JP4518972B2 - Top plate support structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a top plate support structure in which a top plate that can be used as a desk, work table, shelf, or the like is held substantially horizontally on the front surface of a partition panel such as a low partition.

  In this type of conventional top plate support structure, a plurality of locking slits are arranged in the vertical direction on the front surface of the support column that supports the partition panel, and at the rear end of the leg body that faces the front and back directions that support the top plate. There is one in which a hook portion facing rearward in a fixed mounting bracket is locked by the locking slit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Further, a substantially horizontal lateral groove is provided on one side of the partition, and a claw portion of a coupling member provided on the side of the furniture such as a desk is engaged with the groove so that the furniture such as the desk is fitted on one side of the partition. There are some which are connected to each other (for example, see Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-327941 JP 2003-166302 A

However, none of the ones described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 can change the height of the top plate, and the one described in Patent Document 1 has a leg body that is not provided with a column. Cannot be connected to the partition panel, and the top plate cannot be mounted at any position along the surface of the partition panel.
In addition, what is described in Patent Document 2 is that the connecting member that connects the furniture such as a desk to the partition must be screwed to the lower surface of the top plate, the bottom surface of the partition, etc., which is troublesome. .

  In the present invention, in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, a leg plate can be attached to an arbitrary position in the left-right direction along the front surface of the panel, and the height of the top plate can be easily changed. An object of the present invention is to provide a top plate support structure that is easy to mount and can support the top plate stably and reliably.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) A pair of upper and lower engagement grooves provided in the rear end of the leg plate facing in the front-rear direction is provided on the front surface of the panel standing on the floor facing in the left-right direction. Are engaged with both the engaging grooves, and the leg plate is coupled to the front surface of the panel so that the mounting position can be adjusted in the left-right direction, and a plurality of engagement holes are provided in the leg plate at intervals in the vertical direction. The top plate is mounted on the panel so that the height of the top plate can be changed by selectively locking the engagement pieces provided at the end portions of the brackets supporting the top plate to the engagement holes.

  (2) In the above item (1), the cross-sectional shape of each engagement groove is a dovetail shape wider than the opening, and each coupling means can be slid in the left-right direction behind the engagement groove. A fastening body fitted as a connecting member, a connecting member coupled to the rear side surface of the leg plate, and fastening means for fastening the fastening member and the connecting member through the opening of the engaging groove. And

  (3) In the above item (1) or (2), the lower end of the front part of the leg plate is brought into contact with the floor via an adjuster for height adjustment.

  (4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), the bracket is provided in the front-rear direction in parallel with the leg plate, and a part of the bracket spaced in the front-rear direction from the locking piece is screwed to the leg plate. .

  (5) In any one of the above items (1) to (4), a square tube portion is provided at one side rear portion of the leg plate, and a plurality of engagement holes are provided in the vertical direction on the front surface of the square tube portion. A locking piece provided at the rear end of the bracket facing in a direction can be selectively locked in the engagement hole.

  (6) In any one of the above items (1) to (5), a cover is detachably attached to one side of the leg plate, and a part of the bracket is sandwiched between the cover and the leg plate.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.
(1) According to the invention described in claim 1, by loosening the coupling means and moving it along the engagement groove, the mounting position of the leg plate with respect to the panel can be freely changed in the left-right direction, and the leg plate The height of the top plate can be easily changed stepwise simply by changing the engagement position of the locking piece of the bracket with respect to the plurality of provided engagement holes, which is very convenient.

  (2) According to the invention described in claim 2, the configuration of the coupling means can be simplified, and the panel and the leg plate can be easily coupled from the front side of the panel with the top plate removed. Can work, and workability is good.

  (3) According to the invention described in claim 3, since the front lower end of the leg plate is brought into contact with the floor via the height adjustment adjuster, the unevenness of the floor surface is absorbed by the adjuster, and the top plate is attached to the leg plate. It is possible to stably and reliably support the floor surface via the.

  (4) According to the invention described in claim 4, since the bracket is provided in the front-rear direction in parallel with the leg plate, and a part of the bracket separated from the locking piece in the front-rear direction is screwed to the leg plate, And the appearance is good, and it is possible to reliably prevent the rattling of the bracket and the locking piece from falling off the engaging hole.

  (5) According to the invention described in claim 5, the square tube portion not only reinforces the rear portion of the leg plate, but a plurality of engagement holes can be provided in the leg plate without conspicuous from the outside, and the leg plate and the bracket Can be made thinner.

  (6) According to the invention described in claim 6, the appearance can be improved by sandwiching a part of the bracket between the cover and the leg plate.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a desk is mounted on the front surface of a partition panel using one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 and the following figures show details of each part.
As shown in FIG. 1, in this example, on the front of the partition panel (panel) (1) facing the left-right direction (the upper right in FIG. 1 is the right, the lower left is the left, and the lower right is the front). The desk (2) for light work is installed.

  The partition panel (1) has a substantially outward cross-section on the front, back, and front of the square frame-shaped frame (4) with height adjusters (3) mounted on both sides at the bottom. A unit-shaped panel (6) (7) is fixed between the guide rails (5) and (5) adjacent to the top and bottom of the frame (4). Is detachably mounted. In this example, the upper unit panel (6) is a hanging panel in which a large number of hanging bars (6a) having an L-shape in side view are provided in upper and lower stages, and the lower unit panel (7) is a flat surface without unevenness. As a panel.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, each guide rail (5) is provided with a pair of upper and lower opposed projecting pieces (9) and (9) facing each other at the upper and lower opposed edges of the opening (8a). An engagement groove (8) that has a cross section with a wider back part (8b) than the opening part (8a) and faces in the left-right direction is formed.
The back surface of the upper facing protruding piece (9) forms an inclined surface (9a) facing inward and downward, and the back surface of the lower facing protruding piece (9) forms a vertical surface (9b).
Incidentally, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a pair of front and rear guide rails (5) and (5) in the middle part are laterally connected rods provided in the middle part of the rectangular frame-shaped frame (4). It is integrally formed on both front and rear surfaces of (4a).

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the desk (2) has a pair of left and right leg plates (10) with the rear end portion attached to the front surface of the partition panel (1) so that the mounting position can be adjusted in the left-right direction. ) (10) and a pair of left and right brackets (11) (11) mounted on the inner surface of each leg plate (10) so that the height can be changed, and partly projecting upward from the leg plate (10), It consists of a substantially horizontal top plate (12) supported on both sides by both brackets (11) (11).

  Each leg plate (10) has a vertical plate shape with a flat outer surface, and is provided with hollow rectangular tube portions (13) and (14) for reinforcement in the vertical direction on the front and rear portions of the inner surface. On the upper inner surface of the front rectangular tube portion (13), a recessed step portion (13a) is formed that is recessed substantially by the thickness of the bracket (11).

  On the inner surface of the lower end of each leg plate (10), there is provided a hollow rectangular tube portion (15) for reinforcement facing in the front-rear direction, and an adjuster (16) for height adjustment provided on the lower surface of the front end portion. Accordingly, the front lower end of each leg plate (10) is in contact with the floor.

A pair of front and rear slits (17) and (17) facing in the vertical direction and a circular relief hole (18) positioned between them are formed in the upper and lower portions of the inner surface of the rear square tube portion (14) in each leg plate (10). And are provided respectively.
In addition, a plurality of engagement holes (19) are provided at equal intervals in the vertical direction at the inner corner portion of the upper front surface of the rectangular tube portion (14).

A pair of upper and lower screw holes (20) and (20) are provided on the inner surface of the recessed step (13a) of the front rectangular tube (13).
Further, a pair of upper and lower engagement holes (21), (22) are provided on the inner surfaces of the front and rear square tube portions (13), (14) of each leg plate (10).

Next, with reference to FIGS. 4-8, the attachment structure to the partition panel (1) of each leg plate (10) is demonstrated.
Each leg plate (10) has a pair of upper and lower coupling means (23) (the lower one is not shown) and an engagement groove (5) in the guide rail (5) between the middle part and the lower part on the front surface of the partition panel (1). 8) is engaged, and the coupling means (23) is slid along the engagement groove (8) so that the mounting position in the left-right direction can be adjusted and coupled to the front surface of the partition panel (1). Has been.

  In this example, each coupling means (23) is provided at the upper and lower parts of the rear part of the fastening body (24) and the leg plate (10) so as to be fitted in the engaging groove (8) of the guide rail (5). The same tightening body (24) as described above, which is engaged with the pair of front and rear slits (17), (17) and the relief hole (18), and faces each of the tightening bodies (24). The connecting material (25) forming an isosceles right triangle in plan view in which the coupling surfaces (25a) and (25b) cross each other at right angles, and the connecting material (25) and each fastening body (24) are fastened. A pair of fastening means (26).

Each fastening body (24) includes a vertical base piece (27) parallel to the coupling surfaces (25a) and (25b) of the connecting material (25), and a connecting material (25 from both sides of the base piece (27). ) And extending upward to the tip, and above the rear surface of the upper opposing protruding piece (9) in the engagement groove (8) and the slit (17) at the rear of the leg plate (10). And a pair of side pieces (29) and (29) provided with engaging portions (28) that can be engaged with the rear surface of the edge.
An inclined surface (28a) inclined in the same direction as the inclined surface (9a) formed on the back surface of the upper opposing protruding piece (9) in the engaging groove (8) is provided at the front edge of each engaging portion (28). Is formed.
A screw hole (30) is provided in the center of the base piece (27).

  The connecting material (25) is composed of two perpendicular plate-like vertical wall portions (31) and (31) forming the respective coupling surfaces (25a) and (25b), and a right angle having two longer sides as isosceles sides. Upper and lower cover portions (32), (33) are provided that form isosceles triangles and cover the upper and lower portions of the vertical wall portions (31), (31).

A through hole (34) is formed in the center of each vertical wall (31).
In addition, the coupling surfaces (25a) and (25b), which are the outer surfaces of the vertical wall portions (31), are formed in the engagement grooves (8) of the partition panels (1) and the slits (17) of the leg plates (10). When fitted, there are a pair of left and right side trapezoidal protrusions (35) and (35) that prevent the connecting member (25) from moving vertically with respect to each partition panel (1) and leg plate (10). Projected.
The opposing surfaces of these projecting pieces (35) and (35) are inclined so as to slightly expand toward the direction away from the respective coupling surfaces (25a) and (25b) in plan view, and fastening means (26 ), When each tightening body (24) is tightened, each tightening body (24) is fitted between both projecting pieces (35) and (35), so that each tightening body (24) has a posture. It is guided smoothly without being disturbed or rotating.
Therefore, each fastening body (24) can be stably and quickly fastened by the fastening means (26).

  In this example, the fastening means (26) is inserted into the through holes (34) provided in the coupling surfaces (25a) and (25b) of the connecting member (25), and is provided in each fastening body (24). The tightening screw (36) is adapted to be screwed into the screw hole (30).

Therefore, in this embodiment, one tightening body (24) is fitted into the engaging groove (8) of the partition panel (1), and the engaging portion (28) is connected to the opposing protruding piece (9). While engaging with the back surface, both projecting pieces (35) and (35) on the coupling surface (25a) of the connecting member (25) are fitted into the engagement groove (8), and the coupling surface (25a) is partitioned into the partition panel. (1) The guide rail (5) is brought into contact with the surface of the guide member (5). Tightening screws that insert the pieces (35) and (35) into the slits (17) and (17) at the rear of the leg plate (10) and insert them into the through holes (34) of each vertical wall (31) (36) are screwed into the screw holes (30) of the respective tightening bodies (24) and tightened so that one tightening body (24) and the coupling surface (25a) of the connecting member (25) The connecting material (25) can be firmly connected to the partition panel (1) by sandwiching the upper facing protruding piece (9) in the engagement groove (8) of the partition panel (1). In addition, the plate thickness portion above the slits (17) and (17) in the rear part of the leg plate (10) is sandwiched between the other fastening body (24) and the coupling surface (25b) of the connecting member (25). The leg plate (10) can be firmly connected to the connecting member (25).
Note that the tip of the fastening screw (36) protruding to the back side of the base piece (27) in the fastening body (24) engaged with the leg plate (10) side is provided with both slits (17 ) And (17) enter the escape hole (18) disposed between them, so that they do not interfere with the inner surface of the leg plate (10).

  In addition, an inclined surface (28a) is provided in the engaging portion (28) of the tightening body (24), and this is engaged with the inclined surface (9a) of the opposing projecting piece (9) in the engaging groove (8). Thus, the tightening body (24) and the guide rail (5) can be strongly engaged with each other so as not to easily come off.

  In the above embodiment, the angle formed by the two coupling surfaces (25a) and (25b) in the connecting member (25) is 90 °. By changing this angle, the partition panel (1) and the leg plate (10 ) Can be any angle other than 90 °.

  Further, the engaging portion (28) of the tightening body (24) is directed downward to be engaged with the back surface of the lower facing protruding piece (9) in the engaging groove (8), or the engaging portion (28). May be provided on the upper and lower portions of the tightening body (24) and engaged with the back surfaces of the upper and lower opposed protruding pieces (9) and (9) in the engaging groove (8), respectively.

  The bracket (11) has a substantially horizontal ceiling that supports the top plate (12) on the upper end of a vertical base piece (11a) that faces in the front-rear direction and has a plurality of hook-shaped locking pieces (37) that are downwardly hooked at the rear end. It consists of a plate support piece (11b) bent inward, and a plurality of locking pieces (37) at the rear end are attached to the upper front surface of the square tube portion (14) at the rear of the leg plate (10). It is attached to the leg plate (10) so that the vertical position can be adjusted by selectively engaging with the plurality of engagement holes (19) provided.

  The base piece (11a) of the bracket (11) protrudes upward from the leg plate (10) and passes through the recessed step (13a) of the front rectangular tube (13) in the leg plate (10). ) Protrudes further forward. The base piece (11a) of the bracket (11) has a fixing screw (38) (38) that is screwed into the screw hole (20) (20) at a portion passing through the recessed step (13a), and a leg plate ( It is screwed on the inner surface of 10).

  Even when the vertical position of the bracket (11) is changed, the bracket (11) can be screwed onto the inner surface of the leg plate (10) with the fixing screws (38) (38). A number of mounting holes (39) are provided in the middle part in the front-rear direction so that when the vertical position of the bracket (11) is changed, one of them aligns with the screw holes (20) (20). Yes.

2 shows a state when the bracket (11) is attached to the leg plate (10) at a low position, and FIG. 9 shows a state when the bracket (11) is attached to the leg plate (10) at a high position.
In this example, in order to simplify the illustration and description, the position of the bracket (11) can be changed in two stages, upper and lower, but by increasing the number of engagement holes (19) and attachment holes (39), The position can be changed in three or more stages.

As shown in FIG. 3, almost the entire surface of the inner surface of the leg plate (10) except for the rear portion where the connecting member (25) is attached is covered with a rectangular cover (40).
The cover (40) has a pair of front and rear downward hooks (41) (41) provided at the lower part thereof engaged with lower engagement holes (22) (22) on the inner surface of the leg plate (10), The clip (42) (42) having a pair of front and rear elastically deformable side-view substantially rhombic heads (42a) provided on the upper part of the cover (40) is engaged with the upper part on the inner surface of the leg plate (10). By press-fitting into the holes (21) and (21), the inner surface of the leg plate (10) is detachably mounted.
Since most of the base piece (11a) in the bracket (11) is sandwiched between the cover (40) and the leg plate (10) and is not exposed to the outside, a beautiful appearance can be maintained.

  The top plate (12) is connected to the upper end of the base piece (11a) in the pair of left and right brackets (11) protruding upward from between the pair of left and right leg plates (10) and the cover (40). The lower surfaces of the left and right sides are placed on the top plate support piece (11b), and are appropriately screwed (not shown) from below.

  Therefore, by changing the height of the left and right brackets (11) with respect to each leg plate (10) as described above, the height of the top plate (12) can be changed in a plurality of stages.

  Further, by loosening the fastening screw (36) which is the fastening means (26) and moving it along the engaging groove (8), the mounting position of the leg plate (10) with respect to the partition panel (1) is adjusted in the left-right direction. Can be changed freely.

  Furthermore, with the configuration of this embodiment, the effects described above as “effects of the invention” can be achieved.

As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, it is possible to give a various deformation | transformation and change to the said embodiment within the range which does not deviate from the claim of this invention.
For example, the connecting member (25) in the connecting means (23) is fixed to the inner surface of the leg plate (10) in advance by welding or the like, or the fastening body (24) is attached to the inner portion of the engaging groove (8) ( It may be a plate nut fitted to 8a) so as to be slidable in the left-right direction.

  Further, the relief hole (18) shown in FIG. 5 is used as a screw hole, and the fastening screw (36) is directly screwed into the screw hole, so that the connecting member (25) can be inserted without interposing the fastening body (24). Alternatively, it may be fastened directly to the leg plate (10).

It is a perspective view which shows the state which supported the top plate of the desk on the front surface of the partition panel using one Embodiment of this invention. Similarly, it is a vertical side view along II-II in FIG. Similarly, it is an exploded perspective view of a leg plate portion. Similarly, it is an enlarged perspective view of a mounting portion of the coupling means. Similarly, it is an exploded perspective view of the mounting portion of the coupling means. Similarly, it is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the connection means from another angle. Similarly, it is the top view which crossed at the center of the up-down direction of a coupling means. Similarly, it is a vertical side view along VIII-VIII in FIG. Similarly, it is a vertical side view similar to FIG. 2, showing a state when the height of the top plate is changed to a high position.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Partition panel (panel)
(2) Desk
(3) Adjuster
(4) Frame
(4a) Horizontal connection
(5) Guide rail
(6) (7) Unit panel
(6a) Hanging bar
(8) Engaging groove
(8a) Opening
(8b) Back
(9) Opposing piece
(9a) Inclined surface
(9b) Vertical plane
(10) Leg plate
(11) Bracket
(11a) Base piece
(11b) Top plate support piece
(12) Top plate
(13) (14) (15) Square tube
(13a) Recessed step
(16) Adjuster
(17) Slit
(18) Relief hole
(19) Engagement hole
(20) Screw hole
(21) (22) Engagement hole
(23) Coupling means
(24) Fastening body
(25) Connecting material
(25a) (25b) Bonding surface
(26) Fastening means
(27) Base piece
(28) Engagement part
(28a) Inclined surface
(29) Side piece
(30) Screw hole
(31) Vertical wall
(32) Upper cover
(33) Lower cover
(34) Through hole
(35) Projection
(36) Tightening screw
(37) Locking piece
(38) Fixing screw
(39) Mounting hole
(40) Cover
(41) Hook
(42) Clip
(42a) Head

Claims (6)

  A pair of upper and lower coupling means provided at the rear end of the leg plate facing in the front-rear direction, provided with a pair of upper and lower engagement grooves facing in the left-right direction on the front surface of the panel standing on the floor and facing in the left-right direction; Engaging with both engaging grooves, the leg plate is coupled to the front surface of the panel so that the mounting position can be adjusted in the left-right direction, and a plurality of engagement holes are provided in the leg plate at intervals in the vertical direction, The top plate can be changed in height by selectively locking the locking piece provided at the end of the bracket that supports the top plate in the engagement hole, and is mounted on the panel. Top plate support structure.   A cross-sectional shape of each engagement groove is a dovetail shape wider at the back than the opening, and each coupling means is fitted to the back of the engagement groove so as to be slidable in the left-right direction, and a leg plate The top plate support according to claim 1, further comprising: a connecting member coupled to a rear side surface; and fastening means for fastening the fastening body and the connecting member through the opening of the engaging groove. Construction.   The top plate support structure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lower end of the front portion of the leg plate is in contact with the floor via an adjuster for height adjustment.   The top plate support structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the bracket is provided parallel to the leg plate in the front-rear direction, and a part of the bracket that is separated from the locking piece in the front-rear direction is screwed to the leg plate.   A square tube portion is provided on one side rear portion of the leg plate, and a plurality of engagement holes are arranged in the vertical direction on the front surface of the square tube portion, and the engagement piece provided on the rear end of the bracket facing the front-rear direction is The top plate support structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the top plate support structure can be selectively locked to the hole. The top plate support structure according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a cover is detachably attached to one side surface of the leg plate, and a part of the bracket is sandwiched between the cover and the leg plate.

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