JPH0341003Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a support for a carport, terrace, etc., which is formed by connecting a main pillar and an auxiliary pillar provided at intervals.

[Conventional technology and problems to be solved]

Conventionally, when connecting this type of main column and auxiliary column, for example, the main column and auxiliary column were connected using a crosspiece with a connecting tool at the end, but the connection point was connected from the outside. Since it would look unsightly if it was visible, the connectors installed at the ends of the beams were made small to prevent the connecting parts from being exposed to the outside, making it impossible to firmly connect the main pillar and the auxiliary pillars. I couldn't do it.

The present invention was created in view of the above problems, and is a car that can firmly connect the main pillar and the auxiliary pillar without spoiling the appearance due to the connection between the main pillar and the auxiliary pillar. The purpose is to provide supports for ports, terraces, etc.

[Means for solving problems]

For this reason, in the present invention, in carports, terraces, etc., where main columns and auxiliary columns are connected at intervals, connecting fittings are interposed between the opposing sides of the main column and auxiliary columns. The connecting fitting has a flat supporting part and a contact part, and the contact part is brought into contact with the main pillar and the auxiliary pillar and fixed by a fixing screw and a screw receiver, and the connecting fitting has a flat support part and an abutting part. for,
A pair of cover materials each having a substantially U-shaped cross section are installed in a covering manner, each of the pair of cover materials having an engaging portion provided at an opposing portion thereof, and fixed to each other by resilient engagement of the engaging portions. This configuration is adopted to achieve the above objective.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. In addition, in the following examples,
This figure shows a carport with a single-sided roof supported by the supports of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, this carport has a single-sided roof 30 supported by supports 1, 1 erected at predetermined intervals at a slight incline from the horizontal state.
A space for storing a car is formed below the 0.

The main pillar 1 is formed by connecting a support pillar 2 and an auxiliary pillar 3 provided at intervals with connecting members 4, 4, the main pillar 2 directly supports the single-sided roof 30, and the auxiliary pillar 3 is the main pillar. This reinforces the support for 2.

The main pillar 2 has an installation surface 18 as shown in FIG.
The auxiliary pillar 3 consists of a lower part 6 that stands upright and extends vertically from the lower part 6, and an upper part 5 that bends from the lower part 6 and extends horizontally along the lower surface of the single-slope roof 30. Lower part 8 corresponding to 5 respectively
and an upper part 7, which are connected along the inner side of the main pillar 2 via connecting members 4, 4, and are provided integrally with the main pillar 2 with a space therebetween. and,
The pillar 1 has its main pillar 2 and auxiliary pillar 3 each lower part 6,8.
It is erected by burying the lower end thereof integrally in the base portion 19. Anchors 20 are attached to the buried portions of the main pillars 2 and auxiliary pillars 3, thereby preventing the main pillars 2 and auxiliary pillars 3 from slipping out of the foundation portion 19.

The upper end of the main pillar 2 is auxiliary supported by a rod-shaped support 17 whose lower end is supported on the installation surface 18.

The main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3 are each made of extruded material such as aluminum, and the upper parts 5 and 7 are formed by extrusion and then bending.

Next, the connection structure between the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3 will be explained in detail.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, connecting portions are formed at three locations: the upper end portion, the middle portion, and the lower end portion of the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3.

The connection structure at the intermediate portion of the three connection portions will be described based on FIGS. 3 to 6.

The connection between the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3 at the intermediate connection part is made by a connection member 4 consisting of a connection fitting 9, cover materials 10, 10, fixing screws 11, 11, and screw receivers 12, 12. .

The connecting fitting 9 has a flat support portion 9a having a width corresponding to the interval formed between the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3.
It is formed into a U-shape by plate-shaped abutting portions 9b, 9b extending vertically from both ends thereof.

The abutment parts 9b, 9b have two screw insertion holes formed in the upper half and two screw insertion holes in the lower half, respectively, and the upper half faces the lower ends of the upper parts 5, 7 of the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3. The lower half portion is in contact with the opposite side surfaces of the upper ends of the lower portions 6 and 8 of the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3. Also,
Of the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3, fixing screws 11, 11 are provided on opposite sides of the upper parts 5, 7 and opposite sides of the lower parts 6, 8 at positions corresponding to the screw insertion holes of the abutting parts 9b, 9b. There is a screw insertion hole for passing.

Next, the screw receivers 12, 12 have approximately the same length as the connecting metal fittings 9 and are formed into a square tube shape, and are connected to the connecting portion between the upper portion 5 and the lower portion 6 of the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3. is inserted into the connecting part between the upper part 7 and the lower part 8 of
It is located opposite to the connecting fitting 9. Also,
Of the screw receivers 12, 12, the side surface facing the contact portions 9b, 9b of the connecting fitting 9 has a contact portion 9b,
Screw holes 14, 14 are provided on the other side for screwing into the fixing screws 11, 11 inserted through the screw insertion hole of 9b and the screw insertion holes of the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3. Cut and raised protrusions 13, 13 are formed to protrude.

Then, with the above configuration, the fixing screws 11, 11 are inserted through the screw insertion holes formed in the abutment part 9b of the connecting fitting 9 and the screw insertion holes formed in the opposing surfaces of the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3. Fixing screws 11, 11
By screwing them into the screw holes 14, 14 of the screw receivers 12, 12, the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3 are connected to each other, and the upper part 5 and lower part 6 of the main pillar 2 and the upper part 7 of the auxiliary pillar 3 are connected. The lower part 8 is connected at the same time.

In this embodiment, as described above, the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3 are firmly connected to each other with a space between them by the connecting fitting 9, the fixing screw 11, and the screw receiver 12. Also, by sandwiching the joints between the upper part 5 and the lower part 6 of the main pillar 2 and the upper part 7 and the lower part 8 of the auxiliary pillar 3 from the inside and outside with the connecting fittings 9 and the screw receivers 12, the upper part 5 and the lower part 6 and The upper part 7 and the lower part 8 are also firmly connected.

Note that the cut-outs 13, 13 formed on the screw receivers 12, 12 are engaged with the inner surfaces of the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3, and thereby, the screw receivers 1
2 and 12 are temporarily fixed to the inner surfaces of the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3 during assembly to prevent them from falling.

Next, the cover materials 10, 10 that cover the connecting fitting 9 from both sides will be explained.

These cover materials 10, 10 are the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3.
It covers the externally exposed part of the connecting fitting 9 that connects the connecting fittings 9, and is divided into two parts: a part that covers the supporting part 9a side of the connecting fitting 9, and a part that covers the opening side facing the supporting part 9a. It is configured as follows. The cover materials 10, 10 each have a flat part 10a having a size that can cover the supporting part 9a or the opening side of the connecting fitting from the outside, and a flat part 10a for covering the upper end side and the lower end side of the connecting fitting 9. and side portions 10b extending perpendicularly from both ends thereof, and is formed into a U-shape in cross section.

Further, the side surface portion 10 of the cover materials 10, 10
b, 10b are formed to have approximately half the length of the contact portion 9b, and engagement portions 15, 15 are formed at their tips. Engagement portion 1 of these side portions 10b, 10b
5 and 15 are formed so that claw-like pieces engage with each other, and the cover material 1 is inserted from both sides of the connecting fitting 9.
By covering 0,10, the cover material 10,1
The side portions 10b, 10b of 0 are the engaging portions 15,
15 are connected by resiliently engaging each other.

In addition, the support portion 9a of the connecting fitting 9 and the support portion 9a
Between the flat parts 10a of the cover material 10 that covers the sides,
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a plate-shaped elastic member 16 is interposed, and the elastic member 16 makes the elastic engagement between the engaging portions 15, 15 even stronger.

That is, by the flat part 10a of the cover material 10,
With the elastic member 16 compressed, the side surface 10
If the engaging parts 15, 15 of b, 10b are engaged,
A reaction force due to the elasticity of the elastic member 16 acts on the engaging portion 15
This makes the resilient engagement between them even stronger.

With the above structure, the cover material 1 is attached to the connecting fitting 9.
0 and 10, cover members 10 and 10 are placed facing each other from the supporting portion 9a side of the connecting fitting 9 and the opposite side thereof, and the engaging portions 15 are engaged as described above. At this time, the cover materials 10, 10 are firmly connected by resilient engagement by the elastic member 16, so that they will not easily come off even after being connected.

That is, according to this embodiment, since the connecting fittings 9, 9 are covered from both sides with the cover materials 10, 10, the connecting fittings 9, 9 are completely covered and cannot be seen from the outside. Furthermore, if the cover members 10 and 10 are made of extruded shapes like the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3, it will appear that the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3 are connected by a crosspiece made of the same type of molded material. You can maintain good appearance.

Next, the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3 at the upper end connection part
The connection is made by a connecting member 4 consisting of a connecting fitting 9, cover members 10, 10, fixing screws 11, 11, and receiving nuts 2a, 3a. The connecting fittings 9 and the cover members 10, 10 are formed into a substantially trapezoidal shape as shown in FIG. Insert the fixing screw 1 from the connecting fitting 9 side to the provided receiving nut 2a and the receiving nut 3a provided in the auxiliary column 3.
By screwing together 1 and 11, the upper part 5 of the main pillar 2
and the upper part 7 of the auxiliary column 3 are connected.

On the other hand, in the connecting part at the lower end, the connecting fittings 9, 9 and the cover materials 10, 1 at the intermediate part are connected to each other.
0, and the same screw receiver 12 at the intermediate portion is used for the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3 to connect the main column 2 and the auxiliary column 3.

Next, the single-sided roof 30 supported by the pillars 1 described above includes an upper frame 33, a lower frame 34, and left and right side frames 3.
It has a structure in which a roof panel 31 is stretched over a roof frame body 32 formed by assembling 5, 35, intermediate horizontal beams 36, and intermediate vertical beams 37. The single-slope roof 30 is supported along the upper part 5 of the main pillar 2 of the support 1. In addition, the lower frame 3 of the single-sided roof 30
4 is locked by a locking member 39 screwed to the main pillar 2, as shown in FIG.

In addition, in this embodiment, the connecting fitting 9 at the intermediate portion is connected to the fixing screws 11, 11 and the screw receivers 12, 12.
However, similar to the fixing of other connecting fittings 9, a receiving nut is provided on the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3 in the intermediate part, and the threaded fittings 12, 12 are fastened by screwing them together. The connecting fitting 9 may be fixedly attached without using.

Next, a method of assembling the support column 1 will be explained.

First, after connecting the lower part 6 of the main pillar 2 and the lower part 8 of the auxiliary pillar 3 with the connecting member 4, the lower ends of each are buried integrally and erected on the installation surface 18. Next, the upper part 5 of the main pillar 2 and the upper part 7 of the auxiliary pillar 3 are connected by the connecting member 4 at the upper end, and one end of the screw receiver 12, 12 is inserted into the lower end side of the connected upper parts 5, 7. Then, the lower end sides of the upper parts 5 and 7 are connected. At this time, since the screw receivers 12, 12 have the cut edges 13, 13, they are not temporarily fixed and fall as described above, and the connecting fitting 9 can be easily screwed. Then, the other ends of the screw receivers 12, 12 are inserted into the lower parts 6, 8 erected on the installation surface 18, and the upper parts 5, 7 and the lower parts 6, 8 are connected, and the main pillar 2 and the auxiliary pillar 3 are connected. , and constitute the pillar 1.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to the present invention, the connecting metal fittings are covered from both sides with a pair of cover materials, and the connecting metal fittings are fixed by resilient engagement of the engaging portions, so that the entire connecting metal fittings can be easily covered with the cover materials. Along with being able to
This makes the connecting fittings invisible from the outside,
Your appearance will not be compromised.

Moreover, since the connecting fittings are covered with the cover material, there is no longer the restriction of making the connecting parts small as in the past, and the entire connecting structure is eliminated without using crosspieces with connecting parts at the ends. Since it becomes possible to connect the main pillar and the auxiliary pillar with the connecting metal fittings that function as the main pillar, there is an effect that the main pillar and the auxiliary pillar can be firmly connected.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the carport, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view with a part cut away, and Fig. Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 3, and Figure 5 is A shown in Figure 4.
-A longitudinal cross-sectional view, Figure 6 is B-B shown in Figure 4.
7 is an enlarged, partially cutaway side view of the connecting portion at the upper end shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 1... Support pillar, 2... Main pillar, 3... Auxiliary pillar, 4...
...Connecting member, 9...Connecting metal fitting, 10...Cover material, 15...Engaging portion, 16...Elastic member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A support for a carport, terrace, etc., characterized by meeting the following requirements and consisting of a main pillar and an auxiliary pillar connected at intervals. (a) Connecting metal fittings are interposed between the opposing sides of the main pillar and the auxiliary pillar. (b) The above-mentioned connecting fitting has a flat supporting part and an abutting part, and the abutting part comes into contact with the main column and the auxiliary column and is fixed by a fixing screw and a screw receiver. (c) A pair of cover materials each having a substantially U-shaped cross section are attached to the connecting fittings in a covering manner. (d) The pair of cover materials are each provided with an engaging portion on its opposing portion, and are fixed to each other by resilient engagement of the engaging portion.