JP3411000B2 - Lifting cabinet - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lifting cabinet, and more particularly to a lifting cabinet capable of reducing the weight of a storage case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an elevating cabinet arranged on the upper wall surface of a kitchen room or the like has been known. This elevating cabinet includes a main body portion fixedly arranged on the upper portion of the wall surface and the like, and a storage case that is provided so as to be able to be stored in the main body portion and has a storage area inside which a tableware or the like can be stored. The storage case can be moved up and down with respect to the main body unit electrically or manually. Here, the storage case has a box shape with an open front portion, and is formed by combining five plate materials in order to ensure sufficient rigidity thereof. That is, the storage case is provided with a top plate, a pair of side walls hanging from the left and right ends of the top plate, a bottom plate disposed on the lower end sides of the side walls, and the rear end side of the top plate and the side walls. And a rear plate.

[0003]

However, in the elevating cabinet, as described above, the storage case is formed by combining five plate members, so that the rigidity of the storage case is maintained, There is a limit to reducing the weight of the storage case. In the case of an elevating cabinet that electrically raises and lowers the storage case, this causes an inconvenience that the driving device serving as the power source becomes large. Further, in the case of an elevator cabinet in which the storage case is manually moved up and down, it is difficult to lift the storage case when raising the storage case, while it is easy to suddenly descend when the storage case is lowered. Invite.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of such inconvenience, and an object thereof is to elevate and lower the weight of the storage case while maintaining the rigidity of the storage case. To provide a cabinet.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a main body portion fixedly arranged, an upper limit position and a main body portion which are provided so as to be accommodated in the main body portion and are accommodated in the main body portion. An elevator cabinet including a storage case movable to a lower limit position below the storage case, the storage case including a bottom plate having a hollow wiring region, and
Rod-shaped parts that are erected on the bottom plate at the left and right sides of the bottom plate.
And the rod-shaped member is a wiring cord from the bottom plate.
The structure is such that it is provided in the hollow through which the door passes . According to such a configuration, since the side end portion of the storage case is formed by the rod-shaped member erected on the bottom plate, if a certain rigidity is given to the bottom plate without using a plate material as the side wall, the storage case It is possible to reduce the weight of the storage case while maintaining rigidity. Also, operation switches, etc.
Internally without exposing the wiring cord extending from
Since it can be stored in a
In addition, the user hooks the wiring cord and disconnects
It can also be prevented.

[0006]

Drive in the main body of the Detailed Description of the Invention The present invention
A moving device is installed, and an operating switch is attached to the front end of the bottom plate.
It is preferable to adopt a configuration in which an switch is provided
Yes.

The bottom plate is provided in a hollow shape,
A reinforcing material that prevents deformation of the bottom plate is arranged inside the
The configuration described above can also be adopted. As a result, the rigidity of the bottom plate can be increased, and thus the rigidity of the entire storage case can be increased, and deformation of the bottom plate due to impact load applied to the bottom plate, chatter noise, etc. can be suppressed. .

[0008]

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

FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of an elevator cabinet according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a schematic front view of a state in which a door is removed from FIG. In these drawings, a lift cabinet 10 includes a main body 11 fixedly arranged on a ceiling or an upper part of a wall surface (not shown), a storage portion 12 that is provided so as to be able to be stored in the main body portion 11, and has a plurality of storage areas. A pair of suspension belts 13 (see FIG. 2) fixed to the left and right ends of the storage portion 12 and a drive device 14 (see FIG. 2) for winding and unwinding the pair of suspension belts 13 are provided. Is configured.
In the lifting cabinet 10, the operation belt 16 provided at the lower portion of the storage section 12 is operated to wind or unwind the suspension belt 13, and the storage section 12 is stored in the main body section 11. Upper limit position and body 1
It moves up and down with a lower limit position located below 1. 1 and 2 show a state in which the storage portion 12 is at the lower limit position.

The main body 11 includes a top plate 18, a pair of side plates 19 hanging from the left and right ends of the top plate 18, and the top plate 1.
8 and a side plate 19 and a back plate 20 arranged at the rear end of the side plate 19, and a door 21 arranged at the front end side of the rear plate 20. In this embodiment, the door 21 is formed by fitting a light-transmissive resin plate 24 inside a metal outer frame 23. The upper end of the door 21 is hinge-connected, and the lower end, which is the free end, can be rotated in the front-rear direction with the upper end serving as a fulcrum. Therefore, by holding the handle 25 provided on the lower portion of the door 21 and rotating the handle 25 in the front-rear direction, it is possible to access the storage section 12 arranged in the main body section 11.
An illumination device 26 is arranged on the lower end side of the door 21 so that the storage area of the storage section 12 in the lowered state and the lower area of the storage section 12 can be illuminated.

The storage section 12 comprises an inner top plate 43 and a shelf forming member 45 arranged below the inner top plate 43. One end side of each of the suspension belts 13 is fixed to the left and right sides of the upper surface of the inner top plate 43, whereby the inner top plate 43 is suspended by the main body 11. Here, on the right end side of the lower surface of the inner top plate 43, there is provided a hanging bar 44 that hangs downward and is substantially U-shaped in side view.

The shelf forming member 45 has a storage case 47 located on the left side in front view and a storage net basket 48 located on the right side.
It consists of In this case, the storage basket 48 is mainly adapted to store wet items such as tableware after cleaning, and the storage case 47 is adapted to store other items.

The storage case 47 has a bottom plate 50 forming the bottom thereof, a bar-shaped member 51 which is erected at four corner portions of the bottom plate 50 and whose upper end is fixed to the inner top plate 43, and a left side surface. The translucent resin plates 52 and 53 are arranged between the rod-shaped members 51 located on the rear side and the rear side, respectively, and a net rack 55 fixed to the lower surface of the inner top plate 43. Here, the side end portion of the storage case 47 is configured by the rod-shaped members 51, 51 on the left side and the resin plate 52 arranged between them, and the right side by the rod-shaped members 51, 51.

The bottom plate 50, as shown in FIG.
It has a hollow shape in which a wiring region A through which a wiring cord (not shown) extending from the operation switch 16 passes is formed. Specifically, the bottom plate 50 is made of stainless steel,
Aluminum alloy, engineering plastic, F
A bottomed lower member 5 formed of a highly rigid material such as RP or carbon fiber reinforced resin and having an open top.
7 is formed by closing the lid 7 with a lid member 58 having an open bottom. Here, the upper surface 58A of the lid member 58 has a substantially flat shape, and functions as a storage object mounting surface on which a predetermined storage object can be mounted. Therefore, in the storage case 47,
It is possible to store cooking utensils, seasonings, dried foods, etc. that are used daily, and to widen the working space of the kitchen counter (not shown). Furthermore, the storage part 1
In the state where 2 is at the lower limit position shown in FIG. 1, the upper surface 58A can be utilized as a part of the cooking space, and the work space can be efficiently utilized.

A reinforcing member 60 made of resin or the like is fixed to the lower surface of the lid member 57, whereby the rigidity of the bottom plate 50 is increased, and the bottom plate 50 is deformed by the impact load applied to the bottom plate 50. Alternatively, it is possible to suppress chatter noise generated when an object is placed on the bottom plate 50.

The rod-shaped member 51 is made of aluminum alloy,
It is provided in a hollow prismatic shape with engineering plastic, FRP, carbon fiber reinforced resin, or the like, and is erected at each of four corner portions, and the upper end side is fixed to the inner top plate 43. In addition, the rod-shaped member 51
A wiring cord (not shown) extending from the bottom plate 50 to the driving device 14 passes through the inside of the.

The storage net basket 48 includes a lower net rack 79 forming a bottom thereof, an upper net rack 80 located above the lower net rack 80, and a vertical rack which stands on both left and right front and rear ends of the lower net rack 79 to support the upper net rack 80. Of the rod member 82, the frame 83 arranged on the right side of each of the net shelves 79, 80, the translucent resin side plate 85 (see FIG. 1) fitted inside the frame 83, and the net shelves 79, 80. Translucent resin back plate 8 arranged on the back side
6 and is configured to be detachably hung between the storage case 47 and the hook bar 44.

It should be noted that the bottom plate 50 is not limited to the above-mentioned shape, and the structure shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 can be adopted, for example.

That is, the bottom plate 62 shown in FIG. 4 is constructed by combining hollow aluminum extruded materials 63 having a substantially prismatic shape. Specifically, in the aluminum extruded material 63A arranged in the two central rows, the step portion 65 is provided on the upper left side in the figure, while the step portion 65 is provided on the upper right side.
Are provided so that they can be engaged with each other by the engagement between the adjacent step portions 65 and the engaging pieces 66. Further, the aluminum extruded material 63B located on the left end side in the figure is provided in the substantially same appearance shape as the aluminum extruded material 63A except that the step portion 65 is not provided. On the other hand, the aluminum extruded material 63C located on the right end side in the figure is provided in substantially the same external shape as the aluminum extruded material 63A except that the engaging piece 66 is not provided. A wiring region A, through which a wiring cord (not shown) can pass, is formed in the internal space of the aluminum extruded materials 63B and 63C, and the cord hook 67 is formed there.
Are appropriately provided.

The bottom plate 69 shown in FIG. 5 is formed by integrally molding the bottom plate 50 of FIG. 3, and the internal space thereof serves as the wiring area A.

Further, the bottom plate 70 shown in FIG. 6 has a structure in which hollow aluminum extruded materials 72 are arranged on both left and right ends in the figure, and a plate material 73 is bridged therebetween. The plate material 73 is held between holding grooves 74, 74 formed at one end of the aluminum extruded material 72. Inside the aluminum extruded material 72, a wiring area A through which a wiring cord (not shown) can pass is formed, and a cord hook 75 is appropriately provided therein. Further, a hook or the like for hanging a cooking utensil or the like can be attached to the holding groove 74.

In the above embodiment, the storage section 12
Although the storage case 47 and the storage basket 48 are divided into two parts, the present invention is not limited to this, and is configured only by an elevating cabinet having a plurality of storage parts or the storage case 47. It can also be applied to the lifted cabinets.

Further, the number of rod-shaped members 51, the installation positions, etc. are not limited to the structure of the above-mentioned embodiment, and various structures are applied at least as long as they are arranged on the left and right sides of the bottom plate 50. be able to.

Furthermore, the present invention can be applied not only to an elevating cabinet having a drying function, but also to an elevating cabinet that can be manually elevated.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A storage case, which is provided so as to be housed in the main body and is movable between an upper limit position and a lower limit position located below the main body, which are housed in the main body, has a bottom plate and both left and right sides of the bottom plate. Since the side end portion is formed of a rod-shaped member that is erected on the bottom plate, if the side plate is provided with a certain rigidity without using a plate material serving as a side wall, It is possible to reduce the weight of the storage case while maintaining rigidity.

Further, since the hollow wiring region is formed on the bottom plate, the wiring cord extending from the operation switch or the like can be housed inside without being exposed to the outside, and the appearance can be improved and used. It is also possible to prevent a person or the like from hooking and cutting the wiring cord.

Further, since the bottom plate is provided in a hollow shape and the reinforcing member for preventing the bottom plate from being deformed is arranged therein, the rigidity of the entire storage case can be increased, and
Deformation of the bottom plate due to impact load applied to the bottom plate, or
Chatter noise and the like can be suppressed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an elevator cabinet according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of FIG. 1 with a door omitted.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a bottom plate.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the bottom plate.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another modification of the bottom plate.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another modification of the bottom plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Lifting cabinet, 11 ... Main body part, 47
... Storage case, 50 ... Bottom plate (bottom part), 51 ...
-Bar-shaped member, 60 ... Reinforcing material, 62 ... Bottom plate (bottom part), 69 ... Bottom plate (bottom part), 70 ... Bottom plate (bottom part), A ... Wiring region

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Ippei Maruo 1370 Nishiyama-cho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Yamaha Driving Tech Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-4-236911 (JP, A) JP-A-8-80226 (JP, A) Actual development 57-166759 (JP, U) Actual development 1-84218 (JP, U) Actual development 3-58148 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷⁾ , DB name) A47B 51/00 501 A47B 77/04 A47B 97/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A body part fixedly arranged, and a storage case provided so as to be housed in the body part and movable to an upper limit position housed in the body part and a lower limit position located below the body part. An elevating cabinet comprising: a bottom plate having a hollow wiring region formed in the storage case.
And at the left and right side positions of the bottom plate, uprightly installed on the bottom plate.
A rod-shaped member, and the wiring cord from the bottom plate passes through the rod-shaped member.
Lifting cabinet characterized by being installed in the hollow . 2. When a drive device is arranged in the main body,
Both have an operation switch on the front end of the bottom plate.
Lifting cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the that.