JP6305876B2 - Lock device and storage device provided with the same - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a front plate locking device for opening and closing a front opening of a box and a storage device including the same.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a lock mechanism that suppresses opening (drawing) of a front plate constituting a hinged door that opens and closes a front opening of a storage box body such as a cabinet and a front plate of a drawer.
For example, Patent Document 1 below proposes a cabinet in which a lock mechanism is attached to a drawer incorporated in a kitchen furniture cabinet such as a system kitchen. The above-mentioned locking mechanism is fixed to the inside of the side plate, a mounting member that is mounted so as to straddle the upper part of the front plate of the drawer, a lever that is swingable about a horizontal rotation axis that is lateral to the mounting member And an engaging portion with which the lock claw of the lever is engaged. Further, in this lock mechanism, the lock claw of the lever is engaged with the engagement portion and locked in a state where the front plate of the drawer is moved to the finger insertion possible position. On the other hand, by pushing down the upper surface of the lever in this state, the lock claw of the lever is released from the engaging portion, and the lock is released.

JP 2001-8756 A

  However, in the lock mechanism described in Patent Document 1, if the drawer is moved to the accommodation side by mistake while the front plate of the drawer is moved to the finger insertion-possible position to release the lock, It is conceivable that an article or the like is sandwiched, and further improvement is desired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a locking device that can prevent a finger, an article, and the like from being caught when unlocking the front plate while being able to lock the front plate, and a storage provided with the same The object is to provide a device.

In order to achieve the above object, a locking device according to the present invention includes a lock body attached to a rear surface of a front plate that opens and closes a front opening of a box, and a lock receiving member attached to an inner surface of the box. The lock main body includes a lock portion that is locked to a lock portion of the lock receiving member in a state where the front plate is closed and is in the lock position, and the lock portion that is in the lock position. an operating lever for displacing the unlocked position, is provided, the operating lever portion is arranged along the end face on the front plate, is configured to be slid along the lateral direction, and wherein It is the structure arranged so that it may protrude ahead rather than the front surface of a front board.

In the present invention, an urging member that urges the lock portion toward the lock position may be provided in the lock body.
Further, in the present invention, both or one of the rear end portion of the lock portion of the lock body and the front end portion of the locking portion of the lock receiving member can be brought into contact with each other by movement of the front plate toward the closing side. Along with this, an inclined guide surface portion that displaces the lock portion toward the lock release position against the biasing of the biasing member may be provided.
In the present invention, the lock body may be provided with a release position holding portion that holds the lock portion at the lock release position.
In the present invention, the operation lever portion of the lock body may be configured to be detachably held with respect to the lock body.

  In order to achieve the above object, a storage device according to the present invention includes a box provided with a front plate that opens and closes a front opening, and a lock device according to the present invention.

  In the present invention, it is assumed that the front opening of the box body is configured to be closed by a plurality of front plates including the front plate and vertically, and the operation lever portion of the locking device is between the front plates adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. You may install the said locking device so that it may be located in.

  The lock device according to the present invention and the storage device including the lock device are configured as described above, so that the front plate can be locked, but the fingers and articles are prevented from being caught when the lock is released. can do.

(A), (b) shows typically an example of the locking device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and a storage device provided with the same, and the partial fracture | rupture outline corresponding to X1 part in FIG.8 (b) It is a perspective view. (A), (b) is a partially broken schematic perspective view corresponding to the X2 portion in FIG. 8 (a), and (c) is a partially broken schematic perspective view corresponding to the X1 portion in FIG. 8 (b). FIG. (A), (b) is a partially broken schematic perspective view corresponding to X1 part in FIG.8 (b). (A), (b) is a schematic exploded perspective view which shows typically an example of the lock main body with which the locking device is provided. It is a schematic perspective view of the locking device. (A), (b) is the partially broken schematic plan view corresponding to the X1 part in FIG.8 (b). (A) is a partially broken schematic side view corresponding to the X1 part in FIG. 8 (b), and (b) omits a part corresponding to the YY line arrow in FIG. 2 (c). It is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view. (A), (b) is a partially-omission schematic perspective view which shows typically an example of the storage device. (A), (b) is a schematic exploded perspective view which shows typically an example of the lock main body with which the locking device which concerns on other embodiment of this invention is provided. (A) is a schematic perspective view of the locking device, and (b) is a schematic longitudinal sectional view in which a part corresponding to FIG. 7 (b) is omitted. (A), (b) is a partially broken schematic plan view corresponding to FIG.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIGS. 1-8 is a figure which shows typically an example of the locking device which concerns on 1st Embodiment, and a storage apparatus provided with the same.
In some of the drawings, some of the detailed reference numerals attached to other drawings are omitted.
Moreover, in FIGS. 1-3 and FIG. 8, illustration of the handle part provided in the upper end of the front board of a middle stage drawer is abbreviate | omitted, and the front board is shown typically.
Further, in each of the following embodiments, the front side is the front and the opposite side is the rear with reference to the state where the front plate (drawer) can be opened and closed (drawn) and facing the storage device where the lock device is installed. In addition, directions such as the up and down direction and the left and right direction will be described with reference to the state.

As shown in FIG. 8, the lock device 2 according to the present embodiment is installed in a storage device (cabinet) 1 according to the present embodiment.
The storage device 1 includes a box 3 provided with a front plate 11 that opens and closes a front opening. In the present embodiment, the front plate 11 is used as a front plate of the drawer 10, and the drawer 10 is provided in the box 3 so as to be freely inserted and removed. The storage device 1 may constitute a kitchen storage device installed in a kitchen (kitchen) or the like, or a wash basin storage device installed in a washroom or the like. In this case, a sink, a heating cooker (a stove), a wash bowl, or the like may be appropriately incorporated in a top plate (not shown) disposed on the upper side of the box 3. Further, the storage device 1 is not limited to the one constituting such a water storage device, and may be installed as various storage devices. The storage device 1 is incorporated into a storage system configured by combining a plurality of storage devices 1 and 1 according to the present embodiment or a combination of the storage device 1 according to the present embodiment and another storage device (cabinet). Also good.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the box body 3 includes side plates 4 and 4 on both right and left sides, and a back plate 6. The box body 3 has a box shape that opens frontward and upward, and through the front opening. The drawer 10 is put in and out. Moreover, although not shown, a top plate is provided on the upper side of the box 3. The top plate may be provided in the storage device 1, or when the storage system is configured by combining a plurality of storage devices (cabinets) including the storage device 1, the storage system is provided. Also good. In this case, it is good also as a structure which provided the single top plate in series on the upper side of the some storage apparatus 1 distribute | arranged in a line.

Further, in the present embodiment, the front opening of the box 3 is closed so as to cover the front plate 11 of the drawer 10 locked by the locking device 2 so as to be covered by the front plates 7, 11, 9 in multiple stages. Yes. In the present embodiment, an example in which the front plates 7, 11, 9 are provided at the top and bottom and the drawer 10 locked by the locking device 2 is a middle drawer 10 provided at the middle of the top and bottom three stages. Is shown.
The middle drawer 10 has a box shape with an upper opening provided with a bottom plate portion, a back plate portion, a side plate portion and the like (not shown) on the rear surface 13 side of the front plate (middle front plate) 11. In addition, the side plate part that divides the left and right sides of the middle drawer 10 is not limited to a plate shape, and may be configured by a rod-shaped member, a wire, or the like.
The middle drawer 10 is arranged in the front-rear direction (the storage depth direction) with respect to the box 3 via slide rails or the like provided on the inner side surfaces 5, 5 of the left and right side plates 4, 4 constituting the inner surface of the box 3. ) Is supported freely in and out.

As shown in FIG. 7A, a handle portion 14 is provided at the upper end portion of the middle front plate 11.
The handle portion 14 has a digging shape having a substantially U-shaped longitudinal section (substantially U-shaped or substantially C-shaped) that opens forward. Further, the handle portion 14 is provided in a line shape over substantially the entire left and right direction (the storage front direction) of the middle front plate 11 (see also FIG. 6). In the present embodiment, the upper end surface 15 of the handle portion 14 constitutes the upper end surface of the middle front plate 11. Further, the handle portion 14 has a front end piece portion which is provided so as to hang downward from the front end portion of the upper end piece portion constituting the upper end surface 15 and serves as a handle. The front surface of the front end piece is substantially flush with the front surface 12 of the middle front plate 11. Further, in the illustrated example, the handle portion 14 is a separate piece from the plate-like body constituting the middle front plate 11, and a fixed piece portion fixed along the rear surface 13 of the upper end portion of the plate-like body. Is shown in the handle 14. Note that the handle 14 that is handled when the middle drawer 10 is taken in and out is not limited to such a mode. For example, as a handle-like handle provided on the front surface 12 of the middle front plate 11 as a handle. Also good.

In the present embodiment, when the middle drawer 10 is in the accommodated state (the middle front plate 11 is closed), the left and right ends of the rear surface 13 are the front end surfaces of the left and right side plates 4, 4. It is supposed to be stored in an outset shape so as to face.
A lock body 20 described later is attached to the rear surface 13 of the middle front plate 11. In the illustrated example, an example in which the lock main body 20 is attached to the rear surface 13 of the upper end corner on one side in the left-right direction of the middle front plate 11 is shown.
Further, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), a rail member 16 is fixed to the rear surface 13 of the middle front plate 11 so that a thin tray-like holding member is hooked in the front-rear direction for accommodating and holding a kitchen knife, a saddle plate, and the like. .
Further, in the illustrated example, an example is shown in which an inner drawer that is formed in a thin tray shape in the vertical direction and that can be inserted into and removed from the box 3 in the front-rear direction is disposed above the middle drawer 10.

In the present embodiment, the upper front plate 7 disposed on the upper side of the middle front plate 11 has an inner space of the box 3 on the rear side as a storage space for a water tank such as a sink or a wash bowl. The front plate is fixed so that it cannot be opened and closed (see FIG. 8). In place of such a mode, the front end of the lower end portion or the like may be opened to the front side or the like as a rotation fulcrum, and may be a thin open front plate for storing a kitchen knife, a stencil or the like. It is good also as the front board 7 of the upper stage drawer made to be able to put in and out in the front-back direction.
As shown in FIG. 7A, the upper front plate 7 is provided such that the front surface thereof is substantially flush with the front surface 12 of the middle front plate 11 in the closed state. Further, the upper front plate 7 is provided so that the lower end surface thereof is opposed to the upper end surface 15 of the middle front plate 11 in the closed state with a slight gap therebetween. The clearance between the lower end surface of the upper front plate 7 and the upper end surface 15 of the middle front plate 11 is set as appropriate in consideration of the clearance required for opening and closing the middle front plate 11 (withdrawing / inserting the middle drawer 10). Alternatively, it may be about several mm to several tens of mm. In the present embodiment, the lock device 2 is installed so that an operation lever portion 37 of the lock body 20 to be described later is located between the gaps, that is, between the front plates 7 and 11 adjacent to each other in the vertical direction (FIG. 2 ( (See also a) and (b)).

The lower front plate 9 disposed on the lower side of the middle front plate 11 is a front plate of the lower drawer 8 and is rearward on the lower end side so as to form a kicking space in front of the lower end portion of the storage device 1. It is provided with a plate part before retreating. Moreover, in the example of a figure, it is set as the structure which provided the notch-shaped recess according to the kicking space in the corner | angular part of the front lower end of the left-right side plates 4 and 4. FIG.
Similarly to the above, the lower drawer 8 has a box shape with an upper opening provided with a bottom plate portion, a back plate portion, a side plate portion and the like on the rear surface side of the lower front plate 9. It is supported so as to be freely inserted and removed in the front-rear direction with respect to the box body 3 through slide rails provided on the side surfaces 5 and 5.
The lower drawer 8 may be provided with a hand space on the rear side of the front plate 9 on the upper side of the pre-retreat plate portion. Or you may make it provide the same line-shaped handle part at the upper end part of the front board 9 of this lower drawer | drawer 8 in the above.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lock device 2 includes a lock body 20 attached to a rear surface 13 of a front plate (middle front plate) 11 and a lock attached to an inner surface 5 of one side plate 4 as an inner surface of the box 3. Receiving member 40.
The lock body 20 has a front plate (middle stage front plate) 11 closed (the drawer (middle stage drawer) 10 is accommodated in the box 3) and in the locked position 41 of the lock receiving member 40 in the locked position. And an operation lever portion 37 for displacing the lock portion 31 at the lock position to the lock release position. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lock body 20 is provided with a biasing member 38 that biases the lock portion 31 toward the lock position. In the present embodiment, the lock body 20 is provided with a release position holding portion 39 that holds the lock portion 31 at the lock release position.

  Although described in detail later, the operation lever portion 37 is configured to be slid along the peripheral end surface 15 of the middle front plate 11 of the middle drawer 10, and protrudes forward from the front surface 12 of the middle front plate 11. It is set as the structure arranged to do. In the present embodiment, the operation lever portion 37 is configured to be slid along the upper end surface 15 as the peripheral end surface of the middle front plate 11, that is, along the left-right direction. As the operation lever portion 37 slides in the left-right direction, the lock portion 31 also moves (displaces) in the left-right direction between the lock position and the unlock position. The lock portion 31 and the operation lever portion 37 are provided in the lock lever unit 30 so as to move in conjunction with each other between the lock position and the lock release position (see FIGS. 4 and 5).

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the lock main body 20 is thin in the thickness direction of the middle front plate 11 and is provided with an accommodation space that opens toward the front (the rear surface 13 of the middle front plate 11). A main body case 21 is provided. The lock portion 31, the operation lever portion 37, the biasing member 38, and the release position holding portion 39 are held so as to be accommodated in the main body case 21.
As shown in FIG. 6, the main body case 21 is fixed to one side end of the rear surface 13 of the middle front plate 11 in the left-right direction. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the main body case 21 (the lock main body 20) is fixed so as to be positioned in the vicinity of the front end portion of the inner side surface 5 of the one side plate 4 in the accommodated state.
Moreover, this main body case 21 is fixed to the upper end part of the rear surface 13 of the intermediate | middle front board 11, as shown to FIG.1 and FIG.7 (a). In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the main body case 21 is fixed so as to be along the rear surface of the handle portion 14 that is substantially flush with the rear surface of the plate-like body that constitutes the rear surface 13 of the middle front plate 11. .

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the body case 21 is provided with a stopper insertion hole 22 through which a stopper for fixing the body case 21 (lock body 20) to the middle front plate 11 is inserted. Yes. In the present embodiment, an example in which a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) fastener insertion holes 22, 22, 22 are provided in the main body case 21 is shown. Further, in the present embodiment, these stopper insertion holes 22, 22, 22 are provided so that the stopper inserted through these holes does not interfere with the fixed piece portion of the handle portion 14. With this configuration, the lock device 2 can be easily installed retrospectively to the storage device 1 provided with the line-shaped handle 14 as in the present embodiment.
In the illustrated example, the vertical dimension of the main body case 21 is set to be larger than the vertical dimension of the handle portion 14 including the fixed piece portion, and the lower end portion positioned below the fixed piece portion of the handle portion 14. 2 shows an example in which stopper insertion holes 22 and 22 are provided at two positions with a space in the left-right direction. Moreover, the example which provided the fastener penetration hole 22 in the up-down direction intermediate part of the left-right direction one side edge part of the main body case 21 so that it may become a position according to the side edge part in which a fixed piece part does not exist is shown. Moreover, the example which provided the accommodation recessed part which receives the fixing piece part of the handle 14 in the main body case 21 is shown (refer also FIG. 7).

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the main body case 21 is provided with a lock opening 23 through which the lock portion 31 is inserted. The lock opening 23 is provided in the main body case 21 so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction, which is a direction along the thickness direction of the middle front plate 11. Further, the lock opening 23 is provided so as to be positioned at an end portion on the inner surface 5 side of one side plate 4 in a state where the main body case 21 is fixed to the rear surface 13 of the middle front plate 11. The lock opening 23 is provided so that the inserted lock portion 31 can be displaced between the unlock position and the lock position. In the illustrated example, a lock opening 23 that is substantially rectangular when viewed in the front-rear direction is illustrated. One of the above-described fastener insertion holes 22 is provided in an insertion hole piece provided in the main body case 21 so as to be positioned on the front side (the middle front plate 11 side) portion of the lock opening 23. ing.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 4, the body case 21 is provided with a lever opening 24 through which the operation lever portion 37 is inserted. The lever opening 24 is provided in the main body case 21 so as to penetrate in the vertical direction. In the illustrated example, the lever opening 24 is an opening in which the upper plate portion of the main body case 21 is cut out from the front side, and the front side is sealed by the middle front plate 11 (the handle portion 14 in the present embodiment). An example configured is shown. Further, the lever opening 24 is provided so as to be positioned at an end portion on the inner surface 5 side of one side plate 4 in a state where the main body case 21 is fixed to the rear surface 13 of the middle front plate 11. In addition, the lever opening 24 is provided so that the inserted operation lever portion 37 can slide when the lock portion 31 that is set to the lock position is displaced to the lock release position. In the illustrated example, the lever opening 24 is illustrated as a substantially rectangular shape elongated in the left-right direction when viewed in the up-down direction.

Further, the main body case 21 includes a holding portion 25 that holds the lock lever unit 30 including the lock portion 31 and the operation lever portion 37 so as to be movable in the left-right direction that is the lock / release direction, And a guide portion 26 for guiding the movement to the.
As shown in FIGS. 4 (b), 5 and 7 (b), the holding portion 25 is provided so as to be spaced apart in the vertical direction, and engages and holds the engaging recesses 32, 32 of the lock lever unit 30. The engaging convex portions 25 are 25. The engaging recesses 32, 32 of the lock lever unit 30 are provided so as to be spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction and extend in the left-right direction, and have a recessed step shape that opens outward in the vertical direction and forward (see FIG. 4 (a)).
Further, in the illustrated example, the engagement protrusions 25 and 25 of the main body case 21 are claw-like that are engaged with the step wall surface facing the front side (the middle front plate 11 side) of the engagement recesses 32 and 32 of the lock lever unit 30. An example with protrusions is shown. Further, in the illustrated example, the engaging convex portion 25 on the upper and lower one side (the upper side in the drawing) is configured to be elastically deformable in the vertical direction, and the lock lever unit 30 is attached to the body case with the elastic deformation of the engaging convex portion 25. 21 can be assembled.

As shown in FIGS. 4B, 5, and 7 </ b> B, the guide portion 26 is provided as a guide protrusion 26 that extends in the left-right direction and protrudes toward the front side. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which guide protrusions 26 and 26 are provided at a plurality of locations (two locations in the example) at intervals in the vertical direction. The lock lever unit 30 is provided with guide concave grooves 33 and 33 with which the guide ridges 26 and 26 engage with each other. As shown in FIG. 4A, the guide grooves 33 and 33 are provided so as to be spaced apart in the vertical direction and extend in the left-right direction, and open to the rear side.
In addition, it is good also as a structure which provided the guide ditch | groove in the main body case 21 side, and provided the guide protrusion on the lock lever unit 30 side.

  Further, the holding portion 25 and the held portion 32, and the guide portion 26 and the guided portion 33 that hold the lock lever unit 30 while being guided in the lock / release direction (left and right direction) are configured in the above-described manner. The present invention is not limited, and various other modes can be adopted. For example, the lock lever unit 30 may be provided with a long hole having a long diameter in the left-right direction, and the body case 21 may be provided with a portion to which a stopper or the like inserted through the long hole is fixed. . In other words, the long hole on the lock lever unit 30 side and the stopper on the main body case 21 side may form the holding portion 25 and the held portion 32, the guide portion 26 and the guided portion 33, and the like. In addition, it is possible to employ the holding portion 25 and the held portion 32 and the guide portion 26 and the guided portion 33 in various forms.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4B and 5, the main body case 21 is provided with a mounting portion 27 to which the biasing member 38 is mounted. In the present embodiment, the urging member 38 is a tension coil spring that expands and contracts in the lock / release direction (left-right direction), and the attachment portion 27 to which one end of the urging member 38 is attached is the left-right direction of the main body case 21. The example provided in the one side edge part is shown. The attachment portion 27 is provided at an end portion on the inner surface 5 side of one side plate 4 to which the lock receiving member 40 is attached in the left-right direction. That is, in the present embodiment, the biasing member 38 biases the lock portion 31 so as to be pulled toward the inner side surface 5 side of the one side plate 4 to which the lock receiving member 40 on the lock position side is attached. . An attachment portion 35 to which the other end portion of the urging member 38 is attached is provided on the lock portion 31 side. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which an attachment portion 35 to which the other end portion of the urging member 38 is attached is provided on the lock lever unit 30 having the lock portion 31.

The urging member 38 is configured to urge the lock portion 31 (lock lever unit 30) in the unlocked position toward the lock position so as to be displaced to the lock position. That is, the lock portion 31 (lock lever unit 30) is configured to be positioned at the lock position by the urging of the urging member 38 in a natural state where no external force is applied.
The urging member 38 that urges the lock portion 31 toward the lock position is not limited to a tension coil spring, and other spring members such as a compression coil spring, a torsion (torsion coil) spring, and a leaf spring. Further, an elastic member such as rubber may be employed. In addition, depending on the configuration of the urging member 38, the main body case 21 and the lock portion 31 (lock lever unit 30) may be provided with an attaching portion or an engaging portion of the urging member 38.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 4A and 7B, the main body case 21 is provided with an operation piece opening 28 through which an operation piece 39a for operating the release position holding portion 39 is inserted. It has been. The operation piece opening 28 is provided in the main body case 21 so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction. Further, the operation piece opening 28 is provided so as to be positioned at an end portion on the side different from the inner side surface 5 side of one side plate 4 in a state where the main body case 21 is fixed to the rear surface 13 of the middle front plate 11. Yes. The operation piece opening 28 is provided so that the inserted operation piece 39a can be displaced between a holding position where the lock portion 31 is held at the unlocking position and a non-holding position where the holding state is released. ing. In the illustrated example, the operation piece opening 28 which is substantially rectangular when viewed in the front-rear direction is illustrated.

The release position holding part 39 is engaged with the operation piece 39a inserted through the operation piece opening 28 and the held part 36 provided on the lock part 31 side to hold the lock part 31 in the lock release position. 39b.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 6 and 7, in this embodiment, the operation piece 39a is connected to the main body via the operation piece opening 28 so that it can be operated on the rear surface side (the anti-middle front plate side) of the main body case 21. A part is provided so as to protrude rearward from the rear surface of the case 21. In the present embodiment, the operation piece 39a is configured to be operated along the vertical direction. Further, in the illustrated example, the operation piece 39a is illustrated as a thin plate having a thickness direction in the vertical direction.

  The lock holding portion 39b moves in the vertical direction in accordance with the operation of the operation piece 39a, and engages with the held portion 36 provided on the lock portion 31 side that is set to the lock release position to unlock the lock portion 31. It is set as the structure hold | maintained in a position. In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the held portion 36 on the lock portion 31 side is provided in the lock lever unit 30 and is a held recess 36 that receives the lock holding portion 39b. Further, in the present embodiment, the release position holding unit 39 is moved to the lower side to be a holding position for holding the lock unit 31 at the unlocked position, and is moved to the upper side to release the holding of the lock unit 31. It is set as the holding position. That is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7B, the held recessed portion 36 of the lock lever unit 30 opens upward, and the lock holding portion 39b of the release position holding portion 39 moved downward is provided. It is configured to accept.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, the main body case 21 and the release position holding portion 39 are provided with restriction portions 29 and 39c for restricting the release position holding portion 39 in the holding position and the non-holding position at the respective positions. , 39d are provided. These restricting portions 29, 39c, and 39d may impart a feeling of moderation (click feeling) when the release position holding portion 39 is set to the holding position and the non-holding position.
In the present embodiment, the main body case 21 is provided with the restriction convex portion 29, and the release position holding portion 39 is provided with the restriction concave portions 39 c and 39 d that engage with the restriction convex portion 29 in each of the holding position and the non-holding position. Show. In the example of the figure, an example is shown in which a restricting convex portion 29 is provided so as to protrude forward on the back side facing the front side of the main body case 21. Moreover, the example which provided the control recessed part 39c and 39d which opened toward the back side and received the control convex part 29 in the rear surface side of the cancellation | release position holding part 39 at intervals up and down is shown. As shown in FIG. 7B, when the release position holding portion 39 is moved downward to the holding position, the restricting convex portion 29 of the main body case 21 is engaged with the upper restricting concave portion 39d to hold the holding position. It is regulated by. On the other hand, when the release position holding part 39 is moved upward to the non-holding position, the restriction convex part 29 of the main body case 21 is engaged with the lower restriction concave part 39c and is restricted at the non-holding position. In addition, as the restricting portions 29, 39c, and 39d for restricting the release position holding portion 39 that is set to the holding position and the non-holding position at various positions, various other forms can be adopted.

With the configuration as described above, if the lock portion 31 (lock lever unit 30) is moved to the unlock position, and the operation portion 39a is engaged with the held recessed portion 36 and the lock holding portion 39b is inserted, The lock part 31 is held at the unlock position. That is, the movement of the lock portion 31 (lock lever unit 30) toward the lock position is suppressed. That is, when the lock portion 31 is urged toward the lock position by the urging member 38 as in the present embodiment, the lock portion 31 is resisted against the urge of the urging member 38. It will be held at the unlocked position.
When the release position holding portion 39 is set to the holding position and the lock portion 31 is held at the lock release position, the release position holding portion 39 is set to the non-holding position, so that the lock portion 31 moves to the lock position side. It becomes possible. That is, when the lock portion 31 is urged toward the lock position by the urging member 38 as in the present embodiment, the urging member 38 urges and moves to the lock position. .

The main body case 21 is provided with a holding portion that holds the release position holding portion 39 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. As such a holding part, it is good also as the nail | claw-shaped protrusion etc. which were hold | maintained so that the right-and-left side part of the cancellation | release position holding part 39 may be pinched | interposed and spaced apart from right and left (FIG.4 (b) and FIG.7 (b) )reference).
In addition, the release position holding unit 39 that holds the lock unit 31 at the lock release position is not limited to the above-described configuration, and various other configurations can be employed.

The lock lever unit 30 includes a flat block-shaped unit body provided with the above-described engaging recesses 32 and 32, guide recesses 33 and 33, an attachment portion 35, and a held recess 36. The operation lever portion 37 is provided at the upper end portion of the unit body so as to protrude forward. Moreover, the lock part 31 is provided so that it may protrude toward the back in the lower part of this unit main body. In the present embodiment, the lock portion 31 and the operation lever portion 37 are provided on the inner side surface 5 side portion of the one side plate 4 to which the lock receiving member 40 is attached in the lock lever unit 30 and held on the opposite inner side surface portion. The recess 36 is provided.
In the present embodiment, the operation lever portion 37 of the lock body 20 is configured to be detachably held with respect to the lock body 20. In the present embodiment, the operation lever portion 37 is configured to be detachably held with respect to the unit main body of the lock lever unit 30.

The operation lever portion 37 is a lever that is slid along the lock / release direction (left-right direction) along the upper end surface 15 of the middle front plate 11 as shown in FIGS. A piece 37 a and a held piece 37 b that is detachably held on the unit main body of the lock lever unit 30 are provided.
In the present embodiment, the lever piece 37a has a thin plate shape with the thickness direction extending in the vertical direction, as shown in FIG. Further, in the present embodiment, the lever piece 37a is configured to protrude slightly forward from the front surface 12 of the middle front plate 11 (the handle portion 14) of the middle drawer 10 so that an operation of an infant or the like is difficult. (See also FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b)). That is, in the present embodiment, the lock device 2 functions as a child lock. The protruding dimension from the front surface 12 of the middle front plate 11 (handle portion 14) of the lever piece 37a may be set as appropriate from the viewpoint of operability and appearance. Moreover, when functioning as a child lock like this embodiment, the protrusion dimension of this lever piece 37a is good also as several mm-dozens of mm so that operation of an infant etc. may become difficult. Further, in the illustrated example, the left and right edge portions of the front end portion of the lever piece 37a are shown as convex curves. In addition, it is good also as an aspect etc. which replaced with such an aspect and provided the knob | pick part etc. in the front-end part of the lever piece 37a so that operation becomes possible easily.

The held piece 37b is provided so as to hang downward from the rear end portion of the lever piece 37a. That is, in this embodiment, the operation lever part 37 is substantially L-shaped when viewed in the left-right direction.
The held piece 37b has a thin plate shape with the thickness direction extending in the front-rear direction. The unit main body of the lock lever unit 30 is provided with a holding recess 34 in which the held piece 37 b is inserted to hold the operation lever portion 37. The holding recess 34 is provided so as to open upward.
In the present embodiment, a portion of the lock lever unit 30 where the holding recess 34 into which the held piece 37b of the operating lever portion 37 is inserted is inserted into the lever opening 24 of the main body case 21. .

  In the present embodiment, the operating lever portion 37 is provided with a detaching operation piece 37c that is operated when the operating lever portion 37 held in the holding recess 34 is detached. The detachment operation piece 37c is provided at the upper end of the held piece 37b and is operated along the front-rear direction. In addition, the detachment operation piece 37c is configured to be operated in the front-rear direction with elastic deformation with respect to the held piece 37b, and in a natural state where the operation is not performed, a locking portion provided at a midway portion thereof Is configured to be locked to a locked portion provided in the unit main body of the lock lever unit 30. When the detachment operation piece 37c is operated to the detachment side (rear side in the figure), the locking between the locking portion and the locked portion of the unit main body is released, and the operation lever portion 37 is released from the holding recess 34. The held piece 37b can be detached and removed. It should be noted that such a detachment operation piece 37c and a locking portion and a locked portion as a regulating portion that regulates the state in which the operation lever portion 37 is held in the holding recess 34 may be omitted. .

As shown in FIG. 6, the lock portion 31 is thin in the left-right direction that is the moving direction. The lock portion 31 is provided so as to be inserted through the lock opening 23 of the main body case 21 and to protrude rearward from the rear surface of the main body case 21. In the example shown in the drawing, a recess for receiving the insertion hole piece provided in the main body case 21 is provided on the front side of the unit main body provided with the lock portion 31.
Further, the lock portion 31 has a configuration in which a locked portion 31 a that is locked to the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40 is provided at a rear end portion that is a front end portion in the protruding direction. In the present embodiment, a locked recess for receiving the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40 is formed in the lock portion 31 so as to open toward the inner surface 5 side of the one side plate 4 to which the lock receiving member 40 is attached. An example is shown in which an inner wall facing the front side of the locked recess is a locked surface portion 31a as a locked portion.

In the present embodiment, the inclined guide surface portions 31 b and 41 b are provided on both or one of the rear end portion of the lock portion 31 of the lock body 20 and the front end portion of the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40. The inclined guide surface portions 31b and 41b lock the lock portion 31 against the urging force of the urging member 38 in accordance with the mutual contact due to the movement of the middle front plate 11 toward the closing (accommodating the middle drawer 10) side. It is set as the structure displaced to the cancellation | release position side. That is, as the middle drawer 10 moves toward the housing side, the lock portion 31 biased toward the lock position is displaced toward the lock release position by the guide action of the inclined guide surface portions 31b and 41b. It is supposed to be configured.
Moreover, in this embodiment, it is set as the structure which provided the inclination guide surface parts 31b and 41b in both the rear-end part of the lock part 31, and the front-end part of the latching | locking part 41. As shown in FIG.
The inclined guide surface portion 31b provided at the rear end portion of the lock portion 31 is an inclined surface that faces the inner side surface 5 of the one side plate 4 to which the lock receiving member 40 is attached and faces obliquely rearward. That is, the inner surface 5 side portion of the one side plate 4 at the rear end portion of the lock portion 31 is inclined so as to approach the inner surface 5 side of the one side plate 4 from the rear end toward the front. It is an inclined surface.

As shown in FIG. 6, the lock receiving member 40 is attached to the inner side surface 5 of the one side plate 4 of the box body 3 so that the lock portion 31 of the lock main body 20 can be locked. In this embodiment, the example which attached the lock receiving member 40 to the front-end part of one side plate 4 is shown. Moreover, the example which attached the lock receiving member 40 so that it may be located in the back side of the upper end part of the middle stage front board 11 in the state in which the middle stage drawer 10 was accommodated is shown.
The locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40 is provided so as to protrude from the inner side surface 5 of one side plate 4 toward the inner side surface 5 of the other side plate 4. The lock receiving member 40 is appropriately positioned so that the locking portion 41 is inserted into the locked recess of the locking portion 31 in the locked position and can be locked. Attached to.

The locking part 41 is provided with a locking surface part 41 a arranged so as to face or abut against the locked surface part 31 a of the lock part 31 in a state inserted in the locked recess of the lock part 31. Has been. The locking surface portion 41a is provided to face the rear side so as to be locked by being locked to the locked surface portion 31a of the lock portion 31.
In addition, it is not restricted to the aspect which provided the latching | locking part 41 protruded on the lock receiving member 40 side, and provided the to-be-latched part dented on the lock part 31 side, The latching | locking part dented on the lock receiving member 40 side It is good also as an aspect which provided 41 and provided the to-be-latched part protruded to the lock part 31 side. Alternatively, each of the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40 and the locked portion of the lock portion 31 may have a protruding shape. Various other configurations can be adopted as the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40 and the locked portion of the lock portion 31.

Further, the inclined guide surface portion 41 b provided at the front end portion of the locking portion 41 is an inclined surface that faces the inner surface 5 side of the other side plate 4 and obliquely forward. That is, the slope which inclines so that it may approach the inner side surface 5 side of the other side plate 4 as viewed from the front end in the plan view of the inner side surface 5 side portion of the other side plate 4 at the front end portion of the locking portion 41. It is a surface. The inclined guide surface portion 41b and the inclined guide surface portion 31b of the lock portion 31 are provided so as to be parallel to each other. Further, the inclined guide surface portion 41b is provided so as to abut on the inclined guide surface portion 31b of the lock portion 31 in the locked position when the pulled out middle drawer 10 is accommodated.
These inclined guide surface portions 31b and 41b are brought into contact with each other as the pulled-out middle drawer 10 is moved toward the accommodation side, thereby displacing the lock portion 31 to the unlock position side, so that the middle drawer 10 is accommodated. For example, the lock portion 31 is formed to be in the lock position by the urging force of the urging member 38.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 7 (a), the lock receiving member 40 has a stopper insertion hole 42 through which a stopper for fixing the lock receiving member 40 to one side plate 4 is inserted. Is provided. In the present embodiment, an example in which a plurality of (two in the illustrated example) fastener insertion holes 42 and 42 are provided in the lock receiving member 40 is shown. Moreover, in this embodiment, the example which made one of these fastener penetration holes 42 and 42 the shape of a long hole with a long diameter in the front-back direction is shown. With such a configuration, the mounting position of the lock receiving member 40 with respect to one side plate 4 in the front-rear direction can be finely adjusted.
Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, the lock receiving member 40 is provided with an accommodation recess 43 that holds the operation lever portion 37 removed from the lock body 20. ing. With such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the loss of the operation lever portion 37 removed from the lock body 20.
In this embodiment, the housing recess 43 is provided so as to open toward the inner side surface 5 side and the upper side of the one side plate 4, and the lever of the operation lever portion 37 by the inner side surface 5 of the one side plate 4. It is set as the structure which divides the recess which accommodates the piece 37a.

The lock device 2 configured as described above can be switched between the lockable mode and the lock release mode by operating the release position holding unit 39 as described below.
As shown in FIG. 1, in the state where the release position holding portion 39 is in the non-holding position, the lock portion 31 (lock lever unit 30) is locked as shown in FIGS. 2 (a), 2 (b) and FIG. The position can be displaced to the unlocked position, and the lockable mode is entered.
In this lockable mode, when the operation lever portion 37 is not operated, the lock portion 31 is urged toward the lock position side (the inner surface 5 side of the one side plate 4) by the urging member 38. 1 (a), FIG. 2 (a), and FIG. As a result, the opening of the middle front plate 11 (the drawer operation of the middle drawer 10) is locked.

In this lockable mode, as shown in FIGS. 1 (b), 2 (b) and 6 (b), the operation lever 37 is operated to lock the lock 31 against the urging of the urging member 38. Then, if it is moved toward the lock release position side (the inner side surface 5 side of the other side plate 4), the lock is released. As a result, the middle front plate 11 can be opened (the drawer operation of the middle drawer 10).
Moreover, if the middle drawer 10 pulled out in this way is moved to the housing side, that is, if the middle front plate 11 is moved to the closing side, the inclined guide surface part 31b of the lock part 31 and the lock receiving member 40 The lock portion 31 is locked to the lock receiving member 40 without operating the operation lever portion 37 by the guide action with the inclined guide surface portion 41b.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2C, 3, and 7, when the lock portion 31 is in the unlocked position and the release position holding portion 39 is in the held position, the lock portion 31 (lock lever unit 30) Displacement toward the lock position is suppressed, and the lock release mode is set.
In this lock release mode, the lock unit 31 is held at the lock release position by the release position holding unit 39, and the middle front plate 11 can be opened (the drawer operation of the middle drawer 10) can be performed without operating the operation lever unit 37. Become. Further, in this unlocking mode, since the operation of the operation lever portion 37 is not required, the operation lever portion 37 is detached from the lock body 20 as shown in FIG. You may make it accommodate and hold.
Note that each member of the locking device 2 excluding the urging member 38 may be formed of a hard synthetic resin material, a metal material, or the like.

The locking device 2 according to the present embodiment and the storage device 1 including the same are configured as described above, so that the front plate 11 can be locked, but fingers, articles, etc. when performing unlocking can be used. Can be prevented from being caught.
That is, the front plate 11 is closed to the lock main body 20 attached to the rear surface 13 of the front plate 11 (the drawer 10 is accommodated in the box 3), and the inner surface 5 of the box 3 is in the locked position. A lock portion 31 is provided to be engaged with the engagement portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40 to be attached. Therefore, the front plate 11 of the storage device 1 in which the lock device 2 is installed can be locked in a closed state, and the opening of the front plate 11 can be suppressed. That is, in this embodiment, the drawer 10 can be locked in a state of being housed in the box 3, and the drawer operation of the drawer 10 can be suppressed. As a result, the drawer 10 (front plate 11) is unintentionally pulled out (opened) due to an earthquake or the like, or an infant or the like pulls out the drawer 10 (opens the front plate 11). Can be suppressed.
In addition, the operation lever portion 37 for displacing the lock portion 31 in the lock position to the unlock position is configured to be slid along the peripheral end surface 15 of the front plate 11 and more than the front surface 12 of the front plate 11. It is set as the structure arranged so that it may protrude ahead. Therefore, it is not necessary to slightly open the front plate 11 in order to perform the unlocking operation, and the operation lever portion 37 is operated to the unlocking position side with the front plate 11 closed (the drawer 10 is accommodated). It is possible to prevent the fingers and articles from being caught when unlocking.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, it is set as the structure which made the operation lever part 37 protrude ahead slightly rather than the front surface 12 of the front board 11 so that operation of an infant etc. is difficult. Therefore, it is difficult for an infant or the like to release the lock, and the lock device 2 can function as a child lock. Accordingly, for example, the lock device 2 is installed in a storage device (cabinet) 1 that constitutes a sink base portion of a kitchen device in which kitchen knives and the like are often stored as in this embodiment. , Can improve safety.

In the present embodiment, the lock body 20 is provided with a biasing member 38 that biases the lock portion 31 toward the lock position. Therefore, for example, it is possible to prevent forgetting the lock and improve the usability compared to the case where the operation lever portion 37 is operated and the lock portion 31 needs to be operated to the lock position side.
Further, when the lock device 2 functions as a child lock as described above, it is possible to make the unlocking operation by an infant or the like more difficult.

  In the present embodiment, the inclined guide surface portions 31 b and 41 b are provided on both or one of the rear end portion of the lock portion 31 of the lock body 20 and the front end portion of the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40. Therefore, if the front plate 11 is moved to the closing (accommodating the drawer 10) side, the biasing member 38 is attached after the locking portion 31 is displaced to the unlocking position side by the guide action of the inclined guide surface portions 31b and 41b. It will be displaced to the locked position by the force. Accordingly, for example, the front plate 11 is closed (the drawer 10 is accommodated) in a state where the operation lever portion 37 is operated against the urging force of the urging member 38 and the lock portion 31 is moved to the unlocking position side. Compared with what needs to be made, the front plate 11 can be easily closed (accommodating operation of the drawer 10) and locked, and the usability can be further improved. In other words, if the front plate 11 is closed (the drawer 10 is accommodated), the lock is automatically applied, so that the usability can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the inclined guide surface portions 31 b and 41 b are provided on both the rear end portion of the lock portion 31 of the lock body 20 and the front end portion of the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40. Therefore, compared with the case where the inclined guide surface portion is provided only on either one of the rear end portion of the lock portion 31 of the lock body 20 and the front end portion of the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40, the lock portion 31 is smooth. Can be displaced toward the unlocking position. In addition, instead of such an aspect, as a configuration in which an inclined guide surface portion is provided only in one of the rear end portion of the lock portion 31 of the lock body 20 and the front end portion of the locking portion 41 of the lock receiving member 40. Also good. Further, such an inclined guide surface portion may be omitted. In this case, when closing the front plate 11 (accommodating the drawer 10), the operating lever portion 37 is operated against the urging force of the urging member 38 to move the lock portion 31 to the unlocking position side. In this state, the front plate 11 may be closed (the drawer 10 is accommodated).

In the present embodiment, the lock body 20 is provided with a release position holding portion 39 that holds the lock portion 31 at the lock release position. Therefore, when the lock function is unnecessary, for example, by holding the lock portion 31 at the unlock position, the lock function can be disabled (unlock mode), and unnecessary unlock operation is unnecessary. can do.
In the present embodiment, the operation lever portion 37 of the lock body 20 is configured to be detachably held with respect to the lock body 20. Therefore, when the lock function is disabled, by removing the operation lever portion 37, the operation lever portion 37 disposed around the front plate 11 can be eliminated, and the appearance can be improved. Instead of such a mode, the operation lever portion 37 of the lock body 20 may be configured to be detachably attached to the lock body 20. For example, it is good also as an aspect etc. which provided the operation lever part 37 in the lock lever unit 30 integrally.

In the present embodiment, the front opening of the box 3 includes the front plate 11 of the drawer 10 and is closed by a plurality of front plates 7, 11, 9 up and down, and the operation lever portion 37 of the lock device 2 is It is set as the structure which installed the locking device 2 so that it might be located between the front plates 7 and 11 adjacent to the upper and lower sides. Therefore, the operation lever portion 37 can be made inconspicuous, and the appearance can be improved.
In the present embodiment, the storage device 1 provided with the three-stage front plates 7, 11, 9 on the upper and lower sides is illustrated, but a configuration may be adopted in which two or more front plates are provided on the upper and lower sides. Furthermore, it is good also as the storage apparatus 1 provided only with the front plate 11 (drawer 10) of 1 step | paragraph.

Next, another embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIGS. 9-11 is a figure which shows typically an example of the locking device which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and a storage device provided with the same.
Note that differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted or simplified.

The lock device 2A included in the storage device 1A according to the present embodiment is mainly different from the first embodiment described above in that the lock unit 31 is held at the unlock position.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the operation lever portion 37A can be slid rearward at the unlock position, and the lock portion 31 can be moved by sliding the operation lever portion 37A rearward at the unlock position. It is configured to be held at the unlocked position. That is, in the present embodiment, the operation lever portion 37A functions as a release position holding portion that holds the lock portion 31 at the lock release position. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the release position holding portion 39 provided separately from the operation lever portion 37 described above, the operation piece opening 28 through which the operation piece 39a of the release position holding portion 39 is inserted, and the release position holding portion. The to-be-held part 36 etc. which 39 engages are not provided in the lock main body 20A.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11B, in a state where the lock portion 31 is held at the unlock position (lock release mode), the operation lever portion 37A is provided on the front plate (middle front plate) 11. It is configured to be located behind the front surface 12. That is, the operation lever portion 37A protrudes forward from the front surface 12 of the front plate (middle front plate) 11 so that at least the operation of displacing the lock portion 31 in the lock position to the unlock position can be performed. What is necessary is just to be set as the structure arranged.
In the present embodiment, the operation lever portion 37A cannot be attached to and detached from the lock body 20A in a state where the lock body 20A is assembled. Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10A, the housing recess 43 is not provided in the lock receiving member 40A.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10B, the operation lever portion 37A is engaged with the held portion 28A provided on the lock body 20A side to hold the lock portion 31 in the unlocked position. A lock holding portion 37d is provided. In the present embodiment, a lock holding portion 37d is provided at the rear end portion of the operation lever portion 37A in place of the above-described held piece 37b.
The lock holding portion 37d has a shape that protrudes downward, and is configured to be inserted (fitted) into a held recess 28A as a held portion provided in the main body case 21A of the lock main body 20A. Further, in the illustrated example, an example is shown in which a recess that opens forward and downward is provided in the lock holding portion 37d.

The retained concave portion 28A of the main body case 21A is provided so as to be positioned on the rear side of the operation lever portion 37A that is set to the unlocked position, and is configured to open forward and upward. In the example shown in the figure, the held concave portion 28A is provided on a projecting piece provided to protrude rearward from the upper end portion of the main body case 21A.
Further, the lock lever unit 30A receives a lever holding portion 34a that holds the operation lever portion 37A so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction, and a lock holding portion 37d of the operation lever portion 37A, instead of the holding recess 34 described above. A recess 34A is provided.
The receiving recess 34A has a shape that opens rearward and upward so as to be able to receive the lock holding portion 37d of the operation lever portion 37A in the forward position (non-holding position).

In the present embodiment, the lever holding portion 34a is provided as a pair of holding grooves 34a and 34a that are provided so as to be separated from each other in the left-right direction, open in a direction facing each other, and extend in the front-rear direction. These holding grooves 34a, 34a are provided so as to be positioned at the left and right edges of the upper end opening side of the receiving recess 34A.
The operation lever portion 37A is provided with a pair of engagement piece portions 37e and 37e as held portions that are inserted and held in the holding concave grooves 34a and 34a. These engagement piece portions 37e, 37e are provided on the left and right of the rear portion of the lever piece 37a of the operation lever portion 37A. Further, the engagement piece portions 37e, 37e are provided at the rear portion of the lever piece 37a so as to protrude outward in the left-right direction and extend in the front-rear direction. In the illustrated example, the engaging piece portions 37e and 37e are made thinner than the lever piece 37a. The left and right side portions of the rear portion of the lever piece 37a may be used as the engagement piece portions 37e and 37e.

By inserting the engagement pieces 37e and 37e into the holding grooves 34a and 34a of the lock lever unit 30A, the operation lever portion 37A is held by the lock lever unit 30A. In this state, when the lock lever unit 30A is assembled to the main body case 21A, the operation lever portion 37A is restricted by these and cannot be attached or detached.
With the above configuration, when the operation lever portion 37A in the unlocked position is pushed backward, as shown in FIGS. 10B and 11B, the lock holding portion 37d of the operation lever portion 37A is moved. It is inserted into the held concave portion 28A and becomes the holding position similar to the above. Thereby, the displacement to the lock position side of the lock part 31 (lock lever unit 30A) is suppressed, and it becomes a lock release mode.

In the lock release mode, if the operation lever portion 37A is moved forward so that the lock holding portion 37d of the operation lever portion 37A is extracted from the held recessed portion 28A, the same non-holding position as described above is obtained. Thereby, the displacement to the lock position side of the lock part 31 (lock lever unit 30A) is attained, and it becomes a lockable mode.
The lever holding portion 34a for holding the operation lever portion 37A so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction and the held portion 37e of the operation lever portion 37A held by the lever are not limited to the above-described modes, and various other modes can be used. Can be adopted.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10B, the lock lever unit 30A and the operation lever portion 37A are provided with a restriction portion that restricts the operation lever portion 37A at the holding position and the non-holding position at the respective positions. 34b, 37f, and 37g are provided. The restriction portions 34b, 37f, and 37g may provide a feeling of moderation (click feeling) when the operation lever portion 37A is set to the holding position and the non-holding position as described above.
In the present embodiment, an example in which the restriction convex portion 34b is provided in the lock lever unit 30A, and the restriction concave portions 37f and 37g that engage with the restriction convex portion 34b in the holding position and the non-holding position are provided in the operation lever portion 37A. Show.

  In the example of the drawing, the rear end of the projecting piece provided to protrude rearward from the front edge of the upper end opening side of the receiving recess 34A of the lock lever unit 30A protrudes upward. The example which provided the control convex part 34b is shown (refer also FIG. 9). Further, an example in which restriction recesses 37f and 37g that open downward and receive the restriction protrusions 34b on the lower surface side of the rear portion of the lever piece 37a of the operation lever portion 37A are provided at intervals in the front and rear direction. Is shown. As shown in FIG. 10 (b), when the operating lever portion 37A is moved to the rear side to be in the holding position, the restricting convex portion 34b of the lock lever unit 30A is engaged with the front restricting concave portion 37g and the holding position is reached. It is regulated by. On the other hand, when the operation lever portion 37A is moved to the non-holding position by moving to the front side, the restriction convex portion 34b of the lock lever unit 30A is engaged with the rear-side restriction concave portion 37f and restricted at the non-holding position. In addition, as the restricting portions 34b, 37f, and 37g for restricting the operating lever portion 37A in the holding position and the non-holding position at the respective positions, various other forms can be adopted.

Also in the locking device 2A according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, it is possible to switch between the lockable mode and the unlocking mode by operating the operation lever portion 37A in the front-rear direction as described above. Also in the lock device 2A, as in the first embodiment, in the lockable mode, the middle front plate 11 can be unlocked (the drawer operation of the middle drawer 10) can be locked and released.
In addition, the locking device 2A according to the present embodiment and the storage device 1A including the same have the same effects as those of the first embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the operation lever portion 37A functions as a release position holding portion that holds the lock portion 31 in the lock release position. Therefore, a separate release position holding portion is provided as in the first embodiment. There is no need to provide it, and the number of parts can be reduced.
In the present embodiment, the operation lever portion 37A cannot be attached and detached, and the operation lever portion 37A does not protrude from the front surface 12 of the front plate (middle front plate) 11 in the lock release mode. Therefore, it can be easily recognized that the mode is the unlock mode, and the appearance in the unlock mode can be improved. Further, loss of the operation lever portion 37A can be more effectively suppressed.

Note that the storage devices 1 and 1A on which the lock devices 2 and 2A according to the above embodiments are installed are not limited to those described above. For example, it is good also as a hanging cupboard (wall unit), a cupboard, etc. which are attached to the ceiling side etc., etc., and it is good also as what was made into various aspects.
Further, the front plate 11 locked by the locking devices 2 and 2A is not limited to the front plate 11 of the drawer 10. For example, a swingable door that opens and closes the front opening of the box 3, a sliding door that can be slid, a folding door that can be folded, and the like may be used as the front plate 11 that is locked by the locking devices 2 and 2 </ b> A. .

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the locking devices 2 and 2A are installed so that the lever pieces 37a of the operation lever portions 37 and 37A of the locking devices 2 and 2A are positioned between the front plates 7 and 11 adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. Although an example is shown, it is not restricted to such a mode. For example, instead of the aspect in which the lever piece 37a is provided so as to be along the upper end surface 15 of the front plate 11 locked by the locking devices 2 and 2A, it is along the one side end surface or the lower end surface of the front plate 11 in the left-right direction. Alternatively, the lever piece 37a may be provided. In this case, the configuration of the lock main bodies 20 and 20A and the lock receiving members 40 and 40A, their mounting positions, and the like may be appropriately modified as necessary. For example, the lock main bodies 20, 20 </ b> A may be attached to the side end portion or the lower end portion of the front plate 11, or the lock receiving members 40, 40 </ b> A may be attached to the top plate, the bottom plate, etc. of the box 3. .

In each of the above embodiments, the lock main bodies 20 and 20A are provided with the release position holding portions 39 and 37A for holding the lock portion 31 in the lock release position, but the release position holding portions 39 and 37A are provided. It may not be provided. In this case, you may make it deform | transform suitably the main body cases 21 and 21A of each said embodiment, the unit main body of the lock lever units 30 and 30A, and the operation lever part 37A of the said 2nd Embodiment.
In each of the above embodiments, the lock main bodies 20 and 20A are provided with the urging member 38 that urges the lock portion 31 toward the lock position side. It may not be provided.

1, 1A storage device 2, 2A lock device 3 box 5 inner surface of side plate (inner surface of box)
7 Upper plate 9 Lower plate 11 Middle plate (front plate)
12 Front surface 13 Rear surface 15 Upper end surface (circumferential end surface)
20, 20A Lock body 31 Lock portion 31b Inclined guide surface portion 37 Operation lever portion 37A Operation lever portion, release position holding portion 38 Energizing member 39 Release position holding portion 40, 40A Lock receiving member 41 Locking portion 41b Inclined guide surface portion

Claims (7)

A lock main body attached to the rear surface of the front plate for opening and closing the front opening of the box, and a lock receiving member attached to the inner surface of the box,
The lock body has a lock portion that is locked to a lock portion of the lock receiving member in a state in which the front plate is closed and in a lock position, and the lock portion that is in the lock position is unlocked. an operating lever for displacing a position, is provided, the operating lever unit, the front plate is disposed along the upper end surface of the are structured so as to be slid along the lateral direction, and the front plate A locking device characterized by being arranged to protrude forward from the front surface. In claim 1,
The lock device according to claim 1, wherein the lock body is provided with a biasing member that biases the lock portion toward the lock position. In claim 2,
Both or one of the rear end portion of the lock portion of the lock body and the front end portion of the locking portion of the lock receiving member is provided with the lock portion as a result of contact with each other by movement of the front plate toward the closing side. A locking device comprising an inclined guide surface portion that is displaced toward the unlocking position against the urging force of the urging member. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
The lock main body is provided with a release position holding portion that holds the lock portion at the lock release position. In claim 4,
The operating device of the lock body is detachably held with respect to the lock body.   A storage device comprising: a box provided with a front plate for opening and closing a front opening; and the lock device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. In claim 6,
The front opening of the box includes the front plate and is configured to be closed by a plurality of front plates up and down,
The storage device, wherein the lock device is installed such that an operation lever portion of the lock device is positioned between front plates adjacent to each other in the vertical direction.

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