JP2001178996A - Closet with folding door - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hang laundry inside a laundry room, a washroom or a bathroom, etc., without disposing a laundry cord or a clothes drying pole or the like and to transitionally form the supporting means of a clothes drying tool inside the laundry room or the like at desired time without damaging the appearance or design of the laundry room or the like. SOLUTION: This closet 1 with a folding door is provided with a closet main body capable of housing articles and a folding door 20 capable of closing the front surface opening of the closet. The folding door is provided with an upper door 22 pivotally movable around a horizontal first turning axis 23, a lower door 21 connected to the lower end part of the upper door pivotally movably around a horizontal second turning axis 24 and an opening/closing controller 30 for holding the upper door and the lower door at an open position. The folding door is turned upwards around the first turning axis at the time of opening the closet and bent around the second turning axis so as to turn the front surface of the lower door downwards and the lower door is held at the open position by the opening/closing controller. The lower door is provided with a hanger supporter 5 provided with a practically horizontal linear member and a linear supporting member forms the supporting means of the clothes drying tool capable of locking the locking means 3 of the clothes drying tool 2 indoors.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cabinet with folding doors, and more particularly, to a cabinet of a house or the like having a horizontal folding door which can lock clothesline for laundry.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent apartment buildings or condominium buildings, there is a tendency to provide a bathroom dryer in a bathroom. Bathroom dryers not only ventilate and dry the atmosphere in the bathroom, but also make the bathroom usable as a clothes drying room. In the latter mode of use, clothes or laundry are hung from a hanger rail or the like arranged in the ceiling area of the bathroom and dried by the warm air circulation of the bathroom dryer.

In a house or a long-stay hotel, a washing machine or the like is generally arranged in a laundry room, a washroom, or a bathroom. Laundry after dehydration or laundry dried with a dryer still contains a relatively large amount of moisture or moisture, so it is necessary to wait until it is completely dried, in another room, on a veranda, or in an outdoor laundry. It can be hung from a clothesline or laundry string.

[0004] In addition, as a clothesline for hanging clothes or laundry on a clothes hanger rail in a bathroom or a clothesline on a veranda, a very common form of clothesline, for example, a generally isosceles triangular wooden or resin material A clothes hanger made of resin or a steel wire coated with a resin, or a clothesline provided with a large number of washing scissors capable of holding small items such as socks is used. This type of clothes drying equipment is provided with a hook or hooking means or the like, and the hanging means of the clothes drying equipment is hooked on a hanger rail, a clothesline, a washing string or the like.

[0005]

When the laundry is dried by the bathroom dryer, the occupants cannot take a bath freely, and if the occupants want to take a bath, the occupants may place the laundry or the like on the bathtub. Needs to be temporarily moved from one location to another. However, in the bathroom, or in a dressing room or a laundry room adjacent to the bathroom, there is generally no equipment provided so that the laundry can be evacuated transiently.

[0006] Further, as described above, the work of drying laundry on a veranda or an outdoor clothesline is particularly difficult in a severe winter.
This is a troublesome task for houseworkers and the like. For this reason,
Housewives and other household workers want equipment that can easily dry small items such as socks, handkerchiefs or underwear in a laundry room or washroom. However, at present, such a demand has to be met by transiently stretching a laundry string or the like in a room or placing a folding floor-standing clothesline in a washroom or the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a means for supporting a clothesline at a desired time without complicating the aesthetics or design of a room such as a laundry room. Another object of the present invention is to provide a folding cabinet with a folding door which can be transiently formed in a room such as a laundry room.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a folding door having a front opening type cabinet that can store articles, and a folding door that can close the front opening of the cabinet. In the attached cabinet, the folding door includes an upper door pivotable about a first horizontal rotation axis positioned at an upper end of the cabinet, and a second horizontal door positioned at a lower end of the upper door. A lower door pivotally connected to a lower end of the upper door around a dynamic axis, and an opening / closing control device for holding the upper door and the lower door in an open position; At the time of opening, it pivots upward around the first pivot axis and bends around the second pivot axis so that the front surface of the lower door faces downward. Held in the open position by the lower door,
A hanger support having a substantially horizontal linear support member, wherein the linear support member extends substantially horizontally to the lower surface of the lower door in the open position of the folding door, and locks the clothesline. Provided is a folding cabinet with folding doors, wherein support means for a clothesline capable of locking the means is formed in a room.

According to the above configuration of the present invention, the closet is disposed in a ceiling area such as a washing room, for example, above a washing machine, and the folding door is opened at the time of use, so that the hanger support is directed downward to the upper part of the room. It is positioned and held in the area, thereby forming the support means for supporting the clothesline for laundry in the room at the desired time. The user can hook a hook or the like of the clothesline on the linear support member of the hanger support, and suspend the laundry in the room. For example, when a resident or the like wants to take a bath while using the bathroom as a drying room for clothes or laundry, open the folding door of the closet and hook the clothes or laundry clothes on the hanger support. Can be. Also,
Housewives etc. wash small items such as socks or handkerchiefs,
By opening the folding door of the closet and hanging the clothesline on the hanger support, small items of this type can be easily dried near the washing machine. Moreover, the closet of the present invention merely assumes the form of a general closet by closing the folding door when the hanger support is not used, and therefore does not complicate the aesthetics or design of a room such as a laundry room.

[0010]

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the hanger support extends over the entire width of the lower door,
A clothesline support means having a length corresponding to the entire width of the closet is formed in a ceiling area or the like. If desired, a plurality of hanger supports are arranged side by side on the lower door.

In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the opening / closing control device includes a swing arm disposed in a cabinet and articulated to a lower door, and a rotating shaft that rotates integrally with the swing arm. And a braking means for holding the swing arm at the upper position. Preferably, the opening / closing control device further includes a shock absorber for restricting a sudden swinging movement of the swinging arm. The tip of the swing arm is pivotally attached to the back surface of the lower door, and rotates upward following the rise of the lower door. Preferably, the opening and closing control devices are arranged in pairs along the left and right side walls of the closet, and the swing arms of each control device are articulated to both ends of the lower door.

[0012] Preferably, the cabinet is arranged as a ceiling suspended cabinet above a washing machine or a dryer, and a linear support member on which a small item or laundry can be hooked is also arranged on the lower surface of the cabinet. .

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical sectional view of a folding cabinet with a folding door according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The folding door cabinet 1 attached to the wall surface W is composed of a cabinet with a front opening that can store articles and a folding door 20 that can close the front opening of the cabinet. The folding door 20 is vertically divided into a lower door 21 and an upper door 22, and a hanger support 5 having a substantially horizontal linear support member is fixed to a front surface of the lower door 21. The upper door 22 pivots upward about a hinge 23 disposed at the upper end of the cabinet, and the lower door 21 is
It pivots about a hinge 24 that interconnects 1,22. The hinge 23 constitutes a horizontal first rotation axis H1, and the hinge 24
Constitutes a horizontal second rotation axis.

An opening / closing control device 30 having a rotating shaft 32 and a swing arm 33 is arranged in a cabinet. Swing arm 3
3 is pivotally attached to the back surface of the lower door 21. The opening / closing control device 30 includes a braking device (not shown) that holds the rotation shaft 32 and the swing arm 33 at an upper position, and a shock absorber 3 that regulates a sudden swing motion of the swing arm.
1 is provided.

The upper door 22 pivots over an angle range α of 100 ° to 110 ° from the fully closed position shown in FIG.
The lower door 21 rotates relative to the upper door 22 over an angle range β of 160 to 170 ° from the fully closed position. Lower door 21
The front surface (lower surface) extends from the fully open position shown in FIG. 1B to the upper region of the room at an inclination angle of 20 to 30 °. In such a fully opened position of the folding door 20, the lower door 21 protrudes relatively large in front of the cabinet 1 in the upper part of the room, and the hanger support 5 is obliquely downward from the front surface (lower surface) of the lower door 21 toward the room. Protrude into.

In use, the user grips the support 5 with his / her finger and pulls up the folding door 20 in the fully closed position (FIG. 1A), and the folding door 20 is moved from the fully closed position to the fully open position (FIG. 1A). 1
(B)). The opening / closing control device 30 locks the swing arm 33 and holds the lower door 21 and the upper door 22 at the open positions. Further, the user hooks the hook 3 of the clothes hanging on the laundry R on the support 5, locks the clothes hanging 2 in the upper part of the room, and suspends the laundry from the clothes hanging 2. Thus, the laundry R is hung from the folding door 20.

[0017]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a folding cabinet according to the present invention. 2 to 4 are a front view, a longitudinal sectional view, and a transverse sectional view showing the structure of a folding cabinet with a folding door arranged in a washing room or the like. FIG.
6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a use mode of the folding cabinet with folding door shown in FIG. 2 to FIG.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a washing machine place where a washing machine L can be arranged is provided in a part of a washing room or the like, and a waterproof pan P is arranged on a floor F of the washing machine place. You.
The washing machine L is placed on the waterproof pan P, and a water tap (not shown) is provided adjacent to the washing machine L. A space M in which the opening / closing lid N of the washing machine L can be opened / closed is secured above the washing machine L, and the folding cabinet with folding door 1 is arranged above the space M.

The width of the washing machine storage space in this embodiment is about 8
The height is set to 00 mm, and the ceiling height is set to about 2,100 mm. The width of the folding cabinet with folding door 1 is set to be slightly smaller than the width of the washing machine storage space, and the depth and total height of the cabinet 1 are
The range is set to about 300 to 350 mm and 500 to 700 mm, for example, about 320 mm (depth) and 600 mm (height). The lower surface of the closet 1 is 1,400 to 1,6 from the floor F.
The space M is located at a height of about 00 mm, and has a sufficient height to enable the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing lid N and the work of taking out the laundry from the washing machine L.

The cabinet 1 includes a top wall 11, a side wall 12, and a rear wall 14.
And a housing having a structure in which the bottom wall 15 is integrally assembled,
The front of the closet 1 is open over the entire area. A horizontal folding door 20 is attached to the front opening of the closet 1. Orito 20
Rotates forward about a horizontal upper rotation axis H1.

The top wall 11 is located below the ceiling surface C by a predetermined distance, and a decorative ceiling frame 41 is interposed between the top wall 11 and the ceiling surface C. The height of the ceiling frame 41 is 30-70mm
, For example, 50 mm. The top wall 11 is fixed to a ceiling light iron base or a ceiling suspension bolt or the like as desired, and the load of the closet 1 is supported by the building frame through the ceiling light iron foundation or the ceiling suspension bolt or the like.

The left and right side walls 12 are slightly separated from the left and right side walls W1, W2 of the washing machine yard, and a decorative vertical frame 42 is interposed between the side walls 12 and the side walls W1, W2. Back wall 1
4 is in contact with the back wall surface W3 of the washing machine yard, and is fixed to the back wall wall W3 by fasteners such as screws or anchors, whereby the cabinet 1 is firmly fixed to a predetermined position on the back wall surface W3.

The lower surface of the bottom wall 15 extends horizontally above the washing machine L, and the upper surface of the bottom wall 15 forms the inner bottom surface of the cabinet 1 on which articles can be placed. A hanging tool 50 capable of hanging small articles, laundry, or the like is fixed to the lower surface of the bottom wall 15. The hanging device 50 includes a pair of legs 5 hanging down from a horizontal lower surface.
1 and a straight linear member 52 extending between the left and right legs 51. Preferably, each of the walls 11, 12, 14, 15 and the frames 41, 42 of the closet 1 are made of a wood-based decorative plywood such as a resin-coated plywood or a veneer plywood, and the leg 51 and the linear member 52 of the hanging tool 50 are provided. Is a metal molded product,
For example, it is made of a molded product made of chromium-plated steel.

The horizontal folding door 20 includes an upper door 21 and a lower door 2.
The upper door 21 is pivotally supported on the front edge of the top wall 11 by a pair of metal sliding hinges 23, and rotates about a horizontal rotation axis H1. In this embodiment,
The upper door 21 and the lower door 22 each have a height in the range of 250-350 mm, for example, 300 mm. Door 2
1 and 22 are interconnected by a pair of metal flat hinges 24, and the hinges 24 pivotally attach the doors 21 and 22 to be rotatable about a horizontal rotation axis H2.

An intermediate shelf 16 is removably arranged inside the cabinet 1. The shelf 16 is horizontally supported in the cabinet 1 by a support such as a dowel. A pair of left and right opening / closing control devices 30 for restricting rotation of the folding door 20 are attached to the left and right side walls 12 respectively. The opening / closing control device 30 includes a buffer device 31,
A rotating shaft 32 and a swing arm 33 are provided. Shock absorber 31
Is fixed to each side wall 12, and the base end of the swing arm 33 is fixed to the rotating shaft 32. The swing arm 33 swings vertically about the rotation axis of the rotation shaft 32, and
Rotate 2. At both ends of the shelf 16 corresponding to the swing range of the swing arm 33, notches 17 are formed as shown in FIG. 4, and the swing arm 33 can freely move up and down in the area of the notch 17. . The opening / closing control device 30 includes braking means for controlling the movement of the swing arm 33.
Is pivoted upward beyond the upper limit position.
3 and the rotation of the rotation shaft 32 are prohibited, and the swing arm 33 is held at the upper limit position (shown by a broken line in FIG. 3). The opening / closing control device 30 also includes a swing arm 33 held at the upper limit position.
When the external force that pushes the swing arm 33 upward is detected, the holding force of the swing arm 33 is released, and the swing arm 33 is slowly lowered under the control of the buffer means. The shock absorber 31 incorporates shock absorbing means such as a fluid pressure operated damper or a damper with a built-in elastic material for preventing the swing arm 33 from dropping sharply.

The swing arm 33 is slightly bent at the curved portion 34 and extends toward the back surface of the lower door 21. A bearing member 25 is fixed to the back surface of the lower door 21. The tip of the swing arm 33 is a pivot 3 that can be supported by the bearing member 25.
5, the swing arm 33 and the lower door 21 are mutually articulated by a pivot 35 and a bearing member 25.

A hanger support 5 functioning as a means for locking the clothesline and as a handle for the folding door 20 is attached to the front surface of the lower door 21. The support 5 includes a pair of left and right legs 7 positioned at an intermediate height of the lower door 21 and a linear support member 6 extending between the legs 7. The legs 7 are made of an integrally molded product made of metal, and are firmly fixed to both ends of the lower door 21 by fasteners such as screws. The support member 6 is made of a straight metal bar, and both ends of the support member 6 are
The leg 7 is integrally fixed to the front projection. Support member 6
Has substantially the same overall length as the width of the lower door 21, is disposed at the center height of the lower door 21, and extends horizontally over the entire width of the lower door 21. As a material of the support member 6 and the leg 7, a metal material such as stainless steel, brass, resin-coated steel, or a synthetic resin material such as a short fiber reinforced resin can be suitably used.

Next, the operation of the cabinet 1 having the above configuration will be described in detail. When a user such as a houseworker uses the closet 1 as a general ceiling hanging closet, a hanger support 5
, And slide the lower door 21 upward. The pivots of the hinges 23 and 24 are the upper and lower horizontal rotation axes H.
1: rotate around H2. The swing arm 33 follows the rise of the lower door 21, and the rotation shaft 32 rotates with the rotation of the swing arm 33. The upper and lower doors 21 and 22 are bent into a V-shape as shown in FIG. 5 by the rotation of the hinges 23 and 24. When the swing arm 33 rotates upward beyond the upper limit position shown in FIG.
3 is locked, and the swing arm 33 is held at the upper limit position.
As a result, the front opening of the cupboard 1 is substantially completely opened, and the user can freely put and take out articles in the cupboard 1. Preferably, the rotation angle α of the hinge 23 is
Angles ranging from 100 ° to 110 °, for example, about 105 °
And the rotation angle β of the hinge 24 is 160 to 170
The angle is set in the range of °, for example, 165 °. The front surface (lower surface) of the lower door 21 extends to the ceiling region at an inclination angle in the range of 20 to 30 °. In such a fully opened position of the folding door 20, the lower door 21 protrudes relatively large in front of the cabinet 1 in the ceiling area, and the hanger support 5 is inclined obliquely downward from the front surface (lower surface) of the lower door 21 toward the room. Protrude.

When the user locks the clothesline for laundry on the cabinet 1, the user raises the folding door 20 to the upper limit position shown in FIG. The hook 3 of the clothesline 2 (shown by a virtual line) is hooked on the support member 6 of the tool 5, and the clothesline 2 is supported by the support 5 as shown in FIG. 6. Due to the deformation of the folding door 20, the supporter 5 is located forward by a distance D1 from the front surface of the cabinet, and furthermore, by a distance D2 above the lower surface of the cabinet. In this embodiment, the distance D1 exceeds 200 mm, and the distance D2 reaches at least 500 mm. Therefore, the laundry R suspended on the clothesline 3 is suspended in the washing machine storage space without interfering with the main body of the closet 1 and the washing machine L. Thus, the laundry R attached to the clothesline 2 is suspended from the ceiling area of the laundry room or the like by the support device 5 and the clothesline 2 and left in the laundry room or the like for a desired time.

When closing the folding door 20, the user only needs to push the lower door 21 at the upper limit position slightly upward. The opening and closing control device 30 detects a slight upward displacement of the lower door 21 and releases the lock of the swing arm 33. The opening / closing control device 30 slowly lowers the swing arm 33 under the control of the shock absorber 31, and the lower door 21 and the upper door 22 are displaced to the fully closed position shown in FIG. If desired, lower door 21 and bottom wall 1
A cushioning material for alleviating the abutting action with the lower door 5 or the side wall 12 is attached to the lower rear surface of the lower door 21, and a relatively soft resin material or the like is provided between the mating surface or the joint of the lower door 21 and the upper door 22. Inserted.

As described above, according to the folding cabinet with folding door 1 according to the above embodiment, the horizontal folding door 20 is divided into the lower door 21 and the upper door 22, and the front surface of the lower door 22 faces downward at the upper limit position of the folding door 20. Oriented. Closet 1 also has door 2
An opening / closing control device 30 for controlling the movements of the first and the second 22 is provided.
Further, a hanger support 5 is fixed to the front surface of the lower door 22, and the support 5 extends horizontally over the entire width of the lower door 22. The linear support member 6 of the support tool 5 functions as a handle of the folding door 20, and constitutes a clothes-drying tool supporting means that can lock the hook 3 of the clothes drying tool 2 at the upper limit position of the folding door 20.

According to such a configuration, the laundry can be placed in a laundry room, a washroom, a bathroom, or the like without installing a laundry string in the laundry room or installing a clothesline in the laundry room. Can be suspended. Moreover, the cabinet 1 can transiently form the means for supporting the clothesline in a room such as a laundry room at a desired time without complicating the aesthetics or design of the room such as a laundry room.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications may be made within the scope of the present invention described in the appended claims. It is needless to say that the modification or the modification is also included in the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, a single hanger support 5 is provided on the folding door 20, but a plurality of hanger supports 5 may be provided on the lower door 21 in a multi-stage manner.

The hanger support 5 having the above-described configuration projects forward of the cabinet 1 at the fully closed position of the folding door 20.
The hook 3 of the clothesline 2 can be hooked.

Further, in the above embodiment, the opening / closing control device 30 having the swing arm 33 is employed. However, another type of opening / closing control device capable of holding the lower door 21 at the upper limit position is employed. You may adopt it.

[0037]

As described above, according to the above configuration of the present invention, the means for supporting the clothesline can be transiently moved at a desired time without complicating the beauty or design of the interior of the laundry room or the like. And the like can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a folding cabinet with a folding door showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a laundry room showing a configuration of a folding cabinet with a folding door according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a laundry room provided with the closet shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a laundry room provided with the closet shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a laundry room showing a use mode of the folding cabinet with folding door shown in FIGS. 2 to 4;

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a laundry room showing a use mode of a folding cabinet with folding doors, and illustrates a state where a clothesline is locked to a hanger support of the cabinet.

[Description of Signs] 1 Closet with folding door 2 Clothes dryer 3 Hook 5 Hanger support 6 Linear support member 7 Leg 11 Top wall 12 Side wall 14 Rear wall 15 Bottom wall 20 Horizontal folding door 21 Lower door 22 Upper door 23, 24 Hinge 25 Bearing member 30 Opening / closing control device 31 Shock absorber 32 Rotary shaft 33 Swing arm 35 Axis R Washing H1: H2 Rotation axis

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiaki Matsumoto 5-1, Sakae-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside of Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. Yokohama Branch (72) Inventor Yuko Sonobe 5-1-1, Sakae-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Well Real Estate Co., Ltd. Yokohama Branch

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A cabinet with a folding door provided with a front-opening cabinet that can store articles and a folding door that can close the front opening of the cabinet, wherein the folding door is positioned at an upper end of the cabinet. An upper door pivotable about a horizontal first pivot axis, and pivotally connected to a lower end of the upper door about a horizontal second pivot axis positioned at a lower end of the upper door; A closed door, and an opening / closing control device that holds the upper door and the lower door in an open position, wherein the folding door rotates upward around the first rotation axis when the cabinet is opened. The lower door is bent about the second rotation axis so that the front surface of the lower door faces downward, the lower door is held in an open position by the opening and closing control device, and the lower door is substantially horizontal. A hanger support provided with a linear support member; The material extends substantially horizontally to the lower surface of the lower door in the open position of the folding door, and forms a clothes-drying device supporting means capable of locking the clothes-drying device locking means in the room. Closet with folding door. 2. The hanger support device extends over the entire width of the lower door, and forms a means for supporting the clothesline in the room over a length corresponding to the full width of the closet. Item 2. A cabinet with a folding door according to item 1. 3. The closet with folding door according to claim 1, wherein the closet is arranged in a ceiling area as a ceiling hanging closet. 4. The swing control device according to claim 1, wherein the open / close control device includes a swing arm disposed in the closet and articulated to the lower door, a rotating shaft that rotates integrally with the swing arm, and the swing arm. And a braking means for holding the door at an upper position. 4. The cabinet according to claim 1, further comprising: 5. The front surface of the lower door, in the open position, extends to an upper part of the room at an inclination angle of 20 to 30 ° so as to face the room side. Item 5. A cabinet with a folding door according to any one of Items 1 to 4.