JP2005213812A - Opening/closing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an opening/closing device capable of protecting electric wiring arranged on the width direction end side of an opening/closing body. <P>SOLUTION: In the opening/closing device for partitioning or opening a space with the opening/closing body 10, the width direction end of the opening/closing body 10 is provided with a cutout part 10a for securing an electric wiring space. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a shutter device including an overhead door, a door, a sliding door including a shutter, a sash window, a roll screen, a blind, a gate, a gate, a sliding wall device, and the like, and in particular, is preferably applied as a shutter device. It is about.

  Conventionally, this type of opening and closing device has non-contact sensing means comprising a light emitting part (emission part) and a light receiving part (capturing part) projecting downward at both ends of the opening and closing body in the width direction of the opening and closing body. The non-contact sensing means forms a light beam (path) of the obstacle sensing medium across the opening / closing body width direction, and whether or not the light beam (path) is blocked by the obstacle (specifically, the obstacle sensing medium is a light receiving unit). There is an invention in which it is determined whether or not there is an obstacle on the side closer to the closing direction than the opening / closing body by detecting whether or not the light has entered (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

However, according to the above prior art, the electrical wiring of the non-contact sensing means is connected to the control circuit or the like along the end in the width direction of the opening / closing body, so that during the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body, the width of the opening / closing body There is a possibility that the electric wiring is accelerated or worn out due to interference with a direction end or a guide rail.
In particular, as in the invention described in Patent Document 1, when the non-contact sensing means is supported so as to be slidable in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction with respect to the opening / closing body, wear or deterioration of the electric wiring is further promoted. In addition, there is a possibility that the sliding operation of the non-contact sensing means is hindered by the interference of the electric wiring.
JP-A-11-182161

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said conventional situation, The process made into the subject is providing the opening / closing apparatus which can protect the electrical wiring arrange | positioned at the edge part side of the width direction of an opening / closing body. is there.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first invention provides an opening / closing device that partitions or opens a space by an opening / closing body, and is provided with a notch for securing an electric wiring space at an end in the width direction of the opening / closing body. It is characterized by that.

  Here, the opening / closing device according to the present invention may be any device provided with at least an opening / closing body operable in the closing direction and configured to partition a space by the opening / closing body. A mode used to perform only the closing operation, a mode used so that the opening / closing body performs both the opening operation and the closing operation, and the like are included.

  As specific examples of the opening / closing body, a mode in which a plurality of slats and pipes are continuously provided in the opening / closing direction, or a panel, a sheet-like object, and a net-like object are provided in a single or a plurality in the opening / closing direction. Aspect, or a mode in which slats, panels, pipes, sheet-like materials, net-like materials, etc. are appropriately combined.

  The electrical wiring is electrical wiring such as a power supply line and a signal line disposed on the end side in the width direction of the opening / closing body. For this electrical wiring, the electrical wiring of the non-contact sensing means that senses whether there is an obstacle on the closing direction side of the opening / closing body, the electrical wiring of the lock mechanism that locks the opening / closing body by electromagnetic locking, Includes electrical wiring for detection switches (such as limit switches and proximity switches) that detect the position of the body in the opening / closing direction in contact or non-contact, and electrical wiring for drive sources (such as motors) for opening / closing the body .

Further, the notch may be formed by partially notching the end in the width direction of the opening / closing body so that the electric wiring space can be secured, and the notch has a width of the opening / closing body. The aspect which notched the edge part of the direction in the substantially concave shape, the aspect which was the edge part of the width direction of the said opening-closing body, and cut | disconnected the edge part of a closing direction, etc. are included.
This notch may be provided on both the one end side and the other end side in the width direction of the opening / closing body, or may be provided only on one end side in the width direction of the opening / closing body.
In addition, when the guide rail which guides the said opening / closing body to an opening / closing direction is provided, it is preferable that the said notch part is provided in the said opening / closing body so that it may be located in the said guide rail. According to this configuration, the electrical wiring and the like disposed in the notch can be protected from the outside, the appearance is good, and the closing performance due to the notch can be prevented from being lowered.

  In the second invention, a non-contact detection is performed in which a path of an obstacle sensing medium is formed in a space closer to the opening / closing body than the opening / closing body in the closing direction, and an obstacle enters the path. The non-contact detecting means is disposed so as to protrude from the opening / closing body in the closing direction of the opening / closing body, and at a contact target site closer to the closing direction than the opening / closing body. It is supported so as to slide in the opening / closing body opening direction by contact, and the electrical wiring is an electrical wiring of the non-contact sensing means, and when the non-contact sensing means slides in the opening / closing body opening direction, It arrange | positions so that it may loosen in the said notch part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

Here, the non-contact sensing means forms a path of an obstacle sensing medium in the width direction of the opening / closing body in a space closer to the opening / closing body than the opening / closing body, and senses that an obstacle enters the path. Specifically, the configuration includes a discharge unit that emits the obstacle sensing medium, and a capture unit that captures the obstacle detection medium that is emitted from the discharge unit. The capture unit captures the obstacle detection medium. The configuration is such that the presence or absence of an obstacle is determined based on whether or not it has been made.
In this non-contact sensing means, the discharge part is arranged on one end side in the opening / closing body width direction, and the capture part is arranged on the other end side, and the path of the obstacle sensing medium between the discharge part and the capture part In addition to disposing the discharge part and the capture part on one end side in the opening / closing body width direction, the obstacle detection medium discharged from the discharge part is provided on the other end side. A reflection member (for example, a so-called reflector) that reflects toward the capturing part is disposed, and a reciprocating path of the obstacle sensing medium is formed between the emitting part and the capturing part and the reflecting member. Etc.
In the non-contact sensing means, an embodiment in which infrared rays are used as the obstacle sensing medium (more specifically, a configuration using, for example, a photoelectric sensor), or a microwave or laser is used as the obstacle sensing medium. A mode (more specifically, a configuration using, for example, a radar device) using light, ultrasonic waves, millimeter waves, or the like is included.
In particular, if the non-contact sensing means is constituted by a radar device using ultrasonic waves, millimeter waves, or the like, only the emitting part and the capturing part are arranged on one end side in the opening / closing body width direction (a structure without a reflector). ) And the configuration is simple.
In addition, when the guide rail which guides the said opening / closing body in an opening / closing direction is provided, it is preferable to arrange | position at least one part of the said non-contact detection means in the said guide rail. According to this configuration, the non-contact sensing means can be protected from the outside, and the appearance is good.

  Further, the third invention is characterized in that the dimension of the cutout portion in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction is set substantially equal to the sliding amount of the non-contact sensing means.

In the present specification, the “opening / closing body width direction” means a direction substantially orthogonal to the opening / closing direction of the opening / closing body and not the thickness direction of the opening / closing body.
In the present specification, the “opening / closing body thickness direction” means the thickness direction of the opening / closing body in the closed state.
Further, in this specification, the “opening / closing body opening / closing direction” means a direction in which the opening / closing body opens / closes and is not a width direction or a thickness direction of the opening / closing body.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
According to 1st invention, the space for arrange | positioning electrical wiring is ensured by the notch part arrange | positioned at the edge part of the width direction of an opening-and-closing body.
Therefore, it is possible to alleviate the interference of the sensing means such as the non-contact sensing means, the opening / closing body locking mechanism, the limit switch and the like with the end of the opening / closing body in the width direction, the guide rail, etc. The electrical wiring can be protected by reducing wear and deterioration of the wiring.

Further, according to the second invention, when the non-contact sensing means slides in the opening / closing body opening direction, the electrical wiring of the non-contact sensing means is loosened in the notch.
Therefore, it is possible to alleviate the interference of the electrical wiring of the non-contact sensing means with the end of the opening / closing body in the width direction, the guide rail, and the like, and thus the electrical wiring can be more effectively protected.
In addition, when the non-contact sensing means slides with respect to the opening / closing body, the electrical wiring is loosened or stretched flexibly in the notch, so that the sliding operation is difficult to be hindered by interference with the electrical wiring. It is.

  Furthermore, according to the third aspect of the invention, the electrical wiring can be effectively protected with the cutout portion having the minimum necessary area, and as a result, the cutout portion closes the opening / closing body (airtightness, watertightness, dustproofness). Property, fire and smoke resistance, etc.) can be prevented from being impaired.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The present embodiment is arranged in an opening or in a building / structure such as a house, building, warehouse, factory, underground shopping center, tunnel, vehicle loading platform, etc., and opens and closes the opening or opens the space inside the housing. The present invention can be applied to a so-called shutter device that partitions and opens, and can also be applied to a roll screen device that does not include a guide rail and other opening and closing devices. An example applied to a shutter device that partitions and opens a space by guiding will be described.

  The opening / closing device A forms an opening / closing body 10 for opening and partitioning a space, and a path s of an obstacle sensing medium toward the opening / closing body width direction in a space closer to the closing direction than the opening / closing body 10. non-contact detecting means 50 for detecting an obstacle entering s, guide rails 20 and 20 for guiding the opening and closing direction around both ends of the opening and closing body 10, and winding the opening and closing body 10 A take-up device 30 is provided (see FIG. 1).

The opening / closing body 10 constitutes an opening / closing body main body 11 that can be wound up by the winding device 30 by connecting a plurality of so-called slats formed by bending a horizontally-long substantially rectangular metal plate in the opening / closing direction. A seat plate member 12 is connected to the lower end of the body body 11 over the opening / closing body width direction.
And this opening / closing body 10 has the notch part 10a (refer FIG. 3) which ensures the electrical wiring space of the non-contact sensing means 50 in the edge part of the opening / closing body width direction.

  The seat plate member 12 is a long member extending in the opening / closing body width direction, and a recess 12a is formed at the end in the closing direction. The recess 12a accommodates the entire path s of the non-contact sensing means 50 in the open / close body width direction so as not to be exposed without being interrupted halfway while the open / close body 10 is fully closed.

  Further, the seat plate member 12 is a hollow through which an electrical wiring 51a of the discharge portion 51 described later is inserted in a penetrating manner in the opening / closing body width direction on the opening / closing body opening direction side (upper side in the illustrated example) than the recess 12a. The chamber 12b has a shape in which the hollow chamber 12b and the recess 12a are partitioned by a partition wall 12c (see FIG. 3).

According to a preferred example of the present embodiment, the outer shape of the seat plate member 12 has an inverted T-shaped cross section so as to suppress bending in the width direction of the opening / closing body and to improve the closing performance by the opening / closing body 10. It is formed.
The seat plate member 12 may have a mode in which the partition wall c is omitted, that is, a mode in which the concave portion 12a and the hollow chamber 12b communicate with each other. However, according to a preferred example of the present embodiment, the seat plate member 12 is hollow. The partition wall 12c prevents the electric wiring 51a inserted into the chamber 12b from entering the path s of the obstacle sensing medium due to bending or the like.

Further, on the front and back surfaces of the seat plate member 12, the end portions in the opening / closing body width direction protrude in the opening / closing body thickness direction, and contactless sensing means 50 (detailed on the discharge side contactless sensing unit described later) protrudes in the opening / closing body thickness direction. 50a or the non-contact sensing unit 50b on the capturing side is formed to be engaged 12g, 12g for supporting the suspension in a free-hanging manner.
The engaged portions 12g and 12g may be configured by penetrating and fixing another member to the seat plate member 12 as illustrated, or by partially raising the surface of the seat plate member 12 or the like. It may be configured.

A notch 10a is formed at each end in the width direction of the opening / closing body 10 having the above-described structure from the seat plate member 12 to the opening / closing body main body 11 so as to secure an electric wiring space of the non-contact sensing means 50. ing.
The dimension y in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction of the notch 10a is set to be approximately equal to the slide amount of the discharge side non-contact sensing unit 50a (or the capture side non-contact sensing unit 50b) arranged correspondingly.
The dimension x in the opening / closing body width direction of the notch 10a is set so that the notch 10a is positioned in the guide rail 20 and the electric wiring 51a (or 52b) is appropriately slackened.

Therefore, even if the opening / closing body 10 opens and closes, the electrical wiring located in the notch 10a is unlikely to interfere with the end of the opening / closing body 10, the guide rail 20, and the like.
More specifically, for example, in a state in which the opening / closing body 10 is not closed, as shown in FIG. 2A, the non-contact sensing means 50 is closer to the closing direction than the opening / closing body 10 (in accordance with the illustrated example, The electric wiring 51a is located in the discharge-side non-contact sensing unit 50a from the lower side in the notch 10a in a stretched state.
When the opening / closing body 10 is closed, as shown in FIG. 2B, the lower end of the non-contact sensing means 50 slid in the opening / closing body closing direction (upward in the illustrated example), and the opening / closing body 10. The lower end of the seat plate member 12 becomes a substantially surface position, and the electric wiring 51a is loosened in the notch 10a.
That is, the electrical wiring 51a is flexibly loosened or stretched in accordance with the sliding operation of the discharge side non-contact sensing unit 50a, so that the electrical wiring 51a interferes with the end of the opening / closing body 10, the guide rail 20, and the like. Or unnecessary tension is applied to the electric wiring 51a.
In addition, since the notch 10a is disposed in the guide rail 20 (in other words, not exposed to the outside of the guide rail 20), the opening / closing body 10 has good closing performance.
Note that, on the side of the capturing-side non-contact sensing unit 50b as well, it is possible to protect the electrical wiring 52a for the capturing part 52 by providing substantially the same operational effects as described above.

The non-contact sensing means 50 includes a discharge-side non-contact sensing unit 50a disposed on one end side in the opening / closing body width direction and a capture-side non-contact sensing unit 50b disposed on the other end side in the opening / closing body width direction. It has.
The non-contact sensing means 50 captures the obstacle sensing medium emitted from the emission-side non-contact sensing unit 50a side on the capture-side non-contact sensing unit 50b side. An obstacle sensing medium path s is formed between the capturing-side non-contact sensing unit 50b.

  The discharge-side non-contact sensing unit 50a slides at a predetermined interval in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction with respect to the opening / closing body 10 and engages with the guide rail 20 so as to be guided by the guide rail 20 in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction; And a discharge part 51 for releasing the obstacle sensing medium in the substantially opening / closing body width direction, and closing the opening / closing body from the end of the opening / closing body 10 on the closing direction side, specifically, one end in the width direction of the seat plate member 12. It arrange | positions so that it may protrude in a direction (downward in the example of illustration) (refer FIG. 3).

  Similarly, the capturing-side non-contact sensing unit 50b slides in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction by a predetermined distance with respect to the opening / closing body 10 and engages with the guide rail 20 so as to be guided by the guide rail 20 in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction. It comprises a unit main body 54 and a capturing part 52 that captures an obstacle sensing medium discharged from the discharge part 51 in the substantially opening / closing body width direction, and is an end part on the closing direction side of the opening / closing body 10, more specifically a seat plate member It arrange | positions so that it may protrude in the opening-closing body closing direction from the other end part of 12 width directions.

Each unit main body 54 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped frame shape that is long in the vertical direction according to the illustrated example, and an opening 54a having a substantially trumpet cross section that guides the widthwise end of the opening / closing body 10 from above is provided on the upper end surface thereof. And an opening 54b for containing an end in the width direction of the opening / closing body 10 (specifically, an end in the width direction of the opening / closing body main body 11 and the seat plate member 12) on one end face in the width direction of the opening / closing body. (See FIG. 3).
Further, in the unit main body 54, engaging portions 54d that engage with the guide pieces 21 (see FIG. 4) of the guide rail 20 are integrally projected on the outer surfaces of both side walls arranged in the opening / closing body thickness direction. doing.
Furthermore, an engaging groove 54e is formed on the inner surface of each side wall 54c so as to slidably engage with the engaged portion 12g of the seat plate member 12.
And this unit main body 54 is made into the left-right symmetrical shape in the opening-and-closing body thickness direction so that both the discharge | release side non-contact sensing unit 50a and the capture | acquisition side non-contact sensing unit 50b can be comprised.

The material of the unit main body 54 is not particularly limited. However, the unit main body 54 can reduce the frictional resistance of the guide rail 20 with respect to the guide piece 21 and can smoothly slide downward without being caught. From the viewpoint of improving the free sag when engaged with the engaged portions 12g and 12g of the seat plate member 12, it is preferable to use a high-density synthetic resin material (for example, POM).
In addition, a weight member (not shown) made of a metal material or the like is fixed to the unit main body 54 as needed from the viewpoint of improving the sliding operation in the opening / closing body closing direction by its own weight.

And the discharge | release part 51 is fixed to the opening-and-closing body closing direction side in the unit main body 54 in the discharge | emission side non-contact sensing unit 50a side. Further, the capturing part 52 is fixed on the side of the opening / closing body closing direction in the unit main body 54 on the capturing non-contact sensing unit 50b side.
The discharge unit 51 and the capture unit 52 may be configured to capture the obstacle sensing medium that is released from the release unit 51 in the opening / closing body width direction by the capture unit 52, and according to a preferred example of the present embodiment, the obstacle A so-called photoelectric sensor that emits infrared rays as a sensing medium from the emitting unit 51 and receives light by the capturing unit 52 is used.

The electrical wiring 51a of the discharge portion 51 passes through the hollow plate 12b in the seat plate member 12 and penetrates the seat plate member 12 in the opening / closing body width direction.
In addition, the electric wiring 52 a of the capturing part 52 is bundled with the electric wiring 51 a of the discharge part 51 and is inserted into the guide rail 20 across the opening / closing body opening direction.
These electrical wirings 51 a and 51 b are electrically connected to a control unit (not shown) in the winding device 30.

A wiring guide protection member (not shown) is provided in the guide rail 20 on the capturing side non-contact sensing unit 50b side as necessary.
This electric wiring guide protection member is a well-known member that covers and protects the electric wiring 51a, the electric wiring 52a, etc., and is flexibly deformed to guide the electric wiring in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction freely. is there.

Further, each guide rail 20 has a substantially U-shaped cross section surrounding the end in the width direction of the opening / closing body 10 by processing such as drawing or extrusion forming of an aluminum alloy material, bending of a steel plate or other metal plate, and the like. It is a formed member.
The guide rail 20 is fitted with the discharge-side non-contact sensing unit 50a or the capture-side non-contact sensing unit 50b, and the discharge-side non-contact sensing unit 50a or the capture-side non-contact sensing unit 50b is moved in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction. The guide piece 21 (refer FIG. 4) to guide is fixed. The guide piece 21 is continuously provided in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction in the guide rail 20 with the protruding end in the opening / closing body width direction facing the bottom of the guide rail 20.

In addition, the winding device 30 includes a winding shaft 31 that can wind and unwind the opening / closing body 10, an opening / closing device 32 such as a motor that drives and rotates the winding shaft 31, and a control unit that controls the opening / closing device 32 ( (Not shown) and the like, and when the non-contact sensing means 50 senses an obstacle, the closing operation of the switch 32 is stopped by the control unit.
The winding device 30 may have a mode in which the opening / closing body 10 is electrically opened and closed, or a mode in which the opening / closing body 10 is opened electrically and the opening / closing body 10 is closed by its own weight. It may be.

According to the opening / closing device A configured as described above, when an obstacle enters the path s of the obstacle sensing medium during the closing operation of the opening / closing body 10, the obstacle sensing medium is not captured by the capturing unit 52. The closing operation of the opening / closing body 10 is stopped by the control of the part.
According to an example of the present embodiment, when the obstacle is detected by the non-contact detecting means 50, the closing operation of the opening / closing body 10 is stopped as described above. Depending on the circuit configuration, in the above case, the opening / closing body 10 can be reversed or decelerated.

When the opening / closing body 10 is fully closed, the entire path of the obstacle sensing medium is covered with the recess 12 a of the seat plate member 12 as the opening / closing body 10 is closed.
When the opening / closing body 10 is fully closed, the obstacle sensing medium between the discharge part 51 and the capturing part 52 is not blocked in the middle, but is covered with the recess 12a and is not exposed to the outside. For this reason, it is possible to disable obstacle detection by the non-contact sensing means 50 without interrupting the energization of the non-contact sensing means 50.

  Further, during the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing body 10, the electrical wiring 51a of the discharge part 51 or the electrical wiring 52a of the capturing part 52 is freely loosened in the space in the notch part 10a. 20. It is difficult to come into contact with the unit main body 54 or the like of the discharge side non-contact sensing unit 50a or to receive excessive tension.

It is a front view which shows an example of the switchgear concerning this invention, and has shown the principal part notched. It is a principal part notch enlarged view of the same opening / closing apparatus, (a) shows the state before the opening / closing body is fully closed, and (b) shows the state where the opening / closing body is fully closed. The disassembled perspective view which shows the principal part of a discharge | release side non-contact sensing unit and an opening-closing body. The (IV)-(IV) line expanded sectional view in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10: Opening / closing body 11: Opening / closing body main body 12: Seat plate member 12a: Recessed part 10a: Notch part 50: Non-contact detection means 50a: Release side non-contact detection unit 50b: Capture side non-contact detection unit 51: Release part 51a: Electricity Wiring 52: Capture part 52a: Electrical wiring A: Switchgear s: Route

Claims (3)

In an opening and closing device that partitions and opens a space by an opening and closing body,
An opening / closing apparatus comprising a notch for securing an electric wiring space at an end in the width direction of the opening / closing body. An opening / closing apparatus provided with a non-contact sensing means for forming an obstacle sensing medium path in the width direction of the opening / closing body in a space closer to the opening / closing body than the opening / closing body and sensing an obstacle entering the path. And
The non-contact sensing means is disposed so as to protrude from the opening / closing body in the closing direction of the opening / closing body, and is brought into contact with a contact target portion closer to the closing direction than the opening / closing body, thereby opening the opening / closing body. Supported to slide to
The said electrical wiring is an electrical wiring of the said non-contact detection means, and when the said non-contact detection means slides in an opening-and-closing body opening direction, it is arrange | positioned so that it may loosen in the said notch part. The switchgear according to 1.   3. The opening / closing device according to claim 2, wherein a dimension of the notch portion in the opening / closing body opening / closing direction is set substantially equal to a sliding amount of the non-contact sensing means.

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