JP2006057286A - Thumb-turn - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve crime preventiveness by impeding illegal unlocking performed by hooking an inserted wire, bar, or the like to a grip part of a thumb-turn to rotate the thumb-turn. <P>SOLUTION: The thumb-turn is provided with a connecting shaft 3 for inputting turning operating force to a lock case mechanism part; a support frame 6 positioned coaxially with the connecting shaft 3 and rotatably provided at a door or a lock case; and a grip part 16 provided with a fitting part 17 fitted to the connecting shaft 3, at the base end, provided slidably in an axis direction between a fitted position A to the connecting shaft 3 and a detached position B detached from the connecting shaft 3, swinging in the detached position B, provided with a regulating means 15 for regulating sliding motion in the axis direction, and provided at the support frame 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention inputs an operating force by rotation to a lock box mechanism part built in an opening / closing body such as a door, or a lock box mechanism part in a lock case arranged so as to protrude from the door surface. The present invention relates to a thumb turn for moving a provided locking member forward and backward with respect to an opening / closing body frame.

  Lock doors are provided at the entrance doors of condominiums and houses, and the lock box has a built-in locking / unlocking mechanism that locks and unlocks the door by engaging and disengaging the dead bolt that has been advanced and retracted from the door mouth. ing. Locking / unlocking operation force is input to the lock box from the outdoor side of the door by a cylinder lock, and locking / unlocking operation force can be input from the indoor side of the door by thumb turn. That is, from the outdoor side, it is necessary to perform an operation with the key of the cylinder lock.

This type of thumb turn has a blade-shaped knob that protrudes perpendicularly to the indoor surface side of the door, as disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. This knob is connected to a locking / unlocking mechanism of the lock box via a thumb turn shaft. Therefore, from the indoor side, by picking this knob with a finger and rotating it forward and backward, the rotational operating force is transmitted directly to the lock box via the thumb turn shaft, and the dead bolt is advanced and retracted by the locking and unlocking mechanism. The lock operation can be performed easily.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-157715 (Fig. 1b, Fig. 1c)

  However, in recent years, glass-fitted small windows for producing luxury and elegance tend to be adopted especially for entrance doors and joinery around the doors. When the small window glass is broken at the door with a small window, the thumb turn is inserted by inserting a hand from the outside and operating the thumb turn illegally, or inserting a wire or a rod with its tip bent into a bowl shape. There is a risk of unauthorized operation.

  In general, a rotary thumb turn often used for doors has a knob that is exposed on the indoor side with a wing protruding outward from the center of rotation in the radial direction. In some cases, an unauthorized unlocking operation can be performed by hooking the bowl-shaped tip of the bent and giving a rotational moment.

  In addition, even in a door without a small window as described above, if a hole or gap for inserting a wire, such as a post opening, is in the door itself or a wall near the door, the thumb turn is similarly unlocked. There was a fear.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and provides a thumb turn that can prevent unauthorized unlocking by rotating the thumb turn by hooking the inserted wire or bar to the thumb turn picking portion, and improving crime prevention. The purpose is to plan.

Next, means for solving the above problems will be described with reference to the drawings corresponding to the embodiments.
The thumb turn according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a connecting shaft 3 for inputting a rotational operation force to the lock box mechanism,
A support frame 6 positioned on the same axis as the connecting shaft 3 and rotatably provided on a door or a lock box;
A fitting portion 17 that fits to the connecting shaft 3 is provided at the base end, and is slidable in the axial direction between a fitting position A with the connecting shaft 3 and a disengagement position B that is detached from the connecting shaft 3. A knob 16 provided on the support frame 6 and provided with a regulating means 15 that swings at the separation position B and regulates sliding in the axial direction.
It is characterized by comprising.

  In this thumb turn 1, in a state where it is used as a normal thumb turn 1, the axis C2 of the knob portion 16 is on the same axis as the axis C1 of the connecting shaft 3, and the knob portion 16 is in the fitting position A to be fitted. The part 17 is fitted to the connecting shaft 3. In this state, if the knob portion 16 is picked and the rotation operation is performed, the rotation operation force is transmitted to the connecting shaft 3 because of the interlocking connection state, and thus the lock box mechanism portion is operated. Force is input. On the other hand, when the knob portion 16 is slid and the fitting portion 17 is detached from the connecting shaft 3, the knob portion 16 is at the separation position B, and the knob portion 18 is swung by the restricting means 15 at that position. As a result, the axial direction (C2) of the knob 16 is different from the axial line C1 of the connecting shaft 3. In this state, even if the knob portion 16 is rotated, the knob 16 is in a detached state that is not connected to the connecting shaft 3, and the knob portion 16 is idled so that the turning operation force is applied to the connecting shaft 3. There is no transmission. That is, it becomes impossible to perform an illegal rotation operation and the like, and crime prevention is obtained.

The thumb turn according to claim 2 is the thumb turn according to claim 1, wherein the regulating means 15 is:
A support shaft 14 whose axis is perpendicular to the axis C1 of the connecting shaft 3,
An elongated hole 18 into which the support shaft 14 is fitted;
Comprising
When the elongated hole 18 is in a longitudinal direction parallel to the axial direction of the connecting shaft 3, it guides the sliding between the fitting position A and the detaching position B, and the detaching position B It is characterized by being swung around a support shaft 14.

  In this thumb turn, the sliding and swinging of the knob portion 16 is configured by a combination of the support shaft 14 and the elongated hole 18, the fitting between the connecting shaft 3 and the fitting portion 17 of the knob portion 16, and these The detachment can be performed by sliding the elongated hole 18 in the longitudinal direction, and the oscillating member 14 is swung around the support shaft 14 at the detachment position B.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the thumb turn according to the first or second aspect, the knob portion 16 is provided with a biasing means for biasing in the direction of the detachment position B.

  In this thumb turn, the state in which the fitting portion 17 of the knob portion 16 and the connecting shaft 3 are fitted and connected to each other is forcibly released by the urging force of the urging means, and is in a state of being separated from each other. . Therefore, in order to perform the locking / unlocking operation as the thumb turn 1, it is necessary to operate against the urging force of the urging means, and the rotation operation force cannot be easily input to the connecting shaft 3, thereby improving the security. Will be.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the thumb turn according to the first, second, or third aspect, the knob 16 includes a holding unit that holds the swinging state at the separation position B.

  In this thumb turn, the knob 16 is detached from the connecting shaft 3 and rocked and held in a state where the axes are in different directions. In the normal state, the knob 16 is fitted to the connecting shaft 3. Is not performed. Therefore, the knob 16 is in a state of being idled with respect to the connecting shaft 3, and even if an illegal operation is performed, a rotation operation force is input to the lock box mechanism. No locking / unlocking operation is performed.

  According to the thumb turn of the first aspect of the present invention, in order to transmit the operating force of the knob to the connecting shaft, the knob is on the same axis as the axis of the connecting shaft, and is fitted by sliding in the connecting shaft direction. The fitting position of the knob is fitted to the connecting shaft. In this state, the turning operation force of the knob is transmitted to the connecting shaft, and the locking / unlocking operation to the lock box mechanism can be performed. Also, if the knob is slid to the disengaged position, the knob is unfitted with the connecting shaft, and the knob is simultaneously swung so that the axis of the knob is different from the axis of the connecting shaft. And will not be fitted to each other. In this state, the knob is in a rotatable state together with the support frame, that is, the rotation of the knob on the side of the knob is not transmitted to the connecting shaft, and the knob only rotates idle. Therefore, even if you try to operate the thumb turn illegally by inserting a split window into a small window provided on the door, etc., you must slide the knob as a coaxial line with the axis of the connecting shaft and rotate them together. Therefore, it is impossible to perform such an operation easily, the operation force cannot be input to the lock box mechanism part, and the unlocking cannot be performed. Even if the thumb turn is illegally operated by inserting a wire from the gap between the door and the door frame, the knob only rotates idle and cannot be unlocked by inputting the operation force into the lock box mechanism. That is, it is possible to prevent unauthorized unlocking by rotating the knob by hooking a wire or a bar to the knob, and improve crime prevention.

  According to the thumb turn according to the second aspect of the present invention, the sliding and swinging of the knob is configured by a combination of a support shaft and a long hole, and the fitting between the connecting shaft and the fitting of the knob is performed. These separations can be performed by sliding the elongated holes in the longitudinal direction, and they can be swung around the support shafts at the respective separation positions, and can be realized with a simple configuration.

  According to the thumb turn according to claim 3 according to the present invention, the state where the fitting portion of the knob and the connecting shaft are fitted and interlocked and connected is forcibly released by the biasing of the biasing means, It will be in the state where each other left. For this reason, in order to perform the locking / unlocking operation as a thumb turn, it is necessary to operate against the urging force of the urging means, and since the rotation operation force cannot be easily input to the connecting shaft, the crime prevention performance is further improved. It will be.

  According to the thumb turn according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the knob is separated from the connecting shaft, is rocked and held in a state where the axes are in different directions, and in a normal state, the knob is It will be in the state which is not fitting with a connecting shaft. From this, the knob is in a state where it rotates idly with respect to the connecting shaft, and even if an illegal operation is performed, the turning operation force is not input to the lock box mechanism, An unauthorized unlocking operation can be prevented.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a thumb turn according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a thumb turn according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the thumb turn.

  A door (not shown) is provided with a lock box. The lock box includes a latch bolt, a dead bolt, and a lock box mechanism for moving the door forward and backward from the mouth of the door. The door has thumb turn 1 on the indoor side. The above-described dead bolt of the lock box can be moved forward and backward from the door mouth by rotating the thumb lock 1 with the key of the cylinder lock provided on the surface on the outdoor side of the door.

The thumb turn 1 has a connecting shaft 3 for inputting a rotational operation force to the lock box mechanism.
The connecting shaft 3 passes through a support plate (not shown) to the lock box or the door, and is prevented from being removed and can be rotated. The base end 4 of the connecting shaft 3 has, for example, a cross-shaped cross section, and is fitted into an input shaft of a lock box mechanism (not shown) so as not to be relatively rotatable.
At the center of the tip of the connecting shaft 3, a connecting portion 5 is provided so as to be fitted with a fitting portion 17 of a knob portion 16 described later. In the present embodiment, the connecting portion 5 is formed in a groove shape that is recessed in the axial direction as shown in FIG.

  The support frame 6 is positioned on the same axis as the connecting shaft 3 and is rotatably provided on a door, for example, a decorative ring 7 protruding from the door surface. As shown in FIG. 1, the support frame 6 includes a shaft portion 8 on the proximal end side and a frame portion 9 formed in a substantially U shape on the distal end side.

  The shaft portion 8 penetrates substantially the center of the decorative ring 7 and is rotatable, and the retaining piece 10 provided in the middle is in contact with the inner surface of the decorative ring 7. The frame portion 9 is disposed on the front surface of the decorative ring 7, and parallel projecting pieces 11, 11 at both ends project toward the front side. With the back surface of the frame portion 9 and the retaining piece 10, the support frame 6 is restricted from being removed in the axial direction with respect to the decorative ring 7. The end surface of the shaft portion 8 faces the tip of the connecting shaft 3.

The support frame 6 has a guide hole 12 that passes through the shaft portion 8 and the frame portion 9. The guide hole 12 is configured such that a fitting portion 17 of a knob portion 16 described later passes therethrough.
A mounting hole 13 is formed through the tip of each protruding piece 11, 11 of the frame portion 9. The mounting holes 13 and 13 are provided with support shafts 14 constituting one side of the restricting means 15 so as to extend over both the protruding pieces 11 and 11.

  The knob portion 16 is formed in a plate shape. In the present embodiment, the tip is curved and formed in a substantially meniscus shape. At the base end of the knob portion 16, there is a fitting portion 17 that protrudes in the axial direction parallel to the plate surface. The fitting portion 17 can be inserted into the guide hole 12 formed in the support frame 6. The knob portion 16 is formed with a slit-like long hole 18 that is orthogonal to the axial direction and parallel to the plate surface and penetrates both side portions. The elongated hole 18 constitutes the other of the restricting means 15, and the above-described support shaft 14 is disposed therethrough. And this knob | pick part 16 is arrange | positioned between the both protrusions 11 and 11 of the support frame 6, and the spindle 14 spanned over both the protrusions 11 and 11 penetrates the long hole 18, and is attached.

  The knob 16 attached to the support frame 6 extends along the longitudinal direction of the long hole 18 with respect to the support shaft 14 at both ends in the longitudinal direction, that is, between the distal end side of the long hole 18 and both ends of the proximal end of the knob. In the meantime, the long hole 18 is slidable with respect to the support shaft 14 as a guide. In the state where the axis of the support frame 6 and the axis of the knob 16 are the same axis with respect to the support frame 6, in the slidable state, the fitting part 17 of the knob 16 is moved by the sliding. A state of being inserted into the guide hole 12 of the support frame 6 and a state of being pulled out from the guide hole 12 are set. The end side is a separation position B. At the detachment position B, the knob 16 is supported only by the support shaft 14, and the knob 16 swings with respect to the support frame 6. This swinging is because the center of gravity moves to the distal end side of the knob portion 16 when the position of the support shaft 14 becomes the proximal end side (detachment position B) of the knob portion 16, and FIGS. ), The plate surface is substantially perpendicular to the support frame 6.

In the thumb turn 1 having such a configuration, the axis C2 of the knob portion 16 is coaxial with the axis C1 of the connecting shaft 3 and the support frame 6, as shown in FIG. The knob 16 is in the fitting position A, the support shaft 14 is located on the distal end side of the elongated hole 18, the fitting part 17 passes through the guide hole 12, and the distal end is The coupling shaft 3 is fitted into the coupling portion 5 and is fitted to each other.
In this state, when the knob portion 16 is picked and the rotation operation is performed, the support frame 6 is rotated together with the knob portion 16, and the rotation operation force is transmitted to the connecting shaft 3. As a result, the operating force is input to the lock box mechanism. That is, the locking / unlocking operation can be performed.

  On the other hand, in order to make the thumb turn 1 unusable, the knob 16 at the fitting position A is picked and pulled forward along the axial direction so that the knob 16 is attached to the support shaft 14 with respect to the support frame 6. On the other hand, it slides along the longitudinal direction of the long hole 18. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the fitting portion 17 is retracted from the connecting shaft 3 and is detached from the guide hole 12 of the support frame 6. The knob 16 slides and moves until the support shaft 14 reaches the disengagement position B of the elongated hole 18, and the knob 18 is released from the knob 16 at that position so that the knob 18 is centered on the support shaft 14 of the regulating means 15. As a result, the axis direction (C2) of the knob portion 16 is orthogonal to the axis C1 of the connecting shaft 3 and the support frame 6, as shown in FIG. In this state, even if the knob portion 16 and the support frame 6 are rotated, the knob 16 and the support frame 6 are in a detached state that is not connected to the connecting shaft 3. The dynamic operation force is not transmitted to the connecting shaft 3. That is, it becomes impossible to perform an illegal rotation operation and the like, and crime prevention is obtained.

  Therefore, in this thumb turn 1, in order to transmit the operating force of the knob 16 to the connecting shaft 3, the knob 16 is on the same axis as the axis C1 of the connecting shaft 3, and is slid in the connecting shaft 3 direction to fit. At the position A, the fitting portion 17 of the knob portion 16 is brought into a fitting state with the connecting portion 5 of the connecting shaft 3. In this state, the knob portion 16 and the connecting shaft 3 are linked and connected, and the turning operation force of the knob portion 16 is transmitted to the connecting shaft 3 so that the locking and unlocking operation to the lock box mechanism portion can be performed. Further, if the knob 16 is slid to the disengagement position B, the knob 16 is released from the fitting state with the connecting shaft 3 and simultaneously the knob 16 swings from the axis C1 of the connecting shaft 3. Since the axis C2 of the knob portion 16 is in a different direction and deviates, the fitting is not performed. In this state, the knob 16 is in a rotatable state together with the support frame 6, that is, the rotation on the knob 16 side is not transmitted to the connecting shaft 3, and the knob 16 only idles. Therefore, even if an attempt is made to operate the thumb turn 1 illegally by inserting a split window into a small window provided on the door or the like, the knob 16 is slid in the direction of the door as a coaxial line with the axis of the connecting shaft 3 and rotated. Therefore, it is impossible to perform such an operation easily, the operation force cannot be input to the lock box mechanism, and the door cannot be unlocked. Even if the thumb turn 1 is illegally operated by splitting or inserting a wire or a rod through the gap between the door and the door frame, the knob 16 only rotates idle, and the operation force is input to the lock box mechanism. Cannot lock.

  In the above-described embodiment, the restricting means 15 is described as an example configured by the support shaft 14 provided in the support frame 6 and the long hole 18 provided in the knob portion 16. It is good also as providing a spindle on both sides of a knob | pick part, and setting it as the same slidable structure as the above.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the connecting shaft 3 and the knob portion 16 are fitted, the person who operates the knob portion 16 manually pulls and releases the fitting state when the fitting state is released. The example in which the connection state with the connecting shaft 3 is released by sliding to B has been described, but when the hand is released from the knob portion, the knob portion 16 slides in the backward direction with respect to the support frame 6, and the connecting shaft 3. It is good also as what comprises the structure urged | biased with respect to detachment | leave state, ie, an urging means.
For example, an urging means such as a coil spring is provided between the opposing surfaces of the front surface of the support frame 6 and the base end portion of the knob portion 16, and the urging force is always provided in the direction in which the knob portion 16 is separated from the support frame 6. Then, the knob 16 is slid to the fitting position A to finish the turning operation such as locking / unlocking, and when the hand is released from the knob 16, the knob 16 is urged in the direction of moving backward and away from the support frame 6. Then, the fitting state of the fitting portion 17 with respect to the connecting shaft 3 is released. And since the knob | pick part 16 is located in the removal position B by an urging | biasing means, the knob | pick part 16 rock | fluctuates centering on the spindle 14, and each axis line C1, C2 does not correspond, ie, it will be in a crime prevention state. .
On the other hand, when the fitting portion 17 of the knob portion 16 is fitted to the connecting shaft 3, it must be slid while pressing the knob portion 16 in the axial direction against the urging force of the urging means. In addition, as the operation of locking and unlocking, since one operation is increased, the crime prevention performance is improved.

  Further, as the above-described urging means, the urging means can be arranged in the elongated hole 18 so as to have an urging force with respect to the support shaft 14. It is good also as a structure which moves to the position B direction.

In the above-described embodiment, the knob 16 is swung at the disengagement position B due to its own weight, and the axes C1 and C2 are set in different directions. However, the holding means for holding the swung state is provided. It is good also as providing.
For example, as this holding means, a torsion coil spring is arranged around the support shaft 14, one end that extends is fixed to the support frame 6, and the other end is slidable on the knob 16. By stopping, a biasing force is generated at the other end portion at the separation position B, and the knob portion 16 can be swung with respect to the support frame 6.

Furthermore, as this holding means, by providing a locking structure such as a combination of spherical irregularities in the gap portion between the inner surface of the protruding piece 11 of the support frame 6 and the side portion of the knob portion 16, It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the position can be maintained by generating a click feeling.
By providing such a holding means, the knob portion 16 is maintained in the swinging state, that is, the axis C1 of the connecting shaft 3 and the axis C2 of the knob portion 16 are maintained in different directions. The part 16 and the connecting shaft 3 are not easily fitted and connected.

It is a disassembled perspective view showing embodiment of the thumb turn which concerns on this invention. It is a sectional side view of the same thumb turn. It is a sectional side view which shows the operation state of the thumb turn. It is the figure which showed the side sectional view which shows the operation state of the same thumb turn in (a), and the front view in (b).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Thumb turn 3 ... Connecting shaft 6 ... Support frame 14 ... Support shaft 15 ... Restricting means 16 ... Knob 17 ... Fitting part 18 ... Elongated hole A ... Fitting position B ... Separation position

Claims (4)

A connecting shaft for inputting a rotational operation force to the lock box mechanism,
A support frame that is located on the same axis as the connecting shaft and is rotatably provided on the door or the lock box;
The base is provided with a fitting portion that fits to the connecting shaft, and is provided to be slidable in the axial direction between a fitting position with the connecting shaft and a releasing position that is detached from the connecting shaft. A knob that swings at a position and restricts sliding in the axial direction, and a knob provided on the support frame;
A thumb turn characterized by comprising: The regulating means is
A support shaft whose axis is perpendicular to the axis of the connecting shaft;
An elongated hole into which the support shaft fits;
Comprising
When the elongated hole has a longitudinal direction parallel to the axial direction of the connecting shaft, the sliding between the fitting position and the detaching position is guided, and the supporting shaft is centered at the detaching position. The thumb turn according to claim 1, wherein the thumb turn is swung.   The thumb turn according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the knob includes a biasing means for biasing in the direction of the separation position.   The thumb turn according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the knob is provided with holding means for holding a swinging state at the disengagement position.

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