JP2004169305A - Sliding door device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sliding door device of a simple constitution, having good appearance due to overlapping of adjacent styles in closing and opening a paper screen, and capable of easily varying overlapping of styles in a paper screen having a framework of styles. <P>SOLUTION: This sliding door device includes upper rails 3 arranged side by side and a plurality of paper screens hung on the respective upper rails 3, and the paper screen has a panel 10, upper and lower rails 13, 15 frame in the panel 10, and right and left styles 17, 19. The lower end of a lower style of one of the adjacent paper screens 5, 9 is provided with a guide groove part 21 laid along the traveling direction of the paper screen, a support member 25 of an engagement part 27 is fixed to the style of the other paper screen. The style of one of the paper screens 5, 9 is provided with a cap 35 for blocking up the lower end, and the cap 35 is provided with an auxiliary groove 36 connected to the guide groove part 21 and a stopper 37 abutting on an engagement part 27, so that when the engagement part 27 is located in the auxiliary groove 36 of the cap 35, the cap is abutted on the stopper 37. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a sliding door apparatus that opens and closes a sash by hanging a plurality of sashes on an upper rail.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In Patent Literature 1, in a single-panel sash, a guide groove portion is provided below one of the sashes, and a supporting member of an engaging portion that moves the guide groove portion is fixed to the other adjacent sashes. On the other hand, a technique has been disclosed in which the other sash is allowed to run freely and a stopper is provided at the end of the guide groove portion (Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-242536
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the technology disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, since the sliding door has only one panel, when the sliding door is closed or opened, when the door end or the end on the mating side is located next to the sliding door, the end of the sliding door is closed. There is little problem that the appearance is poor even if the parts are shifted.
[0005]
On the other hand, some shojis in which the upper and lower horizontal stiles and the left and right vertical stiles are framed on the panel are provided with a guide groove at the lower end of the lower stile.In this case, when the shoji is closed or opened. In addition, there is a problem that the appearance is impaired because the positions of adjacent vertical stiles on the mating side or the door side are shifted.
[0006]
An object of the present invention is to improve the appearance of a framed sash with a simple structure, when the sash is closed or opened, when adjacent sashes are overlapped to improve the appearance, and to easily change the overlap of the sashes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sliding door device.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 includes an upper rail arranged in parallel and a plurality of sliding doors suspended on each of the upper rails so that the sliding rail can run freely. A guide groove is provided at the lower end of the lower frame of one of the adjacent shojis, and a guide groove along the traveling direction of the shoji is provided. The support member of the joint portion is fixed, and a cap closing the lower end is provided on the vertical frame of one of the shoji, the cap has an auxiliary groove continuous with the guide groove portion and a stopper that can abut the engaging portion. Wherein the engaging portion comes into contact with the stopper when the engaging portion is located in the auxiliary groove of the cap.
[0008]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, when one of the sliding doors is moved from the open state (the state in which the respective sliding doors are stacked), the engaging portion attached to the other sliding door moves along the guide groove of the one sliding door. Moving. When the engaging portion is located in the auxiliary groove of the cap that is continuous with the guide groove portion in the vertical frame on the mating side, the engaging portion abuts on the stopper, and one shoji and the other shoji are closed (one shoji and the other shoji). Are arranged side by side).
[0009]
By simply attaching a cap to the lower end of the vertical stile, the guide groove can be provided in the vertical stile until the length of one and the other vertical stile overlaps with the auxiliary groove continuous with the guide groove of the lower frame, and the other shoji The engaging part attached to the vertical frame of the first frame is positioned in the auxiliary groove in the vertical frame of one of the shojis, stops against the stopper, and the vertical frames on the adjacent mating side overlap to improve the appearance.
[0010]
Similarly, even in the state where the shoji is opened, the engaging portion attached to the other shoji moves along the guide groove of the lower frame of the one shoji, and is located in the auxiliary groove of the cap continuous to the guide groove, Since the stopper comes into contact with the stopper and stops, the vertical frames of the shojis adjacent to each other in front and back overlap each other, so that the appearance can be improved. In addition, if the widths of the plurality of shoji screens are the same, the left and right vertical stiles overlap each other, and the appearance can be improved.
[0011]
Since the shoji is constructed by assembling the panel and the upper and lower horizontal stiles and the left and right vertical stiles around the panel, it is not limited to assembling and shipping from a factory, but can also be assembled according to specifications at a construction shop. In addition, since the stopper at the end of the guide groove is a cap, it is easy to change the overlapping state of the shoji by replacing the stopper with a different position.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the position of the stopper of the cap can be changed.
[0013]
According to the second aspect of the invention, the same operation and effect as those of the first aspect of the invention can be obtained, and the length of the guide groove can be changed without replacing the cap. it can.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
[0015]
1 is a cross-sectional view showing a closed state of a sliding door in the sliding door device, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an open state of the sliding door in the sliding door device, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the sliding door device in FIG. 2, and FIG. 1 is an AA cross-sectional view, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the sliding door device according to FIG. 6, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a fitting state of the sliding door device. 1 (a) and 1 (b) and FIGS. 2 (c) and 2 (d) show the positional relationship between the guide groove and the cap of each sash and the engaging portion. FIG. 5A is a perspective view of a cap, and FIG. 5B is a perspective view of an engaging portion and a supporting member thereof.
[0016]
The sliding door device 1 according to the present embodiment is composed of upper rails 3 arranged in parallel and three sliding doors 5, 7, 9 suspended on the upper rails 3 so as to run freely. The sliding doors 11 open and close the sliding doors 5, 7, and 9 by traveling along the upper rail 3. Further, stoppers 4 of the door roller 11 are provided at both ends of the upper rail 3.
[0017]
Each of the sliding doors 5, 7, 9 has a panel 10 and upper and lower horizontal frames (upper frame 13, lower frame 15) and left and right vertical frames 17, 19, which are made of aluminum alloy. Each of the sliding doors 5, 7, and 9 has the same width in the finding direction, and the left and right vertical frames 17, 19 have the same width in the finding direction.
[0018]
The lower frame 15 is provided with a guide groove 21 which is concave in a U-shaped cross section along the traveling direction of the shoji 5 and 9.
[0019]
A support member 25 of an engaging portion 27 that moves by engaging with the guide groove portion 21 is fixed to the left and right vertical frames 17 and 19 of the central shoji (the other shoji) 7. The support member 25 has an L-shaped cross section, and the engaging portion 27 is a roller. The support member 25 is screwed inside the lower ends of the vertical frames 17 and 19 of the center shoji 7 through the opening 35a of the cap 35.
[0020]
Since the support member 25 is fixed inside the lower ends of the left and right vertical frames 17, 19, the appearance is good. Further, the gaps in the expected directions of the shoji screens 5, 7, 9 can be reduced, and the width of the upper rail 3 can be reduced.
[0021]
Further, the groove width of the guide groove portion 21 in the expected direction is substantially the same length as the diameter of the engaging portion 27, and since the engaging portion 27 is engaged with the guide groove portion 21, the right and left shoji (one shoji). 5 and 9 and the center shoji 7 can be supported by each other, so that the shojis 5, 7, 9 can be prevented from being shaken when opening and closing, and smooth opening and closing can be performed.
[0022]
An upper corner member 29 is provided on the left and right sides of the upper frame 13, and the upper frame 13 and the left and right vertical frames 17, 19 are connected and fixed by screws 33, respectively. The upper corner member 29 is provided with a door roller holder 8 provided with the door roller 11, and the upper corner member 29 also serves as a receiving member for the door roller holder 8.
[0023]
Lower corner members 31 are provided on the left and right sides of the lower frame 15, and the lower ends of the lower corner members 31 are closed by caps 35. The cap 35 is made of a synthetic resin, and has an auxiliary groove 36 and a stopper 37 continuous with the guide groove 21. In addition, the stopper 37 is provided at a position where it comes into contact when the engaging portion 27 is located in the auxiliary groove 36 of the cap 35 of the left and right vertical frames 17 and 19.
[0024]
A locking member 39 is provided inside the left vertical frame 17, and when the engagement is released, the locking member 39 comes into contact with the floor surface by its own weight and regulates the movement of the shoji screens 5, 7, and 9.
[0025]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. When the left sash 5 is moved from the open state of the sashes 5, 7, 9 as shown in FIG. 2, the engaging portion 27 fixed to the left side of the center sash 7 moves along the guide groove 21. The engaging portion 27 of the center shoji 7 moves in the guide groove 21 in the left side shoji 5 and when the engaging portion 27 is located in the auxiliary groove 36 of the cap 35 mounted in the right vertical frame 19 of the left side shoji 5, The left side sash 5 and the center sash 7 are closed (a state in which the left sash and the center sash are arranged side by side). Further, when the left sash 5 is moved, the center sash 7 moves in conjunction with the left sash 5. Subsequently, when the left side shoji 5 is kept moving, the right engaging portion 27 of the center shoji 7 hits the stopper 37 in the left vertical frame 17 of the right side shoji 9 and the three shojis 5, 7, 9 are closed. State. When the left side shoji 5 is further moved, the right side shoji 9 starts to move in conjunction with the left side shoji 5.
[0026]
The engaging portion 27 attached to the left side of the center shoji 7 abuts against the stopper 37 when located in the auxiliary groove 36 of the cap 35 of the right vertical frame 19 of the left side shoji 5. When they are arranged side by side, the right vertical frame 19 of the left side shoji 5 and the left vertical frame 17 (combined vertical frames) of the central shoji 7 overlap. Also, when the right side shoji 9 is further closed from the state in which the center shoji 7 and the left side shoji 5 are arranged side by side and all three shojis 5, 7, 9 are closed, the right side of the center shoji 7 The vertical frame 19 and the left vertical frame 17 (combined vertical frames) of the right side shoji 9 overlap.
[0027]
The support members 25 of the left and right engaging portions 27 of the center shoji 7 are fixed to the center of the left and right vertical frames 17 and 19 in the finding direction, and the rollers serving as the engaging portions 27 are vertically aligned in the auxiliary grooves 36 of the cap 35. When a stopper 37 is provided so as to come into contact with and stop at the center position 28 of the frames 17 and 19 in the finding direction, both ends of the right vertical frame 19 of the left side shoji 5 and the left vertical frame of the center shoji 7 are provided. 17 (EE, FF in FIG. 1), both ends of the right vertical frame 19 of the center shoji 7 and both ends of the left vertical frame 17 of the right shoji 9 (GG, HH in FIG. 1). Are flush with each other, and the appearance is improved. That is, by providing the stopper 37 at a position apart from the panel-side end of the left and right vertical frames 17, 19 by the radius of the roller which is the engaging portion 27 of the left and right vertical frames 17, 19, the left and right vertical frames 17 and 19 are provided. The frames 17, 19 can be flush with each other.
[0028]
Since the engaging portion 27 moves by engaging with the guide groove portion 21, the sashes 5, 7, and 9 are supported by each other, so that it is possible to prevent the shojis from being shaken in the expected direction, and smooth opening and closing is possible.
[0029]
On the other hand, from the closed state as shown in FIG. 1 (the state in which the left and right sashes and the center sash are arranged side by side), as shown in FIG. 2, the open states of the sashes 5, 7, 9 as shown in FIG. When the left sash 5 is moved in a direction to overlap the center sash 7, the engagement portion 27 fixed to the left side of the center sash 7 along with the operation of the left sash 5 moves along the guide groove 21 of the left sash 5. Moving. Then, when the engaging portion 27 on the left side of the center shoji 7 is located in the auxiliary groove 36 of the cap 35 of the left vertical frame 17 of the left side shoji 5, the engaging portion 27 abuts against the stopper 37 and stops. The left side shoji 5 is in a state of overlapping.
[0030]
When the right side shoji 9 is also moved in the direction of the center shoji 7, the engaging portion 27 on the right side of the center shoji 7 enters into the auxiliary groove 36 of the cap 35 of the right vertical frame 19 of the right side shoji 9. , And the three shoji screens 5, 7, 9 are overlapped. Even if there are no walls in the left-right direction of the sashes 5, 7, 9, adjacent sashes can be overlapped.
[0031]
When the stopper 37 of the cap 35 is provided such that the left and right engaging portions 27 of the center shoji 7 come to the center of the left and right vertical frames 17 and 19 in the finding direction, the stopper 37 of the cap 35 is provided. The door end side of the left vertical frame 17 and the door end side end of the right vertical frame 19 of 5, 7, and 9 are flush (in FIG. 2, CC and DD), and the appearance is further improved. . The stopper 37 is provided at a position apart from the panel-side end of the vertical stile by the radius length of the roller serving as the engaging portion 27, so that the vertical stile can be flushed even when the position of the engaging portion 27 is changed. Can be.
[0032]
Next, other embodiments will be described. In the description, portions having the same functions and effects as the portions described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description of those portions will be omitted.
[0033]
In the second embodiment, the number of sashes suspended from the upper rail 3 is two. The width of each of the sashes 5a and 7a in the finding direction is the same. The width of the left and right vertical frames 17, 19 in the finding direction is also the same. In the lower frame 15 of the left side shoji (one shoji) 5a, the left engaging portion 27 of the right side shoji (the other shoji) 7a assists the cap 35 of the left and right vertical frames 17, 19, as in the first embodiment. When it is located in the groove 36, it comes into contact with the stopper 37.
[0034]
In the case where the left engaging portion 27 of the right side shoji 7a is fixed at the center position 28 in the finding direction, and the stopper 37 of the left vertical frame 17 of the left side shoji 5a is located on the panel side of the shoji from the center position 28 in the finding direction. As shown in FIG. 8, when the sliding doors 5a and 7a are changed from the closed state (the state where the sliding doors are arranged side by side) to the open state (the state where the sliding doors are stacked), the left vertical position of the left sliding door 5a is set. The end of the frame 17 is displaced, so that an undrawn portion can be provided, so that the hand is not trapped in the handle groove.
[0035]
As shown in FIG. 7, when the sliding doors 5 a and 7 a are changed from the open state to the closed state, the position of the stopper 37 of the right vertical frame 19 of the left sliding door 5 a is shifted from the center position 28 in the finding direction to the engaging portion 27. By extending the roller by the radius of the roller toward the panel side, both ends of the right vertical frame 19 of the left side shoji 5a and both ends of the left vertical frame 17 of the right side shoji 7a are flush (see II and I in FIG. 7). JJ) and good appearance.
The presence or absence of such a leftover can be easily performed by replacing the cap 35 having a different length of the auxiliary groove 36.
[0036]
In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the position of the stopper 37 of the cap 35 can be freely changed. A plurality of through holes 52 and 53 are formed in the wall 51 on both sides of the auxiliary groove 36 of the cap 35 along the longitudinal direction of the auxiliary groove 36, and a rod-shaped member 54 is inserted into the through holes 52 and 53, thereby forming the stopper 37. Has a role. The position of the stopper 37 can be changed by changing the positions of the through holes 52 and 53 into which the rod-shaped members 54 are inserted. The members to be inserted into the through holes 52 and 53 may be plate-shaped or block-shaped members in addition to the rod-shaped members 54.
[0037]
Next, a modification of the third embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, screw hole holding members 61 and 63 having screw holes formed at positions facing the upper part of the cap 35 in the finding direction are provided. And it is fixed through the screw 64 over both ends of the screw hole holding members 61 and 63. Further, a plate-like member 65 is screwed into the screw 64, and a lower portion of the plate-like member 65 is located in the auxiliary groove 36 of the cap 35. When the screw 64 is turned, the plate member 65 screwed to the screw 64 moves in the finding direction in the auxiliary groove 36, so that the position of the stopper 37 can be changed and adjusted.
[0038]
In this way, since the position of the stopper 37 can be changed, for example, the engaging portion 27 attached to the central shoji 7 is located at the center position of the left and right vertical frames 17, 19 of the left shoji 5 or the right shoji 9 in the finding direction. By providing the position of the stopper 37 so as to stop, when the shoji is closed or opened, it is possible to make the positions of the adjacent vertical stiles on the joining side or the door side flush. In addition, by positioning the stopper 37 on the panel side from the center position 28 in the finding direction of the left and right vertical frames 17, 19, it is possible to provide a remnant when the shoji is opened.
[0039]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, the number of sashes suspended from the upper rail 3 is two or three, but may be four or more.
[0040]
In the three doors, the support member 23 of the engaging portion 27 is fixed to the left vertical frame 17 and the right vertical frame 19 of the center shoji 7. However, the present invention is not limited to this. And the right side shoji 9 may be fixed to the left vertical frame 17. Further, it may be fixed to the right vertical frame 19 of the center shoji 7 and the right vertical frame 19 of the left shoji 5.
[0041]
The sliding door device 1 may be used for a door such as a walking closet.
[0042]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the cap is attached to the lower end of the vertical stile, and the guide groove is vertically extended until one and the other vertical stile overlap with the auxiliary groove continuous with the guide groove of the lower frame. The engaging part attached to the vertical frame of the other shoji is positioned in the auxiliary groove in the vertical frame of one shoji and stops at the stopper, so that the adjacent vertical stiles on the mating side overlap. Appearance can be improved.
[0043]
Similarly, even in the state where the shoji is opened, the engaging portion attached to the other shoji moves the guide groove of the lower frame of the one shoji and is located in the auxiliary groove of the cap continuous to the guide groove, Since the stopper comes into contact with the stopper and stops, the vertical frames of the shojis adjacent to each other in front and back overlap each other, so that the appearance can be improved. In addition, if the width of each of the plurality of shojis is the same, the left and right vertical stiles overlap each other to improve the appearance.
[0044]
Since the stopper at the end of the guide groove is provided in the cap, it is easy to change the overlapping state of the shoji by replacing caps having different stopper positions.
[0045]
According to the second aspect of the invention, the same effects as those of the first aspect can be obtained, and the length of the guide groove can be changed without replacing the cap, and the overlapping state of the sash can be changed and adjusted.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a sliding door in a closed state in a sliding door device.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an open state of a shoji in the sliding door device.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the sliding door device in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the sliding door device according to FIG. 6;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a retracted state of the sliding door device.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a closed state of a sliding door of the sliding door device according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing an open state of a sliding door of the sliding door device according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a sliding door device according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a side view and a cross-sectional view of a cap according to a third embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a modification of the cap according to FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Sliding door device 3 Upper rail 5 Left side shoji (one shoji)
7 Central Shoji (the other Shoji)
9 right side shoji (one shoji)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Panel 11 Door car 13 Upper frame 15 Lower frame 17 Left vertical frame 19 Right vertical frame 21 Guide groove 27 Engaging part 35 Cap 37 Stopper

Claims (2)

Equipped with upper rails arranged in parallel and a plurality of sliding doors suspended freely on each upper rail, the sliding doors have panels and upper and lower horizontal frames and left and right vertical frames framed by the panels, and are adjacent to each other A guide groove along the running direction of the shoji is provided at the lower end of the lower frame of one shoji, and a support member of an engaging portion that moves the guide groove in the longitudinal direction is fixed to the vertical frame of the other shoji. A cap that closes the lower end is provided on the vertical frame of one of the shojis.The cap has an auxiliary groove that is continuous with the guide groove and a stopper that can abut the engaging portion. A sliding door device, which comes into contact with a stopper when located in a groove. The sliding door device according to claim 1, wherein the position of the stopper of the cap can be changed.

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