JP2009072530A - Kitchen floor unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen floor unit in which a drawer can be easily mounted on a place adjacent to the inner corner of the L-shaped unit and which can be manufactured at low cost. <P>SOLUTION: The kitchen floor unit 10 has the inner corner C on its front side and is placed on the floor in an L shape. In a corner region where two sides constituting the L shape intersect each other, a storage unit S for the corner which occupies the space under a top plate 13 is arranged so that it may extend to a region adjacent to the corner region on one of the two sides. The storage unit S for the corner is composed of a lower storage box 11 which has a height smaller than the length from the floor to the top plate 13 and is so arranged on the floor that it extends from the corner region to the adjacent region on one side, the drawer 14 which is arranged between the lower storage box 11 and the top plate 13 in the region adjacent to the corner on one side and a spacer member 15 which is arranged between the lower storage box 11 and the top plate 13 in the corner region. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen floor unit in which a plurality of storages are arranged in an L shape on a floor and a top plate is installed on the upper side.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a kitchen floor unit that is installed on a floor in an L shape having a corner on a side (hereinafter referred to as a front surface or a front surface side) facing a user when used. In such a floor unit, the corner area in the lower area of the counter top plate tends to be a dead space, but a box-shaped corner member is generally arranged to support the top plate.

  In the L-shaped kitchen floor unit, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the corner member 101 is arranged to extend not only to the corner area but also to one adjacent area on the side. In some cases, a door 101a is provided in front of a portion (a portion adjacent to the entering corner) so that the inside of the corner member 101 is used for storage. Reference numeral 102 denotes a storage unit installed at a place other than the corner area.

  By the way, in response to a user's request, the floor unit of the kitchen is combined with various configurations such as a door and a drawer of a storage unit provided under the counter in various forms. For example, even in the floor unit as shown in FIG. 7, there is a request from the user to lower the height of the door 101 a next to the corner and to provide a drawer on the upper side and on the lower side of the top plate 103. is there.

  In this case, conventionally, the corresponding part of the corner member 101 is partially cut out in a stepped manner so that the drawer is accommodated, and then installed in the corner region to incorporate the drawer. It took time and was a factor that increased the manufacturing cost.

In addition, as an L-shaped kitchen floor unit, for the convenience of the L-shaped corner portion and its vicinity, a wagon with casters that can be freely inserted into and removed from the space below the top plate is provided, and it can be pulled out obliquely from the corner portion. Proposals with drawers have been proposed (Patent Documents 1 and 2), but these have a special structure that is different from the configuration that responds to the user's desire to provide drawers. There wasn't.
JP 2005-287696 A JP 2006-61548 A

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and is to provide a kitchen floor unit that can be easily assembled with a drawer adjacent to an L-shaped corner and can be manufactured at low cost. It is aimed.

  In order to achieve the object, the kitchen floor unit according to claim 1 is an L-shaped kitchen floor unit that is installed on the floor in an L-shape having a front side corner and a corner. The corner storage unit that occupies the space below the top plate in the corner area where two sides intersect is arranged to extend to the corner adjacent region on one side of the two sides, and the corner storage unit extends from the floor to the top plate. A lower storage box that is disposed on the floor side so as to extend from the corner region to the one corner adjacent region, and the lower storage box and the ceiling in the one corner adjacent region. It is comprised from the drawer arrange | positioned between boards, and the spacer member arrange | positioned between a lower storage box body and a top plate in a corner area | region.

  The kitchen floor unit according to claim 2, wherein the internal space of the lower storage box body communicates with a corner space positioned below the spacer member and a corner adjacent space positioned below the drawer unit. There is a door on the front of the door.

  According to the kitchen floor unit of Claim 1, while providing a drawer | drawer in the corner adjacent area | region (location adjacent to an entrance corner) of the upper side of a lower storage box, it provides a spacer member in a corner area | region, and those upper side Since the top plate is installed on the top, the construction is simple and the workability is good, and the L-shaped kitchen floor unit with the drawer provided adjacent to the entrance corner can be assembled efficiently and at low cost. In particular, if the spacer member has a box structure having the same height as the drawer, the corner storage unit can have a very simple structure. Further, the lower storage box body only needs to be lower than the conventional one by the height of the drawer, and since the conventional drawer can be used, it does not require labor for manufacturing each member.

  According to the kitchen floor unit according to claim 2, the corner space which is the internal space of the lower storage box body and the corner adjacent space communicate with each other, and an opening door is provided in front of the corner adjacent space. Therefore, the corner space does not become a dead space and can be effectively used as a storage place for things that are not frequently used.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a kitchen floor unit as an example of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement of a plurality of storage units used in the kitchen floor unit.

  The kitchen floor unit 10 has three storage units S, 12, and 12 combined in an L shape in plan view so as to be along an adjacent wall in the kitchen, and is arranged on the floor via a base 23, Further, a top plate 13 is installed on the upper side of the storage units S, 12, and 12.

  The corner storage unit S installed in the corner of the kitchen includes a lower storage box 11 for the corner (hereinafter referred to as a corner storage box 11) installed on the floor side, and a drawer placed on the upper side. The unit 14 includes a spacer member 15 which is adjacent to the drawer unit 14 and is installed in the corner area Sa. On the other hand, each of the other two storage units 12 and 12 adjacent to the corner storage unit S is composed of a storage box having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped storage space inside, and the height is the same as the corner storage unit S. It is said.

  The kitchen floor unit 10 has an L-shaped corner C formed by connecting a corner storage unit S and an adjacent storage unit 12 (right storage unit in FIGS. 1 and 2).

  That is, in the corner area Sa where the two sides constituting the L shape intersect, the corner storage unit S occupying the space below the top plate is arranged to extend to the corner adjacent area on one side of the two sides. ing. Furthermore, in other words, the area where the corner storage unit S is disposed is adjacent to the corner area Sa where a part of the front face Sc is hidden by the adjacent storage unit 12 and the entering corner C, and the front face 11c is exposed. The corner adjacent region Sb is included. An opening door 11d of the corner storage box 11 is attached to the lower part of the corner adjacent area Sb, and a drawer unit 14 is provided on the upper part.

  The corner storage box 11 has a storage space inside, and allows kitchen utensils to be taken into and out of the storage space through an opening to which an opening door 11d is attached. This storage space is not partitioned inside, and the corner space 11a corresponding to the corner area Sa and the corner adjacent space 11b corresponding to the corner adjacent area Sb communicate with each other in the horizontal direction in plan view.

  The top plate 13 is provided with a sink 21 and a cooking device 22 on the upper surface. The top plate 13 may be composed of a plurality of top plates each having a size corresponding to each of the plurality of storage units S, 12, and 12, or may be composed of a single L-shaped top plate.

  The top plate 13 is installed above the plurality of storage units S, 12, 12 having the same height arranged in an L shape. As shown in FIG. 1, a top plate 13 is placed directly on the other two storage units (storage boxes) 12 and 12 adjacent to the corner storage box 11. A top plate 13 is placed on the body 11 via a drawer unit 14 and a spacer member 15.

  That is, the corner storage box body 11 constituting the lower part of the corner storage unit S is formed to have a size lower than the other storage box bodies 12 by the height of the drawer unit 14, and the kitchen floor unit 10 is assembled. In this state, the drawer unit 14 and the spacer member 15 are arranged and sandwiched between the corner storage box 11 and the top plate 13.

  Note that two or more drawer units may be assembled. In that case, a spacer member made of one or a plurality of members having a height corresponding to the overall height of the plurality of drawer units is installed.

  3 and 4 are views showing the structure of the corner storage unit S, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view, and FIG. 4 is an assembled perspective view. The arrow A in the figure indicates the same direction as the arrow A shown in FIG.

  The corner storage box 11 has a box structure having an upper opening 11h including a back plate 11e, a side plate 11f, a front plate 11g, a bottom plate (not shown), and an opening door 11d, and is fixed on the base 23. Arranged. A horizontal bar 11i is attached to the upper opening 11h.

  As described above, the inner space of the corner storage box 11 is formed so that the corner space 11a and the corner adjacent space 11b communicate with each other, and the drawer unit 14 is installed above the corner adjacent space 11b. A spacer member 15 having the same height as the drawer unit 14 is installed on the upper side of the corner space 11a so as to fill a corner space adjacent to the drawer unit 14.

  The drawer unit 14 is a combination of an outer box 14a and a drawer box 14b, and is mounted on the upper edge of the back plate 11e, the upper edge of the left side plate 11f, and the side rail 11i of the corner storage box body 11. The top plate 13 can be placed on the drawer unit 14 so that it can be placed without wobbling.

  Specifically, the depth dimension of the outer box 14 b is the same as the depth dimension of the corner storage box body 11, and the height dimension is such that the drawer unit 14 is stacked on the corner storage box body 11 and the corner storage unit S is stacked. In such a state, the height is the same as that of the other storage box 12. That is, the corner storage box 11 is formed so as to be lower by the height of the drawer unit 14 to be assembled.

  Further, the width dimension of the drawer unit 14 is set so as not to be larger than the width dimension of the opening door 11d in order to allow the drawer box 14b to be taken in and out, and is preferably substantially the same as the width dimension of the opening door 11d.

  On the other hand, the spacer member 15 has a box structure having upper and lower openings composed of four pieces of frame plates 15a and upper and lower four pieces of horizontal rails 15b, and the depth dimension is the same as the depth dimension of the drawer unit 14. The The width dimension of the spacer member 15 is preferably the same as the width dimension of the front plate 11g of the corner storage box 11 so as to be adjacent to the drawer unit 14 without a gap.

  When a plurality of drawer units are stacked and installed on the upper side of the corner storage box 11, a one-stage spacer member corresponding to the overall height of the plurality of drawer units may be provided. A plurality of spacer members corresponding to the drawer units may be stacked.

  Thus, since the corner storage unit S is formed of the three types of members, that is, the corner storage box 11, the drawer unit 14, and the spacer member 15, kitchen accessories are stored in the drawer box 14b of the drawer unit 14. The other kitchen utensils can be stored in the storage spaces (the corner space 11a and the corner adjacent space 11b) in the corner storage box 11.

  In the corner storage box 11, the corner space 11a and the corner adjacent space 11b communicate with each other in the horizontal direction, so that the corner space 11a does not become a dead space and is a storage place for things that are not frequently used. Can be used effectively. Furthermore, since the storage space which spreads also in the width direction can be ensured, it can be effectively used as a storage location for pans, pans and the like.

  In this example, since the spacer member 15 has a structure having a lower opening, an auxiliary space communicating with the corner space 11a is formed through the upper opening 11h of the corner space 11a. Therefore, in the corner storage unit S, a storage space having a long vertical distance with the top plate 13 as a ceiling can be secured.

  Furthermore, since the three types of members constituting the corner storage unit S have the simple shape and structure as described above, an L-shaped kitchen floor unit having a drawer at the corner can be easily assembled on site. Can do. Further, the corner storage box 11 only needs to be lower than the conventional one by the height of the drawer, and since the conventional drawer unit can be used, it does not take time to manufacture each member.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another example of the spacer member. FIG. 5A shows a U-shaped frame structure in plan view, and FIG. 5B shows a bottomed box structure.

  The spacer member 15 shown in FIG. 5A includes three pieces of a frame plate 15a and a horizontal rail 15b. The spacer member 15 in FIG. 5B includes a bottom plate 15c. The auxiliary storage portion 16 is surrounded by four frame plates 15a and the bottom plate 15c and separated from the lower corner space 11a by the bottom plate 15c. Have.

  The spacer member 15 is not limited to those having these structures, and various members can be used. For example, the spacer member 15 may be a separated member composed of two pieces corresponding to two opposite sides, or two corresponding to two adjacent sides. It may be a connected member made of a piece, or any member that has a shape that can be placed or fixed on the upper side of the corner storage box 11 and has the same height as the drawer unit 14.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another example of the kitchen floor unit of the present invention.

  The kitchen floor unit 10A uses a bottomed box structure spacer member 15 having an auxiliary storage portion 16 shown in FIG. 5B. An opening / closing lid 17 is provided. The other constituent members are the same as those shown in FIG. 1 and are therefore denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  Thus, since the spacer member 15 has a bottomed structure and is provided with the opening / closing lid 17, the space formed by the spacer member 15 can be effectively used as a hatch storage portion that can be taken in and out from above.

It is a perspective view of the kitchen floor unit which is an example of this invention. It is an arrangement top view of a plurality of storage units used for the kitchen floor unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of the corner storage unit which consists of a lower storage box for corners, a drawer | drawer, and a spacer member used for the kitchen floor unit. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly state of the storage unit for corners. It is a perspective view which shows the other example of a spacer member, (a) is a U-shaped frame structure, (b) has the bottomed box structure which has an auxiliary storage part. It is a perspective view of the kitchen floor unit which is the other example of this invention. It is a perspective view of the conventional L-shaped kitchen floor unit.

Explanation of symbols

10 Kitchen Floor Unit Sa Corner Area Sb Corner Adjacent Area S Corner Storage Unit 11 Lower Storage Box for Corner 11a Corner Space 11b Corner Adjacent Space 11d Opening Door 12 Other Storage Unit (Storage Box)
13 Top plate 14 Drawer unit 14a Outer box 14b Drawer box 15 Spacer member 15a Frame plate 15c Bottom plate 16 Auxiliary accommodating portion 17 Opening and closing lid

Claims (2)

It is a floor unit of a kitchen installed on the floor in an L shape with a corner on the front side,
A corner storage unit that occupies the space below the top plate in a corner region where two sides forming an L shape intersect is arranged to extend to a corner adjacent region on one side of the two sides, and the corner storage unit Has a lower height dimension from the floor to the top plate and is disposed on the floor side so as to straddle the corner adjacent area on the one side from the corner area, and adjacent to the corner on the one side. A drawer disposed between the lower storage box and the top plate in the region, and a spacer member disposed between the lower storage box and the top plate in the corner region. Kitchen floor unit characterized by In claim 1,
The inner space of the lower storage box body communicates with a corner space located below the spacer member and a corner adjacent space located below the drawer, and a door is installed at the front portion of the corner adjacent space. The kitchen floor unit that has been.

Images