JP4931014B2 - Window equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a window device having a double skin structure such as a window used for an opening of a building frame and a window used for a curtain wall.

Conventionally, various window devices having a double skin structure having an air layer between an outer glass on the outdoor side and an inner glass on the indoor side have been proposed.
For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, an air layer is provided between an outer glass on the outdoor side and an inner glass on the indoor side, and the upper and lower ventilation ports that lead above and below the air layer to the outside are provided. A window device having a double skin structure in which the upper and lower ventilation openings can be opened and closed has been proposed.
In this window device, the temperature of the air layer can be lowered by opening the upper and lower ventilation ports, so that the temperature of the air layer can be lowered, and the temperature of the air layer can be reduced by closing the upper and lower ventilation ports. Therefore, indoor air conditioning can be performed efficiently.
JP 2001-253734 A

In the conventional window device described above, in order to be able to open and close the ventilation port, it is conceivable that a door is attached to the ventilation port and the door is manually opened or closed by a motor.
However, when the door is manually opened and closed, the opening and closing operation is troublesome.
In addition, it is necessary to open and close the door of the ventilation opening according to the situation of the outdoor environment, such as opening it when you do not want to transmit solar radiation heat indoors, and closing it when you want to improve heat insulation without solar radiation. Therefore, it is very troublesome for the user to perform opening / closing judgment and opening / closing operation.
When the door is opened / closed by a motor, the switch is manually turned ON / OFF to drive / stop the motor, and the motor is automatically opened / closed by the sensor and control system. There is a case. In the former case, as described above, the operation for determining whether to open or close depending on the situation of the outdoor environment is troublesome.
In the latter case, a very large apparatus is required and the cost becomes high.

  An object of the present invention is a double skin structure, and has a ventilator above and below the air layer, and can automatically open and close the ventilator according to the situation of the outdoor environment, and a low-cost window device. It is to be.

In the present invention, an outer glass outside the room and an inner glass inside the room are attached to the frame body, and an air layer is provided between the outer glass and the inner glass, and the upper part of the air layer is exposed to the outside through the upper ventilation port. A window device that opens and opens the lower part of the air layer to the outside with a lower ventilation port ,
An upper door that operates in an open state for opening the upper ventilation opening and a closed state for closing;
A lower door that operates in an open state and a closed state that opens the lower ventilation opening,
A cover body is attached to the inner surface facing the air layer in the vertical frame material of the frame body, and a space portion extending between the upper door and the lower door is formed between the cover body and the inner surface of the vertical frame material,
In this space part, a self-temperature sensing type driving body having a driving part driven by the temperature in the air layer, and a transmission mechanism for connecting the driving part to the upper door and the lower door are provided,
The transmission mechanism operates to open the upper and lower doors when the temperature in the air layer is equal to or higher than the set temperature, and operates to close the upper and lower doors when the temperature is lower than the set temperature. It is the window apparatus characterized by this.

According to the present invention, the upper door and the lower door are held closed by the elastic members, and the driving unit of the driving body is driven to extend when the temperature in the air layer is equal to or higher than the set temperature. When the door is a transmission mechanism and its drive part is extended and driven, the upper door and the lower door can be connected so as to operate in an open state against the elastic member.
In this way, the upper door and the lower door can be reliably opened and closed by the extension drive of the drive portion of the drive body.

According to the present invention, in the double skin structure having an air layer between the outer glass and the inner glass, the upper and lower ventilation openings that open the upper and lower sides of the air layer to the outside are opened and closed by the upper and lower doors, and the upper and lower Since the door is opened and closed by the driving body driven by the driving unit at the temperature of the air layer, the upper and lower ventilation openings can be automatically opened and closed according to the situation of the outdoor environment.
Further, since a self-temperature sensing type driving body and a transmission mechanism are used, the cost is low.
In addition, since the driving body and the transmission mechanism are provided in the space between the inner side surface of the vertical frame member of the frame body and the cover body, the driving body and the transmission mechanism cannot be seen from the inside and the outside through the inner glass and the outer glass. So it looks good.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a double frame having an outer glass 2 on the outside and an inner glass 3 on the inside of the frame 1 and an air layer 4 between the outer glass 2 and the inner glass 3. It is a window device with a skin structure.
An upper ventilation port 5 and a lower ventilation port 6 are provided above and below the air layer 4, and the air layer 4 is opened to the outside by the upper and lower ventilation ports 5 and 6.
The upper and lower ventilation openings 5 and 6 are opened and closed by upper and lower doors 7 and 8, respectively.

The frame 1 has an upper horizontal frame member 10, a lower horizontal frame member 11, and left and right vertical frame members 12 connected in a square shape.
The left and right vertical edge portions of the outer glass 2 are supported by the left and right vertical frame members 12, the upper horizontal edge 2 a of the outer glass 2 and the upper horizontal frame member 10 are separated, and an upper ventilation port 5 is formed between the two. is there.
The lower horizontal edge 2b of the outer glass 2 and the lower horizontal frame member 11 are separated from each other, and a lower ventilation port 6 is provided between them.

As described above, since the upper ventilation port 5 is formed between the upper horizontal edge 2a of the outer glass 2 and the upper horizontal frame member 10, the upper horizontal frame member 10 does not have an upper ventilation port, so that the vertical dimension is small. A simple cross-sectional shape.
That is, generally, since the upper horizontal frame member 10 has a cross-sectional shape having an upper ventilation port and the upper horizontal frame member 10 supports the upper horizontal edge 2a of the outer glass, the upper horizontal frame member 10 is Due to the upper vent, the vertical dimension is large and the cross section is complicated.
In addition, since the lower ventilation port 6 is formed between the lower horizontal edge 2b of the outer glass 2 and the lower horizontal frame member 11, the lower horizontal frame member 11 has a small vertical dimension as described above, and has a simple sectional shape. is there.
Note that the upper and lower horizontal frame members may have the above-described normal general upper and lower ventilation ports, and either one of the upper and lower horizontal frame members may have the above-described normal general upper and lower ventilation ports. .

As shown in FIG. 3, a body 21 of a self-temperature sensing type driving body (actuator) 20 is attached to the frame body 1 so as to sense the temperature in the air layer 4 and drive the driving unit 22. is there.
The drive unit 22 of the drive body 20 is connected to the upper door 7 and the lower door 8 via a transmission mechanism 30.
When the temperature in the air layer 4 is equal to or higher than the set temperature, the upper door 7 and the lower door 8 operate in an open state in which the upper and lower ventilation ports 5 and 6 are opened as shown in FIG. At times, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 operate in a closed state in which the upper and lower ventilation openings 5 and 6 are closed.

Since it is like this, the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 operate | move to an open / close state with the temperature in the air layer 4, and the upper and lower ventilation openings 5 and 6 can be opened and closed automatically.
The temperature in the air layer 4 varies depending on the outdoor environment such as the outdoor temperature and the presence or absence of solar radiation. For example, the temperature increases when the outdoor temperature is high, and the temperature decreases when the outdoor temperature is low. When there is solar radiation, the temperature rises, and when there is no solar radiation, the temperature falls.
Therefore, the upper and lower ventilation openings 5 and 6 can be automatically opened and closed according to the situation of the outdoor environment.
Further, since the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 are operated by the operation of the drive unit 22 of the self-temperature sensitive drive body 20, the structure is simple and the number of parts is small, so the cost is low.

In this embodiment, since the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 are operated by one drive body 20, the cost is further reduced.
Further, the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 are held in a closed state by an elastic member, for example, a coil spring 23, and the driving unit 22 of the driving body 20 is extended and driven when the temperature in the air layer 4 is equal to or higher than a set temperature. Since the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 are operated in an open state by the extension drive, the upper and lower ventilation ports 5 and 6 are reliably closed by the coil spring 23 when the temperature in the air layer 4 is lower than the set temperature. In addition, you may hold | maintain the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 in a closed state directly with the said elastic member. For example, a winding spring is provided on the support shafts of the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 to hold the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 directly in a closed state.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a cover body 13 is detachably attached to the inner surface of the vertical frame member 12, and a space is provided between the cover body 13 and the inner surface of the vertical frame member 12. Part 14 is formed.
And since the said drive body 20 and the transmission mechanism 30 are accommodated in the said space part 14, the drive body 20 and the transmission mechanism 30 do not see through the outer glass 2 and the inner glass 3, and the room | chamber interior and the appearance. Is good. The cover body 13 is not shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Next, each member will be described in detail.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, upper and lower support members 40 are respectively attached to the upper and lower portions of the outdoor portion 12 a of the vertical frame 12. For example, it is fixed by screws 41 and attached.
The upper support member 40 is in contact with the inner side surface 10a of the outdoor side portion of the upper horizontal frame member 10, and is in contact with the left and right end portions of the upper horizontal edge 2a of the outer glass 2. The lower support member 40 is the lower horizontal frame member. 11 is in contact with the inner side surface 11 a of the outdoor side portion 11 and in contact with the left and right end portions of the lower horizontal edge 2 b of the outer glass 2.
As shown in FIG. 5, the left and right vertical edge portions of the outer glass 2 are watertightly supported by the outdoor vertical seal member 15 and the indoor vertical seal member 16 on the outdoor portion 12 a of the vertical frame 12.
As shown in FIG. 3, the upper and lower portions of the outdoor vertical seal material 15 are in contact with the outdoor side surface 40 a of the upper and lower support members 40, and the upper and lower end surfaces are on the outdoor side inner side surfaces 10 a and 11 a of the upper and lower horizontal frame members 10 and 11. It touches.
The upper and lower end surfaces of the indoor side vertical seal material 16 are in contact with the inner side surfaces 40 b of the upper and lower support members 40.

The upper support member 40 includes a main body 42 and a cushioning material 43 such as silicone sponge. The main body 42 is fixed to the vertical frame member 12 with screws 41, and the cushioning material 43 has an upper side of the outer glass 2. While the edge 2a is in contact, the upper end surface of the indoor vertical seal material 16 is in contact. The lower support member 40 is an integral resin part having a main body 42 and a glass support portion 43.
The upper and lower doors 7 and 8 have door bodies 7a and 8a having a predetermined width, thickness and length, a pair of seal members 7b and 8b attached to both ends in the width direction, and a support attached to the center in the width direction. Shafts 7c and 8c are provided.
The support shafts 7c and 8c are rotatably inserted into the lateral holes 44 of the upper and lower support members 40 (main body 42), and the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 are supported by the support member 40 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction.

The cover body 13 is attached to the indoor / outdoor intermediate portion 12b of the vertical frame member 12, and the driving body 20 and the transmission mechanism 30 are attached to the indoor / outdoor intermediate portion 12b.
An inner glass 3 is provided on the indoor portion 12 c of the vertical frame member 12.
In this embodiment, the inner glass 3 is attached to the frame assembly 3 a and the frame assembly 3 a is attached to the indoor side portion of the frame 1.
Since it is like this, since the inner glass 3 can be removed with the frame assembly 3a, replacement | exchange, maintenance, etc. in the air layer 4 can be implemented easily.

As shown in FIG. 7, the drive body 20 is a so-called thermo element in which a thermal expansion material is enclosed in a main body 21 and the drive unit 22 is extended and driven by the expansion of the thermal expansion material.
The main body 21 is attached to a plate 25 attached by screws 24 to the indoor / outdoor intermediate portion 12b of the vertical frame member 12, and the drive portion 22 is extended and driven upward. For example, the main body 21 is fixed upward on the mounting piece 26 fixed to the plate 25.

The transmission mechanism 30 includes a movable body 31 that is supported on the plate 25 so as to be movable in the vertical direction, an upper and lower arm 32 that is mounted on the upper and lower sides of the plate 25 with a support shaft 32a so as to be swingable up and down, and the arms 32. And a rod 33 rotatably connected to each other by a pin 33a, and a lever 34 rotatably connected to each rod 33 by a pin 34a.
The movable body 31 has an elongated hole 35 in the vertical direction. A screw 36 is screwed into the plate 25 from the elongated hole 35 and can be moved up and down along the screw 36.
The movable body 31 and the arm 32 are connected so that the arm 32 swings up and down when the movable body 31 moves up and down. For example, a pin 37 provided on the arm 32 is inserted into the groove 38 of the movable body 31.
As shown in FIG. 4, the movable body 31 is moved downward and held by the coil spring 23 described above, and the drive unit 22 of the drive body 20 is a device (a contracted state) close to the main body 21.

The lever 34 is fixed to the support shafts 7c, 8c of the upper and lower doors 7, 8.
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the support member 40 (main body 42) has an opening 45 penetrating through the indoor side surface and the outdoor side surface, and the opening 45 intersects the lateral hole 44 and the support shaft 7 c, 8c passes through the opening 45.
The lever 34 can be inserted into the opening 45 and is fixed to the support shafts 7c and 8c. The lever 34 can swing in the vertical direction in the opening 45 together with the support shafts 7c and 8c.
Then, with the lever 34 inserted into the opening 45, the support shafts 7 c and 8 c are inserted into the lateral holes 44 and fitted into the lever 34 to attach the lever 34 to the support member 40.

Next, the operation of the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 will be described.
When the movable body 31 moves downward as shown in FIG. 4, the upper arm 32 swings downward and the lower arm 32 swings upward.
When the upper arm 32 swings downward, the upper rod 33 moves downward, the upper lever 34 swings downward, and the upper door 7 is in the vertical orientation, so that a pair of sealing materials 7 b contacts the upper horizontal frame member 10 and the upper horizontal edge 2 a of the outer glass 2 to close the upper ventilation port 5.
When the lower arm 32 swings upward, the lower rod 33 moves upward, the lower lever 34 swings upward, and the lower door 8 is in a vertical posture, so that a pair of sealing materials 8 b contacts the lower horizontal frame member 11 and the lower horizontal edge 2 b of the outer glass 2 to close the lower ventilation port 6.

In the state shown in FIG. 4 described above, when the temperature in the air layer 4 becomes equal to or higher than the set temperature, the driving unit 22 of the driving body 20 is driven to extend and the movable body 31 resists the coil spring 23 as shown in FIG. Move upward.
When the movable body 31 moves upward as shown in FIG. 3, the upper arm 32 swings upward and the lower arm 32 swings downward.
When the upper arm 32 swings upward, the upper rod 33 moves upward, the upper lever 34 swings upward, the upper door 7 rotates to a horizontal posture, and the pair of sealing materials 7b are moved upward. The upper ventilation opening 5 opens away from the horizontal frame member 10 and the upper horizontal edge 2a of the outer glass 2.
When the lower arm 32 swings downward, the lower rod 33 moves downward, the lower lever 34 swings downward, the lower door 8 rotates to a horizontal posture, and the pair of sealing materials 8b are lowered. The lower ventilation port 6 is opened apart from the horizontal frame member 11 and the lower horizontal edge 2b of the outer glass 2.

In the above-described embodiment, the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 are opened / closed by one drive body 20, but the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 may be opened / closed by different drive bodies 20.
For example, the upper and lower doors 7 and 8 are held closed by elastic members, and the drive units 22 of the two drive bodies 20 are connected to the levers 34 described above.
In addition, although the driving body 20 is a thermo element that the driving unit 22 is extended and driven, a bimetal may be used.
Further, although the driving body 20 and the transmission mechanism 30 are attached to the left and right vertical frame members 12, respectively, they may be attached only to the left and right vertical frame members 12.
A blind may be installed in the air layer 4.

Although the above-described embodiment is a window device used for an opening of a building frame, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, it can also be set as the window apparatus used for the window part of a curtain wall.

1 is an overall external view showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an overall perspective view with a part broken away showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-section detailed drawing of a door open state. It is a longitudinal cross-section detailed drawing of a door closed state. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view of a drive body attachment part. It is a disassembled perspective view of an upper door and an upper support member.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Frame body, 2 ... Outer glass, 3 ... Inner glass, 4 ... Air layer, 5 ... Upper ventilation port, 6 ... Lower ventilation port, 7 ... Upper door, 8 ... Lower door, 12 ... Vertical frame material, 13 ... Cover body, 14 ... space part, 20 ... drive body, 21 ... main body, 22 ... drive part, 23 ... coil spring (elastic member), 30 ... transmission mechanism.

Claims (2)

An outer glass on the outside of the room and an inner glass on the indoor side are attached to the frame, and there is an air layer between the outer glass and the inner glass. The upper part of the air layer is opened to the outside with an upper ventilation port, and the air It is a window device that opens the lower part of the layer to the outside with a lower ventilation port ,
An upper door that operates in an open state for opening the upper ventilation opening and a closed state for closing;
A lower door that operates in an open state and a closed state that opens the lower ventilation opening,
A cover body is attached to the inner surface facing the air layer in the vertical frame material of the frame body, and a space portion extending between the upper door and the lower door is formed between the cover body and the inner surface of the vertical frame material,
In this space part, a self-temperature sensing type driving body having a driving part driven by the temperature in the air layer, and a transmission mechanism for connecting the driving part to the upper door and the lower door are provided,
The transmission mechanism operates to open the upper and lower doors when the temperature in the air layer is equal to or higher than the set temperature, and operates to close the upper and lower doors when the temperature is lower than the set temperature. A window device characterized by. Hold the upper and lower doors closed with elastic members,
The drive part of the driver is driven to extend when the temperature in the air layer is equal to or higher than the set temperature.
The window device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive unit, the upper door, and the lower door are connected by a transmission mechanism so that when the drive unit is extended and driven, the upper door and the lower door are operated in an open state against the elastic member .

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