JPH11256939A - Stopper structure for folding door of bathroom - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stopper structure for a folding door of bathroom which allows simplification of mounting works and can certainly prevent folding door paper screens from colliding with each other. SOLUTION: The stopper structure of a folding door of bathroom is configured so that a pair of folding door paper screens (10) and 11 consisting of a framing of an upper 13 and a lower frame member 14 and a left and a right vertical member are accommodated in a frame body consisting of framing of an upper 1 and a lower frame 2 and a left and a right vertical frame. At the tops and bottoms of the vertical members at the left and right ends of the paper screen, hinges 30 and 35 are installed which couple the paper screens with the upper and lower frames 1 and 2 rotatably and slidably, and are equipped with door stop projections 20 and 21 which abut to the mating surfaces in the condition that the paper screens are shut, and openings 23 and 24 for runoff of the projections 20 and 21 are furnished on the vertical members at the left and right ends of the paper screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom folding door in which a pair of folding door shojis are housed in a frame formed as a frame. In particular, when opening the folding door shoji, the left and right folding door shojis collide with each other. The invention relates to a stopper structure for a bathroom folding door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general houses, folding doors are widely used at present as being suitable for entrance doors of bathrooms because they have a small amount of projection in the expected direction when opened compared to other opening and closing doors. I have. This bathroom folding door basically includes a pair of folding door sashes that frame upper and lower frames and left and right vertical frames in a frame body that frames upper and lower frames and left and right vertical frames.

Here, in the bathroom folding door, it is necessary to provide some kind of stopper structure in the bathroom folding door so that when the folding door is opened, the right and left folding doors do not fold and collide with each other. A structure generally used in the past as such a stopper structure is to provide a stopper on a rail in a frame so that a folding door sliding door that slides open and close cannot be further folded.

[0004]

However, the conventional bathroom folding door stopper structure as described above has the following problems. That is, it is necessary to separately provide a stopper in addition to the frame, the folding door, and the hinge for the installation work, and the installation work is complicated. In addition, the stopper is provided on the rail, and is often provided only on the rail in the upper frame from the viewpoint of improving the appearance.
Therefore, even if the right and left folding doors do not collide with each other in the normal way of opening, the lower ends of the vertical frame of the left and right folding doors may collide with each other when the folding doors are opened vigorously. there were. Furthermore, even if the frames do not collide with each other when the Orito Shoji is opened, the position of the lower end of the vertical frame or the lower frame may become unstable in the open state of the Orito Shoji, and the connecting frame may be deformed. The opening and closing operation of the shoji may be unstable.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has made it easier to attach a stopper.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a stopper structure for a bathroom folding door that stabilizes the opening / closing operation of the folding door shoji.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention according to the first aspect of the present invention is to form an upper and lower frame and a left and right vertical frame in a frame formed by the upper and lower frames and the left and right vertical frames. A stopper structure for a bathroom folding door that accommodates a pair of folding door shojis, wherein the folding door shoji is rotatable and / or slidable with respect to the upper and lower frames at upper and lower ends of a vertical frame at left and right ends of the folding door shoji. A hinge member which is freely linked is provided, and each hinge member is provided with a door stop projection which abuts each other on surfaces facing each other when the folding door is closed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the vertical stiles at the left and right ends of the folding door shoji are provided with openings for escape of the door stop projections. Features.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, each hinge member provided with the door stop projection is provided with an upper end portion of a left and right end vertical frame of the folding door shoji. It is characterized in that it is provided at each lower end.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are a vertical sectional view and a horizontal sectional view of a bathroom folding door to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the bathroom folding door in an open state, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the folding door shoji. In each of these figures, the bathroom folding door has a pair of folding door shojis 10 and 11 housed in a frame material composed of upper and lower frames 1 and 2 and left and right vertical frames 3 and 3 installed at an entrance opening 40 of the bathroom. Things.

A pair of folding door screens 10 and 11 are connected to a connecting frame 12.
Are rotatably connected to each other. One of the left and right ends of the folding door shojis 10 and 11 is rotatably supported by the upper and lower frames 1 and 2 at a pivot point P (hereinafter, this side is referred to as a fixed side shoji), and the other end is an upper and lower frame. The upper and lower frames 1 and 2 are freely rotatable while being guided by the upper and lower frames 1 and 2 (hereinafter, this side is referred to as a movable side shoji). As a result, the two Orito Shojis 10, 11
It is folded into two around the connecting frame 12, and the entrance opening 4
0 can be released. In addition, Orito Shoji 10, 11
The operation of opening the bathroom 4 is performed by pulling the handle 4 attached to the movable shoji 11 toward the user from the bathroom 41 side.
It is performed by pushing the movable side shoji 11 itself from the second side.

As can be clearly seen from the exploded view of the Orito shoji shown in FIG. 4, the fixed side shoji 10 and the movable side shoji 11 are respectively composed of upper and lower stiles 13 and 14, butted side stile 15 and outer stile 16. An acrylic panel material 17 is placed in a frame material. The panel member 17 has its peripheral end portion formed by vertically and vertically and vertically and horizontally framed frames 13, 14, 15 and 1.
6 is fixed by being housed together with a bead material 19 in a panel mounting groove 18 formed in 6. The attachment of the panel member 17 to the frame member is performed in the following procedure. That is, the bead member 19 is slid from the end into each of the panel mounting grooves 18 of the upper and lower frames and the left and right vertical frames 13, 14, 15, and 16 to be inserted. Upper frame 13 and vertical frame 15, lower frame 14 and vertical frame 16
Are connected in an L-shape, and a panel material 17 is pressed into one of the panel mounting grooves 18. Next, the panel mounting groove 18 of the other frame is press-fitted into the remaining side of the panel member 17, and the two L-shaped frames are connected to each other to complete the mounting. According to such a structure, the bead material can be easily mounted, and the design is improved because the bead material is not exposed. In conventional bathroom folding doors, panel materials were attached to the frame, then beads were attached, or Grechan was wrapped around the panels, and then fixed to the frame, but these methods required techniques and lacked design. In the latter method, a wide panel mounting groove is required, so that these disadvantages are improved.

As shown in FIG. 1, hinge members (hereinafter, upper hinge 30 and lower hinge 35) are provided on the outer side of the movable side shoji 11, ie, on the upper and lower ends of the vertical frame 16 near the vertical frame 3. Is installed. The upper hinge 30 and the lower hinge 35 rotatably and slidably support the movable side shoji 11 with respect to the frame material. Rotating shaft 31 of upper hinge 30 and lower hinge 35 rotatably supported on movable side shoji 11
And 36 are formed with grooves 31a and 36a that loosely engage with guide rails 1a and 2a formed on the upper and lower frames 1 and 2, respectively. The rotating shafts 31 and 36 allow the movable side sash 11 to move along the frame while allowing the sash to rotate.

On the other hand, an upper hinge 30 and a lower hinge 35 are also provided on the vertical frame 16 outside the fixed side shoji.
The upper hinge 30 of the vertical frame 16 outside the fixed side shoji 10
The basic configuration of the lower hinge 35 and the upper hinge 30
And lower hinge 35, but their pivots are
The upper and lower frames 1 and 2 are fixed at a point P in FIG. Therefore, when the fixed-side sash (shoji) 10 is opened and closed, only rotation by the rotation shaft is permitted. Openings 23 and 24, which will be described later, are provided at the upper and lower ends of the vertical frames 16 at the left and right ends of the folding door shoji to which the hinge member is attached.

Next, the hinge member will be described.
5 to 8 are views showing an upper hinge attached to the vertical frame 16 of the movable side shoji 11, and are respectively a plan view, a front view,
It shows a side view and a longitudinal section. In each of these drawings, the upper hinge 30 includes a housing 32 fitted to the upper end of the vertical frame 16 and a rotating shaft 31. A door stop projection 20 described later is provided on the outer surface of the housing 32.

As shown in FIG. 8, the lower part of the rotating shaft 31 is
It is rotatably accommodated in a circular hole 32 a of the housing 32, and its upper part protrudes to the upper part of the vertical frame 16. A groove 31a is cut at the upper end of the rotating shaft 31, and the guide rail 1 of the upper frame 1 is formed.
a. A coil spring 33 is provided at a lower portion of the rotating shaft 31, and when the rotating shaft 31 is pressed from above, the upper portion is retracted into the circular hole 32a. This facilitates the attachment of the movable sash 11 to the guide rail 1a. At the lower end of the rotating shaft 31, an engaging claw 31b for the housing 32 side is formed in order to prevent it from coming off. The housing 32 has a semicircular cross-sectional shape substantially corresponding to the outer surface of the vertical frame 16, and is fitted into the vertical frame 16 without any gap.

The structure of the upper hinge 30 provided on the fixed-side sash 10 is the same as that of the movable-side sash 1 except that the upper hinges 30 cannot move with respect to the guide rail 1a.
1 is basically the same as the upper hinge 30, and a description thereof will be omitted.

FIGS. 9 to 12 show the vertical frame 1 of the movable side shoji 11.
6 is a view showing a lower hinge attached to 6, showing a front view, a bottom view, a side view, and a longitudinal sectional view, respectively. In each of these figures, the lower hinge 35 is constituted by a housing 37 fitted to the lower end of the vertical frame 16 and a rotating shaft 36. The outer surface of the housing 37 is provided with a door stop projection 2 to be described later.
1 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 12, the upper part of the rotating shaft 36 is rotatably accommodated in a circular hole 37a of the housing 37, and the lower part protrudes from the lower part of the vertical frame 16. Rotating shaft 36
A groove 36a is cut in the lower end of the lower frame 2 and loosely engages with the guide rail 2a of the lower frame 2. At the upper end of the rotating shaft 36, an engagement claw 36b is
Are formed.

The housing 37 has substantially the same outer shape as the cross-section of the vertical frame 16, similarly to the housing 32, and is fitted into the vertical frame 16 without gaps. The position of the circular hole 37 a is arranged at a position corresponding to that of the upper hinge 30.

The structure of the lower hinge 35 provided on the fixed-side sash 10 is the same as that of the movable-side sash 1 except that the lower hinges 35 cannot move with respect to the guide rail 2a.
1 is basically the same as the lower hinge 35, and the description thereof is omitted.

Next, the door stop projections 20, 21 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the fixed-side sash 10 is opened with the outer surface of the housing 32 constituting the upper hinge 30 of the movable-side sash 11 on the undressing room 42 side, that is, with the folding door sash open.
The door stop protrusion 20 is provided on a surface of the upper hinge 30 on the side facing the housing 32. The door stop projection 20 has a cylindrical shape, and is formed integrally with the outer surface of the housing 32 by protruding in the horizontal direction. A door stop projection 20 is also provided on the outer surface of the upper hinge 30 on the fixed side shoji 10 side of the housing 32 on the undressing room 42 side. Then, the respective door stop projections 20, 20 contact each other in a state where the folding door shoji is opened, so that the door stop projections 20, 20 function as stoppers for the folding door shoji, and the folding door shoji does not open any more. Shoji frames can be prevented from colliding with each other.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the outer side of the housing 37 constituting the lower hinge 35 on the movable side sliding door 11 side, that is, the fixed side sliding door 10 with the folding door sliding door opened. The door stop protrusion 21 is provided on a surface of the upper hinge 35 on the side facing the housing 37. The door stop projection 21 has a cylindrical shape like the door stop projection 20,
It protrudes horizontally from the outer surface of the housing 37 and is integrally formed. A door stop projection 21 is also provided on the outer surface of the lower hinge 35 on the fixed side shoji 10 side of the casing 37 on the undressing room 42 side. And when each said door stop protrusion 21 and 21 abut on each other in a state where the folding door shoji is opened,
The door stop projections 21 and 21 function as stoppers for the folding door shoji, so that the folding door shoji does not open any more and the frames of the shoji do not collide with each other.

In this embodiment, the upper and lower hinges 3 are used.
Although the door stop projections 20 and 21 are provided on both 0 and 35, the door stop projection 20 is provided only on the upper hinge 30 and the lower hinge 35 is provided on the upper hinge 30 in consideration of the appearance and the like as in the conventional case. May be omitted.

Next, the vertical frames 16, 16 on the left and right ends of the Orito Shoji
The openings 23 and 24 provided at the upper and lower ends will be described. As shown in FIG. 13, the door stop projection 2 provided on the upper hinge 30 is provided at the upper end of the vertical frame 16 at the left and right ends of the folding door shoji.
An opening 23 for escape is provided. This is provided on the surface on the undressing room 42 side where the door stop projection 20 protrudes, and is formed in a notch shape from the upper part. By providing such a notched opening 23, the door stop projection 20 protrudes from the inside to the outside. Similarly, the lower end of the vertical frame 16 at the left and right ends of the folding door shoji is provided with the opening 24 for the escape of the door stop projection 21 provided on the lower hinge 35.

In this embodiment, the opening 2
Although the cutouts 3 and 24 are notched openings, they may be holed openings (not shown). In the present embodiment, the above-mentioned door stop projections 20 and 21 are provided on both the upper and lower hinges 30 and 35. In the case where the contact projection 20 is not provided, it is not necessary to provide the opening 24 in the housing 37.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be embodied in various forms within the scope of the technical idea.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the hinge members provided at the upper and lower ends of the vertical stiles at the left and right ends of the folding door shoji correspond to the surfaces facing each other when the folding door shoji is closed. Since the contact stop projection is provided, the stopper and the hinge member of the bathroom folding door are integrated, and if the hinge member is attached, the stopper is also attached at the same time, and the stopper is separately provided and attached. There is an effect that the necessity is eliminated and the construction work can be simplified. Further, since the hinge member also serves as the stopper of the bathroom folding door, there is an effect that the stopper structure can be realized at low cost.

Further, since the door stop projections are provided on the upper and lower hinges, even when the folding door shoji is opened vigorously, one end of the vertical frame does not collide with each other.
There is an effect that no collision sound is generated or damaged.

Further, since the door stop projections are provided on the upper and lower hinges, the connecting frame is not deformed by one end of the vertical frame being loosened when the folding door is opened. There is an effect that a stable opening / closing operation of the folding door shoji can be maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a bathroom folding door according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the bathroom folding door according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the folding door shoji in an open state.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the folding door shoji.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an upper hinge attached to a vertical frame of the movable side shoji.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the upper hinge of FIG. 6;

FIG. 7 is a side view of the upper hinge of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of the upper hinge of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the lower hinge attached to the vertical frame of the movable shoji.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the lower hinge of FIG. 10;

FIG. 11 is a side view of the lower hinge of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view of the lower hinge of FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 P Rotating fulcrum 1 Upper frame 1a, 2a Guide rail 2 Lower frame 3 Vertical frame 4 Handle 10 Fixed side shoji 11 Moving side shoji 12 Connecting frame 13 Upper frame 14 Lower frame 15 Vertical frame 16 (outside) 16 (outside) Vertical frame 17 Panel material 18 Groove 19 Bead material 20, 21 Door stop projection 23, 24 Opening 30 Upper hinge 31 Rotating shaft 31a Groove 32 Housing 32a Round hole 33 Coil spring 35 Lower hinge 36 Rotating shaft 36a Groove 36b Dowel 37 housing 37a circular hole 40 door opening 41 bathroom 42 dressing room

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A stopper structure for a bathroom folding door in which a pair of folding door shojis which frame upper and lower frames and left and right vertical frames are housed in a frame body which frames upper and lower frames and left and right vertical frames, At the upper and lower ends of the vertical frame at the left and right ends of the folding door shoji, hinge members are provided to pivotally and slidably link the folding door shoji with respect to the upper and lower frames, respectively. A stopper structure for a bathroom folding door, wherein a door stop projection that abuts each other is provided on surfaces facing each other. 2. The stopper structure for a bathroom folding door according to claim 1, wherein openings for escape of the door stop projections are respectively provided in the vertical frames at the left and right ends of the folding door shoji. 3. The folding door of a bathroom according to claim 1, wherein the hinge members provided with the door stop projections are provided at the upper end and the lower end of a vertical frame at the left and right ends of the folding door shoji. Stopper structure.