JP2942367B2 - Automatic elevator storage - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic lifting type underfloor storage which can be moved up and down by electric power.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known an automatic lifting type underfloor storage which can be raised and lowered electrically. In this underfloor storage, a support frame for supporting the storage container so as to be able to freely move up and down is arranged under the floor, and the storage container is made to protrude upward from an opening formed in the floor or to be drawn in below the opening. Then, a lid receiving frame is attached to the opening provided on the floor, and the lid is placed on the lid receiving frame.

The lifting device for vertically moving the storage container up and down has been mounted so as to protrude outside the support frame below the floor when the support frame is installed at the site.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional example, the lifting device is mounted so as to protrude outside the support frame. There is a problem that the support frame cannot be taken out from the floor opening for inspection and maintenance because the device is in the way.

[0005] For this reason, the inventor of the present invention has provided a storage container so that it can be raised and lowered so as to project upward and downward from a portion surrounded by the upper frame of the support frame in the process of the present invention. Considering that the lifting device for raising and lowering the storage container is disposed on the support frame so as not to protrude outside and inward of the upper frame portion at a position below the upper frame portion of the support frame, Can be removed from the floor opening by supporting the lifting device so that it does not protrude out of the support frame, enabling maintenance and inspection. The upper frame portion protrudes more inward than the inner peripheral end of the lid receiving frame, and the inner peripheral end upper surface of the lid receiving frame and the upper frame portion upper surface have a step, so that the upper frame portion is settled and the appearance is poor. The supporting frame is usually made of iron in consideration of the strength, and the lid receiving frame is made of aluminum. Each other to form, the iron there is a problem that unsightly exposed directly to the outside.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object the object of improving the workability by inserting and removing a support frame from an opening in a floor with a lifting device installed. Better and easier maintenance and inspection.
An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic up-and-down type underfloor storage that can hide a step between an upper surface of an inner peripheral end portion of a lid receiving frame and an upper surface of an upper frame portion, improve the accommodation, and further improve the appearance.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An automatic lift-type underfloor storage of the present invention includes a lifting device 4 for lifting and lowering a storage container 1.
And at least the part surrounded by the upper frame 3 at the upper end
A supporting frame 2 having an opening is provided, and a storage container 1 is provided in the supporting frame 2.
And the storage container 1 is supported by the lifting device 4.
The storage container 1 is lifted up and down with respect to the frame 2
Projecting upward from the opening surrounded by the upper frame 3 of the support frame 2
Out and stored in the support frame 2 with the storage container 1 lowered
Up and down for raising and lowering the storage container 1
The device 4 is positioned at a position below the upper frame 3 in the width direction of the upper frame 3.
A vertical line passing through one end of the
Is mounted on the support frame 2 in a state where the
The cover 8 is attached to the upper surface of the upper frame portion 3 of the support frame 2 which is inserted under the floor through the opening 6 of the floor 5 and is connected to the lid receiving frame 7. The upper surface of the end portion and the upper surface of the cover 8 are flush with each other. By adopting such a configuration, the problems of the conventional example described above have been solved and the object of the present invention has been achieved. .

[0008]

An elevating device for elevating the storage container 1
Equipped with a frame 4 and at least surrounded by the upper frame 3 at the upper end.
The supporting frame 2 is provided with an opening at the
The storage container 1 is arranged and the storage container 1 is moved to the elevating device 4.
The storage container 1 is lifted up and down with respect to the support frame 2.
From the opening surrounded by the upper frame 3 of the support frame 2
The support frame 2 projects upward and the storage container 1 is lowered.
The storage container 1 is set to be stored in
The lifting device 4 is moved to a position below the upper frame 3 so that the upper frame 3
Vertical line passing through one end in the width direction and passing through the other end in the width direction
By equipping the support frame 2 in a state where the support frame 2 is disposed between the vertical frame and the vertical line, the support frame 2 can be put in and out of the opening 6 of the floor 5 with the elevating device 4 installed. The opening 6 in the floor 5
The cover 8 is attached to the upper surface of the upper frame portion 3 of the support frame 2 which is inserted under the floor through the opening 6 of the floor 5 and is connected to the lid receiving frame 7. By making the upper surface of the end portion and the upper surface of the cover 8 flush, a step between the upper surface of the inner peripheral end portion of the lid receiving frame 7 and the upper surface of the upper frame portion 3 can be hidden.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. The floor 5 of the room as shown in FIGS.
An opening 6 is provided, and a lid receiving frame 7 is attached to the opening 6.
The lid receiving frame 7 is provided with a lid mounting portion 9, and an inner peripheral end of the lid mounting portion 9 is a portion that is one step lower. A lid 10 is placed on the lid placing portion 9. When the lid 10 is placed on the lid placing portion 9 of the lid receiving frame 7 and shielded, the lid 10 is placed on the floor 5. The lid 10 forms a part of the floor 5 at the same level.

A support frame 2 is provided below the floor below the opening 6 so that the storage container 1 projects upward or downward from a portion surrounded by the upper frame 3 of the support frame 2. The supporting frame 2 is provided with a lifting device 4 for lifting and lowering the storage container 1. The lifting device 4 is attached to the support frame 2 at a position below the upper frame portion 3 of the support frame 2 so as not to protrude outward and inward of the upper frame portion 3. In order to dispose the lifting device 4 so as not to protrude outward and inward of the upper frame portion 3, the upper frame portion 3 located above the portion where the lifting device 4 is disposed has a wide width. I have. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the upper frame portion 3 of the support frame 2 is wide, and the upper frame portion 3 protrudes inward from the inner peripheral end of the lid receiving frame 7. A cover 8 is mounted on the upper surface of the upper frame portion 3 projecting from the inner peripheral end of the lid receiving frame 7, and the upper surface of the inner peripheral end of the lid receiving frame 7 and the upper surface of the cover 8 are flush and continuous. doing.

The cover 8 is fixed to the upper frame 3 with screws 11. Here, the support frame 2 is formed of iron in consideration of strength, and the lid receiving frame 7 and the cover 8 are formed of aluminum to improve the appearance. When the storage container 1 is lowered, the flange 12 of the storage container 1 is placed on the cover 8. In this case, a locking projection 13 provided on the lower surface of the flange 12 as shown in FIG. 8 and is positioned by being locked by a locking hole 14 provided therein.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lifting device 4 includes a motor 15 controlled by a control unit, a gear 16 for transmitting the rotation of the motor 15, a rack 17 having an arc shape rotated by the gear 16, and an X-link. It consists of That is, the X link is constituted by rotatably supporting an intermediate portion between the two links 18 and 19 by the shaft 20, and the link 18 is provided on one end side of the side end surface of the lifting platform 60 disposed in the support frame 2. Is pivotally supported by a shaft 26, and a roller 21 provided at the other end of the link 18 is movably attached to a rail 22 provided at a substantially intermediate portion of the support frame 2 in the vertical direction. A roller 23 provided at one end of the link 18 is movably attached to a rail 24 provided at the other end of the side end surface of the elevating platform 60, and an arc-shaped rack 17 is provided at the other end of the link 18. The link 18 is pivotally supported by a shaft 25 near the rack at a substantially middle portion of the support frame 2 in the vertical direction. By rotating the motor 15, the rack 17 is rotated via the gear 16, and the rotation of the rack 17 causes X
The link is rotated to move the elevator 60 up and down. When the elevator 60 rises, the storage container 1 is lifted by the elevator 60.

Here, the storage container 1 is formed of a synthetic resin, and as shown in the figure, the side surface has an inclined surface such that the upper opening side has a large diameter and the lower side has a small diameter. When it is raised, a considerably large gap is generated between the inner peripheral end of the cover 8 and the inner peripheral end of the lid receiving frame 7 where the cover 8 is not provided. ,
As shown in FIG. 1, a rotating cover member 27 is rotatably attached to the inner peripheral end side of the upper frame 3 of the supporting frame 2. FIG. 2, FIG.
In the figure, the rotation cover member 27 is not shown, but the rotation cover member 27 is actually provided as shown in FIG. One end of the rotating cover member 27 is pivotally supported by the upper frame portion 3, and a spring 28 elastically contacts the rotating cover member 27 to the side surface of the storage container 1 from below. Therefore,
Even when the storage container 1 is raised, the gap is hidden by the rotating cover 27, so that small articles and dust can be prevented from falling down from the gap, and the appearance is also improved.

The upper frame portion 3 of the support frame 2 and the lid receiving frame 7 are connected by bolts 29. In the construction, the support frame 2 is inserted downward from the opening 6 of the floor 5 in a state where both are connected. Can be. Here, the outer shape of the support frame 2 is slightly smaller than the opening 6. In this case, the lid receiving frame 7
The upper end of the outer flange 7a of is placed on the upper surface of the floor 5. As shown in FIG. 1, the upper frame 3 of the support frame 2 is fixed to a frame 35 such as a large pulling material or a joist located at the edge of the opening 6 by a fixing tool 36 such as a nail or a screw. In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, an L-shaped fixing bracket 31 is attached to the upper frame 3 of the support frame 2 by using the bolts 29 and the nuts 30, and the upper frame 3 side or the fixing bracket 31 is used. Slot 33 in one of the horizontal pieces 32
Is formed, and the fixing bracket 31 can be slid by sliding the bolt 29 with respect to the elongated hole 33. Therefore, after the support frame 2 is inserted from the opening 6, the fixing metal member 31 is slid, and the vertical piece 34 of the fixing metal member 31 is moved to a frame material 35 such as a large pulling material or a joist material located at the edge of the opening 6. Fixing tools such as nails and screws 3
6 may be used. In this way, when the support frame 2 is inserted into the opening 6, the fixing bracket 31 is drawn inward from the outer surface of the support frame 2 so that the fixing bracket 31 can be inserted without being disturbed by the fixing bracket 31. The metal fitting 31 can be slid and fixed to the frame material 35 by sliding.

In order to take out the support frame 2 from the opening 6 for maintenance and inspection of the elevating device 4, the support frame 2 can be pulled upward by removing the fixing member 36. Lid 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes an operation switch 37 for the lifting device 4 provided on the back surface. The lid 10 may be either a lifting type or a rotating type, but the one shown in FIG. 6 is rotated by contacting the right end of FIG. 6 with one end of the lid receiving frame 7. It is designed to open. The operation switch 37 includes, for example, up and down. The operation switch 37 is, for example, a touch switch. As shown in FIGS. 9, 10, and 11, the operation switch 37 is provided with an operation portion 46 provided on the front side of the case 38, a printed wiring board 47 provided inside the case 38, and a back plate 48 covered. It is. A positioning boss 49, a boss 50 with a screw hole, and a pinching boss 51 are protrudingly provided on the rear surface side of the case 38, and the positioning boss 49 is inserted into a hole 53 of a printed wiring board 47 on which a switch 52 is mounted. The printed wiring board 47 is applied to the bosses 50 with screw holes and the bosses 51 for holding.
4 and is fixed to the threaded boss 50. Further, the pinching boss 55 protruding from the back plate 48 is applied to the printed wiring board 47, and the printed wiring board 47 is
Approximately the center part is sandwiched from both sides. And the operation unit 4
When the switch 52 is pressed by pressing the switch 6, the bending of the printed wiring board 47 is prevented by the holding of the holding bosses 51 and 55. As shown in FIG. 6, the operation switch 37 is attached to an end of the back surface of the lid 10 opposite to the rotation shaft side.
8 is attached to the outer peripheral frame 39 on the outer periphery of the lid 10 as shown in FIG. The signal line 40 connected to the operation switch 37 passes through the outer peripheral frame 39 and is wired toward the turning side of the lid 10. Here, the outer peripheral frame 3
A notch 41 is formed in the vicinity of the rotation side of the cover 10 of FIG. 9, and a synthetic resin guide member 42 as shown in FIG. 8 is fitted into the notch 41 as shown in FIG. The central projection 43 of the guide member 42 slightly protrudes from the notch 41 as shown in FIG. Then, the signal line 40 passing through the inside of the outer peripheral frame 39 is passed through the guide groove 44 provided in the guide member 42 and led out of the outer peripheral frame 39 to the outside.
The signal line 40 does not hit the edge portion 1 and is not cut. The signal line 40 extends downward from the rotation shaft side of the outer peripheral frame 39 and is connected to a control circuit unit in a control box of the lifting device 4.

When it is desired to raise the storage container 1, the lid 10 is opened, and the operation switch 37 on the back surface of the lid 10 is operated to raise the storage container 1. When it is desired to lower the storage container 1, the operation switch 37 on the back surface of the lid 10 is operated to lower the storage container 1, and finally, the lid 10 is closed.
By closing the lid 10, the operation switch 37 is hidden.

[0017]

In the present invention, according to the present invention, as in the description, storage
Equipped with a lifting device for raising and lowering the container and at least
The support frame with the opening surrounded by the upper frame at the upper end
Providing the storage container in the support frame, and the storage container
Can be moved up and down with respect to the support frame by a lifting device.
Opening surrounded by the upper frame of the support frame with the container raised
The support frame projects upward from the
To be stored in the storage container to raise and lower the storage container
The lifting device at the lower position of the upper frame in the width direction of the upper frame.
A vertical line passing through one end of the
The support frame is installed in the state where it is placed between the floors, so the support frame can be taken in and out of the floor opening with the elevating device installed, and the maintenance and inspection of the elevating device after construction can be easily performed. , Also, attach the lid receiving frame to the floor opening,
Since the cover is attached to the upper surface of the upper frame portion of the support frame that is inserted under the floor from the opening of the floor and connected to the lid receiving frame, the upper surface of the inner peripheral end of the lid receiving frame and the upper surface of the cover are flush, The step between the inner peripheral end upper surface of the lid receiving frame and the upper frame portion upper surface can be hidden, and as a result, the step between the inner peripheral end upper surface of the lid receiving frame and the upper frame upper surface can be hidden to improve the fit. In addition, the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the lifting device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the lid receiving frame according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the lid.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams showing a portion where a signal line is led out from an outer peripheral frame of a lid, wherein FIG. 7A is a plan view, FIG.
(C) is a perspective view of a state where the guide member was fitted in the notch.

8A and 8B are drawings showing the same guide member, wherein FIG. 8A is a plan view, FIG. 8B is a rear view, FIG. 8C is a side view, and FIG. 8D is a sectional view.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged front sectional view of an operation switch part of the above.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged plan view of an operation switch portion of the above.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged side sectional view of an operation switch part of the above.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged cross-sectional view using another example of the fixing fitting of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage container 2 Support frame 3 Upper frame part 4 Elevating device 5 Floor 6 Opening 7 Lid receiving frame 8 Cover

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A lifting device for lifting the storage container;
And at least the part surrounded by the upper frame at the upper end is open.
Provide a support frame that serves as a mouth, and place a storage container inside the support frame.
And the storage container is raised with respect to the support frame by a lifting device.
It can be freely lowered, and the upper frame of the support frame with the storage container raised
Projecting upward from the opening surrounded by
Set it to be stored in the support frame with
A lifting device for raising and lowering the container is located below the upper frame.
And a vertical line passing through one end in the width direction of the upper
Equipped on the support frame with it placed between the vertical line passing through the end
And, attaching the lid caddy on the floor of the opening, it is inserted from the floor of the opening to the floor by attaching a cover to the upper surface of the upper frame portion of the support frame to be connected to the lid receiving frame, an inner peripheral end portion upper face of the lid caddy An automatic lifting and lowering type underfloor storage, wherein the upper and lower surfaces of the cover are flush with each other.