JP2008303653A - Runner unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a runner unit capable of quickly and appropriately adjusting the anteroposterior position of a door panel and stabilizing the running state of a runner body by preventing the anteroposterior play of a runner shaft in an anteroposterior adjusting mechanism. <P>SOLUTION: The runner unit has a holding case 9 fixed to the door panel 3; an adjustment housing 10 attached/detached to/from the holding case 9; and a runner base 11 arranged inside the adjustment housing 10. The anteroposterior adjusting mechanism provided between the runner base 11 and the adjustment housing 10 includes the runner base 11 pivoted in a longitudinally swingable manner by a base shaft 41, a female screw body 45 pivoted to the runner base 11, and an adjusting screw 46 screwed into the female screw body 45. The base shaft 41 is arranged in a state offset to either front or rear of a center axis P of the adjusting screw 46. The runner base 11 is swung around the base shaft 41 by the adjusting screw 46 to adjust the anteroposterior position of the runner shaft 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a runner unit including a front / rear adjustment mechanism for adjusting a front / rear position of a door panel.

  The runner unit of the present invention is provided with a vertical adjustment mechanism and a front / rear adjustment mechanism inside the runner base. In this case, the front and rear positions of the door panel can be adjusted by moving the runner base on which the runner shaft is assembled to the left and right using an adjustment screw. The runner base is guided and supported by the adjustment housing so as to be movable left and right, and cam grooves are formed on the upper and lower walls of the adjustment housing to convert the left-right motion of the runner shaft into the front-back motion. The adjusting housing is inserted and loaded from the side of the case into a holding case embedded and fixed in the door panel, and is fixed so as not to be separated by screws. A vertical adjustment mechanism is also built in the runner base.

  In the runner unit of the present invention, the front and rear position of the door panel is adjusted by swinging the runner shaft back and forth on a runner base that swings back and forth. Known in Document 2. There, a swing arm that swings back and forth around a vertically oriented pin, a cam plate that displaces a runner shaft screwed into the swing arm back and forth, an adjustment screw that reciprocates the cam plate, etc. Is configured. The cam plate is formed with an oblique cam groove that intersects the runner shaft. By sliding the cam plate with an adjusting screw, the swing arm and runner shaft are swung back and forth around the pin, The front and rear position of the panel can be adjusted. A runner shaft clearance groove is formed in a partial arc shape on the upper wall of the runner base into which the front-rear adjustment mechanism is incorporated.

  Many of the existing runner units simply hold the runner base in the holding case, and lock the runner base with the lock mechanism so that it cannot be removed.For the runner unit of the present invention, the lock lever constituting the lock mechanism is It is known in Patent Document 3 that a lever is formed of an independent component separate from the runner base.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-21145 (paragraph number 0017, FIG. 1) JP 2001-317266 A (paragraph number 0021, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent No. 3645837 (paragraph number 0038, FIG. 1)

  If a vertical adjustment mechanism and a longitudinal adjustment mechanism are provided inside the runner base as in the runner unit of Patent Document 1, and the runner base is housed in the housing, the overall structure on the housing side tends to be complicated, and the vertical dimension of the housing In addition, the front and rear dimensions are inevitably increased, and for example, the runner unit may not be applied to a door panel having a small thickness dimension. Moreover, since it is necessary to incorporate many parts in the narrow space inside the runner base, the assembly becomes complicated and a lot of labor is required.

  In the runner unit of Patent Document 2, the runner shaft is held at the adjustment position by the slant cam groove formed on the cam plate, so that the runner shaft is easily rattled to either the front or back inside the cam groove. There is a difference between the adjustment amount and the adjustment result of the door panel, and it may take time to adjust the door panel without excess or deficiency. In addition, the runner shaft rattling tends to make the running state unstable, for example, the runner body meanders when the door panel is opened and closed. Since the adjustment screw, the cam plate, and the swing arm are arranged in a straight line when viewed from the inside in the adjustment housing, it is inevitable that the left and right width dimension (depth dimension) of the adjustment housing is increased.

  The object of the present invention is to prevent backlash in the front-rear direction of the runner shaft in the front-rear adjustment mechanism and to eliminate the deviation between the adjustment amount by the adjustment screw and the adjustment result in the door panel. An object of the present invention is to provide a runner unit that can be adjusted quickly and appropriately, and that can stabilize the running state of the runner body and can easily open and close the door panel. An object of the present invention is to provide a runner unit that can be applied to a door panel having a small thickness by forming the entire door-side unit mounted on the door panel compactly.

  The runner unit of the present invention is composed of a runner body 8 that is guided by the guide rail 1 and a door side unit that is mounted on the door panel 3 side. The door unit includes a holding case 9 embedded and fixed in the door panel 3, an adjustment housing 10 that is detachably attached to the holding case 9, and a runner base 11 that is disposed inside the adjustment housing 10. The runner body 8 and the runner base 11 are connected via a connecting shaft 12. A front-rear adjustment mechanism that adjusts the front-rear position of the door panel 3 is provided between the runner base 11 and the adjustment housing 10. The front-rear adjustment mechanism includes a runner base 11 that is pivotally supported by a base shaft 41 attached to the adjustment housing 10 so as to be able to swing back and forth, a female screw body 45 that is pivotally supported by the runner base 11 so as to reciprocate around the vertical axis, And an adjustment screw 46 that is screwed into the female screw body 45 from the side end of the adjustment housing 10 and swings the runner base 11 around the base shaft 41. Thus, the base shaft 41 is arranged in a state of being biased to either the front or back of the screw center axis P of the adjustment screw 46.

  A female screw body 45 is disposed between the base shaft 41 disposed on the rocking base end side of the runner base 11 and the connecting shaft 12 disposed on the rocking front end side. Corresponding to the swing displacement amount of the runner base 11 in the front-rear direction, the front and rear surfaces 11f and 11b of the runner base 11 are formed in a tapered shape from the swing base end side to the swing front end side.

  A housing space 26 whose front and rear surfaces are open is provided inside the adjustment housing 10. The holding case 9 defines a swing limit in the front-rear direction of the runner base 11 disposed in the accommodation space 26.

  The adjustment housing 10 is inserted into the holding case 9 embedded and fixed in the door panel 3 from the outside of the case, and is locked and held by a lock mechanism provided between the holding case 9 and the adjustment housing 10 so as not to be separated. The lock mechanism includes a lock lever 60 provided in the adjustment housing 10, an engagement portion 21 formed in the holding case 9 corresponding to the lock lever 60, a release button 61 for unlocking the lock lever 60, and a release button A spring 62 for biasing 61 to move toward the standby posture is included. The lock lever 60 is integrally provided with a lock claw 63 that is depressed and engaged with the engaging portion 21 and a passive pin 64 that is operated by a release button 61. A slope cam 68 for unlocking the passive pin 64 against the elasticity of the lock lever 60 is formed on the release button 61 slidably supported by the adjustment housing 10.

  In the lower half of the runner base 11, a compartment 39 for accommodating a vertical adjustment mechanism for adjusting the vertical position of the door panel 3 is formed in a state of opening downward. The connecting shaft 12 is pivotally supported by a shaft support hole 42 formed in a vertically penetrating manner from the end surface of the runner base 11 on the runner body 8 side to the compartment 39.

  In the present invention, the runner base 11 to which the connecting shaft 12 is connected is pivotally supported by the base shaft 41 attached to the adjustment housing 10 so as to be able to swing back and forth, and the adjustment screw 46 is attached to the female screw body 45 provided on the runner base 11. By performing the tightening and loosening operation, the runner base 11 is swung back and forth so that the front and rear positions of the connecting shaft 12 and the door panel 3 can be adjusted.

  As described above, according to the front / rear adjustment mechanism that performs the front / rear adjustment by swinging the runner base 11 that supports the connection shaft 12, there is no room for the connection shaft 12 to rattle in all directions with respect to the runner base 11. Further, it is possible to eliminate backlash in the front-rear direction of the connecting shaft 12 in the front-rear adjustment mechanism, and to eliminate the difference between the adjustment amount by the adjustment screw 46 and the adjustment result in the door panel 3, and therefore adjustment of the front-rear position of the door panel 3 Can be done quickly and properly. Furthermore, since there is no rattling of the connecting shaft 12, it is possible to provide a runner unit that can stabilize the running state of the runner body 8 and can easily open and close the door panel 3. If the base shaft 41 that pivotally supports the runner base 11 is eccentrically disposed either before or after the screw center axis P of the adjustment screw 46, operation interference between the adjustment screw 46 and the base shaft 41 when the runner base 11 swings back and forth is avoided. However, the parts of the front / rear adjustment mechanism can be centrally arranged to make the whole front / rear adjustment mechanism compact.

  A female screw body 45 is disposed between the base shaft 41 disposed on the rocking base end side of the runner base 11 and the connecting shaft 12 disposed on the rocking front end side, and the front and rear surfaces 11f and 11b of the runner base 11 are disposed on the rocking base. If it is formed in a tapered shape from the end side toward the swing front end side, the front and rear space occupied when the runner base 11 swings back and forth is reduced, and the entire door unit mounted on the door panel 3 is reduced. Therefore, the runner unit can be formed compactly and can be applied to the door panel 3 having a small thickness without any problem. Since the female screw body 45 is disposed between the base shaft 41 and the connecting shaft 12, the left and right width dimensions of the door unit can be reduced simultaneously. Corresponding to the swing displacement amount of the runner base 11 in the front-rear direction, when the front and rear surfaces 11f and 11b are formed in a tapered shape from the swing base end side to the swing tip side, The front-rear thickness dimension of the door unit can be further reduced by effectively using the internal space of the adjustment housing 10 without waste.

  When a housing space 26 having front and rear surfaces is opened inside the adjustment housing 10 and the swing limit in the front-rear direction of the runner base 11 disposed in the housing space 26 can be defined by the holding case 9, Compared with the case where the surface is covered with a wall, the front and rear thickness dimensions of the holding case 9 can be reduced by the amount that the front and rear walls can be omitted, and the front and rear surfaces 11f and 11b of the runner base 11 are tapered as described above. In addition to forming the door unit, the front-rear thickness dimension of the door-side unit can be further reduced to further expand the application target of the runner unit and improve versatility.

  The lock mechanism includes a lock lever 60, an engagement portion 21 formed on the holding case 9, a release button 61 for unlocking the lock lever 60, and a spring 62 that moves and urges the release button 61 toward the standby position. According to the lock structure in which the lock claw 63 provided on the lock lever 60 is held in the locked position by the engaging portion 21 of the holding case 9 in a state where the adjustment housing 11 is inserted and attached to the holding case 9, the release button By pushing 61 against the spring 62, the lock lever 60 can be switched to the unlocked state, and the adjustment housing 11 can be removed from the holding case 9. At that time, the passive pin 64 of the lock lever 60 is displaced by the slope cam 68 provided on the release button 61 to switch the lock lever 60 to the unlocking posture, so that the lock lever 60 can be unlocked with a smaller force. The removal operation of the adjustment housing 11 can be easily performed.

  When a partition chamber 39 that opens downward is provided in the lower half of the runner base 11 and a vertical adjustment mechanism that adjusts the vertical position of the door panel 3 is accommodated therein, a door-side unit including a front-rear adjustment mechanism and a vertical adjustment mechanism Can be summarized in a compact. Furthermore, since the vertical adjustment mechanism swings back and forth together with the runner base 11, the vertical adjustment can be performed without any trouble at any front and rear adjustment positions while smoothly performing the front and rear swinging motion of the runner base 11. When the connecting shaft 12 is pivotally supported so as to be slidable relative to the runner body 8 side end face of the runner base 11 from the runner body 8 side through the partition chamber 39, the length of the connecting portion between the runner base 11 and the connecting shaft 12 is supported. With sufficient thickness, rattling of the connecting shaft 12 can be prevented more reliably.

(Example) FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 9 shows the Example which applied the runner unit based on this invention for sliding doors. In FIG. 2, the sliding door includes guide rails 1 and 2 provided on the upper and lower frames of the opening frame, and a pair of left and right door panels 3 and 3 that can be opened and closed along both guide rails 1 and 2. The runner unit of the present invention incorporated between each door panel 2 and the upper guide rail 1, and a swing runner unit incorporated between each door panel 2 and the lower guide rail 2. Reference numeral 4 denotes a handle attached to one side of each door panel 2.

  In FIG. 3, the runner unit includes a runner body (runner body) 8 that is guided to run in the left-right direction by the guide rail 1 and a door-side unit that is mounted on the door panel side. The door-side unit is disposed inside a holding case 9 embedded and fixed in a mounting groove 7 at the upper corner of the door panel 3, an adjustment housing 10 inserted and attached to the holding case 9 from the outside, and an adjustment housing 10. The runner base 11 and the runner base 11 are connected by a runner shaft (connecting shaft) 12. The guide rail 1 is made of an aluminum strip integrally provided with front and rear rails having a C-shaped cross section, and has a downward opening between the rail walls 1a and 1a on the front and rear surfaces provided on each rail.

  The runner body 8 includes a horizontally long traveling block 14 made of a plastic molded product, four rollers 15 disposed on the left and right of the traveling block 14 in pairs, and a roller that rotatably supports these rollers 15. The shaft 16 is configured. On the lower surface of the travel block 14, a restricting body 17 that prevents the runner body 8 from meandering is formed so as to protrude downward from the rail opening.

  In FIG. 3, the holding case 9 is made of a thin box-shaped press-molded product having an upper surface and an outer surface opened, and three locations, the upper and lower portions of the inner back wall 9a and the center portion in the depth direction of the bottom wall 9b, are screwed. 20 is fastened and fixed to the door panel 3. Near the side opening of the bottom wall 9b of the holding case 9, an engagement recess (engagement portion) 21 for a lock lever, which will be described later, is formed as a vertical through hole having a square cross section. Further, a positioning groove 24 that regulates the vertical movement of the adjustment housing 10 is horizontally cut out in the middle of the upper and lower walls of the holding case 9 in cooperation with the overhanging wall 23 on the inner surface of the upper opening. .

  3 and 5, the adjustment housing 10 is made of a square frame-shaped plastic molded product having an accommodation space 26 for the runner base 11 therein, and the accommodation space 26 is used to reduce the overall thickness of the door unit. The front and rear walls are opened and the front and rear walls are omitted. An adjustment seat 27 and an adjustment opening 28 are formed above and below the side end wall of the adjustment housing 10, and a screw passage 30 that is long in the front-rear direction is formed in the seat wall of the adjustment seat 27. In this way, when the screw passage 30 is formed with a long hole in the front-rear direction, the adjustment screw 46 that is tightened or loosened can be moved back and forth along the screw passage 30 to prevent the adjustment screw 46 from tilting.

  The upper wall of the adjustment housing 10 is formed with a finger-hanging recess 31, a hole 32 that supports a base shaft 41, which will be described later, and a relief groove 33 that allows the runner shaft 11 to move back and forth. The escape groove 33 is formed as a partial arc-shaped groove having the center of the base shaft 41 as a radial center. A hole 32 that pivotally supports the base shaft 41 is also formed in the bottom wall facing the top wall. On the upper surface and the front and back of the bottom wall of the adjustment housing 10, a step portion 34 and an engagement wall 35 that engage with the protruding wall 23 and the positioning groove 24 are formed. Below the bottom wall of the adjustment housing 10, a lower space 36 for accommodating a lock mechanism to be described later is secured.

  The runner base 11 has a section chamber 39 that opens downward in the lower half, and is made of a plastic molded product formed by notching an adjustment space 40 on the upper side of the section chamber 39 with a wall therebetween. The shaft hole 43 provided in the rear corner portion is supported by a vertically long base shaft 41 fixed to the hole 32 of the adjustment housing 10, so that the shaft hole 43 is pivotally supported in the housing space 26 so as to be swingable forward and backward. A shaft support hole 42 that supports the runner shaft 12 so as to be relatively slidable is formed in a vertically penetrating manner from the upper surface of the runner base 11 near the swinging tip to the compartment 39.

  A front / rear adjustment mechanism for adjusting the front / rear position of the door panel 3 is provided between the adjustment housing 10 and the runner base 11, and a vertical adjustment for adjusting the vertical position of the door panel 3 between the runner base 11 and the runner shaft 12. A mechanism is provided. 5 and 6, the front / rear adjustment mechanism includes a runner base 11 that is pivotably supported by the base shaft 41, a female screw body 45 that is pivotally supported by the runner base 11, and an adjustment seat at the side end of the adjustment housing 10. The adjusting screw 46 is screwed into the female screw body 45 via 27, and the retainer 47 that restricts the axial movement of the adjusting screw 46. The operation head of the adjustment screw 46 is accommodated in the adjustment seat 27 and faces the outer surface of the side end of the door panel 3. The female screw body 45 is formed of a round shaft body, and a screw hole 48 for screwing the adjusting screw 46 is formed in a left-right penetrating shape in the middle part of the upper and lower sides. By supporting the upper and lower peripheral surfaces of the female screw body 45 with support holes 49 provided in the upper and lower walls of the adjustment cavity 40, the female screw body 45 can reciprocate around the vertical axis.

  As described above, the adjustment housing 10 is open at the front and rear surfaces. Therefore, when the runner base 11 is swung back and forth by operating the adjusting screw 46 to loosen with respect to the female screw body 45, the front and rear surfaces 11f and 11b are received by the front and rear walls of the holding case 9 as shown in FIG. At this time, the front and rear surfaces 11f and 11b of the runner base 11 are swung from the swing base end side in order to reduce the front and rear thickness of the holding case 9 while making the back and forth swing displacement of the runner base 11 sufficient. It is formed in a tapered shape toward the moving tip side, and the swinging tip is rounded.

  Further, in order to facilitate the swinging operation of the runner base 11 by the adjustment screw 46, the center of the base shaft 41 is arranged in a state of being biased rearward from the screw center axis P of the adjustment screw 46 as shown in FIG. A female screw body 45 is disposed near the base shaft 41 between the base shaft 41 and the runner shaft 12 on the swinging tip side. As described above, when the adjustment screw 46 and the runner shaft 12 are provided on one side of the base shaft 41, the overall length in the left-right direction of the front-rear adjustment mechanism can be avoided and the left-right width dimension of the holding case 9 can be reduced. .

  In FIG. 6, the vertical adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment lever 52 for adjusting the runner shaft 12 entering the compartment 39 up and down, a female screw plate 53 incorporated in the adjustment lever 52, an adjustment screw 54 screwed into the female screw plate 53, and adjustment. A retainer plate 55 that restricts the axial movement of the screw 54 is used. The operation head of the adjustment screw 54 faces the outer side surface of the door panel 3 through the operation opening 28 of the adjustment housing 10. The adjustment lever 52 is formed of a press fitting having a pair of front and rear inverted L-shaped lever walls, and the lower portion of the vertical arm wall 58 of the lever wall can be swung by a swinging pin 56 penetrating the compartment chamber 39 back and forth. It is pivotally supported. The front end of the lateral arm wall 57 constituting the lever wall receives the step 12 a at the lower end of the runner shaft 12. A drum-shaped support hole 59 is formed in the upper part of the vertical arm wall 58 constituting the lever wall, and the left and right movement of the female screw plate 53 is inherited by the support hole 59.

  The adjustment housing 10 in which the runner base 11, the longitudinal adjustment mechanism, the vertical adjustment mechanism, and the like are incorporated is integrated by being inserted into the holding case 9 from the outside of the case. In order to lock and hold the adjustment housing 10 in this state inseparably, a lock mechanism is provided between the holding case 9 and the adjustment housing 10.

  The lock mechanism includes a lock lever 60 formed integrally with the lower end of the inner back wall of the adjustment housing 10, an engagement recess 21 formed in the holding case 9 corresponding to the lock lever 60, and an operation for unlocking the lock lever 60. The release button 61 is configured, and the release button 61 is configured by a spring 62 that moves and urges the release button 61 toward the standby posture outside the adjustment housing 10. At the protruding end of the lock lever 60 that is cantilevered, there is provided a locking claw 63 that protrudes downward and engages with and disengages from the engaging recess 21. The passive pin 64 is integrally formed.

  The release button 61 is integrally provided with a semicircular operation portion 65, a pair of front and rear slide frames 66 that are continuous with the upper half of the operation portion 65, and a spring receiving frame 67 that connects the slide frames 66 back and forth. The release button 61 is supported by the adjustment housing 10 so as to be slidable to the left and right by being guided and supported by guide grooves 10 a provided on the front and rear of the bottom wall of the adjustment housing 10. On both inner surfaces of the slide frames 66, slope cams 68 are formed for pushing up the passive pins 64 against the elasticity of the lock lever 60. The spring 62 is formed of a compression coil spring, and is incorporated between the inner back wall of the lower space 36 and the spring receiving frame 67, and pushes and urges the entire release button 61 outward toward the adjustment housing 10. ing.

  In the state where the release button 61 is assembled to the adjustment housing 10, the operation portion 65 faces the side end face of the adjustment housing 10 (see FIG. 3). The spring 62 is held against the urging force of the spring 62. The passive pin 64 in this state is received near the inclined lower end of the inclined cam 68. Therefore, when the thumb is applied to the finger-holding recess 31 and the release button 61 is pushed against the urging force of the spring 62 with the index finger as shown in FIG. 7, the passive pin 64 becomes elastic to the lock lever 60 by the slope cam 68. As a result of being pushed up against each other, the engagement state between the lock claw 63 and the engagement recess 21 is released, so that the adjustment housing 10 can be removed from the holding case 9.

  When the adjustment housing 10 is attached to the holding case 9, the upper surface of the stepped portion 34 and the engagement wall 35 of the adjustment housing 10 are received by the overhanging wall 23 and the positioning groove 24 of the holding case 9. Is restricted from moving upward. At the same time, after the lock claw 63 rides on the bottom wall 9b of the holding case, the claw tip falls into the engagement recess 21 and engages. Therefore, the lock lever 60 can be kept in the locked posture.

  8 and 9 show the steady runner unit. The anti-vibration runner unit includes an anti-vibration roller 71 that is guided in a lateral direction by a guide rail 2 embedded in the floor, and a door-side lower portion that is attached to the door panel and supports the anti-vibration roller 71 so as to move up and down. Unit (door side unit). The door-side lower unit includes a holding case 9 embedded and fixed in the lower corner of the door panel 3, an adjustment housing 10 inserted and attached to the holding case 9 from the outside, and a runner base 72 disposed inside the adjustment housing 10. And a front-rear adjustment mechanism provided between the adjustment housing 10 and the runner base 72, a lock mechanism provided between the holding case 9 and the adjustment housing 10, and the like.

  The swing roller 71 is composed of a roller shaft (connection shaft) 73 and a roller (runner body) 74 that is rotatably supported by the roller shaft 73. Since the roller 74 in the steady runner unit corresponds to the runner body 8 described above, and the roller shaft 73 corresponds to the runner shaft 12 described above, the runner body 8 in each claim of the present invention includes the roller 74. The connecting shaft 12 includes a roller shaft 73.

  The holding case 9, the adjustment housing 10, the front / rear adjustment mechanism, and the lock mechanism that constitute the door-side lower unit have the same structure as the door-side unit holding case 9, the adjustment housing 10, the front / rear adjustment mechanism, and the lock mechanism described above. Since the only difference is that it is used upside down, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same members and the description thereof is omitted.

  The runner base 72 is basically the same as the runner base 11 described above, but since it is not necessary to accommodate the vertical adjustment mechanism, the compartment 39 and the adjustment opening 28 are omitted. Further, an upper portion of the roller shaft 73 of the anti-rotation roller 71 and a spring chamber 76 that houses a spring 75 that presses and urges the anti-vibration roller 71 are formed near the swinging tip of the runner base 72, and the upper surface opening thereof is screwed. The runner base 11 described above is different in that the lid plate 78 is fastened and fixed at 77. Others are the same as those of the previous runner base 11 except that the upper and lower sides are reversed and used, and therefore the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. The central axis of the roller shaft 73 and the central axis of the runner shaft 12 are located on the same central axis.

  As described above, when the door side lower unit is also provided with a front / rear adjustment mechanism, when the door panel 3 is warped and deformed, the entire door panel 3 is adjusted back and forth so that adjacent door panels 3 and 3 are in contact with each other. Interference or rubbing can be reliably prevented.

  10 to 12 show another embodiment of the locking mechanism. There, a lock lever 80 disposed in the lower space 36 of the adjustment housing 10, an engagement recess 21 formed in the holding case 9 corresponding to the lock lever 80, and a guide portion that holds the lock lever 80 in a locked posture. 22 (see FIG. 10) or the like constitutes a lock mechanism. The guide portion 22 is inclined upward toward the inner back wall 9a. The lock lever 80 is composed of a gently bent reverse-shaped lever body having an operation portion 83 at one end and a restriction arm 84 at the other end. By supporting the bent portion longitudinally back and forth with the lever shaft 85, the entire lock lever 80 can swing up and down like a seesaw. The front and rear ends of the lever shaft 85 are supported by cover walls provided before and after the lower end of the adjustment housing 10. The distance from the center of the lever shaft 85 to the protruding end of the restricting arm 84 is set to be larger than the distance from the center of the lever shaft 85 to the protruding end of the operating portion 83. Therefore, when the adjustment housing 10 is removed from the holding case 9, the entire lock lever 80 tends to tilt due to the weight moment of the restricting arm 84.

  In a state where the lock lever 80 is assembled to the adjustment housing 10, the operation portion 83 faces the outside of the side surface of the door panel 3 (see FIG. 10). The operation portion 83 is formed in a gate shape, and a lock claw 86 that is elastically deformable in the vertical direction is integrally provided between the front and rear walls. On the lower surface of the lock claw 86, an engaging projection 87 that engages with the engaging recess 21 protrudes, and the adjustment housing 10 is separated from the holding case 9 by engaging both 21 and 87. It is impossible to hold the lock. In a state where the adjustment housing 11 is inserted and attached to the holding case 9, the restricting arm 84 can be mechanically switched to the locked position by the guide portion 22 and held in the locked position. Further, as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 11, when the lock claw 86 is pushed up against the elasticity of the claw itself and the engagement protrusion 87 is detached from the engagement recess 21, the lock state is released and the adjustment housing is released. 10 can be removed from the holding case 9.

  As shown in FIG. 11, when the lock claw 86 is unlocked, a moment in the clockwise direction acts on the entire lock lever 80, so that the restricting arm 84 comes into pressure contact with the guide portion 22, and the guide portion 22. It receives pressure reaction force from. The horizontal component of the pressure reaction force coincides with the direction in which the adjustment housing 10 is pulled out of the holding case 9. Therefore, when the adjustment housing 10 is pulled out with the finger hook recess 31 and the protruding end of the lock claw 86 held between the thumb and the index finger, the adjustment housing 10 is obtained by a horizontal component of the pressure reaction force acting on the restriction arm 84. Can be separated from the holding case 9 and the adjustment housing 10 can be easily removed with a smaller force.

  The lock mechanism configured as described above can be implemented in the following embodiments. The lock mechanism includes a lock lever 80 that is pivotally supported by the adjustment housing 10 via a lever shaft 85 so as to be swingable up and down, and an engaging portion 21 that is formed in the holding case 9 corresponding to the lock lever 80. The lock lever 80 has an elastically deformable lock claw 86 that drops into and engages with the engagement portion 21 at one end, and a restriction arm 84 that is operated by the guide portion 22 provided on the holding case 9 at the other end. Yes. Thus, in a state in which the adjustment housing 11 is inserted and attached to the holding case 9, the restricting arm 84 is held in the locked posture by the guide portion 22. The guide portion 22 is provided in a state of being inclined from the bottom wall 9b of the holding case 9 toward the inner back wall 9a. In a state in which the lock claw 86 is unlocked, the adjustment housing 10 can be supported to be separated from the holding case 9 by the component force of the contact reaction force received by the restricting arm 84 from the guide portion 22.

  In the above-described embodiment, the base shaft 41 is eccentrically arranged on the rear side of the screw center axis P of the adjustment screw 46. However, it is not necessary, and the base shaft 41 can be eccentrically arranged on the front side of the screw center axis P. Instead of the engagement recess 21 of the holding case 9, an engagement protrusion can be provided, and in place of the lock claw 63, an engagement recess that engages with the previous engagement protrusion can be provided. The holding case 9 can be formed of a die cast product. The vertical adjustment mechanism can be configured using a pair of bevel gears, a worm gear, a rack, and the like as transmission elements.

It is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG. It is a front view of a sliding door. It is a partially broken front view of the state which separated the adjustment housing and the holding case. It is a vertical side view of a guide rail. It is a disassembled perspective view of each member integrated in an adjustment housing and its inside. It is a vertical front view of a door side unit. It is a vertical front view which shows the separation middle state of an adjustment housing. It is a side view of a door side lower unit. It is a vertical front view of a door side lower unit. It is a vertical front view which shows another Example of a locking mechanism. It is a vertical front view of a door side lower unit. It is a vertical front view of a door side lower unit.

Explanation of symbols

3 Door panel 9 Holding case 10 Adjustment housing 11 Runner stand 12 Runner shaft 41 Raw shaft 45 Female thread body 46 Adjustment screw

Claims (5)

It consists of a runner body (8) guided by the guide rail (1) and a door unit attached to the door panel (3).
A holding case (9) in which the door unit is embedded and fixed in the door panel (3), an adjustment housing (10) that is detachably attached to the holding case (9), and an interior of the adjustment housing (10) A runner unit including a runner base (11) and a runner body (8) and a runner base (11) connected via a connecting shaft (12),
A front-rear adjustment mechanism for adjusting the front-rear position of the door panel (3) is provided between the runner base (11) and the adjustment housing (10).
The front / rear adjustment mechanism includes a runner base (11) that is pivotably supported by a base shaft (41) mounted on the adjustment housing (10), and a shaft that can be reciprocated around the vertical axis by the runner base (11). The female screw body (45) to be supported, and the adjustment screw (46) which is screwed into the female screw body (45) from the side end of the adjustment housing (10) to swing the runner base (11) around the base shaft (41). Including
A runner unit in which the base shaft (41) is arranged in a state of being deviated either before or after the screw center axis (P) of the adjustment screw (46). A female screw body (45) is disposed between the base shaft (41) disposed on the rocking base end side of the runner base (11) and the connecting shaft (12) disposed on the rocking front end side,
The front and rear surfaces (11f and 11b) of the runner base (11) are tapered from the swing base end side to the swing front end side in accordance with the swing displacement amount of the runner base (11) in the front-rear direction. The runner unit according to claim 1, which is formed in a shape. Inside the adjustment housing (10), an accommodation space (26) whose front and rear surfaces are open is provided,
The runner unit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the holding case (9) defines a swing limit in the front-rear direction of the runner base (11) disposed in the accommodation space (26). The adjustment housing (10) is inserted and loaded from the outside of the case into the holding case (9) embedded and fixed in the door panel (3), and provided between the holding case (9) and the adjustment housing (10). The lock mechanism keeps the lock inseparable,
The lock mechanism includes a lock lever (60) provided in the adjustment housing (10), an engagement portion (21) formed in the holding case (9) corresponding to the lock lever (60), and the lock lever (60). A release button (61) for performing unlocking operation, and a spring (62) for urging and moving the release button (61) toward the standby posture,
The lock lever (60) is integrally provided with a lock claw (63) that falls and engages with the engagement portion (21) and a passive pin (64) operated by a release button (61).
A sloped cam (68) is formed on the release button (61) that is slidably supported by the adjustment housing (10) so that the passive pin (64) is unlocked against the elasticity of the lock lever (60). The runner unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3. In the lower half of the runner base (11), a compartment (39) that houses an up-and-down adjustment mechanism that adjusts the vertical position of the door panel (3) is opened downward,
The connecting shaft (12) is pivotably supported by a shaft support hole (42) formed in a vertically penetrating manner from the end surface of the runner base (11) on the runner body (8) side to the compartment (39). The runner unit according to any one of Items 1 to 4.

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