Partition wall materials
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2025023545
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-17
- Publication Date
- 2026-08-27
AI Technical Summary
【0011】 本発明によれば、重厚感を備えさせることが可能で、利用者による設置と撤去が容易な間仕切り用壁材が提供される。なお、その他の効果については以下の記載で明らかにする。
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present invention relates to a partition wall material.
Background Art
[0002] A "partition" is a non-bearing wall-like fitting or panel that can be assembled, disassembled, removed, and relocated in the space of a building. And "partitions" include "movable partitions" installed by fixing fittings or panels using columns or stud materials, etc., and fittings or panels equipped with a hoist (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "hanging doors") that are installed so as to be movable along rails installed on the ceiling, etc. called "movable partitions".
[0003] In the case of a movable partition using a hanging door, it is also possible to branch the rails, and the floor plan can be changed more flexibly. Also, a plurality of hanging doors can be stored together in one place in an originally large room. When using the entire large room without partitioning, all the hanging doors are retracted to the storage location, and when a layout change is required, the partitions pulled out sequentially from the storage location are moved to the desired position and installed. Incidentally, Non-Patent Document 1 below describes the storage and pulling-out methods, etc. of hanging doors for movable partitions. Also, Non-Patent Document 2 below describes various fittings used for movable partitions.
Prior Art Documents
Non-Patent Documents
[0004]
Non-Patent Document 1
Non-Patent Document 2
[0005] Movable partitions allow for flexible room layout changes, for example, by simply installing rails on the ceiling to move sliding doors. This can be used to divide a large room that serves as both a bedroom and living room into separate bedroom and living room areas when guests are present. However, sliding doors lack a sense of solidity, and a room partitioned solely by sliding doors offers only a "screen" rather than a calm, private space created by a partition wall. Furthermore, if there are steps or other unevenness in the ceiling, the height from the floor to the ceiling will differ in the area below the beam, making it impossible to install rails for sliding doors.
[0006] Therefore, it is conceivable to install partition walls between walls and sliding doors that are permanently installed in large rooms, or under beams. However, if partition walls are permanently installed, they become an eyesore or an obstacle when the room is not being partitioned. It is also possible to make the partition walls removable, but heavy wall materials naturally add weight, and the room's occupants would have to expend considerable effort to install or remove the partition walls.
[0007] Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a partition wall material that can be given a sense of solidity and is easy for users to install and remove. [Means for solving the problem]
[0008] To achieve the above objective, the present invention is: It consists of multiple divided wall materials, The three mutually orthogonal directions are defined as the up-and-down direction, the left-and-right direction, and the front-and-back direction. Each of the aforementioned divided wall materials has a wall surface that includes the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and an end surface that includes the vertical direction and the front-to-back direction. Engaging members that can be detachably fixed to the ceiling and floor are attached to the upper and lower ends of the divided wall material. Two or more of the aforementioned dividing wall materials are arranged side by side in the left-right direction to form a single partition wall. In the partition wall, two adjacent dividing wall materials in the left-right direction are connected so that their end faces, which abut each other, can be separated by a catch. It is a wall material used for partitioning rooms.
[0009] The partition wall material may also be such that the engaging member is a French bolt, or one of the dividing wall materials constituting the partition wall has an end face that abuts against the interior wall of the installation location, and the dividing wall material abutting against the interior wall is fixed to the interior wall so as to be detachable by a predetermined engaging structure. The predetermined engaging structure may be a partition wall material consisting of a magnetic plate installed on the wall surface of the interior wall and a magnet attached to the end face of the dividing wall material.
[0010] The catch consists of a male member provided on the right end face of the left dividing wall material that connects in the left-right direction, and a female member provided on the left end face of the right dividing wall material. The male member is equipped with latches that protrude upward and downward so as to be retractable into the upper and lower end surfaces of the housing, which protrude to the right, respectively. The female member is a receiving seat having an opening into which the housing of the male member is inserted, while communicating with a hole formed in the end face of the divided wall material. The female member retracts the latch into the housing when the housing is inserted into and removed from the opening, and engages with the male member to cause the latch to protrude within the hole. It can also be used as a partition wall material. [Effects of the Invention]
[0011] According to the present invention, there is provided a partition wall material that can have a sense of solidity and is easy for a user to install and remove. Other effects will be clarified in the following description.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[0012] [Figure 1] It is a plan view of a dwelling where the partition wall material according to the embodiment is installed. [Figure 2] It is a plan view of the floor in the above dwelling. [Figure 3] It is a view showing the beam provided on the above floor. [Figure 4] It is a view showing the above partition wall material in the installed state. [Figure 5] It is a view showing the male member of the coupling mechanism provided in the above partition wall material. [Figure 6] It is a view showing the above coupling mechanism. [Figure 7] [[ID=…]]It is a view showing the attachment structure of the female member of the above coupling mechanism. [Figure 8A] It is a view showing a modification example (U-shaped layout) of the floor plan for the above floor. [Figure 8B] It is a view showing a modification example (I-shaped layout) of the floor plan for the above floor. [Figure 9A] [[ID=…]]It is an elevation view of the partition in the above U-shaped layout when viewed from one direction. [Figure 9B] It is an elevation view of the partition in the above U-shaped layout when viewed from another direction. [Figure 9C] It is an elevation view of the partition in the above I-shaped layout.
Modes for Carrying Out the Invention
[0013] Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings used in the following description, the same or similar parts may be denoted by the same reference numeral, and redundant explanations may be omitted. If a part is denoted by a reference numeral in one drawing, it may not be denoted in other drawings if it is not necessary. ===maker=== Figure 1 shows an example of a dwelling 1 in which a partition wall material (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "wall material 10") according to the embodiment is installed. Figure 1 is a floor plan of dwelling 1, and as shown in the dashed rectangular frame 100 in the figure, dwelling 1 is a unit in an apartment building and has one large room (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "floor 2") in which the living room, bedroom, and kitchen are combined. In Figure 1, the structural walls 3 separating adjacent dwellings are shown with mesh hatching, and the interior walls 4 within dwelling 1 that cannot be removed by the user are shown with halftone hatching.
[0014] Figure 2 shows an enlarged view of floor 2. As shown in Figure 2, rails 5 are installed on the ceiling of floor 2 to guide the sliding partition doors 20, as described in Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 above. The wall material 10 according to the embodiment, together with the sliding partition doors 20, divides one floor 2 into two rooms. Furthermore, by changing the installation positions of the sliding partition doors 20 and the wall material 10, it is possible to divide the floor into two different room layouts. The configuration and installation procedure of the wall material 10 will be described in detail below. <Installation location of partition wall material> As shown in Figure 2, the starting end of the rail 5 is located in a storage area 51 for a sliding door pocket. Furthermore, the wall material 10 according to this embodiment is stored behind the kitchen 6 when not in use. Also, in the illustrated floor 2, beams (9a, 9b) are provided along the inner wall 4a that runs parallel to the structural wall 3 on the right side of the figure. Figure 3 shows the section along the wall where the beams (9a, 9b) are provided. Figure 3 shows a cross-section taken along the arrow aa in Figure 2, and as shown in Figure 3, two beams (9a, 9b) with different heights are provided in the ceiling 7 along the inner wall 4a. Below the beams, the height from the floor 8 to the ceiling 7 is lower than where the rail 5 is installed. Note that there are no beams (9a, 9b) along the inner wall 4b that runs parallel to the structural wall 3 on the left side of the figure. The wall material 10 according to this embodiment is installed as a removable partition wall below these beams (9a, 9b). <Composition and structure of partition wall materials> Figure 4 shows the wall material 10 in its installed state. As shown in Figure 4, the wall material 10 is composed of two different wall materials (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "divided wall materials (11a, 11b)") that match the height difference between two beams (9a, 9b) at different heights from the floor 8 at the wall shown in Figure 3. In the embodiment, the wall material 10 is installed under the beams with the two divided wall materials (11a, 11b) connected, forming a single partition wall 11. In the following, the three mutually orthogonal directions of the divided wall materials (11a, 11b) are defined as the up-down direction, the left-right direction, and the front-back direction. The height direction when the partition wall 11 is installed using the divided wall materials (11a, 11b) is set to coincide with the up-down direction, and the normal direction of the wall surface 12 of the divided wall materials (11a, 11b) is defined as the front-back direction. That is, the divided wall materials (11a, 11b) have a wall surface 12 that includes the up-down direction and the left-right direction, and an end surface 13 that includes the up-down direction and the front-back direction. Furthermore, it has an upper end surface 14u and a lower end surface 14d, which are surfaces that include the front-to-back direction and the left-to-right direction. The various metal fittings attached to the divided wall material (11a, 11b) are defined in the above-mentioned up-and-down, left-to-right, and front-to-back directions based on the state in which they are attached. The two divided wall material (11a, 11b) that are installed under the beam and form a single partition wall 11 are connected by a connecting mechanism 30 in which the end surfaces 13 that abut each other are composed of appropriate catches.
[0015] Figure 5 shows an external view of the male catch member 30a (Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.: Type 295-9002) used in this embodiment. The male member (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "snap catch 30a") is a metal fitting equipped with latches 32a that protrude upward and downward from the upper and lower end surfaces of a rectangular box-shaped housing 31a that is flattened in the front-rear direction. Each latch 32a is biased outward in the up-down direction by a spring inside the housing 31a, and when pressed inward in the up-down direction, it is retracted into the housing 31a. When viewed from the front-rear direction, the latches 32a are gently sloped from the apex 33a in both the left and right directions. A vertically elongated flange 34a is integrally formed on one of the left and right end surfaces of the housing 31a, and the snap catch 30a is screwed to one end surface 13 of the two divided wall materials (11a, 11b) via a hole 35a drilled in this flange 34a.
[0016] Figure 6 shows the connecting mechanism (30a, 30b) in the wall material 10 according to the embodiment. As shown in Figure 6, a connecting mechanism (30a, 30b) using snap catches 30a is formed on both end faces (13a, 13b) of the two divided wall materials (11a, 11b) that constitute the wall material 10. Here, when installing the partition wall 11, if the divided wall material 11a placed on the wall surface side of the inner wall 4a is called the first wall material 11a, and the divided wall material 11b on the side in contact with the sliding door 20 is called the second wall material 11b, then in this embodiment, the snap catch 30a, which is the male component, is attached to the end face 13a of the first wall material 11a, and the receiving seat 30b, which is the female component, is attached to the end face 13b of the second wall material 11b.
[0017] Figure 7 shows the mounting structure of the receiving seat 30b. As shown in Figure 7, the receiving seat 30b is a fitting that covers a rectangular hole 32b formed in the end face 13b of the second wall material 11b, while having an opening 31b large enough to allow the housing 31a of the snap catch 30a to be inserted. Furthermore, the vertical width H1 of the hole 32b formed in the end face 13b is wider than the vertical width H2 of the opening 31b of the receiving seat 30b. When the snap catch 30a is inserted into the receiving seat 30b, the triangular latch 32a is guided into the opening 31b of the receiving seat 30b and housed in the housing 31a. Once the latch 32a passes the vertex of the triangle, it protrudes inward from the hole 32b of the second wall material 11b. This connects the snap catch 30a and the receiving seat 30b, and connects the first wall material 11a and the second wall material 11b. When dividing the partition wall 11 into a first wall material 11a and a second wall material 11b, the two divided wall materials (11a, 11b) can be pulled in opposite directions to the left and right to remove the snap catch 30a from the receiving seat 30b.
[0018] Furthermore, in order to fix the two divided wall materials (11a, 11b), which are connected using a connecting mechanism such as the snap catch 30a described above, to a predetermined position on the floor 2 as a partition wall 11, some kind of engagement mechanism is required to fix the divided wall materials (11a, 11b) to the ceiling 7 and floor 8. In this embodiment, as shown in the enlarged view of the elliptical frame 101 in Figure 4, a well-known French bolt 15 is used as the engagement mechanism between the ceiling 7 and floor 8 and the divided wall materials (11a, 11b), and the French bolt 15 is embedded in the upper end surface 14u and lower end surface 14d on one of the left and right end surfaces 13 of the divided wall materials (11a, 11b). Then, a shim 17 into which the rod 16 of the French bolt 15 is inserted and removed is embedded in the ceiling 7 and floor 8.
[0019] The procedure for installing the partition wall 11 using the first wall material 11a and the second wall material 11b, which are equipped with the aforementioned catches (30a, 30b) and French bolts 15, is as follows: For example, the divided first wall material 11a and the second wall material 11b are transported to the installation location, and the first wall material 11a is first installed between the ceiling 7 and the floor 8 using the French bolts 15. Next, the second wall material 11b is connected to the already installed first wall material using the snap catch 30a and receiving seat 30b. Then, the second wall material 11b is fixed to the ceiling 7 and the floor 8 using the French bolts 15, similar to the first wall material 11b. In this embodiment, as shown in the enlarged view of the inside of the circular frame 102 in Figure 4, a plate 18 made of a magnetic material is attached to the wall surface 41 of the inner wall 4a, and a magnet 19 that attracts to this plate 18 is attached to the end surface 13c of the first wall material 11a that faces its wall surface 41. This ensures that the partition wall 11 is also fixed to the wall surface 41, reliably preventing wobbling. Of course, if it is not possible to install the plate 18 on the wall surface 41 due to the structure of the dwelling or for aesthetic reasons, the fixing mechanism for the first wall material 11b to the wall surface 41 is not necessary. <About the layout> Figures 8A and 8B show examples of layout changes for floor 2 shown in Figure 2. In Figures 8A and 8B, the first wall material 11a, the second wall material 11b, and the sliding door are each represented by grid, halftone, and diagonal hatching. In the layout shown in Figure 8A, a separate room (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "private room 2a") is provided in a part of the rectangular floor by the wall surface 41 of the interior wall 4a and a U-shaped partition. Therefore, in the layout shown in Figure 8A (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "U-shaped layout"), partition walls 11 made of wall material 10 are installed at each of the two ends of the U-shape. On the other hand, in the layout shown in Figure 8B, the sliding door 20 and partition wall 11 are arranged in a straight line so as to cross floor 2, dividing floor 2 into two rooms (2b, 2c). Therefore, in the layout shown in Figure 8B (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "I-shaped layout"), a partition wall 11 is installed in one place on floor 2. Furthermore, some of the five sliding doors 20 are equipped with a small door (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "door 21") (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "sliding door with door 20a"), and in the U-shaped and I-shaped layouts, the sliding doors with doors 20a are installed in appropriate locations. This allows users to move between the inside and outside of the private room 2a in the U-shaped layout and between the two rooms (2b, 2c) in the I-shaped layout. In addition, in the U-shaped and I-shaped layouts, the sliding door with door 20a is installed in the position shown in Figures 8A and 8B by being pulled out second from the storage area 51. However, by temporarily moving the other sliding doors 20 that are pulled out before and after the sliding door with door 20a to positions where they are not used for partitioning, the order of the sliding doors with doors 20a can be changed, and the position of the door 21 can be changed.
[0020] Figures 9A and 9B show elevation views of the U-shaped layout as seen from the direction of the black-filled arrow and the white-outlined arrow in Figure 8A, and Figure 9C shows an elevation view of the I-shaped layout as seen from the direction of the black-filled arrow in Figure 8B. As shown in Figures 9A and 9B, in the U-shaped layout, all five sliding doors 20 and four dividing wall materials are used to form individual rooms, and as shown in Figure 9C, in the I-shaped layout, three sliding doors 20 and two dividing wall materials are used to divide the floor into two rooms.
[0021] Each sliding door 20, installed as a partition, has a French bolt 15 attached to it at the position of the dotted ellipse frame 103 in Figures 9A to 9C, and each sliding door 20 is fixed to the floor 8 by this French bolt 15. In addition, the door 21 of the sliding door with a door 20a is opened and closed by a flat handle 22 that is mounted flush with the surface of the door 21. Various fittings attached to the sliding doors 20, such as the flat handle 22, the suspension wheel guided on the rail 5, and the French bolt 15 used for fixing to the floor 8, can be those described in Non-Patent Document 2, etc. The French bolt 15 attached to the divided wall material (11a, 11b) can also be those described in Non-Patent Document 2, etc.
[0022] As described above, the wall material 10 according to the embodiment allows a single partition wall 11 to be constructed from two lightweight divided wall materials (11a, 11b). Moreover, the partition wall can be formed by simply connecting and separating the respective end faces (13a, 13b) of the two divided wall materials (11a, 11b) using catches (30a, 30b). Furthermore, since each divided wall material (11a, 11b) is fixed to the ceiling 7 and floor 8 by the French bolt 15, wobbling can be suppressed. In addition, since the first wall material 11a and the wall surface 41 of the interior wall 4a are fixed using magnets 19, wobbling is suppressed even more reliably. Furthermore, the wall surfaces 12 of the divided wall materials (11a, 11b) can be given the same texture as the wall surface of the interior wall (4a, 4b) by using wallpaper or the like, resulting in a high sense of solidity. ===Other Examples=== Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the form of the embodiment described above, and various modifications are included. For example, the above embodiments are described in detail in order to explain the present invention in an easy-to-understand manner, and are not necessarily limited to having all the described components. Furthermore, some of the components of the partition fittings according to the embodiments can be added to, deleted from, or replaced with other components.
[0023] In the above embodiment, one partition wall 11 was formed from two dividing wall materials (11a, 11b), but it may also be formed from three or more dividing wall materials. Also, in the above embodiment, the partition wall 11 was installed under the beam, but if dividing wall materials with the same vertical height as other locations are prepared, and the mortise supports 17 of the French bolts 15 are installed in appropriate places on the ceiling 7 and floor 8, the partition wall 11 can be installed in places other than along the wall of the interior wall 4. Furthermore, if the vertical height of the dividing wall materials (11a, 11b) is made the same as that of the sliding door 20, and the upper end surface 14u is formed to engage with the cross-sectional shape of the rail 5, the dividing wall materials (11a, 11b) can be engaged with the rail 5, making it possible to install the partition wall 11 in an appropriate location where the rail 5 is installed.
[0024] As the connecting mechanism 30 for the dividing wall materials (11a, 11b) that form the partition wall 11, it is not limited to the snap catch 30a described above, but any catch that can connect the end faces (13a, 13b) of the dividing wall materials (11a, 11b) can be used as appropriate, such as a roller catch or a magnetic catch.
[0025] In the above embodiment, the first wall material 11a was fixed to the wall surface 41 of the inner wall 4a using a magnet 19. However, a receiving seat 30b for the snap catch 30a may be installed on the wall surface 41 of the inner wall 4a, and the snap catch 30a that engages with this receiving seat 30b may be provided on the end surface 4c of the first wall material 11a that abuts against the wall surface 41 of the inner wall 4a. [Explanation of Symbols]
[0026] 1. Residence, 2. Floor, 2a, 2b, 2c. Rooms, 3. Structural walls, 4a, 4b. Interior walls. 5 rails, 7 ceiling, 8 floor, 9a, 9b beams, 10 partition wall material, 11 partition wall, 11a, 11b dividing wall material, 15 French bolt, 17 tsubo support, 19 Magnets, 20 Hanging Doors, 30 Catches, 30a Male component of the catch (snap catch), 30b Female component (receiving seat) of the catch, 31a Housing of the male component, 32a Latch of the male member, 31b Opening of the receiving seat, 41 Wall surface of the inner wall, 51 Storage space in overhead cabinets
Claims
1. It consists of multiple divided wall materials, The three mutually orthogonal directions are defined as the up-and-down direction, the left-and-right direction, and the front-and-back direction. Each of the aforementioned divided wall materials has a wall surface that includes the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and an end surface that includes the vertical direction and the front-to-back direction. Engaging members that can be detachably fixed to the ceiling and floor are attached to the upper and lower ends of the divided wall material. Two or more of the aforementioned dividing wall materials are arranged side by side in the left-right direction to form a single partition wall. In the partition wall, two adjacent dividing wall materials in the left-right direction are connected so that their end faces, which abut each other, can be separated by a catch. Partition wall material.
2. The partition wall material according to claim 1, wherein the engaging member is a French bolt.
3. The partition wall material according to claim 1, wherein the end face of one of the dividing wall materials constituting the partition wall abuts against the inner wall of the installation location, and the dividing wall material abutting against the inner wall is detachably fixed to the inner wall by a predetermined engagement structure.
4. The partition wall material according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined engagement structure comprises a magnetic plate installed on the wall surface of the inner wall and a magnet attached to the end face of the divided wall material.
5. The catch consists of a male member provided on the right end face of the left dividing wall material that connects in the left-right direction, and a female member provided on the left end face of the right dividing wall material. The male member is equipped with latches that protrude upward and downward so as to be retractable into the upper and lower end surfaces of the housing, which protrude to the right, respectively. The female member is a receiving seat having an opening into which the housing of the male member is inserted, while communicating with a hole formed in the end face of the divided wall material. The female member retracts the latch into the housing when the housing is inserted into and removed from the opening, and engages with the male member to cause the latch to protrude within the hole. A partition wall material according to any one of claims 1 to 4.