JPH1030368A - Door lock latch apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contrive to miniaturize an apparatus itself and enable the apparatus to be mounted on a thin door, for example, by providing a rockshaft of a rocking member which is interlocked with the turning of a hub and slide the rocking member. SOLUTION: A latch bolt 2, which is energized in the projecting direction with a spring 7, is retractively provided in a basically cylinder-shaped case where a hub is turnably provided so as to connect a door handle. Furthermore, a first sliding member 4, which interlocks with the retractive motion of the latch bolt 2, and a second sliding member 5, which interlocks with the turning of the hub 3, are slidingly provided and a rocking member 6 is provided, which locks the tip with the first sliding member 4 and the second sliding member 5 and interlocks both member 4 and 5, thereby moving them slidingly. The latch bolt 2 is put in by turning the hub 3 where rocking shafts 6a of the rocking member 6 is provided in front of the hub 3 and close to the second sliding member 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door lock latch device, and more particularly, to a door lock latch device which has a small rotation angle of a door handle at the time of unlocking and is miniaturized.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are various latch devices as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 8-6994, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-2848, and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-3653. Of these, the latch device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Hei 8-6994 connects a lever interlocking member to the first sliding body and the second sliding body, and moves the shaft of the interlocking member toward the first sliding body. The moving distance of the second sliding body is longer than the moving distance of the first sliding body that slides by the hub connected to the operation lever, thereby increasing the amount of the latch bolt with respect to the rotation angle of the hub. Things.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned latch device, the latch bolt can be fully inserted even if the rotation angle of the operation lever is small, so that the door can be opened and closed smoothly. However, since the swinging area of the interlocking member is widened, it is difficult to reduce the size of the device, and there are cases where a thin door cannot be attached. Further, other inventions and devices which have been further improved cannot meet all the demands of consumers, such as improvement in usability by reducing the rotation angle of the operation lever (door handle) and reduction in size and weight. Was.

The present invention has been made as a result of diligent research to meet the above-mentioned demands, and has a small size and a small size which can arrange component parts efficiently and can extend and retract a latch bolt more than a conventional latch device. An object of the present invention is to provide a lightweight door lock latch device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a hub for connecting a door handle with a latch bolt urged in a protruding direction by a spring in a substantially cylindrical case. Are rotatably provided, and further, a first sliding member interlocked with the projection and retraction of the latch bolt and a second sliding member interlocked with the rotation of the hub are slidably provided, and the first sliding member and the second A swing member that locks the distal end portion with the sliding member and slides the two in conjunction with each other is provided, the latch bolt is immersed by the rotation of the hub, and the swing shaft of the swing member is set to the front side of the hub and This is provided near the second sliding member.

In the latch device of the present invention, when the door handle connected to the device is turned, the hub connected thereto rotates, and the second sliding member moves forward by being pushed by the hub.
The swing member having one end locked to the second sliding member swings,
The first sliding member locked at the other end moves rearward, and the latch bolt connected to the first sliding member moving rearward enters the case. At this time, since the swing shaft is provided near the second sliding member, the moving distance of the first sliding member is longer than that of the second sliding member, and the door handle of the door handle necessary for retracting the latch bolt is provided. The rotation angle can be reduced. Furthermore, since the moving distance of the second sliding member is short, the blurring of the second sliding member is reduced, and the abrasion that occurs over a long period of time is prevented, leading to a thinner case and a smaller diameter of the case.

In addition, the portion of the swing member closer to the first sliding member than the swing shaft has one end of the swing member locked to the second sliding member inclined forward of the swing shaft. Incline backward (hub side). At this time, since a groove is formed at an appropriate position on the outer peripheral surface of the hub to allow the swing member swinging toward the hub to enter, the first sliding member side portion of the swing member abuts on the outer peripheral surface of the hub. In this case, the swinging angle of the swinging member can be increased by invading into the groove, and the size of the device can be reduced.

Further, an arc-shaped surface is formed at an appropriate position on the inner surface of the case on the side of the first sliding member so as to follow the swinging trajectory surface of the tip of the swinging member. Since the portion on the member side can be longer than the portion on the second sliding member side, the swing width of the tip of the first sliding member side of the swing member is larger than the swing width of the second sliding member side tip. This makes it possible to reduce the rotation angle of the door handle required for the latch bolt to be immersed, and to reduce the size of the device.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, 1 is a substantially cylindrical case, 2 is a latch bolt provided at the front opening end of the case 1 so as to be freely retractable, and 3 is a substantially ring-shaped hub rotatably provided at a rear portion of the case 1. Reference numeral 4 denotes a first sliding member slidably provided on the upper side in the case 1, 5 denotes a second sliding member slidably provided on the lower side in the case 1, and 6 denotes a second sliding member provided in the case 1. The swing shaft 6a is positioned forward and downward.
, A latch spring for urging the latch bolt 2 in the projecting direction, and 8 a second sliding member 5 for connecting the hub 3
It is a spring that biases to the side.

The case 1 includes a case body 1a and a cover 1b fitted to the case body 1a. The case body 1a
The front end 11 is formed in a short cylindrical shape, the body 12 behind the front end 11 is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape, and both inner sides of the front end 11 and the outer wall of the substantially body 12 are formed in a plane parallel to the inner opening surface. Has formed. An oblong fixing plate 1 having a latch bolt projecting hole 13a having the same shape as the inner peripheral shape of the front end portion 11 is formed at the center, and screw through holes 13b, 13b are formed at upper and lower ends.
3 is provided at the open end of the front end 11. Meanwhile, cover 1
b is formed in substantially the same shape as the body portion 12 of the case main body 1a, and is formed so as to be superimposable with each other.

The body 12 and the cover 1b of the case body 1a are provided with partition plates 15a and 15b, respectively, which form a receiving portion 14 into which the head 2a of the latch bolt 2 is inserted.
Each partition plate 15a, 15b has a handle 2 of the latch bolt 2.
The semi-circular cutouts 16a and 16b for inserting b are formed, and a substantially cylindrical resin-made latch guide 14a is fitted in the accommodating portion 14.

Then, hub shaft holes 17a and 17b for rotatably supporting the hub 3 are bored in the center of the outer wall of the body 12 and the cover 1b near the rear, and the swing member 6 is pivotally supported. The shaft holes 18a and 18b are formed in the lower outer wall in front of and below the hub shaft holes 17a and 17b.

The tip of the swinging member 6 is located at a position perpendicular to the swinging shaft 6a on the upper inner surface of the overlapped body portion 12 and the cover 1b, along the swinging trajectory surface of the upper end of the swinging member 6. An arc-shaped surface 19 having a width substantially equal to that of the portion is cut out, and furthermore, the direction of expansion and contraction of the spring 8 is regulated along the sliding direction of the second sliding member 5 at the lower front part of the body 12 and the cover 1b. A spring guide 20 is provided.

A substantially arcuate hub stopper 21 for preventing excessive rotation of the hub 3 is formed in the body 12 by abutting a projection 32 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the hub 3 which will be described in detail later. A plurality of protrusions are provided at predetermined intervals along the outer periphery of the hub shaft hole 17a, and further include a swing regulating surface 22a for preventing the swing member 6 from swinging excessively, and the latch bolt 2 is excessively retracted. Stopper portion 22 having immersion control surface 22b for preventing
Is provided at the center of the inner surface of the body 12 in front of the swing shaft hole 18a.

The latch bolt 2 has a rod-shaped handle portion 2b protruding from a head portion 2a obtained by cutting a part of a cylinder obliquely, and further, has a larger diameter than the handle portion 2b at the tip of the handle portion 2b. A stop portion 2c is provided, and a locking groove 2d is formed on the outer peripheral surface between the handle portion 2b and the locking portion 2c.

The hub 3 is formed in a columnar shape, has a rectangular through hole 31 for connection of a door handle (not shown) formed in the center, and has a thick circular arc shape having a width substantially equal to that of the hub 3 on the outer peripheral surface. The projections 32 and 33 are respectively provided at the diameter positions, and the arc-shaped pressing projections 34 for sliding the second sliding member 5 from the rear projection 32 toward the front are equivalent to the second sliding member 5. And a projection 33 on the front side.
A groove 35 having a width equal to or larger than the swing member 6 is provided at the center of the groove.

The first sliding member 4 is formed to have a substantially L-shaped cross section including a sliding piece 4a having a substantially convex cross section and a locking piece 4b extending at a right angle from the front end of the sliding piece 4a. And the sliding piece 4a
An insertion hole 4c for inserting the upper end of the swinging member 6 is provided at substantially the center of the locking member 4b.
A locking recess 4d to be fitted with d is provided.

The second sliding member 5 is formed in a substantially L-shaped cross section including a sliding piece 5a having a crescent cross section and a spring contact portion 5b extending perpendicular to the front end of the sliding piece 5a. And an insertion hole 5 for inserting the lower end of the swinging member 6 approximately in the center of the sliding piece 5a.
c is provided.

The oscillating member 6 is formed in a plate shape having a lower end slightly inclined forward, and protrudes from both side surfaces at a position where the oscillating shafts 6a are biased toward the lower end. Each swing shaft 6a,
Caps 6b, 6b made of a material having low frictional resistance and good workability and having substantially the same diameter as the swing shaft holes 18a, 18b drilled in the case 1 are attached to 6a.

A substantially conical coil spring is used as the latch spring 7, and a substantially cylindrical coil spring is used as the spring 8.

The arrangement of the components described above is based on the fact that the projections 32, 33 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the hub 3 are formed in the arc-shaped recess 21 between the hub stoppers 21, 21,.
a and 21a, and the end is rotatably fitted into a hub shaft hole 17a drilled in the case body 1a.

Each end of the swinging member 6 is inserted into insertion holes 4c, 5c formed in the first sliding member 4 and the second sliding member 5, respectively, and the first sliding member 4 is placed on the upper side of the case body 1a. On the inside,
The second sliding member 5 is slidably installed on the lower inner surface of the case body 1a, and the swing shaft 6a of the swing member 6 is swingably inserted into the swing shaft hole 18a via the cap 6b. I do.

A front plate 23 suitable for the door to be mounted is selected, attached to the fixing plate 13 provided on the case body 1a, and the latch bolt 2 is connected to the latch guide 14 at the front of the case body 1a.
a, and the handle 2b is inserted into the partition plate 15
a into the center of the latching spring 7 abutted on the first sliding member 4, into the semicircular notch 16 a provided in the partition plate 15 a, and into the locking piece 4 b of the first sliding member 4. The engaging groove 2d of the latch bolt 2 is fitted into 4d.

The spring 8 is housed along a spring guide 20 provided at the lower portion of the case main body 1a, and one end of the spring 8 is brought into contact with a spring contact portion 5b of the second sliding member 5, so that a second sliding operation is performed. The rear end of the member 5 is in contact with the front surface of the pressing projection 34 projecting from the outer peripheral surface of the hub 3.

Finally, the hub 3 and the swing shaft 6 are formed in the hub shaft hole 17b and the swing shaft hole 18b formed in the cover 1b.
a and the partition plate 1 of the cover 1b.
The case body 1a and the cover 1b are overlapped while the notch 16b of 5b overlaps the handle 2b of the latch bolt 2.
Either the latch spring 7 for urging the latch bolt 2 or the spring 8 for urging the second sliding member 5 may be omitted.

Next, the operation of the above-described latch device will be described with reference to FIGS. Normally, as shown in FIG. 1, the latch bolt 2 is urged by a latch spring 7, protrudes from the case 1, and the first sliding member 4 fitted to the handle 2 b moves forward. The second sliding member 5 includes a spring 8
And presses the pressing projection 34 of the hub 3 abutting on the rear end, thereby restricting the rotation of the hub 3. At this time, the swing member 6 is attached to the swing regulating surface 22a of the stopper portion 22.
It is inclined close to.

When the door handle (not shown) is rotated from this state, the hub 3 connected to the door handle is rotated, and the pressing projection 34 protruding from the hub 3 is opposed to the elastic force of the spring 8. The second sliding member 5 is slid forward, and the swing member 6 swings about the swing shaft 6a as a fulcrum in conjunction with the second sliding member 5, and the upper end of the swing member 6 moves rearward. .
In conjunction with the movement of the upper end of the swing member 6, the first sliding member 4 slides rearward, and the latch bolt 2 connected to the first sliding member 4 resists the elastic force of the latch spring 7. Then, it is immersed in the latch guide 14a. At this time, the projections 32 and 33 projecting from the hub 3 abut against the hub stopper 21 to prevent the hub 3 from rotating excessively. Further, the locking portion 2c of the latch bolt 2 comes into contact with the immersion restricting surface 22b of the stopper portion 22 to prevent the latch bolt 2 from excessively immersing.

When the door handle is released, the spring 8
The second sliding member 5 slides rearward to press the pressing projection 34 of the hub 3 to rotate the hub 3. Also at this time, the projections 32 and 33 of the hub 3 abut against the hub stoppers 21 and 21 to prevent the hub 3 from rotating excessively. In addition, the upper end of the swinging member 6 inclined toward the hub 3 (rear) is inclined toward the latch bolt (front) by the second sliding member 5, and the first sliding member 4 is interlocked with this. Slide forward. Along with this, the latch bolt 2 that has been moved rearward by the first sliding member 4 moves forward by the elastic force of the latch spring 7 and causes the head 2 a to protrude out of the case 1.

Since the projections 32 and 33 projecting from the hub 3 are formed in an arc shape, the connection between the hub 3 and the projections 32 and 33 is strong, and the durability is improved.

Since the reciprocating direction of the second sliding member 5 and the direction of expansion and contraction of the spring 8 are on the same straight line, the characteristics of the spring 8 can be maximized. Since the length can be increased, the elasticity of the spring 8 is prevented from being deteriorated, and long-term use is possible.

When the swing member 6 swings toward the hub 3, the swing member 6 can enter the groove 35 provided in the hub 3.
Since the swing angle can be made large and the arcuate surface 19 is provided on the upper inner surface of the case 1, the upper portion of the swing member 6 above the swing shaft 6a can be formed longer. The swing distance of the upper end of the moving member 6 can be made longer with respect to the rotation angle of the hub 3.

Further, by removing the front plate 23 and changing the direction of the latch bolt 2, it can be used for doors having different opening and closing directions. Furthermore, the latch bolt head 2a
Since the latch guide 14a made of resin is fitted into the receiving portion 14, no metallic noise is generated due to friction when the latch bolt 2 is immersed, the opening and closing are quiet, and the durability is improved. The same effect can be obtained by applying a resin coating to the latch bolt head 2a.

[0033]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, since the respective components are efficiently arranged, the movement of the components is easy and the durability is excellent. It is possible to provide a small and lightweight door lock latch device which can be used even when the size is limited, such as a thin door, because the rotation angle can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic partial cross-sectional front view showing a normal state of a door lock latch device according to an embodiment of the present invention with a cover removed.

FIG. 2 is a schematic partial sectional front view showing a state when the latch bolt is retracted in the latch device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the latch device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Latch bolt 3 Hub 4 First sliding member 5 Second sliding member 6 Swinging member 7 Spring for hub 8 Spring 19 Arc-shaped surface 35 Groove

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A latch bolt urged in a projecting direction by a spring is provided in a substantially cylindrical case so as to be able to protrude and retract, a hub for connecting a door handle is rotatably provided, and further interlocked with the protrusion and retraction of the latch bolt. A first sliding member and a second sliding member interlocking with the rotation of the hub are slidably provided, and the distal ends are locked to the first sliding member and the second sliding member, and the two are joined together. A swing member that slides in conjunction is provided, the latch bolt is retracted by rotation of the hub, and a swing shaft of the swing member is provided on the front side of the hub and near the second sliding member. Latch device for door lock. 2. The latch device for a door lock according to claim 1, wherein a groove is formed at a suitable position on the outer peripheral surface of the hub so that the swinging member swinging toward the hub enters. 3. The latch device for a door lock according to claim 1, wherein an arc-shaped surface is formed at an appropriate position on the inner surface of the case on the first sliding member side along the swinging trajectory surface of the tip of the swinging member.