CN207461763U - Screen desk - Google Patents

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CN207461763U
CN207461763U CN201720434519.XU CN201720434519U CN207461763U CN 207461763 U CN207461763 U CN 207461763U CN 201720434519 U CN201720434519 U CN 201720434519U CN 207461763 U CN207461763 U CN 207461763U
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潘新宇
李超
刘乔宇
王涛
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Qingdao Love Office Integration Co Ltd
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The utility model provides a kind of screen desk, including:Screen main body (10) has the first surface and second surface being oppositely arranged;Desktop (20), it is articulated on the first surface of screen main body (10), desktop (20) is with the expanded position perpendicular to screen main body (10) and the folding position being attached at first surface, to be stored when desktop (20) is in folding position.The technical solution of the utility model effectively solves the problems, such as that the screen being separately provided in the prior art and desk are not easy to store and move.

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Screen desk
Technical field
The utility model is related to technical field of office furniture, and in particular to a kind of screen desk.
Background technology
At present, office screen furniture is mainly used in open Office Area, and the direct function of screen is the compartment, passes through screen Wind is separated into multiple working positions, and desk is placed in working position, and desk is separately provided relative to screen.It is adjusted when needing movement During the position of whole desk and screen, above structure is not easy to store, so that it is mobile inconvenient, increase the amount of labour.
Utility model content
The main purpose of the utility model is that a kind of screen desk is provided, to solve what is be separately provided in the prior art The problem of screen and desk are not easy to store and move.
To achieve the above object, the utility model provides a kind of screen desk, including:Screen main body has opposite The first surface and second surface of setting;Desktop is articulated on the first surface of screen main body, and desktop has perpendicular to screen master The expanded position of body and the folding position being attached at first surface, to be stored when desktop is in folding position.
Further, screen desk further includes fixing piece, and fixing piece is connect with screen main body, and desktop is articulated in fixing piece On.
Further, screen desk further includes support element, and support element is articulated on fixing piece and is located at the lower section of desktop, When desktop is in the deployed, supports support desktop, when desktop is in folding position, support element is attached at first surface.
Further, the number of fixing piece and support element is two, and two fixing pieces and two support elements correspond Setting, two fixing pieces are arranged at intervals.
Further, two fixing pieces are located at opposite two edge of first surface respectively.
Further, support element is triangular in shape.
Further, support element includes horizontally-supported and inclined shore piece, the first end and inclination branch of horizontally-supported The first end of blade is pivotally connected with fixing piece and connects and be arranged at intervals, the second end of horizontally-supported and the second of inclined shore piece End connection.
Further, fixing piece is the fixinig plate in inverted L-shaped, and the vertical piece of fixinig plate is connect with screen main body, desktop Bottom surface is equipped with connection sheet, and the horizontal plate pivot joint of connection sheet and fixinig plate connects.
Further, the top of the separate fixing piece of support element have locating piece protruding upward, connection sheet be equipped with The location hole of locating piece cooperation.
Further, it is provided with socket in screen main body.
Technical solutions of the utility model have the following advantages that:Desktop is articulated in screen main body.Desktop has expanded position And folding position, it flips up and packs up desktop, stored convenient for fast folding, it is mobile more convenient after folding, and then realize quick receive It receives, move and installs, effectively solve the screen being separately provided in the prior art and desk is not easy to store and move Problem.
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It, below will be right in order to illustrate more clearly of specific embodiment of the present invention or technical solution of the prior art Specific embodiment or attached drawing needed to be used in the description of the prior art are briefly described, it should be apparent that, it is described below In attached drawing be the utility model some embodiments, for those of ordinary skill in the art, do not paying creativeness Under the premise of labour, other attached drawings are can also be obtained according to these attached drawings.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the dimensional structure diagram of the embodiment of screen desk according to the present utility model;
Fig. 2 shows the dimensional structure diagrams of a pair of of screen desktop component of the screen desk of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 shows that a pair of of screen desktop component of Fig. 2 is in the dimensional structure diagram in folding process;
Fig. 4 shows that a pair of of screen desktop component of Fig. 2 is in the dimensional structure diagram of folding position;
Fig. 5 shows the dimensional structure diagram of the screen desktop component of the screen desk of Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 shows that the screen desktop component of Fig. 5 is in the dimensional structure diagram in folding process;
Fig. 7 shows that the screen desktop component of Fig. 5 is in the dimensional structure diagram of folding position;
Fig. 8 shows that the desktop in the screen desktop component of Fig. 5 is in the dimensional structure diagram of another location;
Fig. 9 shows the partial structural diagram of the screen desktop component of Fig. 5;
Figure 10 shows the partial exploded view of the screen desktop component of Fig. 5;
Figure 11 shows the screen main body of screen desktop component of Fig. 5 and the dimensional structure diagram of sliding rail;
Figure 12 shows the screen main body of Figure 11 and the partial structural diagram of sliding rail.
Wherein, the reference numeral in above-mentioned attached drawing is:
10th, screen main body;11st, sliding slot;12nd, installation protrusion;20th, desktop;30th, sliding rail;31st, screw hole;32nd, it stores recessed Slot;The 33rd, jack is installed;41st, locking piece;411st, groove is operated;42nd, operating parts;421st, pillar is operated;43rd, castor;50th, it is fixed Part;51st, inserted block;60th, support element;61st, horizontally-supported;62nd, inclined shore piece;63rd, locating piece;70th, connection sheet;71st, it positions Hole;80th, accessory is connected;81st, connecting bottom board;82nd, angle convex block;821st, arc groove.
Specific embodiment
The technical solution of the utility model is clearly and completely described below in conjunction with attached drawing, it is clear that described Embodiment is the utility model part of the embodiment, instead of all the embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the utility model, sheet Field those of ordinary skill all other embodiments obtained without making creative work, belong to this practicality Novel protected range.
As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the screen desk of the present embodiment includes multiple screen desktop components, each screen desktop Component includes screen main body 10 and desktop 20, and screen main body 10 has the first surface and second surface being oppositely arranged;Desktop 20 It is articulated on the first surface of screen main body 10, desktop 20 is with the expanded position perpendicular to screen main body 10 and is attached to the first table Folding position at face, to be convenient for storage, 20 rectangular triangle of desktop, two screen tables when desktop 20 is in folding position Plate component forms a pair of of screen desktop component, and the screen main body 10 of a pair of of screen desktop component is vertically arranged and its desktop 20 is pivotally connected Connection, two pairs of screen desktop components are oppositely arranged and split forms working position.
Using the screen desk of the present embodiment, the screen main body of two screen desktop components is disposed vertically, two straight The pivot joint connection of desktop 20 of angle triangle, two pairs of screen desktop components are oppositely arranged and split forms the working position of an employee. Being upwards collected through desktop can be by two screen desktop member collapses to together, and each pairs of screen desktop component can be with fast folding Storage, it is mobile more convenient after folding, and then realize that working position is put, installs and is combined into quick storage, movement, it is effective to solve The problem of screen and desk being separately provided in the prior art are not easy to store and move.
In the present embodiment, two pairs of screen desktop components are linked together by magnetic attracting mode.Two pairs of screen tables Can be with rapid magnetic adsorption combined between plate component, it is convenient to combine.Preferably, the first side of screen main body 10 is equipped with first Magnetic splice part, the second side being oppositely arranged with first side of screen main body 10 are equipped with the second magnetic splice part, and first The magnetism of magnetic splice part and the second magnetic splice part is opposite.
It is combined for the ease of magnetic absorption, in the present embodiment, as shown in figure 11, first side is equipped with installation groove, First magnetic splice part is arranged in installation groove, and second side is equipped with installation protrusion 12, and the second magnetic splice part is arranged on In installation protrusion 12, the installation groove of a screen main body 10 is adjacent thereto and the installation protrusion 12 of screen main body 10 of splicing is matched It closes.The installation protrusion 12 of the installation groove of one screen and another screen is coordinated, the structure of groove and protrusion is conveniently operated Combined efficiency is accelerated in personal identification.
In the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 8, the desktop 20 of a pair of of screen desktop component is by connecting accessory 80 pivot joint connections.It is simple in structure, it is easy to connect.Preferably, connection accessory 80 is two, and two connection accessories 80 are connected to The both ends of the stitching portion of two desktops 20.Connection is more firm.Certainly, the number for connecting accessory is not limited to this, can be according to tool Body situation selects.
In the present embodiment, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the right-angle side of desktop 20 is connected with bevel edge by transition arc, connection Accessory 80 has the angle convex block 82 protruded to desktop 20, and angle convex block 82 has the arc groove 821 coordinated with transition arc. That is, chamfering is made at two 45 degree of table angles of desktop 20, the angle convex block of setting and chamfering cooperation on accessory is at this moment connected 82, angle convex block 82 plays the role of supplement, can ensure the integrality of desktop when desktop is spliced together in this way.Certainly, table The table angle of plate 20 can not also make chamfering, and at this moment there is no need to set angle convex block on connection accessory.
Preferably, connection accessory 80 includes the connecting bottom board 81 of two pivot joint connections and two angle convex blocks being disposed adjacent 82, an angle convex block 82 is set on a connecting bottom board 81.The structure for connecting accessory is simple, easy to process, of low cost.Even Connect 81 rectangular triangle of bottom plate.
In the present embodiment, at two surfaces of each screen main body 10 on be both provided with along vertical extension sliding slot 11, it is sliding Sliding rail 30 is set in slot 11, and the opposite both sides of a screen main body 10 are respectively provided with desktop 20, can be spliced into two rows in this way Working position.
As shown in Figures 5 to 7, desktop 20 is articulated on the first surface of screen main body 10, and desktop 20 has perpendicular to screen The expanded position of wind main body 10 and the folding position being attached at first surface, to be received when desktop 20 is in folding position It receives.
Using the screen desk of the present embodiment, desktop 20 is articulated in screen main body 10.Desktop 20 has expanded position And folding position, it flips up and packs up desktop 20, stored convenient for fast folding, it is mobile more convenient after folding, and then realize quick Storage, mobile and installation, effectively solve the screen being separately provided in the prior art and desk are not easy to store and move The problem of.
In the present embodiment, screen desk further includes fixing piece 50, and fixing piece 50 is connect with screen main body 10, desktop 20 It is articulated on fixing piece 50.Above structure causes 20 opposed fixed member 50 of desktop to overturn, and then realizes desktop folding storage.Table Plate 20 is fixed by fixing piece 50 in screen main body 10, simplifies the structure of desktop.
In the present embodiment, screen desk further includes support element 60, and support element 60 is articulated on fixing piece 50 and is located at The lower section of desktop 20, when desktop 20 is in the deployed, support element 60 supports desktop 20, when desktop 20 is in folding position, branch Support member 60 is attached at first surface.Support element 60 plays the role of supporting desktop 20, improves the stability and fastness of desktop.When When desktop 20 is in folding position, inside rotatable support 60 packs up support element so that support element is also tightly attached to screen main body 10 On, prevent during movement support element from scratching the situation of people.Preferably, support element 60 is triangular in shape.The support of triangle The structure of part 60 is simple, makes full use of space.
In the present embodiment, the number of fixing piece 50 and support element 60 is two, two fixing pieces 50 and two supports Part 60 is arranged in a one-to-one correspondence, and two fixing pieces 50 are arranged at intervals.Support it is more firm, further improve desktop stability and securely Property.Preferably, two fixing pieces 50 are located at opposite two edge of first surface respectively.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, support element 60 includes horizontally-supported 61 and inclined shore piece 62, level branch The first end of blade 61 and the first end of inclined shore piece 62 are pivotally connected with fixing piece 50 to be connected and is arranged at intervals, horizontally-supported 61 second end is connect with the second end of inclined shore piece 62.Simplify the structure of support element 60.
In the present embodiment, as shown in figure 9, fixing piece 50 is the fixinig plate in inverted L-shaped, the vertical piece and screen of fixinig plate Main body 10 connects, and the bottom surface of desktop 20 is equipped with connection sheet 70, and connection sheet 70 and the horizontal plate pivot joint of fixinig plate connect.Connection sheet 70 convenient for connection desktop 20 and fixing piece 50, connection simplicity.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the top of the separate fixing piece 50 of support element 60 has positioning protruding upward Part 63, connection sheet 70 are equipped with the location hole 71 coordinated with locating piece 63.When desktop is in the deployed, on support element 60 Locating piece 63 coordinates with the location hole 71 in connection sheet 70, plays the role of positioning and limiting, prevents what support element from moving back and forth Situation.Preferably, locating piece 63 is positioning lug.
In the present embodiment, socket is provided in screen main body 10, screen main body 10 can be made full use of in this way, saved empty Between.
As shown in Figure 5 and Figure 8, desktop 20 is disposed movably in a vertical direction on the first surface of screen main body 10, Desktop 20, which has, is locked in latched position in screen main body 10 and relative to 10 unlocked position moving up and down of screen main body, So that the height of desktop 20 is adjustable.
Using the screen desk of the present embodiment, desktop 20 is moved up and down relative to screen main body 10, can be one Determine arbitrarily to control height in range, so that the height of desktop 20 is adjustable, increases the function of desktop adjustment height in this way, make User is more random using desk, makes user's body more healthy.
In the present embodiment, as shown in figure 11, first surface be equipped with vertically extension and it is two spaced Sliding slot 11, screen desk are additionally included in the sliding rail 30 moved in sliding slot 11, and desktop 20 is mounted on two sliding rails 30.Desktop 20 It is slided by sliding rail 30 along the extending direction of sliding slot 11, desktop movement is more smooth, adjusts easy to be laborsaving.
In the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 10, screen desk further includes locking piece 41, and locking piece 41 can lock sliding rail 30 It is scheduled in sliding slot 11 to lock desktop 20 and sliding rail 30 is made to move up and down to unlock desktop 20 in sliding slot 11.Operate locking piece 41 The state of desktop 20 can be switched fast.Preferably, locking piece 41 is lock screw, and sliding rail 30 has what is coordinated with lock screw Screw hole 31, lock screw are connected to across screw hole 31 on the inner wall of sliding slot 11 to lock sliding rail 30.The structure of locking piece 41 Simply, it only needs to screw lock screw i.e. lockable desktop or unlock desktop, easy to operate inside or outward.Certainly, it locks Part can be locking buckle, and the fixed desktop of locking buckle can be put down with obile table by turning over locking buckle, and locking piece structure is also simultaneously It is without being limited thereto, as long as can ensure that sliding rail moves and structure fixed at an arbitrary position in sliding slot.
In the present embodiment, silica-gel antiskid is set on sliding slot 11 or sliding rail 30, the desktop in latched position can be prevented Situation about moving up and down.
For the ease of operating locking piece 41, in the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 10, screen desk further includes operating parts 42, the head of screw of lock screw has operation groove 411, and one end of operating parts 42 has the operation coordinated with operation groove 411 Pillar 421, the other end of operating parts 42 form operating side.When the height for adjusting desktop, by the operation pillar 421 of operating parts 42 It is inserted into the operation groove 411 of head of screw, outward knob-operated part 42, lock screw leaves the inner wall of sliding slot 11, unlocks desktop, Then it moves up and down desktop, after the position of desktop mixes up, will be grasped in operation 421 insertion operation groove 411 of pillar toward inner button Workpiece 42, lock screw withstand the inner wall in sliding slot 11, lock desktop.Preferably, operation groove is in linear type, certainly, operation Groove can also be in cross, and the shape for operating groove is not limited to this.
In the present embodiment, the top surface of sliding rail 30 has the storage groove 32 coordinated with operation pillar 421.Without using operation The operation pillar of operating parts can be inserted into storage groove 32, can prevent from leaving about the situation of operating parts conveniently by part.
In the present embodiment, sliding slot 11 and sliding rail 30 are T-shaped.Certainly, sliding slot may be dovetail groove.
In the present embodiment, fixing piece 50 and 30 plug connection of sliding rail, fixing piece 50 are connect with desktop 20.Desktop 20 passes through Fixing piece 50 is fixed on sliding rail 30, simplifies the structure of desktop.
In the present embodiment, as shown in figs. 9 and 12, fixing piece 50 be in inverted L-shaped fixinig plate, the vertical piece of fixinig plate Towards having T-shaped inserted block 51 on the surface of sliding rail 30, sliding rail 30 has installation jack 33, and installation jack 33 includes being connected The logical and mounting hole being arranged in a vertical direction and T-shaped jack, inserted block 51 are moved downward to after entering mounting hole in jack, Gu The horizontal plate of stator is connect with desktop 20.During installation, jack is moved downward to after the inserted block 51 of fixing piece 50 is inserted into mounting hole In be just seized, thus secure the fix on sliding rail, plug connection is easy.Certainly, the connection of fixing piece and sliding rail It is not limited to this, can be selected as the case may be.Preferably, the number of installation jack 33 and inserted block 51 is multiple, Multiple installation jacks 33 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with multiple inserted blocks 51, and multiple installation jacks 33 are arranged in a vertical direction.It is fixed in this way The connection of part and sliding rail is more firm.
In the present embodiment, as shown in figure 11, the bottom of screen main body 10 is equipped with castor 43.Rotatable castor 43 is convenient for It is mobile, reduce labor intensity.
It can be seen from the above description that the above embodiments of the present invention achieve the following technical effects:
Screen desktop component can be moved quickly and be put, and desktop quickly can store and adjust height, can be fast between screen Fast magnetic absorption combination, can be switched fast between screen and working position, save space, freely customize Spatial Coupling.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that term " " center ", " on ", " under ", it is "left", "right", " perpendicular Directly ", the orientation of the instructions such as " level ", " interior ", " outer " or position relationship are based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, are only The utility model must have specific with the device or element for simplifying description rather than instruction or hint meaning for ease of description Orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore it is not intended that limitation to the utility model.In addition, term " the One ", " second ", " third " are only used for description purpose, and it is not intended that instruction or hint relative importance.
Obviously, the above embodiments are merely examples for clarifying the description, and is not intended to limit the embodiments.It is right For those of ordinary skill in the art, can also make on the basis of the above description it is other it is various forms of variation or It changes.There is no necessity and possibility to exhaust all the enbodiments.And the obvious variation thus extended out or Among the protection domain that variation is created still in the utility model.

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1. a kind of screen desk, which is characterized in that including:
Screen main body (10) has the first surface and second surface being oppositely arranged;
Desktop (20), is articulated on the first surface of the screen main body (10), and the desktop (20) has perpendicular to the screen The expanded position of wind main body (10) and the folding position being attached at the first surface, in the desktop (20) in the folding Convenient for storage during folded position.
2. screen desk according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the screen desk further includes fixing piece (50), the fixing piece (50) connect with the screen main body (10), and the desktop (20) is articulated on the fixing piece (50).
3. screen desk according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the screen desk further includes support element (60), the support element (60) is articulated on the fixing piece (50) and positioned at the lower section of the desktop (20), the desktop (20) in the expanded position when, the support element (60) supports the desktop (20), and the desktop (20) is in the folding During folded position, the support element (60) is attached at the first surface.
4. screen desk according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the fixing piece (50) and the support element (60) Number be two, two fixing pieces (50) are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with two support elements (60), and two are described solid Determine part (50) interval setting.
5. screen desk according to claim 4, which is characterized in that two fixing pieces (50) are located at described respectively Opposite two edge of first surface.
6. screen desk according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the support element (60) is triangular in shape.
7. screen desk according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the support element (60) includes horizontally-supported (61) and inclined shore piece (62), the first end of horizontally-supported (61) and the first end of the inclined shore piece (62) are equal It is pivotally connected with the fixing piece (50) and connects and be arranged at intervals, second end and the inclined shore piece of horizontally-supported (61) (62) second end connection.
8. screen desk according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the fixing piece (50) is the fixation in inverted L-shaped Piece, the vertical piece of the fixinig plate are connect with the screen main body (10), and the bottom surface of the desktop (20) is equipped with connection sheet (70), the connection sheet (70) and the horizontal plate pivot joint of the fixinig plate connect.
9. screen desk according to claim 8, which is characterized in that the separate fixing piece of the support element (60) (50) top has locating piece (63) protruding upward, and the connection sheet (70) is equipped with what is coordinated with the locating piece (63) Location hole (71).
10. screen desk according to claim 1, which is characterized in that be provided with socket on the screen main body (10).
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