JPH09252854A - Wall cabinet for kitchen - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wall cabinet allowing the storing/cooling work by floor and wall cabinets more simply and efficiently. SOLUTION: A wall cabinet 3 is arranged on a floor cabinet 1, and a storage cabinet 3 opened with at least the front side is partitioned into an upper storage section and a lower storage section by a partition plate. Doors 7a, 7b rotated toward the frontage direction to be opened are provided on the open side of the upper storage section, and an opening/closing door 8 movable in the opening direction upward is provided along the front face of the lower storage section. The lower storage section is provided with a slide type shifting means removably holding a cooking utensil and capable of being delivered to the front outside of the lower storage section.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cabinet for storing kitchen equipment, and more particularly to a structure of a wall cabinet that enables more convenient cooking work in a system kitchen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The most common kitchen equipment is a combination of a floor cabinet incorporating a sink and cooking utensils and a wall cabinet fixed on the upper wall of the floor cabinet. Most of them are configured.

The wall cabinet in such a kitchen facility is typically a storage cabinet except for a ventilation hood in a portion directly above the cooking utensil. In addition, some parts are located right above the sink with a draining shelf, but this draining shelf is still a kind of storage, and there is no difference between it and the equipment on the floor cabinet side. It is extremely important from a design point of view, because what kind of storage cabinets are placed in what position with a focus on relationships greatly affects usability.

In such a wall cabinet that emphasizes the storage function, a double door type door or a flap type door which is opened by pulling it up diagonally to the front has been conventionally used. However, with such a door, when it is opened, the door largely protrudes from the front of the cabinet, and there is a feeling of pressure, and there is a risk that the head may be hit when working.

On the other hand, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-3275.
As in the kitchen equipment described in Japanese Patent No. 23, in a cabinet in which two upper and lower storage spaces are formed, the door of the lower storage space is slid from the front of the cabinet to the upper side in almost the same posture. There is something I did.
With such a door opening / closing method, even when the door is opened, it does not largely protrude to the front side of the cabinet, so that the problem as in the conventional cabinet is solved.

[0006]

On the other hand, in order to widen the work area for cooking, it is sufficient to increase the frontage length of the floor cabinet or increase the depth dimension of the counter. Against this background, there is a limit to increasing the length of the frontage, and recently there is a tendency to increase the depth of the counter. On the other hand, when the wall cabinet has a large protrusion from the wall, the entire kitchen has a feeling of pressure, and therefore the depth dimension is generally shorter than that of the floor cabinet.

Not only is there a tendency for the difference in the depth length between the floor cabinet and the wall cabinet to become large, but also for conventional equipment, the person who uses the wall cabinet extends and retracts his / her arm for a long time. Was necessary. In particular, if the inside of the wall cabinet is also divided into two stages, the items that are not used on a daily basis should be stored in and out, for example, a salt plum that a person sits on a chair to work on. . As described above, the greater the difference between the depth dimension of the floor cabinet and that of the wall cabinet, the worse the usability of the wall cabinet.

From the above, as for the storage portion provided at a relatively low position in the wall cabinet as well, since it is frequently used on a daily basis, it is important to make it easy to open and close the door provided on the front surface thereof. From this point, if the door is configured to slide upward on the front surface of the cabinet as described in the above publication, if the door is moved to the maximum height, it can be easily handled by hand. It doesn't take much time to open and close it, and even when it's open, it doesn't stick out of the cabinet so people don't hit their heads.

However, even if the door can be opened and closed easily, if the floor cabinet has a longer depth than the wall cabinet, it is necessary to use long arms when the goods are taken in and out of the storage unit after the door is opened. It will be postponed and the work of putting in and out will not be improved regardless of the method of opening and closing the door.

Further, in the case of the slide type door described in the above-mentioned publication, when it is opened, it does not protrude to the front side of the cabinet, so that the space opened not only in front of the storage part but also in the left and right ranges thereof. Can be Such an open space can be considered to include what should be called an “invisible path” when a cooking utensil is put in or taken out between the floor cabinet and the wall cabinet. Therefore, the fact that such a space cannot be provided with any function for coordinating the storage of the cabinet results in a large usability loss.

That is, when the depth of the floor cabinet is made much longer than that of the conventional specification, the dimensional difference between the floor cabinet and the wall cabinet becomes large. Therefore, the space above the counter corresponding to such dimensional difference is used for kitchen work. In the equipment described in the above publication, no measures are taken to effectively utilize the above.

The problem to be solved in the present invention is to provide a wall cabinet for a kitchen in which the work of storing and cooking by the floor and wall cabinets can be performed more easily and efficiently.

[0013]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a wall cabinet arranged above a floor cabinet, in which a cooking utensil or the like is detachably held in a storage section which is open at least on the front side. A slide-type transfer means that can be extended to the outside of the front is provided, and an opening / closing door that closes the open portion of the storage portion can be moved upward along the front surface of the storage portion. And

In such a structure, the lower end of the opening / closing door may be positioned above the upper end screen of the storage portion when the opening / closing door is moved to the open position.

Further, a storage cabinet which is open at least on the front side is divided into an upper storage portion and a lower storage portion by a partition plate, and a door which opens and closes by rotating in the front direction is provided on the open side of the upper storage portion. Provided, on the open side of the lower storage,
An opening / closing door is provided along the front surface of the lower storage unit that can move upward, and cooking tools and the like are detachably held in the lower storage unit and can be fed to the outside of the front of the lower storage unit. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a slide type transfer means is provided.

In this case, the lower end of the opening / closing door may be positioned above the lower surface of the partition plate when the opening / closing door is moved to the open position.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The opening / closing door is moved to the open position along the front surface of the storage section, so that the opening / closing door moves to the retracted position away from the open section of the storage section. The storage unit faces not only the front of the storage unit, but also the space open to the left and right in the frontage direction. Therefore, even if a person does not stand upright in front of the storage unit, it is possible to carry out the work of taking in and out the articles from the storage unit even from the position displaced to the left and right.

Further, when the cooking utensil or the like is drawn out from the storage portion by the transfer means, the cooking utensil can be taken out by hand even if the floor cabinet has a large depth.
Even if the cooking utensils are stored even deep inside the storage portion, it is possible to handle them without any inconvenience.

Furthermore, when the transfer means is unrolled, the left-right direction of the transfer means is open, so that the cooking utensils and the like held by the transfer means can be easily picked up even when the transfer means is left and right. You can

Further, in the case where the upper storage portion and the lower storage portion are provided, the upper storage portion can be used as a dedicated storage space for tableware or the like which is not used on a daily basis.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire kitchen facility equipped with a wall cabinet according to the present invention.

In the figure, a side cabinet 2 is arranged at the left end of the floor cabinet 1, and the side cabinet 2 and the upper end have the same height, and a wall cabinet 3 is provided.
Is fixed as a wall.

The floor cabinet 1 is provided with a drawer or an opening / closing door type storage section, like the conventional one, and is provided with a counter 1a at its upper end and a sink 1b at the right end in the illustrated example, and a left end side. The cooking utensil 1c is incorporated in. The depth dimension of the counter 1a is longer than that of the conventional standard and is about 650 to 750 mm.

The wall cabinet 3 has a hood 3a having a built-in ventilation fan at the left end of the wall cabinet and directly above the cooking utensil 1c, a storage cabinet 3b on the right side, and a storage cabinet 4 on the right end. It is composed of three units in which is arranged. Then, the storage cabinet 3b has the cooking utensil 1c and the sink 1
Corresponding to the portion occupied by the corresponding counter 1a between b, the other storage cabinet 4 is arranged corresponding to the position of the sink 1b. The depths of the top plate and side plates of the wall cabinet 3 composed of three units are all common and have a depth dimension of about 300 to 400 mm.

2A and 2B are perspective views showing the outline of the storage cabinet 4, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are vertical sectional views of FIGS. 2A and 2B, respectively.

The storage cabinet 4 includes left and right side plates 4a,
4b, a back plate 4c at the back and a top plate 4d at the upper end define an internal space, and the interior is divided into an upper storage part 5a and a lower storage part 5b by a partition plate 5 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The shelf 4e is attached to the upper storage 5a. The partition plate 5 is incorporated at the same height as the bottom plate of the adjacent storage cabinet 3b.
Only b projects down.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 1, the lower storage portion 5b.
Since the sink 1b is located at the lower end of the inside of the sink 1b, it is possible to provide a draining basket 6 for placing dishes and the like immediately after washing and draining them. The drainage net basket 6 is incorporated so that dowels (not shown) and the like are driven into the side plates 4a and 4b and the back plate 4c, and the dowels can be removed by being hooked on these dowels.

The upper storage portion 5a is, for example, like the storage cabinet 3b shown in FIG.
It is provided with a and 7b, and can be opened and closed by using the grips 7c and 7d provided at the lower end of each. The upper storage portion 5a includes the partition plate 5 and the shelf plate 4 thereon.
Although e can be used for loading items, it is used for storing dishes and the like that are not used on a daily basis because they are in a high position.

On the front surface of the lower storage portion 5b, one slide-up type opening / closing door 8 is provided so that it can be set in the closed position of FIG. 3 and the open position of FIG. This door 8
5 are linked by link mechanisms 9 attached inside the side plates 4a and 4b as shown in FIG. 5, and the link mechanism 9 provided on the left side plate 4a will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

A mounting plate 9a is provided on the inner wall of the side plate 4a, and a first link rod 9b and a second link rod 9c are provided on the mounting plate 9a so that the pins 9b-1, 9c-1 and the first link rod 9b is connected to the mounting plate 9a by a tension spring 9d that urges the first link rod 9b clockwise around the pin 9b-1. Stays 9e fixed to the back surface of the opening / closing door 8 in a vertical posture are provided at the tips of the first and second link rods 9b and 9c, respectively.
Connected by 1, 9e-2. And each pin 9b-
1, 9c-1 and 9e-1, 9e-2 constitute a four-node parallel link formed by the first and second link rods 9b, 9c.

Further, the mounting plate 9a does not interfere with the vertical rotation of the first link rod 9b, and the stopper 9f for restricting the vertical position of the second link rod 9c with respect to the rotation thereof. To provide. This stopper 9f is shown in FIG.
When the second link rod 9c is rotated up to the posture shown in FIG.

The link mechanism 9 provided on the right side plate 4b has a completely similar structure, and is the arrangement of members that are left-right inverted from FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, respectively. Then, the pair of link mechanisms 9 are integrally connected by one connector rod 9g that connects the tips of the second link rods 9c.

The side plate 4 is provided through the link mechanism 9 as described above.
When the opening / closing door 8 connected to a and 4b is in the closed position shown in FIG. 3, the point where the spring 9d is connected to the first link rod 9b is located below the front side of the pin 9b-1. Therefore, the first link rod 9b is attached to the pin 9b.
It is biased counterclockwise around -1, so that the opening / closing door 8 is restrained in this closed position. Therefore, the opening / closing door 8 is stably supported on the side plate 4a side by utilizing the biasing force of the spring 9d.

When the handle 8a of the opening / closing door 8 is pulled toward you, the urging force of the spring 9d is overcome and the first link rod 9b rotates clockwise around the pin 9b-1. With this, the second link rod 9c also has its pin 9c-1 while maintaining the relationship of the four-bar parallel link.
Rotate clockwise around. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the opening / closing door 8 is extended to the front of the doors 7a and 7b of the upper storage portion 5a to open the front surface of the lower storage portion 5b.

Here, when the opening / closing door 8 is opened, its lower end is positioned slightly above the lower surface of the partition plate 5 and is stopped. This depends on the engagement position between the second link rod 9c and the stopper 9f.
The rotation angle is determined, and by setting these positional relationships, the lower end of the opening / closing door 8 can be stopped at a position higher than the lower surface of the partition plate 5, as shown in FIG. Then, when the second link rod 9c hits the stopper 9f, as shown in FIG.
Since the contact point between d and the first link rod 9b wraps around the pin 9b-1 obliquely above and to the right, the first link rod 9
b is biased clockwise around the pin 9b-1. Therefore, the first link rod 9b can stably hold the opening / closing door 8 in the posture shown in FIG. 4 by utilizing the biasing force of the spring 9d.

When the opening / closing door 8 is moved up and down, both left and right ends thereof are connected to the link mechanism 9 and these link mechanisms are integrated by the connector rod 9g. No rattling or the like occurs during operation.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view of the storage cabinet 4 excluding the opening / closing door 8, and FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the main part.

On the lower surface of the partition plate 5 which defines the upper end of the lower storage portion 5b, slide hangers 10 and 11 for hanging a cooking utensil 21 such as ladle and a cloth 22 are incorporated so that they can be drawn out to the front. These slide hangers 1
Nos. 0 and 11 are inserted into guide rails 5c and 5d having a substantially L-shaped cross section, which are arranged in pairs on the lower surface of the partition plate 5, respectively. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the slide hanger 10 is pulled out to the front, the cooking utensils 21 stored in the lower storage portion 5b can be positioned in front of the storage cabinet 4, and these cooking utensils 21 are sinked. It can be held in a state of being hung right above the front side of 1b.

The operation is the same for the slide hanger 11 with the cloth 22 attached. Then, the slide hangers 10 and 11 are connected to the guide rails 5c and 5 respectively.
It is needless to say that an appropriate stopper mechanism is provided so as not to fall out of d.

Further, in the example of FIG. 8, instead of providing the draining net basket 4 at the lower end of the lower storage portion 5b, the lower storage portion 5b is replaced.
The bottom plate 4f having a shape covering the entire bottom surface of the left and right side plates 4a, 4
It is attached integrally to b and the back plate 4c.

When such a bottom plate 4f is provided, the lower storage portion 5b can be used in the same manner as an ordinary storage cabinet, and items can be placed and stored on the bottom plate 4f. In the illustrated example, the two cutting boards 23a, 23
The rack 12 on which b is mounted is slidably installed in the guide rail 5e provided on the lower surface of the partition plate 5, and the rack 12 is forwardly extended in the same manner as in the example of FIGS. Can be located at.

In the above-mentioned structure, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 3, the opening / closing door 8 is closed if the handle 8a at the lower end of the opening / closing door 8 is pulled forward. The opening / closing door 8 is lifted up by the operation of the link mechanism 9 of the four-section described above without changing the vertical posture, and as shown in FIGS. 2B and 4, the door 7a of the upper storage portion 5a,
You can get out before 7b.

At the open position of the opening / closing door 8 as described above, the sink 1b is used because the opening / closing door 8 is retracted to the upper side even if the lower storage portion 5b projects downward toward the counter 1a. Even in the case of washing work by washing, the opening / closing door 8 does not get in the way and the worker does not hit his / her head against the opening / closing door 8.

Further, in the example of FIGS. 6 and 7, the cooking utensil 21 and the cloth dish 22 can be pulled out from the lower storage portion 5b by the respective slide hangers 10 and 11, and the cutting boards 23a and 23b can be pulled out in the example of FIG. You can do the same. Therefore, even if the counter 1a has a large depth and a short projection from the wall of the storage cabinet 4, the slide hangers 10 and 11 can be placed in the lower storage section as long as the front end of the rack 12 is reached. It is possible to bring tools and the like stored on the back side of 5b close to the hand. Therefore, even if the counter 1a has a long depth dimension, there is no inconvenience in taking out or storing the utensils, and the usability is improved.

In the case of cooking using the cutting board 23a, after the cutting board 23a is taken out from the rack 12, the cutting board 23a is placed on the counter 1a which occupies the space between the sink 1b and the cooking utensil 1c, and the work is finished. Rack 12
Will be returned to. In this case, the storage cabinet 4 is located directly above the sink 1b, and the surface of the counter 1a on which the cutting board 23a is placed is on the left side of the sink 1b. Therefore, when the cutting board 23a is returned to the rack 12, for example, if the opening / closing door is opened in a double door type, a person moves and stores the opening / closing door so as to avoid the opening / closing door. Further, when the work is performed with the double-door type door closed, it is necessary to open the double-door to open the cutting board 23a.

On the other hand, when the opening / closing door 8 is opened to the position shown in FIG. 1, the front surface of the lower storage portion 5b is entirely open, and the door is located on the left and right of the sink 2b as in the case of the double door type door. It does not have a posture that spreads to the side. Therefore, there is no obstacle to the work flow line that moves the cutting board 23b between the lower storage section 5b and the counter 1a surface at the lower left part of the storage cabinet 4 on which the cutting board 23a is placed. Absent. Therefore, a worker can take out or store the cutting board 23a from the lower storage portion 5b without standing upright in front of the storage cabinet 4 or from a position facing the counter 1a surface on the left side of the sink 1b.

Further, not only when the tools and the like are put into and taken out from the lower storage portion 5b, but also when the slide hangers 10 and 11 and the rack 12 are being drawn out, the work flow line is similarly improved.

That is, for example, the slide hanger 10
7, when the person working using the counter 1a surface on the left side of the sink 1b picks up the cooking utensil 21 from the slide hanger 10, the opening / closing door 8 is retracted upwards. It is in a position that does not interfere with human arm or hand movements. Therefore, compared with the case of the double door type, the tool can be easily handled without bothering the work flow line that avoids the door, and the workability is significantly improved.

In this way, by opening and closing the opening / closing door 8 to a position along the upper front surface of the storage cabinet 4, the lower storage portion 5b is opened not only at the front but also at the left and right in the frontage direction. It can be an open space. And the slide hangers 10, 11 and the rack 12
By projecting from the lower storage portion 5b to the front, the tools and the like held by these can be picked up by extending the arm not only from the front of the sink 4b but also from the left or right side. Therefore, there is no restriction that a person must stand in front of the storage cabinet 4 when a tool is needed for cooking work, and cooking work can be performed easily.

[0050]

According to the present invention, since the opening / closing door is moved upward along the front surface of the storage portion and brought to the open position,
Even when compared to a double door, even when it is open, it can be a space that is open not only on the front side of the open part of the storage part but also on the left and right in the front direction, and extend the arm so that it straddles the floor cabinet. The work of loading and unloading items is also easy. Further, even if the storage section is located directly above the sink, the opening / closing door does not protrude forward, so that it can be used safely without hitting the head of the user.

Further, in the case where the upper storage portion and the lower storage portion are provided, the upper storage portion stores tableware or the like that is not used on a daily basis, and the lower storage portion stores frequently used items. By changing the form, the entire cabinet can be utilized for storage without waste.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an entire kitchen equipment provided with a wall cabinet of the present invention.

2A and 2B are details of a storage cabinet incorporated as a part of a wall cabinet, wherein FIG. 2A shows a state in which an opening / closing door is closed and FIG. 2B shows a state in which the opening / closing door is opened.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of FIG. 2 (a) viewed in the frontage direction.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of FIG. 2B viewed in the frontage direction.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a link mechanism connecting the opening / closing door to the side plate of the storage cabinet, excluding the opening / closing door.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the storage cabinet without the opening / closing door.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state in which an opening / closing door is opened in the example of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing an example in which a rack for a cutting board is provided in a lower storage portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Floor cabinet 1a: Counter 1b: Sink 1c: Cookware 2: Side cabinet 3: Wall cabinet 4: Storage cabinet 4a: Side plate 4b: Side plate 4c: Back plate 4d: Shelf plate 5: Partition plate 5a: Upper storage part 5b : Lower storage part 6: Draining net basket 7a: Door 7b: Door 8: Open / close door 8a: Handle 9: Link mechanism 9b: First link rod 9c: Second link rod 9d: Spring 10: Slide hanger 11: Slide hanger 12: Rack 21: Cooking utensil 22: Dish 23a: Cutting board 23b: Cutting board

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A wall cabinet that is arranged above a floor cabinet, and is a slide type in which a cooking utensil or the like is detachably held in a storage unit that is open at least on the front side and can be extended to the outside of the front of the storage unit. The wall cabinet for the kitchen, wherein the opening / closing door for closing the opened portion of the storage portion can be moved upward along the front surface of the storage portion in the opening direction. 2. The kitchen wall cabinet according to claim 1, wherein when the opening / closing door is moved to its open position, the lower end of the opening / closing door is positioned above the upper end section screen of the storage section. 3. A wall cabinet arranged above a floor cabinet, wherein a storage cabinet which is open at least on the front side is divided into an upper storage portion and a lower storage portion by a partition plate, and the storage cabinet is provided on the open side of the upper storage portion. Is provided with a door that opens and closes by rotating in the frontage direction, and on the opening side of the lower housing portion, an opening / closing door that is movable in an upward opening direction along the front surface of the lower housing portion is provided. A kitchen wall cabinet, wherein the lower storage part is provided with a slide type transfer means capable of detachably holding cooking utensils and the like and feeding the cooking utensil to the front outside of the lower storage part. 4. The kitchen wall cabinet according to claim 3, wherein a lower end of the opening / closing door is located above a lower surface of the partition plate when the opening / closing door is moved to the open position.