JPH0810099Y2 - Partition connection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to an improvement of a device for connecting a plurality of partition partitions erected on the floor in a linear or L-shape in a plan view. .

[Problems to be solved by conventional technologies and devices]

In the case where two partitions that are erected on the floor are connected to each other in a straight line shape or an L shape in a plan view, generally, for example, the actual opening 63-
As described in 200012, etc., a pillar is erected between the side edges of adjacent partitions, and a plurality of engaging holes are formed in the side plate of the pillar by vertically separating them, A downward hook-shaped locking claw is fixed to the engaging hole of the strut on the side end surface of the partition, and the locking claw is dropped into the engaging hole of the strut for locking.

However, as described above, the connecting means for dropping and locking the locking body provided at the side end of the partition into the engaging hole of the column has an advantage that the partition connecting operation can be easily performed, while the partition is Since it is difficult to completely prevent the locking claws from shifting in the engagement holes of the support columns, there is a problem that after the connection, rattling is likely to occur in the vertical direction between the two partitions.

As a conventional technique for solving this problem, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-1517 is proposed.
In Japanese Patent Publication No. 65 and Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-134012, the upper and lower end portions of the vertical frames at the left and right ends of the two wall panels that are connected to the left and right are provided with fitting portions that open upward, and the adjacent wall panels are adjacent to each other. In order to connect, the lower surface of the upper connecting member is provided with a pair of fitting portions protruding downward, and it has been proposed to fit the pair of fitting portions into the fitting portions of the adjacent vertical frames. There is.

However, in these techniques, the ceiling cover for covering the upper end of each wall panel is not a separate body, and the upper connecting member does not engage with and disengage from the ceiling cover body, and is freely detachable from the fitting portion. Therefore, the upper connecting member itself may easily come off from the wall panel.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a partition connecting device that improves the connection strength and does not easily come off without impairing the ease of the partition connecting work.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention has a structure in which the side ends of two partitions are adjacent to each other, and the locking body formed between the two partitions is formed on the side end of the other partition. Locking the engaging part formed on the side end of the partition, or the locking body formed on the side end of the partition, to the engaging part of the strut standing between the side ends of the partition. In a partition connecting device that is locked and has a top cover attached to each upper end surface of the both partitions, adjacent side ends of the two partitions are hollow side members each having an open upper end. Auxiliary connector that is formed and extends between both upper surfaces of the adjacent side members and both top covers formed to have substantially the same length as each partition, and extends across both upper surfaces of the adjacent side members. And a pair of side fittings that are fitted in the hollow portions of the adjacent side members so as not to be displaced laterally. The orientation of the engagement projection, via an intermediate connecting portion provided continuously in opposite directions to each other, the lower surface of the joint cover connected to disengageably with respect to the side end surfaces of the top cover,
A recess is formed so as to fit with the upper surface of the intermediate connecting portion.

[Function and effect of device]

According to this structure, the two partitions are configured such that the locking body provided on the side member of one partition is locked to the engaging portion of the other partition, or provided on each of the side members of the two partitions. By locking the locking body to the engaging portion of the pillar that is erected between the side members of the two partitions, the two partitions can be directly or through the pillar, and can be in a straight line shape or L-shape in a plan view. Can be easily connected to the above-mentioned form.

Then, after coupling by locking the locking body to the engaging portion, an auxiliary coupling body is arranged along the upper end surfaces of the adjacent side members in both partitions, and the intermediate connecting portion of the auxiliary coupling body is arranged. From the above, a pair of downward engaging projections, which are continuously provided in opposite directions, are fitted from above into the hollow portions of the side members of both partitions by a one-touch operation, so that the two partitions are slackened through the auxiliary connecting body. It can be connected to the empty state.

Further, while the recess on the lower surface of the joint cover is fitted in the intermediate connecting portion of the auxiliary connecting body, the joint cover and the side end of the ceiling cover are engaged with each other, and the ceiling cover is attached to the upper end surface of both partitions. When installed, since the joint cover cannot move upward with both ceiling covers, the auxiliary connecting body below it will not come off from the side members of both partitions, and it is possible to reliably prevent rattling, and to attach it to the ceiling cover and joint cover. Since the auxiliary connecting body is covered with the outer connecting body, the auxiliary connecting body is not exposed to the outside and the appearance is not deteriorated.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the partitions can be held in a connected state without rattling without impairing the easiness of connecting work or deteriorating the appearance, and the auxiliary connecting member once connected can be securely prevented from coming off. Has the effect of being able to.

〔Example〕

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a partition type partition, and the partition 1 is, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of upper and lower core frame bodies 2 and 3 formed in a rectangular shape in a front view, and upper and lower core frame bodies 2 and 3. And a lower horizontal beam member 5 having a substantially H-shaped cross section fixed to the lower surface of the lower core frame body 3. Side members 6 formed in a hollow shape having an H-shaped cross section on each of the left and right side surfaces of the bodies 2 and 3.
, And the locking pieces 6b parallel to the wall surface of the partition 1 are integrally connected to the front and rear edges of the outer plate 6a in each of the side frame bodies 6, and the shelf board 7 is attached to the locking pieces 6b. Supporting bracket 8
The locking claws 8a are provided with a large number of locking groove holes 9 at appropriate vertical intervals.

The wall panels 10 are detachably attached or fixed to the front and back surfaces of the left and right members 6 and the core frames 2 and 3 by appropriate means, while the upper and lower horizontal beam members 4 and 5 are connected to the upper and lower horizontal beams. Cover body 11 for closing the groove of the outward opening in the members 4 and 5,
Each 12 is detachably attached.

An end cover 13 made of synthetic resin or the like for covering the outer side plates 6a from the outside is detachably fitted on the outer side plates 6a of the respective side members 6. As shown in FIG. 1, these end covers 13 are formed by engaging and disengaging a headed locking projection 14 provided on the inner surface of the end cover 13 with an engagement hole 15 formed in the outer side plate 6a of the side member 6. The side member 6 is attached to and detached from the outer plate 6a, and a frame member 16 having a front and rear halves is mounted between the upper and lower end covers 14, and the frame member 16 is attached to the frame member 16. A cover plate 17 for closing the space surrounded by 16 is detachably attached.

As shown in FIG. 5, the wall panel 10 has an edge member of appropriate width made of an elastically deformable soft material such as soft rubber or sponge on both left and right ends of a substrate 18 made of a hard material such as wood. 19 is a structure in which 19 are fixed by an appropriate means such as adhesion, and the substrate 18 and the edge member 19 are covered with a flexible decorative cloth 20 such as a cloth or a synthetic resin sheet.
The shelf plate 7 is supported in the engaging groove hole 9 by pushing and bending the edge portion 19 of the wall panel 10 under the condition that the engaging groove hole 9 of the side member 6 is covered with the edge member 19 of 10. The locking claws 8a of the bracket 8 that can be engaged and disengaged.

In this case, the outer surface of the front and rear edges of the end cover 13
While 13a is formed in a slanted shape in a plan view, the inner end surface 19a of the edge member 19 is formed in a slanted surface parallel to the slanted inner surface 13a of the end cover 13 in a plan view, and these edge members 19 are formed. Between the slanted end surface 19a and the slanted outer surface 13a of the end cover 13, there is formed a gap having substantially the same thickness as the plate thickness of the bracket 8.

The lower portions of the upper and lower horizontal beam members 4 and 5 are formed in a gutter shape so that the cord 37 can be stored. Further, the cover body 11 for the upper cross beam member 4 has a structure in which a pair of upper and lower shielding films 11b formed of an elastic body such as rubber are fixed to a frame portion 11a formed of a hard material such as synthetic resin. The cord 37 can be pulled out to the outside from the abutting portions of the upper and lower shielding films 11b, while the lower beam member 5 is covered.
Although 12 is formed in a simple plate shape, the cover body 12 for the lower horizontal beam member 5 is also a cover body for the upper horizontal beam member 5.
You may make it the same structure as 11.

Reference numeral 21 shown in FIG. 5 is a filling material such as a honeycomb material inserted between the front and rear wall surface panels 10, and reference numeral 15 is a ceiling cover described later in detail.

Reference numerals 22 and 23 are a male connector and a female connector for connecting the two partitions 1 and 1 in a straight line in a plan view, and are configured as follows.

That is, the male connector 22 is composed of the upper and lower lateral beam members.
Horizontal oblong holder 2 fixed to screws 4 and 5 with screws 25
6, a pair of upper and lower locking bodies 24 are fitted and inserted into the hollow portion of the holder 26, and an upward claw portion 24a is provided at the tip of the upper locking body 24 and a lower locking body 24 of the lower locking body 24. While forming downward claws 24a at the tips, the base ends of the upper and lower engaging bodies 24 are pivotally attached by pins 27, and the pins 27 are attached to the front and rear side plates of the holder 26. It penetrates through the left and right laterally elongated oblong holes 28.

Further, by locking the pin 27 to the slider 29 fitted in the holder 26 so as to be slidable left and right, when the photographing portion 29a provided on the slider 29 is pinched and moved left and right, the vertical locking body 24 The claw portion 24a is configured so as to be retractable with respect to the opening end of the holder 26, and between the upper and lower locking bodies 24,
A compression spring 30 for urging the locking body 24 so as to rotate in a direction in which the claw portion 24a at the tip thereof is separated is mounted.

On the other hand, the female connector 23 includes a holder 31 fixed to the lateral beam members 3 and 4 of the other partition 1 with screws 25 or the like. When the upper and lower locking bodies 24 of the mold coupling tool 22 are most protruded, a pair of upper and lower engaging edge portions 32 are formed which engage with the claw portions 24a of the locking body 24 and hold the locking portions 24 so as not to move backward. To do.

Further, guide bodies 33 having a substantially U-shaped cross section are fixed to both upper and lower surfaces of the tip end portion of the holder 31 of the female connector 23, and the upper and lower guide bodies 33 are engaged with the claw portions 24a of the upper and lower locking bodies 24. The pressing body 34 is slidably fitted in the vertical pressing body.
A stopper piece 34a located inside the hollow portion of the guide body 33 is integrally formed on the 34, and the stopper piece 34a and the holder
A compression spring 35 is inserted between the outer surface of 31 and an operating member 36 having a substantially U-shaped cross section which is fitted to the holder 31 and fixed to both pressing bodies 34 by screwing or the like. A horizontal operation piece 36a for vertically moving the operation member 36 is laterally provided on the 36.

Reference numeral 38 shown in FIGS. 1 and 9 denotes the side members 6 adjacent to each other in the two partitions 1 and 1 which are linearly connected in a plan view.
Is an auxiliary connecting body made of a metal plate disposed between the upper end surface of the metal plate and the left and right top covers 15, and the auxiliary connecting body 38 is a partition between both sides.
The auxiliary connecting body 38 is formed to have a length that extends across the upper end surfaces of the two adjacent side members 6, 6 of 1, 1.
Fits tightly in the hollow portions of the adjacent side members 6 through the downward U-shaped intermediate continuous portion 38b fitted on the upper surface of the mating portion of the adjacent side members 6,6. A pair of downwardly projecting engaging protrusions 38a, 38a are provided so as to extend in mutually opposite directions, and each engaging protrusion 38a has a groove 39 for preventing interference with the partition plate portion 6c of both side members 6,6. A pair is formed at the front and back with the pair sandwiched.

The top cover 15 is formed in a U-shape in a downward cross section, and is configured to cover the auxiliary connecting body 38 at an end thereof. The ceiling cover 15 is detachably attached to the partition 1 by engaging and disengaging the headed locking projection 40 provided on the lower surface thereof with the engaging hole 41 formed in the upper core frame body 2. (It goes without saying that other locking means may be adopted).

Reference numeral 42 indicates a joint cover for closing the gap between the end faces of the left and right top covers 15. The joint cover 15 has protrusions 43 protruding laterally from the left and right end faces of the joint cover 15.
It is mounted so as not to come off by engaging with a hole 44 bored in the end face of 15, and a concave portion fitted on the intermediate connecting portion 38b of the auxiliary connecting body 38 is formed on the lower surface of the joint cover 42. 42a is formed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 11, in a portion other than the connecting portion of the partition 1, a corner cap is provided in a space sandwiched between the end surface of the top cover 15 and the upper end surface of the end cover 13.
45 is provided, and the corner cap 45 is configured so that the projections 43 protruding from the side end surface and the lower end surface thereof are locked in the holes 44 formed in the end surface of the top cover 15 and the upper end surface of the end cover 13. I have to.

In this case, the top cover 15 for each partition 1 is formed to have a length dimension such that the corner cap 45 can be arranged between the left and right end surfaces of the partition cover 1 and the upper end surfaces of the left and right end covers 13, in other words, Each top cover 15 can be used both when the partition 1 is connected and when it is not connected,
Therefore, when connecting the two partitions 1 and 1 to the left and right, the corner cap 45
When horizontally connected, between the end faces of the left and right top covers 15,
A gap having a size twice as wide as the width of the corner cap 45 is to be created. Therefore, the joint cover 42 is attached to close the gap between the end faces of the left and right top covers 15, but the partition 1 is connected. In this case, the top cover 15 having a long length may be separately manufactured, and the end surfaces of the left and right top covers 15 may be directly brought into contact with each other.

Further, instead of providing one joint cover 42 between the left and right top covers 15, as shown in FIG. 12, one corner cap 45 is provided for each of the left and right top covers 15. However, this may be locked to each top cover 15 and the auxiliary connecting body 38 (in this case, the corner cap 45).
Since the lower end surface of the auxiliary contact member 38 contacts the upper surface of the auxiliary connecting member 38, the upper end of the side member 6 and the upper end of the end cover 13 are positioned below the auxiliary connecting member 38 by the thickness of the auxiliary connecting member 38. The heaven cover 15
Must be matched with hole 44).

In the above configuration, when the sliders 29 of the upper and lower male connectors 22 are moved toward the outside of the partition 1 while the end covers 13 of the two partitions 1, 1 are in close contact with each other, the upper and lower portions of the male connector 22 are moved up and down. Claw portion 24a of both locking bodies 24
Is the engagement edge of the female connector 23 due to the so-called kicking action.
By engaging with 32, the two partitions 1 are connected.

After connecting the male and female connectors 22 and 23, the engaging projections 38a of the auxiliary connectors 38 are fitted into the openings of the upper ends of the adjacent side members 6 of the adjacent partitions 1 and 1 from above. When inserted, the engaging projections 38a of the auxiliary connecting body 38 are engaged with the side members 6 so as not to be displaced in any of the front, rear, left, and right directions, so that the partitions 1 and 1 are firmly fixed to each other. It is connected to each heaven cover 15
When attached, the auxiliary connector 38 is covered so as not to be exposed to the outside.

In this way, the two partitions 1, 1 can be held in a joined state without rattling by a one-touch operation in which the auxiliary connecting body 38 is simply fitted into the adjacent side members 6. Further, the joint cover 42 and the side ends of the ceiling covers 15 and 15 are engaged with each other in a state where the recess 42a on the lower surface of the joint cover 42 is fitted in the intermediate connecting portion 38b of the auxiliary connecting body 38. If the top covers 15 and 15 are attached to the upper ends of both partitions, the joint cover 42 cannot move upward with both top covers 15 and 15, so the auxiliary connector 38 below it also comes from the side member of both partitions. It does not come off, it is possible to reliably prevent backlash, and since the auxiliary connecting body 38 is covered by the top covers 15 and 15 and the joint cover 42, the auxiliary connecting body 38 may be exposed to the outside and the appearance may be deteriorated. There is no.

In order to separate the connected partitions 1 and 1, the top cover 15 and the auxiliary connecting body 38 are removed by the procedure reverse to the above, and then,
With the covers 11 and 12 for the upper and lower horizontal beam members 4 and 5 removed, the operation piece 36 of the upper and lower operation members 36 in the female connector 23.
It suffices to put a finger on a and press the upper and lower operation members 36 against the force of the spring 35 so as to approach each other. With this pressing operation, the claws of the upper and lower locking bodies 24 in the male connector 22 can be obtained. Part 24a
Is pressed by the pressing bodies 34, 34, and the claw portions 2 of the upper and lower locking bodies 24 are
The engagement of the engagement edge 32 of 4a is released, and the right partition
1,1 are separated.

In the above embodiment, the two partitions were directly connected via a pair of male and female connectors, but when the two partitions were connected via a support, an auxiliary connector was used,
Since it is formed so as to extend beyond the upper surface of the column to the upper end of the adjacent side member of the partition, and this auxiliary connecting body may be formed with an engaging projection that fits tightly in the hollow portion of the adjacent side member. (If the column is hollow, the auxiliary connecting body may be provided with an engaging projection that fits in the hollow portion of the column).

Further, when the partitions are connected to each other in an L shape or the like in plan view, it goes without saying that the planar shape of the auxiliary connecting body may be changed according to the connection mode of the partitions.

Further, the form of the locking body and the engaging portion is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and, for example, the male connector 22 is fixedly formed while the male connector 22 is fixed, while the female connector is opposite to the above-described embodiment. It goes without saying that various other forms can be adopted, such as configuring the 23 as a slide type.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a main part, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a connected state of partitions, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of partitions, and FIG. A partially cutaway front view of a portion indicated by an arrow IV in the drawing, FIG. 5 is a V of FIG. 2 and FIG.
-V enlarged sectional view, FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional front view of the same portion as FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the coupling device, FIG. 8 is a plan view taken along line VIII-VIII of FIG. 2, and FIG. Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in Fig. 8, Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken along the line XX in Fig. 8, Fig. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounted state of a corner cap, and Fig. 12 is another embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows an example. 1 ... Partition, 2, 3 ... Core frame, 4,5 ... Horizontal beam member, 6 ...
… Side member, 10 …… Wall panel, 15 …… Ceiling cover, 22 ……
Male connector, 23 …… Female connector, 24 …… Locking body, 32 ……
Engagement part, 38 ... Auxiliary connector, 38a ... Engagement protrusion, 42 ...
Joint cover, 45 …… Corner cap.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An engaging portion in which side ends of two partitions are adjacent to each other, and a locking body formed at a side end of one of the two partitions is formed at a side end of the other partition. Or the locking body formed on the side end of both partitions is locked to the engaging part of the pillar standing between the side ends of both partitions, and the upper end surface of said two partitions In a partition connecting device, each of which is equipped with a ceiling cover, adjacent side ends of the two partitions are formed by hollow side members each having an open upper end. An auxiliary connecting body extending across both upper surfaces of the adjacent side members is provided between the upper surface and both ceiling covers formed to have a length substantially equal to that of each partition, and the auxiliary connecting body is provided with the auxiliary connecting body. Is a pair of downward engaging projections that are fitted in the hollow portions of the adjacent side members so as not to be displaced laterally. The joint cover, which is continuously installed in opposite directions through the installation portion and is detachably connected to the side end surfaces of the both ceiling covers, has a concave portion that is fitted to the upper surface of the intermediate connection portion. A partition connecting device characterized by forming a place.