JP6682825B2 - shelf - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a shelf in which a plurality of shelves are arranged in the vertical direction and various items can be placed on the shelf.

  Generally, in this kind of shelves, the shelf supports are fixed to the inside of the side plates established on the left and right or the columns installed on all sides, and the shelf plates are supported by the shelf supports so that the shelf plates are hung between the side plates or between the columns. (For example, refer to the following non-patent document). Inevitably, the side plates or columns are located outside the outer edges of the shelves, that is, the shelves are inside the side plates or columns.

"Shelves / Furniture Fixtures", KOKUYO General Catalog 2015 Edition, KOKUYO CORPORATION, December 2014, p. 572-597

  An object of the present invention is to provide a shelf capable of suitably wiring cords such as a power supply cord and a communication cable connected to a device placed on a shelf board.

In the present invention, a plurality of stages of shelf boards that extend horizontally and are arranged along the up-and-down direction, standing walls that are located on the inner side of the outer edges of the shelf boards and that are connected to the vertically opposite shelf boards, and the shelves A wiring hole formed in the plate and penetrating the shelf plate in the up-down direction, and a wiring space provided in the standing wall and extending in the up-down direction and communicating with the wiring hole of the shelf plate are provided, and the upper end portion of the standing wall of each stage is Wiring in the form of a groove that is in contact with the lower surface of the shelf plate placed directly above and supports it from below, and the standing wall of each step extends vertically to the side surface and is open to the side. There is a space, the wiring hole of the shelf board of each step is located near the lower end of the standing wall of each step standing from the shelf board, communicates with the wiring space in the standing wall, and below the shelf board. communicates the wiring space in the vertical wall located, shelves wiring space of a wiring hole and each stage of each stage is consistently continuously along the vertical direction Configuration was.

The standing wall includes a base body having a wiring space and a cover mounted on the base body to shield the wiring space. With the cover mounted on the base body, at least a part of the wiring holes of the shelf board is a shelf board. If exposed on the upper surface side and the lower surface side, it becomes easier to arrange the cords connected to the equipment placed on the shelf board in the wiring space through the wiring holes.

Further, vertical wall includes a substrate having a wiring space, in the case where a cover for shielding the wiring space is mounted to the substrate, at least one of steel of the substrate and the cover, the base and the cover If the cover is attached to the base by a magnet interposed between the cover and the base, the cover can be easily attached to and detached from the base.

  A unit in which a standing wall is fixed on either the upper surface side or the lower surface side of a shelf board is stacked in multiple stages, and if the units can be detached, the structure of the entire shelf, for example, the number of shelf boards It becomes a flexible shelf that can be rearranged.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a shelf in which the cords connected to the equipment placed on the shelf board can be suitably wired.

The front view which shows the shelf of one Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view of the shelf of the embodiment. The perspective view which shows the state which decomposed | disassembled the shelf of the same embodiment into a unit. The perspective view which expanded the principal part of the shelf of the same embodiment. The perspective view of the knockdown metal fitting which connects the units of the shelf of the embodiment. The side sectional view which expanded the principal part explaining the method of connecting the units of the shelf of the embodiment. The plane sectional view which expanded the principal part of the shelf of the embodiment. The front sectional view which expanded the principal part of the shelf of the embodiment. The perspective view which expanded the principal part of the shelf of the same embodiment. The perspective view which shows the state which decomposed | disassembled the shelf which concerns on the modification of this invention per unit.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The shelf of the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a plurality of horizontally extending shelf plates 2, 3 and 4 arranged in the vertical direction, and the shelf plates 2, 3, 4 facing each other vertically. Vertical walls extending vertically are arranged between them. The standing walls 5, 6, 7 are located inward of the outer ends of the shelves 2, 3, 4, and their upper and lower ends are connected to the upper and lower shelves 2, 3, 4, respectively. The left and right side portions of the shelf boards 2, 3, 4 of each stage project outward from the outer surface of each standing wall 5.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the shelf according to the present embodiment has a structure in which standing walls 5, 6, 7 are fixed to the upper surfaces of the shelf boards 3, 4 except for the top board 2 which is the uppermost shelf board. The plates 3 and 4 and the standing walls 5, 6 and 7 are made into a unit, and the unit 1 is built up by stacking a plurality of stages. The standing wall, which is an element of the unit 1 of each step, includes at least left and right laterally spaced side walls 5. The side wall 5 is a plate-shaped body which is oriented in the left-right direction and is expanded in the up-down direction and the front-rear direction. As described above, the outer surface of the side wall 5 is located inward of the outer edges of the shelves 2, 3, and 4.

  The unit 1 may be provided with a rear wall 6 and a front wall 7 as the standing walls 5, 6, 7 in addition to the side wall 5. The rear wall 6 is a plate-shaped body which is oriented in the front-rear direction and is expanded in the vertical and horizontal directions. The rear wall 6 stands upright in the vicinity of the rear end edges of the shelves 3 and 4, but the rearward facing surface of the rear wall 6 is located in front of the rear end edges of the shelf plates. The front wall 7 is also a plate-shaped body which is oriented in the front-rear direction and is expanded in the up-down and left-right directions. The front wall 7 is provided upright in the vicinity of the front end edges of the shelf plates 3 and 4, but the front surface of the front wall 7 is located rearward of the front end edges of the shelf plates. The rear part of the side wall 5 and the outer part of the rear wall 6 are continuous with each other, or the front part of the side wall 5 and the outer part of the front wall 7 are continuous with each other so that they are integrally formed to have a substantially L-shape in a plan view. Sometimes.

  The rear wall 6 or the front wall 7 does not necessarily block the entire space area between the left and right side walls 5 on the shelf plates 3 and 4 from the rear side. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when the width dimension of the rear wall 6 and the front wall 7 along the left-right direction is about half the inner dimension of the left and right side walls 5, the space area between the left and right side walls 5 is reduced. A part of the above, that is, the right half part or the left half part is opened in both front and rear directions. Then, the user can access this shelf (the storage space on the shelf boards 2, 3, and 4) from both front and back.

  The shelf boards 3 and 4 and the standing walls 5, 6 and 7 which constitute one unit 1 are not separated by normal use. The lower ends of the standing walls 5, 6, that is, the side walls 5, the rear wall 6, and the front wall 7 are dowels and adhesives so that they do not separate from the upper surfaces of the shelves 3 and 4 that are immediately below and that form the same unit 1. It is fixed to the shelves 3 and 4 with screws or the like.

  The top plate 2 arranged on the top of the shelf constitutes the top unit 1 of the shelf by itself. That is, the standing walls 5, 6, 7 are not arranged above the top plate 2. On the upper surface side of the top plate 2, there is formed a recess 21 for installing the lighting device L for indoor indirect lighting and the like. The recess 21 is open upward and is recessed downward, and the wiring hole 11 described later is opened in the recess 21.

  A skirting board 43 is provided below the shelf board 4 arranged at the lowest position of the shelves. The skirting board 43 has a four-sided frame shape in plan view surrounding the space 13 below the lowest shelf plate 4. In this embodiment, the lowest shelf plate 4 and the skirting board 43 are integrally formed, and these form a casing-like member that is opened just below. In the area between the left and right side walls 5 of the lowest shelf plate 4, a slot 41 that vertically penetrates the shelf plate 4 is provided. The slot 41 serves as an inlet / outlet for installing devices such as the cords C, the AC / DC adapter, and a network hub (switch) in the space 13 below the lowest shelf plate 4. When used as a shelf, a lid 42 can be attached to close the slot 41.

  In addition, if a communication hole 44 that penetrates the skirting board 43 and connects the space 13 under the lowest shelf 4 to the outside is formed at a predetermined position of the skirting board 43, this communication hole 44 is coded. It can be used for wiring of class C. However, as shown in FIG. 1, by attaching legs (or adjusters 45) to the shelf board 4 or the skirting board 43, the lower edge of the skirting board 43 is supported in a state of floating from the floor surface, In other words, since a gap (for example, about 13 mm) is formed between the lower edge of the skirting board 43 and the floor surface, it is possible to lead the cords C from the outside into the space 13 through this gap. is there. Therefore, the communication holes 44 may not be provided in the skirting board 43.

  Then, the side walls 5, which stand upright from the upper surfaces of the shelves 3 and 4 of the unit 1 of each stage, the upper ends of the rear wall 6 and the front wall 7, are the shelves 2 of the other units 1 placed directly on them. It contacts the lower surface of 3 and supports it from below. A certain unit 1 and another unit 1 loaded above it can be detached and attached arbitrarily by the user.

  More specifically, in the present embodiment, an upright wall 5 of a certain unit 1 is used by using an off-the-shelf knockdown metal fitting 8 which is distributed in the market under the trade name of Minifix (Minifix is an internationally registered trademark). , 6 and 7 (side wall 5, rear wall 6 and front wall 7) are connected to the shelf plates 2 and 3 of another unit 1. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the knockdown fitting 8 is a set of a connecting bolt 81 and a casing 82 that is connected to the connecting bolt 81. The connecting bolt 81 is a rod-shaped component having a head portion 811 having a spherical or hemispherical outer shape on its tip side, and a neck portion 812 which is continuous with the head portion 811 and has a diameter smaller than that of the head portion 811. A male screw 813 is cut on the base end side of the connecting bolt 81.

  The casing 82 is a component having a pair of arm portions 821 that extend so as to draw an arc along the rotation direction around the axis. The distance between the pair of arm portions 821 along the axial direction is smaller than the diameter of the head portion 811 of the connecting bolt 81 and is substantially equal to the diameter of the neck portion 812.

  When connecting the upper ends of the standing walls 5, 6, 7 and the shelves 2, 3, first, the female screw holes 91 formed in advance on the lower surfaces of the shelves 2, 3 are provided on the base end side of the connecting bolt 81. The male screw 813 is screwed to fix the connecting bolt 81 to the shelf boards 2 and 3. The connecting bolt 81 projects downward from the lower surfaces of the shelves 2 and 3, and the head 811 on the tip end side thereof is in a downward posture.

  On the other hand, at the upper ends of the standing walls 5, 6, 7 there is a shaft hole 92 that opens at the upper end surface and extends downward, and at the inner surface (the inner surface of the side wall 5 and the front surface of the rear wall 6). A casing hole 93 is formed to intersect the lower end portion of the shaft hole 92 and communicate with the shaft hole 92. Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the casing 82 is inserted into the casing hole 93, and the arms 821 are arranged in the casing hole 93 so that the distal ends thereof face upward. The connecting bolt 81 fixed to is inserted into the shaft hole 92 from above. By doing so, the head portion 811 of the connecting bolt 81 enters deeper downward than the tip end portions of the pair of arm portions 821 in the casing 82, and the neck portion 812 of the connecting bolt 81 is located between the arm portions 821 of the casing 82. It is positioned near the tip of the portion 821.

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 6B, by rotating the casing 82 around the axis within the casing 82 hole, the neck portion 812 of the connecting bolt 81 is inserted between the paired arm portions 821, Further, a portion near the base end of the arm portion 821 engages with the neck portion 812 of the connecting bolt 81 so as to bite into it, and the head portion 811 of the connecting bolt 81 is pulled downward. As a result, the standing walls 5, 6, 7 of one unit 1 and the shelf boards 2, 3 of the other unit 1 immediately above it are firmly connected.

  When the units 1 of the respective stages stacked vertically are joined with the knockdown metal fittings 8, the structure of the shelf as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is completed. When it is desired to disassemble this shelf into units of each stage, the procedure reverse to the above may be followed. That is, the casing 82 is rotated in the opposite direction around the axis within the hole of the casing 82 to disengage the arm 821 from the neck 812 of the connecting bolt 81, and the tip side of the arm 821 faces upward. . After that, the shelf plates 2 and 3 are lifted so as to be separated from the upper ends of the standing walls 5, 6, and 7 directly below, and the connecting bolt 81 inserted into the shaft hole 92 is pulled out from the shaft hole 92.

  In this embodiment, the shelf plates 2, 3, 4 of the unit 1 at each stage are provided with wiring holes 11 penetrating vertically. Similarly to the left and right side walls 5 of the unit 1, a pair of wiring holes 11 are present left and right apart. Each wiring hole 11 is located in the vicinity of the lower end of each side wall 5 and communicates with the wiring space 12 provided in the side wall 5.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7 to 9, the side wall 5 of the unit 1 at each stage is detachable from the base body 51 that constitutes the outer contour of the side wall 5 and has the wiring space 12 and is removable from the base body 51. The cover 52 for shielding or concealing the wiring space 12 is provided. The wiring space 12 is on the inner surface side of the base body 51 and has a groove shape that is open inward and recessed outward. The wiring space 12 is open at both the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the base body 51. Further, magnets 53 for attaching the cover 52 are fixed in advance on the inner side surface of the base body 51 at the positions deviated forward and rearward from the wiring space 12.

  The cover 52 is mainly composed of a thin steel plate which is a ferromagnetic material and is attached to the magnet 53 provided on the inner surface of the base body 51. On the outer surface of the cover 52, a decorative material such as a cloth for decoration or a melamine decorative board may be attached.

  The shaft hole 92 and the casing hole 93 described above are formed in the base body 51. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the cover 52 is attached to the base 51, the casing 52 that opens to the inner surface of the base 51 is covered by the cover 52.

  Incidentally, the rear wall 6 and the front wall 7 are also provided with a base body and a cover like the side wall 5, and a magnet is previously fixed to the front surface of the base body of the rear wall 6 or the rear surface of the base body of the front wall 7. The cover is attachable to and detachable from the base body. A shaft hole 92 and a casing hole 93 are formed in the base body, and a casing that opens to the front surface of the base body of the rear wall 6 or the rear surface of the base body of the front wall 7 in a state where the cover is attached to the base body. The hole 93 is covered by the cover.

  As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the wiring holes 11 provided in the shelf boards 2, 3, 4 of each stage communicate with the wiring space 12 in the side wall 5 standing upright from the shelf boards 2, 3, 4. And communicates with the wiring space 12 in the side wall 5 located below the shelf boards 2, 3, 4. Therefore, the wiring hole 11 and the wiring space 12 of the unit 1 at each stage are consistently continuous in the vertical direction, and the cords C are wired using the wiring hole 11 and the wiring space 12. Is possible. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, when the lighting device L for indirect lighting in the room is installed on the top plate 2, the cords C connected to the lighting device L are connected to the wiring hole 11 and the wiring space. It can be guided to a space 13 below the lowest shelf plate 4 through 12.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 8 and 9, a switch (tumbler switch) S for switching ON / OFF of power supply to the lighting device L or other equipment installed on the top plate 2 is specified. Can be provided in the unit 1. The switch S is immediately inside the side wall 5 of the unit 1 and is exposed to the front. The support 54 that supports the switch S has, for example, a channel shape that is open to the outside, and its internal space communicates with the wiring space 12 of the sidewall 5. As a result, the cords C connected to the switch S supported by the support 54 can be introduced from the internal space of the support 54 into the wiring space 12 and the wiring hole 11. The support body 54 is fixed to the inner surface of the base body 51 of the adjacent side wall 5 or to the lower surface of the shelf plates 2 and 3 located immediately above the support body 54 by using screws or welding.

  As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8, with the cover 52 attached to the base body 51 of the side wall 5 to shield the wiring space 12, the shelf boards 2, 3, 4, of the unit 1 at each stage. At least a part of the wiring hole 11 provided in the above is exposed on the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the shelf boards 2, 3, 4. Therefore, it is easy to guide the cords C connected to the devices placed on the shelf boards 2, 3 and 4 of the respective stages to the wiring holes 11 provided in the shelf boards 2, 3 and 4.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of stages of shelf boards 2, 3, 4 which are expanded in the horizontal direction and arranged along the up-down direction are positioned inward of the outer ends of the shelf boards 2, 3, 4, and vertically face each other. Standing walls 5, 6, 7 connected to both shelf plates 2, 3, 4; wiring holes 11 penetrating the shelf plates 2, 3, 4 to vertically penetrate the shelf plates 2, 3, 4; And a wiring space 12 that is vertically provided and extends in the vertical direction and communicates with the wiring holes 11 of the shelves 2, 3, and 4 to form a shelf.

  According to the present embodiment, the outer ends of the shelf boards 2, 3 and 4 of the respective stages extend outwardly of the standing wall, that is, the side wall 5, and are novel, but the shelf has an elegant appearance as furniture. In addition to being realized, it is possible to suitably wire the cords C to be connected to the devices placed on the shelf boards 2, 3, 4.

  The standing wall 5 is provided with a base 51 having a channel-shaped wiring space 12 extending in the vertical direction, and a cover 52 mounted on the base 51 to shield the wiring space 12. The base 52 is mounted with the cover 52. In this state, at least a part of the wiring holes 11 of the shelves 2, 3 and 4 are exposed on the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the shelves 2, 3 and 4, respectively. It becomes easier to arrange the cords C connected to the placed device in the wiring space 12 through the wiring hole 11.

  Further, the cover 52 is made of steel, and the magnet 52 interposed between the base body 51 and the cover 52 attaches the cover 52 to the base body 51, so that the cover 52 can be easily attached to and detached from the base body 51.

  In the shelf of this embodiment, a plurality of units 1 in which standing walls 5, 6, and 7 are fixed are stacked on the upper surface side of one shelf plate 3 and 4, and the units 1 can be freely attached and detached. The flexibility of the structure of the entire shelf, for example, the number of steps of the shelf boards 2, 3, and 4 can be arbitrarily changed can be exhibited.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above. For example, in the above embodiment, the wiring space 12 is provided on the inner side surface side of the base body 51 of the side wall 5, and the cover 52 is attached to the base body 51 from the inner side surface side to conceal the wiring space 12. A wiring space may be provided on the outer surface side of the base body, and a cover may be attached to the base body from the outer surface side to hide the wiring space.

  Furthermore, the wiring space may be provided in the rear wall and / or the front wall. In this case, a wiring hole is formed in the shelf plate in the vicinity of the rear wall and / or the front wall and communicating with the wiring space.

  In the embodiment described above, the unit 1 is constructed by inseparably integrating the shelf plates 3 and 4 and the standing walls 5, 6 and 7 above the shelf plates 3 and 4 and rising from the upper surface of the shelf plate. However, it is also conceivable that the shelf and the standing wall below the shelf and hanging from the lower surface of the shelf are inseparably integrated to construct the unit. In this case, the shelf board of a certain unit and the lower end portion of the standing wall of the other unit placed directly on the unit board are connected using, for example, the same knockdown fitting 8 as in the above-described embodiment. Therefore, a female screw hole for fixing the connecting bolt 81 is formed on the upper surface side of the shelf board, and a shaft hole for inserting the connecting bolt 81 and a casing hole for arranging the casing 82 are formed at the lower end portion of the standing wall.

  In the above embodiment, the magnet 53 is fixed to the base body 51 enclosing the wiring space 12, and the steel cover 52 attached to the magnet 53 is detachable. However, the base body is made of steel and the inner surface of the cover is The magnet may be fixed in advance, and the magnet may be attached to the base to mount the cover on the base. Alternatively, both the base and the cover may be made of steel.

  Means for attaching the cover to the base of the standing wall are not limited to magnets. For example, the cover may be hooked on the base by hooks or claws provided on the cover, or the cover may be attached to the base by a spatula-type mounting structure. It is also possible to interpose a so-called door catch between the base body and the cover and attach the cover to the base body by the door catch.

  In the above embodiment, one unit 1 is configured for each of the shelves 2, 3, 4 of one stage, but as shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of shelves 2, 3, 4, of a plurality of stages are provided. It is also conceivable that the standing walls 5, 6, and 7 are fixed to each other to form one unit 1 and such units 1 are connected to each other via a knockdown metal fitting 8. In the example shown in FIG. 10, four shelves 2, 3 or the upper three tiers are one unit 1, while two shelves 3, 4 or the lower two tiers are one unit 1. Both units 1 can be freely attached and detached. However, the number of shelves 2, 3 and 4 (the number of steps) of each unit 1 is not limited to this. For example, for the upper unit 1, the number of shelves 2 and 3 is three (for two steps) or two. It may be reduced to one (one step). A female screw hole 91 is formed on the lower surface side of the lowest shelf 3 in the upper unit 1, and a shaft hole 92 and a casing hole are formed at the upper ends of the uppermost standing walls 5, 6, 7 in the lower unit 1. It goes without saying that 93 is formed. Further, the shelf plates 2 and 3 and the standing walls 5, 6 and 7 which constitute the upper unit 1 are fixed to each other by means of dowels, adhesives, screws and the like and are not separated by normal use. Similarly, the shelves 2 and 3 and the standing walls 5, 6 and 7 which constitute the lower unit 1 are fixed to each other with dowels, adhesives, screws and the like, and are not separated by normal use. .

  The specific configuration of each of the other parts can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a shelf structure in which a plurality of shelf boards are arranged in the vertical direction.

1 ... Unit 11 ... Wiring hole 12 ... Wiring space 2, 3, 4 ... Shelf board 5 ... Standing wall (side wall)
51 ... Base 52 ... Cover 53 ... Magnet

Claims (4)

A plurality of shelves that extend horizontally and are arranged vertically
Standing walls that are located on the inner side than the outer ends of the shelf boards and that connect to both shelf boards that face each other vertically,
Wiring holes drilled in the shelf board and penetrating the shelf board in the vertical direction,
And a wiring space that is provided on the standing wall and extends in the vertical direction and communicates with the wiring hole of the shelf board ,
The upper end of the standing wall of each step abuts the lower surface of the shelf plate of each step placed directly above it to support it from below,
The standing wall of each step has a groove-shaped wiring space that extends vertically and is open to the side on its side surface,
The wiring hole of the shelf board of each step is located near the lower end of the standing wall of each step standing upright from the shelf board, communicates with the wiring space in the standing wall, and inside the standing wall located below the shelf board. A shelf that communicates with the wiring space and that the wiring holes in each stage and the wiring space in each stage are consistently continuous in the vertical direction . The standing wall includes a base body having a wiring space, and a cover mounted on the base body to shield the wiring space,
The shelf according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the wiring hole of the shelf board is exposed on the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the shelf board when the cover is attached to the base body. The standing wall includes a base body having a wiring space, and a cover mounted on the base body to shield the wiring space,
At least one of the base and the cover is made of steel,
The shelf according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cover is attached to the base by a magnet interposed between the base and the cover. A unit in which a standing wall is fixed on either the upper surface side or the lower surface side of a shelf board is stacked in a plurality of stages,
The shelf according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the units are detachable.

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