JP3152028B2 - Jig for level adjustment of one-touch fastener - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a jig for adjusting a level (height) of a one-touch fastener for attaching a wall panel to a side of a building.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of one-touch fastener, there is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 1-210566.

In this proposal, as shown in FIG. 8, a fastener 1 fixed to the surface on the building facade side has a wall panel 6 to which the upper, lower, left and right corners of the fastener are fixed adjacent to each other.
Four locking portions are provided corresponding to the respective corner portions. Each of the locking portions is composed of a pair of hooks 2 arranged side by side below the fastener 1 and opened upward, and a pair of catches 3 arranged side by side above the fastener 1 and opened downward. The catches 3 are always urged downward by a spring, and are configured to be vertically pivotable. The set lugs 4 of the catches 3 are turned to the set shoulders 5 by rotating the catches 3 while lifting the catches 3 against the urging force. The set state (the right side in the figure) is obtained by causing the members to face each other.

[0004] Support yokes 8, 9 having engaging shafts 7 for engaging the hooks 2 and catches 3 are fixed to the four corners of the rear surface of the wall panel 6 corresponding to the fasteners 1, respectively. The yoke 8 is fixed to each corner on the upper part of the wall panel 6, the engagement shaft 7 is locked to the hook 2, and the yoke 9
Is fixed to the lower corner of the wall panel 6, and its engagement single shaft is locked to the catch 3.

As a fixing procedure in this structure, first, the locking shaft 7 of the upper corner of the wall panel 6 is hooked on the hook 2 and locked. As the wall panel 6 is turned to a vertical state around the engagement of the upper part, the yoke 9 of the lower corner is formed.
Presses the catch 3 in the set state, and in response to this, the catch 3 pivots up and down to lock the locking shaft 7 (left side in the drawing), and is installed by so-called one-touch operation. You.

However, in such a structure, the verticality of the wall panels and the flatness of the wall panels may become irregular, so that this type of one-touch fastener must provide an error absorbing function.

In view of this, a one-touch fastener has been developed in which a mounting position adjusting mechanism is provided on the male fastener side so as to absorb panel manufacturing errors and mounting errors, and this is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-42473.

This one-touch fastener is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, a plurality of female fasteners 14 fixed to the right, left, up and down joints of the wall panel 12 are provided on the upper surface of the steel beam 10 on each floor located at the outermost part of the building, and provided at the four back corners of each wall panel 12 Male fasteners 16.

The female fastener 14 includes a bracket 18 fixed to the upper surface of the steel beam 10, a mounting plate 20 formed on the front surface of the bracket 18 so as to project vertically, and a mounting plate 2.
Locking recess 2 which is located on the upper side of 0 and is opened upward
0a, a hook 22 protruding in the state of being close to the lower part of the locking recess 20a, and opening upward, and a rotatably disposed on the mounting plate 20 near the open end of the hook 22. It consists of a retaining bar 24.

The male fastener 16 is horizontally moved by a locking shaft 28 supported by a support yoke 26 fixed to the upper rear corner of the wall panel 12 and a mounting plate 30 fixed to the lower rear corner of the wall panel 12. And a pair of adjusting nuts 34 is screwed to the bolt 32 via a washer 36.

Accordingly, the wall panel 12 is suspended vertically on the side of the building, and the locking recess 20a and the hook 2 of the female fastener 14 are provided.
2 is hooked on the locking shaft 28 and the bolt 32 on the male fastener 16 side, respectively.
The bolt 32 is inserted into the groove bottom of the concave portion 20a by its own weight, and the locking shaft 28 pushes the bar 24 downward to push the hook 2
The groove 24 is inserted to the bottom of the groove, and in this state, the bar 24 is returned to its original position to prevent it from falling off.

At this time, the nuts 34 are sufficiently separated from each other, and the bolts 32 are fixed between the nuts 34 by the locking recesses 20a.
And then tightening the nuts 34, the lower side is fixed. However, the position adjustment of the nuts 34 at this time changes the insertion position of the bolts 32 into the mounting plate 20, so that the wall panel 12 verticality and the flatness between the wall panels 12 adjacent vertically and horizontally can be adjusted,
If one nut 34 is pressed against the mounting plate 20 and the other nut 34 is tightened, the four corners of the wall panel 12 can be fixed to the side surfaces of the beam 10.

Therefore, the one-touch fastener has the advantages that the structure is simple, the wall panel mounting workability is good, and the on-site adjustment is possible, so that labor can be saved and the construction period can be shortened.

[0014]

However, the above-mentioned conventional Wattachi fasteners can save labor and shorten the construction period, but if the mounting accuracy is not strict at the time of mounting to the frame, the wall panel can be mounted properly. Disappears. Although the height of the horizontal plane can be finely adjusted, the weight of the fastener itself (about 10 kg) is required, and the level (height) adjustment is difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a level adjusting jig which can easily perform fine adjustment of the level of a one-touch fastener.

[0016]

In order to achieve the above object, a jig for adjusting the level of a one-touch fastener according to the present invention comprises: a reference lead rod having a lower end abutting on a bottom of a hook of a female fastener; A guide member through which a rod is slidably inserted up and down, means for positioning the guide member and the reference lead-out rod with respect to the female fastener, means for fixing the positioned guide member to the female fastener, and a guide Level adjusting screw means for vertically displacing the member with respect to the bracket together with the female fastener is provided (claim 1).

The positioning means is provided at the lower end of the guide member, and is provided between the lower end of the reference guide bar and the lower end of the guide member, and a jaw for engaging the intermediate fastener of the mounting plate of the female fastener. An elastic member that presses the jaw of the guide member against the intermediate step of the mounting plate can be configured (claim 2).

Further, the reference guide rod can be configured to be separable into a guide rod in a lower part and a scale rod in an upper part in which a lower end is inserted into an insertion part at an upper end thereof.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in adjusting the level, the lower end of the reference guide rod, which is vertically slidably supported by the guide member, is dropped into the inner bottom of the hook of the female fastener and is brought into contact with the inner bottom of the hook. . After positioning the guide member and the reference lead-out rod with respect to the female fastener by the positioning means,
In this state, the guide member is fixed to the female fastener by the fixing means. When the assembly thus obtained is displaced vertically with respect to the bracket by the level adjusting screw means, the level of the female fastener can be finely adjusted.

While confirming the current level with the reference derivation bar, the level black of the reference derivation bar matches the other reference blacks.
Since the bracket is vertically displaced with respect to the bracket by the level adjusting screw means, the one-touch fastener can be easily and horizontally attached to the fixed bracket at an accurate height.

In the second aspect, the jaw at the lower end of the guide member is elastically engaged with the intermediate step of the female fastener by the elastic member provided between the reference guide bar and the guide member. The positioning of the guide member and the reference guide bar is performed naturally. For this reason, setting of the jig to the female fastener becomes easy.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the reference guide rod is divided into a lower part and an upper part, the scale rod in the upper part may be inserted into the upper end insertion part of the guide rod in the lower part as necessary. Handling becomes easy.

[0023]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 show a level (height) adjusting jig 40 according to the present embodiment together with a one-touch fastener. The one-touch fastener is shown in FIGS.
It is assumed that the one-touch fastener described in the above.

That is, reference numeral 18 denotes a bracket for the female fastener 14, and this bracket 18 is attached to the steel beam 10 as shown in FIG. Then, the mounting plate 20 having the locking recesses 20 a and the hooks 22 is mounted to the bracket 18 by bolts 37 and nuts 38.

Here, in mounting the one-touch fastener, it is important that the level black at the place to be mounted matches the reference level black provided at another place. This level adjustment is achieved by shifting the mounting plate 20 of the female fastener 14 up and down with respect to the bracket 18, but the work on site is not easy.

Therefore, a level adjusting jig 40 is used. The level adjusting jig 40 includes a reference lead-out rod 41 having a hook drop-in portion 42 at the lower end which is in contact with the inner bottom of the hook 22 of the female fastener 14, and the reference lead-out rod 41 is slidable up and down. The inserted guide member 43, means A for positioning the guide member 43 and the reference lead rod 41 with respect to the female fastener 14, and the positioned guide member 4
3 and the guide member 43 together with the female fastener 14 together with the bracket 18.
And level adjusting screw means C for displacing in the vertical direction with respect to.

In the present embodiment, the reference deriving rod 41 includes a lower guide rod 41a and an insertion portion 44 formed at the upper end thereof.
Can be separated from the scale bar 41b in the upper part where the lower end is inserted. Hook drop-in portion 4 at the lower end of reference derivation rod 41, that is, at the lower end of lower portion of guide rod 41a
2 is a cylindrical body 42a provided in a T shape as shown in FIG.
And ear portions 42b provided at both ends thereof.
The cylindrical body 42 is used when the lower end of the reference lead-out rod 41 is dropped into the hook 22 of the female fastener 14.
2a abuts on the inner bottom of the hook 22 to center the reference deriving rod 41 with respect to the hook 22;
Can be easily turned around the lower end thereof. The reason why the ear portion 42b is provided is that the cylindrical body 42a is provided.
Is to prevent the hook from coming off the hook 22 in the axial direction. The scale bar 41b has a height scale, and the lower end of the scale bar 41b is simply inserted into the guide bar 41a.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
The guide member 43 through which the first member 1 is slidably inserted is
At its lower end, a jaw 45 is provided for engagement with the intermediate step 39 of the mounting plate 20 of the female fastener 14. Further, a panel 46 is disposed between the lower end of the guide member 43 and the cylindrical body 42 a at the lower end of the reference lead rod 41, surrounding the reference lead rod 41. The portion 45 functions as an elastic member for pressing the intermediate step portion 39 of the mounting plate 20. That is, by the function of the panel 46, the reference guide rod 41 is pressed against the bottom of the mounting plate 20 of the female fastener 14, and the jaw 45 of the guide member 43 is pressed against the intermediate step 39 of the mounting plate 20. Therefore, the means A for positioning the guide member 43 with respect to the female fastener 14 is constituted by the jaw 45 and the panel 46.

A bolt 4 is provided on the upper side surface of the guide member 43.
7 are mounted at right angles, and nuts 48 are engaged with this. The bolt 47 is passed through the locking recess 20 a of the female fastener 14, and is tightened by the nut 48, so that the guide member 43 is fixed to the female fastener 14. The bolt 47 and the nut 48 constitute a means B for fixing the positioned guide member 43 to the female fastener 14.

An L-shaped mounting member 49 is fixed to the tip of the bolt 47 so as to be folded from the tip of the bolt 47 in order to constitute the level adjusting screw means C. The level adjustment screw 50 is vertically held by screw engagement with the mounting member 49, and the lower end thereof comes into contact with the top of the bracket 18 on the steel beam 10. Therefore, the bolt 47, the mounting member 49 and the level adjusting screw 50
Constitutes a level adjusting screw means C for vertically displacing the guide member 43 together with the female fastener 14 with respect to the bracket 18. An operation knob 51 is attached to the upper end of the level adjustment screw 50 as needed.

Next, a method of adjusting the level using the jig having the above configuration will be described.

(1) The lower end of the level adjusting jig, that is, the lower end of the reference guide rod 41 is dropped into the hook 22 of the female fastener 14. At this time, above the jig, the nut 48 is separated from the guide member 43 by the thickness of the mounting plate 20 or more, and the bolt 47 is fixed to the locking recess 20a within the interval.
Drop in. The bolt 37 and the nut 38 are temporarily fixed until the adjustment is completed.

(2) The guide member 43, which is a sliding portion, is pressed downward against the panel 46, and the jaw 45 is connected to the female fastener 1.
4 and press the jaw 45 to the intermediate step 39.
Hook on.

(3) After confirming that the jaw 45 of the jig is set at a predetermined position of the fastener, tighten the nut 48 so that the jig 40 does not move with respect to the mounting plate 20 of the female fastener 14. Fixed to.

(4) Connect the level adjusting screw 50 to the bracket 18
Touch the top edge and rotate the screw to adjust the level. That is, when the level adjustment screw 50 is rotated, the screw 5
0, the assembly consisting of the mounting member 49, the bolt 47, and the mounting plate 20 is vertically displaced as a unit, and the level of the mounting plate 20 of the female fastener 14 is displaced. The level of the mounting plate 20 of the female fastener 14 is observed when the reference lead rod 41 is displaced together, and the screw adjustment is completed at a position that exactly matches another reference black.

(5) The bolt 37 and the nut 38 are fully tightened to fix the mounting plate 20 of the female fastener 14 to the bracket 18.

Thus, the one-touch fastener could be easily adjusted and mounted at the same horizontal height.

[0038]

In summary, according to the present invention, the following excellent effects can be obtained.

1) According to the first aspect, the reference lead-out rod is dropped into the hook of the female fastener, positioned, and then fixed to the female fastener, and the whole is vertically displaced with respect to the bracket by the level adjusting screw means. Can be done.
Therefore, fine adjustment in the height direction of the one-touch fastener becomes possible, and workability is also improved. Also, while checking the current level with the reference derivation rod, the level black of the reference derivation rod is displaced vertically with respect to the bracket by the level adjustment screw means so that it matches the other reference black. The one-touch fastener can be fine-tuned to the correct horizontal height for the bracket that has been set.

According to the second aspect, the lower end jaw of the guide member is engaged with the intermediate step of the female fastener by the elastic member provided between the reference guide bar and the guide member, so that the guide member for the female fastener is provided. In addition, the positioning of the reference lead-out rod is naturally performed, so that the jig can be easily set on the female fastener.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the reference guide rod is divided into a lower part and an upper part, the scale rod of the upper part is inserted into the upper end insertion part of the guide rod of the lower part as necessary. And handling becomes easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a jig according to an embodiment of the present invention together with a one-touch fastener.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a jig according to one embodiment of the present invention together with a one-touch fastener.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show a configuration of a lower part of a reference derivation rod, where FIG. 3A is a side view, FIG. 3B is a front view, and FIG. 3C is a top view.

4A and 4B show the configuration of the guide member itself, wherein FIG. 4A is a plan view, FIG. 4B is a front view, and FIG. 4C is a side view.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a conventional one-touch fastener.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a part of a conventional one-touch fastener.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a conventional one-touch fastener.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing still another conventional one-touch fastener.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fastener 2 Hook 3 Catch 4 Set lug 5 Set shoulder 6 Wall panel 7 Engagement shaft 8, 9 Support yoke 10 Steel beam 12 Wall panel 14 Female fastener 16 Male fastener 18 Bracket 20 Mounting plate 20a Locking recess 22 Hook 24 Taber 26 Support yoke 28 Locking shaft 30 Mounting plate 32 Bolt 34 Adjustment nut 36 Washer 37 Bolt 38 Nut 40 Level adjustment jig 41 Reference derivation rod 41a Lower guide rod 41b Upper scale rod 42 Drop-in part in hook 43 Guide member 44 Insertion part 45 Jaw part 46 Spring 47 Bolt 48 Nut 49 Mounting member 50 Level adjusting screw A Positioning means B Fixing means C Level adjusting screw means

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E04G 21/18

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A reference lead rod having a lower end abutting on an inner bottom of a hook of a female fastener, a guide member through which the reference lead rod is slidably moved up and down, and a female member including the guide member and the reference lead rod. One-touch having means for positioning with respect to the fastener, means for fixing the positioned guide member to the female fastener, and level adjusting screw means for vertically displacing the guide member with respect to the bracket together with the female fastener Jig for adjusting the level of fasteners. 2. The positioning means is provided at a lower end of a guide member, and is provided between a lower end of a reference guide bar and a lower end of a guide member for engaging with an intermediate step of a mounting plate of a female fastener. 2. The jig for adjusting the level of a one-touch fastener according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member presses the jaw of the guide member against the intermediate step of the mounting plate. 3. The guide rod according to claim 1, wherein the reference guide rod is separable into a guide rod in a lower part and a scale rod in an upper part in which a lower end is inserted into an insertion part at an upper end thereof. Jig for adjusting the level of one-touch fasteners.