JP2946087B2 - Structure of the intermediate support of the handrail pipe - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of an intermediate supporting portion of a handrail pipe installed on a walking area in a room such as a corridor or a staircase or on a wall surface of a toilet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the advent of an aging society, handrails have been provided on walls such as corridors and toilets in order to ensure the safety of the elderly, not only in hospitals and various meeting places, but also in general homes.

A handrail is usually made of a lightweight synthetic resin or metal pipe material. A short linear handrail having a total length of about 30 to 80 cm is formed by bending both ends of a pipe material and attaching a pedestal to the end. Can be arranged by screwing the pedestal part to the wall surface, but in the case of a long handrail with a length exceeding 1 m or an L-shaped handrail, the middle part is Supported by brackets.

As a bracket for supporting the intermediate portion of the above-mentioned handrail pipe, a type in which the handrail pipe 1 is supported from below by an L-shaped arm 2 as shown in FIG. However, this type is not suitable for supporting an intermediate portion of an L-shaped handrail provided in, for example, a toilet or a bath, and is used exclusively for supporting an intermediate portion of a linear handrail pipe. ing.

[0005] As a conventional supporting means for supporting the intermediate portion of an L-shaped handrail pipe or the intermediate portion of a straight handrail pipe provided in a toilet or a bathroom, etc., from the side thereof in a good shape. As shown in FIG. 5, a hole is drilled in the side surface (wall surface side) of the intermediate support position of the handrail pipe 1, a nut body 3 is inserted into the hole, and fixed by welding or means of an adhesive 4. The short pipe 5 is inserted into the center of the short pipe 5 for maintaining the interval from the wall 10 and the mounting base 6 to the wall, and the tip of the bolt 7 is screwed into the nut body 3. 5 and the pedestal 6 are fixed to the side surface of the handrail pipe 1, and the pedestal 6 is screwed to the wall surface.

[0006]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional supporting means for supporting the intermediate portion of the L-shaped handrail pipe or the intermediate portion of the straight handrail pipe from the side surface, the above-mentioned conventional supporting means has a good shape. The handrail pipe 1 can be supported in a good shape on its side surface, but the work of firmly fixing the nut body 3 for screwing the fastening bolt 7 to the handrail pipe 1 by means of welding or an adhesive 4 is required. Not only is this work extremely time-consuming, but if the fixing force is insufficient, the nut body 3 comes off when tightening with the bolt 7 and the support strength is reduced.

The present invention provides a structure of an intermediate support portion of a handrail pipe in which a short pipe and a pedestal are firmly fixed to the side surface (wall surface side) of the handrail pipe without the need for fixing the nut body as described above. Is provided.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a rotatable horizontal stopper is provided at a tip end of a core shaft inserted into a short pipe for maintaining a gap with a wall surface, and a screw hole is provided at a base side of the core shaft. After inserting the tip of the core shaft into the through hole formed in the side surface of the handrail pipe, the stopper is expanded in the horizontal direction to make it unextracted, and the core shaft is inserted from the back side of the pedestal member. The problem has been solved by adopting a means of screwing a screw into a screw hole and fastening the screw.

That is, the structure of the intermediate support portion of the handrail pipe according to the present invention comprises a short tube located between the side surface and the wall surface of the handrail pipe, a pedestal member fixed to the wall surface, and a pedestal member. And a fastening member coupled and fixed to the side surface of the handrail pipe. The fastening member has an outer diameter capable of passing through the hollow portion of the short pipe, and has a rotatable horizontally long stopper at a distal end thereof, and has a base side. A core shaft having a screw hole at the center of the core shaft, and a screw screwed into the screw hole of the core shaft, and the above-mentioned core shaft is stopped in a through hole formed in the side surface of the handrail pipe. After the gold is inserted in the vertical direction, the stopper is expanded in the horizontal direction, the both wings are locked on the inner surface of the handrail pipe, and the locked core shaft is inserted into the hollow part of the short pipe. A pedestal member is abutted on the base end surface of the short pipe, and the screw is screwed into the screw hole of the core shaft from the back side of the pedestal member. It is intended that characterized that are sintered to the side surface of the handrail pipe short pipe and the seat member are coupled.

As the handrail pipe applied to the present invention, a synthetic resin pipe having an outer diameter of about 30 to 40 mm, a multi-layer pipe of synthetic resin, a metal pipe, and a two-layer structure in which a metal pipe is covered with a synthetic resin. A pipe or the like may be used, and the section may be circular or polygonal if the core is hollow.
Further, as the short pipe for maintaining the interval between the handrail pipe and the wall surface, the same as the above handrail pipe may be used,
Other pipe materials may be used.

As means for rotatably supporting a laterally long stopper at the front end of a core shaft serving as a fastening member, a slit is formed in the axial direction at the center of the front end of the core shaft, and a horizontally long stopper is provided between the slits. It is good to arrange | position gold and to penetrate a pin shaft and to support it. The shape of the stopper is desirably a rectangle whose short side dimension is equal to or slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the core shaft and whose long side dimension is long enough to rotate between the slits. When the core shaft is turned sideways and turned to the left and right, the tip corner of the clasp in contact with the inner surface of the handrail pipe is curved so that the clasp can easily rotate, and is slightly smaller than the middle position of the long side dimension It is desirable to support by a pin shaft at an unbalanced position shifted to a predetermined position.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of components for supporting an intermediate portion of a handrail pipe according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a support structure of an intermediate portion of the handrail pipe. The intermediate support portion of the handrail pipe according to the present invention has a handrail pipe 11 as shown in FIG.
A short pipe 12 located between the side surface of the
And the short tube 12 is fixed to the pedestal member 1.
Core shaft 1 that is connected and fixed to the side surface of handrail pipe 11 together with 3
4 and a fastening member made of a screw 15.

In this embodiment, the short pipe 12 for maintaining the distance between the handrail pipe 11 and the wall surface 10 is a handrail pipe 11.
The same pipe material cut into a predetermined length is used. On the side facing the handrail pipe 11, an arc-shaped concave portion 16 that can be fitted to a half circumferential surface of the handrail pipe 11 as shown in the figure is used. Is formed.

A core shaft 14 serving as a fastening member has an outer diameter capable of passing through the hollow portion 17 of the short tube 12, and the screw 1 is provided on the base side.
5 has a screw hole 18 into which it is screwed. Then, a slit 19 is formed in the axial direction of the tip portion, and the slit 1 is formed.
9, a horizontally long stopper 20 is rotatable, and the stopper 20
When the tip of the stopper hits the inner surface of the handrail pipe 11, the stopper 20
Is pivotally supported so as to rotate naturally in the lateral direction, and a stopper 20 is vertically inserted into a through hole 21 into which a tip of a core shaft 14 formed in a side surface of the handrail pipe 11 can be inserted. After inserting the tip of the core shaft 14 in the direction of the axis of the core shaft, when the tip of the stopper 20 hits the inner surface of the handrail pipe 11, the stopper 20 rotates and the shaft of the core shaft 14. Becomes T-shaped,
As shown in FIG. 2, both wing portions abut against the inner surface of the handrail pipe 11 so that the core shaft 14 can be set in the handrail pipe 11 in a non-extracting state.

The pedestal member 13 has a disk shape and is provided with a plurality of mounting holes 22 at equal intervals on the outer peripheral side thereof. And a hole 24 through which the screw 15 can be inserted is formed at the center of the circular seat 23. In the drawing, reference numeral 25 denotes a decorative cover for concealing the pedestal member 13 attached to the wall surface 10.

Next, the manner of supporting the intermediate portion of the handrail pipe 11 will be described with reference to FIGS.
A through hole 21 into which the tip of the core shaft 14 can be inserted is formed at a desired side position of an intermediate portion of the handrail pipe 11, and a stopper 20 is formed in the through hole 21 in a vertical direction to form a core shaft. 14 is inserted into the handrail pipe 11
And the shafts of the stopper 20 and the core shaft 14 are formed in a T-shape, and the two wing portions are brought into contact with the inner surface of the handrail pipe 11 to make an unextracted state. After inserting the core shaft 14 into the hollow portion 17 of the short tube 12 in which the decorative cover 25 is fitted on the outer peripheral side, the arc-shaped concave portion 16 at the tip of the short tube 12 is fitted to the outer periphery of the handrail pipe 11. , Base member 13
Abuts against the end face of the short pipe 12, and the circular seat 23 is fitted into the inner diameter of the short pipe 12, and then a screw 15 is inserted from the back side of the pedestal member 13 and screwed into the screw hole 18 of the core shaft 14. When the pedestal member 13 is fastened to the short pipe 12 side by the screw 15, the short pipe 12 and the pedestal member 13 are pinched between the stopper 20 of the core shaft 14 and the screw 15, and the side surface of the handrail pipe 11. Then, the pedestal member 13 is fixed to the wall surface 10 with the mounting screws 26, and then the pedestal member 13 is concealed by the decorative cover 25, whereby the present invention as shown in FIG. And a support structure for an intermediate portion of the handrail pipe.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an L provided in a toilet or a bathroom.
1 shows an embodiment in which a support structure of the present invention is implemented in an intermediate portion of a character-shaped handrail pipe 11. However, it goes without saying that the support structure of the present invention can also be used for intermediate support of a long straight handrail such as a corridor or stairs.

[0018]

According to the present invention, since the handrail pipe 11 is supported from the side surface at the intermediate portion, there is no need to fix a nut body for screwing a tightening bolt to the handrail pipe side as in the prior art. By simply drilling a through hole 21 in the side surface of the handrail pipe, inserting the tip of the core shaft 14 into the through hole 21 and expanding the stopper 20 at the tip in the lateral direction, the core shaft 14 can be easily formed. Handrail pipe 1
1, the short pipe 12 and the pedestal member 13 can be easily connected to the handrail pipe 11 using the locked core shaft 14.
Since it can be fastened to the side, the work of attaching the handrail pipe 11 can be performed efficiently.

Furthermore, since the stopper 20 at the tip end of the core shaft 14 of the fastening member is expanded in the lateral direction and both wing portions are locked on the inner surface of the handrail pipe 11, the screw 15
The tip of the core shaft 14 is turned into the handrail pipe 1 by tightening.
No worries about getting out of No.1, handrail pipe 1
1 can be firmly supported.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a component for supporting an intermediate portion of a handrail pipe of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a support structure of an intermediate portion of the handrail pipe of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a state where an intermediate portion of an L-shaped handrail pipe is supported.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional support structure for a handrail pipe.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing another conventional support structure for a handrail pipe.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Wall surface 11 Handrail pipe 12 Short pipe 13 Pedestal member 14 Core shaft 15 Screw 18 Screw hole 20 Clasp 21 Through-hole

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A short pipe located between a side surface and a wall surface of a handrail pipe, a pedestal member fixed to the wall surface, and a fastening member for connecting and fixing the short tube to the side surface of the handrail pipe together with the pedestal member. The fastening member has an outer diameter capable of passing through the hollow portion of the short tube, a rotatable laterally extending stopper at a distal end thereof, and a core shaft having a screw hole at a central portion on the base side. The screw is screwed into the screw hole of the core shaft, and after the stopper of the core shaft is inserted in a vertical direction into the through hole formed in the side surface of the handrail pipe, the stopper is inserted. The wings are spread laterally and their both wings are locked to the inner surface of the handrail pipe. The screw is screwed into the screw hole of the core shaft from the back side of the pedestal member, and the short pipe and the pedestal member are attached to the side surface of the handrail pipe. The structure of the intermediate support portion of the handrail pipe, wherein the support member is connected.