JP2009190753A - Storing box body having article throwing port - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storing box body capable of allowing articles having different sizes and kinds or the like to be sorted and thrown therein by partitioning an article throwing port having the predetermined opening width into a plurality of article throwing ports of the opening width corresponding to the dimension in the right-to-left direction of an article to be thrown in. <P>SOLUTION: The article throwing port 9 is partitioned into a plurality of throwing ports in the right-to-left direction by partitioning members 18 by engaging upper and lower ends of the partitioning members 18 with upper and lower opening edges at an intermediate part in the right-to-left direction of the article throwing port 9 attachably/detachably from the front side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage box body in which articles of different sizes and types can be sorted into a storage room and placed in an orderly manner by dividing an article input port into a plurality of parts.

For example, as described in Patent Document 1, the opening width of the article insertion port provided for loading unnecessary documents or the like into the storage chamber is fixedly provided at a predetermined fixed size. It is common.
In general, the opening width of an article insertion port such as a post box or a mail box has a constant size as described above.
JP 2003-325250 A

As described above, if the left and right width of the article insertion port is fixed to a certain size, not only articles of different sizes and types can be sorted and put into the storage chamber, When an A4 size document or the like is set to be able to input a document up to A3 size, the A4 size document has a large opening width. The position is not fixed, and the documents put into the storage room become messy.
In this case, there is a problem in that it is necessary to prepare documents and the like when taking out the documents from the storage room and reusing or disposing them.

  In view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional technology, the present invention partitions an article input port having a constant opening width into a plurality of product input ports having an opening width corresponding to the left and right dimensions of the input product, Providing a storage box with an article insertion port that allows articles of different sizes, types, etc. to be sorted and put in, and that the input articles are stored in an orderly manner in the storage room and can be prevented from becoming messy. The purpose is to do.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) In a storage box body in which a long-hole-shaped article insertion port that is long in the left-right direction is provided on the front plate of the article storage chamber, partition members are provided at upper and lower opening edges in the middle portion of the article insertion port in the left-right direction. By engaging the upper and lower end portions of the product detachably from the front, the article insertion port is divided into a plurality of left and right parts by a partition member.

(2) In the above section (1), the partition member has an upper locking portion and a lower locking portion that are in contact with the front surfaces of the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion port, and the base piece. And a pair of upper and lower fitting pieces that are continuously connected to the upper and lower end portions of the upper and lower ends and fitted to the article insertion port from the front.

(3) In the above item (2), a pair of upper and lower guide pieces that face rearward and are fitted with the upper and lower fitting pieces of the partition member are provided continuously on the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion port.

(4) In the above item (2) or (3), at least one of the upper and lower fitting pieces is elastically deformable in the vertical direction.

(5) In the above item (3) or (4), the upper and lower fitting pieces of the partition member and the upper and lower guide pieces of the article input port are both inclined rearward and downward to open the lower opening edge of the article input port. The upper surface of the part is an upward convex curved surface, and the lower surface of the connecting corner of the lower fitting piece and the downward locking portion of the partition member is an upward concave curved surface that complements the convex curved surface, With the concave curved surface in contact with the convex curved surface from the front, the partition member is rotated backward to fit the upper and lower fitting pieces between the upper and lower guide pieces.

(6) In any one of the above items (3) to (5), the guide piece below the article insertion port is extended to the article storage chamber.

(7) In any one of the above items (3) to (6), the upper surface of the opening edge of the article insertion port is a downward convex curved surface, and the upper engagement piece of the partition member and the upward locking A concave curved surface that is fitted to the convex curved surface and that complements the convex curved surface is formed on the upper surface of the continuous corner with the portion.

(8) In any one of the above items (3) to (7), the engaged portion is provided in at least one of the upper and lower guide pieces of the article insertion port, and either of the upper and lower fitting pieces of the partition member. An engaging portion that can be engaged with the engaged portion is provided.

(9) In any one of the above items (1) to (8), the front surface of the front plate and the front surfaces of the partition members are aligned with each other on substantially the same plane.

(10) In any one of the above items (1) to (9), a second partition member that partitions the article storage chamber to the left and right is provided at a position corresponding to the attachment portion of the partition member in the article storage chamber.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper and lower ends of the partition member are engaged with the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion port from the front, so that the article insertion port with a constant opening width can be connected to the left and right sides of the input item. It can be easily partitioned into an article insertion opening having an opening width corresponding to the size. Therefore, articles of different sizes and types can be sorted and fed from a plurality of partitioned article loading ports, and the thrown-in articles are neatly accommodated in the storage chamber and can be prevented from becoming messy.
Moreover, since the partition member is detachable from the front, the left and right mounting position can be easily changed according to the size of the input article.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the pair of upper and lower fitting pieces connected rearward to the upper and lower ends of the base piece have a guide function when fitting the partition member to the article insertion port from the front. Therefore, the partition member can be easily fitted and attached to the article insertion port.
Further, when the partition member is fitted to the rear limit position, the upward locking portions and the downward locking portions provided at the upper and lower ends of the base piece abut on the front surfaces of the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion port. Shaking of the member is suppressed.

According to the invention described in claim 3, since the upper and lower fitting pieces of the partition member are fitted along the pair of upper and lower guide pieces of the article insertion port and positioned in the vertical direction, the article The partition member can be attached to the input port very easily from the front.
In addition, since the upper and lower fitting pieces and the guide pieces are in contact with each other in a wide area, the partition member can be stably attached and the possibility of coming off the front is reduced.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, when at least one of the upper and lower fitting pieces is elastically deformed in the vertical direction and fitted between the upper and lower guide pieces of the article insertion port, the upper and lower fitting pieces are Since the pieces come into pressure contact with both guide pieces, the possibility that the partition member comes off from the article insertion port is further reduced. Therefore, fixing means such as screws for fixing the partition member and special processing are not required, and the cost can be reduced.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the concave curved surface at the lower front end of the partition member is brought into contact with the convex curved surface of the opening edge at the lower side of the article insertion port, and the partition member is directed rearward with the convex curved surface as a fulcrum. This can be attached to the article insertion slot with a simple operation of simply rotating. At this time, since the upper and lower fitting pieces of the partition member and the upper and lower guide pieces of the article insertion port are both inclined rearward and downward, they do not hinder mutual fitting.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the input article is guided to the article storage chamber by the lower guide piece, the input article is stored in an orderly manner in the article storage chamber.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the concave curved surface provided on the upper surface of the connecting corner of the upper fitting piece and the upward locking portion of the partition member is provided on the lower surface of the opening edge of the upper side of the article input port. Further, the upper end portion of the partition member is stably held by the opening edge at the upper part of the article insertion port, and is prevented from coming out forward.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the partition member is reliably prevented from coming off forward.

  According to invention of Claim 9, the appearance at the time of partition member attachment can be improved.

  According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, since the thrown-in articles are stacked in order and stored in the article storage chamber partitioned by the second partition member, it is possible to save the trouble of aligning them when taking them out.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a storage fixture used when storing copy paper or other documents in an office or the like. For example, the left side for storing unused copy paper or other documents Storage box body 1 and a storage box body 2 of the present invention having a large left and right width fixed to the right side surface thereof. The right storage box body 2 stores, for example, used copy paper and other documents. And used for reuse.

  The storage space inside the storage box 2 is divided into upper and lower three article storage chambers 4 by upper and lower two article placement plates 3 and 3. A front plate 5 covering the front surface of each article storage chamber 4 is an opening / closing door that can be opened / closed forward with the right end as a center, and a handle 6 and a key are provided at the center in the vertical direction of the left end. 7 is provided.

  As shown in the enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, the front plate 5 is formed by joining a steel plate front plate 5a and a rear plate 5b so as to be separated from each other in the front-rear direction, and each article storage chamber in the front plate 5a. A guide made of synthetic resin having an article insertion port 9 having a long opening width in the left-right direction at the opening edges of the three upper and lower long holes 8 facing in the left-right direction, which are perforated at positions corresponding to the upper end portion of 4. The member 10 is fitted. In addition, the opening width of each article insertion port 9 is a dimension that allows, for example, A3 size copy paper, documents, and the like to be loaded with the long side facing in the left-right direction.

  An upper guide piece 11 and a lower guide piece 12 that are substantially parallel to each other and inclined rearward and downward are connected to the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion port 9 in each guide member 10 in a rearward direction over the entire length in the left-right direction. Has been. The lower guide piece 12 has a length protruding through the opening 13 formed in the rear plate 5b of the front plate 5 and facing in the left-right direction for article insertion and projecting a required dimension rearward. The plurality of left and right downward pieces 14 provided in series are fixed to the rear surface of the rear plate 5b with a set screw 15.

  The lower surface of the base portion of the upper guide piece 11, that is, the lower surface of the upper opening edge of the article insertion port 9 is a downward convex curved surface 16, and the upper surface of the lower opening edge of the article insertion port 9 is upward. This is a convex curved surface 17.

The article insertion port 9 of the uppermost guide member 10 is partitioned as follows by a partition member 18 made of synthetic resin.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the partition member 18 includes a rectangular base piece 19 that faces in the vertical direction, and a rear end that is elastically deformable in the vertical direction and is connected to the rear surface of the central portion in the horizontal direction of the upper end portion thereof. An upper fitting piece 20 that is inclined downward, a pair of left and right side pieces 21, 21 that form a substantially right-angled triangle in a side view and that projects rearward from the rear face of both side ends of the base piece 19, and the lower end of the base piece 19 And a lower fitting piece 22 that is provided along the lower side of both side pieces 21 and is inclined rearward and downward so as to be substantially parallel to the upper fitting piece 20. Portions protruding upward and downward from the bases of the upper and lower fitting pieces 20 and 22 at the end are an upward locking portion 23 that can contact the front surface of the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion port 9, and downward A locking portion 24 is provided.

  The spacing between the upper fitting piece 20 and the lower fitting piece 22 is such that the upper fitting piece 20 is slightly bent downward, and the gap between the opposing surfaces of the upper guide piece 11 and the lower guide piece 12 in the guide member 10 is reduced. It is set so that it can be easily fitted.

  A concave curved surface that is fitted to a downward convex curved surface 16 of the guide member 10 and that is recessed with the upper surface of the connecting corner portion of the upper fitting piece 20 and the upward locking portion 23. 25 is formed, and the lower surface of the connecting corner portion of the lower fitting piece 22 and the downward engaging portion 24 is in contact with the upward convex curved surface 17 of the guide member 10, and the upper side is complementary to that. A concave curved surface 26 to be recessed is formed.

  On the upper surface of the rear end portion of the upper fitting piece 20, an engaging projection piece 27 that faces in the left-right direction as an engaging portion protrudes upward, and this engaging projection piece 27 is a mounting portion of the partition member 18. The guide member 10 can be engaged with an engaging groove 28 as an engaged portion formed at a central portion in the left-right direction of the upper guide piece 11 from below.

  In order to attach the partition member 18 to the article insertion port 9 of the guide member 10, first, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, the lower fitting piece 22 is first inserted into the article insertion port 9 with the partition member 18 tilted forward. The lower concave curved surface 26 is brought into contact with the convex curved surface 17 at the lower opening edge.

  Next, the entire partition member 18 is rotated backward with the convex curved surface 17 as a fulcrum, and the upper fitting piece 20 is elastically deformed slightly downward in the article insertion port 9 along the lower surface of the upper guide piece 11. The engagement protrusions 27 provided on the upper engagement piece 20 are engaged with the engagement grooves 28 of the upper guide piece 11. Then, the upper surface of the upper fitting piece 20 and the lower surface of the lower fitting piece 22 are in pressure contact with the lower surface of the upper guide piece 11 and the upper surface of the lower guide piece 12 of the guide member 10 and are complementary to each other. The convex curved surface 16 and the concave curved surface 25 and the lower convex curved surface 17 and the concave curved surface 26 are in close contact with each other, and the upward engaging portion 23 and the downward engaging portion 24 Abuts against the front surface of the opening edge. At this time, since the upper guide piece 11 and the lower guide piece 12 of the guide member 10 and the upper fitting piece 20 and the lower fitting piece 22 of the partition member 18 are inclined rearward and downward, the partition member 18 is rotated. Thus, the upper and lower fitting pieces 20 and 22 can be fitted between the upper and lower guide pieces 11 and 12 of the guide member 10 without any trouble.

  As a result, the partition member 18 is attached to the center of the article insertion port 9 of the guide member 10 in a state where the front surfaces of the partition member 18 are aligned with each other and are prevented from coming off forward. As shown in FIG. 1, the article insertion port 9 that is long in the left-right direction is divided into two parts on the left and right by the partition member 18 at the article insertion ports 29, 29 having approximately half the opening width.

The two divided article insertion ports 29 and 29 are used, for example, for sorting and storing used A4 size copy sheets and other documents in the article storage chamber 4.
In this way, by dividing the article insertion port 9 having a long opening width in the left-right direction with the partition member 18 into the article insertion port 29 having an opening width suitable for the size of the document to be input, It is possible to orderly enter the article storage chamber 4 from the input port 29, and the input documents and the like are prevented from being messy in the article storage chamber 4.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the partition plate 30 which faces the up-down direction which is a 2nd partition member is attached to the upper surface of the article mounting board 3 corresponding to the attaching part of the partition member 18, and the article storage chamber 4 is made. It is also possible to partition the paper into left and right and store the documents and the like input from the left and right article input ports 29 in the left and right storage chambers. In this way, since the input documents and the like are neatly stacked and stored in the article storage chamber 4, it is possible to save the trouble of arranging them when taking them out and reusing them.

  As described above, the article input port 9 formed in the front plate 5 of the storage box 2 and having a constant opening width in the left-right direction can be inserted into the article to be input simply by fitting the partition member 18 from the front. It can be easily partitioned into article insertion ports 29 and 29 having an opening width suitable for the size. In addition, the partition member 18 can be removed by elastically deforming the upper fitting piece 20 downward from the back side of the front plate 5 and detaching the engagement protrusion 27 from the engagement groove 28. It is also possible to return to the article insertion port 9 having an opening width of.

  Since the partition member 18 can be mounted without using any fixing means such as screws, it is not necessary to perform special processing on the storage box 2 or the partition member 18, and the number of processing steps, mounting steps, number of parts, etc. are reduced. At the same time, it can be attached with good appearance.

  The upper fitting piece 20 and the lower fitting piece 22 facing the rear of the partition member 18 are fitted in a wide area and the upper fitting piece between the upper guide piece 11 and the lower guide piece 12 facing the rear of the guide member 10. Since the piece 20 is elastically deformed downward and fitted, the partition member 18 is stably attached.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which one partition member 18 is attached to the central portion of the article insertion port 9 has been described. However, the partition member 18 can be placed at an arbitrary position in the left-right direction according to the size of a document to be input. In addition, when two or more kinds of documents or the like are input, a plurality of partition members 18 may be attached by the number. At this time, it is only necessary to change the formation position of the engagement groove 28 with which the engagement protrusion 27 provided on the upper fitting piece 20 is engaged, or to provide a plurality of engagement grooves 28. In addition, if the engagement groove | channel 28 is continued in the left-right direction, the partition member 18 can be slid and the left-right position can be changed freely.

  As described above, the partition member 18 is fitted to the guide member 10 in a wide area, and the upper fitting piece 20 is elastically deformed downward so as not to be easily removed. The engaging protrusion 27 and the engaging groove 28 with which it engages may be omitted.

  In the above embodiment, the guide member 10 having the article insertion port 9 is attached to the front plate 5a of the front plate 5. However, without using such a guide member 10, the article insertion port 9 is directly connected to the front plate 5a. It may be provided and the partition member 18 may be attached thereto. At this time, a rearward guide piece similar to the upper guide piece 11 and the lower guide piece 12 is raised at the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion opening provided on the front plate 5a, and the front plate 5a is raised rearward. Can be connected.

  In the above embodiment, the upper fitting piece 20 and the upper guide piece 11 are provided with the engaging projection piece 27 and the engaging groove 28 that are engaged with each other. It may be provided on the 12 side or both.

  As described above, the present invention can be applied to a mail box, a mail box, and the like in addition to a storage box for storing documents and the like.

It is a front view of the storage box which shows one embodiment of the present invention. It is the II-II line expansion vertical side view of FIG. It is an enlarged front view of a partition member. It is the IV-IV line vertical side view of FIG. It is the VV line expansion vertical side view of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage box body 2 Storage box body 3 Article mounting board 4 Article storage chamber 5 Front plate 5a Front plate 5b Rear plate 6 Handle 7 Key 8 Long hole 9 Article insertion port 10 Guide member 11 Upper guide piece 12 Lower guide piece 13 Opening 14 downward piece 15 set screw 16 convex curved surface 17 convex curved surface 18 partition member 19 base piece 20 upper fitting piece 21 side piece 22 lower fitting piece 23 upward locking portion 24 downward locking portion 25 concave curved surface 26 concave curved surface 27 Engagement protrusion (engagement part)
28 Engaging groove (engaged part)
29 Article input port 30 Partition plate (second partition member)

Claims (10)

  In the storage box body in which the front plate of the article storage chamber is provided with an article insertion port having a long hole shape that is long in the left-right direction, the upper and lower opening edges in the middle part in the left-right direction of the article insertion port are arranged above and below the partition member. A storage box having an article insertion port, wherein the article insertion port is partitioned into a plurality of left and right sides by a partition member by engaging an end portion detachably from the front.   A partition member is provided with a base piece having upper and lower locking parts at both upper and lower ends that are in contact with the front surfaces of the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion port, and the base piece is arranged rearward at the upper and lower ends of the base piece. And a pair of upper and lower fitting pieces fitted from the front to the article insertion port.   3. The article insertion port according to claim 2, wherein a pair of upper and lower guide pieces facing the rear and being fitted with the upper and lower fitting pieces of the partition member are connected to the upper and lower opening edges of the article insertion port. Storage box body.   4. A storage box having an article insertion port according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the upper and lower fitting pieces can be elastically deformed in the vertical direction.   The upper and lower fitting pieces of the partition member and the upper and lower guide pieces of the article insertion port are both inclined rearward and downward, and the upper surface of the opening edge portion on the lower side of the article insertion port is an upward convex curved surface. The bottom surface of the connecting corner between the lower fitting piece and the downward engaging portion is an upward concave curved surface that complements the convex curved surface, and the concave curved surface is in contact with the convex curved surface from the front. 5. A storage box having an article insertion port according to claim 3, wherein the upper and lower fitting pieces are fitted between the upper and lower guide pieces by rotating the partition member backward.   6. A storage box having an article insertion port according to claim 3, wherein a guide piece below the article insertion port is extended to the article storage chamber.   The lower surface of the opening edge portion on the upper side of the article insertion port is a downward convex curved surface, and is fitted to the convex curved surface on the upper surface of the connecting corner between the upper fitting piece and the upward locking portion of the partition member. A storage box having an article insertion port according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein a concave curved surface that forms a complementary shape with the concave shape is formed.   An engaged portion is provided on at least one of the upper and lower guide pieces of the article insertion port, and an engaging portion that can be engaged with the engaged portion is provided on either of the upper and lower fitting pieces of the partition member. A storage box having the article insertion port according to any one of 3 to 7.   The storage box having an article insertion port according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the front surface of the front plate and the front surfaces of the partition members are aligned with each other on substantially the same surface.   10. A storage box having an article input port according to claim 1, wherein a second partition member for partitioning the article storage chamber to the left and right is provided at a position corresponding to the attachment portion of the partition member in the article storage chamber. .

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