JP5261252B2 - cabinet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cabinet that is installed in a washroom or kitchen and includes a water tank such as a wash bowl or a sink.

  As a cabinet installed in a washroom, a cabinet body having a storage space inside, a top plate provided at the top of the cabinet body, and a wash bowl (water tank) attached to the top plate Are known. A curtain plate that covers the wash bowl from the front is provided at the front upper portion of the cabinet body, and a door that opens and closes a storage space in the cabinet body is provided below the curtain plate.

  In the cabinet body, a space below the wash bowl is mainly used as a storage space. However, there is also a space around the wash bowl (front and rear, left and right) inside the cabinet body. Therefore, Patent Document 1 below proposes a technique for providing a drawer in the space in order to effectively use the space around the wash bowl. In this technique, a drawer that is long in the front-rear direction is provided on the left and right sides of the wash bowl in the cabinet body so as to be movable back and forth, and a part of the curtain plate is used as a front plate for the drawer.

Japanese Patent No. 4168912

Cosmetic products used in the bathroom include tall items such as bottles of skin lotion and cans such as hair sprays, and these are stored in a standing state from the standpoint of good fit and ease of removal. It is desirable to keep it.
However, even though the drawer described in Patent Document 1 can be formed long in the front-rear direction, it cannot be formed deeper than the height in the vertical direction of the curtain, and a tall container such as a bottle is set up. Could not be stored. Therefore, the cosmetics that can be stored in this drawer are limited to those that are relatively small and that can be stored in a tilted state.

  This invention is made | formed in view of said situation, The objective is to provide the cabinet which can accommodate a tall article in the space formed around water tanks, such as a wash bowl.

  The present invention includes a cabinet body having a storage space inside, and a water tank provided on the upper surface of the cabinet body, the cabinet body having a curtain plate covering the front of the water tank, And a storage container provided on the rear surface of the curtain plate, the storage container being located below the lower end of the curtain plate. And a top wall opening that is exposed to the front of the water tank by the forward swing of the curtain.

  The cabinet of the present invention is configured such that the curtain plate can swing in the front-rear direction with the lower side as a fulcrum, and the upper end opening of the storage container is exposed to the front of the water tank by the forward swing of the curtain plate. Therefore, the depth of the storage container can be set without being limited to the vertical width of the curtain plate. And since the storage container of this invention has the bottom wall part located below the lower end of a curtain, it accommodates also in the state which stood tall goods, such as a bottle of a lotion, a spray can, etc. It becomes possible.

It is preferable that the storage container is disposed in a peripheral space on one side or both sides of the water tank in the cabinet body. Since a relatively wide space is provided around the lateral side of the water tank, the capacity of the storage container can be increased by providing the storage container in this space.
Moreover, although the storage container may be arrange | positioned only in the peripheral space of the left-right one side part of the water tank in a cabinet main body, you may each arrange | position in the peripheral space of the left-right direction both sides of a water tank. The storage capacity of the cabinet can be increased by providing storage containers in the peripheral spaces on the left and right sides of the water tank.

  The cabinet may further include a second storage container provided on the rear surface of the curtain, and the second storage container has a smaller depth than the storage container, and is located in front of the water tank in the cabinet body. It is preferable to have an upper end opening that is disposed in the space and exposed to the front of the water tank by the forward swing of the curtain. With this configuration, it is possible to store articles by effectively using the front space of the water tank, which has a relatively narrow space in the depth direction as compared to the periphery of the lateral side portion of the water tank.

  Moreover, the said storage container may be provided over the whole width of the left-right direction in the said cabinet main body, or the whole width of the said water tank in the left-right direction. In this way, the space in the cabinet can be used more widely and effectively.

  The storage container may be detachably attached to the curtain. With such a configuration, when the storage container becomes dirty, it can be removed and washed.

  According to the cabinet of the present invention, tall articles can be stored in a space around a water tank such as a wash bowl.

It is a schematic perspective view of the cabinet which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic perspective view of the cabinet. It is a front view which shows the inside of a cabinet. It is a side view (partial sectional view) of a cabinet. (A) is a front view of a 1st storage container, (b) is AA sectional drawing of (a). (A) is a front view of a 2nd storage container, (b) is BB sectional drawing of (a). It is sectional drawing which expands and shows a curtain and a 1st, 2nd storage container. It is sectional drawing which expands and shows a curtain and a 1st, 2nd storage container. It is a schematic perspective view of the cabinet which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Next, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cabinet 2 has a storage space formed therein, a cabinet body 6 provided with an opening door 4 for opening and closing the storage space on the front surface, a top plate 8 provided on the top of the cabinet body 6, and the top plate 8. And a wash bowl (water tank) 9 provided.

  Two doors 4 are provided on the left and right sides, and each side of the doors 4 is supported by a front end portion of the left and right side walls 10 of the cabinet body 6 via a hinge (not shown). Yes. A handle 12 is attached to the upper front portion of each hinged door 4.

A curtain plate 14 is provided on the front surface of the cabinet body 6 and above the opening door 4, and the curtain plate 14 prevents the wash bowl 9 from being exposed forward in the cabinet body 6. Is covered from the front. The curtain 14 has a horizontal width over the entire width of the cabinet body 6 and a vertical width that can cover the wash bowl 9 from the front. Therefore, the curtain plate 14 is formed in a rectangular strip shape elongated in the left-right direction.
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the curtain plate 14 can be opened by swinging so that the upper side is tilted forward. Provided on the rear surface of the curtain plate 14 are a first storage container 16 and a second storage container 18 exposed to the front side of the wash bowl 9 when the curtain plate 14 is opened.

Hereinafter, the wash bowl 9 and the storage containers 16 and 18 will be described in more detail.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing the inside of the cabinet 2. In the figure, the opening door 4 and the curtain plate 14 are indicated by two-dot chain lines. FIG. 4 is a side view (partially sectional view) of the cabinet 2. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the wash bowl 9 is formed so as to gradually become deeper from the outer end portion in the left-right direction toward the center in the left-right direction. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 4, the wash bowl 9 is formed so that it may become deep gradually from the front-end part toward the rear side, and the rear part side is formed deepest. A horizontal rail 20 is installed over the left and right side walls 10 along the boundary portion between the curtain plate 14 and the opening door 4 at the front portion of the cabinet body 6.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the first storage container 16 has peripheral spaces on both the left and right sides of the wash bowl 9, specifically, below the shallowly formed portions on the left and right sides of the wash bowl 9, and on the left and right sides thereof. Two are provided so as to be located outward. Each of the first storage containers 16 is disposed so as to straddle the horizontal rail 20 in the front view. Moreover, each 1st storage container 16 is provided so that it may be located under the shallowly formed part of the front part side of the wash bowl 9 in the side view of FIG.

  Fig.5 (a) is a front view of the 1st storage container 16, FIG.5 (b) is AA sectional drawing of (a). The first storage container 16 includes a front side small container 22 and a rear side large container 24. The small container 22 includes a bottom wall portion 26 and a peripheral wall portion 27, and is formed in a box shape having an opening 33A at the upper end. The large container 24 includes a bottom wall portion 30 and a peripheral wall portion 31, and is formed in a box shape having an opening 33B at the upper end. The small container 22 is disposed on the upper side of the horizontal rail 20 and formed to a depth that fits within the vertical width of the curtain plate 14. The large container 24 is disposed behind the small container 22 and the horizontal rail 20. The large container 24 is formed deeper than the small container 22, and its bottom wall 30 is located below the lower end of the curtain plate 14. Further, the large container 24 is formed to have a larger width in the front-rear direction than the small container 22. The peripheral edges of the upper end openings 33A and 33B of the first storage container 16 are inclined downwardly in order to avoid interference with the wash bowl 9 when the curtain plate 14 is opened.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the second storage container 18 is a front space in the center of the left and right sides of the wash bowl 9 and is disposed on the upper side of the horizontal rail 20. The second storage container 18 is disposed between the left and right first storage containers 16, and has a length in the left-right direction so as to fill the space between the left and right first storage containers 16. The upper end positions of the first storage container 16 and the second storage container 18 are substantially the same position. However, the upper end positions of the first storage container 16 and the second storage container 18 may be different from each other, and can be appropriately set according to the positional relationship with the wash bowl 9 and the like. For example, in the present embodiment, since the wash bowl 9 is shallow behind the first storage container 16, the upper end position of the first storage container 16 can be made higher than the second storage container 18.

  Fig.6 (a) is a front view of the 2nd storage container 18, FIG.6 (b) is BB sectional drawing of (a). The second storage container 18 includes a bottom wall portion 34 and a peripheral wall portion 35, and is formed in a box shape having an opening 36 at the upper end. The second storage container 18 is formed to a depth that fits within the vertical width of the curtain plate 14. The width in the front-rear direction of the second storage container 18 is formed to be slightly larger than the width in the front-rear direction of the small container 22 of the first storage container 16.

  7 and 8 are enlarged cross-sectional views showing the curtain plate 14 and the first and second storage containers 16 and 18. Specifically, FIG. 7 shows a state in which the curtain plate 14 is closed, and FIG. It shows the open state. On the front surfaces of the first storage container 16 and the second storage container 18, an engaging portion 37 formed in a downward hook shape is projected (see also FIGS. 5 and 6). Further, a recessed groove-like engaged portion 38 into which the engaging portion 37 can be inserted is provided on the rear surface of the curtain plate 14. The first and second storage containers 16 and 18 are detachably attached to the curtain plate 14 by the engagement between the engaging portion 37 and the engaged portion 38.

  The lower sides of the curtain plate 14 on both sides in the left-right direction are attached to the horizontal rail 20 of the cabinet body 6 via hinges 40. Further, the upper sides of both sides of the curtain plate 14 are supported on the left and right side walls 10 of the cabinet body 6 via support links 42. The curtain plate 14 can be swung back and forth with the hinge 40 as a fulcrum. As shown in FIG. 8, the curtain plate 14 is swung forward, so that the first and second storages can be stored. Upper end openings 33A, 33B, and 36 of the containers 16 and 18 are exposed to the front of the wash bowl 9, and are opened obliquely upward and forward. The support link 42 bends and stretches following the back-and-forth swing of the curtain plate 14, and regulates the amount of forward swing of the curtain plate 14 to a predetermined value. Here, the hinge 40 and the support link 42 constitute a support portion that supports the curtain plate 14 in a swingable manner.

As described above, in the cabinet 2 of the present embodiment, the curtain plate 14 can swing back and forth with the lower side as a fulcrum, and the first and second storage containers 16 can be moved by swinging the curtain plate 14 forward. , 18 are exposed to the front of the wash bowl 9, so that the first storage container is not limited to the vertical width of the curtain plate 14 as in the conventional drawer (see Patent Document 1). Sixteen depths can be set. The large container 24 of the first storage container 16 is deeply formed so that the bottom wall portion 30 is located below the lower end of the curtain plate 14, so that a bottle of skin lotion or a can such as a hair spray can be used. Thus, the tall cosmetic product 50 can be stored.
In addition, the small container 22 of the first storage container 16 is shallower than the large container 24 and has a smaller front-rear width. Therefore, the first container 16 is suitable for storing cosmetics 51 and small items such as hairpins in a short container. Yes.
The second storage container 18 is shallower than the large container 24 of the first storage container 16 and has a smaller front-rear width. Therefore, like the small container 22, small items such as cosmetics and hairpins contained in a short container. Suitable for storing. Moreover, since the 2nd storage container 18 is formed longer in the left-right direction than the small container 22, it is suitable also for accommodation of elongate cosmetics, such as a hairbrush.

  Since the horizontal beam 20 is provided on the rear side of the curtain plate 14, the deep storage container (large container 24) is disposed only at a position separated rearward from the curtain plate 14 by at least the thickness of the horizontal beam 20. However, since the first storage container 16 of the present embodiment includes the shallow small container 22 between the curtain plate 14 and the large container 24, a narrow space between the curtain plate 14 and the large container 24 is provided. Can be effectively utilized as a storage unit for small items.

  In the cabinet body 6, a wider space is formed around the left and right side portions of the wash bowl 9 than the periphery of the left and right center. Therefore, the first storage container 16 is disposed in this wide space so that the first storage container 16 is arranged. The capacity of the storage container 16 can be increased. Moreover, since the small container 22 and the second storage container 18 of the first storage container 16 form a storage part for small items over a wide range in the left-right direction of the cabinet body 6, the space in front of the wash bowl 9 is reduced. It can be used without waste.

  Since the first and second storage containers 16 and 18 are detachable from the curtain plate 14, when the first and second storage containers 16 and 18 become dirty, they can be easily cleaned by removing them from the curtain plate 14. can do.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the design can be changed as appropriate.
The shape and arrangement of the first storage container 16 can be appropriately changed according to the shape of the wash bowl 9 and the distance between the wash bowl 9 and the left and right side walls 10 of the cabinet body 6. For example, when the wash bowl 9 is formed so as to be shallow on the left and right sides and gradually deeper toward the left and right sides, the first storage container 16 may be provided only on the one side. Good. Moreover, the 1st storage container 16 may be provided in the left-right one side vicinity of a wash bowl, and the drawer-type storage container like a prior art may be provided in a right-and-left other side part.

As shown in FIG. 9, the curtain plate 14 may be divided in the left-right direction so that the portions to which the first and second storage containers 16, 18 are attached can be opened and closed individually.
The present invention is not limited to a cabinet having a wash bowl, and can be applied to a cabinet having a sink installed in a kitchen, for example.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the two types of separate storage containers, the 1st storage container 16 and the 2nd storage container 18, are provided, the whole width of the left-right direction in the cabinet main body 6 or the wash bowl 9 is provided. It is also possible to adopt a configuration including one storage container having a length extending over the entire width in the left-right direction. In this case, the storage container has to have a small depth dimension in the space in front of the wash bowl 9, but since the depth can be deepened, a long and thin article (for example, a cutting board used in a kitchen, Suitable for storing knives.

2 cabinet 6 cabinet body 14 curtain plate 16 first storage container 18 second storage container 30 bottom wall 33A upper end opening of first storage container 33B upper end opening of first storage container 36 upper end opening of second storage container 40 Hinge (support)
42 Support link (support part)

Claims (5)

A cabinet body having a storage space inside, and a water tank provided on the upper surface of the cabinet body, the cabinet body is a cabinet provided with a curtain covering the front of the water tank,
A support portion for supporting the curtain plate so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction with the lower side of the curtain plate as a fulcrum;
A storage container provided on the rear surface of the curtain,
The storage container has a bottom wall portion positioned below the lower end of the curtain plate and an upper end opening exposed to the front of the water tank by the forward swing of the curtain plate. cabinet.   The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the storage container is disposed in a peripheral space on one side or both sides of the water tank in the cabinet body.   The storage container further includes a second storage container provided on the rear surface of the curtain, and the second storage container is smaller in depth than the storage container and is disposed in a space in front of the water tank in the cabinet body. The cabinet according to claim 2, further comprising an upper end opening that is exposed to the front of the water tank by swinging forward of the curtain plate.   The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the storage container is provided across the entire width in the left-right direction in the cabinet body or the entire width in the left-right direction of the water tank.   The cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the storage container is detachably attached to the curtain plate.

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