JP2527086Y2 - Furniture hinge - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hinge for furniture.
More specifically, the hinge for furniture, which is used for knockdown type furniture assembled at the customer's destination and allows the door to be attached to the side plate of the furniture body by simple work, the removal structure from the door side Regarding such improvements.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a hinge for furniture, for example, a hinge disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-111076 is known.

[0003] This conventional hinge for furniture comprises a cup case in which a portion fixed to the door side of the furniture main body is embedded and fixed in the door, and a cup-type mounting member fitted and mounted to the case.
The cup-type mounting member is provided with an engaging portion which is engaged by fitting on a side surface of the cup-type mounting member, and the cup-type mounting member is pushed into a cup case fixed in advance at a delivery destination such as furniture. The mounting on the door side can be completed by a one-touch operation of fitting.
The engaging portion of the conventional furniture hinge is formed of an engaging claw and an engaging groove into which tools such as a flathead screwdriver can be inserted. By releasing the engagement, the cup case and the cup-shaped mounting member can be detached.

According to the conventional hinge for furniture, only the cup case is embedded and fixed in the door to the delivery destination of the furniture and the like, and no portion protruding from the door is provided. There is an advantage that the packing and transportation of the door can be facilitated, and damage to each part of the hinge can be prevented. In such a conventional hinge for furniture, an attachment member fixed to the side plate side of the furniture main body is usually connected to the cup-shaped attachment member via a link member.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional hinge for furniture, when the cup-shaped mounting member is separated from the cup case and detached therefrom, tools are provided between the engaging claws and the engaging grooves of the engaging portion. It must be inserted to forcibly disengage the engagement claws and engagement grooves. Thereafter, an operation of grasping a link member or the like connected to the cup-shaped mounting member and pulling out the cup-shaped mounting member from the cup case in a cantilever manner is performed, so that the cup case and the cup-shaped mounting member are detached. As a result, the area around the engaging portion may be damaged or deformed by the contact or pressing of the tools, and the link member or the connecting and assembling of each portion may be deformed by one side of the pulling stress. For this reason, once the door is removed for inspection, etc., it becomes impossible to re-attach it to the door due to damage or deformation, or the precision of the attachment decreases. There is.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of such problems, and has as its object to provide a hinge for furniture that can be removed from the door side without being damaged or deformed.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a furniture hinge according to the present invention, which has an engaging portion which is engaged with a fitting side surface between a cup case and a cup-type mounting member by fitting. A cutout is provided by cutting out a part of the fitting side of the cup case so that the engaging portion can be slid in a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction of the cup case and the cup-type mounting member. A means is adopted in which the cup-shaped mounting member can be pulled out from the outlet of the cup case after being removed. In a preferred embodiment,
It is possible to adopt a configuration in which a flange portion is extended from an upper portion of the cup case, and a flange cover portion to be engaged with the flange portion is extended from the cup-type mounting member.

[0008]

When the cup-shaped mounting member is pushed into the cup case embedded and fixed in the door, the cup-shaped mounting member is engaged and mounted by the engaging portion. When removing the cup case and the cup-shaped mounting member from the door, remove the cup-shaped mounting member in the direction perpendicular to the fitting direction from the cut-out portion of the fitting side surface of the cup case. Will be Upon reuse, a cup case and a cup-shaped mounting member that do not cause damage or deformation are used.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a hinge for furniture according to the present invention.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The cup-shaped mounting member 1, which is a portion fixed to the door D side,
Side plate of furniture main body (not shown) via link plate 2
FIG. 2 shows a part that is rotatably connected to a frame-type mounting member 3 that is a part fixed to the side.

The cup-shaped mounting member 1 has a substantially oval cup shape in plan view. The outer peripheral surface is a fitting side surface 11 to be fitted in a cup case 4 described later, and the outer bottom surface is the same. It is the fitting bottom surface 12. The corner portion 13 where the fitting side surface 11 and the fitting bottom surface 12 abut each other,
It is chamfered in a round shape to facilitate fitting into the cup case 4. One curved surface 11a on the side of the fitting side surface 11 on which the link plate 2 is attached.
Has a thick structure for supporting the link plate 2 and receiving a rotational stress. Further, the cup case 4 is formed such that the receiving hole 16 inside the cup case 4 is extended to a dimension w capable of accommodating the frame type mounting member 3 having various heights h.

[0012] Engaging grooves 14 are respectively provided at symmetrical positions on two opposing planar surfaces 11b and 11c of the fitting side surface 11 of the cup-shaped mounting member 1. The engagement groove 14 has a structure that is dug into an L-shape from the surfaces 11b and 11c to another curved surface 11d, and has an upper end formed on the upper edge of the cup-type mounting member 1. The opening 14a is open, the lower end is a locking surface 14b inclined downward and outward, and the side portion on the surface 11d side is a sliding gap 14c.

A flange cover 15 is integrally formed on the cup-type mounting member 1 at a symmetrical position from an upper portion on the side where the link plate 2 is not mounted.
The flange cover 15 has the same thin plate shape as a flange 42 described later, and ribs 151 and 152 are vertically provided at three positions other than the extraction direction. A round hole 153 is opened in the flange cover 15.

The cup case 4 in which the cup-shaped mounting member 1 is fitted is formed integrally with the cup 41 in which the cup-shaped mounting member 1 is fitted and housed outside the upper edge of the cup 41 in an airfoil shape. And a flange portion 42.

The cup portion 41 is formed in a cup shape to be fitted in a cup hole H formed in the door D, and has an inner peripheral surface on which a fitting side surface 411 into which the cup-type mounting member 1 fits. , And the inner bottom surface is also the fitting bottom surface 412. Two opposite planar surfaces 411 of the fitting side surface 411
b, 411c (corresponding to two opposed flat surfaces 11b, 11c of the fitting side surface 11 of the cup-shaped mounting member 1)
Engaging claws 413 that can be engaged with the engaging grooves 14 of the cup-shaped mounting member 1 are provided at symmetrical positions. The engaging claw 413 has a shape like a cut-and-raised shape inside the cup portion 41 and has elasticity. The engaging claw 413 and the engaging groove 14 of the cup-type mounting member 1 constitute two engaging portions a.

Further, the fitting side surface 41 of the cup portion 41
One curved one surface 411a (corresponding to the curved one surface 11a of the fitting side surface 11 of the cup-shaped mounting member 1) is cut out substantially entirely to form an outlet 414. The outlet 414 is cut out so as not to form a step on the fitting bottom surface 412 of the cup portion 4. Further, cutout holes 415 and 415 are cut out on one surface 414d on the opposite side of the outlet 414. In addition, the hole 416 can be cut out and formed in the fitting bottom surface 412 as needed.

The flange portion 42 is formed in a plate shape so as to abut the mounting surface around the cup hole H of the door D, and is provided with a countersink hole 42 'for mounting the screw 5 or the like.

According to this embodiment, in the fitted cup-shaped mounting member 1 and the cup case 4, the fitting side surface 11 of the cup-shaped mounting member 1 on the side of the link plate 2 as far as the outlet 414 of the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4. Surface 11a of the cup portion 41 forming the opening 414 through a thick structure for receiving the rotational stress of supporting the link plate 2 on the surface 11a. 411 can be increased by the thickness of one surface 411a. Therefore, the strength of the cup-shaped mounting member 1 against rotation stress increases. Further, such an improvement in the strength of the anti-rotational stress of the cup-shaped mounting member 1 can absorb the increased amount of the thick structure of the surface 11a by the surface 411a. 4 can be prevented from increasing. For this reason, within the range of the diameter of the cup hole H which is standardized and used extensively (for example, in a system kitchen, the diameter of 35 mm is frequently used).
Thus, it is possible to improve the strength of the cup-shaped mounting member 1 against the rotational stress.

Also, according to this embodiment, the outlet 414
Notches 415, 415 on one surface 414d on the opposite side of
Is cut off, the size w of the receiving hole 15 of the cup-type mounting member 1 can be designed to be large even within the range of the diameter of the cup hole H described above. It becomes possible to use the mold mounting member 3.

Further, according to this embodiment, the digging of the engaging groove 14 of the conventional cup-shaped mounting member 1 is extended and a part of the fitting side surface 411 of the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4 is cut off. Therefore, it is possible to carry out a modification of a conventional existing product.

When using this embodiment, only the cup case 4 is fixed to the door D in advance at a manufacturing factory or the like. Therefore, similarly to the above-described conventional example, since the door D does not have a protruding portion, the advantage that the door D can be easily packed and transported and damage to each hinge portion can be prevented is impaired. It will not be. The cup case 4 can be attached to the door D with one touch with a dowel screw or the like.
Furniture and the like can be installed at the delivery destination.

Then, similarly to the above-described conventional example, the cup-type mounting member 1 is fitted and mounted on the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4 with one touch. In this fitting mounting, the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4 and the cup-shaped mounting member 1 are fitted to face each other. That is, when the cup-shaped mounting member 1 is pushed into the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4, the engaging claws 413 of the cup portion 41 are pushed outward and then engaged with the engaging grooves 14 of the cup-shaped mounting member 1. That is, the fitting of the cup-type mounting member 1 and the cup case 4 is held by the two engaging portions a. Note that the locking surface 14b of the engagement groove 14 of the cup-type mounting member 1 is inclined, and the cup-type mounting member 1 is fixed to the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4 by the engaging claw 413 of the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4. Since it is pressed toward the fitting bottom surface 412, the tightness of the above-described mounting is increased. At this time, the flange cover portion 15 is fitted over and engaged with the upper surface of the flange portion 42 while being regulated by the ribs 151 and 152 in three directions, and positioning from a wide portion is performed.

To remove the cup-type mounting member 1 and the cup case 4 for inspection or the like, a screw 5 for fixing the flange portion 42 of the cup case 4 to the door D as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cup-shaped mounting member 1 and the cup case 4 are integrally pulled out from the cup hole H of the door D as shown in FIGS.
The cup-shaped mounting member 1 is pulled out from the cup portion 41 in a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction.

In such removal, the engaging claw 413 of the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4 slides inside the sliding gap 14c of the engaging groove 14 of the cup-shaped mounting member 1, and the cup-shaped mounting member 1 is moved. Since the user slips out of the outlet 414 of the cup part 41 of the cup case 4, the operation is smoothly performed without requiring a strong force for the operation. Further, the right and left ribs 152 and 152 of the flange cover portion 15 are guided in contact with the left and right sides of the flange portion 42, and are pulled out from the side having no rib.

As shown in FIG. 7, the tools 6 are inserted through the opening 14a of the engaging groove 14 of the cup-type mounting member 1, and the engaging claws 413 of the cup portion 41 of the cup case 4 are pressed and bent. The engagement of the engagement portion a is released, and the same removal as in the conventional example in which the cup-type mounting member 1 is pulled out from the cup portion 41 can be performed.

As described above, in addition to the illustrated embodiment, the engagement structure of the engagement portion a may be an embodiment including grooves and claws having another structure. Further, by providing the engaging claws 413 upward from the fitting side surface of the cup-type mounting member 1 and providing the locking surface 14b on the upper edge of the fitting side surface of the cup case 4, they can be replaced with each other. It is.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the present invention can be implemented with a structure in which a flange cover portion is not provided on the upper portion of the cup-shaped mounting member 1. Even in this case, reliable engagement mounting is performed by the engagement portion structure.

Further, an embodiment in which the link plate 2, the frame type mounting member 3 and the like connected to the cup type mounting member 1 have another structure is also possible.

[0029]

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, the hinge for furniture according to the present invention can be removed by removing the cup-shaped mounting member from the cup case and the cup-shaped mounting member that are integrally removed from the door. Since the conventional tools do not come into contact with the tools, do not catch the pressing or pulling stress, and do not damage or deform each part when removing from the door, remove from the door without any damage or deformation. There are effects that can be performed. In addition, this effect has an effect that it is not possible to re-attach or attach to the door side due to damage or deformation, or to reduce the precision of the attachment or attachment.

Furthermore, since the cup-shaped mounting member can be provided with a thick structure using the cut-out portion of the cup case, the anti-rotation stress of the cup-shaped mounting member can be increased without increasing the existing outer diameter. This has the effect of increasing the strength of the film.

Furthermore, since the present invention has a structure in which the groove structure of the engaging portion is extended and a part of the cup case is cut off as compared with the conventional example, there is an effect that an existing product can be easily remodeled.

Further, since the door is not provided with a protruding portion, there is an effect that the advantage of the conventional example that the packing and transport of the door is easy and the respective parts are prevented from being damaged is not impaired.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a furniture hinge according to the present invention in a detached state.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the removal operation of FIG. 1 in an initial state of the removal operation.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part showing a detaching operation state following FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a removal completed state in a removal operation state following FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a main part showing another example of removing a hinge for furniture according to an embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the hinge for furniture in a detached state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 cup-type mounting member 11 fitting side surface 12 fitting bottom surface 14 engaging groove 15 flange cover portion 4 cup case 41 cup portion 411 fitting side surface 412 fitting bottom surface 413 engaging claw a engaging portion D door

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Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A cup case in which a part fixed to a door side of a furniture main body includes a cup case which is embedded and fixed in a cup hole formed in the door, and a cup-type mounting member fitted and mounted to the cup case. Furniture hinges provided with an engagement portion that is engaged by fitting on a fitting side surface with a cup-type mounting member,
A cutout was formed by cutting out a part of the fitting side surface of the cup case so that the engaging portion could be slid in a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction of the cup case and the cup-type mounting member, and the cup case was removed from the cup hole. A hinge for furniture, wherein a cup-shaped mounting member can be later pulled out from an outlet of a cup case. 2. The hinge for furniture according to claim 1, wherein a flange portion is extended from an upper portion of the cup case, and a flange cover portion engaged with the flange portion is extended from a cup-shaped mounting member.