JP6854131B2 - Connector - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a connector for connecting partition bars that partition storage spaces such as drawer storage in a kitchen.

Conventionally, a rod-shaped partition bar provided for partitioning a storage space such as a drawer storage of a kitchen table is known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).
Such a partition bar is configured so that a connecting tool is attached to a tip end portion and the connecting tool is attached to a frame provided on a side portion of a drawer storage to be connected to the frame.

Japanese Patent No. 4854080 Japanese Patent No. 5664485

Since the partition bar is formed to have a length dimension that matches the width dimension of the drawer storage (dimension between frames), there is a problem that the same partition bar cannot be used if the width dimension of the drawer storage is slightly different. There is. Therefore, even if the width dimension of the drawer storage is different, a connecting tool capable of connecting the partition bar to the drawer storage is desired.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a connecting tool capable of connecting a partition bar to a drawer storage by adjusting the length even when the width dimension of the drawer storage is different.

In order to achieve the above object, the connector according to the present invention is a frame attached to the frame in a connector for connecting a rod-shaped partition bar for partitioning the inside of the drawer storage to a frame provided on a side portion of the drawer storage. It has a mounting portion and a tubular partition bar mounting portion that is connected to the frame mounting portion and into which the partition bar is coaxially inserted, and the partition bar is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the partition bar mounting portion. A rib extending in the direction in which the partition bar is inserted and projecting inward is formed, and an opening for communicating the inside and the outside is formed in the partition bar mounting portion on the back side in the direction in which the partition bar is inserted. and said that you are.

In the present invention, since the ribs are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the partition bar mounting portion, the partition bar is inserted into the inside of the partition bar mounting portion so as to crush the ribs of the partition bar mounting portion, and the crushed ribs are crushed. It will be tightened to the partition bar mounting part by the reaction force of. As a result, depending on whether the partition bar is inserted only on the front side (inserted side) of the partition bar mounting portion or inserted to the back side of the partition bar mounting portion, the partition bar mounting portion can be used as the partition bar. The tightening force can be constant. Therefore, even when the depth at which the partition bar is inserted is adjusted with respect to the partition bar mounting portion and the insertion depth is shallow, the partition bar and the connector can be connected. As a result, even if the width dimensions of the drawer storage are different, the same partition bar can be adopted by adjusting the depth at which the partition bar is inserted into the connecting tool.
Since an opening is formed in the partition bar mounting portion, when the partition bar is inserted into the partition bar mounting portion, the opening is deformed so that the partition bar mounting portion follows the shape of the partition bar. it can. Therefore, there is no risk of damage due to a local load applied to the partition bar mounting portion and the partition bar.

Further, in the connecting tool according to the present invention, a pair of the ribs may be formed on the inner peripheral surface of the partition bar mounting portion at positions facing each other.
With such a configuration, the partition bar is securely tightened by a pair of ribs arranged so as to face each other, so that it is possible to prevent the partition bar mounted at a desired position of the partition bar mounting portion from being displaced. .. Further, the outer peripheral surface of the partition bar is not tightened by the inner peripheral surface of the partition bar mounting portion except for the portion that comes into contact with the pair of ribs. Therefore, even when the partition bar is deeply inserted into the partition bar mounting portion, the partition bar is tightened to the partition bar mounting portion with substantially the same tightening force as when it is inserted shallowly into the partition bar mounting portion.

Further, in the connecting tool according to the present invention, the frame may be formed in a wall shape extending upward from the bottom of the drawer storage, and the frame mounting portion may be mounted on the upper end portion of the frame.
With such a configuration, even when a wall-shaped frame is provided, the partition bar can be attached to the frame according to the width dimension of the drawer storage.

According to the present invention, even if the width dimension of the drawer storage is different, the partition bar can be connected to the drawer storage by adjusting the length.

It is a figure which shows an example of the kitchen table provided with the connecting tool by embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the 1st drawer part provided with the connecting tool and the partition bar by embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which looked at the connector by the embodiment of this invention from the diagonally upper side. It is a perspective view which looked at the connector by the embodiment of this invention from the diagonally lower side. It is the figure which looked at the connector by the embodiment of this invention from the short side. It is a figure which looked at the connector by embodiment of this invention from the upper side. It is a bottom view which looked at the connector by embodiment of this invention from the lower side. It is a figure which looked at the connector by the embodiment of this invention from the other side in the longitudinal direction. It is a figure which looked at the connector by embodiment of this invention from one side in the longitudinal direction. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

Hereinafter, the connecting tool according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11.
As shown in FIG. 1, the connecting tool 1 according to the present embodiment is provided in the drawer storage 2 that can be pulled out from the drawer storage empty space 13 arranged under the sink 12 of the kitchen table 11.
The direction connecting the user (not shown) using the kitchen table 11 and the kitchen table 11 is the depth direction, the user side with respect to the kitchen table 11 side in the depth direction is the front side, and the kitchen table 11 with respect to the user side. The side is the back side. Further, the horizontal direction orthogonal to the depth direction is defined as the width direction. The kitchen table 11 is formed in a long length extending in the width direction.
The drawer storage space 13 is open toward the front side in the depth direction.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drawer storage 2 has a first drawer portion 21 that can be taken in and out of the drawer storage empty portion 13, and a depth of the upper side and back side storage portion 28 of the storage portion 29 of the first drawer portion 21. It has a second drawer portion 22 (see FIG. 1) which is provided on the back side in the direction and can be taken in and out of the drawer storage empty portion 13 separately from the first drawer portion 21.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first drawer portion 21 includes a bottom plate portion (bottom portion) 23, a front plate portion 24 extending upward from the front edge portion of the bottom plate portion 23 in the depth direction, and the bottom plate portion 23 in the depth direction. The width of the rear plate portion 25 extending upward from the edge portion on the inner side of the wall, the wall-shaped first side wall portion (frame) 26 extending upward from the one side edge portion in the width direction of the bottom plate portion 23, and the width of the bottom plate portion 23. It has a wall-shaped second side wall portion (frame) 27 extending upward from the edge portion on the other side in the direction. Further, in the present embodiment, the first drawer portion 21 is provided with a back surface storage portion 28 along the back surface (the surface on the back side in the depth direction) of the front plate portion 24. A portion of the inside of the first drawer portion 21 that is deeper in the depth direction than the back surface storage portion 28 is referred to as a storage portion 29.

The first side wall portion 26 has a plate-shaped first side plate portion 261 extending upward from one edge portion in the width direction of the bottom plate portion 23, and a first side plate portion 26 extending in the depth direction along the upper edge portion of the first side plate portion 261. It has one side wall bar 262 and the like. In the present embodiment, a first rising portion 263 extending upward from the upper end portion of the first side plate portion 261 is provided on one side in the width direction of the back surface accommodating portion 28. Therefore, the first side wall bar 262 is provided along the upper edge portion of the first side plate portion 261 on the inner side in the depth direction of the first rising portion 263.

The second side wall portion 27 has a plate-shaped second side plate portion 271 extending upward from the other side edge portion in the width direction of the bottom plate portion 23, and a second side plate portion 271 extending in the depth direction along the upper edge portion of the second side plate portion 271. It has two side wall bars 272 and. In the present embodiment, a second rising portion 273 extending upward from the upper end portion of the second side plate portion 271 is provided on the other side of the back surface storage portion 28 in the width direction. Therefore, the second side wall bar 272 is provided along the upper edge portion of the second side plate portion 271 on the inner side in the depth direction of the second rising portion 273.

The first side plate portion 261 and the second side plate portion 271 are formed substantially symmetrically in the width direction. The first rising portion is formed shorter in the depth direction than the second rising portion, and the first side wall bar 262 is formed longer than the second side wall bar 272 in the depth direction.
The first side wall bar 262 and the second side wall bar 272 are formed in the same form except for the length dimension in the depth direction.
A steel plate, a wooden board, or the like is used for the first side plate portion 261 and the second side plate portion 271. Round pipes made of stainless steel, steel, or the like are used for the first side wall bar 262 and the second side wall bar 272.

The storage portion 29 of the first drawer portion 21 is provided with a partition bar 3 extending in the width direction and partitioning the storage portion 29 in the depth direction. The partition bar 3 is formed in the shape of a round bar. The partition bar 3 is connected to the first side wall portion 26 and the second side wall portion 27 via connecting tools 1 and 1, respectively.

The connector 1 is attached to each of both ends of the partition bar 3. Of the two connecting tools 1 and 1 attached to both ends of the partition bar 3, the connecting tool 1 connected to one end of the partition bar 3 is used as the first connecting tool 1A, and the other side of the partition bar 3 is used. The connecting tool 1 connected to the end portion of the second connecting tool 1B is used. The first connector 1A is attached to the first side wall portion 26, and the second connector 1B is set to be attached to the second side wall portion 27.
The first connector 1A and the second connector 1B are formed in the same form except that they are attached to the partition bar 3 in a position and orientation and are attached to the first side wall portion 26 or the second side wall portion 27. .. Therefore, the form of the first connector 1A will be described, and the description of the form of the second connector 1B will be omitted. Further, regarding the configuration of the second connector 1B, the same configuration as that of the first connector 1A is indicated by the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 9, the first connector 1A is connected to a frame mounting portion 4 mounted on the first side wall bar 262 (see FIG. 2) of the first side wall portion 26 and the frame mounting portion 4. It has a partition bar mounting portion 5 into which the partition bar 3 is coaxially inserted. The first connector 1A is formed long in the direction in which the partition bar 3 is inserted into the partition bar mounting portion 5. In the description of the first connector 1A, the direction in which the partition bar 3 is inserted is the longitudinal direction, and the horizontal direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction when the first connector 1A is attached to the first side wall bar 262 is the lateral direction. And. The first connector 1A is formed of a resin or the like as a material.
In the first connector 1A, the frame mounting portion 4 is arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction, and the partition bar mounting portion 5 is arranged on the other side in the longitudinal direction. The partition bar 3 is configured to be inserted into the partition bar mounting portion 5 from the other side in the longitudinal direction. The first connector 1A is installed in the drawer storage 2 with the longitudinal direction being the width direction of the kitchen table 11 and the lateral direction being the depth direction of the kitchen table 11 (FIG. 1).

The frame mounting portion 4 has a groove portion 41 that extends in the lateral direction and has a cross-sectional shape that is orthogonal to the lateral direction and is formed in a C shape that opens downward. The frame mounting portion 4 is configured so that the first side wall bar 262 can be fitted into the groove portion 41 from below.
In the present embodiment, the frame mounting portion 4 is formed with a through hole 42 that penetrates from the inside of the groove portion 41 to the other side in the longitudinal direction and communicates between the inside of the groove portion 41 and the inside of the connecting portion 52 of the partition bar mounting portion 5. Has been done. An elastic member 43 made of rubber or the like is fitted in the through hole 42.

In the elastic member 43, the locked portion 431 on the other side in the longitudinal direction is locked to the locking portion 524 provided on the connecting portion 52, and the end surface 432 on one side in the longitudinal direction protrudes from the inner surface of the groove portion 41. It is formed on the surface. When the frame mounting portion 4 is mounted on the first side wall bar 262, the elastic member 43 has one end surface 432 in the longitudinal direction in contact with the peripheral surface of the first side wall bar 262, and the frame mounting portion 4 and the first side wall bar It is configured to prevent misalignment with 262.

The partition bar mounting portion 5 has a cylindrical cylindrical portion 51 into which the partition bar 3 is inserted, and a connecting portion 52 that connects the cylindrical portion 51 to the frame mounting portion 4. The upper end portion of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 51 and the upper end portion of the inner peripheral surface of the groove portion 41 are arranged at substantially the same height. The frame mounting portion 4 and the partition bar mounting portion 5 are formed so that the dimensions in the lateral direction are substantially the same.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the cylindrical portion 51 extends in the entire longitudinal direction and extends to the partition bar insertion portion 522, which will be described later, and is radially inward (near the upper end portion and the vicinity of the lower end portion on the inner peripheral surface, respectively). Ribs 511 and 511 protruding in the direction toward the axis of the cylindrical portion 51) are formed over the entire longitudinal direction.
In the present embodiment, a portion of the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 51 other than the ribs 511 and 511 is formed with a taper (pulling taper) whose diameter is slightly increased from one side in the longitudinal direction to the other side. There is. The ribs 511 and 511 are not tapered at the tip and are formed to have the same height dimension throughout the longitudinal direction.
The cylindrical portion 51 is configured such that the partition bar 3 can be inserted into the inside from the other side in the longitudinal direction.

The connecting portion 52 is formed in an arc plate shape that is coaxial with the cylindrical portion 51 and opens downward. In the connecting portion 52, the frame mounting portion 4 is connected to one side in the longitudinal direction, and the cylindrical portion 51 is connected to the other side in the longitudinal direction. The connecting portion 52 is formed with an opening 521 that is sandwiched between the other end of the frame mounting portion 4 in the longitudinal direction and the one end of the cylindrical portion 51 in the longitudinal direction and opens downward. .. In the present embodiment, the lower end surface of the connecting portion 52 is arranged above the lower end surface of the cylindrical portion 51 and is arranged at substantially the same height as the lower end surface of the frame mounting portion 4.

The connection portion 52 is a partition bar insertion portion 522 in which the tip portion of the partition bar 3 arranged on the other side in the longitudinal direction and inserted into the cylindrical portion 51 can be inserted from the other side in the longitudinal direction, and the partition bar insertion portion 522. A stopper 523 arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction and inserted into the partition bar insertion portion 522 to prevent the partition bar 3 from being further inserted on one side in the longitudinal direction, and a stopper 523 arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction of the stopper 523. It also has a locking portion 524 that locks the locked portion 431 of the elastic member 43 of the frame mounting portion 4.

The partition bar 3 and the partition bar mounting portion 5 are deformed while the partition bar 3 pushes the ribs 511 and 511 of the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 radially outward (in a direction away from the axis of the cylindrical portion 51). It is configured to be inserted into the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522. Therefore, in the partition bar 3 inserted into the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522, the portion in contact with the ribs 511 and 511 is tightened from the outside in the radial direction, except for the portion in contact with the ribs 511 and 511. Will be hardly tightened from the outside in the radial direction.

Next, a method of attaching the partition bar 3 to the drawer storage 2 will be described.
First, one end of the partition bar 3 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 of the first connector 1A, and the partition bar 3 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 of the second connector 1B. Insert the other end. At this time, the insertion depth of the partition bar 3 to be inserted into the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 is adjusted according to the width dimension of the drawer storage 2 (the distance between the first side wall portion 26 and the second side wall portion 27). .. As shown in FIG. 10, when the partition bar 3 is inserted into the partition bar insertion portion 522 and comes into contact with the stopper 523, the insertion into the frame mounting portion 4 side is stopped.

In the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522, when the partition bar 3 is inserted, the ribs 511 and 511 pushed in the radial direction by the partition bar 3 are deformed to tighten the partition bar 3, so that the partition bar 3 is the first. It becomes difficult to disconnect from the connecting tool 1A and the second connecting tool 1B. Since the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 tighten the partition bar 3 not on the entire inner peripheral surface but by the ribs 511 and 511, the partition bar 3 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 regardless of the insertion depth. The tightening force at which the partition bar 3 is tightened from the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 becomes substantially constant.

Since the opening 521 is formed in the connecting portion 52, the opening 521 is deformed when the cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 are locally loaded by the inserted partition bar 3. The cylindrical portion 51 and the partition bar insertion portion 522 can be made to follow the partition bar 3, and the addition can be escaped. As a result, it is possible to prevent the first connecting tool 1A, the second connecting tool 1B, and the partition bar 3 from being locally loaded.

After the first connector 1A and the second connector 1B are attached to the partition bar 3, the first connector 1A is attached to the first side wall bar 262 and the second connector 1B is attached to the second side wall bar 272. In order to attach the first connector 1A to the first side wall bar 262, the first side wall bar 262 is inserted into the groove 41 of the partition bar attachment portion 5 of the first connector 1A and the second connector 1B and fitted. In order to attach the second connecting tool 1B to the second side wall bar 272, the second side wall bar 272 is inserted into the groove 41 of the partition bar mounting portion of the second connecting tool 1B and fitted. At this time, since the lower end surface of the connecting portion 52 of the first connecting tool 1A and the second connecting tool 1B is arranged at substantially the same height as the lower end surface of the partition bar mounting portion 5, the lower end surface of the connecting portion 52 becomes Interference with the first side plate portion 261 and the second side plate portion 271 is prevented.
In this way, the partition bar 3 is attached to the first side wall bar 262 and the second side wall bar 272 via the first connecting tool 1A and the second connecting tool 1B.

Next, the operation / effect of the connector 1 according to the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the connector 1 according to the present embodiment described above, the ribs 511 and 511 are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the partition bar mounting portion 5, so that the partition bar 3 crushes the ribs 511 and 511 of the partition bar mounting portion 5. In this way, it is inserted into the partition bar mounting portion 5 and tightened to the partition bar mounting portion 5 by the reaction force of the crushed ribs 511 and 511. As a result, the partition bar mounting portion can be inserted depending on whether the partition bar 3 is inserted only on the front side (inserted side) of the partition bar mounting portion 5 or on the back side of the partition bar mounting portion 5. The force for tightening the partition bar 3 can be made constant. Therefore, even when the depth at which the partition bar 3 is inserted into the partition bar mounting portion 5 is adjusted and the insertion depth is shallow, the partition bar 3 and the connecting tool 1 can be connected. As a result, even if the width dimensions of the drawer storage 2 are different, the same partition bar 3 can be adopted by adjusting the depth at which the partition bar 3 is inserted into the connector 1.

Further, since the opening 521 is formed in the partition bar mounting portion 5, when the partition bar 3 is inserted into the partition bar mounting portion 5, the opening 521 is deformed to partition the partition bar mounting portion 5. The shape of the bar 3 can be made to follow. Therefore, there is no risk of damage due to a local load applied to the partition bar mounting portion 5 and the partition bar 3.

Although the embodiment of the connector according to the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be appropriately modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, in the above embodiment, the partition bar mounting portion 5 of the connecting tools 1 and 1 is provided with a pair of upper and lower ribs 511 and 511, but the number and positions of the ribs 511 may be appropriately set.
Further, in the above embodiment, the opening 521 is formed in the partition bar mounting portion 5 of the connecting tools 1 and 1, but the opening 521 may not be provided.

Further, in the above embodiment, the first side wall portion (corresponding to the frame of the present invention) 26 of the drawer storage 2 to which the first connecting tool 1A and the second connecting tool 1B are attached is the first side plate portion 261 and the first side wall. It is composed of a bar 262, and the second side wall portion (corresponding to the frame of the present invention) 27 is composed of a second side plate portion 271 and a second side wall bar 272. On the other hand, the first side wall portion 26 corresponding to the frame of the present invention is composed of only the first side plate portion 261 not provided with the first side wall bar 262, and the second side wall portion 27 corresponding to the frame of the present invention. However, it is composed of only the second side plate portion 271 without the second side wall bar 272, and the first connector 1A is attached to the upper end portion of the first side plate portion 261 to the upper end portion of the second side plate portion 271. The second connector 1B may be configured to be attached.

Further, the first side wall portion 26 corresponding to the frame of the present invention is composed of only the first side wall bar 262, and the second side wall portion 27 corresponding to the frame of the present invention is composed of only the second side wall bar 272. The first connecting tool 1A may be attached to the one side wall bar 262, and the second connecting tool 1B may be attached to the second side wall bar 272. Further, the first side plate portion 261 of the first side wall portion 26 and the first side wall bar 262 are provided so as to be separated from each other in the height direction, and the second side plate portion 271 and the second side wall bar 272 of the second side wall portion 27 are provided. They may be provided apart in the height direction.

1 Connecting tool 1A 1st connecting tool 1B 2nd connecting tool 2 Drawer storage 3 Partition bar 4 Frame mounting part 5 Partition bar mounting part 26 1st side wall part (frame)
27 Second side wall (frame)
511 rib 521 opening

Claims (3)

In a connecting tool for connecting a rod-shaped partition bar that partitions the inside of the drawer storage to a frame provided on the side of the drawer storage.
The frame mounting part to be mounted on the frame and
It has a tubular partition bar mounting portion that is connected to the frame mounting portion and into which the partition bar is coaxially inserted.
On the inner peripheral surface of the partition bar mounting portion, ribs extending in the direction in which the partition bar is inserted and projecting inward are formed .
A connecting tool characterized in that the partition bar mounting portion is formed with an opening for communicating the inside and the outside on the inner side in the direction in which the partition bar is inserted. The connector according to claim 1, wherein a pair of the ribs are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the partition bar mounting portion at positions facing each other. The frame is formed in a wall shape extending upward from the bottom of the drawer storage.
The connector according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the frame mounting portion is mounted on the upper end portion of the frame.

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