JP2010194006A - Storage furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article of storage furniture in which inclination of a drawer can easily be adjusted and the drawer can be accurately received in a storage. <P>SOLUTION: The article 4 of storage furniture includes: the storage 13 whose front is open; the drawer 14 which has a front plate 5 for covering the opening 13a of the storage 13 at its front and is stored in the storage 13 so that it can be slid back and forth; a fixed rail 9 which is arranged in the front-back direction in the bottom region in the storage 13 and is fixed; and a movable rail 8 which is combined with the fixed rail 9 and freely slides the drawer 14 back and forth. The drawer 14 has a bottom frame (7) which is connected with the lower part of the front plate 5 and erects and supports the front plate 5. An adjusting tool 10 which can adjust the height position of the front of the bottom frame (7) with respect to the movable rail 8 is arranged at the front of the bottom frame (7). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to storage furniture provided with drawers installed in a living room space such as a living room and a dining space such as a residence, a kitchen, a vanity, a front door, and the like.

The storage furniture as described above includes a box-type drawer that can be retracted back and forth in a rectangular storage that opens forward, and the opening of the storage is closed by a front plate that is disposed in front of the drawer. What is configured to be known is known.
The drawer needs to be mounted substantially perpendicular to the bottom so that the drawer can be accurately stored in the storage without a gap between the front plate of the drawer and the opening of the storage. However, when the dimensional accuracy or assembling error of the drawer, the storage side or the rail attached to allow the drawer to be pulled out are inclined, the upper or lower end of the front plate of the drawer and the opening of the storage There will be a gap between them.

In Patent Document 1 below, a rail is attached to a bottom plate of a cabinet via a base plate arranged at the front and rear positions in the depth direction of the rail, and a height adjuster for moving the base plate up and down is provided spaced apart in the front direction of the base plate. A front plate adjusting mechanism is disclosed.
According to this, when the upper part of the front plate is inclined to the front side, the screws connecting the base plate and the bottom plate are loosened, and the three height adjusters provided on the front base plate are rotated clockwise. It is possible to adjust the inclination of the front plate to the front side by widening the gap between the base plate and the bottom plate and rotating the three height adjusters provided on the rear base plate to the left to narrow the gap between the base plate and the bottom plate. It is supposed to be possible.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 06-086589

  However, the one described in Patent Document 1 adjusts both the screw, the height adjustment tool provided at the front part, and the height adjustment tool provided at the rear part in order to adjust the inclination in the front-rear direction of the drawer. It is necessary, and it is not possible to work unless all the drawers are pulled out from the storage, so that the adjustment work takes time. In addition to the base plate, a plurality of height adjustment tools are required, so the number of parts increases. In addition, the drawer (rack body) that is adjusted by the height adjuster and the rail provided below the bottom plate also move up and down, so if the rail is inclined as a result of height adjustment by the height adjuster, the drawer May slide forward without permission.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, and makes it a subject to provide the storage furniture which can adjust the inclination | tilt of a drawer easily and can store a drawer in a storage with high precision.

  The storage furniture according to the first aspect of the present invention is a drawer that has a storage box that opens forward and a front plate that closes the opening of the storage box on the front surface, and is slidably stored back and forth in the storage box. Storage furniture comprising a fixed rail that is arranged and fixed in the front-rear direction in the bottom region in the storage, and a movable rail that is combined with the fixed rail and allows the drawer to slide back and forth, The drawer is connected to the lower part of the front plate and has a bottom case that supports the front plate upright, and the front side of the bottom case adjusts the height position of the front part of the bottom case relative to the movable rail. A possible adjustment tool is provided.

  According to this, since the adjustment tool which can adjust the height position of the front part of the bottom housing with respect to the movable rail is provided on the front side of the bottom housing, the upper end of the front plate of the drawer is stored in the housing. If there is a defect in the closed state of the opening of the storage cabinet due to the front plate, such as a gap between the front upper end of the warehouse, adjust the height of the bottom housing by operating the adjustment tool, before pulling out The standing angle of the front plate can be adjusted by slightly moving the part side up and down, and the problem of the closed state caused by the front plate can be corrected. At this time, since the height of the bottom casing with respect to the movable rail is adjusted by operating the adjusting tool provided on the drawer side, there is no problem that the slide track of the movable rail is inclined with respect to the fixed rail. In addition, since the adjustment tool can be operated with the drawer pulled out to the front of the storage, there is no need to remove all the drawers once before the height adjustment as in the prior art.

In the present invention, the adjustment tool is provided such that the lower end of the adjustment tool is in contact with the upper surface of the movable rail, and the upper part thereof is exposed on the upper surface on the front side of the bottom casing, and the adjustment tool can be operated from above the bottom casing. It is good also as what is said.
According to this, the lower end of the adjustment tool abuts on the upper surface of the movable rail, while the upper part thereof is provided to be exposed on the upper surface on the front side of the bottom casing, and the adjustment tool can be operated from above the bottom casing. Therefore, the upper part of the adjustment tool exposed on the upper surface on the front side of the bottom housing can be operated by inserting a hand from above the drawer, and at this time, the lower end of the adjustment tool acts on the upper surface of the movable rail. The vertical position of the front side of the drawer is displaced with respect to the movable rail, and the standing angle of the front plate can be adjusted. That is, it is possible to easily adjust the fit of the upper end or the lower end of the drawer front plate by operating the adjustment tool.

In the present invention, a screw hole to be screwed with the adjustment tool may be formed in the bottom casing, and the adjustment tool may be a screw inserted into the screw hole.
According to this, fine adjustment of the height position of the bottom housing front can be realized with an easy configuration.

  According to the storage device of the present invention, the front side of the bottom housing is provided with an adjustment tool that can adjust the front height position of the bottom housing relative to the movable rail. The degree of accommodation of the upper end or the lower end can be easily adjusted. Therefore, since it is possible to prevent a gap from being formed between the front plate of the drawer and the opening of the storage, the appearance looks beautiful and it is possible to prevent insects and dust from entering the drawer through the gap. it can. Moreover, the adjustment tool can facilitate the adjustment of the height position of the front part of the bottom case at the installation site of the storage furniture. Further, since the adjustment tool is provided on the front side of the bottom housing, the drawer is put in and out without having to pull out all the drawers stored in the storage, and the upper or lower end of the front plate and the opening of the storage are The adjustment work can be performed while checking the clearance, so the work is easy.

It is a schematic side view which shows typically one Embodiment of the storage furniture which concerns on this invention, and has shown the state before adjusting the inclination of a drawer. It is a schematic side view which shows typically one Embodiment of the storage furniture which concerns on this invention, and has shown the state after adjusting the inclination of a drawer. It is a schematic front sectional view for explaining the structure of the storage furniture. It is a principal part schematic perspective view for demonstrating the structure of the storage furniture. It is a schematic perspective view which shows typically an example of the floor unit of the system kitchen using the storage furniture.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The storage furniture which concerns on this embodiment shows the example applied to the drawer cabinet 4 for kitchens which is integrated in a part of floor unit 1 installed in the floor side in a system kitchen, and comprises a part of this floor unit. Yes.
As shown in FIG. 5, a counter 11 is provided on the upper surface of the floor unit 1, and a sink 2 and a stove 3 are provided on the counter 11.
Below the counter 11, a door-type or drawer-type storage is arranged in parallel, and a cabinet 12 that can store cooking utensils, seasonings and the like is provided.
The counter body 11a of the counter 11 is made of artificial marble or stainless steel and is used as a cooking table. The sink 2 is made of epoxy resin, artificial marble, stainless steel or the like, and is used as a place for washing vegetables, tableware, cloths and the like. Although the stove 3 has shown the example comprised by the electromagnetic cooker (IH heater) of 3 mouths, 2 cookers may be sufficient as it, and it is good also as a gas cooker.

  As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 4, the drawer cabinet 4 has a box-shaped storage 13 that opens forward and a front plate 5 that closes the opening 13 a of the storage 13 on the front. 13, a drawer 14 slidably housed in the front-rear direction, a rail member 7 (bottom frame) connected via the front plate 5 and the wire 6, and a front-rear direction in the bottom region in the storage 13. A fixed rail 9 fixed to the cabinet 13 side and a movable rail 8 which is combined with the fixed rail 9 and allows the drawer 14 to slide back and forth are provided. In the figure, 5a is a handle provided on the front plate 5, 5b is the upper end of the front plate 5, 5c is the lower end of the front plate 5, and 13b is the upper end of the opening.

  The front plate 5 is supported by a wire 6 made of a linear metal material fixed to the back surface of the front plate 5, and the wire 6 connects the front plate 5 and the rail member 7, and the front plate 5 is installed on the floor. In order to stand upright so as to be provided substantially perpendicular to the surface, it is bent at a substantially right angle. The connection structure between the front plate 5 and the rail member 7 constituting the bottom housing is not limited to the illustrated example, and it goes without saying that the front plate 5 and the rail member 7 may be directly connected. .

  The storage cabinet 13 of the drawer cabinet 4 is configured in a vertically-long rectangular shape so that a high-pitch bottle or the like can be stored. The drawer 14 that is detachably stored in the storage cabinet 13 has two upper and lower trays 60. Is provided. The upper tray 60 can store small bottles such as seasonings, and the lower tray 60 can store slender bottles and wine. The side portion of the drawer 14 is composed of the wire 6 described above, and the wire 6 is bent so as to hold the tray 60 described above. The wire 6a in the figure is a stopper wire. For example, even when the stored item is tilted when the drawer 14 is inserted and removed in the front-rear direction, the stopper wire 6a guards against the falling of the stored item, and the inner surface of the storage 13 Can be avoided.

  Fixed rails 9 for allowing the drawer 14 to be pulled out are provided on both sides of the lower inner wall of the storage 13, and the fixed rails 9 are attached to the corners of the lower inner wall of the storage 13. The cross section is substantially L-shaped (see FIG. 3). The fixed rail 9 includes a roller 80 that rotates in the front-rear direction so that the movable rail 8 configured in combination can slide in the front-rear direction, and a shaft portion 81 that supports the roller 80. Note that a plurality of rollers 80 are provided at appropriate positions, and the configuration thereof is not limited to the illustrated example.

The movable rail 8 is provided so as to cover the roller 80 of the fixed rail 9. When a forward or backward force is applied to the movable rail 8, the movable rail 8 can be slid forward and backward by the rotation of the roller 80.
The rail member 7 is provided on the movable rail 8, and a drawer 14 composed of the front plate 5, the wire 6, the tray 60, and the like is provided on the rail member 7. The rail member 7 is configured so as to straddle a total of two movable rails 8 provided on both sides of the bottom region. When the drawer 14 is slid forward as shown in FIG. 4, the wire 6 (not shown in FIG. 4). The movable rail 8 is also slid in the forward direction together with the rail member 7 connected via the.

A screw hole 71 is formed on the front side of the rail member 7, and the adjusting tool 10 made of a screw that is screwed into the screw hole 71 is screwed into the screw hole 71.
The adjusting tool 10 is provided at two places on both sides so that the lower end thereof penetrates the rail member 7 and comes into contact with the upper surface of the movable rail 8 (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

Next, the fine adjustment procedure of the inclination of the drawer 14 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a state before the inclination of the drawer 14 is adjusted, and FIG. 2 shows a state after the inclination of the drawer 14 is adjusted.
As shown in FIG. 1, in the case where the drawer 14 stored in the storage 13 is inclined downward (in a forward-turned state) forward and there is no gap between the lower surface of the rail member 7 and the upper surface of the movable rail 8 ( When the adjustment tool 10 is rotated clockwise using a tool or the like, the rail member 7 is lifted and the contact state (contact state) with the movable rail 8 is loosened. Then, when the adjustment tool 10 is operated and the front portion of the rail member 7 is lifted obliquely from the movable rail 8 (see a partially enlarged view of FIG. 2), the front plate 5 connected via the wire 6. 2 is lifted as shown in FIG. 2, and the gap generated between the upper end 13 b of the opening 13 a of the storage 13 and the upper end 5 b of the front plate 5 by the operation of the adjusting tool 10 can be eliminated.

As described above, the adjustment tool 10 is made of a screw and is inserted into the screw hole 71 formed in the rail member 7. Therefore, when the adjustment tool 10 is turned to the right, the fastening position with the rail member 7 gradually becomes the lower end (front side) of the adjustment tool 10. ) To the screw head side. While the lower end of the adjustment tool 10 is in contact with the upper surface of the movable rail 8, the upper part of the adjustment tool 10 is provided so as to be exposed on the upper surface on the front side of the rail member 7, and the adjustment tool 10 can be operated from above the rail member 7. Therefore, when the adjustment tool 10 is turned to the right, the front portion of the rail member 7 is gradually lifted from the movable rail 8. On the other hand, when the adjustment tool 10 is turned counterclockwise, the reverse state occurs, so that the rail member 7 and the movable rail 8 approach the contact state.
At this time, since the adjustment tool 10 is provided on the front side of the rail member 7, it can be operated by inserting a hand from above the drawer 14, so it is necessary to remove all the drawers 14 from the storage 13 once. There is no problem, and while the front part of the drawer 14 is slid to the extent shown in FIG. Adjustment work can be performed.
Here, the example of adjusting the case where the drawer 14 is inclined downward in the forward direction as shown in FIG. 1 has been described, but the adjustment tool 10 is similarly applied when the drawer 14 is inclined downward in the backward direction. It can be manipulated to fine-tune the tilt.

In this way, the height position of the front portion of the rail member 7 is finely adjusted by operating the adjustment tool 10, and the vertical angle of the front plate 5 is finely adjusted by slightly moving the front side of the drawer 14 up and down slightly. The closed state of the upper end 5b or the lower end 5c of the front plate 5 and the degree of accommodation can be easily adjusted. In addition, since it is possible to prevent a gap from being formed between the upper end 5b or the lower end 5c of the front plate 5 of the drawer 14 and the opening 13a of the storage case 13, insects, dust, and the like can enter the drawer 14 through the gap. Intrusion can be prevented.
Furthermore, even if it is a vertically long rectangular drawer 14 whose side portion is composed of the wire 6 and the stability of the shape retention is not so great with respect to a large external force, no gap is generated as described above. Therefore, when incorporated in the floor unit 1, as shown in FIG. 5, the overall appearance is beautiful in harmony with other cabinets.

  As described above, the configuration and shape of the drawer cabinet 4, the front plate 5, the rail member 7, the movable rail 8, the fixed rail 9 and the like are not limited to those shown in the drawings. For example, the front plate 5 is a front plate divided into two pieces. Can also be adopted. Moreover, since the vertically long drawer cabinet 4 is shown here, the case where the movable rail 8 and the rail member 7 are provided at the bottom to secure the storage space and the bottom housing is the rail member 7 has been described. May be the bottom plate of the drawer 14 and can also be applied to an example in which a front plate is connected to the bottom plate. Furthermore, the adjusting tool 10 is not limited to the screw configuration shown in the figure, and may be an adjusting tool that can adjust the height position of the front portion of the bottom casing.

4 drawer cabinet (storage furniture)
13 Storage 13a Opening 14 Drawer 5 Front plate 7 Rail member (bottom frame)
8 Movable rail 9 Fixed rail 10 Adjustment tool

Claims (3)

A storage that opens forward, a drawer that has a front plate that closes the opening of the storage in the front, and is slidably stored back and forth in the storage, and front and rear in the bottom region in the storage A storage furniture comprising a fixed rail arranged in a direction and fixed, and a movable rail combined with the fixed rail to allow the drawer to slide forward and backward,
The drawer is connected to a lower portion of the front plate and has a bottom case that supports the front plate upright, and the front side of the bottom case has a height position of the front of the bottom case relative to the movable rail. Storage furniture characterized by an adjustable adjuster. In claim 1,
The adjustment tool is provided such that a lower end thereof is in contact with an upper surface of the movable rail, and an upper portion thereof is exposed on an upper surface on a front side of the bottom casing, and the adjustment tool can be operated from above the bottom casing. Storage furniture characterized by that. In claim 1 or claim 2,
A storage furniture, wherein a screw hole to be screwed with the adjustment tool is formed in the bottom housing, and the adjustment tool is a screw inserted into the screw hole.

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