CN219125695U - Extensible combined commodity shelf - Google Patents

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CN219125695U
CN219125695U CN202223596446.4U CN202223596446U CN219125695U CN 219125695 U CN219125695 U CN 219125695U CN 202223596446 U CN202223596446 U CN 202223596446U CN 219125695 U CN219125695 U CN 219125695U
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The utility model relates to an extensible combined commodity shelf which at least comprises a first commodity shelf and a second commodity shelf which are identical in structure, wherein the first commodity shelf and the second commodity shelf are arranged side by side at intervals, and the first commodity shelf and the second commodity shelf are fixedly connected through a commodity placing layer plate assembly; the first storage rack comprises a plurality of vertically arranged supporting rods and a plurality of horizontally arranged first storage laminates, and the plurality of first storage laminates are distributed among the plurality of supporting rods in parallel; the article-placing layer plate assembly comprises a second article-placing layer plate and a connecting assembly, and the second article-placing layer plate is fixedly connected with the first article-placing layer plate which is positioned at the same level through the connecting assembly. According to the utility model, the two storage racks with the same structure are horizontally spliced through the storage layer plate matched and connected assembly, and after the horizontal splicing is realized through the storage layer plate matched and connected assembly, the storage layer plates on the same layer on the storage racks are positioned on the same plane, so that the storage rack has better attractive appearance.

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Extensible combined commodity shelf
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of storage articles, in particular to an extensible combined commodity shelf.
Background
With the continuous improvement of the living standard of people, more and more household daily necessities can be placed neatly and used conveniently, and the household daily necessities are a task for very examining people's storage skills. Often used articles are used to be scattered outside, so that the articles are convenient to take at any time, but the articles are quite easy to cause messy and crowded visual perception once more. In order to effectively store various common articles so as to achieve the effect of orderly storing the common articles, a storage rack is often used for storing the various common articles.
At present, a commodity shelf commonly used in the market generally comprises a plurality of vertical support rods and a plurality of commodity shelf boards, and when the commodity shelf is assembled, the commodity shelf boards can only be expanded in the vertical direction, and the commodity shelf boards are difficult to expand in the horizontal direction.
In the prior art, when horizontal expansion is carried out, the storage laminate plates with the same structure are adopted for splicing, at the moment, the spliced storage laminate plates can only be installed in a staggered mode, namely, the storage laminate plates with the same layer of the storage shelf are not on the same plane, and the splicing structure enables the practicality and the aesthetic degree of the storage shelf to be poor, and the assembly process is also complicated, so that the labor cost is wasted.
In addition, when current supporter splice in vertical direction, the head and tail both ends of two bracing pieces are connected through a connector that both ends are the helicitic texture, and this kind of connected mode has increased accessory quantity, has wasted material cost and cost of labor.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to overcome the problems that in the prior art, when the storage shelf is horizontally expanded, the storage laminates with the same structure are spliced, the spliced storage laminates can only be installed in a staggered way, the practicability and the aesthetic degree of the storage shelf are affected, the assembly process is complicated, the labor cost is wasted and the like; when splicing in the vertical direction, the head end and the tail end of two support rods are connected through a connector with two ends being of a threaded structure, and the connecting mode increases the number of accessories, solves the problems of material waste cost, labor cost and the like, and discloses an extensible combined storage rack.
The extensible combined commodity shelf at least comprises a first commodity shelf and a second commodity shelf which are identical in structure, wherein the first commodity shelf and the second commodity shelf are arranged side by side at intervals, and the first commodity shelf and the second commodity shelf are fixedly connected through a commodity placing layer plate assembly; the first storage rack comprises a plurality of vertically arranged supporting rods and a plurality of horizontally arranged first storage laminates, and the plurality of first storage laminates are distributed among the plurality of supporting rods in parallel; the article-placing layer plate assembly comprises a second article-placing layer plate and a connecting assembly, and the second article-placing layer plate is fixedly connected with the first article-placing layer plate which is positioned at the same level through the connecting assembly. The first commodity shelf and the second commodity shelf with the same structure are horizontally spliced through the second commodity shelf matching connection assembly, and after the second commodity shelf matching connection assembly is used for horizontally splicing, the first commodity shelf of the same layer on the plurality of commodity shelves is located on the same plane.
Further, as the preferable technical scheme, the connecting assembly comprises a connecting hook and a locking piece which are matched, the connecting hook is fixedly connected with the second storage layer plate and can be connected with the first storage layer plate in a buckling manner, and the locking piece is locked with the connecting hook in a rotating manner. The connecting assembly adopts the matched connecting hook and the locking piece, so that the convenient assembly and disassembly are realized, and the application range is wider.
Further, as a preferable technical scheme, the connecting hook is in a U shape, one side wall of the connecting hook is fixed with the second storage layer plate, and the other side wall of the connecting hook penetrates through the side wall of the first storage layer plate.
Further, as a preferable technical scheme, the locking member is an anti-falling knob.
Further, as an optimized technical scheme, the supporting rod at least comprises an upper supporting rod and a lower supporting rod which are connected end to end, the connecting end of the upper supporting rod and the lower supporting rod is set to be a compression end, and the compression end of the upper supporting rod can be embedded into the upper end of the lower supporting rod to be connected with the lower supporting rod in a nested mode. The end part of one supporting rod is rolled and contracted between the two supporting rods, so that the two supporting rods can be embedded into the other supporting rod, direct connection between the two supporting rods can be realized without a connector, and the material cost and the labor cost are saved.
Further, as a preferable technical scheme, the compression end of the upper support rod is provided with a thread structure, the upper end of the lower support rod is internally protruded with a limit bump, and the compression end of the upper support rod is embedded into the upper end of the lower support rod and then limited through the limit bump embedded into the thread structure. Through rolling the tip roll of a bracing piece into the screw thread, the tip of another bracing piece sets up spacing bump for need not to realize the lug connection with the help of the connector between two bracing pieces, saved material cost and cost of labor.
Further, as an optimized technical scheme, the four corners of the first storage layer plate are provided with cone-shaped barrel pieces with the same structure, and the first storage layer plate is sleeved and installed on the supporting rod through the cone-shaped barrel pieces arranged on the four corners.
Further, as the preferred technical scheme, the device further comprises a positioning clamping piece assembly, wherein the positioning clamping piece assembly comprises a first clamping piece and a second clamping piece which are matched with each other, the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are fixed into a hollow frustum-shaped whole in a relatively inserting mode, and the first clamping piece and the second clamping piece are fixedly arranged at the joint of the supporting rod and the conical barrel piece.
Further, as a preferable technical scheme, an adjuster is arranged at the bottom of the lower supporting rod, and the adjuster is rotatably connected with the bottom end of the lower supporting rod.
Further, as a preferable technical scheme, the upper support rod and the lower support rod are all made of bamboo joint pipes.
Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
according to the utility model, the two storage racks with the same structure are horizontally spliced through the storage layer plate matched and connected assembly, and after the horizontal splicing is realized through the storage layer plate matched and connected assembly, the storage layer plates on the same layer on the storage racks are positioned on the same plane.
According to the utility model, the end part of one supporting rod is threaded through rolling, so that the two supporting rods can be embedded into the other supporting rod, direct connection between the two supporting rods can be realized without a connector, and the material cost and the labor cost are saved.
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FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of fig. 1 in accordance with the present utility model.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the inventive placement laminate assembly.
FIG. 4 is an assembled view of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of fig. 4 in accordance with the present utility model.
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a first rack according to the present utility model.
FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a first shelf according to the present utility model.
Fig. 8 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the connection structure of the upper support bar and the lower support bar of the present utility model.
FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion of the interconnection of the locating clip assembly and the support bar of the present utility model.
FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion of the interconnection of the adjuster and the lower support rod of the present utility model.
The first storage rack is 1, the first storage layer plate is 11, the cone barrel part is 111, the supporting rod is 12, the upper supporting rod is 121, the compression end is 1211, the lower supporting rod is 122, the limiting protruding point is 1221, the positioning clamping piece component is 13, the first clamping piece is 131, the second clamping piece is 132, the regulator is 14, the second storage rack is 2, the storage layer plate component is 3, the second storage layer plate is 31, the connecting component is 32, the connecting hook is 321 and the locking piece is 322.
Detailed Description
The utility model is further described below in connection with the following detailed description.
The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings of embodiments of the utility model correspond to the same or similar components; in the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that, if any, terms such as "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate an orientation or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, only for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements being referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus the words describing the positional relationship in the drawings are merely for illustration and not to be construed as limiting the present patent.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, if any, are used for descriptive purposes only and are primarily for distinguishing between different devices, elements, or components (the particular categories and configurations may be the same or different) and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance or quantity of the devices, elements, or components indicated, but are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Example 1
In order to overcome the commodity shelf in the prior art, when the commodity shelf is horizontally expanded, the commodity shelf with the same structure is spliced, the spliced commodity shelf can only be installed in a staggered mode, the practicality and the attractiveness of the commodity shelf are affected, the problems that the assembly process is complicated, labor cost is wasted and the like are also solved, and the extensible combined commodity shelf is disclosed.
The embodiment discloses an extensible combined commodity shelf, as shown in fig. 1-2, at least comprising a first commodity shelf 1 and a second commodity shelf 2 which have the same structure, wherein the first commodity shelf 1 and the second commodity shelf 2 are arranged side by side and at intervals, and the first commodity shelf 1 and the second commodity shelf 2 are fixedly connected through a commodity placing layer plate assembly 3; the first storage rack 1 comprises a plurality of vertically arranged support rods 12 and a plurality of horizontally arranged first storage laminates 11, wherein the plurality of first storage laminates 11 are distributed among the plurality of support rods 12 in parallel; the storage layer plate assembly 3 comprises a second storage layer plate 31 and a connecting assembly 32, and the second storage layer plate 31 is fixedly connected with the first storage layer plate 11 positioned at the same level through the connecting assembly 32.
In this embodiment, two adjacent first supporter 1 and second supporter 2 are realized the level concatenation through second thing plywood 31 cooperation coupling assembling 32, and through second thing plywood 31 cooperation coupling assembling 32 realization level concatenation back, the first thing plywood 11 of putting of same layer on a plurality of supporter is located the coplanar, and this mosaic structure is better has improved the aesthetic measure of supporter product, has reduced material cost and technology cost, has simplified the equipment process simultaneously, has practiced thrift consumer's equipment required time.
As a preferred embodiment, the connection assembly 32 is as shown in fig. 3: the connecting hook 321 is fixedly connected with the second storage layer plate 31, and can be in buckling connection with the first storage layer plate 11, and the locking piece 322 is rotationally locked with the connecting hook 321.
Specifically, this couple 321 one end can adopt modes such as welding or locking fixed and second put thing plywood 31 fixed connection, the other end can buckle or block rather than being located the first thing plywood 11 of putting on same horizon, then the both ends locking fixed of couple 321 will be put to the rethread retaining member 322, and then realize the second and put thing plywood 31 and the fixed connection of first thing plywood 11 of putting on same horizon, adopt this coupling assembling 32 can realize carrying out the horizontal piece concatenation with a plurality of supporter, and the first thing plywood 11 of putting of the same layer on a plurality of supporter after the concatenation is located the coplanar, the equipment is convenient, simultaneously, the supporter after the concatenation through this coupling assembling 32 also can realize dismantling quick dismantlement, reuse, see the fig. 4-5 shows.
As a preferred embodiment, the connection hook 321 has a U shape. The fixed connection structure of the connection hook 321 is specifically: one side wall of the connecting hook 321 is fixed with the second storage layer plate 31, the other side wall of the connecting hook 321 penetrates through the side wall of the first storage layer plate 11, and then the locking piece 322 penetrates through the two side walls of the connecting hook 321, so that the second storage layer plate 31 and the first storage layer plate 11 are locked and fixed.
As a preferred embodiment, the locking member 322 employs an anti-drop knob and mates with the coupling hanger 321 to allow for quick installation and removal.
In addition, in order to prevent the connection hook 321 from being scraped to a person during the assembly process or the use process, the connection hook 321 may be installed upside down, thereby realizing the protection of a user or an assembler. Meanwhile, the matched connecting hooks 321 and the locking pieces 322 are adopted to realize quick splicing, and meanwhile, the first storage layer plate 11 can be quickly detached and cannot be damaged, so that the repeated use is realized.
Example 2
This embodiment is for overcoming the supporter among the prior art, when the concatenation in the vertical direction, the head and the tail both ends of two bracing pieces are connected through a connector that both ends are the helicitic texture, and this kind of connected mode has increased accessory quantity, has extravagant material cost and cost of labor scheduling problem, discloses an extensible combination supporter, and it further discloses the on embodiment 1's basis on the ascending mosaic structure of supporter.
In this embodiment, see FIGS. 6-7:
the support rod 12 at least comprises an upper support rod 121 and a lower support rod 122 which are connected end to end, the connecting end of the upper support rod 121 and the lower support rod 122 is set to be a compression end 1211, and the compression end 1211 of the upper support rod 121 can be embedded into the upper end of the lower support rod 122 to be in nested connection with the lower support rod 122.
Therefore, two upper support rods 121 and lower support rods 122 are required to be vertically spliced, and one of the support rods, that is, the opposite end of the upper support rod 121 or the lower support rod 122, is required to be compressed so as to be inserted into the other support rod, thereby realizing the insertion fixation.
As a preferred embodiment, the connection end of the upper support rod 121 with the lower support rod 122 is generally set as a compression end 1211 so that it can be inserted into the lower support rod 122 for quick installation.
As a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the compression end 1211 of the upper support rod 121 is provided with a screw structure, and a limit bump 1221 is protruded inward from the upper end of the lower support rod 122, and after the compression end 1211 of the upper support rod 121 is inserted into the upper end of the lower support rod 122, the limit is performed by the limit bump 1221 inserted into the screw structure.
In this embodiment, the compression threads and the limit bumps 1221 which are matched are arranged on the upper support rod 121 and the lower support rod 122 to realize splicing in the vertical direction, and the splicing structure can realize rapid assembly and disassembly, and meanwhile, the connector is omitted, so that the material cost and the labor cost are saved.
In addition, in the present embodiment, the conical tube members 111 with the same structure are disposed at the four corners of the first storage layer 11, and the first storage layer 11 is mounted on the support rod 12 by sleeving the conical tube members 111 disposed at the four corners.
In addition, as a preferred embodiment, the adjuster 14 is provided at the bottom of the lower support bar 122, and the adjuster 14 is rotatably connected to the bottom end of the lower support bar 122, as shown in fig. 10.
The adjuster 14 specifically adopts anchor bolts, so as to adjust the installation height of the lower support rods 122, so that the heights of the support rods 12 of the same shelf are consistent, and simultaneously, a plurality of first storage laminates 11 positioned on the same layer are positioned on the same horizontal plane.
In this embodiment, the upper support rod 121 and the lower support rod 122 are all bamboo joint tubes.
Example 3
The present embodiment discloses an expandable combined rack, which discloses a connection structure between a first storage layer plate 11 and a support rod 12 on the basis of embodiment 1 and embodiment 2.
In this embodiment, the positioning clip assembly 13 is further included, and the positioning clip assembly 13 is shown in fig. 9: the clamping device comprises a first clamping piece 131 and a second clamping piece 132 which are matched, wherein the first clamping piece 131 and the second clamping piece 132 are fixed into a hollow frustum-shaped whole in a relatively splicing mode, and the first clamping piece 131 and the second clamping piece 132 are fixedly arranged at the joint of the supporting rod 12 and the conical barrel part 111.
Therefore, after the installation position of the first storage layer plate 11 is determined, the positioning clip assembly 13 is assembled, and then the cone member 111 of the first storage layer plate 11 passes through the supporting rod 12 to be clamped with the positioning clip assembly 13, so that the installation position of the first storage layer plate 11 is limited.
In this embodiment, the positioning clip assembly 13 is a prior art, and the structure will not be described in detail in this embodiment.
It is to be understood that the above examples of the present utility model are provided by way of illustration only and not by way of limitation of the embodiments of the present utility model. Other variations or modifications of the above teachings will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is not necessary here nor is it exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. which come within the spirit and principles of the utility model are desired to be protected by the following claims.

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1. The extensible combined commodity shelf is characterized by at least comprising a first commodity shelf (1) and a second commodity shelf (2) which are identical in structure, wherein the first commodity shelf (1) and the second commodity shelf (2) are arranged side by side at intervals, and the first commodity shelf (1) and the second commodity shelf (2) are fixedly connected through a commodity placing layer plate assembly (3); the first storage rack (1) comprises a plurality of vertically arranged support rods (12) and a plurality of horizontally arranged first storage laminates (11), and the plurality of first storage laminates (11) are distributed among the plurality of support rods (12) in parallel; the storage layer plate assembly (3) comprises a second storage layer plate (31) and a connecting assembly (32), and the second storage layer plate (31) is fixedly connected with the first storage layer plate (11) which is positioned at the same level through the connecting assembly (32).
2. An expandable modular shelf according to claim 1, wherein the connecting assembly (32) comprises a mating connecting hook (321) and a locking member (322), the connecting hook (321) being fixedly connected to the second storage layer (31) and being capable of being snap-connected to the first storage layer (11), the locking member (322) being rotatably locked to the connecting hook (321).
3. An expandable modular shelf according to claim 2, wherein the connecting hook (321) is U-shaped, a side wall of the connecting hook (321) is fixed to the second storage plate (31), and the other side wall of the connecting hook (321) passes through the side wall of the first storage plate (11).
4. An expandable modular shelf according to claim 2, wherein the locking element (322) is an anti-drop knob.
5. An expandable combined shelf according to claim 1, characterized in that the support rods (12) at least comprise an upper support rod (121) and a lower support rod (122) connected end to end, the connection end of the upper support rod (121) with the lower support rod (122) is set to be a compression end (1211), and the compression end (1211) of the upper support rod (121) can be embedded into the upper end of the lower support rod (122) to realize nested connection with the lower support rod (122).
6. The expandable combined shelf as defined in claim 5, wherein the compression end (1211) of the upper support rod (121) is provided with a screw structure, a limit bump (1221) protrudes inward from the upper end of the lower support rod (122), and the compression end (1211) of the upper support rod (121) is embedded into the upper end of the lower support rod (122) and then is limited by the limit bump (1221) embedded into the screw structure.
7. The expandable combined commodity shelf according to claim 1, wherein the four corners of the first commodity shelf (11) are provided with cone members (111) with the same structure, and the first commodity shelf (11) is sleeved and mounted on the supporting rod (12) through the cone members (111) arranged on the four corners.
8. The expandable modular shelf according to claim 7, further comprising a positioning clip assembly (13), wherein the positioning clip assembly (13) comprises a first clip (131) and a second clip (132) which are matched, the first clip (131) and the second clip (132) are fixed into a hollow frustum-shaped whole in a relatively inserted manner, and the first clip (131) and the second clip (132) are fixedly arranged at the connection part of the support rod (12) and the cone member (111).
9. The expandable modular shelf of claim 5, wherein an adjustor (14) is provided at the bottom of the lower support bar (122), the adjustor (14) being rotatably connected to the bottom end of the lower support bar (122).
10. The expandable modular shelf of claim 5, wherein the upper support rod (121) and the lower support rod (122) are each bamboo joint tubes.
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