JPH0736053Y2 - Glass block frame - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended for stacking a large number of rectangular glass blocks so that their outer surfaces are convex to form glass block walls for the purpose of lighting and decorative effects on the outer wall of a building. The present invention relates to a glass block frame used, and more specifically, it is composed of left and right vertical frames and upper and lower horizontal frames having an arcuate shape in a plan view, and mortar loading grooves are formed on the lower surface side and the upper surface side of the upper and lower horizontal frames. It relates to a formed glass block frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Prior Art In manufacturing a glass block frame as described above, at least two U-shaped cross-section mold members are used as a mold member for a horizontal frame having an arcuate shape in plan view, without using one hollow square cylindrical mold member. Is a hollow square tubular shaped material that bends when it is bent by a roll bender, which is the simplest bending machine.
However, in the case of the U-shaped cross-section mold material, the forming roll can be applied so as to match the internal shape of the mold material, and proper bending can be performed. Figure 3
Shows a conventional glass block frame. The upper horizontal frame 1 is a cross-section U-shaped cross-section material 1A on the indoor side, a cross-section U-shaped cross-section material 1B on the outdoor side, and an intermediate cross-section H-shape interposed between them. 2C, the lower horizontal frame 2 is also made of U-shaped molds 2A, 2 on the indoor side and the outdoor side in the same manner.
B and an intermediate horizontal H-shaped frame 2C, and the lower side of the upper horizontal frame 1 is a hollow frame-shaped member 3, 4 having a substantially I-shaped cross section that projects downward at both indoor and outdoor ends. Are fastened with screws b, b, and these hollow frame-shaped mold members 3 and 4 are used as inner and outer side wall portions of the mortar loading groove 7, and the same hollow frame member 5 is provided on the upper surface side of the lower horizontal frame 2. , 6 are fastened with screws b, b, and these hollow frame members 5, 6 serve as both indoor and outdoor side wall portions of the mortar loading groove 8.

In the narrow facing gaps C ₁ and C ₂ between the upper horizontal frame 1 and the lower horizontal frame 2 and the building skeleton W facing each other, an anchor metal piece 9 integral with or separate from the horizontal frames 1 and ₂ is provided. Intervene,
The upper and lower horizontal frames 1 and 2 are fixed to the building frame W by the anchor hardware 9.

In the drawing, G is a glass block, and P is a packing material attached to the lower surface of the upper horizontal frame 1 and the upper surface of the lower horizontal frame 2, respectively.

[0005]

By the way, in the conventional glass block frame, the side walls of the concave grooves 7 and 8 for mortar loading are formed as described above, but the I-shape which is separate from the horizontal frames 1 and 2 is formed. The hollow frame-shaped mold members 3 to 6 were used to be bent in advance and fixed to the horizontal frames 1 and 2 with the screws b and b. In this way, the mold members 3 to 6 are bent. Not only the work and the work of fixing them with screws b are required, but not only the manufacturing cost rises, but also these hollow frame-shaped materials 3 to 6 and U-shaped materials 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B.
There was a problem that water leaked from the gap between and and the rainy weather was bad. Incidentally, when the cross-sectional shape is a vertically elongated rectangular shape and the cross-sectional area is relatively small like the hollow frame-shaped mold members 3 to 6 having an I-shaped cross section, the roll bender does not cause any inconvenient deformation. rare.

Further, conventionally, as described above, both the horizontal frames 1 and 2 are integrated in the narrow facing gaps C ₁ and C ₂ between the upper horizontal frame 1 and the lower horizontal frame 2 and the building frame W facing each other. Alternatively, a separate anchor metal piece 9 is interposed, and the upper and lower horizontal frames 1, 2 are fixed to the building frame W by the anchor metal piece 9. In this case, between the lower horizontal frame 2 and the frame W, Opposing gap C ₂
Even if the space is narrow, the installation work can be done in the lowland, so it does not cause much trouble, but the upper horizontal frame 1 and the frame W
In order to perform the mounting work with the anchor metal piece 9 interposed at a high place such as the facing gap C ₁ between the facing gap C _{1 and}
It was very difficult because it was small.

Particularly, the anchor metal 9 is fixed to the above-mentioned facing gaps C ₁ , C
After attaching the ₂ there is a case of filling the mortar to these gaps, since the opposing gap C _1, C ₂ is small, also an a is completely performed, it is very difficult mortar filling operation for heights It was

The present invention aims to solve the above problems all at once.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises a left and right vertical frame and upper and lower horizontal frames having an arcuate shape in plan view, the lower side and the lower horizontal frame of the upper horizontal frame. In a glass block frame in which concave grooves for mortar loading are formed on the upper surface side of the frame, the upper horizontal frame of the upper and lower horizontal frames is a chamber having a substantially T-shaped cross section composed of a horizontal part and a vertical part. An inner mold member and an outdoor mold member are provided, and vertical parts of both mold members are formed in a hollow frame having a substantially I-shaped cross section, and the hollow frame-shaped vertical part is formed into a groove for mortar loading on the upper horizontal frame side. The structure is adopted in which both the indoor and outdoor side walls are formed.

[0010]

According to the present invention, of the upper and lower horizontal frames, the upper horizontal frame is provided with an indoor side member and an outdoor side member each having a horizontal section and a vertical section and having a substantially T-shaped cross section. When the upper horizontal frame is attached to the building body, the facing gap between the horizontal piece and the building body becomes wide.

Further, according to the present invention, the vertical part pieces of both the mold members are formed in a hollow frame having a substantially I-shaped cross section, and the hollow frame-shaped vertical part piece is formed into a groove for mortar loading on the upper horizontal frame side. Since it is both indoor and outdoor side wall parts, the vertical part can be bent in an arc shape integrally with the horizontal part, and the horizontal part and the vertical part are integrated so that the watertightness is good. Is.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 2, the glass block frame 10 includes an upper and lower horizontal frame 11 formed in an arc shape in plan view,
12 and straight left and right vertical frames 13 and 14.

As shown in FIG. 1, the arc-shaped upper horizontal frame 1
1 is a room-shaped T-shaped cross-section material 11A composed of a horizontal piece 11a and a vertical piece 11b, and a T-shaped cross-section material 11B of an outdoor side composed of a horizontal piece 11c and a vertical piece 11d, and an intermediate of these. The cross-section laterally shaped H-shaped mold material 11C and the indoor-side and outdoor-side mold material 1 of the indoor-side mold material 11A.
The outdoor side vertical pieces 11b and 11d of 1B have a substantially I-shaped cross-section such that the lower end portions thereof project downward from the lower surface of the upper horizontal frame 11 (that is, the cross-sectional shape is a vertically elongated rectangular shape). ) The hollow frame strip vertical portions 11b and 11d are formed integrally with the hollow frame, and form the inner side wall and the outer side wall of the mortar loading groove 15. In addition, the T-shaped members 11A and 11B and the H-shaped member 11 between them are provided.
C is mutually connected by screws 16 ...
C is fixed to the reinforcing bar 18 protruding from the building body W by an anchor metal 17 by welding or the like.

The arcuate lower horizontal frame 12 has two horizontal parts 12c and a vertical part 1 as well as an indoor side material 12A having a substantially U-shaped cross section composed of two horizontal parts 12a and a vertical part 12b.
2d, which is composed of an outdoor side mold member 12B having a substantially U-shaped cross section and an intermediate H-shaped mold member 12C having a transverse section in the middle thereof, and a vertical portion on the indoor side of the indoor side mold member 12A and the outdoor side of the outdoor side mold member 12B. Each of the pieces 12b and 12d is integrally formed in a hollow frame having a substantially I-shaped cross section (that is, a vertically elongated rectangular cross section) such that the upper ends thereof project upward from the upper surface of the lower horizontal frame 12. The hollow frame strip vertical portions 12b and 12d are formed to form the inner side wall and the outer side wall of the mortar loading groove 19. Further, the U-shaped members 12A and 12B and the H-shaped member 12C in the middle thereof are connected to each other by screws 16, and the intermediate member 12C is a reinforcing bar 1 protruding from the building body W by an anchor metal piece 17.
It is fixed to 8. Also in the lower horizontal frame 12, a substantially T-shaped cross-sectional shape member may be used as the indoor / outside frame member, as in the upper horizontal frame 11.

The left and right straight vertical frames 13 and 14 are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, each of them is made of a single mold material having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a mortar loading groove 20 is formed on each inner surface side.

A concave groove portion 2 is formed on the outer peripheral surface of each glass block G.
1 is provided around each of the glass blocks G,
Reinforcing bars such as reinforcing bars are inserted between the facing concave groove portions 21 and mortar is loaded, and the upper and lower horizontal frames 11, 12 and the left and right vertical frames 13, 1 are provided around the glass block wall.
Mortar (indicated by M in FIGS. 1 and 2) is loaded so as to extend over each of the mortar loading concave grooves 15, 19 and 20 of 4 and the concave groove portion 21 of each glass block G.

In forming the upper horizontal frame 11, the inner and outer T-shaped members 11A and 11 in which the I-shaped hollow frame-shaped vertical portions 11b and 11d are integrally formed, respectively.
B is bent into a circular arc having a required curvature by applying a roll of a roll bender to those T-shaped surfaces, and when the H-shaped member 11C is bent, both the inner side and the outer side are bent. A roll will be applied to each of the letter-shaped openings. The formation of the lower horizontal frame 12 is similar to that of the upper horizontal frame 11. Also, in the bending process of the T-shaped or U-shaped members 11A, 11B, 12A, 12B, the hollow frame-shaped vertical portion pieces 11b, 11d, 12
Since b and 12d have a substantially I-shaped cross section and have a relatively small cross-sectional area, they are hardly dented or distorted.

Further, according to the present invention, since the upper horizontal frame 11 is formed of the substantially T-shaped cross-section member composed of the horizontal piece 11a and the vertical piece 11b, as will be apparent from FIG. A large space portion is formed on the upper surface side of the upper horizontal frame 11, and a large facing gap C ₃ between the horizontal portion piece 11a and the building body W facing the horizontal portion piece 11a can be set large. Therefore, this large facing gap C ₃ is used. Therefore, the work of attaching the anchor metal or the work of filling the mortar can be easily performed despite the work at high places.

Further, the glass block frame 10 of this kind is
Since it is necessary to support a heavy glass block G, the lower horizontal frame 12 thereof may be formed into a double horizontal piece having a U-shaped cross section to receive the weight of the glass block, as shown in the prior art. Although preferable, the upper horizontal frame 11 does not directly receive the weight of the glass block.

The present invention pays attention to this point, and the upper horizontal frame 11
However, as a result of experiments, it was found that two horizontal parts, unlike a conventional U-shaped cross-section material, are not provided, and that the use of only one horizontal part 11a is sufficient for use. In this way, it has become possible to manufacture at a low weight and at a low cost.

[0022]

According to the glass block frame of the present invention, in forming the mortar-loading groove of the upper horizontal frame, the indoor side and the outdoor side T of the indoor T-shaped member forming the upper horizontal frame are formed.
Hollow frame-shaped vertical pieces each having a substantially I-shaped cross section are integrally formed on the outdoor side of the V-shaped member, and these hollow frame-shaped vertical pieces are
The inner side wall portion and the outer side wall portion of the groove are formed, and it is not necessary to mount a mold material for forming the groove side wall portion, and the hollow frame portion having an I-shaped cross section can be bent by T. Since it can be done at the same time by bending the letter-shaped mold material, compared with the conventional glass block frame in which the mold material for forming the groove side wall part is prepared separately and attached with screws, the groove side wall part is formed. The manufacturing work of the glass block frame can be made very easy by eliminating the work of bending the working mold material and the work of fixing the screws of the mold material, and the rain is good because there is no risk of water leakage from the side wall of the groove. There is an effect.

In particular, according to the present invention, since the upper horizontal frame is formed by the substantially T-shaped cross-section member composed of the horizontal and vertical pieces, the upper horizontal frame can be seen clearly from FIG. It is possible to secure a large facing gap between the building and the building frame that faces this, and therefore, using this large facing gap, it is possible to easily perform the work of attaching the anchor metal or the filling of the mortar despite the work at a high place.

Further, since this kind of glass block frame needs to support a heavy glass block, the lower horizontal frame is a double horizontal piece having a U-shaped cross section as shown in the prior art. Although it is preferable to form and receive the weight of the glass block, the upper frame does not directly receive the weight of the glass block. .

In the present invention, attention is paid to this point, and the upper horizontal frame is not provided with two horizontal pieces as in the conventional cross-section substantially U-shaped member, but is provided with one horizontal piece. As a result of experiments, it has been proved that it can be sufficiently used even if it is formed, and it has become possible to manufacture it in a lightweight and inexpensive manner.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a glass block frame according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged detailed cross-sectional view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a conventional glass block frame similar to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 glass block frame G glass block 11 upper horizontal frame 12 lower horizontal frame 11A indoor-side mold material 12A indoor-side mold material 11B outdoor-side mold material 12B outdoor-side mold material 11b hollow frame-shaped vertical piece with a substantially I-shaped cross section 11d a substantially I-shaped cross section Hollow frame-shaped vertical part 12b having a substantially I-shaped hollow frame-shaped vertical part 12d Hollow frame-shaped vertical part having a substantially I-shaped section

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A left and right vertical frame and upper and lower horizontal frames having an arcuate shape in plan view, wherein mortar loading grooves are formed on the lower surface side of the upper horizontal frame and the upper surface side of the lower horizontal frame, respectively. In the glass block frame, the upper horizontal frame of the upper and lower horizontal frames is provided with an indoor side member having a substantially T-shaped cross section and an outdoor side member having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, and the vertical portion of both the vertical members. A glass block frame, wherein the piece is formed in a hollow frame having a substantially I-shaped cross section, and the hollow frame-shaped vertical portion piece serves as both indoor and outdoor side wall portions of the upper lateral frame-side concave groove for mortar loading.