JP2000166670A - Connecting structure for housing furnitures - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To connect housing furnitures in arbitrary direction by sharing struts. SOLUTION: A housing furniture 10 is constituted by arranging struts 11 on both longitudinal and lateral sides and bridging a top plate 15 and a pedestal 17 or the like on the inside surrounded by the struts 11. Then, the strut 11 is equipped with attaching areas at two spots in breadthwise direction, and a holding means 14 is freely attachably and detachably provided in this attaching area. In the state of arranging each of housing furnitures 10 so as to be L-shaped in plane view, the holding means 14 is arranged in the attaching area to be the side of connection and by arranging or fixing rack members 60 and 65 through these holding means, respective pieces of housing furnitures 10 can be mutually connected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connecting structure for storage furniture, and more particularly, to a method for connecting individually completed storage furniture in a line and changing the extending direction of the storage furniture. The present invention also relates to a connection structure for storage furniture that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in offices and the like, storage furniture such as racks that can be used as storage areas for box files and books has been introduced. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, this type of storage furniture includes a plurality of columns 102 located at front, rear, left and right corners,
It is constituted by shelf members 100 arranged in a plurality of stages via an appropriate connecting material bridged between the columns 102.

[0005] A plurality of such storage furnitures are arranged side by side in plan view L.
In the case of arranging in a shape, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, the front edge or the rear edge side area of another storage furniture 100 is overlapped along the side edge 100A of one storage furniture 100. Or, as shown in FIG. 12, corners 100B of each storage furniture 100 are often arranged close to each other.

[0004]

However, in such an arrangement, the storage furnitures 100, 100 are merely arranged so as to partially abut each other.
It is not possible to ensure the integrity of the respective storage furniture 100, 100, and therefore, there is a disadvantage that the two cannot be moved as one.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention was devised in view of such inconveniences, and an object of the present invention is to enable connection in which corners are formed while sharing constituent parts, and to provide independent connections. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage furniture connection structure capable of arbitrarily selecting use in a state and use in a connected state.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of storage furniture having a storage space inside a column surrounded by columns, and disposing the storage furniture in different directions. In the structure in which the storage furniture are connected to each other in the state, a holding means is provided by utilizing a substantially half area in the width direction of each of the columns located on the connection side of the storage furniture, and the holding means supports the shelf member. The storage furniture can be connected to each other. According to such a configuration, since the storage furniture can be connected by partially using the struts that constitute the storage furniture, the holding means corresponding to the shape of the struts and the space plane to be connected correspond. The storage furniture can be connected in any direction only by providing a shelf member. Here, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the shelf member includes a connection top plate and a connection cradle, and the storage furniture is connected to each other by supporting the top plate and the cradle between the columns. .

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A support according to the present invention is provided in a shape having two rows of mounting areas by a mounting surface portion extending in a vertical direction and a partition piece portion substantially dividing the mounting surface portion into two in a horizontal direction. It is possible to adopt a configuration in which the holding means is fixed to the mounting area located on the outside and the shelf member can be supported, and the mounting area is provided via the lid member so as to be coverable when the holding means is not fixed. it can. This allows
While enabling connection using a single support, it is possible to present on the appearance a cosmetic effect that hides the mounting surface and the partition surface when connection is not performed.

[0008] Further, a connecting hole comprising a large number of holes or screw holes is formed in the mounting surface portion and / or the partition portion along the vertical direction, and the holding means is inserted through a pin or a screw inserted into the connecting hole. Should be fixed. With such a configuration, the holding means can be fixed at an arbitrary height position, and the erection position of the shelf member can be easily changed.

Further, the holding means includes a shelf support which can be bridged between the connection holes of the opposing columns, the shelf support having a main body having an inner space extending in the axial direction, and a main body having this main body. A shaft member that is supported so as to be movable in the axial direction and both ends are inserted into and engaged with the connection holes, and a neutral position holding unit that holds a state in which both ends of the shaft members are engaged with the respective connection holes. The configuration of providing is also adopted.
Since the shelf supports have a length extending between the columns, the connection between the storage furniture can be exerted simply by laying the shelf members between the columns and arranging the shelf members.
In addition, the step of changing the shelf member can be performed easily and quickly, and it is easy to visually check the same height position of the connection hole, and the work in which the shelf support is erroneously hanged in the inclined direction can be performed. Can be prevented.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which the storage furniture according to the present embodiment is connected along a substantially L-shaped direction in plan view. In this figure, a pair of left and right racks 10 that constitute storage furniture that can be independently independent are four pillars 1 that are arranged relative to each other in front and rear and left and right to form a storage space inside.
1 and two upper and lower rectangular frame-shaped frames 12 and 13 for interconnecting the columns 11, and the front and rear columns 11, 11
And a shelf supporter 14 spanned at an arbitrary height position therebetween. The top plate 1 is placed on the upper frame 12
5 is fixed by bolts 16, while a lower frame 13 is supported by a receiving plate 17, and a shelf support 14 supports an intermediate shelf 18. I have.

As shown in FIG. 2, the column 11 has a flat mounting surface 20 extending in the vertical direction and side surfaces 2 provided on both sides of the mounting surface 20 in the left-right width direction.
1, 21 and a rear or front portion 22 connecting the side portions 21 and 21 with each other, and a partition piece protruding from the surface of the mounting surface portion 20 so as to divide the mounting surface portion 20 into two parts in the horizontal direction. The partitioning portion 25 and the mounting surface portion 20 form two rows of left and right mounting areas 26, respectively, so that the widthwise half areas of the columns 11 can be used independently of each other. ing. Here, connecting holes 27 formed of a large number of holes or screw holes are formed in the mounting surface 20 at predetermined intervals along the vertical direction.

On both sides of the mounting surface 20, ridges 28 are formed along the vertical direction in the direction opposite to the side surface 21, and are formed on the tip side (inward end side) of the partition piece 25. Is formed along the vertical direction with a strip 30 substantially perpendicular to the surface of the partition 25.
A lid piece 32 (see FIG. 3) as an elongated lid member extending along the up-down direction is mounted between the ridges 28 and the protrusions 28 as necessary, so that the mounting surface portion is not used when the mounting area 26 is not used. The makeup effect is provided by hiding the partition 20 and the partition piece 25. Further, caps 33 are mounted on both upper and lower ends of the column 12, and adjusters 35 are mounted on the lower cap 33.

The frames 12, 13 are constituted by substantially the same or equivalent structures. Therefore, here, the upper frame 12 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the frame 12 is configured by combining a prismatic pipe-shaped girder member 36 extending between the front and rear and left and right columns 11, and having a wide L fitting 37 on the outer surface of the corner. A hole 39 is drilled at an appropriate position of the wide L fitting 37, and a pin or a bolt 40 is inserted in such a manner that the hole 39 is aligned with the connection hole 27 of the mounting surface portion 20, whereby the wide L fitting is provided. The frame 12 is connected to each mounting area 26 of the support column 12 in a state where the respective surfaces 37 are along the surfaces of the mounting surface portion 20 and the partition piece portion 25. It is sufficient that the hole 39 of the wide L fitting 37 is provided at at least one location, and a plurality of holes 39 can be formed as necessary. In a region where the frames 12 and 13 are connected, a mounting member such as a plate or a block is disposed on the inner surface of the end of the support 11, and a screw hole is provided in the mounting member and the mounting member is aligned with the hole 39. A configuration in which the bolt 40 is screwed can be adopted.

The shelf support 14 has front and rear columns 11, 1
1 is provided in a length that can be bridged between the connection holes 27. As shown in FIG. 4A, the shelf support 14 has a main body 42 having an internal space extending in the axial direction.
A shaft member 43 which is supported by the main body portion 42 so as to be movable in the axial direction and both ends of the shaft member 43 are engageable with the connection holes 27; Neutral position holding means 45 for holding the state
It is comprised including.

As shown in FIG. 4B, the main body 42 has an upper flat portion 47 and outer and inner side portions 4 which respectively hang down from both ends in the short width direction of the upper flat portion 47.
8, 49, and a lower flat portion 51 located at a lower end of the outer side surface portion 48 through the inclined surface 50 in substantially parallel with the upper flat portion 47,
The lower flat portion 51 is provided in a shape including a standing piece portion 52 directed upward from the tip of the lower flat portion 51, and a pair of front and rear end wall portions 53 located at both ends along the axial direction of the shaft member 43. Here, notches 49A and 51A are formed in an intermediate region between the inner side surface portion 49 and the lower flat portion 51, respectively, and the intermediate shelf 18 (see FIG. 1) is placed on the lower flat portion 51. Holes 51 such as screws for fixing this from the bottom side
B is formed. In addition, the shaft member 4 is provided on the end wall 53.
A bearing hole 53A is formed so as to penetrate both sides of the shaft 3 and support it.

The shaft member 43 has bearing holes 53A, 53A.
It is provided longer than the distance connecting between them, and both ends thereof protrude slightly outside the bearing hole 53A, and the front and rear struts 11 are provided.
The length is set so that it can be engaged in the connection hole 27 formed respectively.

The neutral position holding means 45 includes a shaft member 43.
And a pair of coil springs 55 wound around the outer peripheral surfaces on both sides of the shaft member 43, and an operating member 56 attached to a substantially central portion of the shaft member 43. The coil spring 55 is non-detachably mounted between the inner surface of the end wall portion 53 and the wing member 57 protruding at a position 180 degrees apart from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft member 43. By providing the shaft member 43 at two places on both sides, the balance is set so that the protrusion amounts of both ends of the shaft member 43 are substantially equal. The operating member 56 is provided with the cutout 4.
An operation surface portion 58 which can be positioned in the area of 9A and a forked claw member 59 projecting from the back surface side of the operation surface portion 58 and fitted to the shaft member 43 are provided. These claw members 5
9 and 59, a wing member 60 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the central part of the shaft member 43 is located.
The hook members 59 are provided so as to be immovable in the axial direction of the shaft member 43 by the engagement of the members 9 and 59. Further, the operation surface portion 58 is provided at a position where the upper left and right end edges abut the left and right forming edges of the cutout portion 49A, thereby restricting the movement stroke of the shaft member 43 along the axial direction.
This movement stroke, that is, the length of the left and right notches of the notch portion 49A is set in a range where the other end of the shaft member 43 does not come out of the bearing hole 53A when the shaft member 43 is moved in one direction. In this embodiment, when one end of the shaft member 43 protrudes from the bearing hole 53A by the maximum amount, the other end is set to be located exactly in the bearing hole.

When the shelf support 14 is mounted between the columns 11, a fingertip is applied to the operation surface 58 as shown in FIG. One end of 43 is inserted into the connection hole 27. At this time, the other end of the shaft member 43 is not inserted into the connection hole 27 of the corresponding column. Here, when the sliding force of the operation surface portion 58 is released, the coil spring 55 resiliently returns so as to hang in a no-load state, so that the other end portion of the shaft member 43 enters the connection hole 27 and engages with it. It will be. By arranging the shelf supports 14 between the front and rear columns 11 at the left and right positions in such a manner, the horizontal surface portion 51 is located at the left and right two positions. It becomes possible to arrange.

As shown in FIG. 2, a panel 60 can be mounted between the columns 11. This panel 60
Crank-shaped or L-shaped connecting bracket 6 from its outer edge
1 can be fixed to the connection hole 27 by a pin or a screw 62. Note that the panel 60 can be replaced with a whiteboard. In this case, it is sufficient to arrange the panel so that the writing surface of the whiteboard is exposed outside the rack 10.

As shown in FIG. 6, at the end of each rack 10 when the rack 10 is connected in the L-shaped direction in plan view,
The shelf supports 14, 14 are respectively bridged at appropriate height positions between the columns 11. And these shelf supports 1
A connecting intermediate shelf 60 (see FIG. 1) as a substantially fan-shaped shelf member in plan view is disposed so as to straddle the four and fourteen. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the intermediate shelf 60 has a concave groove 61 on the back surface side, and a nut member 62 is embedded at a position adjacent to the concave groove 61. The upstanding piece 52 of the shelf supporter 14 is received in the concave groove 61, while a screw (not shown) inserted through a hole 51 </ b> B formed in the shelf supporter 14 is screwably provided in the nut member 62. Thus, the intermediate shelf 60 can be fixed without moving.

As shown in FIG. 1, a connection top plate 65 and a connection receiving plate 66 as shelf members are located at both upper and lower ends of the connection intermediate shelf 60, that is, at two upper and lower positions of the column 11. By doing so, the left and right storage furniture 10, 10 are connected to each other. Here, the connection top plate 65 and the connection receiving plate 66 are of a common type, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the nut member 67 has a substantially fan shape in a plan view, and has two nut members 67 buried at two locations along the straight edge. As shown in FIG. 10, a screw 71 can be screwed into the nut member 67 via one side 70A of an L bracket 70 that constitutes a holding means together with the shelf holder 14. The other side 70 </ b> B of the L bracket 70 can be fixed to the connection hole 27 of the column 11 via a screw 72. In FIG. 10, the connection structure on the connection top plate 65 side is shown, but the connection receiving base 66 is oriented such that the other side 70B of the L bracket 70 is located above one side 70A. It is fixed to the support 11 in a state.

In the above-described embodiment, the shelf holder 14 and the L bracket 70 are used as the holding means, but the intermediate shelf 60, the connection top plate 65, and the connection receiving plate 66 are used by using only one of them. It may be supported. Further, the intermediate shelves 60 and the like are not limited to those formed by plate-like members,
You may combine a wire and make a net shape. in short,
The present invention suffices for a shelf member that can share the support pillars 11 that constitute the racks 10 located on both left and right sides and can provide a connection force between the support pillars 11.

The connecting hole 27 is provided on the mounting surface 2 of the support 11.
Although the case where it is formed at 0 is shown and described, a connection hole 27 is formed in the partitioning portion 25 of the support column 11, and another configuration that allows the frame-shaped frame units 12, 13 and the like to be connected to the connection hole 27. Alternatively, a configuration in which the connection holes 27 are formed in both the mounting surface portion 20 and the partition piece portion 25 and the above-described connection is performed using these connection holes 27 can also be adopted. Further, the mounting surface portion 20 is not limited to the shape of the embodiment, and may be formed in an inclined or curved surface shape.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The storage furniture can be connected by using a part of the columns constituting the storage furniture, and the storage furniture can be connected in any direction simply by providing holding means corresponding to the shape of the column and shelf members corresponding to the connection direction. Can be connected.

Further, the support column is provided in a shape having two rows of mounting areas by a partition piece portion which divides the mounting surface portion into substantially two parts in the horizontal direction, so that the mounting area can be covered by the lid member if necessary. By providing the cover member so as to hide the mounting surface and the partition surface when not connected, the mounting surface and the partition piece do not appear on the external appearance, and a cosmetic effect can be imparted to the region.

Further, since a plurality of connection holes formed of a large number of holes or screw holes are formed in the mounting surface portion and / or the partition piece portion along the vertical direction, the holding means can be fixed at an arbitrary height position, and the shelf can be fixed. The installation position of the member can also be easily changed.

Further, according to the configuration in which the shelf support that can be bridged between the connecting holes of the opposing columns is used as the holding means, the storage furniture can be arranged simply by arranging the shelf member so as to straddle the shelf support. A coupling action can be exerted between them. In addition, it is easy to visually confirm the same height position of the connection hole, and it is possible to prevent the work in which the shelf support is erroneously hung in the inclined direction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment in which a plurality of racks constituting storage furniture are connected along an L-shaped direction.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a support region.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing an independent state of the rack.

FIG. 4A is an enlarged perspective view of a shelf support in the embodiment, and FIG. 4B is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3A.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a method of mounting a shelf support.

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a main part in an L-shaped connection region.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of an intermediate shelf used in the connection area.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a connection top plate or a receiving plate.

FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view showing a fixing region of a connection top plate or a receiving plate.

FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view showing a conventional arrangement of storage furniture.

FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view showing another conventional arrangement.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Rack (storage furniture) 11 Post 14 Shelf support as holding means 20 Mounting surface part 25 Partition piece part 26 Mounting area 27 Connection hole 42 Main body part 43 Shaft member 45 Neutral position holding means 60 Intermediate shelf (shelf member) 65 Connection Top plate (shelf member) 66 Connection receiving plate (shelf member) 70 L bracket (holding means)

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of storage furniture having an inner space surrounded by columns positioned on the front, rear, left and right sides is provided as storage spaces, and the storage furnitures are mutually arranged in a state where the storage furnitures are arranged in different extending directions. In the connecting structure, the holding furniture is provided by using a substantially half area in the width direction of each of the columns located on the connecting side of the storage furniture, and the storage furniture is connected to each other by supporting the shelf member with the holding means. A connection structure for storage furniture, which is made possible. 2. A plurality of storage furniture having an inner space surrounded by columns positioned on the front, rear, left and right sides as storage spaces, and the storage furnitures are mutually placed in a state where the storage furnitures are arranged so as to extend in different directions. In the connecting structure, by providing holding means at least at two positions above and below each of the columns located on the connecting side of the storage furniture, by supporting the connecting top plate and the connecting pedestal constituting the shelf member by the holding means. A storage furniture connection structure, wherein the storage furniture can be connected to each other. 3. The support column is provided in a shape having two rows of left and right mounting areas by a mounting surface portion extending in a vertical direction and a partition piece portion substantially dividing the mounting surface portion into two in the horizontal direction. 3. The fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the holding means is fixed to the mounting area to be supported so that the shelf member can be supported, and when the holding means is not fixed, the mounting area can be covered via the lid member. Connection structure of the described storage furniture. 4. A connecting hole comprising a large number of holes or screw holes formed in the mounting surface portion and / or the partition piece portion along a vertical direction, and the holding means is provided via a pin or a screw inserted into the connecting hole. The connecting structure of the storage furniture according to claim 1, wherein the connecting furniture is fixed. 5. The holding means includes a shelf support that can be bridged between connection holes of opposing columns, the shelf support having a main body having an axially extending internal space, and a main body having an inner space extending in the axial direction. A shaft member is supported so as to be movable in the axial direction and both ends are inserted into and engaged with the connection holes, and a neutral position holding means for holding both ends of the shaft members in engagement with the respective connection holes. The connecting structure of the storage furniture according to claim 3 or 4, wherein: