JP2006274579A - Eaves - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide eaves capable of being brightened by permeating the sunlight through the eaves plate in the daytime, obtaining an excellent beauty day and night and sufficiently taking an advantage of using a plate material having translucency like a plate glass as the eaves plate. <P>SOLUTION: The eaves 1 are supported by inserting the base end section of the plate glass 2 as the eaves plate inside of a supporting frame 3 mounted on an external wall surface of a building and, at the same time, two places of the plate glass 2 are respectively suspended by arms 4 and 4. An LED 71 forming a projection section in a position opposed to the base end face of the plate glass 2 is provided to the inside of the supporting frame 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fence provided so as to protrude from the outer wall surface of a building, and in particular, the present invention relates to a fence configured using a transparent board such as a plate glass.

  Conventionally, this kind of fence is supported by a support frame attached to the outer wall surface of the building at the base end of the fence, and at least two places of the fence are hung by an arm at a horizontal or near horizontal angle. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). Each arm has an upper end connected to the outer wall surface of the building and a lower end connected to the plate surface of the roof plate via a universal joint. An attachment hole is provided through the plate surface of the saddle plate so as to attach a universal joint.

JP 2003-160993 A

In the bag having the above-described structure, since the cover plate is made of plate glass, the sunlight passes through the cover plate in the daytime and is bright and the design is light and smart, but it is dark at night and has no design effect. Also, in order to brighten the surroundings of the fence, it is necessary to install lighting fixtures in the right place, but it is not easy to attach the lighting fixtures to the flat plate made of flat glass. It just hurts. In addition, since the electric cord is transmitted along the surface of the gutter plate, the beauty of the gutter is significantly reduced. Although it is possible to install a lighting fixture on the wall surface above the fence for nighttime lighting or lighting of the fence, the lighting fixture can be seen through the fence plate during the daytime, so that the appearance is remarkably deteriorated.
Thus, the improvement of nighttime function and aesthetics leads to a decrease in aesthetics during the daytime, and the advantages of using plate glass as the glazing cannot be fully utilized.

  The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned problems. In the daytime, the sunshine is brightly transmitted through the board, and an excellent aesthetic feeling is obtained regardless of day and night. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bag that can fully utilize the advantages of using a plate material having light properties.

  The fence according to the present invention is supported by inserting a base end portion of a translucent board in a support frame attached to an outer wall surface of a building, and at least two places of the board are respectively provided by arms. A light projecting portion is provided inside the support frame at a position facing the base end surface of the roof plate.

  In the awning having the above-described configuration, the sunlight that is inserted from the upper side of the siding plate passes through the siding plate during the daytime, so that the lower side of the sill is brightly illuminated by sunlight. When the floodlight is operated at night, the light from the floodlight is introduced into the interior of the roof plate from the base end surface of the roof plate, and proceeds while repeating total reflection inside the roof plate. Exit from the end face. As a result, the end plate and the side end surfaces of the plate are shining and shining, and the periphery is also brightened.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the gutter plate is made of a transparent plate glass. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a transparent synthetic resin plate can also be used. Further, the plate glass is not limited to one sheet, and two or more sheet glasses may be bonded together. Furthermore, the plate glass and the synthetic resin plate are not necessarily colorless, and may be colored. Furthermore, it is not limited to a transparent material, and may be a translucent material.
The planar shape of the gutter plate is typically a rectangular shape, but is not limited to this.

  In the above-described configuration of the present invention, the support frame preferably has a length corresponding to the width of the plate so as to support the plate across the entire width, but it is not always necessary. Moreover, it does not necessarily need to be a single thing, and may be divided into a plurality of parts.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the saddle plate has at least one edge frame attached to a tip edge thereof, and a lower end portion of each arm is connected to the edge frame.
According to this embodiment, since special processing such as perforation for connecting the lower end portion of the arm to the base plate is not required, there is no possibility that the strength of the plate glass is reduced due to the perforation when the base plate is made of plate glass. .
In addition, the thing of the aspect connected directly to the board surface of a girdle may be sufficient as the lower end part of each arm.

More preferably, the edge frame has a sliding groove along the length direction, and a positioning member is slidably held in the sliding groove, and the positioning member includes a lower end portion of each arm. Is provided so that the connecting member to be connected to the groove opening of the sliding groove.
When one edge frame is attached to the leading edge of the saddle plate, two positioning members are slidably held in the sliding groove of the edge frame. In addition, when two edge frames are mounted at the left and right symmetrical positions on the front edge of the saddle plate, one positioning member is slidably held in the sliding groove of each edge frame.
In this embodiment, when the upper end portion of each arm is fixed to the outer wall surface of the building, the positioning member is moved along the sliding groove of the edge frame in accordance with the fixing position to be positioned at a proper position. Since the connecting member of each positioning member faces the groove opening, the lower end of the arm is connected to the connecting member to support the gutter plate.
According to this embodiment, since the connecting position of the lower end of the arm can be changed by moving the positioning member, even if there is a wiring or structural obstacle in fixing the upper end of each arm to the outer wall surface of the building, It can correspond to the state of the outer wall of the building.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the light projecting portion is provided inside the support frame so as to be removable along the base end surface of the base plate, and to the base end surface of the base plate at a plurality of locations of the holder. It consists of a plurality of light sources that are attached facing.
According to this embodiment, since all the light sources are mounted on the holder that can be removed from the support frame, work for maintenance and management of the light projecting unit such as replacement of the light sources can be easily performed.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the light projecting unit includes at least one light source provided inside or outside the support frame, and a base end surface of a gutter plate inside the support frame that emits light emitted from the light source. It consists of a plurality of optical fibers leading to a plurality of opposing positions.
According to this embodiment, the light source is provided outside the support frame, or provided inside the support frame at a position where the light source can be easily removed. Work can be done easily. When the light source is provided outside the support frame, the optical fiber is drawn out of the support frame.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, it is desirable to use an LED as a light source. Further, LEDs of various emission colors such as blue can be used singly or in combination, and further, a light luminance type, a blinking type, etc. can be freely adopted.

  According to the present invention, since a translucent board is used, the sunlight passes through the board during the daytime, and the design is light and smart. Further, since the light from the light projecting portion is introduced into the interior from the base end face of the roof plate, the front end surface and side end surfaces of the roof plate shine and the surroundings become bright, and the aesthetic feeling is excellent even at night. Furthermore, since the light projecting part is built into the support frame, the light projecting part and its electrical wiring are not exposed to the outside, and the light and smart design is not impaired or the aesthetics are not deteriorated. .

1 to 3 show the appearance and installation state of the bag 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
The awning 1 in the illustrated example is a plate glass 2 as a slab attached to protrude from the outer wall surface a of the building, a support frame 3 attached to the outer wall surface a of the building and supporting the base end portion of the plate glass 2; Two arms 4 and 4 for supporting the plate glass 2 at two locations and suspending the plate glass 2 at a horizontal or near horizontal angle, and edge frames 5A and 5B respectively mounted at symmetrical positions on the front edge of the plate glass 2. It consists of and. The support frame 3, the arm 4, and the edge frames 5A and 5B are made of metal, but are not necessarily made of metal and may be made of synthetic resin as long as necessary strength can be ensured.

  The plate glass 2 is a rectangular shape whose plan shape is long horizontally, and as shown in FIG. 4, two transparent tempered glass plates 20 and 21 are integrally bonded with a tough and colorless transparent sheet material 22 in between. It consists of Adhesive layers are provided on the front and back surfaces of the sheet material 22, and the tempered glass plates 20 and 21 and the sheet material 22 are joined by the adhesive layer. Even if broken, the fragments will not scatter. Note that the tempered glass plates 20 and 21 and the sheet material 22 do not necessarily need to be colorless and transparent as long as they have translucency.

  The support frame 3 has a length that matches the lateral width of the plate glass 2, and includes a main body frame 30 that supports the base end portion of the plate glass 2 and a lid plate 6 that covers the upper half of the front surface of the main body frame 30. It is out. Both end surfaces of the support frame 3 are opened, and each open portion is closed by plate-like caps 65 and 65 and screwed.

  The main body frame 30 has an upper wall 33 slightly facing downward at the upper end edge of the back plate 32, and an intermediate wall part 34 and a lower wall part 35 that are horizontal at the center of the height and the lower end edge, respectively. It is. Bolt insertion holes 36 into which the anchor bolts 100 are inserted are provided in the back plate portion 32 at regular intervals between the upper wall portion 33 and the intermediate wall portion 34. The cover plate 6 is covered on the anchor bolt 100, so that the anchor bolt 100 cannot be seen from the outside. The intermediate wall portion 34 and the lower wall portion 35 protrude forward from the lid plate 6.

  Between the intermediate wall portion 34 and the lower wall portion 35, a hollow chamber 37 in which the light projecting portion 7 is incorporated and a support groove 31 into which the base end portion of the plate glass 2 is inserted interpose a partition wall 38 therebetween. Is formed. A communication hole 39 is formed in the partition wall 38 over the entire length of the main body frame 30. When the support groove 31 and the hollow chamber 37 communicate with each other through the communication hole 39 and the base end portion of the plate glass 2 is inserted into the support groove 31, the base end surface of the plate glass 2 passes through the communication hole 39. 37 is faced.

  The support groove 31 is filled with a cushioning material 102 such as rubber, and the opening of the support groove 31 is sealed with a caulking material 103 such as silicon. The cushion material 102 is for absorbing impacts and vibrations acting on the plate glass 2, and the caulking material 103 is for preventing rainwater from entering the support groove 31.

  The lid plate 6 includes a front surface portion 6 a that covers the anchor bolt 100 and an upper surface portion 6 b that is supported on the upper surface of the upper wall portion 33. A hook-like portion 61 that engages with a step portion 60 formed at the base end portion of the upper wall portion 33 is formed at the distal end edge of the upper surface portion 6b. An engaging portion 63 is formed on the front surface portion 6 a of the cover plate 6 to engage with the protruding wall portion 34 a provided on the upper surface of the intermediate wall portion 34. The upper surface portion 6b of the cover plate 6 is fixed at a plurality of positions to the upper wall portion 33 with screws 64, and the upper surface portion 6b of the cover plate 6 has holes 62 for supporting the heads of the screws 64 in the main body. Screw holes 67 into which screws 64 are screwed are formed in the upper wall portion 33 of the frame 30.

  The light projecting unit 7 includes a longitudinal metal holder 70 disposed in the hollow chamber 37 of the main body frame 30, and a plurality of LEDs 71 attached to a plurality of locations of the holder 70. In this embodiment, the LED 71 is a blue light emitting LED, but a red light emitting LED or a green light emitting LED may be used. The holder 70 has a concave groove 72 that opens to the entire length on the front side, and a pair of projecting pieces 73, 73 projecting over the entire length on the back side. The holder 70 slides in the length direction in the hollow chamber 37. It can be inserted and removed from one end.

  As shown in FIG. 5, synthetic resin sockets 74 are fixed to the concave grooves 72 of the holder 70 at regular intervals, and the LEDs 71 are supported by the sockets 74. Each LED 71 faces the communication hole 39 of the partition wall 38 and faces the base end surface of the plate glass 2 through the communication hole 39. Adjacent sockets 74 and 74 are electrically connected by a cord line 75 for power feeding. The cord wire 78 at one end is drawn backward from the notch 76 at one end of the holder 70 and is electrically connected to the cord wire 104 for external drawing through connecting plugs 77A and 77B that can be inserted and removed from each other. The cord wire 104 is pulled out from a lead-out hole 79 formed in the main body frame 30, and is pulled into the outer wall surface a and connected to a power source (not shown).

  Each arm 4 is configured to be adjustable in length. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, the mounting bracket 8, 80 are respectively attached. Each of the screw shafts 41, 42 has a connecting plate 81 of the mounting bracket 8, 80 attached to one end, and the other end is screwed into nut members 43, 44 attached to both ends of the arm body 40. The screw shafts 41 and 42 have opposite screw directions, and when the arm body 40 is rotated in one direction, the screw shafts 41 and 42 protrude from both ends of the arm body 40 and the length of the arm 4 is long. Become. When the arm body 40 is rotated in the opposite direction, the screw shafts 41 and 42 enter the inside of the arm body 40 and the length of the arm 4 is shortened.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the mounting bracket 8 on the lower end side of the arm 4 is mounted on the connecting plate 81 by freely mounting a connecting plate 81 and a mounting plate 83 on a pivot 82. 83 can be bent. The mounting plate 83 is formed by integrally forming a pair of support plate portions 83a and 83a sandwiching the connecting plate 81 from both sides on a substrate portion 83b. Two through holes 85, 85 are formed in the board portion 83b, and screw shafts 90, 90 of a positioning member 9 described later are inserted into the through holes 85, and nuts 86 are attached.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the mounting bracket 80 on the upper end side of the arm is mounted on the connecting plate 81 by freely mounting the connecting plate 81 and the mounting plate 84 on the pivot 82. 84 can be bent. The mounting plate 84 is formed by integrally forming a pair of support plate portions 84a and 84a sandwiching the connecting plate 81 from both sides on a substrate portion 84b. Two through-holes 89 and 89 are formed in the substrate portion 84b, and the anchor bolt 101 is inserted into each through-hole 89 to fix the substrate portion 84b to the outer wall surface a of the building.

  Two edge frames 5 </ b> A and 5 </ b> B are mounted on the front edge of the plate glass 2 at a symmetrical position. As shown in FIG. 6, each of the edge frames 5A and 5B has a mounting groove 50 into which the leading edge of the glass sheet 2 is inserted and a sliding groove 51 that freely holds the positioning member 9 in the length direction. It is formed over. The mounting groove 50 is formed between the front surface portion 52, the lower wall portion 53, and the upper wall portion 54. In the mounting groove 50, rubber or the like for absorbing impact or vibration acting on the plate glass 2 is used. The cushioning material 55 is loaded, and the opening of the mounting groove 50 is sealed with a caulking material 56 such as silicon that prevents rainwater from entering the mounting groove 50. In the figure, reference numeral 59 denotes a projecting wall that projects from the outer surface of the front surface portion 52, and a decorative plate or the like can be attached between the projecting walls 59, 59.

The sliding groove 51 is formed in an enclosure wall 57 projecting over the entire length on the outer surface of the upper wall portion 54. The surrounding wall 57 has a groove opening 58 extending over the entire length, and the groove opening 58 is set to have a groove width smaller than the width of the positioning member 9 so that the positioning member 9 does not escape.
The positioning member 9 is a metal plate-like body having substantially the same width as the groove width of the sliding groove 51, and is positioned at a connection position with the lower end portion of the arm 4. On the plate surface of the positioning member 9, screw shafts 90, 90 are projected upward at symmetrical positions. Each screw shaft 90 protrudes above the surrounding wall 57 from the groove opening 58 of the sliding groove 51. Each screw shaft 90 is connected to a mounting bracket 8 attached to the lower end of the arm 4. The screw shaft 90 is passed through a through hole 85 formed in the mounting plate 83 of the mounting bracket 8, and a nut 86 is attached to the tip thereof. Install and tighten.

In the above-described embodiment, two edge frames 5A and 5B are attached to the front edge of the glass plate 2, and the positioning members 9 are provided in the sliding grooves 51 of the edge frames 5A and 5B so as to freely slide. However, as shown in FIG. 8, one edge frame 5 having a length slightly shorter than the width of the plate glass 2 is attached to the front edge of the plate glass 2 so that the center line is aligned with the plate glass 2, and the edge frame is attached. Two positioning members 9 may be slidably provided in the five sliding grooves 51. In this embodiment, a plurality of light transmitting holes (not shown) are formed in the front surface portion 52 of the edge frame 5 so that light emitted from the front end surface of the plate glass 2 exits through each light transmitting hole. Yes. The edge frame 5 in the embodiment of FIG. 8 has the same configuration as the edge frames 5A and 5B of the above-described embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted here.
Further, although not shown in the figure, for a large ridge, the plate glass 2 may be suspended using three or more arms 4, and in that case, depending on the number of the arms 4 on the leading edge of the plate glass 2. Install the required number of edge frames.

  In the above embodiment, the light emitted from each LED 71 is directly introduced into the inside of the plate glass 2 from the base end surface of the plate glass 2, but the LED 71 emits as in the embodiments shown in FIGS. It can also be configured to introduce light into the plate glass 2 through the optical fiber 110.

The light projecting unit 7 in the illustrated example arranges the printed circuit board 111 at an inner position of one cap 65 inside the main body frame 30, mounts a plurality of LEDs 71 on the printed circuit board 111, and emits light emitted from each LED 71. The plurality of optical fibers 110 are configured to be guided to a plurality of positions facing the base end face of the plate glass 2.
The total number of optical fibers 110 is arranged in the hollow chamber 37 of the main body frame 30, and one end face is bundled in the total number so as to face the LED 71, and the other end face is bundled one by one or plural. They are arranged at regular intervals, and are projected into the support groove 31 from the communication hole 39 of the partition wall 38 so as to face the base end face of the plate glass 2.
Although not shown, a power supply code line is connected to the printed circuit board 111, and the code line is drawn out of the main body frame 30.

  FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the light projecting unit 7. In this embodiment, the light emitted from the LED 71 is introduced into the plate glass 2 through the optical fiber 110. However, the optical fiber 110 is drawn out of the main body frame 30 and drawn into the outer wall surface a. The LED 71 is opposed to the end face of the optical fiber 110 inside the wall surface a.

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of the support frame 3. The support frame 3 of this embodiment is divided into two support frames 3A and 3B, and the light projecting section 7 is individually incorporated in each of the support frames 3A and 3B.
In addition, the plate glass 2 is not limited to a rectangular shape in plan view, and for example, as shown in FIG. 13, a plate shape having an arbitrary shape such as a semi-circular shape can be adopted.

  In order to provide the wall 1 having the above-described structure on the outer wall surface a of the building, the support frame 3 is aligned with the installation position of the plate glass 2, the mounting bracket 80 is aligned with the fixing position of the upper end of the arm 4, and the outer wall surface a is respectively. Install. On the other hand, the edge frames 5A and 5B are mounted by inserting the leading edges of the plate glass 2 into the mounting grooves 50 of the edge frames 5A and 5B, respectively. Next, the base end portion of the plate glass 2 is inserted into the support groove 31 of the support frame 3 and supported, and the plate glass 2 is suspended by the two arms 4.

First, the positioning members 9 of the edge frames 5A and 5B are moved along the sliding grooves 51 in accordance with the positions of the arms 4 and positioned. Next, since the screw shafts 90 of each positioning member 9 protrude from the groove opening 58 of the sliding groove 51, the mounting bracket 8 attached to the lower end portion of the arm 4 is connected to each screw shaft 90.
When attaching the eaves, if there is a problem in wiring or structure in fixing the upper end of the arm 4 to the outer wall surface a of the building, the fixing position of the upper end of each arm 4 is shifted and each positioning member is adjusted accordingly. If 9 is moved to an appropriate position, the connection position of the lower end part of each arm 4 with respect to the plate glass 2 can also be freely changed.

In the awning 1 having the above-described configuration, the sunlight that is inserted from above the plate glass 2 passes through the plate glass 2 during the daytime, so that the lower side of the awning 1 is brightly illuminated by sunlight. When the LEDs 71 of the light projecting unit 7 are turned on at night, the light emitted from each LED 71 is introduced into the plate glass 2 from the base end surface of the plate glass 2 and proceeds while repeating total reflection inside the plate glass 2. And come out from the side edge. Thereby, the front end surface and side end surface of the plate glass 2 shine and shine, and the periphery thereof also becomes brighter.
In addition, when replacing | exchanging LED71, after removing the cap 65, the holder 70 is extracted from the support frame 3. FIG. In the embodiment of FIG. 9, the cap 65 is removed and the printed board 111 is taken out.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the bag which is one Example of this invention. It is a top view which shows the state which installed the fence of FIG. 1 in the outer wall surface of a building. It is a side view which shows the state which installed the fence of FIG. 1 on the outer wall surface of a building. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of plate glass and a support frame. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a holder. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of an edge frame, and the attachment state of an arm. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the attachment metal fitting of the lower end part of an arm. It is a perspective view which shows the other Example of an edge frame. It is sectional drawing which shows the other Example of a light projection part. It is a top view which shows the structure of the light projection part of FIG. It is a top view which shows the other Example of a light projection part. It is a top view which shows the other Example of a support frame. It is a top view which shows the other Example of a saddle plate.

Explanation of symbols

1 庇 2 Sheet glass (plate)
3 Support frame 4 Arm 5, 5A, 5B Edge frame 7 Light projecting part 9 Positioning member 51 Sliding groove 58 Groove opening 70 Holder 71 LED
90 Screw shaft 110 Optical fiber

Claims (6)

  A base frame portion having a light transmitting property is inserted and supported in a support frame attached to the outer wall surface of the building, and at least two portions of the plate are suspended by arms. In this case, a light projecting portion is provided inside the support frame at a position facing the base end face of the plate.   The said ridge board is a ridge described in Claim 1 comprised with the transparent plate glass.   The scissors according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one edge frame is attached to a front end edge of the scissors plate, and a lower end portion of each arm is connected to the edge frame.   The edge frame has a sliding groove along the length direction, and a positioning member is slidably held in the sliding groove, and a lower end portion of each arm is connected to the positioning member. The scissors according to claim 3, wherein the connecting member is provided so as to face the groove opening of the sliding groove.   The light projecting unit includes a holder that is detachably disposed along a base end surface of the saddle plate in a support frame, and a plurality of light sources that are attached to a plurality of locations of the holder toward the base end surface of the saddle plate. The candy according to claim 1 comprising: The light projecting unit includes at least one light source provided inside or outside the support frame, and a plurality of optical fibers that guide light emitted from the light source to a plurality of positions facing a base end surface of a gutter plate inside the support frame. The soot according to claim 1 comprising:

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