JPH08296364A - Folding door - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent an accident, in which a finger is injured, by mounting a tabular body and elastic materials vertically fitted along side sections on the hinge side of the main body to at least one of a pair of left-right folding door components connected by a hinge in a two foldable manner. CONSTITUTION: A pair of left-right folding door components 8 are coupled in a two foldable manner. At least one sides are formed in tabular bodies 19, and elastic materials 20 are installed vertically to side sections on the hinge 7 sides of the main bodies 19. The left-right edge sections of decorative sheets 21 are made to creep up to the rear surfaces of the elastic materials 20 and the tabular bodies 19. When a folding door 6 opened by folding the elastic materials 20 in a plane-shaped V form to the front side is closed by pushing sections in the vicinity of the hinges 7 of the folding door components 8, the folding door 6 is deformed even when a finger is held between the components 8, and elasticity in an extent that the finger is not held strongly is obtained. Accordingly, an accident, in which the finger is injured, can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a folding door suitable as a partition for a room, a door for furniture, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the following types of folding doors are known. That is, it is known that a pair of left and right folding door constituent members are hingedly connected by a hinge.

[0003]

Disadvantages of the Prior Art The conventional folding door has the following drawbacks. That is, when the folding door that is folded and opened to the front side in the planar V shape is pressed to close the portion near the hinge of the folding door constituent member, the fingers are accidentally stuffed between the left and right folding door constituent members, Had the drawback of being injured.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Disadvantages] The present invention employs the following means in order to eliminate the above disadvantages. According to the invention of claim 1, at least one of a pair of left and right folding door constituent members that are foldably connected by a hinge is a plate-shaped body.
This plate-shaped main body has elastic members provided on the hinge-side side portion so as to extend vertically.

[0005]

The present invention has the following functions. When a folding door that has been folded and opened in the shape of a plane V in the front side is closed by pressing the portion near the hinge of the folding door constituent member, even if a finger is accidentally stuffed between the left and right folding door constituent members, an elastic material is used. Since it deforms and does not pinch your fingers strongly, accidents such as finger injuries can be prevented.

[0006]

The present invention will be described below based on three embodiments with reference to the drawings. In these examples,
The same members are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Embodiment 1 (see FIGS. 1 to 3) In this Embodiment 1, the front means the front side of FIG.
The rear means the back side, the left means the left side in FIG. 1, and the right means the right side in the figure.

The folding door apparatus 1 includes a pair of left and right vertical frame members 2,
It has a frame body 5 composed of a pair of upper and lower guide rails 3 and 4 which are passed to the upper and lower ends of these vertical frame members 2.
One folding door 6 is attached to the frame body 5 so as to be openable and closable as follows. That is, the folding door 6 has a pair of folding door constituting members 8 connected by required hinges 7, and the upper and left side portions of the upper end of the folding door 6, that is, the left folding door constituting member 8 Upper left side part and right side folding door component member 8
A bracket 10 is horizontally rotatably provided on a right side portion of an upper end of the bracket by a bolt 9 having an axis centered vertically, and a pair of left and right rollers 11 is rotatably provided on each of the brackets 10. 3 is mounted on the upper surface of the horizontal wall 13. At the left and right sides of the lower end of the folding door 6, that is, on the left side of the lower end of the folding door constituting member 8 of the left side and on the right side of the lower end of the folding door constituting member 8 of the right side, the axis of the bolt 9 is concentric. In this way, the pins 15 are provided so as to project downward, and these pins 15 are provided in the groove 1 of the lower guide rail 4.
You are guided to 6.

The left and right folding door constituting members 8 are a plate-shaped main body 19 made of a wood-based material such as particle board, MDF, plywood or a non-wood-based material, and the plate-shaped main body 19
An elastic member 20 made of urethane foam or the like having a lateral width of about 10 mm, which is vertically provided on the side of the hinge 7 side.
And a decorative sheet 21 made of a vinyl chloride sheet or the like with or without a wood grain pattern, which covers the plate-shaped body 19 and the elastic material 20 and the top and bottom of the plate-shaped body 19 and the elastic material 20. It has a pair of upper and lower edge members 22 made of synthetic resin attached to the end faces. The left and right edges of the decorative sheet 21 extend around the elastic material 20 and the rear surface of the plate-shaped body 19. The decorative sheet 21 may be configured by stacking two sheets. Also, makeup sheet 2
1 has flexibility. The elastic member 20 is formed between the left and right folding door components 8 when the folding door 6 that is folded and opened to the front side in a planar shape is opened by pushing a portion of the folding door component 8 near the hinge 7. Even if a finger is accidentally stuffed, the elasticity is such that it does not deform and strongly pinch the finger. Further, the elastic material 20 is dented when a force is applied from the outside, but when the force is removed, the elastic material 20 expands to its original state by its elasticity.

Although not shown, the folding door 6 has
A handle and a recess are formed to hold it when opening it.

Embodiment 2 (see FIG. 4) A pair of left and right folding door constituting members 8 are a plate-shaped main body 19 and an upper and lower side so that a gap 25 is formed in a side portion of the plate-shaped main body 19 on the hinge side 7. An elastic cover 26 provided over the
It has the same edge material (not shown) as the edge material 22 of the first embodiment. In addition, the elastic cover 26 of the plate-shaped main body 19,
A space 27 is also formed between the hinge side 7 and the front surface.
The void 27 is provided to facilitate the deformation of the elastic cover 26.

Embodiment 3 (see FIG. 5) The elastic member 20 is fitted in the void 25.

[0013]

[Modifications, etc.] Modifications will be described below. (1) One of the folding door constituting members 8 may be the conventional folding door constituting member 8. (2) The plate-shaped main body 19 may not be covered with the decorative sheet 21. (3) The elastic material 20 does not have to be covered with the decorative sheet 21. (4) The hinge 7 may have any structure as long as the pair of left and right folding door constituting members 8 are foldably connected.

[0014]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above-described structure. According to the invention of claims 1 to 3, when the folding door that is folded and opened to the front side in the V-shape in the plan view is closed by pushing the portion near the hinge of the folding door constituent member, between the left and right folding door constituent members. Even if you accidentally stuff your fingers
Since the elastic material is deformed and the fingers are not strongly pinched, there is no accident such as finger injury.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially fragmented front view showing Example 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view along the line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an intermediate portion along line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of an essential part showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a horizontal sectional view of essential parts showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Folding door 7 Hinges 8 Folding door components 19 Plate-like body 20 Elastic material 25 Void 26 Elastic cover

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plate-shaped main body and at least one of a pair of left and right folding door constituting members foldably connected to each other by a hinge are vertically provided on a hinge-side side portion of the plate-shaped main body. Folding door having elastic material. 2. At least one of a pair of left and right folding door constituting members which are foldably connected by a hinge forms a gap between a plate-shaped body and a hinge-side side portion of the plate-shaped body. Folding door that has an elastic cover that is provided over the top and bottom. 3. The folding door according to claim 2, wherein an elastic material is fitted in the void.