JPH0559867A - Automatic rail frame side wall automatic unsealing device for folding door - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To seal a rail frame side wall missing portion at the fold portion of a folding door without impairing the folding function. CONSTITUTION:A rotatable rotary side wall 50 is provided on the side wall missing portion of an upper frame 10, a groove-like spiral coupling section 54 with a rotary range of 90 deg. is provided on the folding door C side of the rotary side wall 50, and a moving projection 60 coupled with the spiral coupling section 54 is protruded on a guide shaft 44 at the upper end of a hanging stile 42. The hanging stile 42 is moved in the longitudinal direction of the upper frame 10 when the folding door C is opened or closed, the moving projection 60 is horizontally moved at the fixed position, and the rotary side wall 50 is forcefully rotated via the spiral coupling section 54 in conjunction with this movement. The missing portion is sealed by the rotary side wall 50 when the folding door C is extended, and it is opened when the folding action is started.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a folding door, and more particularly, to a rail frame side wall automatic closing and opening device for a folding door which is capable of automatically closing and releasing the side wall of the rail frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Folding doors used as, for example, a horizontal pull shutter or a vertical pull panel shutter are constructed by connecting shutter panels so that they can be folded in a bellows manner or engaged in a manner that allows them to be folded in a separate overlapping manner. It is supposed to be stretch-folded.

Therefore, the rail frame of these folding doors, in the case of the one for closing the end of the folding door, is provided with a closing side wall in the longitudinal direction thereof, and the side wall is partially cut off at the folding portion to form the end of the folding door. It should be folded so that it will escape to the outside of the rail frame at the cutout portion, and for non-blocking type, there is no side wall of this kind, or even if it is provided, it will not collide with the panel of the folding door. It is generally done.

[0004]

However, in the former one for sealing, the folded portion has a stepped side wall in a state of being cut off to impair the external appearance and the sealing of the portion is insufficient. In particular, if this is located outside the room, wind and rain will be blown into it.

Further, the latter non-blocking type itself is difficult to secure the properties required as an opening member such as airtightness and watertightness, so that the places where it is installed and used are limited.

The present invention has been made under such circumstances, and the problem to be solved is that the folding function is not impaired and the end of the folding door is automatically closed according to the opening / closing movement of the folding door. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rail frame side wall automatic closing / opening device of a folding door capable of opening / closing a part or the like.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a pivoting side wall provided rotatably in the longitudinal direction part of the rail frame or over the entire length of the rail running frame on the folding door side along with the opening / closing movement of the folding door is provided outside the rail running frame. The present invention is configured such that the movable projection that is projected toward the front and the spiral engagement portion of the rotary side wall are forcibly rotated to perform the blocking and opening, that is, the present invention is configured to project toward the outside of the rail travel frame. Moving protrusion, a rotating side wall provided so as to be rotatable partially or in the entire longitudinal direction of the rail frame, and a spiral member provided on the side of the rail travel frame of the rotating side wall so as to engage with the moving protrusion. A rail frame side wall automatic closing and opening device for folding doors (claim 1), characterized in that the spiral engaging part of claim 1 is arranged over the entire length of the moving range of the moving projection in the longitudinal direction. Folding door rail frame side wall automatic closing and opening device (claim 2), contract The spiral engagement portion of claim 1 is partially arranged in a longitudinal direction of a moving protrusion of a moving projection. A rail frame side wall automatic closing and opening device for folding doors (claim 3), a moving range of claim 3. A rail frame side wall automatic closing and opening device for folding doors (claim 4), characterized in that a moving engaging portion of a moving projection continuous to the spiral engaging portion is additionally provided in the remaining portion. To 4 are formed in a single or a plurality of groove shapes or rib shapes that engage with the moving protrusions, and a rail frame side wall automatic closing and opening device of a folding door (claim 5). 6. The automatic closing and opening of the rail frame side wall of the folding door, wherein the spiral engaging portion according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is arranged so as to make a rotation range of 90 ° per engaging stroke with the moving projection. Device (Claim 6) and a movable projection projecting outward from the rail travel frame according to Claims 1 to 6. In place of the folding, a moving projection protruding outward toward the rail engaging portion at the center position in the panel width direction of the folding door is used to automatically open and close the rail frame side wall of the folding door. Regarding 7),
In addition, these are the means for solving the above problems as the gist of the invention.

In the present invention, the term "railway traveling frame" refers to a frame that runs in the rail frame among the suspension frame of the folding door end traveling in the rail frame, the end traveling frame such as the traveling frame, and the panel connecting frame. The term "rail frame" is used to mean an upper frame, a lower frame, a vertical frame, or a part thereof that is a frame equipped with rails.

[0009]

In any of the present inventions, when the folding door is manually or electrically operated to open or close, the moving projection of the rail travel frame or the rail engaging portion moves in the longitudinal direction of the rail frame, and the moving protrusion engages with the rail. By rotating the spiral engaging portion of the moving side wall, the rotating side wall is forcibly rotated in the closing direction or the opening direction.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be further described with reference to the drawings showing the following embodiments. In FIGS. 1 to 7, A is an aluminum alloy and is a horizontal hanging shutter of a hanging type, B is a shutter frame, and C is a folding door. , D indicates an automatic opening and closing device.

The shutter frame B includes an upper frame 10, a lower frame 20,
A hanging base vertical frame 30 and a door stop vertical frame 35 are provided, and these are framed.

The upper frame 10 is provided with a pair of front and rear closing side walls 11, an upper horizontal guide 12 and a lower vertical guide 13 between the closing side walls 11, and is an upper horizontal rail frame for the folding door C.

The lower frame 20 is provided with an outer frame 21 and an inner frame 22 fitted in the outer frame 21.
Is guided by the chevron-shaped grooved guide block 25 of the outer frame 21 to receive the opening / closing movement of the folding door C, and when the folding door C is closed, the inner frame 22 is inclined from the outer frame 21 in the outward direction. In the direction of the inner frame 22
Is fitted into and retracted from the outer frame 21, and the inner frame 22 is provided with a groove guide 23 to serve as a rail frame of the folding door C.

The hanging vertical frame 30 has a deep groove 31 directed in the in-plane direction.
The closed folding door C can be moved and moved within the shutter frame B by the clearance of the deep groove 31 to secure a movement amount necessary for the tilting and retracting movement of the inner frame 22 in the lower frame 20. Is done.

The folding door C is foldable in a bellows shape by two kinds of hinge connecting frames 41a and 41b in which shutter panels 40 are alternately arranged. On the other hand, the folding door frame 4 is provided at one end.
2. A traveling frame 43 is also hingedly connected to the other end. Then, the hinge connecting frame 41, which is one of the alternate alternating hinges,
a, a guide roller 45 which is placed on the horizontal guide 12 of the upper frame 10 and rolls is attached to the upper ends of the suspension frame 42 and the traveling frame 43 via a guide shaft 44 as a rail engaging portion. The connecting frame 41a, the suspension frame 42, and the traveling frame 43 are all rail traveling frames, and the lower ends thereof are always engaged with the groove guides 23 of the inner frame 22 of the lower frame 20 via the guide shafts 46. A horizontal roller 47 is attached. On the other hand, the upper and lower ends of the hinge alternating frame 41b, which are alternately spaced apart, engage with the vertical guides 13 of the upper frame 10 at the upper end, and engage with the groove guides 23 of the inner frame 22 at the lower end.
Horizontal rollers 48 for fixing each sway are directly attached so as to be engaged when the inner frame 22 is projected.

The automatic block-opening device D comprises a side wall 50, a spiral engaging portion 55 and a moving projection 60 in the horizontal pull shutter A of this embodiment.

The rotating side wall 50 is provided at a folding portion of the folding door C on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the upper frame 10 at the folding door C.
The panel 40 is arranged so as to have a length obtained by adding two widths of the panel 40 to the folding margin. That is, the upper frame 10 is provided with a side wall cutout portion, which is formed by cutting out the one side blocking side wall 11 in order to escape from the panel 40 of the folding door C and the other hinge connection frame 41b, which serves as the folding portion. Side wall 50
Is an upper frame 1 which is a rail frame so as to cover the side wall cutout portion.
It is assumed to be partially provided at 0.

The rotating side wall 50 is provided at the end thereof with the bearing piece fitting 5.
1, the support shaft 52 provided on the uncut notched side wall 11 is fitted into the piece fitting 51, so that the upper frame 1
It is rotatable with respect to zero.

The spiral engaging portion 56 is provided on the inside of the rotating side wall 50, that is, on the side of the suspension frame 42 which is a rail travel frame described later. In this example, the spiral engaging portion 56 is rotated. Side wall 50
A hollow molding material 53 made of an aluminum alloy or a synthetic resin, which is separate from the above, is fixed to the rotating side wall 50, and the groove opening 5
By engraving 4, the movable engaging portions 55 having horizontal steps are formed on the suspension side and the non-suspending side in the longitudinal direction of the molding material 53, and the movement engaging portions 55 are continuous. The entire length of the movable engaging portion 55 and the spiral engaging portion 56 corresponds to the moving width of the moving protrusion 60 described later.

The spiral engaging portion 56 of this embodiment has a length of several cm and is engraved as a quarter circle of the hollow molding material 53, that is, 90 ° per engagement stroke. The hollow portion and the groove opening are formed as a single groove.

On the other hand, the moving projection 60 is fixed to the suspension frame 42, particularly the upper end guide shaft 44 thereof, in this embodiment in each of the rail travel frames, and the spherical engaging portion 61 at the tip is moved. The engaging portion 55 and the spiral engaging portion 56 are movably fitted and engaged over the entire length.

That is, in the horizontal pulling shutter A of this embodiment, when the folding door C is folded and extended, the suspension base frame 42 is moved in accordance with the slanting and retracting movement of the inner frame 22 in the deep groove 31 of the suspension base vertical frame 30. , It will move in the extended state, and this is enough, so the suspension frame 42, that is, the moving projection 60
The moving range of (1) substantially corresponds to the depth width of the deep groove 31. Then, the moving engagement portion 55 and the spiral engagement portion 56.
Since the length width of the moving projection 60 corresponds to the moving width of the moving projection 60, by opening and closing the folding door C while the moving projection 60 is engaged with the moving projection 60, the moving projection 60 is an upper frame which is a rail frame. 10 The horizontal side wall 50 is moved horizontally to a fixed position, and the rotating side wall 50 is forcibly rotated in the range of 90 ° in the partially provided spiral engaging portion 56, and this is opened at the start of folding, and the panel 10 and the connecting hinge are released. The frame 41b can be escaped from the upper frame 10 and can be closed so as to cover the corresponding upper end portion of the folding door C when the extension is completed.

FIG. 8 shows another example of the same horizontal pulling shutter A. In this example, the suspension frame 42 is also the same.
The spiral engaging portion 56 with which the moving projection 60 of FIG. 1 engages is provided at a gentle gradient so as to extend over the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the hollow molding material 53, and this length is adjusted to the moving range of the moving projection 60, and its total length in the longitudinal direction. It is configured as a specially provided one.
In the present example, the automatic closing / opening device D causes the turning side wall 50 to gently open or close in response to the movement of the hanging frame 42, that is, the moving projection 60 in accordance with the opening / closing movement of the folding door C. It will be.

Although the illustrated example is as described above, in the practice of the present invention, the pivoting side wall is partially provided at the above-mentioned predetermined folding door folding portion, for example, and is integrally formed over the entire length of the rail frame. Or divided into a plurality of sections and continuously provided.

Including these cases, the moving protrusion travels in the rail frame, the other rail running frame such as the hinge connecting frame, or the guide shaft at the center position in the width direction of the panel constituting the folding door. The newly provided rail engaging shaft may be provided so as to project outward so as to be constantly engaged with the corresponding spiral engaging portion or may be engaged and disengageably engaged.

By using a rail running frame such as a hinge connecting frame alone or in combination with the end rail running frame, for example, a long rotating side wall is forcibly rotated simultaneously at a plurality of or a large number of positions to open and close. It is also possible to disperse the weight against movement, and it is possible to fold it in a bellows shape, but the panel escapes in both directions of the rail frame. It is possible to install a blocking side wall.

The spiral engaging portion can be molded integrally with the rotating side wall, or can be integrally fixed to the rotating side wall by using a separate member as described above. Or, it may be installed intermittently so as to be engaged with a predetermined moving protrusion. Further, in this case, when engagement / disengagement is required, the engagement guide portion may be formed in, for example, an expansion groove shape so that the moving protrusion can be easily engaged with the spiral engagement portion or the moving engagement portion subsequent thereto. Preferably.

The spiral engaging portion or the moving engaging portion continuous with the spiral engaging portion can be formed in a U-shaped groove shape or a rib shape as appropriate, and in this case, the moving protrusion side is engaged with it. It may be formed in a shape that is possible. Further, in these cases, it is also possible to form a plurality of grooves, ribs or the like so as to engage with the moving projection in a meshing manner.

The spiral engagement portion has a rotation range of ¼ circle, that is, 90 ° per engagement stroke with the moving protrusion, so that the rotation side wall is closed and opened with good appearance between vertical and horizontal. However, the rotation range is related to the folding door, and if it can avoid the collision during folding and extension, it will be reduced to, for example, about 45 °, or conversely, about 180 ° to fit the rail frame. The rotation range can be set as required.

As will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the above, further, the present invention can be applied to folding doors related to other structures such as vertical pull panel shutters for indoor and outdoor use, and a plurality of double folding folding doors can be installed. , Partially forming the spiral engaging part as a molded product or a cast product, and connecting a moving engaging part made separately to this, applying the external force in the torsion direction to the spiral engaging part, for example, an aluminum alloy molded material Of the present invention, including the spiral engaging portion facing downward, the moving engaging portion having an upward L shape, and the moving engaging portion being installed on the rail travel frame itself. In the implementation, folding doors, rail frames, rail running frames, rail engaging portions, moving protrusions, rotating side walls, spiral engaging portions, concrete structures, shapes, materials, dimensions, quantities, and their relations or Additions can be changed or set as appropriate. Be those specifically illustrated above, falls short of limited to those described.

[0031]

Since the present invention is configured as described above,
Along with the opening and closing movement of the folding door, the moving projection of the rail running frame or the rail engaging portion moves in the longitudinal direction of the rail frame, and the spiral engaging portion of the rotating side wall engaged with this moves to rotate the rotating side wall. It is possible to provide a rail frame side wall automatic block-opening device for a folding door, which is capable of automatically closing or opening the rail frame by forcibly rotating the door without impairing the folding function of the folding door.

Accordingly, the portion of the rail frame having the blocking side wall for folding side wall notch, and between the rail frame and the folding door end portion where it is generally difficult to install the blocking side wall are automatically blocked and opened to ensure watertightness and airtightness. It improves the appearance, improves the appearance, and prevents the folding door from swinging partially or over the entire length.

Further, since the present invention has a simple structure, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a failure and to have durability as much as possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

 Fig. 1 Front view of horizontal pulling shutter Fig. 2 Vertical cross-sectional view of horizontal pulling shutter Fig. 3 Horizontal cross-sectional view of horizontal pulling shutter Fig. 4 Enlarged front view showing essential parts Fig. 5 Enlarged vertical cross-sectional view showing essential parts Fig. 6 FIG. 7 is an enlarged vertical end view showing FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an essential part.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Horizontal pulling shutter B Shutter main body C Folding door D Automatic closing / opening device 10 Upper frame 42 Suspension frame 44 Guide shaft 50 Rotating side wall 55 Moving engaging part 56 Spiral engaging part 60 Moving protrusion

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A moving projection protruding toward the outside of the rail traveling frame, a rotating side wall rotatably provided partially or over the entire length of the railway frame, and a side of the rotating side wall of the railway traveling frame. And a spiral engaging portion provided so as to engage with the moving protrusion, and a device for automatically closing and closing a rail frame side wall of a folding door. 2. A rail frame side wall automatic block opening device for folding doors, characterized in that the spiral engaging portion according to claim 1 is arranged over the entire length of the moving range of the moving projection in the longitudinal direction. 3. A rail frame side wall automatic opening and closing device for folding doors, characterized in that the spiral engaging portion of claim 1 is partially arranged in the moving range longitudinal direction of the moving projection. 4. A rail frame side wall automatic closing of a folding door, characterized in that a moving engaging portion of a moving projection continuous to the spiral engaging portion is additionally arranged in the remaining portion of the moving range of claim 3. Opening device. 5. The automatic rail frame side wall of a folding door, wherein the spiral engaging portion according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is formed in a single or a plurality of groove shapes or rib shapes that engage with the moving projection. Block opening device. 6. A railroad frame for a folding door, wherein the spiral engagement portion according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is arranged so as to form a rotation range of 90 ° per engagement stroke with a moving protrusion. Side wall automatic block opener. 7. A moving protrusion protruding toward the outside of the rail engaging portion at the center position in the panel width direction of the folding door, instead of the moving protrusion protruding toward the outside of the rail travel frame according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A rail frame side wall automatic closing and opening device for folding doors, which is characterized by using.