JP6918186B2 - Storage device with handrail - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a storage device with a handrail that is suitably used for entrance storage of facilities for the elderly and welfare facilities.

When putting things in and out of a storage device with a door, open the door with one hand to put things in and out, but especially for the elderly and people with disabilities, when opening the door with one hand, the body became stable. Handrails may be needed to keep the condition up. Patent Document 1 discloses an example of a storage device with a handrail. That is, in Patent Document 1, in the entrance storage having a structure in which the door can be opened and closed on one of the left and right side plates via a hinge, a hook-shaped recess is formed on the back surface side of the front end portion of the side plate (FIGS. 2 to 4). , This can be used as a handrail when putting on and taking off shoes at the entrance or when standing up (Fig. 6).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-144414

In the entrance storage described in Patent Document 1, the handrail is formed for the main purpose of smoothly performing various movements performed by a person, especially at the entrance of a house, and when an elderly person or the like puts an object in or out of the storage device, the handrail is formed. Insufficient consideration is given to the need for handrails to support one's body.

For example, in the entrance storage described in Patent Document 1, forming the handrail in a hook shape on the back side of the front end portion of the side plate is effective in giving a neat appearance because the handrail cannot be seen from the front. Also, since I fully understand that there are handrails on the back side even if I can not see it from the front in a private house, it is unlikely that this point will work disadvantageously, but it can be seen in facilities for the elderly etc. Considering that it is used by dementia patients who cannot recognize the existence of handrails in places where they are not present, or by unspecified outpatients, it is rather convenient to have handrails in places that are visible and easy to understand.

Further, in the storage device of Patent Document 1, when the door is opened and closed to take things in and out, the hook-shaped handrail on the back side of the side plate is effective for the user to support the body in a stable state. It doesn't work. That is, one hand is attached to the hook-shaped handrail formed on the back side of the front end of the side plate (the side plate on the door tail side that rotatably supports the door via the hinge) shown on the left side in FIGS. 3 and 4. If you open the door with your other hand while supporting your body with a hook, your body will be located on the back side of the opened door (opposite the storage space), so you should put things in and out of the storage space. Can't. In addition, there is a risk of injury due to pinching a finger between the open door and the door end side of the door, or contacting the door with the body. Therefore, when putting things in and out of the storage space, one hand is attached to the hook-shaped handrail formed on the back side of the front end of the side plate (side plate on the door end side) shown on the right side in FIGS. 3 and 4. While supporting the body, the door can be opened with the other hand, but as shown in FIG. 4, the door cannot be opened if a hand is placed between the hook-shaped recess and the door surface. It is possible to open the door by putting your finger only on the hook-shaped recess, but this not only makes it impossible for elderly people to fully support their bodies and achieve their goals. There is a risk of getting injured by pinching your fingers when closing the door.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is configured so that an elderly person or the like can open and close the door while supporting his / her body in a sufficiently stable state to safely and smoothly put in and take out things. It is to provide a storage device with a handrail.

In order to solve this problem, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a storage body in which the internal storage space is divided into two in the width direction by a partition plate, and an opening front surface of each storage space of the storage body. In a storage device having a door that can be closed, each door is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the side plate of the storage body using the partition plate as a hanging source, and is provided on the outer surface of each side plate in front of the storage body. A protruding handrail mounting panel is provided, and a handrail extending in the height direction of the storage body is provided at the protruding end of the handrail mounting panel so that the surface of the handrail is separated by 20 mm or more from the locus of the door at the time of opening and closing. It is a storage device with a handrail.

According to the second aspect of the present application, in the storage device with a handrail according to the first aspect, the door is provided so as to leave a gap above the upper edge of the storage space in a closed state. It is a feature.

According to the invention of claim 1, since the operation of opening the door while grasping the handrail with one hand and supporting one's body in a stable state can be performed, an elderly person or a physically handicapped person can perform the operation. Even if there is, it is possible to safely put things in and out of the storage body without causing a risk of falling.

In addition, since the door is rotatably provided with the partition plate as the hanging source, when the door is opened with the other hand while grasping the handrail provided on the outer surface of the side plate with one hand, the open storage space Your body will face you, and you will be able to put things in and out smoothly.

Also, even when the handrail is firmly grasped by hand, it does not interfere with the trajectory of the door when opening and closing, and the tip of the door hits the hand holding the handrail, which hinders opening and closing or damages the hand. There is no.

Further, even when accessing the storage spaces adjacent to the left and right at the same time, the door opening / closing operation of each person can be performed without interfering with each other.

According to the invention of claim 2, when the door is opened while grasping the handrail with one hand, the other hand can be put in the gap left above the door, so that the elderly or the body is inconvenienced. Even a free person can easily open the door.

It is a front view of the storage device according to one Embodiment (Example 1) of this invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which the door is omitted in FIG. FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. It is a partial front view of this storage device in a state where the doors of the individual storage spaces adjacent to the left and right are both half-opened. It is a top view of this storage device in a state where the doors of the individual storage spaces adjacent to the left and right are all fully opened. It is explanatory drawing which shows the positional relationship between the locus at the time of opening and closing of a door in this storage device, and the hand which grasped a handrail in a plan view.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples.

The storage device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention (Example 1) will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. The storage device 10 is suitably used as entrance storage for a facility for the elderly.

The storage device 10 includes a storage body 20 having a storage space inside, and a door (swing door) 40 that can close the front surface of the opening of the storage space. In this embodiment, the storage body 20 has a pair of side plates 21 and 22, a top plate 23, a bottom plate 24, a back plate 25, and a pedestal 26, and the storage space inside the storage body 20 is divided into a partition plate 27. A total of eight individual storage spaces 29 are formed by dividing the left and right storage spaces partitioned by the partition plate 27 into four equal parts in the height direction with fixed shelves 28, respectively. However, each individual storage space 29 is provided with a dedicated door 40. Each door 40 is formed in a shape and size that can substantially close the opening front surface of each individual storage space 29, and the upper edge 40a thereof is a plate (top plate) located above the individual storage space 29. It does not reach the lower surface of the 23 or the fixed shelf 28), and provides a gap 41 between them where a hand can be put. Since the gap 41 acts as a handle when opening and closing the door 40, it is not necessary to attach a handle as a separate member, and it also functions as a vent for preventing odors from being trapped in the storage space 29.

Each individual storage space 29 is provided in any of the dowel holes 32 (FIG. 3) formed at predetermined intervals in the height direction on the inner surfaces of the side plates 21 and 22 and the partition plate 27. A movable shelf 30 that can be installed by inserting (not shown) can be further arbitrarily partitioned in the height direction. Reference numeral 39 is a reinforcing bar provided on the back plate 25 in order to increase the fixing strength to the top plate 23, the bottom plate 24, and the fixed shelf 28.

In a storage device in which storage spaces are partitioned on the left and right sides in the width direction by a partition plate 27, it is common to provide a door in a double-door manner with a hinge attached to the side plates 21 and 22 as the center of rotation. Each door 40 is provided with a hinge 31 (FIGS. 3 and 4) attached to both sides of the front end of the partition plate 27 as a rotation center in a reverse double door system (FIGS. 5 to 7). This point is important in relation to the mounting position of the handrail described below, and will be described in detail later. As the hinge 31, a slide hinge or the like whose rotation axis moves when the door 40 is opened or closed is preferably used. Further, in this embodiment, each door 40 is provided so as to cover at least a part of the partition plate 27 and the front end end end of the side plate 20 or 21 that partition each individual storage space 29 in the width direction when the door 40 is closed. (So-called outset).

Handrail mounting panels 33 and 34 are provided on the outer surfaces of the side plates 21 and 22 of the storage body 20. The handrail mounting panels 33 and 34 project forward from the storage body 20, and the handrails 37 and 38 are provided at the front ends of the projecting portions 33a and 34a via the brackets 35 and 36. The handrails 37 and 38 have a round bar shape that extends vertically over substantially the entire height of the storage body 20 and have a diameter (for example, 32 mm) that can be firmly grasped by hand.

The operation or usage of the storage device 10 configured as described above will be described. When the storage body 20 is to be taken in and out of the individual storage space 29 located on the left side in FIGS. 1 and 2 of the individual storage spaces 29 partitioned in the width direction by the partition plate 27, the side plate is used. While firmly grasping the handrail 37 attached to the front end of the handrail mounting panel protrusion 33a provided on the 21 via the bracket 35 with one hand to support one's own body in a stable state, the other is placed in the gap 41 above the door 40. The door 40 can be opened smoothly by inserting the hand. Even when the door 40 is closed, there is a gap 41, so that the hand is not caught between the door 40 and the top plate 23. Similarly, when moving an object into or out of any of the individual storage spaces 29 located on the right side in FIGS. 1 and 2, a bracket 36 is interposed at the front end of the handrail mounting panel projecting portion 34a provided on the side plate 22. While firmly grasping the attached handrail 38 with one hand and supporting its own body in a stable state, the other hand can be inserted into the gap 41 above the door 40 to smoothly open and close the door 40.

Since the handrails 37 and 38 are further attached to the front ends of the projecting portions 33a and 34a of the handrail mounting panels 33 and 34 provided so as to project forward from the storage body 20 via the brackets 35 and 36, the handrails 37 and 38 are mounted on the side of the storage body 20. It is located far enough forward. Therefore, even when this is firmly grasped by the hand 42, it does not interfere with the locus R of the door 40 at the time of opening and closing, and the door tip of the door 40 hits the hand 42 holding the handrails 37 and 38, which hinders the opening and closing. It does not come or hurt the hand 42 (see FIG. 7).

As a more specific design example, when the handrails 37 and 38 are formed of a round bar having a diameter of 35 mm, the maximum thickness of the human finger (particularly the middle finger) is about 19.4 mm, so that when the door 40 is opened and closed. If the locus R is the closest point and is 36.9 mm or more away from the center of the handrails 37 and 38, the door 40 can be opened and closed without hitting the hand 42 holding the handrails 37 and 38. .. Since the locus R at the time of opening and closing the door changes depending on the width of the door 40, the width of the door 40 is changed into five ways of 200 mm, 250 mm, 300 mm, 350 mm and 400 mm. The distance L to the center of the handrail is 90 mm or more, L ≧ 102 mm when W = 250 mm, L ≧ 108 mm when W = 300 mm, L ≧ 114 mm when W = 350 mm, and L ≧ 120 mm when W = 400 mm. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, it was demonstrated that the door 40 can be opened and closed without hitting the hand 42 holding the handrails 37 and 38. Further, regardless of the diameter of the handrails 37 and 38 and the width of the door 40, it is preferable to provide the handrails 37 and 38 so that the locus R is drawn at a distance of 20 mm or more from the surface of the handrails 37 and 38.

Further, as described above, the door 40 of each individual storage space 29 is provided so as to be openable and closable via hinges 31 attached to both sides of the front end of the partition plate 27, so that the individual storage space 29 adjacent to the left and right can be opened and closed. It opens and closes in a reverse double door system, and when fully opened, it takes an angle of about 90 degrees with respect to the front surface of the storage body 20. Therefore, when the door 40 is opened with the other hand while grasping the handrails 37 and 38 with one hand 42 (FIG. 6), one's own body faces the fully opened individual storage space 29. Can be taken in and out smoothly. Further, even if two individual storage spaces 29 adjacent to the left and right are accessed at the same time, their bodies face each other with the fully opened doors 40 and 40 in between. Each person can smoothly put in and take out things without interference.

Although the present invention has been described in detail above based on the illustrated examples, the present invention can be modified or modified in a wide variety of ways within the scope of the invention described in the claims.

10 Storage device 20 Storage body 21 and 22 Side plate 23 Top plate 24 Bottom plate 25 Back plate 26 Pedestal 27 Partition plate 28 Fixed shelf 29 Storage space 30 Movable shelf 31 Hinge 32 Dowel hole 33, 34 Handrail mounting panel 35, 36 Bracket 37 , 38 Handrail 39 Reinforcing bar 40 Door 41 Gap 42 Hand holding the handrail

Claims (2)

In a storage device having a storage body in which the internal storage space is divided into two in the width direction by a partition plate, and a door that can close the opening front of each storage space of the storage body, each door is A handrail mounting panel is provided on the outer surface of each side plate so as to be openable and closable with respect to the side plate of the storage body using the partition plate as a hanging source. A storage device with a handrail, which is provided with a handrail extending in the height direction of the storage body so that the surface of the handrail is separated by 20 mm or more from the locus of the door at the time of opening and closing. The storage device with a handrail according to claim 1 , wherein the door is provided so as to leave a gap above the upper edge of the storage space when the storage space is closed.

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