JPH1136547A - Stay mounting part cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To be simply fixed at a stay by a minimum member by a method wherein two half members are butted against each other from both sides of the mounting member of a stay, a male part and a female part are fitted in each other, a screw is inserted through a screw through-hole and screwed in the stay. SOLUTION: Two half members HM1 are caused to approach each other in a manner to nip a state from both sides of the stay and a male part 2 and a female part 3 are pressed against each other in a state to be positioned facing each other. A coupling piece 2a of the male part 2 of one half-member HM1 is inserted in a space part 3b of a female part 3 of the other half member HM1. Further, an insertion piece 2b of the male part 2 of one half-member HM1 is inserted in the lower side of a lower wall 1b of the other half-member HM1. With this state, the division surfaces of two half members HM1 are adhered to each other and screw through-holes 2c and 3c of the two female and male parts 2 and 3 coincide with each other. Thereafter, a screw is inserted through the through-holes 2c and 3c and screwed in a stay. As noted above, securely mounting on the stay is simply effected by a minimum member.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cover which is attached to a mounting portion of a post after mounting for decoration or the like, in particular,
The present invention relates to a column mounting portion cover formed by two half members, sandwiching the mounted column from both sides thereof, and connecting the half members while covering the mounting portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Two half members are obtained by bisecting a rectangular or circular annular body along a vertical division plane passing through the center, and a mounted support is sandwiched from both sides thereof to cover a mounting part. In the state where the half members are joined together, the support column mounting portion cover is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-14607,
Jitsuhei 6-23639, Utility Model Registration No. 25127
No. 81 is known.

[0003] Although the half members are connected to each other, there is no means for fixing the cover to the support, so that a notch for preventing rotation is provided on a mounting plate for fixing the support to the fixing member. The half-member is formed with a rotation preventing claw that fits into the notch.
Therefore, since a mounting plate is required in addition to the cover, the cost increases.

In addition, since both halves have the same shape, there is an advantage that only one mold is required for forming the halves. On the other hand, each half has an upper joint projecting from the top and side surfaces. The one piece and the lower piece are joined together with screws, and the cover is fixed to the column by screwing through the side of each half member into the mounting piece fixed to the column. However, since the screws protrude from the outer surface of the cover and the screws are also exposed, the appearance of the cover for decorative purposes is impaired, and mounting pieces are required.Furthermore, since screws are screwed into the mounting pieces from each half member, the number of parts is reduced. A lot of cost increases, and much trouble is required for mounting the cover.

[0005] The means for connecting the half members is such that a protruding member is suspended from an upper wall near the dividing surface at both ends of one half member, and a vertical ridge is provided inside the side wall. The other half member is provided with a step wall protruding from the dividing surface, a hole for inserting the projection is provided at an upper portion of the step wall, and a concave groove for fitting the vertical ridge is provided on a side surface of the step wall. It becomes. Accordingly, half members have the advantage that they can be joined without requiring other parts such as screws, but the structure of the joining means of each half member is completely different. As required, the manufacturing cost is high. Further, in order to fix the cover formed by connecting the half members to the support, it is necessary to fill caulking into the annular concave portion formed on the upper surface of the cover, so that it takes more time to fix the cover.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to manufacture a half member as inexpensively as possible and to use half members together without using other parts. It is an object of the present invention to provide a column mounting portion cover which can be connected to the column and can be fixed to the column with a minimum number of members.

[0007] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a column mounting portion cover according to the present invention is divided into two parts along a vertical dividing surface passing through a center of a rectangular or circular annular body having a wall serving as a decorative surface. Each half member has a male part and a female part that can be male and female fitted at both ends of the divided surface, and the male part is
A connecting piece formed on the upper wall of the wall and protruding beyond the dividing surface, and having a screw through hole, and protruding from the end of the lower wall of the wall in a direction exceeding the dividing surface, and , Having an insertion piece that is stepped down by the thickness of the wall, the female part is formed in the wall and protrudes in a direction beyond the dividing surface, and a connection piece having a screw through hole, It is characterized by having a space formed between the connecting piece and the upper wall of the wall or on the back side of the connecting piece, into which the connecting piece of the male part is inserted. According to the above configuration, when the divided surfaces of the two half members are abutted and the respective male and female portions at both ends are pressed, the male portion is fitted into the female portion, and the screw through hole of the connecting piece of the male and female portions is provided. The two half members are joined together in a state in which is matched to form an apparently unitary annular cover. The cover is fixed to the column by abutting the two half members from both sides of the mounting portion of the column, fitting the male portion and the female portion, penetrating the screw through the screw through hole, and screwing the screw into the column.

[0008] When one of the insertion piece of the male part and the lower wall on the female part side of the wall is provided with a vertical ridge, and the other is provided with a concave groove into which the vertical ridge can be fitted, two half members are connected. At this time, the vertical ridge fits into the concave groove due to elastic deformation and restoration of the insertion piece and / or the lower portion of the wall. Therefore, even when each half member receives a couple when screwing the screw penetrating the screw through hole into the support,
Rotation around the axis of the screw is prevented.

[0009]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a cover of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a half member as one of the components, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the half member viewed from the opposite side, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the half member,
FIG. 5 is a front view of the half member viewed from the side of the division surface, FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the half member, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state immediately before and after the half member is mounted.

The cover PC1 according to the present invention has two half members HM1 obtained by bisecting a substantially rectangular annular body having a wall serving as a decorative surface along a vertical division plane passing through the center as an example. Consists of The planar shape of the cover may be rectangular, circular, oval, or the like.

[0011] The two half members HM1 have the same shape and structure. That is, in the illustrated example, the wall 1 which is formed of a plastic material in a substantially U-shape in plan view and has a decorative surface includes an upper wall 1a forming a relatively steep inclined surface, and a lower end portion of the upper wall 1a. It has a lower wall 1b that is continuous and forms a relatively gentle slope. However, the inclination angles of the upper wall 1a and the lower wall 1b are arbitrary. In some cases, a horizontal wall 1c protruding inward horizontally is formed at the upper end of the upper wall 1a. In some cases, a vertical wall 1d hanging from the lower end of the lower wall 1b may be formed. Therefore, wall 1
The vertical sectional shape of is arbitrary.

At both ends of the half member HM1 on the division surface, connecting means 2 and 3 for connecting the two half members by male and female fitting, in other words, by concave and convex fitting. The connecting means at one end of the half member is a male part 2 and the connecting means at the other end is a female part 3.

The male part 2 is formed on the back side of the upper wall 1a of the wall 1 at a position close to the base end of the horizontal wall 1c, and has a connecting piece 2a protruding in a direction beyond the dividing surface; 1b protruding from the end of the wall 1b in a direction beyond the dividing surface and stepped down by the thickness of the wall 1
And A screw through hole 2c is formed in the connecting piece 2a. Preferably, the insertion piece 2b is integrally continuous from the lower end of the connecting piece 2a to the hanging wall 1d along the lower wall 1b.

The female part 3 is formed on the back surface of the upper wall 1a at the tip of the horizontal wall 1c and protrudes in a direction beyond the dividing surface. And a space 3b into which the male connection piece 2a is inserted. The connecting piece 3a is also connected to the connecting piece 2a.
Similarly, a screw through hole 3c is formed.

Since the male part 2 and the female part 3 need only be capable of being connected by male and female fitting or concave and convex fitting, the positions of the connecting piece 2a and the connecting piece 3a formed on the respective walls 1 are as described above. Not limited to For example, contrary to the case shown in the figure, the male connecting piece 2a is formed near the distal end of the horizontal wall 1c, and the female connecting piece 3a is formed near the base end of the horizontal wall 1c. A space into which the former connecting piece is inserted may be formed inside. When the horizontal wall 1c is not provided,
The connecting pieces 2a, 3a may be formed at or near the upper end of the upper wall 1a.

Preferably, the connecting pieces 2a, 2a,
Outside the 3a, arc-shaped screw head receiving portions 4 and 5 are formed. The screw head receiving portion has a screw head receiving surface on the outside and a semicircular cutout provided at the center thereof. The centers of the notch holes are aligned with the centers of the screw through holes 2c, 3c of the connecting pieces 2a, 3a, respectively.

With the above configuration, the two half members HM1
As shown in the right column of FIG. 7, the male member 2 and the female member 3 of each half member HM1 are approached so as to be sandwiched from both sides of the attached column P, and pressed against each other. The connecting piece 2a of the male part 2 at one end of the member is connected to the space 3 of the female part 3 at one end of the other half member.
b) and the male part 2 of the one half member
The insertion piece 2b of the lower half member 1b at one end of the other half member
Into the lower side of the lower wall 1b.
Adhere to the lower surface of. In this state, the two half members HM
1, the connecting pieces 2a of the male part 2 and the connecting pieces 3a of the female part 3 which are fitted to each other are overlapped inside and outside, and the screw through holes 2c, 3c are aligned with each other. The radial surfaces of the screw head receiving portions 4 and 5 abut against each other to form one complete screw through hole. The arc-shaped screw head receiving surfaces of the screw head receiving portions 4 and 5 are continuously formed in a circular shape, and are exposed on the outer surface. FIG. 1 shows just this situation. In this way, the two half members HM1 are joined together by male and female fitting to form a single flat rectangular annular column mounting portion cover PC having a hole 6 into which the column is apparently inserted in the center.

Then, as shown with respect to the support P on the left side of FIG. 7, after the cover PC is lowered to the mounting portion of the support P, that is, a mounting piece for fixing the lower end of the support to the upper surface of the parapet B, for example. After lowering 7 to the position to hide,
Screw through holes 4, 5; 2 located on opposite sides of the cover
The screws 8 are respectively passed through c and 3c, and screwed into the column P, thereby being fixed to the column P. HR in FIG. 7 is a handrail attached between the upper ends of the pillars P.

In the above embodiment, a pair of connecting pieces 2a, 3a having screw through holes are provided on the horizontal wall 1c or the upper wall 1a. Therefore, when the screw is strongly screwed into the support column P, the screw 8 is closed just before the screwing is completed.
A couple is applied to the screw head receiving surfaces of the screw head receiving parts 4 and 5 from the head of the screw, and in particular, the half member on the left side in the screwing direction of the screw is rotated clockwise, so that a gap is formed on the dividing surface which impairs the appearance of the cover. There is a risk that.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which means for preventing rotation of the half member at the time of screwing in such a screw is provided. A vertical groove 9 is formed on the outer surface of the vertical part of the insertion piece 2b constituting the male part 2, and the vertical groove fits into the vertical groove 9 on the inner surface near the dividing surface of the vertical wall 1d on the female part 3 side. 10 is formed. When the two half members are joined by abutting each other, the vertical ridge 10 can be easily inserted into the insertion piece 2b by the outward elastic deformation of the end of the vertical wall 1d on the female part 3 side and the inward elastic deformation of the insertion piece 2b. Is slid until the divided surfaces of the two half members come into contact with each other, and when the divided surfaces come into contact with each other, the vertical ridge 10 is fitted into the vertical groove 9, so that the screw 8 is screwed into the support P. In the final stage, even if you receive a couple from the screw,
Separation of the divided surfaces of the half members is prevented.
A vertically concave groove 9 is formed on the inner surface of the hanging wall 1d on the female portion 3 side.
May be provided on the outer surface of the insertion piece 2 b of the male part 2.

FIGS. 9 to 11 show a second embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a plan view of the cover, FIG. 10 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the half member. In this embodiment, two half members H having the same shape and structure are used.
The first embodiment is basically different from the first embodiment in that a post mounting portion cover is formed by M2 and each half member has a male portion 2E and a female portion 3E which are connected by male and female fitting as connecting means. Common to The male part 2E is the upper wall 1 of the wall 1.
a half of the horizontal wall 1c is provided at a position outside the width of the horizontal wall 1c, and a half of the width protrudes in a direction exceeding the dividing surface, and has a connecting piece 2a having a screw through hole 2c; An insertion piece 2b protruding from the end of the lower wall 1b in a direction beyond the dividing surface and stepped down by the thickness of the wall, and the female part 3E is provided on the upper wall of the wall 1 A connecting piece 3a provided at the end of the horizontal wall 1c at the end of the inner side of the width of the horizontal wall 1c, the half width protruding in a direction exceeding the dividing surface and having a screw through hole 3c, and the connecting piece 3a And a space 3b into which the male connection piece 2a is inserted.

With the above structure, the two half members HM2
When the split surfaces are opposed to each other, the insertion piece 2b of the male part of one half member is inserted under the lower wall 1b on the female part side of the other half member, and comes into close contact therewith. The connecting piece 2a of the male part of the member fits into the space 3b of the female part of the other half member, the connecting piece 2a and the connecting piece 3a overlap inside and outside, and the screw through holes 2c, 3c are aligned at the center. The left and right or front and rear aligned screw through-holes 2c, 3c have
The point that the screw 8 penetrates and is screwed into a column (not shown) to which the cover is attached is the same as in the previous embodiment.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, a vertical groove similar to the vertical groove 9 in FIG. 8 is formed on the outer surface of the vertical portion of the insertion piece 2b, and the wall of the female portion side is formed. Like the vertical ridge 10 of FIG. 8, it is preferable to form a vertical ridge on the inner surface of the vertical wall 1d so as to fit into the vertical groove. The positions where the vertical grooves and the vertical ridges are provided may be reversed.

In the above-described embodiment, the planar shape of the cover is a substantially rectangular ring, but the planar shape may be a circle or an ellipse. Further, the vertical sectional shape of the wall is also arbitrary.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, firstly, two half members having the same shape and structure are used.
Because it can be manufactured with one type of mold, the manufacturing cost is low,
In addition, since the screws are fixed to the support only by screwing the screws into the support in the left and right connecting means, the attachment to the support is easy. Moreover, the half members can be joined together without using other parts, and the half members can be easily fixed to the column with screws as a minimum member.

When one of the upper surface of the insertion piece of the male part and the inner surface of the lower wall on the female part side of the wall is provided with a vertical ridge, and the other is provided with a concave groove into which the vertical ridge can be fitted, a half member is provided. When the cover is fixed to the support post with screws after the coupling of the members, the half member can be prevented from being rotated about the screw axis. Therefore, it is possible to mount the half member so that a gap that impairs the appearance does not occur on the divided surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a half member which is one of constituent members of a cover.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the half member as viewed from the opposite side.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the half member.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the half member.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the half member.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cover is attached to a support column.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an improved example of a cover.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a cover showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a half member that is one of the components of the cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

 PC1 Cover HM1 Half member 1 Wall 1a Upper wall 1b Lower wall 1c Horizontal wall 1d Vertical wall 2 Male part 2a Connecting piece 2b Inserting piece 2c Screw through hole 3 Female part 3a Connecting piece 3b Space 3c Screw through hole 4,5 Part PC2 Cover HM2 Half member 2E Male part 3E Female part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cover to be mounted on a mounting portion of a support post after mounting, wherein a planar shape having a wall serving as a decoration surface is bisected along a vertical division surface passing through a center of a rectangular or circular annular body. Each half member has a male part and a female part that can be male and female fitted at both ends of the divided surface, and the male part is an upper wall of the wall. A connecting piece having a screw through-hole and projecting in a direction exceeding the dividing surface from an end of a lower wall of the wall; and a thickness of the wall. A connecting piece formed on an upper wall of the wall and protruding in a direction beyond the dividing surface, and having a screw through hole; Formed between the piece and the upper wall of the wall or on the back side of the connecting piece; Connecting piece of the male part has a space for insertion, post mount cover, characterized in that. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein one of the insertion piece of the male part and the lower wall on the female part side of the wall is provided with a vertical ridge, and the other is provided with a concave groove into which the vertical ridge can be fitted. 2. The support mounting part cover according to 1.