JP5401378B2 - Handrail bracket - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a handrail bracket in which an LED (light emitting diode) that illuminates a corridor or a staircase almost directly below a handrail can be incorporated later.

  Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 9, there is one in which a bar-shaped handrail 3 is attached across the upper portions of a plurality of handrail brackets 2 attached to a wall surface 1 of a building (see Patent Document 1).

  In some cases, LEDs or the like are incorporated into the handrail bracket 2 to illuminate a corridor or stairs almost directly below the handrail 3.

JP 2009-185485 A

  By the way, there is little problem if the wiring of the LED etc. is performed at the same time while attaching the handrail at the construction site. However, from the relationship of the progress of the construction, etc. The fact is that each specialist has to do it separately at different dates.

  Therefore, since the electric construction contractor has performed the wiring work of the LED and the like after removing the handrail 3 from the handrail bracket 2 that has already been installed, the handrail construction contractor must install the handrail after this work. There was a problem that work for re-inspecting the condition was necessary, and the labor of both construction contractors increased.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a handrail bracket capable of easily incorporating and wiring LEDs and the like even after a handrail is attached. To do.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a handrail bracket for attaching a bar-shaped handrail across the upper portions of a plurality of handrail brackets attached to a wall surface of a building. A concave groove for passing the wiring cord in the longitudinal direction of the handrail is formed, while an accommodation recess having a side opening for accommodating the LED or the optical sensor from the side is formed in the handrail bracket. In addition, a cord insertion hole communicating with the groove of the handrail is formed in the upper portion of the housing recess, and a wiring cord from the groove of the handrail is guided to the housing recess from the cord insertion hole in the upper portion of the housing recess, Alternatively, a slope-shaped guide member that guides the wiring cord from the housing recess to the groove of the handrail from the cord insertion hole is provided, and an openable / closable cover is attached to the side opening of the handrail bracket It is intended to provide a handrail bracket, characterized in that.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the cover or the light sensor may be attached to the cover, and a lower opening may be formed so that the light emitting part or the sensor part faces the outside.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the guide member includes a guide body that is formed in a downward trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front and fits into the groove of the handrail, and a pair of legs at the bottom of the guide body. The pair of legs can be positioned by being inserted into insertion holes formed so as to be continuous with the cord insertion holes in the upper part of the receiving recesses of the handrail bracket.

  According to the present invention, at a construction site, a handrail installer attaches a plurality of handrail brackets to the wall surface of a building, and attaches a bar-shaped handrail across the upper portion of the handrail bracket. Assume that the work of the sliding contractor is completed.

  Thereafter, an electrician or the like (when a DC power source is used, a work other than those who qualify for electric work is permitted by law) first removes the cover and opens the side opening of the handrail bracket. Next, the wiring cord is passed through the groove of the handrail. The leading end portion of the wiring cord abuts against the slope of the guide member at the position of the handrail bracket and is redirected downward. Thereafter, the guide is smoothly guided from the cord insertion hole on one side into the housing recess of the handrail bracket. This wiring cord is drawn out from the side opening to the outside with an appropriate extra length.

  After that, when this wiring cord is continuously connected to the LED of the adjacent handrail bracket, the leading end of the wiring cord is pulled out in a loop with an extra length from the housing recess, and the other side cord Go through the insertion hole. The leading end portion of the wiring cord abuts against the inclined surface of the guide member and is changed in direction laterally. After that, the guide is smoothly guided into the groove of the handrail and passed through the groove. In the same manner, the guide is guided into the receiving recess of the adjacent handrail bracket and pulled out from the side opening to the outside with an appropriate extra length.

  After such wiring work, the core wire of the extra length portion of the wiring cord is connected to the LED or the like attached to each cover. By the way, with the type in which the LED etc. is mounted in the housing recess of the handrail bracket, the wiring work in the narrow housing recess is troublesome, but it is easy to connect the LED etc. outside the housing recess. Can be done.

  Then, after completing the connection in each handrail bracket, close the side opening of each handrail bracket with each cover while pushing the excess length of the wiring cord into the housing recess, and the work of the electrician etc. is completed To do. In this way, even after the handrail is attached, the LED and the like can be easily assembled and wired by retrofitting.

  According to claim 2, it is possible to connect the LED etc. outside the handrail bracket in a state where the cover is removed from the side opening and the LED is attached, and the wiring cord is pulled out from the side opening. Wiring work can be done easily.

  According to claim 3, when the handrail is attached to the handrail bracket in a state where the leg portion of the guide body of the guide member is inserted and positioned in the insertion hole of the handrail bracket, the guide body of the guide member is handrailed. Therefore, the work of positioning the guide member becomes unnecessary.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the handrail and handrail bracket of embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of FIG. 2. It is the bracket for handrails which attached the cover, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a top view. (A) is side surface sectional drawing of the bracket for handrails which attached the cover, (b) is a perspective view of a cover. It is a guide member, (a) is a plan view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a bottom view, and (d) is a perspective view. It is a guide member, (a) is the perspective view attached to the bracket for handrails, (b) is the perspective view in which the concave groove of the handrail was fitted. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating the point of the wiring by a wiring code. It is the perspective view which attached the handrail to the bracket for conventional handrails.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the handrail 5 and the handrail bracket 6, FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of handrail brackets 6 are attached to the wall surface 7 of the building (see reference numeral 2 in FIG. 9), and bar-shaped handrails 5 straddle the upper portions of the handrail brackets 6. Is installed.

  The handrail 5 is, for example, a wooden round bar, and a concave groove 5a for passing the wiring cord 12 (see FIG. 8) in the longitudinal direction of the handrail 5 extends substantially along the entire length of the handrail 5. Is formed.

  The handrail bracket 6 is made of, for example, aluminum die cast, and is formed into a shape bent in a substantially L shape in a side view. Inside the handrail bracket 6, an accommodation recess 6 b having a side opening 6 a that opens across the side surface (front surface) opposite to the wall surface 7 and the lower surface is formed. The LED 8 or the optical sensor 9 (see FIG. 1) can be housed from the side opening 6a in the housing recess 6b.

  Here, the LED 8 illuminates the corridor and the stairs almost directly below the handrail 5 (strictly, the handrail bracket 6), and is basically housed in all the handrail brackets 6. It is. However, in order to save energy, in order to turn on the LED 8 only when a person needs to approach the handrail 5 in addition to or in addition to the darkness that requires lighting, In some cases, the optical sensor 9 to detect is required. In such a case, the optical sensor 9 can be accommodated in the handrail bracket 6 in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the corridor or in the vicinity of the ascending / descending entrance of the stairs.

  A screw hole 6d for fixing the handrail bracket 6 to the wall surface 7 with a screw is formed in the bottom 6c of the housing recess 6 of the handrail bracket 6 from inside the housing recess 6b.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, a screw hole 6f for fixing the handrail 5 to the upper part 6e of the handrail bracket 6 from the inside of the housing recess 6b with a screw is formed in the upper part 6e of the housing recess 6b. ing.

  A pair of cord insertion holes 6g and 6h communicating with the concave groove 5a of the handrail 5 are formed in the upper portion 6e of the housing recess 6b at a certain interval in the direction of the handrail 5, and this large diameter cord insertion hole A semicircular small-diameter insertion hole 6i is formed so as to continue to 6g and 6h.

  In the upper part 6e of the housing recess 6b, the wiring cord 12 from the groove 5a of the handrail 5 is guided to the housing recess 6b from the cord insertion hole 6g (or 6h), or the wiring cord 12 from the housing recess 6b is passed through the cord. A sloped guide member 10 is provided to guide the hole 6h (or 6g) to the concave groove 5a of the handrail 5.

  As shown in detail in FIG. 6, the guide member 10 is formed in a downward trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front, and has slopes 10 c on both sides as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. The guide main body 10a fits into the groove 5a and a pair of semicircular leg portions 10b at the bottom of the guide main body 10a. The pair of leg portions 10b are positioned by being inserted into the insertion holes 6i of the upper portion 6e of the handrail bracket 6, respectively. For example, the inclined surface 10c preferably has an inclined shape of about 45 degrees, and more preferably has a loose arc shape.

  The cover 11 capable of opening and closing the side opening 6a of the handrail bracket 6 is made of, for example, a synthetic resin, and an LED 8 or an optical sensor 9 is formed on the inner surface of the lower portion 11a of the cover 11 as shown in FIGS. A rectangular frame-like rib 11b that can be attached by being inserted from above is formed. In addition, a lower opening 11c is formed inside the rib 11b so that the light emitting portion or sensor portion of the LED 8 or the optical sensor 9 attached by being inserted into the rib 11b faces the outside.

  The cover 11 is locked by forcibly fitting the cover 11 to the side opening 6a of the handrail bracket 6 while being bent, the side opening 6a is closed, and the cover 11 is unlocked by being pulled from the side opening 6a while being bent. Then, the side opening 6a is opened.

  In the construction as described above, as shown in FIG. 8, at the construction site, a handrail construction company attaches a plurality of handrail brackets 6 to the wall surface 7 of the building with screws, and the handrail bracket 6 It is assumed that the bar-shaped handrail 5 is attached with screws over the upper part and the work of the handrail construction contractor is completed.

  Thereafter, an electrician or the like (when a DC power source is used, a work other than those who are qualified for electric work is legally allowed), first, the cover 11 is removed and the side opening 6a of the handrail bracket 6 is removed. Then, the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9) is inserted into the rib 11b of the cover 11 from above and attached.

  Next, as shown by an arrow a in FIG. 8, the two-core parallel wiring cord 12 is passed through the concave groove 5 a of the handrail 5. The distal end portion of the wiring cord 12 abuts on the inclined surface 10c on one side (left side in FIG. 8) of the guide member 10 at the position of the handrail bracket 6 and the direction is changed downward (see arrow b). After that, the guide is smoothly guided from the cord insertion hole 6g on one side (left side in FIG. 8) into the housing recess 6b of the handrail bracket 6. The wiring cord 12 is drawn out from the side opening 6a to the outside with an appropriate extra length.

  Thereafter, when the wiring cord 12 is continuously connected to the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9) of the adjacent handrail bracket 6, the wiring cord 12 is pulled out in a loop with an extra length from the housing recess 6b. 12 is passed through the cord insertion hole 6h on the other side (right side in FIG. 8) (see arrow c). The distal end portion of the wiring cord 12 abuts against the inclined surface 10c on the other side (right side in FIG. 8) of the guide member 10 and is laterally changed (see arrow d). After that, the guide is smoothly guided into the concave groove 5a of the handrail 5 and passes through the concave groove 5a. In the same manner, it is guided into the housing recess 6b of the adjacent handrail bracket 6 and pulled out from the side opening 6a to the outside with an appropriate extra length.

  After such wiring work, the core wire of the extra length portion of the wiring cord 12 is connected to the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9) attached to each cover 11. If the distance between the handrail brackets 6 is known, the covering of the corresponding portion of the wiring cord 12 is peeled off in advance to expose the core wire, and the core wire is bent to connect the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9). Just plug into the hole and you can connect.

  Then, after the connection in each handrail bracket 6 is finished, if the side opening 6a of each handrail bracket 6 is closed by each cover 11 while pushing the extra length portion of the wiring cord 12 into the housing recess 6b, the electric work The work of the contractor is completed.

  In this way, even after the handrail 5 is attached, the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9) can be easily assembled and wired by retrofitting.

  In addition, the cover 11 with the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9) attached thereto is removed from the side opening 6a, and the wiring cord 12 is pulled out from the side opening 6a. The sensor 9) can be connected. Incidentally, in the type in which the LED or the like is mounted in the housing recess 6b of the handrail bracket 6, the wiring work in the narrow housing recess 6b is troublesome, but the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9) is outside the housing recess 6b. The connection work can be easily performed by being able to connect to the cable.

  Further, when the handrail 5 is attached to the handrail bracket 6 in a state where the leg portion 10b of the guide body 10a of the guide member 10 is inserted into the insertion hole 6i of the handrail bracket 6 and positioned, the guide body of the guide member 10 is provided. Since 10a fits into the concave groove 5a of the handrail 5, the work of positioning the guide member 10 becomes unnecessary.

  Note that, as the power source of the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9), AC power can be converted into DC power, but a battery that is DC power can also be used. In this case, the storage battery of the photovoltaic power generation system can be housed in the housing recess 6b of the handrail bracket 6 at an appropriate position instead of the LED 8 (or the optical sensor 9).

5 Handrail 5a Concave groove 6 Handrail bracket 6a Side opening 6b Housing recess 6e Upper part 7 Wall surface 8 LED
9 optical sensor 10 guide member 10a guide body 10b leg 11 cover 11c lower opening 12 wiring cord

Claims (3)

In a handrail bracket that attaches a bar-shaped handrail across the top of a plurality of handrail brackets attached to the wall of the building,
While a concave groove for passing a wiring cord in the longitudinal direction of the handrail is formed at the lower part of the handrail,
An accommodation recess having a side opening for accommodating the LED or the optical sensor from the side is formed in the handrail bracket,
A cord insertion hole that communicates with the concave groove of the handrail is formed in the upper portion of the housing concave portion,
In the upper part of the receiving recess, the wiring cord from the groove of the handrail is guided from the cord insertion hole to the receiving recess, or the wiring cord from the receiving recess is guided to the groove of the handrail from the cord insertion hole. A guide member is provided,
A handrail bracket, wherein an openable / closable cover is attached to a side opening of the handrail bracket.   The handrail bracket according to claim 1, wherein a lower opening is formed on the cover so that the LED or the optical sensor is attached and the light emitting part or the sensor part is exposed to the outside.   The guide member is formed of a guide body that is formed in a trapezoidal shape downward in a front view and fits into a groove in the handrail, and a pair of legs at the bottom of the guide body, and the pair of legs are The handrail bracket according to claim 1, wherein the handrail bracket is positioned by being inserted into an insertion hole formed so as to be continuous with a cord insertion hole in an upper portion of the housing recess of the handrail bracket.

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