JP2012102467A - Cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cabinet that can be used in safety even if a user gets the finger caught between a sliding door and a side plate in the cabinet and of which front opening does not expose an article storage part by front and rear sliding doors at the time of door closing so as to improve cabinet appearance.SOLUTION: In a cabinet 1 in which a front opening in a cabinet body 2 is opened/closed by double sliding type front sliding door 4 and rear sliding door 3 movable in the lateral direction, the front sliding door 4 and the rear sliding door 3 are supported so as to be opened/closed forward than the front end of an outside plate 7 in the cabinet body 2. A space into which the finger can be inserted from the side is provided between at least a part of the front edge of the outside plate 7 at the time of door closing and the front sliding door 4 or the rear sliding door 3, and the space can be blocked by an elastic closing piece 5 installed in the outside plate 7.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cabinet in which a front opening of a cabinet body is opened and closed by a sliding door movable in the left-right direction.

  For example, as described in Patent Document 1, this type of cabinet is provided with front and rear sliding doors that are movable in the left-right direction at the front opening of the cabinet, and when the front opening is closed, In general, the inner side edges of the front and rear sliding doors overlap each other so that the article storage part is not exposed, and the outer side edges of the front and rear sliding doors are in contact with the outer plates of the cabinet. Is.

JP 2007-169912 A

  In the cabinet described in Patent Document 1, when a user unskilled in the operation of the sliding door closes the front opening of the cabinet, his / her finger is sandwiched between the outer side edge of the sliding door and the outer plate of the cabinet. There is a fear.

  In order to prevent such a finger from being pinched, the gap between the front and rear sliding doors and the side wall of the cabinet may be made wider than the thickness of the finger. It may be exposed or the appearance of the cabinet may be degraded.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, has a simple structure, and should be used safely even if a finger is sandwiched between the outer side edge of the sliding door and the outer plate of the cabinet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cabinet that can improve the appearance without exposing the article accommodating portion when the door is closed.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) In a cabinet in which a front opening of a cabinet body is opened and closed by a sliding front sliding door and a rear sliding door movable in the left-right direction, the front sliding door and the rear sliding door are connected to an outer plate in the cabinet body. A gap in which a finger of a hand can be inserted from the side is supported between the front edge of at least a part of the outer plate and the front sliding door or the rear sliding door when the door is closed. And the gap can be closed by an elastic closing piece provided on the outer plate.

With such a configuration, even when the user's finger is sandwiched between the front end of at least a part of the outer plate and the front sliding door or the rear sliding door when the door is closed, the finger comes into contact with the elastic closing piece and is elastic. Since the closing piece only bends in the left-right direction, the impact on the finger can be reduced.
Further, since the elastic closing piece closes the gap formed between the front end of the outer plate and the front sliding door or the rear sliding door when the door is closed, the article storage portion in the cabinet body is not exposed from the outside. It can also improve the appearance of the cabinet.

(2) In the above item (1), when the rear sliding door is projected rearward at the outer end of the front sliding door and the rear sliding door is opened, the movement of the rear sliding door is restricted by contacting the side end face of the rear sliding door. A regulating piece is provided, and the rear end of the regulating piece is positioned on the same plane as the rear surface of the rear sliding door.

With such a configuration, the rear end of the regulating piece is located on the same plane as the rear surface of the rear sliding door, so the distance between the rear surface of the regulating piece and the rear sliding door and the front ends of the left and right outer plates and the elastic closing piece is the same. Thus, the length of the elastic closing piece in the front-rear direction can be unified, and the structure of the cabinet can be simplified.
Also, when the left and right sliding doors are used by rotating 180 degrees around the front-rear axis, they can be used without changing the shape of the outer plate and the elastic closing piece with respect to both sliding doors.

(3) In the above item (1) or (2), the gap is provided over the entire length in the vertical direction at the front end of the outer plate, and accordingly, the elastic closing piece is also formed in the total length in the vertical direction at the front end of the outer plate. Provide across.

  With such a configuration, even when holding the opening / closing operation by grasping any part in the vertical direction at the outer end of the front sliding door or the rear sliding door, it is possible to alleviate the impact caused by finger gripping, and to improve safety. be able to.

(4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), an intermediate partition plate is provided at an intermediate portion in the left-right direction in the cabinet body, and at least a front edge of the intermediate partition plate and a rear surface of the rear sliding door, In the meantime, a gap into which the finger of the hand can be inserted from the outside is provided, and this gap can be closed by the elastic closing piece provided on the intermediate partition plate.

  With such a configuration, when the rear sliding door is opened, even if the finger is sandwiched between the rear sliding door and the middle partition plate, the finger contacts the elastic closing piece, and the elastic closing piece bends in the left-right direction. Therefore, the impact on the finger can be alleviated and the safety can be improved.

(5) In any one of the above items (1) to (4), the front sliding door and / or the rear sliding door is a writing board.

  With such a configuration, the front sliding door and / or the rear sliding door of the cabinet can be used as a writing board, so that convenience is improved and it is particularly suitable as a classroom fixture.

  According to the present invention, the structure is simple, and even if a finger is sandwiched between the outer side edge of the sliding door and the outer plate of the cabinet, it can be used safely, and when the door is closed, the article storage portion can be used. A cabinet that can be improved in appearance without being exposed can be provided.

It is a perspective view of one embodiment of the cabinet of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional plan view in the II-II line | wire of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal side view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2. It is an expansion cross-sectional top view of the left side part in the state which closes a rear sliding door.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4 show an embodiment of a cabinet of the present invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cabinet 1 includes a horizontally-long box-shaped cabinet body 2, a rear sliding door 3 provided in front of the cabinet body 2, and a front sliding door 4 provided in front of the rear sliding door 3. And the elastic sliding pieces 5 and 5 for closing the gap formed between the rear sliding door 3 and / or the front sliding door 4 and the cabinet body 2 when the door is closed.

The cabinet body 2 includes a bottom plate 6, left and right outer plates 7, 7, a rear plate 8, a top plate 9, and an inner partition plate 11 in which two inner plates 10 and 10 are superposed and fixed. Yes.
Incidentally, in this example, the partition plate 11 is constituted by the inner plates 10 and 10 which are superposed on each other by joining two housings whose front surfaces are open side by side and joining them.

  Reinforcing portions 7a and 10a having a tubular shape facing the vertical direction are formed on the front and rear portions of the inner side surfaces of the left and right outer plates 7 and 7 and the outer front and rear portions of the left and right inner plates 10 and 10, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 3, rectangular tubular reinforcing portions 6 a and 9 a facing in the left-right direction are provided at the front end portion of the bottom plate 6 and the front end portion of the top plate 9 so as to face each other.

  Fitting holes 12 and 13 are provided on the front surfaces of the upper and lower reinforcing portions 9a and 6a, respectively, and the rear half portions of the guide support plates 14 and 15 are fitted into the fitting holes 12 and 13, respectively. The second half of the guide support plates 14 and 15 are fixed to the reinforcing members 16 and 17 provided in the reinforcing portions 9a and 6a with two front and rear set screws 18, respectively. It is attached to the front upper and lower parts of the cabinet body 2 so as to protrude forward from the portions 9a and 6a.

  An upper guide member 20 provided with a pair of front and rear guide grooves 19, 19 on the lower surface is superposed on the lower half of the upper guide support plate 14 and fixed with a set screw 21.

  A closing member 22 that also serves as a stopper made of rubber or synthetic resin is fixed to a side end portion of the front and rear guide grooves 19 in the upper guide member 20 with a set screw (not shown).

  A lower guide member 24 provided with a pair of front and rear guide rails 23 facing in the left-right direction is fitted on the upper surface of the front half of the lower guide support plate 15 and fixed with a set screw 25.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the rear sliding door 3 and the front sliding door 4 are fitted with rectangular writing boards 3a and 4a such as a white board having a writing surface on the front side within the rectangular frames 3b and 4b. It is made of what you did.
A long handle portion 26 is vertically recessed in the front surface of the left side of the frame 3b of the rear sliding door 3, and a long handle in the vertical direction is provided on the left and right front surfaces of the frame 4b of the front sliding door 4. The parts 27 and 28 are recessed.

A cylinder lock 29 is attached to a portion below the handle portion 27 on the front surface of the left end portion of the frame 4 b of the front sliding door 4.
When the cylinder lock 29 is closed, a key (not shown) is inserted and rotated in the locking direction, whereby the lock pin (not shown) is engaged with the rear sliding door 3 and locked, and the key is unlocked. The lock pin is detached from the rear sliding door 3 and unlocked by rotating and pulling out.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of left and right sliding bodies 30 having guide grooves 30 a facing the left and right directions at the lower ends on both sides of the lower end of the frame 3 b of the rear sliding door 3 (only the left one is shown). In addition, a pair of left and right guide rollers 31 (only the left one is shown) are provided on both sides of the upper end of the frame 3b so as to be rotatable around the vertical shaft 31a. In place of the sliding body 30, a door wheel (not shown) may be used.

The rear sliding door 3 smoothly slides in the left-right direction along the rear guide rail 23 by fitting the guide roller 31 in the rear guide groove 19 and straddling the sliding body 30 on the rear guide rail 23. It can move.
Although the front sliding door 4 is not shown, the sliding sliding body 30 and the guide roller 31 are provided as in the rear sliding door 3, and the guide roller 31 is fitted in the front guide groove 19 to slide the sliding body. By straddling 30 with the front guide rail 23, it can slide smoothly in the left-right direction along the front guide rail 23.

The width of the rear sliding door 3 in the left-right direction can close almost half of the front opening of the cabinet body 2 (see FIG. 2).
The width in the left-right direction of the front sliding door 4 is slightly larger than that of the rear sliding door 3, and the rear sliding door 3 projects rearward on the right side rear surface of the frame 4 b in the front sliding door 4 and opens the rear sliding door 3. In some cases, a regulating piece 32 that abuts on the right end surface of the rear sliding door 3 and regulates the rear sliding door 3 from moving to the right from the front sliding door 4 is provided. The rear end of the restriction piece 32 is located on the same plane as the rear surface of the rear sliding door 3.

  In this way, the sliding rear sliding door 3 and the front sliding door 4 are supported so as to open and close in front of the front ends of the left and right outer plates 7, 7 in the cabinet body 2. Between the front end and the front end of the middle partition plate 11 and the rear surface of the rear sliding door 3 and the rear end of the regulating piece 32 in the front sliding door 4, a gap is formed through which a finger of a hand can be inserted from the side.

  As shown in FIG. 2, on the inner side surface of the front reinforcing portion 7 a of the left and right outer plates 7 in the cabinet body 2 and the left side surface of the front reinforcing portion 10 a of the left inner plate 10 in the middle partition plate 11, An elastic closing piece 5 that closes at least a part, preferably all, of each of the gaps is attached with an attachment member 33.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the attachment member 33 has an outward U-shape, and the outward piece 33 a at the front end thereof is inserted into the insertion groove 5 b of the base portion 5 a in the U-shape in the plan view in the elastic closing piece 5. In this state, the base plate 5a of the elastic closing piece 5 is brought into contact with the inner side surface of the front reinforcing portion 7a of the outer plate 7 and fixed to the reinforcing portion 7a with a set screw 34. The hollow flexible piece 5c which protrudes forward is hold | maintained so that it may face frontward in the intermediate part of the left-right direction of the front surface of the base 5a in the elastic obstruction | occlusion piece 5.

  In this example, the length in the front-rear direction of all of the left and right and middle elastic closing pieces 5 is the same, but, for example, when the restriction piece 32 is not provided, the front and rear of the elastic closing pieces 5 in the right outer plate 7 The length in the direction is greater than the length of the elastic closing piece 5 in the left outer plate 7, and a gap formed between the outer end (right end) of the front sliding door 4 and the front end of the right outer plate 7 when the door is closed. In some cases, at least a part, preferably all, of the above is blocked.

  The attachment structure of the elastic closing piece 5 to the right outer plate 7 and the middle partition plate 11 is symmetrical with the attachment structure of the elastic closing piece 5 to the left outer plate 7, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 1-4, the opening / closing operation | movement in the cabinet of this embodiment is demonstrated.

  When the rear sliding door 3 and the front sliding door 4 are closed, the left end of the rear sliding door 3 is substantially aligned with the elastic closing piece 5 in the left outer plate 7 in the front-rear direction and the right end of the front sliding door 4 is restricted. The piece 32 is aligned with the elastic closing piece 5 in the right outer plate 7 in the front-rear direction, and the article accommodating portion in the cabinet body 2 is not exposed to the outside (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the finger F hung on the back surface of the left end portion of the rear sliding door 3 immediately after the rear sliding door 3 is opened and immediately before closing when the left end portion of the rear sliding door 3 is gripped and closed. , Abuts against the elastic closing piece 5 in the left outer plate 7. At that time, the flexible piece 5 c of the elastic closing piece 5 elastically bends outward as indicated by a two-dot chain line, thereby causing the finger F to The applied impact can be reduced. Further, the finger F is safe because it does not directly contact the front edge of the left outer plate 7. Furthermore, since the finger | toe F can contact | abut to the elastic obstruction | occlusion piece 5 in the left outer side board 7, a user can be alerted, and safety can be improved more.

  Since the flexible piece 5c in the elastic closing piece 5 has flexibility in the left-right direction and can be deformed with a hollow structure, the finger F can be easily separated from between the elastic closing piece 5 and the rear sliding door 3. it can.

  The above is the operation and effect of the elastic closing piece 5 provided on the left outer plate 7, but the elastic closing piece 5 provided on the right outer plate 7 and the middle partition plate 11 also has the same operation, and the same There is an effect.

  As described above, according to this cabinet 1, the elastic closing pieces 5, 5 in the left and right outer plates 7, 7 do not expose the article accommodating portion in the cabinet body 2 to the outside, so that the appearance of the cabinet 1 is improved. Can be done.

  Further, when the rear sliding door 3 or the front sliding door 4 is closed, the left and right elastic closing pieces 5 and 5 prevent the finger F from being caught, and if the finger F is caught, the impact can be reduced. . Further, the elastic closing piece 5 in the partition plate 11 also prevents the finger F from being squeezed when the rear sliding door 3 or the front sliding door 4 is opened, and reduces the impact if the finger F is caught. Can improve safety.

The cabinet of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.
In the above embodiment, the restriction piece 32 is provided at the right end of the front sliding door 4. However, the arrangement of the front sliding door 4 and the rear sliding door 3 is changed to the left and right, and is provided at the left end of the front sliding door 4. Sometimes. In short, the movement of either the left or right of the rear sliding door 3 may be restricted.
Further, each elastic closing piece 5 is provided over the entire length of the front edge of the outer plate 7. For example, the elastic closing piece 5 is recessed backward into a part of the front edge of the outer plate 7, and the finger of the hand is laterally inserted. A notch that can be inserted may be provided, and the elastic closing piece 5 may be provided so as to close the notch.

1 cabinet 2 cabinet body 3 rear sliding door 3a writing board 3b frame 4 front sliding door 4a writing board 4b frame 5 elastic closing piece 5a base 5b insertion groove 5c flexible piece 6 bottom plate 6a reinforcing portion 7 outer plate 7a reinforcing portion 8 Rear plate 9 Top plate 9a Reinforcement portion 10 Inner plate 10a Reinforcement portion 11 Partition plate 12, 13 Fitting hole 14, 15 Guide support plate 16, 17 Reinforcement member 18 Set screw 19 Guide groove 20 Upper guide member 21 Set screw 22 Closed Member 23 guide rail 24 lower guide member 25 set screw 26, 27, 28 handle 29 cylinder lock 30 slide body 30a guide groove 31 guide roller 31a vertical shaft 32 regulating piece 33 mounting member 33a outward piece 34 set screw F finger

Claims (5)

In a cabinet that opens and closes the front opening of the cabinet body with a sliding front and rear sliding door that can move in the left-right direction,
The front sliding door and the rear sliding door are supported so as to open and close in front of the front end of the outer plate in the cabinet body, and at least a part of the front edge of the outer plate at the time of closing and the front sliding door or the rear sliding door A cabinet in which a gap for inserting a finger of a hand from the outside is provided in between, and the gap can be closed by an elastic closing piece provided on the outside plate.   At the outer end of the front sliding door, when the rear sliding door is projected rearward and a rear sliding door is opened, a regulating piece that abuts on the side end surface of the rear sliding door and regulates the movement of the rear sliding door is provided. The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the rear end is located on the same plane as the rear surface of the rear sliding door.   The cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gap is provided over the entire length in the up-down direction at the front end of the outer plate, and accordingly, the elastic blocking piece is also provided over the entire length in the up-down direction at the front end of the outer plate.   An intermediate partition plate is provided at the middle part in the left-right direction in the cabinet body, and a gap is provided between the front edge of at least a part of this partition plate and the back of the rear sliding door so that fingers can be inserted from the outside. The cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the gap can be closed by an elastic closing piece provided on the partition plate.   The cabinet in any one of Claims 1-4 which used the front sliding door and / or the rear sliding door as a writing board.

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