JPH08135336A - Horizontal pulling shutter device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To lightly and surely open and close a horizontal pulling shutter device from the indoor side and to use the same in opening and closing an open surface including a curved surface or a day lighting surface. CONSTITUTION: The upper end part and lower end part of a freely bent shutter S' formed by connecting many longitudinal slats 10 to each other are fitted to guide grooves 9, 8E, 9E formed along the moving path of the shutter on an upper frame and a lower frame to be movably supported. The slats of the shutter are engaged with gears 17, 17E provided on the upper frame and the lower frame, and a rotating means for rotating the gears is disposed, and the shutter is moved along the moving path by operating the rotating means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a horizontal pull shutter device used for opening and closing an opening or a lighting surface of a building, and more particularly to a device which can be opened and closed from the inside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an opening surface or a lighting surface of a building,
A shutter and a vertical shutter are used as means for opening and closing for the purpose of crime prevention, blindfolding, heat insulation, windproof or light shielding. In the shutter, one or a plurality of panels each having a certain area are supported by a guide groove provided along the opening surface or the lighting surface so as to be horizontally movable. The vertical pull shutter is composed of a large number of horizontal slats connected in the vertical direction and is configured to be bendable. The left and right ends of the slats are slidably fitted in the guide grooves of the vertical frame, and one end of the shutter is Part is connected to the winding drum provided in the upper frame such as the opening surface, and is attached.
The winding drum is rotated by a cord handle or a rotating means of a motor, and the shutter is moved up and down to open and close.

[0003]

Therefore, in the conventional shutter, when the shutter is attached to the outdoor side of the bay window, it is necessary to move the body out of the bay window to the outdoor side.
There were various inconveniences in winter and during rainfall. Also, in the case of a vertical pull shutter, in order to install the shutter so that it can be raised and lowered lightly, it is necessary to attach the box containing the winding drum to the upper frame such as the opening surface, so when installing it on the outdoor side of the bay window, There is a problem that the appearance of the bay window is impaired, and that when it is installed on the indoor side, it is not easy to make the structure, and the interior appearance is degraded because it protrudes into the room, and the occupants feel a sense of space. Further, the conventional shutter and the vertical pull shutter cannot move along an opening surface or a lighting surface including a curved surface such as a bay window, and thus there is a limit to the form of the window that can be adopted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a horizontal pull shutter device that can be opened and closed lightly and reliably from the indoor side and can also be used for opening and closing an opening surface including a curved surface or a lighting surface. The purpose is to do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a horizontal pull shutter device according to the present invention has an upper frame and a lower frame which are formed by connecting a plurality of vertical slats. And movably supported by fitting in a guide groove formed along the movement path of the shutter in the lower frame, and the slat of the shutter is meshed with a gear provided in one or both of the upper frame and the lower frame, It is characterized in that a rotating means for rotating the gear is provided, and the rotating means is operated to move the shutter along the movement path.

The upper frame and the lower frame are provided on the outdoor side of the upper frame and the lower frame of the bay window, and extend to the side of the bay window, and the extended portion constitutes a shutter accommodating portion, and a rotating means. It is desirable to provide the operating end of the inside of the bay window.

The gear is preferably provided at the entrance of the shutter housing section. It is desirable that the rotating means be attached to the upper frame.

[0008]

The upper and lower ends of each vertical slat of the shutter are fitted in the guide grooves of the upper frame and the lower frame, and are movably supported. When the rotating means is operated, the gear is rotated, and the slat meshed with the gear is moved in the predetermined direction along the guide groove. Depending on the rotation direction of the gear by the rotating means,
The shutter opens or closes the opening surface or the lighting surface.

The upper frame and the lower frame are provided on the outdoor side of the upper frame and the lower frame of the window, extend to the side of the window, and the extended portion constitutes a shutter housing part, and the operating end of the rotating means is When it is provided on the indoor side of the window, the shutter on the outdoor side of the bay window can be opened and closed by operating the indoor side.

When the gear is provided at the entrance of the shutter housing portion, the gear can mesh with the shutter in both the opened state and the closed state of the shutter. When the rotating means is provided on the upper frame, the meshing state between the gear and the slat is stable, and the shutter opens and closes smoothly.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a horizontal pull shutter device HS according to the present invention.
It is a perspective view which shows an Example at the time of attaching A to a bay window.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, when the shutter accommodating portions HR and HL are symmetrically provided on both the left and right sides of the bay window BW, and the front ends of the shutters SR and SL on both sides are moved to the abutting position at the center of the outer side surface of the bay window. In addition, the shutters on both sides are opened, and when the leading ends of the shutters are moved to the entrances of the shutter housings HR and HL, that is, the ends of the side surface of the bay window, the shutters are opened. The shutter SR on the right side of FIG.
The shutter SL on the left side is shown in a closed state and the open state.

2 and 3 are perspective views showing an embodiment in which the horizontal pull shutter device HSA according to the present invention is attached to an ordinary flat window. In this embodiment, the shutter storage portion H is provided only on one side of the window PW, and as shown in FIG. 3, the tip end portion of one shutter S is the shutter storage portion H.
When the shutter S is moved until it hits the vertical frame J on the opposite side, all the shutters S are pulled out to be in a closed state, and as shown in FIG. 2, the front end of the shutter S reaches the entrance of the shutter housing section H. When moved, it will be open.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, F is a metal fitting for fixing the shutter housing portion to the outer wall surface of the building. In any of the above embodiments, the basic structure of the horizontal pull shutter device is the same. The configuration of the horizontal pull shutter device when attached to the bay window of FIG. 1 will be described below with reference to FIG.
Details will be described with reference to the following drawings.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view in which a part of the left side portion of the bay window of FIG. 1 when viewed from the indoor side is omitted, and FIG. 5 is X of FIG.
-X line sectional view, FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the shutter housing portion in FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a plan view of slats constituting the shutter, FIG. 9 is a gear and its. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing an example of a rotating means for rotating the gear, and FIG. 10 is a plan perspective view of a transmission portion of the rotating means.

Since the bay window BW has the same structure as that of a well-known bay window, detailed description thereof will be omitted, and only members related to the present invention will be described.

The upper frame 1 and the lower frame 2 of the bay window BW are substantially trapezoidal in plan view, and a pair of a pulling or a pulling and a killing is formed between the facing surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame. The panel members 3 of various forms such as fitting, hinged doors or all-fitting kills are attached. 4 is a top plate and 5 is a ground plate.

Then, on the outdoor side surfaces of the upper frame 1 and the lower frame 2 of the bay window, an upper frame 6 which is a constituent member of the horizontal pull shutter device.
And a part of the lower frame 7 is provided. The upper frame 6 and the lower frame 7
In the outdoor side portion of the bay window, the trapezoidal shape is continuous like the plane shapes of the upper frame 1 and the lower frame 2 of the bay window. Also,
The upper frame 6 and the lower frame 7 are formed with guide grooves 8 and 9 facing each other and opening.

The horizontal pull shutter device HSA has symmetrical shutter housings HL and HR on both left and right sides of the exit window BW, as shown in FIG. The shutter housing section has the same height as the upper frame 6 and the lower frame 7,
Upper frame 6E and lower frame 7E that are continuous with the upper and lower frames
have. The upper frame 6E and the lower frame 7E have guide grooves 8E and 9E which are opposed to each other and open. This guide groove is U
It is formed in a letter shape, and one end of the guide groove 8 of the upper frame 6 and the lower frame 7 is formed at the entrance of the shutter housing part.
It is continuous at each end of 9.

In this way, the guide grooves 8, 9, 8E, 9E, which are vertically opposed to each other and open, extend along the movement path of the horizontal pull shutters SR, SL set along the outdoor side surface of the bay window, Upper and lower ends of the laterally-drawing shutter are movably fitted in the guide grooves.

As shown in FIG. 8 (a), the horizontal pulling shutter S has a large-diameter portion 11 in the shape of a notch that opens in one direction, a small-diameter portion 12 that has the shape of a notch in which it opens in the opposite direction, and a space between them. A vertical slat 10 integrally formed with the formed connecting portion 13 having a substantially V-shaped cross section is provided with a large-diameter portion 1 as shown in FIG.
The first small-diameter portion 12 is rotatably fitted and connected, and can be curved along the movement path of the shutter. Then, the upper suspension 14 as shown in FIG. 7 is fixed to at least the upper end portion of the connecting portion 13 of each slat 10 by a method such as inserting it.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the upper suspending tool 14 is movably fitted into the guide grooves 8 and 8E, and a roller or other sliding member is provided on the indoor side or the outdoor side of the fitted portion. 15 is attached. The rail 16 is rotatably or slidably mounted on the upper surface of the rail 16 formed by the walls forming the guide grooves 8 and 8E. As a result, the horizontal pulling shutter S is suspended above the upper frame 6 or 6E by the sliding member 15 of the upper suspension 14 at a position having a required interval in the longitudinal direction.

Gears 17 and 17E are provided at least in the upper part of the shutter housing part H near the entrance, preferably in the upper part and the lower part as in the illustrated embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, the upper gear 17 is a gear receiver 1 fixed to the upper frame 6E of the shutter storage unit HR.
The gear 17E on the lower side, which is fixed to the shaft 19 passing through 8
A shaft 19 penetrating a gear receiver 18E fixed to the lower frame 7E
The upper and lower shafts 19 and 19E fixed to E are connected to the connecting member 20.
Are connected by. The upper and lower gears have the same diameter and the same number of teeth, and some of the teeth around them are meshed with the connecting portion 13 of the slat of the moving horizontal pull shutter in the guide grooves 8E and 9E on the inlet side of the shutter housing portion. . That is, the pitch of the connecting portions 13 and the pitch of the gears are made equal.

The shaft 19 passing through the upper gear receiver 18 is
It extends into the housing 22 fixed to the upper part of the gear receiver 18 via a mounting member 21, and a pinion 23 is fixed to its end as shown in FIG. A connecting rod 24 is horizontally pierced through the housing 22, and a worm gear 25 fixed to the connecting rod is engaged with the pinion 23 in the housing.

The connecting rod 24 is formed from the upper frame 6E to the top plate 4 of the bay window.
Is extended to the inner side of the ceiling plate, is supported by the ceiling plate 26 by the support plate 27, the pulley 28 is fixed to the end portion of the connecting rod, and the operation annular cord 29 having the upper end portion wound around the pulley is attached to the ceiling plate 26. It is hung from the formed hole 30 to the bay window space. A sprocket and a chain may be used instead of the pulley and the string.

The worm gear 25 and the pinion 23, the connecting rod 24 and the pulley 28 constitute a rotating means for rotating the gears 17 and 17E, and the string 29 is the gears 17 and 1.
An operation end for rotating 7E from the indoor side is configured.

Therefore, when the cord 29 is rotated in a predetermined direction,
The gears 17 and 17E are rotated, and the lateral pull shutter S meshing with the gears is moved in a predetermined direction along the guide grooves 8E, 8, 9E and 9. In the above description, the rotating means of the gear is mechanically configured so that it can be manually operated via the cord that is the operation end. However, instead of the pulley 28 in FIG. It is also possible to equip the indoor side of the bay window with a switch for instructing the normal rotation and the reverse rotation as the operation end and electrically rotate the gears 17 and 17E by remote control.

Upper frame 6E and lower frame 7E of the shutter housing section H
Inside the U-turn portions of the guide grooves 8E, 9E, there is provided a guide member 31 that comes into contact with the inner peripheral side of each slat 10 of the horizontal pull shutter. The guide members are gears 17 and 17E.
This is for smoothly bending the shutter sent to the storage portion to the outdoor side and advancing toward the tip end portion of the guide groove on the outdoor side. Such a guide member 31 is shown in FIG.
If a circular rod or a cylindrical member is used as shown in FIG.
It can also be used to connect the ends of 9E to give strength. However, independent disc-shaped guide members may be attached to the upper and lower frames 6E and 9E.

In the above structure, the horizontal pull shutter S
In the open state, as shown in FIG. 6, the tip of the shutter exists near the entrance of the storage unit, and the gear 17,
17E, the rear end of which is located at the end of the guide grooves 8E and 9E on the outdoor side of the entrance of the storage section. A hidden panel 32 may be attached to the outdoor side surface of the storage unit so that the shutter stored in the storage unit cannot be seen from the outside.

The length from the front end to the rear end of the shutter S is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the front end is moved to the back surface of the upright 33 provided at the center of the front part of the bay window BW.
The rear end is set to still mesh with the gear.

When a motor is used as the gear rotating means, when the opening switch and the closing switch for activating the normal rotation or the reverse rotation of the motor are respectively operated, the opening direction of the tip of the horizontal pull shutter is released. An open sensor for detecting the passage of the motor and a closing sensor for detecting the passage of the rear end in the closing direction are provided, for example, in the vicinity of the gear 17, and the forward and reverse rotations of the motor are stopped by the detection output of each sensor. Is composed of.

The leading ends of the left and right lateral pulling shutters in the closed state are butted at the center of the back surface of the upright 33, as shown in FIG. One shutter SL
The tip of the slat has a large diameter portion 11, and the tip of the slat of the other shutter SR has a small diameter portion 12. The seal member 34 is fitted and fixed to the small diameter portion 12, and the fin 34a provided on the seal member shields the cutout portion of the large diameter portion 11 in the closed state. During the period, airtightness and watertightness are secured.

The lateral shutter device applied to the flat window shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 can be configured based on the configuration of the lateral shutter device applied to the above-mentioned bay window. Further, the upper frame and the lower frame of the horizontal pull shutter device can be formed integrally with the upper frame and the lower frame of the window.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the upper and lower ends of the bendable shutter are fitted in the guide grooves formed along the movement path of the shutter in the upper frame and the lower frame. The shutter is movably supported, and a slat of the shutter is engaged with a gear provided on one or both of the upper frame and the lower frame, and a rotating means for rotating the gear is provided. Since the shutter is moved along the movement path, it can be used to open and close the opening surface including the curved surface or the lighting surface.By providing the operation end on the indoor side, the shutter can be easily operated by remote operation on the indoor side. Can be opened and closed.

When the guide groove is provided on the outdoor side of the window and the operation end of the rotating means is provided on the indoor side of the window, a horizontal pull shutter for moving the outdoor surface of the window from the indoor side of the window is provided. It can be opened and closed from the indoor side.

Further, when the rotating means is attached to the upper frame, the rotation of the gear and the rotating means is stable, so that the shutter can be opened and closed by a light operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first application example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a shutter open state of a second application example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a shutter closed state of the application example.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view with a part omitted in the first application example.

5 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the shutter housing portion of FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view illustrating a structure of a vertical slat.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an example of a gear, its rotating means, and an operating end.

FIG. 10 is a perspective plan view showing an example of a transmission member of a rotating means.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a butted portion at the tip of the shutter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 HSA Horizontal pull shutter device HR, HL Shutter storage part 6,6E Upper frame 7,7E Lower frame 8,8E Guide groove 9,9E Guide groove SR, SL Shutter 17,17E Gear 19,23,25,24 Rotating means 29 Operation end (string)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An upper end and a lower end of a bendable shutter formed by connecting a plurality of vertical slats are fitted into guide grooves formed along the movement path of the upper frame and the lower frame to move. The shutter slat is engaged with a gear provided on one or both of the upper frame and the lower frame, and the slat of the shutter is provided with a rotating means for rotating the gear, and the rotating means is operated. And the shutter is moved along the movement path. 2. The upper frame and the lower frame are provided on the outdoor side of the upper frame and the lower frame of the window, and are extended to the side of the bay window, and the extended portion constitutes a shutter accommodating portion, and a rotating means. The horizontal pull shutter device according to claim 1, wherein an operation end of the horizontal pull shutter device is provided on the indoor side of the window. 3. The horizontal pull shutter device according to claim 2, wherein the gear is provided at an entrance of the shutter housing portion. 4. A horizontal pull shutter device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating means is attached to the upper frame.