JP3295597B2 - Folding fixtures - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a net or screen which can be folded in a bellows-like manner, and which is mounted on a rectangular frame and opened and closed by expanding and contracting the folded body with a string penetrating therethrough. Screen doors, curtains,
The present invention relates to a foldable fitting such as a partition, a sunshade, etc., and more particularly to a directional change member of a foldable fitting provided at a corner of the rectangular frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A net or screen is folded in a bellows type,
A fitting provided with the foldable body so as to be stretchable is used as the screen door or the like. This fitting is fixed to the opening of the building as shown in FIG. 4 (FIG. 4 is a view showing an embodiment of the present invention, but the conventional technique is explained using common parts with the prior art in this figure). A housing frame 1 made of an extruded member constituting one side of a rectangular frame to be formed, a guide frame 2 made of a pair of extruded members provided at right angles to both ends of the housing frame 1, and the other end of the guide frame 2 And a door stop frame 3 made of an extruded shape member, and a rectangular frame 4 is formed. A movable frame 5 made of an extruded shape material that moves along the guide frame 2 is provided. Are connected to the moving frame 5 and the housing frame 1 (see FIG. 6 (A)), and the string 7 for holding the moving frame 5 perpendicular to the guide frame 2 and preventing the folded body from loosening is The rectangular frame 4 penetrates the hole 6a provided in the folding body 6 and
Wrap around.

[0003] In a fitting using such a folded body 6, in order to turn the cord 7 by about 90 degrees at the corner of the rectangular frame 4, conventionally, a turning direction consisting of a pulley for guiding the cord 7 to the corner is used. A member is provided.

However, the conventional turning member composed of a pulley has a large number of components due to the structure fixed to the frame via a bracket or the like, and is difficult to mount because the mounting space in the frame is narrow. There was a problem that it is. Further, in the case of a fitting having a structure in which a plurality of strings 7 are turned at the corners of the rectangular frame 4, a plurality of direction changing members must be attached in the same manner as described above so that each of the strings can move without interference. Instead, the number of parts increases,
There has been a problem that mounting becomes more difficult.

Therefore, the present inventors have developed a direction changing member for a string provided at the corner of a rectangular frame of a folding type fitting which can be easily attached with a simple structure.
No. 317466. This turning member is
As shown in FIG. 6 (B), for example, provided at the end of the housing frame 1 or the door stop frame 3 and serves also as a cap 8 to protect the end of the frame material, and holes 8a and 8b through which the cord 7 passes. It is provided with.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the factory, the foldable fitting having the structure shown in FIG. 1 is formed by passing the string 7 through the foldable body 6 and hanging around the frame except for the guide frame 2 at the factory.
Shipped in a state where the folded bodies 6 are arranged side by side with 3, 5; however, it is necessary to aim at the holes 8a, 8b of the cap 8 and pass through the string 7, and the string 7 is long and can reach up to 10m. Therefore, it takes a long time to pass the string 7, and the cost of the fitting increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a foldable fitting in which a string can be easily wound around a frame and cost can be reduced.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a folding body is movably mounted in a rectangular frame, and a door stop frame of the rectangular frame is provided.
With an open outside structure, caps are placed above and below the door stop frame.
Provided, and the cap also serves as a direction change member,
A moving frame is provided at one end of the folding body, and each of the direction changing portions is provided.
A slit for attaching the cord to the cord guide part provided in wood, the door
Connect a string between each cap of the hit frame
A string was wrapped around the frame, the folded body, and the moving frame.
It is characterized by the following (claim 1).

Further, the present invention provides a foldable body which is movably mounted in a rectangular frame, a string is wrapped around the rectangular frame, the foldable body, and a movable frame at one end of the foldable body. the deflecting element is fixed to the accommodation frame of the rectangular frame
String guide that guides the string to the guide frame provided between
And a string guide portion leading to the folded body,
A slit is provided on each string guide from the end of the moving frame to attach the string, and the direction of the string guided to the folded body is changed.
A groove for removing the member is provided (claim 2).

[0010]

According to the first aspect, the string is wrapped around the end of the rectangular frame by attaching it to the direction changing member from the end of the frame through a slit. According to the second aspect, the string is attached to the string guide from the end of the moving frame through the slit in the direction changing member at the end of the moving frame.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a foldable fitting according to the present invention, showing a portion corresponding to one end A of a door stop frame 3 in FIG. FIG. 2 shows a case where the direction changing member 10 (in the present embodiment, the direction changing member 10 also functions as a cap, hereinafter referred to as a cap 10) is fixed to the door stop frame 3, and the string 7 is attached to the cap 10. FIG. 3 is a view of the state in which the moving frame 5 is viewed from the moving frame 5 side, and FIG.
-E sectional view, FIG. 4 is an overall view of the fitting of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Has an outer open structure. Also, the door stop frame 3
Holes 11 for passing screws etc. for attachment to building openings
And a hole 12 for passing a tapping screw (not shown) for coupling the guide frame 2. Further, in order to attach the cap 10, the U-shaped fitting portion 13 facing in the indoor and outdoor directions,
The movable frame receiving surface 15 between the U-shaped fitting portions 13 and 14 is provided with a rectangular notch 16 cut out from the top, and a cap is provided below the notch 16. A locking hole 17 for locking is provided.

On the other hand, the cap 10 is made of an integrally molded product made of a hard resin such as a polyacetal resin or the like or die-cast, and has an end plate 19 covering the end surface of the door stop frame 3. The cap 10 has mounting legs 20 and 21 provided facing each other in the indoor and outdoor directions, and has a U-shaped projection 2 fitted into the cutout 16 of the door stop frame 3.
3, and a guide portion 23 of the string 7 formed in a curved surface as shown in FIG. Further, in order to prevent the string 7 from coming off, a retaining piece 24 that can be deformed by a force that pulls the string 7 when the string 7 is attached is formed. In this example, the string guide portion 23 is provided at two places, and the retaining pieces 24 are also provided at two places, respectively. However, depending on the structure wound around the string 7 and the number of the strings 7 to be used, one or three or more pieces are used. The string guide 23 may be provided. Cap 10
Is narrower than the string guide portion 23 for passing the string 7
A slit 25 having a width is provided. Further, the cap 10 is provided with a locking claw 27 for preventing the cap 10 from coming off, and has a hole 28 for passing the tapping screw of the guide frame 2.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
The fitting legs 20 and 21 are fitted to the opposed U-shaped portions 13 and 14 of the door stop frame 3, the rectangular projection 22 of the cap 10 is fitted to the cutout 16 of the door stop frame 3,
The locking claw 27 is locked in the locking hole 17 of the door stop frame 3,
The door stop frame 3 is fixed to the door stop frame 3 in a state where the end plate 19 of the cap 10 is in contact with the end face of the door stop frame 3. A cap 10 is attached to the other end of the door stop frame 3 and both ends of the housing frame 1 by the same structure.

The string 7 is attached to the door stop frame 3 and the housing frame 1 to which the cap 10 has been attached in this manner, but this is performed before the string 7 is wrapped around the frame as shown in FIG. That is, the housing frame 1, the door stop frame 3, the moving frame 5 and the folded body 6 are arranged side by side, and the starting end of the cord 7 is moved to the moving frame 5.
(The tension adjusting unit 30 has a structure in which the end of the string 7 is fixed by a tightening screw provided to be able to adjust the position in the longitudinal direction of the moving frame).
, And the upper end of the moving frame 5 (the upper end in the drawing, and is not always the upper end in actual mounting to a building.
The same applies hereinafter) to the direction changing member 31, and then the cap 25 at the upper end of the door stop frame 3
Into one of the string guide portions 23. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2 (B), the retaining piece 24 is bent to open a gap between the retaining piece 24 and the opposing wall surface 32 by the force of pulling the string 7 into the string guide portion 23, After the passage, the retaining piece 24 returns by elasticity as shown by the two-dot chain line, and the gap between the retaining piece 24 and the wall surface 32 is narrowed to prevent the string 7 from coming off. After the fitting is attached to the opening of the building, the string 7 is attached to the cap 1 in the opening / closing operation of the actual folded body 6.
0 is urged in the direction of pushing the door 7 into the door stop frame 3 and almost no force is applied in the direction in which the string 7 comes off.

Next , along the outside of the door stop frame 3 ,
The string 7 is continuously extended above and below the frame 3 and hangs on the lower end cap 10 through the slit 25 in the same manner as the upper end, and then hangs on the lower end cap 10 of the housing frame 1 through the slit 25 in the same manner as described above. 1 through the lower hole 6a of the folding body 6 (see FIG. 6 (A)) and the lower hole 33a of the direction changing member 33 of the moving frame 5 (see FIG. 5 (B)).
The slit is passed through the inside of the moving frame 5, through the hole in the direction changing member 31 at the upper end of the moving frame 5, through the hole in the upper part of the folding body 6, and the upper hole in the housing frame 1, and into the cap 10 at the upper end of the housing frame 1. 25, and is hung on one of the string guides 23 and then on the other string guide 23 at the upper end of the door stop frame 3 through the slit 25.

Next, the cap 10 at the lower end of the door stop frame 3 is hooked through the slit 25 on the other string guide portion 23, and the hole 33b of the direction changing member 33 at the lower end of the moving frame 5 (see FIG. 5B). ), And the end is fixed to the moving frame 5 via a tension adjusting unit 35 having a fixed structure capable of adjusting the vertical position with the same screw as the tension adjusting unit 30 in the moving frame 5.

At the installation site of this fitting, the guide frame 2 is assembled together with the other frames 1, 3, 5 and the folded body 6, and the string 7
The intermediate part of the part is attached to the moving frame 5 by an intermediate fixing device (fastening screw) 3.
Fix with 6. Then, the tension adjusting unit 30 (or 3)
After adjusting the tension of the string 7 according to 5), the intermediate fixing device 36
The middle part of the cord 7 is fixed by the intermediate fixing device 36 and the tension of the cord 7 between the intermediate fixing device 36 and the tension adjusting unit 30 and the intermediate fixing device 3
By setting the tension of the cord 7 between the tension frame 6 and the tension adjusting unit 35 to be equal, the moving frame 5 is in the open position (the position in FIG. 4) and the closed position (the moving frame 5 is in contact with the door stop frame 3). In any of the contact state and the moving state therebetween, the moving frame 5 is held perpendicular to the guide frame 2 and rattling during the movement is prevented only by the tightening operation of the intermediate fixing device 36. You.

As described above, if the cap 10 having the slit 25 is provided on the housing frame 1 and the door stop frame 3, the string 7 can be attached to the ends of the frames 1 and 3 through the holes as in the conventional case. Instead of through the slit 25, the frame 1,
Since it is only necessary to insert the cord 3 from the outside, that is, from the end side, the workability is good and the attaching work time of the string 7 can be reduced by about 30% as compared with the conventional case, and the cost of the fitting can be reduced. Also, when the string 7 is cut and replaced, the replacement is facilitated. Also, when disassembling each of the frames 1 to 3 during maintenance and inspection, the string 7
By removing from the slit 25 outside the frame,
After disassembling the cords 3 and 5 and after repair, the cord 7 can be attached to the cord guide portion 23 again from the slit 25, so that maintenance and inspection work is facilitated.

FIG. 5A shows another embodiment of the present invention.
Synthetic resin turning member 3 provided at the end of the moving frame 5
3 (in the illustrated example, the lower end direction changing member 31 has the same structure).
Instead of 3b, string guides 37, 38 having slits 37a, 38a are provided , which makes it easier to attach the string 7 in the moving frame 5. Slit 3
The width of 7a, 38a is narrower than the width of the string guide portions 37, 38.
It is formed. In addition, the direction changing member 33 is guided to a folded body.
A groove 40 for removing the string 7 to be detached from the direction changing member 33 is provided.
I have. In addition, the slits 37a, 3
When 8a is provided, the string stopper portions 37, 38 may be provided with the retaining pieces 24.

The fitting disclosed in the above embodiment is of a movable string type in which the string 7 moves within the rectangular frame 4 when the movable frame 5 is moved to open and close the folded body 6. In the cap 10 of the frame 3, two string guide portions 23,
Each part of the string 7 passing through 23 moves in the opposite direction, but since the string guide portions 23 are arranged side by side,
Contact of the parts where the movement direction of the string 7 is opposite is prevented, and mutual interference can be prevented. In other words, instead of adopting a complicated structure such as different mounting positions of a plurality of direction changing members as in the related art, the passage holes are made to be mutually non-contact structures of the strings, and damage to the strings 7 and an increase in movement resistance are increased. Can be prevented.

Further, the present invention is used not only when it is composed of a fitting alone but also when it is installed in combination with a sash. In addition, the present invention is not limited to fittings such as screen doors that are installed vertically, as well as those that are installed diagonally like skylights, fittings that are installed horizontally, and the strings themselves that do not move with respect to the rectangular frame. The present invention can be applied to a fitting of a double door or a double-sided folding fitting. In addition, various changes are possible, such as increasing the number of the strings 7 to two or more, and increasing the number of stages of the strings passing through the folded body 6 in order to prevent the folded body 6 from being loosened.
In addition, in the present invention, various changes can be made to the shape and arrangement of the direction changing member of the string.

[0023]

According to the first aspect, the string can be attached from the end of the frame through the slit provided in the direction changing member, so that the string can be easily wound around the frame and the cost can be reduced. In addition, it is easy to replace the string, and since the frame can be disassembled and the string can be removed from the slit, the frame can be easily disassembled, and the string can be easily attached after disassembly. It will be easier.

According to the second aspect, the slit for attaching the string from the end of the moving frame to the string guide is provided on the direction changing member provided at the end of the moving frame. The attachment of the string becomes easy, and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a portion A in FIG. 4 showing an embodiment of a folding fitting according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which a direction changing member is mounted on a door stop frame and a string is mounted on the direction changing member in the embodiment, as viewed from a moving frame side.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the entire fitting of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5A is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention,
(B) is a perspective view showing another structure corresponding to (A).

FIG. 6A is a perspective view showing a mounting structure of a folding body in a folding type fitting, and FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional rectangular frame cap.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: accommodation frame, 2: guide frame, 3: door stop frame, 4: rectangular frame, 5: moving frame, 6: folded body, 7: string, 10: cap (direction changing member), 23: string guide section, 24: retaining piece, 25: slit, 30, 35: tension adjuster, 3
1, 33: direction changing member, 36: intermediate fixing device, 37,
38: string guide part, 37a, 38b: slit

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A foldable body is movably mounted in a rectangular frame,The door stop frame of the square frame has an outside open structure, Caps are provided above and below the door stop frame, The cap is also used as a turning member, and the folding
A moving frame is provided at one end of the folding body, For each of the direction change members Slip to attach the string to the string guide
Set upA string is continued between each cap of the door stop frame,
A string is wrapped around the square frame, the folded body, and the moving frame.
Was Folding fittings characterized by the following. 2. A foldable body is movably mounted in a rectangular frame, and the rectangular frame, the foldable body and one end of the foldable body are moved.
While hanging the string around the frame, the direction change member fixed above and below the moving frame,The square
A string is attached to the guide frame provided between the accommodation frame of the frame and the door stop frame.
A string guide portion for guiding, and a string guide portion for guiding to the folded body.
Provided, In each of the string guides, Attach the string from the end of the moving frame
Provide a slitAlong with the string guided to the folding body
Groove to remove from conversion member was providedFoldable
Joinery.