JP2001207604A - Connection structure for wall-side end of handrail coping - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection structure for a wall-side end of a handrail coping, which is simple in construction, prevents influence of expansion of the handrail coping on a caulking compound, smoothly drains rainwater falling on a portion between an edge of the handrail coping and a building skeleton wall to the outside, and prevents infiltration of rainwater from the portion between the edge of the handrail coping and the building skeleton wall. SOLUTION: The handrail coping 2 is attached to an upper portion of the outdoor wall body 1 such as a wing wall and a parapet. An end cap 4 is slidably inserted into an edge of the handrail coping 2 on the side of the building skeleton wall 3. Collar portions 5 are formed on both end cap edges with respect to a sliding direction of the end cap 4, and a drain ditch 6 extending from an upper surface to side surfaces of the end cap 4 is formed between the collar portions 5. Then, one edge of the end cap 4 on one of collar portion 5 sides is hermetically connected to the building skeleton wall 3 by the caulking compound 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a closed structure near the wall of a building frame made of handrails, which is mounted on an outdoor wall such as a sleeve wall or a parapet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, handrails are mounted on the upper part of the sleeve wall of a veranda. Then, a caulking material is filled between the end of the handrail and the building frame wall, and the end of the handrail and the building frame are sealed with the caulking material in a watertight manner. Rainwater is prevented from entering the sleeve wall from between the wall.

[0003] By the way, handrail caps are generally made of metal. Therefore, when comparing a sleeve wall and handrail caps,
The amount of expansion and contraction due to changes in the outside air temperature is larger in the handrail cap, so the caulking material filled between the end of the handrail cap and the building frame wall is torn due to the large expansion and contraction of the handrail cap, and the torn caulk material There was a problem that rainwater infiltrated into the inside.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has a simple structure so that the expansion and contraction of a handrail can be prevented from affecting the caulking material. To provide a closed structure at the side of a handrail cap tree that can smoothly drain rainwater that has fallen between the building frame wall and the outside so that rainwater cannot enter inside from between the end of the handrail cap and the building frame wall. That is the task.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a closing structure at the side of a balustrade of a handrail according to the present invention is provided by attaching a balustrade to a top of an outdoor wall body 1 such as a sleeve wall or a parapet. 2, the end cap 4 is slidably inserted into the end of the building frame wall 3 side, and flanges 5 are provided at both ends of the end cap 4 in the sliding direction. A drain groove 6 is formed to reach one end of the end cap 4.
The end on the side and the building frame wall 3 are joined by a caulking material 7 in a watertight manner. By adopting such a configuration, handrails 2
Is expanded or contracted, only the fitting length of the end of the handrail cap 2 to the end cap 4 which is watertightly joined by the building frame wall 3 and the caulking material 7 changes, and the influence of the expansion and contraction of the handrail cap 2 affects the building frame. The end cap 4 does not extend to the caulking material 7 that seals the wall 3 and the end cap 4 in a watertight manner.
And the sealing by the caulking material 7 cannot be broken.
Also, the rainwater that has fallen between the end of the handrail cap 2 and the building frame wall 3 is received on the upper surface of the drain groove 6 between the flanges 5 at both ends of the end cap 4 and from the upper surface of the drain groove 6. It flows to the side and is drained to the outside.

[0006] Of the flanges 5 provided at both ends of the end cap 4 in the sliding direction, the flange 5a on the side of the building frame 3 is made smaller than the other flange 5b inserted into the handrail cap 2. It is preferable that the larger flange portion 5a is set to be the same as or larger than the end of the handrail cap 2. With such a configuration, when the end cap 4 is put into the end of the handrail cap 2, the end cap 4 does not completely enter the handrail cap 2, and the end cap 4 is constructed at the time of construction. 4 and the end of the flange 5a side and the building frame 3
The operation of filling the caulking material 7 can be easily performed in between.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 9,
As the outdoor wall 1, an example of a sleeve wall 1a of a veranda 8 is shown. The outer wall of the veranda 1a has a sleeve wall 1 on the building frame wall 3 side.
a is provided, and a front wall 9 is formed between the distal ends of the sleeve walls 1a. A handrail cap 2 is attached to the upper end of the sleeve wall 1a or the front wall 9. When the handrail cap 2 is attached, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, a receiving metal fitting 10 is attached to the upper end surface of the sleeve wall 1a or the front wall 9 by a fixing tool 1 such as a tapping screw or a bolt.
1 and a sleeve wall 1a to which the receiving fitting 10 is attached.
Or, a handrail shade 2 having a substantially C-shaped cross section at the upper end of the front wall 9
The locking pieces 12 provided at the lower end portions on both sides of the handrail cap 2 are slidably locked with the locked portions 13 provided at the lower end portions on both sides of the fitting 10, and are provided above the receiving fitting 1. By supporting the back surface of the upper piece of the handrail cap 2 slidably by the receiving portion 14, the handrail cap 2 is slidably attached to the sleeve wall 1 a and the front wall 9. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, the lower end of the handrail support 17 is attached to the handrail support 2 with screws or the like, and the handrail 18 is attached to the handrail support 17. In FIG. 1, 19 is a veranda 8
The floor is shown.

An end cap 4 is slidably inserted into the end of the handrail cap 2 on the side of the building frame wall 3. End cap 4
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the flanges 5 are arranged at both ends of the cap body 15 having a substantially C-shaped cross section, and are fixed by any fixing means such as a screw 16 or welding. The end cap 4 having the flanges 5 provided at both ends of the cap body 15 has a recess between the flanges 5, and the recessed portion has a drain groove 6 extending from the upper surface to the side surface. Has become.

Here, of the flanges 5 provided at both ends in the sliding direction of the end cap 4, the flange 5 a on the building frame wall 3 side is separated from the other flange 5 b inserted into the handrail cap 2. The larger flange portion 5a is set to be the same as the end of the handrail cap 2 or larger than the end of the handrail cap 2. In the attached embodiment, the larger flange 5a has the same size as the end of the handrail cap 2.

In the end cap 4 having the above structure, the smaller flange 5b side is slidably inserted into the end of the handrail cap 2 on the building frame wall 3 side. In this case, the smaller flange 5b
The outer shape is substantially equal to the inner shape of the handrail cap 2, and the upper edge and both side edges of the smaller flange 5b are slidably fitted on the inside and both sides of the handrail cap 2 as shown in FIG. In addition, the lower ends of both side pieces of the cap body 15 are slidably mounted on the locking pieces 12 provided at the lower ends of both sides of the handrail shade 2.

A flange 5 of the end cap 4 on the side of the building frame 3
The larger flange 5a is closely opposed to the building frame wall 3, and the caulking material 7 is filled between the larger flange 5a and the building frame wall 3 as shown in FIG. One end of the section cap 4 and the building frame wall 3 are joined in a watertight manner. Here, the larger flange 5a of the end cap 4
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the end cap 4 is set to be equal to or larger than the end of the balustrade 2 so that the end cap 4 is placed inside the end of the balustrade 2 The caulking material 7 is filled between the end of the end cap 4 on the side of the flange 5a and the building frame wall 3 at the time of construction, without the end cap 4 completely entering the handrail cap 2 Work can be easily performed.

The end of the sleeve wall 1a is closely opposed to the building frame wall 3, and the caulking material 7a is filled between the end of the sleeve wall 1a and the building frame wall 3. When the sleeve wall 1a is formed integrally with the building frame 3, the caulking material 7 is used.
a need not be filled.

However, due to changes in the outside air temperature,
Is extended and contracted in the longitudinal direction, the end cap 4 and the handrail cap 2 which are watertightly joined to the building frame wall 3 by the caulking material 7 are slidably fitted to each other. The effect of the expansion and contraction of the handrail cap 2 changes the fitting length of the end of the handrail cap 2 to the end cap 4 watertightly joined to the end cap 4 by the caulking material 7. Are not as good as the caulking material 7 which is joined in a watertight manner. Therefore, even if the handrail cap 2 expands and contracts, the caulking material 7 is not broken, and there is no danger of rainwater entering the inside of the caulking material 7 from the filled portion. In addition, the rainwater that has fallen between the end of the handrail cap 2 and the building frame wall 3 is applied to the flanges 5 at both ends of the end cap 4.
It is received on the upper surface of the drainage groove 6, and flows along the side surface from the upper surface of the drainage groove 6, is drained to the outside, and does not enter the inside.

In the above-described embodiment, the example of the sleeve wall 1a of the veranda 8 is shown as the outdoor wall body 1, but FIGS.
1 shows an example of a parapet 1b provided around a roof A as an outdoor wall 1, and a handrail cap 2 is slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction on the upper end of the parapet 1b in the same manner as described above. In this embodiment, a portion indicated by A in FIG. 10, that is, a wall portion of a penthouse B formed on a rooftop A (this will be a building frame wall 3 in this embodiment),
The end of the handrail cap 2 is closed using the end cap 4 and the caulking material 7 as in the above-described embodiment. The details are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, and will not be described.

[0016]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a handrail shade is attached to an upper portion of an outdoor wall such as a sleeve wall or a parapet, and the end of the handrail shade on the building frame wall side. The end cap is slidably inserted into the end cap, flanges are provided at both ends in the sliding direction of the end cap, and a drain groove extending from the upper surface to the side surface is formed between the flanges. Since the end on the flange side and the building skeleton wall are joined in a water-tight manner with a caulking material, when the handrail shade expands and contracts due to changes in the outside temperature, the building skeleton wall and the caulking material are joined in a water-tight manner. Only by changing the fitting length of the end of the handrail to the end cap, the effect of the expansion and contraction of the handrail does not affect the caulking material that seals the building frame wall and the end cap in a watertight manner. As a result, the sealing water of the caulking material is broken and rainwater enters inside. The rainwater that falls between the end of the balustrade and the building frame wall is received by the upper surface of the drain groove between the flanges at both ends of the end cap, and the upper surface of the drain groove It will flow to the side from the outside and will be drained to the outside, even at this point rainwater does not enter inside,
With a simple configuration, it is possible to perform a rain action so that rainwater does not enter inside the building frame wall of the balustrade.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect of the invention, of the flanges provided at both ends of the end cap in the sliding direction, the building frame wall is provided. Since the side flange is made larger than the other flange inserted into the handrail cap, and this larger flange is set to be the same as the end of the handrail cap or larger than the end of the handrail cap, When the end cap is inserted into the end of the handrail cap, the end cap does not completely enter the handrail cap, and the flange on the end side of the end cap and the building frame wall at the time of construction The work of filling the caulking material in between can be easily performed, and the workability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall sectional view of a veranda according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the end of the balustrade of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the above veranda.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the handrail cap and the end cap according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which the receiving bracket is attached to a sleeve wall.
(A) is an exploded perspective view, (b) is a sectional view.

FIGS. 8A and 8B show an end cap to be used in the embodiment, in which FIG. 8A is a plan view, FIG. 8B is a left side view, and FIG. 8C is a right side view.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing attachment of the handrail support of the above.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a balustrade is attached to the parapet of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outdoor wall body 2 Handrail cover 3 Building frame wall 4 End cap 5 Flange 5a Flange 5b Flange 6 Drainage groove 7 Caulking material

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A handrail cap is attached to an upper part of an outdoor wall such as a sleeve wall or a parapet, and an end cap is slidably inserted into an end of the handrail cap on the building frame wall side, and the end cap slides. A flange is provided at both ends in the direction to form a drain groove extending from the upper surface to the side surface between the flanges, and one end of the end cap on the side of the flange and the building body wall are sealed with a caulking material. A closed structure near the wall of a handrail shade that is joined to 2. Of the flanges provided at both ends in the sliding direction of the end cap, the flange on the building frame wall side is made larger than the other flange inserted into the handrail cap. 2. The closing structure according to claim 1, wherein the flange of the handrail is set to be equal to or larger than the end of the handrail.