JP2002309858A - Sliding door apparatus and method for assembling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sliding door apparatus which can easily and positively install a sliding door in a sliding door moving channel even if the sliding door having reached a closing-side limit point and an edge forming member forming an edge of an opening portion has an overlapping portion in a sliding door moving direction, and to provide a method for assembling the sliding door apparatus. SOLUTION: In assembling of the sliding door apparatus, casing members 6A, 6B of a vertical casing 6 forming a door tail-side edge of the opening portion, are rendered mountable on/removable from face plates 16, 18 of a door storage case 9 supporting the casing members 6A, 6B. When the sliding door 3 is installed in the sliding door moving channel, the casing members 6A, 6B are removed. Therefore, even if the sliding door 3 has the overlapping portion with the vertical casing 6 in the sliding door moving direction when the opening portion is closed, the sliding door 3 can be installed in the sliding door moving channel.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sliding door device installed in a building or the like and a method for assembling the sliding door. For example, the present invention relates to a sliding door that is suspended above, a sliding door that is guided and moved by an upper and lower rail, and the like. Available.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 14 shows a conventional sliding door device 101, and FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along line XV-XV in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, a sliding door 103 which is movable in the left-right direction in the figure is disposed in an opening 102 for an entrance formed in a wall of a building, and the sliding door 103 moves rightward and is stored in a door pocket 104. The opening 102 is thereby opened. The sliding door device 101 is of an upper suspension type in which a sliding door 103 is suspended from a rail arranged inside an upper frame 105.
Roller mounted on the upper frame 105 and arranged in the upper frame 105 rolls on the rails, so that the sliding door 10
3 moves linearly to open and close the opening 102,
When the door is closed by the sliding door 103, the door bottom 1 of the sliding door 103
03A is inside the door pocket 104, and therefore, the sliding door 103 and the door pocket 104 have an overlapping portion of the length B in the moving direction of the sliding door 103.

[0003] On the side surface of the upper frame 105, an inspection port 106 (FIG. 1) for allowing the internal structure and the like of the upper frame 105 to be inspected.
5), and the inspection port 106 over the entire length of the upper frame 105 is normally closed by an inspection cover 107, and the inspection cover 107 is detachable. That is, FIG.
5, the upper frame 105 is provided with an upward protruding piece 105B that rises upward from the tip of a horizontal extension portion 105A that extends horizontally to the outside of the upper frame 105. An inclined protruding piece 107A that extends obliquely downward to the inside of the frame 105 is formed.
The inspection cover 107 is attached to the upper frame 105 by locking the 7A to the upward protruding piece 105B and screwing the right and left stoppers 108 such as knurled thumb screws shown in FIG. .

In the above conventional sliding door apparatus 101, when the sliding door 103 is hung on the rail in the upper frame 105 of the sliding door apparatus 101 installed in the building, or when the sliding door 1 is repaired or replaced,
When the door 03 is suspended, the inspection cover 107 is removed, and a surface material for forming the outer surface of the door pocket 104 having an overlapping portion with the sliding door 103 in the sliding door moving direction length B is removed. The upper roller of the upper frame 10
5, the sliding door 103 is arranged in a predetermined sliding door moving path, and the face material of the door pocket 104 and the inspection cover 107 are attached.
As a result, the entire sliding door device is brought into the assembled state shown in FIG.

[0005]

However, among sliding door devices installed in various buildings, in order to improve the appearance, the door pocket is not exposed to the outside and the door pocket is covered with a wall material as an exterior material. Some require that the door pocket be placed inside the wall. In such a sliding door device, a door pocket having an overlapping portion of the sliding door moving direction length B between the sliding door and the sliding door is disposed inside the wall, and the face material forming the outer surface of the door pocket cannot be removed. Is covered with wall material,
Since the length of the inspection cover is substantially half that of the inspection cover 107 in FIG. 14 and the inspection cover is provided only at the upper part of the opening 102, the above-described method for incorporating the sliding door 103 into the sliding door moving path of the opening 102 is described above. It becomes impossible to suspend the sliding door.

[0006] Such a problem occurs when the door pocket is not placed inside the wall and the door pocket is exposed to the outside. When the face material forming the outer surface of the door pocket is attached by welding or the like so that it cannot be removed. Also, even if the face material forming the outer surface of the door pocket is detachably attached with screws or the like, it is necessary to remove the face material having a large area for hanging the sliding door, It takes much time and effort, which is not preferable in terms of work efficiency. Therefore, it is also required to solve such a problem.

[0007] The same problem as described above occurs not only in the sliding door device of the hanging type but also in the sliding door device in which the sliding door is guided and moved by the upper and lower rails. A technical solution that can be solved is desired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a sliding door device which can easily and surely incorporate a sliding door into a predetermined moving route, and an assembling method thereof.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A sliding door device according to the present invention has a sliding door and an edge formed at an angle with respect to a sliding door moving direction in an opening which is opened and closed by the sliding door. And a rod-shaped edge forming member having an overlapping portion of the sliding door moving direction length with the sliding door that has reached the movement limit on the closing side, wherein the edge forming member This edge forming member is supported at one of a door end side of a door pocket that stores the sliding door when the opening is opened by retreating and the door end side of the opening. The edge forming member is detached from the supporting member when the sliding door is disposed without being inclined with respect to the sliding door moving path, and the sliding door is moved to the sliding door moving path. That it can be embedded It is an butterfly.

According to this sliding door device, even if the sliding door reaching the closing limit and the edge forming member have an overlapping portion in the sliding door moving direction length, the edge forming member is removed from the member supporting this. Thus, the sliding door can be directly incorporated in the sliding door moving path, and thereafter, the work of attaching the edge forming member to the member supporting the same can be performed.

Further, since the edge forming member is a rod-shaped member, the edge forming member can be removed and removed more than the large-area face material for forming the outer surface of the door pocket which has been conventionally used for incorporating the sliding door into the sliding door moving path.
Installation work can be easily performed.

In the sliding door device, a concave portion which is depressed outward in the thickness direction of the sliding door may or may not be provided on the inner surface of the edge forming member facing the sliding door.

In the case where the recess is provided in the edge forming member,
It becomes possible to carry out both the sliding door installation work using the recessed part by making the posture of the sliding door oblique to the sliding door movement path, and the sliding door installation work by removing the edge forming member from the member supporting the sliding door. Among them, it is possible to select a work that can be performed more appropriately based on the installation location of the sliding door device and the like.

When the edge forming member is provided with a depression as described above, the depression may be one whose end on the opening side is closed, and the end on the opening side is closed. Instead, the end may be a communicating portion that allows the opening and the recess to communicate with each other. In addition, a blocking member that blocks between the opening and the recess may be disposed in the communication portion.

In the above sliding door device, the edge forming member may form the edge of the opening on the door end side, may form the edge of the opening on the door end side, or may form both of them. You may do it.

Further, in a sliding door device provided with a recessed portion on an inner surface of the edge forming member facing the sliding door, when the edge forming member forms an edge of the opening on the door end side,
The recess may be provided on both of the edge forming members arranged on both sides of the sliding door movement path, or the recess may be provided on only one of the edge forming members. In the case where the edge forming member forms the edge on the door end side of the opening, the edge forming member is a combination of two members divided into two on both sides of the sliding door moving path. The recess may be formed in both of these members, or the recess may be formed in only one of the members. And when this edge part forming member which forms the door end side edge part of an opening part shall consist of one member, in the thickness direction outer side of a sliding door to the center part facing the door end of a sliding door. A depression may be provided.

Further, a door pocket for accommodating the sliding door may be provided in the sliding door device, and in the case where such a door pocket is provided, the edge forming member may be attached to an end of the door pocket on the door end side. In this case, both of the edge forming members arranged on both sides of the sliding door moving path may be detachably attached to the door end side end of the door pocket, and only one of the edge forming members is attached to the door pocket of the door pocket. It may be detachably attached to the side end.

If the edge forming member forms the edge of the opening on the door end side, the edge forming member is divided into two parts on both sides of the sliding door moving path. It may be a combination, and both of these members may be removable, or only one of the members may be removable.

In the sliding door device described above, the door pocket may be covered with an exterior material such as a wall material, or the door pocket may be exposed to the outside without using such an exterior material.

The door pocket as referred to herein may be one that covers both sides and the back of a sliding door having an opening.
As the sliding door with the opening opened enters the side such as a wall,
The wall or the like may serve as a door pocket, so that only one side of the sliding door or only one side and the back side may be covered, and the other side may be exposed. The walls and the like here are, for example, building materials including the walls and building materials including the panels.

In the case where the door pocket is formed of only one side of the sliding door or a wall or the like covering only one side and the back side, only the surface of the wall or the like opposite to the sliding door is covered with the exterior material. Alternatively, both the front surface and the back surface on the same side as the sliding door may be covered with the exterior material, or only this back surface may be covered with the exterior material.

The above-described sliding door device may be a top-hanging sliding door device in which the sliding door is suspended from a rail inside the upper frame forming the upper edge of the opening, and the sliding door is guided by the upper and lower rails to move. Sliding door device may be used, and the opening to be opened and closed by the sliding door is not formed on a vertical surface such as a wall, but is formed on a horizontal surface or an inclined surface such as a floor or a ceiling surface,
A sliding door device in which a sliding door is guided and moved by two rails facing each other may be used.

In the case where the sliding door device is of a hanging type, an inspection opening which is opened and closed by a detachable inspection cover is provided on a side surface of the upper frame, and a downwardly extending portion extending downward is provided on a side surface of the upper frame. An inclined protruding piece that rises obliquely upward from the lower end to the outside of the upper frame is formed.On the inspection cover, a downward protruding piece that is suspended downward from the tip of a horizontal extension that extends horizontally inside the upper frame is formed. The downwardly projecting piece is brought into surface contact with the downwardly extending portion of the upper frame and inserted between the downwardly extending portion and the inclined projecting piece, so that the inspection cover is attached to the upper frame and the inspection opening is closed. Is preferable.

In this case, since the downward projecting piece of the inspection cover is in surface contact with the downwardly extending portion of the upper frame, even if the stopper for fixing the inspection cover to the upper frame is removed, the inspection cover can be attached to the upper frame. Rotation around the inclined protruding portion can be effectively prevented, and as a result, it is possible to prevent the inspection cover from falling off from the upper frame.

In the above-mentioned sliding door apparatus, it is preferable that a cap member made of rubber, synthetic resin, wood, or the like be covered with the inclined protruding piece of the upper frame.

In this way, even if the upper frame and the inspection cover are made of metal, the horizontal extension of the inspection cover and the periphery thereof do not come into direct contact with the inclined projections of the upper frame. Can be prevented from generating abnormal noise when rubbing occurs.

Further, as described above, the structure in which the inspection cover is attached to the upper frame is applied to a sliding door device in which the door pocket is covered with an exterior material such as a wall material or a sliding door device in which the door pocket is not covered with an exterior material such as a wall material. It can be applied, and the length of the inspection cover is the same as or approximately the same as the width of the opening that is opened and closed by one sliding door. Further, the inspection cover is opened and closed by one sliding door. The present invention can also be applied to a sliding door device having the same or almost the same width as the width of the opening. Further, even when the recess is not formed on the inner surface of the edge forming member facing the sliding door, or when the edge forming member is irremovably attached to the member supporting the same, the inspection cover is raised. The above structure for mounting on a frame can be employed.

The surface of the inspection cover may or may not be covered with an exterior material. When covered with exterior materials,
The inspection cover can be prevented from being damaged when the inspection cover is attached or detached, and the appearance of the inspection cover can be improved.

In the method for assembling a sliding door device according to the present invention, a sliding door housed in a door pocket when the opening is opened and closed and retracted to open the opening is disposed in the sliding door moving path. A detachable rod-shaped edge forming member that forms an edge that forms an angle with respect to the sliding door moving direction in the opening, the length of the sliding door moving direction with respect to the sliding door that has reached the closing-side movable limit; It is attached to a position outside the sliding door where the overlapping portion of the sliding door occurs.

According to the method of assembling the sliding door device, the sliding door is arranged in the moving path of the sliding door even if the sliding door which has reached the movement limit on the closing side and the edge forming member have overlapping portions in the sliding door moving direction. Thereafter, since the edge forming member is arranged at a predetermined position, the work of installing the sliding door can be performed simply and reliably.

In the method for assembling the sliding door device, the edge forming member may form the edge of the opening on the door end side, similarly to the sliding door device described above. May be formed. Also,
When the door pocket is provided as described above, the door pocket may be covered with an exterior material such as a wall material as described above, and the door pocket may be exposed to the outside without using such an exterior material. Further, the sliding door device may be a top-hanging sliding door device, a sliding door device in which the sliding door is guided by the upper and lower rails and moves, and an opening that is opened and closed by the sliding door may be on a horizontal plane or an inclined surface such as a floor or a ceiling surface. The sliding door device may be formed so that the sliding door is guided and moved by two rails facing each other.

The sliding door device and the method of assembling the sliding door device according to the present invention described above are automatically performed by a manual sliding door device in which the opening and closing movement of the sliding door is manually performed, or by driving means such as a motor or a hydraulic cylinder. The present invention is also applicable to an automatic sliding door device, and further to a semi-automatic (self-closing) sliding door device that uses a spring force accumulated when opening a sliding door by hand and opening it, for example, when it is opened.

The moving path of the sliding door for opening and closing the opening may be linear or non-linear such as curved.

Further, according to the present invention, not only a single-sliding type sliding door device provided with one sliding door but also two sliding doors are provided, and the movement limit of each sliding door on the closing side is defined by a stopper member. It can also be applied to a sliding type sliding door device.
The present invention can also be applied to a left-right single-sided sliding door device or the like in which a single sliding door is disposed on both left and right sides of a dual-purpose door pocket in which these sliding doors are stored together.

The present invention can be applied not only to a sliding door device installed in a building including a garage or a storeroom, but also to a sliding door device installed outside a building, for example, a sliding door device for a gate. In addition to the case of the sliding door device installed outside the building, the edge forming member may be a pillar such as a gate pillar standing upright along the moving path of the sliding door. Further, in a sliding door device installed outside a building, the door pocket may be a wall into which a sliding door having an opened opening enters a side portion, and an exterior material may be provided on this wall as described above.

[0036]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire sliding door apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This sliding door device 1 installed in a building has a sliding door 3 that opens and closes an opening 2 for an entrance by moving left and right, and the sliding door 3 is connected to a building frame to form an upper edge of the opening 2. It is an upper suspension type suspended from a rail inside the upper frame 4.
The edge on the door end side perpendicular to the moving direction of the sliding door in the opening 2 is formed by the vertical frame 5 on the side of the door end, and the edge on the door end side perpendicular to the moving direction of the sliding door in the opening 2 is The lower edge of the opening 2 is formed by a floor 7. When the door of the sliding door 3 comes into contact with the vertical frame 5 on the door end side, the sliding door 3 reaches the movable limit on the closed side.

The rear part of the vertical frame 6 on the side of the door end is a wall 8, and a door pocket 9 for storing the sliding door 3 when the opening 2 is opened by retreating is disposed inside the wall 8. ing. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3 which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. Board 1
0 and 11 are arranged and cover the door pocket 9. A door frame vertical frame 12 is provided at the terminal end of the door pocket 9 to close the terminal opening of the door pocket 9.

In FIG. 1, the upper frame 4 has a length from the vertical frame 5 on the door end side to the vertical frame 12 on the door pocket.
As shown in FIG. 9 which is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 9, the width dimension of the upper frame 4, that is, the horizontal dimension perpendicular to the moving direction of the sliding door 3 is large at the location of the opening 2, and And small. The upper frame 4 includes an upper surface portion 4A, a side surface portion 4B forming one side surface of the upper frame 4, and a side surface portion 4B.
And a bent portion 4C bent from the lower end to the inside of the upper frame 4, and these 4A to 4C are continuous from the door frame side vertical frame 5 to the door pocket vertical frame 12.

As shown in FIG. 5 which is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV in FIG.
A wall board 14 for covering the outside of the side surface portion 4B is disposed on the upper portion. A wall board 15 is disposed on the upper surface 4A in the range of the opening 2, and the wall board 15 is the wall board 11 shown in FIG.
It is arranged at a position that is linearly continuous with the above.

As shown in FIG. 3, the outer surface of the door pocket 9 has two face members 16 and 17 on the side surface portion 4B side, and
7 and two face materials 18 and 19 arranged opposite to each other.
The screw 20 is connected to a bracket 20 attached to a bent portion 4C shown in FIG. 8 which is a detailed view of the main part of FIG. 8, and the upper ends of the other surface materials 18, 19 are attached to a bracket 22 attached to the upper surface portion 4A. They are connected by screws 23. Adjacent ends of the face materials 16 and 17 and 18 and 19 are bent portions 16A as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
And 17A, 18A and 19A. These bent portions 16A and 17A, and 18A and 19A are superimposed and joined by screws 24 and 25, whereby the face materials 16 and 17 and 1 and 1A are formed.
8 and 19 are connected.

As shown in FIG. 1, a skirting board 26 is arranged at the lower end of the door pocket 9, that is, at the floor 7, and as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, upright portions 26 on both sides of the channel-shaped skirting board 26.
The lower ends of the face materials 16, 17 and 18, 19 are connected to A, 26B with screws 27, 28. Face materials 16, 17 and 18,
Reinforcing members 29, 30 are attached to the inner surface of each of the members 19, and these reinforcing members 29, 30 have a channel shape as shown in FIG. 9, and screws 21, 27 and 23, 28 in FIG. When the upper and lower ends of the reinforcing members 29, 30 are connected to the brackets 20, 22, and the baseboard 26, the lower ends of the reinforcing members 29, 30 are connected to the upright portions 26A, 26B of the baseboard 26 as shown in FIGS. , The screw holes formed at the upper and lower ends of the face materials 16, 17, 18 and 19, the brackets 20, 22 and the upright portions 26A of the baseboard 26,
The screw hole formed in 26B naturally coincides with the screw 2
Facing materials 16, 17 and 1 by 1, 27 and 23, 28
The joining work of the brackets 8 and 19 to the brackets 20 and 22 and the baseboard 26 can be easily performed.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the vertical frame 6 on the side of the door end has a pair of bar-shaped frame members 6A arranged on both sides of the sliding door 3 at positions outside the thickness of the sliding door 3. These frame members 6A and 6B are edge forming members that are perpendicular to the direction of movement of the sliding door in the opening 2, and their flat cross-sectional shapes are in the thickness direction of the sliding door 3. It is symmetrical with respect to a center line passing through the center.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the frame members 6A and 6B have front and rear surface portions 31A and 31B which are front and rear with respect to the opening 2 opened and closed by the sliding door 3, and these front and rear surface portions 3A and 31B.
The main body 31 has a flat quadrangular main body 31 formed by an outer side surface portion 31C connecting the outer ends of 1A and 31B, and a rear extension portion 31D extending from the inner end of the front surface portion 31A toward the door pocket 9 side. An inwardly extending portion 32 extends from the rear end of the rearwardly extending portion 31D of the portion 31 to the inside of the door pocket 9, and an extending portion 33 further extends from the inner end of the inwardly extending portion 32 toward the door pocket 9. In addition, from the inner end of the rear surface portion 31 </ b> B of the main body 31, the holding piece 34 is moved toward the door pocket 9.
Is extending.

The extension portion 33 is located at a position slightly outwardly from the moving path of the sliding door 3, so that the rear extension portion 31D
A portion of the sliding door 3 and the inward extending portion 32 form a recessed portion 35 recessed outward in the thickness direction of the sliding door 3, and the sliding door of the pair of frame members 6 </ b> A and 6 </ b> B forming the door-side vertical frame 6. 3 is provided on each of the inner surface portions facing the same.
Are formed.

A blocking member 36 is disposed at an end of the recess 35 on the side of the opening 2, and therefore, this end is not a communicating portion for communicating the opening 2 with the recess 35. The blocking member 36 has a T-shaped flat cross section formed by a front portion 37 extending in the thickness direction of the sliding door 3, in other words, inward and outward of the door pocket 9, and a rear projection 38 projecting from substantially the center of the front portion 37 toward the door pocket 9. The front part 37 includes an inner protrusion 37A and an outer protrusion 37B bounded by the rear protrusion 38. Rear projection 3
8 and the outward protrusion 37B are fixed to the rear extending portion 31D and the front surface 31A of the frame members 6A, 6B with an adhesive or the like, so that the blocking member 36 is fixed to the frame members 6A, 6B.

The blocking member 36 is made of a flexible elastic material such as rubber or soft synthetic resin.

The surface material 16 forming the outer surface of the door pocket 6
, 17, 18 and 19, the surface materials 16, 1 on the opening 2 side
8, as shown in FIG.
A holding member 39 for holding the holding pieces 34 of the frame members 6A and 6B together with the members 6 and 18 is attached. An end portion 39A of the holding member 39 on the opening 2 side is inclined and protrudes inward of the door pocket 9, and a spacer 40 is interposed between the face members 16, 18 and the holding member 39. A space is formed between the end 39A of the 39 and the spacer 40 so that the holding pieces 34 of the frame members 6A and 6B can be inserted and held.

As shown in FIG. 9, such a holding member 39 is a small piece having a small vertical dimension, and a plurality of such small piece holding members 39 are provided in the vertical direction at the front portions of the inner surfaces of the face materials 16 and 18. ing.

As shown in FIG. 4, the holding member 39 is also provided on the inner rear portion of the face members 17 and 19, and the space between the holding members 39 and the face members 17 and 19 is provided in the door frame vertical frame. L-shaped bracket 41 combined with a flat section
Is inserted and clamped.

The upper portion of the frame member 6A is connected to the side surface portion 4B of the upper frame 4 with screws 42 shown in FIG. 9, and the upper portion of the frame member 6B is fixed to the bracket of the upper frame 4 together with the face material 18 with screws 23. 22. The lower portions of the frame members 6A and 6B are not shown, but are not shown.
6 with screws, and the upper and lower portions of the vertical door frame 12
And the skirting board 26 with screws.

When the work of providing the door pocket 9 in the building where the sliding door device 1 is to be installed is performed, first, the upper and lower portions of the frame members 6A and 6B and the upper and lower portions of the vertical frame 12 of the door pocket are fixed to the upper frame 4 with the above-mentioned screw.
Side part 4B, the bracket 22, and the skirting board 26, and then the upper and lower portions of the face materials 16, 18 are attached to the bracket 2 of the upper frame 4.
0, 22 and the upright portions 26A, 26B of the skirting board 26, these face materials 16, 18 are slid and moved toward the opening 2 as they are, and the face materials 16, 18 and these face materials 1
The frame member 6 is provided in the space between the holding members 39 of FIGS.
The holding pieces 34 of A and 6B are inserted and held. Next, the upper and lower portions of the face materials 16 and 18 are fixed to the brackets 20 and 2 of the upper frame 4.
2. The screws are connected to the standing portions 26A and 26B of the baseboard 26 with screws (the screws 23 for fastening the frame member 6B and the face material 18 together with the bracket 22 of the upper frame 4 shown in FIG.
After temporarily removing the screw 23 temporarily fixing B to the bracket 22, the frame member 6B and the face material 18 are fastened together with the screw 23 to the bracket 22 of the upper frame 4. ). After this,
The upper and lower portions of the face materials 17 and 19 are attached to the brackets 20 and 2 of the upper frame 4.
2. Applying to the standing portions 26A, 26B of the baseboard 26, these face materials 17, 19 are slid as they are toward the door frame vertical frame 12, and the face materials 17, 19 and the face materials 17, 1
9 in the space between the pinching member 39 and the door pocket frame member 12.
Insert and clamp the flange 41A of the bracket 41 connected to the bracket. Next, the upper and lower portions of the face materials 17 and 19 are attached to the brackets 20 and 22 of the upper frame 4 and the upright portions 26 of the baseboard 26.
A and 26B are connected with screws.

Thereafter, the face materials 16, 1 shown in FIGS.
7, the bent portions 16A and 17A and the bent portions 18A and 19A of the face materials 18 and 19 are joined to each other with screws 24 and 25. The work of arranging the wall boards 10 and 11 shown in FIG. 7 is performed.

As described above, the outer surfaces on both sides of the door pocket 9 are formed by two face members 16 and 17, 18 and 19 which are slidable along the brackets 20 and 22 and the baseboard 26 of the upper frame 4, respectively. In other words, the holding member 39 of the vertical frame 6 and the flange 41A of the bracket 41 of the vertical frame 12 in the front and rear directions of the sliding movement of the door pocket 9 are held by the holding member 39 so that the face material 1
It is possible to adopt a structure in which the vertical frames 6 and 12 and the vertical frames 6 and 12 are connected.

FIG. 7, FIG.
As described with reference to FIG. 8, the standing portions 26A and 26B of the skirting board 26
Are provided, the brackets 20 and 22 of the upper frame 4 and the face material 16 along the skirting board 26 are provided.
To 19 can be performed without the operator supporting the weight of the face materials 16 to 19, and the upper and lower portions of the face materials 16 to 19 are attached to the brackets 20, 22, and
When joining with the upright parts 26A and 26B of the baseboard 26 with screws, screw holes formed in the upper and lower portions of the face materials 16 to 19 and screw holes formed in the brackets 20 and 22 and the upright parts 26A and 26B. It can be matched naturally.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the frame members 6A and 6B of the vertical frame 6 on the door end side in the opening 2 are provided with the face material 1A.
The doors 6 and 18 are attached to the ends on the side of the opening 2, in other words, to the door end of the door pocket 9. These frame members 6
3 and 4, when the opening 2 is closed by the sliding door 3, the position where the opening 2 has an overlapping portion with the sliding door 3 in the sliding door moving direction length A is shown. is there.

FIG. 2 shows a sliding door moving mechanism arranged inside the upper frame 4. A plurality of reinforcing members 43 also shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 are attached to the inner surface of the side portion 4B of the upper frame 4, and these reinforcing members 43 are substantially the same as the upper frame 4 as shown in FIG. A length rail 44 is connected.
The rail 44 has an L-shaped vertical section as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, and a guide portion 44B for guiding the movement of the sliding door 3 is provided at the tip of the horizontal portion 44A. As shown in FIG.
A roller 45 is mounted on a roller holding member 46 and is supported for rotation on the upper part of the sliding door 3 inserted therein, and a plurality of rollers 45 are engaged with the guide portion 44B of the rail 44, whereby the sliding door 3 is It is suspended and supported by the rail 43 and can move linearly along the rail 43.

The floor 7 shown in FIG.
7 are arranged, and as shown in FIG.
The sliding door 3 is inserted into a downwardly opened lower frame 3B of the sliding door 3, and the sliding door 3 for opening and closing the opening 2 is moved while the lower end of the sliding door 3 is guided by a guide roller 47.

Of the plurality of roller holding members 46 shown in FIG. 2, a buffer member 46A made of rubber or the like is attached to the rearmost roller holding member 46 so as to face backward.
When the sliding door 6A comes into contact with the stop member 48 connected to the rail 44 by the backward movement of the sliding door 3, the sliding door 3 reaches the retreat limit. Further, a pin 50 is fixed to the connecting member 49 connected to the tip of the rail 44 in a hanging manner.
Is connected to one end of a wire 51, and the other end of the wire 51 is connected to the frontmost roller holding member 46 of the plurality of roller holding members 46 by a spiral spring mechanism (not shown) in a bracket 52. Is joined to.

For this reason, the sliding door 3 is moved to the grip portion 3 shown in FIG.
When the user moves backward with the hand holding A, the spiral spring of the spiral spring mechanism is accumulated by the pulling force from the wire 51,
When the hand is released from the grip portion 3A, the sliding door 3 automatically moves forward by the accumulated pressure of the spiral spring and closes the opening 2. For this reason, the top-hanging sliding door device 1 according to the present embodiment is a semi-automatic type (self-closing type).

As shown in FIG. 2, an air cylinder 54 is attached to the rail 44 in the upper frame 4 by a bracket 53 so as to face backward, and the tip of the piston rod 55 of the air cylinder 54 holds the rearmost roller. It is held by a catch member 56 provided on the member 46. The air cylinder 54 sucks a large amount of air into the air cylinder 54 when the sliding door 3 moves backward, that is, when the piston rod 55 extends and operates, and discharges the air while narrowing the air when the sliding door 3 moves forward. Since the valve is provided, the forward movement of the sliding door 3 when the opening 2 is closed by the accumulated pressure of the spiral spring is performed at a low speed by the damper action of the air cylinder 54.

As shown in FIG. 9, the upper frame 4 can be inspected so that the above mechanisms and structures arranged inside the upper frame 4 can be inspected.
The inspection port 57 is provided on the side of the location corresponding to the position of the opening 2.
The inspection opening 57 is opened and closed by an inspection cover 58 which is detachable from the upper frame 4.

The relationship between the upper frame 4 and the inspection cover 58 is shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, which is a detailed view of the main part of FIG. An auxiliary member 59 is coupled to an end of the upper surface 4A opposite to the side surface 4B of the upper frame 4 in a hanging state, and the auxiliary member 59 is connected to the upper frame from the lower end of the downwardly extending portion 60 extending downward. 4
Is formed on the outer side of the sloping projection 61. The sloping projection 61 is covered with a cap member 62 made of rubber or soft synthetic resin. On the other hand, at the upper end of the inspection cover 58, a downward projecting piece 64 is formed which is downwardly hung down from the tip of a horizontal extension 63 extending horizontally inside the upper frame 4.

As shown in FIG. 9, a bracket 65 is provided at the lower end of the upper frame 4 on the door end side, and a bracket 66 is also provided on the frame member 6B of the vertical frame 6 on the door end side. The inspection cover 58 includes these brackets 65 and 6.
Holes 69 and 70 are formed through which stoppers 67 and 68 such as knurled thumb screws screwed into the screw holes 6 are inserted.

Therefore, when the inspection cover 58 is attached to the upper frame 4 and the inspection opening 57 is closed, first, the inspection cover 58 shown in FIG. The inspection cover 58 is moved to the inside of the upper frame 4 so that the downward projection 6
4 is brought into surface contact with the downwardly extending portion 60 of the upper frame, and the inspection cover 58 is lowered as it is to insert the downwardly projecting piece 64 between the downwardly extending portion 60 and the inclined projection 61, and the inspection cover 58 is horizontally moved. The cap member 62 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the extension portion 63 and the peripheral portion thereof.

As a result, the upper end of the inspection cover 58 is
After that, the stoppers 67 and 68 shown in FIG. 9 are inserted into the holes 69 and 70 of the inspection cover 58 and screwed into the screw holes of the brackets 65 and 66.

By performing the reverse operation, the inspection cover 58 can be removed from the upper frame 4 and the inspection opening 57 can be opened.

In the above-described sliding door apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, when the sliding door 3 is suspended in the sliding door apparatus 1 newly installed in the building, or when the repaired or replaced sliding door 3 is suspended. When the inspection door 58 is removed from the upper frame 4, the sliding door 3 is moved to a position where the roller 45 in FIG.
While lifting, as shown by the two-dot chain line 3 'in FIG.
The posture of the sliding door 3 is inclined with respect to the movement path of the sliding door 3 guided by the rails 44 in the upper frame 4 and the guide rollers 47 of the floor 7. It is inserted at an angle into the recess 35 of the frame member 6A,
After changing the attitude of the sliding door 3 to the same direction as the sliding door moving path, the sliding door 3 is lowered, and the respective rollers 45 on the upper part of the sliding door 3 are engaged with the guide portions 44B of the rails 44, and the sliding door 3 shown in FIG. Guide roller 4 inside lower frame 3B
Insert 7

Thereafter, the operation of connecting the wire 51 shown in FIG.
A predetermined operation such as an operation of causing the catch member 56 of the sliding door 3 to grip the tip of the piston rod 55 of No. 4 is performed. Thus, the operation for hanging the sliding door 3 in the predetermined moving path is completed, and the opening 2 can be opened and closed by the movement of the sliding door 3 in this moving path.

Further, by performing the operation reverse to the above, the sliding door 3 can be removed for repair or replacement.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the recess 35 which is recessed outward in the thickness direction of the sliding door 3 is formed on the inner surface of the vertical frame 6 facing the sliding door 3 when the opening 2 is closed. , Sliding door 3 and vertical frame 6 when opening 2 is closed
Even if there is an overlapping portion of the length A in the sliding door moving direction, the use of the recess 35 makes it possible to easily and surely suspend the sliding door 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, even if the end of the recess 35 on the side of the opening 2 is a communicating portion for communicating the opening 2 with the recess 35, a blocking member is provided at this end. Since the opening 36 is provided, it is possible to prevent a hand operating the sliding door 3 from entering the recess 35 by mistake, and the recess 35 is hidden by the blocking member 36 when viewed from the opening 2 side. Therefore, the appearance becomes good.

Further, since the blocking member 36 is made of a flexible elastic material, the inner projection 3 of the blocking member 36 shown in FIG.
Even if a finger or the like accidentally enters a small gap between the sliding door 7A and the sliding door 3, the damage can be prevented.

When the work of hanging the sliding door 3 is performed,
In order to make the posture of the sliding door 3 oblique to the sliding door moving path in the direction indicated by the two-dot chain line 3 ′ in FIG.
Of the A and 6B, the dent 35 of the frame member 6B is basically unnecessary, but in the sliding door device 1 manufactured in various ways, the inspection port 57 of the upper frame 4 is opposite to that of FIG. If there is a recess formed in both frame members 6A and 6B as in the present embodiment, the vertical frame 6 is common to such a type of sliding door device. It is possible to obtain the effect of being able to be used, and since it is sufficient that both frame members 6A and 6B are formed in a symmetrical shape, the forming process can be facilitated.

In the sliding door device 1 according to the present embodiment,
Since the structure in which the upper end of the inspection cover 58 is engaged and supported by the upper frame 4 is described with reference to FIG. 6, the stoppers 67 and 6 in FIG.
8 is removed, the downward projecting piece 64 of the inspection cover 58 is removed.
The inspection cover 58 can be prevented from rotating in the inward and outward directions of the upper frame 4 around the upper end due to the surface contact between the upper frame 4 and the downwardly extending portion 60 of the upper frame 4.

That is, according to the conventional mounting structure of the inspection cover 107 described with reference to FIG. 15, when the stopper attached to the inspection cover 107 is removed from the upper frame 105, the inspection cover 107 is attached to the upper frame 105 around the upper end. The inspection cover 107 may rotate inward and outward, and as a result, the inspection cover 107 may fall off the upper frame 105 in some cases.
According to the mounting structure of the inspection cover according to the present embodiment, such a problem can be solved.

According to the inspection cover mounting structure of this embodiment, the cap member 62 is attached to the inclined protruding piece 61 of the upper frame 4.
Of the inspection cover 58
Can be prevented from generating abnormal noise when it comes into direct contact with the horizontal extending portion 63.

FIG. 10 shows a sliding door device according to another embodiment. In this sliding door device, the frame members 6A, 6B of the vertical frame 6
A hole 80 is formed in the front surface 31A of the shutter member 36, and the outer protrusion 37B of the shield member 36
Is attached to the frame members 6A and 6B to form a projection 81 which can be removed.

According to this embodiment, when the work of hanging the sliding door 3 is performed, due to the relationship between the thickness of the sliding door 3 and the size of the recess 35, or because of the size of the space in the building in which the sliding door device is installed. Since the oblique angle of the sliding door 3 ′ cannot be increased, the end of the sliding door 3 ′ that is inclined with respect to the sliding door moving path is closed by the blocking member 36 of the frame member 6 A whose end on the opening 2 side is blocked. When the recess 35 cannot be sufficiently inserted, the end of the recess 35 on the opening 2 side can be opened by removing the blocking member 36 of the recess 35 from the frame member 6A. Can be performed reliably.

FIG. 11 shows a sliding door device according to still another embodiment. In this sliding door device, the frame member 6A of the vertical frame 6
6B can be attached to and detached from the face materials 16, 18 of the door pocket 9 supporting these frame members 6A, 6B. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, in this embodiment, the screw 23 shown in FIG. 9 is configured to fix only the face material 18 to the bracket 22 of the upper frame 4, and is also shown in FIG. Therefore, the upper portions of the frame members 6A and 6B are not fixed to the upper frame 4 and the like, and the lower portions of the frame members 6A and 6B are not fixed to the baseboard 26 with screws.

As shown in FIG. 13, the frame members 6A,
A protrusion 90 is formed on the holding piece 34 of 6B, and a hole 91 into which the protrusion 90 fits is formed on the holding members 39 of the face materials 16 and 18 of the door pocket 9. By fitting the projection 90 into the hole 91, the frame members 6A and 6B normally
8, while the frame members 6A,
When 6B is pulled to the opening 2 side by a large force, the projection 90 escapes from the hole 91, so that the frame members 6A and 6B are
Move away from 6,18. For this reason, the frame members 6A and 6B can be attached to and detached from the face materials 16 and 18.

In this embodiment, when suspending the sliding door 3, when the frame members 6A and 6B are removed, the sliding door 3 having the opening 2 closed and the vertical frame 6 have the above-described length A in the sliding door moving direction. Even if there is an overlapping portion, the work of hanging the sliding door 3 can be performed without making the sliding door 3 oblique to the sliding door moving path. Also, the frame members 6A, 6 to be removed
Since B is a simple rod-shaped member, it can be easily removed and attached.

In each of the above embodiments, the upper and lower portions of the face materials 16 to 18 are connected to the bracket 2 of the upper frame 4.
As described above, the operation of forming the screw holes of the screws used for coupling the baseboard 0, 22 and the baseboard 26 to these brackets 20, 22 and the baseboard 26 is as described above. May be carried out before being brought in,
You may go after the sliding door device is brought to this site,
Further, the screws may be screwed into the brackets 20 and 22 and the skirting board 26 to perform tapping processing on site.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the vertical frame 6 B and the face material 18 are fixed to the bracket 22 of the upper frame 4 by the screw 23.
The vertical frame 6B and face material 1 are not fastened together.
8 may be connected to the bracket 22 with a separate screw.

[0084]

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect that the sliding door can be easily and reliably incorporated into a predetermined moving route.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the whole of a top-hanging sliding door device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the internal structure of the upper frame shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of a main part of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a detailed view of a main part of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a detailed view of a main part of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the sliding door device.

FIG. 10 is a view similar to FIG. 4, showing a sliding door device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 11 shows a sliding door device according to still another embodiment.
FIG.

FIG. 12 is a view similar to FIG. 9, showing the case of the embodiment of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a front view showing a conventional hanging-type sliding door device.

15 is a sectional view taken along line XV-XV in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sliding door apparatus 2 Opening 3 Sliding door 4 Upper frame 5, 6 Vertical frame 6A, 6B Frame member which is an edge forming member 9 Door bag 10, 11 Wall board 16, 18 which is an exterior material Surface of a door bag which supports a frame member Material 34 Nipping piece 35 Depressed part 36 Blocking member 39 Nipping member 57 Inspection opening 58 Inspection cover 60 Downward extending part 61 Inclined protruding piece 62 Cap member 63 Horizontally extending part 64 Downward protruding piece A Length of overlapping part in sliding door moving direction

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A sliding door, and an edge formed at an angle with respect to a sliding door moving direction in an opening portion opened and closed by the sliding door,
And a rod-shaped edge forming member having an overlapping portion in the sliding door moving direction length with the sliding door that has reached the closing-side movement limit and is disposed on the sliding door outer portion. The edge forming member may be moved backward to open the opening, and at any one of a door end side of a door pocket for storing the sliding door and a door side of the opening, The edge forming member is detachably attached to a member supporting the edge forming member, and the edge forming member is removed from the supporting member when the sliding door is arranged without being inclined with respect to the sliding door moving path, and the sliding door is removed. Can be incorporated into the sliding door moving path. 2. The sliding door device according to claim 1, further comprising a door pocket in which the sliding door is stored, wherein the edge forming member is attached to a door end of the door pocket. Sliding door device. 3. The sliding door device according to claim 2, wherein the door pocket is covered with an exterior material. 4. The sliding door device according to claim 1, wherein the sliding door is an upper-hanging sliding door suspended from a rail inside an upper frame forming an upper edge of the opening. A sliding door device characterized by the above-mentioned. 5. A sliding door accommodated in a door pocket when the opening is opened and closed and retreats to open the opening, is disposed in the sliding door moving path, and thereafter, the sliding door moves in the sliding door moving direction in the opening. Attachable and detachable rod-shaped edge forming member forming an edge that forms an angle with respect to the sliding door that has an overlapping portion in the sliding door moving direction length with the sliding door that has reached the closed-side movement limit. A method for assembling a sliding door device, comprising: