JPH04339954A - Handrail - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve workability to secure glass and to facilitate replacement of the glass. CONSTITUTION:A handrail wherein glass 14 is used as a membrane sheet and the glass 14 is supported approximately vertically to a floor surface is provided with a fixing member 22 fixed to a floor surface to support the lower end part of the glass 14 and decorative members 23a and 23b with which the fixing member 22 is covered from above. The fixing member 22 has a recessed part 22d to support the glass 14 and the lower end part of the glass 14 is securely inserted in the recessed part 22d.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to handrails for buildings, and more particularly to handrails using glass as membrane plates.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, glass is sometimes used as a membrane plate for handrails of buildings. As a conventional handrail using such glass, one shown in FIG. 5, for example, is known. In the figure, 1 is the floor, and floor 1
A pair of support members 2a and 2b are installed below. The support members 2a and 2b fix the lower end of the glass 3 on the handrail. This fixation is carried out by extending the lower end of the glass 3 to the lower side of the floor 1 and fitting it into the supporting members 2a, 2b. As the glass 3, one having a thickness of about 12 mm is used.

[0003] The upper part of the glass 3 (not shown) in the handrail is fixed by, for example, a wooden handrail part (not shown). The floor 1 above the support members 2a, 2b is covered with a decorative material 4 to improve the appearance of the floor surface of the glass 3. Further, at the site, in order to position adjacent glasses 3, the glasses 3 are unfixed by the support members 2a and 2b and moved up and down.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional handrail, the glass extends to the underfloor part and is fixed by a support member, so when fixing the glass, work under the floor is required. Not only was it difficult to install, but it also required the use of vertically long glass that extended below the floor.

[0005] Another problem is that when the glass is scratched or damaged, if the glass is to be replaced, work under the floor, such as pulling the glass out from under the floor, is required, making replacement extremely troublesome. there were. The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a handrail with good workability for fixing the glass and easy replacement of the glass.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a handrail according to the present invention uses glass as a membrane plate and supports the glass substantially perpendicularly to the floor surface. The fixing member includes a fixing member fixed to a floor surface to support the lower end of the glass, and a decorative member covering the fixing member from above, and the fixing member has a recess for supporting the glass. The device is characterized in that the lower end portion is inserted and fixed.

[0007]

In the present invention, a fixing member is placed on the floor, and the lower end of the glass is inserted into the recess of the fixing member and supported. Further, the upper part of this fixing member is covered with a decorative member to improve the appearance. Therefore, work for fixing the glass can be done on the floor, improving workability and making it easier to replace the glass.

[0008]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment is an example in which a handrail is arranged on a staircase, for example. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 indicates a low floor (hereinafter referred to as the "low floor section"), and the end of the handrail is erected on the low floor section 11, and then slopes along the staircase section, and the handrail is placed on a high floor (hereinafter referred to as the "high floor section"). ) 12, it is again extended horizontally.

[0009] The handrail has a wooden handrail portion 13, and the handrail portion 13 is a portion that pedestrians grasp or slide their hands over while walking. The handrail part 11 fixes the upper part of the glass 14 as a membrane plate, and the glass 14
The lower part of is fixed by a fixing unit 21. First, the fixing unit 21 fixing the lower part of the glass 14 will be explained according to FIG. A cross section of the handrail including the fixing unit 21 in the raised floor part 12 is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, the fixing unit 21 includes a fixing member 22 integrally arranged on the upper surface of the raised floor part 12, and decorative frames 23a and 2 as decorative members covering the upper part of the fixing member 22.
3b, and a rubber cushioning material 24 disposed at the lower end of the glass 14. The fixing member 22 includes a pair of cylindrical bodies 22a and 22b each having a rectangular cross section and having an elongated shape;
A connecting portion 22 that connects the bottoms of the cylinders 22a and 22b to each other.
It is composed of c.

Further, recesses 22d are formed at regular intervals between the cylinders 22a and 22b. Therefore, the cylindrical bodies 22a and 22b of the fixing member 22 are integrated via the connecting portion 22c. Further, openings 25a and 25b are formed on the upper surfaces of the cylinders 22a and 22b, respectively, and by using a screwdriver through these openings 25a and 25b, the cylinders 22a and 22b are screwed into the raised floor part 12 with wood screws 26a and 26b, respectively. is fixed.

The recess 22d of the fixing member 22 is formed by the glass 14.
has a constant width greater than the thickness of this recess 2
The lower end of the glass 14 is inserted into 2d. The lower end surface of the glass 14 is in contact with the connecting portion 22c of the fixing member 22 via the cushioning material 24. Furthermore, a side surface of the recess 22d of one cylinder 22a is attached to one side surface of the lower part of the glass 14 via an adhesive 27, and a pressing plate 28 is attached to the other side surface.
are in contact with each other.

Note that the adhesive 27 is attached to the lower side of the glass 14.
is applied to both sides of the glass 14, but may also be applied to the abutment plate 28. Pressing plate 28
is pressed by a screw 29, and holds the lower side of the glass 14 together with the side surface of one cylindrical body 22a. The screw 29 is screwed into the side surface of the other cylindrical body 22b.
By using a screwdriver through the opening 30 opened on the side of the glass 14
(the force that holds it) is adjusted.

Each of the decorative frames 23a and 23b has an L-shaped cross section and covers a portion of the top and side surfaces of the cylindrical bodies 22a and 22b, respectively. The above-mentioned adhesive 2 is applied to corresponding parts of the upper and side surfaces of the cylinders 22a and 22b.
7 is applied, and the decorative frame 23a,
23b are bonded to the cylinders 22a and 22b, respectively. Decorative frames 23a and 23b are cylindrical bodies 22a and 22b, respectively.
It is used to decorate and improve the appearance.

Next, the handrail portion 13 that fixes the upper part of the glass 14 will be explained. A groove 15 is formed in the lower part of the handrail portion 13. The groove 15 is approximately twice as large as the thickness of the glass 14 (for example, about 12 mm thick), and one side forms a vertical surface 16 and the other side widens toward the opening direction. Tapered surface 1
7 is formed.

An adhesive 31 is applied to the upper end of the glass 14, and this upper end is inserted into the vertical surface 16 of the groove 15 of the handrail portion 13. Further, a pusher member 32 having a tapered surface 34 is inserted into the groove 15 on the side opposite to the glass 14, and this pusher member 32 can be fixed to the handrail portion 13 with wood screws 33.

Then, by inserting this press member 32 into the groove 15 by the screwing action of the wood screw 33,
Due to the mutual action of the tapered surfaces 17 and 34, the pressing member 32 presses against the glass 14.
is pressed against the vertical surface 16 side, which is the anti-tapered surface 17 side, and fixed. FIG. 3(a) is a partially cutaway bottom view showing the structure of the end of the handrail, and FIG. 3(b) is a sectional view of an auxiliary member 41 used at the end of the handrail in FIG. 3(a). Also, Figure 4 is similar to Figure 3 (
It is a sectional view of each member of a) seen from a different direction.

As shown in these figures, the end of the handrail is fixed to the wall surface. In order to fix it to such a wall surface, an auxiliary member 41 is used in this embodiment. This auxiliary member 41 includes a plate-shaped fixing part 41a for fixing the auxiliary member 41 to a wall surface, and a protruding part 41b that protrudes from this fixing part 41a toward the handrail 13 side so as to be perpendicular to the wall surface. is formed by.

In the embodiment, three screw holes are drilled in the fixing part 41a, and each screw hole has wood screws 42a to 42.
The auxiliary member 41 is fixed to the wall members 43 and 44 by being screwed into the wall surface through the holes c. The protrusion 41b is formed to have the same cross-sectional shape as the press member 32 described above, and a portion thereof is inserted into the groove 15 of the handrail portion 13, and a wood screw 45a is inserted into the screw hole provided in the protrusion 41a. By screwing in 45b, the protrusion 41b
By fixing to the handrail part 13, the protrusion part 41b is pushed out toward the glass 14 side by the mutual action of the tapered surface 41c provided on the protrusion part 41b and the tapered surface 17 provided in the handrail part 13, so that the protrusion part 41b and the handrail part 13 grooves 1
The glass 14 is fixed between the vertical surface 16 which is the surface on the anti-tapered surface 17 side of the glass 5. In addition, glass 1
4 is coated with an adhesive 46.

Furthermore, the press member 32 is fixed to the handrail portion 13 with wood screws 47. In the above configuration, the work process of fixing the handrail to the floor will be explained. First, taking as an example a case where a handrail is installed at a position where a handrail is to be installed, for example, on the raised floor part 12, first, as shown in FIG. Place the cylinders 22a, 22b, and screw the wood screws 26a, 26b into the raised part 12 with a screwdriver through the openings 25a, 25b formed at the top of the cylinders 22a, 22b, respectively.
The cylindrical bodies 22a and 22b are respectively screwed into the raised floor part 12.
Fixed against.

Next, adhesive 27 is applied to the lower end of the glass 14.
After applying the adhesive, the cushioning material 24 is placed on the bottom of the recess 22d formed in the fixing member 22, the lower end of the glass 14 coated with the adhesive 27 is inserted thereon, and the lower end of the glass 14 is pressed. Press the contact plate 28 against it. Then, by pushing the pressing plate 28 by screwing in the screw 29, the lower side of the glass 14 is held and fixed between the pressing plate 28 and the side surface of the cylindrical body 22a. In this way, the lower end side of the glass 14 is fixed to the raised floor part 12.

Next, the adhesive 27 is applied to the cylinders 22a and 22b.
The adhesive 27 is applied to the corresponding parts of the top and side surfaces, and the decorative frames 23a, 23b are attached to the cylinder 22a.
, 22b, respectively. After that, the work moves on to fixing the upper part of the glass 14 to the handrail part 13. First, the upper end of the glass 14 is inserted into the vertical surface 16 side of the groove 15 of the handrail portion 13.

Next, the wood screws 33 are screwed in while inserting the pusher 32 having the tapered surface 34 into the handrail portion 13, so that the glass 14 is pressed against the vertical surface 16 of the groove 15 by the pusher 32 and fixed. On the other hand, the end of the handrail is shown in Figure 3.
As shown in (a), (b) and FIG. 4, the auxiliary member 41
Insert the wood screws 42 into the three screw holes formed in the fixing part 41a.
The auxiliary member 41 is fixed to the wall surface by inserting the parts a to 42c and screwing them into the wall members 43 and 44.

On the other hand, after applying the adhesive 46 to the upper part of the glass 14, the glass 1 is inserted into the groove 15 formed in the handrail portion 13.
4, and the pusher member 32 and the protruding portion 41b of the auxiliary member 41 are inserted together in succession. At this time, the protruding portions 41b of the pressing member 32 and the auxiliary member 41 are attached to the tapered surface 3.
4 and 41c, by inserting these members into the groove 15 of the handrail part 13 and screwing in the wood screws 45a, 45b and the wood screw 47, the glass 14 is pressed against the vertical surface 16 of the groove 15 of the handrail part. Fixed. In this way, the handrail portion 13 is appropriately fixed to the wall members 43 and 44 via the auxiliary member 41.

As described above, in this embodiment, after the floor surface is completed, the fixing unit 21 is installed on the floor surface, and the work of attaching the glass 14 to the handrail is performed. Therefore, unlike the conventional method, the work for fixing the glass 14 is performed on the floor, so that workability can be improved. Also,
For the same reason, the glass 14 can be replaced easily.

Furthermore, the tube pair 22 in the fixing member 22
Since the front surfaces of a and 22b are respectively covered by decorative frames 23a and 23b, the appearance can be improved.

[0027]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the work of fixing glass can be done on the floor, so it is possible to improve the workability of the fixing work. , not only can glass with a lower height than before be used,
Glass can also be easily replaced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a handrail according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a cross section of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing how the wall-side end of the handrail is attached in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view in another direction showing how the wall-side end of the handrail is attached in the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a cross section of a conventional handrail.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Low floor part
12 Raised floor part 13 Handrail part
14 Glass 21 Fixing unit
22 Fixed members 22a, 22b
Cylindrical body 23a, 23b Decorative frame (decorative member)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A handrail that uses glass as a membrane plate and supports the glass substantially perpendicularly to a floor surface, comprising: a fixing member fixed to the floor surface to support the lower end of the glass; A decorative member that covers the member from above,
The handrail is characterized in that the fixing member has a recess for supporting the glass, and the lower end of the glass is inserted into the recess and fixed.