JP2003079436A - Side panel connecting device for desk with front panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flexible side panel connecting device with a front panel which can absorb the presence/absence of a support due to the flexibility by connecting the lower part of a side panel to the leg plates of a desk in the case of constituting an inexpensive and good-looking work station by combining the desk with the panel obtained by erecting a front panel at the rear edge of a top plate, an ordinary desk, a panel erecting from a floor surface and a proper support. SOLUTION: The upper part of the side panel 5 is connected to the upper part of the front panel directly or via the support. The lower part of the side panel is obtained by fitting a fixing member 8 of a nearly U-shaped cross section having a bottom plate 9 and both of standing plates 10 and 11 to the rear parts of the lower ends of the leg plates 3 of the desk from a lower side, accepting a rear adjusters 13 of the leg plates into an opening 12 formed at the bottom plate of the fixing member 8, and detachably screwing a holding members 15 for surrounding and holding rear adjusters 14 of the side panel to a outer erecting plate of the fixing member 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel, and more particularly to a connecting device that can be shared even when the side panel is connected to the front panel directly or through a column. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been common practice to combine a desk and a low panel to form an open and partitioned workstation. In this case, a plurality of low panels are connected to each other so as to be self-supporting, and it is usual to arrange a desk in a space partitioned by the low panels. Further, there is also known a structure in which hooks at the rear end of the leg plate of the desk are fitted and locked for connection by using locking holes of joints formed in the connection portion of the low panel.

Such a low panel structure which is self-supporting independently of the desk is generally heavy and expensive. In the recent social situation of low price, it is undeniable that using a self-supporting low panel for a panel that only needs to have a blindfold function is an over-spec.

There is also provided a desk with a desk panel, in which a front panel is attached along the rear edge of the top plate of the desk and side panels are attached along the side edges of the top plate. It is also known to install a desk with such a desk panel and an ordinary desk in combination to construct a workstation partitioned by the desk panel. But this structure
Although the workstation can be constructed at low cost, the desk at the end is not completely enclosed, and the overall appearance of the workstation is inferior to that using the freestanding low panel. Furthermore, it is impossible to construct a partitioned space without a desk.

[0005]

Therefore, a desk with a desk panel in which a front panel is erected along the rear edge of the top plate, an ordinary desk, and a panel rising from the floor are combined and appropriately connected. It is proposed to construct a workstation that is inexpensive and has excellent appearance by combining the columns for the work. In this case, the upper part of the front panel and the upper part of the side panel can be easily connected by adopting a common side connecting structure, and via a strut adopting a similar connecting structure. When connecting them, they can be easily connected, but since the lower parts of the side panels extend to the floor surface, they cannot be connected to the front panel. In addition, in the case of interposing a column, the lower part of the side panel can be connected to the lower part of the column, but it is structurally difficult to connect the lower part of the column to the front panel or the desk.
Moreover, even if the rear portion of the side panel can be connected, the connecting portion may be damaged when lateral force is applied to the front portion of the side panel because it is in a cantilever state.

[0006] In view of the above situation, the present invention is to solve the problems, namely, a desk with a desk panel having a front panel standing along the rear edge of the top plate, a normal desk, and a panel standing up from the floor. When constructing a workstation that is inexpensive and has excellent appearance by combining the above, and by appropriately combining the posts for connection, the lower part of the side panel can be easily and firmly connected to the leg plate of the desk. The point is to provide a side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel, which is highly flexible and can absorb the presence or absence of the presence or absence.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a side panel standing up from the floor on a side portion of a desk having a front panel standing upright along a rear edge of a top plate. A side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel, wherein an upper part of the side panel is connected to an upper part of the front panel directly or via a support, and a lower part of the side panel is a leg plate of the desk. While fitting a fixing member having a substantially U-shaped cross section having a bottom plate and a compatibility plate at the lower end rear part of the lower plate and receiving the rear adjuster of the leg plate in the opening formed in the bottom plate of the fixing member,
A side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel is configured in which a holding member that surrounds and holds a rear adjuster of the side panel is detachably screwed and connected to an outer standing plate of the fixing member.

It is preferable that the holding member is screwed to the outer standing plate of the fixing member so that the mounting position in the front-rear direction can be changed.

Further, the mounting position of the fixing member with respect to the outer standing plate of the fixing member can be changed in the front-rear direction by a distance of approximately half the plate thickness of the front panel, and the center line of the plate thickness can be changed to the above-mentioned top. When the side panel is directly connected to the front panel set at the rear edge of the plate, a holding member is attached to the rear mounting position of the outer upright plate, and the side panel has a plate thickness of the front panel. When connecting via columns having the same diameter, it is more preferable that a holding member is attached to a front attachment position of the outer upright plate.

Then, two openings are formed in front and rear symmetrical positions of the bottom plate of the fixing member, and the rear adjuster of the leg plate is received in the rear opening with the standing plate to which the holding member is attached facing outward. This is preferable because the same member can be shared by the left and right sides of the desk.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 8 show an embodiment of a side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel of the present invention, in which reference numeral 1 is a desk, 2 is a top plate, 3 is a leg plate, 4 is a front panel, and 5 is a side panel. , 6 are lower connecting devices, respectively.

The present invention relates to a desk with a front panel in which a side panel 5 standing up from the floor is connected to a side portion of a desk 1 in which a front panel 4 is erected along a rear edge of a top plate 2. In the side panel connecting device, an upper part of the side panel 5 is connected to an upper part of the front panel 4 directly or via a support column 7, and a lower part of the side panel 5 is connected to a lower end rear part of the leg plate 3 of the desk 1. An opening 1 formed by fitting a fixing member 8 having a substantially U-shaped cross section having a bottom plate 9 and compatible plates 10 and 11 from below and forming the bottom plate 9 of the fixing member 8.
The holding member 15 which receives the rear adjuster 13 of the leg plate 3 in the inside 2 and surrounds and holds the rear adjuster 14 of the side panel 5 is detachably screwed and connected to the outer standing plate 10 of the fixing member 8. It will be. Here, the lower connecting device 6 includes the fixing member 8 and the holding member 15.

In addition, FIGS. 2 to 4 show the lower part of the side panel 5 and the lower part of the leg plate 3 in the first type in which the upper part of the front panel 4 and the upper part of the side panel 5 are connected via a column 7. The connection structure of is shown. And
6 to 8 show a connection structure between the lower portion of the side panel 5 and the lower portion of the leg plate 3 in the second type in which the upper portion of the front panel 4 and the upper portion of the side panel 5 are directly connected. It is a feature of the present invention that the same lower connecting device 6 can be used for connection in any case. Therefore, the holding member 15 is screwed to the outer standing plate 10 of the fixing member 8 so that the mounting position in the front-rear direction can be changed.

More specifically, the desk 1 has a structure in which both sides of a top plate 2 are supported by leg plates 3 and 3, and adjusters 13, 13 are provided at the lower front and rear portions of the leg plate 3 so as to project therefrom. Along the rear edge of the front plate 2, the center line of the plate thickness is set at the rear edge of the top plate 2, and the front panel 4 is erected by an appropriate supporting means. Caps 16 for connection are provided on the upper ends of both sides of the front panel 4. Also, caps 17 for connection having a similar structure are provided on the upper ends of both sides of the side panel 5, and the upper ends of the support columns 7 further include connecting pieces 18, 1 extending from the caps 16, 17.
A cap 20 for connection is provided which receives the tip of 9 and is fitted and retained. Here, the cap 20 of the pillar
Is formed with a connecting portion for fitting the connecting piece 18 or 19 of the cap 16 or 17 at every 90 degrees of the circumference so that the front panel 4 and the side panel 5 can be connected in four directions. Further, adjusters 14, 14 are projectingly provided on the front and rear portions of the lower end of the side panel 5.

A cap 16 having a connecting piece 18 similar to the upper portion is also provided at both lower ends of the side panel 5, and the same cap 2 provided at the lower end of the support column 7 is provided.
They can be connected to each other using 0. However, the strength is insufficient only by the connection with the cap. That is, the lower part of the column 7 is unstable because it is not connected to the leg plate 3.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the lower connecting device 6 comprises the fixing member 8 and a holding member 15, and the fixing member 8 is formed by bending a metal plate to form both side edges of the bottom plate 9. The standing plates 10 and 11 are bent to form a notch 21 at the center of the outer standing plate 10, and the standing plates 10 and 10 located on both sides of the notch 21 are arranged in the front-rear direction in the front panel direction. Two screw holes 22 and 22 are formed at positions separated by a distance of approximately half the plate thickness of No. 4, and two openings 12 and 12 are formed at symmetrical positions in the front and rear of the bottom plate 9. Further, the holding member 15 has a U-shaped holding portion 23 in a plan view surrounding the adjuster 14 of the side panel 5 in the central portion, and mounting plates 24, 24 extending opposite to each other on both sides thereof. A through hole 25 is formed in the mounting plate 24.
Here, the center distance between the through holes 25, 25 of the two mounting plates 24, 24 is the center distance between the pair of screw holes 22, 22 located on the rear side of the compatibility plate 10, 10 of the fixing member 8 and the compatibility distance. The centers of the pair of screw holes 22, 22 located on the front side of the plates 10, 10 are aligned with each other.

Then, with the standing plate 10 to which the holding member 15 is attached facing outward, the rear portion of the leg plate 3 is fitted between the compatibility plates 10 and 11 of the fixing member 8 and at the rear side. The rear adjuster 13 of the leg plate 3 is received in the opening 12, the bottom plate 9 is placed on the floor surface F, and then the side panel 5 is inserted through the column 7 having the same thickness and diameter as the front panel 4. In the case of the first type of connection, the screw holes 22, 22 on the front side of the outer standing plates 10, 10 are used to hold the holding portion 23 of the holding member 15.
Surround the rear adjuster 14 of the side panel 5 from the outside with the screws 2 in the through holes 25, 25 of the both mounting plates 24, 24.
6 are respectively inserted and screwed into the selected screw holes 22 and 22 to be attached.

Next, based on FIGS. 6 to 8, the support column 7 will be described.
A second type in which the upper portion of the side panel 5 is directly connected to the upper portion of the front panel 4 without interposing the above will be described. In this case, the cap 16 of the front panel 4 is mounted so that the connecting piece 18 is directed inward in the panel longitudinal direction, and the cap 1 of the side panel 5 is attached.
7 is also mounted with the connecting piece 19 facing inward in the longitudinal direction of the panel. The caps 16 and 17 are connected to the connecting pieces 18 and 19.
The three directions other than the provision of the above have the same connection structure as the cap 20 of the support column 7. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, with the rear end of the side panel 5 aligned with the rear edge of the top plate 2 of the desk 1, both ends of the connector 27 are fitted into the caps 16 and 17, respectively. Link.

In the second type, the front and rear positions of the side panel 5 are rearward by approximately half the plate thickness of the front panel 4 as compared with the type in which the support column 7 is interposed. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, with the standing plate 10 to which the holding member 15 is attached facing outward, the rear portion of the leg plate 3 is placed between the compatibility plates 10 and 11 of the fixing member 8. The leg plate 3 is fitted in the rear opening 12 while being fitted.
Rear bottom adjuster 13 is received, the bottom plate 9 is placed on the floor surface F, and then the screw holes 22, 22 on the rear side of the outer upright plates 10, 10 are utilized to hold the holding portion 23 of the holding member 15. Surrounds the rear adjuster 14 of the side panel 5 from the outside with the through holes 25, 2 of the both mounting plates 24, 24.
5 through which screws 26 are respectively inserted to select the screw holes 2
It is attached by screwing to 2, 22.

Next, the form of the workstation constructed by using the connecting device of the present invention will be briefly described. First, in the first type, when a new desk 1 with a front panel 4 is installed on the side of the side panel 5, the upper part of the front panel 4 of the new desk 1 is placed on the upper part of the pillar 7. Connect in the same way. Further, a new normal desk 1, 1 is arranged on the back side of the desks 1, 1 and a new side panel 5 is arranged between the desks 1, 1 and is connected to the column 7 in the same manner as described above. The lower connecting device 6 is used to connect to the leg plate 3 of one of the desks 1 as described above.

In the second type, when a new desk 1 with a front panel 4 is installed on the side of the side panel 5, the upper part of the front panel 4 of the new desk 1 is placed above the front panel 4. Connector 27 on top of
And connect as above. Further, a new normal desk 1,1 is arranged on the back side of the desks 1,1 and a new side panel 5 is arranged between the desks 1,1 and connected to the front panels 4,4. The tools 27 and 27 are used for connection in the same manner as described above, and the lower connecting device 6 is used for connection with the leg plate 3 of one of the desks 1 as described above.

The connection of the upper portion of the front panel 4, the side panel 5 and the support column 7 has been described above in the same height, but the height of the side panel 5 and the support column 7 is higher than that of the front panel 4. If it is high, the connection using the cap 16 described above cannot be performed. The connection structure in that case will be described based on FIGS. 9 to 12. Two engaging grooves 28, 28 are formed in the longitudinal direction around the column 7 at intervals of 90 degrees around the supporting column 7, and the engaging grooves 28, 28 are in a state in which the depth directions of the grooves intersect with each other. ing. And
Instead of the cap 16, a step connection 29 is used.

The step connection member 29 is composed of a pair of upper and lower caps 30 and 31, which are the upper and lower caps.
0 and the lower cap 31 are superposed in a non-rotational state, and in the superposed state, they complement each other in shape and have substantially the same shape as the outer shape of the cap 16. However, in the upper cap 30,
A protrusion 32 is formed on one side of the pair of engagement grooves 28, 28 to engage laterally, and a protrusion 33 is formed on the lower cap 31 for lateral engagement on the other side of the pair of engagement grooves 28, 28. Is formed. In order to connect the upper portion of the front panel 4 to the upper and lower intermediate portions of the support column 7, the protrusions 32 and 33 of the upper cap 30 and the lower cap 31 are laterally inserted into the corresponding engaging grooves 28 and 28. After the insertion, the projections 32, 33 are slid downward and fixed to the upper ends of the side portions of the front panel 4 with the bolts 34 penetrating the center portions of the upper cap 30 and the lower cap 31 in a state of being overlapped with each other. The engagement grooves 28, 28 are connected without coming off.

When the height of the column 7 is made to coincide with the height of the front panel 4, the step connection 29 is used instead of the cap 20 of the column 7, and the step connection 29 is used. It is also possible to connect the engagement grooves 28, 28 similar to those of No. 7 to the upper and lower intermediate positions of the side panel 5 provided at the side end portions. In this case, the step connection connector 29 is provided with a structure for fitting and connecting the connection piece 18 of the cap 16 to a portion where the protrusions 32 and 33 are not provided.

Finally, a structure in which the partition panel 35 having the same structure as the side panel 5 is linearly connected to the front panel 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16. The partition panel 35 is the side panel 5
Since they are exactly the same as those in FIG. In this case, for the upper part, the connecting piece 18 of the cap 16 of the front panel 4 is divided into the partition panel 3
It is held by the cap 17 of No. 5 and directly connected. As for the lower part, the lower right-angle connecting device 36 is used because the lower part is connected in an orthogonal state to the leg plate 3. The lower right angle connecting device 36 is
A fixing member 37 having a substantially U-shaped cross section and the partition panel 35.
Holding member 38 surrounding the adjuster 14 and screwed to the fixing member 37.
Is formed by bending standing plates 40 and 41 on both sides of the bottom plate 39, and an opening 42 for receiving the rear adjuster 14 of the leg plate 3 is formed in the central portion of the bottom plate 39. Are formed by arranging two screw holes 43, ... Side by side, and the holding member 38 surrounds the adjuster 14 of the partition panel 35 and has a J-shaped holding portion 44 in a plan view.
And the mounting plate 45 is bent at a right angle at its base end, and two through holes 46, 46 are formed in the mounting plate 45 at the same intervals as the screw holes 43, 43. .

Then, with the standing plate 40 to which the holding member 38 is attached facing outward, the rear portion of the leg plate 3 is fitted between the compatibility plates 40 and 41 of the fixing member 37, and the rear portion The rear adjuster 13 of the leg plate 3 is received in the opening 42, and the bottom plate 39 is placed on the floor surface F,
Then, the two screw holes 2 on the front side of the outer standing plate 40
2 and 22, the holding portion 44 of the holding member 38 surrounds the rear adjuster 14 of the partition panel 35 from the outside, and the screws 47 are respectively inserted into the through holes 46 and 46 of the mounting plate 45 to select the screw hole. It is attached by screwing to 43, 43. Here, the reason that three screw holes 43 are formed is that the lower right-angled connecting device 36 is shared by the left and right leg plates 3. In this way, by separately connecting the partition panels 35, it is possible to partition and form a space in which the desk 1 is not arranged.

[0027]

According to the side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel of the present invention as described above, a desk with a desk panel in which a front panel is erected along a rear edge of a top plate, a normal desk, and a floor. When constructing a workstation with low cost and excellent appearance by combining with the panel that rises from the surface and combining the columns for connecting appropriately, the lower part of the side panel can be easily and firmly attached to the leg plate of the desk. It is possible to provide a highly flexible connection structure that can be connected to the column and can absorb the presence or absence of the support.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a desk with a panel to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a partial plan view showing an upper connection structure of a first type.

FIG. 3 is a partial side view showing the lower connecting structure.

FIG. 4 is a partial bottom view of the same.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a lower coupling device.

FIG. 6 is a partial plan view showing a second type upper coupling structure.

FIG. 7 is a partial side view showing the lower connecting structure.

FIG. 8 is a partial bottom view of the same.

FIG. 9 is a partial rear view showing the stepped connection structure.

FIG. 10 is a partial plan view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a partial vertical cross-sectional side view showing the connection structure of the upper portion.

FIG. 12 is a partial vertical plan view of the same.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the same, partially broken away.

FIG. 14 is a partial rear view showing a structure in which a partition panel is linearly connected to a front panel.

FIG. 15 is a partial bottom view of the same.

FIG. 16 is an exploded perspective view of the lower right-angled connecting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 desk 2 top plate 3 Leg plate 4 Front panel 5 Side panel 6 Lower connecting device 7 Support 8 Fixing member 9 Bottom plate 10, 11 Standing plate 12 opening 13 adjuster 14 Adjuster 15 Holding member 16,17 Cap 18,19 Connecting piece 20 Cap 21 Notch 22 screw hole 23 holding part 24 Mounting plate 25 Through hole 26 screw 27 connector 28 engaging groove 29 connecting tool 30 Upper cap 31 Lower cap 32, 33 Protrusion 34 Bolt 35 Partition Panel 36 Lower Right Angle Connection Device 37 fixing member 38 holding member 39 Bottom plate 40, 41 Standing plate 42 opening 43 screw hole 44 Holding part 45 Mounting plate 46 through hole 47 screw F floor

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel, wherein a side panel standing upright from a floor is connected to a side portion of a desk having a front panel standing upright along a rear edge of a top plate. The upper portion of the side panel is connected to the upper portion of the front panel directly or via a strut, and the lower portion of the side panel has a substantially U-shaped cross section having a bottom plate and a compatible plate at the lower rear portion of the leg plate of the desk. While fitting the fixing member from below and receiving the rear adjuster of the leg plate in the opening formed in the bottom plate of the fixing member,
A side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel, comprising: a holding member that surrounds and holds a rear adjuster of the side panel and is detachably screwed to and connected to an outer standing plate of the fixing member. 2. The side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is screwed to the outer standing plate of the fixing member so that the mounting position in the front-rear direction can be changed. 3. The mounting position of the fixing member with respect to the outer standing plate of the fixing member can be changed in the front-rear direction by a distance of about half of the plate thickness of the front panel, and the center line of the plate thickness is the top. When the side panel is directly connected to the front panel set at the rear edge of the plate, a holding member is attached to the rear mounting position of the outer upright plate, and the side panel has a plate thickness of the front panel. The side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a holding member is attached to a front attaching position of the outer upright plate when connecting via columns having the same diameter. 4. The rear adjuster of the leg plate is received in the rear opening in a state where two openings are formed at symmetrical positions of the bottom plate of the fixing member and the standing plate to which the holding member is attached faces outward. A side panel connecting device for a desk with a front panel according to claim 1.