JP3132906B2 - Folding door - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a folding door. In particular,
The present invention relates to a folding door that is convenient when used in a small, closed room such as a bathroom or a hand-washing room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, folding doors have been disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 54-37557.
Gazette, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-50305, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 54-
As described in Japanese Patent No. 33327, two doors are mounted in a frame composed of an upper frame and a side frame, and the side ends of the two doors are rotatably connected to each other. Alternatively, it protrudes outward and is folded and opened. And, since the hanging door provided in the bathroom or the hand-washing room becomes obstructive when protruding outside when opening, usually,
It often breaks and opens, protruding into the bathroom or bathroom.

[0003]

However, in a folding door that opens in a folded state while protruding inward, an elderly person or a sick person inside falls down on the folding door due to sudden illness, seizure, etc. When the door falls down near the door, the folding door cannot be opened by protruding inward, and as a result, it is difficult to rescue the elderly or the sick, etc., inside the door, which is difficult.

[0004] In particular, since it is difficult to fall down in a tightly closed room such as a bathroom or a hand-washing room, there is a concern that such an accident may occur in a house where the elderly or the sick are. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a folding door that can be opened from the outside in the event of an emergency in which an elderly or sick person or the like inside falls down on the folding door due to sudden illness or seizure or falls near the folding door. It is to provide.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and to achieve the above object.
Two doors are mounted in a frame consisting of an upper frame and a side frame, and the side ends of the two doors are rotatably connected to each other. In a folding door that opens, a rotating shaft provided at the upper end of one door is rotatably attached to the upper frame of the frame, and a mover rotatably attached to the upper end of the other door is provided at the upper frame of the frame. It is attached so that it can move in the rail frame that was set,
The rail frame near the movable member of the other door when the door is closed is attached so that it can be removed from the outside.

If a door stop is provided on the upper frame and the side frame of the frame of the hanging door of the present invention, when the door is opened in an emergency, the door stop may be an obstacle. It is preferable that the hit and the door stop of the side frame can be removed from the outside. The folding door in the present invention is configured such that the rail frame near the moving element of the other door when the door is closed can be removed from the outside, but in addition to the rail frame near the moving element of the other door, Further, it is preferable that the rail frame near the rotation axis of one of the doors is attached so that it can be removed from the outside.

In the present invention, the rail frame is attached so as to be detached from the outside. The method of attaching the rail frame so as to be detached from the outside is to cut out a part or all of the rail frame,
Another rail frame may be detachably attached to this portion. In this detachable mounting method, a screw may be used, or another rail frame may be fitted and mounted, and the other rail frame may be pulled or pushed to be detached. Alternatively, another rail frame may be moved by rotatably attaching the end of another rail frame.

[0008]

The folding door of the present invention is normally opened and closed in the following manner. That is, in the folding door of the present invention, the side ends of the two doors are rotatably connected to each other, and a rotation shaft provided at the upper end of one of the doors is rotatably attached to the upper frame of the frame.
Since the mover rotatably attached to the upper end of the other door is mounted so as to be able to move in the rail frame provided in the upper frame of the picture frame, the door on which the mover is attached is The slider moves within the rail frame when pulled toward the attached door.

Then, the door to which the rotating shaft is attached rotates around the rotating shaft, the door to which the mover is attached rotates around the mover, and both doors are rotatably connected. The connecting part is bent while protruding inward, and the door is opened. Also, it can be closed in the reverse process.

Normally, since the sliding door is opened and closed in this manner, the sliding door of the present invention is such that when the door is closed, an elderly or sick person in the room leans against the door due to sudden illness, seizure, etc. If the folding door cannot be made to protrude inward by falling down nearby, the folding door cannot be opened by a normal method.

In such an emergency, the door is opened as follows. That is, since the sliding door in the present invention can remove the rail frame near the movable member of the other door when the door is closed from the outside, the sliding door is removed.
Then, since there is no rail frame near the mover, the mover to which the door is attached can move outward, and as a result, the door to which the mover is attached can be moved.
Therefore, the folding door can be rotated about the rotation axis of one door to open the door.

If there is a door stop in the frame and the door stop becomes an obstacle when the door is opened, it is preferable that the door stop be removed from the outside. With this structure, the door can be opened by rotating the folding door about the rotation axis of one of the doors by removing the door stop and then removing the rail frame near the mover from the outside. In the sliding door of the present invention, since the door can be opened in this manner, an elderly person, a sick person, or the like falling inside can be rescued.

Incidentally, if the structure is such that both the rail frame near the moving element of the other door and the rail frame near the rotating shaft of one door when the door is closed can be removed, both rail frames will be removed. By removing the door, both the rotating shaft and the slider attached to the door can be removed, so that the entire door can be removed, and a fallen elderly or sick person can be quickly rescued.

[0014]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described. Figures 1-4
1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a folding door, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the frame and the rail frame, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a situation where the door stop / rail frame is removed and the folding door is opened. FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view showing a relationship between a door stop / rail frame and a rail frame.

In FIGS. 1-4, A is a folding door, which comprises a frame 1 and two doors 2 and 2. The frame 1 includes an upper frame 11 and a side frame 12. The door 2 includes an upper rail 21 provided at an upper end, a side rail 22 provided at both side ends, a lower rail 23 provided at a lower end, and the upper rail 21 and the side rail 22.
It comprises door plates 25, 25 stretched on both sides of the lower beam 23.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a hinge, which is attached to the side rails 22, 22 of the two doors 2, 2, as shown in FIG. 1, and the two doors 2, 2 are rotatably connected to each other. I have. Therefore,
The two doors 2, 2 can be folded in half while projecting the connecting portion to one side. Reference numeral 4 denotes a rail frame attached to the upper frame 11. The rail frame 4 is provided with an L-shaped rail 41 facing the lower side, and a gap 42 is formed at the center. A notch 43 is provided at one end of the rail frame 4.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a door stop / rail frame attached to the upper frame 11 of the frame 1. A door stop 52 is provided at a lower portion of the door stop / rail frame 5, and an inner portion is provided on the door stop 52. Each of the rail portions 51 is provided to protrude in the direction. The door stop and rail frame 5 is superposed so as to cover the rail frame 4 from the outside as shown in FIGS.
It is attached to 1. Then, the rail portion 51 covers the notch 43 of the rail frame 4, and the rail 41 replaces the rail 41 in the notch 43.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a door stop attached to the side frame 12 of the picture frame 1, and the door stop 55 can be removed from the outside. Reference numeral 6 denotes a rotating shaft attached to the upper rail 21 of one door 2, and reference numeral 7 denotes a mover mounted to the upper rail of the other door 2. The rotating shaft 6 and the moving element 7 have the same structure. Therefore, taking this mover 7 as an example,
The structure of the rotating shaft 6 and the moving element 7 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the moving element 7 has a mounting rod 7
3, a rotating rod 71 rotatably mounted on an extension of the mounting rod 73, shaft rods 72, 72 protruding substantially horizontally to the left and right of the rotating rod 71, and rotatably mounted on the shaft rod 72. It consists of attached wheels 75,75.
A mounting rod 73 of the moving element 7 is attached to the upper rail 21 of the door, and a rod-shaped body composed of the mounting rod 73 and a rotating rod 71 rotatably attached to the mounting rod 73 is formed in the gap of the rail frame 4. 42 and enters the rail frame, and the rotating rod 71
Are mounted on rails 41, 41 facing the rail frame 4, respectively. Then, the wheels 75, 75 roll on the rails 41, 41 facing the rail frame 4.

The rotating shaft 6 has the same structure as that of the moving element 7, and the wheels rest on the rails 41 of the rail frame 4. However, the wheels are locked by stoppers (not shown), Cannot be moved. Therefore, only the rotating rod rotates on the mounting rod. Since the door 2 is attached to the door frame 1 in such a structure, when the door 2 on which the movable element 7 is attached is pulled toward the door 2 on which the rotating shaft is attached, the movable element 7 is attached. The moving element 7 of the door 2 moves on the rail 41, and the connecting part connected by the hinge 3 projects inward, breaks into two, and the door 2 can be opened.

This state will be described in further detail. When the movable element 7 moves on the rail 41, the rotating rod 71 is rotatably mounted on the mounting rod 73. By rotating between the rotating bar 71 and the mounting bar 73, the direction of the door 2 changes. However, wheels 75, 76
Moves smoothly in the rail frame 4 without changing its direction.

Further, the rotating shaft 6 rotates between the rotating rod and the mounting rod without moving on the rail 41 of the rail frame 4 at the same position, and the door on which the rotating shaft 6 is mounted. The direction of 2 changes. As a result, the door 2 is folded and opened. When closing the door, the door 2 to which the movable element 7 is attached is moved in the opposite direction. Then, the door 2 can be closed by operating in the opposite direction to when the door 2 was opened.

When the door 2 is closed in this manner, the notch 43 of the rail frame 4 comes near the movable member 7 attached to the upper rail 21 of the door 2, and the door stop and rail frame When the member 5 is removed from the outside, the movable element 7 can be removed from the notch 43 to the outside. 8
Is a guide rod, and the guide rod 8 moves along a guide groove 81 provided on the floor so that the door 2 can be opened and closed smoothly. The guide rod 8 can be inserted into the door 2 from outside.

Next, a method of using the folding door A will be described. When the door 2 is opened, the door 2 to which the movable element 7 is attached is drawn toward the door 2 to which the rotary shaft 6 is attached. Then, the mover 7 moves on the rail 41, and the guide rod 8 moves in the guide groove 81, so that the door can be opened.

At this time, the side rail 22 of the door 2 to which the movable element 7 is attached and the side rail 22 of the door 2 to which the rotating shaft is mounted are rotatably connected by the hinge 3, and the rotation of the movable element 7 Since the rod 71 is rotatably mounted on the mounting rod 73 and the rotating rod of the rotating shaft 6 is rotatably mounted on the mounting rod, the connecting portion of the two doors 2 projects inward, and the door 2, While changing the direction, the two are folded and opened as shown by the dotted line in FIG. When closing the door, the door 2 to which the movable element 7 is attached is closed.

Then, the door 2 can be moved and closed in a manner opposite to when the door 2 is opened. Thus, the folding door A is used. If an elderly or sick person inside falls down on the folding door A due to sudden illness or seizure, or falls near the folding door A, the folding door A protrudes inward and cannot be opened. Therefore, it is not possible to rescue a fallen person by opening the door in the usual way. In this case, first, the door stop and rail frame 5 attached to the upper frame 11 of the picture frame 1;
The door stop 55 attached to the side frame 12 is removed from the outside.

The guide rod 8 is pulled up from the guide groove 81 into the door 2. Then, the door 2 to which the mover 7 is attached and the door 2 to which the rotary shaft 6 is attached together are rotated outward about the rotary shaft 6 as shown by the solid line in FIG. Can be opened. In this way, the door 2 can be opened outward to rescue the elderly and the sick, etc., who have fallen inside.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 will be described. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the notch 4 is formed in each of the rail frame 4a near the rotating shaft and the moving element when the door 2 is closed.
3a and 43b are provided, and a door stop and rail frame 5a is provided on the outer side thereof.
The shape of 3a and 43b is different from the embodiment shown in FIGS. The other structure is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIGS.

In this embodiment, when a person leans on the folding door Aa or falls near the folding door Aa, the frame 1
When the door stop 5a attached to the upper frame 11 is removed, both the mover and the rotating shaft can be removed, so that the entire door can be removed. Others are the same as the embodiment shown in FIGS.

[0030]

According to the folding door of the present invention, the side ends of the two doors are rotatably connected to each other, a rotation shaft mounted on the upper end of one door is rotatably mounted on the upper frame of the frame, and the other is rotated. Since the movable element rotatably mounted on the upper end of the door is mounted so as to be able to move in the rail frame, in a normal state, the door on which the movable element is mounted is replaced with the door on which the rotating shaft is mounted. If you pull in the direction of, you can open it while projecting the connecting part of the two doors inward,
Also, the door can be closed in the reverse order.

If an elderly person or a sick person or the like inside leans against the inside of the folding door or falls near the inside folding door and cannot open the folding door, the folding door of the present invention
Since the rail frame near the mover of the other door when the door is closed is installed so that it can be removed outward, remove the rail frame and open the folding door to prevent falling elderly people or sick people etc. Can be rescued.

Further, if both the rail frame near the moving element of the other door and the rail frame near the rotation axis of the one door when the door is closed are detachably mounted, the entire door can be removed. It is convenient because it can be removed. in this way,
The folding door of the present invention can be used to remove an elderly or sick person in an emergency such as when the elderly or sick person leans against the door due to sudden illness or seizure or falls near the door and cannot open the door. Can be rescued, so it is extremely valuable to adopt it as a folding door for bathrooms, hand washrooms, etc. used by sick persons and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a front view of a folding door.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1 and showing the vicinity of a moving element.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a door stop and rail frame and a rail frame.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a door stop / rail frame is removed and a folding door is opened.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view showing a relationship between a door stop and rail frame and a rail frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Frame 11 Upper frame 12 Side frame 2 doors 21 Upper rail 22 Side rail 23 Lower rail 3 Hinges 4 Rail frame 41 Rail 42 Gap 43 Notch 5 Per unit and rail frame 51 Reamer frame unit 52 Door unit 55 Unit 6 rotation Shaft 7 Slider 71 Rotating bar 72 Shaft bar 73 Mounting bar 8 Guide bar 81 Guide groove

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. Two doors are mounted in a frame composed of an upper frame and a side frame, and side ends of the two doors are rotatably connected to each other. In a folding door in which a door is folded and opened, a rotation shaft provided at an upper end of one door is rotatably attached to a frame,
The mover attached to the other door is mounted so that it can move in the rail frame provided in the upper frame of the frame, and the rail frame near the mover of the other door when the door is closed is from the outside A folding door characterized in that it is detachably attached. 2. The folding door according to claim 1, wherein a door stop attached to the upper frame and the side frame of the picture frame is detachably attached from the outside. 3. The door frame is characterized in that both the rail frame near the mover of the other door and the rail frame near the rotation axis of one door when the door is closed are detachably mounted. The folding door according to claim 1.