JP6495101B2 - Drawer unit - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a drawer unit used for various furniture such as a kitchen cabinet. In particular, the front plate and the back plate can be easily assembled to the bottom plate of the drawer, and various slide rails can be easily attached. It relates to the drawer unit.

  Conventionally, for example, in a kitchen cabinet such as a system kitchen, a plurality of drawer units of various sizes are mounted, and a slide rail is mounted on the drawer units so that the drawer operation can be performed smoothly. (See, for example, Patent Document 1 below). In addition, there are a plurality of types of slide rails such as a roller type slide rail and a bearing type slide rail, and there are various slide lengths. These slide rails have fixed holes ( The pitch of the mounting holes) is determined, and it is selected and used according to the size, weight, and length of the drawer unit.

JP 2005-143830 A

  However, when the slide rail is attached to the drawer unit, the main body side rail of the slide rail is usually attached to the inside of the cabinet main body with fixing screws, and the drawer side rail is attached to both sides of the side plate of the drawer unit with fixing screws. For this reason, a drawer unit is manufactured according to the size and shape of the cabinet body, and a slide rail corresponding to the size and shape of the drawer unit is selected. A fixing hole is provided in the drawer side rail of the slide rail for attachment, and a screw hole for fixing is formed in the side plate of the drawer unit according to the pitch of the fixing hole.

  For this reason, when the drawer unit is made of wood, the fixing holes corresponding to the fixed pitch of the slide rail can be formed in the side plate relatively easily, or the fixing screw can be screwed into an arbitrary position, but the drawer unit is made of metal. In the case of a product made of plastic or plastic, it is difficult to easily provide a fixing hole for a fixing screw, and it is necessary to change and design the drawing drawing of the drawer unit every time the size and length of the drawer unit change.

  Further, when manufacturing a plurality of types of kitchen cabinets and the like, it is necessary to manufacture a large number of drawer units having different sizes and lengths, and thus it has been a problem to reduce the manufacturing cost of the drawer units.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and can be used to easily produce drawers of different lengths at low cost and to be able to mount slide rails of various different types and lengths. The purpose is to provide.

In the drawer unit according to the present invention, a front plate is attached to the front of the bottom plate, a back plate is attached to the back of the bottom plate, and slide rails are attached to both sides of the bottom plate.
The bottom plate is formed by extruding to extrude the raw material, and a fixing portion is provided on the lower side of the bottom plate so as to protrude toward the lower side of the bottom plate. A space is formed between the fixing portions, and fixing grooves are formed in the lower surface, the front surface, and the rear surface, and are continuously formed in the pull-out direction. The mounting surface of the side rail is formed continuously in the pulling direction, and the pulling side rail is in contact with the mounting surface and is mounted on both sides of the bottom plate.

  According to this invention, when the front plate is attached to the bottom plate, the front plate is brought into contact with the front surface of the bottom plate, the fixing screw is inserted into the fixing hole provided in the front plate, and the fixing screw is fixed to the fixing groove of the fixing portion of the bottom plate. By screwing in from the front side, the front plate can be easily mounted and fixed. Similarly, when the back plate is attached to the bottom plate, the back plate is brought into contact with the back surface of the bottom plate, a fixing screw is inserted into a fixing hole provided in the back plate, and the fixing screw is inserted into the fixing groove of the fixing portion of the bottom plate. By screwing in from the side, the back plate can be easily fixed.

  Furthermore, when installing the drawer side rail of the slide rail on both sides of the drawer unit, the abutment surface of the drawer side rail is brought into contact with the lower surface of the fixing part of the bottom plate, and the fixing screw is inserted from the lower side to the fixing hole of the drawer side rail. Insert and screw into the fixed groove of the fixed part from below. Thereby, regardless of the pitch of the fixing holes of the drawer side rail, the drawer side rail can be easily attached. For this reason, various slide rails having various fixing hole pitches can be attached to the drawer unit.

  Furthermore, since the fixed groove is continuously formed on the lower side of the bottom plate, an automatic pull-in device that soft-closes the drawer unit can be easily attached to the lower side of the bottom plate using the fixed groove. Thus, it is not necessary to provide a fixing hole for the automatic retracting device in the bottom plate, and the automatic retracting device can be easily attached.

  Here, it is preferable that the fixing groove provided in the fixing portion has a deformed round portion having a substantially circular shape at the back of the cross section, and a parallel groove portion is formed from the rectangular portion through the narrowed portion. According to this, when attaching a front board and a back board to a bottom board, a fixing screw can be screwed into a fixing groove from the front or the back side, and can be easily fixed. Also, when installing the slide rails on both sides of the bottom plate, when the fixing screw is screwed into the fixing groove from the bottom side of the bottom plate, the end of the fixing screw is deformed from the narrowed part before the deformed round part. The fixing screw can be screwed firmly by engaging with the portion.

  Moreover, it is preferable that a supporting side plate portion for supporting an article placed on the bottom plate is erected perpendicularly to the plane of the bottom plate at the upper part on both sides of the bottom plate. According to this, when extruding the bottom plate, the supporting side plate portion can be easily formed at the same time, and the storage case placed on the bottom plate can be used to be supported by the supporting side plate portion.

  Further, an inner front plate is attached to the front of the bottom plate with a fixing screw, and the inner front plate is attached by screwing the fixing screw into the fixing groove opened to the front side of the bottom plate, and is attached to the front of the inner front plate. The front plate can be configured to be fixed. According to this, the inner front plate has a function of covering the cut end portion of the extrusion molding material, and an arbitrary decorative plate or the like can be fixed to the front surface as an outer front plate in accordance with the application.

  According to the drawer unit of the present invention, drawers having different lengths can be easily manufactured at low cost, and various types and lengths of slide rails can be mounted.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the drawer unit of this invention. It is an enlarged front view of the bottom plate of the drawer main body. It is a right view of the same baseplate. It is a top view of the same baseplate. (A) is a front view of the state which attached the drawer side rail of the slide rail to the bottom plate, (b) is the back view. It is a right view of the baseplate which attached the drawer side rail. It is a top view of the baseplate which attached the drawer side rail. It is a disassembled perspective view of a bottom plate and a front plate. It is a disassembled perspective view at the time of attaching a backplate to a bottom plate. It is a disassembled perspective view at the time of attaching the left side drawer side rail to a baseplate. It is a disassembled perspective view at the time of attaching the drawer side rail on the right side to a bottom plate. It is a disassembled perspective view at the time of attaching an outer front board to the inner front board of a drawer main body. It is a right view of the drawer main body with the partial cross section of a cabinet main body. It is a front view of a drawer body with an outer front plate. It is a perspective view of the state which showed the usage pattern of the drawer unit and accommodated the accessory case. It is a perspective view of the state which showed the usage form of the drawer unit and accommodated another accessory case. It is a disassembled perspective view in the case of storing and using the frame structure, showing a usage pattern of the drawer unit.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the drawer body 5 of this drawer unit has an inner front plate 7 attached to the front of the bottom plate 6, a rear plate 8 attached to the back of the bottom plate 6, and an outer positive plate on the front of the inner front plate 7. A face plate 17 is attached, and a drawer-side rail 21 of the slide rail 20 is attached to both sides of the bottom plate 6. The bottom plate 6 is formed in a plate shape with a predetermined cross-sectional shape by extrusion molding in which a metal material such as aluminum or a material such as hard synthetic resin is extruded and molded using an extrusion die.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the bottom plate 6 is extruded in a flat plate shape with the bottom plate main body 10 elongated in the pull-out direction, and the upper surface of the bottom plate main body 10 has a flat surface and is formed on both side edges of the upper surface. The support side plate portion 11 is formed so as to protrude upward by integral molding. The support side plate portions 11 on both sides of the upper surface are raised vertically from the plane of the bottom plate body 10 and have a structure for supporting a storage case such as an accessory case stored inside from the both sides when the drawer unit is used. Further, the supporting side plate portions 11 on both sides are formed to be significantly lower (about 20% of the height) than the inner front plate 7 and the rear plate 8, and a storage case such as an accessory case is provided in the drawer unit. It can be easily stored.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the fixing portion 12 is provided on the lower side of the bottom plate 6 so as to protrude downward on the lower side of the bottom plate 6. A space is formed between the fixing portions 12 on both sides as shown in FIG. Fixing grooves 13 are formed in the fixing portions 12 on both sides of the lower surface upward from the lower surface, and the fixing grooves 13 are formed in the front and back surfaces of the bottom plate 6 and are continuously formed along the pulling direction. The

  As shown in FIG. 2, the fixed groove 13 is formed with a deformed round portion 13a having a substantially round shape (including a round shape and a rhombus shape) in the innermost portion, that is, at the upper portion of the groove. A narrowed portion 13b is formed below the shape portion 13a. Below the narrowed portion 13b is a parallel groove 13c with parallel side walls. Thus, as shown in FIG. 5, when the fixing screw 19 is screwed from the lower side of the fixing groove 13, the fixing screw 19 is firmly engaged with the narrowed portion 13b, and the drawer-side rail 21 having various mounting pitches can be attached. It has a structure.

  Further, when the inner front plate 7 or the rear plate 8 is attached to the front or rear surface of the bottom plate 6, the fixing groove 13 of the fixing portion 12 is also used for attaching the inner front plate 7 or the rear plate 8. That is, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the fixing screw 19 is inserted into two fixing holes provided in the inner front plate 7 or the rear plate 8, and the tips of these fixing screws 19 are connected to the front side of the fixing groove 13. Alternatively, the inner front plate 7 and the rear plate 8 are fixed to the bottom plate 6 by screwing from the back side.

  The lower surface of the fixing portion 12 on both sides of the bottom plate 6 is formed wide as shown in FIGS. 2 and 9, and when the drawer-side rail 21 of the slide rail is attached to the bottom plate 6, the pull-out direction A flat mounting surface 14 is formed along the (longitudinal direction). Thereby, when attaching the drawer side rail 21 to the bottom plate 6, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the inside of the drawer side rail 21 is brought into contact with the attachment surface 14 on both sides of the bottom plate 6. Stable and easy to install. Further, when the drawer side rail 21 is attached to the lower surface of the bottom plate 6, the fixing screw 19 is screwed into the fixing groove 13 of the fixing portion 12 and fixed, so that the pitch of the fixing holes 21 b of the drawer side rail 21 (the interval between the two fixing holes). ) Can be attached even if they are different types of slide rails.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the inner front plate 7 is attached to the front surface of the bottom plate 6, and the rear plate 8 is attached to the rear surface of the bottom plate 6. For this reason, as shown in FIG. A groove 13 is formed in the front and back surfaces of the fixing portion 12 on both sides of the bottom plate 6 so that the fixing groove 13 is opened, and a deformed round portion 13 a is formed in the back of the fixing groove 13. For this reason, when fixing the inner front plate 7 and the rear plate 8, if the fixing screw 19 is screwed into the deformed round portion 13a of the fixing groove 13 on both sides from the front side or the rear side, without drilling, The inner front plate 7 and the rear plate 8 can be easily and firmly fixed.

  On the other hand, an outer front plate 17 is attached to the front surface of the inner front plate 7 as shown in FIGS. The outer front plate 17 forms a front design of the drawer, and is formed in an arbitrary size according to the size of the drawer opening of the cabinet body by a decorative plate or the like. As shown in FIG. 12, the outer front plate 17 is inserted into two fixing holes formed in the inner front plate 7 from the inside, and is screwed into the outer front plate 17. Mounted on the front.

  As described above, since the bottom plate 6 is formed by extruding a metal material or the like, the length thereof can be manufactured as an arbitrary length, and a plurality of types of drawer units having different lengths can be manufactured by the same extrusion. It can be manufactured inexpensively using a mold. The bottom plate 6 is extrusion-molded, and both end portions thereof are cut ends, but the inner front plate 7 and the back plate 8 cover and fix the cut end portions of the bottom plate 6, so that they slide on the drawer body 5. Parts such as rails can be safely attached.

  When assembling the drawer unit having the above structure, as shown in FIGS. 8 to 12, first, the inner front plate 7 is fixed to the front surface of the bottom plate 6 and fixed with the fixing screws 19, and the rear plate 8 is attached to the rear surface of the bottom plate 6. Then, the drawer body 5 is assembled by fixing with the fixing screw 19. At this time, the fixing screws 19 are inserted into the two fixing holes provided in the inner front plate 7 from the front side or inserted into the two fixing holes provided in the rear plate 8 from the back side, The fixing groove 13 is fixed by screwing into a deformed round portion 13a that opens to the front side or the back side. For this reason, the inner front plate 7 and the rear plate 8 can be attached to the inner front plate 7 and the rear plate 8 only by drilling fixing holes in accordance with the positions of the two fixing grooves 13 of the bottom plate 6. it can.

  Next, the drawer side rails 21 of the slide rail are fixed to the bottoms on both sides of the bottom plate 6 by fixing screws 19. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the lower horizontal mounting plate 21 a of the drawer side rail 21 is applied to the lower mounting surface 14 of the fixing portion 12 of the bottom plate 6, and the fixing screw 19 is fixed to the mounting surface 14. Screw into the fixing groove 13 of the fixing part 12 from the hole 21b.

  As a result, the fixing screw 19 is screwed in mesh with the inner wall in the fixing groove 13 and the narrowed portion 13b that are continuous in the longitudinal direction (drawing direction). Further, when the pitch (longitudinal position) of the fixing holes 21b of the drawer side rail 21 is different, that is, when different types of slide rails are attached to both sides of the lower surface of the bottom plate 6, the fixing groove 13 is continuous in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, it can respond. As a result, in a bottom-mounted roller slide rail or the like, the drawer-side rails 21 of various slide rails having different lengths can be easily attached to both sides of the lower surface of the bottom plate 6.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 12, an outer front plate 17 that forms a drawer front design is fixed to the front surface of the inner front plate 7. The shape and size of the drawer body 5 can be used as a basic shape, and an outer front plate 17 such as a decorative board having an arbitrary shape or design can be selected and attached according to the drawer unit. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the drawer unit is inserted in a drawer space formed in the cabinet body 25 so as to be capable of being pulled out. However, the drawer unit is identical to the drawer body rail 21 in the cabinet body 25. The cabinet side rail 22 is attached to the height position. The drawer-side rail 21 is engaged with and attached to the cabinet-side rail 22 so that the roller 21c of the drawer-side rail 21 is placed on the cabinet-side rail 22 so as to be able to roll.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, an existing automatic pulling device 29 for pulling out, which is soft-closed so as to pull in the pulling unit, is attached to the bottom of the pulling main body 5 by using the fixing groove 13. The automatic pull-out device 29 for drawer includes a pull-back spring that urges the drawer in a pull-back direction and a damper that slows the pull-back operation of the drawer, and has a known structure. It can be attached to the side or bottom. In this drawer unit, the automatic pull-in device 29 can be easily attached to the bottom of the drawer body 5 by using the fixing groove 13 and the fixing screw 19 of the bottom plate 6 without making a fixing hole in the bottom plate or the side plate. .

  Next, the usage form of the drawer unit having the above configuration will be described. As shown in FIGS. 13 to 17, this drawer unit is used as a small small drawer in a kitchen cabinet such as a system kitchen, for example. In the example shown in FIG. 15, three accessory cases 30 are used so as to be placed in the drawer body 5 of the drawer unit so as to be freely put in and out. The side surface portion of the drawer main body 5 has only the support side plate portion 11 having a low height, and the upper surface of the drawer main body 5 is opened, so that the three accessory cases 30 can be easily put in and out. Each accessory case 30 is formed in a fan shape when viewed from the front and is formed in a box shape with an open arc surface, and thus accommodates small bottles such as seasonings.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the drawer unit has a height dimension higher than the width dimension, and the height dimension of the outer front plate 17 of the drawer body 5 is the same as the drawer of the kitchen cabinet. It is highly formed and easy to put in and out, and can hold vertically long bottles.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 16, the two accessory cases 31 formed in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped box can be arranged in the drawer body 5 and can be placed freely. In this case as well, seasonings and other small bottles can be stored in the accessory case 31, and when cooking, the drawer unit is pulled out, and the small containers such as seasonings are taken out together with the accessory case 31 and placed on the kitchen counter. Can be used conveniently.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 17, the frame structure 32 can be mounted on the drawer body 5 and used. This frame structure 32 is configured by arranging two shafts 32a parallel to the front-rear direction at the same interval as the width of the bottom plate 6, and vertically attaching partition plates 32b to the front, middle and rear portions of the shaft 32a. The As shown in FIG. 14, the frame structure 32 is pulled out by inserting the front partition plate 32 b into the inner front plate 7 and inserting the rear partition plate 32 b into the rear plate 8. It can be easily fitted on the main body 5. In use, a small bottle such as a seasoning can be stored in the space between the two shafts 32a, and can be easily put in and out.

  In this way, the drawer body 5 has a basic structure, and the accessory case 30, the accessory case 31, or the frame structure 32 is arbitrarily mounted or replaced on the bottom plate 6 according to the user's convenience. Can be used conveniently.

5 drawer body 6 bottom plate 7 inner front plate 8 back plate 10 bottom plate main body 11 support side plate portion 12 fixing portion 13 fixing groove 13a deformed round portion 13b constricted portion 13c parallel groove 14 mounting surface 17 outer front plate 19 fixing screw 20 slide rail 21 Drawer side rail 21a Mounting plate 21b Fixing hole 21c Roller 22 Cabinet side rail 25 Cabinet body 29 Automatic pull-in device 32 Frame structure 32a Shaft 32b Partition plate

Claims (5)

In a drawer unit in which a front plate is attached to the front of the bottom plate, a back plate is attached to the back of the bottom plate, and slide rails are attached to both sides of the bottom plate,
The bottom plate is formed by extruding to extrude the raw material, and a fixing portion is provided on the lower side of the bottom plate so as to protrude toward the lower side of the bottom plate. A space is formed between the fixing portions, and fixing grooves are formed in the lower surface, the front surface, and the rear surface, and are continuously formed in the pull-out direction. A drawer unit characterized in that the mounting surface of the side rail is formed continuously in the pulling direction, and the drawer side rail is attached to both sides of the bottom plate in contact with the mounting surface.   The fixing groove provided in the fixing part is formed to have a deformed round part having a substantially circular shape at the back of the cross section, and the parallel groove part passes through the narrowed part from the deformed round part to the fixing groove. The drawer unit according to claim 1, wherein the drawer unit is formed.   2. The drawer unit according to claim 1, wherein the mounting surface provided on the lower surface of the fixed portion is formed wider than the original width of the fixed portion.   2. The drawer unit according to claim 1, wherein a support side plate portion for supporting an article placed on the bottom plate is erected perpendicularly to a plane of the bottom plate at upper portions on both sides of the bottom plate.   An inner front plate is attached to the front of the bottom plate with a fixing screw, and the inner front plate is attached by screwing the fixing screw into the fixing groove that opens to the front side of the bottom plate, and is attached to the front of the inner front plate. The drawer unit according to claim 1, wherein the front plate is fixed.

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