JP3653257B2 - Drawer structure - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a drawer structure, and more particularly to a drawer structure that can change the exposed surface of a front member located on the front side of the drawer or can easily replace the front member.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, a kitchen is provided on the lower side of a counter having a sink or the like at the top, a cabinet having a plurality of storage spaces, a counter located in and below the counter, and a dial on the front. And a stove having an operation unit such as the above. Some kitchens have drawers on the left and right sides of the operation unit. The drawer includes a drawer main body having a box shape with an open top, and a front plate located on the front end side of the drawer main body and substantially on the same plane as the front panel of the cabinet. Here, the color of the front plate is often matched to the color of the stove's operation section in terms of design, but recently the stove operation section, which used to have many black systems, has recently become more metallic, such as silver. The color needs are diversified, such as the type of the front plate is preferred, and the color of the front plate is also diversified, such as making the front plate a metal color or matching the color of the cabinet located under the drawer It has become a trend.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the color of the front plate is very diverse because it largely depends on the user's taste, and the distribution form of the kitchen is often purchased by looking at some samples and catalogs. Therefore, during construction or during use, there is a tendency to change the color of the front plate to a color different from the original purchase color according to the color tone and atmosphere of the entire kitchen.
[0004]
However, in the above-mentioned known drawer, the front plate is integrated with the drawer body and is not manufactured with the intention of removing the front plate from the drawer body, so the color of the front plate is changed. It is not easy to do so, and to change the color of the front plate, the entire drawer must be replaced. In this case, the manufacturer has to prepare many kinds of drawers with different colors on the front plate, resulting in inconvenience of taking inventory risk. Accordingly, there has been a demand for the appearance of a front plate structure that can easily change the color of the front plate even at the time of construction of the kitchen or after completion of the construction without any cost burden.
[0005]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been devised in response to such a request, and its purpose is to make it possible to easily change the color of the front member of the drawer and to easily respond to various needs of users regarding the color. An object of the present invention is to provide a drawer structure capable of performing
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a drawer body having a storage space inside, a holding member provided on the front end side of the drawer body, and a front member detachably held by the holding member. ,
The holding member includes a mounting surface portion provided at a front portion of the drawer body,
A finger hook portion is formed on the front member and a gap for finger hook is formed between the back surface and the mounting surface portion of the front member, and after passing the fingertip into the finger hook portion, It is possible to perform a finger hook ,
The front member is formed in a plate shape, and different colors are applied to the front and back surfaces of the front member, while the front and back surfaces of the front member are held by holding the outer peripheral region of the front member via the holding member. Is configured to be able to be expressed arbitrarily . According to such a configuration, since it is possible to easily remove only the front member by removing the front member from the drawer body, by preparing only the front member to which another color to be a separate part is prepared, It becomes possible to easily change the color of the front member. As a result, it is possible to sufficiently cope with the intentions of a wide variety of users, and it is possible to reduce the economic burden by avoiding replacement of the entire drawer. In addition, it is possible to smoothly perform the drawer operation. Moreover, for example, by making the front surface of the front member a metal color and the back surface the same color as the cabinet, it is possible to select a color that appears on the front surface from two different types of colors. Further, the front member can be smoothly attached and detached without using a special tool or the like. And the exposed surface of a front member can also be changed suitably.
[0008]
Further, the present invention comprises a drawer body having a storage space inside, a holding member provided on the front end side of the drawer body, and a front member detachably held by the holding member,
The holding member includes a mounting surface portion provided at a front portion of the drawer body, and includes an upper surface portion provided at an upper end of the mounting surface portion and a pair of side surface portions provided at both right and left ends of the mounting surface portion. It is provided in a shape that opens front and lower, and the front end surface of each of the upper surface portion and each side surface portion and the surface of the front member are located on substantially the same surface,
A finger hook portion is formed on the front member and a gap for finger hook is formed between the back surface and the mounting surface portion of the front member, and after passing the fingertip into the finger hook portion, It is possible to perform a finger hook,
Positioning means is provided between the holding member and the front member, and the positioning means includes a groove-shaped receiving portion that is continuous on the inner periphery of the upper surface portion and each side surface portion, an upper end surface of the front member, and both left and right ends. A rib formed so as to slightly protrude outward from the surface and fit in the receiving portion, and a pair of recess portions provided in the receiving portion and formed so as to partially increase the groove depth of the receiving portion. A configuration is adopted in which a rib is formed on both the left and right sides of the lower portion of the rib and protrudes outward, and a pair of projecting pieces provided to be engageable with the recess.
[0011]
In the present specification, terms indicating the position or direction such as “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, and the like refer to the state of viewing the kitchen from the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1 unless otherwise specified. Use as a reference.
[0012]
【Example】
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a kitchen drawer structure according to the actual施例is applied. In this figure, the kitchen 10 is disposed between a counter 12 having a sink 11 on the upper surface, a cabinet 13 that supports the counter 12 at a predetermined height, and the counter 12 within the plane of the cabinet 13. And a stove 15.
[0014]
The cabinet 13 is composed of a plurality of cabinets such as a stove cabinet 17 that supports the region of the stove 15 and a storage cabinet 18 having a plurality of storage sections. The front sides of the stove and storage cabinets 17 and 18 and the like are designed to display a unified color as a whole.
[0015]
In this embodiment, the stove 15 is an IH type stove. The stove 15 includes a grill 21 that is substantially flush with the front surface of the stove cabinet 17, and operation units 23 that are provided on the left and right sides of the grill 21, and are adjacent to the left and right sides of the operation unit 23. A pair of drawers 25, 25 is provided at the position.
[0016]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the drawer 25 extends in the front-rear direction, and is normally provided with a drawer body 27 positioned below the counter 12 and a holding provided on the front end side of the drawer body 27. A member 28, a front member 29 that is detachably held via the holding member 28, and positioning means 30 provided between the holding member 28 and the front member 29 are configured.
[0017]
The drawer body 27 includes a front wall 31 (see FIG. 5), a pair of side walls 32, 32 extending rearward from the left and right sides of the front wall 31, and a rear wall 33 positioned between the rear ends of the side walls 32, 32. And a bottom wall 34 positioned between the lower ends of the front wall 31, the side walls 32, 32 and the rear wall 33, and is configured as an open top box that forms a storage space A inside. A groove 35 extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the outer surface of each side wall 32, 32, and the groove 35 engages with a rail member (not shown) so as to be slidable back and forth.
[0018]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the holding member 28 is supported on the front wall 31 of the drawer body 27 via a means such as adhesion or screwing, and is provided in a vertically long rectangular shape when viewed from the front. A mounting surface portion 37, a top surface portion 38 provided at the upper end of the mounting surface portion 37, and a pair of side surface portions 39, 39 provided at both left and right ends of the mounting surface portion 37, and a shape that opens front and lower Is provided.
[0019]
The front member 29 is formed in a plate-like body having a rectangular shape along the inner peripheral surface of the upper surface portion 38 and the side surface portions 39, 39. A notch 40 serving as a finger hook portion having a downward concave shape is provided in the lower end central region of the front member 29, and the notch 40 is set to a size that allows a fingertip to be inserted. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, different colors are applied to the front surface 29 </ b> A (dotted area in FIG. 5) and the back surface 29 </ b> B (blacked area in the same figure) of the front member 29. Here, as a means for coloring the front and back surfaces 29A and 29B of the front member 29, a metal or a resin or the like subjected to direct coating, appropriate coating, coating treatment, or surface treatment on the front member 29 was used. A means for attaching the plate member can be exemplified. As a result, either one of the front and back surfaces 29A and 29B has a metallic color such as silver, and the other has substantially the same color as the front color of the first and second cabinets 17 and 18, or an appropriate intermediate color. be able to. In addition, different color sheet members may be bonded to the front and back surfaces 29A and 29B. In this case, it is possible to improve the handleability of the elderly by printing the operation description of the stove 15. It becomes.
[0020]
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the positioning means 30 includes a groove-shaped receiving portion 42 that is continuous at a position near the front end on the inner periphery of the upper surface portion 38 and the side surface portions 39, 39, and a front member A rib 43 formed so as to slightly protrude outwardly from the upper end surface and both left and right end surfaces of 29, and fit within the receiving portion 42, and within the receiving portion 42, from the lower ends of the side portions 39, 39. It is provided at a position slightly above, and is formed at a pair of concave portions 45, 45 formed so as to partially deepen the groove depth of the receiving portion 42, and at the lower left and right sides of the rib 43, A pair of projecting pieces 46 and 46 projecting outward is provided.
[0021]
The inner peripheral surface of the receiving portion 42 and the outer peripheral surface of the rib 43 are each formed in a substantially semicircular arc shape when viewed in cross section. Further, in a state where the rib 43 is received in the receiving portion 42, the front surface 29 </ b> A of the front member 29 is positioned substantially flush with the upper end portion 38 and the front end surfaces of the side surface portions 39, 39. A gap S for finger hooking is formed between 29B and the mounting surface portion 37 of the holding member 28. As a result, it is possible to place a finger on the back surface 29 </ b> B of the front member 29 after passing the fingertip through the notch 40. The rib 43 protrudes from a substantially central position in the plate thickness direction of the front member 29. As shown in FIG. 6, the front and rear surfaces 29A and 29B of the front member 29 are reversed to expose the back surface 29B. Even in this case, the position of the exposed surface of the front member 29 does not change.
[0022]
The protrusions 46 and 46 are received in the recesses 45 and 45 so that the lower ends of the holding member 28 and the front member 29 are aligned, and are provided so as to be engageable with the recesses 45 and 45. Accordingly, the front member 29 does not fall off the holding member 28 unless an intentional external force is applied in the state shown in FIG. 2, and the front member 29 is coupled with the action of the receiving portion 42 and the rib 43. The upper end and the left and right end sides are held via the holding member 28.
[0023]
In the above configuration, the operation of attaching the front member 29 to the holding member 28 is performed by pulling the drawer 25 slightly forward from the storage position, and then, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. This is done by inserting 29. In this operation, first, the upper left and right sides of the rib 43 are inserted below the receiving portion 42, and the front member 29 is lifted along the vertical direction. At this time, the rib 43 is guided to the receiving portion 42 at the left and right side positions of the front member 29, and the front member 29 moves upward without wobbling in the front-rear direction. After the projecting piece 46 hits the lower end of the side surface portion 39 by this upward movement, a forcible external force is applied to lift the front member 29. Thereby, after the lower end side of each side surface part 39 and 39 expands slightly by each protrusion piece 46,46, the protrusion piece 46 is received in the recessed part 45, and these engage with each other. In this state, as shown in FIG. 2, the lower ends of the holding member 28 and the front member 29 are aligned, and the upper region of the rib 43 is received in the receiving portion 42 formed on the upper surface portion 38, so that the front member 29. Is held by the holding member 28 so as not to fall off.
[0024]
On the other hand, the operation of removing the front member 29 from the holding member 28 is performed by forcibly pulling down the front member 29. As a result, the engagement between the recessed portion 45 and the protruding piece 46 is released, and the rib 43 is pulled out from the receiving portion 42, so that the front member 29 can be removed from the holding member 28.
[0025]
When the back surface 29B of the front member 29 is exposed from the state shown in FIG. 2, after the front member 29 is removed from the holding member 28 as described above, the back surface 29B is directed to the front surface. The front member 28 may be attached to the holding member 29.
[0026]
Therefore, according to such a real施例, front member 29 from was configured to be detachably held by the holding member 28, providing a member 29 before the front and back surfaces 29A, are different colors to 29B were subjected Thus, the color of the front member 29 can be easily changed. When the front member 29 becomes dirty, only the front member 29 is replaced or the front member 29 is separated from the drawer body 27. It becomes possible to wash. Further, since the positioning means 30 is provided between the holding member 28 and the front member 29, the mounting operation of the front member 29 can be kept constant, and the possibility of falling off can be avoided. Furthermore, since the positioning means 30 is configured by slightly changing the shape of the holding member 28 and the front member 29, the configuration can be simplified without requiring any special parts.
[0032]
Incidentally, the real施例has been described the case of applying the present invention to the drawer 25 located on the left and right sides of the stove 15 kitchen 10 is not limited to this, for example, Ya other drawer of the cabinet 13 The present invention can be similarly applied to a drawer of a known storage furniture.
[0033]
Further, the positioning means 30 is not limited to the illustrated configuration example, and various design changes are possible. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a rib is provided instead of the receiving portion 37 and a groove capable of receiving the rib is provided on the outer periphery of the front member 29 .
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, since the front member is detachably provided, the color of the front member can be easily changed by preparing the front member with other colors as a separate part. This makes it possible to respond quickly and smoothly to the diversified user's intentions recently, and to reduce the cost burden associated with the change in the color of the front member. In addition, when the drawers are provided on both the left and right sides of the stove operation section, only the front member can be exchanged even during construction or use of the kitchen, and the color of the front member and the color of the kitchen can be changed. Harmony can be achieved.
[0035]
Further, when the front member is formed in a plate and different colors are applied to the front and back surfaces of the front member, it is possible to quickly and easily select a color that appears on the front surface from two different types of colors. .
[0036]
Furthermore, a holding member is provided on the front end side of the drawer body, the outer peripheral area of the front member is held via this holding member, and the front and back surfaces of the plate-like body can be arbitrarily exposed. In addition to facilitating this, it is possible to maintain the appearance of the front member in a good appearance.
[0037]
Further, when the finger hook portion is formed on the front member, it becomes easy to put the fingertip on the front member, and the drawer operation can be smoothly performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1 is a schematic perspective view of a kitchen drawer structure is applied according to the actual施例.
FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the drawer.
3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2. FIG.
4 is a front view of FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.
6 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 5 in which the orientation of the front member is changed.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Kitchen, 15 ... Stove, 23 ... Operation part, 25 ... Drawer, 27 ... Drawer main body, 28 ... Holding member, 29 ... Front member, 29A ... Front surface, 29B ... back surface, 40 ... notch (finger hook), 50 ... holding member, 51 ... front member, A ... storage space, S ... gap

Claims (2)

A drawer body having a storage space inside, a holding member provided on the front end side of the drawer body, and a front member detachably held by the holding member,
The holding member includes a mounting surface portion provided at a front portion of the drawer body,
A finger hook portion is formed on the front member and a gap for finger hook is formed between the back surface and the mounting surface portion of the front member, and after passing the fingertip into the finger hook portion, It is possible to perform a finger hook ,
The front member is formed in a plate shape, and different colors are applied to the front and back surfaces of the front member, while the front and back surfaces of the front member are held by holding the outer peripheral region of the front member via the holding member. Drawer structure characterized in that can be expressed arbitrarily . A drawer body having a storage space inside, a holding member provided on the front end side of the drawer body, and a front member detachably held by the holding member,
The holding member includes a mounting surface portion provided at a front portion of the drawer body, and includes an upper surface portion provided at an upper end of the mounting surface portion and a pair of side surface portions provided at both right and left ends of the mounting surface portion. Provided in a shape that opens front and lower, the front end surface of each of the upper surface portion and each side surface portion and the surface of the front member are located on substantially the same plane,
A finger hook portion is formed on the front member and a gap for finger hook is formed between the back surface and the mounting surface portion of the front member, and after passing the fingertip into the finger hook portion, It is possible to perform a finger hook,
Positioning means is provided between the holding member and the front member, and the positioning means includes a groove-shaped receiving portion that is continuous on the inner periphery of the upper surface portion and each side surface portion, an upper end surface of the front member, and both left and right ends. A rib formed so as to slightly protrude outward from the surface and fit in the receiving portion, and a pair of recesses provided in the receiving portion and formed so as to partially increase the groove depth of the receiving portion. A drawer structure characterized by comprising a pair of projecting pieces formed so as to be able to engage with the recessed portion while being formed to protrude outwardly on both the left and right sides of the lower portion of the rib .

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