JP6220230B2 - Panel connection structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connection structure between divided panels used for partition panels and partition panels for partitioning offices, large venues, conference rooms and the like into predetermined sections.

  In some cases, the interior space of offices, conference rooms, hospitals, etc. may be divided and used according to the application, and the partition device used in such a manner connects the panels attached to the pair of left and right columns vertically In general, it is possible to adjust the height dimension of the panel according to the ceiling height of the room by configuring the plurality of divided panels.

  As an example of such a partition device, for example, there is a partition device as in Patent Document 1. The partition device includes a first folded piece bent at a right angle in the rear surface direction at an upper edge of the divided panel, and a second folded piece bent at a lower end at a right angle at the lower end, and a lower edge of the divided panel. The first folded piece bent at right angles to the back surface and the second folded piece bent at the tip perpendicularly downward, and when the upper and lower divided panels are combined, The two folded pieces overlap each other, and the movement of the split panel in the front-rear direction is partly restricted. Furthermore, in the partition device of Patent Document 1, a spacing member is engaged with the upper edge of the lower divided panel, and an auxiliary member having substantially the same width as this spacing member is projected upward. To straddle. In this way, the upper and lower divided panels are moved inwardly by the movement restriction of the lower divided panel by the spacing member, the movement restriction of the upper divided panel by the auxiliary member, and the overlapping of the upper and lower second folded pieces. The movement can be relatively restricted in the outward direction.

Japanese Patent No. 5117124 (page 5, FIG. 5)

  However, in the partition device of Patent Document 1, in order to prevent relative movement in the front-rear direction between the vertically adjacent divided panels, a distance holding member attached to the lower divided panel, and a distance holding member A separate auxiliary member having substantially the same width is required, resulting in an increase in the number of parts, resulting in an increase in the number of assembly operations and a complicated operation.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and provides a split panel connection structure capable of effectively regulating the relative movement of vertically adjacent split panels with a small number of assembly operations. With the goal.

In order to solve the above problems, the panel connection structure of the present invention is:
One split panel having at least one first folded piece bent to the back side at the upper and lower ends and a second folded piece further bent from the first folded piece and extending in the vertical direction; and the second folded A connecting structure for connecting the piece and the other divided panel having a projecting piece that can be superposed on the back side, in a vertical direction using a connecting device,
In the connection device, an inner surface abutting portion that abuts on an inner surface of the second folded piece of the one divided panel and a back surface abutting portion that abuts on the rear surface of the other divided panel are integrally formed. It is characterized by that.
According to this characteristic, the movement control action in the front-rear direction due to the polymerization of the second folded piece of one divided panel and the protruding piece of the other divided panel, the inner surface abutting portion in the connecting device, and the inner surface of the second folded piece In addition to the abutment, the abutment between the back surface abutting portion and the back surface of the other divided panel can effectively restrict the relative movement of the vertically adjacent divided panels. In this work, since the inner surface contact portion and the rear surface contact portion are integrally formed, the contact operation of the inner surface contact portion and the contact operation of the back surface contact portion can be performed in a series of operations. The relative movement of the vertically adjacent divided panels can be effectively restricted with a small number of operations during the connection and assembly operations.

The one-side divided panel includes a surface member and a backing material fixed to the back surface side of the surface member, and the connection device is mounted on an upper end surface of the backing material below the inner surface abutting portion. It is characterized by having a support portion to be placed.
According to this feature, at the time of connecting and assembling work, since the support unit can be placed on the upper end surface of the backing material and the connecting device can be supported by the lower divided panel, the connecting and assembling work becomes easy. .

The one divided panel includes a surface member and a backing material fixed to the back surface side of the surface member, the backing material, and a portion constituted by the first fold piece and the second fold piece. A space for allowing insertion and rotation of the connecting device is formed between them.
According to this feature, the movement space of the connection device during assembly of the connection device is reduced, and space saving in connection and assembly operations is possible.

The connecting device is characterized by integrally including an inclined portion extending inclinedly from the inner surface abutting portion toward the support portion.
According to this feature, the rotation area of the connection device can be made smaller.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of a partition apparatus. (A) is a rear view which shows a lower division panel, (b) is a side view similarly. (A) is a rear view which shows an upper division | segmentation panel, (b) is a side view similarly. (A) is a back perspective view which shows the shape of a connection apparatus, (b) is a front perspective view similarly. It is side sectional drawing which shows the process in which a connection apparatus is mounted | worn with a lower division | segmentation panel. It is a perspective sectional view which shows the aspect which mounted | wore the front and lower lower division panels with the connection apparatus. It is a sectional side view which shows the state which mounted | wore the front and lower divided panels attached to the support | pillar with the connection apparatus. It is a sectional side view which shows the state which attached the front upper and lower division | segmentation panels from the state of FIG. It is a sectional side view which shows the modification of the usage condition of a connection apparatus.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The form for implementing the connection structure of the panel which concerns on this invention is demonstrated below based on an Example.

  The partition device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. A partition device 1 shown in FIG. 1 partitions an indoor space. The indoor space refers to an internal space such as an office, a conference room, a hospital, a general supermarket, or a sports store. The width direction of the partition device 1 is the left-right direction, the direction penetrating the partition device 1 is the front-rear direction, the side where the partition device 1 faces the indoor space is the front side, and the inside of the partition device 1 is the back side or the back side Will be described.

  The partition device 1 includes a pair of upper and lower rails 2 and 3 fixed to the ceiling and the floor, a pair of left and right columns 4 and 4 erected on the rails 2 and 3, and a lower portion between the columns 4 and 4. A pair of front and rear lower divided panels 53 and 53 ′, a pair of front and rear upper divided panels 63 and 63 ′ disposed above the columns 4 and 4, a lower divided panel 53 and 53 ′, and an upper divided panel 63. , 63 ′, and the connecting devices 7, 7 ′.

  The support columns 4 and 4 have fixing brackets 8 and 8 ′ at their upper and lower ends, and are fixed to the rails 2 and 3 by the fixing brackets 8 and 8 ′. Moreover, the support | pillar 4 has two or more pairs of front and back long holes 4a, 4a, ... formed in the up-and-down direction, and the support | pillars 4, 4 are arrange | positioned so that the long holes 4a, 4a, ... may mutually oppose. ing.

  Since the pair of front and rear lower divided panels 53 and 53 ′ are panels having the same shape facing each other, only one lower divided panel 53 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the lower divided panel 53 includes a surface member 51 formed of a material such as a thin steel plate, and a backing material 52 such as a plaster board fixed to the back surface of the base portion 51 a of the surface member 51. Consists of. The upper and lower edges of the surface member 51 protrude vertically from the backing material 52, and the upper end side of the surface member 51 is bent twice so as to extend orthogonally from the base portion 51a of the surface member 51 toward the back surface side. A first folded piece 51b and a second folded piece 51c extending in parallel with the back surface 52a of the backing material 52 from the end of the first folded piece 51b downward are formed. Between the backing material 52 and a portion bent twice as described above, that is, a portion constituted by the upper end side 51g, the first folded piece 51b, and the second folded piece 51c of the surface member 51, described later. Thus, a space 56 that allows insertion and rotation of the connection device 7 is formed.

  Similarly, both side edges of the front surface member 51 are bent twice to form support pieces 51d and 51d extending in parallel with the back surface 52a. The support piece 51d has a plurality of slits 51e and 51d extending in the vertical direction. 51e,... Are formed. Since the lower divided panels 53 and 53 'have the same configuration, the description of the lower divided panel 53' is omitted.

  Next, the panel fastener 10 disposed between the pair of front and rear lower divided panels 53 and 53 'or between the upper divided panels 63 and 63' will be described. As shown in the enlarged portion of FIG. 1, the panel fastener 10 includes engaging protrusions 10 b and 10 b that can be engaged with a pair of front and rear long holes 4 a and 4 a of the support column 4, and lower divided panels 53 and 53 ′. Engaging protrusions 10a and 10a that can be inserted into the slits 51e and 51e, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the upper end side of the surface member 61 of the upper divided panel 63 protrudes above the backing material 62 and is bent twice, and has the same shape as the upper edge of the lower divided panel 53. It has become. The lower edge of the surface member 61 of the upper divided panel 63 has a flat piece 61b extending perpendicularly to the back surface side with respect to the base portion 61a of the surface member 61, and the backing material 62 facing downward from the end of the flat piece 61b. And a projecting piece 61c extending in parallel with the back surface 62a. Similarly, both side edges of the front surface member 61 are bent twice to form support pieces 61d and 61d extending in parallel with the back surface 62a of the backing material 62. The support piece 61d is formed along the vertical direction. A plurality of slits 61e, 61e,... Are formed. Since the upper divided panels 63 and 63 'have the same configuration, the description of the upper divided panel 63' is omitted.

  The lower divided panels 53 and 53 'and the upper divided panels 63 and 63' described above are connected up and down by a pair of front and rear connection devices 7 and 7 '. Since the pair of front and rear connection devices 7 and 7 ′ are devices of the same shape facing each other, only one connection device 7 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the connection device 7 is formed by bending a single metal plate. Specifically, the connecting device 7 includes a back surface portion 71 that extends vertically, a bottom surface portion 72 that gently curves from the back surface portion 71 and extends in the horizontal direction, a standing portion 73 that stands vertically from the bottom surface portion 72, and a back surface A support portion 74 extending from the standing portion 73 so as to be away from the portion 71, an inclined portion 75 extending inclined from the end portion of the support portion 74 toward the back surface portion 71, and an inner surface standing from the inclined portion 75 A contact portion 76, an upper end portion 77 extending from the upper end of the back surface portion 71 in the same direction as the bottom surface portion 72, and a back surface contact portion 78 that hangs down from the tip end portion of the upper end portion 77 are provided. The back surface 71 is formed with a large hole 71a and a small hole 71b having a smaller diameter than the large hole 71a.

  The connecting devices 7 and 7 'are attached to the lower divided panels 53 and 53', respectively. When attaching the connecting device 7 to the lower divided panel 53, as shown in FIG. 5A, first, with respect to the gap 56a between the second folded piece 51c of the surface member 51 and the backing material 52, Inserted from the front end of the inner surface abutting portion 76 in a state where the connecting device 7 is tilted, and connected so that the second folded piece 51c is positioned between the substantially square-shaped portions constituted by the support portion 74 and the inclined portion 75. The device 7 is arranged. Then, while maintaining this state, the connecting device 7 is pulled upward and rotated toward the back surface side. Subsequently, as illustrated in FIG. 5B, the connection device 7 is mounted on the lower divided panel 53 by further rotating the connection device 7.

  In the connection device 7 thus mounted on the lower divided panel 53, the support portion 74 is placed on the upper end surface 52 b of the backing material 52, and the connection device 7 is prevented from falling. Moreover, while the inner surface contact part 76 contacts the inner surface 51f of the 2nd folding piece 51c, the standing part 73 contacts the back surface 52a of the backing material 52, and the back-and-forth movement of the connection apparatus 7 is controlled reliably.

  An assembly procedure of the partition device 1 will be described. First, the support posts 4 and 4 are fixed to the rails 2 and 3 by the fixing fittings 8 and 8 ', and the plurality of panel fasteners 10, 10,... Are respectively attached to the long holes 4a, 4a,. Attaching using the mating pieces 10b, 10b. Next, the slits 51e, 51e,... Of the support pieces 51d, 51d of the lower divided panels 53, 53 'are engaged with the engaging protrusions 10a, 10a of the plurality of panel fasteners 10, 10,. The panels 53 and 53 ′ are supported on the support columns 4 and 4.

  Next, the connecting devices 7 and 7 'are attached to the lower divided panels 53 and 53' in the above-described manner (see FIG. 6). When attaching the connecting devices 7 and 7 ′ to the lower divided panels 53 and 53 ′, respectively, as shown in FIG. 6, the lower divided panels 53 and 53 ′ are positioned at positions where the connecting devices 7 and 7 ′ are shifted in the horizontal direction. Are attached to each other, and one or the other connecting device 7 is slid left and right to overlap the back surface portions 71 and 71 '.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in a state where the back surface portions 71 and 71 ′ are overlapped with each other, the connecting screw 9 is inserted from the large hole 71 a side of one connection device 7, and the other connected connection located on the back side is connected. The tip end side of the connecting screw 9 is screwed into the small hole 71b of the device 7 'to connect the connecting devices 7 and 7'.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the connection of the upper divided panels 63 and 63 'will be described. A plurality of panels attached to the support columns 4 and 4 are inserted while the protruding pieces 61c and 61c ′ of the upper divided panels 63 and 63 ′ are brought into contact with the back surface of the second folded piece 51c of the lower divided panel 53. Are engaged with the slits 61e, 61e,... Of the support pieces 61d, 61d, and the upper divided panels 63, 63 'are supported by the columns 4, 4. In this state, the projecting piece 61c of the upper divided panel 63 abuts on the second folded piece 51c of the lower divided panel 53, and the flat piece 61b is placed on the first folded piece 51b. In addition, the back contact portion 78 of the connection device 7 contacts the back surface 62 a of each backing material 62 of the upper divided panel 63.

  According to this, the movement of the upper divided panel 63 and the lower divided panel 53 in a direction away from each other is restricted by the superposition of the protruding pieces 61 c of the upper divided panel 63 and the second folded pieces 51 c of the lower divided panel 53. In addition to the action and the contact between the inner surface contact portion 76 of the connection device 7 and the inner surface 51f of the second folded piece 51c, the back surface contact portion 78 of the connection device 7 is the back surface of the backing material 62 of the upper divided panel 63. By abutting on 62a, the relative movement of the upper divided panel 63 and the lower divided panel 53 adjacent to each other in the vertical direction can be effectively restricted.

  As shown in FIG. 1, intermediate coupling members 11, 11 are installed on panel fasteners 10, 10 attached to substantially the center in the vertical direction of the lower divided panels 53, 53 ′ and the upper divided panels 63, 63 ′. Thus, the central portions of the lower divided panels 53 and 53 ′ and the upper divided panels 63 and 63 ′ are prevented from being recessed inward.

  Further, as described above, the connection devices 7 and 7 ′ are supported so as not to fall from the lower divided panels 53 and 53 ′ when the support portion 74 is placed on the upper end surface of the backing material 52. It is easy to perform subsequent assembly work.

  Further, since the inner surface contact portion 76 and the rear surface contact portion 78 are integrally formed, the contact operation of the inner surface contact portion 76 and the contact operation of the back surface contact portion 78 can be performed in a series of operations. Thus, the relative movement of the lower divided panel 53 and the upper divided panel 63 adjacent in the vertical direction can be effectively restricted with a small number of assembly operations.

  Further, the lower divided panels 53 and 53 'and the upper divided panels 63 and 63' can maintain the same separation width by the connecting devices 7 and 7 'to which the back portions 71 and 71' are connected.

  Further, since each of the connection devices 7 and 7 'is formed by bending a single metal plate, the number of parts can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  Further, the lower divided panels 53 and 53 ′ are connected to the connecting device 7 so that the second folded piece 51 c is positioned between the substantially square-shaped portions constituted by the support portions 74 and the inclined portions 75 when the partition device 1 is assembled. Since the rotation region of the connection device 7 can be reduced by arranging the second folding piece, the second folding piece regardless of the size of the gap 56a between the second folding piece 51c of the surface member 51 and the upper surface 52b of the backing member 52. The connecting device 7 can be easily attached to the lower divided panel 53 without interfering with the 51c, the backing material 52, and the like.

  In the above embodiment, the connection structure between the lower divided panel 53 and the upper divided panel 63 is such that the lower divided panel 53 and the upper divided panel 63 are arranged one on each of the front and back sides of the support columns 4, 4. 7 'has been described in a mode in which the back surface portions 71 and 71' are overlapped and attached between the pair of front and rear lower divided panels 53 and 53 'and the upper divided panels 63 and 63'. As shown in FIG. 9, the connecting device 7 is attached to the lower divided panel 53, and the back surface portion 71 is directly brought into contact with the wall surface W forming the indoor space and fixed with the connecting screw 9. May be used.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the lower divided panel 53 and the upper divided panel 63 are composed of the surface member 51 and the backing material 52. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, 1 made of steel, wood, synthetic resin, or the like. It may consist of two members. Further, even if the connecting device 7, the lower divided panel 53 and the upper divided panel 63 are mounted upside down with respect to the support columns 4, 4, the effect of restricting the relative movement of the upper divided panel 63 and the lower divided panel 53 that are adjacent vertically Can be played.

  Moreover, although the partition apparatus 1 demonstrated the lower division | segmentation panel 53 and the upper division | segmentation panel 63 which were provided in the up-and-down two steps between the support | pillars 4 and 4, it was not restricted to this, but more than three steps were provided in the upper and lower sides Also good. In this case, the divided panels positioned in the upper two stages include first and second folded pieces similar to the upper edges of the lower divided panel 53 and the upper divided panel 63 at the upper end edge, and the upper divided panel 63 at the lower end edge. By providing the projecting piece similar to the lower edge of, the connection device 7 described above can be connected to each of the vertically adjacent divided panels.

  Further, the connection device 7 is inserted through the gap 56a between the second folded piece 51c of the surface member 51 and the backing material 52 and attached to the lower divided panel 53, but is not limited to this, for example, the second folding A slit may be provided in the piece 51c, and the inner surface contact portion 76, the support portion 74, and the inclined portion 75 in the connection device 7 may be inserted through the slit.

  The assembly procedure of the partition device 1 is not limited to the order described above. For example, the lower divided panel 53 and the upper divided panel 63 are connected to each other by the connecting device 7 and then supported by the support columns 4 and 4 at the same time. Also good.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Partition device 4 Support | pillar 4a Long hole 7, 7 'Connecting device 9 Connection screw 51 Surface member 51b Surface member 1st fold piece 51c Surface member 2nd fold piece 51d Support piece 51e Slit 51f Surface member inner surface 52 Backing material 52a Backing Back surface 52b Back material upper surface 53, 53 'Lower divided panel 56 Space 56a Clearance 61 Surface member 61c Surface member protruding piece 61d Surface member support piece 61e Slit 62 Backing material 62a Backing material back surface 63, 63' Upper divided panel 71 Back surface portion 74 Support portion 75 Inclined portion 76 Inner surface contact portion 78 Back surface contact portion

Claims (4)

At least one split panel having a first folded piece bent to the back surface side and a second folded piece further bent from the first folded piece and extending in the up-down direction at the upper and lower ends; A connecting structure for connecting the folded piece and the other split panel having a projecting piece that can be superposed on the back side in a vertical direction using a connecting device,
In the connection device, an inner surface abutting portion that abuts on an inner surface of the second folded piece of the one divided panel and a back surface abutting portion that abuts on the rear surface of the other divided panel are integrally formed. A panel connection structure characterized by that.   The one divided panel includes a surface member and a backing material fixed to the back side of the surface member, and the connection device is placed on the upper end surface of the backing material below the inner surface abutting portion. The panel connection structure according to claim 1, further comprising a supporting portion.   The one divided panel includes a surface member and a backing material fixed to the back surface side of the surface member, the backing material, and a portion constituted by the first fold piece and the second fold piece. The panel connection structure according to claim 1, wherein a space allowing insertion and rotation of the connection device is formed between the two.   4. The panel connection structure according to claim 2, wherein the connection device is integrally provided with an inclined portion that extends from the inner surface abutting portion toward the support portion.

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