JP2007097766A - Anti-tumbling device for furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an anti-tumbling device for furniture, not damaging the furniture, excellent in a design, easy to install, capable of decreasing manufacturing costs and preventing the furniture from tumbling down. <P>SOLUTION: The anti-tumbling device 1 for the furniture is provided with a fixing piece 3 having a fixing part 30 to be fixed onto a wall and a projection 31 projecting from the fixing part 30 to a room side, a connection piece 4 having a horizontal part 40 to be fixed on the projection 31 and a vertical part 41 vertically projecting from the horizontal part 40 and a retaining piece 5 having a first vertical part 50 to be fixed on the vertical part 41, a widthways long part 51 vertically projecting from the first vertical part 50 and a second vertical part 52 vertically projecting from the widthways long part 51 on the same side as the first vertical part 50 and holding a handle part 21 of a refrigerator 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a furniture overturn prevention metal fitting for preventing the furniture from falling over, which has a handle portion for transportation on the back surface.

Since the Great Hanshin Earthquake, the frequency of large-scale urban earthquakes has increased and awareness of disaster prevention has increased. Therefore, devices and metal fittings for preventing furniture such as refrigerators from falling are proposed as countermeasures against earthquakes, and devices that prevent furniture from falling over using fixing brackets and coach bolts having a substantially L-shaped cross section (for example, , Patent Document 1), a refrigerator tipping preventer (see Patent Document 2, for example) that holds the refrigerator by pulling forward a belt-like body locked to the back of the refrigerator, and a load receiver disposed below the furniture A furniture fall prevention device (for example, Patent Document 3) including a connecting portion that is connected to the load receiving portion and is disposed along the furniture, and a locking means that locks the connecting portion to the furniture. See).
JP 10-323249 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-30875 JP 9-313282 A

  However, in the apparatus of Patent Document 1, a fixing bracket having a substantially L-shaped cross section is used for fixing the furniture and the wall surface. However, since the fixing bolt is fixed to the furniture by screwing a coach bolt into the furniture, the furniture is inevitably damaged. I was letting. Moreover, in the fall prevention tool of patent document 2, since the strip | belt-shaped body can be seen from the refrigerator front side when the ceiling of a refrigerator installation position is sufficiently higher than the top | upper surface of a refrigerator, it is not what looks good by design, When the ceiling is lowered in order to maintain the characteristics, there is a problem that the height dimension is restricted when the refrigerator is replaced. Moreover, in the fall prevention apparatus of patent document 3, since the structure scale of the apparatus was large, there existed a problem that installation took an effort and cost.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems while paying attention to the fact that a handle is provided for transportation on the back of furniture such as a refrigerator (excluding some small refrigerators). An object of the present invention is to provide a furniture overturn prevention metal fitting that does not damage furniture, has excellent design, is easy to install, can reduce costs, and can prevent the furniture from falling over.

  In order to achieve the above object, the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 1 is a metal fitting for preventing the furniture having a handle portion on the back surface from overturning, a fixed portion fixed to a wall, and a chamber from the fixed portion. A fixed piece having a protruding portion protruding inward, a horizontal portion fixed to the protruding portion, a connecting piece having a vertical portion protruding vertically from the horizontal portion, and fixed to the vertical portion A first elongate portion, a horizontally elongated portion projecting vertically from the first eave portion, and a second eave portion projecting vertically from the laterally elongated portion to the same side as the first eave portion. And an engaging piece for sandwiching the handle portion.

  The furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 2 is the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion has a bolt hole formed long in the protruding direction, and the horizontal portion has a bolt hole. The fixing piece and the connecting piece are bolted in the bolt hole of the protruding portion and the bolt hole of the horizontal portion.

  The furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 3 is the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the horizontal surface of the connecting piece has a surface on the handle portion side and a surface of the locking piece on the handle portion side. Alternatively, an elastic member is provided on the surface on the handle portion side of the protruding portion of the fixing portion and on the surface on the handle portion side of the locking piece.

  According to the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting of claim 1 of the present invention, a fixed piece having a fixed portion fixed to the wall, a protruding portion protruding from the fixed portion to the indoor side, and fixed to the protruding portion. A connecting piece having a horizontal portion, a vertical portion projecting perpendicularly from the horizontal portion, a first flange fixed to the vertical portion, and a horizontally long projecting vertically from the first flange And a locking piece for sandwiching the handle portion on the back side of the furniture, and a second hook portion projecting vertically from the horizontally long portion to the same side as the first hook portion. The handle part provided can be fixed mainly with three members: a fixed piece, a connecting piece, and a locking piece, without damaging furniture, with excellent design, easy installation, and cost reduction Can prevent furniture from falling.

  According to the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 2, in addition to the effect of the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 1, the protruding portion has a bolt hole formed long in the protruding direction, and the horizontal portion is the bolt hole. Since the fixing piece and the connecting piece are bolted in the bolt hole of the protruding portion and the bolt hole of the horizontal portion, the horizontal position with respect to the wall of the furniture to be fixed can be adjusted.

  According to the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 1 or 2, the surface on the handle portion side of the connecting piece and the surface on the handle portion side of the locking piece. In addition, since the elastic member is provided on the surface on the handle portion side of the protruding portion of the fixing portion and the surface on the handle portion side of the locking piece, it can be fixed in close contact with the handle portion, and damage to the handle portion can be prevented. Can be prevented.

Hereinafter, furniture fall prevention metal fittings concerning an embodiment of the invention are explained based on a drawing.
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a refrigerator 2 fixed by a furniture overturn prevention metal fitting 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. As shown in the figure, the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting 1 is mainly composed of a fixed piece 3, a connecting piece 4, a locking piece 5, and an elastic member 6. In addition, the refrigerator 2 includes a handle portion 21 at the upper back of the refrigerator body 20 and a heat radiating portion 22 below the handle portion 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fixing piece 3 is made of a steel plate bent into a substantially L-shaped cross section. The fixing piece 3 is fixed to a wall, and projects vertically from the fixing portion 30 to the indoor side. It has a protruding portion 31 provided. As shown in FIG. 3, the fixing portion 30 is provided with an insertion hole 32 for inserting a fastener 7 such as a screw or a nail. The insertion hole 32 is formed long in the longitudinal direction of the fixing portion 30, so that the position where the fixing piece 3 is fixed to the wall can be easily adjusted. As shown in FIG. 3, the projecting portion 31 has a bolt hole 33 for fixing the bolt with a bolt 8, a nut 9, a washer 10, and the like. In order to facilitate the adjustment of the horizontal position with respect to the second wall, it is formed long in the protruding direction. Further, the length Y of the fixing portion 30 with respect to the length X of the protruding portion 31 is preferably about 1.5 to 2 times (X: Y = 1: 1.5 to 2). Thereby, the positional relationship between the fixed portion 30 and the protruding portion 31 is changed, the protruding portion 31 is fixed to the wall, the protruding portion 31 is used as the fixed portion, and the fixed portion 30 longer than the protruding portion 31 is protruded from the wall. By making the fixing part 30 a protruding part, the adjustment width of the horizontal position with respect to the wall of the refrigerator 2 can be further increased. In this case, the insertion hole 32 of the fixing portion 30 functions as a bolt hole for fixing the bolt, and the bolt hole 33 of the protruding portion 31 functions as an insertion hole for inserting the fastener 7.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the connecting piece 4 is made of a steel plate bent into a substantially L-shaped cross section, and has a horizontal portion 40 that is bolted to the protruding portion 31 of the fixing piece 3, and the horizontal portion 40. A vertical portion 41 is provided so as to project from the vertical direction. The length X of the horizontal portion 40 is such that when the connecting piece 4 and the fixed piece 5 are fixed, it protrudes in the horizontal direction from the fixed piece 5, for example, about 5 cm, and the protruding portion of the fixed piece 3. It is approximately the same as the length X of 31. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the horizontal portion 40 is a bolt for fixing the protruding portion 31 and the bolt to a portion protruding in the horizontal direction from the fixed piece 5 when the connecting piece 4 and the fixed piece 5 are fixed. A hole 42 is provided. The bolt hole 42 is formed long in the longitudinal direction so that the position can be easily adjusted when the refrigerator 2 is installed. Similarly to the horizontal portion 40, the vertical portion 41 has a bolt hole 43 for fixing the bolt. The bolt hole 43 corresponds to the height of the handle portion 21 of the refrigerator 2, and thus the vertical portion 41. It is long in the longitudinal direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the locking piece 5 is made of a bent steel plate, and is bolted to the vertical portion 41 of the connecting piece 4, and the first flange 50 A horizontally long portion 51 projecting vertically from the lower end portion, and a second collar portion 52 projecting vertically from the tip of the horizontally long portion 51 on the same side as the first collar portion 50. The handle portion 21 of the refrigerator 2 is sandwiched by the first flange portion 50, the horizontally long portion 51, and the second flange portion 52. As shown in FIG. 3, the first flange portion 50 is provided with a bolt hole 53 for bolting to the vertical portion 41. The horizontally long portion 51 is formed to be sufficiently longer than the width of the handle portion 21. The 2nd collar part 52 has the length which can latch the handle part 21 reliably also at the time of an earthquake.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the elastic member 6 is an elastic member such as rubber provided on the surface on the handle portion 21 side of the horizontal portion 40 of the connecting piece 4 and the surface on the handle portion 21 side of the locking piece 5. As shown in the figure, it is provided on the lower surface of the horizontal portion 40 of the connecting piece 4 and the inner side surfaces of the first flange portion 50, the laterally long portion 51 and the second flange portion 52, and is inserted into the bolt hole 53 of the first flange portion 50. It is also provided on the handle portion 21 side of the bolt 8 made. With this elastic body 6, it is possible to reduce the “play” between the furniture fall prevention metal fitting 1 and the handle portion 21, and to prevent the handle portion 21 from being damaged by absorbing shocks even against vibration during an earthquake. it can.

  In order to fix the refrigerator 2 having the handle portion 21 on the back by the furniture overturn prevention metal fitting 1 having the above configuration, first, as shown in FIG. 2, the first flange portion 50 of the locking piece 5 is the front surface of the handle portion 21. The handle portion 21 is sandwiched by the first flange portion 50, the laterally long portion 51, and the second flange portion 52 of the locking piece 5 from below so as to be on the side, and the handle portion 21 of the connection piece 4 is held by the horizontal portion 40. The top end is pushed and the first flange 50 of the locking piece 5 and the vertical part 41 of the connecting piece 4 are bolted. Further, the fixing portion 30 of the fixing piece 3 is fixed to the wall by the fastener 7 in accordance with the height of the refrigerator 2. At this time, the wall base reinforcing material 11 is provided on the wall, and the wall base reinforcing material 11 is provided. If the fixing part 30 is fixed to the furniture, it is possible to prevent the furniture from falling down more reliably. And the refrigerator 2 is arrange | positioned ensuring the required amount of clearance between the heat radiating part 22 and the wall of the refrigerator 2, and the bolt 31, nut 9, and washer 10 are connected to the protruding part 31 of the fixed piece 3 and the horizontal part 40 of the connecting piece 4. Fasten with bolts and tighten. Thus, in order to fix furniture mainly with the three members of the fixing piece 3, the connecting piece 4, and the locking piece 5, for example, in the case of the refrigerator 2, the width of the grip portion 21 and the heat radiation portion 22 depending on the type, etc. Even if they are different, it can be easily handled. Moreover, the furniture fall prevention metal fitting 1 cannot be seen from the front side of the refrigerator 2, and it is excellent also in design property.

  The clearance between the refrigerator 2 and the wall surface is, for example, a length that protrudes in the horizontal direction from the fixed piece 5 of the horizontal portion 40 of the connecting piece 4 as shown in FIG. 4A when the refrigerator 2 is pushed into the wall as much as possible. And approximately the same. In this case, the elastic member 6 is provided on the surface on the handle portion 21 side of the protrusion 31 of the fixed piece 3 and the surface on the handle portion 21 side of the locking piece 5. When the refrigerator 2 is separated from the wall as much as possible, as shown in FIG. 4B, the positional relationship between the fixing portion 30 and the protruding portion 31 of the fixing piece 3 is changed, and the protruding portion 31 is fixed to the wall. By fixing the refrigerator 2 with the protruding portion 31 as a fixed portion, the fixed portion 30 longer than the protruding portion 31 protruding from the wall and the fixed portion 30 as the protruding portion, the clearance between the refrigerator 2 and the wall surface becomes maximum.

  As is clear from the above description, according to the furniture overturn prevention fitting 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the grip portion 21 provided on the back surface of the refrigerator 2 is fixed to the fixed piece 3, the connecting piece 4, and the locking piece. 5 can be fixed as a main body, the refrigerator 2 is not damaged, the design is excellent, the installation is easy, the cost can be reduced, and the furniture can be prevented from falling down. Moreover, the horizontal position with respect to the wall of the refrigerator 2 to fix can be adjusted. Furthermore, since the elastic member 6 is provided at the portion where the furniture fall prevention metal fitting 1 and the handle portion 21 are in contact with each other, it can be fixed in close contact with the handle portion 21 and also absorbs shocks against vibrations during earthquakes. Damage can be prevented.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation implementation is possible within the range of the summary of this invention. For example, in the present embodiment, the case where the refrigerator 2 having the handle portion 21 at the upper back portion is fixed has been described. However, a chiffon or a cupboard having the handle portion at the upper back portion may be used. Moreover, although the fixed piece 3, the connection piece 4, and the locking piece 5 shall consist of steel plates, you may consist of hard resin which has predetermined intensity | strength. Further, although the fixing piece 3 and the connecting piece 4 are bolt-fixed by the bolt 8, the nut 9, and the washer 10, other fixing methods may be used.

  The present invention can be used to prevent the furniture having a handle portion on the back from falling down.

It is a side view which shows schematic structure of the refrigerator fixed with the furniture fall prevention metal fitting which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an enlarged view of the A section of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows schematic structure of the furniture fall prevention metal fitting which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the use condition of the furniture fall prevention metal fitting which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Furniture fall prevention metal fitting 2 Refrigerator 21 Handle part 3 Fixing piece 30 Fixing part 31 Projection part 33 Bolt hole 4 Connection piece 40 Horizontal part 41 Vertical part 42 Bolt hole 5 Locking piece 50 1st collar part 51 Horizontally long part 52 2nd rod Part 6 Elastic member

Claims (3)

A metal fitting that prevents the furniture having a handle on the back from falling down,
A fixing piece having a fixing portion fixed to the wall, and a protruding portion protruding from the fixing portion to the indoor side;
A connecting piece having a horizontal portion fixed to the protruding portion, and a vertical portion protruding vertically from the horizontal portion;
A first collar fixed to the vertical section; a horizontally elongated section projecting vertically from the first collar section; and a second projecting vertically projecting from the laterally elongated section to the same side as the first collar section. A locking piece having a collar and sandwiching the handle portion;
A furniture fall prevention metal fitting characterized by comprising. The protruding portion has a bolt hole formed long in the protruding direction,
The horizontal portion has a bolt hole,
2. The furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 1, wherein the fixing piece and the connecting piece are bolted in a bolt hole of the protruding portion and a bolt hole of the horizontal portion.   The surface of the connecting portion on the side of the handle portion and the surface of the locking piece on the side of the handle portion, or the surface of the fixing portion on the side of the handle portion and the handle portion of the locking piece. The furniture overturn prevention metal fitting according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an elastic member is provided on the side surface.

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