JPS6133125Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a panel connector for joining two panels.

Conventionally, bolts and nuts have been used as panel connectors for joints where two panels overlap. That is, a necessary number of bolt insertion holes are formed at appropriate intervals in the panel joint, and bolts are inserted through the holes and tightened with nuts. Therefore, not only does it take time to tighten the nuts, but the degree of tightening of the nuts also tends to vary, resulting in varying loads on the bolts, and there are problems with durability over long-term use.

The present invention was developed in light of these circumstances, and although it is very easy to join panels with one touch,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a panel connector that can be installed and fixed securely and firmly.

The panel connector of the present invention forms a head and a body by providing bottomed wedge-shaped notches symmetrically at appropriate positions on both widthwise edges of a horizontally long flat plate, and the cutout surface on the head side is the body. The main body of the connector, which has an 8-shaped slope that widens from the part toward the head, is bent at a substantially right angle from the notch, and the tip of the body is bent at a substantially right angle to the side opposite to the head. It is characterized in that it is bent to form a support portion.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In FIG. 1, A is a panel connector,
A head portion 2 and a body portion 3 are formed by providing symmetrical notches 1, 1 at appropriate locations on both widthwise edges of the horizontally long flat plate. The shape of the notches 1, 1 is wedge-shaped, and 4 is the bottom of the wedge-shaped notch. The notch surfaces 5, 5 on the side of the head 2 are sloping surfaces in the shape of a figure eight that widens from the body 3 toward the head 2. Further, the cutout surfaces 6, 6 on the side of the body 3 may be substantially perpendicular to the side edges in the width direction, or may be inclined surfaces that are inclined toward the side opposite to the cutout surfaces 5, 5 of the head 2.

The connector body made in this way is bent at a substantially right angle from the bottoms 4, 4 of the notches, and the tip of the body 3 is bent at a substantially right angle to the side opposite to the head 2 to form the support portion 7. is forming. At this time, the dimension P from the back surface 3a of the body part 3 to the base ends 5a, 5a of the notch surfaces 5, 5 of the head part 2 is slightly narrower than the width Q of the joint part of the two panels, and the body part 3. Dimension R from the back surface 3a to the notch surfaces 5, 5 terminal parts 5b, 5b of the head 2
is slightly wider than the width Q of the part where the two panels come into contact. Further, the support part 7 is a part that is supported and rotated by placing a finger or the like on it when inserting and rotating the panel connector A.

The panel connector A of the present invention having such a configuration
In the installation state, first, a plurality of elongated holes 11 in the height direction are bored at appropriate positions in the joint portions 10a, 10a where the two panels 10, 10 contact. The length of the elongated hole 11 in the height direction is set to be wider than the width S of the head 2 of the panel connector A. Next, install panel joint tool A horizontally, and
After installing the body part 3 of the head 2 so that it is parallel to the panel joint parts 10a, 10a and aligning the tip 2a of the head 2 with the long hole 11 of the panel joint parts 10a, 10a,
The whole is inserted into the elongated hole 11. At this time, with the panel connector A inserted until the back surface 3a of the body 3 is attached to the panel joint part 10a, the panel connector A is forcibly rotated approximately 90 degrees downward (in the Z direction in the figure).
This completes the joining of the two panels 10, 10. That is, the width Q of the joint portions 10a, 10a of the two panels 10, 10 is the distance from the back surface 3a of the body 3 of the panel connector A to the proximal end 5a of the cutout surfaces 5, 5,
It is slightly wider than the dimension P up to 5a, and the end portion 5b of the notch surface 5, 5 from the back surface 3a of the body 3,
The width is slightly narrower than the dimension R up to 5b (P
<Q<R), so panel joint tool A is forcibly rotated approximately 90 degrees from the horizontal position to the vertical position (Z direction in the figure).
By doing so, the peripheral edge of the long hole 11 formed in the panel 10 on the head 2 side comes into pressure contact with the notch surfaces 5, 5 on the head 2 side of the panel connector A,
The panel joint portion 10a on the side of the head 2 has a cutout surface 5,
5 from the terminal end portions 5b, 5b side to the base end portions 5a, 5a side so as to be narrowed. As a result, the joint parts 10a, 10a of the two panels 10, 10 are connected to the notch surfaces 5, 5 of the panel joint tool A and the back surface 3 of the body 3.
It is pressed and clamped with a. In addition, long hole 11
Of course, the holes may be perforated in the lateral direction of the panel.

As explained above, the panel connector A of the present invention has wedge-shaped notches with bottoms symmetrically provided at appropriate positions on both widthwise edges of a horizontally long flat plate to form a head and a body. Since the support part is formed by bending the body part at a substantially right angle and bending the tip of the body part at a substantially right angle to the opposite side of the head part, the head part 2 of the panel joint tool A is inserted into the elongated hole 11. Even though it is a very simple operation of rotating approximately 90 degrees downward, it is possible to perform reliable, quick, and strong joining.
Moreover, since it is such a simple work, uniform construction accuracy can always be obtained regardless of the skill level of the builder. Furthermore, since uniform construction accuracy can be obtained in this way, the load applied to each joint part of the panel joint part is equalized, and joint fixation with excellent durability can be achieved. Since the notch surfaces 5, 5 on the side of the head 2 are sloped surfaces, slight dimensional errors in the manufacturing stage of the panel connector A can be absorbed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the panel connector of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing how the panel connector of the present invention is installed. A...Panel connector, 1...Notch, 2...
...Head, 3...Torso, 7...Support, 10...Panel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Wedge-shaped notches are provided symmetrically from appropriate positions on both widthwise edges of the horizontally long flat plate to form the head and the body, and the notch surface on the head side widens from the body toward the head. The main body of the connector has an 8-shaped inclined surface, and is bent at a substantially right angle from the notch, and the tip of the body is bent at a substantially right angle to the opposite side of the head to form a support part. A panel joint tool characterized by: