JP2020156631A - Mirror cabinet and dressing table equipped with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a mirror cabinet which allows a user to look at an electronic device in a hands-free manner while using a dressing table, and a dressing table equipped with the same.SOLUTION: A mirror cabinet 3 includes a cabinet body 4 in which a part of a front surface is a mirror door (5, 6, 7) and a movable holding member 8 which is provided in a part other than the mirror door in the front surface of the cabinet body 4, can be in a closed state and an opened state, and holds an electronic device with a display. The movable holding member 8 includes a half mirror 12 constituting the front surface of the cabinet body 4 together with the mirror door in the closed state and a holding part which is provided on an inner side in the cabinet body 4 with respect to the half mirror 12 and makes the display of the electronic device 20 held by the movable holding member 8 face the half mirror 12.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

The present disclosure relates to a mirror cabinet and a vanity equipped with the mirror cabinet.

Examples of the conventional mirror cabinet include those described in Patent Document 1. The vanity described in the same document is equipped with a mirror cabinet.
As explained in the same document, this mirror cabinet has a mirror attached to the surface of the door plate. A storage space is provided inside the mirror cabinet of the same document.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-158668

In recent years, portable and display-equipped electronic devices such as smartphones and tablet terminals have become widespread. However, in the conventional mirror cabinet and vanity, no special device has been made so that the vanity can be used while viewing the display of the electronic device hands-free.

The present disclosure has been made in order to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques.
In other words, the issue is a mirror cabinet that enables hands-free viewing of the display of electronic devices with a display even while using a vanity or a vanity other than the vanity. The purpose is to provide a dressing table equipped with it.

The mirror cabinet according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided in a box-shaped body in which a part of the front surface is a mirror, and a portion of the front surface of the box-shaped body other than the mirror, which is in a closed state and an open state. The movable holding member is provided with a movable holding member for holding the electronic device with the attached mirror, and the movable holding member is provided on the half mirror forming the front surface of the box-shaped body together with the mirror in the closed state and on the inner side of the box-shaped body rather than the half mirror. It has a holding portion that allows the display of the electronic device held by the movable holding member to face the half mirror. The dressing table with a mirror cabinet in one aspect of the present disclosure is a dressing table provided with the above-mentioned mirror cabinet.

In any of the above embodiments, the electronic device with a display can be held in the holding portion of the movable holding member so that the display faces the half mirror. In this state, if the display of the electronic device held in the holding unit is turned on, the user can see the display contents through the half mirror surface. When the display of the electronic device is turned off, or when the electronic device is not held in the holding part, the half mirror of the movable holding member looks like a mirror to the user.

It is a perspective view of the vanity with a mirror cabinet which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the half mirror panel in the mirror cabinet which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the holding part which is a component of the half mirror panel in embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the situation which holds the smartphone vertically in the holding part. It is a perspective view which shows the situation which holds the smartphone sideways in the holding part. It is a perspective view which shows the situation which holds the tablet terminal in the holding part. It is a partially enlarged perspective view which shows the detail of the step of the holding part. It is a perspective view which shows the cabinet main body in the mirror cabinet which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the open state of the half mirror panel in the mirror cabinet which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the electric power system of the mirror cabinet which concerns on embodiment. It is a side view sectional view which shows the open state of the half mirror panel in the mirror cabinet which concerns on the modification.

Hereinafter, embodiments embodying the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. This embodiment embodies the present disclosure as a vanity 10 with a mirror cabinet shown in FIG. The vanity 10 with a mirror cabinet shown in FIG. 1 is composed of a vanity main body 2 and a mirror cabinet 3 provided above the vanity body 2. Mirror cabinet 3
Is provided with mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 on the front surface of the box-shaped cabinet main body 4. The mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 are all formed by attaching a mirror to the surface of the door plate. All of the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 are attached to the cabinet body 4 so as to be openable and closable.
The left mirror door 5 opens to the left on the right axis, and the right mirror door 7 opens to the right on the left axis. The central mirror door 6 may be opened either to the left or to the right, but in this embodiment, it is to be opened to the left.

In the mirror cabinet 3, the heights of the upper ends of the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 are all at substantially the same level. However, the height levels of the lower ends of the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 are different, and the lower end of the central mirror door 6 is higher than the lower ends of the left and right mirror doors 5 and 7. A half mirror panel 8 is provided at a position below the mirror door 6 in the mirror cabinet 3. The half mirror panel 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

The half mirror panel 8 shown in FIG. 2 is a movable holding member. Half mirror panel 8
Is a half mirror 12 attached to the holding portion 11. In the mirror cabinet 3 in FIG. 1, the half mirror panel 8 is arranged with the half mirror 12 facing the front. The holding portion 11 is behind the half mirror 12 and cannot be seen in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a single body of the holding portion 11 from which the half mirror 12 is removed from the half mirror panel 8 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the holding portion 11 is a substantially rectangular flat plate-shaped member as a whole. A protrusion 30 is provided near the lower end of the short side of the holding portion 11. Although only one protrusion 30 is visible in FIG. 3, there is another protrusion 30 on the opposite side. A notch portion 13 and a thin-walled portion 14 are formed in a part of the holding portion 11. The notch portion 13 is
It is formed so as to bite inward from a part of the long side of the holding portion 11. The long side of the holding portion 11 on which the notch portion 13 is formed is the side facing upward in the mirror cabinet 3. The shape of the notch portion 13 in the holding portion 11 is rectangular.

A portion of the holding portion 11 on the inner side of the notch portion 13 is a thin-walled portion 14. The thickness of the thin portion 14 is thinner than the original plate thickness of the holding portion 11. The thin-walled portion 14 exists at a position closer to the back surface side in the entire plate thickness of the holding portion 11. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, when the half mirror 12 is attached, there is a gap between the thin portion 14 and the half mirror 12. This gap is located on the back surface side of the half mirror 12, and is a space for holding a smartphone or tablet terminal as described later.

As shown in FIG. 3, the step 15 at the boundary between the thin portion 14 and the other portion in the holding portion 11 has a stepped shape. As a result, the first width portion 16, the second width portion 17, and the third width portion 18 are formed on the inner side of the thin wall portion 14. The first width portion 16 is the widest portion among these. The width A of the first width 16 part is the same as the width of the notch portion 13. The width B of the second width portion 17 is smaller than the width A. The width C of the third width portion 18 is further smaller than the width B. The stepped shape and the thin-walled portion 14 are shapes for holding a smartphone or tablet terminal on the back surface side of the half mirror 12.

As shown in FIG. 6, the first width portion 16 has a shape for holding the tablet terminal 19 sideways. The width A is a width defined so that the tablet terminal 19 can be placed horizontally. As shown in FIG. 5, the second width portion 17 has a shape for holding the smartphone 20 sideways.
The width B is a width defined so that the smartphone 20 can be placed horizontally. As shown in FIG. 4, the third width portion 18 has a shape for holding the smartphone 20 in the vertical direction. Width C is
The width is set so that the smartphone 20 can be placed vertically. In either case, the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 is housed in the panel body 11 with its display facing the front side.

In FIGS. 4 to 6, the tablet terminal 19 and the smartphone 20 are drawn so as to be visible, but in the actual half mirror panel 8, these are covered by the half mirror 12. Therefore, in a situation where the display of the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 is turned off, the entire mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 and the half mirror panel 8 are mirror surfaces when viewed in the state of the mirror cabinet 3 of FIG. looks like. The same applies even when the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 is not housed in the half mirror panel 8. When the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 is stored and the display is turned on, the user of the vanity 10 with a mirror cabinet can see the display contents from the front side through the half mirror 12. ..

The details of the step 15 of the holding portion 11 are enlarged and shown in FIG. Holding portion 11 as shown in FIG.
An acoustic hole 21 is formed in each of the first width portion 16, the second width portion 17, and the third width portion 18. In the mirror cabinet 3 in FIG. 1, the first width portion 16, the second width portion 17, and the third width portion 18
The lower part of is connected to the outside world without being blocked by any other member. Therefore, the sound emitted from the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 stored in the holding unit 11 is
It goes out through the acoustic hole 21. Therefore, the user of the vanity 10 with a mirror cabinet can hear the sound of the stored tablet terminal 19 or smartphone 20.

The cabinet body 4 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the cabinet main body 4 has a box shape formed by a back plate 22, a top plate 23, a left side plate 24, a right side plate 25, and a bottom plate 26. In FIG. 8, the front side of the cabinet body 4 is an open surface. However, as described above, the front surface of the cabinet body 4 is closed by the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 and the half mirror panel 8 so as to be openable and closable. The bottom plate 26 is not large enough to block the lower part of the acoustic hole 21 in the half mirror panel 8 in the closed state of FIG.

The inside of the cabinet body 4 is hollow. The internal space of the cabinet body 4 is partitioned by partition plates 27, 28, 29. As a result, the space behind the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 is a storage space for small items, respectively. Cosmetic products and the like can be stored in these storage spaces. The space between the left side plate 24 and the partition plate 27 is the storage space behind the mirror door 5, and the space between the partition plate 27 and the partition plate 28 and above the partition plate 29 is behind the mirror door 6. The space between the partition plate 28 and the right side plate 25 is the storage space behind the mirror door 7.

Between the partition plate 27 and the partition plate 28, the lower portion of the partition plate 29 is an independent cavity space 40. The hollow space 40 is located behind the half mirror panel 8. The hollow space 40 functions as an acoustic space that resonates the sound emitted from the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 housed in the half mirror panel 8. Cavity space 4
0 is a space partitioned by the back plate 22, the partition plate 27, the partition plate 28, the partition plate 29, the bottom plate 26, and the half mirror panel 8. It is possible to store small items in the hollow space 40.

The half mirror panel 8 in the mirror cabinet 3 is a movable member that can rotate around the protrusion 30 shown in FIG. The half mirror panel 8 can be in a closed state or an open state. The half mirror panel 8 in the state shown in FIG. 1 is in the closed state. This closed state is set when the display of the stored tablet terminal 19 or smartphone 20 is viewed.

When the half mirror panel 8 is opened, the state shown in FIG. 9 is obtained. Compared with the state in FIG. 1, the half mirror panel 8 in the state of FIG. 9 is in a state of being rotated around the lower side portion and pulled out forward. In this state, the holding portion 11 on the back surface side of the half mirror panel 8 is visible to the user of the vanity 10. In this state, the user can insert / remove the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 into the first width portion 16, the second width portion 17, or the third width portion 18 described above. FIG. 9 shows the smartphone 20.

In FIG. 9, the rotary arm 31 is attached to the holding portion 11. The rotary arm 31
It has a role of guiding the opening / closing movement of the half mirror panel 8 and limiting the range in which the half mirror panel 8 can move in the opening direction. When the half mirror panel 8 is changed from the closed state to the open state, the half mirror panel 8 may be pulled out forward by inserting a toe into the gap between the upper end of the half mirror panel 8 and the lower end of the mirror door 6. When changing the half mirror panel 8 from the open state to the closed state, the half mirror panel 8 may be pushed into the mirror cabinet 3 by putting a hand under the open half mirror panel 8 and lifting it up.

The charging function of the mirror cabinet 3 will be described. What is the charging function of the mirror cabinet 3?
This is a function of charging the built-in battery of the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 housed in the half mirror panel 8. For this function, the holding unit 11 has a built-in charging circuit 32 as shown by a broken line in FIG. The charging circuit 32 has a built-in power transmission coil and can wirelessly supply power to the built-in battery of the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 according to the Qi standard. The charging circuit 32 receives power from the plug 33 in FIG. 1 via a transformer 34 as shown in FIG. As a result, the tablet terminal 19 and the smartphone 20 stored in the holding unit 11 can be charged. Lighting fixtures are often added to the mirror cabinet 3. Power can also be supplied to the luminaire from the electrical system of FIG.

A modified example of the opening / closing operation of the half mirror panel 8 will be described. FIG. 11 shows a side sectional view of the half mirror panel 8 in the open state in the mirror cabinet 3 according to the modified example. FIG. 11 shows
It is sectional drawing at the position in the region where the mirror door 6 and the half mirror panel 8 exist in the central part in the left-right direction in the mirror cabinet 3. The opening / closing movement of the half mirror panel 8 in the above-described form was a rotational movement centered on the lower side thereof, but in this modified example, the position and angle of the half mirror panel 8 in the open state can be adjusted. is there.

The half mirror panel 8 in the modified example of FIG. 11 has a first link 35 and a second link 3.
It is connected to the mirror cabinet 3 via 6. The first hinge 37 that connects the mirror cabinet 3 and the first link 35, the second hinge 38 that connects the first link 35 and the second link 36, and the second hinge 36 that connects the second link 36 and the half mirror panel 8. All of the three hinges 39 are rigid enough that the angle can be easily changed by a manual operation by the user and the angle at that time is maintained as it is when the user releases the hand.

The closed state of the half mirror panel 8 in the modified example of FIG. 11 is a state in which the half mirror panel 8 is pressed against the mirror cabinet 3. The appearance in that state is the same as that shown in FIG. The state of FIG. 11 is an open state. The user can manually pull the half mirror panel 8 forward from the closed state to open the half mirror panel 8. In the open state of FIG. 11, the half mirror panel 8 is located closer to the user's eyes than in the closed state. In this state, the angle of the half mirror panel 8 can be adjusted as appropriate. Half mirror panel 8
The height of is also adjustable.

In this modification, the display of the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 housed in the half mirror panel 8 can be seen in both the closed state and the open state. Especially in the open state, the angle and height of the half mirror panel 8 can be adjusted so that the user can easily see them. Even in this modified example, the tablet terminal 19 and the smartphone 20 are stored and taken out from the half mirror panel 8 in the open state. At that time, the angle and height of the half mirror panel 8 can be adjusted to a state suitable for the operation of storing or removing.

First link 35, second link 36, first hinge 37, second link 3 in this modification
The sixth and third hinges 39 are located at both left and right ends of the half mirror panel 8 when the dressing table main body 2 is viewed from the front. All of these form an angle adjusting unit that adjusts the angle of the surface of the half mirror 12 in the half mirror panel 8. These are also height adjusting units that adjust the height of the half mirror 12. Also in this modification, when listening to the sound of the tablet terminal 19 or the smartphone 20 in the closed state of the half mirror panel 8, the space under the partition plate 29 functions as an acoustic space. The half mirror panel 8 in this modification has FIG.
The protrusion 30 shown in 1 is unnecessary.

As described in detail above, the vanity 10 with a mirror cabinet according to the present embodiment.
Then, the half mirror panel 8 is provided on a part of the front surface of the dressing table main body 2. The tablet terminal 19 and smartphone 20 can be stored in the half mirror panel 8 and can be opened and closed so that the user can use the display of these electronic devices while looking at them hands-free. The stand 10 has been realized.

It should be noted that the present embodiment is merely an example and does not limit the present disclosure in any way. Therefore, as a matter of course, this disclosure can be improved and modified in various ways without departing from its gist.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 occupy almost the entire front surface of the dressing table main body 2 except for the half mirror panel 8. However, there may be an area on the front surface of the dressing table main body 2 that is neither the half mirror panel 8 nor the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7. Some or all of the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7 may be fixed and not openable. More partition plates than those shown in FIG. 8 may be provided inside the cabinet body 4. Some member may be provided to prevent small items from being put into the acoustic space behind the half mirror panel 8.

The position of the acoustic hole 21 in the holding portion 11 of the half mirror panel 8 is not limited to the position shown in FIG. 7, and is arbitrary. Alternatively, the acoustic hole 21 can be omitted by leaving a large gap between the half mirror panel 8 and the mirror doors 5, 6 and 7. Regarding the charging function of the mirror cabinet 3, a connection type may be provided instead of the non-contact type described in the above-described embodiment, or both may be provided. The non-contact method may also be based on a standard other than the Qi standard. Regarding the angle adjusting portion in the case of the modified example shown in FIG. 11, the one shown is the one with two links and three hinges, but the present invention is not limited to this. The number of links and hinges may be different. The mirror cabinet 3 is provided not only in the vanity but also in a vanity other than around the water.

2 Vanity body 3 Mirror cabinet 4 Cabinet body (box-shaped)
5-7 Mirror door 8 Half mirror panel (movable holding member)
10 Vanity with mirror cabinet 11 Holding part 12 Half mirror 14 Thin-walled part 16 First width part 17 Second width part 18 Third width part 21 Acoustic hole 27 Partition plate 28 Partition plate 29 Partition plate 32 Charging circuit (charging unit)
35 1st link (angle adjustment part)
36 2nd link (angle adjustment part)
37 1st hinge (angle adjustment part)
38 Second hinge (angle adjustment part)
39 Third hinge (angle adjustment part)
40 Cavity space

Claims (6)

A box-shaped body with a part of the front as a mirror,
It is provided on a portion of the front surface of the box-shaped body other than the mirror, and is provided with a movable holding member that takes a closed state and an open state and holds an electronic device with a display.
The movable holding member is
A half mirror that constitutes the front surface of the box-shaped body together with the mirror in the closed state,
A mirror cabinet provided on the inner side of the box-shaped body with respect to the half mirror and having a holding portion for facing the display of the electronic device held by the movable holding member to the half mirror. The mirror cabinet according to claim 1.
A mirror cabinet in which a hollow space located on the inner surface side of the movable holding member in a closed state is provided in the box-shaped body. The mirror cabinet according to claim 1 or 2.
A mirror cabinet having an angle adjusting unit for adjusting the angle of the half mirror in the open state. The mirror cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
A mirror cabinet in which an acoustic hole is formed in the holding portion to leak the sound emitted by the held electronic device to the outside in a closed state. The mirror cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
A mirror cabinet having a charging unit that performs wireless power supply to the held electronic device. A dressing table provided with the mirror cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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