JP2003265249A - Kitchen cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen wall cabinet provided with a folding door foldable in the horizontal direction, which can be provided even in different spaces, having a sufficiently large housing capacity, simply closable for the door, excellent in design, not causing a feel of oppression even when the door is closed and excellent in water handling. <P>SOLUTION: Two upper and lower doors are inhibited from rising above a top plate of the cabinet at full opening and the height of the upper door is taller than that of the lower door. At least the lower door comprises a door structured by a frame made of a transparent material. A frame is widthwise crossed on an approximately center part of the lower door and a handle is provided on the frame. Shelves and a drain shelf are provided on positions of the door frame and the height of the crossed frame provided with the handle. The depth of the lower part of the cabinet is shallower than that of the upper part of the cabinet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cabinet for housing kitchen equipment, and more particularly to a cabinet structure which enables more convenient cooking work in a system kitchen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Cabinets for storing kitchen equipment including a system kitchen include a floor cabinet on which a counter incorporating a sink and cooking equipment is placed, and a wall cabinet which is hung and fixed on the upper wall.

A wall cabinet is typically used except for a hood for ventilation in a portion located right above a cooking appliance. Also, some wall cabinets located directly above the sink have a draining shelf.

Other cabinets of the system kitchen include peripheral cabinets such as cupboards. As the peripheral cabinet, there are a tall type that stores stock foods such as canned food, a cupboard type with a glass door, and a type with a counter for placing a microwave oven and the like.

The doors of these peripheral cabinets are often open doors or drawers at the floor below the waist. In the case of hinged doors, the worker needs to crouch, and the one in the back can be taken out only after avoiding the one in the front, whereas the drawer can pull out the one in the back once it is pulled out. There are merits. for that reason,
Drawers are often used in cabinets below the waist, including floor cabinets.

On the other hand, as for the cabinet above the waist, the number of open doors is overwhelmingly large, and it is the current situation that the device is not so devised.

In general housing conditions, there is a limit to the space in which the kitchen can be installed, and the range in which the cabinet can be installed is also limited. Therefore, how efficiently the wall cabinets and peripheral cabinets can store items determines the usability of the kitchen.

There is also an open cabinet without a door as the cabinet. Since the open cabinet does not require the trouble of opening the door each time, it has an advantage that articles can be taken out easily, but it has a demerit that dust is easily attached and it looks complicated. Therefore, doors are often required for kitchen cabinets in ordinary households.

The doors of cabinets from the waist up, such as wall cabinets, are generally double doors, but with such a door, when the door is opened, the door largely projects to the front of the cabinet. , There is a feeling of pressure, and problems such as hitting the head during work may occur.

It is conceivable to reduce the width of the double door in order to reduce the protrusion of the door.
Then, the number of doors increases, the doors are frequently opened and closed during work, and work efficiency decreases.

In order to solve such a problem, conventionally, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, a cabinet door is divided into two upper and lower doors, and a folding door is configured to be folded horizontally. There is. In this cabinet, since the door is folded over the operator's head, the door does not interfere with the work. Also, once you open the door before working on the kitchen, the inside of the cabinet is completely opened, so you can use it like an open cabinet during work. Further, since the door is not reopened during the work and the door is not touched by wet or dirty hands during the work, the door and the handle can be kept clean. When the work is finished, you can close the door to hide the internal complexity.

The cabinet door is divided into upper and lower two,
There are several methods for realizing a folding door configured to be folded in the horizontal direction, but the mechanism shown in FIG. 7 is advantageous in terms of durability and reliability. The cabinet includes a top plate 1, a back plate 2, a bottom plate 3, and left and right side plates 4. To realize a structure that can be folded horizontally, the upper door 5
Is connected to the top plate 1 by a rotating portion 7 such as a flat hinge, and the upper door 5 and the lower door 6 are also connected by a rotating portion 8. Further, the lower door 6 and the side plate 4 are connected by an arm 9, and at both ends of the arm, there are a rotating portion 9a for connecting the lower door 6 and the arm, and a rotating portion 9b for connecting the arm 9 and the side plate 4. The link mechanism including the four rotating portions 7, 8, 9a, and 9b enables the upper and lower two doors to be folded. As long as the reliability of the rotating part of the link mechanism is secured, the feeling of operation is good and the durability is high.

A flap-type single-piece door can be considered as a method of opening the door, but if the space between the kitchen and the cupboard on the opposite side is not sufficient, the door may be an obstacle. On the other hand, as described above, the folding door which is divided into the upper and lower two pieces and can be folded in the horizontal direction has an advantage that it does not interfere.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In the conventional cabinet as shown in FIG. 7, when the door is opened, the door is raised above the cabinet top plate. This is to make the opening of the door larger so that it is easier to take out the inside. However, although it is preferable that a cabinet with the same depth is laid out on the top, if a cabinet with a deep depth comes or if there is a ceiling immediately, the doors interfere and the doors do not open.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which the door of the conventional cabinet is closed. Since the space occupied by the arm 9 inside the cabinet is relatively large, the shelf plate 14 must be installed with a shallow depth. For this reason, the storage amount of the shelves decreases as compared with the case of the double door.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, a conventional cabinet may be a glass door in which the door is assembled with a four-way frame. In this case, the handle is attached to the upper horizontal frame of the lower door. In that case, the initial movement when opening is good, but when opening completely, it is necessary to push up the lower horizontal frame of the lower door. Therefore, the operation is performed with both hands, which is very inconvenient when one hand is dirty.

When the glass door is used as described above,
The shelves can be seen through, but there are many design horizontal lines, including the horizontal frame of the door, and the design does not look neat.

FIG. 10 shows a case where the conventional cabinet is diverted as a wall cabinet above a sink. A counter 16 is installed on the floor cabinet 17, and a sink 16a and a faucet 16b are installed on the counter. Although water work is performed before this, when the conventional cabinet 15 is installed on the upper wall surface of the counter 16 as a wall cabinet, as shown in this figure, the head is hit against the cabinet 15 during the work, and the faucet 16b is removed. Problems such as being difficult to see occur.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet having a folding door configured to be folded in the horizontal direction so that it can be installed in various spaces, The object is to provide a kitchen cabinet that has a large storage capacity, is easy to open and close, has a neat design, and does not feel pressured even when it is closed, and has a good water finish.

[0020]

In order to achieve the above object, in claim 1, two doors are provided in the vertical direction, and these two doors are provided.
In a cabinet configured to open horizontally so that the doors can be folded horizontally, the upper door does not rise above the top plate when the folding door is opened, and the height of the upper door is the lower door. Larger than the height dimension of. By doing this, you can open and close the cabinet without any problem even if you set a deep cabinet on the top or if you have a ceiling immediately.
Further, the two opened doors are positioned on the operator side by that amount, but the height of the lower door is small, so that the internal ones can be easily taken out even when opened.

Further, in the present invention, two doors are provided in the vertical direction, and the link mechanism is formed by connecting the lower door and the inside of the cabinet side plate with the arm. The two doors are opened so as to be folded horizontally. In the cabinet configured as described above, notches for allowing the arms to escape are provided at both front ends of the shelf plate and the draining shelf. By doing so, it is possible to secure a sufficient storage amount without the shelf plate or the draining shelf interfering with the arm.

Further, according to the present invention, two doors are provided in the vertical direction, and a link mechanism formed by connecting the lower door and the inside of the cabinet side plate with an arm is opened so that the two doors can be folded horizontally. In the cabinet configured as described above, at least the lower door is made of a frame made of a transparent material, and the frame is further laterally inserted in the middle of the lower door, and the handle is attached to the frame. And By doing so, the door can be opened and closed with one hand without using both hands, and the door is not soiled excessively.

Further, in the present invention, in the cabinet, the shelves and the draining shelves are installed at the height position of the frame of the door. By doing this, you can make it look neat and clean.

Further, in claim 5, the depth of the lower part is narrower than the depth of the upper part of the cabinet. This eliminates the inconvenience of hitting the head even when the cabinet is arranged as a wall cabinet on the sink.

In the sixth aspect, in the cross-sectional shape of the frame of the lower door, the upper side of the cross section is tapered from the door side toward the cabinet side. By doing so, even if water drips from the draining shelf and hits the frame, the water will flow to the lower portion without collecting.

[0026]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a cross-sectional view of a cabinet according to the present invention from the lateral direction.

The cabinet includes a top plate 1, a back plate 2, a bottom plate 3,
It is composed of left and right side plates 4. In order to realize a structure that can be folded horizontally, the upper door 5 is connected to the top plate 1 by a rotating portion 7 such as a flat hinge, and the upper door 5 and the lower door 6 are also connected by a rotating portion 8. Further, the lower door 6 and the side plate 4 are connected by an arm 9, and at both ends of the arm, there are a rotating portion 9a for connecting the lower door 6 and the arm, and a rotating portion 9b for connecting the arm 9 and the side plate 4. The link mechanism including the four rotating portions 7, 8, 9a, and 9b enables the upper and lower two doors to be folded.

The length of the arm 9 and the positions of the arm rotating portions 9a and 9b are set so that the upper door 5 does not rise above the top plate 1 even when the door is open. Since the door does not rise high, the height of the lower door 6 is made smaller than the height of the upper door 5 so that loading and unloading of goods is not disturbed by the door. As a result, the lower door 6 does not get in the way when approaching the uppermost shelf 10a.

As shown in FIG. 3, the shelf plates 10b and 10c are provided with notches 11 on the front surfaces of both ends. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the shelves do not interfere with each other even when the door is closed. Also, since there is a depth up to the front of the door except for the notched portion, it is possible to secure a sufficient storage amount of the shelf boards. The shelf board may be a draining shelf 18 as shown in FIG. Drainer 1
Reference numeral 8 is composed of left and right side pieces 18a and a net shelf 18b made of a wire or the like. The notch 11 is provided on the side piece 18a. Even with such a draining shelf, the same effect as the shelf board can be expected.

The door may be made of a transparent material such as glass. FIG. 5 shows an example of a glass door.
The transparent material is not limited to glass and may be resin such as acrylic. The door may be made of glass alone,
From the viewpoint of safety, it is often the case that the glass is surrounded by a frame as shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, the upper door 5 and the lower door 6
Both have glass doors, but the lower door may be glass.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a cross section of the lower door. The transparent members 6e and 6f such as glass are attached to the horizontal frames 6a and 6b,
Surrounded by 6c and a vertical frame 6d, a door is formed. The horizontal frames 6a, 6b, 6c and the vertical frame 6d are fixed by screws from the side or by inserting channels inside and fixed. A handle attachment hole 6g for attaching the handle is formed in the horizontal frame 6b installed in the middle of the door, and the handle is fixed with a screw or the like. Since the conventional one does not have this horizontal frame 6b, a handle is attached to the horizontal frame 6a. When opening the door, pull this handle toward you and at the same time support the horizontal frame 6c with the other hand and move upward. I needed to raise it. In the present invention, opening and closing can be performed with one hand by lifting the handle attached to the horizontal frame 6b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, shelves 10c, 10
b was installed at the same height as the horizontal frames 6a and 6b. By doing so, when the door is closed, the line next to the shelf plate is hidden by these frames, which makes the design neat.

Considering installation as a wall cabinet on a sink or the like, as shown in FIG. 1, the depth of the lower part is shallower than the depth of the upper part of the cabinet. By doing this, you will not hit your head when working in the sink.

When the shelves are draining shelves, water drops may drop from the shelving shelves and reach the back surface of the lower door 6. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, in the cross-sectional shape of the horizontal frames 6b and 6c that may be splashed with water, a taper portion 13 is provided on the upper side of the cross section from the door side to the cabinet direction. By doing so, even if water drops drip on the back surface of the lower door 6, the water will flow downward without collecting.

[0035]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above configuration.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a cabinet that has two doors vertically and the two doors are horizontally folded, the upper door is above the top plate when the folding door is opened. The height of the upper door is larger than that of the lower door. By doing this, you can open and close the cabinet without any problem even if you set a deep cabinet on the top or if you have a ceiling immediately. Further, the two opened doors are positioned on the operator side by that amount, but the height of the lower door is small, so that the internal ones can be easily taken out even when opened.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, two doors are provided in the vertical direction, and a link mechanism formed by connecting the lower door and the inside of the cabinet side plate with an arm allows the two doors to open so as to be folded horizontally. In the constructed cabinet, the notches for allowing the arms to escape are provided at both front ends of the shelf plate and the draining shelf. By doing so, it is possible to secure a sufficient storage amount without the shelf plate or the draining shelf interfering with the arm.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the door has two doors vertically, and the lower door and the inside of the cabinet side plate are linked by an arm so that the two doors can be opened so as to be folded horizontally. In the constructed cabinet, at least the lower door is a door made of a transparent material assembled into a frame, and the frame is further laterally inserted in the middle of the lower door, and a handle is attached to the frame. . By doing so, the door can be opened and closed with one hand without using both hands, and the door is not soiled excessively.

In the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the cabinet, the shelf plate and the draining shelf are installed at the height position of the door frame.
By doing this, you can make it look neat and clean.

According to a fifth aspect, the depth of the lower part is narrower than the depth of the upper part of the cabinet. This eliminates the inconvenience of hitting the head even when the cabinet is arranged as a wall cabinet on the sink.

In the sixth aspect, in the cross sectional shape of the frame of the lower door, the upper side of the cross section is tapered from the door side toward the cabinet side. By doing so, even if water drips from the draining shelf and hits the frame, the water will flow to the lower portion without collecting.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a state in which a door is opened in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a door is closed in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state of a shelf board in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing types of shelf boards in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram in the case where the door is a glass door in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a lower door according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a door is opened by a conventional technique.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a door is closed by a conventional technique.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a case where a glass door is used as a conventional technique.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a usage state of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Top plate 2: Back plate 3: Bottom plate 4: Side plate 5: Upper door 6: Lower door 6a, 6b, 6c: horizontal frame 6d: Vertical frame 6e, 6f: transparent member 7, 8: Rotating part 9: Arm 9a, 9b: Arm rotating part 10a, 10b, 10c: Shelf board 11: Notch 12: Handle 13: Tapered part 14: Shelf board 15: Wall cabinet 16: Counter 16a: sink 16b: Faucet 17: Floor cabinet 18: Draining rack 18a: side piece 18b: net shelf

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A cabinet configured to have two doors in a vertical direction and to be opened so that the two doors can be folded in a horizontal direction, and when the two doors are fully opened, the two doors of the cabinet are opened. Do not climb above the board,
Moreover, the kitchen cabinet is characterized in that the height of the upper door is longer than that of the lower door. 2. The door has two doors in the vertical direction, and the lower door and the inside of the cabinet side plate are linked by an arm so that the two doors are opened so as to be folded horizontally. In the cabinet, a kitchen cabinet is provided with notches for allowing the arms to escape at both front ends of a shelf board and a draining shelf provided in the cabinet. 3. The door has two doors in the vertical direction, and a link mechanism formed by connecting the lower door and the inside of the cabinet side plate with an arm is configured to open so that the two doors can be folded horizontally. In the cabinet, at least the lower door is made of a frame made of a transparent material, and the frame is further laterally inserted in the middle of the lower door, and a handle is attached to the kitchen cabinet. . 4. The kitchen cabinet according to claim 3, wherein the shelves and the draining shelves are installed at substantially the same height as a door frame or a horizontal frame to which a handle is attached. 5. The kitchen cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the depth of the lower portion is narrower than the depth of the upper portion of the cabinet. 6. The kitchen cabinet according to claim 5, wherein in the cross-sectional shape of the frame of the lower door, the upper side of the cross section is tapered from the door side toward the cabinet side.