JP2001145526A - Screen panel mounting device for desk - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To raise a screen panel at any given location on the upper surface of a desk top plate. SOLUTION: A hollow connecting body 39 of a rectangular cross section is mounted at a location at which a screen panel 30 is desired to be raised on the upper surface of a desk top plate 6. A pair of front and rear clamp bodies 35 and 36 are inserted into the front and rear edges of the desk top plate 6, and the horizontal upper pieces 37 of the clamp bodies 35 and 36 are inserted into the front and rear ends of the connecting body 39. The male screw part of a bolt 40 to be inserted from the upper surface of the connecting body 39 is spirally engaged with the female screw part of each of the horizontal upper pieces 37 of the clamp bodies 35 and 36 to pull the clamp bodies 35 and 36 up, and the desk top plate 6 is sandwiched and fixed by the pair of clamp bodies 35 and 36 and the connecting body 39. A mounting groove 34 at the lower surface of the screen panel 30 is fitted over the connecting body 39 to raise the screen panel 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of an apparatus for attaching a partition panel to be erected on a top plate of a desk or the like used in an office or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for attaching a partition panel which stands upright on an upper surface of a top plate of a desk or the like used in an office or the like, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-27877, for example, A long board is screwed on the upper surface of the board in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of portions (for example, support pins for supporting the screen panel are erected at the front and rear portions, and the support pins are provided on the lower surface side of the screen panel. In this configuration, the partition panel is inserted vertically into a mounting hole formed in an open downward direction, and a partition panel is vertically provided.

In this configuration, after the table top is provided in the middle of the wide surface of the table top, every time the screen panel is removed or the installation of the screen panel is changed, the upper surface of the table top on which the screen panel is installed is changed. However, there is a problem that the use of the top plate is inconvenient because the screw holes are opened at the same time.

[0004] In order to hang the partition panel without damaging the tabletop, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-41461, a laterally-opening mounting that fits tightly on the front edge of the tabletop is used. A horizontal piece of metal fittings is screwed to the lower front part of the partition panel, and a plurality of mounting slots are provided at appropriate intervals vertically on the support at the side edge of the partition panel after standing along the rear edge of the tabletop. There has been proposed a configuration in which an engaging claw that drops into and engages with the mounting slot is provided rearward at the rear end of the partition panel.

[0005]

However, in the configuration described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-41461, it is impossible to set up the partition panel so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the desk top plate at a location where the rear partition panel does not exist. There was a problem of becoming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and a desk is provided on an arbitrary upper surface of a top plate so that a partition panel can be erected without damaging the top plate. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for attaching a partition panel in the like.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for mounting a partition panel on a desk or the like according to the first aspect of the present invention. A pair of front and rear clamp bodies, a front and rear longitudinal connection body that fits between the horizontal upper pieces of the pair of clamp bodies, and supports the partition panel, and is inserted from the upper surface of the connection body, and And a bolt screwed into each of the upper horizontal pieces of the clamp body.

[0008] The invention described in claim 2 is the first invention.
Wherein the connecting body is formed to have a hollow rectangular cross section and is formed so as to fit exactly into a longitudinal mounting groove formed on the lower surface of the screen panel. It is.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the device for mounting a partition panel on a desk or the like according to the first or second aspect, the upper surface of the connecting body is fitted into a mounting groove of the partition panel. The reinforcing support portion is provided to project upward.

[0010]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a partitioning device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the partitioning device, FIG. 3 is a side view of one end of the partitioning device,
4 is a perspective view of the components of the partitioning device, FIG. 5 is a side view of the mounting device for the screen panel, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of the mounting device, FIG. 7 is an enlarged side view of the main portion, and FIG. It is a side view of an embodiment.

In the illustrated embodiment, a partitioning device applied to an office comprises a plurality of partitioning panels 1 and a tabletop 6 projecting horizontally on one or both of the front and rear surfaces thereof.
(And the corner tabletop 7). The partitioning panel 1 is composed of a self-supporting frame 2 and a panel 5 detachably attached to the front and rear surfaces thereof, and the left and right columns 3 of the rectangular hollow frame 2 viewed from the front are provided with connecting bolts. And are connected side by side via a connection block (both not shown).
Mounting holes 4 are formed vertically at predetermined intervals. An engaging claw (not shown) attached to the back surface of the panel 5 is fitted into the attachment hole 4, and a plurality of panels 5 are detachably attached to the front and rear surfaces of the frame body 2 in the vertical direction. Have been. As shown in FIG. 1, the frame body 2 can be self-supported by being connected in an L-shape in plan view, and has a narrow width at the right end in FIG. 1 along the side edge of the tabletop 6. By connecting a frame (not shown) in which the panel 5 is detachably attached to the front and rear surfaces, the self-standing stability of the partitioning device is improved.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, where one side edge of the desk top plate 6 is opened away from the partition panel 1, a leg 14 serving also as a stabilizer is provided with a frame 14. It is preferable that the mounting member 17 be detachably mounted via the mounting bracket 17 so as to protrude from the second column portion 3 at a substantially right angle.

The tabletops mounted on the front and rear surfaces of the partition panel 1 are arranged side by side as shown in FIGS.
In addition to the usual desk top plate 6 having a rectangular shape in a plan view, there is a corner desk top plate 7 arranged at a corner portion of the partition panel 1 and the like. A generally triangular bracket 10 in a side view for supporting the left and right sides of the lower surface of the desk top plate 6 and the corner top plate 7 is provided with a plurality of upper and lower locking claws 9 protruding from the rear end thereof. The partition panel 1 is made to engage with the locking holes 8 formed at regular intervals in the vertical direction at the front and rear corners of the column 3.
Project forward or backward.

The head of the bolt 12 attached to the lower surface of the desk top plate 6 (corner top plate 7) is fitted into the horizontal plate portion 10a at the upper end of the bracket 10, and the desk top plate 6 (corner top plate 7).
Is formed in a rearward direction (when the bolt is pushed in the direction of the panel 5, only the bolt shaft fits and the head cannot be pulled out. Are screwed to the lower surfaces of the adjacent desk top plates 6 and 6 and the corner desk top plate 7 via the connecting plate, so that the desk top plates 6 and The rattle of the corner table top plate 7 is eliminated, and it is impossible to remove each table top plate 6 from the bracket 10 so as to separate from the panel 5.

As described above, when the table top plate 6 and the corner table top plate 7 are mounted on the front surface of the partition panel 1, the front surface of the partition panel 1 and the rear edges of the table top plate 6 and the corner table top plate 7 are connected. A gap having a predetermined dimension (H1) is formed between the gaps (see FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 5). Then, a long cover 20 made of synthetic resin is detachably attached to the desk top plate 6 and the corner desk top plate 7 via the support 21 so as to close the gap. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cover body 20 is formed by integrally extruding a hard top plate portion 22 and a soft cover piece. For example, the top plate portion 22 is made of ABS. A resin material is used, and the cover piece 23 uses a thermoplastic resin such as a styrene-based elastomer.

A pair of front and rear engaging legs 24, 24 as engaging portions are integrally formed on the top plate portion 22 of the cover body 20 so as to protrude downward, and the length of the engaging legs 24 is equal to that of the cover body. It is a ridge that is the same as the length. Each engagement foot 24, 24
An outwardly extending claw portion is formed at the lower end of. The cover piece 23 is formed in a substantially plate shape, and its base end projects horizontally so as to be substantially flush with the upper surface of the top plate portion 22.

The support 21 for supporting the cover 20 is made of a metal plate, and the substrate 21a is fixed to the lower surface of the tabletop plate 6 with screws 25. A pair of front and rear mounting portions 26, 26 formed to be bent upward from both left and right sides of the board 21a, surround the pair of engaging feet 24, 24 from the outside and move the tabletop 6 in the front-rear direction (position shift). ). Therefore, the pair of front and rear engagement feet 2 of the cover body 20
When the cover 4 is pushed into the space between the front and rear mounting portions 26 of the support body 21 from above, the bending between the front and rear engagement feet 24 and 24 due to the bending of the synthetic resin material itself of the cover body 20. Is temporarily narrowed, and the both claws can be mounted in a state where it is difficult for the both claws to come out below the engaging claws of the mounting portions 26, 26.

The cover 20 can be mounted on the support 21 with its front and rear directions reversed, and in this case also, the cover 20 can be mounted without shifting in the front and rear direction of the gap.

Further, where the left or right edge of the desk top plate 6 is visible from the side, the end cap 2 as shown in FIG.
7, the frame-shaped locking projections are fitted inside the pair of front and rear engaging feet 24, 24 on the cover body 20, and the end cap 27 closes the end of the cover body 20 to improve the appearance. be able to. An upwardly open gutter-like cable duct 28 is fixed to a portion near the lower surface of the desk top plate 6 with a screw or the like, so that a wiring cord for connecting to an OA device on the desk top plate 6 has a free end of the cover piece 23. When the wiring cord is inserted up and down through the edge, it is easy to receive and store the surplus part of the wiring cord without hanging down.

Next, the structure of a mounting device 31 for erecting a longitudinal partition panel 30 in the front-rear direction at an arbitrary position on the upper surface of the tabletop plate 6 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8 as the first embodiment, the partition panel 30 has a surface material 33 such as a woven cloth attached to the surface of a core plate 32 formed by compression molding of a wood chip with an adhesive. The screen panel 30 has a lower mounting surface formed with a longitudinal mounting groove 34 that opens downward. In addition, the lower edge of the surface material 33 is mounted so as to be wound into the mounting groove 34. The length of the partition panel 30 is substantially equal to the front-back dimension (depth dimension) of the tabletop 6.

The mounting device 31 has a pair of front and rear clamp bodies 35 and 36 having a lateral opening shape (cross-sectional U-shaped cross section) removably fitted to the front and rear edges of the desk top plate 6. 36. A connecting body 39 having a rectangular cross section or the like, which is fitted to the horizontal upper piece 37 and is set substantially equal to the length of the mounting groove 34 in the screen panel 30, and the connecting body 39
And a bolt (meaning that includes a screw) 40 which is inserted from above the upper surface and is screwed into the female screw portion 41 of the horizontal upper piece 37 of each of the clamp bodies 35 and 36. In the present embodiment, the clamp bodies 35 and 36 and the connecting body 39 are formed of a metal material such as steel or aluminum.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the connecting member 39 is placed on the upper surface of the tabletop 6 on which the partition panel 30 is to be erected so as to extend in the front-rear direction.
The upper and lower horizontal pieces 37 of the clamps 5 and 36 are inserted into the front and rear openings of the connecting body 39, and the lower pieces 42 of the clamp bodies are inserted so as to sandwich the lower surface of the tabletop 6. Next, the bolt 40 is inserted from above into the mounting holes 43 (holes larger than the diameter of the male screw portion of the bolt 40 and smaller than the diameter of the head portion 40a of the bolt) at the front and rear portions of the upper surface of the connecting body 39, and the male screw portion is horizontally inserted. Screw the female screw 41 of the upper piece 37
Each of the clamp bodies 35 and 36 is pulled up with the rotation of 0. When each of the clamp bodies 35 and 36 is pulled up with the head 40a of each bolt 40 pressed against the upper surface of the connecting body 39, the lower surface of the connecting body 39 and the lower piece 42 of each of the clamp bodies 35 and 36 are lifted. The plate 6 can be sandwiched and fixed vertically. When the partition panel 30 is put on the connecting body 39 so that the mounting groove 34 is fitted, the clamp bodies 35, 3
6 and the connecting body 39 are concealed in the form of a partition panel 3
0 can be erected (vertically installed). In particular, the link 39
And the width dimension of the mounting groove 34 (the front cover material 33).
Is set equal to the width dimension of the part where
The partition panel 3 can be firmly erected without moving in the thickness direction.

As described above, since the tabletop plate 6 is merely sandwiched between the pair of clamp bodies 35, 36, the connecting body 39, and the two bolts 40, it is possible to change the standing position of the partition panel 30. The desk top plate 6 is not damaged.

The vertical hole 44 provided on the rear surface of the rear clamp body 36 is provided so that the flange portion of the end cap 27 covering the end of the cover body 20 can be fitted. This is convenient when the arrangement positions of the cap 27 and the clamp body 36 overlap.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, an auxiliary support 45 made of a metal plate or the like is erected and fixed on the upper surface of a connecting member 39.
An auxiliary groove hole 34a into which the auxiliary support portion 45 can be fitted is also formed in the mounting groove 34 of the partition panel 30.
Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and therefore, the same components and configurations are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted. By providing the auxiliary support portion 45 in this manner, there is an effect that it is possible to largely eliminate the swing and rattling of the partition panel 3 in the thickness direction.

The connecting body 39 only needs to have a space at the front and rear ends where the horizontal upper pieces 37 of the clamps 35 and 36 can fit, and need not be entirely hollow. The auxiliary support portion 45 may be not only a plate shape but also a rod shape.

A wiring cord can be inserted into a hollow portion of the frame 2 in the partition panel 1, and a wiring duct for receiving the wiring code is provided horizontally at an intermediate height position of the frame 2, A gap is formed between the upper and lower panels 5 arranged so that the cords can be pulled out from the wiring duct to the front surface or the rear surface of the partition panel 1, and a wiring drawer cover is attached so as to close the gap. May be.

The partition panel 30 and the mounting device 31
Can be mounted not only on the desk top plate 6 but also on the corner desk top plate 7, and can also be mounted on a top plate such as a shelf plate disposed in front of the panel 5 of the partitioning device 1, or on another independent desk. It can be installed on a board.

[0029]

As described above in detail, the device for mounting a partition panel on a desk or the like according to the first aspect of the present invention is a pair of front and rear openings having a lateral opening that are respectively fitted on front and rear edges of a top plate of the desk or the like. A clamp body, a front-back longitudinal connector that fits between the horizontal upper pieces of the pair of clamp bodies, and supports the screen panel, and is inserted from the upper surface of the connector body, and Bolts to be screwed into the upper horizontal pieces,
It is characterized by having.

Therefore, since only the pair of front and rear clamp bodies and the connecting body fitted to the front and rear edges of the top plate and the bolts for pulling the clamp body upward with respect to the connecting body are provided, any position on the top plate can be used. While being able to mount the mounting device, it has an excellent effect of not damaging the top plate.

[0031] The invention described in claim 2 is the same as that in claim 1.
Wherein the connecting body is formed to have a hollow rectangular cross section and is formed so as to fit exactly into a longitudinal mounting groove formed on the lower surface of the screen panel. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that the partition panel can be attached to and detached from the mounting device with one touch, and can be erected. Further, if the connecting body is formed in a hollow rectangular shape in cross section, there is an effect that the weight can be reduced while the rigidity is high.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the device for mounting a partition panel on a desk or the like according to the first or second aspect, the upper surface of the connecting body is fitted into a mounting groove of the partition panel. Since the reinforcing support portion protruding upward is provided, in addition to the effects of the invention described in claim 1 or claim 2, in addition to the effect that the partition panel rattles or shakes in the thickness direction thereof, The effect that it can prevent is exhibited.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a partition device.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the partitioning device.

FIG. 3 is a side view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing components such as a partitioning device.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a main part of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view showing the first embodiment of the partition panel and the mounting device.

FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway perspective view of parts of the mounting device.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway side view showing the first embodiment of the partition panel and the mounting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Partition panel 6 Desk top 10 Bracket 14 Leg plate 20 Cover body 30 Screen panel 31 Mounting device 34 Mounting groove 35, 36 Clamp body 37 Horizontal upper piece 39 Connecting body 40 Bolt 42 Lower piece

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pair of front and rear clamps each having a laterally opening shape to be fitted to front and rear edges of a top plate of a desk or the like, respectively, to be fitted between upper horizontal pieces of the pair of clamps, and to support a partition panel. Mounting a partition panel on a desk or the like, comprising: a front and rear longitudinally connected body; and a bolt inserted from the upper surface of the connected body and screwed to each of the upper horizontal pieces of the pair of clamp bodies. apparatus. 2. The connecting body is formed in a hollow rectangular cross section,
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting panel is formed so as to fit exactly into a longitudinal mounting groove formed on a lower surface of the partition panel. 3. The partition of a desk or the like according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing support portion that fits into a mounting groove of the partition panel projects upward from an upper surface of the connecting body. Panel mounting device.