JP2010042095A - Cabinet and wash cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cabinet wherein the storage space of a storage part can be sufficiently secured and a temporary placing surface on which small articles or the like can be temporarily placed easily can be secured by opening the door of the storage part. <P>SOLUTION: The cabinet includes: a storage recessed part 7 formed on a cabinet body 5: a mirror door 6 covering the front surface of the storage recessed part 7; an arm 16 supporting the mirror door 6; and a fixing part 21 fixing the arm 16 to the storage recessed part 7. A damper function part 23 for mitigating the downward movement of the mirror door 6 is incorporated in the fixing part 21, and the mirror door 6 is freely rotatable by the arm 16. In the open state of the mirror door 6, the mirror door 6 is held in a roughly horizontal state, the inner surface 18 of the mirror door 6 functions as an article temporary placing surface, and a part of the mirror door 6 enters below the cabinet body 5 so as to be along the lower surface of the cabinet body 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cabinet, for example, a mirror cabinet provided on a vanity, and a temporary counter for rotation is provided at the bottom of the mirror cabinet, and the rotary counter enters the lower side of the mirror cabinet body. It is characterized by a configuration that is maintained substantially horizontal.

  Conventionally, there are times when a vanity table is used to make up makeup and appearance, or when you want to work in detail while using water. When doing such work, use a brush or bottle that does not cause problems even when wet, and a puff or other water-resistant material, but the place where it can be temporarily placed during the work is the conventional one shown in FIG. As shown in the bathroom vanity 40, there was only a bathroom counter 41.

  However, in most cases, the wash counter 41 is located at a position lower than the spout of the faucet 42 of the vanity 40. When the faucet 42 is used, water is scattered and wet, so that even weak items are wet. There was a problem of end. In consideration of such a problem, as shown in FIG. 5B, the mirror door 44 is opened to the front and bottom by using the storage portion 43 at the lower part of the mirror cabinet, whereby the inner surface (back surface) 45 of the mirror door 44 is obtained. There is known a vanity table 46 that uses as a storage table.

  Several such vanities have been proposed in the past, for example, a mirror cabinet of a vanity is provided with a rotary counter (see Patent Documents 1 to 3). Moreover, in a hanging cupboard, since the door is used as a temporary mounting shelf, the door is rotatable, and when the door is open, the door is positioned in a substantially horizontal state below the cupboard body. (See Patent Document 4).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-112788 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-128630 JP 2000-245644 A JP 2000-33014 A

  However, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the inner surface of the mirror door 44 is used as a storage base by opening the door forward and downward using the storage portion 43 at the lower part of the mirror cabinet, If the area is sufficiently large, the mirror door 44 becomes too large, and the wash bowl 47 and the faucet (not shown) become invisible when opened.

  Therefore, in order to make the wash bowl 47 and the faucet 42 easier to use, the vertical dimension of the mirror door 49 may be reduced as in the vanity table 48 shown in FIG. Since the vertical width (vertical width) of the storage portion 51 corresponding to the door 49 becomes small, there arises a problem that only a short object can be stored.

  Therefore, as shown in the vanity table 50 shown in FIG. 6B, the left and right mirror doors 53 of only the left and right storage portions 52 may be opened forward and downward, avoiding the wash bowl 47 and the faucet 42. In such a configuration, there is a problem that the area of the temporary placement surface of the inner surface 54 of the mirror door 53 is small and the temporary placement space is reduced.

  In addition, when the door is used as a storage table, the configuration described in the cited document 4 may cause a problem that the water splashes from the faucet part and adheres to the storage table when the door is used as the storage table.

  In light of the above-described conventional problems, the present invention provides a cabinet that can secure a temporary storage surface that can secure a sufficient storage space for the storage unit and that can easily place small items temporarily by opening the door of the storage unit. It is realized.

  For example, in a vanity table, a storage part that has sufficient storage space in the vertical direction and a pin that is vulnerable to water are temporarily placed when the front door of this storage part is opened to make the appearance of makeup etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cabinet with a temporary placement surface that provides a space that can be used and that can easily use a faucet even when the door is open.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a storage recess formed in the cabinet body, a door that covers the front surface of the storage recess, an arm that supports the door, and a fixing portion that fixes the arm to the storage recess. The door is configured to be rotatable by an arm, and when the door is in an open state, the door is held in a substantially horizontal state, and the inner surface of the door functions as an article temporary storage surface, and a part of the door Is provided below the cabinet body so as to extend along the lower surface of the cabinet body.

  It is preferable that an oblique surface is formed between the lower surface and the front surface of the cabinet body.

  It is preferable that a damper function part that relaxes the downward movement of the door is incorporated in the fixed part.

  It is preferable that a spring function part for assisting the upward movement of the door is incorporated in the fixed part.

  It is preferable that an opening / closing latch is attached to the door.

  It is a mirror cabinet provided with a mirror, and it is preferable that this mirror cabinet is mounted on the upper part of the washstand.

  According to the cabinet of the present invention, when the door is opened, the inner surface can be used as a temporary placement surface that can be temporarily placed. Since it enters the lower part and protrudes forward and does not get in the way, the vertical width of the storage part (storage recess) to be opened and closed can be increased. Therefore, the storage space in the vertical direction of the storage portion can be increased.

  Further, when the present invention is applied to a cabinet of a bathroom vanity, since the door enters the lower part of the cabinet when the door is opened, it is in a substantially horizontal state at a position retracted rearward from the bathroom bowl. The stopper can be used easily and can be used in a state where there is little splash of water.

  The best mode for carrying out a cabinet according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings based on the embodiments.

  An embodiment of a cabinet according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, an example in which the cabinet of the present invention is applied to a cabinet of a vanity table will be described. As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the vanity 1 is provided at the rear of the vanity 3 having a vanity bowl 2 so that a storage cabinet 4 stands. The cabinet 4 is provided with a cabinet body 5 that forms a storage portion.

  A storage part such as a storage shelf (not shown) is provided at the upper part of the cabinet body 5, and a mirror door 6 that covers the front surface of the storage part is provided so as to be opened and closed. The cabinet of this embodiment will be described with a configuration applied to a mirror cabinet provided with a mirror door 6, but may be applied to a cabinet provided with a normal door instead of the mirror door 6.

  A storage recess 7 is formed in the lower portion of the cabinet body 5 in the depth direction. The storage recess 7 is a storage unit for storing small items 37 such as a cosmetic bottle and a makeup tool used in the cabinet 4. Specifically, the storage recess 7 is formed as follows.

  The cabinet body 5 includes left and right side plates 8 and a back plate 9, but the storage recess 7 is composed of the left and right side plates 8, the back plate 9, the bottom plate 10, and the partition plate 11. An oblique surface is formed between the lower surface and the front surface of the cabinet body 5.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), the lower front corners of the left and right side plates 8 are cut to form inclined surfaces 12 that are inclined downward toward the back side. Yes. The bottom plate 10 includes an inclined bottom portion 13 along the inclined surface 12 and a horizontal bottom portion 14 (the lower surface of the cabinet body 5). In addition, the inclined surface 12, the inclined bottom part 13, and both correspond to an example of the inclined surface of this invention.

  A mirror door 15 serving as a temporary storage shelf covering the front surface of the storage recess 7 is rotatably attached to the storage recess 7 by an arm 16. With this mirror door 15, the front surface of the storage recess 7 can be opened and closed, and the mirror door 15 is horizontal or substantially horizontal (hereinafter referred to as substantially horizontal) in the opened state.

  The mirror door 15 has a main body formed of wood, plastic, etc., its front surface is formed as a mirror surface 17, and its inner surface 18 (back surface) is formed with a layer of plastic or the like. Reinforced so as not to stick. In this embodiment, the mirror door 15 having the mirror surface 17 on the front surface of the storage recess 7 is used, but a normal door may be used instead of the mirror door 15.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 (a), 4 (a), and 4 (b), the arm 16 is formed by bending or bending, and its tip folding portion 19 is fixed to the inner surface of the mirror door 15 with screws. The base end 20 of the arm 16 is rotatably attached to the storage recess 7 by a fixing portion (rotation support mechanism) 21.

  When the mirror door 15 is fully opened through the arm 16, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the lower portion 34 of the mirror door 15 is close to the horizontal bottom 14 of the cabinet (the lower surface of the cabinet). The distal end folded portion 19 and the base end 20 of the arm 16 are attached to the inner surface of the mirror door 15 and the fixed portion 21, respectively, so that the mirror door 15 enters the substantially abutting position and becomes substantially horizontal as a whole.

  As shown in FIG. 4C, the fixing portion 21 is provided with a rotating shaft 22 that fixes the base end 20 of the arm 16 and rotatably supports the frame 24 of the fixing portion 21. A damper function part 23 is incorporated that relaxes (buffers) the movement of 16 when it rotates downward (in the direction in which the mirror door 15 opens). A rotary damper is used as the damper function part 23.

  The rotating shaft 22 is coupled to a rotating shaft (not shown) of the damper function unit 23, and is configured to buffer when the mirror door 15 rotates in the opening direction. A known rotary damper is used as the rotary damper of the damper function unit 23. For example, a structure in which a rotating plate provided with rotating blades or orifice holes is rotated in oil having a relatively large viscosity, or a structure in which a hydraulic cylinder is provided between the crank attached to the rotating shaft and the inner wall of the damper function part, etc. Use a rotating damper.

  When the arm 16 suddenly rotates downward together with the rotary shaft 22 (see FIGS. 3A and 3B), the lower part 34 of the mirror door 15 collides with the horizontal bottom part 14, but the damper function part 23 Thus, the rotational movement of the arm 16 is relaxed (buffered) and decelerated, so that the lower part 34 of the mirror door 15 does not collide with the horizontal bottom part 14 or softens the impact.

  Further, the fixed portion may include a spring function portion that assists the movement when the arm 16 rotates upward (in the direction in which the mirror door 15 closes). By providing this spring function part, the user can lift and close the mirror door 15 opened in a horizontal state slightly upward.

  The fixing portion in the present invention may have a configuration in which any one of the damper function portion and the spring function portion is provided, or may have a configuration in which both are provided. An example of the fixing part having both the damper function part and the spring function part will be described as a fixing part 25 in FIG.

  A rotation shaft 27 to which the base end 20 of the arm 16 is fixed is rotatably attached to the frame 26 of the fixing portion 25. The rotating shaft 27 is interlocked with the gear shaft 29 through a gear mechanism including a pair of gears 28. The gear shaft 29 is coupled to a rotation shaft of a damper function unit 30 (a rotary damper is used similarly to the damper function unit 23).

  In the fixed portion 25, a spring 31 is interposed between the rotating shaft 27 and the inner wall of the frame 26 as a spring function portion that urges the mirror door 15 in the closing direction to assist the rotational force. If such a fixing portion 25 is provided, the rotation of the rotating shaft 27 and the arm 16 can be buffered and decelerated when the mirror door 15 rotates in the opening direction. Further, the user can lightly rotate in the direction in which the mirror door 15 is closed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1A, a latch 32 is attached to the lower front edge portion of the partition plate 11, and a latch receiver 33 is provided on the inner surface 18 of the mirror door 15 corresponding to the latch 32. It is attached. When the mirror door 15 is completely closed, the latch 32 and the latch receiver 33 are engaged with each other and are not opened unless the engagement is released. In addition, although the external shape of the latch 32 and the latch receptacle 33 is shown in FIG.1 (c), what is necessary is just to use the thing of the known structure which can be engaged / disengaged mutually.

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The operation of the cabinet 4 of the above embodiment will be described below. The latch 32 and the latch receiver are engaged with each other, and the mirror door 15 is kept closed by covering the front surface of the storage recess 7 (see FIG. 2B). When the upper part of the mirror door 15 is pushed backward from this state, the latch 32 and the latch receiver 33 are disengaged from each other due to the reaction of the spring member built in the latch 32, and the arm 16 is fixed to the fixing portion 21. To rotate downward.

  Since the downward rotation of the arm 16 is buffered by the damper function portion 23, the mirror door 15 fixed to the tip folding portion 19 of the arm 16 rotates slowly downward. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the mirror door 15 has a lower bottom 34 that approaches the horizontal bottom 14 of the cabinet 4 and does not collide along the lower surface of the cabinet body 5. 14 enters a position close to or substantially in contact with 14.

  As a result, the inner surface 18 of the mirror door 15 faces upward, and as shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 3 (a) and 3 (b), the mirror door 15 is maintained in a substantially horizontal posture as a whole. 15 inner surfaces 18 can be used as temporary placement surfaces. In other words, the user can temporarily place cosmetics, cosmetics, and other small items on the inner surface 18 of the mirror door 15 in a substantially horizontal state when applying makeup to the mirror door 6 with the bathroom vanity 1.

  When closing the mirror door 15, if a force is applied to rotate the mirror door 15 upward, the arm 16 rotates upward about the fixing portion 21, and the mirror door 15 is placed on the front surface of the storage recess 7. When approaching, the latch 32 and the latch receiver 33 are engaged with each other, and the housing recess 7 can be closed as shown in FIG. 2B and the imaginary line (two-dot chain line) in FIG. .

  In this case, if the fixing part 25 as a spring function part by the spring 31 as shown in FIG. 4D is provided, the upward rotation of the arm 16 is urged upward by the spring 31. The user can rotate the mirror door 15 lightly upward.

  Although the operation of the cabinet 4 is as described above, the feature of the cabinet 4 of the present invention is that the mirror door 15 is rotatably supported by the arm 16 and the fixing portion 21, and the lower portion 34 of the mirror door 15 is attached to the horizontal bottom portion 14. This is a point that is configured to enter a position that is close to or substantially abutting (see FIGS. 3A and 3B).

  With such a configuration, when the vertical width of the mirror door 15 is relatively large, the mirror door 15 is positioned directly above the wash bowl portion 2 even if the mirror door 15 is opened and is substantially horizontal. Therefore, the wash bowl 2 and the faucet 35 can be used without hindrance and can be used in a state where there is little splash of water. .

  Moreover, since the vertical width of the mirror door 15 can be increased, the vertical width of the storage recess 7 (the vertical dimension from the bottom plate 10 to the partition plate 11) can be increased. Thereby, the advantage that the small accessory 37 with a large vertical dimension can be accommodated in the accommodation recess 7 arises.

  Furthermore, since the front lower corners of the left and right side plates 8 of the cabinet 4 are cut out to form an inclined surface 12 that is inclined downward toward the back side, there is an obstacle when the mirror door 15 is rotated downward from the front. Never become.

  In addition, when the mirror door 15 is in a substantially horizontal state, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, a wedge-like shape is formed between the inclined bottom portion 13 of the bottom plate 10 and the inner surface 18 of the mirror door 15 in a side view. Since the space 36 is formed, an elongated accessory (eg, brush with a handle) or the like can be placed in the front-rear direction, and the wedge-shaped space 36 can be used effectively.

  As mentioned above, although the best form for implementing the cabinet which concerns on this invention was demonstrated based on the Example, this invention is not limited to such an Example, The technique described in the claim It goes without saying that there are various embodiments within the scope of the subject matter.

  Since the cabinet according to the present invention is configured as described above, it can be applied to various cabinets such as a vanity cabinet, a kitchen cabinet, an office cabinet, and a work cabinet used in a factory.

(A) is a figure explaining the Example of the cabinet which concerns on this invention, is a perspective view which shows the structure which applied this invention to the vanity, (b) is a part of the storage recess of (a) FIG. (C) is a perspective view which shows the external shape of a latch and a latch receptacle. It is a figure explaining the principal part of the cabinet which concerns on this invention, (a) is a perspective view which shows the state which decomposed | disassembled the storage recess and the mirror door, (b) is the storage recess of the state closed with the mirror door FIG. It is a figure explaining the principal part of the cabinet which concerns on this invention, (a) is a perspective view which shows the storage recess of the state which opened the mirror door, (b) is a side view of a storage recess and a mirror door. is there. It is a figure explaining the arm and fixing | fixed part of the Example of the cabinet which concerns on this invention, (a), (b) is a perspective view which shows the state of the arm and fixing | fixed part of the position which the mirror door opened, and the closed position. FIG. 8C is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the fixing portion, and FIG. 8D is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the fixing portion. It is a figure explaining a prior art example and its problem, (a) is a prior art example, (b) is a figure which shows the example of improvement in a prior art example. It is a figure explaining a prior art example and its problem, (a), (b) is a figure which shows the example of improvement in a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

1 vanity
2, 47 Washing bowl
3 washbasins
4 cabinets
5 Cabinet body
6 Mirror door
7 Storage recess
8 Left and right side plates
9 Backboard
10 Bottom plate
11 Partition plate
12 Inclined surface
13 Inclined bottom
14 Horizontal bottom
15, 44, 49, 53 Mirror door for temporary storage
16 arms
17 Mirror surface
18, 45, 54 Mirror door inner surface (back)
19 Arm tip fold
20 Base end of arm
21 Arm fixing part (rotation support mechanism)
22, 27 Rotating shaft
23 Damper function part (rotary damper)
24, 27 Fixed part frame
25 Fixed part
28 Pair of gears 29 Gear shaft
30 Damper function section
31 Spring
32 Latch
33 Latch receptacle
34 Lower part of mirror door 35, 42 Water faucet 36 Wedge-shaped space 37 Small article 40, 46, 48, 50 Conventional vanity table 41 Washing counter 43 Lower storage part of mirror cabinet 51 Storage part 52 Right and left storage parts

Claims (6)

  Equipped with a storage recess formed in the cabinet body, a door that covers the front of the storage recess, an arm that supports the door, and a fixing portion that fixes the arm to the storage recess, and the door is configured to be rotatable by the arm. When the door is open, the door is held in a substantially horizontal state, the inner surface of the door functions as a temporary article placement surface, and a part of the door is along the lower surface of the cabinet body. A cabinet characterized by entering under the main body.   2. The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein an oblique surface is formed between a lower surface and a front surface of the cabinet body.   3. The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein a damper function part for relieving downward movement of the door is incorporated in the fixed part. 4.   The cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a spring function part for assisting the upward movement of the door is incorporated in the fixed part.   The cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an opening / closing latch is attached to the door.   The cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is a mirror cabinet provided with a mirror, and the mirror cabinet is placed on an upper part of the wash basin.

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