Slide panel mounting structure, cover member, and slide panel installation method

Abstract

To provide a slide panel installation structure that can be easily attached to a horizontal frame to close the gap formed above the upper edge surface of the slide panel, a cover member for use in the slide panel installation structure, and a slide panel installing method.SOLUTION: A slide panel installation structure 1 of the present invention, which includes a hanger rail 8 fixed to a horizontal frame 4, a hanger roller 10 mounted on the hanger rail 8, and a slide panel 3 that fixes the hanger roller 10 and is movably suspended from the hanger rail 8, has a cover member 20 covering at least an upper end of the slide panel 3 from the horizontal frame 4 on one or both of a front side S1 and a rear side S2 of the slide panel 3 on one or both of the front side S1 and the rear side S2 of the slide panel 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a slide panel, a cover member, and a method for installing a slide panel. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, slide panels have been known in which a panel such as a sliding door is suspended from a rail fixed to a top frame or a side frame so that it can be opened and closed. Conventional sliding panels enable movement by inserting hanger rollers into upper rails that fit into grooves in horizontal frames. The height of the hanging type sliding panel is made small to prevent interference with the horizontal frame when fitting it into the upper rail, so the shaft connecting the hanger roller and the sliding panel inevitably protrudes from the bottom end of the horizontal frame. In other words, a gap is created between the horizontal frame and the sliding panel. Similarly, when the upper rail is attached to the flat bottom surface of the horizontal frame that does not have a groove for fitting the rail, a gap is created between the steel plate attached from the horizontal frame to the upper rail and the top end surface of the sliding panel. Such gaps would allow light from inside the room to leak outside (or light from outside to enter the room) and allow wind to pass through, so the invention in Patent Document 1 used a rubber member that rises vertically and extends across the width of the panel on the upper end surface of the sliding panel to suppress light leakage, etc. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 11-36691 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in the conventional slide mounting structure as described in Patent Document 1, the rubber member appears between the slide panel and the horizontal frame or its decorative plate, which mars the appearance. In addition, depending on the design between the horizontal frame and the upper end face of the slide panel, the dimensions of the rising wall of the rubber member used must be carefully set in consideration of interference with the horizontal frame and light blocking, and many different types of rubber members must be used depending on the design, which is cumbersome. Therefore, the present invention provides a mounting structure for a sliding panel that can be easily attached to a horizontal frame to close the gap formed above the upper end surface of the sliding panel, a cover member used therewith, and a method for installing a sliding panel. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The mounting structure for a sliding panel of the present invention comprises a hanger rail fixed to a horizontal frame, a hanger roller attached to the hanger rail, and a sliding panel fixed to the hanger roller and suspended movably from the hanger rail, and has a cover member on either or both of the front and rear sides of the sliding panel that covers from the horizontal frame to at least the upper end of the sliding panel. According to this configuration, the cover members can be attached separately to the front side and the rear side of the slide panel, which makes it easy to attach the cover members.

[0006] The cover member of the mounting structure for a slide panel of the present invention may have a top wall portion and a side wall portion bending and extending vertically from an edge of the top wall portion, and the top wall portion may be capable of being fixed to an upper end surface of the horizontal frame. According to this configuration, the cover member can be fixed to the upper surface of the horizontal frame, thereby enabling the cover member to be fixed with good design.

[0007] The cover member of the mounting structure for a slide panel of the present invention is provided with an engaging portion used when fixing it to the horizontal frame, and the horizontal frame is provided with an engaged portion for engaging the engaging portion of the cover member, and the engaging portion and the engaged portion may be engaged with each other in an irremovable manner once they are engaged with each other. According to this configuration, the cover member can be attached even more easily.

[0008] The cover member of the present invention is used in the mounting structure for the slide panel of any one of the above-mentioned inventions. With this configuration, the cover member can be easily attached from the horizontal frame to the upper end of the slide panel.

[0009] The method for installing a sliding panel of the present invention includes a panel mounting step of mounting a sliding panel via a hanger roller to a hanger rail fixed to a horizontal frame, and a cover mounting step of mounting a cover member covering either the front side or the back side of the horizontal frame and the sliding panel to either or both of the front side and the back side after the panel mounting step. With this configuration, the cover member can be easily attached from the horizontal frame to the upper end of the slide panel. Effect of the Invention

[0010] The mounting structure for a sliding panel, the cover member used therein, and the installation method for a sliding panel of the present invention have the advantage that they can be easily attached to a horizontal frame to close the gap formed above the upper end surface of the sliding panel. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall mounting structure for a slide panel according to one embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 2] 1 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a mounting structure for a slide panel according to one embodiment of the present invention, taken in the thickness direction of the slide. [Diagram 3]1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a cover member used in the mounting structure of a slide panel according to one embodiment of the present invention; [Figure 4] 1A to 1C are diagrams showing a longitudinal section cut in the thickness direction of the slide, illustrating some steps of a method for installing a slide panel according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 5] 1A to 1C are diagrams showing a longitudinal section cut in the thickness direction of the slide, illustrating some steps of a method for installing a slide panel according to one embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a mounting structure for a sliding panel, a cover member used therein, and a method for installing a sliding panel according to the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

[0013] As shown in Figure 1, the mounting structure 1 for a sliding panel of the present invention is applied, for example, to a middle horizontal frame (horizontal frame) 4 between a shoji window 2 and a hanging-type sliding door (slide panel) 3 provided in an opening W1 formed in a side wall W of a building.

[0014] Specifically, a pair of left and right vertical frames 5, an upper horizontal frame 6, and a middle horizontal frame 4 are provided in an opening W1 in a side wall W of a building, and a shoji window 2, 2 is installed between the upper horizontal frame 6 and the middle horizontal frame 4. Sliding doors 3, 3 are installed between the vertical frames 5, the middle horizontal frame 4, and the floor surface F (or a lower horizontal frame without a doormat in some cases), and a mounting structure 1 for a sliding panel is used for the middle horizontal frame 4. More specific applications include school classrooms and entrances to each room in a building.

[0015] The structure of each component will be described in detail below. The vertical frame 5 is fixed with screws or the like to the left and right inner end faces of an opening W1 formed in a side wall W of the building. The upper horizontal frame 6 is attached so as to face the upper inner end surface of the opening W1, for example by fixing both ends to the upper ends of the vertical frame 5. The middle horizontal frame 4 is a crosspiece member with an approximately rectangular outline when viewed from the side, fixed to the left and right vertical frames 5 with a gap between it and the upper horizontal frame 6 that allows the shoji window 2 to be installed.

[0016] As shown in FIG. 2, upper and lower metallic sliding screen rails 7a, 7b are fixed to the lower surface 6b of the upper horizontal frame 6 and the upper surface 4a of the middle horizontal frame 4, respectively. The upper shoji rail 7a has two ridges 7y extending in its longitudinal direction (depth direction on the page) and parallel to each other with a gap in the width direction of the rail, and the ridges 7y are fixed to the upper horizontal frame 6 with they protrude downward.

[0017] The lower shoji rail 7b has two ridges 7y extending in its longitudinal direction (depth direction on the page) and parallel to each other with a gap in the width direction of the rail, and the ridges 7y are fixed to the middle horizontal frame 4 with their protruding upward. The two protruding strips 7y, 7y of the upper shoji rail 7a are fitted into the concave grooves 2d provided in the upper sashes 2T of the two shoji windows 2. The two protruding strips 7y of the lower shoji rail 7b carry the outer circumferential surfaces of the rollers K, which are recessed in an approximately arc shape and attached to the lower sashes 2B of the two shoji windows 2.

[0018] In this way, the two shoji windows 2 are movable left and right on the rails and are fitted into the opening W1 shown in Figure 1 between the upper horizontal frame 6 and the middle horizontal frame 4.

[0019] A substantially C-shaped hanger rail 8 is fixed to the underside 4b of the center horizontal frame 4 so as to extend in the longitudinal direction (depth direction of the page) of the center horizontal frame 4. There are no particular limitations on the method of fixing the hanger rail 8 to the underside 4b of the center horizontal frame 4, but in this embodiment, it is fixed by a substantially C-shaped holding member 9 that holds the center horizontal frame 4 and the hanger rail 8 together from above and below.

[0020] The two hanger rails 8 are fixed parallel to the width direction of the middle horizontal frame 4 with the openings of the rail grooves 8a facing downward, and are arranged so that the sliding doors 3 can be placed on the inner side S1 and the outer side S2 of the space (room, etc.) to be partitioned.

[0021] The hanger roller 10 mounted inside the hanger rail 8 has two roller portions 10a that sandwich an axle, and a connecting shaft 10b that extends downward from the axle. The hanger roller 10 is firmly fixed to the upper end surface 3 a of the sliding door 3 .

[0022] The sliding door 3 is mainly composed of a panel member 11. The panel member 11 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape having a predetermined thickness. Specifically, the panel member 11 is formed by arranging two thin surface materials 12, 12 facing each other on both sides in the thickness direction, and filling the space between them with a filling material 13 such as a paper core. A door stopper rubber (not shown) is attached to the door end side end surface of the panel member 11.

[0023] A metal reinforcing frame p1 is attached to the upper end portion 11a of the panel member 11, surrounding the front side (e.g., inside of a room) S1, the top surface, and the back side (e.g., outside of a room) S2 to reinforce almost the entire upper end portion 11a of the panel member 11.

[0024] Using the above-mentioned components, the hanger rail 8 is fixed to the underside 4b of the middle horizontal frame 4, and with the roller portion 10a of the hanger roller 10 attached inside the hanger rail 8, the sliding door 3 to which the hanger roller 10 is fixed is suspended so as to be freely movable.

[0025] In this state, a cover member 20 is attached to the upper surface 4a of the middle horizontal frame 4, as well as the front side S1 and back side S2 of the sliding door 3, covering the middle horizontal frame 4, the hanger rail 8, the hanger roller 10 and the upper end of the sliding door 3 in the vertical direction and almost the entire width direction of the sliding door 3.

[0026] As shown in FIG. 3, the cover member 20 is a member formed by bending a strip-shaped plate member in the short direction into a substantially L-shape. One side (narrower portion in this embodiment) of the cover member 20 separated by the folding line L1 constitutes the top wall portion 21, and the other side (wider portion in this embodiment) constitutes the side wall portion 22.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 4, the top wall portion 21 is a portion disposed so as to cover the upper end surface 4a of the central horizontal frame 4. The short-side dimension of the top wall portion 21 (i.e., the dimension extending horizontally from the bending line L1) is formed with a width dimension slightly smaller than the length from the convex strip 7y to the upper edge 4t of the middle horizontal frame 4 close to the convex strip 7y, so as not to interfere with the convex strip 7y provided on the upper surface 4a side of the middle horizontal frame 4.

[0028] The top wall portion 21 has screw holes formed at appropriate intervals in its longitudinal direction (the direction of the bending line L1, that is, the extension direction of the middle horizontal frame 4) through which screws 24 can be inserted to fix the top wall portion 21 to the upper surface of the middle horizontal frame 4.

[0029] The side wall portion 22 is a portion disposed so as to cover the front side S1 and the rear side S2 from the upper end edge 4t of the middle horizontal frame 4 to the upper end portion of the sliding door 3, respectively. The short-side dimension of the side wall portion 22 (i.e., the dimension extending approximately vertically from the bending line L1) is formed to a length dimension that extends from the upper edge 4t of the middle horizontal frame 4 to the upper end of the front (or back) of the sliding door 3, completely covering the gap S formed above the sliding door 3. In addition, although not essential, in this embodiment, the lower edge of the side wall portion 22 is folded from the viewpoint of design and creating a smooth surface.

[0030] The cover member 20 having the above-mentioned configuration is immovably fixed to the center horizontal frame 4 by inserting screws 24 into screw holes in the top wall portion 21, as shown in FIG.

[0031] The central horizontal frame 4, the hanger rail 8, the hanger rollers 10, the sliding door 3, and the cover member 20 that covers these and closes the gap S above the sliding door 3 constitute the mounting structure 1 for the sliding panel. A recessed groove 25 that opens toward the floor surface F is formed in the lower end portion 11b of the panel member 11. A metal reinforcing frame p2 is fitted into the recessed groove 25 along an inner surface 25a on the front side S1, a lower bottom surface 25b, and an inner surface 25c on the back side S2 to cover and reinforce substantially the entire recessed groove 25.

[0032] A guide roller 26 is disposed in a recessed groove 25 at the lower end of the panel member 11 and is fixed to a floor surface F on which the sliding portions of the two sliding doors 3 are located. The guide roller 26 is composed of a base portion 26a, a support shaft 26b protruding vertically from the base portion 26a, and a roller 26c provided on the upper end of the support shaft 26b so as to be rotatable horizontally.

[0033] Next, a method for installing the sliding door 3 using the mounting structure 1 for a sliding panel of the present invention will be described. <Panel mounting process> First, the hanger rail 8 is fixed to the underside of the center horizontal frame 4, and the hanger roller 10 is attached to the hanger rail 6. The guide roller 26 is also fixed in advance to the floor surface F corresponding to the sliding portion of the sliding door 3.

[0034] Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the hanger roller 10 is fixed to the upper end of the sliding door 3, so that the sliding door 3 is mounted on the hanger rail 8 via the hanger roller 10. Incidentally, if it is possible to hang the sliding door 3 by fixing a hanger roller 10 to the upper end of the sliding door 3 in advance and attaching the roller portion 10a of the hanger roller 10 to the hanger rail 8, then this method may be adopted.

[0035] <Cover installation process> Next, the top wall portion 21 is placed against the upper end surface of the center horizontal frame 4, the side wall portion 22 is placed against the top surface of the sliding panel 3 so as to cover the front surface of the sliding panel 3, and the top wall portion 21 is screwed to the center horizontal frame 4 as shown in Fig. 5, and the cover member 20 is attached from the center horizontal frame 4 to the upper end of the sliding door 3. The cover member 20 is also attached to the back side S2 of the sliding door 3 in the same manner as above.

[0036] The shoji window 2 can be installed at any convenient time.

[0037] By the above method, the cover member 20 can be attached very easily so as to cover the gap S above the sliding door 3 without considering interference between the cover member 20 and other members.

[0038] This installation method can be achieved by the cover member 20 that is attached from the horizontal frame to the upper end 3a of the sliding door 3 being divided into one that covers the front side S1 and one that covers the back side S2.

[0039] Furthermore, by using this cover member 20, the gap S formed at the upper end of the sliding door 3 can be covered more reliably than before, thereby providing the effect of more effectively preventing light leakage and ventilation.

[0040] Furthermore, by setting the short-side length of the side wall portion 22 to a certain extent longer, differences in dimensions of the center horizontal frame 4, hanger roller 10, etc. can be absorbed, thereby achieving the effect that a limited number of sizes of cover members 20 can be used to accommodate hanging-type sliding doors 3 with different dimensional designs.

[0041] In the above embodiment, the cover member 20 is described as being L-shaped in side view, but the shape of the cover member 20 is not limited to being L-shaped in side view. In other words, the cover member 20 may be formed only from a flat plate member without the top wall portion 21, as long as an engaging portion is provided on the side wall portion 22, an engaged portion corresponding to the engaging portion is provided on the central horizontal frame 4, and the engaging portions are firmly engaged with each other so as to be undetachable simply by pushing the engaging portion into the engaged portion.

[0042] Moreover, instead of the screw holes provided in the top wall portion 21 of the cover member 20, the above-mentioned engaging portion and engaged portion may be provided in the top wall portion 21 and the upper surface portion of the middle horizontal frame 4, respectively. According to this configuration, it becomes very easy to attach the cover member 20, which is provided at a relatively high position.

[0043] Moreover, the side wall portion 22 of the cover member 20 does not necessarily have to be formed in a rectangular shape, and the lower edge of the side wall portion 22 may be formed in a corrugated shape or other design shape as long as it can reliably cover the gap S at the upper part of the sliding door 3. With such a configuration, the cover member 20 has the effect of improving the design of the mounting structure 1 for the sliding panel. [Explanation of symbols]

[0044] 1 Slide panel mounting structure 3 Sliding door (sliding panel) 4 Middle horizontal frame (horizontal frame) 8 Clothes rail 10 Hanger roller 20 Cover member 21 Ceiling wall 22 Side wall S1 front side S2 back side

Claims

1. The apparatus comprises a hanger rail fixed to a horizontal frame, a hanger roller attached to the hanger rail, a slide panel fixed to the hanger roller and movably suspended from the hanger rail, and a cover member capable of covering upper ends of the horizontal frame and the slide panel, The cover member is formed in an approximately L-shape having a top wall portion and a side wall portion, the top wall portion covering a portion of the upper surface of the horizontal frame except for at least a portion including the central portion in the short direction, and the side wall portion covering up to the upper end of either the front side or the rear side, and is arranged on either or both of the front side and the rear side of the sliding panel.

2. The cover member is provided with an engagement portion used for fixing the cover member to the horizontal frame, The horizontal frame is provided with an engaged portion that engages with the engaging portion of the cover member, 2. The mounting structure for a slide panel according to claim 1, wherein the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other so as to be unable to be detached after engaging with each other.

3. A cover member used in the mounting structure for a slide panel according to claim 1 or 2.

Images