JPH11172887A - External-facing material metal fitting - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the lateral displacement of an external facing material by pinching the external facing material by a female-tongue retaining piece and a male- tongue retaining piece formed at the front end section of a projecting piece and firmly pushing and fixing the external facing material. SOLUTION: A plurality of external facing materials 11, 11 are arranged along the external surface of a foundation material 10, and the female tongue 13 of the external facing material 11 on the upper side and the male tongue 12 of the external facing material 11 on the lower side are fitted and fixed onto the foundation material 10 in the vertically adjacent mutual external facing materials 11. A female-tongue retaining piece 3 and a male-tongue retaining piece 4 are formed at the front end section of the projecting piece 2 of the external-facing material metal fittings A used for the external facing materials 11, 11. Bridge-shaped projections 9, 9 having elasticity are formed into a base section 1. Accordingly, the external facing materials 11 are pinched by the female-tongue retaining piece 3 or the male-tongue retaining piece 4 and the bridge-shaped projections 9, and pushed and fastened firmly, and no lateral displacement is generated. Even when powerful external force works to the external facing materials 11, it is absorbed by the elasticity of the bridge-shaped projections 9, and the external facing materials 11 are difficult to be damaged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exterior material mounting bracket having fixing means for preventing lateral displacement of an exterior material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, an exterior material mounting bracket has been used as a means for fixing an exterior material to a base material without fixing members such as nails and screws being exposed on the surface of the exterior material. And
There has been proposed an exterior material mounting bracket provided with a projection on the base and having a means for pressing the exterior material from the back surface in order to firmly fix the exterior material in order to prevent lateral displacement of the exterior material. There is a pressing rib having elasticity formed by extruding a convex rib disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 173917 and a U-shaped cut shown in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 7-15928 in FIG.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, at the place where the fixing means for preventing lateral displacement of the exterior material is provided,
As described below, there is a problem that the exterior material and the exterior material mounting bracket are likely to be damaged due to the action of a strong external force such as a strong wind or a collision of an object.

[0004] As shown in FIG. 4, a strong external force is applied to the exterior material 42 at a position where the convex rib 41 of the exterior material mounting bracket 40 is provided.
In this case, the exterior material 42 is likely to be damaged due to the fact that the exterior material 42 is pressed against the convex rib 41 and crushed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the external force is absorbed by the elasticity of the pressing piece 51 at the place where the pressing piece 51 of the external material mounting bracket 50 is provided, so that the external material 52 is hardly damaged. However, the pressing piece 51 has only one supporting portion 51a, and the load concentrates on this portion, and the external material mounting bracket 50 is easily damaged by metal fatigue while repeatedly receiving the action of the external force.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a fixing means for preventing lateral displacement of the exterior material, and is less likely to cause damage to the exterior material and the exterior material mounting bracket due to the action of a strong external force. It is intended to provide a mounting bracket.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of exterior materials are arranged vertically along the outer surface of a base material, and the exterior materials which are vertically adjacent to each other are placed on top of each other. An exterior material mounting bracket that is fixed to the base material in a state where the female material of the exterior material and the male material of the lower exterior material are fitted, and has a flat plate shape disposed along the outer surface of the base material. A base, a protruding piece formed by making a cut in the lower end of the base in the vertical direction, dividing it into left and right ends and a central part, and bending each left and right end toward the front side at substantially a right angle, and a tip of each left and right protruding piece The female real locking piece is formed by cutting a part of the end piece upward by making a cut in the front-rear direction and a male real locking piece obtained by bending the remaining end piece of each protruding piece downward. At the upper end of the base, a fixing tool such as a nail or a screw for fixing this exterior material mounting bracket to the base material is provided. Insertion holes for passing is provided,
At least one elastic bridge-like projection formed by arranging two cuts in parallel and bending a portion sandwiched between the cuts forward is provided inside the base.

[0008] With the above configuration, the exterior material is firmly pressed and fixed between the female engaging piece or the male engaging piece and the bridge-like projection, so that lateral displacement is prevented. In the fixing means for preventing the lateral displacement, when a strong external force acts on the exterior material, the external force is absorbed by the elasticity of the bridge-like projection, so that the exterior material is hardly damaged. In addition, since the load is distributed to the two support portions of the bridge-like protrusion, damage to the exterior material mounting bracket due to metal fatigue hardly occurs.

A second aspect of the present invention is a preferred embodiment of the exterior material mounting bracket according to the first aspect, wherein at least one bridge-like projection is provided at each of a position above and below the projecting piece. Features.

With the above arrangement, the bridge-like projection above the projecting piece position presses and fixes the female member of the upper exterior material, and the bridge-like projection below the projecting piece position is the male material of the lower exterior material. The fruit is pressed and fixed. Therefore, the outer material is firmly fixed at both the upper and lower real parts, and the bridge-like projection is provided only above or below the position of the protruding piece, that is, only one of male and female real The lateral displacement of the exterior material is less likely to occur than when the is fixed.

A third aspect of the present invention is a preferred embodiment of the exterior material mounting bracket according to the first or second aspect, wherein an inclined surface formed by bending an upper end of the base rearward, and a tip end of the inclined surface substantially parallel to the base. An upper leg portion that bends and abuts the base material, and a lower leg portion that bends the lower end of the base substantially rearward at a right angle and abuts the base material, and has an inclined surface portion and an upper leg portion. Further, an insertion hole for inserting a fixing tool such as a nail or a screw for fixing the external material mounting bracket to the base material is provided.

According to the above configuration, the upper leg and the lower leg abut on the base material to form a gap between the base material and the base. Accordingly, a gap is also formed between the exterior material fixed to the base and the base material, and moisture is smoothly discharged, so that the exterior material hardly deforms due to dew condensation or moisture absorption.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Embodiment 1) FIGS.
FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exterior material mounting bracket A of the first embodiment, and FIG.
It is sectional drawing which shows the attachment structure of the exterior material by.

The exterior material mounting bracket A is made of a metal plate such as iron or aluminum, and has a flat base 1 arranged along the outer surface of the base material 10, and a cut at the lower end of the base 1 in the vertical direction. A protruding piece 2 which is divided into left and right ends and a central part and each left and right end is bent at a substantially right angle to the front side, and a cut is made to bisect the tip of each of the left and right protruding pieces 2 in the left and right direction A female locking piece 3 is formed by bending one piece upward and a male locking piece 4 is formed by bending the other piece downward.

Further, an inclined surface portion 5 formed by bending an upper end portion of the base portion 1 rearward, an upper leg portion 6 in which a distal end portion of the inclined surface portion 5 is bent substantially in parallel with the base portion 1 and abuts on the base material 10, A lower leg 7 is formed by bending the lower end of the base 1 rearward at a substantially right angle and abuts on the base material 10. The outer surface mounting bracket A is provided on the inclined surface 5 and the upper leg 6. An insertion hole 8 through which a fixing tool 15 such as a nail or a screw for fixing to the base material 10 is inserted is provided.

In the inside of the base 1, as a fixing means for preventing lateral displacement of the exterior material 11, two notches are juxtaposed, and a portion sandwiched therebetween is bent forward to form an elastic bridge. A projection 9 is provided.

Referring to FIG. 2, a procedure for installing an exterior material using the exterior material mounting bracket A will be described. First, after inserting the male part 12 of the lower exterior material 11 between the base part 1 of the exterior material mounting bracket A and the male engaging piece 4 and locking it, the upper leg part 6 and the lower The side legs 7 are brought into contact with each other, and a fixing tool 15 such as a nail or a screw is inserted through the insertion hole 8 and driven in, thereby fixing the exterior material mounting bracket A. For example, when the base material 10 is made of a wooden material, a nail is driven from the insertion hole of the inclined surface 5, and when the base material 10 is made of a metal material, a screw is driven from the insertion hole of the upper leg 6. It is appropriately selected according to conditions.

Next, the female actual locking piece 3 of the exterior material mounting bracket A
Is inserted into the female engaging groove 14 of the upper exterior material 11.
At this time, the female rear piece 1 which is a portion on the rear side of the locking groove 14
3b is inserted and locked between the base 1 of the exterior material mounting bracket A and the female actual locking piece 3. Further, the exterior material mounting bracket A is covered by the female front piece 13a, which is a portion on the front side of the locking groove 14, and cannot be seen from the outside.

According to the above procedure, the exterior members 11 vertically adjacent to each other are fixed to the base material 10 in a state where the female members 13 of the upper exterior material and the male members 12 of the lower exterior material are fitted. Thereafter, the fixing work is repeated in the same procedure.

The exterior material 11 attached according to the above procedure
Is firmly fixed to the exterior material mounting bracket A since the male protrusions 12 are securely pressed by the bridge-like projections 9 against the male lock members 4, and the female rear members 13 b are pressed against the female lock members 3. It is hard to cause horizontal displacement. Further, when a strong external force such as a strong wind or a collision of an object acts on the exterior material 11, the external force is absorbed by the elasticity of the bridge-like projection 9, so that the exterior material 11 is hardly damaged. Further, since the bridge-like projection 9 has two support portions 9a, damage to the exterior material mounting bracket A due to metal fatigue due to repeated application of external force is unlikely to occur.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view of an exterior material mounting bracket B of the second embodiment. The exterior material mounting bracket A used in the first embodiment has an effect of forming a gap between the exterior material and the base material and smoothly discharging moisture, thereby preventing deformation of the exterior material due to condensation or moisture absorption. However, when moisture is not a problem, a base member 1 having no legs, such as the exterior member mounting bracket B, can be used.

In the first and second embodiments, the bridge-like projections 9 are provided one at each of the upper and lower positions with respect to the projecting piece 2. In this way, the bridge-like projection 9 is provided with the projecting piece. It is preferable to provide at least one at each of the upper and lower positions than 2. As a result, the exterior material 11 is firmly fixed to the upper and lower real parts, and the bridge-like projection is
Is provided only on either the upper side or the lower side of the position, that is, the lateral displacement of the exterior material 11 is less likely to occur than in the case where only one of the male nut 12 or the female nut 13 is fixed. .

Here, when the bridge-like projection 9 is provided, if a cut is made in the left-right direction, when the exterior material 11 is attached in the above-described procedure, the exterior material is located between the base 1 and the locking pieces 3 and 4. 1
This is inconvenient because it is caught when inserting the real part. Therefore, it is preferable that the bridge-like projection 9 be provided with a cut in the vertical direction.

[0024]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by providing the exterior material mounting bracket with a bridge-like projection having elasticity, the exterior material has fixing means for preventing lateral displacement of the exterior material and has a strong external force. There is provided an exterior material mounting bracket which is less likely to cause damage to the exterior material and the exterior material mounting bracket due to the action.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by providing at least one bridge-like projection at each of the positions above and below the projecting piece, lateral displacement of the exterior material is less likely to occur. Is provided.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the gap is formed between the exterior material and the base material to smoothly discharge the moisture, so that the exterior material is less likely to be deformed due to dew condensation or moisture absorption. An exterior material mounting bracket is provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exterior member mounting bracket A according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure for mounting an exterior material using an exterior material mounting bracket A;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an exterior member mounting bracket B according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a mounting structure of a conventional exterior material mounting bracket.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting structure of another conventional exterior material mounting bracket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base part 2 Projecting piece 3 Female real locking piece 4 Male real locking piece 5 Inclined surface part 6 Upper leg part 7 Lower leg part 8 Insertion hole 9 Bridge-like projection 10 Base material 11 Exterior material 12 Male real 13 Female real 14 Stop groove 15 Fixing tool

Claims (3)

[Claims] A plurality of exterior materials are vertically arranged along the outer surface of a base material, and the exterior materials which are vertically adjacent to each other are fitted with female members of an upper external material and male members of a lower external material. An exterior material mounting bracket fixed to a base material in a state, wherein a flat base formed along the outer surface of the base material, and a cut at a lower end of the base in a vertical direction and left and right ends And a center piece and a left and right end that is bent at a substantially right angle to the front, and a front-rear cut is made at the end of each left and right protrusion, and one of the end pieces is bent upward. Female engaging piece and a male engaging piece formed by bending the remaining end piece of each protruding piece downward. At the upper end of the base, this exterior material mounting bracket is fixed to the base material. There is an insertion hole through which a fastener such as a nail or screw is inserted. An exterior material mounting bracket, wherein at least one bridge-like projection having elasticity is provided, which is formed by juxtaposing and sandwiching a portion sandwiched between them. 2. The exterior material mounting bracket according to claim 1, wherein at least one bridge-like projection is provided at each of a position above and below the projecting piece. . 3. The exterior material mounting bracket according to claim 1, wherein an inclined surface portion formed by bending an upper end portion of the base portion to the rear side, and a tip end portion of the inclined surface portion bent substantially parallel to the base portion to contact the base material. An upper leg that contacts the lower leg and a lower leg that bends the lower end of the base substantially rearward at a right angle and abuts on the base material.The outer surface mounting bracket is attached to the inclined surface and the upper leg. An exterior material mounting bracket having an insertion hole through which a fixing tool such as a nail or a screw for fixing to a base material is inserted.