JP2007016499A - Partitioning panel device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a partitioning panel device capable of changing from a corner part having an L-shape in plan view into a corner part having a T-shape or a cross shape simply by reduced number of parts and having satisfactory appearance. <P>SOLUTION: A remaining side face of a corner post 17 attaching side end faces of a pair of partitioning units A, B to two unit mounting faces 15, 16 crossing at a required angle in plan view by butting them is covered with a cover member 32, and unit mounting faces 34, 35 capable of attaching side end faces of the other partitioning units D, E by butting them are provided in a cover member 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a partition panel device, and more particularly to a structure of a corner portion thereof.

In the conventional partition panel device, the L-shaped corner portion in plan view and the T-shaped corner portion have a completely different connection structure (see, for example, Patent Document 1), Attached to the adjacent two, three, or four of the four surfaces of the connecting block by abutting the side end surface of the panel or the partition unit in which one or two panels are installed between a pair of columns. In addition, there are those in which the remaining surfaces such as corner posts are covered with a cover member (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP-A-9-125572 JP 2005-133399 A

  However, in what is described in Patent Document 1, when it is desired to change the shape of the corner portion from, for example, an L shape to a T shape, each partition unit is disassembled and a different corner connector is used. Must be reassembled.

  In what is described in Patent Document 2, in order to change the shape of the corner portion from, for example, an L shape to a T shape or a cross shape, a large number of accessory parts must be prepared, Not only does the number of parts increase, but the assembly work is complicated.

  In view of the above-described problems of the conventional technology, the present invention can easily change the L-shaped corner portion in plan view into a T-shaped or cross-shaped corner portion with a small number of parts. An object of the present invention is to provide a partition panel device that can be made and has a good appearance.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) A cover member covers the remaining side surface of a corner post that is attached to two unit mounting surfaces that intersect at a predetermined angle in plan view by abutting the side end surfaces of a pair of partition units. The member is provided with a unit mounting surface that can be mounted by abutting the side end surfaces of the other partition units.

  (2) In the above item (1), the cover member is made up of a plurality of types, one having a unit attachment surface for attaching another partition unit and one not having it.

  (3) In the above item (1) or (2), a plurality of unit mounting surfaces are provided on the cover member.

  (4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), the cover member is detachably attached to the corner post.

  (5) In any one of the above items (1) to (4), in either of the side surface of the corner post and the inner surface of the cover member facing the corner post, the tip end portion has a twist-like retaining protrusion in two directions. A pair of engaging protrusions extending toward the opposite side, and elastically engaged with the retaining protrusions of the engaging protrusions at a portion of the other one facing the engaging protrusions. A pair of gripping pieces for gripping the base portion of the clip to be detachable are provided, and the clip can be replaced with either of the two pairs of gripping pieces.

  (6) In any one of the above items (1) to (5), the partition unit is a self-supporting type.

  (7) In any one of the above items (1) to (6), the partition unit includes a pair of self-supporting columns and a panel laid between the columns. Attached to the unit mounting surface.

  (8) In any one of the above items (1) to (7), a projecting edge that sandwiches an end of the partition unit is provided at a corner of a prism formed by the corner post and the cover member.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.
According to the invention described in claim 1, since the two end mounting surfaces of the corner post are attached by abutting the side end surfaces of the pair of partition units, and the remaining side surface of the corner post is covered by the cover member, The corner part with a beautiful appearance can be formed, and the original two partition units are removed from the corner post by attaching the side end face of the other partition unit to the unit mounting surface provided on the cover member. The additional partition unit can be easily attached to the corner portion without having to be disassembled, disassembled, or added.
Therefore, it is possible to easily change from a corner portion having an L shape in plan view to a corner portion having a T shape or a cross shape with a small number of parts and having a good appearance. .

  According to the invention described in claim 2, since the cover member is composed of a plurality of types including those having a unit mounting surface for mounting other partition units and those having no unit, it is necessary to selectively use them according to applications. Therefore, in any case, it is possible to obtain a good appearance.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, since the cover member is provided with a plurality of unit mounting surfaces, it can be easily changed from the L-shaped corner portion in plan view to the T-shaped or cross-shaped corner portion. can do.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the cover member is detachably attached to the corner post, the cover member can be easily replaced.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, by attaching the clip to one of the two pairs of gripping pieces, the attachment direction of the cover member with respect to the corner post can be selected in either of two directions, so the partition unit is added. In doing so, the attachment direction of the cover member can be selected in a convenient manner depending on the position to be added, and convenience is improved.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, since the partition unit is a self-supporting type, the load of the partition unit is not applied to the corner post and the cover member, and the corner post and the cover member are supported by the partition unit. Therefore, it is not necessary to make the corner post and the cover member have high strength, and they can be manufactured at low cost.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the partition unit includes a pair of self-supporting columns and a panel laid between the columns, and the columns are fixed to the unit mounting surface of the corner post. Therefore, the corner post can be firmly supported by the column of the partition unit.

  According to the eighth aspect of the invention, the corners of the prisms formed by the corner posts and the cover members are provided with protruding edges that sandwich the end portions of the partition units, so that the end surfaces of the partition units, the corner posts, and the covers The abutting portion with the member is not exposed to the outside, a beautiful appearance can be exhibited, and light leakage in a direction orthogonal to the partition unit can be prevented.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The parts directly related to the present invention will be described in detail, and the other parts will be briefly described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the partition panel device includes a plurality of double glass type partition units (A) and (A) arranged side by side on the front side, and a front and rear direction on the side surface side. A similar partition unit (B) provided is connected in an L shape in plan view via a corner column (C).

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the partition unit (A) is a horizontal frame that faces the upper end portions, the intermediate portions, and the lower end portions of a pair of left and right columns (1) (1) in the left-right direction. (2) A panel frame (7) is formed which is connected to each other by (3) and (4) to form a rectangular space (5) and (6) in two upper and lower stages.
By omitting the intermediate horizontal frame (3), it has a single space, or by providing a plurality of horizontal frames spaced apart in the vertical direction in the intermediate part, it has three or more steps in the vertical direction. May form a space.

  Each strut (1) is a long corner in the front-rear direction that has a concave groove (1a) pointing in the vertical direction at the center of the inner and outer side surfaces by joining two metal plates bent in the same shape back to back. The receiving member of the adjuster device (not shown) provided in the upper and lower ends, which is formed in a tubular shape, is brought into contact with the ceiling surface and the floor surface, and is stretched between the ceiling surface and the floor surface. It is erected so as not to incline.

  Various panels such as a translucent panel, a metal plate, or a wooden panel can be mounted on both front and rear surfaces of the panel frame (7). A transparent panel (8), (8) made of a sheet of glass is provided with a fitting portion (9a) projecting toward the back side of the panel (8) in the edge frame member (9). It is mounted by fitting it into the front and rear direction in (6).

The fitting portion (9a) protrudes inwardly from the inward portion of the holding portion (9b) surrounding the peripheral edge of the panel (8) in the edge frame member (9). On the inner surface of the tip of (9a), there is provided an inclined surface (9c) that is inclined so as to expand toward the back side.
By providing the inclined surface (9c), the fitting portions (9a) and (9a) of the edge frame members (9) and (9) are inserted into the space (5) and (6) in the panel frame body (7) from the front and rear. When the tips of the fitting portions (9a) and (9a) that are fitted and face each other are brought into contact with each other or brought close to each other, a groove having a substantially V-shaped cross section (10 ) Is formed. Except for the inclined surfaces (9c) and (9c) on the inner surfaces of the fitting portions (9a) and (9a), they are flat surfaces.

  The amount of protrusion of the fitting portion (9a) from the back of each holding portion (9b) in the front and rear edge frame members (9) and (9) is when they are properly fitted from the front and rear of the panel frame (7). The opposing end faces of the fitting portions (9a) and (9a) opposed to the front and rear are in contact with each other or close to each other, that is, the depth of the space (5) (6) in the panel frame (7). It is better to set it to about half or slightly shorter.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the base part of the locking piece (11) which protrudes in the shape of a downward hook toward the back side is fixed to the both side end faces of the edge frame member (9) with fixing screws (12). Yes.

  On the front and back surfaces of the concave groove (1a) facing each other on the inner surface side of each support column (1), the vertical direction is at a position corresponding to each locking piece (11) provided on the side surface of the edge frame member (9). Are provided with long locking holes (13) and (13). Both locking holes (13) and (13) project inward from the inner surface side of the column (1) in a U-shape in plan view. The brackets (14) can be secured to the inner surfaces of the respective struts (1) by engaging downwardly hooked locking pieces (14a) (14a) protruding in the front-rear direction from the outer ends of the brackets (14). It can be removably locked to the height.

  The upper edge of the edge frame member (9) is slightly inclined so that the upper part is closer to the panel frame body (7) than the lower part, and its upper end is fitted to the lower surface of the upper horizontal frame (2) (3). The lower part is rotated so that the lower part is located in the panel frame (7) with the upper part as the center, and is made substantially vertical, and then the entire locking piece (11) is pushed down while the whole is pushed down. ) Is engaged with the upper edges of both side portions of the protruding portion of the bracket (14) protruding inward from the inner surface of the bracket frame (9), so that the edge frame member (9) has the upper and lower spaces (5) ( 6) It can be stably fitted and held within it without rattling.

  The partition unit (B) has the same configuration as that of the partition unit (A), and only its direction is the front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the corner column (C) is formed of a pair of partition units (A) and (B) on two unit mounting surfaces (15, 16) that intersect at an angle of 90 ° in plan view. It is composed of a corner post (17) having a substantially isosceles right triangle in plan view and a cover member (18) covering the remaining side surface of the corner post (17), the side end faces being attached to each other.

The corner post (17) has a hollow projecting edge (19) having a rhombus in a plan view at a right-angled corner between the two unit mounting surfaces (15) and (16), and faces the corner. A projection (20) having a mountain shape in plan view is formed at the center of the oblique side, and projections (21), (21) having a mountain shape in plan view are formed on both sides thereof, and the inside is hollow.
Extending in two directions parallel to the two unit mounting surfaces (15) and (16) at the tip of the chevron-shaped protrusions (21) and (21) on both sides, A pair of engaging protrusions (22) and (22) having retaining protrusions (22a) and (22a) are provided to protrude.

  The cover member (18) forms a hollow square tubular reinforcing portion (24) on the back side of the top of the decorative pieces (23) and (23) that are perpendicular to each other, and the top portion of the reinforcing portion (24) A valley-shaped recess (25) is formed at the corners on the opposite back side so that the central protrusion (20) in the center of the corner post (17) is fitted, and further, the decorative piece (23) ( 23) is formed with U-shaped protruding edges (26) and (26) that open toward the corner post (17) on the outer edge of 23).

  The corner post (17) is connected to a portion outside the reinforcing portion (24) on the back surface of the decorative pieces (23) and (23) and a back surface of the reinforcing portion (24) facing the direction orthogonal thereto. A pair of gripping pieces (28), (28) for detachably gripping the base of the clip (27) that can be elastically engaged with the retaining protrusions (22a) (22a) of the mating protrusions (22), (22); (29) (29) are provided.

  Since the base of the clip (27) can be replaced with any of the two pairs of gripping pieces (28), (28), (29), and (29), the cover member (18) for the corner post (17) The mounting direction of the cover member (18) can be conveniently selected depending on the position of the partition unit (D) to be added when adding the partition unit (D) to be described later. You can choose in the direction.

  In addition, two pairs of gripping pieces (28) and (28) extending in two directions are provided on the oblique side portion of the corner post (17), and the inner surface of the cover member (18) facing the two is directed in two directions. A pair of engaging protrusions (22) and (22) extending in a protruding manner, and clips (22a) and (22a) that can be elastically engaged with the retaining protrusions (22a) and (22a) of the engaging protrusions (22) and (22). 27) may be implemented so that it can be replaced with either of the two pairs of gripping pieces (28), (28), (29), and (29).

As shown in FIG. 2, the corner post (17) has the fixing screws (30) (30) (with the side end surfaces of the partition units (A) and (B) butted against the unit mounting surfaces (15) and (16). 30) and is fixed to the column (1) in each partition unit (A) (B).
Reference numerals (31) and (31) are work holes for the fixing screws (30) and (30).

  Further, the outer edge of the cover member (18) on the back surface of the decorative piece (23) (23) is in contact with the outer edge of the unit mounting surface (15) (16) of the corner post (17), and Each clip (27) whose base is gripped by each gripping piece (28), (28), (29), (29) with the chevron-shaped protrusion (20) fitted in the valley-shaped recess (25) The cover member (18) is mounted from the outside of the corner post (17) so as to be elastically engaged with the retaining protrusions (22a) and (22a) of the opposing engaging protrusions (22) and (22). Accordingly, the oblique side portion of the corner post (17) where the heads of the fixing screws (30) and (30) are exposed is concealed by the cover member (18), and the appearance can be improved.

  Also, the abutting part between the side end of each partition unit (A) (B) and each unit mounting surface (15) (16) in the corner post (17) is the edge (19) of the corner post (17). Since it is sandwiched from both sides by the protruding edge (26) of the cover member (18) and is not exposed to the outside, it can have a beautiful appearance and is orthogonal to the partition unit (A) (B). Light leakage in the direction can be prevented.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which a partition unit (D) facing another front-rear direction is connected to the corner portion of the L shape in plan view shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 to form a T shape in plan view.
In this configuration, the cover member (18) for the L-shaped corner portion in FIG. 2 is removed from the corner post (17), and instead, the cover member (32) for the T-shaped corner portion is replaced by a corner. It is attached to the post (17).

The cover member (32) is provided with a hollow rhombus-shaped projecting edge (33) similar to the projecting edge (19) of the corner post (17) on the top of the decorative pieces (23) and (23) intersecting at right angles. Except that the surface of the decorative piece (23) (23) between the protruding edge (33) and the protruding edges (26) (26) on both sides forms the unit mounting surface (34) (35). Is the same as the cover member (18) for the L-shaped corner. The same portions are illustrated with the same reference numerals as those in the cover member (18), and detailed description thereof is omitted.
The method of attaching the cover member (32) to the corner post (17) is the same as that of the cover member (18).

  The partition unit (D) has the same configuration as that of the partition units (A) and (B), and the rear end surface of the support column (1) at the rear end portion is connected to the protrusion edge (33) and the protrusion edge (26) on the cover member (32). ) In the state of being abutted against the unit mounting surface (34) and extending the receiving material in the adjuster device provided at the upper and lower ends of the column (1) in the vertical direction, A panel frame (7) is constructed between the floor and a floor (not shown), and the panels (8) and (8) are formed on both sides. To be formed.

  Thus, instead of the cover member (18) for the L-shaped corner portion, the cover member (32) for the T-shaped corner portion is replaced with the corner post (17), and the unit mounting surface ( 34), the original two partition units (A) and (B) can be removed from the corner post (17), disassembled, or attached simply by matching the side edges of the partition unit (D). Without adding any parts, the additional partition unit (D) can be easily attached to the corner portion, so that from the L-shaped corner portion in plan view to the T-shaped corner portion as well, It can be changed easily with a small number of parts.

  Further, as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 4, the side end of the partition unit (E) is abutted against the remaining unit mounting surface (35) of the cover member (32) and is constructed to have a cross shape in plan view. Corner portions can be easily formed.

As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, it is also possible to give a various deformation | transformation and change to the said embodiment within the range which does not deviate from a claim.
For example, each partition unit (A), (B), (D), and (E) is not limited to the one described above, and one panel is disposed at the center in the thickness direction of the panel frame (7). Or chamfering the tops of the decorative pieces (23) and (23) in the cover member (18) for the L-shaped corner portion to eliminate the sense of protrusion, or the entire corner post (C) The planar shape may be a rhombus, a regular triangle, a pentagon or more polygon, and the like.
Further, the projecting edges (26) and (26) provided on the cover members (18) and (32) may be provided on the corner post (17) side.

It is an external appearance perspective view of one Embodiment which has a corner part of a planar view L character in the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional plan view taken along line II-II in FIG. 1. It is a disassembled perspective view of the principal part of a partition unit. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view similar to FIG. 2 when the corner portion is changed to a T-shape in plan view.

Explanation of symbols

(A) (B) (D) (E) Partition unit
(C) Corner support
(1) Prop
(1a) Concave groove
(2) (3) (4) Horizontal frame
(5) (6) Space
(7) Panel frame
(8) Panel
(9) Edge frame member
(9a) Mating part
(9b) Holding part
(9c) Inclined surface
(10) Concave groove
(11) Locking piece
(12) Fixing screw
(13) Locking hole
(14) Engagement member
(14a) Locking piece
(15) (16) Unit mounting surface
(17) Corner post
(18) Cover member
(19) Edge
(20) (21) Projection
(22) Engagement protrusion
(22a) Retaining protrusion
(23) Cosmetic pieces
(24) Reinforcement part
(25) Recess
(26) Rim
(27) Clip
(28) (29) Grip piece
(30) Fixing screw
(31) Working hole
(32) Cover member
(33) Edge
(34) (35) Unit mounting surface

Claims (8)

  The remaining side face of the corner post, which is attached to the two unit mounting surfaces intersecting at a required angle in plan view by abutting the side end surfaces of the pair of partition units, is covered with a cover member, A partition panel device provided with a unit mounting surface that can be mounted by abutting side end surfaces of other partition units.   2. The partition panel device according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is composed of a plurality of types of a cover member having a unit mounting surface for mounting another partition unit and a cover member having no unit mounting surface.   The partition panel device according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is provided with a plurality of unit mounting surfaces.   The partition panel device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cover member is detachably attached to the corner post.   A pair of engaging protrusions extending in two directions having a tip-shaped retaining protrusion at the front end is provided on either the side surface of the corner post or the inner surface of the cover member facing the corner post, In addition, a pair of gripping pieces for detachably holding the base of the clip that can be elastically engaged with the retaining protrusions of the engaging protrusions is provided in a portion of the other one facing the engaging protrusions. The partition panel device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the clip can be replaced with any of two pairs of gripping pieces.   The partition panel device according to claim 1, wherein the partition unit is a self-standing type.   The partition unit includes a pair of free-standing columns and a panel installed between the columns, and the columns are fixed to a unit mounting surface of a corner post. The partition panel apparatus in any one of 1-6. The partition panel device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a projecting edge that sandwiches an end of the partition unit is provided at a corner of a prism formed by the corner post and the cover member.

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