JP2003105912A - Support fitting and support structure for glass plate and method of construction - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attach support fittings prior to mounting of glass plates when the glass plates are supported as they are clamped with the support fittings without boring holes in the corners of the glass plates. SOLUTION: In a construction method for supporting the adjoining corner abutting joint parts of a plurality of glass plates arranged in parallel and placed upright at top and bottom and right and left positions, a back fitting connected to a structural column to support the load of the glass plates is threadedly engaged with the cut front plate of a front fitting and temporarily locked, after which the glass plates are installed one by one through the cutout of the front plate and rotated 90 degrees. After mounting of four glass plates is completed, the front plate and the back fitting are fastened together and an overall surface cover member is threadedly engaged with the outer periphery of the front plate, whereby mounting of the glass plates is made possible after mounting of the support fittings.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a support member for a glass plate, in which a corner joint is clamped and supported by a support member without forming a hole in the glass plate, a support structure and a construction method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various methods of mounting glass plates are known, and a glass rib method in which rib glass is erected on the vertical joints of a plurality of side-by-side surface glasses or a sash frame is used. In addition to the SSG method of bonding and fixing the glass with a structural sealing material without exposing it, the method of constructing a frameless glass screen is to support the perforated parts provided at the four corners of the glass plate with supporting metal fittings. The supporting method and the point supporting method of supporting the glass plate by sandwiching the glass plate with metal fittings utilizing the vertical and horizontal joints between the glass plates are well known at present, and have received attention in recent years.

In the point support construction method of the type in which a hole is made in the glass, an arm extending in an X-shape or an H-shape is provided on a rod or the like fixed to a structural column or the like which is provided with four holes at four corners of the glass plate. A support metal fitting having the above is attached, and a corner portion of the glass plate is supported by a support member provided at the tip of the arm.

Further, as a structure for supporting a glass plate without making holes at the four corners of the glass plate, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-3
In the 17072 publication, 4 are arranged in the same plane vertically and horizontally.
In the plate-shaped member support structure in which the left and right plate-shaped members on the upper side of the cross joint formed by the rectangular plate-shaped members are supported by being sandwiched by the external support member and the internal support member with the support rod interposed, The left and right plate-shaped members are supported in the vicinity of the cross joints by respective supporting rods with the respective mounting members interposed therebetween, and the mounting members rotate with respect to the external supporting member. A posably mounted plate member support structure is disclosed.

[0005]

In the case of forming a glass screen using the rib glass plate, the height is usually limited to one glass plate, and the glass plates are only arranged side by side in the lateral direction. Therefore, it is difficult to form a large-area glass screen.

Further, in the point support method of the type in which holes are formed in the corners of the glass, a plurality of glass plates can be arranged side by side, so that a large-area glass screen can be formed. It required drilling.

On the other hand, as a structure for supporting the cross-shaped joint portion of the glass plate without forming a hole in the glass plate, the above-mentioned JP-A-9-3 is used.
Most of them, such as the one shown in Japanese Patent No. 17072 and the supporting structure shown in FIG. 7, hold the glass plate by another means until all four glass plates are stored, and then the front side Since the tightening metal fittings and the like are attached from there, there is a problem that it is troublesome and that there is a risk that the glass plate may drop if it is supported by human hands, which is a dangerous work.

[0008]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, that is, when forming a large area glass screen, the glass plate is reliably supported without making holes in the glass plate, and the weight of the glass plate is reduced. The strength of the glass plate, which is the object itself, does not decrease even with respect to the load in the out-of-plane direction, etc., and the front side support metal fittings can be attached before the glass plate is fitted, and there is no separate support. However, there is no need for support, the attached glass plate does not drop, workability is good, there is no drop during work, etc.
Even if the glass plate tilts due to the locking of the glass plate due to the occurrence of interlayer displacement due to an earthquake, etc., the support part of the glass plate of the support metal fittings can also follow the behavior of the glass plate and prevent the glass plate from being damaged. is there.

That is, according to the present invention, the lower end corner butting portions of a plurality of glass plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side are supported by a glass receiving member, and front and rear metal fittings are provided from both front and rear surfaces. In a glass plate support metal fitting that is tightened and supported by screwing, the glass receiving member is supported by a rear metal surface, and the front metal material has a front plate material having a notch of not less than ¼ yen and less than a half circle, It consists of a bolt part that is fixed to the center of the front plate material and is screwed into the female screw part of the back plate material, and a front cover material that is externally screwed into the arc portion of the front plate material. It is a glass plate support metal fitting that can be attached.

Alternatively, according to the present invention, the glass receiving member for supporting the lower end corners of the glass plates has a hinge mechanism inserted through the centers of the cross-shaped joints between the glass plates arranged in parallel,
The hinge mechanism has a pair of support plates fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the annular body of the hinge part, and the back side metal member interposed on the back side of the abutting corner of the glass plate is fixed to the back plate material and its center. A front plate member consisting of a tubular part inscribed in the annular body of the hinge part of the glass receiving member and having the front side metal fitting and the notch, and the front plate member fixed to the center of the front plate member and a female screw of the back plate member. The glass plate supporting bracket described above, characterized in that the front plate member is attachable before the glass plate is attached, and the bolt member is screwed with the front plate member, and the front cover member is circumscribed and screwed with the arc portion of the front plate member. Is.

Alternatively, according to the present invention, the support pins arranged on the back plate are brought into contact with and supported by the lower ends of the left and right support plates near the ends on the back side metal fitting side, and the support pins are also contacted by swinging the glass plate. The above-mentioned glass plate support metal fitting is characterized in that it has a length that does not contact.

Further, according to the present invention, by using the above-mentioned supporting metal fittings, the lower end corner butting portions of a plurality of glass plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side are supported by glass receiving members, and both sides of the glass plates are supported. In a glass plate support structure that is tightened and supported by screwing a front-side metal member and a back-side metal member, the glass receiving member is fixed to or supported by the back-side metal member, and is 1/4 of a front surface of a corner butting portion of the glass plate. Yen over 1
/ The bolt part that is hung vertically on the front plate material having a notch of less than 2 yen is screwed with the back plate material of the back side metal fitting connected and fixed to the structure to clamp and support the glass plate, and the notch is provided. The front cover material is screwed onto the outer peripheral portion of the front plate material, and a backup material made of hard resin is provided at the contact portion of the glass receiving member with the lower end of the glass plate. A support structure for a glass plate is characterized in that a ring-shaped packing made of an elastic material is provided at a peripheral edge portion, and the outer peripheral portion of the packing is filled with a sealing material.

Alternatively, according to the present invention, in the supporting structure for supporting the adjacent corner butting joints of a plurality of glass plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side by using the above-mentioned supporting metal fittings, the adjacent glass plates are adjacent to each other. The lower end corners of the support pins are fixed to the annular body of the hinge part of the glass receiving member, and are supported by a pair of support plates that are independently rotatable by the hinge parts, and the support plates are fixed to the back side metal fittings. The bolts, which are supported by the glass plate and are fixed to the front side metal fitting from the front of the corner butting portion of the glass plate, are inserted into the hinge portion of the glass receiving member disposed at the joint portion and screwed with the tubular portion of the back side metal fitting. Then, the glass plate is clamped and supported, the back side metal fitting is connected and fixed to the structure provided on the back side, and a ring made of an elastic material is provided at the peripheral portion between the glass plate and the front plate material. The packing is provided, the outer periphery of the packing is filled with a sealing material, and a backup material made of hard resin is provided between the support plate of the glass receiving member and the lower end near the corner of the glass plate. It is the above-mentioned glass plate supporting structure.

Alternatively, according to the present invention, the glass receiving member disposed in the corner joint portion of the glass plates arranged side by side and the cylindrical portion fixed to the back plate material do not come into contact with the glass plate end portion. The above-mentioned glass plate supporting structure is characterized in that a notch is provided at a corner portion of the plate.

Alternatively, the present invention is a construction method for supporting adjacent corner butting joints of a plurality of glass plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side, and which are connected to a structural column side to load the glass plates. After the supporting back side metal fitting and the front surface metal material having the cutout portion of the front metal surface are screwed together and temporarily fixed, the glass plates are constructed one by one through the cutout portion of the front surface material and rotated by 90 degrees, 4 After completing the installation of one glass plate, the front plate and the back side metal fitting are tightened and fixed, and the entire surface of the front plate material is screwed together, so that the glass plate can be attached after mounting the support metal fitting. It is the construction method of the above-mentioned glass plate characterized by having.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION According to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, a plurality of standing glass plates 1, 1, ... Glass plate 1, 1,
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As a supporting metal member for a glass plate of the present invention, a glass receiving member 30 is of a fixed type as shown in FIG. 6, but a plurality of glass plates 1 vertically and horizontally arranged side by side,
Each of the lower end corner abutting portions of 1, ... Is a support metal fitting 2 which is supported by a glass receiving member 30 and which is tightened and supported by screwing a front metal fitting 10 and a rear metal fitting 20 from both front and rear sides, The glass receiving member 30 is directly fixed to the back-side metal fitting 20, and the front-side metal fitting 10 is 1/4 yen or more 1/2
The front plate member 11 having a notch 11a less than a circle, the bolt part 12 fixed to the center of the front plate member 11 and screwed into the female screw part provided on the back plate member 21, and the arc-shaped part on the outer periphery of the front plate member 11. It is composed of a support metal fitting 2 made of a front cover material 13 which is circumscribed and screwed with the provided threaded portion 11b.

Although the glass receiving member 30 is shown as being directly fixed to the back side metal member 20, it may be detachably supported by the back side metal member 20.

The cutout portion 11a of the front plate member 11 is cut into quarters.
The reason for setting the circle or more is to mount the square glass plate through the notch of ¼ circle or more after the front plate material 11 is attached.

The reason why the notch 11a is less than 1/2 circle is that
As shown in FIG. 5, after attaching the front plate member 11, after attaching the front support member so that the three glass plates do not fall, a square glass plate is attached only through the front plate member through the notch of 1/4 circle. This is to allow it.

If the angle of the cutout portion 11a is 1/2 circle or more, when the fourth glass plate is attached, the attachment has already been completed.
The support of the glass plates becomes unstable.

Subsequently, examples of preferable supporting metal fittings are shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the support fitting 2 of the present invention has a cross shape between the glass plates 1 and 1 in which the glass receiving member 30 supporting the lower end corner portion of the glass plate 1 is arranged in parallel. A hinge mechanism is inserted through the center of the joint portion, and the hinge mechanism has a pair of support plates 32 and 32 fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the annular body of the hinge portion 31, and the The back side metal fitting 20 to be interposed on the back side
Is a front plate member 11 having a rear plate member 21 and a cylindrical portion fixed to the center thereof and inscribed in the annular body of the hinge portion 31 of the glass receiving member 30, and having the cutout portion 11a of the front side metal member 10. A bolt portion 12 in which the front plate member 11 is fixed to the center of the front plate member 11 and screwed with a female screw of the rear plate member 21.
And a front cover member 13 which is circumscribed and screwed with the circular arc portion 11b of the front plate member 11, so that the front plate member 11 can be attached before the glass plate 1 is attached.

The pair of support pins 24, 24 disposed on the back plate 21 contact and support the lower surfaces of the left and right support plates 32, 32 in the vicinity of the ends on the back side metal fitting 20 side, and the glass plate 1,
It is recommended that the length is such that it does not come into contact even when the rocking of 1, ... As the supporting structure of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, each of the lower end corner butting portions of a plurality of glass plates 1, 1, ... Is supported by the glass receiving member 30 and is tightened and supported by screwing the front-side metal fitting 10 and the back-side metal fitting 20 from both sides of the corner portion of the glass plate 1, in which the glass receiving member 30 is It is fixed to the back side metal fitting, and is 1 / from the front of the corner butting part of the glass plate 1.
The glass plate 1 is tightened by screwing the bolt portion 12 hung on the front plate member 11 having a notch of 4 yen or more and less than 1/2 yen with the back plate member 21 of the back side metal fitting 20 connected and fixed to the structural pillar. The front cover member 13 is screwed onto the outer peripheral portion of the front plate member 11 having the cutout portion 11a, and the backup member 3 made of hard resin is abutted on the lower end of the glass plate 1 of the glass receiving member 30. , Each surface of the glass plate 1 and the front plate member 11,
And ring-shaped packings 4 and 4 ′ made of an elastic material are provided on the peripheral edge between the back side metal fittings 20, and the packings 4 and 4 ′ are provided.
The outer peripheral portion of the above has a structure in which sealing materials 9'and 9 are filled.

Further, the glass plate supporting structure shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is made movable as compared with the glass receiving member 30 shown in FIG. 6 fixed to the back side metal 20. It is preferable because it is easy to deal with interlayer displacement.

1 to 4 show a pair of supports in which the lower end corners of the adjacent glass plates 1 are fixed to the annular body of the hinge portion 31 of the glass receiving member 30 and are independently rotatable by the hinge portion 31. Support pins 2 supported by plates 32 and 32, and the support plates 32 and 32 fixed to the back side metal fitting 20.
4, the bolt portion 12 fixed to the front side metal fitting 10 from the front surface of the corner butting portion of the glass plate 1 is inserted into the hinge portion 31 of the glass receiving member 30 arranged in the joint portion 5, and The glass plate 1 is clamped and supported by being screwed into the tubular portion 23 of the back side metal 20.

The back side metal fitting 20 is the structure 7 provided on the back side.
The ring-shaped packings 4 and 4 ′ made of an elastic material are provided in the peripheral portion between the glass plate 1, the front plate material 11 and the back surface plate material 21, and the sealing material is provided on the outer periphery of the packings 4 and 4 ′. This is a support structure in which backup materials 3 and 3 made of hard resin are provided between the support plates 32 and 32 of the glass receiving member 30 and the lower ends of the glass plate 1 in the vicinity of the corners.

Preferably, the glass receiving member 30 disposed in the corner joint portion of the glass plates 1 arranged side by side and the cylindrical portion 23 fixed to the back plate member 20 do not come into contact with the end portions of the glass plates. The notch 1a was provided at the corner of the plate 1.

The glass plate support structure shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 which is a preferred embodiment will be described in detail.

A glass receiving member 30 having a hinge mechanism,
The glass plates 1, 1, ... Are inserted through the intersections of the cross-shaped joints 5.

The ring-shaped body of the hinge portion 31 is divided into a hinge structure, and plate-shaped or channel-shaped support plates are oriented in opposite directions from the side end portions of the outer peripheral surfaces of the divided ring-shaped bodies. 32, 32 are horizontally projected and fixed, and the support plates 32, 32 are independently rotatable by the hinge mechanism.

The range of rotation of the support plates 32, 32 is such that they can be rotated from the horizontal direction to the upper side, and when the support plates open in the horizontal direction approximately 180 degrees in opposite directions, the support plates come into contact with each other and stop. It is the support pins 24, 24 described later that abut on the lower ends of the support plates 32, 32 to support the support plates 32, 32 from spreading due to the load of the glass plate 1.

The supporting plates 32, 32 have such a length that they can contact and support near the corners of the lower end sides of the glass plates 1, 1 adjacently above the cross joint 5 via the backup materials 3, 3. did.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Is a plate-shaped back plate member 21 which is arranged on the back surface side (indoor side) of the corner butting portions of the adjacent glass plates 1 and 1 and has an area such that the corner portions of the adjacent glass plates 1 and 1 can be sandwiched. And a cylindrical portion 23 of the back side metal member 20 which is hung on the glass 1 surface side of the back surface plate member 21 and can be loosely inserted into the annular body of the hinge portion 31 of the glass receiving member 30, and as shown in FIG. At least one pair of the above-mentioned support pins 24, 24 are disposed and fixed on both left and right sides of the annular body of the hinge portion 31.

Support pins 24, 2 provided in pairs on the left and right sides.
4 is arranged so as to abut on the back surface side ends of the lower surfaces of the support plates 32, 32 of the glass receiving member 30.
The length of 4 is shorter than the distance between the glass plate 1 and the back plate 21, that is, the length of the glass plate 1 does not contact the support pin 24 even if the glass plate 1 swings up and down. The support pin may also be a support pin formed of a head and a rod-shaped portion.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, on the surface opposite to the cylindrical portion 23 fixed to the glass plate surface side of the rear surface plate member 21 at the substantially center thereof, the rear surface member 21 is supported concentrically with the cylindrical portion 23. The rod 22 is projectingly fixed, and a male screw portion 22a is attached to the tip of the supporting rod 22.
6 and 8, the structure pillar 7 shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 is screwed and connected to the receiver 8 having the female screw portion 8a fixed to the structural column 7, and the fixing screw 26 is installed in the screw mounting hole 8b provided in the receiver 8. It was screwed, and the tip of the fixing screw 26 was pressed into the key groove 22b of the support rod 22 to fix it, so that the back side metal fitting 20 did not loosen and rotate.

As shown in FIG. 4, the length of the tubular portion 23 of the back side metal member 20 is the same as that of the support plate 32 of the glass receiving member 30.
The clearance is provided to be slightly longer than the width of 32.

Further, the front side metal fitting 10 is disposed on the front side (outdoor side) of the corner butting portion of the adjacent glass plates 1, 1, ..., And the corner portions of the adjacent glass plates 1, 1 ,. A plate-shaped front plate member 11 having an area enough to hold the bolt, and a bolt portion that is hung vertically to the glass surface 1 side of the front plate member 11 and is fitted or screwed into the tubular portion 23 of the back side metal 20. 12 are provided.

The front plate member 11 has a structure as shown in FIG.
/ 4 from the cutout portion 11a of the circle or more 1 /
It has a notch 11a of less than 2 yen, and the front plate member 11
The front cover member 13 having a female screw portion 13b screwed with a male screw portion 11b provided on the arc portion of the outer periphery of the glass plate makes the notch part invisible, and the notch part 11a prevents the glass plate 1 and 1 from being tightened. , ... can be clamped and clamped by the peripheral portion of the front cover material 13.

Support pins 24 are paired on the left and right sides of the back plate 21,
In the embodiment provided with 24, the support pins 32, 32 of the glass receiving member 30 are arranged so as to be in contact with the lower end portions of the support plates 32, 32, and the length of the support pins 24, 24 is between the glass plate 1 and the back plate member 21. The distance is shorter than the distance between the two, that is, the glass plate 1 does not come into contact with the support pins 24, 24 even if the glass plate 1 swings up and down due to an earthquake.

The length of the bolt 12 is determined by the back side metal fitting 2
When it was screwed with the cylindrical portion 23 of No. 0, it penetrated through the central portion of the back plate 21 and was provided longer than the position of the fixing screw hole provided in the support rod 22.

The front plate material 11 and the rear plate material 21 are usually the same shape from the viewpoint of appearance, but they may be different shapes.

After bolting the bolt portion 12 hung on the front plate member 11 and the tubular portion 23 hung on the rear plate member 21, the unillustrated one is provided near the base of the support rod 22 fixed to the rear plate member 21. The bolt portion 12 of the front-side metal fitting 10 and the back-side metal fitting 20 can be fixed by the fixing screw 25 screwed into the fixing screw hole.

When the female screw portion 13b of the front cover member 13 is screwed into the male screw portion 11b of the outer peripheral portion of the front plate member 11, it is fixed to the fixing screw hole 13a provided on the outer peripheral portion of the front cover member 13. If the screw 14 is screwed and tightened, the front cover 13 and the front plate member 11 will not be loosened.

Between the lower ends of the corners of the glass plates 1 and 1 and the support plates 32 and 32 fixed to the annular body of the hinge portion 31 of the glass receiving member 30, backup materials 3 and 3 made of hard resin are arranged. Glass plate 1,
1 and the support plates 32, 32 are prevented from directly contacting each other so that the support plates 32, 32 of the glass receiving member 30 can independently follow the behavior of the glass plates 1, 1, ... .

Further, the front plate member 11, the outer peripheral surface of the packing 4, and the portion surrounded by the glass plates 1, and the rear plate member 21, the outer peripheral surface of the packing 4 ', and the portion surrounded by the glass plate 1 are provided. Was filled with the sealing materials 9 and 9 ′ made of an elastic material over the entire circumference.

Further, in the corners of the glass plates 1, 1, ...
Glass plates 1, 1, ... 45 so that they do not collide
The notches 1a, 1a, ... Further, the sizes of the cutout portions 1a, 1a, ... Are such that the glass receiving member 30 disposed at the center of the corner joint portion of the glass sheets 1, 1 ,. Any material that does not come into contact with the end may be used.

Further, when providing the back plate 21 with support pins for supporting the glass receiving member, at least one pair of support pins 24 are provided so as to be symmetric with respect to the center of the back plate 21.
24 in the horizontal joint portion 5 between the glass plates 1 and 1 vertically adjacent to each other, but the support plates 32, 3 of the glass receiving member 30.
The glass plates 1 and 1 are supported by the support plates 32 and 32 in a state where they are in contact with only the ends on the long side on the lower surface side of 2.

The lengths of the support pins provided on the front plate member 11 and the support pins 24, 24 provided on the rear plate member 21 are such that they do not come into contact with each other even when the glass plate swings, that is, the front plate member 11 and the glass plate. The gap between the plates 1, 1, ..., The gap between the back plate 21 and the glass plates 1, 1, ... Is smaller than the gap, and is a length capable of supporting the support plates 32, 32 of the glass receiving member 30. .

Therefore, the support pin 2 provided on the back plate 21
4, the support plates 32, 32 need to be provided at positions where they do not contact the glass plates 1, 1 when the support plates 32, 32 are in contact and supported. , 24 never come into contact with the glass plate 1.

The support plates 32, 32 of the glass receiving member 30 may have a flat plate shape, but a channel-shaped downward channel having a U-shaped cross section so as to sufficiently withstand the load of the glass plates 1, 1. preferable. In this case, the support pin 24 is preferably composed of a head and a rod-shaped portion.
The rod-shaped portion is brought into contact with the end portion of the channel-shaped support plate 32 so that the head portion of the support pin 24 having a large diameter is housed in the U-shaped opening portion.

Next, the method for constructing the glass plate of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the method of constructing a glass plate of the present invention is such that adjacent corner portions of a plurality of glass plates 1, 1, ... It is a construction method in which the cross-shaped joint is sandwiched and supported by the front side member 10 and the back side member 20 from both sides, but the front side metal fitting 10 sandwiched and provided from both sides of the glass plate 1, 1 ,.
And the back side metal fittings 20 are temporarily attached by screwing, and then the glass plates 1 are attached one by one.

The front side metal fitting 10 of the glass plate 1 has a cutout 1
A front plate member 11 having a size of 1a or more and less than 1/2 yen and a front cover member 13 which can be screwed to the front plate member 11 are used. The back side metal fitting 20 has been conventionally used. Bolt part 1 of front plate material 11 including metal fittings
Any shape may be used as long as it can be screwed with 2 and can tighten the glass plate 1.

Before attaching the glass plate 1, the notch 1
The front plate member 11 having 1a is temporarily fastened, and the front side plate member 11 is screwed to the back side metal member 20 to be temporarily fixed.

After that, the glass plate 1 is attached using the space of the cutout portion 11a of the front plate member 11, and after the attachment is completed, the front plate member 11 is rotated so that the attached glass plate 1 does not drop. It is desirable to rotate the front plate member 11 by 90 degrees so that the corner portion of the glass plate 1 comes to the position of the cutout portion 11a.

The glass plates 1 are sequentially attached from the first plate and rotated by 90 degrees, and when all four glass plates are attached, the front plate member 11 is tightened and rotated so as to have a predetermined tightening force. The female screw portion 13b of the front cover member 13 is screwed into the male screw portion provided on the outer periphery of the front plate member 11 so that the corner portion of the glass plate 1 can be held.

After the front plate 11 having the notch 11a of the front side metal fitting 10 is screwed and temporarily fixed, the glass plates 1 are installed one by one through the notch 11a of the front plate 11 and rotated by 90 degrees. 4 glass plates 1, 1, ...
After all the mounting is completed, the front plate material 11 and the back surface side metal fitting 20 are fastened and fixed, and the entire surface of the front plate material 11 is covered with the cover material 1
It is possible to attach the glass plate 1 after screwing 3 together and attaching the support fitting 2.

As the front side metal fitting 10, the support metal fitting 2 made up of the front plate material 11 provided with the notch 11a and the front cover material 13 screwed to the front plate material 11 is used to mount the support metal fitting 2 before mounting the glass plate, and thereafter The construction method for constructing the glass plates one by one is not limited to the illustrated support fitting 2, but can be applied to all the support fittings 2.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 4, including FIG. 6, the support fitting 2 of the present invention comprises a plurality of glass plates 1, 1 ,. The glass receiving member 30 is provided in the adjacent corner butting joint portion 5, and the lower end corners of the glass plates 1, 1, ... Are placed on the glass receiving member 30 via the backup materials 3 and 3. Since the front plate member 11 that supports and presses the front side of the glass plate 1 of the front side metal fitting 10 is provided with the notch 11a having a size of 1/4 yen or more and less than 1/2 yen, before the glass plate 1 is fitted. The front plate member 11 and the back side metal member 20 are screwed together to be temporarily tightened, and the glass plates 1 are attached one by one through the cutout portions 11a of the front plate member 11 and the cutout portions 11a are rotated by 90 degrees, and the attached glass is attached. Set the glass plate 1 in order to prevent the plate 1 from falling. And, 4 glass plates 1, 1, ...
After mounting, the four glass plates 1, 1, with a front cover material 13 screwed onto the front plate material 11 so as to cover the front plate material 11,
・ ・ Was pressed down and it was tightened by screwing with the back side metal fitting 20.

Since the front cover member is provided so as to cover the front plate member, the cutout portion is not exposed.
Further, even a glass plate that cannot be supported by the cutout portion can be supported by the front cover material.

As described above, the front plate member 11 provided with the notch 11a is attached before the glass plate 1, and the front plate member 1 is attached.
Since the glass plate 1 is rotated by 90 degrees each time the glass plate 1 is attached, it is not necessary to support the four glass plates 1, 1, ... , Improved safety for workers.

Since the corners of the glass plate 1 are sandwiched from both sides, it is necessary to support the glass plates 1, 1, ... Without making holes in the corners of the glass plates 1, 1 ,. You can

Further, the support plate 32 of the glass receiving member 30,
The reference numeral 32 is only placed on the support pins 24, 24 fixed to the back side metal fitting 20 fixedly supported by the structural pillar 7, and is rotatable about the hinge portion 31 above the substantially horizontal direction. However, in the normal state, the glass plates 1, 1, ... Are fixed by their own weight.

Further, the bolt portion 12 fixed to the center of the front plate member 11 of the front side metal fitting 10 is inserted into the annular body of the hinge portion 31 of the glass receiving member 30, and is connected to the structural column 7 through the support rod 22. The corners of the glass plate 1 centered on the joints 5 of the glass plates 1, 1, ... To ensure the support of the glass plate 1 without making a hole, to prevent the strength of the glass plate 1 from being reduced by the weight of the glass plate 1 and the load in the out-of-plane direction, and to form a large-area glass screen. You can

In the case of the preferable supporting metal fittings and supporting structure as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the hinge portion 31 of the glass receiving member 30 has a pair of supporting plates 32 at both ends thereof, as shown in FIG. Since 32 is fixed, a pair of support plates 32,
32 is rotatable upward from a substantially horizontal direction with a hinge portion as a central axis.

The dotted line in FIG. 3 shows the glass plate 1 in the normal state in which the interlayer displacement has not occurred, and the two-dot chain line shows the state of the glass plate 1 and the support fitting 2 when the interlayer displacement has occurred and locking has occurred. Is shown.

Since the lower end corners of the glass plate 1 are placed on the support plates 32, 32 via the backup materials 3, 3, the glass plate 1 is made of a metal support plate 32.
Will not be damaged by.

If the shape of the support plate 32 is not a simple plate shape but a channel shape having a substantially U-shaped cross section, it is possible to sufficiently bear the load of the glass plate 1. Further, in a normal state in which no interlayer displacement occurs, the support plates 32, 32 are substantially horizontal, but the channel-shaped support plate 3 having a U-shaped cross section.
Since the lower ends of 2, 32 are supported by abutting the support pins 24, 24, the support plates 32, 32 do not spread further.

Further, the glass receiving member 3 is supported by the support pins 24, 24 hung on the back plate 21 of the back side metal 20.
No. 0 support plates 32, 32 are supported in the vicinity of the end portions on the lower surface side, and locking occurs in the glass plate 1 due to interlayer displacement,
When the other end of the glass plate 1 is lifted upward with one end of the corner of the glass plate 1 as a fulcrum, the glass plate 1 below the support plate 32 pushes up the support plate 32 upward, and the hinge portion 31 to which the support plate 32 is fixed. Since the annular body is fixed to the structure 7 side, the support plate 32 rotates upward with the hinge portion 31 as a fulcrum, and the support plate 32 floats away from the support pin 24.

At this time, since the corner of the glass plate 1 below the other supporting plate 32 serves as a fulcrum for locking and does not lift upward, the supporting plate 32 is not pushed up and is kept horizontal. There is.

In this way, since the support plate 32 is movable following the displacement behavior of the glass plate 1 due to the interlayer displacement, the glass plate 1 is not subjected to an excessive force.

Further, when the interlayer displacement has subsided and returned to the original state, the respective support plates 32, 32 are attached to the glass plate 1 from the upper side.
2 will return to the substantially horizontal state of FIG.

Further, the glass plate 1 supported by the support fitting 2
The distance between the front plate material 11 and the back plate material 21 is wider than the thickness of the glass plate 1 because it has a ring shape made of an elastic material as a cushioning material between the glass plate 1 and the front plate material 11 and between the glass plate 1 and the back plate material 21. This is because the packings 4 and 4'are provided.

A packing 4 made of an elastic material such as rubber is formed between the peripheral portion of the front plate member 11 and the glass plate 1, and between the peripheral portion of the rear plate member 21 and the glass plate 1, and a sealing member 9 is formed on the outer periphery thereof. To prevent infiltration of rainwater, and even if the glass plate 1 is deformed by wind pressure load from the out-of-plane direction,
Since the packing 4 acts as a cushioning material and absorbs the deformation of the glass plate, the glass plate 1 is not subjected to an excessive force.
Further, the front plate member 11, the rear plate member 21 and the glass plate 1 can be prevented from being damaged due to contact with each other.

In this way, the supporting metal fittings 2 are provided on the respective cross-shaped joint portions 5 of the plurality of glass plates 1, 1, ... The vertical loads of the plates 1 and 1 are supported, and the horizontal loads of the upper and lower four glass plates 1, 1, ...

In this manner, as shown in FIGS. 8, 9 and 10, the support rod 22 of the support fitting 2 is screwed and connected to the receiver 8 having a female screw portion fixed to the structural pillar 7. Then, a glass screen was formed.

Front plate material 11 of glass plate 1 and support fitting 2
The space 4 and the packing 4 provided between the glass plate 1 and the back plate 21 of the support fitting 2 also have a function as a cushioning material.

The packings 4, 4 ′ are ring-shaped, and their outer diameters are made of molded elastic rubber or the like having substantially the same size as the outer diameter of the front plate member 11, and the front plate member 11 and the rear plate member 21 are preliminarily bonded with an adhesive or the like. It is convenient to bond the front side metal fitting and the back side metal fitting by fitting or screwing the front side metal fitting and the back side metal fitting together.

After mounting the support metal fitting 2 on the butt joint 5 of the glass plates 1, 1, ..., A sealing material such as a silicone sealant is filled between the glass plates 1, 1 ,. If a sealing material such as a silicone sealant is filled between the cover material 13, the back surface plate material 21 and the glass plates 1, 1 and in the recesses outside the packings 4, 4 ', the glass plates 1, 1, ... Since the sealing material 9 comes into close contact with 2, it is possible to prevent rainwater or the like from entering the room from the support fitting 2.

Further, each member of the support fitting 2 is preferably made of a metal such as SUS that does not rust, but may be an SS material that has been subjected to rust-preventive coating treatment or plating treatment.

The glass plate 1 is any one of tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, and unstrengthened glass, or a combination of these, an interlayer film such as PVB or EVA, or a laminated glass bonded by resin injection, or the above-mentioned glass. This applies to glass with a shatterproof resin film attached.

The preferred embodiment has been described above.
The present invention is not limited to this, and various applications can be considered.

Examples of the glass screen having the supporting structure of the glass plate 1 of the present invention are shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The space between the joints 5 formed by abutting the glass plates 1, 1, ..., With each other is, for example, 12 to 15 mm.
Of the front plate member 11 has a circular shape having a cutout with a diameter of 70 to 110 mm, and the rear plate member 21 has a diameter of 80 to 13 for example.
0 mm circular shape, or vertical and horizontal external dimensions are, for example, 80 vertical
May have a circular shape, a rectangular shape, an elliptical shape, or a rectangular shape having a width of about 120 mm and a width of about 80 to 180 mm.

As described above, according to the present invention, the supporting metal fittings 2 provided at the abutting corner joints 5 of the plurality of glass plates 1 arranged vertically and horizontally allow the two glass plates located on the upper side of the supporting metal fittings 2. It supports its own weight and supports horizontal loads such as wind pressure loads applied to the four glass plates 1, 1, ...

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According to the present invention, in the case of forming a large area glass screen, the front plate member of the front side metal fitting has a 1/4 size.
By providing a notch with a size of a circle or more and less than 1/2 yen, you can attach the front plate material before inserting the glass plate, then insert the glass plate from the notch, and rotate the front plate material By doing so, the attached glass plate does not drop, so that support is unnecessary.

Further, since the front cover member is provided so as to cover the front plate member, the cutout portion is not exposed and the glass plate which cannot be supported by the cutout portion can be supported by the front cover member. it can.

The support fitting of the present invention ensures the support of the glass plate without making holes in the glass plate, and does not reduce the strength against the weight of the glass plate or the load in the out-of-plane direction.

Further, even if the glass plates arranged vertically and horizontally are tilted by rocking due to the occurrence of interlayer displacement due to an earthquake or the like, and one end of the glass plate is lifted, only the lifted upper one end corner of the glass plate is the supporting metal fitting. The support plate follows and lifts, and the corners on the other end do not lift the support plate, but the hinge plate moves the support plates separately according to the behavior of each glass plate, so that an unreasonable force is applied to the glass plate. The glass plate is less likely to be damaged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a support structure when a cutout portion of the present invention is 1/4.

FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the support structure in the case where the cutout portion of the present invention is ¼.

FIG. 3 is a partial front view of the support structure of the present invention when the cutout portion is 1/4 when interlayer displacement occurs.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part of the present invention when the cutout portion is less than 1/2 circle.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a support structure according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional support structure.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a glass screen according to the supporting structure of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a glass screen according to the supporting structure of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a side sectional view of a glass screen according to the supporting structure of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 glass plate (face glass plate) 1a Notch 2 Support bracket 3 backup materials 4,4 'packing 5 joints 7 structural columns 8 receiver 9,9 'sealant 10 Front side metal fittings 11 Front plate material 11a Notch 12 bolt part 13 Front cover material 20 Back side metal fittings 21 Back plate material 22 Support rod 23 Cylindrical part 24 Support pin 30 glass receiving member 31 Hinge part 32 Support plate

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A glass receiving member supports each bottom corner abutting portion of a plurality of glass plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side, and are tightened by screwing a front side metal fitting and a back side metal fitting from both front and rear sides. In the support bracket of the glass plate to support,
The glass receiving member is supported by a back side metal member, and the front side metal member has a cutout portion of 1/4 yen or more and less than a half circle, and a female screw portion of the back surface plate member fixed to the center of the front plate material. A glass plate support metal fitting, characterized in that the glass plate can be attached from the notch after attaching the front plate member, and a front cover member that externally engages with the arc portion of the front plate member. . 2. The glass receiving member for supporting a lower end corner portion of a glass plate has a hinge mechanism inserted through centers of cross joints between glass plates arranged in parallel, and the hinge mechanism is an annular body of the hinge part. Has a pair of support plates fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the glass plate, and the back side metal member interposed on the back side of the abutting corner portion of the glass plate is fixed to the back plate material and its center, and is annular on the hinge portion of the glass receiving member. A front plate member comprising a tubular part inscribed in the body, the front side metal fitting having the cutout part;
The front plate member is composed of a bolt portion fixed to the center of the front plate member and screwed with a female screw of the back plate member, and a front cover member circumscribing and screwed with an arc portion of the front plate member. 2. The glass plate support fitting according to claim 1, wherein a plate member can be attached. 3. The support pins arranged on the back plate material have a length that abuts and supports the vicinity of the back-side metal fitting side ends of the lower surfaces of the left and right support plates and does not abut even when the glass plate swings. The support metal fitting for a glass plate according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. 4. The support fitting according to claim 1, wherein the lower end corner abutting portions of a plurality of glass plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side are supported by a glass receiving member, and the glass plates are attached. In a glass plate support structure that is tightened and supported by screwing a front side metal fitting and a back side metal fitting from both sides, the glass receiving member is fixed to or supported by the back side metal fitting, and 1 / from the front of the corner butting portion of the glass plate. 4 yen or more 1
/ The bolt part that is hung vertically on the front plate material having a notch of less than 2 yen is screwed with the back plate material of the back side metal fitting connected and fixed to the structure to clamp and support the glass plate, and the notch is provided. The front cover material is screwed onto the outer peripheral portion of the front plate material, and a backup material made of hard resin is provided at the contact portion of the glass receiving member with the lower end of the glass plate. A support structure for a glass plate, characterized in that a ring-shaped packing made of an elastic material is provided at a peripheral portion, and a sealing material is filled in an outer peripheral portion of the packing. 5. A support structure for supporting adjacent corner-butting joints of a plurality of glass plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side by using the support metal fittings according to claim 1 to 3. The lower end corner portion of the plate is fixed to the annular body of the hinge portion of the glass receiving member, and is supported by a pair of support plates that are independently rotatable by the hinge portion, and the support plate is fixed to the back side metal fitting. The bolts, which are supported by the pins and fixed to the front side metal fitting from the front of the corner butting portion of the glass plate, are inserted into the hinge part of the glass receiving member arranged at the joint part, and the bolt is screwed into the tubular part of the back side metal fitting. The glass plate is clamped and supported, the back side metal fitting is connected and fixed to the structure provided on the back side, and a ring-shaped ring made of an elastic material is formed in the peripheral portion between the glass plate and the front plate material. Pa A packing is provided, the outer periphery of the packing is filled with a sealing material, and a backup material made of a hard resin is provided between the support plate of the glass receiving member and the lower end near the corner of the glass plate. Claim 5
A supporting structure for the glass plate described. 6. A glass receiving member disposed in a corner joint portion of the glass plates arranged side by side, and a cylindrical portion fixed to the back plate member so as not to come into contact with an end portion of the glass plate. The glass plate support structure according to claim 4, wherein a notch is provided. 7. In a construction method for supporting adjacent corner butting joints of a plurality of glass plates which are vertically and horizontally arranged side by side, a back side metal fitting connected to a structural support side and supporting a load of the glass plates. After screwing the front plate member having the cutout portion of the front side metal fitting and temporarily fixing, the glass plates are installed one by one through the cutout portion of the front plate member and rotated by 90 degrees to form four glass plates. After the installation is completed, the front plate material and the back side metal fitting are tightened and fixed, and the entire cover material is screwed onto the outer periphery of the front plate material, so that the glass plate can be attached after the support metal fitting is attached. The method for constructing a glass plate according to claim 4, wherein: