JP2002081233A - Lever handle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lever handle for easily sorting a metallic material part and a plastic material part. SOLUTION: This lever handle 1 has a handle body 3 made of a metallic material and a handle shell 11 made of a plastic material. The handle shell 11 has a front handle shell 11a and a back handle shell 11b, and these handle shells 11a and 11b are separably installed on the handle body 3 in a state of sandwiching the handle body 3. A pedestal 7 made of a metallic material is separably covered with a pedestal shell 12 made of a plastic material.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lever handle for architectural hardware used for locking, pulling, tightening, and the like of window shoji.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A variety of lever handles used for locking, pulling, tightening, and the like of crescent handles, glemon tablets, pulling handles, tightening handles, cam latch handles, and other types of window shojis are used. Basically, it has a pedestal attached to a window frame or a window frame, and a handle body pivotally attached to the pedestal, and both are made of a metal material such as stainless steel or zinc die-cast. .

The above-mentioned lever handle is made of a metal material in accordance with disaster prevention standards. However, the handle and the operability when gripping may be affected depending on the place of use or application.
There is known a lever handle whose surface is covered with a plastic layer by integrally forming a plastic layer around the handle body or the like made of a metal material as an insert.

A lever formed by the above insert molding
Although the handle is suitably used as a handle for various kinds of building hardware, it cannot be easily separated because the molding is troublesome and the metal material and the plastic material are integrally and firmly connected. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to perform a separation process at the time of disposal, and it is not easy to recycle.

[0005]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is as follows.
To provide a lever handle having a plastic layer on the surface as described above, which can be used normally when used, and can be easily separated into a metal material portion and a plastic material portion when discarded. It is.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a lever handle which is used for locking, pulling, tightening, etc. of a window shoji and is pivotally mounted on a pedestal. The lever handle is made of a metal material. A handle body made of a plastic material having an outer shape covering the handle body, the handle shell being detachably attached to the handle body.
A handle is provided to solve the above problem.

The handle shell comprises a front handle shell and a rear handle shell which are engaged with the handle body in a state of being sandwiched between the handle shell and the handle shell. A pedestal shell made of a plastic material covering the front pedestal shell, the pedestal shell being composed of a front pedestal shell and a back pedestal shell. In addition, the lever handle described above, in which an engaging edge is provided on the pedestal shell and is engaged with a flange formed on the pedestal, is provided, and the above-mentioned problem is solved.

[0008]

1 to 3 show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a cam latch handle. In the figure, a lever handle (1) includes a handle body (3) having a cam latch (2) formed of a plate-like metal material such as a stainless steel plate, and a hole (4) provided in the handle body (3). , A pivot shaft (5) is inserted in a detented state, and the shaft (5) is inserted through a washer (6) into a hole (8) of a pedestal (7) formed of a metal material, and the angle stopper ( 9),
A washer (10) or the like is mounted and fixed to the tip of the shaft, and is pivotally attached to the base so that the handle body can be rotated within a predetermined range as is well known.

A handle shell (11) and a base shell (12) made of a plastic material are provided so as to cover the outer periphery of the handle body (3) and the base (7). In the figure, the handle shell (11) includes a front handle shell (11a) located on the front side of the handle body (3) and a rear handle shell (11b) located on the back side, and sandwiches the handle body (3). The handle shells (11a) and (11b) are detachably attached to the handle body from the front side and the back side of the handle body.

The mounting structure of the handle shell (11) is designed to prevent the handle shell from easily falling off the handle body (3) in a normal use state. In the figure, the front and rear handle shells (11a) and (11b) are shown.
A claw piece (13) is protruded from an inner surface of the handle body, and a notch groove (14) for fitting the claw piece (13) is formed on a side edge of the handle body (3). The claw pieces (13) are adapted to engage with the side edges of the handle body (3) in a state of being fitted in the notch grooves (14). They may be combined.

The front and rear handle shells (1)
On the inner surfaces of 1a) and (11b), inward projections engage with each other through through holes (15) formed in the handle body (3).
(16a) and (16b) are provided to increase the strength when the handle is gripped.

Also, each of the handle shells (11a) and (11b)
The engaging edge (1
7a) and (17b) are formed respectively, and an insertion groove (18) into which a driver (not shown) can be inserted is formed on a side surface so as to be a clue for separation (FIG. 2).
(B)).

The pedestal shell (12) includes a front pedestal shell (12a) located on the front side of the pedestal (7) and a back pedestal shell (12b) located on the back side. The rear pedestal shell (12
b) is provided in a box shape with a side wall (20) and a bottom wall (21) so as to form a storage portion (19) large enough to receive the pedestal (7). The front pedestal shell element (2
2) and (22) are engaged with the engaging groove (23).
(24), (24) are formed. In addition, on the bottom wall (21),
Mounting holes for inserting screws (not shown) when mounting the pedestal (7) to mounting parts (not shown) such as window frames and window frames.
(25), (25) and narrow grooves (27) for inserting claws (26) provided on the pedestal (7) are provided.

The front pedestal shell (12a) has two front pedestal shell elements (22) having receiving holes (28) so as to be attached to the back pedestal shell (12b) with the pivot shaft (5) protruding. ), (22), wherein the front pedestal shell element (22),
The engaging groove (23) provided in (22) is connected to the engaging rails (24) and (24).
To be detachably attached to the rear pedestal shell (12b).

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the pedestal shell. In the drawing, the pedestal (7) is provided with flanges (29), (29), and the pedestal shell (12) is composed of two pedestal shells like the front pedestal shell elements (22), (22) of the above embodiment. Element (3
0) and (30). And the pedestal shell element
(30), (30) have an engaging edge (31) that engages with the flange (29).
Are formed, and are attached to the pedestal (7) by sliding from the side of the pedestal (7). In this embodiment, the pedestal (7) is directly screwed to a mounting portion such as a shoji.

The front handle shell (11a) having the above-described structure.
And the rear handle shell (11b) of the handle body (3),
In FIG. 3, if it is applied to the upper and lower surfaces and engaged as described above, it can be attached to the handle body (3), and the pedestal (7) can be entirely made of plastic material by attaching the pedestal shell (12). Can be covered with a shell.
If a screwdriver or the like is inserted into the insertion groove (18) and pry open, the handle shell (11) can be separated and removed from the handle body (3). And can be removed from the pedestal (7) by another procedure.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a lever handle of a crescent tablet. In the figure, a lever handle (1) has a cam latch (2) having an arcuate cam wall (32) and a handle body (3) extending continuously from the cam wall (32). It is made of a metallic material and is rotatably pivotally mounted on a pedestal (7) made of a metallic material substantially in the same manner as in the above embodiment.

The handle shell (11) formed of a plastic material has an insertion groove (33) opened at one end, and a claw (34) engaged with a side edge of the handle body (3) inside the open end. )
And a hole (3) provided in the handle body (3) on the inner surface.
It has a projection (36) that engages with 5).

When the handle shell (11) is pushed in by inserting an insertion groove (33) into the upper edge in the view of the handle body (3), the claws (34) and the projections (36) are formed as shown in FIG. Each is engaged with the lower edge and the hole (35) of the handle body (3) and attached to the handle body (3). If the handle shell (11) is expanded by inserting a screwdriver or the like from the insertion groove (33) side, the handle shell can be easily removed from the handle body.

[0020]

The present invention is constructed as described above, and the handle shell and the pedestal shell formed of a plastic material are detachably attached to the handle body and the pedestal. Therefore, during use, the handle shell is the same as the lever handle by insert molding. When discarded, the metal material portion such as the handle body and the plastic material portion such as the handle shell can be easily separated, and recycling and the like are easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) is a perspective view,
(B) is a sectional view.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show a handle portion, wherein FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view and FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view.

4A and 4B show another embodiment of the pedestal shell, wherein FIG. 4A is a perspective view and FIG. 4B is a sectional view.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the handle portion of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 lever handle 3 handle body 7 pedestal 11 handle shell 11a front handle shell 11b rear handle shell 12 pedestal shell 12a front pedestal shell 12b back pedestal shell

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A lever handle used for locking, pulling, tightening, and the like of a window sash and pivotally attached to a pedestal, wherein the lever handle covers a handle body made of a metal material and covers the handle body. A lever handle, comprising: a handle shell made of a plastic material having an outer shape, wherein the handle shell is detachably attached to the handle body. 2. The handle shell includes a front handle shell located on the front side of the handle body and a rear handle shell located on the back side, and the front handle shell and the rear handle shell sandwich the handle body. The lever handle according to claim 1, wherein the lever body is engaged with the handle main body from the front side and the rear side. 3. The handle shell according to claim 1, wherein the handle shell has an insertion groove inserted into the handle body, and the handle body is inserted into the insertion groove and engaged with the handle body. Lever handle. 4. The pedestal is covered with a pedestal shell made of a plastic material, the pedestal shell including a front pedestal shell located on a front side of the pedestal and a back pedestal shell located on a back side of the pedestal. 4. The lever handle according to claim 1, wherein the front pedestal shell is attached to a front surface of the rear pedestal shell after being stored in the rear pedestal shell. 5. The pedestal is covered with a pedestal shell made of a plastic material, the pedestal shell having an engagement edge, wherein the engagement edge is engaged with a flange provided on the pedestal. 4. The lever handle according to claim 1, wherein the lever handle is attached to the lever handle.