JP2001032525A - Reinforcing metal fitting for opening of wall panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reinforcing metal fitting for an opening of a wall panel capable of preventing deformation of the wall panel on transferring it and reducing the working time required for erection of the wall panels in a construction site. SOLUTION: Reinforcing metal fittings 1 at the opening 23 of a wall panel attached between a pair of mutually parallel frames 22a, 22b of the periphery of the opening 23 of the wall panel are constituted of fixing metal fittings 2, 2 fixed to the frames 22a, 22b of both ends and a bar-shaped reinforcing metal fitting body 11 adjustable in the length connecting both fixing metal fittings 2, 2. The fixing metal fitting 2 is fixed so as to hold the frames 22a, 22b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reinforcing member for a wall panel opening for reinforcing an opening formed in a wall panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 8C, a large opening 102 is formed in a wall panel 101 constituting a bathroom or the like.
May be formed. Such a large opening 10
In the case where the opening 2 is formed, if the entire opening 102 is formed in the factory, the opening 102
1 may be reduced, and the wall panel 101 may be deformed during transportation. Therefore, conventionally, the following has been performed. First, at the factory, as shown in FIG. 8A, a part of the opening is left without being cut, and is transported to a construction site in that state. As a result, in the process of being transported to the construction site,
The rigidity of the wall panel 101 is ensured, and deformation can be prevented. Next, a necessary opening 102 is formed by cutting out the portion A shown in FIG. 8B at the construction site.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, there is a problem that the work of cutting the portion A is required at the construction site, and the number of man-hours at the construction site is increased. Further, when cutting off the portion A, a considerably high precision is required in relation to a sash attached to the opening 102, so that the operation requires much more time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to prevent deformation of a wall panel when transporting the panel, and to apply the wall panel to a construction site. An object of the present invention is to provide a reinforcing metal fitting for a wall panel opening that can reduce the required operation time.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a reinforcing member for a wall panel opening, the wall panel being mounted between a pair of frames parallel to each other around the wall panel opening. It is a reinforcing metal fitting of the opening, and has a fixing metal fixed to the frame at each end,
It is characterized in that the length of the rod-shaped reinforcing bracket main body connecting the two fixing brackets is adjustable.

[0006] According to the reinforcing metal fitting at the opening of the wall panel,
By connecting the frames around the wall panel opening, reinforcement can be achieved, and deformation of the wall panel during transportation can be prevented. In addition, since the length of the reinforcing metal body is adjustable, the same reinforcing metal can be used for openings of various sizes.

[0007] The length of the reinforcing metal body can be adjusted at least to a length between a pair of frames parallel to each other around the opening of the wall panel and to a length in a short direction of the substantially rectangular wall panel. It is also preferred.

[0008] According to the reinforcing metal fitting at the opening of the wall panel,
The reinforcing metal can also be used for reinforcing the wall panel in the transverse direction, and by using the reinforcing metal as a frame for finally reinforcing the wall panel in the transverse direction, the reinforcing metal can be effectively used. .

It is also preferable that the fixing bracket is fixed by sandwiching a frame.

[0010] According to the reinforcing metal fitting at the opening of the wall panel,
Since the frame is sandwiched, there is no need to provide a screw hole or the like in the frame, and the mounting of the reinforcing bracket becomes easy.

The fixing bracket has a fixing piece fixed to a frame positioned around the opening of the wall panel, and an auxiliary piece in an orthogonal direction fixed to another frame orthogonal to the frame. It is also preferable that a reinforcing plate is provided between the auxiliary pieces and orthogonal to both pieces to connect the edges.

[0012] According to the reinforcing metal fitting at the opening of the wall panel,
Simultaneously with the reinforcement of the opening of the wall panel, the reinforcement between the frame around the opening and the frame orthogonal to the frame can be performed.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The reinforcing metal fitting 1 for the wall panel opening 23 of the present embodiment is the reinforcing metal fitting 1 for the wall panel opening 23 attached between a pair of mutually parallel frames 22 around the wall panel opening 23. The fixing brackets 2 are fixed to the frames 22, 22, respectively, and the length of the rod-shaped reinforcing metal body 11, which connects the fixing brackets 2, 2, is adjustable.

The reinforcing metal fitting 1 compensates for a decrease in rigidity of the wall panel 21 when an opening 23 is formed in a wall panel 21 constituting, for example, a wall surface of a bathroom.
It is used by being attached to the opening 23. FIG. 2 shows an example of the usage state. The frame 22 is divided on the right side of the opening 23 in the illustrated state, and the outer shape of the wall panel 21 is substantially C-shaped when viewed from the front. In this wall panel 21, the frame 22 is provided on the outer periphery of the wall panel 21 and on the upper, lower, left side of the opening 23.

The reinforcing bracket 1 compensates for a decrease in the rigidity of the wall panel 21 due to the division of the frame 22 on the right side of the opening 23, so that the upper frame 22a located above the opening and the opening 22 The lower and upper frames 22a and 22b are attached to substantially right ends of the lower and upper frames 22a and 22b in FIG. 2 so as to connect the lower frames 22b located on the lower side. The frame 22 of the wall panel 21
A face member 24 made of a PVC steel plate, FRP, or the like is stuck on the inner surface side except for the opening 23.

As described above, the reinforcing fitting 1 has the fixing fittings 2 and 2 at both ends, and the reinforcing fitting main body 11 that connects the fixing fittings 2 and 2 to each other. These will be described in order.

The fixture 2 is as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and is made of metal such as iron or aluminum. The fixing fitting 2 has a groove-shaped fitting 3 having a groove shape in cross section, and a slide piece 4 slidably provided in the groove.

On the outer surface of the groove-shaped fitting 3, a reinforcing fitting body 1 is provided.
One end face is abutted and welded and fixed. In addition, a through-hole is formed in the piece facing the piece to which the reinforcing metal body 11 is fixed, and the bolt 5 penetrates the through-hole from the outer surface side. The bolt 5 is screwed into a nut 6 that comes into contact with the inner surface of the piece through which the bolt 5 passes.
It is fixed by welding.

The slide piece 4 has substantially the same shape as one piece of the grooved metal fitting 3, and its side edge is in contact with the groove bottom of the grooved metal fitting 3. The bolt 5 is welded to the slide piece 4 as described above, and the slide piece 4 is held by this.

A cushioning material 7 is provided on the surface of the slide piece 4 of the grooved metal fitting 3 and on the inner surface of the grooved metal fitting 3 facing the surface of the slide piece 4. As the cushioning material 7, an elastic material that can be molded into a plate shape, such as rubber, a synthetic resin such as polyvinyl chloride, or a foamed material such as foamed polyurethane, can be used. With this cushioning material 7, the fixture 2
Will not come into direct contact with the frame 22, so that the
Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the frame 22 from being damaged.

The reinforcing member main body 11 is made of a metal such as iron or aluminum and is formed in a square pipe shape. The reinforcing metal body 11 includes an upper reinforcing metal body 11a and a lower reinforcing metal body 11b, and a lower end of the upper reinforcing metal body 11a is inserted into an upper end of the lower reinforcing metal body 11b. In addition, the lower end of the upper reinforcing metal body 11a has
An elongated hole 12 as shown in FIG. The length of the long hole 12 is appropriately formed so as to correspond to the length in which the reinforcing metal fitting is used. The long hole 12 is penetrated by a through bolt 14 inserted into a through hole formed at the upper end of the lower reinforcing metal body 11b, and the through bolt 14 is connected to the upper reinforcing metal body 11a and the lower reinforcing metal. After penetrating the main body 11b, it is screwed with the nut 15.

Further, the reinforcing metal fittings 1 are provided on different side surfaces where the elongated holes 12 at the lower end of the upper reinforcing metal fitting body 11a are formed.
A scale 13 is formed to indicate the interval between the frames 22, 22 to which the. By reading the numerical value indicated by the upper edge of the lower reinforcing metal body 11b of the scale 13, the length of the reinforcing metal 1 can be adjusted in advance to the interval between the frames 22, 22.

A method of using the reinforcing fitting 1 of the present embodiment will be described. First, an opening 23 having a required size is formed in the wall panel 21 at a factory. Next, the length of the reinforcing bracket 1 is adjusted with reference to the scale 13. After the length is adjusted, the nut 15 screwed to the through bolt 14 is tightened, so that the upper reinforcing metal body 11a and the lower reinforcing metal body 11b are tightened.
Is fixed. Subsequently, the nut 6 screwed into the bolt 5 is loosened to widen the space between the slide piece 4 and the inner surface of the grooved metal fitting 3 facing the slide piece 4, and the upper frame 22a and the lower frame 22b of the opening 23 are provided in the gap. Insert each. Then, the nut 6 is tightened, and the frame 22 is sandwiched between the slide piece 4 and the inner surface of the groove-shaped metal piece 3 facing the slide piece 4 to fix the fixing metal piece 2 to the frame 22, thereby completing the mounting of the reinforcing metal piece 1. . At this time, since the frame 22 is sandwiched between the slide pieces 4 that can slide freely, it is possible to cope with the frame 22 having various thicknesses.

The wall panel 21 reinforced with the reinforcing metal fittings 1 is transported from a factory to a construction site by a truck or the like and unloaded from the truck or the like, or after the wall panel 21 is constructed at a predetermined position, the reverse is performed. Remove the reinforcing bracket 1 according to the procedure. At this time, at the construction site, the reinforcement fitting 1 can be removed simply by loosening the nut 6 screwed to the bolt 5, so that the removal is easy and can contribute to shortening the construction time. Since this reinforcing bracket 1 can be reused, it is transported to the factory again, and a different wall panel 2 is used.
1 can be used for transportation.

Here, the length of the reinforcing metal fitting 1 is changed to the lengthwise frames 22c and 22d of the wall panel 21 as shown in FIG.
By making it possible to adjust the length so as to be adapted to the interval therebetween, the reinforcing metal fitting 1 can be used for reinforcing the wall panel 21 in the short direction. This reinforcing bracket 1
Is used as a final reinforcing material of the wall panel 21, even if the reinforcing metal fitting 1 is not reused, it can be effectively used.

In the present embodiment, the length of the reinforcing bracket 1 is adjusted by the long holes 12, but a plurality of through holes may be formed instead of the long holes 12.

In the above embodiment, the fixing piece 2 is fixed to the frame 22 by providing the sliding piece 4 on the fixing piece 2 and holding the frame 22 with the sliding piece 4. In the case where a through hole is formed in advance, the fixing bracket 2 is connected to the frame 2.
2 may be directly bolted.

Further, the bolt 5 may be fixed to the slide piece 4 so as to be rotatable, and the nut 6 may be fixed to the inner surface of the groove-shaped fitting 3 by welding. In this case, the sliding piece 4 can be slid by rotating the bolt 5 to move forward and backward, and the fixing fitting 2 may be fixed to the frame 22 by this.

Next, different embodiments will be described focusing on the differences from the above embodiment. In the reinforcing fitting 1 of this embodiment, the fixing fitting 2 includes a fixing piece 8 fixed to the frame 22a or frame 22b located around the wall panel opening, and a frame 22e or frame orthogonal to the frames 22a and 22b. An auxiliary piece 9 in the orthogonal direction fixed to 22f is provided, and a reinforcing plate 10 orthogonal to the two pieces is provided between the two pieces.

In this fixing bracket 2, the fixing piece 8 and the auxiliary piece 9 are continuous at their edges in the orthogonal direction.
The reinforcing plate 10, the fixed piece 8, and the auxiliary piece 9 formed in a right-angled triangle are also continuous at their edges in the orthogonal direction. Fixing piece 8
And the auxiliary piece 9 are formed with through holes 8a and 9a, respectively, and bolts are inserted into the through holes from the outer surface side.

The fixture 2 is attached so as to cover the corners of the frame 22 which are orthogonal to each other.
a, the fixing piece 8 and the auxiliary piece 9 are respectively positioned around the opening 23 by the bolts inserted into the frames 22a, 22a.
b and frames 22e and 22f orthogonal thereto. According to this, since the orthogonal frames 22 are mutually reinforced by the fixtures 2, the joints between them can be reinforced, the rigidity of the joints is improved, and the frame 22 is further transported when the wall panel 21 is transported. It is difficult to deform.

In this embodiment, the fixing piece 8 is directly bolted to the frames 22a and 22b. However, similarly to the above-described embodiment, a slide piece facing the fixing piece 8 is provided, and between the slide piece and the fixing piece. The frames 22a and 22b may be sandwiched.

[0033]

According to the reinforcing metal fitting for the opening of the wall panel according to the first aspect, deformation of the wall panel during transportation or the like can be prevented. In addition, since the length of the reinforcing metal body is adjustable, the same reinforcing metal can be used for openings of various sizes.

According to the reinforcing member for opening the wall panel according to the second aspect, the reinforcing member can also be used for reinforcing the wall panel in the short-side direction, and the reinforcing member is used as a frame finally constituting the wall panel. By using the reinforcing metal, the reinforcing metal can be effectively used even when the reinforcing metal is not reused for reinforcing the opening.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the frame is sandwiched between the walls, the frame does not need to be provided with a screw hole or the like, and the mounting of the reinforcing metal becomes easy.

According to the reinforcing member for opening the wall panel, the opening between the wall panel and the frame surrounding the opening and the frame orthogonal to the frame can be reinforced simultaneously with the reinforcing of the opening of the wall panel. The rigidity of the wall panel at the time can be further improved, and the wall panel is hardly deformed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a side view showing a use state of a reinforcing metal fitting for a wall panel opening according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a usage state of a reinforcing metal fitting at an opening of the wall panel.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a case where a reinforcing metal fitting at the opening of the wall panel is used for reinforcing the wall panel in the short direction.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a fixing fitting of a reinforcing fitting at the opening of the wall panel.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a fixing fitting of a reinforcing fitting at the opening of the wall panel.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a use state of a reinforcing metal fitting for an opening of a wall panel according to a different embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a fixing fitting of a reinforcing fitting at the opening of the wall panel.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a conventional wall panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reinforcement metal fitting 2 Fixing metal fitting 8 Fixing piece 9 Auxiliary piece 10 Auxiliary plate 11 Reinforcement metal fittings 21 Wall panel 22 Frame 23 Opening

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A reinforcing metal fitting for a wall panel opening mounted between a pair of frames parallel to each other around a wall panel opening, the metal fittings having fixing metal fittings fixed to the frame at both ends. A reinforcing metal fitting for a wall panel opening, wherein a length of a rod-shaped reinforcing metal body connecting between the members is adjustable. 2. The reinforcing bracket main body has a length dimension of:
2. The wall panel opening according to claim 1, wherein the length between the pair of frames parallel to each other around the wall panel opening and the length in the short direction of the substantially rectangular wall panel are adjustable. Reinforcement bracket. 3. The reinforcing bracket for an opening of a wall panel according to claim 1, wherein the fixing bracket is fixed by sandwiching the frame. 4. The fixing bracket has a fixing piece fixed to a frame located around a wall panel opening, and an auxiliary piece in an orthogonal direction fixed to another frame orthogonal to the frame. 4. The reinforcing metal fitting for an opening of a wall panel according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing plate is provided between the fixed piece and the auxiliary piece, the reinforcing plate being orthogonal to the two pieces and connecting the edges.