JPH09151557A - Rail-joint construction of glass panel frame and joint metal fixture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily mount a rail to a muntin by interlocking interlocking claws of joint metal fixtures mounted to both ends of the rail with interlock sections of a glass groove in the muntin, screwing a flat washer on the rail, and extending the interlocking claws outward with a screw. SOLUTION: Arms 9 are extended outward to the front ends of a pair of legs 8, at the same time, interlocking claws 10 are provided respectively to the front ends of the arms 9, and anchorage sections 11 are extended outward to the basic sections of the legs 8 to form joint metal fixtures 6. Then, the anchorage sections 11 of the joint metal fixtures 6 are screwed on a rail 2 to mount the joint metal fixtures 6 to the rail 2. Then, the interlocking claws 10 of the joint metal fixtures 6 are interlocked with interlock sections 12 provided to an opening of a glass groove 4 of a muntin 1. Then, a flat washer 13 is placed downward of the rail 2, a screw 16 is screwed in the rail 2 and between the legs 8 of the joint metal fixtures 6 to extend the legs 8 to both sides, the interlocking claws 10 are firmly interlocked with the interlock sections 12 and, at the same time, a projection of the flat washer 13 is fitted into a notched groove of the muntin 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for attaching a horizontal rail which constitutes a glass panel frame to a vertical rail and a connecting metal fitting used at that time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In some cases, a glass panel is attached to a part of a partition, and a square framed glass panel is sequentially assembled with the partition installed by a drive-in method, or a glass panel is installed between vertically standing studs. There are cases. The glass panel targeted by the present invention is the latter case, in which another vertical rail is attached to the stud, and the horizontal rail is bridged over the vertical rails provided on both studs.
Then, the glass plate is fitted in the space framed by the vertical and horizontal rails.

Conventionally, when a horizontal rail is attached to a vertical rail,
L-shaped metal fittings are used. That is, the vertical piece of the L-shaped metal fitting is fixed to the vertical crosspiece side, and the horizontal piece is mounted and fixed on the horizontal piece. Although the L-shaped metal fittings are screwed to the vertical rails, it is not easy to fix them correctly, and the horizontal rails attached for that purpose are tilted or displaced vertically or horizontally. Further, the L-shaped metal fittings do not have a function of attracting each other, and a slight gap may be left between the attached horizontal rail and vertical rail.

[0004]

When the horizontal rails constituting the glass panel are attached to the vertical rails as described above, there are the above problems. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve this problem, and to provide a horizontal rail connecting structure with which the horizontal rail can be easily mounted and which has good mounting accuracy.
On the other hand, a connection fitting used for connection is provided.

[0005]

According to the horizontal rail connecting structure of a glass panel frame of the present invention, a connecting metal fitting is attached to the horizontal rail and is connected to the vertical rail via the connecting metal fitting. Here the connecting fitting is 2
The book has parallel legs, and an arm extends outward from the tip of the leg, and a locking claw is formed at the tip of the arm. In addition, the base of the leg is equipped with a fastening part for screwing,
Further, a screw hole is formed in the middle of the leg across both legs, and a plain washer is attached by a screw screwed into the screw hole.

On one of the cross rails, members each having a substantially L-shaped cross section are arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval, and a flat seat portion is arranged to connect both L-shaped members. The mold member is connected by a connecting piece. Then, there is a space surrounded by the flat seat portion and both connecting pieces, and the space is a glass groove.
Then, the connecting fitting is screwed to the flat seat portion, and the flat washer is inserted from the glass groove and arranged on the opposite side of the flat seat portion and screwed.

The vertical rail has an opening (glass groove) on the side to which the horizontal rail is connected, a system stopper extending from both sides is formed at the entrance of the glass groove, and a system stopper is provided at the tip. doing. By the way, the connecting metal fitting attached to the horizontal rail projects the system stop claw at the tip from the end surface of the horizontal rail, and this system stop penetrates through the glass groove between the system stop pieces to stop the system stop. The arm end hits the inner surface of the vertical rail and the horizontal rail is held without falling. In other words, the spring force of the system stopper claws the system stopper to the system stopper.

In this state, the plain washer is to be screwed, but the plain washer partially projects from the end face of the horizontal rail, and this protruding portion fits into the notch groove formed in the vertical rail. Therefore, the cross rail is supported by the flat washer. Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0009]

EXAMPLE FIG. 1 shows a cross section of a glass panel of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a vertical rail, 2 is a horizontal rail, and 3 is a glass plate. The glass plate 3 is attached to the glass frame framed by the vertical rails 1 and 1 and the horizontal rails 2 and 2. The glass grooves 4 are formed on the inner circumference of the vertical rails 1 and the horizontal rails 2. The glass plate 3 is attached by fitting the gasket 5 into the glass groove 4.

By the way, the vertical rail 1 is attached to a stud (not shown) which stands upright, and the horizontal rail 2 is connected to the vertical rail 1. In the present invention, the connecting fitting 6 is used in connecting the horizontal rail 2 to the vertical rail 1. FIG. 2 shows a case where a connecting metal fitting 6 is attached to the horizontal rail 2 and connected to the vertical rail 1. The connecting metal fitting 6 is fitted into the glass groove 7 of the vertical rail 1 to support the horizontal rail 2. The connecting fitting 6 has two legs 8 and 8, and the legs 8 and 8
Arms 9 and 9 are extended outward at the tip end of the arm, and locking claws 10 and 10 are provided at the tip ends of the arms 9 and 9. Further, fastening portions 11, 11 are extended outwardly at the bases of the legs 8, 8 and are screwed to the horizontal rail 2.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view when the horizontal rail 2 is connected to the vertical rail 1. If the connecting metal fitting 6 is fitted into the glass groove 7, the horizontal rail 2 is provided with locking claws 10 and 10 and locking portions 12 and 12.
It is locked to and supported so as not to fall. Locking claw 1
When 0 and 10 are locked in the glass groove 7 and the horizontal rail 2 is supported, the flat washer 13 is screwed from below. Then, the flat washer 13 is fitted into the notch groove 14 formed in the vertical rail 1. Therefore, the horizontal rail 2 is supported by the flat washer 13. A part of the flat washer 13 projects from the end surface of the horizontal crosspiece, and this projecting portion fits into the cutout groove.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show the case where the horizontal rail 2 is connected to the vertical rail 1 through the connecting metal fitting 6. The horizontal rail 2 has a flat seat portion 15, and the connecting fitting 6 is screwed to the flat seat portion 15. Then, the plain washer 13 is screwed to the lower side with the flat seat portion 15 sandwiched therebetween, and the screw 16 spreads both legs 8, 8 of the connecting fitting 6 to both sides so that the locking claws 10 and 10 are glass grooves of vertical bars. The locking parts 12 and 12 of 7 are prevented from coming off.

The tips of the arms 9 and 9 are provided on the inner surface 17 of the vertical rail 1.
And the connecting fitting 6 is fixed without rattling, and the horizontal rail 2 is stably connected. As described above, the connection of the glass panel horizontal rails of the present invention uses the connection fittings, and the following effects can be obtained.

[0014]

Since the horizontal rails constituting the glass panel frame of the present invention use the connecting fittings, they can be easily connected to the vertical rails. That is, simply by inserting the locking claw at the tip of the connecting metal fitting into the glass groove of the vertical rail, the horizontal rail is supported without falling, and in that state, the plain washer is screwed from below to the notch groove of the vertical rail. Can be inserted. Since the notch groove is machined correctly, the connected horizontal rail does not tilt or shift to the left or right.

The connecting metal fittings not only connect the horizontal rail to the vertical rail, but also connect the vertical rail without a gap, and can improve the appearance of the glass panel. That is, by locking the locking claws of the connecting metal fittings to the locking portions formed at the glass groove entrances of the vertical bars, the force of pulling in the vertical bars acts to eliminate the gap.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section of a glass panel of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] When connecting the metal fittings to the horizontal rail and connecting them to the vertical rail.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a case where a connecting fitting is attached to a horizontal rail to connect to the vertical rail.

FIG. 4 shows a case where a horizontal rail is connected to a vertical rail via a connecting fitting.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Vertical Bar 2 Horizontal Bar 3 Glass Plate 4 Glass Groove 5 Gasket 6 Coupling Metal 7 Glass Groove 8 Leg 9 Arm 10 Locking Claw 11 Fastening Section 12 Locking Section 13 Plain Washer 14 Notched Groove 15 Flat Seat 16 Screw 17 Inside

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a structure for connecting the horizontal rails in a glass panel frame constituted by attaching a vertical rail to a vertically standing stud and straddling the horizontal rail, the horizontal rail is connected to a flat seat portion of the horizontal rail. Attaching the metal fittings, the locking claws formed at the tip of the connecting metal fittings are projected from both end surfaces of the horizontal rail, and the locking tabs are locked to the locking portions formed at the glass groove entrances of the vertical rails, and A flat washer is screwed to the opposite side across the part and the locking claw is pushed outward by the screw, and a part of the flat washer protruding from the end face of the horizontal rail is inserted into the notch groove formed in the vertical rail. A horizontal rail connection structure for glass panel frames characterized by being inserted. 2. A connecting metal fitting used for connecting the horizontal rails in a glass panel frame constituted by attaching a vertical rail to a vertically standing stud and straddling the horizontal rail to the vertical rail. An arm that has two legs and extends outward is provided at the tip, and a locking claw that can be locked to a locking part formed at the glass groove entrance of the vertical rail is provided at the tip of the arm. A connecting metal fitting having a fastening portion for screwing to a horizontal rail at the base of the leg.