JPH0972172A - Horizontal sliding shutter device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a horizontal sliding shutter device capable of being applied to a bay window including having a trapezoid or curved horizontal section, opening an closing the shutter smoothly and storing the opened shutter in becoming style. SOLUTION: A head rail and a bottom rail 7 are extended to the sides of a window frame of a bar window, a shutter storage case HL is formed of the extension part 7E, at the same time, guide grooves 9E of the head rail and bottom rail 7 in the shutter storage case are formed in a U-shaped or a J-shape, a gear 17E is mounted to the shutter storage case through a bearing, and a shutter storage device is formed. The bearing is used for a stopper for stopping an opened shutter to a specific position.

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 the outdoor surface of a bay window,
In particular, it relates to a shutter storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, crime prevention, blindfolds, heat insulation,
Folding doors and shutters are used for the purpose of protecting against wind and light. Folding doors connect a plurality of doors so that they can be bent in the lateral direction, and the projections that project from the upper and lower ends of the folding doors are moved along the rail grooves provided in the upper and lower frames of the window frame to open and close. Is. In addition, the shutter is a vertical pulling shutter composed of a large number of horizontal slats that can be bent freely in the vertical direction, and the left and right ends of the slats can slide in rail grooves provided in the left and right vertical frames. The shutter is fitted and connected by connecting one end of the shutter to a winding drum provided in a box attached to the upper frame of the window frame, and rotating the winding drum by a rotating means such as a cord or a motor. Is opened and closed to open and close.

[0003]

The folding door requires a moving area that projects outwards from the rail groove of the bay window when the door is opened and closed. Therefore, trees and other buildings may be placed near the bay window. When it exists, it cannot be adopted. In addition, since the vertical pull shutter moves up and down along one vertical surface, when adopting a bayonet with a trapezoidal horizontal cross-sectional shape, it is necessary to equip the vertical pull shutters of the number corresponding to the lighting surface.
It has a drawback that it requires a lot of labor and cost for construction. Furthermore, since it is difficult to completely match the open / closed states of the lighting surfaces, the appearance is not uniform. This is a particular problem when the shutters on each lighting surface are not linked.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is not limited to the case where the horizontal cross-sectional shape is trapezoidal, but can be used for opening and closing a bay window including a curved surface, and the shutter can be opened and closed smoothly, and An object of the present invention is to provide a shutter housing device capable of housing the opened shutter at a predetermined position in a good appearance.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a shutter in which a large number of vertical slats are connected so as to be bendable in the lateral direction, and a shutter has an upper end and a lower end which are window frames. Each of the shutters is supported by engaging guide portions provided on the outer side surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame opposite to the upper rail and the lower rail, and movably supported along the guide portions. The slat has an upper end portion or an engaging portion provided at an upper end portion and a lower end portion, which is engaged with a gear provided on the upper rail or the upper rail and a lower frame rail, and is provided with a rotating means for rotating the gear forward and backward. In a horizontal pull shutter device in which the rotating means is operated to move the shutter along the upper rail and the lower rail, a shutter housing device is provided for connecting the upper rail and the lower rail to a window frame of a bay window. Sideways, that is, The frame is extended to a position beyond the vertical frame, a shutter storage space is formed between the extended portions, and guide portions of the upper rail and the lower rail in the shutter storage space are formed in a U shape or a J shape. It is characterized in that the gear is provided in the shutter storage space.

In the vicinity of the entrance of the shutter accommodating space, a gear bearing is fixed to the upper rail or the upper rail and the lower rail forming the shutter accommodating space, and the bearing serves to guide the upper rail or the upper rail. It is desirable that the terminal portion of the guide portion of the lower rail also serves as a stopper that stops the front end portion of the shutter in the opening direction.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION As will be described later with reference to the drawings, a horizontal pulling shutter device SA is a shutter SL, S formed by connecting a large number of vertical slats so as to be bendable in the horizontal direction.
A guide in which R is formed so that the upper end and the lower end thereof are opened to face the upper rails 6 and 6E and the lower rails 7 and 7E attached to the outdoor side surfaces of the upper frame 1 and the lower frame 2 such as a window frame. The upper portion of each slat of the shutter or the meshing portion 13 provided at the upper end portion and the lower end portion is engaged with the portions 8, 8E, 9, 9E and is movably supported along the guide portion thereof. Gears 17 and 17E provided on rails or upper rails and lower frame rails
And a rotation means for meshing the gear and rotating the gear forward and backward on the indoor side. The rotating means may be either a manual type that operates an endless rope or the like, or an automatic type that rotates the motor forward or backward by operating a switch. By operating the rotating means to move the shutter horizontally along the upper rail and the lower rail,
You can open and close the bay window. The guide portion may be formed by a groove or a ridge that engages with the shutter and guides it.

Then, the upper rail and the lower rail are extended to a position beyond a vertical frame such as the window frame, and a shutter storage space is formed between the extended portions. In addition, the guide portions of the upper rail and the lower rail in the shutter storage space are formed in a U-shape or a J-shape, one end of which is continuous with the guide portions provided on the upper frame and the lower frame, and the one end portions thereof are the upper rail and the lower rail. And the gear is provided at the entrance of the shutter housing space.

Preferably, at the entrance of the shutter storage space, a bearing of a gear is fixed to the upper rail or the upper rail and the lower rail in the shutter storage space, and the bearing guides the upper rail or the upper rail and the lower rail by the bearing. It also serves as a stopper for stopping the tip of the shutter at the end of the opening.

The upper and lower ends of each vertical slat of the shutter are engaged with the guide portions of the upper frame and the lower frame to be movably supported. When the rotating means is operated, the gear is rotated, and the slat meshed with the gear is moved along the guide portion. The shutter opens or closes an opening surface such as a window or a lighting surface depending on the rotation direction of the gear by the rotating means.

In the shutter housing space, the shutter is housed by turning in a U-shape or a J-shape along the guide portion. Therefore, no winding drum is required. Since the gear is installed in the storage space, part of the meshing part of the shutter is
It meshes with the gear in both the open position and the closed position. The stopper is installed at a position where the end of the shutter in the closing direction does not separate from the gear. When the bearing of the gear also serves as the stopper, the number of members and the number of mounting steps are reduced.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. The horizontal pull shutter device according to the present invention can be attached to a window, a flat window, a doorway, etc., all in the same manner, and the shutter is a drawable type on the left and right sides of the window opening or doorway. Form to open and close,
Alternatively, it may be configured to move to either the right or left side to open or close. In both cases, the basic configuration of the horizontal pull shutter device is the same. Hereinafter, a configuration in the case where the present invention is applied to a horizontal pull shutter device attached to a bay window will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a bay window to which a horizontal shutter device according to the present invention is attached. 2 and 3 are a left half cross-sectional view and a right half cross-sectional view of the bay window with the horizontal pull shutter device of FIG. 1, respectively. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, symmetrical shutter housings HL and HR are provided on both the left and right sides of the bay window W, and the tips of the shutters SL and SR on both sides (tips in the closing direction) are located at the center of the window outside surface. When it is moved to the abutting position, the shutter is closed, and when the front ends of the shutters on both sides are moved to the entrances of the shutter housings HL and HR, that is, the end of the side surface of the bay window, it is opened. Becomes The shutter SL on the left side in FIG. 1 is in the closed position, and the shutter SR on the right side (not visible from the front side of the bay window in FIG. 1) is in the open position.

Since the bay window W has the same shape and structure as 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 W are continuous along three sides of a trapezoidal plane shape, and a sliding door or a piece is provided between the facing surfaces of the upper frame and the lower frame. A panel member 3 of various known forms such as a combination of a sliding door and a fit-and-kill, a hinged door, a sliding door, or a fit-and-kill is attached. 4 is a vertical frame of bay window, 5T is a top plate, 5B is a ground plate,
Each outdoor side end is fixed to the upper frame 1 or the lower frame 2,
The indoor end is fixed to a lintel or window sill (not shown).

On the outdoor side surfaces of the upper frame 1 and the lower frame 2 of the bay window, an upper rail 6 and a lower rail 7 which are constituent members of the horizontal pull shutter device SA are integrally provided. The upper rail 6 and the lower rail 7 are also continuous in a trapezoidal shape in the outdoor side portion of the bay window, like the planar shapes of the upper frame 1 and the lower frame 2 of the bay window. In addition, the upper rail 6 and the lower rail 7 have guide grooves 8 and 9 that open in opposition to each other as one embodiment of the guide portion.
Are formed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the horizontal pulling shutter device SA has symmetrical shutter accommodating portions HL and HR on the left and right sides of the exit window W, respectively. The shutter accommodating section has upper rails 6E and lower rails 7E, which extend at the same height as the upper rails 6 and the lower rails 7 to a position beyond the vertical frame 4 of the bay window. However, a shutter storage space is formed between them.
As shown in FIG. 6, the upper rail 6E and the lower rail 7E are
It has guide grooves 8E and 9E which are open to face each other. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the guide grooves 8E and 9E are formed in a substantially U shape, and one end portion of each of the guide grooves 8E and 9E has a shutter housing portion H.
At the entrances of L and HR, the upper rail 6 and the lower rail 7 are continuous with the end portions of the guide grooves 8 and 9, respectively.

Thus, the guide grooves 8, 9, 8E, 9E which are opened facing each other in the vertical direction extend along the movement path of the horizontal shutter set along the outdoor side surface of the bay window, and the guide grooves are provided. Lateral-drawing shutter SR, S described later in
The upper and lower ends of L are movably inserted.

The horizontal pulling shutters SL and SR are shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), a notched circular large diameter portion 11 opening in one direction and a notched circular small diameter portion 12 opening in the opposite direction.
FIG. 7B shows a large number of vertical slats 10 integrally including a connecting portion 13 having a substantially V-shaped cross section formed therebetween.
As shown in FIG. 3, the large diameter portion 11 and the small diameter portion 12 are rotatably fitted and connected, and can be curved along the movement path of the shutter. And each slat 1
The upper suspension 14 is fixed to at least the upper end portion of the connecting portion 13 of 0 by a method such as inserting.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the upper suspending tool 14 is movably fitted in the guide grooves 8 and 8E, and the upper suspending tool 14 is provided with rollers and other sliding members 15. Then, it is rotatably or slidably mounted on the upper surface of the ridge 16 formed by the wall forming the guide grooves 8 and 8E. As a result, the horizontal pulling shutter S is suspended above the upper rail 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 example. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the upper gear 17 is fixed to a shaft 19 penetrating a bearing 18 fixed to the upper rail 6E of the shutter housing portion HR, and the lower gear 17E is fixed to the lower rail 7E. The shaft 19E is fixed to the shaft 18E penetrating the formed bearing 18E, and the upper and lower shafts 19 and 19E are connected by a connecting member 20. The upper and lower gears have the same diameter and number of teeth,
Some of the surrounding teeth are engaged with each other in the guide grooves 8E, 9E on the entrance side of the shutter accommodating portion by using the connecting portion 13 of the slats of the moving horizontal shutter as an engaging portion. That is, the pitch of the connecting portions 13 and the pitch of the gears are made equal.

A shaft 19 penetrating the upper bearing 18 extends into a housing 22 fixed to the upper portion of the bearing 18 via a mounting member 21, and a pinion (not shown) is fixed to the end thereof. . And, in the housing 22,
The transmission rod 23 penetrates in the horizontal direction, and a worm gear (not shown) fixed to the transmission rod 23 is meshed with the pinion in its housing.

The transmission rod 23 extends from the upper rail 6E to the upper side of the top plate 4 of the bay window, is supported by the support plate 24 on the top plate 4, and the pulley 25 is fixed to the end of the transmission rod, and the pulley 25 is fixed to the pulley. An operating annular string 26, around which the upper end portion is wound, hangs down from a hole 27 formed in the top plate 4 to the bay window space.
A sprocket and a chain may be used instead of the pulley and the string.

The above worm gear, pinion, and transmission rod 23
The pulley 25 constitutes a rotating means for rotating the gears 17 and 17E, and the string 26 constitutes an operation end for rotating the gears 17 and 17E from the indoor side.

Therefore, when the cord 26 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 operating end. However, instead of the pulley 25 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.

The bearings 18 and 18E have guide grooves 8 in the upper rail 6E and the lower rail 7E of the shutter housing portions HL and HR.
It also has a surface st that blocks the end portions of E and 9E, and also constitutes a stopper. As shown in FIG. 3, the stopper st hits and stops the front end portion (front end portion in the opening direction) of the horizontal pull shutter housed in the shutter housing portion HR. The stop position of the shutter by the stopper is set so that the engagement between the rear end of the shutter (the rear end in the opening direction) and the gears 17 and 17E is not released when the shutter is stopped.

With the above construction, in the opened state of the horizontal pulling shutter S, as shown in FIG. 3, the front end of the shutter in the closing direction is present near the entrance of the shutter accommodating portion and meshes with the gears 17 and 17E. The rear end portion is located at the end of the guide grooves 8E and 9E of the shutter housing portion. In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numerals 28 and 29 are a start end vertical frame and a end vertical frame provided at the entrance and the end of the shutter housing portion. Also, P is the shutter housing section HL, H if desired.
This is a hidden panel attached to the outdoor side surface of R. When this is attached, the shutter housed in the shutter housing can be made invisible from the outdoor side.

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 set. 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.

A lateral shutter device applied to a flat window can be constructed based on the configuration of the lateral shutter device applied to the bay window. Further, the upper rail and the lower rail of the horizontal pull shutter device can be integrally formed with the upper frame and the lower frame of the window, or can be molded separately from these,
It is also possible to connect. Further, in the above embodiment, the guide grooves of the upper rail and the lower rail forming the shutter housing portion are formed in a U shape, but the guide groove is formed in a J shape depending on the relationship between the length of the upper and lower rails and the length of the shutter. Alternatively, the U-shape or the J-shape may be formed in a meandering shape in whole or in part, which is a technical matter in the extension of the basic idea of the present invention. Further, a locking piece is provided on the slat at the rear end of the shutter, and one or both of the bearings 18 and 18E are engaged with each other when the shutter is moved to the closed position to stop the shutter at a predetermined position. It is also possible to easily provide a stop mechanism that operates.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the curving sideways shutter can be opened and closed by moving along the upper and lower guide grooves, the opening and closing work can be performed smoothly and smoothly. Also, because it can be stored in a storage space shorter than the length of the shutter, unlike the case where it is stored by winding it around a vertical axis winding cylinder with a large winding diameter, even if the exterior decoration of the side of the window may improve, The appearance is not impaired.

Further, the bearing of the gear meshing for opening and closing the shutter also serves as a stopper for surely stopping the shutter moved in the opening direction at a predetermined position, so that the member saving effect and the installation work reducing effect are obtained. To be

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a bay window to which a horizontal pull shutter device according to the present invention is attached.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the left half of the bay window with the horizontal pull shutter device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the right half of the bay window with the horizontal pull shutter device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view illustrating the structure of a vertical slat.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an example of a gear, its rotating means, and an operating end.

[Explanation of symbols]

SA Horizontal pulling shutter device HR, HL Shutter storage part (shutter storage space) 1 Upper frame of bay window 2 Lower frame of bay window 4 Vertical frame of bay window 6,6E Upper rail 7,7E Lower rail 8,8E Guide groove 9,9E Guide Grooves SR, SL Shutters 17, 17E Gears 19, 23, 24, 25 Rotating means 29 Operation end (string)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An upper rail and a lower rail, which are attached to outdoor side surfaces of an upper frame and a lower frame such as a window frame, and have guide portions provided to face each other, and a large number of vertical slats can be bent in a horizontal direction. The upper rail and the lower rail are engaged with the guide portions of the upper rail and the lower rail, respectively, and movably supported, and the upper rail or the upper rail and the lower frame rail. A gear that meshes with an upper end portion of each slat of the shutter or an engaging portion provided at an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the shutter, a rotating unit that rotates the gear forward and backward, and a shutter for housing the opened shutter. A shutter storage device, wherein the shutter storage device extends the upper rail and the lower rail to a side of the window frame or the like to form a shutter storage space between the extended portions, and a shutter. The guide portion of the rail and a lower rail for the formation of the accommodated space formed in a U-shape or J-shaped, laterally pulling shutter apparatus characterized by comprising providing said gear to said shutter housing space. 2. Near the entrance of the shutter storage space,
The bearing of the gear is fixed to the upper rail or the upper rail and the lower rail in the shutter storage space, and by the bearing, the tip of the shutter in the opening direction at the end portion of the guide portion of the upper rail or the guide portion of the upper rail and the lower rail. 2. The device also functions as a stopper for stopping the portion.
The described horizontal pull shutter device.