JP3370580B2 - Movable eaves - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a movable eaves, and can be used when an eaves is provided on an outer wall of a building constituted by a curtain wall or the like.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, eaves have been provided on the outer wall of a general house, but buildings such as buildings usually do not have an eaves. By the way, in recent years, a glass curtain wall has come to be widely used as an outer wall of a building in consideration of designability, daylighting property, and the like. As a result, natural light can be taken into the room, but on the other hand, there is a problem that direct sunlight enters the room on the south side of the building. In order to prevent the incidence of such direct sunlight,
An eaves member attaching device described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-37881 is known as an eaves member attached to an outer wall surface of a building or the like constituted by a curtain wall. With this mounting device, at a construction site, L-shaped brackets are respectively mounted on a plurality of uprights provided at predetermined intervals, and an eave member composed of a vertical plate and a draining plate is mounted between these L-shaped brackets, and a curtain wall is installed. The eaves were constructed on the outer wall.

[0003]

However, since such a conventional eaves is fixed upright in some cases, it may not be possible to effectively block the sun rays having different incident angles depending on the season, and the adjustment of the solar radiation. There was a demand for an eaves that can change the tilt angle so that the above can be performed sufficiently. At this time, it is necessary to consider the design of the eaves provided on the outer wall of the building, and it is desired that the eaves be movable without deteriorating the appearance.

An object of the present invention is to provide a movable eaves which can change the inclination angle and does not deteriorate the appearance of the building.

[0005]

A movable canopy according to the present invention is provided with at least a hollow portion formed along the longitudinal direction of a structural material outside a structural material of a building, and at least an outdoor surface of the structural material outside the room. An opening partly formed to communicate the hollow part to the outdoor side, a fixing member arranged in the hollow part, and an eaves member swingably attached to the fixing member via the opening part. And a drive unit that is disposed in the hollow portion and swings the eaves member.

According to the present invention as described above, since the eaves member is swingably supported with respect to the fixed member and can be swung by the driving means, its inclination angle can be adjusted, and the solar radiation can be adjusted. Can also be done easily. Further, since the fixing member and the driving means are arranged in the hollow portion of the structural material and are not exposed to the outside of the building, it is possible to prevent the appearance of the building from being deteriorated. In addition, in the present invention, the hollow portion and the opening portion are formed, for example, by forming the outside of the structural material into a cylindrical shape or a rectangular tube shape, and forming the openings on the outside surface thereof at regular intervals or continuously. Alternatively, a member formed in a groove shape such as a channel material may be used, and the groove portion may be a hollow portion and the opening portion may be an opening portion.

In this case, the drive means has a drive arm, one end of which is rotatably attached to the eaves member, and the other end of the drive arm is connected through the opening and inside the hollow portion of the structural member. It is preferable that it is configured to include a drive rod that has been inserted and a forward / backward drive device that drives the drive rod forward / backward along the longitudinal direction of the hollow portion.

If the drive means having such a structure is used, each drive arm corresponding to a plurality of eaves members can be connected to the drive rod, and a plurality of eaves can be provided by one advancing / retreating drive device composed of a cylinder, a rack, a pinion or the like. The number of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced as compared with the case where a member can be rotated and a cylinder or the like is provided for each eave member.

The hollow portion in the structural member is formed by two hollow spaces partitioned by partition walls continuous in the longitudinal direction. One hollow space is provided with a drive rod and the other hollow space is formed. It is preferable that a fixing member is arranged in the. Since the drive rod and the fixing member can be arranged in each of the two hollow spaces, the drive rod and the fixing member do not interfere with each other, the drive rod can be smoothly moved back and forth, and the drive rod and the fixing member can be moved smoothly. The arrangement structure can be simplified.

Further, the movable canopy of the present invention is formed in a hollow portion formed in the exterior of the structural material of the building along the longitudinal direction of the structural material, and in at least a part of the outdoor surface of the structural material outside the outdoor. An opening that connects the hollow portion to the outdoor side, a shaft member that is rotatably disposed in the hollow portion, an eaves member that is attached to the shaft member through the opening, and the shaft member. It may be provided with a drive means for rotating the eaves member to swing.

Also in the present invention as described above, the eaves member is
Since it is attached to a shaft member that is rotatable with respect to the hollow portion and can be swung by rotating the shaft member by a drive means, the tilt angle can be adjusted and the solar radiation can be easily adjusted. it can. Further, since the shaft member and the driving means are arranged in the hollow portion of the structural material, they are not exposed to the outside of the building, and it is possible to prevent deterioration of the appearance of the building.

Further, the eaves member is provided with a solar cell,
The wiring from the solar cell may be arranged in the hollow portion of the structural material. Since the solar cell is installed on the eaves member that can change the inclination angle, the inclination angle of the eaves member can be adjusted to optimize the angle of incident light to the solar cell according to the season, etc. Can be improved. Further, since the wiring is hidden in the hollow portion of the structural member, the appearance can be improved, and when the solar cells are provided on the plurality of eave members, the wiring from each solar cell can be easily connected.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the present embodiment relates to a movable eaves 2 installed on an outer wall of a building constituted by a curtain wall 1.

The curtain wall 1 is provided with a cubic 3 between the skeletons of the upper and lower floors of a building, a blind 4 is laid between the cubics 3, and a glass is provided in an opening defined by the blind 3 and the blind 4. Various face materials 5 such as plates, aluminum plates, concrete plates, and stone plates are arranged.

The exterior 3 provided at the outdoor end of the cubic 3
A is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, and the hollow portion 6 is formed inside thereof. On the inner wall of the hollow portion 6, projecting walls 7 provided at positions facing each other are formed.
The hollow portion 6 is substantially divided into two hollow spaces 6A and 6B depending on the position connecting the protruding walls 7. Therefore, the partition wall of the present invention is formed by the projecting wall 7. A groove 3 </ b> B that is continuous in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the upright 3 is formed on the outdoor surface of the upright 3.
The hollow portion 6 communicates with the outside of the building via B. Therefore, the groove 3B forms the opening of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a semicylindrical fixing member 11 is arranged in the hollow space 6A on the outdoor side. The fixing member 11 is fixed by a fixing means 12 provided in the hollow space 6A so that its vertical position does not change. The fixing means 12 is specifically the groove 3
It is provided with a bolt 13 arranged at B and a plate 15 to which a nut 14 screwed to the bolt 13 is fixed, and is fixed to the vertical 3 by sandwiching the wall portion of the vertical 3 with the bolt 13 and the plate 15. Therefore, the fixing member 11 is prevented from shifting downward.

Since the fixing member 11 does not move upward due to its own weight, the fixing means 12 is usually provided only on the lower side of the fixing member 11, but the same fixing means is provided on the upper side of the fixing member 11. 12 may be provided to reliably prevent upward movement of the fixing member 11.

On the other hand, a semi-cylindrical drive rod 21 extending in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the hollow space 6B is disposed in the hollow space 6B on the indoor side. When the movable canopies 2 are provided on a plurality of floors of the building, the drive rod 21 is formed to have at least a length dimension corresponding to the plurality of floors, and one drive rod 21 extends over a plurality of floors. It is provided. At this time, the drive rod 21 may be formed by connecting a plurality of rod members, and may be formed as substantially one rod.

The lower end of the drive rod 21 is connected to a piston rod 23 of a cylinder 22 which is an actuator operated by hydraulic pressure or air. As a result, the drive rod 21 advances and retracts in the vertical direction by a predetermined stroke as the cylinder 22 is driven. Therefore, the cylinder 22 constitutes the advancing / retreating drive means of the present invention. The cylinder 22 which is the advancing / retreating drive means is usually provided in the first floor of the building, but the cylinder 3 may be provided in the underground part by extending the cubic 3 to the underground part of the building. In addition, when the movable eaves 2 is not provided on the lower floor of the building, the cylinder 22 may be provided on the middle floor portion where the movable eaves 2 is provided. Further, when the cubic 3 is continuously provided up to the top floor of the building, the cylinder 22 is provided on the rooftop portion or the like.
May be provided.

The fixing member 11 is formed with an elongated hole 11A extending in the indoor / outdoor direction. The eaves member 30 that constitutes the eaves portion of the movable eaves 2 is swingably attached to the elongated hole 11A. That is, the eaves member 30 includes a face material unit 40 formed in a plate shape and each of these face material units 40.
And a connecting means 50 for connecting.

Each face material unit 40 includes an eaves member frame frame 41 formed by frame-forming a frame material made of extruded aluminum material into a square shape, and a solar cell panel 42 mounted on the eaves member frame 41. It is configured. The solar cell panel 42 is a transparent panel such as a glass plate and a back panel made of aluminum or the like filled with a transparent filler made of a transparent resin having an adhesive force such as EVA or PVB. It is formed by enclosing a plurality of solar cells 43 in.

The connecting means 50 has one end located inside the elongated hole 11A of the fixing member 11 and is fixed to the fixing member 1 by a pin 11C which is inserted into a through hole 11B orthogonal to the elongated hole 11A.
1, a support arm 51 is provided so as to be swingable with respect to each of the face material units 40, and a connecting member 52 for connecting the face material units 40 via the support arms 51. Is configured.

The support arm 51 is made of a metal material such as aluminum having a U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG. The connecting member 52 includes a round bar-shaped shaft portion 52A that penetrates the support arm 51, and mounting portions 52B that are provided at both ends of the shaft portion 52A and that are mounted through the solar cell panel 42. .

As shown in FIG. 3, one end of a drive arm 60 made of a metal material such as aluminum is disposed inside the support arm 51, and is rotated by the shaft portion 52A with respect to the support arm 51. It is movably attached. The other end of the drive arm 60 is arranged in a long hole 21A formed in the drive rod 21 in accordance with the arrangement position of each eaves member 30, and as shown in FIG. 4, a through hole 21B orthogonal to the long hole 21A. It is provided so as to be swingable with respect to the drive rod 21 by a pin 21C that is inserted in the.

The movable eaves 2 constructed as described above are not only arranged between the uprights 3 of the curtain wall 1 of the building and continuously arranged in the left-right direction, but also on the window portion of each floor of the building. Accordingly, it is arranged at a plurality of locations on the outer wall of the building in the vertical direction. Therefore, the fixing member 11 and the eaves members 30 connected to the fixing member 11 are provided at a plurality of vertical positions in the hollow portion 6 of the upright 3. On the other hand, each hollow portion 6 has a long drive rod 21.
Although only the main arrangement is made, the elongated holes 21A of the drive rod 21 are respectively provided at a plurality of vertical positions similarly to the fixing member 11, and the drive arms 60 connected to the elongated holes 21A are also provided with respective eaves. It is provided at a plurality of positions in the vertical direction corresponding to the member 30.

The wiring from each solar cell 43 of each eaves member 30 is routed through the supporting arm 51 into the hollow space 6A of the hollow portion 6 and is placed on an appropriate portion such as the rooftop, basement, or interior of the building. It is pulled indoors by the power storage device (lead battery,
Nickel-cadmium battery, nickel-hydrogen battery, etc.) and inverters and grid lines from electric power companies. As a result, the electric power generated by each solar cell 43 is
It is sent to a power storage device or an inverter through a wiring passing through the hollow portion 6 and used.

In this embodiment, when the cylinder 22 is driven to move the drive rod 21 up and down, the swing fulcrum of the support arm 51 (pin 11C portion) and the pivot fulcrum of the drive arm 60 (pin 21C portion), and each eaves member 30 swings vertically with the pin 11C portion of the fixing member 11 as an axis. Thereby, each eaves member 3
The inclination angle of 0 can be adjusted, and by controlling the cylinder 22 to stop the drive rod 21 at a predetermined position, the eaves member 30 can be maintained in a state of being inclined at a predetermined angle.

According to this embodiment, the following effects are obtained. 1) The eaves member 30 is swingably attached to the fixed member 11, and the drive arm 60 connected to the drive rod 21 vertically moved by the cylinder 22 is attached to the eaves member 30, so that the cylinder 22 drives the drive rod 21. The inclination angle of the eaves member 30 can be adjusted by vertically moving the. Therefore, the eaves member 30 can be easily maintained in a state of being inclined at a predetermined angle, and the solar radiation can be easily adjusted by the eaves member 30.

2) Since the fixing member 11, the drive rod 21, and the cylinder 22 are arranged in the hollow portion 6 of the upright 3, these drive mechanisms are not exposed to the outside of the building, and the appearance of the building is deteriorated. It can be prevented. Therefore, it is possible to form the movable eaves 2 having excellent design.

3) Since the drive rod 21 is formed of a long rod extending over a plurality of floors on which the eave members 30 are provided, the drive rod 21 has a plurality of eave members 30.
The drive arm 60 can be attached to the cylinder 2
The tilt angles of the plurality of eaves members 30 can be adjusted simultaneously by simply moving the drive rod 21 up and down in step 2. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced, installation work can be facilitated, and the cost of the drive device can be reduced as compared with the case where an actuator such as a cylinder is provided for each eaves member 30. Furthermore, it is possible to easily control the plurality of eaves members 30 to operate simultaneously.

4) The hollow portion 6 of the cubic 3 is partitioned by the projecting wall 7 which is a partition wall continuous in the longitudinal direction to form the two hollow spaces 6A and 6B, and the fixing member 11 and the drive rod 21 are formed. Since the hollow spaces 6A and 6B are separately arranged, the fixing member 11 and the drive rod 21 do not interfere with each other, the drive rod 21 can be smoothly moved forward and backward, and the cylinder 22 having a small drive torque is used. Can be used. Furthermore, when arranging the fixing member 11 and the drive rod 21, it is not necessary to consider mutual interference and the like, so that the arrangement structure can be simplified.

5) Since the solar cell 43 is provided on the eaves member 30 whose inclination angle can be varied, the inclination angle of the eaves member 30 is optimized so that the angle of the incident light on the solar cell 43 is optimized according to the season. Can be adjusted, and the power generation efficiency of the solar cell 43 can be improved.

6) Since the wiring from the solar cell 43 is arranged in the hollow portion 6 of the upright 3, the wiring can be hidden in the upright 3 to improve the external appearance, and a plurality of eave members can be provided. When the solar cell is provided in 30, the wiring from each solar cell 43 can be easily connected, and the wiring work can be easily performed. Further, since the cubic 3 is continuously provided over the upper and lower floors of the building, the wiring can be drawn into the building at any position. For this reason, the wiring can be drawn into the building and connected to the power storage device or the like at a location closest to the power supply target location or a convenient location, and efficient wiring can be performed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but includes modifications and improvements as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the mechanism for swinging the eaves member 30 is provided in the hollow portion 6 of the upright 3. However, as shown in FIG. 5, a mechanism for swinging the eaves member 30 blindly 4 is provided. The movable eaves 2 may be formed by providing the movable eaves. For example, a hollow portion 70 and an opening portion 71 that communicates the hollow portion 70 with the outside of the room are formed in the exterior 4A of the seamless space 4, and a shaft member 72 is rotatably arranged in the hollow portion 70. The eaves member 30 may be attached to the shaft member 72 through the opening 71, and a driving means such as a motor for rotating the shaft member 72 may be provided to swing the eaves member 30.

Even in such a configuration, the same effect as in 1) to 3) of the above-described embodiment, that is, the inclination angle of the eaves member 30 can be freely set, and the shaft member 72 and the like can be rotated. Can be placed in the hollow portion 70 of the blind 4 to improve the appearance, and if the shaft member 72 is extended and a plurality of eaves members 30 are attached, the eaves members 30 can be attached in the left-right direction of the building. Even during this operation, it is possible to obtain the effect that the plurality of eaves members 30 can be simultaneously and easily swung to control the same inclination angle.

In addition, since the shaft member 72 both supports and rotates the eaves member 30, compared with the case where the fixing member 11, the driving rod 21, the driving arm 60 and the like are provided as in the above embodiment. The number of parts can be reduced. However, in this case, the eaves member 30 is supported by the shaft member 72 in a cantilever manner, whereas the eaves member 30 is also supported by the drive arm 60 in the above-described embodiment, so that the supporting strength can be improved and the extension dimension is large. The eaves member 30 having a large weight can be arranged.

The hollow portions 6 and 70 were formed by the portions integrally formed with the upright 3 and the blind 4, but they are separate members attached to the outdoor side of the upright 3 and the blind 4 and are hollow. May be formed. Further, the opening for communicating the hollow portions 6 and 70 to the outdoor side is not limited to the groove-shaped opening as in the above-described embodiment, but the support arm 51 and the drive arm 60 are arranged on the outdoor wall of the hollow portion. It may be configured by forming a long hole only in a part. However, if the openings are continuous in the shape of a groove, they can be formed at the same time as the extrusion molding of the upright 3 or the blind 4, so that there is an advantage that the manufacturing is easy and the cost can be reduced. In short, in the present invention, the hollow portion and the opening are formed, for example, by forming the outside of the structural material into a cylindrical shape or a rectangular tubular shape, and forming openings on the outside surface thereof at regular intervals or continuously. Alternatively, a member formed in a groove shape such as a channel material may be used, and the groove portion may be a hollow portion and the opening portion may be an opening. do it.

In the above-described embodiment, the partition wall is formed by the projecting wall 7. However, a partition wall which is formed continuously with the inner walls of the hollow portion 6 facing each other to completely partition the hollow portion 6 is provided. Good. In this case, since the drive arm 60 is connected to the drive rod 21 arranged on the indoor side of the partition wall, a hole may be formed in the partition wall where the drive arm 60 is arranged.

The eaves member 30 of the above-described embodiment may be arranged so as to straddle between the uprights 3 which are adjacent to each other, or the eaves member 30 having a larger width may be formed to sandwich one or more uprights 3. You may straddle and arrange | position between the cubes 3 arrange | positioned. When the eaves members 3 are arranged so as to be sandwiched by one or more erect members 3, the eaves members 30 may be supported only by the side surface portions of the eaves members 30, but the middle portion It may be configured such that only the fixing member 11 is attached to the upright 3 arranged in the above, and the widthwise intermediate portion of the eaves member 30 is supported by the fixing member 11.

Further, as the eaves member 30, the solar cell 4 is used.
It is not limited to the one in which 3 is incorporated, and may have only the eaves function. Further, the concrete structure of the eaves member 30 may be made of, for example, a honeycomb panel or an aluminum shape member, and its specific material, shape, etc. may be set appropriately in practice. Further, the shapes, configurations, materials, etc. of the fixing member 11, the drive rod 21, the shaft member 72, etc. are not limited to those described above, and may be set appropriately in practice.

Further, the fixing means of the fixing member 11 is not limited to the above-mentioned structure, but may be fixed to the hollow portion 6 by welding, for example. Even when welding is performed, the welding line is formed in the hollow portion 6 of the upright 3 and is not exposed to the outside of the upright 3, so that the appearance of the curtain wall 1 is not deteriorated.

As the advancing / retreating drive means, an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, a rack, a pinion or the like may be used. Further, the driving means is not limited to the one using the driving arm 60 as in the above-described embodiment, and for example, the portion arranged in the hollow portion 6 of the support arm 51 is formed in a gear shape, and the driving rod 21 is A rack-shaped tooth that meshes with the gear portion may be formed, and the support arm 51 may be directly rotated by the vertical movement of the drive rod 21. In short, as long as the eaves member 30 can be swung. Good.

When the driving means is provided in the three cubic parts,
Usually, they are provided on both side surfaces of the eaves member 30, but when the width dimension of the eaves member 30 is small, the driving means is provided only on one side surface side of the eaves member 30 and the other side surface side is provided with the eaves member 30. May be swingably supported.

Further, the movable canopy of the present invention is not limited to the one provided on the outer wall portion of the building constituted by the curtain wall, but may be provided on the outer wall portion constituted by the bearing wall or the like, in short, the structure of the building. Just attach it to the material.

[0045]

According to the present invention as described above, there is an effect that the inclination angle of the eaves can be changed and the appearance of the building is not deteriorated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of a movable canopy according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part of the movable eaves of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a main part of the movable eaves of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of the movable eaves of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a main part of a movable eaves according to a modified example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Curtain wall, 2 ... Movable eaves, 3 ... Standing, 3A ...
Outside the room, 3B ... Grooves that are openings, 4 ... No blindness, 4A ... Outside the room, 6 ... Hollow part, 6A, 6B ... Hollow space, 7 ... Partition wall protruding wall, 11 ... Fixing member, 11A ... Long Hole, 12 ... Fixing means, 21 ... Drive rod, 21A ... Oblong hole, 22 ... Cylinder, 23 ... Piston rod, 30 ... Eaves member, 40 ... Face material unit, 42 ... Solar cell panel, 50 ... Connecting means,
51 ... Support arm, 52 ... Connection member, 60 ... Drive arm, 70 ... Hollow part, 71 ... Opening part, 72 ... Shaft member.

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A hollow portion formed outside a room of a structural material of a building along a longitudinal direction of the structural material, and a hollow portion formed on at least a part of an outdoor surface of the structural material outside the room. An opening communicating with the outside, a fixing member arranged in the hollow portion, an eaves member swingably attached to the fixing member through the opening, and the eaves member arranged in the hollow portion. A movable eave including a driving means for swinging the movable eaves. 2. The movable eaves according to claim 1, wherein the drive means has a drive arm whose one end is rotatably attached to an eaves member, and the other end of the drive arm is connected through the opening. A movable eave including a drive rod that is inserted into the hollow portion of the structural member and an advance / retreat drive device that drives the drive rod to advance / retreat along the longitudinal direction of the hollow portion. 3. The movable eaves according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hollow portion in the structural member is formed by two hollow spaces partitioned by partition walls continuous in the longitudinal direction. A movable eaves in which a drive rod is arranged in the hollow space of the above, and a fixing member is arranged in the other hollow space. 4. A hollow portion formed outside a room of a structural material of a building along a longitudinal direction of the structural material, and a hollow portion formed on at least a part of an outdoor surface of the structural material outside the room. An opening communicating with the outside, a shaft member rotatably disposed in the hollow portion, an eaves member attached to the shaft member through the opening, and an eaves member that rotates the shaft member. A movable eaves characterized by comprising a driving means for swinging the movable eaves. 5. The movable eaves according to claim 1, wherein the eaves member is provided with a solar cell, and the hollow portion of the structural member is provided with a wiring from the solar cell. Eaves.