JP2015062528A - Kitchen cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen cabinet in which attachment can be performed without applying a load on a rod holding part fixing a tray and a rod, when a user detaches a tray for cleaning and the like and attaches the tray to the drawer again after cleaning.SOLUTION: In a kitchen cabinet, a drawer 3 and a tray 4 are detachable. The tray 4 is fixed to a rod holding part 40 which is held by a rod 20 so that the tray 4 is fixed to the drawer 3. When the tray 4 is detached, the tray 4 is configured to be capable of being detached while remaining the rod holding part 40 on the rod 20.

Description

The present invention relates to a kitchen cabinet provided with a drawer that slides in the front-rear direction with respect to the cabinet body.

  In kitchen cabinets widely used in system kitchens, in order to increase the amount of storage that can be taken out by sliding movement, a tray is provided separately from the drawer that is first slid by the user who wants to take out the storage. It has been.

Patent Document 1 below discloses a drawer device provided with a drawer (lower drawer) and a tray (upper drawer) that slide in conjunction with each other. Specifically, a pair of left and right rails are provided on the upper portion of the drawer, and the tray is disposed between the pair of rails. The tray is supported by rails on both left and right side surfaces thereof, and can slide in the front-rear direction.

JP 2002-238683 A

The cabinet with drawers configured as described in Patent Document 1 is intended to take out stored items below the tray without removing the tray by sliding the tray in the front-rear direction. When the tray is removed and attached to the drawer again, in order to sandwich the guide rail from the top and bottom, a load is applied to the tray inward so that the storage space of the tray becomes narrow, or the guide rail is moved outward. It was necessary to apply a load so that the tray and the guide rail could be spread. If the tray and the guide rail are damaged, the tray may not be able to slide again.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and its purpose is to apply an unreasonable force to the rod clamping portion and the rod for fixing the tray when the tray once removed by the user is mounted on the drawer again. It is to provide a kitchen cabinet that can be installed without hanging.

In order to solve the above problems, a kitchen cabinet according to the present invention includes a cabinet main body having a storage space inside, a drawer that can be moved forward and backward by sliding in the front-rear direction with respect to the cabinet main body, and an upper part of the drawer. A drawer, and a drawer is provided on the front plate, a rear plate provided at the rear of the front plate and having an upper end located below the upper end of the front plate, a lower portion of the front plate, and a rear plate. A bottom plate provided between the lower plate, a pair of side plates provided between the front plate and the rear plate on the left and right sides of the bottom plate, and a front and rear provided between the front plate and the rear plate above the pair of side plates. A pair of rods extending substantially horizontally in the direction, and the tray has a rod clamping portion provided in a portion closer to the front of the lower surface thereof holding the rod from above and below, and the upper end of the rear plate To the support member attached to the part Since the lower surface is supported from below, it is possible to slide in the front-rear direction with respect to the drawer, and the rod clamping part is detachable from the tray, and by removing the rod clamping part from the tray The tray can be removed from the drawer while the rod holding portion remains on the rod.

In the first invention, even when the tray slides largely backward with respect to the drawer and the rear portion of the lower surface of the tray is not supported by the support member, the posture of the tray holds the rod from above and below. It is held by the rod clamping part. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the vehicle from falling backward. Moreover, since this rod clamping part is provided in the lower surface of a tray, the width direction dimension of a tray is not pressed and storage capacity is not made small. That is, the tray can be stably slid while maintaining the storage capacity of the tray.

Further, it is not necessary to separately provide an expensive rail for sliding the tray. By setting it as such a structure, the raise of manufacturing cost can be suppressed. Further, since there is no increase in frictional force caused by laying a plurality of rails, an increase in operating force during the sliding operation can be suppressed, and a practically excellent cabinet with drawers can be provided.

In addition, since the tray is located above the drawer and can store seasonings and cooking utensils that are frequently used when cooking, the user can open the drawer and use the seasonings and cooking utensils at a glance. Can be grasped. Therefore, it is not necessary to search each time a frequently used seasoning is used, and the cooking work efficiency can be improved.

In addition, when removing the tray from the drawer, the tray can be removed from the drawer while leaving the rod clamping part on the rod, so there is no need to remove the tray from the drawer by widening the rod clamping part. Since no load is applied to the tray, it is possible to prevent damage to the tray and the rod clamping portion.

In the second invention, the rod holding part has an arm part, and the arm part is attached to the tray by a connecting tool inserted into the tray from the side surface direction of the tray. Since the tray and the arm portion can be attached in a state of being placed on the user, the user can easily perform remounting.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the tray includes a fixing hole into which a connector for fixing the tray and the arm portion is inserted, and a wobbling prevention hole for preventing the wobbling of the tray, and the wobbling prevention hole is provided above the fixing hole. As a result, the wobbling of the tray can be prevented, the force in the rotation direction is not applied to the fixing hole for fixing the tray and the arm, and the connecting fixture once fixed is not loosened.

According to the present invention, when the user removes the tray by cleaning the tray or the like, and attaches the tray to the drawer again after the cleaning is finished, the rod holding portion for fixing the tray and the rod can be mounted without applying a load. Can provide a kitchen cabinet that can.

Perspective view of kitchen cabinet Perspective view of kitchen cabinet Kitchen cabinet drawer and tray exploded perspective view Perspective view of support member Perspective view of rod clamping part Perspective view when the tray is removed from the drawer Perspective view of tray attached to drawer

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate understanding, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible in the drawings, and redundant description is omitted.

First, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, FIG.3, FIG.4, the outline of the kitchen cabinet 1 of this invention is demonstrated. 1 and 2 are perspective views of the kitchen cabinet 1 of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the drawer 3 and the tray 4 of the kitchen cabinet 1 of the present invention, and FIG. It is a perspective view.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the kitchen cabinet 1 includes a cabinet body 2, a drawer 3, and a tray 4 attached to the drawer 3.

The cabinet body 2 is formed in a box shape from a resin plate, a steel plate, or the like. The internal space is a storage space 5 and is open on the front side. A pair of left and right drawer rails (not shown) extending in the front-rear direction are fixed to the inner surface of the cabinet side plate 14 constituting the left and right side surfaces of the cabinet body 2.

The drawer 3 includes a front plate 10, a rear plate 11 whose upper end is positioned below the upper end of the front plate 10, and a bottom plate 13 provided between a lower portion of the front plate 10 and a lower portion of the rear plate 11. A pair of left and right side plates 12 provided between the front plate 10 and the rear plate 11 are provided on the left and right sides of the bottom plate 13. The side plate 12 has an upper end located below the upper end of the rear plate 11. Above the side plate 12, a pair of left and right rods 20 having a circular cross-sectional shape are provided substantially horizontally between the front plate 10 and the rear plate 11. A rail groove (not shown) extending in the front-rear direction is formed on a side surface on the outer side of the side plate 12, and a drawer rail (not shown) of the cabinet body 2 is inserted into and engaged with the rail groove. Thus, the user can grasp the front plate 10, slide the drawer 3 in the front-rear direction indicated by the arrow FB in FIG. 1 with respect to the cabinet body 2, and move the drawer 3 back and forth in the storage space 5.

The tray 4 has a storage space in which the front and rear lengths are shorter than the drawer 3 by a predetermined dimension and the upper surface is open. Further, the tray 4 has a width direction dimension substantially the same as the width direction dimension of the drawer 3, and is disposed above the upper end portion of the rear plate 11 and below the upper end portion of the front plate 10. .

The rod clamping part 40 is fixed to the front part of the lower surface of the tray 4, and the tray 4 is attached to the rod 20 of the drawer 3 via the rod clamping part 40.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the support member 30 is attached to the upper ends of the left and right sides of the rear plate 11. The support member 30 supports the lower part of the tray 4 from the lower side of the lower surface of the tray 4 so that the tray 4 supports the movement in the front-rear direction.

  Next, with reference to FIG.2 and FIG.4, prevention of the fall of the tray 4 is demonstrated.

  Consider a case in which the tray 4 slides rearward with respect to the drawer 3 and the rear portion of the lower surface of the tray 4 is not supported by the support member 30. In this case, due to the weight of the tray 4 and the weight of the stored items, a rotational moment is generated in the tray 4 so as to lift the front side of the tray 4 around the position supported by the support member 30.

  However, at this time, in the rod holding portion 40 fixed to the front portion of the tray 4, the lifting is suppressed against the rotational moment. As a result, the posture of the tray 4 is maintained and the fall is prevented, and the tray 4 can be stably slid and used.

  Moreover, since the rod clamping part 40 is being fixed from the outside of the tray 4, it is possible to prevent the tray 4 from falling while ensuring a sufficient storage capacity of the tray 4.

  Furthermore, it is not necessary to separately provide a rail for sliding the tray 4 in addition to a drawer rail (not shown). For this reason, an increase in manufacturing cost can be suppressed, and an increase in operating force during a sliding operation can be prevented.

Next, a process of removing the tray 4 from the drawer 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the rod clamping portion, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view when the tray 4 is removed from the drawer 3.

As shown in FIG. 5, it has an arm portion 41 for attaching the tray 4 to the drawer 3, and the arm portion 41 includes a tray fixing hole 42 for fixing the tray 4 and the arm portion 41 with a connecting tool 70. ing.

As shown in FIG. 6, the tray 4 has a fixing hole 51 that is fixed to the tray fixing hole 42 of the arm portion 41 from the front of the side surface of the tray 4. The tray fixing hole 42 and the fixing hole 51 are connected by the connecting tool 70 for fixing the tray 4 and the drawer 3 to fix the tray 4 and the drawer 3. A specific method of the connecting tool 70 may be a screw. The tray 4 and the drawer 3 can be fixed by fixing the tray 4 and the rod clamping portion 40 with the connecting tool 70. Further, the tray 4 is configured such that a gap 60 is formed near the front of the tray 4 so that the rod clamping portion 40 is inserted between the rod 20 and the tray 4 when the tray 4 is placed on the rod 20. Yes.

When removing the tray 4 and the drawer 3, the tray 4 can be detached from the rod holding portion 40 by removing the connecting tool 70 from the tray fixing hole 42 of the tray 4 and the rod holding portion 40. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the rod clamping unit 40 that is detachable from the tray 70 and is detachable from the tray 4 moves only the tray 4 upward when the tray 4 is moved upward, and the rod clamping unit 40. Remains in the rod 20.

When the tray 4 is removed from the drawer 3, the connecting tool 70 is removed from the tray 4 and the rod holding portion 40, and the tray 4 is moved upward by leaving the rod holding portion 40 remaining on the rod 20. In the case of moving the tray 4 and the rod holding portion 40, the tray 4 and the rod holding portion 40 are not damaged, and the tray 4 and the rod holding portion 40 are not damaged.

Next, the process of mounting the tray 4 on the drawer 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view when the tray 4 is mounted on the drawer 3.

When the tray 4 is moved in the front-rear direction with respect to the drawer 3, the connector 70 may loosen and wobble, but the tray 4 is placed in the front-rear direction above the fixing hole 51 of the tray 4. A wobbling prevention hole 50 that can prevent wobbling even when moved to the position is provided.

Furthermore, the arm portion 41 of the rod clamping portion 40 has a wobbling prevention protrusion 43 that prevents wobbling of the tray 4 by being inserted into the wobbling prevention hole 50 of the tray 4.

The tray 4 is moved so that the rod clamping portion 40 is inserted into the gap 60 formed when the tray 4 is placed on the rod 20, and the rod clamping portion 40 is rotated from the side with respect to the tray 4. The wobbling prevention protrusion 43 of the arm portion 41 is inserted into the prevention hole 50.

Then, the tray 4 and the rod clamping part 40 are fixed by connecting the fixing hole 51 of the tray 4 and the tray fixing hole 42 of the arm part 41 with the connecting tool 70. When the tray 4 is removed from the drawer 3, the rod clamping portion 40 is left in the rod 20, so that the tray 4 is attached to the drawer 3.

Even when the tray 4 is remounted on the drawer 3, no excessive force is applied when the tray 4 is remounted on the tray 4 or the rod clamping portion 40, and the tray 4 is not damaged. In addition, by forming the gap 60 when the tray 4 is placed on the rod 20, the user can grasp the position where the tray 4 and the rod clamping portion 40 are fixed. Can be fixed.

If the tray 4 is moved back and forth with the tray 4 and the rod clamping part 40 fixed by the connecting tool 70, the tray 4 wobbles in the vertical direction, so that the center of rotation becomes the connecting tool 70, and the connecting tool 70. Thus, a vertical force, that is, a rotating force is applied. Therefore, there is a possibility that the fixing of the connector 70 is loosened. Therefore, the wobbling prevention hole 50 is provided above the fixing hole 51, the wobbling prevention protrusion 43 is inserted into the wobbling prevention hole 50, and the center of rotation of the rotating force generated when moving the tray 4 is the wobbling prevention hole 50. Thus, the rotating force that causes the connection tool 70 to be loosened acts on the wobbling prevention hole 50, and the connection tool 70 is loosened in the fixing hole 51 fixed by the connection tool 70. The working force is not applied, the fixation between the tray 4 and the rod clamping portion 40 is not loosened, and the tray 4 is not wobbled.

As described above, when the tray 4 is removed from the drawer 3 and when the tray 4 is remounted on the drawer 3, the tray 4 and the rod clamping portion 40 can be operated without excessive force. It is possible to prevent the rod holding portion 40 from being damaged.

1: Kitchen cabinet 2: Cabinet body 3: Drawer 4: Tray 5: Storage space 10: Front plate 11: Rear plate 12: Side plate 13: Bottom plate 14: Cabinet side plate 20: Rod 30: Support member 40: Rod clamping unit 41: Arm portion 42: tray fixing hole 43: wobble prevention protrusion 50: wobble prevention hole 51: fixing hole 60: gap 70: connector

Claims (3)

A cabinet body having a storage space inside;
A drawer that can move back and forth in the storage space by sliding in the front-rear direction relative to the cabinet body;
A tray disposed above the drawer,
The drawer is
Provided between a front plate, a rear plate provided behind the front plate and having an upper end positioned below the upper end of the front plate, and a lower portion of the front plate and a lower portion of the rear plate A bottom plate, a pair of side plates provided between the front plate and the rear plate at both left and right side portions of the bottom plate, and provided between the front plate and the rear plate above the pair of side plates and substantially in the front-rear direction. A pair of horizontally extending rods,
The tray is
A rod clamping portion provided at a front portion of the lower surface clamps the rod from above and below, and the lower surface is supported from below by a support member attached to the upper end portion of the rear plate. It is possible to slide in the front-rear direction with respect to the drawer,
The rod clamping part is
The tray is detachable from the tray, and the tray can be removed from the drawer while the rod holding portion remains on the rod by removing the rod holding portion from the tray. Kitchen cabinet to do. The rod clamping part is
An arm portion extending upward;
The kitchen cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the arm portion is attached to the tray by a connector inserted into the tray from a side surface direction of the tray. The tray is
A fixing hole into which a connector for fixing the tray and the arm portion is inserted;
A wobbling prevention hole for preventing wobbling of the tray,
The kitchen cabinet according to claim 2, wherein the wobbling prevention hole is provided above the fixing hole.

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