JP3411003B2 - Lifting cabinet and horizontal adjustment method of its storage part - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a leveling method for a lifting cabinet and a storage section thereof, and more specifically,
The present invention relates to a lifting cabinet that allows easy horizontal adjustment of a storage unit, and a horizontal adjustment method for the storage unit.

[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. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the elevating cabinet 120 includes a main body 121 fixedly arranged on the upper portion of the wall surface, and a storage area that is provided so as to be able to be stored in the main body 121 and that can store dishes and the like. A storage case 122 formed inside, a pair of suspension belts 124 fixed to the left and right ends of the storage case 122, and a pair of suspension belts 124 fixed to the upper inside of the main body 121.
And a drive device 125 for winding and unwinding the sheet. The drive device 125 includes a drive motor 127, a main drive gear 129 fixed to an output shaft of the drive motor 127, and driven gears 130 and 131 which are engaged with the main drive gear 129 and can rotate in mutually opposite directions. It is configured with. The suspension belts 124 are fixed to the driven gears 130 and 131, respectively.
When the drive motor 127 is driven, the suspension belt 124 is wound or unwound, and the storage case 122 is
It moves up and down between an upper limit position housed in the main body 121 and a lower limit position located below the main body 121.

By the way, before assembling and shipping the elevating cabinet 120, or after detaching the drive motor 127 for maintenance of the drive motor 127, as shown in FIG. In many cases, the storage case 122 is tilted with respect to 121, and horizontal adjustment of the storage case 122 is required. In addition, the wall itself to which the lifting cabinet 120 is attached is often inclined, and a slight horizontal adjustment is required after attachment. This horizontal adjustment is performed by the driven gear 1 engaged with the driving gear 129.
It is carried out while relatively shifting the teeth of 30, 131 one by one, and pulling either one of the left and right suspension belts 124.

[0004]

However, in the elevator cabinet 120, the storage case 12 thereof is provided.
In performing the horizontal adjustment of No. 2, the teeth of the driven gears 130 and 131 must be relatively shifted one by one, so that the horizontal adjustment work is not only troublesome, but generally, the driven gears 130 and 131 are generally adjusted. If one of the teeth is shifted, the suspension belt 124 moves up and down by about 3 mm, so that fine adjustment of less than 3 mm cannot be performed, and there is an inconvenience that horizontal adjustment can be performed only in stages.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of such inconvenience, and an object of the invention is to enable horizontal adjustment of a storage portion and fine adjustment thereof. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for horizontally adjusting a lifting cabinet and a storage portion thereof.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a main body portion fixedly arranged, a storage portion that can be stored in the main body portion, and is fixed to both left and right ends of the storage portion. In a lift cabinet including a pair of hanging members, and a drive device that winds and unwinds the pair of hanging members, and the hoisting member is wound or unwound by the driving device to elevate and lower the storage unit. , The driving device is provided on each of the two rotating shafts.
The drive device is provided so that its installation position is movable, and the storage device is horizontally adjusted by the movement of the drive device. There is. According to such a configuration, since the storage unit is horizontally adjusted by the movement of the entire drive unit, at the time of the horizontal adjustment, each gear engaged in the drive unit is relatively moved. No need to shift
The storage unit can be easily adjusted horizontally, and
The fine adjustment is also possible.

Further, a fixedly arranged main body portion, a storage portion which can be stored in the main body portion, a pair of suspension members which are respectively fixed to the left and right ends of the storage portion, and a pair of suspension members. A method for leveling a storage unit of an elevator cabinet, which comprises a drive device for winding and unwinding, and by winding or unwinding a suspension member by this drive device to elevate and lower the storage unit, the drive device comprising:
It is provided on each of the two rotating shafts to fix the suspension member.
Includes a pulley that is, by moving the installation position of the drive device in a predetermined direction, with pulling the left one of the lifting member upward, while lowering the other one of the lifting member, the housing portion The horizontal adjustment method is used. Even in such a method, similarly to the above, it is not necessary to relatively shift each gear engaged in the drive device when horizontally adjusting the storage portion, and the horizontal adjustment of the storage portion can be easily performed. In addition to being able to do it, fine adjustment is possible.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The drive device of the present invention preferably employs a structure in which a drive motor, gears, etc. are housed in a main body case. With this configuration, the entire drive device can be moved by simply moving the main body case, and the horizontal adjustment of the storage section can be performed more easily.

[0009]

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an elevator cabinet according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the 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) as suspension members fixed to the left and right ends of the storage portion 12, and a drive device 14 for winding and unwinding the pair of suspension belts 13 (see FIG. 2). (See) and is configured. In the lifting cabinet 10, as will be described later, by operating the operation switch 16 provided in the lower portion of the storage unit 12, the suspension belt 13 is wound or unwound, and the storage unit 12 is moved to the main body unit 11.
It moves up and down between an upper limit position housed inside and a lower limit position located below the main body 11. 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 thereof.
It consists of Here, the storage basket 48 is provided so as to be able to store wet items such as tableware after being washed, while the storage case 47 is provided so as to be able 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.

The rod-shaped member 51 is provided in the shape of a hollow prism, and a wiring cord (not shown) extending from the operation switch 16 to the drive unit 14 passes through the rod-shaped member 51.

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 for supporting the upper net rack 80 standing on both left and right front and rear ends of the lower net rack 79. A bar member 82, a frame body 83 arranged on the right side of each net rack 79, 80, a translucent resin side plate 85 fitted inside the frame body 83, and a rear side of each net rack 79, 80. And a translucent resin back plate 86 that is transparent. This storage net 48 is a storage case 47.
It is adapted to be detachably hung between the hook and the hook bar 44, and is moved up and down along with the storage case 47.

As shown in FIG. 2, the suspension belt 13 has a roller 97 having one end side fixed to the storage section 12 side and the other end side fixed to the left and right sides of the back surface of the top plate 18.
It is adapted to be fixed to the drive device 14 by being hung around.

As shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 3, the drive unit 14 includes a main body case 98 which is attached to the top plate 18 so as to be relatively movable, and a drive motor 100 which is disposed inside the main body case 98. A main driving gear 102 fixed to the tip end side of the output shaft 100A of the drive motor 100, driven gears 103 and 104 engaged with the main driving gear 102 and rotatable in mutually opposite directions, and the respective driven gears 103 and 10.
The suspension belt 13 is fixed to the rotating shaft of No. 4 and
And pulleys 106 and 107 to which is fixed.

On the upper surface 98A of the main body case 98, elongated holes 109, 109 extending in the left-right direction are formed at two locations in the same direction, and screws 111.111 are inserted into the elongated holes 109, 109 from inside the case. The main body case 98 is fixed to the main body portion 11 by engaging with nut portions 112, 112 formed at predetermined positions on the upper surface of the main body portion 11. That is, in this embodiment, the screw 111 is the elongated hole 10
Since it has a structure to be inserted into 9, the elongated hole 109
The installation position of the main body case 98 can be moved in the left-right direction within the range of the inner diameter of the drive device 14.
The entire installation position of can be moved to the left and right.

The drive motor 100 can be rotated in either forward or reverse directions by operating the operation switch 16. Depending on the direction of rotation, the suspension belt 13 is wound around the pulleys 106, 107 or the pulleys 106, 107. 1
After being taken out from 07, the storage case 47, and by extension, the storage section 12, is moved up and down.

Next, a method of horizontally adjusting the storage case 47 will be described.

When the storage case 47 is leveled due to maintenance of the drive motor 100 or the like, first, it is confirmed that the operation of the drive motor 100 is stopped, and the pulleys 106 and 107 are locked so as not to rotate. . Then, the screw 111 is loosened, the main body case 98 is moved in one of the left and right directions, and one of the hanging belts 13 that is lowered is pulled upward. At this time, the pulleys 106, 10
Since 7 is locked and the suspension belt 13 is not wound or unwound, the other suspension belt 13 descends by the amount of tension of the one suspension belt 13. And
This operation is performed until the storage case 47 is suspended substantially horizontally, and then the main body case 98 is fixed to the top plate 18 of the main body portion 11 with the screw 111.

Therefore, according to such an embodiment, by moving the storage case 47 in the left-right direction, the storage case 47 is moved.
Of the driving gears 102 engaged with each other when the storage case 47 is horizontally adjusted.
And forcibly disengage the driven gears 103, 104,
There is no need to relatively shift the engaged teeth one by one, and the horizontal adjustment of the storage unit 12 can be easily performed, and the fine adjustment can be performed.

In the above embodiment, the installation position of the drive unit 14 can be moved by the elongated hole 109 provided in the main body case 98, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the left and right sides can be set. Various structures can be adopted as long as the installation position of the drive device 14 can be moved while pulling one of the suspension belts 13 upward.

Further, although the present invention is applied to the elevating cabinet 10 in which the accommodating portion 12 has a two-part structure of the accommodating case 47 and the accommodating net basket 48, the present invention is such that the elevating cabinet in which the accommodating portion is constituted only by the accommodating case 47. Alternatively, it can be applied to an elevating cabinet or the like having a storage portion that is further divided.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the installation position of the drive device that winds and unwinds the pair of suspension members that are respectively fixed to the left and right ends of the accommodating part that can be accommodated in the main body part is movably provided, during horizontal adjustment of the accommodating part, Since it is not necessary to relatively shift the gears engaged with each other in the drive device, the horizontal adjustment of the storage portion can be easily performed and the fine adjustment can be performed.

[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 schematic enlarged front view of a drive device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of a lifting cabinet showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Lifting cabinet, 11 ... Main body part, 12
... Storage part, 13 ... Suspension belt (suspension member), 1
4 ... Drive device

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Ippei Maruo 1370 Nishiyama-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture Yamaha Driving Tech Co., Ltd. (56) References JP 2001-114497 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (58) Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A47B 51/00 501 A47B 77/04

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A body portion fixedly arranged, and inside the body portion
The storage part that can be stored in and the left and right sides of this storage part
A pair of suspension members fixed to each, and a pair of these suspension parts
It is equipped with a drive device that winds and unwinds material.
For winding or unwinding the suspension member by the drive device of
Therefore, in the elevator cabinet that raises and lowers the storage section.
AndThe driving device is installed on each of the two rotary shafts.
Including a pulley to which the suspension member is fixed, The drive device is provided so that its installation position is movable,
By moving the drive unit, the storage unit is leveled.
Lifting cabinet that features 2. A body portion fixedly arranged, and inside the body portion
The storage part that can be stored in and the left and right sides of this storage part
A pair of suspension members fixed to each, and a pair of these suspension parts
It is equipped with a drive device that winds and unwinds material.
For winding or unwinding the suspension member by the drive device of
Therefore, the storage of the elevator cabinet that raises and lowers the storage unit.
A horizontal adjustment method for the delivery department,The driving device is installed on each of the two rotary shafts.
Including a pulley to which the suspension member is fixed, By moving the installation position of the drive device in a predetermined direction
And pulling one of the left and right suspension members upward
While lowering one of the other suspension members,
Lifting cabinet characterized by horizontal adjustment of parts
How to level the storage compartment of the.