JP3089617B2 - Upper runner - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an upper part which is mounted on a storage furniture or the like and which is attached to a lower load type folding door, a sliding door or the like which supports the load of the door plate at the lower side of the door plate and which guides the opening and closing movement of the upper side of the door plate. It belongs to the technical field related to runners.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the construction of a lower load type sliding door, as shown in FIG. 8, a door wheel B attached to a lower portion of a door plate A is mounted on a lower rail (sill) LR, and then the door plate A The work of mounting the upper runner C provided on the upper part to the upper rail (Kaoi) UR is performed. The upper runner C is normally attached to a support member 1 fixed to the upper part of the door plate A, a support shaft 2 attached to the support member 1 so as to be able to move up and down in the vertical direction, and an upper end of the support shaft 2. A guide member 3 movable along the upper rail (Kaoi) UR, and the upper rail (Kaoi) U
The accidental detachment of the guide member 3 from the R is prevented.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional upper runner has a problem that the position of the door plate A cannot be adjusted in the front-rear direction (the thickness direction of the door plate A).

[0004] Recently, due to diversification of materials such as sliding doors and folding doors, building structures, and the like, dimensional deviations such as warpage, compression, and expansion may occur due to air conditioning or other causes after manufacturing or installation.
For this reason, development of a technology for adjusting the position of the door plate A in the front-rear direction has been desired. In addition, this dimensional deviation causes the door plates A to rub and collide with each other with the sliding door, making it impossible to open and close.
Make it difficult. Therefore, in the sliding door, there is an urgent need to develop a technology for adjusting the position of the door plate A in the front-rear direction.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such problems, and relates to a lower load type folding door, sliding door, and the like.
An object of the present invention is to provide an upper runner capable of adjusting the position of a door plate in the front-rear direction.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an upper runner according to the present invention employs the following means.

That is, in the first aspect, a support member fixed to the upper portion of the door plate, a support shaft mounted on the support member so as to be able to advance and retreat in the vertical direction, and a rail attached to the upper end of the support shaft along a rail or the like. In the upper runner comprising a movable guide member, the support member includes an outer case fixed to the upper part of the door plate, a shaft disposed in the front-rear direction of the outer case, and an inner portion slidably fitted to the shaft. A support shaft is attached to the inner part, and the inner part is slid by a rotating operation part exposed at the mouth of the door plate, and a stepwise adjusting member is provided on the rotating operation part by meshing of an uneven structure. It is characterized by having.

In this means, when the inner portion of the support member is slid, the support shaft and the guide member attached to the inner portion move closer to or away from the front or rear surface of the door plate. Position can be adjusted. At that time, the position is adjusted from the open side of the door plate, and the position adjustment is performed in a stepwise manner.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an upper runner according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
It is shown that the upper surface Aa of the door plate A and the corner portion Ac of the lip end (side end surface) Ab are embedded and mounted in the mounting groove Ad dug out.

The support member 1 of this embodiment comprises an outer case 11, a shaft 12, an inner portion 13,
4, a stepwise adjusting member 15, a slider 16, and a coil spring 17 are provided.

The outer case 11 has a substantially hollow rectangular shape with an upper part of the upper part being opened. Screw holes 111 and 112 for screwing are provided at an upper part and a lower part, respectively. A window hole 113 is largely opened on the side surface, and a pressing piece 114 is provided facing the lower portion of the window hole 113.

The shaft 12 is provided near the corner Ac of the door plate A inside the outer case 11, and is disposed and fixed in the front-rear direction of the door plate A (the direction orthogonal to the front surface Ae and the rear surface Af).

The inner portion 13 is provided at an upper portion inside the outer case 11 and is slidably fitted to the shaft 12. The inner portion 13 is provided with a long hole 131 on the side of the front end Ab of the door plate A, and a guide member accommodating gap 132 in which the guide member 3 can be immersed on the upper side opposite to the front end Ab.
Is formed, and a support shaft accommodating gap 133 that allows the support shaft 2 to be immersed is formed on the lower side.

The rotary operation section 14 includes a rotating member 141 disposed in the upper part of the outer case 11 in a direction perpendicular to the shaft 12, and a flat member interposed between the rotating member 141 and the inner section 13. A washer 142 and a wave washer 143 are provided. The turning member 141 is formed in a shape of a chevron disk, and a groove 141a for engaging a driver or the like is formed in a head portion of the outer case 11 that is exposed from the door opening A side of the door plate A. The axis b is eccentric from the axis a of the head
Is provided. This shaft 14
1b protrudes into the long hole 131 of the inner portion 13 described above (see FIGS. 2 and 5). In addition, in order to enhance operability, the outer case 11 around the rotating member 141 is
An arrow 144 in the rotation direction and an adjustment direction display 145 including characters “up” and “down” are provided. Further, the flat washer 142 functions as a spacer for the rotating member 141 and the inner portion 13. The wave washer 143 presses the rotating member 141 against the outer case 11.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 3 and 4, the stepwise adjusting member 15 is opened concentrically with the outer case 11 with which the rotating member 141 of the rotating operation part 14 comes into contact with an interval of 30 degrees. The twelve recessed portions 151 and the recessed holes 15
And twelve convex portions 152 provided on the rotating member 141 corresponding to 1 and twelve small concave portions provided on the periphery of the insertion hole opened for inserting the rotating member 91 into the outer case 11. 153 and one small projection 1 provided on the rotating member 141.
54.

The slider 16 is accommodated in the lower portion inside the outer case 11 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction.
The slider 16 is provided with a slider 161 facing the window hole 113 at an upper portion on the side of the door surface A of the door plate A and an elastic piece 162 at a lower portion thereof. Holes 163 and 164 are provided, and a spring receiver 165 is provided at the lower center. These mounting holes 163, 16
4 has a long hole shape as shown in FIG.

The coil spring 17 is mounted between the lower part of the outer case 11 and the spring receiver 165 of the slider 16 and urges the support shaft 2 upward through the slider 16 to resiliently press.

The support shaft 2 of this embodiment has a substantially cylindrical main body 21, a mounting part 22 for the guide member 3 provided on the upper part of the main body 21, and a slider provided on the lower part of the main body 21. 16 mounting portions 23. The main body 21 is provided with the guide member housing gap 13 of the inner member 13.
2. The support shaft housing gap 133 can be slid. The mounting portion 22 of the guide member 3 includes a shaft portion 221 that rotatably supports the guide member 3 and a guide member 3.
And a washer 222 and a screw 223 for preventing the removal. The mounting portion 23 of the slider 16 has a two-stage shaft portion 2 that is inserted into the mounting holes 163 and 164 of the slider 16.
31 and 232 and a washer 23 for retaining the slider 16
3, screws 234.

The guide member 3 of this embodiment has a wheel shape rotatably supported by the mounting portion 22 of the support shaft 2.

Further, in this embodiment, a lock mechanism 4 for restricting advance and retreat of the support shaft 2 is provided. The lock mechanism 4 includes an engagement protrusion 41 provided in the window hole 113 of the outer case 11 of the support member 1 and an engagement claw 42 provided on the elastic piece 162 of the slider 16. The engaging claw 42 is detached from the engaging protrusion 41 by the pressing of the pressing piece 114 of the outer case 11, and allows the slider 16 and the support shaft 2 to advance upward by the elastic force of the coil spring 17. Also, the retreat of the support shaft 2 below the coil spring 17 causes the engagement claw 42 to be locked to the engagement protrusion 41 by elastic deformation of the elastic piece 162 of the slider 16, and the support shaft 2
The retracted position can be locked.

According to this embodiment, the rotating member 141 of the rotary operating portion 14 of the supporting member 1 is rotated by a driver or the like, so that the eccentric shaft 14 is rotated as shown in FIG.
1b is revolved with respect to the axis a, and the inner portion 13 is slid along the shaft 12 through the long hole 131 to move closer to or away from the front surface Ae or the rear surface Af of the door plate A. As a result, the position of the door plate A can be adjusted in the front-rear direction. In addition, since the rotating member 141 of the rotary operation unit 14 is located on the side of the open mouth Ab of the door plate A, the operation can be easily performed.
In addition, the meshing of the stepwise adjustment member 15 securely fixes the position adjustment and prevents unexpected fluctuation.

When the lock mechanism 4 is operated by retracting the support shaft 2 and the guide member 3, the support shaft 2 and the guide member 3 are moved to the guide member housing gap of the inner portion 13 as shown in FIGS. 132, it is housed in the support shaft housing gap 133 and is completely immersed in the support member 1. Therefore, if the support shaft 2 and the guide member 3 are in the immersed state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, collision damage during the installation, transportation and storage of the door plate A can be prevented. In addition, when doorboard A is built,
As shown in FIG. 7, after determining the installation posture, the pressing piece 114 of the outer case 11 is pressed with
What is necessary is just to make the guide member 3 advance upward.

[0024]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the illustrated embodiment described above, for the door plate A to be installed in general storage furniture, etc., the position adjustment amount of the door plate A in the front-rear direction is set at 4 m each of 2 mm front and rear.
m is preferable.

[0025]

As described above, the upper runner according to the present invention moves the support shaft and the guide member by sliding the inner portion with respect to the outer case of the support member for the lower load type folding door, sliding door and the like. Since the support shaft can be moved up and down in the vertical direction and installed on a rail etc. at the same time, the front and rear position can be adjusted at the same time, and the front and rear position can be adjusted while maintaining ease of installation. There is. In particular, there is an effect that the position can be adjusted from the open side of the door plate, and the front and rear adjustment position can be reliably fixed by the concave and convex engagement of the hierarchical adjustment member to prevent an unexpected change.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an attached state showing an embodiment of an upper runner according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a state where main parts of FIGS. 1 and 2 are disassembled.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the work of installing the door plate.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a general lower load type sliding door installation operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Support member 11 Outer case 12 Axis 13 Inner part 14 Rotation operation part 15 Gradual adjustment member 2 Support shaft 3 Guide member 4 Lock mechanism A Door plate

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (56) References JP-A-9-53363 (JP, A) JP-A 4-2882 (JP, U) JP-A 62-110472 (JP, U) JP-A 56-110472 88863 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E05D 15/06-15/06 125 E05D 13/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A support member fixed to an upper portion of a door plate, a support shaft mounted on the support member so as to be able to move up and down in a vertical direction,
In an upper runner including a guide member attached to an upper end of a support shaft and movable along a rail or the like, the support member includes an outer case fixed to an upper portion of a door plate and a shaft disposed in the front-rear direction of the outer case. An inner portion slidably fitted to the shaft, a support shaft is attached to the inner portion, and the inner portion is slid by a rotating operation portion exposed at the opening of the door plate, and a rotating operation portion is provided. An upper runner, wherein a stepwise adjusting member is provided by meshing the uneven structure.