JP2024053170A - Store fixture - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce a space required for transportation or custody in a store fixture having a constitution in which end beams are provided protrusively respectively from pairing leg bodies, and a middle beam is disposed between the end beams.SOLUTION: A counter which is a store fixture including, between end legs 11 arranged on lateral width direction both ends, end beams 13 projecting inward from the end legs 11, and a middle beam 14 disposed between the end beams 13, in which the end beams 13 are detachably attached to the end legs 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to fixtures suitable for use in offices, etc.

Generally, existing columns in an office space are arranged to correspond to a certain architectural module, but because the width dimensions of the columns themselves vary, the internal dimensions between columns are slightly different in various offices.

As a result, it is difficult to densely arrange the desired fixtures between the pillars, which are part of the building structure. For example, to place fixtures such as a counter between the pillars and install them next to a window in an attractive way, the current situation is that there is no choice but to rely on on-site construction that involves carpentry.

This situation is not limited to fixtures placed in office spaces, but is similar in stores and various other spaces, and some kind of measure is needed.

In order to meet the above-mentioned demand, there are fixtures that are configured so that the width dimension of the support that supports the tabletop can be changed. Conventional fixtures with such a configuration use a configuration in which an intermediate beam that supports the main element of the support and an end beam supported by the leg on the movable end side are slid relative to each other (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Here, in the configuration described in Patent Document 1, the end beam is attached integrally to the end leg that constitutes the support body, so depending on the dimensions of the end beam, the packaging material for packaging the end leg and end beam needs to be large, which creates the problem of requiring a large space for transportation and storage.

This problem is not limited to fixtures with adjustable tabletop or support widths, but is commonly present in fixtures that have end beams protruding from each of a pair of end legs, with an intermediate beam between the end beams.

JP 2020-49003 A

The present invention was made with the above in mind, and aims to reduce the space required for transporting and storing fixtures that have end beams protruding from each pair of legs and an intermediate beam between the end beams.

The fixture according to the invention described in claim 1 has end beams that protrude inward from the end legs arranged at both ends in the width direction, and an intermediate beam arranged between these end beams, and the end beams are removably attached to the end legs.

The fixture according to the invention described in claim 2 is the fixture described in claim 1, which is provided with a beam connection mechanism between at least one end beam and the intermediate beam, which connects the intermediate beam to the end beam in a manner that allows the relative position to be changed.

The fixture of the invention described in claim 3 is an L-shaped end leg in plan view, with an end frame disposed at the end in the width direction and a rear frame extending inward from the rear edge of the end frame, and the end beam is removably attached to the inner surface of the end frame, as described in claim 1.

The fixture according to the invention described in claim 4 is the fixture described in claims 1, 2 or 3, in which the length dimension of the end beam is longer than the width dimension of the end leg.

The fixture of the invention described in claim 5 is the fixture described in claim 1, in which a counter top extending in the width direction is arranged on the end beams and the intermediate beams.

According to the present invention, in a fixture having end beams protruding from each pair of legs and an intermediate beam disposed between the end beams, it is possible to reduce the space required for transportation and storage.

1 is an overall perspective view showing a counter according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a main part of the counter according to the embodiment. FIG. FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part in FIG. 4 . FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a main part in FIG. 9 . FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a main part in FIG. 10 .

One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a counter K, which is one type of fixture.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, this counter K is configured by supporting a tabletop 2 on a support 1, and the support 1 comprises a support body 4 and a movable end portion 5 connected to the support body 4 so that the mounting position can be changed. That is, as shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the support 1 in this embodiment is for supporting the tabletop 2, and the tabletop 2 comprises a main tabletop portion 6 supported by the support body 4, and a sub-tabletop portion 7 slidably fitted onto the main tabletop portion 6 and supported by the movable end portion 5. The furniture width W can be changed by changing the mounting position of the movable end portion 5 relative to the support body 4 to change the degree to which the sub-tabletop portion 7 covers the main tabletop portion 6. In addition, this counter K has a symmetrical shape.

<Support Body 4 of Support 1>
In this embodiment, the support 1 has movable ends 5 at both ends of the support body 4, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The support body 4 is mainly composed of an intermediate leg 10, which is a leg on the main body side and is located in the center of the width direction, an end beam 12 supported by the intermediate leg 10, and an intermediate beam 14, one end of which is supported by the end beam 12, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 to 7. The intermediate leg 10 includes front and rear leg supports 21, 23 and a lower stay 25 that rigidly connects the lower ends of the leg supports 21, 23, and rigidly connects the upper ends of the leg supports 21, 23 via a plate-shaped top plate support metal fitting 27. An adjuster (not shown) is provided at the lower end of the intermediate leg 10. The end beam 12 is rigidly connected to the back of the front leg support 21 by welding or the like.

<Movable end 5 of support 1>
As shown in Figures 1, 2 and 4 to 8, the movable end 5 is mainly composed of an end leg 11, which is a leg on the movable end 5 side, and an end beam 13 extending from the upper end of the end leg 11. The end leg 11 is L-shaped in a plan view and includes an end frame 15 arranged at the end in the width direction and a rear frame 16 extending inward from the rear edge of the end frame 15. More specifically, the end frame 15 of the end leg 11 is mainly composed of a front leg support 29, an outer rear leg support 31 located behind the leg support 29, a vertical upper stay 33 that rigidly connects the upper ends of the leg supports 29, 31, and a vertical lower stay 35 that rigidly connects the lower ends of the leg supports 29, 31. The rear frame 16 is mainly composed of the inner rear leg support 37 arranged on the inside of the outer rear leg support 31, the horizontal upper stay 39 rigidly connecting the upper ends of the outer rear leg support 31 and the inner rear leg support 37, and the horizontal lower stay 41 rigidly connecting the lower ends of the leg supports 31 and 37. A top plate receiving metal fitting 43 for attaching the main top plate 2 is fixed to the upper end (horizontal upper stay 39) of this end leg 11, and an adjuster (not shown) is provided at the lower end. A plurality of bolt insertion holes 43a are drilled at a predetermined pitch in the top plate receiving metal fitting 43. The end beam 13 is detachably attached to this end leg 11 via a bracket 13b. More specifically, the end beam 13 is detachably attached by screwing a bolt 73 into a plate nut 71 provided in the vertical upper stay 33 with the bracket 13b attached to the inner surface of the end frame 15, which in this embodiment is the inward surface 33a of the vertical upper stay 33. The length L 1 of the end beam 13 is longer than the width W 1 of the end leg 11 .

<Beam connecting mechanism 8>
The counter K is constructed by installing a beam between a pair of legs, specifically, an intermediate leg 10 and an end leg 11. More specifically, as shown in Fig. 2 and Figs. 4 to 8, the counter K includes end beams 12, 13 protruding from the intermediate leg 10 and the end leg 11, respectively, and an intermediate beam 14 connecting these end beams 12, 13. In other words, the counter K includes end beams 13 protruding inward from the end legs 11 between the end legs 11 arranged at both ends in the width direction, and an intermediate beam 14 arranged between these end beams 13. In addition, the end beams 12, 13 are each provided with grooves 12a, 13a that open in the same direction, in this embodiment, upward, as shown in Fig. 6, and both ends of the intermediate beam 14 are fitted into the grooves 12a, 13a of the end beams 12, 13 from the same direction, in this embodiment, from above, so that the intermediate beam 14 is installed between the end beams 12, 13. Furthermore, as shown in Figures 8 to 13, a beam connection mechanism 8 is provided between the end beam 13 protruding from the end leg 11 and the intermediate beam 14, which connects the intermediate beam 14 to the end beam 13 in a manner that allows the relative position of the intermediate beam 14 to be changed in the longitudinal direction.

As shown in Fig. 7, the end beam 12 protruding from the intermediate leg 10 comprises a bottom plate 45 and side plates 47 that are continuous with both side edges of the bottom plate 45, and a recessed groove 12a that is open on the opposite side of the bottom plate 45, i.e., upward, is formed between the both side plates 47. As shown in Figs. 7 to 13, the end beam 13 protruding from the end leg 11 comprises a bottom plate 49 and side plates 51 that are continuous with both side edges of the bottom plate 49, and a recessed groove 13a that is open on the opposite side of the bottom plate 49, i.e., upward, is formed between the both side plates 51.

The intermediate beam 14 is a square pipe that fits into the grooves 12a, 13a of the end beams 12, 13. More specifically, as shown in Figures 7 to 13, the intermediate beam 14 has a bottom plate 53 that abuts against the inner surfaces of the bottom plates 45, 49 of the end beams 12, 13, side plates 55 that extend from both side edges of the bottom plate 53, and a top plate 57 that is provided between the extending ends of the side plates 55.

On the other hand, as shown in Figures 12 and 13, the beam connecting mechanism 8 comprises a plurality of bolt insertion holes 13x spaced apart in the longitudinal direction through the bottom plate 49 of the end beam 13 protruding from the end leg 11, a bolt 59 that can be selectively inserted into any of the bolt insertion holes 13x, and a nut portion 61 into which the bolt 59 inserted through the bolt insertion hole 13x provided in the intermediate beam 14 can be screwed. This nut portion 61 comprises a bolt insertion hole 14x that penetrates the bottom plate 53 of the intermediate beam 14, and a nut 63 fixed to the inner surface of the bottom plate 53 with its axis aligned with the bolt insertion hole 14x. Then, the intermediate beam 14 is fitted from above into the recessed groove 13a of the end beam 13, and the axis of one of the bolt insertion holes 13x of the end beam 13 and the bolt insertion hole 14x of the intermediate beam 14 are aligned, and the bolt 59 passed through these bolt insertion holes 13x and 14x is fastened to the nut 63 to connect the end beam 13 and the intermediate beam 14. In addition, bolt insertion holes 12x are provided at two locations on the bottom plate 45 of the end beam 12 protruding from the intermediate leg 10, and a bolt insertion hole 14x is also provided at the other end of the bottom plate 53 of the intermediate beam 14, and a nut 63 is fixed to the inner surface of the bottom plate 53 with the axis aligned with the bolt insertion hole 14x. Then, the bolt 59 inserted through these bolt insertion holes 12x and 14x is screwed into the nut 63 to connect the end beam 12 and the intermediate beam 14.

The bolt insertion holes 13x of the end beam 13 are provided intermittently at a predetermined pitch, and the end leg 11 and the intermediate leg 10 are moved relative to each other in the horizontal direction to align the axis of one of the bolt insertion holes 13x of the end beam 13 with the axis of the bolt insertion hole 14x of the intermediate beam 14, and the bolt 59 passed through these bolt insertion holes 13x, 14x is fastened to the nut 63, thereby allowing the end beam 13 and the intermediate beam 14 to be positioned relative to each other.

<Stepless installation mechanism 9>
The stepless mounting mechanism 9 is for steplessly adjusting the mounting position of the sub top plate portion 7 relative to the movable end portion 5 of the support body 1 in the width direction of the counter K, and as shown in Figure 11, is configured by using a pair of pins 33p fixed to the underside of the vertical upper stay 33 of the movable end portion 5. The mounting position of the sub top plate portion 7 can be steplessly adjusted in the width direction of the counter K by inserting the pins 33p into elongated holes 109 that are provided on the underside of a stay 107 (described later) of the sub top plate portion 7 and extend in the width direction of the counter K.

<Top Board 2 (Main Top Board Part 6 and Sub Top Board Part 7)>
1 to 7, the counter top 2 of the present invention includes a main top portion 6 disposed on the support body 4 side of the support 1, and a sub-top portion 7 mounted on the movable end portion 5 of the support 1 and slidably fitted onto the end portion of the main top portion 6, and extends in the width direction. The top portion 2 is disposed on end beams 12, 13 and an intermediate beam 14.

In more detail, the main top panel 6 is mainly composed of a solid plate material 101 having a rectangular shape in a plan view, as shown in, for example, Figures 1, 3, and 5 to 7, and one end of the plate material 101 is screwed to a top panel receiving metal fitting 27 provided on the intermediate leg 10 of the support body 4, and the other end is screwed to a top panel receiving metal fitting 43 provided on the end leg 11 of the movable end 5. A tray 103 that is open upward is provided on the opposite end of the plate material 101. In this embodiment, two main top panel parts 6 are provided, as shown in Figures 1 to 4.

As shown in Figures 1, 5 to 7, 11 and 13, the sub-top section 7 comprises a main body 105 that is attached to the upper surface of the main top 2 and can hold the plate material 101 of the main top 2, and a stay 107 that is rigidly connected to the end of the main body 105 by welding or the like. As mentioned above, a pair of long holes 109 extending in the width direction of the counter K are provided on the underside of the stay 107, and a pair of pins 33p fixed to the underside of the vertical upper stay 33 of the movable end 5 are inserted into the long holes 109 to form the stepless mounting mechanism 9.

<Spearboard 3>
As explained above, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 4 to 7, the counter K comprises a support body 1 which is expandable in the width direction, and a tabletop 2 which is supported by the support body 1 and expandable in the width direction, and further, a skirting board 3 which is expandable in the width direction is disposed below the tabletop 2. The skirting board 3 comprises a main skirting board portion 3a provided on the support body main body 4 side, and a sub-skirting board portion 3b provided on the movable end portion 5 side in a state of being slidably engaged with the main skirting board portion 3a.

Here, FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the counter K of this embodiment from above. FIG. 2 is a front view of the counter K. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the counter K. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the counter K. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the left half of the counter from below. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the left half of the counter K from above. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the left half of the counter K from below. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing the attachment of the end beam 13 to the end leg 11 in the counter and the connection between the end beam 13 and the intermediate beam. Note that only the left half of the counter K is shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, but since the counter K has a symmetrical shape as mentioned above, the right half of the counter K also has a similar shape that is inverted left and right. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 2. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 4. Note that the lower part of the counter K is omitted in FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of the main part in FIG. 4. FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of the main part in FIG. 9. Figure 13 is an enlarged view of the main parts in Figure 10.

<Effects of this embodiment>
As described above, according to this embodiment, the end beams 12, 13 are provided with the recessed grooves 12a, 13a that are open in the same direction, and the intermediate beam 14 is installed between the end beams 12, 13 by fitting both ends of the intermediate beam 14 in the same direction, in this embodiment, from above, into the recessed grooves 12a, 13 of the end beams 12, 13, so that an assembly mode can be adopted in which the support body 4 and the movable end 5 of the support 1 are first positioned at the desired position, and then the intermediate beam 14 is fitted between the end beam 12 on the support body 4 side and the end beam 13 on the movable end 5 side. Therefore, the effort required for assembling the counter K by placing it in the desired position can be reduced.

In addition, a beam connection mechanism 8 is provided between one end beam 13 and the intermediate beam 14, which connects the intermediate beam 14 to the end beam 13 in a manner that allows the relative position of the beam 14 to be changed in the longitudinal direction. This allows the width dimension of the counter K to be changed flexibly, and the counter can be placed attractively in spaces where it is difficult to change dimensions, such as between architectural columns.

The end beam 12 on the support body 4 side has a bottom plate 45 and side plates 47 that are continuous with both side edges of the bottom plate 45, and a groove 12x that is open on the opposite side of the bottom plate 45, i.e., upward, is formed between the both side plates 47, and the end beam 13 on the movable end 5 side has a bottom plate 49 and side plates 51 that are continuous with both side edges of the bottom plate 49, and a groove 13x that is open on the opposite side of the bottom plate 49, i.e., upward, is formed between the both side plates 51, and the intermediate beam is a square pipe that fits inside the grooves 12x, 13x, so the beam connection mechanism 8 described above can be easily realized.

In addition, in this embodiment, the end beam 13 on the movable end 5 side is removably attached to the end leg 11, so that when transporting or storing, the end beam 13 can be removed from the movable end 5 and then packaged separately, reducing the space required compared to packaging with the end beam 13 attached to the movable end 5.

The end legs 11 are L-shaped in plan view, with an end frame 15 located at the end in the width direction and a rear frame 16 extending inward from the rear edge of the end frame 15, and the end beams 13 are removably attached to the inner surface of the end frame 15. This allows the end legs 11 to be temporarily and stably placed at both ends of the position where the counter K is to be installed.

<Other embodiments>
It should be noted that the present embodiment is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

For example, the present invention can be applied not only to counters, but also to any fixture that is constructed by installing a beam between a pair of legs, with end beams protruding from each leg, and an intermediate beam connecting these end beams.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, a beam connection mechanism is provided between at least one of the end beams and the intermediate beam, which connects the intermediate beam to the end beam in a manner that allows the relative position to be changed in the longitudinal direction, but the present invention may also be applied to fixtures in which the intermediate beam and the end beam are connected in a manner that prevents the relative position from being changed in the longitudinal direction. Even in such fixtures, by packaging the end beams separately while detached from the legs, the space required can be reduced compared to packaging the end beams while attached to the legs.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the end legs, which are the legs, are L-shaped in plan view and include an end frame arranged at the end in the width direction and a rear frame extending inward from the rear edge of this end frame, and the end beams are removably attached to the inner surface of the end frame, but the shape of the legs and the attachment position of the end beams to the legs may be set arbitrarily.

Various other modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

K: Fixtures (counter)
2: Counter top 8: Beam connecting mechanism 11: End leg 12: End beam 13: End beam 14: Intermediate beam 15: End frame 16: Back frame L1: Length dimension of end beam W1: Width dimension of end leg

Claims (5)

A fixture that has end beams that protrude inward from end legs arranged at both ends in the width direction and an intermediate beam arranged between these end beams, and the end beams are removably attached to the end legs. The fixture according to claim 1, further comprising a beam connection mechanism between at least one end beam and the intermediate beam, which connects the intermediate beam to the end beam in a manner that allows the relative position of the intermediate beam to be changed. The fixture according to claim 1, wherein the end legs are L-shaped in plan view and include an end frame disposed at the end in the width direction and a rear frame extending inward from the rear edge of the end frame, and the end beams are removably attached to the inner surface of the end frame. The fixture according to claim 1, 2 or 3, in which the length dimension of the end beam is longer than the width dimension of the end leg. The fixture of claim 1, comprising a counter top extending in the width direction disposed on the end beams and the intermediate beams.

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