JP4113821B2 - Decorative cover - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a decorative cover that covers a hole cover into which an article support shaft such as a shelf support shaft of a display shelf or a hanger bar is inserted.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an article support structure in which shaft member support tools are fixed to a support column in a plurality of stages, and each shaft member support tool supports a shaft member such as a shelf support shaft.

  According to the article support structure described in Patent Document 1, in order to change the height of the shaft member and the shelf after installation, the decorative material is removed, the shaft member support is disassembled from the support column, and the height is changed to another height. There is a problem that it is necessary to reattach the column, and the user cannot easily change the height of the shelf.

  In order to solve this problem, the present inventor supports a shaft supporting member having a larger number of shaft members than the number of upper and lower stages of the shelf to be installed at a predetermined interval on the support, and wallpaper, cloth, glass on the front side of the support. A decorative material such as a plate or an end plate is arranged, and an opening formed at a height corresponding to each shaft member support of the decorative material is covered with a hole cover from the front side, and a hole corresponding to the selected shaft member support The shaft member was inserted through the cover, and the other hole cover was covered from the front side with an easily detachable decorative cover.

As shown in the side view of FIG. 8, the decorative cover 101 includes a main body 102 that covers the hole cover 110 from the front side, and a positioning piece 103 having a return 104 that protrudes from the back surface, and the positioning piece 103 is elastically deformed. Then, the return 104 is pushed from the insertion hole 112 formed in the main body 111 of the hole cover 110 to the back surface side of the hole cover 110, and the return 104 opened on the back surface side of the main body 111 of the hole cover 110 by elastic restoration of the positioning piece 103. Is engaged with the edge of the shaft member insertion hole 112 of the hole cover 110 to fix the decorative cover 101 to the hole cover 110.
Japanese Patent No. 2911831

  However, when removing the decorative cover 101 from the hole cover 110, it is necessary to insert the tip of the driver between the decorative cover 101 and the hole cover 110 to elastically deform the positioning piece 103, which causes a problem of poor workability. .

  Further, when the positioning piece 103 is elastically deformed, the positioning piece 103 is often broken and cannot be reused.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a decorative cover that can be easily attached and detached in a short time and can be reliably reused.

In order to achieve this object, the decorative cover according to the present invention has a main body formed in a shape covering a hole cover made of a magnetic body in which an insertion hole through which an article support shaft is inserted is formed, and is supported on the main body. A magnetic body and a protrusion that can be aligned in the left-right direction and movable in the vertical direction with respect to the insertion hole provided on the back surface of the main body, the protrusion of the decorative cover with respect to the hole cover by the protrusion The hole cover and the main body are magnetically attracted by aligning the left and right positions .

  According to this configuration, when the ornament cover is overlapped with the hole cover, the ornament cover is fixed to the hole cover by magnetic adsorption, and the ornament cover can be removed from the hole cover by peeling the ornament cover against this magnetic adsorption force. It is not necessary to elastically deform the positioning piece when attaching and detaching, and the ornament cover can be attached and detached more easily and in a short time.

  Further, according to this configuration, since there is no portion that is elastically deformed during attachment / detachment, there is no possibility that each portion is broken during attachment / detachment, and the portion can be reliably reused.

  By the way, in the present invention, the hole cover only needs to be formed of a magnetic material, that is, a material having a property of being attracted to magnetism, for example, pure iron, silicon iron, a highly permeable alloy, a high magnetic saturation value. Any material may be used as long as it is made of an alloy, a constant-permeability alloy, a magnetic shunt alloy, a square hysteresis magnetic alloy, or the like.

  The hole cover may be formed of a polymer compound containing rubber in which fine powders of these magnetic materials are blended.

  Further, the hole cover is formed with an insertion hole through which an article support shaft such as a shelf support shaft or a pipe hanger is inserted, but the opening shape of the insertion hole is not particularly limited, for example, rectangular, square, hexagonal , Octagons, other polygons, circles, ellipses, oval shapes, etc.

  Now, the main body of the decorative cover of the present invention is formed in a shape that covers the hole cover. As this shape, a shape that covers the hole cover only from the front side and a part or all of the main body of the hole cover on the back surface. And a shape covering the front side surface of the hole cover and the peripheral surface continuous therewith.

  The shape that covers only the front side of the hole cover includes a shape that covers a part of the front side of the hole cover, a shape that covers all of the front side of the hole cover, a part or all of the front side of the hole cover and the hole cover. The shape which covers the surrounding part from the front side is included.

  In addition, the shape covering the front side surface of the hole cover and the peripheral surface continuous thereto includes a shape covering a part of the front side surface of the hole cover or a part of the peripheral surface, and a part of the front side surface of the hole cover and the peripheral surface. A shape covering the entire circumference of the surface, a shape covering all of the front side surface of the hole cover and a part of the peripheral surface, and a shape covering all of the front side surface of the hole cover and the entire periphery of the peripheral surface are included.

  Regardless of the shape, the main body of the present invention is preferably capable of concealing the insertion hole of the hole cover in a style, such as edging, embossing, engraving, plating, painting, hairline processing, rolling process. Whether or not to add a plane pattern such as an arbitrary picture pattern or character pattern, or a three-dimensional pattern such as a sculpture pattern or a relief pattern, is free.

  However, it is preferable that the main body of the present invention is formed with a concave portion for hooking the tip of a fingertip or a driver when the present invention is peeled off from the hole cover.

  Further, it is possible to make the main body inconspicuous by sticking a decorative material such as wallpaper or cloth same as the finishing material provided with the hole cover, or by configuring the main body with the same glass or mirror as the finishing material.

  The material of the main body is not particularly limited, and for example, a metal, a synthetic resin, glass, or the like can be used. The metal includes a nonmagnetic material in addition to a magnetic material. Further, the synthetic resin constituting the main body is not particularly limited, and may be a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin. There may be.

  As the magnetic body to be carried on the main body of the present invention, the magnetic body constituting the hole cover may be used. However, it is necessary that the hole cover can be magnetically attracted to the hole cover. In the case of a synthetic resin blended with fine magnet powder, a soft magnetic material having a small residual magnetism, coercive force, and energy product may be used, or a magnet having a large value (permanent magnet) may be used. When the hole cover is made of a soft magnetic material or a synthetic resin containing a fine powder thereof, it is necessary to carry a permanent magnet on the main body.

  As this permanent magnet, quenching magnet steel such as carbon steel, KS steel, MT steel, precipitation hardening type alloy such as Kester alloy, MK alloy, Alnico 5, NKS alloy, and sintered magnet such as OP magnet are used. .

  The magnetic body, that is, the soft magnetic material or the permanent magnet may be formed separately from the main body and may be supported on the main body by a method such as adhesion, fusion, welding, pressure bonding, or sintering. You may make it carry | support by mix | blending as a composition with the sintered metal body and synthetic resin (polymer compound) to comprise.

Incidentally, in the present invention, the back surface of the upper SL body, characterized in that positioning projections or recesses aligning the position of the ornament cover is provided with respect to the hole cover.

Here, as an example of the positioning projection, there is a projection that enters and is inscribed in the insertion hole of the hole cover.

According to this configuration, by inserting the positioning protrusion into the insertion hole of the hole cover, the decorative cover can be positioned and magnetically attracted with respect to the hole cover, and the article support is supported by the misalignment of the decorative cover with respect to the hole cover. The appearance of the device can be prevented from being impaired.

  In addition to the positional shift in the surface direction of the hole cover, the positional shift includes a phase shift around the insertion hole.

  Hereinafter, a decorative cover according to the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a decorative cover according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the decorative cover 1 includes a main body 2 formed in a disc shape, and a pair of thin disc shapes fixed to the back surface of the main cover 2 at an appropriate interval on the left and right, for example. And a round shaft or an elliptical positioning protrusion 4 projecting from the center of the back surface of the main body 2.

  The surface of the main body 2 is subjected to surface treatment such as plating or painting, engraving, or a decorative material to be described later, if necessary.

  The magnet 3 is made of a permanent magnet, and is bonded to the main body 2 using, for example, an adhesive.

  The positioning projection 4 is formed in a shape that allows the decorative cover 1 to be positioned with respect to the hole cover 19 by projecting the projection into a shaft member insertion hole 193 of the hole cover 19 described later.

  In this embodiment, the projection 4 is formed in a round shaft shape, and is positioned only in the left-right direction with respect to the cover 19, for example, and the vertical position is adjusted by hand. Since the decorative cover 1 of this embodiment is circular, there is no need for alignment in the rotation direction, and alignment by hand can be easily performed.

  Since the shaft member insertion hole 193 of the hole cover 19 is formed as a vertically long rectangular hole, the protrusion 4 is formed as a vertically long rectangular shaft having the same height and width as the rectangular hole. The hole cover 19 can be positioned in the surface direction, that is, the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and can be configured to be positioned in the rotational direction around the insertion hole 193.

  Incidentally, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the article support device using the decorative cover 1, and the article support device 11 shown in FIG. 3 has a base shape member 13 fitted in the front part of the support column 12 on the support column 12. For example, the base member 13 is fixed with screws, and the shaft member fixing tool 14 is fixed to the base member 13 in multiple stages.

  Here, as the shaft member fixture 14, the one filed separately by the present applicant (Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-320471) is used, but the one described in Patent Document 1 may be used.

  The article support device 11 includes a base aggregate 15 fixed to the left and right sides of the support column 12, and the left and right sides of the panel 16 covering the support column 12 and the shaft member fixture 14 from the front side are the left and right bases. For example, screws are fixed to the aggregate 15. Further, on both the left and right sides of the panel 16, a base board 17 made of, for example, a gypsum board fixed to the base aggregate 15 is disposed, and wallpaper, cloth, glass plate (not shown) on the front surface of the panel 16 and the base board 17, Cosmetic materials such as mirrors are provided.

  In the panel 16 and the decorative material, for example, circular openings 17 are formed at positions corresponding to the shaft member fixtures 14. The opening 17 is provided with a pin hole 18 through which each pin 192 of a hole cover 19 described later is inserted.

  The hole cover 19 includes a main body 191 made of a disk-shaped iron plate and two pins 192 implanted on the back surface of the main body 191, and is inserted through a vertically long rectangular hole in the center of the main body 191. A hole 193 is formed.

  Each pin 192 of the hole cover 19 is inserted into the opening 17 of the panel 16 and is press-fitted into the pin holes 141 formed on the left and right side surfaces of the shaft member fixture 14 so that the hole cover 19 is fixed to the shaft member fixture. 14 is fixed.

  In the insertion hole 192 of the hole cover 19 having a height selected in advance, the shaft member 20 made of, for example, a shelf receiving shaft from the front, the base end portion 21 of the shaft member 20 from the front to the insertion hole 193 of the hole cover 19 from the shaft member. The hole cover 19 having other heights is inserted into the shaft hole 142 of the fixture 14 and covered with the decorative cover 1.

  That is, when the decorative cover 1 is inserted so that the positioning protrusion 4 is fitted into the insertion hole 192 of the hole cover 19, the magnet of the decorative cover 1 is attracted to the main body of the hole cover 19, and the decorative cover 1 is viewed from the front. The hole cover 19 is fixed at a position where it is seen.

  A gap corresponding to the thickness of the magnet 3 is formed between the hole cover 19 and the main body 2 of the decorative cover 1 that is magnetically attracted to the hole cover 19. The ornament cover 1 can be peeled off from the hole cover 19 easily and in a short time by pulling with a nail.

  When the decorative cover 1 is peeled off, the decorative cover 1 is not elastically deformed. Therefore, the decorative cover 1 can be reliably reused without any risk of damaging the decorative cover 1 due to excessive force.

  FIG. 4 is a front view of a decorative cover according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view thereof. The ornament cover 1 is formed in a square shape with four corners as viewed from the front. The ornament cover 1 can be applied to the circular hole cover 19 described above, but it is preferable to apply it to a square shape with four corners as viewed from the front.

  In the case of the square decorative cover 1, when the mounting angle is inclined, the appearance is deteriorated. Therefore, the decorative cover 1 has a protrusion 4 formed of a vertically long angular shaft having the same height and width as the vertically long rectangular hole of the shaft member insertion hole 193 formed in the hole cover 19. By inserting the projection 4 of the decorative cover 1 into the shaft member insertion hole 193, the surface of the decoration cover 1 can be positioned in the surface direction, that is, the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, and the rotation direction around the insertion hole 193 is possible. Is positioned.

  Other configurations, operations, and effects of this embodiment are the same as those in the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 6 is a front view of a decorative cover according to still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional plan view thereof. The decoration cover 1 includes a recess 5 having the same shape and size as the main body 191 of the hole cover 19 on the back surface of the main body 2. The main body 2 is made of a synthetic resin (magnetic plastic) containing a fine powder composition of a permanent magnet, and is surface-treated by plating, for example, as necessary.

  The decoration cover 1 can be fixed by magnetic adsorption by positioning the decoration cover 1 with respect to the hole cover 19 simply by covering the panel 16 and the hole cover 19 attached to the decorative material from the front side.

  The decorative cover 1 is formed in a square shape with four corners as viewed from the front, and a notch 6 opened to the back and outer peripheral surfaces is formed at the center of each side. For example, a driver's tip or fingernail is inserted and peeled off from the hole cover 19.

  Other configurations, operations, and effects of this embodiment are the same as those in the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

  In the above description, the decorative cover 1 used when the shaft member insertion hole 193 of the hole cover 19 is opened sideways has been described. However, the decorative cover 1 of the present invention is not limited to this, and the decorative cover 1 is used on a floor or the like. The present invention is also applicable to a shaft member insertion hole 193 provided with an upward opening direction or a shaft cover insertion hole 193 attached to or detached from a downward hole cover 19 provided on a ceiling or the like.

It is a front view of one Example of this invention. It is a top view of one example of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the example of use of this invention. It is a front view of the other Example of this invention. It is a cross-sectional top view of the other Example of this invention. It is a front view of the further another Example of this invention. It is a cross-sectional top view of other Example of this invention. It is a vertical side view for demonstrating the subject which this invention tends to solve.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Decorative cover 2 Main body 3 Magnet 4 Positioning protrusion 5 Positioning recess

Claims (4)

  A main body formed in a shape covering a hole cover made of a magnetic body in which an insertion hole into which the article support shaft is inserted is formed, a magnetic body carried on the main body, and the insertion hole provided in the back surface of the main body A protrusion that can be aligned in the left-right direction and movable in the up-down direction, and the hole cover and the main body are aligned by aligning the left and right positions of the decorative cover with respect to the hole cover by the protrusion. A decorative cover that is magnetically attracted.   The decoration cover according to claim 1, wherein a magnet formed separately from the main body is attached to the main body. The decoration cover according to claim 2, wherein a gap corresponding to the thickness of the magnet is formed between the hole cover and the decoration magnetically attracted to the hole cover. The decorative cover according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic body is blended in a polymer composition constituting the main body.

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