JP2000192545A - Connecting device for beam member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily adjust an installing position by commonly using a shape of a connecting metal fitting regardless of a shape of a beam member. SOLUTION: A connecting device of a beam member is composed of an auxiliary-connecting metal fitting 14 having an opening groove of a cross-sectional U shape to be put and fitted from an under surface of a horizontal beam member 3 and a main connecting metal fitting 13 being put on and fitted to the outside of a pair of rising side pieces 14a, 14a of the auxiliary connecting metal fitting 14 from an upper surface of the horizontal beam member and having an opening groove of a cross-sectional UP shape having a top plate 13b being an installing part 15 to an adjacent frontage beam member 5. Then, a fastening screw 16 thread-mounted on at least one side piece 13a of the main connecting metal fitting 13 is pressed and fixed to an outside surface of the horizontal beam member 3 via a loose hole 17 formed in the rising side pieces 14a in the auxiliary connecting metal fitting 14 so as not to fall off.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beam member connecting device for connecting a beam member for partitioning or the like in a straight line or for fixing an end of the beam member to a wall or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for connecting an upper frame (upper beam member) of a partition panel in order to linearly connect a plurality of partition panels, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-4725 discloses a flat device. It discloses that a long plate material is bridged between two adjacent upper frames, and both ends of the long plate material are fixed to an upper end frame by mounting bolts and nuts, respectively.

In order to connect one end of the upper end frame of the partition panel to the wall surface, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 6-32513 discloses an L-shaped corner fitting between the upper frame and the vertical frame of the partition panel. Then, the horizontal part of the L-shaped fixing bracket in a side view is fastened and fixed to a mounting base having a U-shaped cross section at the top of this corner bracket with bolts, nuts, etc. A configuration for screwing a piece to a wall surface is disclosed.

[0004]

However, in these prior arts, the long plate material and the corner member must be preliminarily formed into a shape that abuts the outer surface of the upper end frame. At the connection point, a bolt must be inserted in the vertical direction, and the bolt must be fastened while manually attaching a nut to the lower surface side of the upper end frame, which has a problem that the connection operation takes time. In addition, when the nut is fixed to the upper end frame side in advance, the trouble of holding the nut by hand can be omitted,
There is a problem that the bolt can be tightened only at the installation position of the nut, and the mounting position cannot be finely adjusted due to a dimensional error at the time of construction.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a versatile beam member connecting device which can be finely adjusted in the mounting position and can be mounted regardless of the sectional shape of the beam member.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a connecting member for connecting a beam member having a U-shaped cross section which is fitted from one side of the beam member for partitioning or the like. A sub-connecting fitting having an open groove, etc., and a fitting portion to be fitted to the outside of a pair of side pieces of the rising of the sub-connecting fitting from the other side portion of the beam member, and to an adjacent beam member or another member. A main connection fitting having an open groove having a U-shaped cross section and a loose hole formed in a rising side piece of the sub connection fitting by screwing a fastening screw screwed to at least one side surface of the main connection fitting. And is configured to be pressed and fixed to the beam member via the.

[0007] The invention described in claim 2 is the first invention.
In the connecting device for a beam member described in (1), the main connecting member is configured to contact the other side surface of the beam member, and the sub connecting member is configured to contact one side surface of the beam member.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a front view of a partition panel, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of parts of a connecting device when connecting two cross beams, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing a connected state. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of partition panels 1 are connected in a straight line,
A pivoting door 2 is arranged in the meantime, and a partition panel 1 at the end is provided.
When the construction which fixes the cross beam member 3 at the upper end of the door to the wall surface 4 is executed, in the first embodiment, the frontage beam member 5 above the opening of the door 2 and the upper ends of the door stop strut 6 and the door connection strut 7 are provided. The connecting device 10 for connecting to the cross beam member 3 facing the above will be described.

The base end of the door 2 is rotatably mounted via a door connecting post 7 and a hinge 8. The cross beam member 3 and the front beam member 5 are each composed of an outer frame member 11 having an upward U-shaped cross section and a downward U-shaped reinforcing frame 12 welded and fixed inside thereof in a longitudinal direction. It is formed by die molding or the like. A connecting device 10 for connecting the cross beam member 3 and both ends of the front beam member 5 includes:
As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of sub-connecting fittings 14 each having an open groove having a U-shaped cross section and fitted from the lower surface side of the cross beam member 3 and a pair of rising of the sub-connecting fitting 14 from the upper surface side of the cross beam member 3. And a main connecting fitting 13 having an open groove having a U-shaped cross section, which is fitted on the outer side of the side pieces 14a, 14a, and has a mounting portion 15 to the adjacent frontage member 5.

More specifically, the sub-connecting fitting 14 is composed of a bottom plate 14b capable of abutting against the lower surface of the cross beam member 3 and a pair of side pieces 14 raised from both ends thereof by bending them at substantially right angles.
Each of the side pieces 14a, 14a is provided with two horizontally long loose holes 17 through which a shaft portion of a fastening screw 16 described later can be inserted. The main connecting member 13 is a top plate 13b having a length extending over both ends of the cross beam member 3 and the front beam member 5.
And a pair of side pieces 13a, 13a bent downward at substantially right angles from both ends thereof. At least one side piece 13a is screwed with a plurality of (two in the embodiment) fastening screws 16. Female thread portion 18 is provided. Further, the reinforcing frame 1 of the cross beam member 3 is provided on the top plate 13b.
A plurality of through holes 20 for mounting the mounting screws 19 are formed in the female screw portion 21 for fixing formed on the upper surface of the front frame 2, and also formed on the upper surface of the reinforcing frame 12 of the front beam member 5. As the attachment portion 15 to the female screw portion 23,
A mounting hole 24 for a mounting screw 22 is provided.

According to this configuration, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the sub-connecting fitting 14 is fitted on the lower surface of the cross beam member 3 from below, and then the main connecting fitting 13 is fitted from above. At this time, the two pieces 13a, 13a of the main connection fitting 13 are fitted so that they are located outside the both pieces 14a, 14a of the sub connection fitting 14. Then, the shaft portions of the fastening screws 16, 16 screwed to at least one side piece 13 a of the main connection fitting 13 are inserted into the loose holes 17, 17. Press. Thereby, the cross beam member 3
In a state in which the main connection fitting 13 and the sub connection fitting 14 are vertically sandwiched, and the sub connection fitting 14 does not fall off. Moreover, it is easy to hold the top plate 13b of the main connection fitting 13 in parallel with the upper surfaces of the cross beam member 3 and the front beam member 5.

Then, the insertion hole 2 of the top plate of the main connection fitting 13 is formed.
Positioning can be completed by screwing the mounting screws 19, 19 inserted in 0, 20 into the female screw portion 21 of the cross beam member 3. In this state, the mounting screws 22, 22 are mounted on the front beam member 5. What is necessary is just to fasten to the female screw parts 23 and 23 through the holes 24 and 24. Thereafter, by covering the cross beam member 3 and the front beam member 5 from the upper side with a U-shaped top cover body 25 having a downward U-shaped cross section, the side beam and the front beam member 5 and the main connecting bracket 13 are exposed at the side surfaces and the upper surface. Instead, the lower connection side of the horizontal beam member 3 can also hide the sub-connecting fittings 14 by the arrangement of the partition panel 1.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show a connecting device 26 for connecting the end portion of the cross beam member 3 to the wall surface 4. The sub-connecting member 14 has the same form as that of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the main connecting member 27 has a top plate 27b. A pair of side pieces 27a bent downward at right angles from both ends of
A mounting plate 27c is provided only at the position of the sub-connecting fitting 14, and a mounting plate 27c bent upward from one longitudinal end of the top plate 27b has a plurality of mounting conical holes 30 for fixing to the wall surface 4 with screws 29. It was drilled. The pair of side pieces 27a, 27a are provided with female screw portions 18 through which the shaft portions of the fastening screws 16 can be inserted into the loose holes 17, 17 of the sub-connecting fitting 14.

In this embodiment, similarly to the above, the sub-connecting fitting 14 is fitted from the lower surface side of the cross beam member 3, the main connecting fitting 27 is fitted from the upper side, and both side pieces 27 of the main connecting fitting 27 are fitted.
a, 27a are set so as to be located outside the side pieces 14a, 14a of the sub-connecting fitting 14. Next, the main connection fitting 13
Fastening screws 16, 1 screwed to at least one side piece 13a of
The shafts of Nos. 6 are inserted through the loose holes 17, 17, and the side surfaces of the cross beam member 3 are pressed by the ends of the shafts. At this time,
By shifting the fixing position horizontally in the longitudinal direction of 3, the mounting position of the main connecting member 27 in the longitudinal direction of the cross beam member 3 can be arbitrarily adjusted so that the mounting plate 27c can contact the wall surface 4. Further, the sub-connecting fitting 14 does not fall off from the main connecting fitting 27, and the top plate 27 b of the main connecting fitting 27 can be easily held parallel to the upper surface of the cross beam member 3.

In the above embodiment, the cross section of the cross beam member 3 and the front beam member 5 is square, but various shapes such as solid, hollow, etc., such as triangular, hexagonal, cylindrical, elliptical cylindrical, and round bar, are used. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a beam member having a cross section, and the direction in which the main connecting member and the sub-connecting member are sandwiched is not limited to the vertical direction.
The cross section of the beam member may be from the front and back sideways, or may be applied to the case where the beam member is vertically connected.

It is sufficient that the beam member can be fitted into the U-shaped open groove of the sub-connecting bracket, and even if there is a gap between the rising side pieces on both sides of the sub-connecting bracket and the outer surface of the beam member, If the axis of the fastening screw screwed to the side piece of the connection fitting can be pressed against the outer surface of the beam member, the sub-connection fitting does not fall off. If the inner surface of the open groove of the sub-connecting member and the inner surface of the open groove of the main connecting member are simultaneously in contact with the outer surface of the interposed beam member, the shaft portion of the fastening screw is inserted through the loose hole. In other words, there is an effect that the holding posture, that is, the holding posture parallel to the outer surface of the beam member can be reliably set.

[0017]

As described above, the beam member connecting device according to the first aspect of the present invention has an open groove having a U-shaped cross section which is fitted from one side of the beam member for partitioning or the like. A cross-section comprising: a sub-connecting fitting having: and an outer portion of the pair of rising pieces of the sub-connecting fitting fitted to the outside of the pair of side pieces from the other side portion of the beam member, and attached to an adjacent beam member or another member. A main connection fitting having an open groove in a U-shape or the like, a fastening screw screwed onto at least one side surface of the main connection fitting,
Since it is configured to be pressed and fixed to the beam member through the loose hole formed in the rising side piece of the sub-connecting bracket, it is also possible to shift the arrangement position of the sub-connecting bracket with respect to the beam member, and the main connecting bracket and Can be adjusted, and the beam member can be sandwiched and fixed between the main connecting member and the sub-connecting member regardless of the cross-sectional shape of the beam member. Furthermore, since it is very easy to change the form of the main connecting fitting by setting the sub-connecting fitting to a common form according to the connecting position, it is possible to contribute to the reduction in the number of parts.

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as the invention described in claim 1.
In the beam member connecting device described in the above item, the main connecting member is configured to contact the other side surface of the beam member, and the sub-connecting member is configured to contact one side surface of the beam member. If the inner surface of the groove and the inner surface of the open groove of the main connection fitting are simultaneously abutted against the outer surface of the interposed beam member, the shaft portion of the fastening screw is inserted through the loose hole. This has the effect that the holding posture parallel to the outer surface of the beam member can be reliably set.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a partition panel.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of components of a connecting device for connecting a cross beam member and a front beam member.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a connection state between a cross beam member and a front beam member by a connection device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of components of a connecting device for connecting the cross beam member and the wall surface.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a connection state between the cross beam member and the wall surface by the connection device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Partition panel 3 Cross beam member 4 Wall surface 5 Front beam member 10, 26 Connecting device 13 Main connection bracket 13a Side piece 13b Top plate 14 Sub-connection metal fitting 14a Side piece 14b Bottom plate 16 Fastening screw 17 Loose hole

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sub-connecting fitting having an open groove with a U-shaped cross section fitted from one side of a beam member for partitioning or the like,
An open groove having a U-shaped cross section, which is fitted from the other side of the beam member to the outer side of the pair of rising pieces of the sub-connecting fitting, and has an attachment portion to an adjacent beam member or another member. A main connection fitting having a main screw, and a fixing screw screwed to at least one side surface of the main connection fitting is pressed and fixed to a beam member via a loose hole formed in a rising side piece of the sub connection fitting. A connection device for a beam member, wherein the connection device is configured. 2. The connection of the beam member according to claim 1, wherein the main connection member abuts on the other side surface of the beam member, and the sub connection member abuts on one side surface of the beam member. apparatus.