JP3299732B2 - Storage table - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a household storage table that is convenient for storing a trash can, a watering tool, a cleaning tool, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, trash cans are often placed around houses such as in front of a doorway of a house or under an eaves, but trash cans placed in such places are turned upside down by dogs, cats, crows and the like. Or be scattered,
In addition, it may be caught on human feet and turned upside down.

[0003]

Conventionally, however, there has been no suitable storage table that can arrange and arrange garbage cans around a house.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a simple storage table on which trash boxes and the like can be arranged and arranged around a house. Another object of the present invention is to provide a storage table that can be easily and firmly assembled.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage table having a rectangular opening frame formed by metal upper and lower wall plates and left and right wall plates. And at least one of the left and right wall plates is formed separately from the other wall plates, and the ends of the separate wall plates joined orthogonally to each other and a wall adjacent thereto At the end of the plate, a winding tube portion is formed at each of the front and rear ends of a separate wall plate and at the front and rear ends of an adjacent wall plate, and each winding tube portion is unwound so that each winding end portion has an overlapping portion. Both ends of the elbow-shaped connecting member are formed inside the opening end of the winding portion of the separate wall plate and inside the opening end of the winding portion of the adjacent wall plate. It is characterized in that the end portions of both wall plates are press-fitted and joined to each other orthogonally via the connecting member. Than it is.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the garbage bin is placed on the lower wall plate through the opening in the front, the left and right sides and the upper side are respectively formed by the left and right wall plates and the upper wall plate. Because it is surrounded and covered, it can be prevented from being devastated or agitated by dogs and cats. When assembling, it is possible to easily assemble without using screws or the like simply by press-fitting the ends of the elbow-shaped connecting members into the winding tube portions of the wall plates joined to each other. The press-fitting state of the end portion of the connecting member into the winding tube portion of the wall plate is securely held firmly by the diameter reducing action by the elasticity of the winding end portion of the winding tube portion and the frictional engagement action at the overlapping portion. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the wall plates from being separated from each other, and to assemble firmly. In addition, the winding tube portion also has a reinforcing function of the upper and lower wall plates or the left and right wall plates provided with the front and rear ends, and in the case of the upper and lower wall plates, the winding tube portion can prevent vertical bending, and the left and right wall plates In the case of (1), the buckling load can be endured by the winding tube portion. Therefore, a storage table excellent in rigidity without deformation or deformation in the shape of a rectangular opening frame can be obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage table having a rectangular opening frame formed by metal upper and lower wall plates and left and right wall plates, all of the wall plates being separate bodies. In addition to the above, a winding tube portion is formed at each of the front and rear ends of each wall plate, and each winding tube portion is unwound so that each winding end portion has a superposed portion, and is formed to be freely expandable and contractable. Both ends of the elbow-shaped connecting member are press-fitted between the opening ends of the winding tube portions of the adjacent wall plates, and the ends of the adjacent two wall plates are orthogonal to each other via the connecting member. The upper and lower wall plates and the left and right wall plates are formed in the same shape and the same size, respectively, and all of the connecting members are formed in the same elbow shape. is there.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the wall plate and the connecting member can be shared, which is advantageous in terms of processing cost reduction and inventory management. Before assembling, it is possible to stack four wall panels up, down, left, and right low, making packing and transportation convenient. In addition, it is possible to prevent damage to dogs and cats, and to assemble easily and firmly without using screws or the like in assembling.
This is the same as the case of the described invention.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a storage table according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the storage table of this embodiment is formed in a rectangular opening frame shape opening front and rear surfaces, and four upper and lower and left and right wall plates 1.
Main components are 2, 3, and 4 and a plurality (eight) of connecting members 5 for joining the ends of adjacent wall plates.

The upper, lower, left and right four wall plates 1, 2, 3, 4
Are made of a metal plate such as a steel plate, and are wound at both front and rear ends in a cylindrical shape to form winding cylinder portions 11, 21, 31, 41 having a predetermined diameter. As shown in FIG. 3, each of the winding tube portions 11, 21, 31, and 41 has a winding end portion 11a, 21a, 31a,
41a are unrolled so as to be overlapped with each other to secure the portion L, and are formed to be freely expandable and contractable. The preferred length (amount) of the overlapping portion L is as described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, the left and right ends 12, 12, 22, 22 of the upper and lower wall plates 1, 2 are bent in the same direction. Upper and lower ends 3 of each of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4
2, 32, 42 and 42 are also bent in the same direction. The upper and lower wall plates 1 and 2 and the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 are formed in the same shape and the same size so as to be commonly used.

The plurality of connecting members 5 are connected to the above-mentioned winding tube portion 11,
A metal pipe or a metal rod having an outer diameter slightly larger than the inner diameter of 21, 31, 41 is bent into the same elbow shape, and both end portions 5a, 5b are formed in a tapered shape so as to be wound. It is easy to press-fit the inside of the open ends of the cylindrical portions 11, 21, 31, 41. The winding tube portions 11, 21, 3
With respect to the length (amount) of the overlapping portion L of the connecting members 1, 41, the ends 5a, 5b of the connecting member 5 are connected to the winding tube portions 11, 21, 31,.
41 is press-fitted into the opening end of
When the diameters of 1, 21, 31, and 41 are expanded, the length (amount) of the overlapped portion L at the beginning is shortened, but the overlapped portion L is set to be sufficiently secured. Specifically, the initial overlapping portion L is set to about 45 °.

In this manner, a rectangular open frame-shaped storage table whose front and rear surfaces are opened by the upper and lower wall plates 1 and 2, the left and right wall plates 3 and 4, and the connecting member 5 is assembled as follows. The elbow-shaped connecting members 5 are respectively provided at the lower end openings of the front winding tube portions 31 and 41 of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 and inside the left and right opening ends of the front winding tube portion 21 of the lower wall plate 2. Both ends 5
a and 5b are press-fitted, and the lower end openings of the rear winding tube portions 31 and 41 of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 and the right and left opening ends of the rear winding tube portion 21 of the lower wall plate 2 on the rear side. The lower end portions of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 and the left and right end portions of the lower wall plate 2 are orthogonally joined by press-fitting both end portions 5a and 5b of the elbow-shaped connecting member 5 into the inside. Is done. Elbow-shaped connecting members are respectively provided at the upper end openings of the front winding tube portions 31 and 41 of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 and inside the left and right opening ends of the front winding tube portion 21 of the upper wall plate 1. 5 at both ends 5
a and 5b are press-fitted, and the upper end openings of the rear winding tube portions 31 and 41 of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 and the right and left opening ends of the rear winding tube portion 21 of the upper wall plate 1 at the rear side. The left and right ends of the upper wall plate 1 and the upper ends of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 are orthogonally joined by press-fitting the two end portions 5a and 5b of the elbow-shaped connecting member 5 with the inside of the inside. Is done.

The storage table assembled as described above is composed of the winding tube portions 11, 21, 31, 4 of the respective wall plates 1, 2, 3, 4.
1 is a winding end portion 11a, 21a, 31a, 41
a are superposed and unrolled in order to secure the portion L, and are formed to be freely expandable and contractible, while the respective winding tube portions 11, 21, 31,.
41, both ends 5a of the elbow-shaped connecting member 5
5b is press-fitted, so that each winding tube portion 11, 21,
The entire diameter of both ends of the connecting member 5 press-fitted to each other by the elastic deformation force due to the elastic restoring force of the elastic members 31 and 41 and the frictional effect at the overlapping portion L is maintained in a state in which the entire circumference is always strongly and stably wound. Will be done. Therefore, even if the storage table receives an external force, the overlapping surface of the inner peripheral surface of each of the winding tube portions 11, 21, 31, and 41 and the outer peripheral surface of the connecting member 5 press-fitted into the same. In order to oppose the external force with a strong frictional force generated between them, the winding tube portions 11, 21, 3
The connection member 5 can be reliably prevented from falling out of the first and fourth members 41. The upper and lower wall plates 1 and 2 made of sheet metal do not bend in the vertical direction due to the reinforcing function of the winding tube portions 11 and 21 formed at the front and rear ends, respectively, and the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 are formed at the front and rear ends, respectively. The buckling load can be endured by the reinforcing function of the wound winding tube portions 31 and 41, and an object table excellent in rigidity can be obtained.

As means for regulating the press-fitting depth of the connecting member 5 to the end of each of the winding cylinder portions 11, 21, 31, 41,
For example, as shown in FIG.
The cut-and-raised pieces 6 are provided at the ends of the cut-and-raised pieces 1, 41 so that the end 5 a or 5 b of the connection member 5 to be press-fitted does not come into contact with the cut-and-raised pieces 6 and press-fit deeper. What should I do?

After press-fitting the ends 5a, 5b of the connecting member 5 to the ends of the winding cylinders 11, 21, 31, 41, as shown in FIG. If the fastener 7 such as a screw or a rivet is used, a more secure pull-out and rotation-stopping state can be obtained, but it is not always necessary to use the fastener 7 to do so.

With the adjacent ends of the wall plates 1, 2, 3, 4 joined together by the connecting member 5 as described above, the connecting member 5 is exposed to the outside, and the wall plates 1, 2, 3, and 4 are exposed. , 3,4
Since a gap S (see FIG. 4) is generated between adjacent end portions and the appearance is easily deteriorated, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the connecting member 5 and the wall plate 1,
It is preferable to cover the gap S between adjacent ends of 2, 3, and 4. The decorative cover 8 includes an inner cover 81 and an outer cover 82 each made of a resin having an arc-shaped cross section. The inner cover 81 is provided inside the adjacent ends of the wall plates 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the outer cover 82 is provided outside. Deploy the outer covers 82, respectively,
While the inner and outer covers 81 and 82 match each other,
Engagement projection 9 provided on one inner surface of inner and outer covers 81, 82
Is aligned and fitted with the concave portion 10 provided on the other inner surface, and several other portions are integrally connected with the connecting bolt 13 and the nut 14. By attaching the inner and outer covers 81 and 82, the gap S between the adjacent ends of the wall plates 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the connecting member 5 can be covered, and a storage table with good appearance and appearance can be obtained. Can be

In the front opening and the rear opening of the storage table having the above-described structure, the trash box P or the like stored on the lower wall plate 2 is prevented from unexpectedly falling forward or backward or slipping out. The front guard member 15 and the rear guard member 16
Is preferably attached.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the front guard member 15 is formed by integrally joining resin end pieces 18 to the left and right ends of a metal channel plate 17 with screws 19 or the like. The piece 18 has upper and lower support shafts 23 and 24. The front guard member 15 includes a pair of upper and lower resin holders 2 attached to the front winding tube portions 31 and 41 of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4.
Installed at 5,26. The upper holder 25 is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a conjugate tubular body 2 having an arc-shaped cross section so as to substantially match the outer diameter of the winding tubular portions 31 and 41.
7, inside the conjugation tubular body 27, a winding tubular portion 31,
A hook-shaped engaging claw 29 that engages with the vertically long hole 28 provided in each of the 41, and a U-shaped cross-section bearing recess 30 into which the upper shaft portion 23 of the front guard member 15 enters outside are formed. As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 8, the lower holder 26 is provided with the conjugate tubular body 33 and the elongated holes 2 of the wound tubular portions 31 and 41.
8 is formed into a shape having a hook-shaped engaging claw 35 that engages with a vertically long hole 34 provided at a position lower than 8 and a U-shaped cross-section bearing recess 36 into which the lower support shaft 24 of the front guard member 15 enters. It has a similar shape to the upper holder 25 in that
However, the bearing recess 36 is provided in the bearing recess 3 of the upper holder 15.
It is slightly different from the upper holder 25 in that the whole is formed vertically longer than the upper holder 25 so as to be deeper than the depth of 0.

Thus, the conjugate tubular body 2 of the upper and lower holders 25, 26 is attached to the front tubular portions 31, 41 of the left and right wall plates 3, 4.
7 and 33 are fitted, respectively,
The upper and lower holders 25 and 26 are attached to the winding tube portions 31 and 41 by engaging the engaging claws 29 and 35 of the upper and lower holders 25 and 26 with the upper and lower vertically long holes 28 and 34 of the 41 respectively. Then, the lower support shafts 24, 24 on the left and right ends of the front guard member 15 are attached to the left and right lower holders 26, 2 respectively.
6 and the upper support shafts 23, 23 are fitted into the bearing recesses 30, 30 of the upper holders 25, 25 so that the front guard member 15 is positioned on the front side of the left and right wall plates 3, 4. It is attached between the winding tube parts 31 and 41.

When the garbage bin P is to be taken in and out, the front guard member 15 lifts the whole of it slightly upward as shown by the imaginary line T1 in FIG. After extracting from 30,
As shown by the phantom line T2 in FIG.
Of the lower shaft portion 24 remaining in the bearing recess 36
The front opening of the storage table can be widely opened by tilting forward in the F direction. This enables the recycle bin P to be taken in and out. The front guard member 15
Is lifted slightly upward to pull out the upper support shaft portion 23 from the bearing recess 30 of the upper holder 25,
The lower support shaft 24 extends to the lower holder 2
A pair of stopper-restricting projections 37 are provided in the bearing recess 36 of the lower holder 26 so as not to fall out of the bearing recess 36 of No. 6.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 10 and 11, the rear guard member 16 is made of a metal-made channel plate 43 having a cross section.
The rear guard member 16 is attached to the rear winding tube portions 31, 41 of the left and right wall plates 3, 4 with a bracket 44. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the bracket 44 has a conjugating tubular body 45 having an arc-shaped cross section so as to substantially match the outer diameter of the winding tubular portions 31 and 41. A support plate portion 46 is formed to extend at a right angle at one end.

Thus, the tying tubular body 45 is fitted to the winding tubular portions 31 and 41 on the rear side of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 and fixed with screws 47 and the like, and the supporting plate portion 46 is The rear guard member 16 is attached between the winding cylinder portions 31 and 41 on the rear side of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 by overlapping the inner surface side and fixing the overlapping portion with a screw 48 or the like.

The front opening and the rear opening of the storage table are
The front guard member 1 is formed so as to form a sufficient gap as shown in the illustrated example without completely closing the respective surfaces.
5 and the rear guard member 16 can prevent the odor released from the trash can P from being trapped inside the storage table, and can reduce material costs and lighten the weight during transportation as compared with the covering member that covers the entire surface. This is advantageous because it can be achieved.

The upper surface of the upper wall plate 1 is provided with a trash can
It can be used to store other items other than watering tools and cleaning tools. In this case, a fall prevention means is provided to prevent the article from falling forward or backward. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 12, mounting holes 50 are provided before and after the outer cover 82 of the decorative cover 8 covering the left and right ends of the upper wall plate 1 as shown in FIGS. A pair of elastic legs 52, 52 provided at the lower end are fitted, and a fall prevention member 53 is stretched between the left and right holders 51, 51. Both ends of the fall prevention member 53 are inserted into support holes 54 of the left and right holders 51, 51.
In the example shown in FIG. 1, the holder 51 is mounted using the mounting hole 50 on the rear side of the decorative cover 8, and the fall prevention member 53 is hung over the holder 51 to prevent the holder from falling backward. Similarly, the holder 51 may be attached to the front mounting hole 50, and the fall prevention member 53 may be hung over the holder 51 to prevent the holder from falling forward. When one of the mounting holes 50 before and after that is not used, the mounting hole 50 on the unused side may be closed with a cap 55.

As shown in FIG. 13, the front guard member 15
Is composed of a single pipe or rod, which is attached to the front tubular portions 31 and 41 of the left and right wall plates 3 and 4 with the same holder as the upper holder 25 shown in FIGS. You may. In this case, the front guard member 15 can be pulled out of the bearing recesses 30 of the left and right holders 25 by lifting the whole of the front guard member 15 up and down when the garbage can P is taken in and out.

In the above embodiment, all of the four upper, lower, left and right wall plates 1, 2, 3, 4 are formed separately from each other, but the present invention is not limited to this.
The present invention can also be applied to the case where the wall plates 1, 2, 3, and 4 are separately formed as shown in (a) to (f), that is, four wall plates 1, 2, 3, and 4 are formed. Of these, at least one of the wall panels may be formed separately from the other three wall panels.

[0028]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Recycle bins can be put in order and organized so that dogs and cats do not devour or agitate them. Moreover, it is possible to easily and firmly assemble without using screws or the like, and to obtain a rigid storage table.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned effects obtained by the first aspect of the present invention, the wall plate and the connecting member can be further shared, so that the processing cost can be reduced and the inventory management can be made. This is advantageous in that the four wall plates (upper, lower, left and right) can be piled up low before assembly, so that packing and transportation are facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the entire storage table.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of upper and lower wall plates, left and right wall plates, and a connecting member of a storage table.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a winding tube portion of a wall plate of the storage table.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a connection portion between end portions of a wall plate of the storage table.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a decorative cover portion attached between ends of a wall plate of the storage table.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional front view of a mounting portion at an end of a front guard member of a storage table.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

8 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a vertical sectional front view of a mounting portion at an end of a rear guard member of the storage table.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line DD in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a holder attached to a decorative cover on the upper wall plate of the storage table.

FIG. 13 is an external perspective view of the entire storage table according to another embodiment, corresponding to FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a front view of a storage table showing still another modified embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper wall board 2 Lower wall board 3 Left wall board 4 Right wall board 5 Connecting member 11 Winding tube part of upper wall board 11a Winding end part of winding pipe part of upper wall board 21 Winding tube part of lower wall board 21a Lower wall Winding end portion of the winding portion of the plate 31 Winding portion of the left wall plate 31a Winding end portion of the winding portion of the left wall plate 41 Winding portion 41a of the right wall plate 41a Winding end portion of the winding portion of the right wall plate L Overlapping part

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage table formed of a rectangular opening frame by metal upper and lower wall plates and left and right wall plates, wherein at least one of the upper and lower wall plates and the left and right wall plates is another wall plate. The end portion of the separate wall plate and the end portion of the adjacent wall plate which are formed separately from the wall plate and which are joined to each other orthogonally to each other, the front and rear ends of the separate wall plate and A winding tube portion is formed at each of the front and rear ends of adjacent wall plates, and each winding tube portion is formed in an unwound state so that each winding end portion has an overlapping portion, and is formed to be freely expandable and contractable. Both ends of the elbow-shaped connecting member are press-fitted into the opening end of the winding tube portion of the wall plate and the opening end of the winding tube portion of the adjacent wall plate, and the ends of both wall plates are connected to each other. A storage table characterized by being joined orthogonally via a member. 2. A storage table configured as a rectangular opening frame by upper and lower wall plates and left and right wall plates made of metal, wherein all of the wall plates are formed separately.
A winding tube portion is formed at each of the front and rear ends of each wall plate, and each winding tube portion is formed in an unwound state so that each winding end portion has an overlapped portion and is formed to be freely expandable and contractable. Both ends of the elbow-shaped connecting member are press-fitted between the opening ends of the winding tube portion of the plate, and ends of the adjacent two wall plates are joined orthogonally via the connecting member. The upper and lower wall plates and the left and right wall plates are formed in the same shape and the same size, respectively, and all of the connecting members are formed in the same elbow shape.