JP4102387B2 - Kitchen cabinet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen cabinet.

  Conventionally, a kitchen cabinet in which a sink is disposed has been provided with a drawer or a door on the front of the cabinet body and a storage space for cooking utensils or the like inside the cabinet body. The sink that is recessed from the counter placed in the cabinet body and disposed in the cabinet body is formed so as to have a volume as large as possible with respect to the cabinet body from the viewpoint of improving workability. The front part of the sink in this cabinet is a narrow space that can not accommodate cooking utensils such as pans. However, the front part of the sink in this cabinet is a dead space, and the front of the cabinet is blinded to the sink. It is common to provide a curtain for this purpose.

  By the way, in recent years, it has been desired to improve the storage rate of the kitchen cabinet. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the kitchen cabinet 1 is provided with a storage space s for a kitchen knife in the front part of the sink 4 which has been a dead space in the past. Has been developed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Specifically, the kitchen cabinet 1 is provided with a curtain plate 50 as in the conventional kitchen cabinet, and a cover member 51 is rotatably provided on the cabinet body 2 so as to cover the front surface of the curtain plate 50. The cover material 51 is provided with a storage space s for a knife.

However, since the detergent can be used more directly than the kitchen knife as the object used directly in the sink 4, it is clear that if the detergent can be stored in the front part of the sink 4, the usability of the sink 4 is improved. In the storage space provided inside the material 51, only a thin storage item such as a kitchen knife can be stored, that is, a relatively thick storage item such as a detergent bottle used in the sink 4 cannot be stored. Therefore, the usability of the sink 4 has not been sufficiently improved.
JP 11-46895 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a kitchen cabinet with improved usability of a sink.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a kitchen cabinet according to claim 1 of the present invention has a counter 3 placed on a cabinet main body 2 having a front opening and an upper opening, and the front edge of the counter 3 extends from the front of the cabinet main body 2. The sink 4 disposed on the counter 3 is inserted into the cabinet body 2 from the upper surface opening of the cabinet body 2, and the front wall 4 a of the sink 4 is in a position retracted from the front surface of the cabinet body 2. A space that is disposed so as to face the front opening of the cabinet body 2 and communicates from the front wall 4a of the sink 4 to the front edge of the counter 3 through the front opening of the cabinet body 2 in the upper part of the cabinet body 2 And a housing 6 for opening at least forward is disposed in the space 5, and this housing 6, the rear wall 20 of the housing 6 is moved backward from the front surface of the cabinet body 2 so as to be close to the front wall 4 a of the sink 4, and the lower portion of the lid 7 that opens and closes the front opening 6 a of the housing for housing 6 and the housing housing 6 A pivotal support portion is provided at each of the lower ends of the front end portions. The pivotal support portion pivots the lid body 7 and the housing for housing 6 so as to be pivotable in the front-rear direction, and opens upward to store the stored items. The storage container 8 is provided between the lid body 7 and the housing for housing 6 so as to be pivotable in the front-rear direction, and the flange wall 35 extending rearward from the lower end of the lid body 7 is located below the housing for housing 6. The flange wall 35 and the lower surface portion behind the pivoting portion of the housing for housing 6 are brought into contact with and separated from each other according to the opening and closing of the lid 7, and the flange wall 35 is rearward from the pivotal portion of the housing for housing 6. Abut the lower surface of the Characterized in that the cover 7 which is inclined so as to be positioned in front as the upper end is adapted to stop circle with opened front opening of the storage housing 6 by.

  According to this, the front edge of the counter 3 is not blocked by the curtain plate 50 from the front wall 4a of the sink 4 through the front opening of the cabinet body 2 at the front portion of the sink 4 disposed in the cabinet body 2. And a housing 6 for housing which is located at a position close to the front wall 4a of the sink 4 by retreating the rear wall 20 from the front surface of the cabinet body 2 in the space 5. The storage housing 6 is provided with a lid body 7 that opens and closes the front opening 6a, and a storage container 8 is provided between the storage housing 6 and the lid body 7, thereby forming a conventional dead space. A storage space S that can store a storage item such as a detergent bottle having a relatively large thickness can be provided in the front side portion of the sink 4 that can store only a thin storage item such as a knife knife. Further, in a state where the front opening 6 a of the storage housing 6 is opened by the lid body 7, the space between the rotating tip of the lid body 7 tilted forward and the front edge of the counter 3 is the front opening of the storage housing 6. 6a, the upper opening 8a of the storage container 8 can be directed with respect to the access opening B by turning the storage container 8 forward. The stored items can be easily put into and out of the storage container 8 without being obstructed by the front edge of the counter 3. In this way, the front portion of the sink 4 can store a relatively thick storage item such as a detergent bottle used directly in the sink 4 and can be easily put in and taken out. Can be greatly improved.

Further, kitchen cabinets according to claim 2, Te claim 1 odor, between the flange wall 35 of the cover 7 that apart upper SL against the underside portion of the housing for housing 6, at least the cover member 7 for housing the housing The elastic member 10 which is compressed in a state where the front opening 6a of the opening 6 is opened is interposed. According to this, when the lid body 7 opens the front opening 6a of the housing for housing 6, the lid body 7 can be urged in the closing direction by the elastic reaction force of the compressed elastic member 10. The lid 7 that opens the front opening 6a of the housing 6 can be stopped without impact, and the force applied to the lid 7 by the user to close the front opening 6a of the housing for housing 6 with the lid 7 is reduced. be able to.

  According to the present invention, a relatively thick container such as a detergent bottle used directly in a sink is stored in the front part of the sink, which has conventionally been a dead space or can only store a thin container such as a kitchen knife. In addition, the ease of use of the sink can be greatly improved since it can be easily taken in and out.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the kitchen cabinet 1 of this example is a cabinet in which both side plates 11, a bottom plate 12 and a back plate 13 at both ends in the width direction are assembled in a rectangular shape and a hollow space having a front opening and an upper opening is formed therein. The main body 2 and a counter 3 mounted and fixed on the upper surface of the cabinet main body 2 so as to close the upper surface opening are constituted. The hollow space of the cabinet body 2 is appropriately divided by a vertical plate 14 and a horizontal plate 15, and an open / close door, a drawer device 16, a built-in dishwasher 17 and the like are disposed in each of the divided spaces. The hollow space in 2 is used as a storage space or a device installation space. Further, the front edge of the counter 3 protrudes forward from the front surface of the cabinet body 2 (the front end face of the side plate 11 or the vertical plate 14), and a drooping edge portion 30 that hangs downward from the front edge of the counter 3 Is formed. A back frame member 31 that is framed in a rectangular shape is fixed to the lower surface of the counter 3, and the counter 3 is placed and fixed on the cabinet body 2 by fixing the cabinet body 2 and the back frame member 31. .

  The kitchen cabinet 1 is provided with a built-in cooking device 18 and a sink 4. The built-in cooking device 18 and the sink 4 are respectively attached to the counter 3 so as to face the opening 3 a formed in the counter 3, and are inserted into the cabinet body 2 from the upper surface opening of the cabinet body 2 to be inside the cabinet body 2. It is arrange | positioned in the upper position of the hollow space. In some cases, the sink 4 is formed integrally with the counter 3. In this case as well, the sink 4 is similarly disposed at the upper position of the hollow space in the cabinet body 2 (hereinafter referred to as the sink housing portion 9). Specifically, in the sink 4 disposed in the sink storage portion 9, the front wall 4 a is positioned at a position retracted from the front surface of the cabinet body 2 and faces the front opening of the cabinet body 2. I am going to do it. As described in the background art, the front portion of the sink 4 in the sink storage section 9 (the portion in front of the front wall 4a of the sink 4) is normally a dead space, and the sink 4 disposed in the cabinet body 2 is used. A curtain plate 50 is provided to be blinded from the front. However, in the kitchen cabinet 1 of this example, the curtain plate 50 is not provided as shown in FIGS. In the front part, a space 5 is formed which communicates from the front wall 4 a of the sink 4 to the front edge of the counter 3 through the front opening of the cabinet body 2, and a storage unit 19 is disposed in this space 5. Thus, the storage space S is used.

  The storage unit 19 includes a storage housing 6 having a front opening 6 a, a lid body 7 that is attached to the storage housing 6 and opens and closes the front opening 6 a of the storage housing 6, and the storage housing 6 and the lid body 7. It is comprised by the storage container 8 which is comprised between and inserts a stored item.

  The housing for housing 6 is a long frame having a substantially U-shaped vertical cross section in which a top wall 21 protrudes forward from the upper end of the back wall 20 and a bottom wall 22 protrudes forward from the lower end of the back wall 20. A front opening 6 a is formed between the bottom wall 22 and the top wall 21 so as to face the back wall 20. Specifically, the back wall 20 is inclined obliquely so as to be positioned forward in the upward direction. Further, a hanging flange 23 is suspended from the front wall 21 at the front end thereof, and a packing 47 serving as a door to the lid body 7 is attached to the front surface of the hanging flange 23, and a lid body is disposed on the top surface of the ceiling wall 21. A lid stop member 24 for stopping 7 is laminated and fixed by a height adjustment screw 48 so that the height can be adjusted. The lid stopper member 24 of this example is formed with a closing projection 25 protruding downward at a front end portion protruding from the hanging flange 23. A pivot portion is formed at the front end of the bottom wall 22. This pivotal support part is constituted by a shaft part 27 having a circular cross section provided at the projecting tip of a projecting inclined piece 26 projecting forward and downward from the front end of the bottom wall 22. In addition, a pair of leg pieces 28 are vertically suspended from the lower surface of the bottom wall 22 in the front-rear direction.

  This housing for housing 6 is provided below the sink 4, and a leg piece 28 is placed on a horizontal plate 15 that partitions the hollow space in the cabinet body 2 as the sink housing portion 9, and a piece 29 a of the L-shaped bracket 29 is placed on the back wall 20. Is fixed to the side plate 11 and the vertical plate 14 constituting the sink housing portion 9 of the cabinet body 2 by the fixing tool 33 such as a screw. Thus, it is attached to the cabinet body 2. At this time, the hanging flange 23 is disposed substantially flush with the front surface of the cabinet body 2, and the closing projection 25 of the lid stopper member 24 and the pivot portion of the bottom wall 22 are connected to the front edge of the counter 3 and the front surface of the cabinet body 2. The rear wall 20 is set back so as to be retracted from the front surface of the cabinet body 2 and along the front wall 4 a of the sink 4. In this example, the top wall 21 and the lid stop member 24 are positioned at substantially the same height as the lower end of the hanging edge 30 of the counter 3, and the sink 4 in the cabinet body 2 is blinded.

  The lid body 7 is formed with a container-shaped main body 36 having a rear opening 7a with a vertical plate-like front wall 34 located at the front end and a flange wall 35 protruding rearward along the side edge of the front wall 34. A handle portion 37 is integrally provided above the main body portion 36. The handle portion 37 has a rising piece 38 that rises vertically upward from the rear end of the flange wall 35 at the top of the main body portion 36, and a finger hook that protrudes forward from the upper end of the rising piece 38 and that the protruding tip is bent downward. The piece 39 is formed in a shape that opens forward and is recessed backward. A closing recess 40 is formed in the rear portion of the upper surface of the finger hooking piece 39 to lock the closing protrusion 25 of the lid stopper 24. Further, a pivotal support portion is provided at the inner corner portion of the flange wall 35 and the front wall 34 at the lower part of the main body portion 36, and this pivotal support portion is constituted by a bearing portion 41 having a C-shaped groove section that opens rearward. ing. Further, a U-shaped groove-shaped recess 42 with a lip piece that opens upward is formed on the upper surface of the rear portion of the flange wall 35 below the main body 36, and the elastic member 10 is attached to the recess 42. Yes. The elastic member 10 is constituted by a mountain-shaped rubber member whose inside is hollow, and the elastic member 10 has a lower portion inserted into the recess 42 and is recessed in a state of being locked to the lip piece 42a from the front and rear. 42 is attached.

  The lid body 7 is configured such that the shaft portion 27 of the housing housing 6 is fitted into the bearing portion 41 of the front wall 34 of the main body portion 36, so that the lower flange wall 35 of the main body portion 36 is lower than the housing housing 6. In this state, the storage housing 6 is pivotally attached to the storage housing 6 so as to open and close the front opening 6a of the storage housing 6, and the space between the storage housing 6 and the lid 7 is a storage space. It is made available as S.

  When the lid 7 closes the front opening 6a of the storage housing 6, the lid 7 is substantially vertical so that the rear opening 7a of the lid 7 faces the front opening 6a of the storage housing 6 as shown in FIG. The rear surface of the rising piece 38 of the lid body 7 is brought into contact with the packing attached to the housing for housing 6, and the closing projection 25 of the lid stopper member 24 becomes the closing recess 40 of the lid body 7. By being locked, the closed state is maintained. The closing strength of the lid 7 to the housing for housing 6 can be easily adjusted by adjusting the locking strength of the closing projection 25 to the closing recess 40 by adjusting the height of the lid stopper 24.

  When the lid 7 closes the front opening 6 a of the housing 6, the front surface of the lid 7 formed by the front wall 34 is connected to the drawer device 16 or the door disposed at the lower part of the cabinet body 2. It projects forward from the front position. Thus, the user standing in the adjacent position in front of the kitchen cabinet 1 does not hit the body on the drawer device 16 or the door disposed in the lower part of the cabinet body 2 corresponding to the height position of the body leg. The body can be put on the front surface of the lid corresponding to the height position of the waist of the body. Be able to. Furthermore, in this example, the front surface of the lid 7 and the end surface of the front edge of the counter 3 are positioned on a substantially flush vertical surface. As a result, when the user falls into the kitchen cabinet 1 in order to obtain an easy working posture as described above, the front surface of the lid 7 and the front edge of the counter 3 are positioned on a substantially flush vertical surface. The body can touch the end face of the counter, that is, it is avoided that the body hits only the front edge of the counter 3 and the body is pressed locally, so that the work can be performed in a more comfortable posture. The usability of the kitchen cabinet 1 is improved.

  By the way, the space between the storage housing 6 and the lid 7 used as the storage space S is more specifically the depth from the front surface of the rear wall 20 of the storage housing 6 to the rear surface of the front wall 34 of the lid body 7. As described above, the rear wall 20 of the housing housing 6 is disposed along the front wall 4a of the sink 4, and the front wall 34 of the lid 7 is substantially flush with the front edge of the counter 3. In other words, the depth of the space 5 from the front wall 4a of the sink 4 obtained by not providing the curtain plate 50 to the front edge of the counter 3 through the front opening of the cabinet body 2, It was made to have an equivalent depth dimension. As described above, the storage space S that can store a storage item such as a relatively thick detergent bottle is provided in the front portion of the sink 4 that is conventionally a dead space or can store only a thin storage item such as a kitchen knife. It was possible.

  The lid 7 can open the front opening 6a of the housing for housing 6 by hooking the finger on the finger hooking piece 39 of the handle portion 37 and pulling it forward. As described above, the inlet / outlet B that communicates with the front opening 6a of the storage housing 6 between the rotation tip formed by the upper end of the lid body 7 and the front edge of the counter 3 and allows the stored items to be taken in and out of the storage space S. Can do it. Further, the lid body 7 with the front opening 6 a of the housing housing 6 opened has the rear end of the flange wall 35 at the lower part of the main body 36 abutted against the lower surface of the bottom wall 22 of the housing housing 6, It stops in an inclined state so as to be located in Here, when the lid 7 opens and closes the front opening 6 a of the housing 6, the upper surface of the lower flange wall 35 of the main body 36 facing the upper and lower sides and the lower surface of the bottom wall 22 of the housing 6 are separated. According to the opening and closing of the lid body 7, it approaches and separates, and between the flange wall 35 of the lid body 7 that approaches and separates and the lower surface of the housing for housing 6, an elastic attached to the lid body 7. A member 10 is interposed. The elastic member 10 is compressed in a state in which at least the lid body 7 opens the front opening 6a of the housing for housing 6. The elastic reaction force generated by the compression is applied to the lid body 7 in the closing direction. Can be energized. Thus, according to the elastic member 10, the lid body 7 with the front opening 6a of the storage housing 6 opened can be stopped without impact at the maximum open position, and the front opening 6a of the storage housing 6 is closed. In order to do so, the user can reduce the force to rotate the lid 7 upward.

The storage container 8 is a box-shaped container having an upper opening 8 a in which a side wall 44 is erected over the outer edge of the bottom wall 43, from the lower surface of a substantially central portion in the depth direction of the bottom wall 43. A bearing portion 45 projects downward, and a shaft portion 46 projecting upward from the upper surface of the bottom wall 22 of the housing 6 is pivotally supported by the bearing portion 45 so that the bearing portion 45 can rotate in the front-rear direction. And is housed between the housing 6 for storage and the lid 7. When the front opening 6 a of the storage housing 6 is closed by the lid body 7, the storage container 8 is formed between the rear surface of the front wall 34 of the lid body 7 and the front surface of the rear wall 20 of the storage housing 6 as shown in FIG. 2. When the front opening 6 a of the storage housing 6 is opened by the lid body 7 as shown in FIG. 1, the front wall of the bottom wall 43 is rotated forward as shown in FIG. It is placed on the upper surface of the front edge of the head and is inclined forward. The inclination angle α2 with respect to the vertical direction in the storage container 8 rotated forward is formed smaller than the inclination angle α1 with respect to the vertical direction in the lid body 7 with the front opening 6a of the storage housing 6 open. The upper opening 8a of the storage container 8 rotated forward is formed toward the approximate center of the loading / unloading port B formed between the rotation tip of the lid body 7 with the storage housing 6 opened and the front edge of the counter 3. The stored items can be taken into and out of the storage container 8 from the outlet B without being obstructed by the front edges of the lid 7 and the counter 3.

  Specifically, in this example, when the front opening 6a of the housing 6 is closed with the lid 7, the storage container 8 is stored in such a posture that the direction of the upper opening 8a is slightly inclined forward from the vertical surface. The housing 6 is sandwiched between the rear wall 20 of the housing 6 and the front wall 34 of the lid 7, that is, the storage container 8 and the lid are placed in a state where the center of gravity of the storage container 8 is positioned forward of the pivot position. The container 8 is housed between the body 7 and the housing 8 is naturally rotated forward when the lid 7 opens the front opening 6a of the housing 6 for housing. According to this, when the front opening 6a of the housing for housing 6 is opened by the lid body 7, the upper opening 8a of the storage container 8 can always face the insertion / removal port B, so that the stored items can be easily put into and out of the storage container 8. It is made to be able to do it. Further, since the bearing portion 45 provided at the central portion in the depth direction of the bottom wall 43 of the storage container 8 is pivotally supported by the shaft portion 46 of the storage housing 6, the storage container 8 can be stored even when the storage container 8 is turned upside down. Since it can be attached to the shaft portion 46 of the housing 6 without any trouble, it can be attached to the housing 6 for storage. In order to naturally rotate the storage container 8 forward when the lid 7 opens the front opening 6 a of the storage housing 6, the storage container 8 with the center of gravity positioned forward is used. It can also be performed by positioning the shaft support portion of the housing 6 for storage rearward. Further, when the lid 7 opens the front opening 6 a of the storage housing 6, the storage container 8 does not have to rotate naturally forward. For example, the storage container 8 itself or the storage container 8 stores it. The storage container 8 may be rotated forward by the user's hand on the stored item.

  As described above, the kitchen cabinet 1 of the present example does not provide the curtain plate 50 as in the prior art, so that the cabinet main body 2 can be moved from the front wall 4a of the sink 4 at the front portion of the sink 4 in the sink storage portion 9. A space 5 that reaches the front edge of the counter 3 through the front opening can be obtained, and a storage unit 19 is disposed in the space 5 to be used as a storage space S and used in the sink 4 directly. By making it possible to store items such as thick detergent bottles, the usability of the sink 4 is improved. Furthermore, in the storage unit 19 disposed in the space 5, A storage container 8 having an upper opening 8a to be inserted can be inserted and removed between the rotating tip of the lid 7 and the front edge of the counter 3 when the lid 7 opens the front opening 6a of the housing 6 for storage. Since the upper opening 8a faces the opening B so as to be able to face, the stored items can be easily put into and out of the storage container 8 through the outlet B, and the sink 4 and eventually the kitchen cabinet 1 Usability has been greatly improved.

It is an example of embodiment of this invention and is a sectional side view of the principal part of the kitchen cabinet in the state where the cover body opened the housing for storage. It is a sectional side view of the principal part of a kitchen cabinet in the state where the lid same as the above closed the housing for storage. (A) is the whole front view of a kitchen cabinet same as the above, (b) is a top view of (a), (c) is a side view of (a), (d) is A of (a) FIG. It is a sectional side view of the kitchen cabinet of the example of a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Kitchen cabinet 2 Cabinet body 3 Counter 4 Sink 4a Front wall 5 Empty space 6 Storage housing 6a Front opening 7 Cover body 8 Storage container 8a Upper opening 9 Sink storage part 10 Elastic member 20 Back wall B Outlet

Claims (2)

A counter is placed on a cabinet body having a front opening and an upper surface opening, and the front edge of the counter is disposed so as to protrude forward from the front surface of the cabinet body, and the sink provided on the counter is connected to the cabinet body from the upper surface opening of the cabinet body. The sink front wall is placed in a position retracted from the front of the cabinet body and is opposed to the front opening of the cabinet body. A space that communicates with the front edge of the counter via the front opening of the counter is formed, and a housing for housing that opens at least forward is disposed in the space, and the rear wall of the housing is retracted from the front of the cabinet body. Close to the front wall of the sink to open and close the front opening of the storage housing A pivotal support portion is provided at each of the lower portion of the lid body and the lower end of the front end portion of the storage housing. The pivotal support portion pivots the lid body and the storage housing so as to be pivotable in the front-rear direction. A storage container that opens upward for storage is provided so as to be pivotable in the front-rear direction between the lid and the housing for housing, and a flange wall extending rearward from the lower end of the lid is more than the housing for housing. Positioned below, the flange wall and the lower surface portion behind the pivot support portion of the storage housing are brought into contact with and separated from each other according to the opening and closing of the lid, and the flange wall is positioned below the pivot support portion of the storage housing. kitchen cabinet, characterized in that inclined lid to be positioned forward as the upper end by causing abutment is adapted to stop circle with opened front opening of the accommodating housing.   An elastic member that is compressed with at least the lid opening the front opening of the housing for storage is interposed between the flange wall of the lid to be contacted and separated and the lower surface portion of the housing for housing. The kitchen cabinet according to claim 1.

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