JP2010261300A - Closer device for sliding door - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a closer device for sliding door, capable of mounting the body of the sliding door on a guide rail irrespective of the direction of an acquisition body. <P>SOLUTION: The body 1 of the sliding door includes a housing 20, a freely movable slider 22, and the freely turnable acquisition body 21 on the slider 22, and an elastic member 23 is provided between the slider 22 and the housing 20. While the body 1 is opened, the acquisition body 21 turns outward and is locked in a locking part 24a provided in the housing 20. When the body 1 moves in the direction for closing the sliding door, the acquisition body 21 turns inward and is engaged with a trigger 11 provided on the guide rail 10, and locking of the acquisition body 21 is released. After that, the body 1 is automatically closed through the energizing force of the elastic member 23. When mounting the body 1 on the guide rail 10, while the acquisition body 21 turns inward, the front end 21m of the acquisition body 21 hits the stopper pin 11 and is elastically deformed when moving the body 1 in the direction for closing the sliding door, and the stopper pin 11 crosses the front end 21m and moves into the engaging condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a closing device for a sliding door that is provided in order to mitigate an impact and noise generated when the sliding door is opened and closed.

A sliding door closer device may be attached to the sliding door in order to mitigate the impact and noise caused by the door body of the sliding door colliding with the door frame and door stop.

A general closing device for a sliding door is also called a self-closing device. When the door body of the sliding door is pushed by hand and moved in the closing direction along the rail, the biasing force in the closing direction by the elastic member is fixed at a certain position. Acts on the body. Thereafter, the door body automatically moves in the closing direction due to its elastic force, and stops at a position where the sliding door is completely closed.

At this time, in order to prevent the elastic force from acting suddenly on the door body, a buffer mechanism (damper)
Some have a braking mechanism (brake) to reduce the moving speed just before the sliding door is completely closed.

As a configuration of this type of sliding door closer device, for example, there are those shown in FIGS.

In this example, the door main body is suspended from the upper guide rail via the carriage, and the carriage moves along the guide rail, so that the door main body can move in the opening and closing direction. Further, in the guide rail, as shown in FIG. 14, a housing 50 constituting a sliding door closer device,
A retracting mechanism 60, a buffer mechanism 70, a braking mechanism 80, and the like are provided.

The retracting mechanism 60 includes a slider 62 that is slidable in the longitudinal direction in the housing 50 fixed to the guide rail, and a coil spring 66 that urges the slider 62 in the closing direction of the sliding door. The coil spring 66 has one end connected to the slider 62 and the other end connected to the end of the housing 50. Moreover, the cart of the door body is provided with a stopper pin 51 protruding upward.

A capturing body 61 is attached to the slider 62 so as to be rotatable around a pin in the vertical direction. When the capturing body 61 is rotated, the slider 62 is moved to the stopper pin 51.
It is possible to lock and release the lock.

A slit-like stopper pin guide 52 into which the stopper pin 51 can enter is formed at the bottom of the housing 50. Further, a slit-like locking guide 6 that guides a locking projection 61 b formed on the lower surface of the capturing body 61 in parallel with the stopper pin guide 52.
3 is formed.

The locking guide 63 is a linear portion 63 extending from the terminal end portion of the stopper pin guide 52 to the intermediate portion.
a and a bent portion 63b bent from the straight portion 63a. When the capturing body 61 rotates, the locking projection 61b enters the bent portion 63b to allow the rotation.

The capturing body 61 is in a state of rotating outward in the open state of the sliding door (see FIG. 14B). When the door body of the sliding door is moved in the closing direction, the stopper pin 51 that has moved in the closing direction comes into contact with the recess 61 a of the capturing body 61. Due to this contact, the capturing body 61 rotates inward to capture the stopper pin 51 (see FIG. 14A).

With the inward rotation of the capturing body 61, the locking projection 61b separates from the bent portion 63b and enters the straight portion 63a. For this reason, the capturing body 61 is attracted by the elastic force of the coil spring 66. In other words, the slider 62 and the housing 50 move relative to each other in the longitudinal direction, and the relative movement automatically moves the door body in the closing direction without being pushed by hand. With the slider 62 moved to the shortest position of the coil spring 66 (shortest position within the moving range of the slider 62), the door body completely closes the sliding door and stops.

Conversely, if the door body in the closed state is pushed by hand and moved in the opening direction, the capturing body 61 moves in the longitudinal direction against the elastic force of the coil spring 66, and eventually the locking protrusion 61b.
Enters the bent portion 63b, the capturing body 61 rotates outward, and is locked in that state.
By this rotation, the catch of the stopper pin 51 is released. That is, the stopper pin 51 is released from the capturing body 61 in a state where the slider 62 has moved to the longest position of the coil spring 66 (the longest position within the moving range of the slider 62). Therefore, after that, the coil spring 6
The door body can be moved in the opening direction with a light force without being affected by the elastic force of 6.

The sliding door closer device also includes a brake mechanism 80 using a brake plate portion 81 and brake pad portions 82a and 82b that hold the brake plate portion 81 therebetween.
When the locking projection 61b of the capturing body 61 is detached from the bent portion 63b and enters the straight portion 63a, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the cam portion 64 provided on the outer surface of the capturing body 61 presses the inner surface of the pressing member 65 in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction by the inward rotation of the capturing body 61. By this pressing, the brake pad portion 82a provided on the outer side surface of the pressing member 65 sandwiches the brake plate portion 81 with another brake pad portion 82b provided on the opposite side, and the braking force is generated by the friction. Demonstrate.

Further, the closing device for a sliding door includes a buffer mechanism 70 using a rotary damper device 71. The rotary damper device 71 has a pinion 73 that rotates about its support shaft 72.
Meshes with the rack 74. Since a certain resistance is added to the rotation of the pinion, the momentum (speed) of the sliding door movement is suppressed by the resistance (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP 2007-277824 A JP 2008-208586 A

According to the sliding door closer apparatus, it is assumed that the door body has been attached to the guide rail in a state where the capturing body 61 is rotated inward.
In that state, when the door body is moved in the closing direction, as shown in FIG.
The front end portion 61c of the 1 hits the stopper pin 51, and the door body does not move any more. For this reason, the state where the capturing body 61 engages with the stopper pin 51 is not reached.

Thus, no matter how much the door body is slid, the capturing body 61 does not engage with the stopper pin 51, so that the self-closing function by the retracting mechanism of the closing device for the sliding door cannot be exhibited. If the self-closing function is not exhibited, even if the braking function by the braking mechanism or the buffering function by the buffering mechanism is accompanied, those functions cannot be exhibited.

Therefore, in such a case, it is necessary to once remove the door body from the guide rail and lock the capturing body 61 in a state where the door 61 is rotated outward, and then attach the door body to the guide rail again.

Such a door body attaching / detaching operation is very troublesome. For this reason, it is desirable that the self-closing function or the like (self-closing function, braking function, buffering function) of the sliding door closer device can be exhibited as long as the door body is attached to the guide rail regardless of the orientation of the capturing body 61.

Then, this invention makes it a subject to make it possible to exhibit the self-closing function etc. of the closer apparatus for sliding doors, if only a door main body is attached to a guide rail irrespective of the direction of a capturing body.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention makes it possible to move the door body of the sliding door along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, and to provide a stopper pin on either the door body or the guide rail, A fixed member and a slider that is movable along the longitudinal direction with respect to the fixed member are provided, and a capturing body is rotatably provided on the slider, and an elastic member is interposed between the slider and the fixed member. When the door main body is opened, the capturing body is rotated outward and the capturing body is locked to a locking portion provided on the fixing member, and the locking causes the elastic member to be attached. The slider is maintained at that position against the force, and when the door body moves in the closing direction of the sliding door, the stopper pin hits the capturing body and the capturing body rotates inward. Engage with the stopper pin In both cases, the locking of the capturing body to the locking portion is released by its inward rotation, and the slider and the fixing member move relative to each other in the longitudinal direction due to the elastic force of the elastic member. When the door body is attached to the guide rail in a state where the capturing body is rotated inward, the door body is moved along the guide rail. When the front end of the capturing body hits the stopper pin by moving in the closing direction, the stopper pin elastically deforms the capturing body,
The structure of the closing device for a sliding door is characterized in that the elastic deformation is released after the stopper pin gets over the front end by the elastic deformation, and the capturing body shifts to an engagement state with the stopper pin. Adopted.

According to this configuration, when the door body is attached to the guide rail, if the capturing body is rotated outward, the stopper body can be moved along the guide rail in the closing direction. When the pin hits the capturing body, the capturing body is rotated inward, and the capturing body can be shifted to the engagement state with the stopper pin as usual by the rotation.
If the door body is attached to the guide rail with the capture body pivoted inward, the door body is moved in the closing direction along the guide rail. Since the front end portion abuts on the stopper pin and the catching body is elastically deformed, the stopper pin can get over the front end portion that has been in contact and shift to the engaged state.
For this reason, as long as the door body is attached to the guide rail, regardless of the orientation of the catcher,
The self-closing function of the sliding door closer device can be exhibited.

In this configuration, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the surface facing the stopper pin side of the front end portion of the capturing body is an inclined surface that gradually approaches the stopper pin as it goes from the front end side toward the rear end side.
According to this configuration, when the front end portion of the capturing body hits the stopper pin, the degree of pressing between the inclined surface and the stopper pin is gradually increased, and the amount of elastic deformation is also gradually increased. For this reason, the movement at the time of a stopper pin getting over a front-end part is smooth, and it can transfer to the said engagement state smoothly.

Since the present invention has been described above, the self-closing function of the sliding door closer device can be exhibited as long as the door body is attached to the guide rail regardless of the orientation of the capturing body.

1 shows an embodiment, (a) is a side view of the guide rail, (b) is a bottom view of the guide rail, and (c) is an enlarged front view of a main part showing a state where the door body of the sliding door is attached to the guide rail. The principal part of the closer apparatus for sliding doors of the embodiment is shown, (a) is a plan view, (b) is a left side view, and (c) is a front view. The principal part of the closer apparatus for sliding doors of the embodiment is shown, (a) (b) is a plan view, (c) (d) is a front view. The principal part of the closer apparatus for sliding doors of the embodiment is shown, (a) is a bottom view when the trigger cam is rotated inward, (b) is a bottom view when the trigger cam is rotated outward. (A)-(d) is explanatory drawing which shows the effect | action of a trigger cam (A) (b) is a perspective view which shows the principal part of the closer apparatus for sliding doors of the embodiment. (A) is an exploded perspective view of the closing device for sliding doors, (b) and (c) are assembly drawings, and (d) is a perspective view from the bottom side of the trigger cam. The action of the braking mechanism is shown, (a) and (c) are front views, and (b) and (d) are sectional views. The details of the trigger cam are shown, (a) is a plan view, (b) is a left side view, (c) is a front view, (d) is a right side view, and (e) is a bottom view. The details of the buffer mechanism are shown, (a) is a neutral state of the rotary damper, (b) is a state where the pinion is engaged with the rack, (c) is a state where the engagement of the pinion with the rack is released Plan view (A) shows the state which attached the door main body to the guide rail in the state which the trigger cam rotated inward, (b)-(g) is explanatory drawing which shows the effect | action after that. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing which shows a deformation | transformation of a trigger cam (A) shows a state in which the trigger cam is pivoted inward and the door body is attached to the guide rail. (B) shows a state in which the trigger cam is triggered by deformation of the trigger cam shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the state engaged with (A) and (b) are plan views of a conventional example. 14A and 14B are enlarged views of the main part, in which FIG. 14A is a state where the stopper body is engaged with the stopper pin, and FIG. 14B is a state where the door body is attached to the guide rail while the capturing body is rotated inward. A plan view showing a state in which the pin cannot be engaged

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.1 (c) is a front view of the sliding door which attached the closer apparatus for sliding doors of this embodiment. Fig.1 (a) (b) is detail drawing of the guide rail 10 which supports the door main body 1 of a sliding door.
The guide rail 10 is fixed to the lower surface of the upper frame 3 among the rectangular frame members forming the outer shape of the sliding door, and connects the vertical frames 2 and 2 facing each other. A guide rail is also provided on a lower frame (not shown).

A pair of left and right carts 4, 4 attached to the upper portion of the door body 1 can travel on the guide rail 10. The door body 1 is supported by the carts 4 and 4 in a suspended state via a support shaft, and is movable along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 10. The lower guide rail is also
The movement of the door body 1 in the longitudinal direction is guided.

As shown in FIG. 1 (c), a housing (fixing member) 20 extending in the longitudinal direction toward the other cart 4 is attached to one of the carts 4, 4 of the door body 1. Yes.
A roller 20a is provided at the end of the housing 20 on the other cart 4 side. The roller 20a can travel on the guide rail 10.

In addition, a trigger (stopper pin) 11 that protrudes downward is provided in the guide rail 10 at a portion close to one vertical frame 2.

As shown in FIG. 2 (b), the housing 20 has a longitudinal metal housing body 20d having a hollow portion inside, and a resin fixing plate 20b as shown in FIG.
The housing 20 is fixed and fixed by screws 20c.
In this embodiment, the housing body 20d and pins, screws, springs, which will be described later,
Except for some members such as pads, all the parts constituting the sliding door closer device are made of resin. However, the materials of these parts can be freely selected according to the usage, type, etc. of the sliding door.

A slit-shaped first guide 24 extending in the longitudinal direction is formed at the center in the width direction of the fixed plate 20b (see FIG. 7A). The first guide 24 includes a straight portion 24b that penetrates the front and back of the fixed plate 20b and has a certain length, and a locking portion 24a that is formed by bending one end of the straight portion 24b. In addition, the linear part 24b is provided with the fixed width | variety over the full length.

A slider 22 that is movable along the longitudinal direction is provided in the housing 20. The slider 22 has a main body portion 22a made of a plate-like member having the same width as the fixed plate 20b or slightly narrower than the fixed plate 20b and shorter in the longitudinal direction than the fixed plate 20b. . The main body portion 22a is placed on the fixed plate 20b.

The slider 22 is formed with a slit-like second guide 25 extending in the longitudinal direction at the center in the width direction of the main body 22a. The second guide 25 penetrates the front and back of the slider 22 and is formed by bending a straight portion 25b having a certain length and one end of the straight portion 25b (the end on the one cart 4 side). The latching | locking part 25a is provided. In addition, the linear part 25b is provided with the fixed width | variety over the full length.

The slider 22 is placed on the fixed plate 20b so that the linear portion 24b of the first guide 24 and the linear portion 25b of the second guide 25 have overlapping portions in the width direction (in this embodiment). The center in the width direction of the slits of both guides 24 and 25 is made to coincide)
. That is, the linear portion 24b of the first guide 24 and the second guide 25 are arranged at positions that overlap in the vertical direction.
Further, the locking portion 24a of the first guide 24 and the locking portion 25a of the second guide 25 are bent in the same direction, and if the slider 22 comes to a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction with respect to the fixed plate 20b, The shape overlaps in the vertical direction.

The main body portion 22a of the slider 22 has a base portion 26 protruding upward and a brake cam support portion 27 protruding downward toward the other end (the end portion on the other carriage 4 side) of the second guide 25.
And.

The base portion 26 is molded integrally with the main body portion 22a, is formed in a rectangular shape in plan view, and includes a protrusion 26a protruding in the horizontal direction on one end side thereof. The base part 26 also exhibits a function of increasing the rigidity of the slider 22 itself with respect to the operation of a brake cam 34 described later.

The brake cam support 27 is also molded integrally with the main body 22a. When the main body 22a is placed on the fixed plate 20b, the brake cam support 27 enters the first guide 24 and enters the fixed plate. Projects below 20b.

Below the fixed plate 20b, the brake cam support portion 27 enters a vertical hole portion 34d (see FIG. 8C) provided in the brake cam 34, and a pin 27a is inserted into the inserted portion in the horizontal direction. Has been. Via this pin 27a, the brake cam support 2
7, a longitudinal brake cam 34 is swingable in the vertical direction.

On the upper surface of the other end 34a of the brake cam 34, a pad 32a formed by attaching a rubber sheet is provided. The pad 32 a comes into contact with and separates from the lower surface of the brake plate portion 31 provided on the fixed plate by the swing of the brake cam 34.
Further, just below the base portion 26, a pad 32 b formed by attaching a rubber sheet is provided on the lower surface of the main body portion 22 a of the slider 22. The pad 32b is in contact with the upper surface of the brake plate portion 31 of the fixed plate 20b.

A protrusion 34 c is formed on the upper surface of the one end 34 b of the brake cam 34. One end 3
When the 4b swings upward, the protrusion 34c enters the first guide 24, thereby preventing the brake cam 34 from swinging.

The pad 32a of the brake cam 34 and the pad 32b on the fixed plate side are at positions facing each other in the vertical direction, and form a main part of the braking mechanism 30 as the brake pad portion 32 sandwiching the brake plate portion 31.

A capturing body 21 is provided at one end of the main body 22 a of the slider 22. The capturing body 21 includes a drive piece 21b and a trigger cam 21a.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the drive piece 21b includes an upper member 21c disposed on the main body 22a of the slider 22, a lower member 21d disposed below the main body 22a, and the upper member 21c. And a guide part 21e that connects the lower member 21d. The upper member 21c, the lower member 21d, and the guide portion 21e are integrally molded, and the protrusion 26a of the base portion 26 is formed on the other end side.
A projection 21f is provided opposite to the projection 21f.

The upper member 21c and the lower member 21d are slightly wider than the guide portion 21e, and the guide portion 2 thereof.
As 1e moves in the longitudinal direction in the first guide 24 and the second guide 25, the movement of the drive piece 21b is guided. Further, since the upper member 21c and the lower member 21d are wider than the first guide 24 and the second guide 25, the effect of preventing rattling is also exhibited.

The pivot shaft 21g of the trigger cam 21a is fitted into the vertical hole 21h formed in the lower member 21d of the drive piece 21b, and the trigger cam 21a is arranged around the rotation shaft 21g with respect to the drive piece 21b. It can rotate freely.

The trigger cam 21a has a guide portion 28 that protrudes toward the fixed plate 20b.
have. It is guided that the guide part 28 moves in the longitudinal direction together with the drive piece 21b by moving in the longitudinal direction in the first guide 24 and the second guide 25.

Furthermore, in a state where the locking portion 24a provided at the other end of the first guide 24 and the locking portion 25a provided at the other end of the second guide 25 overlap in the vertical direction, the guide portion 28 is Straight line part 2
Trigger cam 21a by entering both locking portions 24a and 25a from 4b and 25b
Is allowed to rotate. If both the locking portions 24a and 25a do not overlap, rotation is not allowed.

In this embodiment, the first guide 24 provided on the fixed plate 20b positioned on the lower side is formed wider than the second guide 25 provided on the slider 22 positioned on the upper side. Has been. This is because the locking portion 24a is also between the straight portions 24b and 25b.
, 25a.

In addition, the guide portion 28 corresponds to the first guide 24 and the second guide 25 having different widths, as shown in FIGS. A guide portion 28a and a relatively wide second guide portion 28b are provided. With the first guide portion 28a entering the first guide 24 and the second guide portion 28b entering the second guide 25, the capturing body 21 rotates and moves in the longitudinal direction, respectively. The guide function is demonstrated.

Between the protrusion 21f of the drive piece 21b and the protrusion 26a of the base portion 26, an auxiliary elastic member 33 made of a coil spring is disposed. The auxiliary elastic member 33 is connected to the drive piece 21.
b is urged in a direction away from one end 34b of the brake cam 34 (to one end side).
For this reason, the capturing body 21, that is, the drive piece 21b and the trigger cam 21a are inwardly rotated (in a state where the guide portion 25 does not enter the locking portions 24a and 25a) and no external force is applied. The guide portion 25 is maintained in a pressed state up to a position where the guide portion 25 hits a terminal portion on one end side of the linear portion 25b of the second guide 25.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a support portion 29a provided on the main body portion 22a of the slider 22,
An elastic member 23 made of a coil spring is attached between the support portion 29 b provided in the housing 20.
The elastic member 23 applies a biasing force that pulls the slider 22 toward the other end side with respect to the fixed plate 20b.

Further, a buffer mechanism 40 is provided at the rear end of the main body 22 a of the slider 22. The structure of the buffer mechanism 40 will be described. As shown in FIG. 10A, a hole 45 penetrating in the vertical direction is formed at the rear end of the main body 22a.

The hole 45 is formed in a rectangular shape extending in the longitudinal direction. Further, in the middle of the hole 45 in the longitudinal direction, recesses 45c and 45d are formed that extend outward in the width direction. The recesses 45 c and 45 d are formed so as to face the width direction of the hole 45.
One concave portion 45c shown upward in FIG. 10A includes an inclined surface 45a that gradually approaches the center in the width direction of the hole 45 toward the other end side (right side in the drawing). The other recess 45d shown below in FIG. 10A includes an inclined surface 45b that gradually approaches the center of the hole 45 in the width direction toward one end side (left side in the figure).

An auxiliary slider 46 is accommodated in the hole 45. The auxiliary slider 46 includes a main body portion 46 a disposed on the fixed plate 20 b and a guide portion 46 d that extends downward from the main body portion 46 a and enters the first guide 24. Further, the guide portion 46d is provided with the fixed plate 2
The stopper part 46c which exhibits the function of retaining is provided by contacting the lower surface of 0b.
Moreover, the holding | maintenance part 46b is provided in the one end and the other end of the main-body part 46a, respectively.
The main body portion 46a, the holding portion 46b, the guide portion 46d, and the stopper portion 46c are integrally molded (see FIG. 8).

Since the auxiliary slider 46 has entered the hole 45, if the slider 22 moves in the longitudinal direction with respect to the fixed plate 20b, the auxiliary slider 46 moves in the longitudinal direction together with the slider 22. At this time, the movement of the auxiliary slider 46 in the longitudinal direction with respect to the fixed plate 20 b is guided by the guide portion 46 d and the first guide 24.

The holding portions 46b and 46b of the auxiliary slider 46 sandwich both ends 41a and 41b of the guide member 41 of the rotary damper 40 placed on the auxiliary slider 46 from above and below,
The guide member 41 is held so as to be slidable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction with respect to the auxiliary slider 46. In this embodiment, the guide member 41 is a plate-like plate portion 41d.
It is the composition provided with.

Further, the auxiliary slider 46 can move relative to the slider 22 in the longitudinal direction within a minute range allowed in the hole 45 of the slider 22. This move
Both end edges in the width direction of the holding portions 46 b and 46 b are guided by sliding on the edge in the width direction of the hole 45.

Further, the guide member 41 of the rotary damper 40 is provided with a pinion 43 that rotates around a support shaft 42 in the vertical direction. Further, on the outer periphery of the pinion 43, a disk-shaped member 4 is provided.
1c is provided. The disk-shaped member 41c is a pinion 4 with respect to the plate portion 41d.
3 can be rotated together.
As the guide member 41 slides in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the pinion 43 is switched between a state in which the pinion 43 is engaged with the rack 44 fixed to the housing 20 and a state in which the engagement is released. It has become. A certain resistance is added to the rotation of the pinion 43.

The operation of the closing door closer device will be described. Now, as shown in FIG. 1, the door body 1 is opened.

In this state, the trigger cam 21a of the capturing body 21 is rotated outward as shown in FIG. 2 (a). At this time, the trigger cam 21a has the first guide portion 28a and the second guide portion 28b of the guide portion 28 protruding on the lower surface, as shown in FIGS.
The first guide 24 and the second guide 25 are respectively locked with the locking portion 24 a and the locking portion 25 a of the second guide 25. That is, the capturing body 21 rotates outwardly against the urging force of the elastic member 23 trying to draw the capturing body 21 to the other end side, and is maintained at that position (FIG. 6A). reference).

As shown by arrows A in FIGS. 3A and 3C, the door body 1 is in the sliding door closing direction (left direction in FIG. 1).
By moving to, the trigger 11 eventually hits the trigger cam 21a of the capturing body 21. This state is shown in FIG.

In the state shown in FIG. 5A, the trigger 11 has a recess 21 in the trigger cam 21a.
While entering k, the inner wall of the recess 21k is pressed in the direction of arrow a in the figure. By this pressing, the trigger cam 21a rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow b in the figure. That is,
Rotate inward. FIG. 5B shows a state immediately after the inward rotation.
This rotation is guided by the guide portion 28 moving in the locking portions 24a and 25a, and the arc surface 21i provided at the other end of the trigger cam 21a and the arc provided at one end of the drive piece 21b. It is also guided by sliding with the surface 21j.

When the trigger cam 21a rotates inward to reach the state shown in FIG. 5B, the trigger cam 21a completely captures the trigger 11 and engages with the trigger 11. Further, the trigger cam 21a is rotated inwardly so that the guide portion 28, that is, the first guide portion 28 is rotated.
As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3C, a and the second guide portion 28b are detached from the locking portion 24a of the first guide 24 and the locking portion 25a of the second guide 25, respectively. Then, the engagement is released.

When the guide portion 28 is separated from the locking portions 24a and 25a and enters the straight portions 24b and 25b, a pulling force (biasing force) in the other end direction by the elastic member 23 acts on the slider 22. Therefore, the slider 22 moves relative to the other end side with respect to the fixed plate 20b and the housing 20 to which the fixed plate 20b is fixed.
This relative movement is guided by the guide portion 28 moving in the longitudinal direction within the straight portion 24b.

At this time, since the trigger cam 21a and the trigger 11 are in an engaged state, the slider 22 is maintained at that position without moving with respect to the upper frame 3 and the guide rail 10 of the sliding door, and the fixed plate 20b and the housing 20 are maintained. However, it will move relative to the stationary slider 22 toward one end. An arrow c shown in FIG. 5C indicates relative movement of the fixed plate 20b (housing 20) to one end side with respect to the stationary slider 22. In addition, FIG.
The same applies to the arrow B shown in (d).

By this relative movement, the door body 1 of the sliding door reaches a position where the sliding door is completely closed. Also,
Even after the door main body 1 is completely closed and hits the vertical frame 2, the door main body 1 is maintained in the state of being pushed in the closing direction by the urging force of the elastic member 23.

When the door body 1 is completely tightened, the buffer mechanism 40 functions. That is, when the slider 22 moves relative to the other end side with respect to the fixed plate 20b (when the fixed plate 20b moves relative to the one end side relative to the slider 22), as shown by an arrow e in FIG. The inner wall (inclined part 45b) of the hole part 45 of 22 is the rotary damper 40
The disk-shaped member 41c of the guide member 41 is pressed.

By this pressing, the pinion 43 and the guide member 41 move in the direction of the arrow f in the drawing along the inclined surface. That is, it moves in the direction approaching the rack 44 and is maintained at that position as long as the relative movement continues to push in the directions of arrows e and f. By this movement, the pinion 43
Meshes with the rack 44 and exerts a predetermined buffering function to suppress the speed of the relative movement. At this time, since the disk-like member 41c can rotate around the support shaft 42, the inclined surface 45
The contact resistance with a and 45b is reduced.

Further, immediately before the door body 1 is completely tightened, the trigger cam 21a engaged with the trigger 11 is used.
A force in the direction of relative movement to the other end side with respect to the slider 22 is applied to the slider 22. In particular, when the door body 1 is closed vigorously or when a strong force is applied in the closing direction, the force may act as an impact force.

This force is a force in the direction of arrow C shown in FIGS. 8C and 8D acting on the trigger cam 21a. 8A and 8B are reference views showing a state where the trigger cam 21a is rotated outward. The trigger cam 21a, together with the drive piece 21b, is allowed to move in the longitudinal direction within a slight range where the linear portion 25b of the second guide 25 is interposed with respect to the slider 22. An attempt is made to move relative to 22 in the direction of arrow C.

At this time, the lower member 21d of the drive piece 21b presses the one end 34b of the brake cam 34 as shown by the arrow D in FIGS. Since the lower member 21d and one end 34b of the brake cam 34 are in contact with each other via an inclined surface that gradually rises toward the other end, the one end 34b of the brake cam 34 swings in the direction of arrow E. Due to the swing, the pad 32b of the brake pad portion 32 provided on the other end 34a side of the brake cam 34 rises in the direction of arrow F. The pad 32b presses the brake plate portion 31 between the pad 32a of the brake pad portion 32 provided on the opposite side across the brake plate portion 31 of the fixed plate 20b, and brakes the movement of the slider 22. . As a result, when the door body 1 is completely closed (FIG. 6).
(Refer to the state shown in (b)), and the impact due to the door body 1 hitting the vertical frame 2 is suppressed.
In addition, regarding this brake pad portion 32, by changing the pads 32a and 32b to those made of different materials, the braking force can be increased or decreased and appropriately adjusted.

Further, since the auxiliary elastic member 33 is provided between the drive piece 21b and the base portion 26 of the slider 22, an urging force in the direction opposite to the pressing in the direction of the arrow C is applied to the drive piece 21b. The For this reason, the situation where the lower member 21d of the drive piece 21b is strongly pressed against the contact portion between the inclined surfaces and the brake pad portion 32 is engaged with the brake plate portion 31 does not occur. Yes.

Next, the operation of opening the door body 1 of the sliding door will be described. The door body 1 in the closed state is pushed by hand and moved in the opening direction.

When the door body 1 is moved toward the other end against the urging force of the elastic member 23, the fixed plate 20b moves in the direction opposite to the arrow c shown in FIG. , Fig. 5 (
The state shown by the solid line in d) is reached.

In the state shown in FIG. 5 (d), the trigger 11 is still in the recess 21k of the trigger cam 21a. However, when the door body 1 further moves, the guide portion 28 of the trigger cam 21a, that is, The first guide portion 28a and the second guide portion 28b are moved from the state shown in FIG. 4 (a) to the state shown in FIG. 4 (b), respectively. The second guide 25 enters and engages with the locking portion 25a. At this time, since the inner surfaces R and R ′ on the outer diameter side of the bending points from the straight portions 24b and 25b to the locking portions 24a and 25a are arcuate (see FIG. 7A), such a transition is smooth. It is.

As a result, the trigger cam 21a rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow d in FIG. That is, it turns outward. The state rotated outward is indicated by a chain line in FIG.
This rotation is guided by the guide portion 28 moving in the locking portions 24a and 25a, and the arc surface 21i provided at the other end of the trigger cam 21a and the arc provided at one end of the drive piece 21b. The point of being guided by sliding with the surface 21j is the same as in the case of closing the sliding door.

When the trigger cam 21a rotates outwardly and enters a state indicated by a chain line in FIG. 5D, the trigger cam 21a is disengaged from the trigger 11.
For this reason, after that, since the housing 20 and the fixed plate 20b and the slider 22 are integrated and move in the longitudinal direction, the door body 1 is not affected by the elastic member 23.
It can be moved lightly in the direction to open the sliding door.

At this time, the buffer mechanism 40 does not function. That is, when the slider 22 moves relative to the one end side relative to the fixed plate 20b (when the fixed plate 20b moves relative to the other end side relative to the slider 22), as shown by the arrow g in FIG. The inner wall (inclined portion 45 a) of the hole 45 of 22 is a disc-like member 4 of the rotary damper 40.
Press 1c.

By this pressing, the guide member 41 moves in the direction of the arrow h in the figure along the inclined surface.
In other words, as long as it moves away from the rack 44 and continues to be pressed in the directions of the arrows g and h by the relative movement, it is maintained at that position. By this movement, the pinion 43 is moved to the rack 44.
When the door body 1 of the sliding door is opened, the buffer function is released. At this time, since the disk-like member 41c can rotate around the support shaft 42, the contact resistance with the inclined surfaces 45a and 45b is the same.

Further, with respect to the braking mechanism 30, the lower member 21d of the drive piece 21b is formed as shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, since the brake cam 34 is separated from the one end 34b, the function is released, and the braking mechanism 30 does not give resistance that impedes the operation of opening the door body 1 of the sliding door. It is like that.

In addition, when attaching the door main body 1 to which this kind of sliding door closer device is attached to the guide rail 10, in the conventional technique, the capturing body 61 (corresponding to the trigger cam 21a in the present invention) is rotated outward. In this state, that is, the state shown in FIG.
This is because when the capturing body 61 is pivoted inward, the recess 61a of the capturing body 61 cannot be engaged with the stopper pin 51 (corresponding to the trigger 11 of the present invention) in the guide rail. This is because the.

That is, suppose that in the conventional sliding door closer device, the door body has been attached in a state where the capturing body 61 (corresponding to the trigger cam 21a in the present invention) is rotated inward.
In that state, when the door body is moved in the closing direction, as shown in FIG.
When the front end portion 61c of No. 1 hits the stopper pin 51 (corresponding to the trigger 11 in the present invention), the door body does not move any more. For this reason, the state where the capturing body 61 engages with the stopper pin 51 is not reached.

In this way, no matter how much the door body is slid, the capturing body 61 does not engage with the stopper pin 51. Therefore, with this state, the self-closing function by the retracting mechanism of the sliding door closer device, the braking function by the braking mechanism, The buffer function by the buffer mechanism cannot be exhibited.

Therefore, in such a case, after removing the door main body from the guide rail once and locking the capturing body 61 in a state of rotating outward, the work of attaching the door main body to the guide rail again has been performed.

However, in the closer device of the present invention, as indicated by an arrow in FIG. 12B, the front end portion 21m of the trigger cam 21a is easily deformed in the vertical direction.

For this reason, as described above, if the trigger cam 21a is rotated inward,
Even if the door main body 1 has been attached to the guide rail 10, the door main body 1 is shown in FIG.
When the door body 1 comes to the position shown in FIG. 11C from the state shown in FIG. 11B, the front end 21m of the trigger cam 21a is changed from the state shown in FIG. 12 (b)
The capturing body 21 is elastically deformed in the direction in which it is pushed down to the state. If the elastic deformation is released after the stopper pin 11 gets over the front end portion 21m, and then the first guide 24 is relatively moved, as shown in FIG. The stopper pin 11 enters the recess 21k, and the capturing body 21 can shift to the engagement state with the stopper pin 11.
Therefore, after that, each function of the braking function by the braking mechanism 30 and the buffering function by the buffering mechanism 40 can be exhibited as well as the self-closing function by the retracting mechanism of the closing device for the sliding door. The fully closed state shown can be entered.

If the trigger cam 21 a is locked to the trigger 11, the subsequent operation is exactly the same as described above, and the trigger cam 21 a is moved from the fully closed state shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIGS. 11 (e) and 11 (f), the trigger cam 21a is unlocked from the trigger 11 at a predetermined point, and thereafter, the door body 1 can be easily opened. .

At this time, the upper surface (trigger (stopper pin) 11 of the front end portion 21m of the trigger cam 21a.
12B is an inclined surface that rises from the front end side toward the rear end side (approaching the trigger 11 side), so that the deformation indicated by the arrow in FIG. ing. In addition, since the member thickness in the vertical direction of the intermediate portion 21n located slightly rearward of the front end portion 21m is thinner than that in the front and rear, the deformation performance is improved, and the above-described front end portion 21m in the vertical direction is improved. Encouraging deformation. That is, from the state shown in FIG.
The engagement of the trigger cam 21a to the trigger 11 to the state shown in FIG.

1 Door body 2 Vertical frame 3 Upper frame 4 Bogie 10 Guide rail 11 Stopper pin (trigger)
20 Fixing member (housing)
20a Roller 20b Fixing plate 20c Screw 21, 61 Capturing body 21a Trigger cam 21b Driving piece 21c Upper member 21d Lower member 21e Guide portion 21f, 26a Projection 21g Rotating shaft 21h Hole 21i, 21j Arc surface 21k Recessed portion 21m Front end portion 21n Intermediate portion 22 Slider 22a Body portion 23, 33 Elastic member 24 First guide 25 Second guide 24a, 25a Locking portion 24b, 25b Linear portion 26 Base portion 27 Brake cam support portion 27a Pin 28 Guide portion 28a First guide portion 28b Second guide portion 29a, 29b Support portion 30 Brake mechanism 31 Brake plate portion 32 Brake pad portion 32a, 32b Pad 34 Brake cam 34a Other end 34b One end 34c Projection 34d Hole 40 Buffer mechanism (rotary damper)
41 Guide member 42 Support shaft 43 Pinion 44 Rack 45 Hole 45a, 45b Inclined surface 45c, 45d Recess

Claims (2)

The door body (1) of the sliding door is movable along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail (10), and a stopper pin (11) is provided on one of the door body (1) and the guide rail (10),
The other is provided with a fixing member (20) and a slider (22) movable along the longitudinal direction with respect to the fixing member (20), and the capturing body (21) can be rotated on the slider (22). An elastic member (23) is interposed between the slider (22) and the fixing member (20),
In a state where the door body (1) is opened, the capturing body (21) is rotated outward, and the capturing body (21) is engaged with a locking portion (24a) provided on the fixing member (20). The slider (22) is maintained at that position against the biasing force of the elastic member (23), and the door body (1) moves in the closing direction of the sliding door. The capturing body (21)
The stopper pin (11) hits and the capture body (21) rotates inward to engage with the stopper pin (11), and the inward rotation causes the capture body (21). Is released from the locking portion (24a), and the slider (22) and the fixing member (20) are moved relative to each other in the longitudinal direction by the elastic force of the elastic member (23). In the closing device for the sliding door that is adapted to close (1),
With the capture body (21) pivoted inward, the door body (1) is moved to the guide rail (
10), when the door body (1) is moved in the closing direction along the guide rail (10), the front end (21m) of the capturing body (21) hits the stopper pin (11). Accordingly, the stopper pin (11) elastically deforms the capturing body (21), and the elastic deformation is released after the stopper pin (11) gets over the front end (21m) by the elastic deformation, The closing device for a sliding door, wherein the capturing body (21) shifts to an engaged state with the stopper pin (11). The surface facing the stopper pin (11) side of the front end portion (21m) of the capturing body (21) is an inclined surface that gradually approaches the stopper pin (11) from the front end side toward the rear end side. The closing device for a sliding door according to claim 1, wherein the closing device is a sliding door.

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