JP3634171B2 - Folding door and its installation structure - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a folding door provided in, for example, a bathroom, etc., and a pair of doors connected to each other so as to be bent at a central portion, and an installation structure thereof.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As this type of conventional folding door, for example, the one described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-3589 is known. The folding door includes left and right door bodies and a frame body that supports the doors so as to be freely opened and closed. The left and right door bodies are guided by upper and lower guide rails formed on an upper frame and a lower frame of the frame body to open and close. A seal piece that seals between the door body and the lower frame in a closed state is suspended from the lower end of each door body. In this case, the end portion of the seal piece in one door body is extended to the other door body side together with the pressing member, and the end portions of the seal pieces of both door bodies overlap with each other in a state where both door bodies are closed. It is like that.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In such a conventional folding door, the seal pieces of the adjacent door bodies overlap each other between the end portions in the prospective direction, so that leakage between the seal pieces can be effectively prevented. However, when both doors are open, the extended part of the seal piece and the pressing member protrudes from the end of the door, which is not preferable in terms of design. The member becomes a dangerous protrusion, and the seal piece is liable to be deformed or damaged.
[0004]
The present invention provides a folding door that can satisfactorily seal a butted portion between seal members of adjacent door bodies and the installation structure thereof without the seal member projecting from the door body in an open state or the like. That is the purpose.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The folding door of the present invention includes a plurality of door bodies that are folded and opened so as to project forward from a side-by-side closed state, and a frame body that supports the plurality of door bodies so as to be openable and closable. another lower end portion, provided with a sealing member in close contact with the frame in a closed state, in Orito for partitioning and bathroom and changing room, is disposed astride between the lower end mutually adjacent two door body, the two doors of a connecting member for rotatably connected to, provided at the lower end of the connecting member comprises a portion seal member for continuously so as to overlap both the sealing members of the adjacent two door body, and the seal members, each door body The end part that hangs down from the lower end of the frame is in close contact with the rail formed on the lower frame of the frame body from the bathroom side, and the partial seal member is the end that curves downward from the dressing room side over the rail, It is characterized by close contact from the side.
[0006]
According to this configuration, since the partial seal member provided at the lower end of the connecting member is connected to both seal members of the adjacent door bodies in a state where the plurality of door bodies are closed, all the doors are connected via the partial seal members. The body seal member continues without gaps. In this case, partial seal member, because it is provided in the connecting member which is disposed astride between the lower end mutually adjacent two door body, even opens the door body, it has accommodated below the connecting member, It does not protrude outward. It should be noted that the partial seal member and the seal member may be configured such that the end portions of each of the partial seal member and the seal member are in a watertight manner or in a watertight manner.
Further, according to this configuration, the rail is continuous in the direction of finding, and the lower frame can be appropriately sealed even with a barrier-free design frame body that does not have a protrusion such as a water return portion. .
[0009]
In this case, the connecting member preferably has a connecting member main body and an end cap attached to the lower end of the connecting member main body, and the partial seal member is preferably attached to the end cap.
[0010]
According to this configuration, the partial seal member can be easily mounted by changing the end cap. This also makes it possible to easily attach the partial seal member to an existing folding door by newly manufacturing only the end cap.
[0013]
Further, the folding door installation structure of the present invention is the folding door installation structure in which the folding door according to claim 1 or 2 is installed at the opening of the bathroom, and the upper surface of the guide rail, the bathroom floor, and the dressing room floor are substantially the same. It is characterized by being arranged flush.
[0014]
According to this configuration, the upper surface of the guide rail, the bathroom floor, and the dressing room floor are arranged almost flush with each other, so that appropriate sealing can be performed even for the bathroom opening that is difficult to seal. it can.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the case where the folding door which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is applied to the middle folding door of a bathroom with reference to an accompanying drawing is demonstrated. As shown in the longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 1 and the transverse sectional view of FIG. 2, the folding door 1 is configured by incorporating a left door body 3a and a right door body 3b into a frame body 2, and the left door body 3a and the right door body. 3b is connected in a foldable manner via a connecting member 4 in a butted state. The frame body 2 is formed by framing an upper frame 11, a lower frame 12, and both vertical frames 13 and 13 made of an extrusion mold (made of aluminum), and is attached to an opening of the bathroom A.
[0016]
On the lower surface of the upper frame 11 and the upper surface of the lower frame 12, an upper guide rail 14a and a lower guide rail 14b that extend in the direction of finding are respectively formed protrudingly. The upper surface of the lower guide rail 14b is substantially flush with the bathroom floor Aa and the dressing room floor Ba, and has a so-called barrier-free design. Also, the de-robe chamber B side of the lower frame 12, the tip is attached fin-shaped airtight member 15 which is bifurcated, as well hermetic member 16 attached to the upper frame 11 and lower frame 12, these fins form By the airtight part 15 and the airtight member 16, the space between the left and right door bodies 3a, 3b and the frame body 2 is sealed over four circumferences.
[0017]
Each of the left and right door bodies 3a and 3b has a vertical rod 23 and a connecting vertical rod 24 assembled to the upper rod 21 and the lower rod 22, and a horizontal rail 25 is incorporated between the upper rod 21 and the lower rod 22. The upper and lower panel bodies 26, 26 are fitted therein. On the horizontal rail 25 of the left door body 3a, a handle portion 27 is formed on the dressing room B side, and a towel rack 28 that also serves as a handle is attached on the bathroom A side. A ventilation louver 29 with an opening / closing mechanism that communicates the interior and the exterior is formed on the lower collar 22 of each door body 3a, 3b. In addition, a latch mechanism 30 is incorporated in each of the upper and lower ends of the connection vertical rod 24 of the left door body 3a, and a closing lock mechanism 31 is incorporated in the connection vertical rod 24 of the right door body 3b. Further, a detachment mechanism 32 for detaching an upper slider 42a described later from the upper guide rail 14a is incorporated in the vertical rod 23 of each door body 3a, 3b.
[0018]
The connecting vertical rods 24 of the left and right door bodies 3a, 3b have open end surfaces on the abutting side, and the connecting member 4 is attached so as to be accommodated in the straddle between the insides. . The connecting member 4 includes a substantially half-moon-shaped closing member (connecting member main body) 34 provided between the connecting vertical rods 24 and extending in the vertical direction, and an upper cap 35 and a lower cap respectively attached to the upper and lower fore ends of the closing member 34. (End cap) 36. The left and right door bodies 3a and 3b are opened and closed by the closing member 34 so that no gap is generated between the door bodies 3a and 3b with the upper and lower caps 35 and 36 as hinges.
[0019]
A first seal member 37 and a second seal member 38 are attached to the lower collar 22 of each door body 3a, 3b on both inner surfaces of the lower end portion thereof, with the lower guide rail 14b interposed therebetween. A partial seal member 39 is attached to the lower end portion of the lower cap 36 of the connecting member 4. The first seal member 37 that hangs down from the lower collar 22 and the partial seal member 39 that hangs down from the lower cap 36 are in close contact with the lower guide rail 14b in a state of being connected in the prospective direction. The second seal member 38 extends so as to reach the outer surface of the lower end portion of the lower rod 22, and is in close contact with the above-described rod-shaped airtight member 15. In this embodiment of the barrier-free design, the running water (drainage) from the bathroom floor Aa is surely stopped and waterproofed by the first seal member 37 and the partial seal member 39, and the drainage is undressed due to their deterioration. there may leak into the chamber side, by a second sealing member 3 8 and fin-like airtight member 15, so that it waterproof.
[0020]
On the other hand, the upper slider 42a and the lower slider 42b are respectively attached to the vertical rods 23 of the door bodies 3a and 3b via upper and lower pin hinges 41 and 41. The door bodies 3a and 3b are respectively connected to the upper slider 42a and the lower slider. The upper guide rail 14a and the lower guide rail 14b are slidably supported by 42b. However, the upper and lower sliders 42a and 42b of the right door 3b are fixed to the upper and lower guide rails 14a and 14b.
[0021]
As a result, the folding door 1 includes a closed position where the left door body 3a and the right door body 3b are arranged horizontally across the width of the frame body 2, and an open door folded so that the right door body 3b overlaps the left door body 3a. Opened and closed between positions. That is, by pulling the pulling portion 27 of the horizontal rail 25 of the right door body 3b obliquely forward from the closed position, the left door body 3a and the right door body 3b rotate around the pin hinge 41 and the right door body. The upper and lower sliders 42a and 42b of 3b are guided by the upper and lower guide rails 14a and 14b and move to the left side. At the same time, the left door body 3a and the right door body 3b are bent at the connecting metal part 4, and the left door body 3a. The right door 3b is folded so as to overlap (open).
[0022]
Next, the lower cap 36 and the partial seal member 39 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower cap 36 includes a cap body 51 and a hinge fitting 52 that is fixed so as to be caulked on the upper side of the cap body 51. The hinge metal fitting 52 is a deformed pentagonal stainless steel plate 53 having a pair of bending shafts 54 and 54 erected, and both connecting vertical shafts 24 are pivotally supported by the bending shafts 54 and 54, respectively. (See FIG. 2). The cap main body 51 is formed in a substantially half-moon shape in accordance with the cross-sectional shape of the closing member 34, and a pair of fitting protrusions 55, 55 are formed on the upper surface of the cap main body 51 to be fitted into the small opening of the closing member 34. .
[0023]
On the other hand, a seal attachment groove 56 is formed on the lower surface of the cap main body 51 so as to be longitudinally cut in the longitudinal direction. The seal mounting groove 56 has a cross-sectional shape in which a part of a circle is cut out, and the cut-out portion is opened on the lower surface of the cap body 51. The partial seal member 39 is inserted into the seal attachment groove 56 from the side, so that the partial seal member 39 is attached to the lower cap 36 and is kept from being detached.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 5, the partial seal member 39 has substantially the same length as the above-described seal mounting groove 56 in the finding direction, and also has an intermediate crack shape in which the seal mounting groove 56 fits in the prospective direction. The fitting portion 61, the horizontal portion 62 extending in the orthogonal direction from the lower end of the fitting portion 61, and the hanging portion 63 that curves downward from the horizontal portion 62 and extends downward are integrally formed. In this case, it is preferable to integrally mold the fitting portion 61 as a hard resin and the horizontal portion 62 and the hanging portion 63 as a soft resin. The lower end portion of the hanging portion 63 bulges in a circular cross section, and this portion comes into contact with the side surface of the lower guide rail 14b on the bathroom A side.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the lower cap 36 attached to the closing member 34 is positioned with its seal mounting groove 56 close to the dressing room B side, and the partial seal member 39 attached thereto is The horizontal portion 62 extends to the bathroom A side beyond the lower guide rail 14b, and the hanging portion 63 is in close contact with the side surface of the lower guide rail 14b from the bathroom A side. In this case, the lower ends of the first seal members 37 attached to the door bodies 3a and 3b are also in close contact with the side surface of the lower guide rail 14b from the bathroom A side. As shown in FIG. 4B, in the direction of finding, the partial seal member 39 and the first seal members 37, 37 located on the left and right sides thereof are continuous so that the end portions overlap each other. Of course, the end portions of the partial seal member 39 and the left and right first seal members 37, 37 may be abutted with each other.
[0026]
In such a configuration, even if the drainage of the bathroom floor Aa flows toward the closed folding door 1, the water is stopped by the first seal member 37 and the partial seal member 39 that are in contact with the lower guide rail 14b. The space between the bodies 3a, 3b and the lower frame 2 is securely sealed. In particular, since the continuity of the first seal members 37, 37 suspended from the door bodies 3a, 3b is ensured by the partial seal member 39, the sealing performance between the first seal members 37, 37 is greatly improved. can do. Moreover, since the partial seal member 37 is mounted on the lower surface of the lower cap 36, the lower cap 36 and the door bodies 3a and 3b can be outwardly exposed even when the door bodies 3a and 3b are folded (opened). It does not protrude. Therefore, the partial seal member 39 does not impair the design of the folding door 1 and the partial seal member 39 itself is less likely to be damaged.
[0027]
Further, the partial seal member 39 can be easily replaced by removing the lower cap 36, and the partial seal member 39 can be easily attached to the existing folding door 1 by replacing the lower cap 39. it can.
[0028]
In addition, although this embodiment demonstrated the folding door for bathrooms, it cannot be overemphasized that it can apply also to other folding doors, such as a self-closing folding door. Moreover, although the partial seal member is attached to the connection member in this embodiment, it may be provided on a member straddling between the door bodies other than the connection member.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the folding door and its installation structure of the present invention, the seal member of all the door bodies can be found in the direction of finding through the partial seal member provided at the lower end portion of the bridging member with the door body closed. Since it is continuous, the sealability of this portion can be improved, and even when the door body is opened, the partial seal member can be prevented from protruding outward. Therefore, even if the doorway is a flat folding door, it is possible to improve the reliability regarding the sealing performance without impairing the design.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a folding door according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a folding door according to an embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view around an end cap and a partial seal member of a connecting member.
FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of an end cap of a connecting member.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a partial seal member.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Folding door, 2 Frame body, 3a Left door body, 3b Right door body, 4 Connecting member, 12 Lower frame, 14b Lower guide rail, 22 Lower rod, 24 Connecting vertical rod, 34 Closure member, 36 Lower cap, 37 1st Seal member, 39 Partial seal member, 51 Cap body, A bathroom, Aa bathroom floor, B undressing room, Ba undressing room floor

Claims (3)

A plurality of doors that are folded and opened so as to protrude from the side-by-side closed state, and a frame that supports the plurality of doors so as to be openable and closable; , provided a seal member in close contact with the frame in the closed state, in Orito for partitioning and bathroom and undressing room,
A connecting member disposed between the lower ends of the adjacent door bodies, and connecting the door bodies to each other in a freely rotatable manner ;
A partial seal member provided at a lower end of the connecting member and continuous so as to overlap the seal members of the adjacent door bodies;
Each of the sealing members is an end portion hanging from the lower end portion of each door body, and is in close contact with the rail formed on the lower frame of the frame body from the bathroom side,
The partial seal member is an end that curves downward from the dressing room side beyond the rail, and is in close contact with the rail from the bathroom side. The connecting member has a connecting member main body and an end cap attached to the lower end of the connecting member main body,
The folding door according to claim 1 , wherein the partial seal member is attached to the end cap. In the installation structure of the folding door which installs the folding door of Claim 1 or 2 in the opening part of a bathroom,
The folding door installation structure, wherein an upper surface of the guide rail, a bathroom floor, and a dressing room floor are arranged substantially flush with each other.

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