JP2007222274A - Storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage system capable of preventing the floor surface of a storage room from being damaged when carrying a storage object in and out of the storage room and smoothly carrying storage furniture such as a cart in and out of the storage room. <P>SOLUTION: A rail 11 for making it possible to move the storage furniture 10 in a suspended state is attached to a ceiling 4a of the storage room 4, and one end part of the rail 11 is positioned at the entrance 5 of the storage room 4. Thus, since the storage furniture is suspended from the rail 11 at the entrance 5 of the storage room 4 and is moved along the rail 11 in the suspended state, the floor surface of the storage room 4 is not damaged. Since the floor surface has no guide groove, a person does not stumble and an article is not fitted to the guide groove to immobilize the storage object. Thus, the storage object is smoothly carried in and out of the storage room 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage system including a storage room having a height of about 1.0 to 1.4 mail.

A building having a storage room with a height of about 1.0 to 1.4 mail is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In this building, a skip floor is provided above a part of the floor, a wall is provided between the floor and the skip floor, and a space surrounded by the wall, the floor, and the skip floor is The storage chamber is provided with an entrance to the storage chamber on the wall forming the storage chamber. The storage chamber has a ceiling height of about 1.0 to 1.4 m and a depth from the entrance of about 2.5 m. That's it.
And when storing things in the storage room, a cart with casters is used, and after storing the storage goods in this cart, the cart is carried into and out of the storage room. .
In addition, a guide groove is formed on the floor of the storage chamber, and the carriage is moved along the guide groove.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-100376

Thus, when the cart with casters moves on the floor of the storage room, the floor surface is easily damaged by the wheels of the casters.
In addition, when the carriage is moved along the guide groove formed on the floor of the storage room, there is a problem that the carriage cannot be moved if a person is stuck in the guide groove or a fallen object is fitted in the guide groove. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and does not damage the floor surface of the storage room when carrying in or out of the storage object, and storage furniture such as a carriage can be smoothly stored in the storage room. It is an object to provide a storage system that can be carried in and out.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 7, for example, a stored item (on the ceiling 4 a of the storage room 4 having a ceiling height of 1.0 to 1.4 m) ( A rail 11 that is movable in a state in which the storage furniture 10) is suspended is attached, and one end of the rail 11 is located at the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the stored item (storage furniture 10) is suspended from the rail 11 at the entrance 5 of the storage chamber 4, and moves along the rail 11 in this suspended state. The floor surface of the chamber 4 is not damaged. Further, since there is no guide groove on the floor surface, there is no possibility that a person will be tripped over or that an object will fit into the guide groove and the stored item will not be movable. Accordingly, the stored items can be smoothly carried into and out of the storage chamber 4.

The invention according to claim 2 is the storage system according to claim 1,
The storage article is a storage furniture 10 that can store an object therein, and an upper wheel 21 c that engages with the rail 11 and is movable along the rail 11 is attached to the upper surface of the storage furniture 10. It is characterized by.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, since the upper wheel 21 c is attached to the upper surface of the storage furniture 10, by engaging the upper wheel 21 c with the rail 11 and moving along the rail 11, The storage furniture 10 can be smoothly carried into and out of the storage room 4. Further, by removing the upper wheel 21 c from the end of the rail 11 at the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4, the storage furniture 10 can be carried out from the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4 to the outside (the living room 6).

The invention according to claim 3 is the storage system according to claim 2,
A lower wheel 20b capable of rolling on the floor is attached to the lower surface of the storage furniture 10.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, since the lower wheel 20b is attached to the lower surface of the storage furniture 10, the storage furniture 10 can be easily moved from the outside of the storage room 4 (the living room 6) to the entrance / exit 5 of the storage room 4. The storage furniture 10 that has been moved along the rail 11 from the inside of the storage room 4 to the doorway 5 can be carried out from the doorway 5 to the outside (the living room 6).

The invention according to claim 4 is the storage system according to claim 3,
The rail 11 includes an entrance / exit rail portion 12 positioned in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the storage chamber 4, a back side rail portion 13 positioned higher than the entrance / exit rail 12 on the back side of the entrance / exit 5, and the back side rail portion 13. And an inclined rail 14 connecting the entrance / exit rail portion 12,
The doorway rail portion 12 is attached to a position where the upper wheel 21c can be engaged with the lower wheel 20b of the storage furniture 10 in contact with the floor.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the entrance / exit rail portion 12 is mounted at a position where the upper wheel 21c can be engaged with the lower wheel 20b of the storage furniture 10 in contact with the floor, the storage chamber 4, the upper wheel 21 c of the storage furniture 10 can be engaged with the entrance / exit rail portion 12. Then, the upper wheel 21 c moves along the entrance / exit rail portion 12, and the upper wheel 21 c changes to the inclined rail portion 14 and moves on the inclined rail portion 14. As the upper wheel 21c moves along the inclined rail portion 14, the storage furniture 10 moves while moving upward, and the lower wheel 20b moves away from the floor. And if the upper wheel 21c changes to the back side rail part 13, the lower wheel 20b will leave | separate from a floor completely, and the upper wheel 21c will move along the back side rail part 12 in this state. Therefore, by moving the upper wheel 21c of the storage furniture 10 conveyed from the outside to the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4 by engaging with the entrance / exit rail portion 12 at the entrance / exit 5, the storage furniture 10 is gradually raised. However, the lower wheel 20b can be suspended and moved on the rear rail portion 13 with the lower wheel 20b completely separated from the floor.

The invention according to claim 5 is the storage system according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
There are a plurality of storage furniture 10, and the storage furniture 10 and 10 can be connected to each other.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, since the storage furniture 10, 10 can be connected to each other, the storage furniture 10 is successively moved by moving the storage furniture 10 along the rail 11 in a connected state. It can be carried into or out of the storage chamber 4.

Invention of Claim 6 is the storage system as described in any one of Claims 2-5,
The storage furniture 10 can be moved along the rail 11 by power.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the storage furniture 10 can be automatically moved along the rails 11 without any manual intervention by power, so that the storage furniture 10 can be easily carried in and out.

  According to the present invention, a rail is attached to the ceiling of the storage room so that the storage object can be moved in a suspended state, and one end of the rail is located at the entrance of the storage room. The stored item can be suspended from the rail at the doorway. And since a stored item moves along a rail in this suspended state, a floor surface is not damaged. Further, since there is no guide groove on the floor surface, there is no possibility that a person will be tripped over or that an object will fit into the guide groove and the stored item will not be movable. Accordingly, the stored items can be smoothly carried into and out of the storage chamber.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
First, a building including a storage system according to the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG.
This building 1 is constructed by a panel construction method in which components such as walls, floors, and roofs are made into panels in a factory in advance, and these panels are assembled at a construction site to construct a house.

The building 1 is a two-story building, and a skip floor 3 is provided above a part of the floor 2 on the second floor (half in FIG. 1). A wall is provided between the floor 2 and the skip floor 3, and a space surrounded by the wall, the floor 2, and the skip floor 3 is a storage chamber 4. An entrance / exit 5 to the storage chamber 4 is formed on the wall forming the storage chamber 4. The ceiling height of the storage room 4 is set to 1.0 to 1.4 m.
A living room 6 is provided on the right half of the floor 2 on the second floor, and the entrance 5 faces the living room 6. Therefore, an object can be carried into the storage room 4 from the side of the living room 6 through the entrance / exit 5, and an object can be carried out from the storage room 4 to the living room 6.
A living room 7 is provided on the skip floor 3, and a staircase 8 is provided between the skip floor 3 and the floor 2 of the living room 6. Therefore, a person can go back and forth between the living room 6 and the living room 7 by the stairs 8. In addition, the code | symbol 9 is the storage place provided in the attic, and can be used from the living room 7. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, rails 11, 11 that can move in a state in which the storage furniture 10 is suspended are attached to the ceiling 4 a of the storage chamber 4 in parallel. The rails 11, 11 are arranged so as to extend from the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4 in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view along the inner wall surface of the storage chamber 4 to reach the entrance / exit 5 again. Accordingly, one end and the other end of the rails 11 and 11 are located at the entrance / exit 5, respectively.

The rail 11 is composed of three types of rail portions, that is, an entrance / exit rail portion 12, a back rail portion 13, and an inclined rail portion 14.
The entrance / exit rail portion 12 is provided in the vicinity of the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4, and is disposed on the ceiling 4 a so as to be positioned below the lower surface of the ceiling 4 a. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, concave grooves 15, 15 are formed in the ceiling 4 a, and upper portions of the entrance / exit rail portions 12, 12 are inserted into the concave grooves 15, 15, and side surfaces of the concave grooves 15, 15 are formed. It is fixed to. The entrance / exit rail portion 12 is an elongated one having a substantially L-shaped cross section, and is arranged so that the lower piece portion 12a thereof is substantially horizontal and located below the lower surface of the ceiling 4a. ing.
Further, the entrance / exit rail portion 12 is attached to a position where an upper wheel 21c described later can be engaged with a lower wheel 20b described later of the storage furniture 10 in contact with the floor.

  The back rail portion 13 is provided on the back side of the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4 so as to be positioned higher than the entrance / exit rail portion 12, and is located above the lower surface of the ceiling 4a on the ceiling 4a. It is arranged like that. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, concave grooves 16, 16 are formed in the ceiling 4 a, and the upper portions of the rear rail portions 13, 13 are inserted into the concave grooves 16, 16, and the concave grooves 16, 16 are formed. It is fixed to the side. The rear rail portion 13 is a long one having a substantially L-shaped cross section, and is arranged so that its lower piece portion 13a is substantially horizontal and is located above the lower surface of the ceiling 4a. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the inclined rail portion 14 has an L-shaped cross section that connects the back rail portion 13 and the entrance rail portion 12, and is provided between the entrance rail portion 12 and the back rail portion 13. Is arranged. Further, the inclined rail portion 14 is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, and is inserted into the inclined concave groove 17 that connects the concave groove 15 and the concave groove 16 so that the lower piece portion 14a is inclined. . Further, the lower end portion of the inclined rail portion 14 in the inclination direction is smoothly connected to the end portion of the entrance / exit rail portion 12, and the upper end portion in the inclination direction is smoothly connected to the end portion of the back rail portion 13. .

As shown in FIG. 6, the storage furniture 10 has a box shape that can store an object therein, and the side of the storage furniture 10 is open. In addition, a shelf, a drawer, and the like are provided inside the storage furniture 10 as appropriate.
Casters 20 are attached to the four corners of the lower surface of the storage furniture 10. The caster 20 includes a rotation support portion 20a that can rotate about a vertical axis, and a lower wheel 20b that is rotatably supported by the rotation support portion 20a about a horizontal axis. Therefore, the lower wheel 20b can roll on the floor, and the direction of the lower wheel 20b can be changed by the rotation of the rotation support portion 20a.
In addition, at the four corners of the upper surface of the storage furniture 10, a rotating part 21a that is rotatable around a vertical axis is attached, and a shaft 21b is erected on the rotating part 21a. An upper wheel 21c is attached to the upper end portion so as to be rotatable around a horizontal axis. Therefore, the upper wheel 21c can roll on the rail 11, and the direction of the lower wheel 21c can be changed by the rotation of the rotating portion 21a.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the storage furniture 10 as described above, the upper wheel 21c is engaged with the lower piece 12a of the entrance / exit rail portion 12 at the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4, and the lower piece 12a. It can move along the entrance / exit rail portion 12 by rolling on the top. In a state where the upper wheel 21 c is engaged with the lower piece 12 a of the entrance / exit rail portion 12, a slight gap is generated between the lower wheel 20 b and the upper surface of the floor 2. In the state where the lower wheel 20b is in contact with the upper surface of the floor 2, the lower surface of the upper wheel 21c is located slightly below the upper surface of the lower piece portion 12a of the entrance / exit rail portion 12, but the upper wheel 21c is By pushing the storage furniture 10 toward the entrance / exit rail portion 12, it is possible to engage with the upper surface of the lower piece portion 12, that is, to get on the upper surface.

Moreover, the storage furniture 10 and 10 can be connected. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, connecting portions 22 are attached to the front and rear end surfaces of the storage furniture 10, and the front and rear storage furniture 10, 10 can be connected by connecting the connecting portions 22, 22. It has become.
The connecting portion 22 includes a slider 22a attached to the front and rear portions of the storage furniture 10 so as to be movable up and down, an arm 22b extending outward from the slider 22a, and the arm 22b and a horizontal surface at the tip of the arm 22b. It is comprised from the connection material 22c formed so that it might orthogonally cross in. The base end portion of the arm 22b is pin-coupled to the slider 22a, whereby the arm 22b can swing left and right with the base end portion as a fulcrum. Further, when the connecting portions 22 and 22 are connected to each other, the connecting members 22c and 22c are connected to each other by a linear or ring-shaped member 23 such as a string or a rubber band in a state where the connecting members 22c and 22c are in contact with each other.
Since the connecting portion 22 is configured as described above, even if the storage furniture 10 and 10 adjacent to each other in the front and rear are displaced up and down and left and right, the sliders 22a and 22a move up and down according to the amount of displacement, and the arm Since 22b and 22b rock | fluctuate right and left, the connection materials 22c and 22c will be in the state connected stably, Therefore, the storage furniture 10 and 10 can be connected stably reasonably.

When the storage furniture 10 is stored in the storage room 4 using the storage system as described above, it is performed as follows.
That is, first, while rolling the lower wheel 20b of the storage furniture 10 on the floor 2 of the living room 6, the storage furniture 10 is conveyed to the entrance / exit 5 of the storage room 4, and the upper wheel 21c of the storage furniture 10 is moved to the entrance / exit rail. When the storage furniture 10 is pushed into the storage chamber 4 after facing the end of the portion 12, the upper wheel 21 c is engaged with the entrance / exit rail portion 12. Further, when the storage furniture 10 is pushed in, the upper wheel 21c moves along the entrance / exit rail portion 12, the upper wheel 21c moves onto the inclined rail portion 14, and the inclined rail portion 14 moves.

  As the upper wheel 21c moves along the inclined rail portion 14, the storage furniture 10 moves while moving upward, and the lower wheel 20b moves away from the floor 2 of the storage chamber 4 along with this movement. And if the upper wheel 21c transfers to the back side rail part 13, the lower wheel 20b will leave | separate from the floor 2 completely, and will move along the back side rail part 13 in this state. Therefore, by moving the upper wheel 21c of the storage furniture 10 conveyed from the living room 6 to the entrance / exit 5 of the storage room 4 by engaging with the entrance / exit rail portion 12 at the entrance / exit 5, the storage furniture 10 is gradually raised. The lower wheel 20b can be suspended and moved on the rear rail portion 13 with the lower wheel 20b completely separated from the floor 2. In this way, the storage furniture 10 is suspended from the entrance / exit rail portion 12 at the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 4, and the inclined rail portion 14 is moved in this suspended state and moved along the back rail portion 13. The floor surface of the storage chamber 4 is not damaged. In addition, since there is no guide groove on the floor surface, there is no possibility that a person will be tripped over or that an object will fit into the guide groove and the stored item will not be movable. Therefore, the storage furniture 10 can be smoothly carried into and out of the storage chamber 4.

Moreover, when carrying in the storage furniture 10 one after another, by carrying in while connecting the back storage furniture 10 to the front storage furniture 10 by the connecting portions 22, 22, a plurality of storage furniture 10 is stored. It can be carried in a state where it is regularly arranged at regular intervals. When the storage furniture 10, 10 moves on the inclined rail portion 14, the entrance / exit rail portion 12, and the rear rail portion 13 in the vicinity thereof, the storage furniture 10, 10 is shifted up and down and left and right, but as described above, the connecting portion 22, 22 can absorb this shift and can stably connect the storage furniture 10 and 10 without difficulty.
Conversely, when the storage furniture 10 is carried out from the entrance / exit 5, the storage furniture 10 connected to the storage furniture 10 can be pulled out one after another by pulling out the last storage furniture 10.
Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, since the both ends of the rail 11 are the entrance / exit rail parts 12 and 12, the entrance / exit rail part 12 can be used for carrying in / out of the storage furniture 10. FIG.

In the present embodiment, the storage furniture 10 is manually moved along the rail 11, but may be moved by power. In this case, for example, the top storage furniture 10 may be pulled by a dedicated power towing vehicle. This power tow vehicle is provided with wheels that roll on the rail 11, and these wheels are driven to rotate by an electric motor. Then, the connecting portion 22 may be attached to the towing vehicle, and the towing vehicle and the top storage furniture 10 may be connected by the connecting portions 22 and 22. Also, the electric motor switch of the power tow vehicle is attached to both the power tow vehicle and the wall near the entrance / exit 5 of the storage chamber 10 so that the electric motor can be turned on / off from either switch. To do.
As described above, the storage furniture 10 can be automatically moved along the rails 11 without any manual operation by power, so that the storage furniture 10 can be easily carried in and out.

In the present embodiment, the case where the storage furniture 10 is carried into and out of the storage room 4 has been described. However, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, for example, clothes and other small articles are hung in a suspended state. The movable suspension body 25 may be carried into and out of the storage chamber 4. The movable suspended body 25 includes a suspended main body portion 25a formed of a horizontal arm and a vertical arm in a T shape, and wheels 25b and 25b attached to both ends of the lateral arm of the suspended main body portion 25a. And a ring 25c provided at the lower end of the vertical arm. The wheels 25b and 25b roll on the rails 11 and 11, and the ring 25c is adapted to be hung with clothes or the like or other objects.
By carrying such a movable suspended body 25 into the storage chamber 4, clothes and other small items can be stored in the storage chamber 4.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the rail 11 is provided in an annular shape, but may be provided in a linear shape.
Moreover, the middle of the back side rail part 13 may be excised, and a rail piece having the same cross-sectional shape as the back side rail part 13 may be detachably attached to the excised part. In this case, the length of the rail piece is made larger than the diameter of the upper wheel 21c. Accordingly, by removing the rail piece from the back rail portion 13, a gap larger than the diameter of the upper wheel 21 c is generated in the back rail portion 13, so that the upper wheel 21 c can be removed from the back rail portion 13 through this gap. .
And in order to remove the storage furniture 10 from the back side rail part 13, by removing the upper wheel 21c on the front side of the storage furniture 10 through the gap, the storage furniture 10 tilts forward, and the front lower wheel 20b comes into contact with the floor. Further, by moving the storage furniture 10 forward in a tilted state, the rear upper wheel 21c is removed through the gap, and the rear lower wheel 21c abuts against the floor, so that the storage furniture 10 is removed from the rear rail portion 13. It can be removed completely.
Therefore, the storage furniture 10 can be removed at an appropriate position by detachably attaching the rail piece to an appropriate position of the back side rail portion 13. Similarly, the movable suspension body 25 can be removed.

It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the building provided with the storage system which concerns on this invention. An example of the storage system which concerns on this invention is shown, and it is the top view which looked at the inside of a storage chamber from the downward direction. It is a sectional side view which shows the entrance vicinity of a storage room with storage furniture similarly. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows storage furniture same as the above. The connection part of storage furniture is shown similarly, (a) is a side view, (b) is a top view. It is a perspective view which shows a movement suspension body equally. It is a sectional side view of the storage chamber in which the movable suspension body was stored.

Explanation of symbols

4 Storage Room 4a Ceiling 5 Entrance 10 Storage Furniture (Storage)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Rail 12 Entrance / exit rail part 13 Back side rail part 14 Inclined rail part 20b Lower wheel 21c Upper wheel 22 Connection part 25 Moving suspended body (containment)
25b wheel

Claims (6)

  A rail is attached to the ceiling of a storage room having a ceiling height of 1.0 to 1.4 m so that the object can be moved in a suspended state, and one end of this rail is located at the entrance of the storage room. Storage system characterized by that. The storage system according to claim 1,
The storage item is storage furniture that can store an object therein, and an upper wheel that engages with the rail and is movable along the rail is attached to an upper surface of the storage furniture. And storage system. The storage system according to claim 2, wherein
A storage system, wherein a lower wheel capable of rolling on a floor is attached to a lower surface of the storage furniture. The storage system according to claim 3,
The rail includes an entrance / exit rail portion positioned in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the storage chamber, a back rail portion positioned higher than the entrance / exit rail on the back side from the entrance / exit, and the back rail portion and the entrance / exit rail portion. It consists of sloping rails to be connected,
The storage system according to claim 1, wherein the entrance rail portion is attached to a position where the upper wheel can be engaged with the lower wheel of the storage furniture in contact with the floor. In the storage system according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
A storage system comprising a plurality of the storage furniture, the storage furniture being connectable. In the storage system according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
The storage system, wherein the storage furniture is movable along the rail by power.

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