JP4844368B2 - Cabinet with slide step - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cabinet with a slide step, and relates to a technique capable of easily pulling out and fixing a slide step from the cabinet when the slide step is used.

  Conventionally, the content of Patent Document 1 is known as a configuration in which a slide step is pulled out from a cabinet in which the slide step is stored. According to Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), the slide step 1 can be pulled out from the storage unit 3 at the bottom of the cabinet 2 of the system kitchen, and the intermediate rail 13 and the support rail housed in the fixed rail 12 are supported. 14 is supported.

  The slide step 1 includes a storage portion between the front panel 7 and the rear panel 10, and a tread plate 6 is connected to the upper surface so as to be freely opened and closed. A plurality of casters 5 are attached to the bottom panel 11.

  When taking out the tableware stored in the high position of the cabinet 2, the state of the slide step 1 pulled out from the storage unit 3 can be held by the lock mechanism and the tread plate 6 can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 10 (b), the locking mechanism includes a locking plate 20 made of an elastic metal plate or the like that is fixed to the rear end of the support rail 14, and an engagement protrusion 21 formed at the front end of the intermediate rail 13. And an engagement opening 22 is formed in the locking plate 20.

  When the support rail 14 is pulled out from the intermediate rail 13, the engagement opening 22 of the locking plate 20 fixed to the support rail 14 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 21 of the intermediate rail 13 and locked.

  As shown in FIG. 10 (c), a lock release plate 24 slidably attached to the support rail 14 is provided, and the lock release plate 24 is attached so as to protrude toward the front panel 7 side of the support rail 14 by a spring (not shown). It is energized.

For this reason, when the lock release plate 24 is pushed by an action portion (not shown), the engagement between the engagement opening 22 and the engagement protrusion 21 of the lock plate 20 is released, and the support rail 14 and the intermediate rail 13 are locked. Can be canceled.
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  However, in the above-described slide step 1, there is a problem that it takes time to operate because it is necessary to push the unlocking plate 24 in order to release the lock.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet with a slide step in which the slide step is naturally locked and released by an operation in which a person gets on and off the slide step.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a cabinet with a slide step in which a slide step having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped appearance is stored in a cabinet storage portion so as to be freely inserted and removed, and the slide step is held on a floor surface by a caster via a spring. And a pair of rollers that slide along slide rails provided on a pair of side surfaces of the storage unit, and the rail includes a recess on the front side of the storage unit, from the recess to the rear surface side of the storage unit. The recess is formed so as to be continuously lowered, and the recess is a recess in which the roller is lowered and locked via the spring when the slide step is pulled out and a person gets on the slide step. It is characterized by.

  A second aspect of the present invention is the cabinet with a slide step according to the first aspect, wherein the rail is provided with a convex portion for stopping the roller on the front side of the concave portion.

  Invention of Claim 3 is a cabinet with a slide step of Claim 1 or Claim 2, Comprising: The said rail is provided with the 2nd convex part by which the said roller climbs on the rear surface side of the said storage part, and is stopped. It is characterized by that.

  According to the invention of claim 1, the slide step includes a pair of rollers that are held on the floor surface by a caster via a spring and slide along slide rails provided on a pair of side surfaces of the storage portion, A concave portion is provided on the front side of the storage portion, and the height is continuously reduced from the concave portion to the rear surface side of the storage portion.

  For this reason, when the slide step is pulled out and a person gets on the slide step, the spring is contracted by the weight of the person and the roller is lowered and can be naturally locked in the recess. When the spring is contracted, the caster is raised and stored in the slide step having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the slide step itself is held on the floor surface, so that the slide step can be used stably. .

  Further, when the person goes down, the spring is extended, the roller is raised, and the roller is naturally detached from the recess, so that the locked state can be released.

  In this way, since the slide step is locked and released naturally in accordance with the movement of the person, a labor-saving, inexpensive, safe and reliable locking mechanism can be obtained.

  According to invention of Claim 2, since the said rail is provided with the convex part which makes the said roller rest on the front side of the said recessed part, when the roller of the said slide step is pulled out, a roller is natural only to contact | abut to a convex part. Since it can stop at the position of a recessed part, positioning can be performed easily.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the rail includes a second convex portion on the rear surface side of the storage portion where the roller rides over and is stationary, so that the slide step is stored in the storage portion of the cabinet, The roller can get over the second convex portion and can be stably held on the second convex portion.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
<Configuration of cabinet with slide step>

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, a cabinet 30 with a slide step according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wash basin 31 at an upper portion, and a slide step having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped appearance in a storage portion 33 of a lower cabinet 32. 34 is stored freely. Now, the storage portion 33 has a U-shape consisting of both side surfaces 33b and a rear surface 33c in a horizontal view.

  In the slide step 34, a rear surface 34c is formed in a U-shaped frame composed of a front surface 34a and both side surfaces 34b at a position approximately 2/3 of the front surface 34a on both side surfaces 34b. A bottom 34d is provided in the lower part of the area surrounded by the other front surface 35a, the side surfaces 34b, and the rear surface 34c provided along the front surface 34a, and is used as the storage unit 35.

  Casters 37 with four sets of springs 36 are provided below the bottom 34d so as to be vertically slidable by a holding frame 38. In a natural state, the slide step 34 is lifted from the floor surface 40 by a gap Q by the force of the springs 36. .

  A tread plate 41 for a person to ride is provided on the upper part of the storage unit 35. And after pulling out the slide step 34 from the storage part 33, it can open | release by lifting the tread board 41 forward from back, and can use the inside.

  The front surface 34a of the slide step 34 is provided behind the front surface 33a of the cabinet 32, and a handle 42 for taking in and out is provided on the front surface 34a so as to be flush with the front surface 33a. The front surface 34a, the handle 42, and the front surface 33a are made of the same surface decorative material so as to have unity.

  Here, a pair of rollers 43 are rotatably provided at the rear part of the both side surfaces 34b of the slide step 34 so as to protrude outside the both side surfaces 34b. Then, a slide rail main body 45 including a slide rail 44 is attached to the inside of both side surfaces 33 b of the storage portion 33, and the roller 43 slides along the slide rail 44.

  As shown in FIGS. 4A, 4B, 5 and 6, the slide rail body 45 has a length L = 400 mm, a cross-sectional shape having a width W = 22 mm at the bottom 45b, and a height H at the side wall 45c. The hypotenuse 45d has a substantially triangular shape of 45 mm, and the step 45d is stepped, and two steps of horizontal portions 45a and 45e parallel to the base 45b are formed in the middle.

  The upper horizontal portion 45a is formed in a region having a width W1 = 10 mm and corresponding to the substantially central portion of the bottom, and the horizontal portion 45a is a slide rail 44. The upper end of the upper wall 45f of the slide rail 44 is provided with an inclined surface 44g that is inclined toward the slide rail 44.

  The slide rail 44 is provided with a recess 46 on the front surface side, and the height is continuous from H1 = 30 mm to H2 = 18 mm in a horizontal distance L1 = 300 mm from the position P1 which is the rear edge of the recess 46 to the position P2 on the rear surface side. It is formed to be low.

  The concave portion 46 is U-shaped with a width L2 = 24 mm and a depth H2 = 20 mm, and a first convex portion 47 for stopping the roller 43 at the front side of the concave portion 46 is at a height H3 = 35 mm from the tip of the slide rail main body 45. Provided with a width L3 = 15 mm.

  Further, a second convex portion 48 is provided for the roller 43 to get over and stop continuously from the position P2, and the convex portion 48 has a height H4 = 22 mm and L = 30 mm from the rear end portion of the slide rail body 45. Position.

The slide rail body 45 is fixed to both side surfaces 33b of the storage portion 33 by a fixing tool 49 such as a screw. At this time, the width of the lower horizontal portion 45e is formed so that the head of the fixture does not protrude from the slide rail body 45. The protrusion 50 is formed for the purpose of alignment and is inserted into a hole (not shown) formed in the side surface 33b.
<Operation of cabinet with slide step>

  As shown in FIG. 7, the slide step 34 is held on the floor surface 40 by a caster 37 via a spring 36, and the roller 43 of the slide step 34 is pulled out from the storage unit 33 along the slide rail 44.

  The roller 43 is prevented from jumping out from the storage portion 33 by the first convex portion 47 and is easily guided and inserted into the concave portion 46. The axial center of the roller 43 in the recess 46 is a position substantially equal to the height of the position P1 of the slide rail. In this state, when the tread plate 41 is lifted, the contents of the slide step 34 can be taken out.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when a person gets on the tread 41 of the slide step 34, the spring 36 contracts, so that the caster 37 is stored in the holding frame 38 while maintaining contact with the floor surface 40. The slide step 34 is held on the floor surface 40 by the front surface 34a, both side surfaces 34b, and the rear surface 34c.

  At this time, since the roller 43 descends and is locked in the recess 46, the slide step 34 does not move, so that the person can use the slide step 34 stably.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when removing the slide step 34 from the storage portion 33, the roller 43 gets over the first convex portion 47 by lifting the rear end portion of the slide step 34, so that it can be easily removed. .

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and design changes and the like within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, the cabinet with a slide step can be applied to a storage unit provided in various cabinets such as general furniture and a kitchen.

  The projection 50 may be omitted if there is no problem in alignment.

  If anti-slip packing is attached to the lower back surface of the front surface 34a, both side surfaces 34b, and the rear surface 34c of the slide step 34, the slide step 34 is more stably in contact with the floor surface 40. Can do.

It is a perspective view of the cabinet with a slide step in embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a partial perspective side view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 in the embodiment of the present invention. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. 2 in embodiment of this invention. In embodiment of this invention, (a) is a side view of the slide rail main body 45, (b) is CC arrow line view in Fig.4 (a). It is DD sectional drawing in Fig.4 (a) of embodiment of this invention. It is EE sectional drawing in Fig.4 (a) of embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a partially transparent side view showing a state in which a slide step 34 is pulled out from a storage unit 33 in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a partially transparent side view showing a state where a person gets on the slide step in a state where the slide step is pulled out from the storage unit 33 in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a partially see-through | perspective side view which shows the state which removes the slide step 34 from the storage part 33 in embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10A is a side view of the cabinet in which the conventional slide step 1 is stored, FIG. 10B is a sectional view taken along line FF in FIG. 10A, and the support rail 14 is locked to the intermediate rail 13; ) Is a state in which the support rail 14 is unlocked from the intermediate rail 13 by the lock release plate 24.

Explanation of symbols

30 Cabinet with Slide Step 32 Cabinet 33 Storage 33b Side 33c Rear 34 Slide Step 34b Side 34d Bottom 36 Spring 37 Caster 38 Holding Frame 40 Floor 43 Roller 44 Slide Rail 46 Recess

Claims (3)

A cabinet with a slide step in which a slide step having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped appearance is freely stored in and out of the storage portion of the cabinet,
The slide step includes a pair of rollers that are held on a floor surface by a caster via a spring and slide along slide rails provided on a pair of side surfaces of the storage unit,
The rail is provided with a concave portion on the front side of the storage portion, and is formed so that the height continuously decreases from the concave portion to the rear surface side of the storage portion,
The cabinet with a slide step, wherein the recess is a recess in which the roller is lowered and locked through the spring when the slide step is pulled out and a person gets on the slide step.   It is a cabinet with a slide step of Claim 1, Comprising: The said rail is provided with the convex part which makes the said roller rest on the front side of the said recessed part, The cabinet with a slide step characterized by the above-mentioned.   3. The cabinet with a slide step according to claim 1, wherein the rail includes a second convex portion on the rear surface side of the storage portion on which the roller gets over and is stopped. Cabinet with.

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