JP2001186947A - Kitchen cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen cabinet capable of disposing a drawer in a riser easily and inexpensively, excellent in the design to be accommodated to various package plans. SOLUTION: The kitchen cabinet is framed of left and right side panels, a rear panel assembled to the back of the side panels, a front panel assembled to the front of the side panels, etc., and a drawer is disposed in a riser part on the front lower part. The lower end of the front panel of the drawer and the upper end of the riser front board of the riser are connected by way of a connecter. A drawer front panel attaching part to which the lower end of the drawer front panel, mounted as a handle part, is attached is integrally formed on the front end of the connector, and a riser front board attaching part to which the upper end of the riser front board is attached is integrally formed on the rear end of the connector. A stopper for preventing articles to be stored on the connector from dropping into a drawer storage box is mounted above the riser front board attaching part of the connector.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a kitchen cabinet such as a system kitchen installed in a kitchen or a living room, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a system kitchen is constructed by connecting a plurality of kitchen cabinets (hereinafter, simply referred to as cabinets) each having a sink, a counter or a stove stand on the upper surface thereof, for example. Each of these cabinets was provided at the left and right sides in the width direction, a front plate attached to the front of the both plates, a back plate attached to the back of the both plates, and a lower plate of the both plates. The frame is formed by a bottom plate and the like.

[0003] Further, at the lower portion of each cabinet, a recessed portion is provided on the back plate side for the purpose of escaping a foot portion. By the way, in this cabinet, the height (about 100 mm to 150
mm), a relatively large space corresponding to
This space becomes a complete dead space, and there is a disadvantage that the efficiency of storing articles in each cabinet is poor.

In order to solve such inconvenience, a cabinet shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 8 in which a drawer is arranged in a socket is conventionally commercialized. That is, in the cabinet 51 shown in FIG. 6, the drawer 53 is disposed in the
2 and the end plate 53a of the drawer 53 are integrally formed with an extruded material, and the handle 53b is integrally formed on the upper end of the end plate 53a. In the cabinet 61 shown in FIG. 8, a drawer 63 is disposed in a lower part 62 of a front part of the cabinet, and a front part plate 62 a of the part 61 of the part 62 is provided.
The end plate 63a for the drawer 63 is connected to the end plate 63a by a screw 64 with a metal fitting 64, so that the front end plate 62a is linked to the end plate 63a.

[0005]

However, in the former cabinet 51, the end plate 53a of the drawer 53 located at the lower part of the front surface and the front end plate 52a interlocked with the end plate 53a are integrated by, for example, extruding metal. Since it is a molded product, the end plate 53a of the upper drawer 54 (or door) forming the front surface of the cabinet 51
a, the color and the material are different.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, in a system kitchen, a plurality of cabinets 51 are connected in a horizontal direction and used. For example, when a standard kitchen cabinet 55 is used in this system kitchen,
The front panel of the recessed portion 55a of the standard kitchen cabinet 55 and the end plate 53a provided on the recessed portion 52 of the cabinet 51 are not visually recognized as being in a state in which the recessed portion is continuous in color and width in the vertical direction. , The design of the system kitchen will be inferior. Therefore, it is conceivable to unify all colors and widths of the end plates 53a and the like of the connected cabinets 51 and 55. However, in this case, the types of cabinets themselves are enormous, and the degree of freedom as a product is reduced, and However, there is a problem that it is not possible to easily cope with the package plan.

Further, in the latter cabinet 61, as shown in FIG. 9, the lower end of the end plate 63a, which protrudes downward from the metal fitting 64, becomes the handle portion 65.
End plate 63a from the viewpoint of safety at the time of pull-out operation by hand
It is necessary to perform an appropriate safety treatment on the lower back portion, for example, by applying a coating or making the corners round. Therefore, the manufacture of the end plate 63a of the drawer 63 becomes complicated, and the end plate 63a having a different structure from the end plate 66a of the other drawer 66 above the drawer 63 is required.
There has been a problem that the cost itself tends to be high.

Further, since the front end of the metal fitting 64 is simply screwed to the back surface of the mirror plate 63a, the mounting position of the mirror plate 63a in the vertical direction (the mirror plate 6 of the upper drawer 66) is determined.
6a) and the metal fitting 64 is simply brought into contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the front metal plate 62a and screwed, so that the strength of the metal portion 62 is inferior. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drawer that can be easily and inexpensively arranged in a key portion.
An object of the present invention is to provide a kitchen cabinet which is excellent in design and can easily cope with various package plans. A second object of the present invention is to provide a kitchen cabinet capable of securely and efficiently storing small articles in a drawer, in addition to the first object of the present invention. It is another object of the present invention to provide a kitchen cabinet capable of increasing the strength of a clip portion in addition to the objects of the invention described in claims 1 and 2. Another object of the present invention is to provide a kitchen cabinet capable of sufficiently increasing the safety at the time of a drawer operation with an inexpensive configuration in addition to the objects of the first to third aspects of the present invention.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a left and a right side plate, a back plate assembled to the back of the both side plates, In a kitchen cabinet that is framed by a front plate or the like assembled on the front surface and a drawer is arranged in a lower part of the front of the kitchen cabinet, the drawer front plate lower end of the drawer that also serves as a handle portion is mounted on the front end side in a mounted state. The lower end of the drawer front plate of the drawer is connected to the lower end of the drawer front plate via a connector integrally formed with the drawer front plate mounting portion to which the drawer front plate attachment portion is integrally formed and the rear end side of which is attached to the upper end of the drawer front plate. The upper part of the part is connected to the upper end of the front panel.

With this configuration, the drawer front plate of the drawer, which can be pulled out at the bottom of the cabinet at the lower part of the front surface of the cabinet, has a lower end integrally formed with the front end side of the connecting member and serves as a handle portion. It is attached while being placed on the plate attachment part. In addition, the upper end of the front panel of the clip is attached to the front panel mounting portion integrally formed on the rear end side of the connector, whereby the front plate and the front panel of the connector are connected via the connector, The drawer front panel is linked to the drawer operation.

At this time, since the drawing-out front plate is mounted in a state of being placed on the drawing-out plate mounting portion of the connecting tool, the conventional drawing-out front plate can be directly attached without changing the shape and the like. It is easy to respond to various package plans. Further, the drawer front plate mounting portion of the connecting tool also serves as a handle portion during the pull-out operation, so that there is no need to separately provide a handle portion, and the drawer is easily and inexpensively arranged on the key portion.

[0013] Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, the connecting tool is
A stopper is provided on the upper part of the attachment front plate mounting portion to prevent the articles stored on the connecting tool from falling into the drawer storage box. With this configuration, the stopper provided on the upper part of the attachment front plate mounting portion of the connecting member regulates the backward movement of the stored item, so that, for example, small items can be stably stored on the connecting member, The efficiency of storing articles in the drawer is improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the connecting tool is
It is characterized in that a projection portion is provided on the fitting front plate mounting portion so as to protrude in the mounting direction of the fitting front plate and to prevent tilting of the fitting front plate. With such a configuration, the protrusion provided on the fitting front plate mounting portion of the connecting tool can be fixed by being brought into contact with the upper portion of the front plate of the fitting, so that the fixing strength of the connecting front plate to the connecting tool is improved. Increase.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the handle of the connecting member is formed in an L-shape having a rounded corner, and the outer end of the horizontal wall on which the lower end of the front plate is placed is placed. It is characterized in that it is formed in a substantially arc-shaped cross section. With this configuration, the corners of the L-shaped handle portion are formed in a round shape, and the outer end of the horizontal wall of the connecting tool on which the lower end of the front drawing-out plate is placed has a substantially arc-shaped cross section. Since it is formed, it is possible to ensure the safety when the hand is hooked on the handle with only the connecting member without separately taking safety measures on the front plate.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of a system kitchen using a plurality of cabinets according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view thereof, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view, FIG. 4 is a rear view of the connection fitting, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

In FIG. 1, a system kitchen 1 has, for example, three cabinets 2 to 4 connected in the width direction, and a sink 5 for a sink having a faucet 6 is arranged on the upper surface of the cabinet 2. A cooking stove 7 is arranged on the upper surface of the cabinet 4, and a counter 8 is arranged on the upper surface of the cabinet 3. In addition, each cabinet 2
4, one or a plurality of drawers 9 (or opening and closing doors) each having a handle 10 on the front surface are respectively assembled so as to be able to be pulled out (or opened and closed), and a key portion 11 below the drawer 9 of each of the cabinets 2 to 4. Also, the drawers 12 are respectively assembled so as to be able to be pulled out.

The drawers 9 and 12 are assembled so as to be movable in the front-rear direction along guides (not shown) provided on both side plates 13 of the cabinets 2 to 4. Each of the cabinets 2 to 4 of the system kitchen 1 is basically provided with left and right side plates 13 (however, the side plates 13 of the connected cabinets 2 to 4 are also used).
As shown in FIG. 2, a front plate 14 of a predetermined shape assembled to the front surface of both side plates 13 and a rear plate made of a thin plate assembled to the back surface of both side plates 13 by a groove fitting structure and reinforced by reinforcing members 16 and the like. 15 or the like.

The drawers 12 are respectively arranged in the recesses 11 formed at the lower part of the front surface of each of the cabinets 2 to 4 so as to be able to be pulled out in the front-rear direction (the direction of the arrow A in FIG. 2). As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the drawer 12 includes a head plate 17 as a front plate for drawing, a front plate 18 for the handpiece, and a connecting metal 19 for connecting the two plates 17, 18.
And the bottom plate 20a and the back plate 2 forming the storage box 20, for example.
0b and a pair of side plates 20c. In addition,
The end plate 17 of the drawer 12 is made of the same color and the same material as the end plate 9a (or the opening / closing door) which is the front plate of the drawer 9. The front plate 18 of the drawer is made of a plate material such as black. Have different colors.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the connection fitting 19 is formed by, for example, an extruded aluminum product (or a resin molded product), and a flat plate mounting portion 21 is integrally formed with a head plate mounting portion 21 at the front end side. The flattened portion 19a is integrally formed with a front part attaching plate 22 at the rear end thereof. The end plate mounting portion 21 is formed in an L-shape by a vertical wall 21a extending vertically at a front end of the flat portion 19a, and a horizontal wall 21b projecting forward by a predetermined dimension at a lower end of the vertical wall 21a. A predetermined radius is provided on the outer surface of the corner 21c of the connecting portion between the vertical wall 21a and the horizontal wall 21b, and the tip 21d of the horizontal wall 21b is formed to have a substantially arc-shaped cross section.
A handhold 23 is formed by the lower end of the vertical wall 21a and the horizontal wall 21b.

On the other hand, the clip front plate mounting portion 2 of the connecting fitting 19
2 is a vertical wall 22a protruding downward at a rear end portion of the flat portion 19a by a predetermined size, and a vertical wall 22a in front of the vertical wall 22a at a position corresponding to the thickness of the front panel 18 in a state of protruding downward. It is formed by the provided ridge 22b. In addition, a stopper wall 24 protruding upward by a predetermined dimension is integrally formed on the upper end side of the front panel attaching portion 22 at the rear end of the flat portion 19a of the connecting fitting 19. In addition, connection metal fitting 1
A plurality of mounting holes 25 and 26 are formed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the upper portion of the vertical wall 21a and the vertical wall 22a.

The connecting bracket 19 has the lower surface 17a of the end plate 17 in contact with the vertical wall 21a of the end plate mounting portion 21 and the lower end surface thereof is placed on the horizontal wall 21b to use the mounting hole 25. And fixed with mounting screws 27 (see FIG. 3). In addition, the upper end portion 18a of the clip front plate 18 is fitted between the vertical wall 22a of the clip front plate mounting portion 22 and the ridge 22b, and is fixed with the mounting screw 27 using the mounting hole 26. As a result, the end plate 17 and the front cover 18 are connected by the connection fitting 19, and the front plate 18, that is, the drawer 12 moves in the front-rear direction in conjunction with the pulling operation of the handle 23 of the end plate 17.

[0023] Further, the length (depth) of the flat portion 19a of the connection fitting 19 forms a recess 11 having a predetermined depth at the lower part of the front surface of each of the cabinets 2 to 4. As shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, the small articles 28 can be placed (stored). The small articles 28 are restricted from moving backward by the stopper wall 24 provided at the rear end of the upper surface of the flat portion 19a, so that the small articles 28 do not fall into the storage box 20 when the drawer 12 is taken in and out.

As described above, the cabinets 2 to 5 of the above embodiment
According to 4, the drawer 12 is arranged at the lower part 11 of the drawer 9 (or the opening and closing door), and the end plate 17 of the drawer 12 and the front plate 18 of the drawer are connected by the connecting metal 19, and the end plate 17 is fixed. Since the connecting metal part 19 to be formed is integrally formed with the handle part 23 provided with a safety mechanism in advance, the lower end part 17a of the end plate 17 does not need to be subjected to safety processing, and is used as the end plate 17 in, for example, the drawer 9. The same end plate 9a can be used as it is.

As a result, it is not necessary to separately prepare (manufacture) the end plate 17 dedicated to the drawer 12, and it is possible to use the end plate 17 having the same color and the same back surface as the drawer 9 (or the opening / closing door) on the upper portion of the drawer 12, and While it is possible to easily cope with various package plans (variations) while reducing the number of types 2 to 4, the cost of the end plate 17 itself can be suppressed, and it is possible to provide inexpensive cabinets 2 to 4. .

Further, since a plate of the same color as the end plate 9a of the drawer 9 (or the opening / closing door) above the drawer 12 can be used as the end plate 17 of the drawer 12, a system in which a plurality of cabinets 2 to 4 are connected. Kitchen 1
In this case, the end plate 17 of each drawer 12 provided in the cutout portion 11 of each of the cabinets 2 to 4 can be set to the same color as the end plate 9a of the drawer 9 and the end plate 1
The height (width in the vertical direction) of the cabinet 7 can be set to be the same in each of the cabinets 2 to 4, so that the system kitchen 1 excellent in design can be obtained.

Further, since the end plate mounting portion 21 of the connecting fitting 19 is formed in an L-shape by the vertical wall 21a and the horizontal wall 21b, the end position of the end plate 17 in the vertical direction can be determined by the horizontal wall 21b. The gap between the drawer 9 and the drawer 9 above the drawer 12 can be easily adjusted.
The workability of assembling the cabinets 2 to 4 can be improved.

Further, since the stopper wall 24 is provided at the rear end of the flat portion 19a of the connection fitting 19, the flat portion 1
The small article 28 placed on the top 9a does not fall into the storage box 20 when the drawer 12 is moved, and the like.
9 itself can be used as a stable storage section for the accessory 28, and the storage efficiency of articles in the drawer 12 can be increased. Also, the handle 23 of the connection fitting 19
Are formed in an L-shape, the corners 19c are formed in a round shape, and the outer end of the horizontal wall 21b is formed in a substantially arc shape, so that the hand can be hung on the hand-holding portion 23 satisfactorily. At the same time, it is possible to sufficiently secure the safety of the hand when it is hung.

Furthermore, since the vertical wall 22a and the ridge 22b are provided on the front panel mounting portion 22 of the connecting fitting 19, the upper end 18a of the front panel 18 is provided between the vertical wall 22a and the ridge 22b. It can be fitted and firmly fixed. In addition, since the L-shaped handle portion 23 is integrally formed with the end plate mounting portion 21, the rigidity of the connection fitting 19 itself can be increased, and shearing to the mounting screw 27 for fixing the connection fitting 19 and the end plate 17 is performed. The load can be reduced. From these facts, fixing (connection) of the connection fitting 19 itself, the end plate 17 and the front panel 18 attached to the connection fitting 19 itself.
The strength can be increased, and a stable installation state can be maintained in the cabinets 2 to 4 for a long time.

The connection fitting 19 in the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but includes the entire shape of the connection fitting 19 itself, the shape of the handhold portion 23, the shape of the stopper wall 24, and the like.
The plate thickness and the like of each part can be appropriately changed. Further, the configuration such as the number of cabinets of the system kitchen 1 in the above embodiment, the manner of assembling the drawers 9 (or opening and closing doors) to the cabinets 2 to 4, the drawers 9, 12
It is needless to say that the drawer structure and the like described above are only examples, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of each invention according to the present invention.

[0031]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the drawer is arranged in the recess formed at the lower part of the front surface for the purpose of escaping the feet, and before the drawer is drawn out. Because the board and the front panel are connected and fixed with a connecting tool that also serves as a handle, the drawer front board can be used in common with other drawer etc. front boards, and it is excellent in design and cabinet type It is easy to respond to various package plans while reducing
There is no need to provide a separate handle member or perform a safety process on the front plate of the drawer, and the drawer can be easily and inexpensively arranged in the clip portion.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the stopper is provided on the upper surface on the rear side of the connecting tool, so that the storage housed on the connecting tool is provided. It is possible to reliably prevent the falling of items into the drawer storage box, and the connector itself can be used as a small item storage section,
Small items can be stably and efficiently stored in the drawer.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first or second aspect of the present invention, a projection is provided downward at the fitting front plate mounting portion of the connector. By using the ridges, the upper part of the front panel of the connector can be fixed, the fixing strength of the front panel of the connector to the connecting tool can be increased, and the tilt of the front panel of the connector can be reliably prevented. it can.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first to third aspects, the handle portion is formed in an L-shape, and the corner portion is provided with a radius, and is provided before the draw-out. Since the outer end of the horizontal wall on which the lower end of the plate is placed is formed in a substantially arcuate cross section, it is not necessary to take additional safety measures on the front drawer plate. There are effects such as that safety can be sufficiently secured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a system kitchen in which a plurality of kitchen cabinets according to the present invention are connected.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the connection fitting.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a conventional kitchen cabinet.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the installed state.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of another conventional kitchen cabinet.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion C in FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 System kitchen 2-4 Kitchen cabinet 9 Drawer 9a Mirror plate 11 ······································································································ ·············································································································· Attachment part 21b ······· Horizontal wall 21c ·································································· ····················································· Accessories

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A frame formed by left and right side plates, a back plate assembled to the back surface of the both side plates, a front plate assembled to the front surface of the both side plates, etc. In the placed kitchen cabinet,
At the front end side, a drawer front plate mounting portion to which the lower end of the drawer front plate of the drawer is mounted in a mounted state is also integrally formed, and at the rear end side, the upper end of the drawer front plate of the drawer portion is mounted at the front end side. A kitchen cabinet, wherein a lower end of a drawer front plate of the drawer and an upper end of a cut-out front plate of a cut-out portion are connected to each other via a connecting member integrally formed with a plate mounting portion. 2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein a stopper is provided at an upper portion of the attachment front plate mounting portion to prevent the articles stored on the connector from dropping into the drawer storage box. The kitchen cabinet according to claim 1, wherein 3. The connector according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion is provided at a fitting portion of the fitting front plate so as to protrude in a mounting direction of the fitting front plate to prevent tilting of the fitting front plate.
Or the kitchen cabinet according to 2. 4. The hand-holding portion of the connecting tool has an L-shape with a rounded corner, and the outer end of the horizontal wall on which the lower end of the front plate is placed has a substantially arc-shaped cross section. The kitchen cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: