JPH1181788A - Door closer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve an adverse effect on door closer operation by the not-a-little quantity of residual air in a hydraulic fluid because the hydraulic fluid is sealed into an oil chamber in quantity smaller than the volume of the oil chamber and the door closer is made to cope with cubical expansion and the rise of oil pressure due to the temperature rise of the hydraulic fluid in the door closer, in which the oil chamber as a sealed space in a cylinder is filled with the hydraulic fluid, a piston is moved by the elastic force of a spring in the hydraulic fuild and door closing operation is conducted. SOLUTION: A sealing air Chamber (n), in which volume is contracted so as to absorb the quantity of cubical expansion by cubical expansion by the temperature rise of a hydraulic fluid in an oil chamber (m), is installed additionally to the oil chamber (m) of a cylinder 1, the fluctuation of the oil pressure of the oil chamber (m) is inhibited by the volume fluctuation of the sealing air chamber (n), the hydraulic fluid is sealed into the oil chamber (m) in quantity of 100% of the volume of the oil chamber, and the residual quantity of air in the hydraulic fluid is brought to zero. The sealing air chamber (n) is composed of a plunger 23, a place of which is varied while following up the fluctuation of the oil pressure of the oil chamber (m), and an air chamber 20 with a return spring material 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door closer for automatically controlling the closing operation of a front / rear opening / closing door by hydraulic pressure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows an example of a conventional structure of a door closer which automatically closes a front / rear opening / closing door at an appropriate speed by utilizing the elasticity of a spring. This door closer is real fairness 6
A spring 2, a piston 3, a rack and pinion mechanism 4, and a valve mechanism 5 are incorporated in a horizontally long cylindrical cylinder 1 fixed to an upper portion of a door (not shown). Both end openings are sealed with end caps 6 and 7. A working oil (not shown) is sealed in an oil chamber m of a closed space formed by the cylinder 1 and the end caps 6 and 7. This oil filling is for cylinder 1
Is performed from an oil plug 8 screwed into a part of the oil plug.

The piston 3 is a cylindrical body that slides on the inner wall surface of the oil chamber m and reciprocates in the axial direction of the cylinder 1. A front oil passage 11 and a rear oil passage 12 are provided at both front and rear ends of the piston 3. A hollow 13 is formed between the two oil passages 11 and 12. The front oil passage 11 on the left side of FIG. 3 of the piston 3 is a through hole through which hydraulic oil flows freely, and the other rear oil passage 12 accommodates a check ball valve 14 constituting a part of the valve mechanism 5. .

In the oil chamber m, the piston 3 reciprocates leftward in FIG. 3 starting from a fixed position on the right side in FIG. 3 (hereinafter referred to as a door closing position). When the piston 3 moves from the closed position in the oil chamber m in the forward direction X in the left direction in FIG.
The hydraulic oil flows into the piston 3 from below, and this hydraulic oil pushes the check ball valve 14 to open the rear oil passage 12. At this time,
Hydraulic oil flows through the piston 3 in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the piston 3 with less resistance, thereby smoothing the movement of the piston 3 in the forward direction X. Conversely, when the piston 3 moves in the oil chamber m in the backward direction Y in FIG.
The hydraulic oil which flows into the piston 3 from below pushes the check ball valve 14 to close the rear oil passage 12. At this time, hydraulic oil flows from the rear part of the oil chamber m to the front part through an oil passage (not shown) with a flow control valve formed inside the side wall of the cylinder 1 and communicating the front and rear parts of the oil chamber m, The return movement of the piston 3 is performed. When the piston 3 moves in the backward movement direction Y, the flow rate of the working oil flowing through the oil passage with a flow regulating valve is adjusted by the flow regulating valve, and the returning movement speed of the piston 3 is automatically adjusted.

Further, a rack and pinion mechanism 4 is installed in a hollow portion 13 of the piston 3. The rack and pinion mechanism 4 includes a rack 15 extending in the axial direction of the piston 3.
And a pinion 16 meshed with the rack 15. The pinion 16 is fixed to the pinion shaft 17 and the pinion shaft 1
7 is rotatably connected to a fixed location on the side wall of the cylinder 1. One end of the pinion shaft 17 protrudes from the outer surface of the cylinder 1, and a link arm 18 as shown by a chain line in FIG.

A compressed spring 2 is provided between the front surface of the piston 3 where the front oil passage 11 is located and the end cap 6 at the front end of the cylinder 1. The spring 2 constantly urges the piston 3 in the backward direction Y. FIG. 3 shows that the piston 3 is pressed by the spring 2 and the end cap 7 at the rear end.
Is shown, and the external door at this time is in a closed state.

When the external door is manually opened in the state of FIG. 3, the link opening arm 18 rotates clockwise in FIG. 3 by the door opening force at this time, and the pinion shaft 17 and the pinion 16 rotate clockwise. Then, the pinion 16 moves the piston 3 in the forward direction X via the rack 15. In this case, piston 3
The check ball valve 14 is opened and hydraulic oil flows smoothly into the piston 3, so that the piston 3 moves smoothly in the forward direction X while compressing the spring 2, and the door is opened. It is compressed and accumulates the closing force.

When the user releases his hand from the opened door, the spring 2 which has been compressed and stores the closing force resiliently presses the piston 3 in the backward direction Y to move it. When the piston 3 moves in the backward direction Y, the pinion 16 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 3 through the rack 15, and the link arm 18 rotates counterclockwise through the pinion shaft 17 to close the door. At this time, the check ball valve 14 of the piston 3 is closed, and the return movement speed of the piston 3 is automatically adjusted by the flow control valve of the oil passage provided with the flow control valve provided inside the side wall of the cylinder 1, so that the automatic closing speed of the door is achieved. Is properly adjusted.

[0009]

In the case of the above-mentioned door closer, the amount of hydraulic oil sealed in the closed oil chamber of the cylinder is determined as follows.
Assuming that the volume of the oil chamber in the normal temperature state (15 ° C. to 25 ° C.) of the hydraulic oil is 100%, the oil pressure in the oil chamber abnormally increases due to the volume expansion of the hydraulic oil in the oil chamber when the ambient temperature increases. Oil leakage may occur from an oil seal portion such as a rotating portion of a pinion shaft of a cylinder or an end cap attaching portion at both ends. Therefore, the hydraulic oil is sealed in the oil chamber of the cylinder at a room temperature at a sealing amount of 90% to 95% of the volume of the oil chamber to suppress an abnormal increase in the oil pressure in the oil chamber when the ambient temperature is increased. Try to prevent.

However, the operating oil is filled in the oil chamber by 90% of the oil chamber volume.
% To 95%, the amount of residual air in the oil chamber reaches 5% to 10% of the volume of the oil chamber, and the amount of residual air of 5% to 10% adversely affects the door closer function itself. May be exerted. That is, although the reciprocating speed of the piston is smoothly controlled by the hydraulic fluid filled in the oil chamber of the cylinder, the hydraulic control is not smoothly performed by the amount of the remaining air of the hydraulic oil during the door closer operation. In some cases, a section in which the piston moves quickly occurs, and thus a section in which the door closes quickly without closing the door when the door is closed may occur. Such an abnormal section at the time of closing the door gives discomfort and distrust to a person, and is not preferable in terms of safety.

Further, it is necessary to control the amount of hydraulic oil to be accurately filled in the cylinder oil chamber at a limited amount of 90% to 95% of the volume of the oil chamber. Even if the amount of hydraulic oil is strictly controlled, the amount of hydraulic oil may vary to some extent, and the performance of the door closer may vary.

An object of the present invention is to provide a door closer which performs a smooth and stable closing operation by making the abnormal section at the time of closing the door substantially zero.

[0013]

A technical means for achieving the above object of the present invention is to provide a cylinder having an oil chamber filled with hydraulic oil, and a piston installed in the cylinder oil chamber so as to be able to reciprocate in a fixed section. , A spring that constantly urges the piston in one of the reciprocating directions of the piston and acts as a power source for closing the external door, and an external force generated by the piston moving the oil chamber in the fixed direction by the elasticity of the spring. In a door closer equipped with a rack and pinion mechanism for closing a door and a valve mechanism for controlling the movement speed of the piston during reciprocating movement by adjusting the flow rate of the working oil flowing through the oil chamber, the oil chamber of the cylinder is provided with a hydraulic oil. A closed air chamber that changes its volume in a direction that absorbs this volume fluctuation following the volume fluctuation due to temperature is installed, and the hydraulic oil is supplied to the oil chamber of the cylinder at room temperature in an oil chamber volume of 10 cm.
That is, it was sealed with a sealing amount of 0%.

[0014] The present invention also provides a cylindrical plunger tie, wherein the sealed air chamber is fixed to a part of an oil chamber of a cylinder.
A plunger that is slidably fitted to the opening end of the plunger tie and receives hydraulic pressure from hydraulic oil in the oil chamber of the cylinder on the outer surface exposed at the opening of the plunger tie;
It is desirable to configure the air chamber having a return spring material that constantly urges the plunger from the inner surface side of the plunger in order to make the closing operation of the door closer more stable.

Here, when the working oil in the oil chamber expands in volume due to an increase in ambient temperature and the oil pressure in the oil chamber rises, the sealed air chamber installed in the oil chamber of the cylinder is compressed by the increased oil pressure and is compressed by the oil pressure in the oil chamber. Suppress hydraulic oil pressure rise. Therefore,
Even if the working oil is filled in the oil chamber at a filling amount of 100% of the oil chamber volume and the residual air amount of the working oil is reduced to zero, there is no need to worry about oil leakage from the oil seal portion of the cylinder. The remaining air amount becomes zero, so that the hydraulic control during the closing operation of the door closer is always performed smoothly and stably.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention applied to the door closer of FIG. 3, which will be described below. The same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. 3 of the door closer of FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals to avoid duplication of description.

The door closer shown in FIG. 1 has a closed air chamber in which the volume changes in the opposite direction following the volume fluctuation due to the ambient temperature of the hydraulic oil in an oil chamber m of the cylinder 1 in which the hydraulic oil (not shown) is sealed. n was additionally installed, and hydraulic oil was sealed in the oil chamber m at a normal temperature with a sealing amount of 100% of the oil chamber volume. When the hydraulic oil sealed in the oil chamber m expands in volume due to an increase in ambient temperature and the oil pressure in the oil chamber m increases, the volume of the hydraulic oil in the closed air chamber n contracts due to the increased oil pressure. Absorb. Further, when the hydraulic oil in the oil chamber m contracts due to a decrease in the ambient temperature and the hydraulic pressure in the oil chamber m decreases, the sealed air chamber n expands in volume by the decrease in the hydraulic pressure to reduce the volume contraction amount of the hydraulic oil. Absorb.

The closed air chamber n may be formed of an elastic container which seals a certain amount of air. However, the air chamber 20 shown in the exploded view of FIG. It is desirable to make it more stable. The air chamber 20 is, for example, an oil chamber m of the cylinder 1.
A return spring member 22 and a plunger 2 are fixed inside a cylindrical plunger tie 21 having one end open and the other end closed, which is fixed to a part of the plunger 2.
3. An oil seal O-ring 24 and a snap ring 25 are incorporated.

The plunger tie 21 is a cylindrical body having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the spring 2.
A screw portion 21 ′ is integrally formed on the closed end side of the cylinder 1, and the screw portion 21 ′ is screwed into a screw hole 26 formed in the end cap 6 at the front end of the cylinder 1 via an O-ring 27 for oil seal. Thus, the plunger tie 21 is fixed in the spring 2 at the front end of the oil chamber m. The return spring member 22 is a coil spring, which is inserted into the plunger tie 21 before the plunger 23, and is pressed by the plunger 23 which is inserted into the opening end of the plunger tie 21 later. Always resilient in the direction. Plunger 2
Reference numeral 3 denotes a cylindrical body which is slidably fitted in the cylindrical opening end of the plunger tie 21 in the axial direction, and in which a sealing O-ring 24 is fitted in a groove 28 formed on the outer periphery. 21 is inserted into the opening end of the opening 21. After the insertion of the plunger 23, the snap ring 25 for preventing the plunger from being removed is attached to the inner peripheral fixed position of the opening end of the plunger tie 21. Grease (not shown) is previously provided on the inner peripheral surface of the plunger tie 21 and the outer peripheral surfaces of the plunger 23 and the O-ring 24 in order to improve the slidability and airtightness of the plunger 23 with respect to the plunger tie 21. Applied.

The oil chamber m having the above air chamber 20
The working oil is sealed at a normal temperature (15 ° C. to 25 ° C.) in an amount of 100% of the volume of the oil chamber. Thus, the residual air amount in the hydraulic oil sealed in the oil chamber m is zero or almost zero. When the operating oil in the oil chamber m is at a normal temperature, the return spring member 22 of the air chamber 20 has a spring force for lightly pressing the plunger 23 against the snap ring 25.

The spring force of the return spring member 22 is such that when the hydraulic oil in the oil chamber m expands in volume when the ambient temperature rises above normal temperature and the oil pressure in the oil chamber m rises, the plunger 23
Is set so as to compress the return spring member 22 and move inward of the plunger tie 21 to reduce the volume of the sealed air chamber n. Due to the volume contraction of the sealed air chamber n, the volume expansion of the hydraulic oil due to the increase in the ambient temperature is absorbed, the increase in the oil pressure in the oil chamber m is suppressed, and the oil from the oil seal portion such as the pinion shaft rotating portion of the cylinder 1 is reduced. Leakage is prevented.

The spring force of the return spring member 22 is set in the oil chamber m.
When the hydraulic oil temperature rises to a normal temperature or higher and then drops to normal temperature and contracts in volume, the plunger 23 returns to the original position where it hits the snap ring 25 by the hydraulic pressure drop in the oil chamber m at this time, and the closed air chamber n Is set to expand to the original volume.

By forming the closed air chamber n for suppressing the oil pressure in the oil chamber m to a constant pressure in the air chamber 20, oil leakage from the cylinder 1 is prevented, and hydraulic oil is supplied to the oil chamber m. Encapsulation can be performed with a 100% encapsulation amount.
Therefore, the residual air amount of the hydraulic oil in the oil chamber m becomes zero or almost zero, and the performance of the door closer is stabilized. In addition, by reducing the residual air amount in the oil chamber m to zero, the hydraulic control during the door closer operation can always be performed well without being affected by the residual air amount. There is no abnormal section such as closing. Further, since it is only necessary to completely fill the oil chamber m with the hydraulic oil up to the oil chamber volume of 100%, it is not necessary to control the amount of the filled hydraulic oil, thereby increasing the productivity of the door closer.

The mounting structure and the mounting position of the air chamber 20 in the cylinder 1 are not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG.

[0025]

According to the door closer of the first aspect,
The volume of the sealed air chamber installed in the oil chamber of the cylinder increases and decreases so as to absorb the volume expansion and contraction caused by the temperature of the hydraulic oil in the oil chamber, and the oil pressure in the oil chamber is suppressed. It is possible to provide a door closer excellent in versatility that can be used in a high-temperature environment with high quality. In addition, by suppressing the rise in oil pressure in the oil chamber of the cylinder by the volume fluctuation of the closed air chamber, the hydraulic oil is sealed in the oil chamber at a sealed volume of 100% of the oil chamber volume, and the residual air amount of the hydraulic oil is reduced to zero. This makes it possible to constantly and satisfactorily perform the hydraulic control of the door closer operation using the hydraulic oil, and to provide a door closer having stable operation, stable operation and high reliability with less variation in performance. Furthermore, since it is sufficient to fill the cylinder oil chamber with hydraulic oil as much as possible, it is not necessary to control the amount of hydraulic oil enclosed,
The productivity of the door closer is improved.

According to the door closer of the second aspect, the plunger of the air chamber forming the closed air chamber is reliably moved by the fluctuation of the volume of the hydraulic oil in the oil chamber to change the volume of the closed air chamber. The increase in oil pressure in the oil chamber can be suppressed more reliably and more stably, and a stable and high-quality door closer can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a door closer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded side view of an air chamber constituting a closed air chamber installed in an oil chamber of the door closer.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional door closer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 cylinder 2 spring 3 piston 4 rack and pinion mechanism 5 valve mechanism m oil chamber n sealed air chamber 20 air chamber 21 plunger tie 22 return spring material 23 plunger

Claims (2)

[Claims] A cylinder having an oil chamber filled with hydraulic oil; a piston installed in the cylinder's oil chamber so as to be able to reciprocate in a fixed section; and a constant elasticity applied to the piston in one of the piston reciprocating directions. A spring that acts as a power source to close the external door by energizing it, a rack and pinion mechanism that closes the external door with the power of a piston that moves the oil chamber in a fixed direction by the elasticity of the spring, and a moving speed when the piston reciprocates In a door closer equipped with a valve mechanism that controls by adjusting the flow rate of the hydraulic oil flowing through the oil chamber, the volume in the oil chamber of the cylinder follows the volume fluctuation due to the temperature of the hydraulic oil and absorbs the volume fluctuation. A door closer characterized in that a fluctuating sealed air chamber is installed, and hydraulic oil is sealed in an oil chamber of a cylinder at room temperature with a sealing amount of 100% of the oil chamber volume. 2. The plunger tie, wherein the sealed air chamber is slidably fitted to a cylindrical plunger tie fixed to a part of an oil chamber of the cylinder, and an open end of the plunger tie. The plunger receives hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic oil in the oil chamber of the cylinder on the outer surface exposed at the opening end of the plunger, and has an air chamber having a return spring material that constantly urges the plunger from the inner surface of the plunger. The door closer according to claim 1, wherein: