JP3156148B2 - Vertical fence mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a support,
Fence with crosspieces and decorations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a fence, there is known a fence in which an upper cross member and a lower cross member are attached between left and right columns, and a vertical member is attached to the upper cross member and the lower cross member.

As a structure for attaching a vertical member to the upper and lower cross members, a downward piece is integrally provided on the lower surface of the upper horizontal member, and an upward member is integrally provided on the upper surface of the lower horizontal member. The upper and lower parts of the material are connected to the downward piece and the upward piece with screws. A slit is formed in the lower piece of the upper cross member and the upper piece of the lower cross member, and the upper and lower portions of the vertical member are fitted into these slits and connected by caulking. A pair of second walls facing the pair of first walls facing the vertical members
The first wall has a hollow shape, and a slit is formed in an upper portion and a lower portion of the pair of first walls, and the slit is fitted into the lower piece of the upper cross member and the upper piece of the lower cross member and connected by caulking. thing. Etc. are known.

[0004]

In a mounting structure in which screws are connected, the work of tightening the screws is very troublesome, and the appearance is poor because the screws are visible. If the mounting structure is connected by crimping and fitting to the slit, the connecting strength of the vertical members is not sufficient at one caulking, and the vertical members need to be hollow because the caulking and connecting are performed at multiple locations. Plate-shaped vertical members cannot be connected to the upper and lower cross members with sufficient connection strength. Moreover, the crimped portion is visible and the appearance is poor.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a fence capable of solving the above-mentioned problem.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a fence comprising an upper cross member and a lower cross member attached to a support, and a decorative body attached to the upper cross member and the lower cross member. And the lower crosspiece,
It is made of aluminum material and has a horizontal piece integrated into the body,
The decorative body includes a plurality of vertical members made of an aluminum material having a plate-shaped portion and a plurality of wires made of an aluminum material. A current is applied to the wire to soften the plate, and the wire is bitten into the plate by welding and welded and connected to each other. At the same time, the horizontal pieces of the lower and horizontal members are brought into contact with each other, and current is applied to the vertical and upper horizontal members, and the lower horizontal member to soften the plate-shaped parts, and press the pressure to make the horizontal pieces bite into the plate-shaped parts A fence characterized by being welded and connected.

[0007]

According to the present invention, since the plate-like portion of the vertical member of the decorative body cuts into the horizontal member of the upper horizontal member and the horizontal member of the lower horizontal member and is welded and connected, the vertical member has the upper and lower members. It is firmly connected to the material and the lower cross member, and there is no noticeable welding trace. In the decorative body, since the wire is welded and connected to the plate-shaped portion of the vertical material, the vertical material and the wire are firmly connected, and welding marks are not noticeable. Therefore, the strong decorative body is firmly connected to the upper cross member and the lower cross member to form a strong fence, and also has a good-looking fence with no noticeable welding marks. Moreover, the vertical member and the wire member, and the lower horizontal member and the vertical member of the decorative body can be connected in the same manner.

[0008]

[Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 1, an upper cross member 2 and a lower cross member 3 are mounted between left and right columns 1, and a decorative body 4 is mounted over the upper cross member 2 and the lower cross member 3. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the upper cross member 2 is a long member having a sectional shape in which an upper mounting piece 6 is integrally provided on a lower surface 5a of a hollow main body 5 made of an aluminum material. The upper mounting piece 6 is L-shaped with a vertical piece 7 and a horizontal piece 8. The vertical piece 7 has the same thickness as the main body 5, and the horizontal piece 8 has a greater thickness than the vertical piece 7. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the lower cross member 3 is made of aluminum and has a lower mounting piece 10 on an upper surface 9a of a hollow main body 9.
Are integrally long. The lower mounting piece 10 is formed in an L shape by a vertical piece 11 and a horizontal piece 12, and the thickness of the vertical piece 11 is the same as that of the main body 9, and the thickness of the horizontal piece 12 is thicker than the vertical piece 11. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper and lower cross members 2 are butted together at a column 1 and a hook 14 of a support fitting 13 attached to the upper end of the column 1 as shown in FIG. And the upper left and right cross members 2 are attached to the upper end of the column 1.

The decorative body 4 is formed by welding a plurality of vertical members 20 and a plurality of wires 21 to form a net. The vertical member 20 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the aluminum material is thin and wide and has a long and long plate shape.
0 is thinner than the horizontal pieces 8 and 12.

The wire 21 is an elongated material having a circular cross section made of aluminum, and the diameter of the wire 21 is larger than the thickness of the vertical member 20.

As shown in FIG. 5, each wire 21 is
0 is welded so as to bite into a portion near the one end surface 20a in the width direction, and the one end surface 20a in the width direction of the wire 21 and the vertical member 20 is flush.

As shown in FIG. 6, the wire 21 may be welded so that a part thereof protrudes from one end face 20a in the width direction of the vertical member 20.

Next, a structure in which the vertical member 20 is attached to the upper cross member 2 and the lower cross member 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, one end face 20 a in the width direction of the vertical member 20 is connected to the horizontal piece 8 of the upper mounting piece 6 and the lower mounting piece 10.
And one end surface 20a in the width direction of the vertical member 20 abuts on the vertical piece 7 of the upper mounting piece 6 and the vertical piece 11 of the lower mounting piece 10.

In order to weld the vertical member 20 so as to bite into the horizontal pieces 8 and 12, for example, as shown in FIG.
11 is placed on one electrode 22, and a vertical member 20 and a wire 21
Are placed on the horizontal pieces 8 and 12, and the other end 20 in the width direction of the vertical member 20 is placed on the horizontal pieces 8 and 12.
The other electrode 23 is brought into contact with b. In this state, a current is started to flow through both the electrodes 22 and 23, and the current value gradually increases.

As a result, a current flows through the vertical member 20 and the horizontal pieces 8 and 12, and the vertical member 20 is softened. In this state, the current value is kept constant and the other electrode 23 is applied as shown in FIG. Then, the vertical member 20 is pressed into the horizontal pieces 8 and 12 to be welded.

That is, the horizontal pieces 8, 1 are larger than the thickness of the vertical member 20.
2 has a large thickness, the vertical member 20 is softened, and the horizontal pieces 8, 1
2 hardly softens.
Are pressed into the horizontal pieces 8 and 12 and welded.

As shown by imaginary lines in FIG. 7A, the recesses 24 may be formed in the horizontal pieces 8 and 12 so that the vertical members 20 can easily bite.

Also, the horizontal pieces 8, 12 of the upper cross member 2 and the lower cross member 3
Only the thickness of the vertical member 20 is made larger than the thickness of the vertical member 20, so that the main bodies 5, 9 and the vertical pieces 7, 11 may have the required thickness for the strength of the upper horizontal member 2 and the lower horizontal member 3. The cost of the upper cross member 2 and the lower cross member 3 can be reduced, and the thickness of the vertical member 20 can be reduced to reduce the cost of the vertical member 20.

The thickness of the vertical member 20 may be made larger than the thickness of the horizontal members 8 and 12 so that the horizontal members 8 and 12 are bitten and welded to the vertical member 20. Thickness 8,12
The vertical member 20 and the horizontal pieces 8 and 12 may be welded to each other so that the thickness of the vertical member 20 and the horizontal pieces 8 and 12 are substantially equal to each other.

The vertical member 20 and the wire 2 constituting the decorative body 4
As shown in FIG. 4, 1 is welded so that the wire 21 bites into its one end surface 20a in the width direction in the same manner as described above.

In other words, since the diameter of the wire 21 is larger than the thickness of the vertical member 20, the current flows when the wire 21 is brought into contact with the one end surface 20a in the width direction of the vertical member 20 as described above. Is softened, so that by pressing both, the vertical member 2
The wire 21 is welded so as to bite into the wire 0.

The upper cross member 2 is, as shown in FIG.
Is formed into an L-shape by a horizontal hollow portion 5b and a vertical hollow portion 5c, and an upper mounting piece 6 is integrally provided horizontally below a vertical hollow portion 5c. 20 thicker.

Then, one end face 20a in the width direction of the vertical member 20 is welded to the upper mounting piece 6 as described above.

In this case, the left and right upper cross members 2 are butt-connected by inserting a joint fitting 15 between the vertical hollow portions 5c and fixing them with screws 16.

The lower cross member 3 is, as shown in FIG.
Is formed into an L-shape by a horizontal hollow portion 9b and a vertical hollow portion 9c, and a lower mounting piece 10 is integrally provided in a horizontal direction above the vertical hollow portion 9c. 20 thicker.

Then, one end face 20a in the width direction of the vertical member 20 is welded to the lower mounting piece 10 as described above.

In this case, the left and right lower cross members 3 are butt-connected by inserting a joint fitting 17 between the vertical hollow portions 9c and fixing them with screws 18.

As shown in FIG. 9, the upper cross member 2 and the lower cross member 3 are provided on the main bodies 5 and 9 and the lower mounting pieces 6 and 10 are integrally provided so as to protrude upward and downward, respectively. Upper mounting piece 7
The thickness of the horizontal piece 8 and the horizontal piece 12 of the lower mounting piece 10 is made larger than the thickness of the vertical member 20 so as to protrude laterally from the main bodies 5 and 9.

Then, one end surface 20a in the width direction of the longitudinal member 20 is welded by biting into each of the horizontal pieces 8, 12, and the upper and lower portions of the longitudinal member 20 are above and below the upper transverse member 2 and the lower transverse member 3, respectively. To protrude.

Next, a second embodiment of the vertical member 20 will be described. As shown in FIG. 10, the vertical member 20 is a long member having a T-shaped cross section in which a ridge 26 is integrally provided at a widthwise intermediate portion of a vertical plate 25. The thickness of the ridges 26 is made smaller than the thickness of the horizontal pieces 8, 12, and the pair of ridges 26 is
Weld to bite into.

In this way, since the width of the vertical member 20 is slightly widened, the vertical member 20 has a function of blindfolding.

Next, a third embodiment of the vertical member 20 will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, the vertical member 20 is a long member having a T-shaped cross section in which a ridge 26 is integrally provided at a widthwise intermediate portion of a wide vertical plate 25. The thickness of the ridge 26 is determined by the
And welding the pair of ridges 26 so as to bite into the horizontal pieces 8 and 12.

In this way, since the width of the vertical member 20 is slightly widened, the vertical member 20 has a function of blindfolding.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the vertical member 20 will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, a pair of ridges 26 are integrally provided at a widthwise intermediate portion of a wide vertical plate 25, and the vertical member 20
5 is formed as a long material having a bent cross section at one end 25a in the width direction. The thickness of the ridge 26 is made smaller than the thickness of the horizontal pieces 8, 12, and the pair of ridges 26 is welded to the horizontal pieces 8, 12.

In this manner, the vertical members 2 adjacent to the left and right
Since the ends of the zero vertical plate 25 overlap each other, it becomes a blindfold panel.

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the plate-like portion of the vertical member of the decorative body cuts into the horizontal member of the upper horizontal member and the horizontal member of the lower horizontal member and is welded and connected. The vertical members are firmly connected to the upper and lower members, and no trace of welding is conspicuous.
In the decorative body, since the wire is welded and connected to the plate-shaped portion of the vertical material, the vertical material and the wire are firmly connected, and welding marks are not noticeable. Therefore, the strong decorative body is firmly connected to the upper cross member and the lower cross member to form a strong fence, and also has a good-looking fence with no noticeable welding marks. Moreover, the vertical member and the wire member, and the lower horizontal member and the vertical member of the decorative body can be connected in the same manner.

[0040]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the ridges of the vertical members and the horizontal members of the upper and lower horizontal members are welded into each other, so that the vertical members can be moved horizontally only by welding. It can be firmly connected to the timber and the lower cross member, and has good appearance without noticeable welding marks.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a fence showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of the decorative body.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a bite state of a wire rod.

FIG. 6 is a side view of another embodiment showing a bite state of a wire rod.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a welding operation of a vertical member and a horizontal piece.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a second embodiment in which a vertical member is attached to upper and lower horizontal members.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a third embodiment in which vertical members are attached to upper and lower cross members.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of a longitudinal member.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of a longitudinal member.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a fourth embodiment of a longitudinal member.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Prop, 2 ... Upper cross member, 3 ... Lower cross member, 4 ... Decorative body, 5 ...
Main body, 6: Upper mounting piece, 7: Vertical piece, 8: Horizontal piece, 9: Main body,
10: Lower mounting piece, 11: Vertical piece, 12: Horizontal piece, 20: Vertical material, 21: Wire material, 22: One electrode, 23: The other electrode, 25: Vertical plate.

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E04H 17/00-17/26

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A fence comprising an upper cross member and a lower cross member attached to a support, and a decorative body attached to the upper cross member and the lower cross member.
The upper and lower cross members are made of aluminum,
In a shape provided integrally, the decorative body has a plate-shaped portion.
Vertical members made of aluminum material and multiple members made of aluminum material
With a plurality of vertical rods and a plurality of wires
At the same time, apply current to the vertical and wire rods to
Softened and pressurized to allow the wire to bite into the plate
In a shape connected by welding, the plurality of plate-like portions of the vertical member and the horizontal member of the upper horizontal member, the horizontal member of the lower horizontal member
While passing current through the vertical, upper and lower cross members.
Apply electricity to soften the plate, and press
Characterized by being welded and welded and connected
Sense.