JPH0431426Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to the improvement of a folding door device that can be easily attached to the front of the top and bottom plates or the shelves located above and below without affecting the storage space. This invention relates to a folding door device that can be installed.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, various folding door devices have been provided, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 10556/1983,
A hanging rail with an opening facing forward on the lower surface of the front edge of the upper frame and a swing prevention rail with an opening facing forward on the upper surface of the front edge of the lower frame are pivotally connected between the folding doors. A folding door is provided in which an upper runner and a lower runner protruding from the back side of a strip-shaped connecting piece are engaged with each other, but there are problems in that the storage space is narrowed due to the installation of the rail, and the rail As mentioned above, the mounting positions are also limited to the lower surface of the upper frame portion and the upper surface of the lower frame portion. On the other hand, as disclosed in Utility Model Publication No. 56-35070, there has been provided a system in which rails are attached to the front positions of the top plate and the bottom plate, but the rails are used to connect the upper and lower parts forming the storage space. Since it is fixed to the frame and the upper guide groove is oriented downward and the lower guide groove is oriented upward, dirt and dust can easily accumulate in the lower guide groove, which can interfere with the smooth opening and closing of the folding door. There was a risk that this could happen.

[Problem that the invention aims to solve]

In view of the above-mentioned situation, the present invention aims to provide a solution that can be installed in the front opening of the storage space without narrowing the storage space, has a simple structure and is easy to assemble, and also allows dust to be removed from the lower rail. To provide a folding door device that can be smoothly opened and closed without causing dirt or dust to accumulate.

[Means for solving the problem] In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention has a groove with a front opening attached to the front of the top plate and bottom plate fixed between both side panels or the shelf boards located above and below. The upper and lower ends of the door located at one end of a folding door formed by hingedly connecting two doors to each other are pivotally connected to the metal fittings fixed to the end of one side in the length direction of the rail, and the folding door A folding door device is constituted by slidingly engaging the running portion of a guide tool pivotally mounted above and below the free end of the rail into the groove of the rail.

[Effect]

The folding door device of the present invention, which has the above contents, has rails attached to the top and bottom plates fixed between both side panels, or to the front of the shelf boards located above and below, so it is not only easy to assemble, but also easy to assemble. Even if the folding door is attached to the front of the storage space by slidably engaging the running parts of the guides pivoted on the top and bottom of the folding door with the rail, the storage space will not be narrowed, and the front The folding door can be smoothly opened and closed even when used for a long period of time by using a rail with grooves in the opening to prevent dirt and dust from accumulating.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be further explained in detail based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a shelf device to which the folding door device of the present invention is installed, and Figure 4 shows the state in which the folding door is actually installed, where A is a shelf board, B is a rail, C is a folding door, and D indicates a metal fitting, and E indicates a guide.

The shelf board A is fixed between the both side plates 2 and 2 of the shelf device 1, and a large number of shelves can be installed between the both side plates 2 and 2. The shelf constitutes the bottom plate 4, and the one located in the middle constitutes a normal shelf 5, which can also be used upside down. The shelf board A is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
As shown in the figure, rectangular mounting holes 6, 6 are formed at both ends of the front surface for mounting metal fittings D, which will be described later, and locking holes 7 are formed on both sides of the mounting holes 6, 6 closer to the center. , 7, and a support member 8 of the metal fitting D is fixed to the rear of the mounting hole 6.
Butterfly holes 9, . . . are provided on the upper surface of the support member 8, and holes 10, . One side was completely covered with a cover 11 so that it could be used. In this embodiment, the rail B has a central part opened in the length direction, leaving both upper and lower edges of the front surface, to form a groove 12, and the upper and lower edges are connected to a locking edge 1.
3, and a mounting hole 14 having the same shape as the mounting hole 6 is formed at the rear surface position corresponding to the mounting hole 6 of the shelf board A.
Hooks 15 that can be fitted and locked into the locking holes 7 are provided protruding from both sides of the rear surface in the longitudinal direction. folding door C
As shown in FIG. 7, two doors 16, 16 are connected to each other by a hinge 17 so as to be foldable. Door 1 located on the upper and lower surfaces and the other end of
Pins 19, 19 are provided protruding from the upper and lower surfaces of the free end 18 of 6. The metal fitting D includes a main body part 20 that can be inserted into the mounting hole 6 of the shelf board A and the mounting hole 14 of the rail B, and a mounting part 21 that protrudes toward this side from the front surface of the rail B.
Therefore, holes 22,... are bored in the main body part 20 at positions corresponding to the screw holes 9,... of the support member 8,
In addition, a circular hole 23 is bored in the mounting portion 21 for pivotally mounting the pin 19 at one end of the folding door C, and a diagonal notch is cut out in a portion of the mounting portion 21 near the center of the shelf device 1. 24 so as not to get in the way when the folding door C is folded. As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 7, the guide E has a shaft hole 26 on one side of the base plate 25 for pivotally mounting a pin 19 located on the upper and lower surfaces of the free end 18 of the folding door C. are provided on the other side, and trochanters 27, 27 are provided on both sides of the substrate 25, respectively.
The running portion 29 was constructed by rotatably pivoting 28 in parallel in the direction along the rail B.

In addition, other embodiments of the rail B and guide E are shown in the eighth example.
In addition to the structure of the rail B, upper and lower guide surfaces 30, 30 are formed inside the opening, and protrude from both upper and lower surfaces of the base plate 25 of the guide tool E and abut against the guide surface 30. Although trochanters or sliders 31, 31 are provided in contact with each other to prevent vertical wobbling, the rail B and the guide E can be formed into any suitable shape.

Therefore, when installing the folding door device of the present invention on the front surface of the shelf device 1, first insert the running portion 29 of the guide tool E into the groove 12 from the side of the rail B and install it so that it can slide. Then, the rail B can be fixed to the front surface of the shelf boards A and A located above and below by screws, etc., but in this embodiment, the rail B is inserted into the locking holes 7 and 7 on the front surface of the shelf board A as described above. With the hooks 15, 15 protruding from the rear surface fitted and locked,
A large number of parallel holes 32, . . . are formed in the upper and lower sides of the shelf board A at appropriate intervals on both side plates 2, 2, and bolts and nuts 3 are inserted through the holes 10, . . . on both sides of the shelf board A.
3, ... is fixed between the side plates 2, 2, and the lengthwise both ends of the rail B are abutted on the inner surfaces of the side plates 2, 2 to restrict lateral movement of the rail B. Then, the locking hole 7 and the hook 15 are installed so as to maintain the fitted and locked state, resulting in the state shown in FIG. 3. Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the metal fitting D
Rail B, which is located on either side of the main body 20 of
are inserted from the front of the mounting hole 14 of the main body 20 and the mounting hole 6 of the shelf A, and screwed into the screw holes 9, ... of the support member 8 to fix them. Then, the state shown in FIG. 7 is reached, and the pins 19, 19 at the top and bottom of the side end of the door 16 located at one end of the folding door C are attached to the mounting part 21 that protrudes forward from the front surface of the rail B. It is inserted into the holes 23, 23 and pivoted to prevent it from coming off with an E-ring 35 etc., and the upper and lower pins 19 of the free end 18 of the folding door C,
19 is inserted into the shaft hole 26 of the guide E, and is pivoted while being prevented from coming off with an E ring 35 or the like as described above. The folding door device of this invention has two doors 1
A set of folding doors C composed of 6 and 16 is installed in the shelf device 1.
It can also be installed on the front of two sets of folding doors C and C.
It is also possible to pivot the side ends of each to metal fittings D and D fixed to both sides of the rail B, and attach them to both sides of the front of the shelf device 1, so that the folding door C can be opened from the center to both sides. .

The running portion 29 of the guide tool E configured in this way is
Although it moves within the groove 12 of the rail B,
Since the trochanters 27, 27 are provided along the rail B on both sides of the board 25, the trochanters 27, . . .
can be smoothly guided by rotating in contact with the inside of the locking edge 13 of the rail B, and furthermore, since the trochanters 27, 27 are provided along the length direction of the rail B, the corresponding The angle of the guide E with respect to the rail B is always constant, so the distance between the folding door C and the front surface of the rail B or other members is constant, and even if the folding door C moves, other members They should not come into contact with each other and cause damage to each other. By using shelf boards A of the same standard and installing them between the top plate 3, bottom plate 4, and normal shelf 5 side plates 2, 2, the top plate 3 and the bottom plate 4 or the shelves 5 located above and below,
Not only can the rails B and B be attached to the front of the rail B and the folding door C can be installed between the rails B and B, but also the folding door C and C can be arranged in two stages above and below. The embodiment can be realized. In addition, the shelf 5 attached to the middle part can be of the same standard as the other shelf A to which the rail B is attached, but as shown in Figure 4, a shelf with the rail B attached to the front side can be used. It is also possible to use a shelf 5 with a depth equal to the depth of board A. Furthermore,
As the folding door C, two or more doors 16,...
It is also possible to hinge them together, in which case the fifth
As shown in the figure, the adjacent free ends 18, 18 may be newly connected with a hinge 17 so as to be foldable when viewed from the front. In addition, although guide tools E and E are pivotally attached to the adjacent doors 16 and 16, respectively, in FIG. 5, it is also possible to omit one of them.

Furthermore, when configuring another shelf device 1 on the side of the shelf device 1, one of the adjacent side plates 2 is omitted as shown in FIG. If new shelf boards A, . . . are simultaneously fixed to the side of the side plate 2 with nuts 33, . . . , the number of parts can be reduced. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, a ground rail 36 placed or fixed on the floor
The baseboard 37 is attached to the outside, and the base rail 36 and the baseboard 37 are
An adjuster star 38 is interposed in the space formed by the baseboard 37 so that the vertical height of the baseboard 37 can be adjusted, and the shelf device 1 is installed above the baseboard 37.

[Effect of idea]

According to the folding door device of the present invention as described above, one side in the length direction of the rail having a groove with a front opening attached to the front surface of the top plate and bottom plate fixed between both side plates or the shelf boards located above and below. The upper and lower ends of the door located at one end of the folding door, which is formed by hinged two doors to each other, are pivoted to the metal fittings fixed to the ends, and the upper and lower ends of the free end of the folding door are pivoted. Since the running part of the guide tool is slidably engaged in the groove of the rail, the storage space is not narrowed, and the upper surface of the rail is formed as a part of the shelf, so that the storage space is not narrowed. A folding door can be attached to the front of the rail, and it is difficult for dirt and grime to accumulate in the grooves of the rails located above and below, so even when used for a long period of time, the guide tool can be engaged in the grooves of the rails. The running part of the rack can be smoothly guided by the slide, and since the rails are attached to the front of the shelf board, it is not only easy to assemble, but also allows the rails to be installed among the many shelf boards fixed between both side boards. By changing the spacing between the upper and lower shelves by selecting shelves or changing the mounting position of the shelves, folding doors of various heights can be installed extremely easily, allowing for a variety of configurations. This is something that can be achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory exploded perspective view showing how rails are attached to shelf boards fixed to a shelf device, Fig. 2 is an enlarged and omitted perspective view showing shelf boards, rails, and metal fittings, and Fig. 3
The figure is a partial cross-sectional view showing the state in which the shelf board and rail are installed between both side panels, Figure 4 is an abbreviated vertical cross-sectional view showing the state in which the guide tool pivoted to the folding door is engaged with the rail, and Figure 5 6 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing how a folding door made up of two or more doors and a guiding device are installed, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the guiding device, and FIG. 7 shows the folding door device of the present invention as a shelf device. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the main part, with some parts omitted, showing a state in which the rail and the guide device are installed. FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the rail and guide tool. A...Shelf board, B...Rail, C...Folding door,
D...Metal fitting, E...Guiding tool, 1...Shelf device, 2...
...Side plate, 3...Top plate, 4...Bottom plate, 5...Shelf, 6
... Mounting hole, 7 ... Locking hole, 8 ... Support member, 9
...screw hole, 10...hole, 11...cover, 12...
...Groove, 13...Locking edge, 14...Mounting hole, 15
...Hook, 16...Door, 17...Hinge, 18...
...Free end, 19...Pin, 20...Main body, 21...
...Mounting part, 22...hole, 23...circular hole, 24...
Notch, 25... Substrate, 26... Shaft hole, 27... Trochanter, 28... Shaft attachment, 29... Running part, 30... Guide surface, 31... Trochanter or slider, 32...
Hole, 33... Bolt, nut, 34... Screw, 3
5...E ring, 36...ground rail, 37...baseboard, 38...Asia star.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] 1. A top plate and a bottom plate fixed between both side panels, or a rail fixed to one longitudinal end of a rail having grooves with a front opening attached to the front surface of shelf boards located above and below. The upper and lower ends of the folding door located at one side end of the folding door, which is formed by hingedly connecting two doors to each other, are pivotally connected to the metal fittings, and the guide tool is pivoted above and below the free end of the folding door. A folding door device in which a portion of the folding door is slidably engaged in a groove of the rail. 2. Fit and lock the hooks protruding from the rear surface of the rail into the locking holes formed on the front surface of the top plate and the bottom plate or the shelf board, and at the same time, secure both lengthwise ends of the rail with both side plates. A folding door device according to claim 1 of the utility model registration claim.