JP2011256526A - Automated folding door system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automated folding door system capable of smooth opening/closing operation even if an wind pressure is applied to the folding door.SOLUTION: A folding panel turnably and foldably connected via a hinge unit is attached openably and closably to an opening formed of a three-way frame and a floor surface. The folding panel includes: a traveling part in which a rope is wound between a drive pulley and a driven pulley and a hanging wheel rolling along a guide rail prepared in an upper frame is provided, the hanging wheel rolling along the guide rail in association with the horizontal movement of the rope; and a hanging part having a connection part which converts the horizontal movement into a horizontal turning to turn the folding panel and a connection shaft for hanging the folding panel. A base turning shaft is provided in a vertical frame of the turning shaft side to be biased with respect to a centerline passing through the turning axis of the turning shaft side panel, the turning axis of the hinge unit, and the turning axis of the connection shaft of the hanging wheel, and the turning shaft of the turning shaft side panel is horizontally swingably connected to the base turning shaft.

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic folding door system that enables a smooth opening and closing operation even when wind pressure or the like is applied to the folding door panel.

  The present inventor has developed a folding door system including a hinge unit with a suspension wheel. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the rotary shaft side panel 1 and the intermediate panel 2, the intermediate panel 2 and the handle side panel 3 are connected by a hinge unit 4 formed by meshing a helical gear, The rotary shaft side panel 1 is rotatably supported by the rotary shaft portions 5a and 5b provided at the upper and lower end portions of the rotary shaft side panel 1, and the panel body 2 is attached to the suspension rail 7 provided on the upper frame 6 by the suspension wheel 8. , 3, and the suspension vehicle 8 travels along the suspension rail 7 to manually open and close the folding door 9. Reference numeral 10 denotes a handle.

  Since this folding door system bends the folding door 9 manually, it can open and close the folding door 9 without any problem. In order to make this an automatic folding door system, a driving pulley driven by a driving motor is provided at one end of the upper frame 6, a driven pulley is provided at the other end, a belt is wound between the driving pulley and the driven pulley, When the belt and the suspension vehicle 8 are connected by a connector, and the suspension vehicle 8 travels along the suspension rail 7 in conjunction with the horizontal movement of the belt, and the folding door panel 9 is opened and closed, it is fully closed. In this state, the center line X passing through the shafts of the rotation shafts 5a and 5b of the rotation shaft side panel 1 and the rotation shaft of the hinge unit 4 is in a straight line (the chain line in FIG. 11). At this time, if wind pressure in the indoor direction (from right to left in FIG. 11) is applied to the folding door panel 9, the suspension wheel 8 that is interlocked with the movement of the belt moves in the direction of the rotary shafts 5a and 5b. Since the line X is in a straight line, the rotary shaft side panel 1 cannot rotate and the folding door 9 cannot be opened.

  For this reason, in order to rotate automatically, the rotating shaft side panel 1 is rotated and the folding door 9 is opened and closed, that is, as shown in FIG. If the rotation of the motor body is transmitted to the rotary shaft side panel 1 via the pivot arm 12 and the rotary shaft side panel 1 is rotated to open and close the folding door 9, the folding panel 9 covers a large number of sheets. Since a large load is applied, it is necessary to use a drive motor 11 with a large output.

JP 2006-161300 A

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic folding door system that can smoothly open and close even when wind pressure is applied to the folding door panel in an automatic folding door system in which the folding door panel is moved by a suspension vehicle interlocked with the horizontal movement of the belt. There is to do.

In order to solve the above-described problems, an automatic folding door system according to the present invention includes a hinge unit in an opening formed by a three-sided frame body and a floor surface, which are composed of an upper frame, a vertical frame on the rotating shaft side, and a vertical frame on the door stop side. A folding door system in which folding door panels connected to each other so as to be rotatable and foldable with respect to each other are attached so as to be openable and closable, and a driving pulley driven by a driving engine is driven on the other end of the upper frame Each pulley is arranged, a rope is wound between the driving pulley and the driven pulley, a guide rail extending along the upper frame is provided in the upper frame, a suspension wheel that rolls along the guide rail is provided, The suspension vehicle is connected to the cable body via a connector, and a traveling unit that rolls along the guide rail in conjunction with the horizontal movement of the cable body, and a folding door panel that converts the horizontal movement into a horizontal rotation. Rotate A suspension portion having a connecting shaft for hanging the folding door panel, and the rotation center of the rotary shaft side panel and the rotation center of the hinge unit for connecting the folding door panel in the fully closed state of the folding door panel and the connecting shaft of the suspension wheel. A base rotary shaft is provided in the vertical frame on the rotary shaft side so as to be deviated from a center line passing through the rotation center, and the rotary shaft of the rotary shaft side panel can be swung horizontally with respect to the base rotary shaft. It is characterized by being connected.
In the invention according to claim 2, the traveling unit of the suspension vehicle is provided with a load roller on the side surface on the guide rail side of the suspension vehicle body, an upper guide roller on the lower surface, and a lower guide roller on both ends in the traveling direction. The guide rail includes a rail portion having a U-shaped cross section composed of a bottom plate, a back plate, and an upper plate, and a back portion that extends upward from the upper end of the back surface of the rail portion. A concave groove serving as a traveling portion of the guide roller is formed, the upper surface on the back side of the bottom plate is formed as a traveling surface of the load roller, and the front wall at the front end of the bottom plate is the traveling surface of the lower guide roller. .
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the suspension portion of the suspension vehicle includes a rack that transmits the horizontal movement of the cable body via a connector, and a gear train that converts the horizontal movement of the rack into a horizontal rotational force. A gear train consisting of a rack connecting gear on the input side and an output rotating gear on the output side is arranged in the traveling direction of the suspension vehicle, and the rotating shaft of the output rotating gear is fixed to the upper end of the folding door as the connecting shaft. The folding door panel is suspended and rotated.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a guide guiding rod that is not engaged with the rack coupling gear on the opposite side of the rack with the rack coupling gear interposed between the suspension vehicle body and the rack. The guide guiding bars are detachably provided.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a hole having a diameter larger than the roller diameter of the upper guide roller is formed in a concave groove formed in the upper plate of the guide rail.

According to the automatic folding door system of the present invention, in the fully closed state of the folding door panel, the center line passing through the rotation center of the rotary shaft side panel and the rotation center of the hinge unit connecting the folding door panel and the rotation center of the connecting shaft of the suspension wheel. Since the base rotary shaft is provided in the vertical frame on the rotary shaft side, and the rotary shaft of the rotary shaft side panel is connected to the base rotary shaft so as to be swingable in the horizontal direction, the folding door panel is fully closed. When wind pressure is applied to the panel from outside to indoors in the state, if the suspension wheel starts to move toward the rotation axis in conjunction with the horizontal movement of the cable body, the rotation axis of the rotation axis side panel is centered on the base rotation axis. Since the rotary shaft side panel is tilted with this swinging, the folding door panel can be folded smoothly.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the traveling part of the suspension vehicle is provided with a weight roller on the side surface on the guide rail side of the suspension vehicle body, an upper guide roller on the lower surface, and a lower guide roller on both ends in the traveling direction. The guide rail is composed of a rail portion having a U-shaped cross section consisting of a bottom plate, a back plate and an upper plate, and a back portion extending upward from the upper end of the back surface of the rail portion. A concave groove serving as a running portion of the upper guide roller is formed, the upper surface on the back side of the bottom plate is used as the running surface of the load roller, and the front wall at the front end of the bottom plate is used as the running surface of the lower guide roller. The suspension vehicle is supported on the guide rail by the front and rear wheels and can smoothly run (roll) along the guide rail.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the suspension portion of the suspension vehicle includes a rack that transmits the horizontal movement of the rope body through the coupling tool, and a gear train that converts the horizontal movement of the rack into a horizontal rotational force. Is a gear train composed of at least a rack connecting gear on the input side and an output rotating gear on the output side arranged in the traveling direction of the hoisting wheel, and the rotating shaft of the output rotating gear is connected to the upper end of the folding door as a connecting shaft. Since the folding door panel is fixed and suspended and rotated, the horizontal movement of the cable body can be converted to horizontal rotation via the rack and the gear train to transmit the rotational force to the folding door panel.
According to the invention of claim 4, the guide guide bar that does not mesh with the rack coupling gear is provided in parallel with the rack on the opposite side of the rack with the rack coupling gear sandwiched between the suspension vehicle body, Since the rack and the guide guiding rod are detachable, the rack connecting gear is rotated in the opposite direction and the output rotating gear is rotated in the opposite direction by replacing the rack and the guide guiding rod. Thus, the folding direction of the folding door panel can be easily reversed.
According to the invention which concerns on Claim 5, since the hole larger diameter than the roller diameter of an upper guide roller was formed in the recessed groove part formed in the upper board of a guide rail, when a suspension vehicle breaks down, it passes through a large diameter hole. If the upper guide roller is removed, the entire suspension vehicle can be removed from the guide rail, and repair of failure can be easily performed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a general view of the automatic folding door system which consists of an equal 3 folding door by 1st Example, (a) is a principal part front view, (b) is a principal part top view in a fully-closed state, (c) is a principal part in the middle of opening and closing. A top view and (d) are principal part top views of a full open state. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that a rotating shaft rocks | fluctuates with respect to a base rotating shaft, and a rotating shaft side panel bends, (a) is a principal part top view, (b) is a principal part front view, (c) is interlocking | linkage. A plan view of the plate, (d) is a front view of the swing coupling. It is explanatory drawing of a suspension vehicle, (a) is a top view of the state which removed the upper cover of the suspension vehicle body, (b) is a principal part front view which shows the state which connected the suspension vehicle and the panel, (c) is a connection board. (D) is a front view of a connecting plate. It is a cross-sectional side view which shows the inside of an upper frame. It is a general view of the automatic folding door system which consists of a two-fold folding door by 2nd Example, (a) is a principal part front view, (b) is a principal part top view in a fully-closed state, (c) is a principal part plane in a fully open state. FIG. It is principal part explanatory drawing of the rotating shaft attachment part in 2nd Example, (a) is a principal part top view, (b) is a principal part front view. It is a general view of the automatic folding door system which consists of the double-folding four-fold folding door by 3rd Example, (a) is a principal part front view, (b) is a principal part top view of a fully-closed state, the opening-and-closing middle, and a fully-open state. It is a general view of the automatic folding door system which consists of an equal five-fold folding door by 4th Example, (a) is a principal part front view, (b) is a principal part top view of a fully-closed state, the opening-and-closing middle, and a fully-open state. It is a general view of the automatic folding door system which consists of a deformed three-fold folding door by 5th Example, (a) is a principal part front view, (b) is a principal part top view of a fully-closed state, (c) is a principal part of a fully open state. It is a top view. It is a partial cross section front view of the folding door system by a prior art example. It is a principal part top view of FIG. It is a partial cross section front view of the automatic folding door system by a prior art example.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. The automatic folding door system 20 according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is an automatic folding door system composed of three equal folding doors. A folding door 28 composed of three panels 25, 26, and 27 can be opened and closed in an opening section defined by a three-sided frame body composed of a rotary shaft side vertical frame 21, a door stop side vertical frame 22 and an upper frame 23 and a floor surface 24. Is provided. Folding doors 28 are three panels of equal width (rotating shaft side panel 25, intermediate panel 26, door stop side panel 27 from the left in FIG. 1) via hinge unit 29 so that adjacent panels can be rotated and folded. It is connected as possible.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3B, the hinge unit includes a connecting support column 30 having a substantially semicircular cross section fixed to the panel, and a helical gear 31 on the upper and lower end surfaces of the support column 30. The upper and lower ends of the helical gears 31 and 31 are connected to each other by an 8-shaped connecting plate 75 in a state where the helical gears 31 and 31 are engaged with each other. Thereby, the connected panel bodies (25, 26) (26, 27) are connected to each other so as to be rotatable and foldable.
The helical gear 31 meshes smoothly and firmly as compared with a spur gear because there is no backlash as in a spur gear. It is preferable that the helical gear 31 has a toothed line having an angle of 45 degrees because it is generally available and easily obtained, and fingers are not easily caught in the meshing portion, so that safety is high.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rotary shaft 32 of the rotary shaft side panel 25 is connected so as to be swingable about a base rotary shaft 34 fixed to the vertical frame 21 via a swing coupling 33. The swing coupling member 33 is formed by fixing interlocking plates 35a and 35b to upper and lower ends of a rotating shaft 34 having a length substantially the same as the height of the panel 25 (FIG. 2 (d)).
The shaft center of the base rotating shaft 34 fixed to the vertical frame 21 is the center of the rotating shaft 32 of the rotating shaft side panel 25, the rotating shaft of the hinge unit 29, and the suspension wheel 36 which will be described later. It is set to be deviated with respect to the center line Y passing through the axis of the connecting shaft 37 (bias amount M). That is, the line Z passing through the axis of the rotating shaft 32 of the rotating shaft side panel 25 and the axis of the base rotating shaft 34 is set to be inclined from the center line Y. As a result, the rotating shaft 32 of the rotating shaft side panel 25 swings in the horizontal direction about the base rotating shaft 34. Here, the axis of the base rotating shaft 34 is biased in the direction in which the rotating shaft side panel 25 rotates (folds) with respect to the center line Y. In FIG. 2A, the rotary shaft side panel 25 rotates leftward, so that it is biased upward from the center line.
Reference numeral 38 denotes a regulating rod in which the rotating shaft 32 of the rotating shaft side panel 25 extends upward from the upper end of the panel 25, and rubber stoppers 39, 39 provided on the guide rail (upper frame) side and the vertical frame 21 side. The swing range is regulated between them (FIG. 2A).

  In the upper frame 23, a driving pulley 41 made of a toothed pulley driven by a drive motor 40 at an end portion on the door stop side and a driven pulley 42 made of a toothed pulley on an end portion on the rotating shaft 32 side are respectively arranged. A rope 43 comprising a toothed belt is wound between the driving pulley 41 and the driven pulley 42.

Inside the upper frame 23, a guide rail 44 on which the suspension vehicle 36 travels (rolls) is attached along the upper frame 23. As shown in FIG. 4, the guide rail 44 has a U-shaped rail portion 48 made up of a bottom plate 45, a back plate 46, and an upper plate 47, and a cross section extending upward from the rear upper end portion of the rail portion 48. It consists of a reverse L-shaped back part 49. Then, a concave groove 51 is formed on the lower surface on the front end side of the upper plate 47 to serve as a traveling portion of the upper guide roller 50 of the suspension wheel 36 to be described later, and the upper surface 52 on the rear surface side of the bottom plate 45 is formed on the weight roller 53 of the suspension wheel 36. The front surface wall 54 of the bottom plate 45 is used as a traveling surface of the lower guide roller 55 of the suspension wheel 36. In addition, the side wall 56 on the front side in the groove 51 is a running surface of the upper guide roller 50.
The distance between the upper surface of the bottom plate 45 and the lower surface of the upper plate 47 is a distance substantially corresponding to the diameter of the load roller 53. The protruding width of the bottom plate 45 to the front side is shorter than that of the upper plate 47, and the lower guide roller 55 is attached to the side of the main body of the suspension wheel 36.
In the concave groove 51 formed in the upper plate 47 of the rail portion 48, a hole 57 having a diameter larger than the roller diameter of the upper guide roller 50 is formed in one place above the upper guide roller 50. When the suspension vehicle 36 breaks down, the suspension vehicle 36 can be easily removed from the rail portion 48 by removing the upper guide roller 50 from the large-diameter hole 57.

The suspension vehicle 36 is connected to the folding door panel 27 by converting the horizontal movement of the traveling portion that rolls along the guide rail 44 (rail portion 48) and the toothed belt (cord) 43 into horizontal rotation, and the folding door panel. 27 and a hanging part for hanging 27.
The traveling part of the suspension vehicle 36 is provided with a weighting roller 53 on the side of the suspension vehicle 36 on the guide rail side, an upper guide roller 50 on the upper surface, and a lower guide roller 55 on the lower surface, at both ends in the traveling direction of the suspension vehicle 36. Thus, six wheels, each of three front and rear wheels, can stably travel (roll) along the guide rail 44 (rail portion 48) while supporting the weight of the folding door panel 28.
Since the folding door panel 28 can be stably hung while being stably suspended by the rail portion 48 of the guide rail 44 and the suspension wheel 36, a guide roller and a guide roller are provided at the lower end portion of the folding door panel 28 in order to support the lower end of the folding door panel 28. There is no need to provide a guide rail on the floor for guiding the traveling of the vehicle.

The suspension part of the suspension vehicle 36 includes a round bar-shaped rack 61 that transmits the horizontal movement of the toothed belt (cord body) 43 via the coupling tool 60, and a gear train 62 that converts the horizontal movement of the rack 61 into a horizontal rotational force. Become. The gear train 62 includes a rack connecting large diameter gear 62a on the input side, an intermediate gear 62b meshing with the rack connecting large diameter gear 62a, and an output rotating gear 62c meshing with the intermediate gear 62b. Are arranged in the traveling direction of the suspension wheel 36. And the rotating shaft of the output rotation gear 62c is made into the connection shaft 37, the lower end part is fixed to the upper end part of the panel 27, and the folding door panel 27 is suspended and rotated. In FIG. 3, the connecting shaft 37 extends the rotation shaft of the hinge 31 of the door stop side panel 27.
The output shaft (the connecting shaft 37) is driven by the lever principle by increasing the distance between the shaft center of the rack connecting large-diameter gear 62a on the input side and the shaft center of the output rotating gear 62c on the output side. To obtain a large rotational force. When the number of panels of the folding door 28 increases and a large rotational force is required, the number of gears in the gear train 62 is increased to increase the rotational torque. On the other hand, the intermediate gear 62b may be omitted when a large rotational force is not required for the connecting shaft 37 such as a small number of panels.
Reference numeral 64 denotes an auxiliary suspension shaft, which extends upward from the rotation shaft of the hinge 31 of the intermediate panel 26 and is rotatably attached to the main body of the suspension wheel 36 at its upper end.

On the side opposite to the round bar-shaped rack 61 with the rack coupling large-diameter gear 62a interposed therebetween, a guide guiding round bar 65 with the rack coupling gear 62a side notched so as not to mesh with the rack coupling gear 62a is parallel to the rack 61. The rack 61 and the guide guiding round bar 65 are detachably attached to the suspension vehicle body case 36a. By exchanging the round bar-shaped rack 61 and the guide guiding round bar 65, the rotation direction of the gear can be changed to the reverse direction, and therefore the rotation direction (folding direction) of the panel can be easily changed to the reverse direction.
Reference numeral 66 denotes a rack reinforcement interlocking plate so that the round bar-shaped rack 61 and the guide guiding round bar 65 can be interlocked to move in the traveling direction (left and right in FIG. 3A) with respect to the suspension vehicle body case 36a. To do. Further, by fixing one end portion of the coupling tool 60 fixed to the toothed belt 43 to the interlocking plate 66, the horizontal movement of the toothed belt 43 and the horizontal movement of the rack 61 are interlocked.
Note that a suspension guide body 68 a that supports the rack 61 and the guide guide round bar 65 and the support member 67 are provided with a round guide bearing 68 that smoothly guides the horizontal movement of the round bar rack 61 and the guide guide round bar 65. Is provided.

The upper frame 23 can be a general-purpose seamless material, and the guide rail 44, the suspension wheel 36, the drive motor 40, the drive pulley 41, the driven pulley 42, the teeth are included in the upper frame 23 made of this seamless material. The attached bell 43 and the like can be accommodated. A cover 69 is detachably attached to the indoor side of the upper frame 23. General-purpose products can be used for the drive motor 40, the drive pulley 41, the driven pulley 42, the toothed bell 43, and the like, so that the cost can be reduced. In addition, the numerical value shown in FIG. 4 shows a dimension, and a unit is mm.
Reference numeral 70 in FIG. 1 is a stopper for preventing the end portion of the door stop side panel 27 from entering the indoor side any more. Reference numeral 71 denotes an L-shaped stopper for preventing the folding door panel 28 from bending further inward (downward in FIG. 1B). Reference numeral 72 in the figure denotes a control box in which a computer is built.
In the first embodiment, the three panels have the same width, and the connecting shaft 37 of the suspension wheel coincides with the rotational axis of the hinge 31 of the door stop panel, so that the guide rail (upper frame) is fully opened. The three folded panels all protrude outward (outside of the room), and no protrusion occurs on the indoor side.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the automatic folding door system 20 according to the second embodiment is an automatic folding door system including two folding doors, and includes two pieces of a rotary shaft side panel 25 and a door stop side panel 27. The folding door 28 is constituted by the panel.
It is hung at a position where the distance between the axis of the rotary shaft 32 of the rotary shaft side panel 25 and the rotation center 29a of the hinge, and the distance between the rotation center 29b of the hinge 27 of the door stop side panel 27 and the rotation center of the connecting shaft 37 are the same. The connecting shaft 37 of the vehicle 36 is fixed so that the folding door is folded in a direction perpendicular to the guide rail 44 (upper frame 23) in the fully opened state.
In this second embodiment, the folding door panel 28 is in a state of being supported at one place of the connecting shaft 37 of the suspension wheel 36 on the guide rail 44 side and unstable, and therefore, as shown in FIG. The rotation shaft 32 (regulating rod 38) is pulled by the spring 76 toward the guide rail 44 side. As a result, the folding door panel 28 is supported at two positions on the guide rail 44 side so that the folding door panel 28 is kept stable even in the fully opened state or the fully closed state. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 77 denotes a buffer rubber.
Although not shown, the gear train 62 is composed of a rack connecting large diameter gear 62a and an output rotating gear 62c that meshes with the rack connecting large diameter gear 62a, omitting the intermediate gear 62a in the gear train 62 of the first embodiment. The rotation direction of the connecting shaft 37 is opposite to that of the first embodiment, so that the connecting shaft 37 rotates to the right in plan view when opened from the fully closed state.
In this embodiment, most of the folded panel 28 protrudes outside the opening (outside of the room) and slightly protrudes inside (inside the room). Since other configurations are the same as those described in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 7, the automatic folding door system 20 according to the third embodiment is an automatic folding door system in which a pair of folding doors with two panels are arranged on the left and right sides. The folding door 28 comprised by two panels with 27 is arrange | positioned at right and left symmetrically.
The left two-fold folding door is connected to the suspension wheel 36 via a connecting tool 60 fixed to the lower toothed belt 43 as in the second embodiment. On the other hand, the two-fold folding door on the right side is connected to the suspension wheel 36 via a connecting tool 60 fixed to the upper toothed belt 43, and the rotation direction of the connecting shaft 37 of the folding door is flat when opened from the fully closed state. The direction is to rotate counterclockwise. In the third embodiment, as described in the second embodiment, the rotation shaft 32 (regulation rod 38) of the rotation shaft side panel 25 in the left and right folding doors 28 is pulled toward the guide rail 44 by the spring 76. The folding door panel 28 is kept stable. Since other configurations are the same as those described in the first and second embodiments, the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 8, the automatic folding door system 20 according to the fourth embodiment is an automatic folding door system including five equal folding doors, and includes three sheets between the rotary shaft side panel 25 and the door stop side panel 27. The folding door 28 is composed of a total of five panels connecting the intermediate panels 26a, 26b, and 26c. As in the first embodiment, the connecting shaft 37 of the suspension vehicle 36 is obtained by extending the rotation shaft of the hinge 31 of the door stop side panel 27.
Since the number of the suspended panels is as large as five, the number of gears constituting the gear train 62 is increased to obtain a large rotational force on the connecting shaft 37 by increasing the distance between the centers of the input side gear and the output side gear.
The intermediate panels 26a, 26b, 26c are unstable because the five-fold folding door 28 is suspended only by the rotation shaft portion 32 of the rotation shaft side panel 25 and the connection shaft portion 37 of the door contact side panel 27. The hinge unit 29 on the upper end side of 26b is suspended by an auxiliary suspension wheel 73. The auxiliary suspension wheel 73 is configured such that the rotation shafts 74 and 74 of the hinges of the hinge unit 29 of the intermediate panel extend upward and are rotatably supported on the auxiliary suspension wheel 73 main body. Therefore, the auxiliary suspension wheel 73 has no gear train. As in the first embodiment, the traveling portion of the auxiliary suspension vehicle 73 can travel along the guide rail 44 (rail portion 48) by six rollers of three front and rear wheels.
In this embodiment, all the five folded panels project outward (outside of the room) (upward in FIG. 8B), and no protrusion occurs inside the room. Since other configurations are the same as those described in the first to third embodiments, the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 9, the automatic folding door system 20 according to the fifth embodiment is an automatic folding door system composed of a modified three-fold folding door. As in the first embodiment, the rotary shaft side panel 25, the intermediate panel 26, and the door. The folding door 28 is constituted by three panels with the contact side panel 27, but the width of the rotary shaft side panel 25 is half that of the other two panels 26 and 27.
The connecting shaft 37 of the suspension vehicle 36 is connected to the upper end of the center of the door stop side panel 27 in the width direction. Further, the connecting shaft 74 of the auxiliary suspension wheel 73 is connected to the upper end of the middle panel 26 in the center in the width direction.
In this embodiment, the folded panel protrudes by the same distance on the outside (outside) and inside (inside) of the opening (FIG. 9C). Since other configurations are the same as those described in the first to fourth embodiments, the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

Next, the operation in the automatic folding door system 20 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. When the folding door panel 28 is fully closed (FIGS. 1A and 1B), when a person approaches, this is detected, the switch of the drive motor 40 is turned on, the drive pulley 41 rotates forward, and the toothed belt 43 is moved. Move horizontally in the direction of the arrow. Along with this, the rack 61 of the hoisting wheel 36 is also moved horizontally through the connecting device 60 fixed to the toothed belt 43. The rack connecting large diameter gear 62a meshing with the rack 61 is rotated by the horizontal movement of the rack 61 (left rotation in FIG. 3A), and the output rotation gear 62c is rotated through the intermediate gear 62b (FIG. 3A )). The rotating shaft of the output rotating gear 62c becomes the connecting shaft 37, and the folding door panel 27 to which the connecting shaft 37 is fixed is rotated counterclockwise.
In the fully closed state of the folding door panel 28, the rotary shaft side panel 25, the intermediate panel 26, and the door stop side panel 27 are aligned along the guide rail 44 (rail portion 48) as shown in FIG. , The rotation center of the rotation shaft 32 of the rotation shaft side panel 25, the rotation center of the hinge unit 29 for connecting the rotation shaft side panel 25 and the intermediate panel 26, and the connection shaft 37 (door-to-door side panel) of the suspension wheel 36. The center line Y that passes through the rotation center of the 27 hinges 31 is on a straight line. In this state, when the toothed belt 43 tries to move horizontally by switching on the drive motor 40, the connecting shaft 37 also moves in the same direction via the connecting tool 60, the rack 61, and the gear train 62. At this time, when the rotation shaft 32 of the rotation shaft side panel 25 is fixed to the vertical frame 21 as in the prior art, the center line Y is aligned, so that the connecting shaft 37 moves in the horizontal movement direction of the belt 43. It will not be possible. However, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2A, the rotating shaft 32 of the rotating shaft side panel 25 swings in the clockwise direction about the base rotating shaft 34. For this reason, the rotating shaft side panel 25 can bend smoothly.
Then, with the horizontal movement of the belt 43, the suspension wheel 36 also moves horizontally, the connecting shaft 37 rotates counterclockwise, the folding door panel 27 moves to the left while bending, and the state shown in FIG. As shown in the figure (d), it will be in a fully open state. When the fully opened state is reached, the switch of the drive motor 40 is temporarily turned off and stopped, and the fully opened state is maintained.
To shift from the fully open state to the fully closed state, the operation is the reverse of the above. That is, when a predetermined time elapses from the fully open state, the drive pulley 41 rotates reversely by switching on and the toothed belt 43 starts horizontal movement in the reverse direction, the suspension wheel 36 starts moving in the same direction, and the connecting shaft 37 also reverses. Rotation in the direction is started, and the state shown in FIG. 1 (d) returns to the fully closed state as shown in FIGS. When returning to the fully closed state, the drive motor 40 is turned off and stopped. These controls are performed by computer control.

Next, with respect to the operation in the automatic folding door system 20 according to the second embodiment, the basic operation is the same as that described above except that the rotation direction of the connecting shaft 37 of the suspension wheel 36 turns rightward in plan view when opening from the fully closed state. This is the same as in the first embodiment.
The operation of the automatic folding door system 20 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When the switch of the drive motor 40 is turned on, the drive pulley 41 rotates forward and the toothed belt 43 moves horizontally in the direction of the arrow, the suspension wheel 36 moves horizontally to the left in the left folding door 28 in conjunction with this. While the connecting shaft 37 rotates to the right in plan view, the folding door moves to the left while bending and reaches a fully open state. On the other hand, at the folding door 28 on the right side, the suspension wheel 36 moves horizontally to the right while the connecting shaft 37 rotates counterclockwise in plan view, and the folding door moves to the right while bending and reaches a fully open state. Other basic operations are the same as those in the first and second embodiments.
The operation of the automatic folding door system 20 according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. It consists of five equal folding doors, and has a structure in which the hinge unit 29 of the intermediate panels 26a, 26b is suspended by an auxiliary suspension wheel 73. When the switch of the drive motor 40 is turned on and the drive pulley 41 rotates forward and the toothed belt 43 moves horizontally in the direction of the arrow, the suspension shaft 36 moves horizontally to the left while the connecting shaft 37 moves horizontally. As the plan view turns counterclockwise, the folding door moves to the left while bending and opens. At this time, the auxiliary suspension 73 also moves horizontally to the left in conjunction. And it reaches a fully open state. Other basic operations are the same as those in the first embodiment.
The operation of the automatic folding door system 20 according to the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. It consists of a modified three-fold folding door, and has a structure in which the central part of the intermediate panel 26 is suspended by an auxiliary suspension wheel 73. The basic operation is the same as in the first and fourth embodiments.

20 Automatic folding door system 21 Rotating shaft side vertical frame 22 Door-contacting side vertical frame 23 Upper frame 24 Floor surface 25 Rotating shaft side panels 26, 26a, 26b, 26c Intermediate panel 27 Door-contacting side panel 28 Folding door 29 Hinge unit 30 Connecting support column Body 31 Helical gear 32 Rotating shaft 33 Oscillating coupling 34 Base rotating shaft 35a, 35b Interlocking plate 36 Suspension vehicle 36a Suspension vehicle body case 37 Connection shaft 38 Restriction rod 39 Stopper 40 Drive motor 41 Drive pulley 42 Driven pulley 43 Cable Body (toothed belt)
44 Guide rail 45 Bottom plate 46 Back plate 47 Upper plate 48 Rail portion 49 Back portion 50 Upper guide roller 51 Concave groove 52 Top surface 53 Weight roller 54 Front end front wall 55 Lower guide roller 56 Side wall 57 Hole 60 Connector 61 Rack 62 Gear train 62a Rack connection gear 62b Intermediate gear 62c Output rotation gear 64 Auxiliary suspension shaft 65 Guide guide round bar 66 Rack reinforcement interlocking plate 67 Support member 68 Guide bearing 69 Cover 70 Stopper 71 L-shaped stopper 72 Control box 73 Auxiliary suspension wheel 74 Rotating shaft 75 Connecting plate 76 Spring 77 Buffer rubber

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  A folding door panel connected to an opening formed by a three-sided frame consisting of an upper frame, a vertical frame on the rotating shaft side, and a vertical frame on the door stop side and a floor surface, via a hinge unit so as to be rotatable and foldable with respect to each other. A folding door system that is openable and closable, wherein a driving pulley driven by a driving engine is arranged at one end in the upper frame, and a driven pulley is arranged at the other end, and a cable is connected between the driving pulley and the driven pulley. A guide rail extending along the upper frame is provided in the upper frame, and a suspension vehicle that rolls along the guide rail is provided. The suspension vehicle is connected to the cable body via a connector. A traveling part that rolls along the guide rail in conjunction with the horizontal movement of the cable body, and a suspension part that converts the horizontal movement into a horizontal rotation to rotate the folding door panel and has a connecting shaft that suspends the folding door panel. And In the fully closed state of the door panel, the rotation shaft side is biased with respect to a center line passing through the rotation center of the hinge unit connecting the rotation center of the rotation shaft side panel and the folding door panel and the rotation center of the connection shaft of the suspension wheel. An automatic folding door system comprising: a base rotary shaft provided in a vertical frame of the base shaft; and a rotary shaft of the rotary shaft side panel coupled to the base rotary shaft so as to be swingable in a horizontal direction.   The traveling part of the suspension car is provided with a weighting roller on the side surface of the suspension truck on the side of the guide rail, an upper guide roller on the bottom surface, and a lower guide roller on both ends in the traveling direction. A rail portion having a U-shaped cross section composed of an upper plate and a rear portion extending upward from the upper rear end portion of the rail portion, and a recess serving as a running portion of the upper guide roller on the lower surface on the tip side of the upper plate The automatic folding door system according to claim 1, wherein a groove is formed, the upper surface on the back side of the bottom plate is used as a running surface of the load roller, and the front wall at the front end of the bottom plate is a running surface of the lower guide roller.   The suspension part of the suspension vehicle includes a rack that transmits the horizontal movement of the cable body via a connector and a gear train that converts the horizontal movement of the rack into a horizontal rotational force, and the gear train is at least an input side rack connection gear. And a gear train composed of output rotating gears on the output side are arranged in the traveling direction of the suspension car, and the rotating shaft of the output rotating gear is fixed to the upper end of the folding door as a connecting shaft, and the folding door panel is suspended and rotated. The automatic folding door system according to claim 1 or 2.   A guide guide bar that does not mesh with the rack connection gear is disposed in parallel with the rack on the opposite side of the rack with the rack connection gear sandwiched between the suspension vehicle body, and the rack and the guide guide bar are respectively The automatic folding door system of Claim 3 provided so that attachment or detachment was possible.   The automatic folding door system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein a hole having a diameter larger than the diameter of the upper guide roller is formed in a concave groove formed on the upper plate of the guide rail.

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