JP2001146881A - Plate glass holding member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plate glass holding member easily installed in an appropriately settled position while maintaining a function of elastically supporting a plate glass. SOLUTION: This plate glass holding member is provided with support fin parts 18 for supporting an abutting part 16 provided with groove open side fin parts 13, groove bottom side fin parts 14 and connecting fin parts 15, to a recessed groove bottom part 9 of a holding member body 6a that can receive a plate glass peripheral edge part, inside a recessed groove part 8 of the holding member body 6a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for mounting a simple glass plate, a double-glazed glass plate, a vacuum glass plate or the like into a frame for supporting a plate glass plate such as a sash on a peripheral portion of the plate glass plate. The plate glass holding member that can be elastically supported by the frame body will be described in more detail. A holding member main body having a concave groove portion that can receive the peripheral edge of the plate glass is formed so as to be freely fitted into the plate glass support frame body. And a soft holding portion that is elastically deformably interposed between the front and back surfaces of the plate glass and the holding member main body in a state where the plate glass is received in the concave groove portion, provided integrally with the holding member main body, In order to form the soft holding portion, a groove opening-side fin portion, a groove bottom-side fin portion, and a connecting fin connecting the both fin portions, which are elastically contactable with the plate glass received in the concave groove portion, are provided. The contact portion is provided with a section, a plurality of the contact portion, to the glass sheet holding member are separated freely arranged by stacking in the groove width direction of the groove portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sheet glass holding member of this type is generally made of rubber or soft resin (a vinyl chloride resin, a thermoplastic elastomer, chloroprene, ethylene propylene rubber (EPDM) having a Shore A hardness of about 60 to 75 degrees). ), Etc., in order to be able to handle multiple types of sheet glass with different thicknesses.
As shown in FIG. 8, the soft holding portion 6b is constituted by a plurality of contact portions 16 so that the inner contact portion can be appropriately peeled off. In this type of sheet glass holding member, the soft holding portion 6b itself has a section “U”.
The holding member main body 6a having a U-shape is formed so as to protrude into the concave groove portion 8 from both side walls, and the groove bottom fin portions 14 of adjacent ones of the contact portions 16 are each formed with the concave groove portion 8 Some were formed so as to be displaced in the depth direction.

[0003]

According to the above-mentioned conventional sheet glass holding member, each part is deformed due to the whole formed of a soft material. Since it is formed so as to protrude from both side walls of the main body to the inside of the concave groove portion, particularly when attaching the sheet glass holding member to the edge of the sheet glass, or inserting the sheet glass holding member into the rear sheet glass supporting frame to which the sheet glass holding member is attached. When putting
As shown in FIG. 8B, the tip end side of the contact portion 16 that contacts the surface of the sheet glass H easily moves in the depth direction of the concave groove portion 8. Along with the movement, the entirety of the soft holding portion 6b is sunk into the concave groove portion 8, and the aesthetic appearance is easily deteriorated, and the sealing effect as the sheet glass holding member is easily reduced, and the functionality is reduced. There is a problem of inviting. In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to increase the thickness of each part of the sheet glass holding member to improve shape retention, but with this, the elastic performance tends to decrease, and the elastic holding function of the sheet glass decreases. New problems arise, such as the problem of being difficult to fit into the frame for supporting the glass sheet.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a sheet glass holding member which can be easily installed in a proper fitting posture while maintaining the elastic supporting function of the sheet glass.

[0005]

According to a first feature of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, a holding member main body 6a having a concave groove 8 capable of receiving a peripheral portion of a sheet glass H is attached to a sheet glass H. A soft holding member which is formed so as to be fitted into the supporting frame 1 and is elastically deformably interposed between the front and back surfaces of the glass sheet H and the holding member body 6a in a state where the glass sheet H is received in the concave groove portion 8. The holding member main body 6
a to form the soft holding portion 6b.
A groove opening side fin portion 13 which can elastically contact the plate glass H received in the concave groove portion 8, a groove bottom side fin portion 14,
A connecting fin 15 connecting the fins 13 and 14 to each other.
And a plurality of the contact portions 16 are laminated in the groove width direction of the concave groove portion 8 and are arranged separably in the plate glass holding member. A support fin 18 for supporting the contact portion 16 on the concave groove bottom 9 of the holding member body 6a is provided. According to the characteristic configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, since the support fin portion is provided, the posture can be stabilized without strengthening the contact portion itself. That is, when attaching the glass sheet holding member to the edge of the glass sheet, or when inserting the glass sheet with the glass sheet holding member into the glass sheet supporting frame, the contact portion tip side which comes into contact with the glass sheet surface,
The support fin portion suppresses movement to the depth direction side of the concave groove portion and remaining deformed (adhering into the concave groove portion), thereby stabilizing the posture. Sealing effect as a sheet glass holding member, and
Aesthetics can be maintained. Also, since it is not necessary to increase the thickness of each part of the sheet glass holding member,
It is possible to suppress an increase in material costs and also to suppress a feeling of resistance when being inserted into the frame for supporting a glass sheet, so that it is possible to secure good economy and handleability.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the feature of the second aspect of the present invention is that the adjacent groove opening fins 13 of the plurality of contact portions 16 and the adjacent groove bottom fins are provided. The parts 14 are located on the extension lines. According to the characteristic configuration of the invention of claim 2,
In addition to achieving the function and effect of the invention of claim 1, the elastic pressing force against the surface of the sheet glass can be ensured by each groove opening side fin portion and groove bottom side fin portion located on the extension line. In addition, it is possible to prevent the soft holding portion from being deformed, and to exhibit an appropriate sealing effect. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the aesthetic deterioration due to the deformation of the plate glass holding member, and it is possible to achieve the above-described operation and effect in a better state.

A feature of the invention according to claim 3 is that, as exemplified in FIGS. 1 to 7, the support fin portion 18 is arranged on an extension of the connection fin portion 15. According to the characteristic configuration of the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the first or second aspect of the invention, the external force can be efficiently generated by the connecting fin and the supporting fin located on the extension line. In addition to this, it is possible to prevent the soft holding portion from being deformed and to exhibit an appropriate sealing effect. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the aesthetic appearance due to the deformation of the plate glass holding member, and it is possible to achieve the operation and effect according to the first or second aspect of the invention in a better state.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, portions denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the conventional example indicate the same or corresponding portions.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which a vacuum glass (hereinafter simply referred to as a sheet glass) H as an example of a sheet glass is attached to a sash 1 as an example of a sheet glass attaching frame.

The sash 1 is made of aluminum, and is a channel-shaped frame member 2 which constitutes each of upper, lower, left and right sides.
Are respectively assembled and formed. In addition, fitting grooves 3 for fitting the peripheral portion of the plate glass H are formed separately in opposing portions of the frame members 2 facing each other vertically or horizontally while the frame members 2 are assembled. I have. Accordingly, in order to attach the plate glass H to the sash 1, the plate glass H is fitted so that its peripheral edge is located in the fitting groove 3, or each frame is placed in a state where the peripheral edge is located in the fitting groove 3. It can be implemented by assembling the member 2. In the frame member 2 on the lower side, a setting block B on which a sheet glass H can be placed is arranged in the groove 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sheet glass H is provided with a pair of glass plates 5A in the thickness direction via a plurality of spacers 4.
5B are provided side by side, a hermetic seal S2 is provided over the outer peripheral edge of both glass plates 5A and 5B, and both glass plates 5A
-The space between 5B is made to be in a reduced pressure state. Then, a plate glass holding member 6 that is capable of elastically holding the plate glass H with respect to the sash 1 with the plate glass H interposed between the sash 1 and the plate glass H is provided on the entire periphery of the plate glass H. (See FIG. 4).

Referring to the sheet glass holding member 6, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the Shore A hardness of soft resin (vinyl chloride resin, thermoplastic elastomer, chloroprene, ethylene propylene rubber (EPDM)) is 60 to 75.
A holding member main body 6a, which is provided with a concave groove 8 (having a cross-sectional shape of a substantially “U” shape) and capable of receiving the peripheral edge of the sheet glass H and is formed so as to be freely fitted into the sash 1. A soft holding portion 6b is provided integrally between the front and back surfaces of the plate glass H and the holding member body 6a in a state where the plate glass H is received in the concave groove portion 8 and is elastically deformable. I have.

The holding member main body 6a has a groove bottom 9 which is the bottom of the groove 8 formed to be narrow in accordance with the width dimension of the sheet glass H, and has a groove opening side with respect to the groove bottom 9. Are formed wider than the concave groove bottom 9. Therefore, when entering the groove 3 of the sash 1 from the bottom 9,
The embodiment can be carried out with a sufficient space between both sides of the holding member main body 6a and the peripheral edge of the groove 3, so that the sash 1 can be efficiently and smoothly fitted into the sash 1. Further, a pair of elastic extension locking portions 17 that can be locked to both edges of the fitting groove 3 of the sash 1 are separately provided outside the opening edge of the concave groove of the holding member body 6a. The elastic projection locking portion 17 is locked to both edges of the groove of the sash 1 by inserting the holding member main body 6a into the sash 1 with the plate glass H positioned in the concave groove portion 8. As a result, it is possible to support in a predetermined positional relationship. On the other hand, by fitting the concave groove bottom 9 to the peripheral edge of the glass sheet H, the mutual posture is easily stabilized, and the mounting state of the glass sheet holding member 6 to the glass sheet H can be further stabilized. Further, a plurality of drain holes 11 for letting out water that has entered from between the plate glass holding member 6 and the plate glass H are provided in the groove bottom 9 at intervals in the longitudinal direction.

The soft holding portion 6b is formed by providing a pair of holding portions 12 for holding the sheet glass H received in the concave groove portion 8 by elastic deformation force inside the both side walls of the holding member body 6a. is there. The holding portion 12 has a groove opening side fin portion 13 which can be elastically contacted with the plate glass H received in the concave groove portion 8, a groove bottom side fin portion 14, and a connection for connecting the both fin portions 13, 14. Two of the contact portions 16 having the fin portions 15 are laminated in the groove width direction of the concave groove portion 8 so as to be separable. Therefore, when used by being fitted to a small thickness of the glass sheet H, as shown in FIG. 2, each contact portion 16 is used as it is, and when used by being fitted to a large thickness of the glass sheet H, as shown in FIG. Figure 5
As shown in FIG. 6, by peeling off one (or both) of the contact portions 16a on the central side of the concave groove portion, another contact portion 16b connected to the back thereof can contact the sheet glass H. Thus, sheet glass H of various thicknesses can be targeted. The adjacent groove opening fins 13 of the contact portions 16a and 16b and the adjacent groove bottom fins 14 are arranged on the extension lines. An extension line between the groove opening side fin portions 13 and an extension line between the groove bottom side fin portions 14 have a gradient opposite to the surface of the sheet glass H so that the groove opening side fin portions 1 are opposite to each other.
3 and the groove bottom side fin portion 14 are arranged. Therefore, when an external force (for example, wind pressure) acts in the thickness direction of the plate glass H in a state where the plate glass H is loaded in the sash 1, the vector of the force applied to the groove opening side fin portion 13 and the groove bottom side fin portion 14 is: Acting in the opposite direction makes it difficult for the contact portion 16 to move along the surface direction of the sheet glass H (the depth direction of the concave groove portion), so that the contact portion 16 can be elastically supported while maintaining a stable posture. Become. Incidentally, as for the contact portion 16b, the support fin portion 1 supported by the concave groove bottom portion 9 of the holding member main body 6a.
8 is provided on an extension of the connection fin portion 15, so that the respective contact portions 16a and 16b can hardly move along the surface direction of the sheet glass H (the depth direction of the concave groove portion), and maintain a stable posture. It is configured so that it can be elastically supported in the folded state.

An example of a procedure for installing the glass holding member 6 will be described below. [1] The sheet glass holding member 6 cut in accordance with the outer dimension of the target sheet glass H is fitted to the outer peripheral edge of the sheet glass H as shown in FIG. That is, the two contact portions 16 are fitted so as to separately contact the front and back surfaces of the sheet glass H.
At this time, a portion corresponding to the corner portion of the glass sheet H is cut only in the bottom portion of the glass sheet holding member 6,
It is set to bend at that part. [2] The edge of the sheet glass H to which the sheet glass holding member 6 is attached is pushed into the groove 3 of the sash 1 (see FIGS. 2 and 6). Along with this operation, the elastic extension locking portion 17 is locked to the groove edge portion of the sash 1 and can be fitted in a fitting state of a predetermined depth.

[Other Embodiment] Another embodiment will be described below.

<1> The plate glass is not limited to the vacuum glass provided with the two glass plates 5A and 5B described in the above embodiment, and may be, for example, a simple double-layer glass or a laminated glass. It may be composed of a double glazing having three or more glass plates or a vacuum glass. In addition, all or a part of the glass plate is made of, for example, one having a function of absorbing heat rays, absorbing ultraviolet rays, reflecting heat rays (including heat shielding), or having a mesh or strengthening treatment. May be. Of course, a single glass plate may be used. <2> The glass sheet holding member 6 is not limited to the shape and the material described in the previous embodiment. For example, all or a part of the holding member body is made of a material harder than the soft holding portion. May be provided. in this case,
The shape retention of the entire sheet glass holding member can be improved as compared with the above-described embodiment. The material is
Soft rubber or the like may be used. <3> The plate glass holding member 6 is not limited to the one provided with two pairs of contact portions as described in the above embodiment, for example, a pair of contact portions, or three or more pairs. It may have a contact portion. Also, the support fin 18
May be separately provided in each contact portion 16 (see FIG. 7). <4> The frame is not limited to the aluminum one described above, and may be, for example, one made of iron or stainless steel.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a sheet glass holding member according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting state of a sheet glass.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of the sheet glass holding member.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the mounting state of the sheet glass holding member.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the flat glass holding member of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting state of a sheet glass.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a sheet glass holding member according to another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional sheet glass holding member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 sheet glass mounting frame 6 a holding member main body 6 b soft holding part 8 concave groove part 9 concave groove bottom part 13 groove opening side fin part 14 groove bottom side fin part 15 connecting fin part 16 contact part 18 supporting fin part H sheet glass

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A holding member main body provided with a concave groove portion capable of receiving a peripheral edge portion of a sheet glass is formed so as to be freely fitted into a frame member for supporting a glass sheet, and the plate glass in a state where the glass sheet is received in the concave groove portion. A soft holding portion interposed between the front and back and the holding member main body so as to be elastically deformable is provided integrally with the holding member main body to constitute the soft holding portion.
A groove opening fin portion elastically contactable with the sheet glass received in the concave groove portion, a groove bottom fin portion, and a contact fin portion provided with a connection fin portion connecting the both fin portions, A plate glass holding member in which a plurality of contact portions are stacked in the groove width direction of the concave groove portion and are separably arranged, wherein the contact portion is formed in the concave groove of the holding member body in the concave groove portion. A sheet glass holding member provided with a support fin for supporting the bottom. 2. The fins adjacent to each other on the opening side of the groove and the fins adjacent to the bottom of the plurality of grooves in the plurality of contact portions are arranged so as to be arranged on an extension line. 3. The sheet glass holding member according to item 1. 3. The sheet glass holding member according to claim 1, wherein the support fin is disposed on an extension of the connection fin.