JP2015144777A - Article fall prevention device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress a manufacturing cost by simplifying a structure, to facilitate an assembling work, and also to reliably prevent the fall of articles even against a multi-directional shake.SOLUTION: An article fall prevention device 1 in an article shelf 14, where a pair of right and left brackets 12, 12 having hooks at the rear ends are locked to lock holes 10, 10, ... vertically arranged in lines in supporters 9, 9 erected on the right and left sides and a shelf board 11 is supported by the brackets 12, 12, includes: a pair of right and left bracket members 2, 2 having hooks to be locked to the lock holes 10, 10, ... of the right ane left supporters 9, 9; and a fall prevention member 5 at least having a horizontal rod 6 to be arranged in front of articles B, B, ... to be displayed on the shelf board 11, and to be disposed between the right and left bracket members 2, 2. Through-holes 4 penetrating in a right and left direction are arranged in the bracket members 2, 2. The fall prevention member 5 includes, at both right and left ends, bending pieces 8 to be nonrotatably locked by insertion to the through-holes 4.

Description

  The present invention relates to an article drop prevention device in an article shelf for displaying or storing containers such as beverages in supermarkets, convenience stores, warehouses, and the like.

  Conventionally, as an article shelf for displaying articles used in supermarkets and convenience stores, etc., articles that can be displayed without any trouble in the normal operation and can be prevented from falling due to earthquakes and other vibrations. There is a fall prevention device.

  For example, the article fall prevention device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a pair of left and right bracket members and a fall prevention piece (fall prevention member) extending forward from the pair of left and right bracket members. The pivoting pieces at both ends are inserted into the mounting holes (through holes) of the bracket member, and are attached to the pair of left and right bracket members in a state of being prevented from being detached by the retaining member. Since the mounting hole of the bracket member and the pivot attachment piece of the fall prevention piece are circular, the fall prevention piece is pivotally supported with respect to the pair of left and right bracket members. Accordingly, the article can be prevented from falling and the article can be taken in and out when necessary by rotating the fall prevention piece upward.

JP 2013-165861 A (page 5, FIG. 3)

  However, in the article drop prevention device of Patent Document 1, since the fall prevention piece is pivotally supported with respect to the pair of left and right bracket members, the article shelf is shaken up and down by vibration such as an earthquake. In this case, the fall prevention piece rotates upward, and the function of regulating the fall of the article is lost. In addition, it is necessary to use a retaining member for connecting the fall prevention piece and the bracket member, which increases the number of parts and increases the manufacturing cost, and the assembly work is complicated.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, simplifying the structure, reducing the manufacturing cost, facilitating assembly work, and reliably dropping the article against multi-directional shaking. An object of the present invention is to provide an article fall prevention device capable of preventing the above-described problem.

In order to solve the above problems, the article fall prevention device of the present invention is
A pair of left and right brackets having hooks at the rear end are locked in the locking holes arranged in the vertical direction of the support columns erected on the left and right sides, and the articles are prevented from falling on the shelf where the shelf board is supported by the brackets. A device,
The left and right bracket members have a pair of left and right bracket members provided with hooks that can be locked in the locking holes of the left and right support columns, and at least a horizontal flange portion disposed in front of an article displayed on the shelf board. A fall prevention member to be erected,
The bracket member is provided with a through-hole penetrating in the left-right direction, and the fall-preventing member is bent from the distal end of the extension portion and an extension portion that is non-rotatably engaged with the through-hole. Bending pieces comprising extending portions extending in the direction are provided at the left and right ends of the fall prevention member.
According to this feature, the extension portion of the bent piece is engaged with the through-hole so as not to rotate, so that the fall prevention member can be prevented from rotating in the vertical direction and twisted in the left-right direction. By locking the portion and the lateral flange portion to the side surfaces of the left and right bracket members, it is possible to prevent the fall prevention member from moving in the left-right direction and being disconnected from the left and right bracket members. For this reason, the bracket member and the fall prevention member are prevented from relatively moving even with respect to multidirectional shaking such as an earthquake, and the article can be reliably prevented from falling. In addition, since the assembly work of the pair of left and right bracket members and the fall prevention member is completed by the engagement of the through holes and the bent pieces, the number of parts is reduced, the manufacturing cost is low, and the assembly work is simple. Become.

The bracket member is characterized in that a plurality of the through holes are arranged in the front-rear direction.
According to this feature, by appropriately selecting a plurality of through-holes in the bracket member and engaging the bent pieces of the fall prevention member, the position of the horizontal flange portion of the fall prevention member can be adjusted in the front-rear direction. It can be applied to article shelves with different depths and is highly versatile.

The fall prevention member has an extending portion extending in parallel with the bracket member from both ends of the lateral flange portion, and the bent piece is provided in the extending portion.
According to this feature, when the bracket member and the fall prevention member are connected, the extension portion and the return portion of the bent piece are arranged so as to sandwich the bracket member from both the left and right sides. The relative movement of the right and left is reliably prevented.

The said recumbent part is equipped with the length adjustment mechanism which adjusts the length of the left-right direction, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
According to this feature, the length adjustment mechanism can be used to adjust the length of the recumbent portion. By adjusting the length of the recumbent portion according to the width of the article shelf, articles having different widths can be obtained. It can be applied to shelves and is highly versatile.

It is a perspective view which shows the goods shelf with which the goods fall prevention apparatus in Example 1 was attached. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of an article | item fall prevention apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the state which inserted the return part of the bending piece in the through-hole. It is a perspective view which shows the state which inserted the extension part of the bending piece in the through-hole. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the articles | goods fall prevention apparatus was assembled. It is a perspective view which shows the state which adjusted the position before and after a recumbent part. It is a perspective view which shows the modification 1 of an article | item fall prevention apparatus. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the modification 2 of an article | item fall prevention apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the state which adjusted the length of the recumbent part in the modification 2 of the articles | goods fall prevention apparatus.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION The form for implementing the article | item fall prevention apparatus which concerns on this invention is demonstrated below based on an Example.

  The article fall prevention apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, the lower left side of the screen in FIG. 1 will be described as the front side (front side) of the article fall prevention device, and the left and right sides of the article fall prevention device as viewed from the front will be described as the left and right sides of the article fall prevention device.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the article fall prevention device 1 is used by being attached to an article shelf 14 that displays or stores containers such as beverages in a supermarket, a convenience store, a warehouse, or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the article shelf 14 includes a base leg (not shown) arranged or fixed on a floor surface, columns 9 and 9 standing from the left and right rear ends of the base leg, and front surfaces of the columns 9 and 9. A pair of left and right brackets 12 and 12 (only one is shown in the figure) locked in a plurality of locking holes 10, 10..., A shelf 11 supported by the brackets 12 and 12, and support columns 9 and 9. The back plate 13 disposed between the two and an article drop prevention device 1 described later are mainly configured. At the front end of the shelf board 11, there is a stopper portion 11 a that projects upward. The brackets 12 and 12 are locked to the locking holes 10, 10,... By hooks (not shown) provided at the rear end. In addition, although not shown in figure, the shelf board 11 and the brackets 12 and 12 are provided with two or more in the up-down direction of the support | pillars 9 and 9, and articles | goods B, B, ... can be accommodated now in several steps. Further, the articles B, B... In the present embodiment will be described as bottle containers enclosing beverages such as alcoholic beverages.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the article fall prevention device 1 includes a pair of left and right bracket members 2, 2 and a fall prevention member 5 installed on the bracket members 2, 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the bracket member 2 includes hooks 3, 3 that are provided on the rear end side and can be locked in the locking holes 10, 10,... 4, 4, ... are provided. The through holes 4, 4,... Are rectangular long holes that are long in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of the through-holes 4, 4,. The bracket member 2 is formed by die-cutting a single metal flat plate with a press machine or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the fall prevention member 5 includes a horizontal flange 6 extending between the bracket members 2 and 2, and an extension extending in parallel to the bracket members 2 and 2 from both ends of the horizontal flange 6. Parts 7 and 7, and bent pieces 8 and 8 that are fixed to the extending parts 7 and 7 and have a substantially L-shape when viewed from the front. Since the horizontal flange portion 6 and the extending portions 7 and 7 are formed by bending a metal linear member, the weight is reduced while maintaining a certain strength. In the present embodiment, the bent pieces 8 and 8 are fixed to the rear end side of the extended portions 7 and 7, but may be fixed to any position of the extended portions 7 and 7.

  The bending piece 8 includes an extending portion 8a that extends horizontally from the extending portion 7 toward the outside, and a return portion 8b that is bent vertically from the extending portion 8a. The extension portion 8a and the return portion 8b are each formed in a rectangular shape slightly smaller than the through hole 4 of the bracket member 2 in a sectional view. In addition, although this return part 8b was bent vertically from the extension part 8a, it does not necessarily need to be perpendicular | vertical.

  Next, an example of assembly work of the article fall prevention device 1 will be described. The article fall prevention device 1 is formed by connecting bracket members 2 and 2 to the left and right ends of the fall prevention member 5. Since the bracket members 2 and 2 have the same shape, the description will be given mainly by taking the right side connection mode as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 3, first, the bracket member 2 is tilted so that the through holes 4, 4,... Are oriented in the vertical direction, and the position of the shelf board 11 and the position suitable for the display mode of the articles B, B,. The return portion 8 b of the bent piece 8 is inserted into the through hole 4.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4, by extending the bracket member 2 to stand up, the extending portion 8 a is inserted into the through hole 4, and the bracket member 2 and the fall prevention member 5 are connected. It becomes a state. As shown in FIG. 5, when the extending portion 8 a is inserted into the through hole 4, the outer peripheral surface of the extending portion 8 a is surrounded by the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 4. The relative rotation of the fall prevention member 5 or the relative movement in the vertical and front-rear directions is restricted. Further, the inner side surface 2 a of the bracket member 2 is disposed outside the extending portion 7 of the fall prevention member 5, and the outer side surface 2 b of the bracket member 2 is disposed inside the inner side surface 8 c of the return portion 8 b of the bent piece 8. Therefore, the left and right relative movement between the bracket member 2 and the fall prevention member 5 is restricted. Further, by connecting the opposite bracket member 2 to the left end portion of the fall prevention member 5 by the same assembling work, the U-shaped article fall prevention device 1 is formed.

  When the article fall prevention device 1 formed in this way is attached to the columns 9 and 9 using the hooks 3 and 3 of the bracket members 2 and 2, as shown in FIG. The back plate 13 of the shelf 14 is arranged so as to surround the articles B, B,... Displayed on the shelf plate 11. According to this, when multi-directional shaking such as an earthquake acts on the article shelf 14 and the articles B, B,... Move back and forth, the articles B, B are formed by the recumbent portion 6 and the back plate 13. ,... Are restricted, and when the articles B, B,... Move left and right, the left and right movements of the articles B, B,. It becomes like this. In addition, this article fall prevention apparatus 1 can change a height position suitably by selection of the locking holes 10,10, ... of the support | pillars 9,9.

  As described above, when the assembly of the article fall prevention device 1 is completed, the extension portion 8a of the bent piece 8 is engaged with the through hole 4 so that the bracket members 2 and 2 and the fall prevention member 5 are relative to each other. It is possible to regulate rotational movement, relative movement up and down, and twisting of the bracket members 2 and 2 and the fall prevention member 5. Further, the return portion 8a of the bent piece 8 can prevent the bracket member 2 and the fall prevention member 5 from coming out, and the bracket 6 and 2 are disposed between the bracket members 2 and 2 so that the horizontal flange portion 6 of the fall prevention member 5 is disposed. Proximity between the members 2 and 2 is prevented. Therefore, the state in which the movement of the articles B, B,... Is restricted against multi-directional shaking such as an earthquake is maintained, and the articles can be reliably prevented from falling.

  Further, since the assembly work of the pair of left and right bracket members 2 and 2 and the fall prevention member 5 is completed by the engagement of the through holes 4 and 4 and the bent pieces 8 and 8, special fixing such as bolts and nuts, for example. There is no need to use a member. Therefore, the number of parts constituting the article fall prevention device 1 can be reduced, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and the assembly work can be easily performed.

  In addition, when the assembly of the article drop prevention device 1 is completed, the extension portion 7 of the fall prevention member 5 and the return portion 8a of the bent piece 8 are arranged so as to sandwich the bracket member 2 from both the left and right sides. The left and right relative movement with respect to the fall prevention member 5 is reliably prevented.

  As described above, the bracket member 2 has a plurality of through holes 4, 4,. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, by engaging the bent pieces 8, 8 of the fall prevention member 5 with the through-hole 4 located at the rearmost position, the position of the horizontal flange portion 6 is moved to the rear side. Can be made. Thus, since the position of the recumbent part 6 of the fall prevention member 5 can be adjusted in the front-rear direction, the quantity of article shelves having shelf boards with different depths, the number of displayed articles B, B,. It can be applied to the size and the like, and is highly versatile.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, even when the bent pieces 8, 8 of the fall prevention member 5 are engaged with the through hole 4 located at the rearmost position, the recumbent portion 6 of the fall prevention member 5. However, it is arranged at the same position as the front end of the bracket member 2 or in front of the front end of the bracket member 2. Accordingly, the front end of the bracket member 2 is not disposed in front of the lateral flange portion 6 of the fall prevention member 5 regardless of which of the plurality of through holes 4, 4,. Kept.

  In addition, since the bending pieces 8 and 8 are provided in the extending parts 7 and 7 of the fall prevention member 5, respectively, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.5, the through-holes 4 and 4 of the bracket members 2 and 2 and The recumbent part 6 can be disposed forward of the length of the extending parts 7 from the connection point with the bent pieces 8, 8. Therefore, if various types of fall prevention members having different lengths of the extending portions are prepared, the front and rear positions of the recumbent portion of the fall prevention member can be adjusted even with respect to the bracket member having one through hole. .

  Moreover, there is the following as a first modification of the article fall prevention device. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the article fall prevention device 100 is set so that the horizontal flange 61 of the fall prevention member 51 is longer than the interval between the bracket members 2, 2. The extending portions 81a, 81a of the bent pieces 81, 81 are provided to extend inward so as to face the installation portions 7, 7. In this manner, the bent pieces 81 and 81 may be engaged from the outside of the through holes 4 and 4 of the bracket members 2 and 2.

  Also, a second modification of the article drop prevention device will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 8, the recumbent portion 62 of the fall prevention member 52 in the article fall prevention device 101 is divided into a plurality of divided bodies 15, 15,... (Length adjusting mechanism), and extended portions 7. 7 and left and right end pieces 16 and 17 which are fixed so as to face each other. As shown in the enlarged portion of FIG. 8, the divided body 15 includes a male screw portion 18 projecting on one end side and a female screw portion 19 provided on the other side, and the male screw portion 18 and the female screw portion. By the part 19, the adjacent division bodies 15 can be connected. The end piece 16 is formed with a male screw portion 18, and the end piece 17 is formed with a female screw portion 19. Therefore, the recumbent part 62 comes to be formed by connecting the connected divided bodies 15, 15,... To the end pieces 16, 17.

  As shown in FIG. 9, for example, by reducing the number of divided bodies 15, 15,... To be connected, the horizontal length of the recumbent part 62 can be shortened. In this way, the length of the recumbent part 62 can be adjusted, so by setting the length of the recumbent part 62 according to the width of the shelf board, it can be applied to shelf boards having different lateral widths. can do.

  Note that the length adjusting mechanism is not limited to the divided bodies 15, 15,..., And the length may be adjusted by, for example, forming a horizontal portion in a telescopic shape.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the said Example, although demonstrated as the metal bracket member 2 and the fall prevention member 5, if it is a member which has the fixed intensity | strength which can control the movement of articles | goods B, B, ..., it will be other materials, such as resin. It may be configured.

  Moreover, although the aspect which connects the through-hole 4 and the bending piece 8 by moving the bracket member 2 with respect to the fall prevention member 5 was demonstrated, the fall prevention member 5 is moved and connected with respect to the bracket member 2. Alternatively, the bracket member 2 and the fall prevention member 5 may be moved together and connected.

  The bent piece 8 is fixed to the extended portion 7 by welding or the like, but is not limited thereto, and may be fixed by a fixing means such as a screw. Furthermore, the extended portion 7 is not necessarily provided, and the bent portion 8 may be fixed to both ends of the lateral flange portion 6 by omitting the extended portion.

  Further, the through hole 4 of the bracket member 2 and the extending portion 8a of the bent piece 8 are formed in substantially the same rectangular shape, so that the extending portion 8a is engaged with the through hole 4 so as not to rotate. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the through hole and the extending part may have any shape as long as the extending part can be inserted into the through hole so as not to rotate.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the hook 3 of the bracket member 2 and the hook of the bracket 12 are both latched by the common latching hole 10, the latch for the hook 3 of the bracket member 2 is attached to the support | pillar 9, for example. A hole and another locking hole for the hook of the bracket 12 may be formed respectively.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goods fall prevention apparatus 2 Bracket member 2a Inner side surface 2b of bracket member Outer side surface 3 of bracket member Hook 4 Through-hole 5 Fall prevention member 6 Recumbent part 7 Extension part 8 Bending piece 8a Extension part 8c Inside extension part Side surface 8b Return portion 9 Post 10 Locking hole 11 Shelf plate 11a Stopper portion 12 Bracket 13 Back plate 14 Article shelf 15 Divided body (length adjustment mechanism)
16, 17 End piece 18 Male thread part 19 Female thread part 51, 52 Fall prevention member 61, 62 Recumbent part 81 Bending piece 81a Extension part 100, 101 Article fall prevention device B Article

Claims (4)

A pair of left and right brackets having hooks at the rear end are locked in the locking holes arranged in the vertical direction of the support columns erected on the left and right sides, and the articles are prevented from falling on the shelf where the shelf board is supported by the brackets. A device,
The left and right bracket members have a pair of left and right bracket members provided with hooks that can be locked in the locking holes of the left and right support columns, and at least a horizontal flange portion disposed in front of an article displayed on the shelf board. A fall prevention member to be erected,
The bracket member is provided with a through-hole penetrating in the left-right direction, and the fall-preventing member is bent from the distal end of the extension portion and an extension portion that is non-rotatably engaged with the through-hole. An article fall prevention device comprising a bent piece comprising a return portion extending in the left and right ends of the fall prevention member.   The article drop prevention device according to claim 1, wherein the bracket member includes a plurality of the through holes arranged in the front-rear direction.   The said fall prevention member has the extension part extended in parallel with the said bracket member from the both ends of the said horizontal collar part, and the said bending piece is provided in the said extension part, The Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. The article fall prevention device according to 1.   The article falling prevention device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the recumbent portion includes a length adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length in a left-right direction.

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