JP2003293670A - Shutter device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly cope with the abnormality of a person staying inside, by knowing a condition of the inside. <P>SOLUTION: An opening part 3 of an indoor partition can be opened and closed by a screen shutter curtain 12, and at least a part of the screen shutter curtain is semitransparent. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shutter device provided in a building opening or the like, and more particularly, to a shutter device provided in an indoor partition opening or the like so that an internal state can be seen in a closed state. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an opening / closing device for an indoor partition opening, a sliding door or a door rotatably supported by a hinge is generally used.

When the sliding door is provided in the opening, a sliding door storage space having a size substantially equal to the opening area is required to store the sliding door when opened, and when the door is provided in the opening, a space where the door can rotate. Need. In particular, a large installation space is required to provide a large opening through which a wheelchair or the like can pass, regardless of whether a sliding door or a door is provided. Therefore, in the case of a general house, it is difficult to provide the opening / closing device at the opening of the partition.

There is a winding type opening / closing device as an opening / closing device capable of opening / closing a large opening and having a small installation space. For example, a shutter device that opens and closes an opening by using a flexible, soft cloth or synthetic resin sheet-shaped screen as a shutter curtain, and winding or unwinding the screen shutter curtain on a winding shaft. is there.
In such a shutter device, the space required when installing the storage portion of the screen shutter curtain is small,
It can be fully installed in a general house where space is not available.

The opening and closing of the screen shutter curtain may be performed electrically or manually. For those that open and close electrically, an open / close button is provided near the opening, and the screen shutter curtain can be opened / closed by operating the open / close button, or the screen shutter curtain can be opened / closed by operating from a remote controller. Has become.

Further, in the case of manually opening and closing the screen shutter curtain, the screen shutter curtain is urged in the opening direction by a balance spring, and when the screen shutter curtain is pulled down, the screen shutter curtain is at an arbitrary position. Is held. Further, there are some which are manually opened and closed so that they can be locked in a completely closed state.

[0007]

With the aging of the population in recent years, the number of households having the elderly as a family member has increased, and consideration for the elderly has become more important. For example, it is important to respond promptly when a physical condition is complained in a toilet, bathroom, or the like.

Since it is not possible to see the inside with the conventional switchgear, except to see the inside by waiting for the information from the person in the room or sometimes calling from outside. It wasn't there.

Further, even if an abnormality is found, if the door is locked from the room side, or if the switchgear is electrically operated and there is a power failure, etc., the switchgear cannot be opened by ordinary means. I was taking measures such as breaking.

For this reason, the response becomes slower and repair work is required when the device is destroyed.

In view of the above situation, the present invention makes it possible to see the inside and to open and close the shutter device without damaging the shutter device when an abnormality is found. It is something to do.

[0012]

The present invention relates to a shutter device in which an opening of an indoor partition can be opened and closed by a screen shutter curtain, and at least a part of the screen shutter curtain is semitransparent. The present invention relates to a shutter device provided with a joint that can be opened at a required portion of a curtain.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which an indoor image is partitioned by panels 1 and 2, and a retractable shutter device 4 is provided in an opening 3 of the partition.

The shutter device 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.

Panels 1 and 2 which are parallel to the walls 5 and 6 of the building are provided in a hook shape, and the panel 1 is provided with the opening 3. Small room 7 by the panels 1 and 2
The small room 7 is used as, for example, a shower room or a toilet.

A winding portion 8 is provided along the upper side of the opening 3. The winding section 8 has a hollow winding shaft 9
Is rotatably provided, and an opening / closing motor (not shown) is provided inside the winding shaft 9, and the winding shaft 9 is rotated by the opening / closing motor. still,
The winding shaft may be provided on the inner upper side of the opening, or may be provided on the outer side of the opening near the upper side of the opening on either the front surface side or the back surface side of the partition.

Guide rail units 11, 11 are attached along both sides of the opening 3. A sheet-shaped screen shutter curtain 12 is wound around the winding shaft 9, and the screen shutter curtain 12 fed from the winding shaft 9 is guided by the guide rail unit 11 so that both sides thereof are moved up and down. Has become.

As the material of the screen shutter curtain 12, a translucent material is used, and the state of the person present in the small room 7 can be seen through the screen shutter curtain 12.

Examples of the material of the translucent screen shutter curtain 12 include glass fiber mesh cloth coated with transparent or translucent vinyl, and the like, which has high strength, excellent flexibility, and expansion and contraction. It is less suitable and is suitable as a material for the screen shutter curtain 12. Further, the sheet-shaped screen shutter curtain may be made of synthetic resin as a main material.

At the lower end of the screen shutter curtain 12, a curtain lower end portion 13 is provided over the entire width of the screen shutter curtain 12, and the curtain lower end portion 13 is provided.
A sealing member 14 is provided on the lower surface of the device over the entire width.

The curtain lower end portion 13 has an appropriate weight and applies a predetermined tension to the screen shutter curtain 12. Further, the sealing member 14 is a hollow body made of an elastic member such as rubber, and the screen shutter curtain 1
When 2 is completely lowered, it adheres to the floor surface and exerts an airtight and waterproof function.

The guide rail unit 1 shown in FIG.
1 will be described.

The guide rail unit 11 is a pair of guide rail pieces 15a, 15b formed by extrusion molding or drawing of aluminum and the guide rail pieces 15a, 1.
It is composed of connecting members 16a and 16b made of synthetic resin for connecting 5b and an inner rail 17 made of synthetic resin housed in the guide rail unit 11. still,
The guide rail pieces 15a, 15b, the connecting member 16a,
Both 16b and the inner rail 17 are extruded or pultruded and have a cross section shown in FIG.

The guide rail pieces 15a and the guide rail pieces 15b facing each other have the same cross section and are arranged symmetrically. The guide rail piece 15a will be described below.

One end (the right end in FIG. 4) of the guide rail piece 15a is folded back in a U-shape, and a ridge 18 is provided so as to face the folding back piece 20. A projecting piece 19 having a saw-toothed surface is provided on the other end of the guide rail piece 15, and the projecting piece 19 is symmetrical between the projecting piece 19 and the projecting ridge 18. The projecting piece 21 is projected. The protrusion 21
2 which forms a screw hole between the protrusion 19 and the protrusion 19.
2, 22 are formed so as to face each other.

The connecting members 16a and 16b connect one guide rail piece 15a and the other guide rail piece 15b, and have the same sectional shape and are arranged symmetrically.

The connecting member 16a will be described below.

The connecting member 16a is made of a synthetic resin having appropriate elasticity, and both ends thereof are bifurcated fork portions 23, 23. The bifurcated fork portions 23 are both the guide rail piece 15a and the guide rail piece 15b. The protrusions 19, 19 of
To fit. Further, the projecting piece 19 of the forked part 23
The surface of the protruding piece 1 facing the sawtooth surface of the
When 9 and the two-forked fork portion 23 are fitted, the two-forked fork portion 23 is brought into a meshing state in which the forked portion 19 is held by the elastic force, and the forked portion 19 can be removed from the forked fork portion 23. Greater force is required when mating.

The forked fork portion 2 of the connecting member 16b
Similarly, 3 and 23 are fitted to the projecting pieces 21 and 21 of the guide rail piece 15a and the guide rail piece 15b.

At least a part of the connecting members 16a and 16b, that is, for example, the forked fork portion 23 may be made of synthetic resin.

The inner rail 17 is housed between the projecting piece 21 and the projecting strip 18 of the guide rail piece 15a and between the projecting piece 21 and the projecting strip 18 of the guide rail piece 15b, and is housed in the central portion. A groove 24 having a convex shape is formed, and a hook-shaped cushioning portion 2 protruding toward the ridge 18 at both ends.
5 are integrally formed. The inner rail 17 is made of a hard synthetic resin, and only the buffer portion 25 is made of an elastic and relatively soft synthetic resin.

The guide rail unit 1 shown in FIG.
The mounting state of No. 1 will be described.

The connecting member 16a is fixed to the panel 1 by a fixing means such as a screw, and the guide rail piece 15a is attached to the projecting piece 19 on the forked fork portion 23 of the connecting member 16a.
And the two-forked fork portion 23 of the connecting member 16b is fitted to the projecting piece 21 of the guide rail piece 15a. In the arranged state, the protruding piece 19 and the protruding piece 21 of the guide rail piece 15b are connected to the connecting member 16a,
16b, respectively.

Thus, the guide rail unit 11 is constituted, and the folded piece 2 of the guide rail piece 15a is formed.
A guide groove 26 is formed between 0 and the folded piece 20 of the guide rail piece 15b.

The screen shutter curtain 12 is formed at both ends with a convex portion 27 that fits into the guide groove 26, and the convex portion 27 is further provided with an engaging pin 28 which is an engaging portion. A flange portion is formed at the tip of the engagement pin 28, is provided at a predetermined pitch over the entire length of the screen shutter curtain 12, and is slidably fitted into the groove 24. Further, the flange portion at the tip of the engaging pin 28 is prevented from coming off the groove 24.

When the engaging pin 28 is fitted in the groove 24, the buffer portion 25 is in contact with the ridge 18. When the screen shutter curtain 12 is positioned in the width direction by the elastic force of the buffer portion 25, and when an excessive force is applied to the screen shutter curtain 12, the buffer portion 25 bends to the screen shutter curtain 12. The applied load is reduced and the screen shutter curtain 12 or the engaging portion between the engaging pin 28 and the inner rail 17 is prevented from being damaged.

Hooks 29 are provided on at least one of the upper and lower ends of at least one guide rail piece 15 of the guide rail unit 11, preferably the outdoor guide rail piece 15, and in FIG. 5, the guide rail piece 15b. The hook 29 may be pivotally attached via a pin or the like so that it can be folded. The screen shutter curtain 12
Opening and closing is performed by operating the open / close button 31 (see FIG. 1).

Next, the operation will be described.

The open / close button 31 is operated to open / close the screen shutter curtain 12. For example, when closing the opening 3, the close button of the open / close button 31 is pressed, an open / close motor (not shown) is driven, and the winding shaft 9 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. Pay out. The screen shutter curtain 12 is pulled out by the curtain lower end portion 13 at the lower end of the screen shutter curtain 12. At the position where the sealing member 14 reaches the floor surface and is compressed by a required amount,
The limit switch provided in the winding shaft 9 is activated, and the opening / closing motor is stopped.

When opening the opening 3, the open / close motor is driven by pushing the open button, the winding shaft 9 is rotated clockwise, and the screen shutter curtain 12 is wound.

When the screen shutter curtain 12 cannot open the screen shutter curtain 12 due to a power failure or the like while the screen shutter curtain 12 closes the opening 3, it is necessary to urgently enter and exit the small room 7. In this case, for example, a person present in the small room 7 complains of a physical condition.

When the person in the room becomes sick, it may be difficult for an outside person to know the sickness of the person in the room.
The screen shutter curtain 12 is translucent,
Since the inside can be seen from the outside, the sickness of the person in the room can be immediately known.

In an emergency, an outdoor person holds the hook 29 and pulls off the guide rail piece 15b. The guide rail piece 15b is held only by the holding force by the elastic force of the forked piece 19 and the two-forked fork portion 23 with which the projected piece 21 is fitted, so that the guide rail piece 15b is pulled out by a large amount more than the holding force. By applying the force, the guide rail piece 15b can be removed without damaging the guide rail piece 15b. The holding force of the forked fork portion 23 is an elastic force of synthetic resin, and the guide rail piece 15b can be sufficiently peeled off by an ordinary person.

When the person in the room uses a wheelchair, the guide rail pieces 15b of the guide rail units 11 on both sides are used.
The guide rail piece 1 otherwise
Peel off only 5b. By removing the guide rail piece 15b, the guide state of the screen shutter curtain 12 by the guide rail unit 11 is released, and the screen shutter curtain 12 can be largely turned over with the inner rail 17 attached to the end. It is possible to send out the occupants outside the room.

When the emergency response is completed and the shutter device 4 is restored to the original state, the guide rail piece 15b and the inner rail 17 are simply put back in the connecting members 16a and 16b. .

Since the connecting members 16a and 16b are elastic members, the holding force of the guide rail piece 15b is not impaired even if the guide rail piece 15b is repeatedly attached and detached.

As a method of attaching the guide rail unit 11, the guide rail unit 11 may be provided on the front surface or the back surface of the panel 1 instead of the end surface.
For example, the guide rail unit 11 may be connected to the panel 1
When it is attached to the surface of the panel 1, the guide rail piece 15a is fixed to the surface of the panel 1 by a fixing means such as a screw.
In this case, peeling off is limited to the guide rail piece 15b.

As described above, the guide rail unit 11 has a divided structure, and the screen shutter curtain 12 can be removed from the guide rail unit 11. However, various divided structures are conceivable, for example, as shown in FIGS. There is one shown in FIG. In FIGS. 6 to 8, the same parts as those shown in FIG.
2 is omitted.

In the guide rail unit 11 shown in FIG. 6, the protruding piece 21 of the guide rail piece 15a and the protruding piece 21 of the guide rail piece 15b are connected by the connecting member 16b. Further, the guide rail piece 15a, the guide rail piece 15
Instead of the protruding piece 19, end pieces 19a and 19b are formed at the end of b. The end piece 19a is a hinge arm portion 32 that rises diagonally, and a semi-cylindrical portion 3 formed at the tip of the hinge arm portion 32.
Have three.

The end piece 19b has a hinge arm portion 34 that rises diagonally, and a columnar portion 35 formed at the tip of the hinge arm portion 34 and rotatably fitted to the semi-cylindrical portion 33.

Since the guide groove 26 is opened by the rotation between the guide rail piece 15a and the guide rail piece 15b, either the guide rail piece 15a or the guide rail piece 15b is placed on the surface or the wall surface of the panel 1. Mounted.

When the screen shutter curtain 12 is to be removed in an emergency, by pulling off the guide rail piece 15 which is not fixed, the projecting piece 21 is pulled out from the connecting member 16b and the semi-cylindrical portion is removed. 33, the guide rail piece 15 rotates around the columnar portion 35, the guide groove 26 is largely opened, and the screen shutter curtain 12 can be removed.

FIG. 7 shows the case where the peelable joining member 40 is used.

A female fitting portion 36 is formed at the tip of the end piece 19a, and a male fitting portion 37 for fitting with the female fitting portion 36 is formed at the tip of the end piece 19b. A flange portion 38 is formed at the tip of the projecting piece 21a, a flange portion 39 is formed at the tip of the projecting piece 21b, and the joining member 40 is provided between the flange portion 38 and the flange portion 39. The flange portion 38 and the flange portion 39 are joined together.

The joining member 40 is composed of, for example, a pair of tape materials, flexible loop wires are densely planted on the joining surface of one tape material, and the joining surface of the other tape material is formed. The hook pieces of the hard wire are densely planted, and when the both tape materials are pressed, the hook pieces and the loop wire are engaged with each other to exert a joining force.

Further, the joining member 40 may be a double-sided tape, and in this case, the bonding area, that is, the flange portions 38, 39, is adjusted so that an appropriate joining force and an appropriate peeling force can be obtained.
Select the width dimension of.

In the guide rail unit 11 shown in FIG. 8, the guide rail pieces 15a and 15b are united by utilizing the fitting force of the members themselves.

The female fitting portion 36 is attached to the tip of the end piece 19a.
And the male fitting portion 37 press-fitted into the female fitting portion 36 is formed at the tip of the end piece 19b. Further, a female fitting portion 41 is formed at the tip of the projecting piece 21a, and the projecting piece 21b is formed.
A male fitting portion 42 that is press-fitted into the female fitting portion 41 is formed at the tip of the.

When the guide rail piece 15a and the guide rail piece 15b are combined, the male fitting portion 37 is press-fitted into the female fitting portion 36 and the male fitting portion 42 is press fitted into the female fitting portion 41, respectively. As a result, a fitting force is generated, the guide rail piece 15a and the guide rail piece 15b are united, and one of the guide rail piece 15a and the guide rail piece 15b is peeled off to open the guide groove 26. You can

Of course, various structures other than the above-mentioned structures are conceivable as the structure in which the guide rail pieces 15a and 15b can be disassembled and separated, and the guide rail pieces 15a and 15b are the same. It does not have to be a shape.

As described above, since the screen shutter curtain 12 is made of a semitransparent material, the silhouette of the person present in the small room 7 can be seen through the screen shutter curtain 12. If there is something wrong with the person in the room, it can be dealt with immediately.

Further, the screen shutter curtain 12
Part of the may be semi-transparent. In this case, the translucent screen shutter curtain 12 may be partially coated with an opaque vinyl coating.

Further, the screen shutter curtain 1
Reference numeral 2 is not a cloth or synthetic resin sheet shape, but a winding shutter device configured by flexibly connecting slats made of synthetic resin or slats made of metal, or a panel to the screen shutter curtain 12. The present invention can also be applied to a panel shutter configured by flexibly connecting. Further, the structure of the guide rail unit is arbitrary, and the inner rail 17 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the engaging pin 28 which is an engaging portion for engaging with the inner rail 17 can be omitted.
Further, the present invention can be applied to not only the winding type but also a folding type, a feeding type, a separation polymerization type and the like.

In the above embodiment, the guide rail unit 11 is opened so that the screen shutter curtain 12 can be removed in an emergency. However, a part of the screen shutter curtain 12 is joined by a chuck or the like.
The screen shutter curtain 12 itself may be opened by the chuck or the like.

In this case, in an emergency, the chuck or the like of the screen shutter curtain 12 is opened, and the small room 7 is entered from the opening of the screen shutter curtain 12.
You can take the necessary measures.

FIG. 9 shows an example of installation of the shutter device 4 according to the present invention.

In this installation example, the small room 7a and the small room 7b are defined by the panels 1a, 1b and the panel 44, and the small rooms 7a, 7b are connected through the panel 44, and A shutter device 4a and a shutter device 4b are provided to open and close the portion 3a and the opening 3b.

The panel 1a forming the opening 3a
The guide rail unit 11a is provided on the end surface of the panel 1b, and the guide rail unit 11b is provided on the end surface of the panel 1b forming the opening 3b.

A guide rail 4 is provided on the end face of the panel 44.
5 are provided. The guide rail 45 has a substantially H shape having guide grooves on both end surfaces.
Reference numeral 5 is shared by the shutter device 4a and the shutter device 4b, and the screen shutter curtain 1 is provided between the guide rail unit 11a and the guide rail 45.
2a is provided, and a screen shutter curtain 12b is provided between the guide rail 11b and the guide rail 45. Since the guide rail 45 is a common guide rail for both shutter devices 4a and 4b, there is no need to provide a panel between the opening 3a and the opening 3b,
The opening area of the opening 3a and the opening 3b can be increased.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, at least one of the guide rail units should be able to open the guide groove.

[0072]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the opening of the indoor partition can be opened and closed by the screen shutter curtain and at least a part of the screen shutter curtain is made semitransparent, the internal state can be seen. If there is an abnormality, it is possible to immediately respond, and since a joint that can be opened is provided at the required position of the screen shutter curtain, even if an abnormality occurs and the shutter device does not open, the shutter device is not destroyed. The excellent effect of being able to enter the room from the joint and being able to deal with it is demonstrated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view on arrow AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the guide rail unit used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a relationship between the guide rail unit and a screen shutter curtain.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the guide rail unit.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing still another example of the guide rail unit.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing still another example of the guide rail unit.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the shutter device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 openings 4 Shutter device 11 Guide rail unit 12 screen shutter curtain 15 Guide rail pieces 16 Connection member 17 Inner rail 19 Projections 21 Projection 26 Guide groove 36 Female fitting part 37 Male fitting part 40 joining member 41 Female fitting part 42 Male fitting part

Continued front page    (72) Inventor, Masakazu Takeshita             1-32 Itabashi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo             Inside Yatter Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 2E042 AA01 CA01 CA02 DA01

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shutter device, wherein an indoor partition opening can be opened and closed by a screen shutter curtain, and at least a part of the screen shutter curtain is made semitransparent. 2. The shutter device according to claim 1, wherein a joint portion that can be opened is provided at a required portion of the screen shutter curtain.