JP2003003728A - Sliding panel type housing furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new housing furniture possessing change in a housing space, excellent in operability, and having a novel shape. SOLUTION: First and second panels 1, 2 are mutually serial at a lower limit position to cover a lower side housing part, and an upper side housing part 4 appears outside. When the first panel 1 is lifted from this state, the second panel 2 is lifted at a half speed as following it, the first and second panels are just overlapped at a lifting limit, the lower side housing part covered with the first and second panels appear on the surface, and the upper side housing part 4 is covered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a slide panel type storage furniture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known a type of storage furniture in which an opening of a predetermined storage section is closed or opened by a composite panel (for example, a bent panel). As a door that covers the door, it only moves between a closed position and a retracted position, and its usability and form are monotonous.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a slide panel type storage furniture which realizes a composite and various usability and is also novel in terms of form.

[0004]

The present invention includes a first panel and a second panel that slide in a vertically movable manner in conjunction with each other, and the first and second panels are provided. Cover the first storage part in a state where the panels of the above are connected in series at the first movement limit,
The first and second panels are connected so that the first panel and the second panel slide differentially and the first and second panels overlap and cover the second storage portion at the second movement limit. And differential guide means for guiding the sliding movement of the first and second panels.

More specifically, it is provided with a first panel and a second panel which interlock with each other and slide up and down in the vertical direction, and at the lower limit of movement of the first and second panels. The first panel is in the bottom position, the second
While the lower panel is covered with the upper panel in series with the upper panel, the lower panel covers the lower panel while it is out of the range of the upper panel. The panel slides up prior to the first panel at a slide speed slower than the slide speed of the first panel, and at the upper movement limit of the upward slides of the first and second panels, The first panel and the second panel are overlapped so that the first panel faces the outside of the second panel and covers the upper storage portion, while the first panel and the second panel are separated from the lower storage portion. It is characterized in that it has differential connecting means for connecting the second panel and guide means for guiding the sliding movement of the first and second panels.

As described above, the first and second panels are differentially moved between the movement limit where the first and second panels are connected in series and the movement limit where the first and second panels overlap. These two states create different furniture-like forms by moving them, and a complex action of opening one storage part and closing the other storage part is realized, which is convenient. It is not monotonous, and it has a novel form in which completely different furniture is united.

If a balance weight or the like is used so that the first and second panels can be stopped at an arbitrary position of the slide stroke for moving up and down in the vertical direction, the first and second panels can be placed anywhere as desired. The panel can be made stationary to obtain a desired open state or closed state, and further a composite state or an intermediate state thereof, and it is not necessary to support the load of the panel, and thus the usability is improved.

[0008] Further, for example, in the case of storage furniture having drawers, open shelves, double doors, etc., it can be used in various ways in terms of function, but it tends to be complicated in terms of form and design and not uniform. However, as in the present invention, for example, by covering the front plate of the drawer, the open shelf, and the like with the first and second panels connected in series with each other, the form is unified and the appearance is good. Further, for example, if the storage section other than the area covered by the first and second panels connected in series in such a manner is, for example, an opening / closing door of a double door, the first and second panels and such opening / closing The organic combination of the doors makes it functionally and morphologically unified and looks good.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the examples shown in the drawings. In FIG. 1, a first panel 1 and a second panel 2 are configured to slide up and down differentially in a vertical direction on a front surface of a housing 3. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the first and second panels 1 and 2 are in a lower limit position in which they are connected in series, and in this state, a pair of open / close doors 5 of a double door type open / close door 5 of the upper storage portion 4 are provided in the upper region. Is located.

The first panel 1 and the second panel 2 have the same width dimension and the same height dimension h1 and h2, and the height dimension h3 of the opening / closing door of the upper storage portion 4 is h1. And h2. That is, the housing 3 is divided into three equal parts in the height direction, h1 = h2 = h3, and the first panel 1, the second panel 2 and the opening / closing door 5 of the upper storage part 4 are provided in the divided parts. Will be located. On the front surface of the first panel 1, operation handles 6 are attached respectively to the upper part and the lower part, while the front surface of the second panel 2 has no operation handle and has a simple vertical surface.
Then, the first panel 1 is a drive-side operation panel to which an operating force during ascending / descending is applied, and the second panel 2 follows the first panel 1 and its half speed and stroke. It is a driven panel that runs on.

A leg portion 7 is attached to a lower portion of the housing 3,
An adjuster 8 for adjusting the installation on the floor is provided at the lower end of the adjuster 8. As shown in FIG. 2, the first and second
With the panels 1 and 2 of the upper storage section 4 in the lower limit position, the opening / closing door 5 of the upper storage section 4 can be opened to the outside without interfering with the second panel 2, and the upper storage section 4 can be detached from the inside. A type shelf board 9 is installed.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the first and second panels 1 and 2 are raised to the upper limit position, the first panel 1 overlaps the front surface of the second panel 2 and these The panels 1 and 2 cover the front surface of the opening / closing door 5 of the upper storage part 4. At this time, the lower area that has been covered by the first and second panels 1 and 2 appears, the open shelf 10 is present below the opening / closing door 5, and the drawer 11 is present at the lowermost side. The open shelf portion 10 and the drawer portion 11 correspond to the lower storage portion.

It should be noted that the lowermost drawer portion 11 can be regarded as the lower storage portion, and the open shelf portion 10 above it can be regarded as the intermediate storage portion. The height h2 of the open shelf portion and the height h3 of the drawer portion 11 are equal, and the first and second panels 1 and 2 are
The height dimension of each is matched. In other words, the upper storage part (shelf part with door) 4 of FIG.
The open shelf 10 (referred to as the upper half of the lower storage or the intermediate storage) and the drawer 11 (also referred to as the lower half of the lower storage or the lower storage itself) have different height dimensions. Equally (h1 = h2 = h3), the housing 3 is divided into three parts to form the respective storage parts, and their height dimensions are equal to the height dimensions of the first and second panels 1 and 2. Has been done.
Therefore, in the state of FIG. 3, the first and second panels 1 and 2 are
While covering the open / close door 5 of the upper storage part 4, as shown in FIG.
In a state where the first and second panels 1 and 2 are in the lower limit position, the first panel 1 covers the lowermost drawer portion 11,
The second panel 2 has a shape that exactly covers the open / close shelf 11 in the middle.

As shown in the structural part of FIG. 7, the housing 3 includes a bottom plate 13, a pair of inner plates 14 which are fixed to the bottom plate 13 and stand upright, and the inner plates 1.
Upper plate (ceiling plate) 15 fixed to the upper end of 4 and inner plate 1
Intermediate plates 16 and 17 connected between the pair of inner plates 14 are provided so as to divide 4 in the height direction into three substantially equal parts. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, an outer plate 18 is attached to the outside of each inner plate 14, and the inner plate 14 and the outer plate 1 are attached.
A guide rail portion that guides the first panel 1 and the second panel 2 so as to differentially slide, and a differential coupling mechanism using a wire, a pulley, and the like are incorporated in a space between the first panel 1 and the second panel 2. . This point will be described later. As shown in FIG. 2, a detachable shelf board 9 can be attached to the upper storage section 4 with the door 5 open, and an open shelf section 10 can be provided as shown in FIG. In the opened state, the detachable shelf board 20 can also be attached here. These shelves 9
The or 20 may be fixed.

The outer surface of each inner plate 14 shown in FIG.
As conceptually shown in FIG. 9, guide rails 21 and 22 for sliding (elevating) the first and second panels 1 and 2 in the vertical direction are formed so as to extend in parallel to each other in the vertical direction. Both of these guide rails 21 and 22 can be formed in the shape of a groove, and the rail 22 has a second shape.
The guide rollers 23 and 24 provided on the second panel 2 roll within the guide rail 22.

The first panel 1 is guided across the guide rails 21 and 22, and the guide roller 25 provided on the upper portion of the first panel 1 engages with the shorter guide rail 21. A guide roller 26 provided on the lower portion of the first panel 1 engages with the longer rail 22, and the guide rollers 25 and 26 roll on the guide rails 21 and 22, respectively. Guide rail 21
Although the upper end positions of the guide rails 21 and 22 are the same, the lower end position of the guide rail 21 is above the lower end position of the guide rail 22, and the vicinity of the lower end portion of the guide rail 22 gently inclines rearward, while the lower end position of the guide rail 21. The part is formed as an arcuate end part so as to enter a right angle to the rear.

When the first panel 1 is located at the lower limit, the upper guide roller 25 is moved to the guide rail 21.
And the lower guide roller 26 is located at the lower end of the guide rail 22. Further, the guide roller 2 of the second panel 2 which is flush with the upper side of the panel 1
3, 24 are located in the guide rail 22. When the upper part of the first panel 1 is pulled forward from this state, the guide roller 25 moves laterally at the lower end part of the guide rail 21, whereby the upper part of the first panel 1 moves to the lower end of the second panel 2. The part is inclined outward from the part by more than its thickness. By raising the first panel 1 from this state as shown in (b), the second panel 2 follows the first panel 2 and is raised at a speed of ½, as will be described later. At this time, the guide rollers 23 and 24 of the second panel 2 roll on the guide rail 22.

Then, as shown in (c), the first and second
When the panels 1 and 2 of the first panel reach the upper limit, the first panel 1
Is just over the front surface of the second panel 2, and when viewed from the front, the second panel 2 is hidden by the first panel 1 and is completely invisible.

FIG. 10 conceptually shows an example of the differential connecting means of the first and second panels 1 and 2. The second panel 2 has the balance weight 27 and the wire 28.
(Connecting member) and fixed pulleys 29 and 30 provided on the side surface of the inner plate 14, and a movable pulley 31 provided on the second panel 2.
It is supported in a suspended state via. One end of the wire 28 is
The wire 28 is fixed to the inner plate 14, and the wire 28 is wound around the moving pulley 31 of the second panel 2 to fix the position of the fixed pulley 30 and 2.
The other end of the wire 28 is connected to the balance weight 27 via 9. The first panel 1 with respect to the second panel 2
Is supported in a suspended state by the wire (coupling member) 32 via a moving pulley 33 provided on the second panel 2.
One end of the wire 32 is connected to the first panel 1, and the wire 32 extends upward from here and is wound around the moving pulley 33 of the second panel 2 and then extends downward to fix the position. (Or fixed to the bottom plate 13).

As shown in FIG. 11, the balance weight 27 includes a roller 27 on a vertical guide rail 37.
It is fitted via a and can be moved up and down while being guided by the guide rail 37. The weight of the balance weight 27 is adjusted so as to support the load of the second panel 2 and also support the load of the first panel 1 supported via the panel 2. For example, if the weight of each of the first and second panels 1 and 2 is P, the supporting load for the second panel 2 is 2 by the moving pulley 31.
Assuming that the supporting load of the first panel 1 is P (P / 2) of 2 minutes by the moving pulley 33, the weight of the balance weight 27 is based on P which is the sum of these. , Is adjusted to a value that takes into account the slide resistance of the slide mechanism section. As a result, the first and second panels 1 and 2 can be balanced with the load of the balance weight 27 and can be stopped at any position in the vertical sliding stroke.

Now, when the first panel 1 is raised by y from the state shown in FIG. 10, the second panel 2 is acted on by the pulling force of the balance weight 27 so that the moving pulley 33 acts on the second panel 2 to make y ( y / 2) rises following the first panel 1. That is, since the second panel 2 is driven at a speed half the sliding speed of the first panel 1, the total stroke from the lower limit to the upper limit of the first panel 1 is S. For example, the stroke from the lower limit of the second panel 2 to the upper limit is S (S / 2) of 2 minutes, and when the first panel 1 reaches the upper limit, the second panel 2 also reaches the upper limit. , And the first and second panels are just overlaid.

6 (a) to 6 (c) also show this state. When the first panel 1 is first lifted so as to slide upward from the state of (a), the second panel 2 rises following this, rising at half its speed so as to lead the first panel 1, and at the upper limit, as shown in FIG. Panel 1 of 1 will just catch up and overlap.

In the example shown in FIG. 10, the wire 28, on which the load of the balance weight 27 acts, suspends and supports the second panel 2 via the moving pulley 31, but it is shown in FIG. Thus, the movable pulley 31 may be omitted and the wire 28 may be directly connected to the panel 2. In this case, the weight of the balance weight 35 may be increased corresponding to the loss of the load reducing effect of the moving pulley 31.

The slide operation connecting mechanism and the guide means shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 are the inner plate 14 and the outer plate 18 shown in FIG.
The sliding differential mechanism portion and the guide means are hidden by the outer plate 18 so that they cannot be seen from the outside. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in the state where the first and second panels 1 and 2 are at the lower limit position, the intermediate open shelf portion 10 and the drawer portion 11 are provided.
Since it is covered with the panels 1 and 2, the appearance is neat, and it is integrated with the upper opening / closing door 5 to form a unity. In particular, as shown in FIG.
Front plates 40, 41 and 42 of the drawers 37, 38 and 39 (which can be drawn out by guide rails (not shown), etc.) incorporated in the front panel are further forwarded by the first panel 1 in the lower limit position. Covered from. Therefore, compared to the case where the plurality of drawers 37 to 39 are directly exposed to the front surface, there is less feeling of complication and a neat form is obtained. Further, when these drawers 37, 38 and 39 are exposed, for example, a small child may open the drawer and take out the contents inside and scatter them. Front plate parts 40, 41 and 4
By covering 2 from the front and closing the drawer 11,
It is possible to avoid an unintended drawing operation.

In FIG. 10, the wire 32 supporting the first panel 1 is fixed to the inner plate 14 (or the bottom plate 13) with a length adjusting mechanism for the wire 32, and the wire 32 is adjusted to the first limit at the lower limit position. When the second panels 1 and 2 are connected in series, the joint gap between the upper end of the first panel 1 and the lower end of the second panel 2 can be finely adjusted.

In the above description, the first and second panels 1 are
And 2 are arranged so as to be connected in series at the lower limit position and overlap each other at the upper limit position. However, as shown in FIG. 13, they are turned upside down and the first and second panels are arranged at the upper limit position. 1 and 2 may be connected in series so that at the lower limit, the first and second panels 1 and 2 may overlap with each other so that the upper storage portion is exposed. For example, first and second
In the state where the panels 1 and 2 of the panels are at the upper limit, the drawer portion 11 appears as a lower storage portion on the front surface, and at the lower limit of the panels 1 and 2, the drawer portion 11 is covered, while the upper opening / closing door 5 Alternatively, the open shelves 10 may appear.

A balance weight having a load larger than the weight and slide resistance of the first and second panels 1 and 2 is used, and the first and second balance weights are used by the balance weight.
The first and second panels 1 and 2 at the lower limit (lower limit) position of the first and second panels 1 and 2 and a stopper (locking means) for fixing the positions of the panels.
And one or both of the second panels 1 and 2 (eg the first panel).
Panel) and by releasing this stopper, the first and second panels 1 and 2 are automatically raised to the upper limit (upper limit) position by the biasing means such as the balance weight. May be. At this time, for example, the handle provided on the first panel or the like is movable, the handle is connected to the stopper, and the handle also operates as a stopper release member so as to release the stopper. You can also

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a slide panel storage furniture that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the opening / closing door of FIG. 1 is opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the first and second panels are slid to the rising limit.

FIG. 4 is a plan structural view of the storage furniture of FIG.

5 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view for explaining the side operation of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a structure of a housing of the storage furniture.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which an outer plate is attached.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a guide mechanism that guides vertical slides (elevations) of the first and second panels.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a mechanism that operatively connects the first and second panels.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a balance weight guide unit.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a modified example of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a front explanatory view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 first panel 2 Second panel 4 Upper storage 5 open / close door 10 open shelves 11 Drawer 37, 38, 39 withdrawal 14 Inner plate 18 Outside plate 21,22 Guide rail 23, 24 Second panel guide roller 25, 26 First panel guide roller 27 Balance weight 28, 32 wire 31, 33 movable pulley

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A first panel and a second panel which slide together so as to move up and down in a vertical direction are provided, and the first and second panels are connected in series at a first movement limit. In a state of covering the first storage portion, the first panel and the second panel are differentially slid in the vertical direction, and at the second movement limit, the first panel and the second panel are overlapped with each other. First to cover the storage
And a differential panel connecting means for connecting the second panel and a guide means for guiding the sliding movement of the first and second panels. 2. A first panel and a second panel which slide together so as to move up and down in a vertical direction in association with each other, and the first panel is provided at a lower movement limit of the first and second panels. At the bottom position, while the second panel covers the lower storage part in a state where the second panel is connected in series to the upper region thereof,
When the first panel rises and slides from the lowermost position, the second panel precedes the first panel and is slower than the sliding speed of the first panel. Slide up in and first of them
And at the upper movement limit of the rising slide of the second panel, the first panel and the second panel overlap with each other so that the first panel faces the outside of the second panel and cover the upper storage portion. On the other hand, a differential connecting means for connecting the first and second panels and a guide means for guiding the sliding movement of the first and second panels so as to be out of the range of the lower storage portion. A slide panel type storage furniture characterized by having. 3. The differential coupling means is provided on the balance weight for supporting the second panel so as to allow the vertical slide of the second panel, and the differential weight is provided on the second panel. And a movable pulley attached to the second panel, around which a connecting member such as a wire for suspending and supporting the first panel is wound, and the movable pulley slides between the lower and upper movement limits of the second panel. Stroke and sliding speed is half that of the first plate
The slide panel storage furniture according to claim 2, wherein 4. The first storage part or the lower storage part, which covers the first and second panels in series at the first movement limit or the lower movement limit, includes one or more drawers. The slide panel storage furniture according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one of the first and second panels is in a state of further covering the front plate portion of the drawer from the front. 5. The first storage part or the lower storage part, which covers the first and second panels in a state of overlapping each other at the second movement limit or the upper movement limit, is a storage part with a door having an opening / closing door. Including the first and overlapping each other
The slide panel storage furniture according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the second panel and the second panel further cover the opening / closing door in the closed state from the front. 6. The first and second panels are connected to a balance weight so that the first and second panels can be stopped at an arbitrary position of a slide stroke that moves up and down in the vertical direction.
The sliding panel storage furniture according to any one of items 1 to 5.