JPH09310551A - Upper runner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to adjust a position of a door erection in the vertical direction for lower load type of folding door, sliding door, etc. SOLUTION: An upper runner is constituted of a bearing member 1 fixed to the upper part of a door A, a bearing shaft assembled to the bearing member 1 in a retractable manner in the vertical direction and a guide member 3 capable of moving along rail, etc., mounted to the upper end of the bearing shaft. The bearing member 1 is equipped with an outer case fixed to the upper part of the door A, a shaft 12 provided in the vertical direction of the outer case and an inner section 13 fitted to the shaft 12 in a slidable manner, and the bearing shaft is assembled to the inner section 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an upper part which is installed in a storage furniture or the like and is attached to a lower load type folding door, a sliding door or the like which supports a load of a door plate at a lower side of the door plate and which guides opening / closing movement of an upper part of the door plate. Belongs to the technical field related to runners.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the construction of a sliding door of a lower load type, as shown in FIG. The work of mounting the upper runner C provided on the upper part to the upper rail (Kamoi) UR is performed. The upper runner C is usually attached to the upper end of the support member 1, the support member 1 fixed to the upper part of the door plate A, the support shaft 2 assembled to the support member 1 so as to be able to move forward and backward. The guide member 3 is movable along the upper rail (Kamoi) UR, and the upper rail (Kamoi) U is moved by moving the support member 1 back and forth.
The accidental disengagement of the guide member 3 from the R is prevented.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional upper runner has a problem that the installation of the doorboard A cannot be adjusted in the front-rear direction (the thickness direction of the doorboard A).

Recently, due to diversification of materials such as sliding doors, folding doors, etc., construction structure, etc., dimensional deviation such as warping, compression, expansion, etc. may occur after manufacturing or after installation due to air conditioning or other reasons.
Therefore, development of a technique for adjusting the position of the doorboard A in the front-rear direction is desired. In addition, this dimension error causes rubbing and collision between the door plates A at the sliding door, and the opening and closing cannot be performed.
Make it difficult. Therefore, for sliding doors, there is an urgent need to develop a technique for adjusting the position of the doorboard A in the front-rear direction.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and it relates to a lower load type folding door, sliding door, etc.
An object of the present invention is to provide an upper runner capable of adjusting the position of a doorboard in the front-rear direction.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the upper runner according to the present invention adopts the following means.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the support member fixed to the upper part of the door plate, the support shaft assembled to the support member so as to be able to move up and down, and the rail attached to the upper end of the support shaft along the rail and the like. In the upper runner consisting of a movable guide member, the support member includes an outer case fixed to the upper part of the door plate, a shaft arranged in the front-rear direction of the outer case, and an inner part slidably fitted to the shaft. It is characterized in that a support shaft is attached to the inner portion.

In this means, when the inner part of the support member is slid, the support shaft and the guide member assembled to the inner part come close to and away from the front surface or the rear surface of the door plate. The position can be adjusted.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the upper runner of the first aspect, the inner portion of the support member is slid by the rotary operation portion exposed on the surface of the door plate.

With this means, the position is adjusted from the open side of the door plate.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the upper runner of the second aspect, the rotary operation portion is provided with a stepwise adjusting member by meshing of the concavo-convex structure.

By this means, the position adjustment can be surely performed stepwise.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of an upper runner according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
It is shown that the door plate A is embedded and mounted in the mounting groove Ad that is dug using the upper surface Aa of the door plate A and the corner portion Ac of the wood entrance surface (side end surface) Ab.

The support member 1 of this embodiment comprises an outer case 11, a shaft 12, an inner portion 13, and a rotary operation portion 1.
4, a stepwise adjusting member 15, a slider 16, and a coil spring 17 are provided.

The outer case 11 has a substantially hollow rectangular shape with a large portion of the upper part opened, and screw holes 111 and 112 for screwing are provided in the upper part and the lower part, respectively. A window hole 113 is largely opened on the side surface, and a pressing piece 114 is provided facing the lower portion of the window hole 113.

The shaft 12 is provided inside the outer case 11 near the corner Ac of the door plate A, and is arranged and fixed in the front-rear direction of the door plate A (the direction orthogonal to the front surface Ae and the rear surface Af).

The inner portion 13 is provided in the upper portion inside the outer case 11 and is slidably fitted to the shaft 12. The inner portion 13 is provided with a long hole 131 on the door end surface Ab side of the door plate A, and a guide member housing gap 132 into which the guide member 3 can be inserted on the upper side opposite to the door end surface Ab.
Is formed, and a support shaft accommodating gap 133 is formed on the lower side thereof so that the support shaft 2 can be retracted.

The rotary operation part 14 is a rotary member 141 disposed in an upper part inside the outer case 11 in a direction orthogonal to the shaft 12, and a flat member interposed between the rotary member 141 and the inner part 13. The washer 142 and the wave washer 143 are provided. The rotating member 141 is formed in a chevron shape and has a groove 141a engaged with a driver or the like on the head exposed from the door end surface Ab side of the door case A of the outer case 11, and the opposite side of the head. An axis b that is eccentric from the axis a of the head
Is provided with a shaft part 141b. This shaft 14
1b projects into the aforementioned long hole 131 of the inner portion 13 (see FIGS. 2 and 5). In order to improve operability, the outer case 11 around the rotating member 141 is
A rotation direction arrow 144 and an adjustment direction display 145 composed of characters "up" and "down" are provided. Further, the flat washer 142 functions as a spacer for the rotating member 141 and the inner portion 13. The wave washer 143 presses the rotating member 141 against the outer case 11.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 3 and 4, the step-by-step adjusting member 15 is opened on the concentric line through the outer case 11 with which the rotating member 141 of the rotating operation portion 14 abuts at an interval of 30 degrees. 12 recessed holes 151 and recessed holes 15
12 corresponding to No. 1 and the twelve convex portions 152 provided on the rotating member 141, and the twelve small concave portions provided on the periphery of the insertion hole opened for inserting the rotating member 91 in the outer case 11. 153 and one small convex portion 1 provided on the rotating member 141.
And 54.

The slider 16 is accommodated in the lower portion inside the outer case 11 so as to be vertically slidable.
This slider 16 is provided with a slider 161 facing the window hole 113 on the upper side of the doorway surface Ab side of the door plate A, an elastic piece 162 on the lower side thereof, and a two-stage mounting of the support shaft 2 on the opposite side of the doorway surface Ab. Holes 163 and 164 are provided, and a spring receiver 165 is provided in the lower center part. These mounting holes 163, 16
As shown in FIG. 6, 4 has a long hole shape.

The coil spring 17 is mounted between the lower portion of the outer case 11 and the spring receiver 165 of the slider 16 and biases the support shaft 2 upwardly via the slider 16 so as to urge it elastically.

The support shaft 2 of this embodiment has a substantially columnar main body portion 21, a mounting portion 22 for the guide member 3 provided on the upper portion of the main body portion 21, and a slider provided on the lower portion of the main body portion 21. And 16 mounting portions 23. The main body portion 21 includes the guide member accommodation gap 13 of the inner member 13.
2. The support shaft accommodating gap 133 is slidable. The mounting portion 22 of the guide member 3 includes a shaft portion 221 that rotatably supports the guide member 3 and the guide member 3.
It has a washer 222 and a screw 223 for preventing it from coming off. The mounting portion 23 of the slider 16 has a two-stage shaft portion 2 that is inserted into the mounting holes 163 and 164 of the slider 16.
31 and 232 and a washer 23 for preventing the slider 16 from coming off.
3, and screws 234.

The guide member 3 of this embodiment is of a wheel type rotatably supported by the mounting portion 22 of the support shaft 2.

Further, in this embodiment, the lock mechanism 4 for restricting the advance / retreat of the support shaft 2 is provided. The lock mechanism 4 includes an engagement protrusion 41 provided on the window hole 113 of the outer case 11 of the support member 1 and an engagement claw 42 provided on the elastic piece 162 of the slider 16. The engaging claw 42 is disengaged from the engaging protrusion 41 by the pressing piece 114 of the outer case 11, and allows the slider 16 and the support shaft 2 to move upward due to the elastic force of the coil spring 17. Further, when the support shaft 2 is retracted downward against the coil spring 17, the engagement claw 42 is locked to the engagement protrusion 41 by elastic deformation of the elastic piece 162 of the slider 16, and the support shaft 2
The retracted position of can be locked.

According to this embodiment, by rotating the rotary member 141 of the rotary operation portion 14 of the support member 1 with a driver or the like, as shown in FIG. 5, the shaft portion 14 is eccentric.
1b is revolved with respect to the axis a, and the inner portion 13 is slid along the shaft 12 through the long hole 131 so as to come close to or away from the front surface Ae or the rear surface Af of the door plate A. As a result, it is possible to adjust the position of the doorboard A in the front-rear direction. Since the rotation member 141 of the rotation operation unit 14 is located on the side of the door panel A where the door plate A is open, the operation can be easily performed.
Further, the meshing of the stepwise adjusting member 15 reliably fixes the position adjustment to prevent an unexpected fluctuation.

When the support shaft 2 and the guide member 3 are retracted and the lock mechanism 4 is operated, the support shaft 2 and the guide member 3 are inserted into the guide member accommodation gap of the inner portion 13, as shown in FIGS. 132, it is accommodated in the support shaft accommodating gap 133 and is completely immersed in the support member 1. Therefore, if the support shaft 2 and the guide member 3 are set in the retracted state shown in FIGS. In addition, when building the door board A,
As shown in FIG. 7, after the building posture is determined, the pressing piece 114 of the outer case 11 is pressed with a fingertip or the like to support the support shaft 2,
The guide member 3 may be advanced upward.

[0028]

EXAMPLE In the above-described illustrated embodiment, with respect to the door board A that is installed in general storage furniture or the like, the position adjustment amount of the door board A in the anteroposterior direction is set to 4 m by 2 mm in the anteroposterior direction.
It is preferably about m.

[0029]

As described above, the upper runner according to the present invention moves the supporting shaft and the guide member by sliding the inner part with respect to the outer case of the supporting member in the case of folding doors, sliding doors, etc. of the lower load type. Since it can be done, there is an effect that the installation of the door plate can be positionally adjusted in the front-rear direction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an attached state showing an embodiment of an upper runner according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of FIGS. 1 and 2 in a disassembled state.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of FIG.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the work of installing the door plate.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a work of installing a general lower load type sliding door.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Support member 11 Outer case 12 Shaft 13 Inner part 14 Rotation operation part 15 Gradual adjustment member 2 Support shaft 3 Guide member 4 Lock mechanism A Door plate

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A support member fixed to an upper part of a door plate, and a support shaft attached to the support member so as to be movable back and forth in a vertical direction.
In the upper runner, which is attached to the upper end of the support shaft and includes a guide member that is movable along a rail or the like, the support member includes an outer case fixed to the upper part of the door plate and a shaft arranged in the front-rear direction of the outer case. An upper runner comprising an inner portion slidably fitted to a shaft, and a support shaft assembled to the inner portion. 2. The upper runner according to claim 1, wherein the inner portion of the support member is slid by a rotary operation portion exposed on the surface of the door plate. 3. The upper runner according to claim 2, wherein the rotary operation part is provided with a stepwise adjusting member by meshing of a concavo-convex structure.