JP2009013707A - Partition device with storage function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a partition device with storage function having a person and object collision preventive function and superior in aesthetic appearance. <P>SOLUTION: This partition device comprises a top board 1, an upper center interrupting body 2, a main storage body 3, a cabinet 5, a lower center interrupting body 6, and a front panel 4. The top board 1, the main storage body 3, and the cabinet 5 are laterally positioned back to back, and therefore, usable from left and right semi-private rooms. The front surface 4a of the front panel 4 is convexly curved outward with a gentle curvature in plan view. Since the front surface of the front panel 4 is curved, it gives soft impression and excellent aesthetic appearance. Also, even if the body of a person or an object is collided with the device, they are so guided as to be escaped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a partition device with a storage function that is installed in, for example, a large room of a hospital room and used to form the large room as a plurality of quasi-private rooms. In the present invention, “patient room” is used as a general term for a space in which a person can live by installing a movable bed. Therefore, not only a room for hospitalization in a medical facility, but also a room for a nursing facility for the elderly, for example. Also included.

  Conventionally, curtains and screens have been widely used as a method of partitioning a large hospital room for each inpatient area, but these curtains and screens have poor shielding functions and incomplete patient privacy protection. On the other hand, it has also been proposed to divide it with a thick wall panel into a private room with a door, but this has an excellent shielding function, but it takes a lot of work and costs a lot to install in the hospital. In addition, the storage furniture must be installed separately, which increases the burden on the patient, or because it is equipped with a door, a large passage is required outside the door to put in and out of the bed, and the use efficiency of the entire room is poor. There was a problem.

Therefore, the applicant of the present application has proposed a partition device with a storage function that is elongated in a plan view in Patent Document 1, for example. That is, the partition device with a storage function includes a top plate that can be used by a person as a desk, a rocker-shaped main storage portion disposed on the back side of the top plate, and a front panel disposed on the front side of the plate shape (see Patent Document 1). The terminology includes an end panel), a wall-shaped shielding member that divides the space above the top plate to the left and right, and a cabinet disposed on the side of the main storage portion below the top plate. Is a left-right pair.
JP 2005-218701 A

  The partition device of Patent Document 1 is a so-called top-to-back and storage means arranged back-to-back, and requires no construction and is only installed in the room, but is heavy overall and has an excellent shielding function. The advantage of being able to eliminate the burden on the patient because the partitioning device has a storage function, and the left and right sides of the partitioning device are widened so that the bed can be taken in and out without excessively widening the passage. In fact, it has gained popularity in many facilities due to the advantages of effectively using the room space.

  Now, the front panel, which is a component of the device of Patent Document 1, has both functions as a strength member and a shielding member, and the presence of the front panel ensures that the partition device has high stability, robustness and shielding function. Has been. The present invention has been made in order to further improve the function of the front panel while complying with Patent Document 1.

  The present invention relates to a partition device with a storage function that is installed in a room and partitions the space of the room to the left and right. This partition device is a plane positioned at a height at which a person can sit on a chair and use it as a desk. The front and back longitudinal top plate, the front and rear longitudinal upper center shield arranged above the top plate to partition the space above the top and the left and right, and the top plate and the upper center shield sandwiched in front The front panel is arranged, and the lower shielding means is arranged below the top plate. The front panel is arranged to extend in the left-right direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the top plate in plan view. As a feature, the front surface of the front panel is formed as a non-flat surface that is convex forward in plan view.

  The partition device according to the present invention is suitable for converting a large room of a hospital into a semi-private room. That is, the partition device can be formed into a plurality of quasi-private rooms by arranging the partition device in a posture that extends in parallel with the movable bed in a hospital room in which a plurality of persons are accommodated. The configuration of claim 2 is a preferred example when the present invention is applied to a partition device for quasi-private rooms.

  That is, in claim 2, in claim 1, the front panel has a shape in which the front surface is curved in an arc shape convex forward in plan view, the height is 1600 to 1900 mm, and a flat back plate Is formed in a hollow shape with a space between it and the front plate curved in plan view. Inside this front panel, a number of reinforcing members of the same shape are bounded by a boundary of 700 to 1000 mm in height. The upper and lower arrangement intervals in the lower portion are arranged in a multi-stage at a high density so that the vertical arrangement intervals in the upper portion are smaller than the upper and lower arrangement intervals in the upper portion.

  The present invention is characterized in that the front surface of the front panel is formed in a forwardly convex shape in plan view. Due to this unique shape, a person or object collides with the left and right end surfaces of the front panel, and the partition device It can suppress that an impact acts on.

  In other words, if the front surface of the front panel is convex forward in plan view, when a person walks down the aisle, the person tends to unconsciously move away from the front panel (that is, maintain a certain distance from the front panel). Even if the arm or baggage of a person walking along the aisle hits the front panel, the person's arm or baggage hits the front rather than the side edge of the front panel. Because the front of the front panel has a forward-convex shape, human arms and luggage will escape by sliding from the front panel while being guided by the front of the front panel, resulting in impact on the partition device. It can be suppressed.

  By forming the front of the front panel to be convex forward, the entire front panel tends to be thicker, but even if the front panel is thicker, the side of the front panel is raised by alerting people and the guide function as described above. It can be said that the collision with the end face can be suppressed. Therefore, the degree of forward convexity (the radius of curvature in the case of a curved surface) should be set to such an extent that a human can visually recognize the forward convex form.

  If the thickness of the front panel is increased by forming the front panel to be convex forward, the fixing strength can be increased in fixing other members such as the upper center partition body to the rear surface. This is also one of the advantages of the present invention.

  If the thickness of the front panel is thicker than before, the profound and high-class feeling of the entire device will be enhanced, and a design effect that will soothe the hearts of people can be exhibited. In particular, when the front surface of the front panel is curved (that is, rounded) as in claim 2, a soft atmosphere is created, which is particularly suitable for a hospital room.

  Although it is possible to manufacture the front panel solidly by cutting out or laminating a wooden board, as described above, the front panel tends to be thicker as a whole by making its front surface convex forward, If it is solid, there is a problem that the weight becomes excessively large. Therefore, when it becomes thicker to some extent, it is preferable to use a hollow structure. Thus, when the front panel is formed hollow, it is necessary to arrange a reinforcing material inside.

  On the other hand, when installing a partition device in a hospital room, the moving bed may hit the front panel or a wagon for serving, etc., but the height of the bed or wagon is limited, The height of the bed is, for example, about 400 to 500 mm in most cases, and the wagons for serving etc. are mostly about 1000 mm in height at most. In the configuration of claim 2, since many reinforcing members have the same shape, the labor of processing can be reduced and the strength of the front panel can be reduced because the reinforcing members are arranged at a high density in the portion where the bed and the wagon are easily hit. -Durability can be improved.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is used to partition a large hospital room into a plurality of quasi-private rooms. In addition, the words “front and rear” and “left and right” are used in the present invention and in the following embodiments. These front and rear and left and right words are directed from the entrance to the back of the quasi-private room formed by the partition device partition. The depth direction of the semi-private room is the front-rear direction and the frontage direction is the left-right direction. 1-3 show the first embodiment (main embodiment), and FIG. 4 shows a modification. Hereinafter, description will be made sequentially.

(1). Basic structure of the first embodiment FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire partition device, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the partition device in which a part of the partition device is omitted. The left and right sides are formed as quasi-private rooms P, and the beds B are installed in the quasi-private rooms P in a posture parallel to the partition device. The entrance / exit of the quasi-private room P is partitioned by a curtain C suspended on a curtain rail (not shown). Hereinafter, the structure of the partition device will be described.

  The partitioning device is a longitudinal top plate 1 arranged at a height at which a person can sit on a chair H and can be used as a desk, and a front and back arranged above the top plate 1 to partition the space above the top plate 1 to the left and right A longitudinally upper center shield 2, a main housing 3 having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view disposed behind the top plate 1 and the upper center shield 2, and the top plate 1 and the upper center shield 2 And a front panel 4 disposed on the front side.

  Left and right drawer cabinets 5 are arranged back-to-back in the latter half of the space below the top plate 1 that is close to the main housing 3, and the main housing 3 in the space below the top plate 1. The front half that is close to the top is divided into left and right by a lower center shield 6 that extends along the longitudinal center line of the top plate 1. The cabinet 5 is composed of one left and right horizontally long lower drawer 5a and left and right upper drawer 5b, and the right upper drawer 5b is provided with a numeric aligning lock 7.

  In the present embodiment, the cabinet 5 and the lower center shield 6 constitute the shielding means described in the claims. It is also possible to adopt a mode in which the cabinet 5 is not provided, or to make the cabinet 5 an open system or a sliding door system. Further, when the cabinet 5 is provided, the mode that can be used in the left and right quasi-private rooms P is not limited to the left-to-right back-to-back method, but can also be a front-to-back staggered method or a top-to-bottom staggered method.

  The main storage body 3 is of a rocker type, and a storage part opened in one of the quasi-private rooms P and a storage part opened in the other quasi-private room P are arranged back to back, and both storage parts rotate. A door 9 is provided. In the present embodiment, the door 9 extends over the entire height of the main housing 3, but for example, the lower door of the main housing 3 can be used as a drawer and the rotary door 9 can be disposed above the door 9. In short, the storage structure can be set arbitrarily. 1 indicates a wall of a building, and in the present embodiment, the partition device is arranged so that the main storage body 3 is located near the wall.

  The lower part of the upper center shield 2 is a hollow center panel 10, and a connector unit 11 provided with a power outlet, a communication or a television jack is mounted on the center panel 10. A portion of the upper center shield 2 above the center panel 10 has a frame structure, and various plate members 13 are mounted in each area partitioned by the frame member 12. Reference numeral 14 denotes a whiteboard.

  Various materials such as ground glass, a translucent resin plate, a shoji-like one, and a printed board can be used as the plate material 13. It is also possible to configure the whole with a wooden board or the like. That is, the structure of the upper center shield 2 can be arbitrarily set. It is also possible to provide a ridge projecting left and right at the upper end of the upper center shield 2. The top plate 1 can also be separated into left and right.

  Needless to say, the top plate 1 and the upper center shield 2, the upper center shield 2 and the main housing 3 and the front panel 4, the top plate 1 and the cabinet 5, the cabinet 5 and the main housing 3, the top plate 1 and the lower center. The shield 6, the lower center shield 6 and the cabinet 5 are fixed to each other by screws or the like.

  In the present embodiment, the upper center shield 2, the main housing 3, and the front panel 4 are set to the same height. And the front panel 4 is formed in the circular arc shape in which the front surface 4a was curved by the loose curvature in the front convex shape by planar view. The front panel 4 will be described below with reference to FIG. 3A is a partially broken front view, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG.

(2) Details of the structure of the front panel 4 As can be easily understood from FIG. 3, the front panel 4 includes a top plate 1, a back plate 15 fixed to the upper and lower center shields 2 and 6, and a plan view. It comprises a front plate 16 curved in an arc shape, left and right end face plates 17, an upper frame 18 and a lower plate 19, and these are formed into a hollow horizontally elongated shape, and inside the back plate A group of reinforcing plates (or reinforcing materials) 20 bonded to the front plate 15, the front plate 16, and the end plate 17 are arranged in multiple stages.

  The back plate 15 is made of a tough material such as plywood. The front plate 16 is made of a material that can be easily bent and deformed, such as a veneer plate, and a melamine resin plate 21 is bonded to the surface (front surface) as an example of a decorative layer. A decorative plate 22 is also bonded to the outer surface of the end plate 17.

  The reinforcing plate 20 is made of a material with little warpage, such as a plywood, a laminated material, or a molded material. Then, when the reinforcing plates 20 are arranged in multiple stages inside the front panel 4, for example, with a height of about 800 mm as a boundary, the interval dimension L1 of the portion below the boundary is larger than the interval dimension L2 of the portion above the boundary. By having a small size, the lower part of the front panel 4 is formed with a highly reinforced portion 23 in which the arrangement density of the reinforcing plates 20 is increased.

  Although the absolute value of the interval dimension of the reinforcing plate 20 can be arbitrarily set according to the use or the like, in the experiment of the present inventor, for example, L1 is about 90 mm and L2 is about 180 mm. The thickness of the reinforcement board 20 can also be set arbitrarily, for example, 20-40 mm may be sufficient. The thickness of the front panel 4 and the curvature of the front surface 4a can be set arbitrarily. For example, the overall thickness can be in the range of 60-100 mm. Moreover, it was suitable that the ratio between the dimension of the end face and the total thickness was about 2 to 3 times.

(3) Summary A person walks along the passage T with the curtain C opened. At this time, the body (arms or legs) may touch the front panel 4 or the object that the person holds. Thus, if the front panel 4 has a forward-convex shape, a person's attention function is aroused, and the person unconsciously tries to maintain a certain distance from the front end surface of the front panel 4. Therefore, even if a body or an object hits the front panel 4, as shown by a dotted arrow A in FIG. .

  Then, by the guide function that the front surface of the front panel 4 is curved forward and convex, the body and the object are warped by the front surface 4a, so that a large impact acts on the front panel 4. Can be suppressed.

  Further, when the bed B is put into and taken out of the quasi-private room P, the side surface of the bed B may hit (contact) the front surface 4a of the front panel 4, but the front surface 4a of the front panel 4 is curved, so that FIG. As indicated by the chain line, the bed B tends to move while being guided by the front surface of the front panel 4, and therefore, it is possible to suppress the impact from acting on the partition device.

  Further, when the bed B is put in and out, the bed B may hit the front surface 4a of the front panel 4, and the wagon W for serving etc. may hit the front surface 4a of the front panel 4, but the height of the bed B is large. While the height of the wagon W is not so high, the wagon W is not so high, and the high range of the front panel 4 from about 800 mm, for example, is the high reinforcing portion 23, so that high durability can be secured. It is. When the front surface 4a of the front panel 4 is configured with the melamine resin plate 21 as in the present embodiment, the melamine resin plate has a high hardness, so that there is an advantage that damage can be prevented or significantly suppressed.

  In the present embodiment, the front panel 4 is basically made of wood, but can also be made of steel (in this case, at least the front and side surfaces of the front panel 4 are preferably covered with a cloth). . It is also possible to put a wooden face plate on a steel core frame. In addition, when the front panel 4 has a hollow structure, a vertically long reinforcing material can be disposed therein.

(4). Other Embodiments FIG. 4 shows another example of the front panel 4. Of these, the example shown in (A) is basically the same as that of the first embodiment, and the side end face is rounded as a difference from the first embodiment. In the example shown in (B), the front panel 4 is generally uniform in thickness and curved outwardly. In the example shown in (C) and (D), the front panel 4 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape in a plan view. For this reason, the front surface 4a includes a flat surface 4a ′ parallel to the back surface and its right and left inclined surfaces 4a ″. In (C), the inclined surface 4a ″ is a curved surface, and in (D), the inclined surface 4a ″ is a flat surface.

  The above embodiments are merely examples of the present invention, and the present invention can be embodied in various ways. For example, a rocker-like bulky main storage body can be arranged on the front side of the top board, or the main storage body can be arranged on both the front and back sides of the top board. When arranged, the front panel is fixed to the front surface of the main housing.

It is a perspective view of the whole partition device. It is a top view of the use condition which omitted a part. It is a figure which shows the structure of the front panel. It is a figure which shows other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Top plate 2 Upper center shielding body 3 Main storage body 4 Front panel 5 Cabinet which comprises a part of lower shielding means 6 Lower center shielding body which constitutes a part of lower shielding means 15 Back board 16 Front board 20 Reinforcement board B Bed P Semi Private Room

Claims (2)

It is a partition device with a storage function that is installed in a room and partitions the space of the room into left and right,
The top and bottom top plate in a plan view positioned at a height at which a person can sit on a chair and use it as a desk, and the top and bottom length arranged above the top plate to partition the space above the top plate to the left and right A center shield, a front panel disposed in front of the top plate and the upper center shield, and a lower shielding means disposed below the top plate, wherein the front panel is a plan view of the top plate. It is arranged to extend in the left-right direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction,
In the configuration
The front surface of the front panel is formed in a non-flat surface that is convex forward in plan view.
Partition device with storage function. The front panel has a front curved shape that is curved in a forwardly convex circular arc shape and a height of 1600 to 1900 mm, and between the flat back plate and the curved front plate in plan view. A space is formed in a hollow shape, and a plurality of reinforcing members of the same shape are arranged in the front panel at intervals above and below a boundary of 700 to 1000 mm in height. Is arranged in multiple stages at high density so that is smaller than the vertical arrangement interval in the upper part,
And by arranging in a posture that extends parallel to the movable bed in a hospital room that accommodates multiple people, the hospital room can be made into a plurality of quasi-private rooms.
The partition device with a storage function according to claim 1.

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