JP4299105B2 - cabinet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure of a cabinet, and more particularly to a structure at an edge portion of a closing means for closing an opening in a cabinet housing so as to be freely opened and closed.

  Cabinets used in office spaces such as offices are designed to improve the appearance when storing goods and to open the front opening of the cabinet in order to prevent the stored items from falling or theft of stored items during an earthquake, etc. It is often blocked by a door. In this regard, an inset structure (for example, Patent Document 1) in which closing means such as an opening door is disposed in the cabinet housing, and an outset structure (for example, in which the closing means is disposed on the front surface of the cabinet housing) Patent Documents 2 and 3) are known.

In the former case, when the cabinet is viewed from the side, the edge of the closing means is not exposed to the outside and the appearance is good, but when viewed from the front, the peripheral edge of the front end of the housing is framed outside the closing means. There is a problem of being visible.
On the other hand, when viewed from the front, the front edge of the housing is not exposed to the outside, and the appearance is good, but when viewed from the side, the edge of the closing means is exposed to the outside. is there.
Thus, both have advantages and disadvantages.

  On the other hand, in recent years, when both edge portions adjacent to the closing means and the casing are cut at 45 degrees and viewed from either the front or the side, only one of the closing means or the casing can be seen, There has been proposed an improvement in appearance so that the edge of the frame cannot be seen.

  However, in this configuration, there is a 45 degree gap between the closing edge and the adjacent edge of the housing, so that the inside of the cabinet can be seen from the outside, and the light inside the housing leaks to the outside. was there.

No. 7-000605 JP-A-8-266349 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-313267

  In view of the above-mentioned present situation, the present invention improves the appearance when viewed from either the front or the side, prevents the inside of the cabinet from being seen from the outside, and prevents the internal light from leaking outside. The purpose is to provide.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) The front side inner corner of the frame material forming the front opening in the cabinet housing is dropped to form an inwardly inclined surface, and a closing means for closing the front opening so as to be opened and closed is provided. A facing inclined surface facing the inwardly inclined surface is formed at an edge portion adjacent to the frame member of the means, and connected to the inclined surface, the backward piece toward the rear in the housing; and It is assumed that the cabinet is provided with closing means including at least a backward piece out of the outward pieces facing outward in the vertical and horizontal directions outside the casing.
Here, the outside in the up / down / left / right direction means at least one outside in the up / down / left / right direction.

  (2) In the above item (1), the closing means is a cabinet that is an open door disposed in the front opening of the housing.

  (3) In the above item (2), at least at the left and right edge portions of the opening door, the rear piece or the outward piece is provided continuously with the facing inclined surface.

  (4) In the above item (1), the closing means is a cabinet which is a front plate of a drawer housed in a housing.

  (5) In the above item (4), at least an upper edge end portion of the front plate is provided continuously with the facing inclined surface so as to include the backward piece or the outward piece.

(6) The cabinet housing is formed by a frame having openings on the front and rear sides, the inner corners of both front and rear surfaces of the frame are dropped to form inwardly inclined surfaces, and the front and rear openings are formed. Each of the closing means is provided with a closing means that can be freely opened and closed, and a facing inclined surface that faces the inwardly inclined surface is formed at an edge portion adjacent to the frame body of the closing means, and connected to the facing inclined surface. A closing means is provided that includes at least an inwardly-facing piece of an inwardly-facing piece that faces the inside of the housing in the front-rear direction and an outwardly-facing piece that faces outside in the vertical and horizontal directions outside the housing .

  (7) In any one of the above items (1) to (6), at least one of the blocking means in the front opening or the rear opening is formed of a light-transmitting material.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
a) According to the invention described in the above (1), in the edge portion of the frame member in the closing means, the rear panel is provided with only the rear piece connected to the facing inclined surface, and the outer piece is not provided. When viewed from either the side or the side, only one of the closing means or the casing is visible, and the other edge is not visible, so the appearance is good. In addition, when the cabinet is provided with an outward facing piece connected to the facing inclined surface, when the cabinet is viewed from the front, only the closing means can be seen, the edge of the casing cannot be seen, the appearance is good, and from the side When viewed, the edge of the outward piece in the closing means can be seen in front of the housing, but the thickness of the outward piece is much thinner than the thickness of the closing means, so it is thin and sharp. Make an impression and look good.
Further, the gap between the frame member of the housing and the edge of the closing means adjacent to the frame member is formed by a facing inclined surface at the edge of the closing means and at least a rear piece connected to the inclined surface. Since the light is refracted, the inside of the cabinet cannot be seen from the outside, and the light inside the cabinet does not leak to the outside. Therefore, it is possible to deal with various layout patterns of the cabinet and improve the design of the cabinet layout in the office.

  b) According to the invention described in the above item (2), when the present invention is applied to a hinged door, the effect described in the previous item is most effectively exhibited.

  c) According to the invention described in the item (3), the effects described in the item a) can be achieved at the left and right edge portions of the hinged door, which is the most problematic in the conventional hinged door cabinet.

  d) According to the invention described in the item (4), the effects described in the item a) can be obtained with respect to the drawer that is frequently used in office spaces such as offices.

  e) According to the invention described in the item (5), the effect described in the item a) can be achieved at the upper edge end of the drawer, which is the most problematic in the conventional cabinet with a drawer.

  f) According to the invention described in the item (6), since the effect described in the item a) is exhibited in the opening portions before and after the cabinet, the design property of the cabinet is improved and the flexibility of the layout is increased. .

  g) According to the invention described in the item (7), at least one of the closing means in the front opening or the rear opening is formed of a light-transmitting material, thereby combining with the effect described in the item a). As a result, an office space that gives a brighter and softer impression can be formed.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 is a perspective view of a cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the opening door of the cabinet shown in FIG. 1 is opened, and FIG. 3 is a main portion taken along line III to III in FIG. It is a cross-sectional view.

  The cabinet (1) of the present invention includes a frame member (4) that forms a front opening (3) of a housing (2) in the cabinet (1), and a closure that closes the front opening (3) so as to be freely opened and closed. The structure of the part which both the edge part (6) of the opening door (5) as a means mutually opposes has the characteristics.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the cabinet (1) of the present invention has a front end (8) of a right frame (7) as a frame (4) that forms a front opening (3) of the casing (2). However, the inwardly inclined surface (9) is formed by dropping the inner corner of the front surface, and is formed into a bent shape spreading outward in plan view by both the remaining outer front surface (10).

  The shape of the front end portion (8) of the right frame member (7) can be easily obtained by combining appropriately bent metal plates constituting the front end portion (8) as illustrated.

  On the other hand, on the right edge end (11) adjacent to the right frame member (7) of the opening door (5), a facing inclined surface (12) facing the inward inclined surface (9) is formed, and Continuing to this facing inclined surface (12), the rearwardly facing piece (13) that faces rearward inside the casing (2) in the cabinet (1), and the outer side facing rightward outside the casing (2) An outwardly facing piece (14) is provided.

  The facing inclined surface (12), the backward piece (13), and the outward piece (14) of the hinged door (5) are respectively the inwardly inclined surface (9) and the right frame member inner surface (15) of the right frame member (7). The outer front surface (10) can be approached.

  In order to form the facing inclined surface (12), the backward piece (13), and the outward piece (14) at the right edge (11) of the hinged door (5), the following edge frame material (16 ) Is used. The hinged door (5) is composed of a surface material (17) and an edge frame material (16) fitted to the four peripheral edges of the surface material (17). The edge frame material (16) includes an edge frame material body (18) and a cover material (19).

  The edge frame material body (18) is a rear U on the rear piece (21) of the holding part (20) and the holding part (20) having a U-shape in plan view that holds the peripheral edge of the surface material (17) from the front and rear. And a pair of left and right side pieces (22) and (23) extending in the longitudinal direction.

  Of the pair of side pieces (22) and (23), a swash plate (24) is disposed between the intermediate portion of the outer side piece (23) and the vicinity of the outer end of the rear piece (21). The swash plate (24) forms the facing inclined surface (12), the rear end portion of the outer side piece (23) forms the rearward piece (13), and the outer end portion of the rear piece (21). Thus, the outward piece (14) is formed.

  The opening between the pair of left and right side pieces (22) and (23) is closed by a cover material (19) having a substantially perpendicular U-shaped cross section in the longitudinal direction.

  The rear piece (21) in the edge frame member (16) has a double wall structure in the front-rear direction, and a screw hole (26) is formed in the rear wall piece (25).

  After the set screw (27) is inserted into the through hole (28) of the cover material (19), the cover material (19) is screwed into the screw hole (26), so that the cover material (19) is attached to the edge frame material body (18). Installed on.

  The front piece (29) and the rear piece (21) forming the holding part (20) are formed such that the front piece (29) has a considerably smaller width in the left-right direction than the rear piece (21). ) When viewed from the front, the front piece (29) disposed on the periphery of the opening door (5) is made inconspicuous.

  In FIG. 3, the relationship between the right frame member (7) of the casing (2) and the right edge end (11) of the hinged door (5) is shown, but forms the four sides of the casing (2). The relationship between the other frame member (4) and the other edge portion (6) of the hinged door (5) is configured in exactly the same manner.

  The edge frame members (16) and (16) that are symmetrical to the left and right and up and down are cut at 45 degrees inward at both ends, abutting the ends of adjacent edge frame members, and having an L-shape when viewed from the front. It connects using the connection material (30) (refer FIG. 2). Both ends of the connecting member (30) are inserted into the space (31) in the double wall structure of the rear piece (21) in the edge frame member (16) shown in FIG.

  4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. A handle (32) is attached to the opening door (5). The grip (32) is provided with a rearward portion (34), a facing inclined portion (35), and an outward portion (36) on the base portion (33), which are respectively provided in the edge frame member (16). It is attached to the door of the opening door (5) in a form of being in contact with the rearward piece (13), the facing inclined surface (12), and the outward piece (14).

  Between the handle (32) and the surface material (17), there is provided a latch handle (37) for unlocking the opening door (5). The latch mechanism (not shown) operated by the latch handle (37) is built in the space (38) between the frame body (18) and the cover material (19) in the frame frame (16). .

  The opening door (5) to which the handle (32) or the like is attached is attached to the housing (2) so as to be openable and closable with a hinge (39) (see FIG. 2).

As described above, the frame member (4) forming the front opening (3) of the housing (2) and the edge (6) of the open door (5) attached to the front opening (3) are mutually connected. Although the structure of the part which opposes is demonstrated, this structure is comprised, for example, the housing | casing is comprised with the frame which has an opening part in the front and back, and the obstruction | occlusion means which obstruct | occludes the frame body in a rear surface opening part, and a rear surface opening part The present invention can also be applied to the structure of the portion where the edge ends of each other face each other.
That is, the cabinet housing is formed by a frame having openings on the front and rear, and the inner corners of both front and rear surfaces of the frame are dropped to form inwardly inclined surfaces, respectively, and the front and rear openings are respectively formed. Provided with a closing means that can be opened and closed freely, and at the edge portion adjacent to the frame body of the closing means, a facing inclined surface facing the inwardly inclined surface is formed, and connected to the facing inclined surface, Among the inwardly facing pieces inward in the front-rear direction and the outwardly facing pieces in the up, down, left, and right directions outside the case, a closing means including at least the inwardly facing piece is provided.

  Moreover, it is one of preferable embodiments that both or one of the surface materials of the closing means in the front opening or the rear opening is formed of a translucent material.

  FIG. 5 is a front view of the cabinet with drawers of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line VI to VI in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the edge frame material (16 in FIG. 3) is placed on the upper and lower edges of the rear face of the front decorative plate (43) in the drawer (42) housed in the housing (41) of the cabinet (40). ) And an edge frame member (44) (45) having the same shape as those of FIG.

  A cover member (46) is attached between the upper and lower edge frame members (44) and (45) to form a front plate (47) of the drawer (42). A handle (48) and a latch handle (49) having the same shape as the handle (32) and the latch handle (37) shown in FIG. 4 are attached to the upper edge of the front plate (47). ing. The latch mechanism built in the upper edge frame member (44) is not shown.

  Similarly, the frame member (50) and the partition member (51) in the housing (41) are formed in the same manner as the frame member (4) shown in FIG.

  Thus, the structure of the frame member (50) or the partition plate (51) in the housing (41) and the upper and lower edges of the front plate (47) of the drawer (42) are opposed to each other. The frame member (4) forming the front opening (3) of the housing (2) in the first embodiment, and the edge (6) of the opening door (5) attached to the front opening (3) However, it is comprised in the form similar to the structure of the part which mutually opposes.

It is a perspective view of the cabinet with a hinged door of 1st Embodiment of this invention (Example 1). It is a perspective view which shows the state which opened the hinged door of the cabinet in FIG. It is the III-III line principal part cross-sectional view in FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 1 (partially omitted). It is a front view of the cabinet with a drawer of 2nd Embodiment of this invention (Example 2). FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of line VI to VI in FIG. 5.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Cabinet
(2) Housing
(3) Front opening
(4) Frame material
(5) Opening door (closing means)
(6) Edge
(7) Right frame material
(8) Front end
(9) Inwardly inclined surface
(10) Outside front
(11) Right edge
(12) Face-to-face inclined surface
(13) Backward piece
(14) Outward facing piece
(15) Right frame material inner surface
(16) Edge frame material
(17) Surface material
(18) Body frame body
(19) Cover material
(20) Holding part
(21) Rear piece
(22) Inner side piece
(23) Outer side piece
(24) Swash plate
(25) Exterior wall piece
(26) Screw hole
(27) Set screw
(28) Through hole
(29) Front piece
(30) Connecting material
(31) Space
(32) Handle
(33) Base
(34) Retrospective part
(35) Face slope
(36) Outward section
(37) Latch handle
(38) Space
(39) Hinge
(40) Cabinet
(41) Housing
(42) Drawer
(43) Front decorative board
(44) Upper edge frame material
(45) Lower edge frame material
(46) Cover material
(47) Front plate
(48) Handle
(49) Latch handle
(50) Frame material
(51) Partition plate

Claims (7)

A front side inner corner of the frame material forming the front opening in the cabinet housing is dropped to form an inwardly inclined surface, and a closing means for closing the front opening so as to be opened and closed is provided. A facing inclined surface facing the inwardly inclined surface is formed at an edge portion adjacent to the frame member, and is connected to the facing inclined surface, and a rearward piece and a rear piece facing rearward in the housing A cabinet comprising a closing means including at least a backward piece out of an outward piece facing upward, downward, leftward and rightward.   The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the closing means is an opening door disposed in a front opening of the housing.   The cabinet according to claim 2, wherein at least at the left and right edge ends of the hinged door, the rearward piece or the outward piece is provided so as to be continuous with the facing inclined surface.   The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the closing means is a drawer front plate housed in a housing.   The cabinet according to claim 4, wherein at least at the upper edge end portion of the front plate, the rearward piece or the outward piece is provided continuously with the facing inclined surface. The cabinet casing is formed by a frame having openings on the front and rear, and the inner corners of both front and rear surfaces of the frame are dropped to form inwardly inclined surfaces, and the front and rear openings can be opened and closed respectively. A closing means is provided on the edge of the closing means adjacent to the frame, and a facing inclined surface facing the inwardly inclined surface is formed, and connected to the inclined surface in the front-rear direction. A cabinet comprising at least an inwardly-facing piece of an inwardly facing piece inward of the housing and an outwardly facing piece outwardly in the vertical and horizontal directions outside the housing .   The cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein at least one of the blocking means in the front opening or the rear opening is made of a light-transmitting material.

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