JP2806206B2 - Desktop panel mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a desktop panel which is erected on a side opposite to a use end of a top plate such as a desk made of steel furniture and partitions a space between adjacent panels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of a desk made of steel furniture or the like, a desktop panel may be attached to a non-use end side of a top plate. In this case, the mounting of the desktop panel is performed by forming holding parts for holding the panel legs attached to the left and right sides of the desktop panel on the legs that support the top plate and the sleeves that incorporate the drawers. The panel legs are inserted into the holding portions, and the panel legs are fixed to the legs or the sleeves with bolts. Usually, the holding parts formed on the legs or sleeves need to hold the desktop panel that stands vertically on the top plate without rattling so as to be integrated with the desk. Combined sheet metal members have a relatively strong structure.

[0003]

By the way, even when a desk is arranged in a face-to-face state, there are relatively few cases where a desktop panel is used. Therefore, most of the desktop panel mounting holding parts provided on all desks are not used and are often left as they are. In other words, in the above-described configuration, a structural part having appropriate strength must be prepared for the user in the holding part of the unusual desktop panel, thereby reducing costs. Had become a bottleneck when doing so.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following measures. That is, the desktop panel mounting structure according to the present invention has a wall on a side surface, and a panel mounting bracket is mounted on the wall by fastening means, and the desktop panel is mounted on the counter-use end side of the desk top plate. A panel mounting structure, wherein the wall body has a through hole, and the panel mounting bracket has a horizontal side arm and a vertical side arm extending in a direction orthogonal to each other. Is provided with a through-hole, the fastening means is composed of a female screw element arranged on the inner surface side of the wall and a male screw element screwed to the female screw element. The through-hole is aligned with the through-hole of the horizontal arm, and the horizontal arm is attached to the outer surface of the wall with the vertical arm on which the desktop panel is mounted positioned above the top plate. , Placed on the inner side of the wall for each screw element A through hole is screwed through the male screw element is intended to tightening fixing, the vertical side arms, on which is deposited a spacer forming the vertical side arm portion and a separate, provided on the desktop panel The post reinforcing bracket is fitted and inserted into the post reinforcing bracket with a spacer.
It is characterized in that a projecting portion for elastic contact is provided .

In order to improve the mounting accuracy of the panel mounting bracket, a through hole of the panel mounting bracket includes a mortar-shaped tapered portion and a penetrating portion connected to the tapered portion, and the female screw element is provided. It is preferable that the nut is made of a plate-like nut having a screw hole formed in a flat plate, and the male screw element is made of a countersunk screw.

[0007]

With such a construction, the desk top plate has only a through hole in the side wall, and no special structure is required. That is, a panel mounting bracket having a horizontal side arm and a vertical side arm on the outer surface of the wall body, and fastening means including a female screw element and a male screw element for mounting the panel mounting bracket to the side surface of the top plate. However, this is a substantial means for attaching a desktop panel, and only a through hole for attaching the panel mounting bracket is provided on the desk side. Therefore, when the desk is considered, the configuration for mounting the desktop panel is only the through-holes provided in the wall of the top panel, so that the cost of the desk for mounting the desktop panel is reduced. In addition, the desktop panel has a horizontal side arm of the panel mounting bracket fixed to the top plate and is mounted on a vertical side arm perpendicular to the horizontal side arm, so that the mounting strength of the desktop panel is increased. .

In addition, the spacer is separate.
If you replace this spacer, you can
Can also be applied to desktop panels with metal reinforcement
And then elastically contact the spacer in the post reinforcement bracket
With the convex part, so that the entire inner surface of the post reinforcement
Post reinforcement during loading / unloading compared to inserting into the spacer
Friction between the fitting and the spacer can be reduced.
Also, a tapered portion is formed in the through hole of the panel mounting bracket,
If the male screw element is a countersunk screw, the horizontal arm is positioned when the countersunk screw is tightened, so that the vertical arm is in the vertical position, which facilitates holding the desktop panel vertically.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The steel desk D shown in FIG.
A side panel 2 supporting the top panel 1, a sleeve 4 having a plurality of drawers 4a paired with the side panel 2 and supporting the top panel 1, and a back surface between the side panel 2 and the sleeve section 4. It has a general configuration including a front panel (not shown) attached to the side. The desktop panel 5 is detachably mounted on the top plate 1. The desktop panel 5 includes a plate nut 8 a and a countersunk screw 8.
b, the panel 1 is attached to the non-use end side of the top plate 1.

The top plate 1 includes a top plate main body 11 and a top plate main body 11.
And the side edges 12 which are attached to the left and right side walls 13 of the top plate 1 and form the wall of the top plate 1 together with the side walls 13.
The top plate body 11 itself may basically have a structure well-known in the art, and a channel-like reinforcing material is fixedly provided on a back surface of a sheet metal material constituting an upper surface thereof, The front and rear of the sheet metal material are formed in a tube shape. The top plate body 11 is provided with two openable and closable openings 11a in the vicinity of the rear side edge, for example, to which an outlet and a lighting fixture can be attached.
The side wall 13 is provided with a plurality of through holes 13a for attaching the side edge 12. Each through-hole 13a is a rectangular hole that is long in the depth direction of the top plate main body 11, and is provided at six locations at a predetermined interval substantially at the center of the top plate main body 11 in the thickness direction. In the vicinity of the rear end of the side wall 13, a bolt hole Bih for inserting a bolt Bi for inhibiting the front and rear movement of the side edge 12 is provided, and a rear recess 12f of the rear end of the side edge 12 is provided. A screw through-hole 13b is formed corresponding to the screw hole Bn.

The desktop panel 5 includes a panel body 51.
A channel-shaped post fitting 52 fixed to both side surfaces of the panel main body 51; and a post reinforcing fitting 53 having a protruding portion 53a bulging in the vicinity of the upper portion and fixed in the post fitting 52. Consists of The post reinforcing bracket 53 is
The panel mounting member 7 which is formed of a rectangular cylindrical body having an opening on one side surface and has a spacer 71 attached thereto is inserted. At this time, the inner size of the post reinforcing metal fitting 53 is set so that the convex portion 53a elastically contacts the spacer 71 and presses against the built-up portion 71a at the lower end of the spacer 71.

The panel mounting member 7 has a substantially L-shape, and has a horizontal arm 73 and a vertical arm 74 extending from the bridge 72 in a direction perpendicular to each other. 73 has two through holes 75. These through holes 75 are for countersunk screws. A tapered portion 75a is formed on the insertion side by dishing, and the tapered portion 75a is formed.
And a penetrating portion 75b is formed continuously on one side, and one has an elongated hole shape. Then, in order to fix the panel mounting member 7 to the top plate 1, a plate nut 8a having a female thread cut in accordance with the pitch of the through holes 75 is employed. That is, the plate nut 8a has a configuration in which a female screw is formed on a strip-shaped slightly thick sheet metal, and two ordinary nuts are connected at intervals. In this case, the width of the plate nut 8a is set in accordance with the size inside the side wall 13 of the top plate 1,
The dimensions do not rotate in the direction of rotation of the screw during screwing. The panel mounting bracket 7 includes a desktop panel 5.
Claws 71b of the spacer 71 are engaged with the vertical arm 74 near the bridge 72 and near the upper end thereof in order to attach the spacer 71 for preventing the frictional noise generated by contact with the post reinforcing bracket 53. A matching square hole 74a is formed. On the other hand, the spacer 71 has a shape that covers both side surfaces of the vertical side arm portion 74 of the panel mounting bracket 7 and the rear front surface.
Engagement claws 71 are provided at three places, that is, near the upper and lower ends and near the upper end.
b is formed. The claw 71b at the upper end is the vertical arm 7
4 and the claw 71b at the lower end is in the lower square hole 7
4a, and the pawl 71b near the upper end is connected to the upper square hole 74.
a to prevent displacement in the upward direction. In addition, the padding portions 71 on the left and right side surfaces of the lower end of the spacer 71 are provided.
“a” has its thickness increased outwardly due to the buildup.

The side edge 12 is made of a hard synthetic resin.
The whole has a U-shaped cross section in which an outer peripheral wall 12b is provided at a peripheral portion of a long strip-shaped flat plate portion 12a, and the flat plate portion 12a which faces the side wall 13 of the top plate main body 11 when attached. A protrusion 12n is formed integrally with the flat plate portion 12a at a predetermined interval on the inner side surface 12c. The width of the side edge 12, that is, the distance from one outer peripheral wall 12b to the other outer peripheral wall 12b corresponds to the thickness of the top plate main body 11, and the end face of the outer peripheral wall 12b is the cut end face 11b of the top plate main body 11. To be pressed against. Further, a rectangular front recess 12e and a rear recess 12f, which are recessed when viewed from the outer surface 12d side, are provided near the front end and the rear end of the outer surface 12d of the flat plate portion 12a.
The front and rear recesses 12e and 12f respectively include a pair of detachable lids 12g and 12h and a slit cover 12k,
When the desktop panel 5 and the desktop side panel are mounted, the slit covers 12k and 12l are removed to mount the panel mounting bracket 7, and the lids 12g and 12h and the inner walls of the recesses 12e and 12f are mounted. And a gap St is formed between them. At substantially the center of the front concave portion 12e, a bolt hole Bsh is provided for a stepped bolt Bs for inhibiting the movement of the side edge 12 and locking the mounting bracket of the desktop side panel. Similarly, the rear recess 12
f includes a bolt Bi for inhibiting the movement of the side edge 12.
And a screw hole Bn for inserting a countersunk screw 8b for fixing the panel mounting bracket 7 of the desktop panel 5 are formed. Stepped bolt Bs
Has a step on its neck where no screw is formed, and the step serves as a center of rotation of the slit cover 12k and functions as a receiving shaft for a mounting bracket of the desktop side panel.

Thus, each of the projections 12n has the shape of a quadrangular prism, the width of which is substantially the same as the width of the through hole 13a of the top plate main body 11, and the end protruding rearward of the side edge 12. It has a pressure contact portion 12m. This projection 12n
Are arranged at approximately the center of the side edge 12 in the width direction, and are arranged at a predetermined interval in the length direction from those arranged at the front end. That is, protrusion 1
Since the side edge 12 is pressed against the top plate body 11 at the portion where 2n is disposed, the side edge 12 is disposed so that a pressing force is uniformly applied in the length direction of the side edge 12. Also,
The press-contact portion 12m is integrated with the quadrangular prism-shaped portion of the projection 12n, and is substantially parallel to the flat plate portion 12a of the side edge 12 or slightly inclined toward the flat plate portion 12a.
The tip portion has an inclined surface 12q for facilitating sliding movement after the top plate body 11 is inserted into the through hole 13a. Moreover, the flat plate portion 1 of the press contact portion 12m
Press-contact surface 12, which is a surface facing the inner surface 12c of 2a
p is formed so as to be located substantially flush with the end face of the outer peripheral wall 12b. Therefore, when the press contact portion 12m is mounted on the side wall 13 of the top plate body 11, the attraction force due to the press works on the entire length of the side edge 12. The length of the press contact portion 12m is set in accordance with the length of the through hole 13a of the top plate main body 11 and the moving distance of the side edge 12 in the mounting operation.

After the respective projections 12n are inserted into the through holes 13a of the top plate main body 11, the side edges 12 are pushed rearward, that is, toward the back of the desk D while pressing the side edges 12 toward the top plate main body 11. (Indicated by a white arrow in FIG. 2), the press contact portion 12m of the projection 12n slides along the inner surface of the side wall 13 of the top plate body 11, and the press contact surface 12p of the press contact portion 12m Attach it by pressing against the inner surface. In this way, when attaching the side edge 12, it is not necessary to simultaneously perform a plurality of operations having different contents, such as tightening the bolts while holding down the side edge 12, so that the operation can be simplified, and the projections 12n The side edge 12 is uniformly pressed against the side surface of the top plate main body 11 over the entire lengthwise direction of the side edge 12,
The end surface of the outer peripheral wall 12b of the side edge 12 is
There is no gap formed between the top plate main body 11 and the side plate.

Next, attachment of the desktop panel 5 will be described. First, when attaching the desktop panel 5, first, the rear recess 12 of the side edge 12 is used.
f, the lid 12h is removed, and the panel mounting bracket 7 is attached to the side wall 13 of the top plate 1 with two countersunk screws 8b and a plate nut 8a.
Fixed to That is, the through hole 75 of the panel mounting bracket 7
Is fitted to the screw hole Bn of the rear recess 12f so that the panel mounting bracket 7 is in close contact with the side wall 13, the plate nut 8a is applied to the inside of the side wall 13, and the countersunk screw 8b is inserted into the through hole 75.
It is screwed into the plate nut 8a and tightly fixed. Next, top plate 1
A spacer 7 is provided on the inner surface of the vertical arm 74 of the panel mounting bracket 7 attached to the
One claw 71b is inserted into the square hole 74a and the vertical side arm 74, respectively.
The spacer 71 is attached by engaging with the upper end. After the panel mounting bracket 7 with the spacer 71 mounted thereon is fixed to the side walls 13 of the top panel 1 in this manner, the post bracket 52 of the desktop panel 5 is placed on the vertical side arm portion 74 so as to cover the desktop. The panel 5 is moved to the top 1 and mounted. Finally, the slit cover 12l is removed from the lid 12h, and the lid 12h is placed in the rear recess 12f.
, The horizontal arm 73 of the panel mounting bracket 7 is covered with the lid 12h and is not exposed.

The mounted desktop panel 5 has a built-up portion 71a at the lower end of the spacer 71, and
3 is pressed into the lower end of the spacer 3 and the spacer 7
Since the upper end of the top plate 1 elastically contacts the convex portion 53a of the post reinforcing bracket 53, the top plate 1 does not rattle in the depth direction. Further, since the panel mounting bracket 7 is fixed to the top plate 1 with the countersunk screw 8b, the horizontal arm 73 is fixed horizontally to the top plate 1 only by tightening the countersunk screw 8b. Is held at a right angle to the top plate 1, and the desktop panel 5 can always be mounted vertically without the operation of adjusting the angle of the panel mounting bracket 7.
Moreover, since the panel mounting bracket 7 has a so-called L-shaped structure having a horizontal arm 73 and a vertical arm 74 extending in a direction orthogonal to each other, the mounting bracket composed of a plate-like rod is attached to the desk body. The strength of the top plate 1 in the depth direction can be increased as compared with the case where the desktop panel 5 is mounted upright.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. In the above embodiment, the panel mounting metal 7 is mounted so that the side edge portion of the desktop panel 5 is attached. For example, a screw is screwed into the desktop panel 5 from the side of the panel mounting metal 7 and mounted. It may be. In addition, the configuration of each unit is not limited to the illustrated example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0020]

According to the present invention, as described in detail above, a panel mounting bracket having a horizontal arm and a vertical arm extending in a direction orthogonal to each other is provided on a wall on the side surface of the top plate. The through-hole secures the desk-side structure for mounting the desktop panel, and each arm is at a right angle, increasing the strength of holding the desktop panel. And the desktop panel can be easily vertically fixed to the top plate. In addition, a separate spacer is placed on the vertical arm.
And then fit the desktop panel post reinforcement
Insertion, a simple insertion operation
Mount or position the stop panel exactly in place
Not only replace the spacers
Easily accommodates different types of desktop panels
An excellent effect is achieved. Further
And, the post reinforcement bracket is provided with a convex portion that elastically contacts the spacer.
Therefore, simply use the entire inner surface of the post reinforcing bracket as a spacer.
The post reinforcement bracket and the space
Greatly reduces friction between the
A case that can make loading and unloading work easier
Another effect is also achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a structure of a side surface of the top plate of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a mounting portion of the panel mounting bracket of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a mounting state of the panel mounting bracket of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the same example taken along line AA of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary top view showing the main part of the desktop panel of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary perspective view showing the inner side surface of the side edge according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view showing a protrusion on a side edge of the embodiment.

[Description of Signs] 1 ... Top plate 5 ... Desktop panel 7 ... Panel mounting bracket 8a ... Plate nut 8b ... Countersunk screw 13 ... Side wall 13b ... Through hole 53 ... Post reinforcement bracket 53a ... Convex part 71 ... Spacer 73 ... Horizontal arm Part 74: Vertical arm 75: Through hole

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A desktop panel mounting structure having a wall on a side surface and mounting a panel mounting bracket to the wall by fastening means to mount a desktop panel on a non-use end side of a desk top plate, The wall body has a through hole, and the panel mounting bracket has a horizontal arm and a vertical arm extending in a direction perpendicular to each other, and the horizontal arm has a through hole, and a stop is provided. The attachment means is composed of a female screw element arranged on the inner side of the wall and a male screw element screwed to the female screw element, and the panel mounting bracket is connected to the through hole of the wall and the horizontal side arm. With the vertical side arm for mounting the desktop panel aligned with the through hole, and with the horizontal side arm in contact with the outer surface of the wall with the vertical side arm on which the desktop panel is For positioning, screw the male screw elements that have passed through the respective through holes into the screw elements and tighten them. Is intended to fix the vertical side arms, on which is deposited a spacer forming the vertical side arm portion and a separate body, and the interpolated so fitting the post reinforcing bracket provided on the desktop panel, said post reinforcing brackets Inside the spacer
A mounting structure for a desktop panel, characterized by having a projecting portion for elastic contact . 2. A through hole of a panel mounting bracket includes a mortar-shaped tapered portion and a through portion connected to the tapered portion, and the female screw element has a plate-like shape in which a screw hole is provided in a flat plate. 2. The mounting structure for a desktop panel according to claim 1, wherein the nut comprises a nut, and the male screw element comprises a countersunk screw.