JP2596100Y2 - Side hinge of interlocking 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 side hinge of an interlocking folding door used for opening and closing a front opening of a storage space in furniture such as a clothes wardrobe and a closet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An interlocking folding door used for furniture and the like is shown in FIG.
7A and 7B, a plurality of door pairs a, b, and c are provided, and the door pairs a, b, and c have a pair of doors d and d 'on the back surface. They are connected by hinges e so as to be freely foldable in a facing state.
The common traveling body, f, such that the opposing ends of the two door pairs a and b and b and c face each other on the surfaces of the doors d and d '.
Are foldably connected to each other by a center hinge (not shown). Furthermore, two door pairs a at the left and right ends,
The outer doors d and d 'in c are connected to the respective traveling bodies g so as to be openable and closable by folding by side hinges (not shown).
A roller (not shown) is engaged with an upper guide rail i and a lower guide rail j provided along an upper edge and a lower edge of a front opening of the furniture h and the like, and is supported so as to be able to travel in a lateral direction.

In the above-described interlocking folding door, center hinges for connecting two adjacent door pairs are symmetrically provided on the left and right sides of the common traveling body, while the left and right end portions are opposite. The side hinges disposed on the left and right sides must be formed to be functionally opposite to each other.

[0004] With regard to the side hinge of the interlocking folding door, a traveling body is previously engaged with a guide rail, and the guide rail is attached to furniture or the like in this state, and the door is attached to the traveling body from the front. There has been proposed a device capable of connecting a side hinge attached to a vehicle.

[0005]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional side hinge, since the washer for attaching the hinge body to the traveling body has a forward and backward direction, two models for attaching the left door and attaching the right door are used. In addition, sufficient attention must be paid to erroneous mounting on the left and right, and the work of mounting the door is not only complicated, but also cannot be provided at low cost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and by appropriately configuring a hinge body and a mounting plate for mounting the hinge body on a traveling body, the left and right sides of only one model are used. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive device that can be attached to any of the doors and that can be easily attached and detached by a one-touch operation with good workability.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a plurality of door pairs in which a pair of doors are pivotally connected so as to be freely foldable. A side hinge of an interlocking folding door that is connected to a common traveling body so that it can be opened and closed in an interlocking manner and that is connected to a side traveling body so that outer doors of door pairs at both right and left ends can be folded. With a substantially U-shaped surface, left and right ends have a pair of locking pieces that are formed symmetrically protruding outward and the front end side is formed by a slide receiving surface that is inclined from the base end to the back of the front end, On the front surface of the traveling body, a mounting plate fixed to the center of the concave groove with the front end and both left and right ends opened, and inside the concave groove of the traveling body, outside the mounting plate. Cross section for mating A hinge having a U-shape is formed at the front end with an inward locking groove that is detachable from the locking piece of the mounting plate, and the front end of the rear end is connected so that the door can be folded. A main body, and at a rear portion in the hinge main body, in a state where the locking groove at the tip is locked to one locking piece of the mounting plate, the locking groove can be disengaged from the other locking piece. At one end, a lock piece having a sliding surface whose tip is slidable on the slide receiving surface, and a lock lever having an operation piece at the rear end, locks the lock piece with the locking piece. An attempt is being made to provide a side hinge of an interlocking folding door characterized in that a spring is biased by a spring in a direction of holding the state and the shaft is mounted so as to be rotatable in this state.

[0008]

With the door held open, the tip of the hinge body is inserted into the groove of the traveling body which has been engaged with the guide rail in advance, so that the hinge is inwardly recessed. The engaging groove is engaged with an engaging piece of a mounting plate fixedly provided at a central portion in the groove of the traveling body.

Next, when the rear end of the hinge body, which is connected to the door, is pushed into the groove, the lock piece of the lock lever, which is mounted on the rear part of the hinge body, is mounted. At this time, the sliding surface of the tip of the locking piece abuts against the sliding receiving surface on the front end side of the locking piece, and the two surfaces slide by the pushing force of the hinge body, As a result, the lock lever is rotated in a direction against the spring force, whereby the sliding state of both surfaces is released, and the lock lever is rotated and returned by the urging force of the spring, and the lock piece is engaged with the locking piece. Is stopped. As a result, the hinge main body is fitted and fixed in the concave groove of the traveling body, and the door is folded and connected to the traveling body so that the door can be freely opened and closed.

When the door is to be removed, the operation piece of the lock lever is pressed forward to rotate the lock lever against the urging force of the spring, so that the lock piece comes off from the locking piece, and thereby the hinge is released. The rear of the body can be pulled forward. Therefore, the hinge body can be removed from the traveling body by removing the locking groove at the distal end of the hinge body from the locking piece at the distal end of the mounting plate, thereby removing the door from the traveling body. Can be.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 are cross-sectional views of the upper side hinge showing a door mounting state and a door mounting state, respectively.
The traveling body 1 has a pair of vertical rollers 2 and 2 and a pair of horizontal rollers 3 and 3 supported at the upper portion, respectively. By being rollably engaged with the upper guide rail 5 provided side by side along the upper opening edge, it is supported so as to be able to run laterally along the guide rail 5.

The running body 1 has a concave groove 6 on the front surface thereof, which is open at both the front and left and right sides, and has a rectangular front surface at the center of the bottom surface 6a of the concave groove 6. A protruding portion 7 long in the left-right direction has a dimension shorter than the depth of the concave groove 6 and protrudes forward, and is located in the concave groove 6. Is installed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting plate 8 has a size such that it can be externally mounted on the protruding portion 7, and
a, the upper plate 8b and the lower plate 8c are formed to have a substantially U-shaped cross section, and are formed longer in the left and right direction by a predetermined dimension than the protruding portion 7, and as shown in FIGS. It is fitted to the projecting portion 7 and is fixed by screws 9 on the front plate 8a.

Further, the mounting plate 8 includes:
Since the upper and lower side plates 8b and 8c extend symmetrically outward and longer than the front plate 8a, the upper and lower side plates 8b and 8c are formed.
Locking pieces 10, 10, 11, 11 are formed at the respective ends of b, 8c. The locking pieces 10, 10, 11, 11 have sliding front faces 10a, 10a, 11a, 11 whose front ends are inclined from the base end to the tip so as to approach the bottom surface 6a.
and locking surfaces 10b, 10b, 11b, 11b which are provided on the rear part and at the required distance from the bottom surface 6a.
Are formed.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4,
The hinge body 12 is located in the groove 6 of the traveling body 1 and can be fitted to the mounting plate 8 in a state where the hinge body 12 is covered with the mounting plate 8.
b and 12c, the cross section is substantially U-shaped, and is formed to be equal to or slightly longer than the traveling body 1 in the left-right direction. And near its tip,
The inner surface of a front end wall 12d continuously provided between the front wall 12a and the upper and lower side walls 12b, 12c, and the upper and lower side walls 12b, 12c
A locking groove 13 which can be hung and removed from each of the locking pieces 10, 10, 11, 11 on the left and right sides of the mounting plate 8 is formed vertically long.

A lock lever 14 is provided in the rear inside of the hinge main body 12, and its base is arranged on both upper and lower side walls 12b and 12c.
The shaft is supported by a vertical shaft 15 supported so as to be rotatable in the left-right direction. One end of the lock lever 14 has a sliding contact surface 14 inclined or curved at the tip so that the lock lever 14 can be disengaged from any of the left and right locking pieces 10, 10, 11, 11 of the mounting plate 8.
A lock piece 14a forming c is protruded, and an operation piece 14b is protruded from the rear end.

Further, the lock lever 14 has a vertical shaft 15
And one end 16a is attached to the hinge body 12 and the other end 16a is attached to the hinge body 12.
The lock piece 14a is rotationally biased in a direction in which the lock piece 14a is locked with the locking piece 10, 10, or 11, 11 by a spring 16 that locks and interposes the lock lever 14 with the lock lever 14. . As shown in FIG. 1, the lock lever 14 and the locking groove 13 at the tip of the hinge main body 12 are used to lock both the locking pieces 10 on the left and right sides of the mounting plate 8.
The lock lever 14 is supported on the positions 10, 11, 11 so as to be locked at the same time in the locked state.

From the rear end of the hinge main body 12, the socket 19 is rotatable by the pivot means via the arm 17 and the link 18 to the tip of the pair of upper and lower brackets 12e, 12e projecting as described above. And the socket 19 is embedded and fixed in a recess 20 a recessed in the rear surface of the end of the door 20, so that the hinge body 12
In contrast, the door 20 is connected so that it can be opened and closed.

According to the side hinge configured as described above, when the side hinge is used as the right side hinge as shown in the figure, the inside (left side in the figure) of the mounting plate 8 as shown in FIG. Stop piece 10, 10
In addition, the hinge body 12 is inclined and the front end is inserted into the concave groove 6 of the traveling body 1 so that the front end locking groove 13
Lock. Next, when the rear end of the hinge body 12 is pressed and pushed into the concave groove 6, the sliding receiving surfaces 11a, 11 of the outer (right side in the drawing) locking pieces 11, 11 are pressed.
a, the sliding surfaces 14c, 14c of the lock piece 14a of the lock lever 14 abut against each other.
11a and the sliding surfaces 14c, 14c are slid with each other by the above-mentioned pushing force, and the lock lever 14 is rotated in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow A against the spring force. Is fitted in the groove 6.
At this time, the sliding receiving surfaces 11a, 11a and the sliding surfaces 14c,
14c are disengaged from each other, and the lock lever 14 returns to the counterclockwise rotation by the spring force, and as a result, the locking pieces 11,
11, the hinge body 12 is locked with respect to the traveling body 1, and the installation of the door 20 is completed.

When the hinge body 12 is used as a left side hinge, the direction of the hinge body 12 is opposite to that in the illustrated example.
To the locking piece 1 on the right side of the mounting plate 8.
It is sufficient to lock the lock lever 14 to the lock pieces 10 and 10 symmetrical to the lock pieces 1 and 11. The lower side hinge is configured similarly to the above upper side hinge.

[0021]

The present invention is constructed as described above, and the mounting plate fixed to the traveling body is formed by projecting the locking piece symmetrically to the left and right. The direction of attachment of the hinge body that is fixed as it is lost, so that it can be used for both left and right. In addition, there is a pair of left and right locking pieces of the mounting plate, and one of the locking grooves at the tip is locked. Later, by simply pushing the hinge body, the lock lever can be locked to the other locking piece, and the one-touch operation and the lock lever fixing operation make the installation and removal of the door easy and quick. It becomes possible.

Also, since it is used for both left and right, only one model needs to be manufactured. Therefore, it can be manufactured at low cost and only one model needs to be used. Work efficiency also improves.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view showing a use state of a side hinge of an interlocking folding door according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the embodiment in the process of mounting the door.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a traveling body and a mounting plate in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the hinge body of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a left side view showing the mounting plate of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of an interlocking folding door.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are schematic plan views of the interlocking folding door, in which FIG. 7A is a schematic plan view of the door closed state, and FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Running body 6 Concave groove 8 Mounting plate 10 Locking piece 11 Locking piece 10a Sliding receiving surface 11a Sliding receiving surface 12 Hinge body 13 Locking groove 14 Lock lever 14a Lock piece 14b Operation piece 14c Sliding face 16 Spring a door pair b door pair c door pair d door d 'door

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A pair of doors includes a plurality of door pairs pivotally connected to each other in a foldable manner, and two adjacent door pairs are connected to a common traveling body so that they can be opened and closed in an integrated manner. A side hinge of an interlocking folding door that is connected to a side traveling body so that the outer door of the door pair at the left and right ends can be folded, has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is symmetrical outward at the left and right ends. And a front end side has a pair of locking pieces formed by a slide receiving surface inclined from the base end to the back of the front end, and has a front end and left and right side ends on the front surface of the traveling body. A mounting plate fixed to the central portion of the grooved groove, and a substantially U-shaped cross section so as to fit inside the grooved groove of the running body and to be fitted to the outside of the mounting plate; The mounting play The locking piece has a hinge body which is formed to be detachable inward and has a hinge body connected to the front end of the rear end so that the door can be folded. In a state where the locking groove at the tip is locked to one locking piece of the mounting plate, the tip at one end slides on the slide receiving surface so that the locking groove can be disengaged from the other locking piece. A lock lever having a free sliding surface and a lock lever having an operation piece at the rear end respectively urge the lock piece to rotate in a direction of holding the locking state with respect to the locking piece by a spring. A side hinge of an interlocking folding door, which is mounted so as to be rotatable in a state.