kicking member in a direction in which the kicking member moves from the kicking position to the housing position.
  • the kicking member In a state where the interlocking member that moves in the one direction is connected to the opening action supporting mechanism by the clutch mechanism, the kicking member can move to the kicking position against biasing force of the first elastic member, and in a state where the interlocking member that moves in the other direction that is an opposite direction of the one direction is disconnected from the opening action supporting mechanism by the clutch mechanism, the kicking member can move to the housing position due to biasing force of the first elastic member.
  • the kicking member after having kicked the door body, the kicking member can be reliably moved to the housing position using the biasing force of the first elastic member.
  • the clutch mechanism can include a pin member that is provided in the kicking member, a driving member that is turnably supported by the interlocking member, that has a driving face enabling pressing of the pin member when the interlocking member is moving in the one direction, and that has a flank face that makes sliding contact with the pin member when the interlocking member is moving in the other direction that is an opposite direction of the one direction, a second elastic member configured to bias the driving member using the driving face to a turning position at which the pin member is pressable, and a guiding hole that includes a first guiding portion that moves the pin member along a direction of movement of the interlocking member, that includes a second guiding portion that is continuous from the first guiding portion and that moves the pin member in an intersecting direction from a guiding direction guided by the first guiding portion, and into which the pin member is movably inserted, when the operation mechanism is operated to the predetermined position in the opening direction, as a result of pressing of the pin member by the driving face
  • the clutch mechanism can be configured with a simple configuration using the pin member and the guiding holes, and the structure of the opening action supporting device can be simplified. Moreover, by varying the angle, the length, and the arrangement of the first guiding portion and the tilted second guiding portion, replacing the member having the first guiding portion and the second guiding portion enables kicking at an arbitrary operation position. That enables achieving a high degree of general versatility at low cost.
  • the kicking member can include a first arm one end portion of which is rotatably positioned and supported with respect to the door body, a second arm one end portion of which is rotatably linked to another end portion of the first arm and another end portion of which is provided with the pin member, and a roller that is provided in a linking portion for linking the first arm and the second arm, and when the pin member is pressed by the driving face of the driving member, the first arm and the second arm are folded with the linking portion serving as fulcrum, so that the roller protrudes from the door body to press the frame member.
  • the kicking member can be made to project and retract in a smooth manner due to the movement of the interlocking member based on the operation of the operation mechanism.
  • FIG. 1 is a profile diagram of an opening section device 11, which includes an opening action supporting device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, when viewed from inside the room.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view, when viewed from inside the room, of the state in which a sliding door 12 of the opening section device 11 is open.
  • the opening section device 11 is a fitting that is a single-sliding-door in which the sliding door 12 and a fixed door 16 are supported by a frame member 14.
  • the frame member 14 is a rectangular frame having an upper frame 14a, a lower frame 14b, a left-side vertical frame 14c, and a right-side vertical frame 14d; and has a rectangular opening section 14e formed on the inside.
  • the frames 14a to 14d are extruded sections made of, for example, work timber used in fittings, or a metal such as aluminum, or resin.
  • the frame member 14 is fixed to an opening section provided in a building skeleton.
  • the room inside-outside direction of the opening section device 11 that is, the direction from the inside of the room toward the outside of the room or the opposite direction is called as a depth direction (in the drawings, the direction indicated by an arrow Y); and the face extending along the depth direction is called as a depth face.
  • the orthogonal direction to the depth direction is a width direction.
  • the horizontal direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the vertical frame 14c (in the drawings, the direction indicated by an arrow X) represents the width direction.
  • the vertical direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the upper frame 14a (in the drawings, the direction indicated by an arrow Z) represents the width direction.
  • the face extending along the width direction is called as a width face.
  • the inside (inner periphery) of the frame-shaped member implies, for example, the inner side of the frame member 14; and the outside (outer periphery) of the frame-shaped member implies, for example, the outer side of the frame member 14 that is fixed to the building skeleton.
  • the fixed door 16 is a rectangular stile having an upper stile 16a, a lower stile 16b, a left-side vertical stile 16c, and a right-side vertical stile 16d; and holds a face bar 18 on the inside.
  • the upper stile 16a is fixed to the depth face of the upper frame 14a
  • the lower stile 16b is fixed to the depth face of the lower frame 14b
  • the vertical stile 16c is fixed to the depth face of the vertical frame 14c of the frame member.
  • the face bar 18 is made of, for example, a glass plate, a resin plate, or a wooden plate.
  • the sliding door (door body) 12 is a rectangular stile having an upper stile 12a, a lower stile 12b, a left-side vertical stile 12c, and a right-side vertical stile 12d; and holds a face bar 20 on the inside.
  • the sliding door 12 is slidably supported along the longitudinal direction of the lower frame 14b and in between the upper frame 14a and the lower frame 14b. As a result, the sliding door 12 is openable and closable with respect to the area in approximately the right half of the opening section 14e of the frame member 14.
  • the face bar 20 is made of, for example, a glass plate, or a resin plate, or a wooden plate.
  • the opening action supporting device 10 includes an opening action supporting mechanism 26, which is embedded in a casing 25, and a clutch mechanism 28 (see FIG. 3 ).
  • the casing 25 is fixed to the vertical stile 12d using a screw 27.
  • the lock mechanism 22 is a mechanism for locking and unlocking the sliding door 12 with respect to the frame member 14.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism 26 is a mechanism that, at the time of opening the sliding door 12 from the closed position, kicks the sliding door 12 out from the frame member 14 so as to relieve the force required in opening the sliding door 12.
  • the operation mechanism 24 is a mechanism that includes an operation handle 29 representing an operating unit exposed from the outside face of the sliding door 12; that enables locking an unlocking of the lock mechanism 22 as a result of the turning actions of the operation handle 29; and that is used to operate the opening action supporting mechanism 26.
  • the clutch mechanism 28 is a mechanism for connecting the interlocked state between the operation mechanism 24 and the opening action supporting mechanism 26.
  • FIG. 3(A) is an enlarged main-part cross-sectional view illustrating the state of the mechanisms 22, 24, and 26 when the operation handle 29 is at a 0° position and the sliding door 12 is locked.
  • FIGS. 3(B) and 4(A) are illustrated states attained when the operation handle 29 is turned by respective turning angles (to a 145° position and a 180° position) in the opening direction from the state illustrated in FIG. 3(A) .
  • FIG. 4(B) is illustrated the state attained when the operation handle 29 is turned to an 89° position in the closing direction from the state illustrated in FIG. 4(A) .
  • the mechanisms 22, 24, and 26 are viewed from the inside of the room as illustrated in FIGS.
  • the position at which the operation handle 29 is oriented vertically upward represents the 0° position
  • the position at which the operation handle is oriented vertically downward represents the 180° position.
  • the direction of turning the operation handle 29 in the counterclockwise direction represents the operation direction (opening direction) at the time of opening the closed sliding door 12
  • the direction of turning the operation handle 29 in the clockwise direction represents the operation direction (closing direction) at the time of closing the open sliding door 12.
  • the angular position of the operation handle 29 as well as the turning direction and the turning range of the operation handle 29 at the time of opening and closing the sliding door 12 as explained herein is only exemplary, and can be appropriately varied.
  • the operation mechanism 24 includes the operation handle 29 and an intermediate actuator 30. Regarding the actions of the operation mechanism 24, a turning movement is converted into a linear movement by the intermediate actuator 30, and the linear movement is then transmitted to the lock mechanism 22 and the opening action supporting mechanism 26 via a slidable interlocking member 32 (described later) that is embedded in the casing 25.
  • the operation handle 29 is a substantially L-shaped handle (see FIG. 2 ) that is disposed in a turnable manner with respect to a mount 35 which is fixed to a room-side width face 34 of the vertical stile 12d.
  • the operation handle 29 has a handle shaft 29a protruding in the depth direction from the mounting face with respect to the mount 35.
  • the handle shaft 29a is a prismatic member that is inserted through the mount 35 in a rotatable manner and is then non-rotatably fit with a cam member 36.
  • the operation handle 29 can be turned in the opening direction from the 0° position illustrated in FIG. 3(A) to the 180° position illustrated in FIG. 4(A) in the counterclockwise direction with reference to the drawings, and can be turned in the closing direction from the 180° position illustrated in FIG. 4(A) to the 0° position illustrated in FIG. 3(A) in the clockwise direction with reference to the drawings.
  • the intermediate actuator 30 is fixed to the casing 25, and the room-side face of the intermediate actuator 30 facing the mount 35 has the cam member 36 rotatably supported thereon.
  • the cam member 36 is a substantially elliptical disk capable of performing coaxial rotation with the handle shaft 29a, and has a link shaft 36a that projects at an eccentric position from the shaft center of the handle shaft 29a.
  • the link shaft 36a rotatably supports the lower end portion of a link arm 31.
  • the link arm 31 is a substantially boomerang-shaped plate disposed along the vertical direction.
  • the link arm 31 has the lower end portion rotatably linked to the link shaft 36a, and has the upper end portion rotatably linked to a connecting shaft 38a that is a rotating shaft disposed in a linking member 38 constituting the interlocking member 32.
  • the interlocking member 32 includes the linking member 38, an interlocking lever 40, and a coupling member 41; and is disposed inside the vertical stile 12d to slide in the vertical direction.
  • the linking member 38 is a plate member extending in the vertical direction, and is disposed inside the vertical stile 12d in a slidable manner with respect to the vertical stile 12d. To the linking member 38, the actions of the operation mechanism 24 (the operation handle 29) are transmitted via the cam member 36 and the link arm 31.
  • the linking member 38 includes an upper linking portion 38b at the upper end portion, a lower linking portion 38c at the lower end portion, and a base portion 38d that joins the upper linking portion 38b and the lower linking portion 38c.
  • the upper linking portion 38b and the lower linking portion 38c are linked to the interlocking lever 40 using a clip 39.
  • the base portion 38d includes the connecting shaft 38a and has a plurality of long holes 38e formed therein.
  • the connecting shaft 38a protrudes from the surface on the side of the mount 35, and is shaft-supported at the upper end portion of the link arm 31.
  • the interlocking lever 40 is supported inside the vertical stile 12d in a vertically slidable manner with respect to the vertical stile 12d, and is formed as a section having a substantially H-shaped cross-section extending along the entire length of the vertical stile 12d (see FIG. 9 ).
  • the interlocking member 32 is so configured that the linking member 38 and the coupling member 41 are linked to holes or notches formed at various positions of the interlocking lever 40.
  • the coupling member 41 is a rod member extending in the vertical direction and is fixed to the interlocking lever 40 (see FIG. 9 ). Although described later in detail, the coupling member 41 is a constituent element of the opening action supporting mechanism 26 and the clutch mechanism 28.
  • the interlocking member 32 slides upward along with the link arm 31 that moves up in response to the turning of the operation handle 29 in the opening direction; and slides downward along with the link arm 31 that moves down in response to the turning of the operation handle 29 in the closing direction (see FIGS. 3 and 4 ).
  • the lock mechanism 22 includes a drawing member 42 and a lock pin 44.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 is illustrated the configuration in which the lock mechanism 22 is disposed only on the lower side of the operation mechanism 24.
  • the lock mechanism 22 can be disposed at a plurality of positions along the longitudinal direction of the vertical stile 12d, including a position on the upper side of the opening action supporting mechanism 26 (see FIG. 5 ).
  • the lock mechanisms 22 perform concurrent actions via the interlocking lever 40 that moves up and down in response to the turning of the operation handle 29.
  • the drawing member 42 is a plate member extending in the vertical direction, and is fixed to the interlocking lever 40.
  • the drawing member 42 includes a drawing piece 42a that stands upright along the depth direction; a supporting piece 42b that is disposed on the lower side of the drawing piece 42a, the supporting piece 42b facing the drawing piece 42a with a gap between the supporting piece 42b and the drawing piece 42a; and a lock opening 42c that is formed in between the drawing piece 42a and the supporting piece 42b.
  • the drawing piece 42a is a plate piece that is tilted from the lower end constituting the lock opening 42c toward the upper end and in the direction of gradually moving away from an outside depth face 46 of the vertical stile 12d, and that then extends in the vertically upward direction.
  • the supporting piece 42b is a plate piece formed to have vertical symmetry with the drawing piece 42a.
  • the lock opening 42c has a substantially tapering cross-section that gradually increases in the vertical opening width along the direction of moving away from the outside depth face 46 of the vertical stile 12d, that is, along the direction of moving away from the lock pin 44.
  • the lock pin 44 is a pin protruding toward the inside of the frame from an inside depth face 47 of the vertical frame 14d facing the vertical stile 12d (see FIGS. 1 and 5 ), and includes a head portion 44a having an expanded diameter at the leading end.
  • a mounting plate 44b represents a mounting plate for fixing the lock pin 44 to the inside depth face 47.
  • the head portion 44a of the lock pin 44 enters the lock opening 42c and fits in the drawing piece 42a, so that a lock is put in between the vertical stile 12d and the vertical frame 14d, that is, in between the sliding door 12 and the frame member 14.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism 26 includes a kicking member 48.
  • the kicking member 48 projects from the outside depth face 46 of the vertical stile 12d accompanying the movement of the interlocking member 32.
  • the kicking member 48 presses the inside depth face 47 of the vertical frame 14d, so as to support the opening of the sliding door 12.
  • the clutch mechanism 28 is present in between the opening action supporting mechanism 26 and the interlocking member 32. According to the angular position and the turning direction of the operation handle 29, that is, according to the sliding position and the sliding direction of the interlocking member 32; the clutch mechanism 28 connects or disconnects the interlocked state between the interlocking member 32 and the kicking member 48.
  • FIG. 5(A) is an enlarged main-part cross-sectional view illustrating the state of the mechanisms 22, 26, and 28 when the operation handle 29 is at the 0° position and the sliding door 12 is locked.
  • FIG. 5(B) and FIG. 6(A) are illustrated states attained when the operation handle 29 is turned by respective turning angles (to the 89° position and the 145° position) in the opening direction from the state illustrated in FIG. 5(A) .
  • FIG. 6(B) is illustrated a state in which the clutch mechanism 28 is disconnected in the state illustrated in FIG. 6(A) .
  • FIG. 7(A) is illustrated the state in which the operation handle 29 is turned to the 180° position in the opening direction from the state illustrated in FIG. 6(B) ; and in FIG.
  • FIG. 7(B) is illustrated the state in which the sliding door 12 is closed from the state illustrated in FIG. 7(A) .
  • FIGS. 8(A) and 8(B) are illustrated the states in which the operation handle 29 is turned by respective turning angles (to the 90° position and an 86° position) in the closing direction from the state illustrated in FIG. 7(B) .
  • FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the opening action supporting mechanism 26 and the clutch mechanism 28.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism 26 includes a base portion 50, the kicking member 48, and a housing mechanism portion 52; and is embedded in the casing 25.
  • the clutch mechanism 28 includes the coupling member 41, a driving member 58, a driving pin (a pin member) 60 disposed in the kicking member 48, and guiding holes 62 formed in the housing mechanism portion 52.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism 26 and the clutch mechanism 28 are assembled in an integrated manner.
  • the clutch mechanism 28 can be configured separately from the opening action supporting mechanism 26, and can be disposed, for example, in between the linking member 38 and the opening action supporting mechanism 26.
  • the base portion 50 is a sheet-metal member that is formed to have a substantially U-shaped cross-section by appropriately bending both ends in the depth direction of a vertically-extending plate.
  • the base portion 50 is screwed to a lateral face of the casing 25 using a plurality of screws 78 (see FIG. 9 ).
  • a pair of bent pieces 50a, a pair of bent pieces 50b, a pair of bent pieces 50c, and a pair of bent pieces 50d are disposed in parallel along the vertical direction.
  • the topmost bent pieces 50a have shaft holes 64 formed facing each other, and the bottommost bent pieces 50d have the guiding holes 62 formed facing each other.
  • an auxiliary plate 65 is joined and fixed using screws 63.
  • the kicking member 48 includes first arms 66 on the upper side, second arms 67 on the lower side, a connecting shaft 68, and a roller 69.
  • the first arms 66 and the second arms 67 are band plate members extending in the vertical direction, and are disposed in pair and facing each other in the depth direction.
  • Each first arm 66 has a fixing hole 66a formed in the upper end portion and has a connecting hole 66b formed in the lower end portion.
  • Each second arm 67 has a linking hole 67a formed in the upper end portion and has a movable hole 67b formed in the lower end portion.
  • the ends of the connecting shaft 68 are fit by insertion in the connecting holes 66b and 67b, respectively.
  • the first arms 66 and the second arms 67 are foldably linked in a V-shaped manner with the connecting shaft 68 serving as the fulcrum.
  • the roller 69 is rotatably extrapolated.
  • an end portion of a fixed axle 70 rotatably fits in the corresponding fixing hole 66a.
  • the fixed axle 70 is fit by insertion in a rotatable manner in the shaft holes 64.
  • an end portion of the driving pin 60 rotatably fits in the corresponding movable hole 67b.
  • the driving pin 60 gets rotatably and slidably engaged with the guiding holes 62 of the base portion 50, and has a collar 60a extrapolated on the shaft center.
  • the upper end portions of the first arms 66 are positioned in the base portion 50 because of the fixed axle 70.
  • the driving pin 60 moves up and down along the guiding holes 62
  • the second arms 67 move up and down and, at that time, there is folding in between the first arms 66 and the second arms 67 via the connecting shaft 68.
  • the connecting shaft 68 and the roller 69 that is extrapolated on the connecting shaft 68 move in the direction away from the base portion 50 and project from the outside depth face 46 of the vertical stile 12d (see FIGS. 5 to 8 ).
  • the housing mechanism portion 52 includes an extension arm 72 and an extension coil spring (a first elastic member) 74.
  • the housing mechanism portion 52 is a mechanism that, when the opening action supporting mechanism 26 is disconnected from the interlocking member 32 due to the clutch mechanism 28, forcibly moves the kicking member 48 to the initial position at which the kicking member 48 is retracted inside the vertical stile 12d (see FIG. 5(A) ).
  • the extension arm 72 is a substantially U-shaped sheet metal member in which the upper end portions of a pair of arm plates 72a in the depth direction are joined by a bridge plate 72b running along the depth direction.
  • a hook 72c is disposed that gets rotatably engaged with the driving pin 60 on the inner periphery side of the pair of guiding holes 62.
  • a supporting portion 72d is disposed in which the upper end portion of the extension coil spring 74 gets locked.
  • the upper end portion of the extension coil spring 74 is locked in the supporting portion 72d.
  • a relief long hole 65a is formed to extend vertically for the purpose of relieving the upper end portion of the extension coil spring 74 and the supporting portion 72d.
  • the lower end portion of the extension coil spring 74 is locked at a supporting member 76 that is joined to the base portion 50 and the auxiliary plate 65 using the screws 63.
  • the extension arm 72 of the housing mechanism portion 52 too moves up and down accompanying the up-and-down movement.
  • the extension coil spring 74 moves up and down along with the extension arm 72 whose upper end portion moves up and down. That is, when the driving pin 60 moves up against the biasing force of the extension coil spring 74, a downward biasing force gets applied to the driving pin 60 from the extension coil spring 74.
  • the casing 25 has a substantially U-shaped cross-section extending along the substantially entire length of the vertical stile 12d.
  • the casing 25 fits in a vertical opening formed in the substantial center in the depth direction of the vertical stile 12d, and a depth face 25a of the casing 25 is formed in a substantially flush manner with the outside depth face 46 of the vertical stile 12d (see FIG. 2 ).
  • the casing 25 is fixed to the bent pieces 50b and 50c of the base portion 50 using the screws 78.
  • the coupling member 41 is a vertically-extending member that is fixed to an outside depth face 40a of the interlocking lever 40 using screws 79, and that is housed in the casing 25.
  • the coupling member 41 includes a bulging portion 41a that protrudes toward the interlocking lever 40; a roller housing groove 41b that is a substantially C-shaped depression extending in the vertical direction on the side of the outer face of the bulging portion 41a; a long hole 41c that is formed in a penetrating manner in the depth direction in the upper portion of the roller housing groove 41b; and a driving member housing portion 41d that is a concave portion formed in the lower portion of the roller housing groove 41b.
  • the bulging portion 41a gets inserted in an opening 40b that is formed in the interlocking lever 40 in a penetrating manner in the width direction.
  • the coupling member 41 is disposed in a sandwiched manner between the arms 66 and 67 of the kicking member 48 in the depth direction, and the roller 69 is disposed in the roller housing groove 41b. At that time, since the fixed axle 70 is inserted in the long hole 41c, the sliding of the coupling member 41 is not blocked by the fixed axle 70.
  • the driving member 58 is supported in a turnable manner on the inner periphery side of the driving member housing portion 41d of the coupling member 41, and passes through the opening 40b of the interlocking lever 40.
  • the driving member 58 includes a driving face 58a that enables lifting of the driving pin 60; a flank face 58b that extends downward in a substantial orthogonal manner from the driving face 58a; a shaft hole 58c in which a turn shaft 82 is fit by insertion in a rotatable manner; and a stopper piece 58d that protrudes from below the shaft hole 58c toward the inner face of the coupling member 41.
  • the driving member 58 has the shape of a bottomed vessel with an inner space in which a torsion coil spring (a second elastic member) 84 is disposed.
  • the torsion coil spring 84 is extrapolated on the turn shaft 82.
  • the leading end of the stopper piece 58d is set at a turning position in an abutting manner against the inner face of the driving member housing portion 41d due to the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 84 (see FIG. 5(A) ).
  • the driving member 58 is retained in a tilted orientation in which the driving face 58a gradually tilts upward to the side of the vertical frame 14d, and the flank face 58b gradually tilts downward to the side of the vertical frame 14d. At that time, the driving face 58a is positioned at an overlapping position below the driving pin 60.
  • the guiding holes 62 are formed in the bent pieces 50d of the base portion 50, and are positioned facing each other in a pair.
  • the guiding holes 62 are substantially boomerang-shaped long holes having a first guiding portion 62a running along the vertical direction, and having a second guiding portion 62b that is continuous from the upper end of the first guiding portion 62a and that is tilted upward in the direction of gradually moving away from the side of the driving member 58.
  • the driving pin 60 gets inserted in a slidable manner.
  • the guiding holes 62 can vary the position of the driving pin 60 along the width direction (the X direction) of the vertical stile 12d.
  • the driving pin 60 is positioned at the lower end of the first guiding portions 62a of the guiding holes 62; the first arms 66 and the second arms 67 are aligned substantially along the vertical direction, and the kicking member 48 is positioned at a housing position at which the roller 69 is retracted inside the vertical stile 12d.
  • the driving face 58a of the driving member 58 is positioned sufficiently away from the driving pin 60.
  • the operation handle 29 is turned in the opening direction.
  • the interlocking member 32 moves up and, at the 89° position, lifting of the driving pin 60 is started due to the driving face 58a of the driving member 58 (see FIG. 5(B) ). That is, from the 0° position to the 89° position, the clutch mechanism 28 is in the disconnected state and the driving member 58 is positioned away from the driving pin 60.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism 26 (the kicking member 48) does not operate.
  • the drawing member 42 moves up accompanying the interlocking member 32 even from the 0° position to the 89° position.
  • the drawing piece 42a moves relatively upward with respect to the head portion 44a of the lock pin 44 (see FIGS. 5(A) and 5(B) ).
  • the lock pin 44 gets entirely disposed in the lock opening 42c at a 96° position.
  • the lock mechanism 22 gets unlocked.
  • the opening section device 11 during the operation of unlocking the lock mechanism 22 from the locked state, the opening action supporting mechanism 26 does not operate in principle. For that reason, a defect in which the sliding door 12 is kicked before the unlocking of the lock mechanism 22 can be prevented from occurring.
  • the roller 69 presses the inside depth face 47 of the vertical frame 14d (see FIG. 6(A) ), and the sliding door 12 slides to the open position due to the pressing force.
  • the operation handle 29 is positioned at the 145° position
  • the amount of protrusion of the roller 69 reaches the maximum level (kicking position). That is, at the 145° position, the amount of kicking the sliding door 12 by the kicking member 48 reaches the maximum level, and the action of kicking the sliding door 12 by the kicking member 48 reaches completion (see FIG. 6(A) ).
  • the driving pin 60 moves inside the guiding holes 62 from the first guiding portion 62a to the second guiding portion 62b. Then, while rising up in the second guiding portion 62b, the driving pin 60 also gradually moves in the direction away from the driving face 58a of the driving member 58.
  • the driving pin 60 is positioned at the end portion of the driving face 58a, that is, at the boundary between the driving face 58a and the flank face 58b.
  • the amount of tensile force of the extension coil spring 74 also reaches the maximum level, that is, the biasing force for pressing the driving pin 60 downward also reaches the maximum level.
  • the driving pin 60 slips off to the flank face 58b from the driving face 58a due to the biasing force of the extension coil spring 74, and moves down inside the guiding holes 62 while sliding on the flank face 58b (see FIG. 6(B) ).
  • the driving pin 60 moves to the lower end of the first guiding portion 62a, that is, to the position same as the 0° position.
  • the interlocked state between the driving pin 60 and the driving face 58a of the driving member 58 is disconnected, and the clutch mechanism 28 becomes disconnected.
  • the kicking member 48 While the driving pin 60 moves down inside the guiding holes 62, the kicking member 48 is gradually released from the folded state of the first arms 66 and the second arms 67 because of the downward movement of the second arms 67 (see FIG. 6(B) ). As a result, the kicking member 48 is gradually housed in the vertical stile 12d, and the movement of the driving pin 60 to the lower end inside the guiding holes 62 results in the return of the kicking member 48 to the housing position same as the 0° position.
  • the opening section device 11 includes the opening action supporting mechanism 26 that operates in conjunction with the turning of the operation handle 29 in the opening direction.
  • the opening section device 11 includes the clutch mechanism 28 that is capable of connecting the interlocking member 32 and the opening action supporting mechanism 26 in the midway of the action of turning the operation handle 29 in the opening direction.
  • the user only needs to turn the operation handle 29 to a predetermined angular position (a predetermined operation position; in the present embodiment, the 145° position) and then directly turn the operation handle 29 to the turning end position (in the present embodiment, the 180° position).
  • the clutch mechanism 28 changes from the disconnected state to the connected state and the opening action supporting mechanism 26 operates; and then the clutch mechanism 28 changes to the disconnected state and the opening action supporting mechanism 26 gets disconnected from the interlocking member 32.
  • the housing mechanism portion 52 in which the extension coil spring 74 is used the kicking member 48 that has been disconnected from the interlocking member 32 after the completion of the kicking action can be automatically housed at the housing position same as the 0° position. Meanwhile, the housing mechanism portion 52 can be omitted as well.
  • the clutch mechanism 28 when the clutch mechanism 28 is disconnected at the 145° position, the driving pin 60 moves down due to its own weight.
  • the kicking member 48 can be automatically housed at the housing position after the completion of the kicking action.
  • the kicking member 48 is again housed after having kicked the sliding door 12.
  • the user can easily open the sliding door 12, thereby enabling achieving a high degree of operability.
  • the kicking member 48 does not obstruct the passage.
  • the opening section device 11 since the opening section device 11 includes the clutch mechanism 28; the opening action supporting mechanism 26 that is separately designed can be easily combined with the operation mechanism 24 and the interlocking member 32. Hence, the operation mechanism 24 need not be configured on the premise of installing the opening action supporting mechanism 26. As a result, according to the specifications of the opening section device 11, the opening action supporting mechanism 26 can be installed in a plurality of ways, or it becomes possible to select the presence or absence of the opening action supporting mechanism 26 using the same operation mechanism 24 or the same interlocking member 32. That enables achieving a high degree of general versatility.
  • the kicking member 48 is positioned in the housing position at which the roller 69 is retracted inside the vertical stile 12d.
  • the flank face 58b of the driving member 58 is positioned on the upper side of the driving pin 60.
  • the operation handle 29 is turned in the closing direction from the 180° position.
  • the interlocking member 32 moves down and the driving member 58 too moves down accompanying the interlocking member 32, and the flank face 58b makes sliding contact with the driving pin 60.
  • the flank face 58b gets subjected to the pressing force from the driving pin 60, and the driving member 58 moves in the direction away from the driving pin 60 against the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 84 (see FIG. 8(A) ).
  • the driving member 58 not only includes a clutch structure for connecting the interlocking member 32 and the opening action supporting mechanism 26 at the time of turning the operation handle 29 in the opening direction, but also contains a unidirectional transmission structure for maintaining the disconnected state at the time of turning the operation handle 29 in the closing direction where the downward movement of the interlocking member 32 is not transmitted to the opening action supporting mechanism 26 due to the movement of the driving member 58 in the direction away from the driving pin 60 by the pressing force of the driving pin 60.
  • the driving member 58 does not interfere with the turning of the operation handle 29 in the closing direction, and a smooth handle operation can be performed.
  • the drawing member 42 moves down during the movement of the operation handle 29 from the 180° position toward the closing direction.
  • the drawing piece 42a of the drawing member 42 starts getting hooked against the head portion 44a of the lock pin 44 at a position such as the 96° position that is just before the 90° position illustrated in FIG. 8(A) . That is, the locking action of the lock mechanism 22 starts.
  • the head portion 44a of the lock pin 44 moves along the tilt of the drawing piece 42a, the sliding door 12 is gradually drawn in the direction approaching the vertical frame 14d due to the lock pin 44.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism 26 does not operate. For that reason, a defect in which the sliding door 12 is kicked during the locking of the lock mechanism 22 is prevented from occurring.
  • the operation handle 29 moves within the turning range from the 0° position to the 180° position. Hence, the operation handle 29 never overhangs from the contour range of the sliding door 12. For that reason, the operation handle 29 never interferes with the frame member 14.
  • the interlocking member 32 is configured by linking the linking member 38, the interlocking lever 40, and the coupling member 41.
  • the interlocking member 32 can be configured using a single component or two components.
  • the interlocking member 32 when the interlocking member 32 is configured using the combination of the linking member 38 pertaining to the operation mechanism 24; the interlocking lever 40 pertaining to the lock mechanism 22; and the coupling member 41 pertaining to the opening action supporting mechanism 26 and the clutch mechanism 28; for example, in the case of implementing the interlocking member 32 in an opening section device not requiring the opening action supporting mechanism 26, it becomes easily possible to omit the opening action supporting mechanism 26 and the clutch mechanism 28, thereby enabling achieving a high degree of general versatility.
  • the configuration is explained in which the interlocking member 32 moves up when the operation handle 29 is turned in the opening direction and moves down when the operation handle 29 is turned in the closing direction.
  • the up-and-down relationship can be reversed.
  • the configuration is explained in which the lock mechanism 22 and the opening action supporting mechanism 26 can be simultaneously operated.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism 26 and the lock mechanism 22 can be configured to be separately operable; or the lock mechanism 22 can be omitted.
  • the operation mechanism 24 can be electric equipment having a motor, or can be a hand operating device in which the interlocking member 32 is moved up and down using some other component such as a lifting lever instead of using the operation handle 29.
  • the opening section device 11 is a fitting having an inner sash structure in which the sliding door 12 slides at the room side of the fixed door 16.
  • the opening section device 11 can have an outer sash structure in which the sliding door 12 slides at the outdoor side of the fixed door 16. Even when the external sash structure is adapted, the operation handle 29 is retained at the 180° position after the end of the actions of the opening action supporting mechanism 26. Hence, when the sliding door 12 is completely open, the operation handle 29 is prevented from interfering with the meeting stile (the vertical stile 16d) of the fixed door 16, thereby enabling achieving maximization of the opening dimensions of the sliding door 12.
  • the fitting is configured with the sliding door 12 of the single sliding type as the door body whose opening action is supported by the opening action supporting device 10.
  • the opening section device 11 can be used also in doors and windows having various sliding structures, such as in a double sliding door in which, for example, two sliding doors 12 are disposed in a double-slidable manner, or in a window disposed at a position from which people enter and exit.
  • the door body whose opening action is supported by the opening action supporting mechanism 26 can be, for example, a door or a horizontal pivoted window that is different than a sliding door.
  • the opening action supporting mechanism 26 can be disposed in a horizontal stile instead of a vertical stile.
  • the opening action supporting device 10 can be disposed with respect to the face bar or the aggregate constituting the door body.

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