JP2575328B2 - Folding door - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a folding door used for a shutter, etc.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A folding door is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-1.
The one disclosed in JP-A-63876 is known. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the first sash 1 and the second sash 2 are connected to bend freely, and the first sash 1 is connected to the vertical frame 3 so as to be rotatable in the indoor / outward direction. A guide rod 4 is mounted on the first and second sashes 1 and 2 as shown in FIG. 2 so that the guide rod 4 is slidable along a linear guide groove 5 and an arc-shaped guide groove 6. In this state, there is known a folding door that can be rotated approximately 90 degrees toward the outside of the room and protruded, and further, as shown in FIG. Have been.

[0003]

In the case of such a folding door, the vertical frame 3 shown in FIG. 3 is shown from the state where the first and second shojis 1 and 2 are turned by approximately 90 degrees as shown in FIG. Approximately 1 on the side of
At the time of turning by 80 degrees, since the guide rod 4 is slid along the arc-shaped guide groove 6 by pushing the second sash 2, not only a large force is required but also a person in the room In order to rotate the first and second sashes 1 and 2 from the state shown in FIG. 3 to the state shown in FIG. Similarly, since a person extends his or her hand while protruding the body to the outside of the room and pulls back the second door 2, it is very difficult to open and close the shoji from inside the room. In addition, the arc-shaped guide groove 6 protrudes greatly to the outside of the room, and the external appearance becomes poor.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a folding door which can solve the above-mentioned problem.

[0005]

A linear outdoor guide groove 23, a linear guide groove 24, and an end of the linear guide groove 24 are continuously provided between upper end portions of the left and right vertical frames 16, 16. A guide member 20 having an indoor side guide groove 26 composed of an end oblique guide groove 25 inclined toward the indoor side is disposed, and the door edge vertical edge 15 of the first sash (shoji) 10 is attached to the vertical frame 16 inside and outside the room. The door edge vertical edge 13 of the second shoji 12 is connected to the door vertical edge 11 of the first shoji 10 so as to be rotatable in the indoor / outdoor direction. One end of the operating arm 30 in the longitudinal direction is rotatably supported on the front vertical edge 18 in the indoor / outward direction, and the outdoor guide 32 and the indoor guide are provided at the intermediate longitudinal portion and the other end of the operating arm 30 in the longitudinal direction. A child 33 is provided,
The outdoor guide 32 is slidably fitted in the outdoor guide groove 23, and the indoor guide 33 is connected to the indoor guide groove 26.
A folding door in which the distance between the outdoor guide 32 and the outdoor guide 33 is longer than the distance between the outdoor guide groove 23 and the outdoor guide groove 26.

[0006]

[Operation] Move the operation arm 30 to the indoor / outside guide 32,
33, the first and second sashes 10 and 12 can be turned approximately 90 degrees to project to the outside by moving the sashes 10 and 12 to the left and right along the inside and outside guide grooves 23 and 26. When the indoor guide 33 is slid along the oblique guide groove 25 at the end, the operating arm 30 is at a right angle to the guide groove, and the first and second sashes 10 and 12 are folded and the vertical frame 1 is moved.
6 can be turned to the side by about 180 degrees, so that the first and second sliding doors 1 can be used without a person protruding the body outward and extending the arms.
0 and 12 can be operated from a state in which they are rotated about 90 degrees and projected to the outside of the room to a state in which they are rotated by about 180 degrees to the side of the vertical frame 16, and the first and second shojis 10 and 12 can be operated with a large force. Since there is no need to push, the opening and closing operations of the first and second shojis 10 and 11 become easy, and there is no member protruding from the vertical frame 16 to the outside of the room, so that the appearance is improved.

[0007]

EXAMPLE As shown in FIG. 4, a vertical edge 11 of a door tip of a first shoji 10 and a vertical edge 13 of a door end of a second shoji 12 are hinged to each other so as to be rotatable in the interior and exterior directions. 1 shoji 10
Is vertically connected to a vertical frame 16 by a hinge 17 so as to be rotatable in the indoor direction, so that the first shoji 10 and the second shoji 12 are freely bendable.

A guide member 20 is disposed between the upper end and the lower end of the left and right vertical frames 16, 16. The guide member 20 is composed of an outdoor guide member 21 and an indoor guide member as shown in FIG. The outdoor-side guide member 21 includes an outdoor-side guide groove 23 that is linearly continuous between the left and right vertical frames 16, 16. The indoor-side guide member 22 has a linear guide groove 24 and a linear guide groove 24. The linear guide groove 24 has a guide-side guide groove 26 including an end diagonal guide groove 25 that is slanted toward the indoor side and is continuous with the end portion of the linear guide groove 24 near the vertical frame 16.

One end in the longitudinal direction of an operating arm 30 is rotatably supported by a vertical pin 31 at the upper and lower ends of the vertical edge 18 of the door end of the second sash (shoji) 12 so as to be rotatable indoors and outwards.
An outdoor guide 32 is provided at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the arm. The outdoor guide 32 is slidable along the outdoor guide groove 23, and a guide side guide is provided at a longitudinal end of the operating arm 30. A child 33 is provided, and the indoor guide 33 is slidable along the indoor guide groove 26.
The distance between the outdoor-side slider 32 and the indoor-side slider 33 is the linear guide groove 2 between the outdoor-side guide groove 23 and the indoor-side guide groove 26.
When the indoor side guide 33 is located in the linear guide groove 24, the operating arm 30 is inclined obliquely in the indoor and outside directions with respect to the guide groove parallel to the guide groove.

Each of the guide grooves has a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG.
And the roller portion 35, the mounting shaft portion 34 of which is fixed to the operating arm 30, the roller portion 35 is slidably fitted along each guide groove from the longitudinal direction, and the indoor and outdoor guides 3
Reference numerals 2 and 33 prevent the guide grooves from slipping out.

Next, the opening and closing operation will be described. Actuating arm 30
Is moved to the vertical frame 16 side, so that the first
The second sash (10, 12) is bent and protrudes to the outside of the room, and the operating arm (30) is moved toward the vertical frame (16) to move the indoor side guide (3).
When 3 reaches the end of the linear guide groove 24 of the indoor side guide groove 26, as shown in FIG. 8, the first and second sashes 10 and 12 are rotated by approximately 90 degrees and folded to project outside the room. When the operating arm 30 is further moved to the vertical frame 16 side, the indoor side guide 3
3 slides along the end oblique guide groove 25 of the indoor side guide groove 26, and as shown in FIG. 9, the operation arm 30 is in a posture perpendicular to the guide groove, and the first and second shojis 10, 12 are moved. It rotates about 180 degrees laterally from the vertical frame 16. From this state, the first and second
When closing the shoji screens 10 and 12, the operating arm 30 is set in the vertical frame 1
6 and moves in the direction away from it to perform the operation opposite to that described above, and is brought into the closed state shown in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the left and right vertical frames 16, 1
6 is attached to the left and right vertical edges of the opening of the building frame, and the upper and lower guide members 20 are attached to the upper and lower horizontal edges of the opening. Or may be attached to an upper frame and a lower frame which are laid between the left and right vertical frames 16, 16.
2 may be formed into a shape having the indoor and outdoor guide grooves 25 and 26 integrally. Further, the guide member 20 and the operating arm 30 may be provided only on the upper part.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the operation arm 30 is connected to the indoor / outside guide 3.
The first and second shojis 10 and 12 are moved approximately 9 along the inside and outside guide grooves 23 and 26 by the second and third guide rails 23 and 26.
It can rotate by 0 degrees and project to the outside of the room.
Is moved to slide the indoor side guide 33 along the oblique guide groove 25 at the end, the operating arm 30 is in a posture perpendicular to the guide groove, and the first and second shojis 10 and 12 are vertically folded. The first and second sashes 10 and 12 can be turned by approximately 90 degrees to protrude to the outside without the person protruding the body to the outside of the room and extending the arms, since the user can turn the frame approximately 180 degrees to the side from the frame 16. From the pressed state, it can be operated to be rotated by about 180 degrees to the side of the vertical frame 16, and there is no need to press the first and second shojis 10, 12 with a large force, so that the first and second shojis 10, 11 Opening and closing operations become easy. In addition, there is no member protruding from the vertical frame 16 to the outside of the room, and the appearance is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a conventional example.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an opening / closing operation of a conventional example.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of an opening / closing operation of a conventional example.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a folding door showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a folding door showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a guide member and an operation arm.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an opening / closing operation.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of an opening / closing operation.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of an opening / closing operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: first shoji, 11: vertical edge of the door, 12: second shoji, 1
Reference numeral 3: door edge vertical edge, 15: door edge vertical edge, 16: vertical frame, 18: door edge vertical edge, 20: guide member, 21: indoor side guide member, 22
... outdoor side guide member, 23 ... outdoor side guide groove, 24 ... linear guide groove, 25 ... end oblique guide groove, 26 ... indoor side guide groove,
Reference numeral 30 denotes an operation arm, 32 denotes an outdoor guide, and 33 denotes an outdoor guide.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A linear outdoor-side guide groove 23, a linear guide groove 24, and an end portion of the linear guide groove 24 are continuous between upper end portions of left and right vertical frames 16, 16 toward the indoor side. Indoor side guide groove 26 comprising an end oblique guide groove 25 which is oblique and inclined
And a vertical edge 16 of the first shoji 10 is connected to the vertical frame 16 so as to be rotatable in the indoor / outdoor direction. The vertical edge 13 of the door end of the second shoji 12 is rotatably connected to the interior and exterior directions, and one longitudinal end of the operating arm 30 is rotatably connected to the exterior edge of the door end of the second shoji 12 in the interior and exterior directions. The operating arm 30 is provided with an outdoor guide 32 and an indoor guide 33 at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction and the other end in the longitudinal direction, and the outdoor guide 32 is slidable in the outdoor guide groove 23. And the indoor side guide 33 is slidably fitted in the indoor side guide groove 26, and the distance between the outdoor side guide 32 and the outdoor side guide 33 is set to be equal to the outdoor side guide groove 23 and the room. A folding door characterized by being longer than the distance between the outer guide grooves 26.