JP2001040930A - Structure and method for connecting and supporting closure element - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure and method for connecting and supporting a closure element such as a top-hung sliding door, that facilitate the operation of connecting and supporting the closure element via a connecting means to a guide means such as a slide rail. SOLUTION: A connecting means, for connecting and supporting to a slide rail 12 a top-hung sliding door 1 which is moved as it is guided by the slide rail 12, comprises a connecting member 21 serving as a connection provided on the slide rail 12, a hook member 23 serving as a locking part provided on the sliding door 1, and a pin 24 serving as a locked part provided on the connecting member 21. The hook member 23 is locked to the pin 24 whereby the sliding door 1 can be connected and supported to the slide rail 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for connecting and supporting an opening / closing body to a guide means for guiding the movement of the opening / closing body and a method for supporting the connection, and for example, is supported by being suspended from a slide rail. The present invention can be used for an overhead hanging sliding door, a movable partition panel movable along a ceiling rail, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as an opening / closing body for opening and closing an opening for an entrance between a hallway in a building and a room,
A hanging sliding door is known. This sliding door is connected and supported via a connecting means from a slide rail disposed above the entrance opening, and is guided and movable by the slide rail. The connecting means includes a first connecting member connected to the slide rail and a second connecting member connected to the upper end of the sliding door.
It comprises a connecting member and a pin inserted into the holes formed in the first and second connecting members and connecting these connecting members. The sliding door is swingable about a pin, and this swing prevents a rotation moment from acting on a slide rail having a small resistance to a rotation moment due to an external force.

[0003] Conventionally, the work of connecting a sliding door to a slide rail via the above-mentioned connecting means at the construction site of a top hanging sliding door,
A hole in the first connecting member coupled to the slide rail;
Matching the hole of the second connecting member coupled to the sliding door,
This has been done by inserting the pins into these holes.

[0004]

According to this conventional work method, in order to connect and support the upper hanging sliding door to the slide rail, the holes of the first connecting member and the holes of the second connecting member must be aligned. In addition, it is necessary to insert a pin into the hole, and the hole into which the pin is inserted is small, and since this operation must be performed at a high place at the upper end of the overhead sliding door, workability is poor. It took time and effort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a connecting and supporting structure for an opening / closing member which facilitates the operation of connecting and supporting an opening / closing member such as a suspended sliding door to a guide means such as a slide rail via a connecting means, and its connection. It is to provide a support method.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a connecting / supporting structure for an opening / closing member according to the present invention. And a connecting portion provided on one of the guide means and the opening / closing member, a locking portion provided on the other, and the connecting portion. And a locked portion provided with the locking portion and locked by the locking portion.

Further, a method of connecting and supporting an opening / closing body according to the present invention is a method of connecting and supporting an opening / closing body guided by a guide means by connecting the opening / closing body to the guide means. A locking portion is provided on a connecting portion provided on one of the opening / closing members, and a locking portion is provided on the other, and thereafter, the locking portion is locked on the locked portion, whereby the guide means is provided. The opening and closing member is connected and supported.

That is, in the present invention, one of the guide means and the opening / closing body whose movement is guided by the guide means is provided with a connecting portion, and the other is provided with a locking portion. The locked portion is locked to the locked portion.

According to the present invention, since the locked portion is provided on the connecting portion before the locking portion is locked to the locked portion, the operation of connecting and supporting the opening / closing body by the guide means is related to It is only necessary to perform the operation of locking the locking portion to the stop portion, and the operation can be simplified.

Further, when the operation of locking the locking portion to the locked portion is performed, since the locked portion is provided on the connecting portion,
The locking operation of the locking portion can be performed while the locked portion is integrated with the connecting portion, and handling and management of the locked portion can be facilitated.

The manner in which the locked portion is provided on the connecting portion is arbitrary. For example, the locked portion may be provided on the connecting portion in a cantilevered state or in a double-supported state.

An example of the case where the locked portion is provided on the connecting portion in a double-supported state is that the connecting portion has a forked portion for holding the locked portion, and the connecting portion is configured as described above. In this case, the locking portion is locked to the intermediate portion of the locked portion which is held and exposed by the forked portion of the connecting portion.

According to this, since the locked portion is supported by the connecting portion at both ends, the strength of the locked portion with respect to the connecting portion can be increased, and the locked portion exposed between the forked portions of the connecting portion. Since the operation of locking the locking portion to the stop portion may be performed, the locking operation can be easily performed.

The shape of the locking portion is arbitrary as long as the locking portion can be locked to the locked portion. For example, the portion for locking the locked portion has the locked portion inside like a hook shape. It may be in the form of a closed loop except for the opening into which it can be inserted, or may be in the form of a hook that opens downward. Also, the shape of the locked part is arbitrary,
For example, it may be a linear pin shape (including bolts), a full ring shape such as a horizontally long or vertically long shape, or an incomplete ring shape.

Further, the structure for connecting and supporting the opening / closing body to the guide means may include a falling-off preventing portion for preventing the locking portion from falling off from the locked portion. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the locking portion locked by the locked portion from falling off the locked portion.

The falling-off preventing portion may be provided on at least one of the connecting portion and the locking portion before the locking portion is locked on the locked portion. It may be provided on at least one of the connecting portion and the locking portion after being locked on the portion.

However, in the case of the latter, since the falling-off preventing portion is not provided when the locking portion is locked to the locked portion, the work of locking the locking portion to the locked portion is not performed. It can be easily performed without being disturbed by the falling-off prevention portion.

The drop-off preventing portion may be interposed at a position between the member on the side of the guide means and the member on the side of the opening / closing body to prevent unlocking of the locking portion from the locked portion. Is preferred.

In this way, even if the locking portion attempts to slip out of the locked portion, in other words, even if the locking of the locking portion to the locked portion is released, the locking portion prevents this locking. The release of the stop is prevented, and the locking of the locking portion to the locked portion can be continued.

The member on the side of the guide means and the member on the side of the opening / closing body here are either the guide means or the opening / closing body with the boundary between the locking part and the locked part of the connecting means. It refers to a member that is determined by whether it belongs to, for example, when the connecting portion is provided in the guide means and the locking portion is provided in the opening and closing body, the member on the side of the guide means , The guide means itself, the connecting part, the locked part attached to this connecting part, the member to which the guide means is attached, and the like. Department.

In the above, the connecting portion, the locking portion,
The locked portion may be a single member (part) by itself, or may be a part of the member (part).

Further, the present invention can be applied to connect and support an arbitrary opening / closing body to an arbitrary guide means. One example is a case in which a slide rail is connected to and supported by a suspended sliding door, and another example is a case in which a movable partition panel is connected to and supported by a rail provided on a ceiling or the like.
Further, the present invention relates to a case in which a roller suspended rotatably engaged with a guide rail is connected to and supported by an upper-hanging sliding door, and a door that rotates along a rail provided on a ceiling or the like is connected to and supported by this rail. It can be applied to the case where it is performed. Further, the present invention can be applied to a case where an opening / closing body such as a balance door, a folding door, an overhead door, a translucent strip-shaped sheet is connected to and supported by the guide means.

The guide means such as rails may extend in the horizontal direction, may extend in the vertical direction, or may extend in a direction inclined with respect to these directions.

Further, the present invention can also be applied to an opening / closing body in which two opposite sides are connected and supported by two guide means via connecting means, and the number of guide means is not limited to one.

When the present invention is applied to connect and support an upper suspension type sliding door to a slide rail, the guide means is a slide rail extending in the horizontal direction, and the opening / closing body is connected to the slide rail via the connection means. It becomes a top-hanging sliding door that is suspended. Further, the locked portion of the connecting means is horizontal, and the upper hanging sliding door is swingable about the locked portion.

According to this, the swinging movement of the upper suspension type sliding door around the locked portion can prevent the rotation moment from acting on the slide rail due to the external force. Will be protected.

[0027]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entirety of a slide rail type hanging door apparatus to which the connection support structure of the first embodiment is applied, and FIG. 2 is a partially broken view showing a driving mechanism of the hanging door. FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III.

As shown in FIG. 1, the upper suspension type sliding door 1 opens and closes an opening 6 in a building surrounded by a vertical frame 2, an upper frame 3, a vertical frame 4 and a lower frame 5. The sliding door 1 when the part 6 is opened is stored inside the door pocket 7. The opening 6 is for an entrance provided between a corridor in a building and a room, for example. An upper hanging drive mechanism 8 shown in FIG. 2 is disposed inside the upper frame 3 which can be opened and closed by a removable cover 3A, and the drive mechanism 8 is provided on the inner surface of the upper frame 3 as shown in FIG. Each of the following devices attached to an attachment member 10 fixed to the plurality of reinforcing members 9 and extending in the sliding door moving direction,
Means and members.

Referring to FIG. 2, the driving mechanism 8 has a spiral spring device 11 attached to an end of the mounting member 10 on the sliding door closing side, and a length extending over substantially the entire length of the mounting member 10. A slide rail 12, and an air damper 1 attached to the attachment member 10 with the piston rod 13A at the upper part of the slide rail 12 facing the sliding door opening side.
3 is included.

As shown in FIG. 3, the slide rail 12
Is a fixed member 12A fixed to the mounting member 10 and elongated in the moving direction of the sliding door 1, and a movable member facing the fixed member 12A in the horizontal direction and short in the moving direction of the sliding door 1. 12B and a ball retainer 12D rotatably holding a large number of balls 12C disposed between the immovable member 12A and the movable member 12B and having a length in the moving direction of the sliding door 1. A ball 12C is movable in the longitudinal direction of the slide rail 12 with respect to the immovable member 12A. The movable member 12B has substantially the same length as the width of the sliding door 1, and the sliding door 1 is connected to and supported by the movable member 12B via connecting means 14 and 15 shown in FIG. Connecting means 1
It is a top-hanging sliding door suspended at 4,15.

One connecting means 14 includes the spiral spring device 1
When the sliding door 1 is opened and moved toward the door pocket 7 by the gripper 1A shown in FIG.
Then, while being guided and guided by the guide roller 17 of the lower frame 5 in FIG. 1, the spiral spring of the spiral spring device 11 is accumulated by the fed wire 16. For this reason, when the hand is released from the grip portion 1A, the sliding door 1 automatically moves to the closing side via the wire 16 by the spring force of the accumulated spiral spring and self-closes.

A magnet 18 is provided at the tip of the piston rod 13A of the air damper 13 shown in FIG.
A magnet 19 is also provided on the side of the connecting means 15 which faces the sliding door 3A in the sliding door opening / closing direction. When the sliding door 1 is opened and moved, the magnets 18 and 1 adsorbing to each other are moved.
9, the piston rod 13A of the air damper 13 extends and moves, and when the sliding door 1 moves a certain distance, the magnets 18 and 19 are separated. When the sliding door 1 is closed and moved, the piston rod 13A starts to contract after the magnets 18 and 19 are attracted again. After this, the air sucked into the air damper 13 at the time when the piston rod 13A expands moves through the orifice. Since the sliding door 1 is discharged while being throttled, the self-closing of the sliding door 1 is performed at a reduced speed.

The connecting means 14 and 15 shown in FIG. 2 form a connecting portion in this embodiment, and the connecting member 21 connected to the movable member 12B of the slide rail 12 by the fastener 20. , A hook member 23 connected to the upper end of the sliding door 1 with a fastener 22, and a pin 24 horizontally attached to the connecting member 21.
4. Therefore, in this embodiment, the hook member 23 forms a locking portion, and the pin 24 forms a locked portion.

In both the connecting means 14 and 15, the connecting means 15 is larger than the connecting means 14 by the provision of the mounting portion for the magnet 19, etc. Connecting member 2
1, each hook member 23, each pin 24
Have the same shape, function, etc., and will be described with the same reference numerals.

The lower part of the connecting member 21 of the connecting means 14 and 15 is a forked portion having curled portions 21A formed at both ends in the sliding door moving direction.
4 are inserted and fixed at both ends. Therefore, the pin 24
The intermediate portion 24 </ b> A between the forked portions is exposed from the connecting member 21. The upper portion 23A of the hook member 23 is
As shown in FIG. 3, it has a hook shape that opens downward, and the width of the upper part 23A in the sliding door moving direction is
As shown in FIG. 2, the opening width between the forked portions of the connecting member 21, that is, the interval between the two curled portions 21 </ b> A is shorter.

The upper portion 23A of the hook member 23 is inserted into the opening between the forked portions of the connecting member 21 and is locked by the pin 24.

For this reason, the sliding door 1 is connected to the slide rail 12 at the construction site of the overhead hanging sliding door device by connecting means 14 and 15.
The operation of connecting and supporting via the interface is performed as follows. First, the connecting member 21 is fixed to the fastener 2 at a factory or a construction site.
0, the hook member 23 is connected to the movable member 12B of the slide rail 12, and the fastening member 22 is connected to the sliding door 1. At the construction site, the hook member 23 is assembled inside the upper frame 3 before the cover 3A or the like is attached. Slide rail 12
Then, the sliding door 1 is lifted up (see FIG. 4), the upper portion 23A of the hook member 23 is inserted into the opening between the two forked portions of the connecting member 21, and then the sliding door 1 is lowered, whereby the hook member 2 is lowered.
3 is locked to the intermediate portion 24A of the pin 24 from above. Thus, the work of connecting the sliding door 1 as the opening and closing body to the slide rail 12 as the guide member via the connecting means 14 and 15 is completed.

For this reason, according to the present embodiment, the operation for connecting and supporting the sliding door 1 to the slide rail 12 via the connecting means is different from the conventional one in that the sliding door 1 is connected to the slide rail and the sliding door to constitute the connecting means. It is not necessary to perform the troublesome work of matching the positions of the holes of the connecting members and inserting the pins into these holes to connect the connecting members. Is improved.

Since the pin 24 is supported at both ends by the forked portion provided on the connecting member 21, the connecting member 2
The strength of the pin 24 attached to the slide rail 12 is high, and the hook member 23 is locked to the pin 24 having the large attachment strength.

A pin 24 for locking the hook member 23
This portion is the intermediate portion 24A exposed between the forked portions of the connecting member 21, so that this locking can be easily performed.

Further, since the pin 24 is attached to the connecting member 21 before the hook member 23 is locked, the pin 24 is not separated from the connecting member 21. The locking operation of the hook member 23 can be performed in a state of being integrated with the pin 21, and the handling and management of the pin 24 can be facilitated.

Further, since the sliding door 1 is swingable about the pin 24, even if an external force acts on the sliding door 1, the external force is absorbed by the swing of the sliding door 1 about the pin 24, and the external force causes the sliding door 1 to swing. It is possible to prevent the rotation moment from acting on the slide rail 12 having a small resistance to the rotation moment.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show a case where a drop-off preventing member 30 for preventing the hook member 23 from dropping off the pin 24 is added to the above embodiment. The falling-off preventing member 30 forming the falling-off preventing portion is provided with a vertical portion 30.
A and a horizontal portion 30B extending horizontally from the upper end of the vertical portion 30A. After the hook member 23 is locked on the pin 24, as shown in FIG.
Is inserted between the mounting member 10 to which the slide rail 12 is mounted and the upper portion 23A of the hook member 23, and the vertical portion 30A is fastened to the hook member 23 with the fastening tool 31.

The horizontal portion 30B is inserted between the mounting member 10 and the upper portion 23A of the hook member 23 so that when the sliding door 1 is lifted to raise the hook member 23, the horizontal portion 30B The distance to hit is H
It becomes 1. On the other hand, the vertical depth at which the hook member 23 is locked to the pin 24 is H2. By setting H1 to be smaller than H2, in other words, by attaching the falling-off prevention member 30 having a thickness such that the thickness of the horizontal portion 30B can make H1 smaller than H2 to the hook member 23, the hook member is provided. The horizontal portion 30 </ b> B hits the lower surface of the mounting member 10 before the 23 comes off the pin 24.

Therefore, the horizontal portion 30 B of the falling-off prevention member 30 inserted between the mounting member 10 on the side of the slide rail 12 and the hook member 23 on the side of the sliding door 1 moves from the pin 24. The hook member 23 is interposed at a position where the unlocking of the hook member 23 is prevented, and even if an unexpected external force acting to raise the sliding door 1 is applied, the hook member 23
Can be prevented from dropping from the pin 24.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show another embodiment in which the connecting means is different from the embodiment shown in FIGS. The connecting means of this embodiment includes a hook member 43 which is a locking member connected to the movable member of the slide rail 12, a connecting member 41 connected to the upper end of the sliding door 1, and is horizontally attached to the connecting member 41. And a pin 44. Connecting member 4
Curl portions 41A are formed at both ends of the sliding door 1 in the moving direction,
Therefore, the lower part of the connecting member 41 is a forked part.
Both ends of the pin 44, which is the locked member, are inserted into these curled portions 41A, and the intermediate portion 44A is exposed from between the forked portions.

The work of connecting and supporting the sliding door 1 to the slide rail 12 via the connecting means involves lifting the sliding door 1 and
4 is a lower portion 43A of the hook member 43 opened obliquely upward.
This is done by locking to For this reason, in this embodiment, as in the embodiment of FIGS.
The operation of connecting and supporting the sliding door 1 to the door 2 can be easily performed, and in addition to this, the same operation and effect as the above-described operation and effect in the embodiment of FIGS.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show a case where a drop-off preventing member 50 for preventing the pin 44 from dropping off the hook member 43 is added to the embodiment of FIGS.
The falling-off prevention member 50 includes a vertical portion 50A and a vertical portion 50A.
A is a U-shape consisting of an inclined portion 50B extending obliquely downward from the lower end of A. After the sliding door 1 is lifted and the pin 44 is locked to the hook member 43, as shown in FIG.
1 to secure the lower end of the inclined portion 50B to the pin 4
4 or the inclined portion 50
The lower end of B is brought into contact with the upper surface of the pin 44 obliquely from above, and the opening of the lower portion 43A of the hook member 43 is closed with the lower end of the inclined portion 50B, so that the size of this opening is smaller than the diameter of the pin 44. To be.

Thus, the falling-off prevention member 50 is connected to the hook member 43 which is a member on the side of the slide rail 12 and the sliding door 1.
Is interposed at a position between the pin 44 which is a member on the side of the figure and a position where the locking of the hook member 43 to the pin 44 is prevented from being released. Even if external force acts, the pin 44
From falling off.

[0050]

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily perform an operation of connecting and supporting the opening / closing body to the guide means via the connecting means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire top suspension type sliding door device to which a connection support structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view showing a driving mechanism of the upper hanging sliding door incorporated in the upper frame shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2;

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state before a hook member, which is a locking portion, provided on the upper hanging sliding door of FIG. 3 is locked to a pin, which is a locked portion.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the falling-off preventing member and the hook member when the falling-off preventing member forming the falling-off preventing portion is added to the embodiment of FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state after the fall prevention member of FIG. 5 is attached to a hook member.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part showing another embodiment different from the embodiments of FIGS.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a state after the hook member is locked to the pin in the embodiment of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 5, showing a case where a drop-off preventing member is added in the embodiment of FIGS. 7 and 8;

FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 6 in the embodiment of FIGS. 7 and 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Suspended sliding door which is an opening / closing body 12 Slide rail 14 and 15 which are guide means Connection means 21 and 41 Connection members 21A and 41A which are connection parts Curl parts 23 and 43 which form a forked part Hook member which is a locking part 24, 44 Pin 30 as a locked part 30, 50 Drop-off prevention member as a drop-out prevention part

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A connection support structure for an opening / closing body having a guide means, an opening / closing body whose movement is guided by the guide means, and a connecting means for connecting and supporting the opening / closing body to the guide means. Means are a connecting portion provided on one of the guide means and the opening / closing body, a locking portion provided on the other, and a member provided on the connecting portion and locked by the locking portion. A coupling support structure for an opening / closing body, comprising a locking portion. 2. The connection support structure for an opening / closing body according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion has a forked portion for holding the locked portion, and the locked portion exposed between the forked portions. A connection support structure for an opening / closing body, wherein the locking portion is locked at an intermediate portion of the opening / closing member. 3. The opening / closing body connection support structure according to claim 1, further comprising a falling-off preventing portion for preventing the locking portion from falling off from the locked portion. Body support structure. 4. The connection support structure for an opening / closing body according to claim 3, wherein the falling-off preventing portion is provided between the locked portion between the member on the guide means side and the member on the opening / closing body side. A connection support structure for an opening / closing body, which is interposed at a position for preventing the unlocking of the locking portion. 5. The connecting and supporting structure for an opening and closing body according to claim 1, wherein said guide means is a slide rail extending in a horizontal direction, and said opening and closing body is connected to said slide rail via said connecting means. An open / close body connection and support structure, comprising a suspended top sliding door that is swingable about the horizontal locked portion. 6. A method of connecting and supporting an opening / closing body guided by a guide means to move the opening / closing body, said connecting means being provided on one of said guide means and said opening / closing body. And a locking portion is provided on the other side, and thereafter, the locking portion is locked to the locked portion, whereby the opening / closing body is connected and supported by the guide means. Opening and closing body connection support method.