JP2005061065A - Plug door device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plug door device, capable of executing an outward shift motion and an inward shift motion of a door by one drive device and simplifying the opening/closing mechanism of the door. <P>SOLUTION: The door in the completely closed position is once shifted outward of the vehicle sidewall by the drive of a driving section, and slid along the outer face of the vehicle sidewall to open the entrance. This plug door device is provided with at least one door 3; a guide body 10 provided with a guide groove 10c for shifting the door 3 in the outward/inward shifting directions and sliding the door 3 in the forward and rearward directions; parallel links 11a, 11b and rail body 26 supporting the door 3 moving along the guide groove 10c of the guide body 10; a traveling body 9 traveling in parallel to the door 3 by one drive section 6; and a door connecting member 29 arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the traveling direction of the traveling body 9 in plane view and connecting the door 3 and the traveling body 9 with each other, relatively movable in the vehicle width direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a plug door device provided at an entrance of a vehicle.

  Conventionally, a plug door is adopted for a vehicle such as a low-floor tram, and a general plug door device is configured to open and close in the front-rear direction along the vehicle side wall while the door is once taken out of the vehicle side wall. (For example, refer patent document 1).

  This type of plug door device is provided with each drive mechanism for sliding the door in the take-out (or pull-in) direction and the front-rear direction. Specifically, as shown in FIG. An in / out cylinder 52 for taking out or retracting in an inclined direction (a direction) and an opening / closing cylinder 53 for moving the door 50 in the front-rear direction (b direction) are provided.

  A guide plate 54 is connected to the rod tip of the entry / exit cylinder 52, and a guide rail 55 is fixed to the guide plate 54, and a guided member 56 slides on the guide rail 55.

  The guided member 56 is connected to a rod of an opening / closing cylinder 53, and when the opening / closing cylinder 53 is expanded and contracted, the door 50 moves in the front-rear direction to open / close the entrance / exit.

  In addition, 57 and 57 are guide mechanisms arranged in a state where the vehicle side wall 51 is inclined at an angle of 45 °. The lower portion of the door 50 is supported by a lower mechanism, and includes a link mechanism that guides the take-out or pull-in operation of the door 50 and a slide mechanism that guides the movement of the door in the front-rear direction in conjunction with the link mechanism. When the door 50 is fully opened, the lower end of the door tip side of the door 50 is supported.

  There is also known a plug door device in which the door can be taken out (or pulled in) and slid by a single drive source (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  In this configuration, as shown in FIG. 10, the carriage 71 moves on the support rail 70, the proximal ends of the parallel links 72 and 73 are connected to the carriage 71, and the door is connected to the distal ends of the parallel links 72 and 73. 74 is connected.

The guide roller 75 moves along the guide rail 76 to determine the angles of the parallel links 72 and 73. Further, the driving force of the driving device 77 acts on the direction changing roller 79 fixed to the shaft 78 of the parallel link 72.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-24266 (Page (3), Fig. 3) Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 10-169298 (pages (3)-(4), FIG. 1)

  However, in the former plug door device, it is necessary to separately prepare a drive source for taking out or retracting the door 50 and a drive source for sliding the door 50 back and forth. In addition, a locked body 59 moved in the opening direction is provided on the vehicle side wall 51 in order to prevent the door door end side from being cantilevered when the door is fully opened and to prevent a large moment from acting on the connecting device 58 due to the door's own weight. Since the moment is received by the locking member 60, the configuration is complicated.

  In the latter plug door device, the door 74 can be opened and closed by one drive source, but the mechanism for transmitting power and the mechanism for swinging the parallel links 72 and 73 must be collectively arranged on the carriage 71. The configuration is complicated. Further, in order to move the guide roller 75 along the guide rail 76 by rotating the direction changing roller 79, the direction changing roller 79 must always be stopped at an appropriate position, which is difficult to design and the door 74. There is a problem that it is difficult to obtain a smooth pull-in or take-out operation.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the problems in the conventional plug door device as described above, and the door can be taken out or retracted and the door slide operation can be performed by a single drive device, and by a simple configuration. An object of the present invention is to provide a plug door device capable of opening and closing a door stably.

The present invention is configured to open the doorway by sliding the door in the fully closed position once out of the vehicle side wall by driving the drive unit and then sliding the door along the outer surface of the vehicle side wall. In the plug door device, at least one door, and a guide body having a guide groove for moving the door in the take-out direction or the retracting direction and sliding the door in the front-rear direction,
A support means for supporting the door that moves along the guide groove of the guide body, a traveling body that travels parallel to the door by a single drive unit, and a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the traveling direction of the traveling body as viewed from above. And a door connecting member that connects the door and the traveling body so as to be relatively movable in the vehicle width direction.

  In the present invention, the support means includes a fixed base fixed to the vehicle, and a rail body that supports the door slidably in the front-rear direction, so that the rail body can be moved while keeping its orientation constant. And a movable support member coupled to the fixed base.

  In the present invention, a guide groove can be formed in the fixed base.

  In this invention, the 2nd support means which supports the up-and-down both sides of the door which slide-moves to the front-back direction in the state taken out of the vehicle side wall can be provided.

  In the present invention, as the second support means, a pair of rail grooves disposed on the upper and lower sides of the door inner wall, and provided on the vehicle side corresponding to these rail grooves, are configured to be swingable in the take-out direction. A pair of arms and a roller that engages with a rail groove provided at the tip of each arm.

  In the present invention, as the guide groove, a parallel groove portion that is formed in parallel with the vehicle side wall and that slides the door in the vehicle front-rear direction, an inclined groove portion that is formed to be inclined with respect to the vehicle side wall and that moves the door in the take-out or pull-in direction, It is preferable to continuously form a holding groove portion that holds the retracted door formed and substantially parallel to the vehicle side wall at the retracted position.

  In the present invention, when the door connecting member moves to the holding groove portion, it is preferable to include a lock unit that locks the door connecting member so as not to move.

  In this invention, a rail body can be comprised from the rail of the multilayer structure comprised so that it might slide and expand-contract in the vehicle front-back direction.

  In the present invention, it is possible to provide a hook-shaped hooking portion for temporarily fixing the door at a predetermined position on the inner wall of the door.

  According to the present invention, the door can be taken out or retracted and the door slide operation can be performed by a single drive device. Since the door can be relatively moved in the vehicle width direction between the door and the traveling body when the door is taken out or retracted, the door can be opened and closed extremely smoothly and stably.

  According to the present invention in which the guide groove is formed in the fixed base, the plug door device can be configured compactly.

  According to this invention provided with the 2nd support means, the opening / closing operation | movement of a door can be stabilized more.

  According to the present invention having the holding groove portion as the guide groove, the movement of the door moved to the fully closed position in the vehicle width direction can be restrained.

  According to the present invention in which the rail body is composed of a rail having a multilayer structure, the effective opening width of the door can be expanded, and rattling of the door that has moved to the fully open position can be prevented.

  According to the present invention having the latching portion, the support becomes unnecessary only by temporarily fastening the latching portion at a predetermined position, and positioning can be performed at the same time. Therefore, the door can be assembled in a short time.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a case where the plug door device according to the present invention is applied to a single sliding door of a vehicle, as viewed from the inside of the vehicle.

  In the figure, a vehicle entrance / exit 2 is provided on a vehicle side wall 1, and S1 indicates the opening width.

  3 is a door that opens and closes the entrance 2 and S2 indicates the width of the door.

  A drive mechanism 4 is provided above the inner side of the door 3 to move the door 3 in the take-out or pull-in direction and move it in the vehicle front-rear direction.

  The drive mechanism 4 is attached to a frame 5 disposed in the front-rear direction above the entrance 2, and includes a drive motor (drive unit) 6 as a door engine at the approximate center of the frame 5. By driving the drive motor 6, an endless timing belt 7 circulates between driven pulleys 8 and 8 (only the left side is shown), and a clamp 9 is clamped to the belt 7. The clamp 9 is a connecting metal fitting (door connecting member ( It is connected to the door 3 through (described later). Thereby, the driving force for opening and closing the door 3 is transmitted to the door 3.

  The base ends of parallel links 11a and 11b for taking out or retracting the door 3 are connected to a plate-like fixed base (fixed base) 10 suspended from the frame 5, and the parallel links 11a, 11b, A movable plate, which will be described later, is connected to each distal end of 11b so as to perform parallel movement with respect to the fixed base 10, and the door 3 is supported by the movable plate (movable support member). A bracket 12 connects the frame 5 and the fixed base 10.

  An upper leaf rail 13 is formed in the upper part of the inner wall of the door 3, and a lower leaf rail 14 is formed in the front and rear direction at the lower part of the inner wall. The fixed base 10 also functions as a guide body.

  The upper leaf rail 13 is formed with a bowl-shaped groove portion that faces downward, and an arm roller 15a of the upper arm 15 provided on the upper portion of the vehicle door bottom rolls in the groove portion. Also, the lower leaf rail 14 is formed with a bowl-like groove portion downward, and an arm roller 16a of the lower arm 16 provided at the lower portion on the door bottom side of the vehicle rolls in the groove portion. .

  The upper arm 15 and the lower arm 16 are fixed to and interlocked with the upper and lower ends of the shaft 17 arranged in the vertical direction, and when the door 3 moves in the take-out or pull-in direction, The shaft 17 is swung in the vehicle width direction around the rotation axis. Thereby, the upper and lower sides of the door 3 can always be supported when the door 3 is opened and closed.

  18 is an electromagnetic locking device (locking means) provided on the frame 5 above the door tip of the door 3, and has a lock link 18 a that can be engaged with a locked pin 28 fixed to the clamp 9. 3 can be locked in the fully closed position. The electromagnetic lock device 18 can be forcibly released by operating the handle 19a of the unlocking device 19 in an emergency, and in this case, the door 3 can be opened manually. Reference numeral 20 denotes a cable connecting the unlocking device 19 and the electromagnetic lock device 18, and 21 denotes a door closing detection switch.

  CTR is a controller for controlling the drive mechanism 4, the electromagnetic lock device 18 and the like.

  FIG. 2 shows the drive mechanism 4 from a plane.

  In the figure, a drive pulley 22 is fixed to the output shaft of the drive motor 6, and idlers 23 are disposed on both sides of the drive pulley 22. Therefore, when the driving pulley 22 rotates clockwise or counterclockwise, the timing belt 7 that is stretched over the driven pulleys 8 and 8 and is tensioned by the idlers 23 is closed in the door closing direction (arrow A direction) or door opening. Move in the direction (arrow B direction).

  A fixed base 10 is provided between the timing belt 7 and the door 3 in parallel with the vehicle side wall 1. Support shafts 10 a and 10 b are disposed at both ends of the fixed base 10 in the front-rear direction. The base ends of the parallel links 11a and 11b are connected to the support shafts 10a and 10b.

  A strip-shaped movable plate 25 is connected to the distal ends of the parallel links 11a and 11b via a bracket 24. The movable plate 25 is arranged with the longitudinal direction of the cross section being up and down, and moves in parallel with the fixed base 10.

  The movable plate 25 is provided with a door 3 via a two-layer slide rail (multilayer rail) 26.

  The double-layer slide rail 26 has a first slide rail 26a and a second slide rail 26b, and an intermediate moving plate 27 is interposed between the slide rails 26a and 26b.

  Sliders 27a and 27b and sliders 27c and 27d are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the intermediate moving plate 27. The intermediate moving plate 27 is placed on the first slide rail 26a via the sliders 27a and 27b on one side. The second slide rail 26b can be moved along the intermediate moving plate 27 via the sliders 27c and 27d on the other side.

  The sliders 27 a and 27 b on one side are fixed to the front side of the intermediate moving plate 27, and the sliders 27 c and 27 d on the other side are fixed to the rear side of the intermediate moving plate 27.

  Accordingly, the intermediate moving plate 27 can move in a state of protruding rearward along the first slide rail 26a, and stops when the slider 27a reaches the rear end of the first slide rail 26a.

  The intermediate moving plate 27 stops at that position, but by sliding the sliders 27c and 27d, the second slide rail 26b can move further rearward until its front end abuts against the slider 27d. Thereby, the doorway can be opened by applying a force in the door opening direction to the door 3 fixed to the second slide rail 26b.

  Next, a power transmission mechanism that transmits the driving force of the drive motor 6 to the door 3 will be described.

  A clamp (running body) 9 clamped by the timing belt 7 that circulates around the driven pulleys 8 and 8 is provided with a slider described later below, and this slider is associated with a slide guide 30 provided on the coupling metal 29. Together, the slide guide 30 is slid. As a result, the connection with the timing belt 7 can always be obtained via the clamp 9 even if the connecting metal fitting 29 moves in the left-right direction.

  As described above, the connecting bracket 29 is arranged in the left-right direction and connected to the inner wall of the door 3, and the first guide roller 31 is disposed substantially at the center and the second guide roller 32 is disposed downward toward the door 3. It is drooping.

  The first guide roller 31 engages with a guide groove 10 c formed on the upper surface of the fixed base 10 and rolls in the groove.

  FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the shape of the guide groove 10c.

  The fixed base 10 is arranged in parallel with the vehicle side wall 1, and the guide groove 10 c is continuous with the parallel groove portion 10 c 1 and a parallel groove portion 10 c 1 formed in parallel with the lateral edge 10 d over substantially the entire length of the fixed base 10. The inclined groove portion 10c2 is formed to be inclined with respect to the vehicle side wall 1, and the holding groove portion 10c3 is formed to be continuous with the inclined groove portion 10c2 and substantially parallel to the vehicle side wall 1.

  The parallel groove portion 10c1 is for guiding the door 3 in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the inclined groove portion 10c2 is for taking out or moving the door 3 in the pull-in direction, and the holding groove portion 10c3 is retracted. This is for holding the door 3 in the retracted position.

  The notch 10e formed at the front end of the fixed base 10 is for securing the movement path of the second guide roller 32, and the second guide roller 32 is provided on the movable plate 25 when the door is taken out. The operation of pushing the movable plate 25 to the outside of the vehicle in contact with the inner side surface is supported.

  FIG. 4 is a side view of the drive mechanism 4 shown in FIG.

  In the figure, (a) is a longitudinal sectional view showing a door closed state, and (b) is a longitudinal sectional view showing a door pushed out state.

  In FIG. 4A, when the door is closed, the first guide roller 31 suspended from the connection fitting 29 is engaged with the holding guide groove portion 10c3 of the fixed base 10, and the two L-shaped fittings 33a from the clamp 9 are engaged. And the slider 34 attached via 33 b is located on the left side of the slide guide 30.

  The second guide roller 32 is engaged with a U-shaped portion 25a (see FIG. 5C) provided at the front end portion of the movable plate 25.

  Further, the left end portion of the connection fitting 29 is bent downward in an L-shape, and a door mounting plate 35 is vertically mounted on the bent portion 29a, and the door 3 is fixed to the door mounting plate 35.

  The upper end of the door mounting plate 35 protrudes slightly above the upper end of the bent portion 29a, and a latching portion formed in a downward hook shape on the inner wall upper portion of the door 3 with respect to the protruding locking portion 35a. 36 can be locked.

  Conventionally, when the door 3 and the drive mechanism 4 are coupled, a door fixing hole is provided in the door mounting plate 35 while the door 3 is supported from below, and the fixing hole and the screw hole on the door 3 side are positioned. After that, it was necessary to fasten with bolts.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, after hooking the latching portion 36 on the latching portion 35a, the bolt 13a is inserted from below in the upper leaf rail 13, and the through hole provided in the L-shaped bent portion of the door mounting plate 35 is inserted. The door 3 can be fixed by passing through the hole and tightening with the nut 13b.

  Moreover, since the bottom surface into which the bolt 13a is inserted in the upper leaf rail 13 has a width of two surfaces parallel to each other at the head of the bolt 13a, a means for preventing the bolt from stopping is unnecessary.

  If an adjustment liner is mounted between the door mounting plate 35 and the upper surface of the upper leaf rail 13, the mounting height, inclination, etc. of the door 3 can be easily adjusted.

  In FIG. 4B, as the first guide roller 31 is guided by the parallel groove portion 10c1 formed on the left side of the fixed base 10, the parallel links 11a and 11b (only 11b shown) are moved outward (in the direction of arrow C). The connection fitting 29 is moved in the same direction. Thereby, the door 3 is taken out from the vehicle side wall 1 by the distance L. At this time, the slider 34 has moved to the right side of the slide guide 30.

  The operation of the plug door device having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4A shows the door fully closed state, FIG. 5B shows the door taking-out state, and FIG. 5C shows the door fully open state.

a) Opening operation When an opening command is output from the controller CTR, first, the electromagnetic locking device 18 performs an unlocking operation, and the locked pin 28 is unlocked.

  When the drive motor 6 rotates counterclockwise (arrow D direction), the connection fitting 29 connected to the timing belt 7 via the clamp 9 starts to move in the arrow B direction.

  The first guide roller 31 suspended from the coupling metal 29 is guided by the inclined groove portion 10c2 of the fixed base 10 and moves in the direction of arrow E with respect to the vehicle side wall 1 at an angle of approximately 45 ° (FIG. 5B). reference).

  At this time, since the parallel links 11a and 11b rotate counterclockwise (arrow F direction), the movable plate 25 connected to the parallel links 11a and 11b is taken out of the vehicle in a state parallel to the vehicle side wall 1. . By this operation, the upper arm 15 and the lower arm 16 provided at the door bottom also rotate in the direction of arrow G. As a result, the door 3 is taken out of the vehicle side wall 1.

  Thereafter, the connecting fitting 29 further moves in the direction of arrow B. During the movement, the first guide roller 31 rolls along the parallel groove portion 10c1, and the second roller 32 rolls along the inner side wall of the movable plate 25. . The upper and lower leaf rails 13 and 14 are guided by arm rollers 15a and 16a, respectively. Thereby, the door 3 slides to the fully open position along the vehicle side wall 1 (see FIG. 5C).

  In the figure, M indicates the effective opening width.

b) Closing operation When a closing command is output from the controller CTR, the drive motor 6 rotates in the clockwise direction (the direction opposite to the arrow D direction), and the connecting bracket 29 connected to the timing belt 7 moves in the arrow B direction. Move in the opposite direction.

  Thereby, an operation opposite to the door opening operation described above is performed, and the door 3 slides in the direction opposite to the arrow B direction along the vehicle side wall 1.

  Next, when the first guide roller 31 is guided by the inclined groove portion 10c2 before the fully closed position, the door 3 moves obliquely in the direction opposite to the arrow E direction at an angle of approximately 45 °.

  At this time, since the parallel links 11a and 11b rotate in the clockwise direction (the direction opposite to the arrow F direction), the movable plate 25 connected to the parallel links 11a and 11b is inward in a state parallel to the vehicle side wall 1. The door 3 is also drawn into the vehicle.

  At the same time that the first guide roller 31 is guided by the inclined groove portion 10c2, the second guide roller 32 enters the U-shaped portion 25a (see FIG. 5C) at the front end portion of the movable plate 25. Pulling inward is ensured.

  The first guide roller 31 that rolls in the inclined groove portion 10c2 further moves to the holding groove portion 10c3, and when the first guide roller 31 enters the holding groove portion 10c3, the connecting metal fitting 29 is restrained from moving in the left-right direction. Therefore, the operation of taking out the door 3 is also prohibited.

  The door closing detection switch 21 (see FIG. 1) detects that the door 3 has reached the fully closed position, and the lock link 18a of the electromagnetic lock device 18 automatically engages with the pin 28a to be locked. I do.

  Next, a configuration when the plug door device according to the present invention is applied to both sliding doors will be described.

  FIG. 6 shows an overall view of a double sliding door type plug door device. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In the case of double sliding doors, the basic configuration is the same as that of the single sliding doors described above, the single sliding doors are arranged symmetrically about the center CL of the opening width, and the left door 40 and the right door 41 are opened and closed by one drive unit 4 '. It is designed to draw.

  The frame 5 ′ is disposed above the left door 40 and the right door 41, and driven pulleys 8, 8 are suspended from both ends of the frame 5 ′ in the front-rear direction. The driven belts 8, 8 are connected to the timing belt 7. ′ Is bridged.

  The clamps 9 'are respectively provided on the timing belt 7' traveling on the front side and the timing belt 7 'traveling on the back side, and open and close the left door 40 and the right door 41 by moving in opposite directions. It is like that.

  The electromagnetic locking device 18 is disposed substantially at the center of the timing belt 7 ', and is locked by locking the locked pin 28' provided on the connecting bracket 29 'on the left door 41 side with the lock link 18a. (See FIG. 7A).

  7 and 8 show the operation of the sliding door having the above-described configuration.

  FIG. 4A shows the door fully closed state, FIG. 5B shows the door taking-out state, and FIG. 5C shows the door fully open state.

a) Opening operation When an opening command is output from the controller CTR in FIG. 7A, the electromagnetic locking device 18 is unlocked.

  When the drive motor 6 rotates in the direction of arrow D, one of the connection fittings 29 connected to the timing belt 7 starts moving in the direction of arrow B and the other connection fitting 29 'starts in the direction of arrow H.

  The first guide roller 31 suspended from the connection fitting 29 is guided by the inclined groove portion 10c2 of the fixed base 10, and one connection fitting 29 moves in the direction of arrow E at an angle of about 45 ° with respect to the vehicle side wall 1 ( (Refer FIG.7 (b)).

  At this time, since the parallel links 11a and 11b rotate in the direction of arrow F, the movable plate 25 connected to the parallel links 11a and 11b is taken out of the vehicle in a state parallel to the vehicle side wall 1.

  By this operation, the upper arm 15 and the lower arm 16 provided at the door bottom also rotate in the direction of arrow G, and the lower portion of the left door 40 is also taken out.

  On the other hand, for the right door 41, the parallel links 11a 'and 11b' rotate in the direction of arrow I, and the other connecting fitting 29 'moves in the direction of arrow J. Since the arm 16 'also rotates in the direction of the arrow K, the right door 41 is moved out of the left door 40 by moving symmetrically with the left door 40 around the CL.

  Thereafter, the first guide roller 31 of the left door 40 rolls along the parallel groove portion 10c1, and the first guide roller 31 'of the right door 41 rolls along the parallel groove portion 10c1', and the left door 40 and the right door 41 slides along the vehicle side wall 1 to the fully open position (see FIG. 8).

b) Closing operation When a closing command is output from the controller CTR, the drive motor 6 rotates in the direction of arrow K, the connecting bracket 29 connected to the timing belt 7 is in the direction of arrow N, and the connecting bracket 29 'is in the direction of arrow. Move in the O direction.

  Thereby, an operation opposite to the door opening operation described above is performed, and the left door 40 and the right door 41 slide along the vehicle side wall 1 in a direction approaching each other.

  Next, the first guide roller 31 is guided by the inclined groove portion 10c2 before the fully closed position, whereby the left door 40 moves obliquely in the direction opposite to the arrow E direction at an angle of approximately 45 °.

  On the other hand, as the second guide roller 31 'is guided by the inclined groove portion 10c2', the right door 41 moves obliquely in the direction opposite to the arrow J direction at an angle of approximately 45 °.

  The first guide roller 31 that rolls in the inclined groove portion 10c2 further moves to the holding groove portion 10c3 and is restrained from moving in the left-right direction. Further, the first guide roller 31 ′ that rolls in the inclined groove portion 10 c 2 ′ further moves to the holding groove portion 10 c 3 ′ and is restrained from moving in the left-right direction. When the left door 40 and the right door 41 each reach the fully closed position, the lock link 18a of the electromagnetic lock device 18 automatically engages with the pin 28a to be locked and locks.

1 is an overall front view showing a first embodiment of a plug door device according to the present invention. It is a top view of the drive mechanism shown in FIG. It is the top view which expanded and showed the guide groove of FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view of the drive mechanism shown in FIG. 2, (a) is a door closed state, and (b) is a longitudinal sectional view showing a door push-out state. (a)-(c) is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the plug door apparatus of 1st embodiment. It is a whole front view which shows 2nd embodiment of the plug door apparatus which concerns on this invention. (a) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the plug door apparatus of 2nd embodiment. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of the plug door device of the second embodiment following FIG. 7. It is a top view explaining operation | movement of the conventional plug door apparatus. It is a top view explaining operation | movement of another conventional plug door apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle side wall 2 Entrance / exit 3 Door 4 Drive mechanism 5 Frame 6 Drive motor 7 Timing belt 8 Driven pulley 9 Clamp 10 Fixed base 10c Guide groove 11a, 11b Parallel link 12 Bracket 13 Upper leaf rail 14 Lower leaf rail 15 Upper arm 16 Lower Arm 18 Electromagnetic lock device 19 Unlock device 25 Movable plate 26a First slide rail 26b Second slide rail 27 Intermediate plate 29 Connecting bracket 31 First guide roller 32 Second guide roller

Claims (9)

In the plug door device configured to open the doorway by sliding the door in the fully closed position by driving the drive unit to the outside of the vehicle side wall and then sliding it along the outer surface of the vehicle side wall.
At least one door,
A guide body having a guide groove for moving the door in the take-out direction or the retracting direction and sliding the door in the front-rear direction;
A support means for supporting the door moving along the guide groove of the guide body;
A traveling body that travels parallel to the door by the one drive unit;
A door connecting member that is arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the traveling direction of the traveling body as seen from the plane, and communicates the door and the traveling body so that both can be moved relative to each other in the vehicle width direction;
A plug door device comprising:   The support means includes a fixed base fixed to the vehicle, and a rail body that slidably supports the door in the front-rear direction. The rail body can be moved while maintaining a constant orientation. The plug door device according to claim 1, further comprising a movable support member connected to the fixed base. The plug door device according to claim 2, wherein the guide groove is formed in the fixed base.   The plug door device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising second support means for supporting both the upper and lower sides of the door that slides in the front-rear direction while being taken out of the vehicle side wall.   As the second support means, a pair of rail grooves disposed on both upper and lower sides of the inner wall of the door, and provided on the vehicle side corresponding to these rail grooves, are configured to be swingable in the take-out direction. 5. The plug door device according to claim 4, further comprising: a pair of arms; and a roller that engages with the rail groove provided at the tip of each arm.   As the guide groove, a parallel groove portion that is formed in parallel with the vehicle side wall and that slides the door in the vehicle front-rear direction, an inclined groove portion that is inclined with respect to the vehicle side wall and that moves the door in the take-out or pull-in direction, The plug door device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a holding groove portion that is formed substantially parallel to the side wall and holds the retracted door in a retracted position is continuously formed.   The plug door device according to claim 6, further comprising a lock unit that locks the door connecting member so that the door connecting member cannot move when the door connecting member moves to the holding groove.   The plug door device according to any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the rail body is configured by a rail having a multi-layer structure configured to slide in a vehicle front-rear direction and expand and contract.   The plug door device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a hook-shaped hooking portion for temporarily fixing the door at a predetermined position is provided on an inner wall of the door.