Patent Application
20180184853
The present invention relates to the field of bathroom accessories, in particular to a shower door mounted in a shower room. The present invention is based on a Chinese invention patent application No. CN201610330855.X filed on May 18, 2016, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Nowadays, people usually arrange a shower room in a toilet during decoration. Existing shower rooms usually use shower doors with glass plates. Existing shower doors are mainly divided into two structures, respectively including openable and closable doors with tracks and hinge doors with hinges.
A hinge door has a framework which is made of metal, a glass plate is provided in the framework, usually the framework is provided with a frame, the frame is fixed on a wall, a pivot door with a glass plate is fixed on the frame and thereby the fixation of the glass plate and the fixed frame is realized. Usually, a pivot is provided on the pivot door, the glass plate is fixed on the pivot and the pivot door can rotate around the pivot and thereby the opening and closing of the pivot door are realized.
An openable and closable door has a framework which is made of metal, the framework comprises one or two tracks, the track is arranged at an upper end or a lower end of the shower door and the track is substantially arranged in flush with the ground. In addition, a frame is provided on each of two sides of the framework, the frame is arranged perpendicular to the rack and the frame is fixedly connected with the track. At least two glass plates are provided in the framework, the plurality of glass plates may all be movable glass plates which can slide back and forth in the track and may also include at least one fixed glass plate which cannot slide relative to the track. If a fixed glass plate is arranged, usually the fixed glass plate is called as a fixed door, the shower door at least includes one movable glass plate which can slide back and forth in the track and usually the movable glass plate is called as a movable door.
In order to realize back-and-forth sliding of the movable door, usually two rolling wheels are arranged on the movable door and the rolling wheels can slide on the track to realize the opening and closing of the movable door. Since the weight of the movable door is comparatively great, when the movable door is opened and closed, usually a comparatively great force is needed for pushing. However, since the weight of the movable door is great, the inertia is also comparatively great. When the movable door is opened or closed to a limit position, the movable door will hit against the frame or a limiting member, and consequently a very great impact is caused to the movable door, the frame and the track. If the impact force is great, possibly the movable door or the frame is caused to be damaged and thereby the use of the shower door is influenced.
For this reason, currently there is a shower door, a closer is mounted on a track, a clamping member is provided on the closer and a limiting member is provided on a movable door. When the movable door slides, the limiting member can slide to a position inside the clamping member. Thereby, since the clamping member further needs to be driven to slide when the movable door slides, the sliding resistance of the movable door is increased, thus the impact force when the movable door slides to a limit position is decreased and the movable door or a frame is prevented from being damaged.
However, the movable door easily bounces up and down in a sliding process, resulting that the movable door falls off from the track and the use safety of the shower door is influenced.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a main purpose of the present invention is to provide a shower door which can be prevented from falling off from a track and can reduce the impact force produced when a movable door is opened and closed.
In order to realize the above-mentioned main purpose, the present invention provides a shower door comprising a movable door, at least one rolling wheel being fixed on the movable door and at least one limiting member being fixed on the movable door; the shower door further comprises a track assembly, the track assembly comprising a track, the track being arranged below the rolling wheel, a closer being fixed on the track, the closer comprising a clamping member and a middle portion of the clamping member being provided with an upwards-formed clamping mouth; and in addition, the limiting member comprises a limiting block and an anti-bouncing block, the limiting block is located above the track, the limiting block is adapted for being clamped in the clamping mouth of the clamping member and the anti-bouncing block is located below the track.
In a preferred solution, the limiting member further comprises a limiting member body, the limiting block and the anti-bouncing block are respectively located at two ends of the limiting member body, and the limiting block and the anti-bouncing block both extend from the limiting member to one side away from the track.
In a further solution, an attaching piece is provided on one side, close to the track, of the limiting member body, and the attaching piece is attached to a surface of the track.
In a further solution, two threaded holes are provided in the limiting member body and screws penetrate through the threaded holes and fix the limiting member on the movable door.
In a further solution, a circle of groove is provided in a circumference of the rolling wheel, the groove is mounted on the track, and a distance between the anti-bouncing block and a lower wall of the track is smaller than a depth of the groove of the rolling wheel.
In a further solution, one closer is provided at each of two ends of the track and one clamping member is provided on each closer.
In a further solution, the closer further comprises a strip-shaped body, a sliding groove is provided in the body, the clamping member is slidable back and forth in the sliding groove, one end of the sliding groove is provided with a concave hole, the clamping member is obliquely arranged relative to the body when the clamping member slides to the concave hole and one clamping block of the clamping member is located in the concave hole.
Since the closer is provided on the track of the shower door provided by the present invention and the clamping mouth is provided on the clamping member on the closer, when the movable door slides to a limit position, the limiting block of the limiting member slides to a position inside the clamping mouth, thus the sliding speed of the movable door is reduced, the movable door can be effectively prevented from causing a very great impact force to the frame and the track through the cushioning effect of the clamping member and the limiting member, and thus the movable door and the track are prevented from being damaged. In addition, since the limiting member is further provided with the anti-bouncing block and the anti-bouncing block is located below the track, the movable door can be prevented from falling off from the track through the joint effect of the limiting block located above the track and the anti-bouncing block located below the track.
Besides, since the limiting block and the anti-bouncing block are respectively located at the two ends of the limiting member body, when the movable door slides, the anti-bouncing block can better prevent the movable door from bouncing upwards, and thus the stable sliding of the movable door is guaranteed. In addition, since the limiting member is fixed on the movable door through two screws, the limiting member is prevented from rotating relative to the movable door and the relative position relationship among the limiting block, the anti-bouncing block and the track is guaranteed as well.
Further, since the clamping member can slide back and forth on the sliding groove of the closer, the clamping member slides with the limiting member in a process that the movable door slides back and forth, the limiting member slides to a position inside the clamping mouth of the clamping member after the movable door slides to a certain position, the sliding speed of the movable door is decreased when the limiting member slides into the clamping mouth, the movable door further needs to drive the clamping member to slide in the body of the closer after the limiting member slides into the clamping mouth, thus the sliding speed of the movable door is slowed down and thus the impact caused by the movable door to the frame is effectively decreased.
Besides, since one end of the sliding groove is provided with the concave hole, the clamping member is obliquely arranged when the clamping member slides to the end portion of the sliding groove, thus the limiting block is facilitated to slide into the clamping mouth of the clamping member and the limiting block is also facilitated to slide out of the clamping mouth when the movable door slides towards an opening direction.
The present invention will be further described below with reference to the drawings in combination with the embodiments.
A shower door provided by the present invention is installed in a shower room. Referring to
Referring to
A middle portion of the rolling wheel 31 is further provided with a through hole 33, an axle 36 penetrates through the through hole 33, and the rolling wheel 31 can rotate around an axis of the rolling wheel 31 relative to the axle. An internal threaded hole is provided in the axle 36 and a screw 35 is screwed into the axle 36. In addition, the screw 35 penetrates through the through hole 11 in the movable door 10 and then is screwed into the internal threaded hole of the axle 36, and thereby the rolling wheel assembly 30 is fixed on the movable door 10 through the through hole 11. Preferably, a bearing is provided in the rolling wheel 31.
Through holes 12 are provided below the through holes 11 and a limiting member 13 is fixed on the movable door 10 by penetrating screws 18 through the through holes 12. Referring to
The limiting member 13 has a limiting block 17 and an anti-bouncing block 18, the limiting block 17 is located at an upper end of the limiting member 13 and the anti-bouncing block 18 is located at a lower end of the limiting member 13. From
From
Another limiting member 64 is further provided on the movable door 10. Referring to
The upper end of the fixed door 20 is provided with a through hole 21, a screw 22 may penetrate through the through hole 21 and realize fixation of the fixed door 20 and the track assembly 40. One side of the fixed door 20 is provided with a wall fixing member 23, the wall fixing member 23 has a bottom wall attached to a wall surface, the bottom wall extends in a direction toward the fixed door 20 to form a pair of sidewalls, a groove 24 is formed between the bottom wall and the sidewalls, and one side of the fixed door 20 is inserted into the groove 24. Preferably, through holes are provided in the bottom wall of the wall fixing member 23 and the wall fixing member 23 is fixed on the wall surface by using and penetrating screws or rivets through the through holes. Of course, the fixed door 20 may also be fixed on the wall surface through glass clamps or the like.
The track assembly 40 comprises a long strip-shaped track 41. Referring to
The track assembly 40 further comprises wall sleeves 45 which are arranged at two ends of the track 41, each wall sleeve 45 is substantially cuboidal, a pressing block 46 is provided on one side, close to a wall, of each wall sleeve 45, a through hole 47 is provided in the pressing block 46, and the pressing block 46 may be fixed on the wall surface by using and penetrating a screw through the through hole 47. In addition, end portions of the track 41 may be inserted into the wall sleeves 45, a cavity 44 is formed in each wall sleeve 45, the end portions of the track 41 are inserted into the cavities 44 and thereby the end portions of the track 41 can be prevented from directly abutting against the wall surface and causing the wall surface damaged. A top wall of each wall sleeve 45 is provided with a threaded hole 28, the end, with the threaded hole 28, of each wall sleeve 45 is enabled to sleeve the pressing block 46 and thereby the wall sleeve 45 is fixed with the pressing block 46. Preferably, an upper end of the pressing block 46 is provided with a groove and the wall sleeve 45 can be fixed on the wall surface by using and screwing a screw 29 into the threaded hole 28 and enabling the screw 29 to stretch into the groove.
In order to fix the wall sleeves 45 at the end portions of the track 41, the top wall of each wall sleeve 45 is provided with a threaded hole 48 and a bolt 49 can be screwed into the threaded hole 48. After the bolt 49 is screwed into the threaded hole 48, a lower end of the bolt 49 can abut against an upper surface of the end portion of the track 41 and thereby fixed connection between the track 41 and the wall sleeves 45 is realized. Preferably, the bolt 49 is a hexagon socket bolt, i.e., a middle portion of the bolt 49 is provided with an internal hexagonal hole.
Two mounting grooves 50 are provided in the track 41 and a closer 51 is mounted in each mounting groove 50. As illustrated in
A clamping member 55 is provided on the closer 51, the clamping member 55 has two clamping blocks 56, 58, the two clamping blocks 56, 58 are respectively located at two ends of the clamping member 55, and a clamping mouth 60 is formed between the two clamping blocks 56, 58. As illustrated in
Since the limiting block 17 may slide into the clamping member 55 and may also slide out of the clamping member 55 in the sliding process of the movable door 10, in order to guarantee that the limiting block 17 smoothly slides into and out of the clamping member 55, portions of outer side surfaces of the two clamping blocks 56, 58 are arranged to be inclined surfaces. For example, the outer side surface of the clamping block 56 has an inclined surface 57 and the inclined surface 57 is obliquely arranged from top to bottom from an outer side of the clamping block 56 to an inner side of the clamping block 56. Similarly, the outer side surface of the clamping block 58 has an inclined surface 59 and the inclined surface 59 is obliquely arranged from top to bottom from an outer side of the clamping block 58 to an inner side of the clamping block 58.
In addition, an upper end of the closer 51 is provided with a sliding groove 62, and the clamping member 55 is mounted in the sliding groove 62 and may slide back and forth in the sliding groove. One end of the sliding groove 62 is provided with a concave hole 54. From
In addition, the anti-bouncing block 18 is located below the track 41. After the track assembly 40 is mounted to the fixed door 20 and the movable door 10 is mounted in place, the rolling wheel 31 is located above the track 41, and the groove 32 of the rolling wheel 31 is mounted on the track 41, i.e., outer walls on two sides of the groove 32 are respectively located outside the track 41. Thereby, the rolling wheel 31 can roll on the track 41 to realize the back-and-forth sliding of the movable door 10. In addition, the anti-bouncing block 18 of the limiting member 13 is below the track 41, the clamping mouth 60 of the clamping member 55 of the closer 51 is upwards formed, only the part of the clamping mouth 60 of the closer is exposed out of the track 41, and most part of the closer 51 is concealed in the track 41 and thus the openable and closable door of the shower room is more attractive. Besides, a distance between the anti-bouncing block 18 of the limiting member 13 and a lower wall of the track 41 is smaller than a depth of the groove 32 of the rolling wheel 31. Thereby, even when the movable door 10 is uplifted, the anti-bouncing block 18 of the limiting member 13 will abut against the lower wall of the track 41 such that the rolling wheel 31 is prevented from falling off from a position above the track 41. In the sliding process of the movable door 10, due to the limiting effect of the clamping member 55 and the limiting member 13, the rolling wheel 31 can be prevented from sliding out of the two ends of the track 41 and thus the movable door 10 is prevented from falling off from the track 41.
When the movable door 10 slides from an opening position to a closing position, i.e., as illustrated in
While the movable door 10 slides leftwards, the limiting member 13 moves leftwards with the movable door 10 and slides into the clamping mouth 60. Since the clamping member 55 is obliquely arranged, a limiting end of the limiting member 13 can smoothly slide into the clamping mouth 60. In addition, since the outer side surface of the clamping block 58 has an inclined surface 59, the limiting end of the limiting member 13 is more convenient to slide into the clamping mouth 60. As the movable door 10 continuous to slide leftwards, the clamping member 55 slides leftwards under the drive of the limiting end of the limiting member 13, as illustrated in
It can be seen that the limiting end of the limiting member 13 slides into the clamping mouth 60 of the clamping member 55 in a closing process of the movable door 10. After the limiting block 17 of the limiting member 13 slides into the clamping mouth 60, since the movable door 10 further needs to drive the clamping member 55 to slide, the sliding speed of the movable door 10 can be decreased, thus the impact force produced when the movable door 10 is closed is decreased, and the frame, the track and the like are prevented from being influenced.
Alternatively, a certain damping is produced when the clamping member 55 slides in the sliding groove 62. For example, a damper is arranged in the sliding groove 62, such that the sliding speed of the clamping member 55 in the sliding groove 62 is effectively reduced and the impact force produced when the movable door 10 is closed can be better decreased. Or, a cushioning member such as sponge or soft rubber is arranged on the leftmost side of the sliding groove 62 and the impact force produced when the movable door 10 slides to the limit position can also be decreased.
Preferably, the closer 51 is a flexible closer, i.e., the body 52 of the closer 51 or the clamping member 55 is made of a material such as plastic with low hardness, and thereby the impact force produced when the movable door 10 is closed can also be decreased, so as to prevent the damage of the movable door 10 due to high speed movement
Since two closers 51 are provided on the track 41, when the movable door 10 slides from left to right, the limiting block 68 of the limiting member 64 can also slide into the clamping mouth 60 of the clamping member 55 of the closer 51 on the right side, so as to guarantee that the impact force is small when the movable door 10 rightwards slides to the limit position. In addition, under the joint effect of the anti-bouncing blocks 18, 69 of the two limiting members 13, 64, the movable door can be guaranteed to bounce less in the sliding process.
Of course, the above-mentioned embodiments are just preferred embodiments of the present invention. During actual application, the present invention may have more variations. For example, no fixed door is arranged for the openable and closable door of the shower room but two movable doors are arranged, the rolling wheel assemblies and the limiting member are provided on each movable door, correspondingly two different closers are provided on the track and each closer is matched with the limiting member on one movable door. Besides, the shape of the limiting block of the limiting member may also be other different shapes such as triangular shape and regularly hexagonal shape, correspondingly the shape of the clamping mouth may also be arranged to be a shape which is the same as the shape of the limiting member and such variations can also realize the purpose of the present invention.
From the sliding process of the shower door, it can be seen that the structure of the openable and closable door of the shower door is simple, the attractiveness is good, the speed can be greatly reduced when the movable door slides to the limit position, and thereby the movable door is prevented from producing great impact force which causes the movable door, the track and the like to be damaged.
Parts used by the shower room provided by the present invention are fewer, the assembling difficulty is smaller, the shower door can be assembled on site in the shower room, the sliding distance of the clamping member of the closer can be adjusted according to the actual sliding distance of the movable door and the use demands at different places are satisfied.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201610330855.X | May 2016 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2016/084513 | 6/2/2016 | WO | 00 |
