JP4278100B2 - Storage structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement in a box-shaped storage structure in which a surface formed on an upper panel of a housing such as a console box is open.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the cab 30 of the construction machine, for example, the storage unit 1 for storing small items is formed on the upper panel 41 of the casing of the console box 40 provided on the side of the driver's seat 31. ing.
That is, the top panel 41 of the console box 40 is narrow and elongated, and the size of the opening 42 is limited.
Further, since the storage unit 1 is fixed, the internal volume is constant and limited.
For this reason, the storage unit 1 cannot be appropriately sized with respect to the stored items, and the storage is not sufficient.
Further, since the depth cannot be set appropriately with respect to the stored item, there is a drawback that it is difficult to take out a small stored item.
On the other hand, for example, in a console box with a storage box disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-266993, a storage box is detachably provided in a box portion provided inside the main body, and a rotating lid is provided on an upper surface opening of the storage box. A structure in which a holder hole is provided in the rotating lid is known, but the size of the storage portion cannot be enlarged as described above.
JP 7-266993 A

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a storage portion structure that can expand the volume of the storage portion by deforming the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the storage portion.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a storage portion structure in which at least a part of the bottom wall surface of the storage portion can be displaced upward so that a stored item can be easily taken out.

In order to solve the above problem, the invention of claim 1
The upper surface provided in the opening formed in the upper panel of the console box casing is opened, and the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the storage section formed inside the casing is an outside that expands the capacity of the storage section. a box-shaped housing portion adapted to deform in the direction, the storage section, and consists of a fixed component and the movable component, is formed integrally with the movable component movable component An actuating member that displaces in the expansion / contraction direction is provided, and the upper part of the actuating member is disposed at a position where it can be gripped from the open side of the upper surface of the storage unit. In the storage part structure that can deform the part ,
The storage part is divided into upper and lower parts, and the upper part is made of a substantially cylindrical shape with the lower surface opened and fixed to the upper panel side, and the lower part is made of a substantially cylindrical shape with a bottom and is attached to the fixed component part. A movable component that can be fitted,
The actuating member comprises a sliding shaft portion, a sliding shaft portion projects from the movable component portion, and a vertical hole through which the sliding shaft portion passes is provided in the fixed component portion, and the movable component portion is fixed to the fixed component portion. Slidably attached to the bottom,
The movable component is displaceable between a contracted position where the movable component is fitted to the fixed component and an extended position where the movable component is slid downward from the fixed component .

In the invention of claim 2,
The upper surface provided in the opening formed in the upper panel of the console box casing is opened, and the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the storage section formed inside the casing is an outside that expands the capacity of the storage section. A box-shaped storage unit that is deformed in a direction, and the storage unit includes a fixed component and a movable component, and the movable component is formed integrally with the movable component. An actuating member that displaces in the expansion / contraction direction is provided, and the upper part of the actuating member is disposed at a position where it can be gripped from the open side of the upper surface of the storage unit. In the storage part structure that can deform the part,
The storage part is divided into a plurality of parts in the lateral direction, and is formed in a box shape in which one or both of the lateral directions are opened, and is fixed to the upper panel side, and the laterally open side of the fixed part The upper part is composed of a movable component that is attached to the lip of the top panel so as to be tiltable and the bottom wall component is slidable laterally outward.
The actuating member is composed of a sliding shaft portion, a sliding shaft portion is provided to project from the movable component portion, and a lateral groove through which the sliding shaft portion is passed is provided to the fixed component portion,
The bottom wall surface configuration portion of the movable configuration portion is slid in the expansion direction with respect to the bottom wall surface of the fixed configuration portion, and the bottom wall surface of the storage portion is expanded.

Since the storage portion structure of the present invention can deform the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the storage portion, it is possible to perform appropriate storage by expanding the volume of the storage portion in accordance with the size of the stored item.
Further, in the storage structure of the present invention, at least a part of the peripheral wall surface or the bottom wall surface of the storage portion can be displaced upward, so that it can be easily taken out even if the stored item is small.

In this invention, the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the storage part formed inside the housing is slid and deformed to realize the expansion of the capacity of the storage part.
A preferred embodiment in which the storage portion structure of the present invention is applied to a storage portion provided in a console box of a construction machine such as a hydraulic excavator will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The cab 30 of the construction machine shown as an example in FIG. 7 is provided with a driver's seat 31 substantially in the center, a console box 40 is disposed on the side of the driver's seat 31, an operation lever 33 and a driver's seat 31 in front of the driver's seat 31. In addition, various devices 34 are provided behind, a front window is provided on the front side, an entrance door is provided on one of the left and right side parts (right side in the figure), and a lower part is surrounded by an inner wall.
The storage unit 1 of this embodiment is formed on the upper panel 41 of the casing of the console box 40.

The storage part 1 of Example 1 is divided | segmented up and down as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, and can be extended-contracted to an up-down direction.
In other words, the upper portion of the storage portion 1 is formed in a rectangular tube shape whose upper and lower sides are open, and includes a fixed component portion 1A formed integrally with the opening portion 42 of the top panel 41.

On the other hand, the lower part of the storage unit 1 is a movable component 1B having a bottomed rectangular tube shape and having a similar shape that can be externally fitted to the fixed component 1A.
This movable component 1B is slidably attached to the fixed component 1A.
That is, a vertical hole 2 extending vertically is formed in the side wall surface 8a of the fixed component 1A.
The movable component 1B is fitted on the side wall surface 8b so as to be slidable in the vertical hole 2, and a sliding shaft portion 3 as a working member is provided at the tip so as to protrude.

Thus, the movable component 1B is slid downward along the vertical hole 2 from the state where the movable component 1B is externally fitted so as to overlap the fixed component 1A (see FIG. 1). By lowering while guiding downward and lowering the bottom wall surface 4 of the movable component 1B as shown in FIG. 2, the volume of the storage unit 1 can be expanded downward.
In addition, it is preferable to form so that the said sliding shaft part 3 may be restrained by the vertical hole 2 in the state of FIG. 1 which accumulated the movable structure part 1B on the fixed structure part 1A.
For example, as shown in FIG. 1 (c), the upper portion of the vertical hole 2 is obliquely extended to form the retaining hole portion 2a, or as shown in FIG. A configuration in which a narrow portion 2b is provided so that the sliding shaft portion 3 slides upward while expanding and the sliding shaft portion 3 is locked at the upper end of the vertical hole 2 may be used. Good.

The storage part 1 of Example 2 shown in FIG. 3 is divided | segmented into the horizontal direction (left-right direction in the figure).
That is, the central portion of the storage portion 1 is provided with a fixed component 1A that is open on both left and right sides and is fixed to the side wall surface 8 of the opening 42 to form the bottom wall surface component 4a.
Also, a pair of left and right movable components 1B and 1C that closes both the left and right sides of the fixed component 1A are attached to the left and right sides of the fixed component 1A.
In the movable components 1B and 1C, upper bent portions 5b and 5c are formed at the connection portions with the upper panel 41, and lower bent portions 6b and 6c are formed at the bent portions with the bottom wall surface constituting portions 4b and 4c. Each of the bent portions 5b, 5c, 6b, and 6c is flexible so that it can be bent, and the bottom wall surface components 4b and 4c are slidably fitted to the bottom wall surface 4a of the fixed component 1A. Has been.

The bottom wall surfaces 4b and 4c of the movable components 1B and 1C overlap the lower side of the bottom wall surface component 4a of the fixed component 1A, and are formed on the bottom wall surface component 4a of the fixed component 1A in the illustrated example. Sliding shafts 3b and 3c as operating members projecting from the bottom wall surface constituting parts 4b and 4c of the movable constituting parts 1B and 1C are slidably inserted into the transverse grooves 7 and the leading ends are larger than the groove width of the transverse grooves 7. It is said.
In addition, one or both of the movable components 1B and 1C are inclined outward via the bent portions 5b, 5c or 6b and 6c, and the bottom wall surface components 4b and 4c of the movable components 1B and 1C are fixedly configured. The bottom wall surface 4 (4a, 4b, 4c) can be slid in the left-right direction (outward) by sliding outward with respect to the bottom wall surface constituent part 4a of the part 1A, and the volume of the storage unit 1 can be increased. .

In the above-described embodiment, the fixed component 1A and the movable components 1B and 1C are not provided with a side wall surface, but are provided with a series of side wall portions 8 fixed directly to the opening 42, and the side wall portion 8 can be moved without a substantial gap. Although the components 1B and 1C are configured to slide, the side walls that cover the sides may be integrally formed with the fixed components 1A and the movable components 1B and 1C, respectively.
Moreover, although the case where a pair of movable components 1B and 1C are provided on both the left and right sides of the fixed component 1A is illustrated, one side of the fixed component 1A is closed and only one movable component 1B or It is good also as a structure which provides 1C.
In that case, the slide mechanism only needs to be provided on the side where the movable component is provided, and the other configurations are the same as in the above-described embodiment.

[Reference Example 1]
FIG. 4 shows Reference Example 1 in which a material having flexibility or elasticity is provided on all or a part of the peripheral wall of the storage unit.
In this case, when the stored item is stored in the storage unit 1 and its weight is equal to or greater than a certain value, the storage unit 1 can be reversibly extended or bent so that the volume of the storage unit can be increased. That's fine.

[Reference Example 2]
The storage unit 1 of Reference Example 2 shown in FIG. 5 includes a pair of movable components 1B and 1C divided into left and right, and the upper portions of the movable components 1B and 1C are openings of the top panel 41. 42 is pivotally attached to the rim side by a pivot P.
In addition, a flexible sheet 9 is affixed in series to the opening edges of the bottom wall surface constituent parts 4b, 4c and the side wall parts 8b, 8c of the left and right movable constituent parts 1B and 1C.

Therefore, in the state where the storage portion 1 is formed with the movable components 1B and 1C shown in FIG. 5A closed, the seat 9 is folded, and the pivot shown in FIG. When the movable components 1B and 1C are pivoted outward in the left and right directions using P as a fulcrum, the seat 9 spreads to close the gap between the movable components 1B and 1C.
In the illustrated example, the left and right movable components 1B and 1C and the seat 9 are separated from each other. However, the movable components 1B and 1C are framed and attached so as to cover the frame with a sheet of the same material as the sheet 9. Thus, the sheet 9 can be formed integrally with the sheet attached to the movable components 1B and 1C.

[ Reference Example 3 ]
The storage unit 1 of Reference Example 3 shown in FIG. 6 deforms the bottom wall surface 4 and the side wall surface 8 of the storage unit 1 in order to displace a part of the bottom wall surface 4 of the storage unit 1 formed inside the casing upward. A link mechanism 10 is provided.
The link mechanism 10 includes a first link member 11 pivotally attached to a first pivot point P1 at a fixed position provided at an upper portion of the opening 42 of the top panel 41, and one end at a lower end of the first link member 11. The second link member 12 is pivotally attached at the two pivot points P2 and extends along the bottom wall surface 4 to the middle position thereof, and the bottom wall surface 4 is pivotally attached to the other end of the second link member 12 at the third pivot point P3. A third link member 13 extending to the side facing the first link member 11 along the lower end, and a lower end thereof is pivotally attached to the third link member 13 by a fourth pivot point P4 and an upper portion thereof is connected to the first link member 11. It comprises a fourth link member 14 pivotally attached to a fifth pivot point P5 at a fixed position provided on the opposite upper lip side.

Reference numerals 15a and 15b denote fixed links for supporting the fixed first pivot point P1 and fifth pivot point P5.
In addition, on one side of the storage portion 1, there is provided an operating member 16 which is formed in an L shape outside the first link member 11 and whose lower end is pivotally attached to the second pivot point P2.
The actuating member 16 is mounted on the upper panel 41 so as to be able to slide substantially parallel to the direction a as shown in FIG.

With the above configuration, when the operating member 16 is slid in parallel with the a direction on the left side of the drawing from the standby position in FIG. 5A, the second pivot point P2 is set with the first pivot point P1 as a fulcrum. It is pivotally displaced in the clockwise direction in the figure.
Along with this, the third pivot point P3 connecting the second link member 12 and the third link member 13 is displaced upward, and a part of the bottom wall surface 4 (position of the second movable point P3) is raised upward. be able to.
In this configuration, the fourth pivot point P4 may be a fixed pivot point or a pivot point whose movement in the expansion direction is restricted.

Although the above configuration exemplifies a configuration in which a part of the bottom wall surface is raised upward, a configuration in which a part of the side wall surface is displaced so as to protrude inward may be used.
In addition, it goes without saying that various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

It is a figure which shows the state which the storage part structure expanded vertically in Example 1 is shrink | contracted, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is sectional drawing, (c) is a figure which shows the locking structure of a vertical groove, (d ) Is a diagram showing a different locking structure. It is a figure which shows the state expanded in the accommodating part structure of FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is sectional drawing. It is a figure which shows the storage structure expanded to the left and right of Example 2, Comprising: It is sectional drawing which shows the state reduced. It is a figure which shows the storage structure expanded to the left and right of Example 2, Comprising: It is sectional drawing which shows the expanded state. It is a figure which shows the storage structure expanded to the left and right of Example 2, Comprising: It is a top view of the state reduced. It is a figure which shows the storage structure expanded to the left and right of Example 2, Comprising: It is a top view of the state expanded. It is sectional drawing which shows the storage structure which the surrounding wall of the reference example 1 expands-contracts, (a) is a figure which shows the state reduced, (b) is a figure which shows the state expanded. It is sectional drawing which shows the storage structure where the surrounding wall of the reference example 2 pivots right and left, (a) is a figure which shows the state reduced, (b) is a figure which shows the state expanded. It is a schematic diagram which shows the mechanism of the storage structure where a part of bottom wall surface of Reference Example 3 rises, (a) is a figure which shows a normal state, (b) is a figure which shows the state where a part of bottom wall surface rises. It is. It is a perspective view of the cab of the construction machine for showing the position of a storage part.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage part 1A Fixed part 1B, 1C Movable part 2 Vertical hole 3 Sliding shaft part 3b, 3c Sliding shaft part 4 Bottom wall surface 5b, 5c Upper bending part 6b, 6c Lower bending part 7 Horizontal groove 8 Side wall surface 9 Sheet 10 Link Mechanisms 11 to 15 First to fifth link members 16 Actuating member 30 Cab
40 Console box 41 Top panel 42 Opening

Claims (2)

The upper surface provided in the opening formed in the upper panel of the console box casing is opened, and the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the storage section formed inside the casing is an outside that expands the capacity of the storage section. a box-shaped housing portion adapted to deform in the direction, the storage section, and consists of a fixed component and the movable component, is formed integrally with the movable component movable component An actuating member that displaces in the expansion / contraction direction is provided, and the upper part of the actuating member is disposed at a position where it can be gripped from the open side of the upper surface of the storage unit. In the storage part structure that can deform the part ,
The storage part is divided into upper and lower parts, and the upper part is made of a substantially cylindrical shape with the lower surface opened and fixed to the upper panel side, and the lower part is made of a substantially cylindrical shape with a bottom and is attached to the fixed component part. A movable component that can be fitted,
The actuating member comprises a sliding shaft portion, a sliding shaft portion projects from the movable component portion, and a vertical hole through which the sliding shaft portion passes is provided in the fixed component portion, and the movable component portion is fixed to the fixed component portion. Slidably attached to the bottom,
A storage part structure characterized by being displaceable between a contracted position where the movable component part is externally fitted to the fixed component part and an extended position where the movable component part is slid downward from the fixed component part . The upper surface provided in the opening formed in the upper panel of the console box casing is opened, and the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the storage section formed inside the casing is an outside that expands the capacity of the storage section. A box-shaped storage unit that is deformed in a direction, and the storage unit includes a fixed component and a movable component, and the movable component is formed integrally with the movable component. An actuating member that displaces in the expansion / contraction direction is provided, and the upper part of the actuating member is disposed at a position where it can be gripped from the open side of the upper surface of the storage unit. In the storage part structure that can deform the part,
The storage part is divided into a plurality of parts in the lateral direction, and is formed in a box shape in which one or both of the lateral directions are opened, and is fixed to the upper panel side, and the laterally open side of the fixed part The upper part is composed of a movable component that is attached to the lip of the top panel so as to be tiltable and the bottom wall component is slidable laterally outward.
The actuating member is composed of a sliding shaft portion, a sliding shaft portion is provided to project from the movable component portion, and a lateral groove through which the sliding shaft portion is passed is provided to the fixed component portion,
A storage part structure, wherein the bottom wall surface part of the movable part is slid in the expansion direction with respect to the bottom wall surface of the fixed part to enlarge the bottom wall surface of the storage part.

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