JP2005066123A - Tray partition structure - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tray partition structure capable of: preventing a partition member from moving in the longitudinal direction of an inner side face part, the lower end part of the partition member from being pushed in by housed articles and the partition member from being turned around the upper end part and tilted; and strongly attaching the partition member to the tray without play by vibrations or the like. <P>SOLUTION: Guide parts along the longitudinal direction of the inner side face parts 4a and 4b are formed on the inner side face parts 4a and 4b facing each other of the tray 1. Guide engaging parts 6 are provided on both side end parts of an elastic linear partition member 2. A bottom surface elastic contact part 7 is provided on the lower end part of the partition member 2. The partition member 2 is arranged inside the housing part 8 of the tray 1. Both guide engaging parts 6 of the partition member 2 are elastically engaged at optional positions in the longitudinal direction of the corresponding respective guide parts of the tray 1, respectively. The bottom surface elastic contact part 7 of the partition member 2 is brought into elastic contact with the bottom surface part 9 of the tray 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a tray partition structure in which a partition member that partitions a tray storage portion can be attached to an arbitrary position steplessly.

  Conventionally, a tray partition structure as shown in FIG. 4 is known. In this partition structure, a plurality of fitting holes 30 arranged in the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portion are provided in the inner side surface portions of the tray 1 'facing each other, and a plurality of fitting portions (not shown) provided at both side end portions of the partition member 2' are inserted into the plurality of fitting portions. The hole 30 is inserted into an arbitrary fitting hole 30, and the storage portion 8 ′ of the tray 1 ′ is partitioned into a storage space of an appropriate size by the partition member 2 ′ fitted into the fitting hole 30.

  However, in the conventional example shown in FIG. 4, since the partition member 2 'can be attached only to the fitting hole 30 provided at a predetermined position, the attachment position of the partition member 2' is stepwise, and the partition member 2 ' There is a problem that the storage portion 8 'cannot be partitioned by being steplessly attached to a user's desired position, and the size of the storage space cannot be appropriately adjusted to the size of the stored item.

  In addition to the conventional example shown in FIG. 4, there is also known a tray partition structure in which a partition member is steplessly attached to a user's desired position. In this structure, a bifurcated locking portion is formed at one side end of the partition member, and one of the bifurcated locking portions is slidably engaged with the side plate of the tray by the concave and convex fitting means, and the bifurcated locking is performed. The other side of the tray is brought into contact with the side plate engaged with one of the bifurcated engaging portions of the tray, the side plate of the tray is held by the bifurcated engaging portion, and the bottom surface abutting portion provided at the lower end of the partition member is provided. This is in contact with the bottom surface of the tray (for example, Patent Document 1).

However, the partition member in the tray partition structure shown in Patent Document 1 is a cantilever support in which only two points of one side end portion and the lower end portion thereof are supported, and the partition member is easily rattled by vibration or the like. Since the mounting structure is weak, and one end of the partition member is supported by engagement and contact, and the lower end is only supported by contact, the partition member is not fixed and the partition member is on the inside. It moves in a direction along the longitudinal direction of the surface portion, or the lower end portion of the partition member is pushed in by the stored item, and the partition member rotates around the upper end portion or one side end portion and tilts. There was a thing.
JP 2002-238684 A

  The present invention was invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and of course, the partition member can be attached in a stepless manner to a user's desired position, and in addition, the partition member is an inner surface portion. Or the lower end of the partition member is pushed in by the stored item, and the partition member is rotated around the upper end or one side end thereof and tilted. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tray partition structure that can prevent this, and can firmly attach the partition member to the tray without shaking due to vibration or the like.

  In order to solve the above problems, the tray partition structure according to the present invention has elasticity by forming guide portions along the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b on the opposing inner side surface portions 4a and 4b of the tray 1, respectively. Guide engaging portions 6 and 6 are provided at both end portions of the linear partition member 2, and a bottom elastic contact portion 7 is provided at the lower end portion of the partition member 2, and the partition member 2 is disposed in the storage portion 8 of the tray 1. Then, each of the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 is elastically engaged with an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of each guide portion of the corresponding tray 1 and the bottom elastic contact portion of the partition member 2 7 is elastically brought into contact with the bottom surface portion 9 of the tray 1.

  In this way, by attaching the two guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 to an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the corresponding guide portion, the storage portion 8 of the tray 1 can be used by the user with the attached partition member 2. In addition, the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 can be engaged with the corresponding guide portions, and the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 can be associated with each other. The bottom elastic contact portion 7 can be elastically contacted to the bottom surface portion 9 of the tray 1 in a state where elastic force is applied downward to the guide portion. 2 can be mounted in a state where it is elastically supported on the tray 1 at the three points of both guide engaging portions 6 and 6 at both end portions thereof and the bottom surface elastic contact portion 7 at the lower end portion thereof. The partition member 2 moves in the direction along the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b. And the lower end of the partition member 2 can be prevented from being pushed in by the stored items, and the partition member 2 can be rotated and tilted around the upper end or one side end thereof. 2 can be firmly attached to the tray 1 without shaking due to vibration or the like.

  Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the partition cover 3 spanning between the opposing inner side surface portions 4a and 4b of the tray 1 is detachably attached to the partition member 2 and is provided at both end portions of the partition cover 3. The contact portions 10 and 10 are in contact with portions of the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 on the storage portion 8 side of the tray 1 that are engaged with the guide portions.

  In this manner, the partition cover 3 spanning between the opposing inner side surface portions 4a and 4b of the tray 1 is detachably attached to the partition member 2 so that the storage portion 8 of the tray 1 is firmly partitioned by the partition cover 3. Of course, in addition, the storage portion 8 of the tray 1 of the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 in which the contact portions 10 and 10 provided at both end portions of the partition cover 3 are engaged with the guide portions, respectively. When the partition cover 3 is attached, the guide engaging portions 6 engaged with the guide portions at the contact portions 10 and 10 of the partition cover 3 are pushed into the guide portion side. Accordingly, the guide engaging portion 6 can be elastically contacted with the guide portion with a stronger force, whereby the partition member 2 can be more firmly attached, and the abutment portions 10 and 10 can be partitioned. The guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the member 2 are It can be prevented from falling off off from de part. Further, when the partition cover 3 is removed from the partition member 2, the pushing force of the guide engaging portion 6 to the guide portion side by the contact portions 10 of the partition cover 3 can be eliminated. When the mounting position of the partition member 2 is changed, the partition member 3 can be easily moved along the longitudinal direction of the concave groove portion 13 by removing the partition cover 3 from the partition member 3. The guide engaging portions 6 and 6 can be guided steplessly by the concave groove portions 13 and 13 so that the partition member 2 can be easily moved.

  In the present invention, the partition member can be attached in a stepless manner to the user's desired position. In addition, the partition member may move in the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portion, or the partition member It is possible to prevent the lower end portion from being pushed in by the stored items and the partition member from rotating and tilting around the upper end portion, and the partition member can be firmly attached to the tray without shaking due to vibration or the like.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the tray partition structure of the present embodiment has a shallow bottom tray 1 that is rectangular in plan view, a partition member 2 that partitions the storage portion 8 of the tray 1 into a plurality of compartments, and a detachable attachment to the partition member 2. And a partition cover 3 that can be freely attached.

  A tray 1 shown in FIG. 2 is a drawer tray stored in a drawer provided in a kitchen cabinet or the like, and is formed of a synthetic resin such as ABS, for example. The tray 1 has a plurality of substantially rectangular storage portions 8 that open upward, and each storage portion 8 has a bottom surface portion 9 that is rectangular in plan view and an inner side that covers four sides of the space above the bottom surface portion 9. The surface portion 4 is formed. As shown in FIG. 1, a guide portion for guiding guide engagement portions 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 described later is formed in an arbitrary storage portion 8 among the plurality of storage portions 8. Specifically, out of the four inner side surface parts 4 constituting the arbitrary storage part 8, a pair of opposed inner side surface parts (hereinafter, the pair of inner side surface parts are referred to as inner side surface parts 4a, 4b, and the inner side surface parts 4a, 4b, Is a concave groove portion along the longitudinal direction of each inner side surface portion 4a, 4b (see arrow A in FIG. 1) as a guide portion at the upper portion of another pair of inner side surface portions referred to as inner side surface portions 4c, 4d). 13 and 13 are formed. Both concave groove portions 13 and 13 are opposed to each other, and each concave groove portion 13 and 13 includes a back surface portion 14 and upper and lower bottom surface portions 15a and 15b.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the partition member 2 that is detachably attached by fitting into the storage portion 8 provided with the concave groove portion 13 of the tray 1 is linear and has elasticity. Guide engaging portions 6 that are fitted and engaged with the respective concave groove portions 13 of the tray 1 are respectively provided at both end portions of the partition member 2, and elastically contact the bottom surface portion 9 inside the tray 1 at the lower end portion. A bottom elastic contact portion 7 is provided. Specifically, the partition member 2 is formed by bending a metal wire having a circular cross section, and the both side ends of the V-shaped wire in front view are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the inner side surfaces 4a and 4b. The inner side surface portions 4c and 4d are bent toward one inner side surface portion. In the present embodiment, the bent portion at the lower end portion of the wire is the bottom elastic contact portion 7, and the bent portions at both end portions are the guide engaging portions 6, 6.

  A partition cover 3 that is detachably attached by fitting into the partition member 2 is an inverted U-shaped plate member that is bent so as to open downward as viewed from the side, as shown in FIG. It has a partition member fitting part 18 that opens downward and on both sides for fitting 2 in a detachable manner. Abutment portions 10 and 10 that abut on a portion on the storage portion 8 side of the guide engagement portion 6 of the partition member 2 engaged with a concave groove portion 13 of the tray 1 to be described later are respectively provided at both end portions of the partition cover 3. In this embodiment, the contact portions 10 and 10 are end surface portions on both sides of the partition cover 3 facing the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b. Further, the partition cover 3 is formed so that its width is substantially the same as the width of the storage portion 8 so as to be bridged between the opposing inner side surface portions 4a and 4b of the tray 1 when attached to the partition member 2 described later. Has been.

  When the partition member 2 and the attachment cover 3 are attached to the storage portion 8 of the tray 1 and the storage portion 8 is partitioned into a plurality of sections arranged in the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b, for example, the following is performed. First, the partition member 2 is elastically deformed and the partition member 2 is disposed in the storage portion 8 of the tray 1. Next, each of the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 is elastically engaged with an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the corresponding concave groove portion 13 of the tray 1, and the partition member 2 is arbitrarily connected to the storage portion 8. The bottom surface elastic contact portion 7 of the partition member 2 is elastically contacted with the center portion in the width direction of the bottom surface portion 9 of the tray 1. Here, it is assumed that each of the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 is in elastic contact with the back surface portion 14 of the corresponding concave groove portions 13 and 13.

  Thereby, each guide engaging part 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 engages with the corresponding concave groove part 13, and each guide engaging part 6 and 6 has given elastic force to the corresponding concave groove part 13 outward. The bottom elastic contact portion 7 is elastically contacted with the bottom surface portion 9 of the tray 1 with an elastic force applied downward, and the partition member 2 is mounted in the storage portion 8 of the tray 1 in this state. By attaching the partition member 2 to the storage portion 8 in this manner, the partition member 2 is connected to the tray 1 at the three points of the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 at both end portions thereof and the bottom elastic contact portion 7 at the lower end portion thereof. So that the partition member 2 moves in the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b as in the conventional example, and the lower end portion of the partition member 2 is pushed in by the stored items. Thus, the partition member 2 can be prevented from rotating and tilting about its upper end portion or one side end portion, and the partition member 2 can be firmly attached to the tray 1 without shaking due to vibration or the like. be able to.

  Thus, as described above, the partition member 2 is attached to the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 at arbitrary positions in the longitudinal direction of the corresponding guide portions, so that the storage portion 8 of the tray 1 is attached by the attached partition member 2. Can be partitioned steplessly.

  And after attaching the partition member 2 in the storage part 8 of the tray 1 as mentioned above, the partition cover 3 is attached to the partition member 2. When attaching the partition cover 3, as shown in FIG. 1, the partition cover 3 disposed above the partition member 2 is moved downward (see arrow B in FIG. 1) to open below the partition member fitting portion 18. A V-shaped portion that is a portion between the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 is inserted from the portion, and the partition cover 3 is pushed in until the lower end surface of the partition cover 3 contacts the bottom surface portion 9 of the tray 1. . As a result, the V-shaped portion of the partition member 2 is fitted into the partition member fitting portion 18, and the guide engaging portions are engaged with the corresponding concave groove portions 13, 13 of the both contact portions 10, 10 of the partition cover 3. 6 and 6 are brought into contact with the storage portion 8 side.

  Accordingly, the partition cover 3 that is parallel to the inner side surface portions 4c and 4d of the tray 1 is attached to the partition member 2, so that small storage items such as small items are stored in the plurality of partitions partitioned by the partition member 2. However, it is possible to prevent this small stored item from moving over the linear partition member 2 to the adjacent compartment, and the partition cover 3 spanned between the inner side surfaces 4a and 4b can be used to store the storage portion of the tray 1. 8 can be reliably partitioned. In the state where the partition cover 3 is attached to the partition member 2, as described above, the storage portion 8 of the guide engagement portion 6 in which each of the both contact portions 10 of the partition cover 3 is engaged with the corresponding concave groove portion 13 is used. Since it abuts on the side portion, it is possible to prevent the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 from falling out of the concave groove portion 13. Furthermore, when the partition cover 3 is attached, the guide engaging portions 6 engaged with the concave groove portions 13 at the respective abutting portions 10 of the partition cover 3 are moved to the concave groove portion 13 side (specifically, the back of the concave groove portion 13). The guide engaging portion 6 can be elastically deformed by being pushed into the surface portion 14 side, whereby the guide engaging portion 6 can be elastically brought into contact with the concave groove portion 13 with a stronger force. The partition member 2 can be more firmly attached by elastic contact with the guide portion and elastic contact between the bottom surface elastic contact portion 7 and the bottom surface portion 9 of the tray 1.

  When changing the attachment position of the partition member 2 attached to the storage portion 8 of the tray 1, first, the partition cover 3 is removed from the partition member 2, and the partition cover 3 is taken out from the storage portion 8. At this time, the pushing force to the guide engaging portion 6 by the contact portions 10 of the partition cover 3 described above is eliminated, and the partition member 2 is easily moved along the longitudinal direction of the concave groove portion 13. Next, the partition member 2 is slidably engaged with the respective concave groove portions 13 and 13 while the guide engagement portions 6 and 6 are slidably engaged with each other, and the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b (refer to arrow A in FIG. 1). The partition member 2 is disposed at an arbitrary position of the storage portion 8. Here, the concave groove portions 13 and 13 serve to guide the guide engaging portion 6 of the partition member 2 when the partition member 2 is moved. Thereafter, similar to the above-described attachment of the partition member 2, the guide engaging portions 6, 6 of the partition member 2 are engaged with the concave groove portions 13, 13 and the guide engaging portions 6, 6 correspond respectively. At the same time, the bottom surface elastic contact portion 7 of the partition member 2 is elastically contacted with the bottom surface portion 9 of the tray 1 and then the partition cover 3 is attached to the partition member 2 as described above. When the partition cover 3 is attached to the tray 1 and the elastic contact force between the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the partition cover 3 and the concave groove portions 13 and 13 is large, the movement of the partition member 2 is not performed. At this time, the partition member 2 is elastically deformed to reduce the elastic contact force between the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 and the concave groove portion 13, and then the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 are slidable in the concave groove portions 13 and 6. The partition member 2 is moved along the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b while being engaged with each other.

  When the partition cover 3 is removed from the partition member 2 as described above, it is possible to eliminate the pushing force of the guide engaging portion 6 on the concave groove portions 13 and 13 side by the contact portions 10 of the partition cover 3. When the mounting position of the partition member 2 is changed, the partition member 3 can be easily moved along the longitudinal direction of the concave groove 13 by removing the partition cover 3 from the partition member 3. As a result, the partition member 2 can be easily moved while the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 of the partition member 2 are guided by the concave groove portions 13 and 13, respectively.

  Next, the modification of the said partition member 2 is shown to Fig.3 (a)-(d). In the following description of the partition member 2, only differences from the partition member 2 shown in FIG. 1 will be described, and description of overlapping parts will be omitted.

  The partition member 2a in FIG. 3 (a) is formed by bending each of both side ends of a wire bent in an annular shape when viewed from the front to one inner side surface side of the inner side surface portions 4c and 4d, as shown in FIG. 3 (b). The partition member 2b is formed by bending each of both side ends of a wire bent in a V shape in front view to one of the inner side surface portions 4c and 4d, and the partition member 2c shown in FIG. Each of the both ends of the wire rod that is bent in a substantially convex shape so as to protrude downward is bent toward one inner side surface portion of the inner side surface portions 4c and 4d.

  The partition member 2c shown in FIG. 3 (d) is composed of a wire rod whose front-view intermediate portion is bent in a V shape, and a synthetic resin bifurcated portion 19 provided on both ends of the wire rod. One of the inner side surface portions 4c and 4d extends to one side, and one of the forked portion 19 extends to the other side of the inner side surface portions 4c and 4d.

  Although the tray 1 of the present embodiment is the tray 1 stored in the drawer as described above, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the tray 1 is a tray that is stored in a storage portion formed in a kitchen cabinet or the like so as to be freely drawn out. It may be.

  In the above description, the storage portion 8 of the tray 1 is partitioned by the partition member 2 and the space between the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b is covered by the partition cover 3. However, the partition cover 3 is not attached and the tray 1 is stored only by the partition member 2. The part 8 may be partitioned.

  In the above description, both guide portions of the tray 1 are the groove portions 13 and both guide engaging portions 6 of the partition member 2 are engaged with the groove portions 13. However, the guide portions and the guide engaging portions are not limited thereto. For example, both guide portions are convex portions formed on the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b of the tray 1, and both guide engaging portions 6 and 6 are provided at both end portions of the partition member 2, respectively. It is good also as a recessed part slidably engaged with the said convex part.

  In the above description, the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 are elastically contacted with the corresponding concave groove portions 13 in a state where an elastic force is applied outward, but the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 are elastically contacted with the back surface portion 14 of the concave groove portion 13 and It is assumed that the guide engaging portions 6 and 6 may be elastically contacted with the corresponding concave groove portions 13 in a state where elastic force is applied outward and upward while elastically contacting the upper bottom surface 15a.

  The concave groove portions 13 and 13 may be provided continuously along the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b of the tray 1. For example, the concave groove portions 13 and 13 may be provided over the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b. Moreover, it may be provided in a part in the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portions 4a and 4b.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the partition structure of the tray of an example of embodiment of this invention. It is a tray same as the above, (a) is a plan view, (b) is an AA diagram of (a), and (c) is a BB diagram of (a). (A)-(d) is a perspective view which shows the modification of the partition member same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the partition structure of the conventional tray.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tray 2 Partition member 3 Partition cover 4 Inner side surface part of a tray 5 Guide engaging part 6 Guide engaging part 7 Bottom elastic contact part 8 Storage part 9 Bottom part 10 Contact part

Claims (2)

  A guide portion along the longitudinal direction of the inner side surface portion is formed on each of the opposing inner side surface portions of the tray, and guide engaging portions are provided at both end portions of the linear partition member having elasticity, and at the lower end portion of the partition member. A bottom elastic contact portion is provided, a partition member is disposed in the tray storage portion, and both guide engaging portions of the partition member are elastically engaged with arbitrary positions in the longitudinal direction of the corresponding guide portions of the tray. And a partition structure for the tray, wherein the bottom elastic contact portion of the partition member is elastically contacted with the bottom surface portion of the tray.   A partition cover that is detachably attached to the partition member between the opposing inner side surface portions of the tray is detachably attached, and each of the contact portions provided at both end portions of the partition cover is engaged with the guide portion. 2. The tray partition structure according to claim 1, wherein the tray partition structure is in contact with a portion of the tray on the storage portion side.

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