JPH0960457A - Guide rail structure of opening and closing body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the structure and easily perform work for maintenance and inspection for a shutter curtain. SOLUTION: A guide rail structure has a guide groove 15 formed in such a manner as to have a U-shaped section for supporting the end edge 4a of a shutter curtain 4 and guiding the movement of the curtain. One side wall for forming the guide groove 15 is partially notched to form a pull-out hole 16. The end edge 4a of the shutter curtain 4 is forced to freely go in and out through the pull-out hole 16. The pull-out hole 16 is formed on the upper end part of the guide groove 15 in which the end edge 4a of the shutter curtain 4 is moved forward and backward to the inside of the guide groove 15. The guide rail is provided with a guide wall 24 removably disposed for closing the pull-out hole 16 and serving as a side wall of the guide groove 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a guide rail structure for an opening / closing body which supports an edge of an opening / closing body such as a shutter curtain in a shutter device and guides the movement of the opening / closing body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A window shutter provided in an opening such as a window of a building such as a house is arranged such that a shutter frame is fixed around a sash frame provided in advance in a building frame. Has become.

The window shutters installed in this building are regularly inspected and repaired when they break down. At that time, the shutter curtain is pulled out from the guide rails of the left and right vertical frames of the shutter frame. It is supposed to be done.

[0004] Conventionally, when the shutter curtain is pulled out for inspection or repair, the shutter curtain is in a fully raised and wound state, and right and left guide rails for supporting the left and right edges of the shutter curtain and guiding the up and down movement. It was done by removing it from the frame.

Therefore, in order to easily remove the guide rail, the guide rail is formed separately from the rail portion and the frame portion fixed to the frame, and the frame portion is fixed to the building frame, and the frame portion is fixed. On the other hand, a guide rail was detachably attached.

[0006]

However, in the structure of the guide rail of the conventional window shutter described above, the guide rail is elongated in the vertical direction, so that it is not easy to handle and deforms after it is removed. There is a risk that it will cause it to be long, and because it is long, many fixing members such as screws are used to fix it to the building body side,
There is a drawback in that the work of removing and installing the guide rail is very complicated.

Further, since the frame portion fixed to the building frame side and the rail portion have to be separately constructed to be detachable from each other, there is a drawback that the appearance is deteriorated.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a guide rail structure for an opening / closing body, which has a simple structure and enables easy maintenance and inspection work of the shutter curtain. Is intended.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Next, means for solving the above problems will be described with reference to the drawings corresponding to the embodiments. Guide rail structure 1 of the opening / closing body of the present invention
Is a guide rail structure having a guide groove 15 that supports the edge 4a of the opening / closing body 4 and guides the movement of the opening / closing body 4 and has a substantially U-shaped cross section. A part of at least one side wall 12 is cut out to form an outlet 6, and the edge 4a of the opening / closing body 4 can be freely moved in and out from the outlet 16.

The outlet 16 may be formed at a longitudinal end portion of the guide groove 15 into which the end edge 4a of the opening / closing body 4 moves in and out of the guide groove 15, Further, the outlet 16 may be configured so as to be detachably provided with a guide wall 24 that closes the outlet 16 and serves as a side wall of the guide groove 15.

With the above structure, the opening / closing body 4 is moved in and out through the outlet 16 formed in a part of the guide groove 15, and the opening / closing body 4, that is, the shutter curtain is maintained, inspected and repaired. Since the guide wall 24 that closes the exit 16 is detachably attached to the exit 16, the opening and closing body 4 may come out of the exit 16 when the opening and closing body 4 operates. There is no.

[0012]

1 is a schematic perspective view of a shutter device having a guide rail structure of an opening / closing body according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a guide rail structure of the opening / closing body according to the present invention. It is a figure.

Guide rail structure 1 of the opening / closing body of the present invention
Are configured as a pair located on the left and right of the frame structure of the window shutter device 3 that is fixed around a sash frame (not shown) that is previously arranged in the frame of the building opening 2 such as a window. The left and right edges 4a of the shutter curtain 4 serving as an opening / closing body of the window shutter device 3 are supported to guide the up and down movement of the shutter curtain 4 (see FIG. 1).
reference).

The guide rail structure 1 of the opening / closing body is composed of a guide rail main body 7 and a guide wall 24. First, the guide rail main body 7 is composed of a pair of left and right symmetrical shapes, and is composed of a frame portion 8 and a rail portion 11, respectively, as shown in FIG.

The frame portion 8 is a long member in which the substrate 9 and the extension plate 10 are joined at a right angle, and a substantially L-shaped cross section is continuous.

The board 9 is fixed along the front surface of the left and right vertical frames of the body frame forming the building opening 2. In addition, the extension plate 1
0 extends in a vertical direction that is an outdoor direction like a flange with respect to the substrate 9. The extension length of the extension plate 10 with respect to the substrate 9 is set to be slightly longer than the projection length of the sash frame, which is previously arranged, in the outdoor direction with respect to the body frame.

Next, the rail portion 11 is the extension plate 1 of the frame portion 8.
A pair of side walls 12 and 13 facing each other and a bottom wall 14 serving as a groove bottom are formed at the leading edge of 0 so as to project in a direction opposite to the extending direction of the substrate 9 with respect to the extending plate 10. The guide groove 15 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is continuously formed in the vertical direction so as to face the guide groove 15 of the other pair of guide rail bodies 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, one end 12 of the pair of side walls forming the guide groove 15 is formed in the rail portion 11 at the upper end in the longitudinal direction by cutting out the guide groove 15 by a predetermined length. The outlet 16 is formed so as to be opened continuously with the opening portion of the.

The upper ends of the other side wall 13 of the pair of side walls and the bottom wall 14 serving as the groove bottom are bent near the upper ends thereof to be expanded in a funnel shape, and are supported by the guide groove 15. The shutter curtain 4 is guided from above in the guide groove 15
The inclined guide surfaces 17 and 18 lead inward.

Further, the lower edge of the outlet 16 is also bent similarly to the walls 13 and 14 to form an inclined guide surface 19.

A contact member (not shown) such as mohair for reducing friction with the shutter curtain 4 guided by the guide groove 15 is continuously provided on the inner surfaces of the facing side walls 12 and 13 on the opening side. A groove 20 is provided to be formed.

A pair of upper and lower mounting holes 21 and 22 are formed in the rail portion 11 of the frame extension plate 10 on the upper end side of the guide rail main body 7.

The upper end of the guide rail main body 7 is located inside the shutter case 6 which constitutes the window shutter device 3, and serves as a swallowing opening 23 for the shutter curtain 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, the vertical length of the outlet 16 which is the cutout length of the side wall 12 is in a mounted state in which the upper end of the guide rail body 7 is located in the shutter case 6. At the bottom edge 16a of the escape port 16
The distance L between the bottom surface 6a of the shutter case is set to be slightly longer than the length of the vertical width of the skirting board 5 that forms the lowermost end of the shutter curtain 4.

Next, the guide wall 24 includes the fixed plate portion 25 and the wall portion 2.
It is composed of 9 and 9. As shown in FIG. 2, the fixed plate portion 25 is formed in a vertical flat plate shape, and an engaging convex portion 26 is provided at a substantially central position close to the upper edge of the plate surface. A small-diameter through hole 27 is formed in the approximate center near the edge.

A rib plate 28 is formed at the upper edge of the fixed plate portion 25 so as to extend horizontally in the direction opposite to the direction in which the engaging projection 26 is provided.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the wall portion 29 is provided so as to extend at a right angle to the fixed plate portion 25 and to extend in the direction opposite to the rib plate 28. The guide rail body 7 is formed to have substantially the same width and length as the side walls 12 and 13.

The wall 29 has an upper portion 29a and a lower portion 29.
The c is vertical, and an inclined portion 29b corresponding to the inclined guide surface 19 formed on the one side wall 12 of the guide rail main body 7 is provided in the vertical middle portion where these are continuous.
Are formed.

The guide wall 24 is fixed to the fixed plate portion 25.
Of the engaging projection 26 of the frame rail extension plate 10 of the guide rail main body 7.
Is fitted in the upper mounting hole 21 of the
Through holes 27 of the extension plate 10 and the lower mounting holes 22 of the extension plate 10 are aligned and fixed to each other by a fixing member such as a screw, and the fixing plate portion is provided outside the groove bottom (14) of the rail portion 11 of the guide rail body 7. By mounting the guide rail 25 along the line 25, the outlet 16 of the guide rail main body 7 is closed by the bottom wall 14. When installed and fixed, the guide wall 24
Of the guide rail main body 7 on one side wall 12
The wall portion 29 of the guide wall 24 forms one side wall 12 of the guide groove 15 along the inclined guide surface 19.

Therefore, in the guide rail structure 1 of the opening / closing body configured as described above, the guide groove 1 of the guide rail main body 7 is formed.
Since the exit 16 is provided on one of the side walls 12 of the side walls 5, the shutter curtain 4, which is the opening / closing body, can be pulled out from the exit 16, whereby maintenance, inspection, and repair of the shutter device 3 can be performed. It becomes possible to do.

That is, the shutter curtain 4 can be pulled out from the exit 16 without removing all the guide rails that support the edge 4a of the shutter curtain 4 as in the conventional case.
It becomes easier to perform work such as repairs, and workability can be improved.

Further, since it is no longer necessary to remove the entire guide rail from the building frame, the frame part fixed to the conventional frame and the rail part for supporting and guiding the shutter curtain are separated from each other. Since it does not have to be freely configured, it is possible to integrally configure the guide rail itself with the frame part for fixing to the building frame, and it is possible to obtain a simple and good-looking guide rail. Becomes

Further, the guide groove 1 of the guide rail body 7
Since the guide wall 24 that closes the escape port 16 is detachably attached to the escape port 16 formed in FIG.
It is sufficient to remove the guide wall 24 and perform various works only at the time of inspection and repair. In normal use, the exit 16 is covered with the guide wall 24. It is possible to move up and down without deviating from the guide direction, and since the exit 16 is covered, it does not spoil the appearance.

The exit 16 is covered only by the guide wall 24, and the fixing member for fixing the guide wall 24 to the guide rail main body 7 is one each on the left and right sides in the above-described embodiment. Since it is composed of screws, complicated removal and attachment work by fixing members such as screws, which are required in the vertical and longitudinal directions of the guide rail as in the conventional case, are simple and easy.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the escape port 16 formed in the guide rail main body 7 is closed only by the integral plate-shaped guide wall 24, but the escape port 16 is closed. Upper guide wall 24A as a guide wall
Alternatively, the guide wall may be a separate guide wall including the lower guide wall 24B and the lower guide wall 24B. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, in the guide wall, the upper guide wall 24A is formed in a block shape and is provided at the bottom surface 6a of the shutter case 6, and the lower guide wall 24B is the same as in the above-described embodiment. It is provided on the guide rail main body 7 in the form of a plate, and is configured to be detachable. Then, the exit wall 16 is opened by removing the guide walls 24A and 24B, and the shutter curtain 4 is pulled out from the exit wall 16.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the exit 1
Although the example in which 6 is the position of the upper end of the guide groove 15 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the exit 16 is formed only on one side wall 12 of the guide groove 15.
Although the guide wall 24 corresponding to the above is provided, it is also possible to provide the escape ports 16 on both side walls 12 and 13 and to provide the guide wall 24 for closing and covering each of them.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, an example in which the guide wall 24 is detachably provided in the outlet 16 has been described, but the guide wall 24 may not be provided. In this case, for example, It is preferable that the outlet 16 is located so as to be substantially hidden in the shutter case 6.

In the above-described embodiment, the exit 1
Although an example in which the guide wall 24 that closes 6 is removed from the guide rail main body 7 has been described, as shown in FIG. 5, the vertical edge of the fixing plate portion 25 of the guide wall 24 and the guide rail main body 7 are removed. The extension plate 10 may be swingably connected by a hinge 30, and the wall portion 29 of the guide wall 24 may be configured to be disengageable from the outlet 16 about the hinge 30.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the guide pin 24 is configured so that the guide wall 24 is slidable with respect to the guide rail main body 7 in the vertical direction which is the longitudinal direction thereof.
And a slit-shaped long hole 32 may be provided in each combination. In this case, the wall portion 29 of the guide wall 24 is provided with a fixing means 33 such as a screw for holding the exit 16 in a closed state.

[0040]

As described above, in the guide rail structure for the opening / closing body according to the present invention, the opening / closing body can be pulled out from this opening because the side wall constituting the guide groove is provided with the outlet. Therefore, there is an effect that maintenance, inspection and repair of the device can be performed.

That is, since it is possible to pull out the opening / closing body from this exit without removing all the guide rails that support the edges of the opening / closing body such as the shutter curtain as in the conventional case, the above-mentioned maintenance and inspection, It is possible to obtain an effect that work such as repair is facilitated and workability is improved.

Further, since it is no longer necessary to remove the entire guide rail from the building frame, the frame portion fixed to the frame and the opening / closing body (shutter curtain) as in the prior art.
Since it is not necessary to separate the rail part that supports and guides each other from each other and to make it detachable from each other, it is possible to integrally configure the guide rail itself with the frame part for fixing to the building frame. This makes it possible to obtain a guide rail that is simple and looks good.

Further, since the guide wall for closing the exit is detachably provided at the exit formed in the guide groove, the work can be performed by removing the guide wall only during the above-mentioned maintenance, inspection and repair. It can be done, and in the normal opening and closing motion of the opening and closing body, the exit is covered with this guide wall,
The opening / closing body guided in the guide groove can move without deviating from the guide direction, and the exit is covered, so that the appearance is not spoiled.

Further, since the guide wall that closes the escape port covers only the escape port, the number of mounting and fixing means of the guide wall for the escape port is small, which allows the opening / closing body to be extracted. There is an effect that it is possible to easily perform the work of removing and attaching the guide wall, which is the work of showing the exit.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a shutter device having a guide rail structure for an opening / closing body according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the guide rail structure.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the same side.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Guide rail structure 4 ... Opening / closing body (shutter curtain) 4a ... Edge 12 ... Side wall (one side wall) 15 ... Guide groove 16 ... Exit 24 ... Guide wall

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A structure of a guide rail having an end portion of an opening / closing body and having a guide groove formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section for guiding the movement of the opening / closing body, wherein at least the guide groove is formed. A guide rail structure for an opening / closing body, characterized in that a part of one side wall is cut out to form an exit, and an end edge of the opening / closing body is allowed to enter and exit through the exit. 2. The escape port is formed at a longitudinal end portion of the guide groove where an end edge of the opening / closing body enters and leaves the guide groove. Guide rail structure of the opening and closing body. 3. The guide rail for an opening / closing body according to claim 1, wherein the escape port is provided with a guide wall that closes the escape port and serves as a side wall of the guide groove so as to be detachable. Construction.