JP2003004010A - Indoor installed product and connecting tool used for assembling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an indoor installed product and a connecting tool used for assembling the same which can extremely reduce manufacturing cost of an assembling plate to constitute an outer frame of the indoor installed product. SOLUTION: Grooves 32, 34, 36 to fit the connecting tools only on the surface are formed to the assembling plates such as an upper plate 26, a lower plate 28, and two side plates 30 or the like which constitute the outer frame of the indoor installed product, and the groove to fit the connecting tool is not formed to a butt end. The first connecting tool 10 and the second connecting tool 24, which are long-sized objects in a sectional shape formed by integrating a U shape and a part protruding in the inner direction from one end of the U shape and in which pulling-out preventing means 20, 22 along the longitudinal direction are formed to the first arm part 14 and the second arm part 18 that are the both ends of the longsized objects in the sectional shape, are prepared. The first arm parts 14 of the first connecting tool 10 and the second connecting tool 24 are fitted to the grooves 36 of the side plates 30, and, the second arm parts 18 of the first connecting tool 10 and the second connecting tool 24 are fitted to the grooves 32, 34 of the upper plate 26 and the lower plate 28. By this, the two side plates 30, the upper plate 26, and the lower plate 28 are fixed and the outer frame of the indoor installed product can be made.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an indoor installation such as a push-in or a closet to be installed indoors, and a connector used for assembling the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, indoor installations such as a closet and a closet, which form a space inside and store articles in the space, have been installed and installed inside a house, an apartment, or the like. Indoor installations such as closets and closets were assembled into finished products of closets and closets outside the installation site of homes and condominiums, and the finished products were transported to the installation site and installed. For indoor installation items such as push-in and closet, nails and screws are used when assembling the finished products, and the assembling plates are fixed to each other. Closet and closet
The height is, for example, the height from the floor to the ceiling, and the width is, for example, a length between 1 and 4, so that 2-3 people are required for the work of fixing the assembly plate with nails or screws. Was needed. Further, in order to transport the assembled finished product of the closet or closet having the dimensions of the height and the width to the installation site or to install it at the site, 2-3 workers are required.

[0003] A connector used for assembling this indoor installation on the site by one person and allowing installation by one person was invented by the inventor of the present application, and the invention is disclosed in JP-A-11-82438. No. provided in the issue. Here, the connector used when forming the outer frame of the indoor fixture is shown in FIG. The connector 40 is an elongated member having a U-shaped cross section, and is composed of a central connecting portion 42 and a pair of arm portions 44 arranged substantially at right angles from both ends of the connecting portion 42. The pull-out preventing means 46 is provided on both sides of the sheet in the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction. This removal prevention means 4
Reference numeral 6 denotes, for example, sawtooth-shaped irregularities. When the slip-out preventing means 46 is press-fitted into a groove formed in wood or the like, even if an external force for pulling out the connecting tool 40 from the groove is applied, the slip-out preventing means 46 can be removed. The preventive means 46 prevents the connector 40 from easily coming off the groove.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which an indoor fixture is assembled by using the connecting tool 40, and FIG. 6 shows a state in the middle of the assembly. The outer frame of the indoor installation includes an upper plate 48, a lower plate 50, and two side plates 52, and the like, when fixing the upper plate 48 and the side plate 52, or when fixing the lower plate 50 and the side plate 52. The connector 40 was used for this. In this case, for example, in the upper plate 48 and the lower plate 50, a groove 56 is formed at the center of the thickness of the wood openings 54. On the other hand, a groove 58 is formed on the surface of the side plate 52 at a position close to the outer edge and parallel to the outer edge. Then, the arm portion 44 of the U-shaped cross-section connector 40 is press-fitted into the groove 56 formed in the opening 54 of the upper plate 48 or the lower plate 50 and the groove 58 formed in the surface of the side plate 52, Upper plate 48
And the side plate 52 can be fixed, and the lower plate 50 and the side plate 52 can be fixed to form the outer frame of the indoor fixture.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, a fixing tool 60 for fixing the connecting tool 40 and, for example, the upper plate 48 and the lower plate 50, is driven in from the outside of the connecting tool 40 for safety. . This is because the pair of arms 44 of the connecting tool 40 are arranged substantially parallel to each other, so that if any force is applied in the direction opposite to the press-fitting direction of the arm 44, the connecting tool 40 will not come off. This is to prevent it.

[0006]

In the case of forming an outer frame for an indoor installation, one type of connecting tool 40 is conventionally used to connect the upper plate 48, the lower plate 50, the two side plates 52 and the like. I was using it. However, in order to use one type of connector 40, for example, the upper plate 48 and the lower plate 50 are formed with the groove 56 in the wood opening 54, and the side plate 52 is formed with the groove 58 on the surface. If grooves are formed on the surfaces of the upper plate 48 and the lower plate 50, the side plate 52 must be formed with a groove at the opening.

As described above, when one type of connecting tool 40 is used to connect to make the outer frame of the indoor installation,
It is necessary to form the groove on the surface and the groove on the wood mouth at two kinds of locations. For this reason, if one machine is used to machine two types of locations (surface and wood mouth), there is a drawback that it takes time to replace the machining tool and hold and fix the assembly plate during machining. Further, if two types of machines are provided, there is a drawback that the cost and maintenance cost of the machine become high.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is used for an indoor installation product and its assembly capable of significantly reducing the manufacturing cost of an assembly plate for forming the outer frame of the indoor installation product. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a connecting tool.

[0009]

An indoor installation product according to the present invention for achieving the above object is an indoor installation product in which a space is formed inside and an article is stored in the space. A long member having a cross-sectional shape in which a portion projecting inward from one end of the U-shape is integrally formed, and a connecting tool formed with pull-out preventing means near both ends along the longitudinal direction, and an outer frame. It has a large number of assembling plates each having a groove formed on its surface, and presses fit the pull-out preventing means of the connecting tool into the grooves of the adjoining assembling plates so that the adjoining assembling plates are joined together. It is designed to be connected.

A connecting tool used for assembling an indoor fixture according to the present invention is a long object having a U-shaped section and a section projecting inward from one end of the U-shaped section in one piece. The removal preventing means is formed near both ends along the longitudinal direction.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are perspective views showing a connecting tool used for assembling an indoor fixture according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the indoor installation product showing a state of assembly using the connector of FIG. The first connector 10 shown in FIG. 1 is an elongated object having a U-shape and a portion projecting inward from one end of the U-shape in one piece. The cross section of the first connector 10 has a U-shaped central base portion 12, a first arm portion 14 that is a free end by bending and connecting with the base portion 12 and the base portion 12, and is connected by bending the base portion 12 by 90 degrees. However, the connecting portion 16 does not become a free end, and the second arm portion 18 which is bent by 90 degrees to be in contact with the connecting portion 16 and serves as a free end. The first arm portion 14 is provided with pull-out preventing means 20 on both sides along the longitudinal direction, and the second arm portion 18 is provided with pull-out preventing means 2 on both sides along the longitudinal direction.
Two are provided. The first arm portion 14 and the second arm portion 18 are arranged so that their extension lines are substantially orthogonal to each other. The slip-out preventing means 20 and 22 are, for example, saw-like irregularities provided on both sides of the plate. When the slip-out preventing means 20 and 22 are press-fitted into a groove formed in wood or the like, the first arm Even if an external force is applied to the portion 14 and the second arm portion 18 in the direction of pulling out from the groove, the removal preventing means 20 and 22 prevent the first arm portion 1 from moving.
4 and the second arm portion 18 do not easily come off the groove. The shapes of the slip-out preventing means 20 and 22 are not limited to the saw-tooth shape shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 as long as they do not easily come off the groove.

The second connecting member 24 shown in FIG. 2 has a cross-sectional shape which is symmetrical to the first connecting member 10 shown in FIG.
That is, the cross section of the second connecting tool 24 is the same as the cross section of the first connecting tool 10, and the U-shaped central base 12 and the bases 12 and 9 thereof.
The first arm portion 14 that is bent by 0 degrees to be in contact with each other to be a free end, the contact portion 16 that is connected to the base portion 12 by bending at 90 degrees but is not a free end, and the contact portion 16 is freely bent to contact at 90 degrees. It is composed of a second arm portion 18 which is an end. Further, the removal preventing means 20 is formed on both sides of the first arm portion 14 in the longitudinal direction, and the removal preventing means 22 is provided on both sides of the second arm portion 18 in the longitudinal direction.
Consists of. Both the first connecting tool 10 and the second connecting tool 24 are formed of such a long material that can be easily cut into an arbitrary length. In the present invention, two kinds of connecting tools, the first connecting tool 10 shown in FIG. 1 and the second connecting tool 24 shown in FIG. 2, are used.

Next, a method of assembling the outer frame of the indoor fixture using the first connecting tool 10 and the second connecting tool 24 will be described with reference to FIG. In order to fit the connecting tool only on the surface of the upper plate 26, the lower plate 28, and the two side plates 30 (the back plate and the like are omitted for explanation) as the assembling plates that form the outer frame of the indoor installation product. The grooves 32, 34, and 36 are formed, and no groove for fitting the connecting tool is formed in the wood mouth. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the first connector 10 and the second connector 2 are also connected.
4 also connects the second arm portion 18 which is first connected to the connecting portion 16 to the upper plate 2
6 and the groove 34 of the lower plate 28 by press fitting. On the contrary, first, when the first arm portion 14 is fitted into the groove 36 of the side plate 30, the second connector 24 is moved to the groove 32 of the upper plate 26 or the lower plate 2.
8 cannot be fitted in the groove 34. afterwards,
By moving the side plate 30 from the inner side to the outer side, the first arm portion 14 of the first connector 10 or the second connector 24 and the groove 36 of the side plate 30 are press-fitted. by this,
The upper plate 26, the lower plate 28, and the two side plates 30 can be fixed to each other, and an outer frame of an indoor fixture can be formed. This work is to connect a pair of plates using the first connecting tool 10 or the second connecting tool 24, and can be easily performed by one worker.

As described above, when the two kinds of the first connecting tool 10 and the second connecting tool 24 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are used, the upper plate 48 and the lower plate 50 which constitute the outer frame of the indoor installation product. For the side plate 52 and the like, it is sufficient to process the grooves 32, 34, 36 only on the surface, and it is not necessary to process the grooves in the wood mouth. That is, according to the present invention, it is sufficient to perform only one type of processing on the assembly plate that constitutes the outer frame of the indoor installation product. Therefore, the conventional one that processes the opening of the assembly plate that constitutes the outer frame of the indoor installation product Compared with, the processing time can be shortened to about one third, and the processing cost can be significantly reduced.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the first connecting member 10
In the second connecting tool 24, the fitting direction of the first arm portion 14 having the removal prevention means 20 to the indoor installation product and the fitting direction of the second arm portion 18 having the removal prevention means 22 to the indoor installation product. Since it is substantially orthogonal to the fitting direction, even if an external force is applied to the first connecting tool 10 and the second connecting tool 24 in the direction of removing them, they do not come off. Therefore, in the case of the conventional connecting tool, the fixing tool for preventing the disconnection is required, but in the first connecting tool 10 and the second connecting tool 24 of the present invention, it is not necessary to use the fixing tool for preventing the disconnection. Absent.

[0016]

As described above, according to the indoor installation product of the present invention, the same groove for fitting the connector can be formed on all the assembling plates constituting the indoor installation product. As a result, it is possible to significantly reduce the processing time of the groove on the assembly plate that constitutes the indoor installation product as compared with the conventional one, and it is possible to reduce the processing cost. Further, according to the connector used for assembling the indoor installation product, the two detachment preventing means are substantially orthogonal to each other, so that the connected state is strong. Also,
Since the connected state is strong, there is no need for a fixing tool which has been conventionally required.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a connector used for assembling an indoor fixture according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another connector used for assembling the indoor fixture according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which an indoor fixture is assembled using the connector of FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional connector used in forming an outer frame of an indoor fixture.

5 is a cross-sectional view of an indoor fixture showing a state of assembly using the connecting tool of FIG. 4;

6 is a perspective view of a main part showing a state in which an indoor fixture is assembled using the connecting tool of FIG. 4. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 First connector 14 First arm 18 Second arm 20 Prevention mechanism 22 Prevention mechanism 24 Second connector 26 Upper plate 28 Lower plate 30 side plate 32 grooves 34 groove 36 groove

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An indoor installation for forming a space inside and storing an article in the space, wherein a cross section in which a U-shape and a portion protruding inward from one end of the U-shape are integrated. It has a long shape and has a connecting member formed with pull-out preventing means near both ends along the longitudinal direction, and a large number of assembling plates forming an outer frame and having grooves on the surface. Then, the indoor installation article is characterized in that the assembly preventing means of the connecting tool is press-fitted into the groove of the adjacent assembling plates so that the adjacent assembling plates are connected to each other. 2. A long object having a cross-sectional shape in which a U-shape and a portion projecting inward from one end of the U-shape are integrated, and slip-out preventing means is provided near both ends in the longitudinal direction. A connector used for assembling an indoor fixture characterized by being formed.