JP6731752B2 - Side blocking mechanism of moving partition device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a side blocking mechanism of a moving partition device for partitioning an office, a large hall, a conference room, etc.

Generally, a moving partition device is used for partitioning a room such as an office, a large hall, a conference room into a predetermined partition by connecting moving panels suspended from rails provided on a ceiling. In such a moving partition device, when a plurality of partition panel bodies are connected to form a wall surface, a gap is created between the partition panel body and the side wall of the room, and a light leak or a sound leak occurs from this gap. There was a problem. Therefore, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a gap blocking device (side closing mechanism) including a pressure contact member (closing member) that can move forward and backward is provided in the side wall, and the pressure contact member is attached to a side panel adjacent to the side wall ( There is one in which the gap is closed by being pressed against the side of the partition panel body.

JP-A-8-93350 (page 3, FIG. 1)

In Patent Document 1, a gap shielding device is a ball nut fixed to a pressure contact member so as not to be rotatable relative to the ball nut, and is screwed with the ball nut, and extends in the advancing/retreating direction of the pressure contact member that is rotationally driven by a motor. The pressure contact member is mainly moved forward and backward by the device main body provided with a ball screw. Therefore, when advancing/retreating the pressure contact member, in addition to the advance/retreat amount of the pressure contact member, it has the width in the left/right direction of the device itself for advancing/retreating the pressure contact member. There is a problem that the space for forming the wall surface is limited because it is necessary to have a depth dimension in the direction.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a side blocking mechanism for a moving partitioning device in which the space for forming a wall surface is limitlessly reduced.

In order to solve the above problems, the side part closing mechanism of the moving partition device of the present invention,
A side closing mechanism of a moving partition device for closing a lateral gap of a partition panel body,
The side blocking mechanism is connected to the link unit and a forward/backward mechanism having a drive unit that moves forward and backward in the vertical direction and a link unit that converts vertical movement of the drive unit into substantially horizontal movement. With a closing member extending in the vertical direction ,
The closure member is connected to a plurality provided said forward and reverse mechanism in the vertical direction, so as to correspond to each of the forward and reverse mechanism, have detection means are provided for detecting the position in the lateral direction of each of said closure members, respectively Rukoto Is characterized by.
According to this feature, since the vertical movement of the drive unit of the side closing mechanism is converted into the substantially horizontal movement by the link unit, the drive unit can be arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction of the closing member can be changed. It is possible to reduce the width of the side blocking mechanism in the left-right direction while ensuring a moving distance required for moving to.

The closing member is connected to a plurality of advancing and retracting mechanisms provided in the up-and-down direction, and detection means is provided to detect the lateral position of each closing member so as to correspond to each of the advancing and retracting mechanisms. Is characterized by.
According to this feature, it is possible to reliably close the gap by moving the closing member by using a plurality of small driving units provided in the vertical direction.

It is characterized in that the partition panel body and the closing member are movably suspended from the same guide path provided on the ceiling.
According to this feature, since the partition panel body and the closing member are both suspended and supported by the same guide path, the lateral positions of the both can be accurately adjusted, and the shielding effect is high.

It is a perspective view showing an example of installation of a moving partition device in an example. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing how the partition panel is closed and pressed by a side closing mechanism of the moving partition device. It is a fragmentary sectional view showing the structure of the side part closing mechanism of a moving partition device. (A) And (b) is a partial sectional view which shows the closing operation of the closing member of the side closing mechanism and the advancing/retreating mechanism of the moving partition device. It is a fragmentary sectional view showing a modification of a side part closing mechanism of a moving partition device.

A mode for carrying out a side part closing mechanism of a moving partition device according to the present invention will be described below based on embodiments.

The side blocking mechanism of the moving partition device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. Hereinafter, the front side of the screen of FIG. 3 is the front side (front side) of the side blocking mechanism of the moving partition device, and the back side of the screen of FIG. 3 is the rear side (rear side) of the side blocking mechanism of the moving partition device. The vertical and horizontal directions when viewed from the front side will be described as a reference.

The moving partition device 10 of the present embodiment is installed, for example, for partitioning an indoor space such as an office, an exhibition hall, and a conference room, and as shown in FIG. 1, a rail 3 installed on a ceiling C in the indoor space. (Partition panel body), which is mainly composed of a plurality of partition panels 2, 2,... (Partition panel bodies) whose upper ends are suspended by suspension members 34, 34 movable along the (guide path), and one end of the rail 3 The partition panels 2, 2,... Stored at the position of the storage rail 35 provided on the rail are manually and sequentially moved along the rail 3 toward the predetermined position in the direction of the movement restricting end 4 provided on the side wall W. The partition panels 2, 2,... Can be connected in a line to partition the indoor space from the ceiling C to the floor surface F of the floor.

The movement regulating end portion 4 is an end that regulates the movement of the leading partition panel 2 by abutting the partition panel 2 installed at the head among the partition panels 2, 2,... That constitute the moving partition device 10. It refers to a predetermined side wall portion, a column, or the like that constitutes the part.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, among the partition panels 2, 2,... Which constitute the moving partition device 10, the rearmost partition panel 2 ′ is arranged in the left-right direction from the side blocking mechanism 1 provided on the side wall W. The gap between the side portion 2a of the partition panel 2'and the side portion closing mechanism 1 is closed by the side closing member 12 that moves so that it can move in and out. When the gap between the side portion 2a of the partition panel 2'and the side blocking mechanism 1 is closed by the side blocking member 12, the side blocking member 12 causes the partition panel 2'to move toward the movement restricting end portion 4. , 2'combined in a row are pressed in the direction of the movement restricting end 4, and the adjacent partition panels 2, 2, ..., 2'are brought into close contact with each other. By doing so, the sound insulation and the insulation are improved.

Further, in this embodiment, the partition panels 2, 2,..., 2 ′ are provided with a closing member (not shown) that closes the upper and lower gaps between the rail 3 and the floor F, and the side closing members 12 The partition panels 2, 2,..., 2'are pressed in the direction of the movement restricting end 4, and the lateral contact portions of the partition panels 2, 2,..., 2'are accurately positioned vertically and horizontally. In this state, the closing member can be operated, and the space partitioning performance of the moving partition device 10 can be reliably enhanced.

Next, the structure of the side part closing mechanism 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The side blocking mechanism 1 is embedded in the side wall W of the moving partition device 10 that faces the movement regulating end portion 4.

The side blocking mechanism 1 includes a base body 11 embedded in the side wall W, a side blocking member 12 (blocking member) suspended and supported by a suspension member 34 movable along the rail 3, and a side blocking member. It is mainly composed of a plurality of advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13...

In the base body 11, a steel plate is formed in a U-shape in cross section so as to follow the inner wall of the space X, which is recessed in the vertical direction so as to form a predetermined depth with respect to the side wall W. The side blocking member 12 and the retractable mechanism 11a for storing the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,... And the opening portion facing the movement regulation end 4 side are configured to allow the side blocking member 12 to move in and out. The opening 11b. The end 3b of the rail 3 installed on the ceiling C is extended so as to enter the inside of the space X in the side wall W in which the side blocking mechanism 1 is embedded.

The side part closing member 12 is provided with a sealing member 20 extending in the up-down direction of the partition panel 2, and a shaft provided by a first link portion 32 of an advancing/retreating mechanism 13 provided on the left side (side wall W side) of the sealing member 20 which will be described later. .. and a pair of elastic members 22, 22 connecting the sealing member 20 and the supporting member 21 so as to be contactable and separable in the left-right direction.

The sealing member 20 is longer than the partition panel 2 in the up-down direction, and the upper and lower ends are close to the lower surface 3a of the rail 3 and the floor surface F so that they are not in contact with each other. It is possible to advance toward the direction (direction of the movement regulation end 4). Further, cushioning members 200, 200 made of elastic rubber or the like are fixed to the side end 20a of the sealing member 20.

When the sealing member 20 is advanced from the storage portion 11a of the base body 11 toward the movement regulation end portion 4, the contact surface 200a of the cushioning member 200 contacts the side portion 2a of the rearmost partition panel 2'. The side surface of the sealing member 20 can close the gap between the side portion 2a of the partition panel 2'and the side portion closing mechanism 1 (see FIG. 4B). A sound-absorbing material (not shown) is provided inside the sealing member 20 to enhance sound insulation when closed.

The support members 21, 21,... Have a shorter dimension in the vertical direction than the sealing member 20, and are provided on the left side of the sealing member 20 in correspondence with the number of advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,. Further, the support members 21, 21,... Include a single pivotal support portion P whose vertical center of gravity is removed by the end portions 32b, 32b,... Of the first link portions 32, 32,. , P,... are pivotally supported.

A pair of elastic members 22, 22 are provided near the upper and lower ends of the side faces 21a, 21a,... On the side of the movement restricting end 4 of the support members 21, 21,.

The elastic member 22 is composed of a coil-shaped compression spring 22a that urges in the left-right direction and a bolt-shaped shaft core 22b that is passed through the compression spring 22a, and one end of the shaft core 22b. 22 c is screwed so as to penetrate the support member 21.

Further, the other end portion 22c of the shaft core 22b penetrates a through hole 20e formed in the side portion 20b of the sealing member 20 and a through hole 20f of the hat-shaped pressing portion 20c of the sealing member 20, The restriction member 20d is screwed into the end 22c of the shaft core 22b to prevent the end of the shaft core 22b from coming off.

In this way, the elastic restoring force of the elastic members 22 and 22 and the structure for preventing the shaft cores 22b and 22b from coming off keeps a predetermined space between the sealing member 20 and the sealing member 20.

Further, limit switches 23, 23,... (Detection means) are provided between the sealing member 20 and the support members 21, 21,.

The limit switch 23 is attached to the side portion 20b of the sealing member 20, and although its structure is not shown in detail here, a micro switch for opening and closing an electric circuit connected to a control unit (not shown) of the moving partition device 10 is provided. A switch body 23a containing a switch (not shown), a hinge-lever-shaped actuating body 23b protruding leftward of the sealing member 20 from the installation hole and rotatable left and right, and operated by the operation of the actuating body 23b. And a push plunger type actuator (not shown).

Further, the tip of the actuating body 23b extends toward the vicinity of the elastic member 22 provided at a position far from the shaft supporting portion P of the supporting member 21, and the gap between the sealing member 20 and the supporting member 21 extends in the vertical direction. Only when it is closed, the actuator 23b is rotated to operate the actuator, and the closing signal is output (see FIG. 4B).

The forward/backward moving mechanisms 13, 13,... Drive the linear motion motors 30, 30,... (Drive unit) driven by electric power supplied from a power source (not shown) and the power of the linear motion motors 30, 30,. , And the link portions 31, 31... Which are transmitted to the supporting members 21, 21,. Since the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,... Have the same structure, the advancing/retreating mechanism 13 provided on the rail 3 side will be described, and description of the other advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,.

The linear motion motor 30 includes a cylinder 30a that incorporates a trapezoidal screw (not shown) that converts a rotational motion into a linear motion, and a rod that is attached to the tip of the trapezoidal screw and that can linearly advance and retreat in the vertical direction from the end of the cylinder 30a. 30b and. Further, since the rod 30b is operated by the linear motion motor 30 using a trapezoidal screw with high accuracy of motion transmission, the rod 30b can be held at the stop position when the power supply is stopped.

The link portion 31 is composed of a long first link portion 32 and a short second link portion 33 and has a substantially horizontal letter-like shape. The first link portion 32 has one end portion 32a. Is rotatably connected to the tip of the rod 30b of the linear motion motor 30, and the other end 32b is rotatably connected to the shaft support portion P of the support member 21 described above. Further, the second link portion 33 has one end 33a rotatably connected to the storage portion 11a of the base body 11, and the other end 33b turned to a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the first link portion 32. It is movably connected. According to this, the link portion 31 receives the linear movement of the rod 30b of the linear motion motor 30 in the left-right direction, and the link portion 31 cooperates with the first link portion 32 and the second link portion 33 so that the shaft support portion of the support member 21. The direction of the force can be converted so that the end portion 32b of the first link portion 32 that is rotatably connected to P is linearly moved in the substantially left-right direction. The link portion 31 is configured such that the left-right dimension is shorter than the up-down dimension.

Next, the closing operation by the side closing member 12 and the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,... Stored in the storing portion 11a of the base body 11 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4A, when the closing operation by the side blocking member 12 and the advancing/retreating mechanism 13 is started, first, the linear motor 30 that constitutes the advancing/retreating mechanism 13 by receiving the electric power supplied from the power source. Is driven and the rod 30b simultaneously moves upward, and the end portion 32a of the first link portion 32 and the end portion 33a of the second link portion 33 come close to each other, whereby the second link portion 33 ends. It rotates counterclockwise around 33a as a fulcrum and moves the end 33b upward.

By the upward movement of the end 33b of the second link portion 33, the end 32b of the first link portion 32 pivotally supported by the end 33b moves substantially rightward. That is, the direction (upward direction) of the movement of the rod 30b due to the driving of the linear motion motor 30 is converted into the direction of the force that moves the end 32b of the first link portion 32 substantially rightward. It

In this way, the first links are moved by the movement of the end portions 32b, 32b,... Of the first link portions 32, 32,. The end portions 32b, 32b,... Of the portions 32, 32,... And the support members 21, 21,. Begin to move to the right while maintaining a state substantially parallel to the side portion 2a of the rearmost partition panel 2'.

When the linear motion motors 30, 30,... Are continued to be driven and the rods 30b, 30b,.. are further advanced in the upward direction, as shown in FIG. 4B, the cushioning member fixed to the sealing member 20. The contact surface 200a of 200 abuts the side portion 2a of the rearmost partition panel 2'.

Further, when the contact surface 200a of the cushioning member 200 fixed to the sealing member 20 and the side portion 2a of the rearmost partition panel 2'abut on each other, the drive of the linear motion motor 30 is continued. The sealing member 20 and the supporting members 21, 21,... Are further pressed to the right, and all the left and right gaps between the sealing member 20 and the supporting members 21, 21,. Accordingly, the operating bodies 23b, 23b,... Of the limit switches 23, 23... Rotate and the actuator is operated to detect the closed state, and the control unit of the moving partitioning device 10 performs the closing operation. A close signal is sent to signal completion. Upon receipt of the closing signal, the control unit stops driving the linear motors 30, 30,... And the closing operation by the side closing member 12 and the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,.

Further, in the closed state, since the rods 30b, 30b,... Are stopped at the correct positions when the power supply is stopped as described above, the sealing member 20 and the support members 21, 21,. The compression springs 22a and 22a of the elastic members 22 and 22 that connect with each other are maintained in a biased state, and sealed by the biasing force of the compression springs 22a and 22a to the side portion 2a of the rearmost partition panel 2'. The member 20 is brought into contact with the member 20 so that it can be closed without a gap.

According to this, temporarily, after the completion of the closing operation, one of the components of the side closing member 12 and the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,... Slightly moves, and the supporting members 21, 21,. Even in such a case, the state in which the sealing member 20 is brought into contact with the side portion 2a of the rearmost partition panel 2'can be maintained by the biasing force of the compression springs 22a, 22a.

Further, since the shaft supporting portions P, P,... Of the supporting members 21, 21,... That are pushed rightward by the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,... Are displaced from the vertical center of gravity, the rearmost partition panel 2 Unbalanced loads are applied from the supporting members 21, 21,... To the sealing member 20 that is in contact with the side portion 2a of the', but the upper and lower compression springs 22a, 22a are compressed at the same compression margin. The pressing force of the sealing member 20 can be adjusted substantially uniformly in the vertical direction.

The operation of releasing the closed state is performed by operating in the reverse order of the closed operation described above. In this case, by providing a predetermined open detection switch or the like, it may be possible to detect that the entire sealing member 20 has retracted into the storage portion 11a and the release of the closed state has been completed.

As described above, the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,... Of the side part closing mechanism 1 cause the vertical movements of the rods 30b, 30b,. The direction of force can be converted into a substantially horizontal linear motion in the shaft supporting portions P, P,... Of the supporting members 21, 21,. Therefore, the lateral dimension of the side blocking mechanism 1 can be reduced while securing the movement distance required for moving the side blocking member 12 in the left-right direction.

Further, since the lateral dimension of the side blocking mechanism 1 can be reduced, the thickness of the side wall W required to house the side blocking mechanism 1 can be small, and the space for forming the moving partition device 10 is less likely to be limited. ..

Further, the side blocking member 12 is connected to a plurality of advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,... Which are provided in the vertical direction, and the sealing member 20 and each supporting member 21 are provided so as to correspond to the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,. Since limit switches 23, 23,... Which respectively detect the left and right gaps with respect to the left, right, and so on are provided, the side portions are provided by using a plurality of small direct drive motors 30, 30,. It is possible to move the closing member 12 and surely close the gap.

Further, since the partition panels 2, 2,... 2'and the sealing member 20 are suspended by the suspension supporting members 34, 34,... Which are movable along the same rail 3 provided on the ceiling C, the partition panel 2 , 2, 2'and the lateral position of the sealing member 20 can be accurately aligned, and the shielding effect can be enhanced.

Further, since the sealing member 20 is hung and supported by the suspension member 34 on the left side portion 20b side connected to the support members 21, 21,..., The support members 21, 13,. The sealing member 20 is easily moved by the force of pushing the sealing member 20 to the right and the biasing force from the elastic members 22, 22 connecting the sealing member 20 and the supporting members 21, 21,. Has become.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, as a modification of the side blocking mechanism 1, the support member 21 that constitutes the side blocking member 12 has a long hole 21b in the vertical direction above the front side of the support member 21, respectively. The end portion 32b of the first link portion 32 that is bored is pivotally supported by the pivot support portion P so as to be slidable in the vertical direction along the elongated hole 21b. According to this, even if the movements of the advancing/retreating mechanisms 13, 13,... Are not performed at the same time, and the shaft supporting portions P, P,... Are distorted, the shaft supporting portions P, P along the elongated holes 21b, 21b,. , Can slide vertically to disperse the force applied to the shaft supporting portions P, P,....

Although the side blocking mechanism 1 in the present embodiment is described as being embedded in the sidewall W, the invention is not limited to this, and the side blocking mechanism 1 can move along the rails 3 like the partition panel. 2 ′ of the moving partitioning device 10 is composed of a glass panel, the lateral dimension of the side blocking mechanism 1 can be reduced, so The lateral dimension of the glass surface of the partition device 10 can be made large to improve the aesthetics of the moving partition device 10.

Further, the support members 21, 21,... Are supported at one point as long as they are rotatably connected to the shaft support portions P, P,... With respect to the link portions 31, 31,. It does not need to be provided, and may be pivotally supported at two points by, for example, parallel links. Further, the shaft supporting portions P, P,... Of the supporting members 21, 21,.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific configurations are not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention are included in the present invention. Be done.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the side-side closing mechanism 1 has been described as a mode in which the side-side closing member 12 performs the closing operation by receiving the power of the direct drive motors 30, 30,... However, the invention is not limited to this, and the side closing member 12 may be manually closed by interlocking the worm gear with the crank handle.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the link portions 31, 31,... Are described as a mode in which the separate first link portions 32, 32,... And the second link portions 33, 33,. However, not limited to this, the link portion 31 causes the movement of the rods 30b, 30b,... Of the linear motors 30, 30,. The shape and number of the members configuring the link portions 31, 31,..., the connecting portions, etc. may be freely configured as long as they are converted to the movement in the left-right direction.

1 Side blocking mechanism 2, 2'Partition panel (partition panel body)
3 rails (taxiway)
4 Movement Restriction End 10 Movement Partition Device 11 Base Body 12 Side Closure Member (Closure Member)
13 advancing/retreating mechanism 20 sealing member 21 supporting member 22 elastic member 23 limit switch (detecting means)
30 Direct drive motor (drive unit)
31 link part 32 1st link part 33 2nd link part 34 suspension support member 200 cushioning member 200a contact surface

Claims (1)

A side closing mechanism of a moving partition device for closing a lateral gap of a partition panel body,
The side blocking mechanism is connected to the link unit and a forward/backward mechanism having a drive unit that moves forward and backward in the vertical direction and a link unit that converts vertical movement of the drive unit into substantially horizontal movement. With a closing member extending in the vertical direction ,
The closure member is connected to a plurality provided said forward and reverse mechanism in the vertical direction, so as to correspond to each of the forward and reverse mechanism, have detection means are provided for detecting the position in the lateral direction of each of said closure members, respectively Rukoto A side blocking mechanism for a moving partition device.

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