JP2584183B2 - Lever handle - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention makes a grip part foldable, suppresses protrusion from the door surface, increases the space around the door and makes effective use of the space, and improves the safety of passage in the passage facing the door. The present invention relates to a lever handle that can be secured.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional lever handle, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 60-90367, a handle shaft portion and a grip portion are integrally formed, and this is mounted on a door surface by protruding. Therefore, in such a structure, the lever handle occupies the surface of the door, thereby hindering the effective use of the space, hindering the passage when the lever handle is not used, and causing injury when contacting the passage. There was a problem.

[0003] In particular, such a problem is a serious problem in a multi-dwelling house or a hotel in which a large number of doors are installed along a passage, because it is difficult to secure an increase in the passage space. For example, it has become difficult for a disabled person to pass through a wheelchair or to carry large luggage, and there have been many contact accidents with a lever handle caused by a child or the like playing during a passage or in a passage.

[0004] On the other hand, recently, there is a case where the door is mounted on a frame and shipped when called as a unit door. At this time, when the lever handle is mounted on the door and shipped, a large business trip from the surface of the door and packing is performed. Conventionally, only the mounting seat is mounted on the door, and the lever handle is separately packed and shipped, and is mounted on site. Therefore, in this case, installation work on site is troublesome, and
There are often problems such as various troubles relating to the mounting and troublesome mounting of the mounting costs, and the improvement thereof has been desired.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves such a problem, and makes a pivotable lever handle foldable. When not in use, it is folded compactly, for example, to increase the space around the door and its effectiveness. It promotes the use and secures safe passage of the passage, and the lever handle is raised with a simple configuration.
Maintain the tilted state, simplifying its use and facilitating operation
On the other hand, an object of the present invention is to provide a lever handle capable of realizing shipment of a unit door to which the lever handle is attached.

[0006]

For this reason, the lever handle of the present invention is provided with a pair of grips disposed on the surface of the opening / closing body.
A leg is provided, and the leg is orthogonal to the axial direction of the axis via a pivot.
Pivotally connected in the direction of
With the lever handle that can be tilted ,
A handle shaft is rotatably protruded, and a pair of
And the legs are closely engaged with the peripheral surface of the handle shaft.
To keep the gripper in the upright position,
Of the handle can be pivoted to the handle shaft via the pivot.
The handle is connected to the opening / closing body surface around the handle shaft.
And a pivotable lever handle can be folded, and when not in use, it can be folded compactly, for example, to increase the space around the door and promote its effective use, and to ensure safe passage of passages. And a simple configuration.
Holds the bar handle up and down to simplify its use
While facilitating operation, shipment of a unit door to which a lever handle is attached can be realized. Further, the lever handle of the present invention has a lock
Is connected to the square mandrel linked to the
Locking and unlocking is made possible by the operation.

[0007]

[Function] A handle shaft on the surface of an opening / closing body such as a door or drawer
Is rotatably projected, and a pair of legs is provided at one end of the gripper.
The legs are tightly engaged with the peripheral surface of the handle shaft,
Section can be held up and down, and the lever
The tip of the leg that holds the dollar upside down
The handle is pivotally connected to the handle shaft, and the grip is
Pivotable on a plane parallel to the opening / closing body surface around the shaft
Then, the rotary operation type lever handle can be folded .
When the lever handle is not used, the grip portion is folded to suppress, for example , protrusion from the door surface, to increase the space around the door and to make effective use of the space, thereby achieving safe passage of the passage. leg
Pivotally connected to the handle shaft via the pivot
To reduce the effort required to rotate the handle shaft by the grip.
And facilitate the operation . In addition , rational shipping methods for doors
And a unit door with a lever handle attached can be shipped. Further, the lever handle of the present invention, Han
A square rod linked to the lock is movably connected to the dollar shaft.
Lock and unlock by operating the lever handle.
You .

[0008]

EXAMPLES The following will be described with an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in the door 1 in FIGS. 1 to 5 is a closing member,
A lock (not shown) is embedded inside the lock, and a square rod 2 linked to the lock protrudes from the inner and outer surfaces of the door 1, and a handle shaft 3 is connected to a tip end thereof via a pin 4.

The handle shaft 3 is rotatable integrally with the square rod 2, which is formed in a substantially hemispherical shape as shown in FIG. The base end is rotatably accommodated in the mounting seat 6, and the spherical portion protrudes from the surface of the mounting seat 6.

The mounting seat 6 is formed in a disk shape, and is fixed to the surface of the door 1 by a suitable means such as a screw, and has a through hole 7 in the center thereof for receiving the base of the handle shaft 3. An engaging portion 8 is provided on a peripheral surface of the handle shaft portion 3 so as to protrude laterally, and ends of a lever handle 9 are rotatably connected to two positions in a diametrical direction of the peripheral surface.

The lever handle 9 has a gently curved grip portion 9a, and a pair of legs 10, 10 is provided at one end thereof in a forked shape, and these are arranged on the peripheral surface of the handle shaft portion 3.
The pin 9 is rotatably connected around the axis of the pin 4 so that the grip 9a can be turned up and down.

The end of one leg 10 is arranged so as to be able to engage with the peripheral surface of the engaging portion 8, and when the lever handle 9 is folded as shown in FIG. 1, the end of the leg 10 is engaged. At the time of normal use as shown in FIG.
Are engaged with the engaging portions 8.

In this case, the handle shaft 3 and the legs 10, 1
It is desirable to form a contact portion with the flat surface or a straight line so as to enhance the maintenance of the posture of the lever handle 9 when the lever handle 9 is folded and in normal use. By arranging the pins 4 vertically instead of horizontally as shown in the figure, the lever handle 9 can be turned up and down in the left-right direction, and the handle shaft 3 and the lever handle 9 can be From the state of 1
If it is arranged at a point symmetrical position of 80 degrees, that is, if the state shown in FIG.

FIGS. 6 to 9 show another embodiment of the present invention, and the same reference numerals are used for portions corresponding to the above-described configuration. In this embodiment, instead of forming the contact surface between the handle shaft portion 3 and the leg portion 10 as a curved surface, the contact surface is formed as a flat surface and a straight line so as to increase their contact area, In addition to strengthening the maintenance of the posture of the handle 9 during folding and normal use, a single bar is bent to form the lever handle 9 and the legs 10 and 10 to facilitate their configuration and manufacture. It is characterized by the following.

In the lever handle constructed as described above, the handle shaft portion and the grip portion are separately provided, so that the degree of freedom in the design of the grip portion can be obtained as compared with the conventional one in which these are integrally formed. It can respond to various designs of lever handle.

Next, when attaching the lever handle to the door 1, square rods 2 and 2 are connected to a lock (not shown) embedded in the door 1, and these are projected on the inner and outer surfaces of the door 1. Place the mounting seats 6, 6 on those protrusions,
The inner surface of the door 1 is seated on the surface of the door 1 and fixed with screws or the like.

Next, the handle shafts 3, 3 are inserted into the through holes 7, 7 of the mounting seats 6, 6, and the square holes 5 are engaged with the tips of the square rods 2, 2, respectively. 8 to the mounting seat 6,
6 and is placed in a predetermined position, in this embodiment, horizontally and rightward as shown in FIG.

Under such circumstances, the pin 4 is press-fitted into a pin hole (not shown) of one leg 10 and is
2 is pressed into a pin hole (not shown) of the other leg 10 through a pin hole (not shown), and the square rods 2 and 2, the handle shafts 3 and 3, and the lever handle 9 are integrally connected. And these are simultaneously assembled to the door 1.

The lever handle 9 thus assembled is
As shown in FIG. 1, one of the legs 10 is connected to the handle shafts 3 and 3 via the pin 4 and both legs 10 and 10 are rotatably connected around the axis of the pin 4. The handle shaft portions 3 and 3 are in contact with the respective side surfaces of the engagement portion 8.

Therefore, at the time of shipment as a unit door, the lever handle 9 is turned around the axis of the pin 4 toward the door 1 and folded, and the legs 10, 10 are attached to the mounting seats 6, 6, respectively.
1, the legs 10, 10 are parallel to the surface of the door 1 as shown in FIG. 1, and the amount of protrusion from the door 1 is reduced. In the case of the embodiment, the projecting amount is reduced to about 1/4 of that of the prior art, so that the bulk of the unit door is reduced and the unit door is compact, so that the unit door to which the lever handle 9 is attached can be shipped. Become.

When the door 1 is transported to the destination in such a packed state and is mounted at a predetermined position, the lever 1 is already mounted on the door 1 so that the door 1 can be used immediately. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of mounting the lever handle at the site as in the related art, the inconvenience of various troubles associated with the mounting, the burden of mounting costs, and the like.

The lever handle 9 is shown in FIGS.
3, the legs 10, 10 are engaged with the surface of the mounting seat 6 and are placed parallel to the surface of the door 1. Therefore, the amount of protrusion of the lever handle 9 from the surface of the door 1 is significantly reduced as compared with the normal use indicated by the imaginary line, so that the space around the door 1 can be effectively used by that much. In the above, the protrusion to the passage located outside the door 1 is suppressed to prevent the passage from being narrowed, the safety at the time of passage is ensured, and the handicapped can pass by a wheelchair and carry large luggage. .

[0023] In this case, the ends of the legs 10 of the one engages on each side surface of the handle shaft 3 and the engaging portion 8, by their surface pressure to maintain such folded state as described above. Therefore, even if the door 1 or the lever handle 9 receives a shock or vibration, there is no fear that the door 1 or the lever handle 9 rotates downward and projects on the surface of the door 1. In this case, the folding maintenance mechanism of the present invention is configured
Is simple and does not require a conventional complicated mechanism .

Incidentally, even in such a folded state,
When the lever handle 9 is gripped and pushed down, for example, downward, the turning power is transmitted to the handle shaft 3 integrated with the handle via the engaging portion 8 which engages with the end of one leg 10. Then, the shaft 3 rotates clockwise in FIG.
Moves together with the handle shaft 3, and the lock (not shown) is unlocked and the door can be opened.

On the other hand, when shifting from such a folded state to a normal use state, it is sufficient to hold the lever handle 9 and pull it forward about the pin 4 as shown by the arrow in FIG. In this manner, when the legs 10 and 10 rotate downward against the surface pressure and the end of one leg 10 engages with the inner surface of the engaging portion 8, approximately 90 °
After the rotation, the rotation of the legs 10, 10 is regulated, and the state is maintained.

In such a normal use state, the lever handle 9 projects outside the door 1 and the space between the handle 9 and the surface of the door 1 as shown in phantom lines in FIGS. , The gripping of the lever handle 9 and the operation of opening the door become easier.

In such a normal use state, when the lever handle 9 is gripped and pushed down, for example, downward, the turning power is transmitted through the engaging portion 8 which engages with the end of one leg 10. The shaft 3 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 5, the square rod 2 is moved together with the handle shaft 3, and the lock (not shown) is unlocked. It operates and the door can be opened. In this case, the tips of the legs 10, 10
Is connected to the handle shaft 3, so that the handle 9a
The pushing and turning operation is facilitated, and the labor is reduced.
You.

After the door is opened, the door 1 is closed, and the lever handle 9 is raised upward around the pin 4 to easily obtain the above-mentioned folded state, increasing the passage space and increasing the safety of passage. Can be obtained.

In each of the embodiments described above, the lever handle linked to the lock is described. However, the lever handle may be provided with a door knob, a door handle not linked with the lock, and a door stop provided at the door opening position. It can also be applied to knobs for sliding doors, knobs for furniture, and the like.

[0030]

As described above, the lever handle of the present invention has a handle shaft portion rotatably projecting from the surface of the opening / closing body.
A pair of legs is provided at one end of the grip, and the handle shaft
The legs are tightly engaged with the surface, so that the gripping part can be held upside down
While holding the tip of the leg through the pivot.
Pivotally connected to the handle shaft, and
To be able to rotate on a plane parallel to the surface of the opening and closing body around
Can realize the folding of the rotary operation type lever handle,
In when not in use folded gripper compact, for example, de <br/> encourage space increase near A and its effective use, Rutotomoni can ensure safe passage of the passage, negative rotation operation at the time of use
The burden can be reduced, and the operation can be facilitated . Further, by adopting the folding structure as described above, the unit door to which the lever handle is attached can be shipped, and the trouble of mounting the lever handle on site as in the related art and the burden of the installation cost can be eliminated. With, Han
With a simple configuration that only engages the legs closely to the periphery of the dollar shaft
The upright state of the lever handle can be maintained. I
Duck, lever handle of the present invention, the handle shaft portion, lock
Since the square mandrel that was linked before was movably connected, the lever
Locking and unlocking can be performed by operating the handle.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of the present invention, showing a folded state of a gripping part when not in use.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing one embodiment of the present invention, showing a normal use state.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing another embodiment of the present invention, and shows a folded state of the grip portion when not in use.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a normal use state of the other embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Door 3 Handle shaft part 8 Engagement part 9 Lever handle 9a Grip part 10 Leg part

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pair of grips disposed on a surface of an opening / closing body
A leg is provided, and the leg is orthogonal to the axial direction of the axis via a pivot.
Pivotally connected in the direction of
With the lever handle that can be tilted ,
A handle shaft is rotatably protruded, and a pair of
And the legs are closely engaged with the peripheral surface of the handle shaft.
To keep the gripper in the upright position,
Of the handle can be pivoted to the handle shaft via the pivot.
The handle is connected to the opening / closing body surface around the handle shaft.
Lever handle that can be rotated on a plane parallel to. 2. A square mandrel connected to a lock on a handle shaft.
The lever handle according to claim 1, wherein the lever handle is movably connected .