JPH0133462Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Field of the Invention This invention relates to a drawer device, and more particularly to a drawer device in which a handle provided on a drawer box and its mounting structure are improved.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, drawer devices have been used in various types of furniture or containers, such as desks, chests of drawers, and tool boxes. Generally, a drawer device is composed of a drawer box and an outer casing that houses the drawer box. The drawer box is composed of a front plate, left and right side plates, a facing plate, and a bottom plate, and a handle is formed in a part of the front plate to facilitate opening and closing of the drawer box. The outer casing includes surfaces corresponding to the left and right side plates of the drawer box, a bottom plate, and the top surface of the drawer box. In the drawer device configured as described above, the drawer box is opened and closed by sliding back and forth from the outer casing, and objects to be stored are taken in and out.
That is, when storing an object to be stored, the drawer box is pulled out forward, the object is stored in the open state, and then the drawer box is pushed back to the closed state.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, even in a box to which a drawer device is applied, portability may be required depending on the nature of the contents. For example, a tool box for storing tools and parts or a fishing tool box. In such a tool box, it is common to carry the tool box to a work place, and then take out the tools and other items contained therein and use them. Furthermore, parts such as screws and bolts may be taken out of the tool box in the required amount and carried to the working position, and at that time the drawer box may be removed and carried to the working position. Therefore, it would be very convenient if a drawer box containing parts such as screws could be easily carried from the drawer device. However, conventional drawer devices were configured to perform only the function of storing the object as described above, so it was necessary to use both hands to remove the drawer box from the outer casing and carry it around. It was difficult to work with.

Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide a drawer device that is configured so that the drawer box can be easily removed from the outer casing and carried with one hand.

Means for solving the structural problems of the invention In summary, this invention consists of a drawer box and an outer casing.
It consists of a pair of grip bar mounting arms rotatably pivoted at one end thereof, and a grip bar interconnecting the grip bar mounting arms at the other end of each of the pair of grip bar mounting arms. A handle is provided,
The length of the grip bar mounting arm is selected so that the grip bar is located in front of the drawer box front plate when the handle is folded forward, so that when the drawer box is stored in the outer casing, the grip bar is positioned in front of the drawer box front plate. The handle is tilted forward so that the grip bar is located in front of the front plate of the drawer box, and when the drawer box is pulled out from the outer casing, the handle can be rotated upward and the handle is This is a drawer device in which a drawer box is made portable by holding a rod.

Function: In this invention, the manner in which the handle for operating the drawer, which was originally provided on the drawer box, is attached has been changed. That is, the handle is composed of a grip rod attachment arm pivotally attached to each portion of the left and right side plates of the drawer box, and a grip rod that connects the grip rod attachment arms to each other. This allows the handle to rotate upward when the drawer box is removed from the outer casing.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a tool box to which an embodiment of this invention is applied. 2 is a side view of the toolbox shown in FIG. 1; FIG. This tool box is composed of a main body 1 and a lid 2. The outer shape of the main body 1 is defined by a front plate 3, left and right side plates 4, 5, a facing plate 6, and a bottom plate 7. A drawer device according to an embodiment of this invention is provided at the bottom of the main body 1, as will be described later. A storage chamber 8 is provided above the drawer device. The storage chamber 8 is defined by the upper parts of the front plate 3, the left and right side plates 4, 5, and the facing plate 6, as well as the middle partition plate 9, and the upper surface thereof is closed by the lid 2. The partition plate 9 serves as the upper surface of the outer casing of the drawer device, which will be described later, and also serves as the upper surface of the outer casing of the drawer device described later.
It also defines the bottom surface of

The lid 2 is composed of a pair of lid plates 10 and 11. The lid plate 10 is rotatably attached at its front edge to the upper edge of the front plate 3 by a pair of hinges 12. On the other hand, the cover plate 11 is similarly rotatably attached at its rear edge to the upper edge of the facing plate 6 by a pair of hinges 13. The lid plate 10 has handle support parts 14, 1 that protrude upward at both left and right ends of the center edge.
5, and the handle supports 14, 15 are connected to a handle 16 at their upper ends. On the other hand, the lid plate 11 similarly includes handle support parts 17 and 18 that protrude upward at both left and right ends of the center edge, and is connected to a handle 19.

As is clear from FIG. 1, handles 16 and 19,
Handle support parts 14 and 17 and handle support parts 15 and 1
8 are in contact with each other at their central sides. Therefore, the handles 16 and 19 together constitute the handle of this tool box. Furthermore, the left and right side plates 4 and 5 of the main body 1 and the cover plates 10 and 11
is fixed with a pair of clasps 20. One of the clasps 20 is provided on the upper part of the side plate 4 of the main body 1, and protrusions 21 and 22 corresponding to the clasp 20 are formed on the left end surfaces of both lid plates 10 and 11, respectively. Although not shown, the other side of the clasp 20 is provided on the upper part of the side plate 5 of the main body 1, and two protrusions corresponding to the clasp 20 are also formed on the right end surfaces of the cover plates 10 and 11, respectively. has been done. By hooking the clasps 20 provided on the left and right side plates 4, 5 onto the protrusions 21, 22 when the cover plates 10, 11 are in the closed state, the cover plates 10, 11 and the main body 1 is fixed. Therefore, the handle 1 that constitutes the handle of this tool box
By holding the tool box 6 and 19 in one's hand, the lid plates 10 and 11 are prevented from opening unexpectedly when carrying the tool box.

Next, the opening/closing operation of the lid 2 configured as described above will be explained. As described above, by hooking the clasp 20 onto the lid plates 10 and 11, the lid 2 is fixed to the main body 1 in a closed state. To change the lid 2 from the closed state to the open state, the clasp 20 is inserted into the protrusions 21 and 2.
2 and rotated about the hinges 12 and 13 so as to separate the handles 16 and 19 connected to the cover plates 10 and 11 back and forth. As a result, the lid 2 is opened as shown in phantom lines in FIG. When the lid 2 is opened, the object to be stored in the storage chamber 8 described above can be stored. As is clear from FIG. 2, the opening area of the lid 2 in the open state is defined by the front plate 3, the facing plate 6, and the left and right side plates 4, 5 of the main body 1.
This storage chamber 8 is larger than a drawer box to be described later, so it is convenient for storing relatively large items.

In addition, in the above description, the main body 1 and the lid 2 are connected by the hinges 12 and 13, but the invention is not limited to this. Any connecting means that allows the lid 2 to be opened and closed may be used. Furthermore, the clasp 20 is not limited to that shown in the above description. That is, the side plate 4 of the main body 1 and the cover plate 1
0, 11 and the side plate 5 and lid plate 10, 11 of the main body 1
Any means for removably fixing the two may be used.

Next, a drawing device provided at the bottom of the main body 1 as an embodiment of this invention will be described. Figures 3 to 6 are diagrams for explaining this drawer device, with Figure 3 being a front view and Figure 4 being a front view.
5 is a perspective view of the drawer box included in this drawer device, and FIG.
It is a side view which shows the operation|movement of the handle of the drawer box shown in the figure. In FIG. 3, the drawer box 25 is the outer case 2.
It is stored in 6. As is clear from FIG. 5, the drawer box 25 has a front plate 27, a facing plate 28, and a side plate 2.
9, 30 and the bottom plate 31 define its outer shape. Up to this point, it is the same as a conventional drawer box.
In this embodiment, the handle 32 is a feature of this invention.
will be provided. The handle 32 includes a pair of grip stick mounting arms 33 and 34, each of which has one end pivoted at the center of the side plates 29 and 30, and the other end of the pair of grip stick mounting arms 33 and 34. It consists of a grip rod 35 that connects the Both ends of the grip bar 35 further project outward from the grip bar attachment arms 33, 34 to form protrusions 36, 37. The grip bar mounting arms 33, 34 are attached to the side plates 29, 3 as described above.
0, so it can be rotated in the front-back direction, and its length is selected so that the grip bar 35 of the handle 32 can be positioned in front of the front plate 27. . As is clear from FIG. 6, the handle 32 is rotatable about the pivot portion 38. In response to this rotation, the grip bar mounting arm 3
When the drawer box 3 and 34 are in the upwardly extended state, the drawer box 25 can be carried by holding the grip bar 35 in the hand.

Next, the outer casing 2 in which the above-mentioned drawer box 25 is stored.
6 will be explained. The outer casing 26 is provided at the bottom of the main body 1, and its shape is similar to that of the side plates 4 and 5 of the main body 1.
A side surface is defined by the lower part of the facing plate 6, an upper surface is defined by the above-mentioned middle partition plate 9, and a lower surface is defined by the bottom plate 7 of the main body 1. Front plate 3 of main body 1
does not exist below the partition plate 9, and therefore the outer casing 26 has an opening defined by the front plate 3, side plates 4, 5, and bottom plate 7 of the main body 1 at the front.

As is clear from FIGS. 1 and 3, the front ends of the side plates 4, 5 of the main body 1 are provided with a pair of locking step portions 39, 40 formed to protrude inward. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line - in FIG. 3, and when the drawer box 25 is stored, the rear surface of the locking step 39 is attached to the grip bar attachment arm 33 of the stored drawer box 25. It is in contact with the front end of the outward protrusion 36 provided in the. On the other hand, the fourth
Although it is not clear from the drawings, as can be understood from FIG. is in contact with the front end of.

In the drawer device configured in this manner, when removing the drawer box 25 from the outer casing 26, the user grasps the grip bar 35 of the handle 32 and pulls it forward, that is, toward the user, thereby moving the drawer box 25 forward. However, in this embodiment, the locking step portions 39 and 40 are provided as described above and engage with the outwardly protruding portions 36 and 37 of the grip bar mounting arms 33 and 34, so that the locking step portions 39 and 40 are engaged with the outwardly protruding portions 36 and 37 of the grip bar mounting arms 33 and 34. The drawer box 25 cannot be moved forward in the state shown in FIG. Therefore, in order to remove the drawer box 25 from the outer casing 26, the grip bar 35 is rotated upward, and the outward protrusions 36, 37 of the grip bar attachment arms 33, 34 and the locking steps 39, 40 are removed. All you have to do is release the engagement and pull it out forward while maintaining the same state. That is, by releasing the so-called locked state and pulling the grip bar 35 forward, the drawer box 25 can be removed from the outer casing 26.
It becomes possible to remove it from the On the contrary, drawer box 25
To store it in the outer casing 26, the drawer box 25 can be pushed rearward. To achieve the so-called locked state, the grip bar 35 should be moved at least through the locking step portions 39, 4.
When the grip bar mounting arms 33, 34 are positioned just before the
The drawer box 25 is pushed in so that the lower edge passes above the upper edge of the lock step portions 39, 40, and then the grip bar 35 is rotated downward to place the grip bar mounting arms 33, 34 in a horizontal position. , the front ends of the outwardly protruding parts 36, 37 of the grip bar mounting arms 33, 34 are brought into contact with the locking step parts 39, 40.

Since the lock means configured in this manner is provided, even if the tool box is shaken while being carried, the drawer box 25 is prevented from accidentally flying out.

In this embodiment, the so-called locking means includes the locking steps 39 and 40, the grip bar mounting arm 33,
34 outward protrusions 36 and 37, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, well-known means such as a latch may be used. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a pair of locking means is provided on the left and right sides, but the purpose can be sufficiently achieved with either the left or the right locking means. Furthermore, outward protrusions 36, 37
may not be formed as a part of the grip bar 35, but may be added as a separate member.

As is clear from FIGS. 1 and 4, the side plates 4 and 5 of the main body 1 have stopper steps 41 and 4 that protrude inwardly behind the lock steps 39 and 40.
2 is formed. The upper end edges of the steps 41 and 42 are set at a height such that they come into contact with the grip bar mounting arms 33 and 34 when the grip bar mounting arms 33 and 34 are in a horizontal state. Further, the distance by which the grip bar is protruded inward is selected to be smaller than the thickness of the grip bar mounting arms 33, 34. Therefore, the rotation of the grip bar mounting arms 33, 34 does not reach below the horizontal state. Since the stopper steps 41 and 42 are provided in this way, the handle 32
This prevents the grip bar 35 from hanging down to the lower end of the front plate 29 of the drawer box 25, making it possible to easily operate the grip rod 35.

In addition, in this embodiment, the step part for the stopper is one on the left and one on the left.
Although they are paired, only one of them may be used.
This is because the handle 32 of the drawer box 25 is integrated into a U-shape.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing another embodiment of this invention. A stopper step 43 projecting outward is formed at the front lower part of the side plate 29 of the drawer box 25. Although not shown, the side plate 30
A step for a stopper that projects outward is also formed at the front lower part of the. The height of the stopper step 43 is such that when the grip rod mounting arms 33 and 34 of the handle 32 are in the horizontal state,
The upper end edge of the stopper step 43 is selected so as to come into contact with the lower end edge of the stopper step 43. Therefore,
The rotation of the handle 32 is limited to the point where the grip bar mounting arms 33, 34 are in a horizontal state, and the tips of the grip bar mounting arms 33, 34 are prevented from being tilted downward. That is, the stopper step 43 of this embodiment has the same function as the stopper steps 41 and 42 in the above-mentioned embodiment, except that the formed part is changed from the outer casing 26 to the drawer box 25. Only what has been done. The structure other than the step for the stopper is the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment, so a description thereof will be omitted.

It should be noted that the height of the stopper step does not necessarily need to be high enough to maintain the grip bar mounting arms 33, 34 in a horizontal state. in short,
The function of facilitating handling of the handle is achieved as long as it is possible to maintain the grip bar 35 of the handle 32 at a height that is not close to the bottom surface.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing still another embodiment of this invention. The drawer box 25 of this embodiment has two
Two handles 32a and 32b are provided. That is, the side plate 29 of the drawer box 25 has a grip bar attachment arm 33.
a and 33b are pivotally mounted. Although it is not clear from the drawing, grip bar mounting arms 34a and 34b are pivotally attached to the side plate 30 on the opposite side of the drawer box 25. A grip bar 35a of the handle 32a is connected to grip bar attachment arms 33a and 34a, and
The grip bar 35b of the handle 32b is attached to the grip bar attachment arm 3.
3b and 34b. That is,
The drawer box 25 of this embodiment differs from the above-mentioned embodiments in that it includes two handles 32a and 32b.
Therefore, the corresponding outer casing 26 has only surfaces corresponding to the top surface of the drawer box 25, the left and right side plates 29, 30, and the bottom plate 31, and the surfaces corresponding to the front plate 27 and the facing plate 28 are made into openings. There is. The rest of the configuration is the same as the first embodiment.

Since this embodiment is configured as described above, the drawer box 25 can be removed from either the front or rear of the outer casing 26. Also, handle 3
Since 2a and 32b are each rotatable, they can be positioned further toward the center from the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. Therefore, the tips of the handles 32a and 32b can be brought into contact with each other, and the drawer box 25 can be carried by holding the grip bars 35a and 35b of the handles 32a and 32b as one hand. It is. Further, the position of the pivot portion of each grip bar attachment arm in this case is not limited to that shown in FIG. 8. For example, in order to ensure stability when carrying, the pivot parts may be provided at positions further apart. Furthermore, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 8, the above-described locking means can also be applied to the drawer device including the drawer box of this embodiment. This allows the drawer box 25 to be inserted from both the front and rear directions. The insertion position of the drawer box 25 of this embodiment can also be easily positioned. Further, in order to prevent the grip bars 35a, 35b from tilting downward, it is also possible to provide the above-mentioned stopper step. In this case, it is preferable that the step for the stopper be formed in the drawer box 25 as in the embodiment shown in FIG. This is because, compared to providing it in the outer casing 26, it does not pose an obstacle to the drawer operation.

Effects of the Invention As described above, this invention consists of a drawer box and an outer casing, and the drawer box has a hinge rotatably attached to each part of the left and right side panels at one end thereof. A handle is provided that includes a pair of grip bar mounting arms and a grip bar that interconnects the grip bar mounting arms at the other end of each of the pair of mounting arms, and the length of the grip bar mounting arms is equal to or smaller than the length of the handle. is selected so that the grip bar is located in front of the front panel of the drawer box when the drawer box is folded forward, so that the grip bar is located in front of the front panel of the drawer box when the drawer box is stored in the outer case. The handle is tilted forward so that it is located at the front, and when the drawer box is pulled out from the outer casing, the handle can be rotated upward, and the drawer box can be carried by holding the grip bar. Therefore, by holding the grip portion of the handle with one hand, the drawer box can be easily removed from the outer casing, and by holding the grip bar in the hand, the drawer box can be carried. In other words, it is possible to obtain a drawer device that has both the storage function and the portability of a drawer box. Therefore, it is extremely convenient when it is necessary to carry the box itself to the work place and also to carry some of the contents within the work place, as is the case with tool boxes and toolboxes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a tool box in which an embodiment of this invention is implemented. FIG. 2 shows a side view of the tool box shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line - in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the drawer box in the embodiment of FIG. 3. 6 is a side view showing the operation of the handle of the drawer box shown in FIG. 5. FIG. FIG. 7 is a side view showing another embodiment of this invention. FIG. 8 is a side view showing still another embodiment of this invention. In the figure, 25 is a drawer box, 26 is an outer casing, 2
9, 30 are side plates of the drawer box, 32, 32a, 32
b is a handle, 33, 33a, 33b, 34, 34
a, 34b are grip rod mounting arms, 35 are grip rods,
Reference numerals 39 and 40 indicate lock steps, and 41, 42, and 43 indicate stopper steps.

Claims (1)

[Claim for Utility Model Registration] Consisting of a drawer box and an outer casing, the drawer box is provided with a pair of grip bars rotatably attached to each part of the left and right side panels at one end thereof. and a grip bar that connects the grip bar mounting arms to each other at the other end of each of the pair of grip bar mounting arms, and the length of the grip bar mounting arms is equal to the length of the grip bar mounting arm. The grip bar is selected to be located in front of the drawer box front plate when the handle is folded forward, so that when the drawer box is stored in the outer casing,
The handle is tilted forward so that the grip bar is located in front of the front plate of the drawer box,
In the drawer device, the handle can be rotated upward when the drawer box is pulled out from the outer casing, and the drawer box can be made portable by holding the grip bar.