JPH0627752Y2 - Electric blind integrated sash - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial field of application> The present invention relates to an electric blind integrated sash in which an electric blind for adjusting a lighting condition is integrally incorporated in a sash provided in an opening such as a window. is there.

<Prior Art> A sash with good airtightness such as an aluminum sash or a steel sash is often used for an opening of a window or the like, and a so-called blind is provided to adjust lighting.
As is well known, this blind is composed of slats arranged in multiple layers at appropriate intervals, and an operating mechanism for operating and controlling the elevation of the slats and the lighting angle.

The blind is generally attached to the indoor side wall surface as a separate member from the sash, but for reasons such as space saving in the room, installation workability, and increased added value of the sash, the blind is integrally assembled beforehand. Complex sashes have become available in recent years. In this case, the sash is usually a double-glass sash in which two layers of glass are used and a space is formed in the middle portion. The blind is arranged in the above space, and the slat is operated by an electric mechanism built in the sash frame to improve convenience.

The electric mechanism for operating the slats of the electric blind integrated sash (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “sash” in the present specification) includes an elevating operation code (thin string) of the slats, a lighting angle operation code (thin string), and the like. The slat cord is composed of a slat cord adjusting shaft for winding up, down, or controlling, a drive motor for the slat cord, an operation switch, a power supply device such as a rail type electrode or a solar cell.

<Problems to be solved by the device> Slat operation is performed by turning on the operation switch and operating the drive motor. In this case, both the slat up / down operation and daylighting angle operation switches are turned on when the corresponding drive motor and power supply device electric circuits are switched.
-It is a function that only turns it off.

Therefore, the user has to touch the operation switch or stay on the spot until the slat reaches the desired position and / or angle, which is troublesome in terms of operation convenience.

Also, when mounting the sash in a high place that is out of reach,
It is necessary to connect the remote control unit and hang or arrange it within a reach.

The present invention is intended to solve the problems of the conventional electric blind integrated sash as described above.

The purpose of the present invention is to move the operation switch to the slat up / down position,
As a form in which the lighting angle can be directly designated as an absolute position, an electric blind integrated sash can be obtained in which a desired designation operation can be performed even if the sash is separated from the sash by simply turning on the so-called one-touch.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the electric blind integrated sash according to the present invention is provided with a large number of slats connected to the glass space portion of a double glass sash by slat cords. In the electric blind integrated sash, which has a built-in electric mechanism consisting of a slat cord adjustment shaft, a drive motor, a power supply device, etc. in the frame, and controls the slat elevation position with respect to the glass surface and the slat lighting angle to adjust lighting. A transparent sheet-like slat elevating and lowering switch with a plurality of transparent thin film switch contacts arranged vertically is attached to a part of the glass surface over the top and bottom, and a plurality of switch contacts are provided on a part of the sash frame surface. It is equipped with a switch for slat lighting angle operation that displays the slat lighting angle stepwise, and the signal of each switch contact The circuit is connected to the power supply circuit of the electric mechanism via the memory input / output controller, and the ON / OFF positions of the respective switch contacts are detected to control the slat lifting position and the slat lighting angle.

In addition, the receiving unit of the wireless remote control unit is installed in the circuit of the electric mechanism of the electric blind of the sash,
A remote control unit that has a slat raising / lowering operation switch that displays the slat lift position by arranging multiple switch contacts in a row, and a slat lighting angle operation switch that displays the slat lighting angle in stages on the multiple switch contacts. It is also possible to operate from a remote position by utilizing.

<Operation> When raising or lowering the slat to a desired position with respect to the glass surface, a portion of the slat lifting / lowering operation switch corresponding to the desired position is pressed and touched with a finger or the like. Then, the memory input / output controller discriminates a predetermined switch contact signal of the pressed portion and outputs a required signal to operate the drive motor to sequentially raise or lower the slat. The lifting reference part of the slat is the bottom rail part at the lower end. Since the relationship between the operation amount of the drive motor and the ascending / descending amount of the slat (bottom rail portion) is known in advance, the memory input / output controller detects when the drive motor operates a predetermined amount corresponding to the switch contact signal. Then, the drive motor is stopped.

Further, when changing the lighting angle of the slat, a desired angle display portion of the switch for operating the slat lighting angle is pressed, for example, in the case of full opening, a portion where "full open" is displayed by a pictorial pattern, characters and the like is pressed. Then, like the slat lifting,
The memory input / output controller discriminates a predetermined switch contact signal of the pressed portion, operates the drive motor, and changes the slat to a designated angle by a required angle adjusting mechanism.

That is, the operation control of the slat up / down and the slat lighting angle is performed by making the memory input / output controller discriminate the predetermined signal by setting the switch contact signals to be different depending on the position due to resistance change, capacitance change, etc. You can

In this case, the slat lifting / lowering operation switch is formed as a transparent sheet and is attached to the glass surface vertically. Therefore, the position of the slat can be directly designated on the glass surface without obstructing the field of view, and the switch can be operated only by momentarily pressing and touching the desired position, which greatly improves the usability.

Further, if the remote control unit has a mechanism similar to the switch mechanism on the sash side, the same operation control as described above can be performed at a position away from a window or the like.

<Embodiment> A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view for explaining the outline of the structure of an electric blind integrated sash according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional perspective view of a main part of a sash frame, and FIG. 3 is a slat lifting operation using a transparent thin film switch contact. FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view showing a disposition form of a power switch.

In the figure, S is an electric blind integrated sash,
In the case of the illustrated example, two sashes S are arranged in a sliding door type.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a sash frame, which is formed into a rectangular shape by connecting frame members having a required width. Reference numeral 2 denotes glass, which is not shown, but two glasses are provided in the space and fitted into the sash frame 1 as so-called double glass. Numeral 3 is a slat arranged in the space between the glasses 2 so as to be able to move up and down by means described later. As is well known, a slat having a required width and length is connected at appropriate intervals to perform a blind function. is there. This connection is made with slat cords 3a and 3b, but one slat cord 3a is fixed to the bottom rail portion 4 at the lowermost stage at the lower end, and the upper end penetrates the other slat 3 for the slat cords described later. It is fixed to the adjusting shaft 5 and is used for raising and lowering the bottom rail portion 4, that is, for raising and lowering the slat 3. The other slat code 3b serves to change the lighting angle of a large number of slats 3. The slat cord adjusting shaft 5 has a function of hoisting and lowering the slat cord 3a as required and adjusting the slat cord 3b to change the lighting angle of the slat 3. 6 is a drive motor for rotating the slat cord adjustment shaft 5. The details of these configurations are omitted, but they are known.

A solar cell 7 is attached to the space between the glasses 2 or the sash frame 1, and the generated energy is stored in a storage battery 8 built in the sash frame 1. In the present embodiment, the battery 7 and the storage battery 8 constitute the power supply device, but the open / close rail (upper side) of the sash S may be used to utilize the commercial power supply by the rail electrode. The electric blind basically comprises the power supply device, the drive motor 6, an electric mechanism such as the slat cord adjusting shaft 5, and the slats 3.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a power supply circuit that electrically connects the storage battery 8 and the drive motor 6, and a slat elevation operation switch 10 (hereinafter referred to as "elevation switch") and a slat lighting angle operation switch 11 (hereinafter referred to as "angle switch"). ), A memory input / output controller 12 (hereinafter referred to as “controller”), a drive motor operation amount detector 13 and the like are connected.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the elevating switch 10 includes a pair of transparent thin film switch contacts 14 (hereinafter referred to as “contacts 14”) arranged in a line and covered with a transparent sheet 15. There is a slight gap between the pair of contacts 14. The one in which a large number of contacts 14 are covered with a transparent sheet 15 is known as a so-called transparent touch switch. This is to detect the position as coordinates (X, Y) when one of the contacts 14 is pressed by a finger or the like and comes into contact, and the detection method is to detect a resistance change or a capacitance change. There is something to do.

In the present invention, the contacts 14 are arranged in a line and the coordinates are detected as a line arrangement (Y). Then, the elevating switch 10 is formed into a long tape shape, and the glass 2
It is affixed to the inner surface side of the above and vertically to one side. Since the lifting switch 10 is entirely transparent as described above and does not obstruct the field of view, the above-mentioned attachment position is not limited to one side of the glass as long as it extends vertically, but the signal circuits 14a and 14b of the contact 14
Considering the formation of the above, it is desirable to attach it on the side closer to the electric mechanism. The signal circuit 14b of the contact 14 is connected to the power supply circuit 9 by the connector 16, and the structural connection is shown in FIG. That is, the signal circuits 14b are assembled to form a sheet forming portion 15a, which extends from a part of the glass-holding grechan 17 provided between the glass 2 and the sash frame 1 and is connected to the connector 16.

The angle switch 11 is arranged at an appropriate position on the surface of the sash frame 1, and is provided with a plurality of switch contacts, and the lighting angles of the slats 3 are individually displayed on the switch contacts by numerical values, characters, pictorial patterns, or the like. is doing. For example, as shown in Fig. 4 to be described later, if the lighting angle is set in seven stages, the number of switch contacts is seven, and the stages that can be set by turning on each of them are the pattern of the slat 3 and the angle numerical value. , "Fully open" or the like. The signal output form is similar to that of the elevating switch 10. That is, a predetermined signal is output for each lighting angle step. This angle switch 11
It does not have to be transparent. Therefore, any switch that can be formed relatively thin, such as a membrane switch or a capacitive switch, may be used.

The controller 12 inputs each contact signal from the elevating switch 10 and each contact signal from the angle switch 11, and outputs an output signal corresponding to the input signal to the drive motor 6 to operate it. Further, the operation amount detector 13 of the drive motor 6
The output signal from is also input. For that reason,
The controller 12 includes a memory circuit, a signal discrimination circuit, a comparison circuit and the like.

A rotary encoder can be used as the drive motor operation amount detector 13, but it is not necessarily provided if a step motor is used as the drive motor 6, for example.

Further, the relationship between the operation amount of the drive motor 6 and the output signal of the contact 14 at the required position of the elevating switch 10, that is, the elevating amount of the slat 3 and the lighting angle and the operation amount of the adjusting mechanism of the slat cord adjusting shaft 5 is as follows. Preset by the controller 12,
It is known. In this case, the reference part for the amount of elevation of the slat 3 is the bottom rail portion 4 at the lower end of the slat 3.
Is.

In the above configuration, when the slat 3 is moved up and down to adjust the amount of light, the bottom rail portion 4 may be positioned at a desired (designated) position, and thus the lifting switch 10 portion at that position is touched. Then, the contact point 14 of that part
Is turned on and a predetermined signal is output. The controller 12 discriminates this signal and operates the drive motor 6. Since the controller 12 includes a memory circuit and the like, the touch operation may be momentary, and it is not necessary to maintain touch pressing. Then, when the slat 3 (bottom rail portion 4) reaches the designated position, the drive motor 6 is stopped by the controller 12.

Next, when adjusting the lighting angle of the slat 3, the desired (designated) step portion position of the angle switch 11 is pressed and touched as in the slat lifting operation. As a result, the controller 12 operates in the same manner as the slats are raised and lowered to set the designated lighting angle.

As described above, the adjustment of the ascending / descending position of the slat 3 and the lighting angle can be executed by a designated amount only by touching the respective switch parts, and it is not necessary to maintain the touch on the switches until the execution is completed.

FIG. 4 shows a display form of the remote control unit 20 when operating the sash S of the present invention with a wireless remote control unit such as infrared rays and ultrasonic waves.

That is, the remote control unit 20 is provided with the elevating switch 21 and the angle switch 22. Then, on the operation surface, the slat elevating operation side displays the elevating position index 21a graduated in a line, and the slat lighting angle side displays the lighting angle in a stepwise pattern,
It is displayed as the angle index 22a by a numerical value or the like. In the remote control unit 20, it is not necessary to use a transparent thin film switch contact like the lift switch 10 on the sash S side in the switch mechanism. Ordinary, for example, sash S side angle switch 11
The material configuration similar to that may be used.

A receiving unit 23 that receives a signal from the remote control unit 20 is provided on the sash S side. The reception window of the reception unit 23 is conveniently located adjacent to the angle switch 11 from a design point of view.

When operating the electric blind with the wireless remote control unit 20, the switch operation form is no different from the touch operation on the sash S side described above.

When the slat 3 is moved up and down, the controller 12 of the sash S discriminates and controls it in the same manner as described above by touch-pressing the desired position of the up-and-down position index 21a on the up-and-down switch 21. Also,
The same operation is performed to adjust the lighting angle of the slats 3.

<Effect of the Invention> As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when the required switch is turned on to operate the electric blind, it is necessary to maintain the pressing of the switch until the intended operation is completed. Instead, you just need to press and touch momentarily.
Therefore, excellent operability can be obtained for an electric blind that operates relatively slowly.

Further, a slat raising / lowering switch for setting the raising / lowering position of the slat is attached as a so-called transparent switch across the upper and lower sides of the glass. Therefore, in combination with the memory input / output controller, the desired lift position can be designated as an absolute position by simply turning on the corresponding switch on the glass surface, and a product with excellent usability can be obtained. In this way, for a narrow sash frame that is relatively restricted by switch equipment, it is possible to perform the absolute position specification operation by using a transparent switch that does not obstruct the field of view.
The degree of freedom in design and its practical effect can be further improved.

In addition to being able to attach a wireless remote control unit, the operation form of the remote control unit is the same as the operation form on the sash body side, so that it can be used at a remote position without any discomfort. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view for explaining the outline of the structure of an electric blind integrated sash according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a main part of a sash frame, and FIG. 3 uses a transparent thin film switch contact. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view showing the arrangement of the slat lifting / lowering switch, and FIG. 4 is a switch display form explanatory diagram of a wireless remote control unit according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Sash frame, 2 ... Glass (double glazing), 3 ... Slat, 3a, 3b ... Slat code, 4 ... Bottom rail part, 5 ... Slat code adjustment shaft, 6 ... Drive motor, 7 ... Solar cell (power supply) Device), 8 ... Storage battery (power supply device), 9 ... Power supply circuit, 10, 21 ... Slat lifting operation switch, 11, 22 ... Slat lighting angle operation switch, 12 ... Memory input / output controller, 13 ... Drive motor operating amount Detector, 14 ... Transparent thin film switch contact, 14a, 14b ... Signal circuit, 15 ... Transparent sheet, 16 ... Connector, 20 ... Remote control unit, 21a ... Elevation position index, 22a ... Angle index, 23 ... Reception unit, S ... Electric Blind integrated sash.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A large number of slats are provided in a glass space portion of a double glass sash by connecting them with slat cords, and an electric mechanism including a slat cord adjusting shaft, a drive motor, a power supply device, etc. is built in the sash frame. An electric blind integrated sash that adjusts lighting by controlling the slat raising / lowering position with respect to the glass surface and the slat lighting angle, and is a transparent sheet-like slat raising / lowering switch with a plurality of transparent thin film switch contacts arranged vertically. Is attached to a part of the glass surface up and down, and a part of the sash frame surface is provided with a slat lighting angle operation switch that displays the slat lighting angle stepwise on multiple switch contacts. Connect the signal circuit of the switch contact to the power supply circuit of the electric mechanism via the memory input / output controller, Slats vertical position by detecting the ON-on position of the switch contacts, electric blind integrated sash, characterized in that so as to control the slat lighting angle. 2. The electric blind integrated sash according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of switch contacts are arranged in a row to indicate a slat lifting position, and a slat lighting angle is provided to the plurality of switch contacts. In order to operate by using a wireless remote control unit provided with a slat lighting angle operation switch that is displayed in stages, the receiving unit of the remote control unit is provided in the power supply circuit of the electric mechanism of the electric blind. Electric blind integrated sash.