JP2507203Y2 - Shutter panel structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a shutter panel for opening and closing openings such as doorways and windows of a building, and more particularly to a structure of a shutter panel with an improved frame structure of the panel.

[Prior art]

Generally, a shutter panel of this kind is formed by connecting a plurality of the panels so as to be bendable with a chain, and vertically engaging the both end sides of the connected panel with vertical guide rails arranged on both sides of the opening for opening and closing the shutter. The vertical guide rails are unfolded and held in the same vertical plane, and in the panel storage box facing the upper end of the vertical guide rails, they are held in a folded state. Such a shutter panel is fitted in a frame, which includes upper horizontal frames and lower horizontal frames fitted to the upper end and the lower end of the panel, and both ends of these upper horizontal frames and lower horizontal frames. It consists of left and right vertical frames connected to both ends of the panel and the left and right vertical frames integrally mounted on the outside of the vertical frame, and these vertical frames can be moved up and down in the vertical guide rails. I am trying to fit in.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

In the conventional shutter panel structure, the left and right vertical frames and the vertical frame in the frame structure are integrally mounted and cannot be disassembled, so the frame disassembly work when replacing the panel is very troublesome, and the normal panel Even when in use, the vertical guide rails are likely to have a gap between the panels that are deployed in the same vertical plane, that is, a lower horizontal frame of the upper panel and an upper horizontal frame of the lower panel, and thus airtightness is maintained. However, there are problems such as not being obtained and impairing the aesthetic appearance. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a panel for a shutter can be easily replaced, the airtightness between the panels can be obtained during normal use, and the aesthetic appearance is improved. It is intended to provide the structure of.

[Means for solving problems]

The structure of the shutter panel according to the present invention includes an upper horizontal frame and a lower horizontal frame that are fitted to the upper end and the lower end of the panel, and the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame connected to both ends of the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame. The left and right vertical frames in which both ends of the panel are fitted, and the outer parts are fitted in and engaged with the guide rail so as to be able to move up and down, and the vertical frame is detachably tightened and fixed outside the guide rail. It consists of left and right vertical stiles that can be tightened and fixed from the inside of the vertical frame. A fitting groove for the panel is provided inside the vertical frame, and the bottom of the fitting groove is outside the vertical frame. Is provided with an opening through which a tapping screw for tightening the vertical frame can be inserted and through which the head of the tapping screw can pass, and one of the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame has a fitting concave portion, and the other has a fitting concave portion. Form the mating protrusions respectively, and Has a protruding cover piece that covers the gap between the concave and convex fitting portions of the panels along the side surface of the other side horizontal frame when mating with each other, and the vertical frame corresponds to the protruding cover piece of the horizontal frame. The projecting cover piece portion is formed, and the upper horizontal frame, the lower horizontal frame, and the vertical frame and the vertical frame are formed to have substantially the same plane when assembled.

[Action]

In the structure of the shutter panel according to the present invention, the vertical frames on both sides of the panel and the vertical frame can be attached / detached outside the guide rails. Therefore, the panel replacement work can be easily performed without removing the guide rails. You can In particular, during the panel replacement work, not only can the tapping screw be easily attached and detached from the opening provided in the bottom of the panel fitting groove of the vertical frame, but the vertical frame and vertical frame can also be fastened and fixed by the tapping screw. Since the head of the tapping screw passes through the opening in the tapping screw tightening direction and does not project into the panel fitting groove, a panel face plate such as glass fitted in the fitting groove is a head of the tapping screw. The panel face plate is ideal for the panel face plate because it does not come into contact with the parts and breaks, and there is no need to provide a space between the panel face plate and the tapping screw head to prevent contact between them. It is possible to obtain a perfect fitting structure. Further, since the fitting concave portion is formed on one of the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame and the fitting convex portion is formed on the other side, the panels are concavely fitted at the shutter closing position, and at the time of the fitting, By overlapping the protruding frame piece of each of the horizontal frame and the vertical frame with the side surface of the horizontal frame of the upper or lower adjacent panel, uniform airtightness is achieved over the entire panel length up to the left and right vertical frames. can get. Further, since the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame and the vertical frame and the vertical frame are formed so as to have substantially the same plane at the time of assembly, a design aesthetic in which their mutual surfaces are substantially the same plane is provided. In addition to being obtained, the protruding cover piece portion can be formed without adding another member.

【Example】

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a panel shutter, which is mounted between a pair of left and right vertical guide rails 11 arranged on both sides of a shutter opening / closing opening such as a doorway and a window of a building, and is driven up and down. It is like this. The shutter 1 has a structure in which a plurality of panels 2 made of a transparent plate such as glass or plastic are flexibly connected by means described later. The panel 2 is not limited to a transparent plate and may be made of other glass, synthetic resin, plate material such as light metal, or the like. An upper lateral frame 3 is fitted to the upper end of the panel 2 and a lower lateral frame 4 is fitted to the lower end. Further, left and right vertical frames 5 are connected to both ends of the upper horizontal frame 3 and the lower horizontal frame 4, and both side ends of the panel 2 are fitted into the vertical frames 5. Here, the upper horizontal frame 3 and the lower horizontal frame 4 each have a hollow cross section, and the upper horizontal frame 3 forms a fitting concave portion 31 and the lower horizontal frame 4 forms a fitting convex portion 41. There is. Then, openings 31a and 41a are provided at the center portions on both end sides of the fitting concave portion 31 and the fitting convex portion 41, respectively, and these openings 31a and 41a are provided.
The left and right vertical frames 5 are fastened and fixed to both ends of the upper and lower horizontal frames 4 by means of tapping screws 6. Also, one side of the upper horizontal frame 3 has an upward protruding cover piece portion.
32 is integrally formed, and an airtight material 33 such as an elastic member is attached to the upper end of the upward protruding cover piece portion 32. The upward projecting cover piece portion 32 covers the gap between the upper horizontal panel 2 and the lower horizontal frame 4 of the adjacent upper panel 2 along the side surface of the lower horizontal frame 4. That is, in the state where the panel 2 is developed in the same vertical plane between the vertical guide rails 11, the fitting recess of the lower panel 2 is formed.
31 and the fitting convex portion 41 of the upper panel 2 are fitted, but at this time, the upward protruding cover piece portion 32 of the upper panel 2 forms the gap along the side surface of the lower horizontal frame 4 of the upper panel 2. Cover it. Further, on the outer sides of the left and right vertical frames 5, a vertical frame 7 for fitting in and engaging with the vertical guide rails 11 so as to be vertically movable is detachably tightened and fixed by tapping screws 8. Here, the vertical frame 5 and the vertical frame 7 are the upper horizontal frame 3
And like the case of the lower horizontal frame 4, it has a hollow cross section,
The fitting groove 52 of the panel 2 is provided inside the vertical frame 5,
An opening 51, through which a tapping screw 8 for fastening the vertical frame 7 can be inserted, and through which the head of the tapping screw 8 can pass, is provided at a predetermined position on the bottom of the fitting groove 52. ing. The vertical frame 7 is detachably tightened and fixed to the outer side of the vertical frame 5 by the tapping screw 8 using the opening 51 as a screw operation hole. On the other hand, a screw tightening portion 71 into which the tapping screw 8 is screwed is provided at a position facing the opening 51 in the hollow portion of the vertical frame 7, and the screw tightening portion 71 is provided in the vertical frame 7 Is formed integrally with the vertical frame 7 by pultrusion. Long pins 9 are respectively provided on the upper ends of the left and right vertical frames 7 so as to project outward, and the long pins 9 are rotatably connected to the chain 10 so that the plurality of panels 2 are connected to each other. The chain 10 is bendably connected to the chain 10 via a vertical frame 7 and a long pin 9. Next, the connecting means between the long pin 9 and the chain 10 will be described. The link pin at the connecting portion of the long pin 9 in the chain 10 is extracted, and the long pin 9 is inserted into the extracted portion. There is. An upper roller 12 for suspending the panel is rotatably attached to the outer end side of the long pin 9. Further, lower rollers 13 for raising and lowering guides and steadying are rotatably supported at lower ends of both sides of the vertical frame 7 in the panel 2 at positions offset rearward from respective centers of the left and right chains 10. On the other hand, on the upper end side of the vertical guide rail 11, as shown in FIG. 7, a panel storage box 15 is provided. In the box 15, a sprocket 16 for a panel ascending / descending drive system in which the chain 10 is meshed is pivotally supported above the vertical guide rail 11. This sprocket 16 is a panel lifting drive means 17 composed of a geared motor mounted on one side wall of the box 15.
Is driven in the forward and reverse directions via the transmission chain 18. As the sprocket 16 is driven forward and backward as described above, the chain 10 meshed with the sprocket 16 moves up and down along the vertical guide rail 11, whereby the chain 10 moves the long pin 9 of the vertical frame 7. The panel 2 connected via the vertical guide rails 11 is driven up and down. Further, inside the box 15, a chain slack sensing device 19 located near the upper end of the vertical guide rail 11 and a front end side of the vertical guide rail 11 are connected to the upper end of the vertical guide rail 11 via a chain / sprocket mesh separating device 20. A support rail 21 for accommodating and suspending the panel, a chain tip guide rod 22 parallel to the support rail 21 at the upper side, and a lower rail 23 for stabilizing the panel below the support rail 21 and parallel to the support rail 21. Are arranged. The chain slack sensing device 19 has a function of detecting the refracting power of the chain 10 due to folding or clogging of the panel in the vertical guide rail 11, an alarm function at the time of detection, or a panel lifting drive means 17. Has an automatic stop function. The chain / sprocket mesh separating device 20 surely meshes the chain 10 with the sprocket 16 between the upper end of the vertical guide rail 11 and the front end of the support rail 21, and smoothly transitions from the meshing portion to the bending guide. It has the function of The support rail 21 roll-engages the upper roller 12 of the panel 2 that has moved into the box 15 to hold the panel 2 in the box 15 in the folded and adjacent suspended state. The lower rail 23 has a panel guide portion 24, the front end side of which is connected to the vertical guide rail 11 on the inlet side of the box 15 and which is inclined to the side opposite to the lower rail 23. Here, the upper roller 12 of the panel 2 is supported by the support rail 21.
The lower roller 13 of the panel 2 when moving while engaging with the upper side
Engaging with the lower surface of the lower rail 23 to move the panels 2 between the lower rail 23 and the support rail 21 while maintaining their vertical postures. It is designed to perform 2 steady rests. Next, the operation will be described. The upper roller 12 of each panel 2 is engaged and supported on the support rail 21 in the box 15,
Moreover, since the lower roller 13 is engaged with the lower surface of the lower rail 23, the panel elevating and lowering drive means 17 is rotationally activated in one direction in a state where the panels 2 are folded in parallel and held in a suspended state. Then, the sprocket 16 is rotationally driven via the transmission chain 18. As a result, the chain 10 that meshes with the sprocket 16 and that connects the panel 2 held between the support rail 21 and the lower rail 23 is extended to the vertical guide rail 11 from above. As a result, the respective panels 2 are sequentially lowered and extended to the deployed position where the openings such as windows between the vertical guide rails 11 are closed, and the shutters are used. In this shutter use state, the fitting concave portion 31 of the lower panel 2 and the fitting convex portion 41 of the upper panel 2 are inevitably fitted to each other, and moreover, the upward projecting cover piece portion 32 of the lower panel 2 is fitted to the upper panel 2. Since the airtight material 33 overlaps along the side surface of the fitting convex portion 41 and the airtight material 33 at the tip of the upward protruding cover piece portion 32 comes into close contact with the side surface of the fitting convex portion 41, the airtightness is surely ensured. Retained. Further, when the panel elevating and lowering driving means 17 is activated in the reverse rotation from the state of using the shutter, the chain 10 moves up the vertical guide rail 11 and enters the box 15. In this case, the upper roller 12 of each panel 2 is engaged and transferred onto the support rail 21 via the chain / sprocket mesh separating device 20. At the same time, the lower roller 13 of each panel 2 is engaged with the lower surface of the lower rail 23 via the panel guide portion 24 of the lower rail 23 and moves. As a result, the swing of each panel 2 is prevented, and the panels 2 are sequentially stored in the folded suspended state in the box 15 by shifting to the support rail 21. In the above, when replacing the panel 2 due to damage or the like, first, the openings 31a of the upper lateral frame 3 and the lower lateral frame 4,
When the tapping screw 6 is removed from 31a, the upper horizontal frame 3 and the lower horizontal frame 4 are removed from the vertical frame 5, and then the panel 2 is removed. Next, the opening 51 of the vertical frame 5
By removing the tapping screw 8 from the vertical frame 7, the vertical frame 5 can be separated from the vertical frame 7. And in this state,
Only the vertical frame 7 connected by 10 is a vertical guide rail 11
It will be left behind inside. Therefore, the panel 2 can be easily replaced without disassembling the vertical frame 7 connected by the chain 10.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the present invention, the vertical frames on both sides of the panel and the vertical frame can be attached / detached outside the guide rails. Therefore, it is easy to perform the panel replacement work without removing the guide rails. It has the effect that it can be performed easily and easily. In particular, during the panel replacement work, not only can the tapping screw be easily attached and detached from the opening provided at the bottom of the panel fitting groove of the vertical frame, but also when the vertical frame and vertical frame are fastened and fixed by the tapping screw. Since the head of the tapping screw passes through the opening in the tapping screw tightening direction and does not project into the panel fitting groove, a panel face plate such as glass fitted in the fitting groove is attached to the head of the tapping screw. It is not necessary to provide a space between the panel face plate and the head of the tapping screw to prevent contact between them and the panel face plate, so that the panel face plate is not damaged. The effect is that an ideal fitting structure can be obtained. Further, since the fitting concave portion is formed on one of the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame and the fitting convex portion is formed on the other side, the panels are concavely fitted at the shutter closing position, and at the time of the fitting, By overlapping the protruding frame piece of each of the horizontal frame and the vertical frame with the side surface of the horizontal frame of the upper or lower adjacent panel, uniform airtightness is achieved over the entire panel length up to the left and right vertical frames. It has the effect of being obtained. Further, since the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame and the vertical frame and the vertical frame are formed so as to have substantially the same plane at the time of assembly, a design aesthetic in which their mutual surfaces are substantially the same plane is provided. In addition to being obtained, there is an effect that the protruding cover piece can be formed without adding another member.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a shutter panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same, FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged front view of a main portion of the panel, and FIG. 3 is a left side view, FIG. 5 is a right side view of FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is VI- of FIG.
VI line sectional drawing, FIG. 7 is sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of the box for panel storage. In the figure, 2 is a panel, 3 is an upper horizontal frame, 4 is a lower horizontal frame, 5 is a vertical frame, 7 is a vertical frame, 8 is a tapping screw, 10 is a chain, 11 is a guide rail, 15 is a box, and 32 is a protrusion. A cover piece, 51 is a panel fitting groove, and 52 is an opening.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pair of left and right guide rails having a box for accommodating a panel and arranged upright on both sides of an opening for opening and closing a shutter, and the both sides are fitted and engaged so as to be movable up and down, and along the guide rails. A plurality of panels bendably connected by a pair of right and left movable chains, the panels are developed in the same vertical plane between the guide rails, and are parallelly folded in the box. In a hanging shutter device, an upper horizontal frame and a lower horizontal frame which are respectively fitted into an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the panel, and the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame which are connected to both end portions of the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame, respectively. Left and right vertical frames with both ends fitted, and outer parts are fitted and engaged with the guide rails so as to be able to move up and down,
Further, the vertical frame is detachably tightened and fixed to the outside of the guide rail, and the vertical frame is composed of left and right vertical frames which can be released from the inside of the vertical frame. A fitting groove is provided, and a bottom portion of the fitting groove is provided with an opening through which a tapping screw for tightening the vertical frame can be inserted outside the vertical frame and through which a head of the tapping screw can pass. A fitting concave portion is formed on one of the upper horizontal frame and the lower horizontal frame, and a fitting convex portion is formed on the other, and the fitting concave portion is formed along the side surface of the mating horizontal frame when the panels are fitted with concave and convex portions. The vertical frame has a protruding cover piece portion that covers the gap between the concave and convex fitting portions of the panels, and the vertical frame has a protruding cover piece portion that corresponds to the protruding cover piece portion of the horizontal frame. The frame, vertical frame, and vertical frame are formed so that they are almost flush when assembled. Structure of the shutter panel, characterized in that there.