JP2011094293A - End bracket - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an end bracket which prevents a cover portion from easily coming off and which facilitates construction. <P>SOLUTION: Characteristically, the end bracket 1, which is provided at an end of a handrail bar 6, includes a body portion 2 which is fixed to an attachment surface 5 by means of a fixing implement 9 and which supports an end of the handrail bar, and a cover portion 3 which slides to be attached to the body portion and screwed from a lateral side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an end bracket that is provided at an end portion of a handrail bar and that fixes and supports the handrail bar with respect to a mounting surface.

  Handrails provided on stairs, entrances, corridors, etc. are fixedly supported by brackets fixed to mounting surfaces such as walls and headboards, and conventionally attached to the end of such handrail bars, An end bracket composed of a cover portion is known.

For example, Patent Literature 1 below discloses an end bracket in which a cover portion is attached to a main body portion having an opening for exposing a handrail mounting seat and a wall mounting seat.
According to this, after fixing the main body part to the handrail bar or the wall with the fixing tool in a state where the handrail mounting seat and the wall mounting seat are exposed, the cover part having an external appearance continuous with the external appearance of the main body part is attached and detached to the opening Since it is freely attached and the opening is closed, the installation work is easy and the appearance can be improved.

JP 2001-32491 A

However, since the structure described in Patent Document 1 has a structure in which the cover portion is fitted and attached to the main body portion, there is a problem that the cover portion can be easily removed from the main body portion.
In particular, since the end bracket is provided at the corner of the end portion of the handrail, it is required to have a structure in which a person or an object can easily come into contact and the cover portion is difficult to come off. On the other hand, a structure that allows easy attachment of the cover during construction is desired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an end bracket that does not easily come off and can be easily constructed.

An end bracket according to the present invention is an end bracket provided at an end portion of a handrail rod, and is fixed to an attachment surface by a fixture and supports a main body portion and the main body portion. And a cover part that is mounted by sliding to the side and screwed from the side.
According to this, construction can be made easy without the cover part being easily detached from the main body part.

In the present invention, the main body portion of the end bracket includes a fixing portion in which an insertion hole for inserting the fixing tool is formed, and a rod receiving portion into which an end portion of the handrail rod is fitted, and the main body portion. May be formed in a tapered shape from the fixed portion toward the rod receiving portion.
According to this, since the fixing part side is formed wide, the fixing part of the end bracket can be stably and firmly fixed to the mounting surface, and the appearance can be improved.

  According to the end bracket according to the present invention, the cover can be easily removed without being easily removed.

(A) And (b) is a figure which each shows the structural member of the end bracket which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a whole perspective view of the main-body part of this end bracket, (b) is this end bracket It is the whole cover part perspective view. (A) is a front view whole perspective view of the end bracket of the same end bracket, (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 2 (a). It is a figure which shows the use condition of the end bracket, and is a perspective view for demonstrating the process in which a cover part is mounted | worn with a main-body part. It is a figure which shows the use condition of the end bracket, and is a perspective view for demonstrating the process in which a cover part is mounted | worn with a main-body part.

Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The end bracket 1 according to the present invention is fixed to a mounting surface 5 such as a wall surface or a headboard, and is provided at an end portion of the handrail bar 6 so as to fix and support the handrail bar 6 (see the use examples in FIGS. 3 and 4). ).
The end bracket 1 is made of a hard resin material or a metal material, and is fixed to the mounting surface 5 by a fixture 9 and supports the end portion of the handrail rod 6 and is slid to the main body portion 2 to be mounted. And a cover portion 3 that is screwed from the side.
The handrail bar 6 is made of a wood material or a hard resin material, and is formed in a solid cylindrical shape. The end of the handrail bar 6 is substantially parallel to the mounting surface 5 by the end bracket 1 and the mounting surface 5. And fixedly supported at a desired distance.

The body portion 2 of the end bracket 1 is formed in accordance with the shape of the fixing portion 20 in which the insertion hole 20a for inserting the fixing tool 9 is formed and the end surface 60 of the handrail rod 6, and the end surface 60 is fitted therein. And a rod receiving portion 21.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the main body 2 is constituted by a box-shaped case body with a bottom that is open on the side covered with the cover 3.

A plurality of insertion holes 20 a through which the fixture 9 is inserted are formed in the fixing portion 20 fixed to the attachment surface 5. The number and the formation positions of the insertion holes a formed here are not particularly limited, but in the example shown in the figure, the fixing portion 20 has three insertion holes 20a through which the three fixtures 9 are inserted. ing.
As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the insertion hole 20a is formed in such a manner that there is one in the center when the fixing portion 20 is viewed in plan, and two insertion holes 20a are arranged on the opening side from the insertion hole 20a formed in the approximate center. Has been. Further, although not shown, the formation positions of the insertion holes 20a provided on both sides of the insertion hole 20a formed substantially at the center may be shifted from each other.
Further, the insertion hole 20a may be formed in a recessed step portion 20b formed so as to be in contact with the mounting surface 5 as shown in FIG.

The rod receiving portion 21 has an end surface 60 so that the cylindrical portion 22 (see FIG. 1B) protruding in the side circumferential surface direction (longitudinal direction) of the handrail rod 6 and the end surface 60 of the handrail rod 6 are fitted. And an end surface portion 23 formed in accordance with the shape and size (see FIG. 1A).
Here, since the handrail rod 1 has a cylindrical shape, the end surface portion 23 is formed in a circular shape in plan view, and the tube portion 22 includes a peripheral edge portion 62 of the handrail rod 6 and a side peripheral surface 61 in the vicinity thereof. It is formed in a short cylinder so as to cover it.
As described above, since the bar receiving portion 21 is formed in a cap shape including the cylindrical portion 22, the end portion of the handrail rod 6 can be firmly protected and the handrail rod 6 can be stably supported. it can.
The end surface portion 23 is formed with a plurality of insertion holes 23a through which the fixture 10 for fixing the end portion of the handrail rod 6 is inserted.
Also here, the number and formation positions of the insertion holes 23a are not limited.
In addition, the fixing method of the handrail rod 6 is not limited to the above, and the handrail rod 6 may be fixed to the rod receiving portion 21 with an adhesive as long as the handrail rod 6 can be fixed.

The main body 2 is preferably formed in a tapered shape from the fixed portion 20 toward the rod receiving portion 21 as shown in FIG.
Thus, if the fixing portion 20 side becomes wider from the rod receiving portion 21 side toward the fixing portion 20 in this manner, the area of the mounting seat of the fixing portion 20 increases, and the end bracket 1 of the end bracket 1 with respect to the mounting surface 5 becomes larger. The fixing part 20 can be fixed stably and firmly.
Further, by forming the main body 2 in a tapered shape in this way, the design can be felt and the appearance can be improved.

The slide groove 24 and the standing wall portion 25 formed on the opening side of the main body portion 2 are formed in a substantially U shape in plan view. Further, the protruding height of the standing wall portion 25 is slightly inclined so as to gradually increase from the rod receiving portion 21 side toward the fixed portion 20 side.
In the vicinity of the mounting surface 5 of the standing wall portion 25, screw holes 7 having screw grooves (not shown) into which screws 4 for screwing the cover portion 3 are screwed are formed in each of the facing standing wall portions 25. Has been.
Then, a concave groove 25a may be formed in a substantially U shape along the slide groove 24 and the standing wall portion 25 (see an enlarged view of FIG. 2B).

The cover part 3 includes a cover body 30 that closes the opening of the body part 2, and a side part 31 that is provided so as to stand up from the cover body 30 in a substantially vertical direction and that covers the standing wall part 25. ing.
The side portion 31 is formed in a substantially U shape in plan view as shown in FIG. 1B, and the slide groove portion 24 of the main body portion 2 and the cover portion 3 are slid and attached to the main body portion 2. It is formed according to the standing wall portion 25. Therefore, in the side portion 31, the protruding height of the side portion 31 gradually increases from the rod receiving portion 21 side to the fixed portion 20 side in the mounted state of the cover portion 3 corresponding to the protruding height of the standing wall portion 25. It is formed so as to be slightly inclined.
Two insertion holes 8 through which the screws 4 are inserted are formed in the vicinity of the mounting surface 5 of the side portion 31 in accordance with the positions where the screw holes 7 of the main body portion 2 are formed. 3 can be screwed to the main body 2.

Further, in order to increase the engagement force of the cover portion 3 with the main body portion 2, it is desirable that the ridge portion 32 is formed along the opening side end portion of the side portion 31 corresponding to the above-described concave groove 25 a.
As shown in the partially enlarged view of FIG. 1B, the ridge portion 32 protrudes slightly inward from the side portion 31, and the dotted line shown in this partially enlarged view is the inward end portion of the side portion 31. Is shown.
Therefore, in this case, when the cover part 3 is mounted by sliding on the main body part 2, the ridge part 32 is engaged with the concave groove 25a.

Furthermore, it is good also as what has the protrusion part 33 which protruded in the direction which goes mutually as shown in FIG.1 (b) in the insertion direction both ends of the main-body part 2 in the protruding item | line part 32. As shown in FIG. Moreover, it is good also as what has the inclined surface 33a by making the both ends of the insertion direction of the main-body part 2 in the protruding item | line part 32 into a notch shape.
In this case, when the cover part 3 is slid and attached to the main body part 2, the contact with the standing wall part 25 is eased by the inclined surface 33a, and the cover part 3 can be smoothly guided to the slide groove 24. it can.
Further, in this case, locking grooves (not shown) for receiving the protruding portions 33 of the cover portion 3 are formed at both end portions in the vicinity of the fixing portion 20 of the concave groove 25a formed in the main body portion 2 described above.

Next, a method for attaching the cover 3 to the main body 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. Here, a wall surface is shown as the mounting surface 5.
First, the fixing portion 20 is fixed to the mounting surface 5 and the end portion of the handrail rod 6 is fixed to the rod receiving portion 21, and then the cover portion 3 is slid onto the main body portion 2 (see the white arrow in FIG. 3). ). The side portion 31 of the cover portion 3 is slid toward the fixed portion 20 side (mounting surface 5 side) along the slide groove 24 formed in the tapered main body portion 2. 32 is slid in a state of being locked in the concave groove 25a. Here, when the above-described protruding portion 33 is provided, the protruding portion 3 is locked in the locking groove of the main body portion 2, and the cover portion 3 can be easily removed from the main body portion 2.
Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the screws 4 are screwed into the insertion holes 8 provided in the side portions 31 of the cover portion 3 and the screw holes 7 disposed in the inside thereof, and the cover portion 3 is inserted into the main body portion. Screw to 2.
Thus, the cover 3 can be easily attached firmly to the main body 2, and the cover 3 cannot be easily detached from the main body 2.
As shown in FIG. 4, according to the above, the fixtures 9 and 10 with the attachment surface 5 and the handrail bar 6 are invisible by the cover portion 3, and the appearance can be clearly configured.

As described above, the shape and size of the end bracket 1 are not limited to the illustrated example. For example, the shape of the bar receiving portion 21 is formed according to the shape and size of the end portion of the handrail rod 6. Therefore, when the handrail rod 6 has a prismatic shape, the shape of the end surface portion 23 of the rod receiving portion 21 is a square shape that matches the prismatic shape in plan view.
Further, the end bracket 1 is not limited to the handrail bar 6 fixed in the longitudinal direction as shown in the figure, but can be applied to the end bracket of the handrail bar 6 fixed in the longitudinal direction.
Further, the mounting surface 5 can be an end bracket 1 that is mounted not only on the wall surface but also on the headboard as shown in the figure.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 End bracket 2 Main part 20 Fixing part 21 Bar receiving part 3 Cover part 5 Mounting surface 6 Handrail bar 9 Fixing tool

Claims (2)

An end bracket provided at the end of the handrail bar,
A main body that is fixed to a mounting surface by a fixing tool and supports an end portion of the handrail bar, and a cover that is slid and attached to the main body and is screwed from the side. End bracket. In Claim 1, While the said main-body part has a fixing | fixed part in which the insertion hole for inserting the said fixing tool was formed, and the rod receiving part by which the edge part of the said handrail rod is fitted,
The end bracket is characterized in that the main body portion is formed in a tapered shape from the fixed portion toward the rod receiving portion.

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