JPH0455684B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention is a tabletop that can be detachably attached to office tables such as flat desks, work tables, and salesman's desks that do not require sleeve cabinets or wagon-type cabinets. This relates to storage tools.

``Prior Art'' Conventionally, office desks with fixed sleeve cabinets, such as single-sleeve desks and double-sleeve desks, or office desks with a movable wagon-type cabinet have generally been used as personal office desks for office workers. It is what is used. On the other hand, in sales departments where the time spent sitting at a desk is short, or workstations for office automation work, multiple people may share the same desk and equipment to perform office work. Currently, as an office desk or table for this purpose, a flat desk, work table, or salesman's desk without a sleeve cabinet or wagon-type cabinet is used. In addition, with the recent advancement of office automation and related paperless technology, the need for shared desks and tables will increase in the future, and cabinets may be downsized, made movable, or eliminated. is expected.

On the other hand, as previously described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 61-139630 and shown in FIG.
Rails 4', 4' are laid on the top plate 3' of the machine table 2', and a sliding plate 5' that can slide left and right is engaged along the rails 4', 4'. There is a storage member 6' attached to the back side of the top plate of the desk 1'', 1'' as shown in Fig. It is known that a rail 3'' is disposed in front of an upright partition plate 2'', and a printer 4'' is slidably installed on this rail 3''.

"Problem to be Solved by the Invention" As mentioned above, even if there is no need for a sleeve cabinet as an office desk now or in the future, it is still a good idea to keep frequently used stationery, documents, etc. on the office table. is necessary. However, if frequently used stationery, documents, etc. stored in the sleeve cabinet drawers are placed on the top plate, the usable area on the top plate becomes narrow, which poses a problem in office work.

In addition, if common desks and tables are placed in parallel and facing each other, communication can be maintained, but concentration and efficiency will decrease when each person works independently.
Privacy is ignored.

Therefore, the above-mentioned conventional type has a storage member slidably and pivotably attached to the middle part of the desks facing each other, and by sharing this storage member, the top board can be widely used. By installing it slidably on the front of the partition plate instead of placing it on the top plate, the partition plate achieves the sound insulation, privacy function and the ability to use a wide range of the top plate surface. On the other hand, the movement was blocked by the partition plate, making it inactive and lacking in flexibility.

According to the present invention, frequently used stationery, documents, etc. can be placed on the top of an office table without reducing the usable area on the top, and at the same time, communication and privacy can be maintained while working. The present invention provides a tabletop storage device that allows you to select the items according to your needs.

"Means for Solving the Problems" In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects and solve the problems, the present invention provides a pedestal standing upright along the longitudinal direction on the back edge of an office table, and a plate-shaped body. It consists of a base plate integrally equipped with a cylindrical bearing on the lower edge, a bearing equipped with a tongue piece, and a tray detachably attached to the tongue piece, and the cylindrical bearing and the bearing are respectively attached to the pedestal. A configuration characterized in that the pedestal is rotatably pivoted to the back edge of the office table, and the pedestal is fixed or rotatable via a pipe connecting base or rail extending from the back edge of the office table. Furthermore, each component is limited, and the cradle and the board are made with a snap-spring mechanism, so that when the board is tilted back and forth, it can be locked in the appropriate position, and the tray is a tray for storing documents and a tray for storing stationery. It consists of a tray, and is configured so that it can be replaced with a tray as required during use.

"Operation" Insert the shaft of the rotating shaft inserted into the rail arranged in the longitudinal direction of the office table into the hole of the pedestal,
By connecting a rotating shaft to the bottom of the pedestal, the tabletop storage device can be horizontally rotated or moved along a rail, and the substrate constituting the tabletop storage device of the present invention can be attached to the pedestal with a snap function. The tray can be stopped at any appropriately selected position within the range of upright position and tilting from the upright position to the horizontal position, and the tray can only be rotated from the upright position toward the front, making it possible to take out documents or stationery stored in the tray. I can,
By pulling the tray and removing the tongue piece of the tension bearing from the insertion hole, only the tray can be independently separated from the tabletop storage device, and other trays can also be attached and detached.

"Example" Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the assembled overall shape and structure of the tabletop storage device according to the present invention, and the tabletop storage device 1 of the present invention roughly consists of a board 2, a pedestal 3, and a tray 4. The lower part of the base plate 2 is connected to a pedestal 3 for standing on a desk such as an office table, and a pair of trays 4, 4 are disposed facing each other on both sides of the base plate 2.

To explain the elements constituting the tabletop storage device of the present invention, first, as shown in FIG. The lower edge of this narrow part is fitted into the plate-shaped body 21, and is composed of a cylindrical bearing 22 integrated with the plate-shaped body 21, and a pair of magnetic iron pieces or engagement pieces are fitted at appropriate positions on the left and right sides of the upper part of the plate-shaped body 21. The cylindrical bearing 22 is provided with a pair of grooves 23, 23 in which small holes 24 are bored at appropriate intervals of 45°, 90°, etc., and on both left and right outer surfaces, as will be described later. A female screw hole 25 for screwing a bolt is provided. For example, the board 2 shown in Fig. 2b is applicable to A5 size, which is twice the width of the board shown in Fig. 2a, and both are made to have the same length in terms of height. The plate-shaped body 21 has two narrow parts spaced apart from each other, and cylindrical bearings 22, 22 are integrally formed at the lower edge of each narrow part. The structure is the same as that in FIG. 2a. The upper part of the plate-like body 21 may be hollowed out to form a handle 28 for convenient carrying and tilting operations, or a corrugated plate 29 may be fixed or fitted to the upper edge of the corrugated plate. A clip can be inserted into the 29 to attach a memo or the like.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b, the pedestal 3 is made up of a stand part 31 and support arms 32, 32 extending upward from the left and right ends of the stand part 31. A hole 33 into which the axis of a rotary shaft that is inserted into the rail and slides and rotates within the rail, which will be described later, is fitted, and a pair of screw holes 34 for fixing to a connecting base, which will be described later, via screws, which will be described later. , 34 and opposing support arms 3
Recesses 36 and 36 are formed at appropriate depths from the top surface of the stand portion 31 between the two and 32, and the opening diameter is narrowed.
, and a part of the steel ball 37 is disposed so as to be freely protruding and retracting from the throttle opening.The steel ball 37 that is partially protruded comes into contact with the groove 23 of the cylindrical bearing 22, and prevents the above-mentioned tilting of the board 2. It is configured with a snap-spring mechanism that engages small holes 24 drilled at appropriate intervals on the inner periphery of the groove 23 that moves in accordance with the movement of the board 2, and lightly locks the tilting state, so that the board 2 is in an upright state or in a tilted state. It is held at an appropriate angle of 45° or horizontally. The opposing support arms 32, 32 are provided with holes 39, 39, through which bolts (described later) are inserted, at the same horizontal position. FIG. 3c shows a pedestal 3 for forming a wide tabletop storage device corresponding to the double wide substrate 2 shown in FIG. 2b, which includes:
Except for having two pairs of support arms 32, 32, 32, 32 facing each other at substantially the same length interval as the length of the pair of cylindrical bearings 22, 22 spaced apart from each other on the base plate 2 shown in FIG. The structure is similar to that in Figures a and b. Note that the cylindrical bearing 22 is provided with hemispherical protrusions or appropriate engagement pieces on the circumference at appropriate angular intervals, and the upper surface of the stand portion 31 is provided with a recess that engages with the hemispherical protrusions or engagement pieces. It's okay. In addition, any known snap spring can be used as long as it can support the cylindrical bearing and the stand portion at an appropriate angle.

Assembling the board 2 and the pedestal 3 is done by attaching a pair of opposing support arms 32, 3 of the pedestal 3 as shown in FIG. 4a.
A cylindrical bearing 22 of the base plate 2 having a length approximately equivalent to the length between the inner surfaces of both arms is inserted between the supporting arms 32, 32.
Bearings 51 and 52 shown in FIGS. 5a, b, c, and d are mounted on the outer surface of
The bearings 51, 52 are rotatably integrated by aligning them with the bolt insertion holes 39, 39 of the support arms 32, 32, inserting bolts to be described later, and screwing them. A pair of supporting arms 3
2 and 32, and one bearing 51 is connected to a boss part 53 having a bolt insertion hole 54 and a tongue piece 55 standing upright from the boss part 53, as shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b. Further, if necessary, a pin 56 is provided in the circumferential direction, and the other bearing 5
2 has the same structure as the one bearing 51, except that a long groove 57 is formed in correspondence with the pin 56 provided in the one bearing 51 as required, as shown in FIGS. 5c and 5d. be. Then, the pin 56 is engaged with the long groove 57 to arrange both bearings 51 and 52 in parallel, and the long groove 57
Although it is possible to limit the tilting of the tray described later to 45° to 90° depending on the circumferential length of the tray, if there is no need to limit the rotation (tilting) angle of the tray,
A type without pins and long grooves is sufficient. The tongue piece 55 is provided with a small hemispherical protrusion 58 to prevent the tongue piece from easily coming off when inserted into a tongue piece insertion hole of a tray to be described later.

Then, insert a hexagonal hole bolt 61 as shown in FIG. By screwing into the female threaded hole 25, the board 2 is coaxially pivoted to the pedestal 3 and assembled.

FIG. 5b shows an assembly of the wide substrate 2 shown in FIG. 2b and the wide pedestal 3 shown in FIG. 3b. Cylindrical bearings 22, 22 are provided between a pair of opposing support arms 32, 32, 32, 32, respectively on the left and right sides.
The bearings 51 and 52 are arranged in the same manner as shown in Fig. 4a, and the bearings 51 and 52 are inserted and screwed together from the outside as shown in Fig. 6a, similar to that shown in Fig. 4a. The bolt 61 with a hexagonal hole shown in
A short hexagonal socket bolt 62 shown in FIG. 6b is selected as the one to be inserted and screwed into the inner support arms 32, 32 from the inner surface side.

Next, the tray 4 disposed opposite to both sides of the substrate 2 is composed of a shallow dish-shaped tray body 41 and a flange 42 provided at the periphery of the tray body 41, as shown in FIG. Holes 43a, 43b into which the tongue pieces 55, 55 of the bearings 51, 52 described above are inserted are provided on the left and right sides of the lower flange.
By inserting and removing the tray 4 into the tongue insertion holes 43a and 43b, the tray 4 is either integrated with the tabletop storage device or separated.

In addition, magnetic iron pieces or latches 44 for adsorption are provided near the left and right ends of the upper edge of the flange 42 so that the tray 4 can be fixed to the substrate 2 and stand upright together with the substrate 2.
a, 44b are provided so that they can be engaged with and disengaged from magnetic iron pieces or fasteners 27, 27 provided at the left and right corners of the board 2.

The tray 4 can store documents and files by itself, but as shown in FIG. It allows the stored documents and files to be taken out without tilting, and a magnetic iron piece or latch 44 for adsorption is used.
a' and 44b' are embedded in portions 46a and 46b which are bulged upper ends of the flanges on both the left and right sides. Furthermore, in FIG. 8b, a box 47 is provided in the lower part of the inside of the tray, and documents 48 and the like are stored in a bag-shaped part formed by the box 47 and the inner bottom of the tray so that they do not come off. Tray is shown.

The tray 4 shown in FIGS. 9a and 9b is an example in which the tray 4 is used for storing stationery, and a pad 7 for storing stationery, etc. is inserted into the tray body 41. 7 is made of an elastic material such as foamed polyethylene, foamed polystyrene, or foamed urethane, and is punched out in the shape of various types of stationery, and a cushion sheet having the same dimensions as the pad's outside shape is attached to the back side of the pad or is not bonded to the tray. It was installed between. When stationery is inserted into a predetermined punched portion, the elasticity of the pad 7 prevents it from wobbling even when the tray is tilted, and the stationery can be placed in a fixed manner.

As for stationery, there are punched-out portions for storing ballpoint pens, sharp pencils, fountain pens, etc. 71, a seal 72, ink 73, a notebook 74, and an eraser 77, and wire rods 75a, 75 for rubber, piano wire, etc.
If 5b and 75c are attached to a cushion sheet or the like by sewing or the like, memos, notebooks, pencils, etc. are bound to the wire rods 75a, 75b, 75c and can be stored.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, by providing handles 49 at appropriate locations on the outer surface of the tray 4, the tray 4 can be rotated and pulled out using the handles 49.
This can be done smoothly by holding the . Furthermore, in place of the handle, a recess into which the fingers can fit may be provided on the surface of the tray.

Next, examples in which the tabletop storage device of the present invention is used on an office table are shown in FIGS. 10, 11, 12, and 13.

A plurality of flat desks 8a, 8a are arranged facing each other, and an oval pipe 9 with an oval cross section as shown in Fig. 10a is extended along the longitudinal direction of the opposing parts. Attach both ends of 9 to bracket 10
As shown in FIG.
A short pipe 103 is fitted to 02 to integrate it. Note that the fixture 101 may have a half-split shape with a separate lower half as shown in the figure. On the other hand, the cradle 3 is placed in the storage tool 1.
The upper end of the arm 104 extending in the diagonal direction and the pedestal 3 are fixed with bolts 105, and the lower end of the arm 104 and the short pipe 103 are fixed with bolts 106 and inserts 107. It is installed diagonally above the flat desk 8a.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10b, the pipe 9 with an oval cross section is extended, the fitting 101 is fitted in the appropriate place, and the short pipe 103 is inserted into the upper protrusion 102 of the fitting 101.
are fitted into one piece, and a pipe top 108 is fitted into the upper opening of the short pipe 103. On the other hand, fix the holder 3 to the storage tool 1, insert the pin 109 into the pin hole 33 of the holder 3, and screw the male thread of the pin 103 into the female thread of the pipe top 108 to attach the storage tool 1 to the oblong pipe. 9 may be rotatably supported.

Next, FIG. 11a shows a component that is connected to the top surface of a connecting base 11 that extends in the longitudinal direction at the opposing portion of a plurality of tables 8a, 8a arranged facing each other, and into which the back edge of the top plate of the table is inserted. Side part 111 of the mold
a, 111b to the back edge of the top plate with screw holes 113...
By inserting and screwing the screws 114..., the connecting base 11 is arranged and fixed to the opposing parts of the tables 8a and 8b, that is, the central part. cradle 3 shown in a and b
The pedestal 3 is placed on top of the screw holes 112 which are drilled in accordance with the intervals of the screw holes 34 provided in the pedestal 34, and the pedestal 3 is arranged so that the screw holes 34 of the pedestal 3 of the tabletop storage device are aligned with each other. By screwing in a screw 35 from below the back side of the top surface, the tabletop storage device 1 is fixedly arranged at the opposing central portions of the tables 8a and 8b. The tabletop storage devices 1 are arranged such that the right end and the second one from the right are for storing wide documents such as A4 size, and the others are for storing stationery.

Moreover, what is shown in FIG. 12 is an office table 8b such as a salesman's desk for four or six people who sit facing each other, and there is a groove in the longitudinal direction in the widthwise center of the top plate. This is an example in which a lip-shaped rail 12 is embedded in the groove.
In the groove 121 of the rail 12, in advance,
With the boss portion 121 of the rotating shaft body 120 shown in FIG.
A suitable number of rotating shaft bodies 120 are arranged so as to be slidable and rotatable. Then, the rotating shaft body 120
By fitting the shaft 122 into the insertion hole 33 of the pedestal 3 shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b, the tabletop storage tool is disposed in the center of the office table 8b so as to be movable and rotatable in the longitudinal direction. That will happen. 12th
In the example in Figure a, the second tabletop storage from the left is for storing wide documents, and the one on the right is for storing wide stationery.

What is shown in Fig. 13 shows the state of the tabletop storage devices while working at an office table.The middle two tabletop storage devices shown in Fig. 13a are in a state where the board is tilted at 90 degrees, Place it on the top plate,
The opposite front side is open, and the tray is pulled out from the board at the left end and placed separately on the front side, showing the state in which stationery is being used. The one shown in Fig. 13b is the one in which the two left tabletop storage devices are rotated and placed at approximately 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal direction, with the opposing front sides open. This shows an example in which only tabletop storage devices are arranged.

As shown in FIGS. 10 to 13 above, the tabletop storage device of the present invention is applied to an office table with a facing arrangement or a facing type. The tabletop storage device of the present invention can be applied to any type of table, not limited to tables, as long as a connecting base or rail can be arranged along the back edge of the table. .

"Effects of the Invention" The tabletop storage device of the present invention is installed vertically along the back edge of an office table, so the top plate of the office table can be used widely as an office space. Since there is no need to attach the cabinet to the office table, the office space can be rationalized.

In addition, the cylindrical bearing of the board is rotatably attached to the support arm of the pedestal, and the cylindrical bearing of the pedestal and the board have a snap-spring mechanism, so that the board can be stopped at an appropriate position from an upright state to a substantially horizontal state. By tilting and rotating the board that functions as a partition plate together with the tray or by removing the tray, the front of the office worker can be opened, and the area in front of the office worker can be closed by returning it to an upright position. communication and privacy status can be selected according to their needs. In addition to the above-mentioned tilting and rotating operation, in a tabletop storage device which is made slidable and rotatable by a rotating shaft body by fitting the shaft into a hole in a pedestal as shown in Fig. 11, to move the tabletop storage horizontally or against the rail, for example.
The front of the office worker can be opened by moving or rotating horizontally by 90 degrees, and closed by the opposite operation, and any of the above states can be selected as required.

Since the tray of the tabletop storage device of the present invention is connected to a bearing through a tongue piece, the tray itself can be tilted and rotated, and documents, filings, stationery, etc. stored inside the tray can be easily taken in and out. In addition, there are two types of trays, one for documents and filing, and one for stationery, and among these, there are various types depending on the type of set of documents or stationery punched out from the pad.
You can select the one you need depending on the content of your work, and the tray can be attached to and detached from the board etc. by inserting and removing the tray's insertion hole and the bearing's tongue, so you can use different types as needed. The tray can be easily replaced with a built-in tray for holding documents or stationery.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 shows the overall structure of a tabletop storage device showing one embodiment of the present invention, in which a is a perspective view thereof, b is a front view thereof, and c is a side view thereof, and Fig. 2 is an embodiment of the board. In which, a is a perspective view of one embodiment of the substrate, and b
3 is a front view of an embodiment of a wide board, FIG. 3 is an embodiment of a pedestal, and a is a perspective view of an embodiment of the pedestal.
b is a cross-sectional view taken along the line X-X in Fig. 3a, c is a perspective view of one embodiment of the pedestal to which a wide board is attached, and Fig. 4a is a diagram of the assembled pedestal, board, and bearing. A perspective view of one embodiment, FIG. 4b is a perspective view of an embodiment in which a wide pedestal, a wide substrate, and a bearing are assembled, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the bearing.
a is a perspective view of one embodiment, b is a side view thereof, c
is a perspective view of an embodiment adjacent to the bearing of FIG. 5a;
d is a sectional view thereof, FIG. 6 is an embodiment of the bolt, a is a perspective view of one embodiment, b is a perspective view of another embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the tray. ,
FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of a tray for storing documents and files, and a is a perspective view of one embodiment;
b is a perspective view of another embodiment; FIG. 9 is an embodiment in which the tray is used for storing stationery; a is a front view of one embodiment; b is a front view of another embodiment; 1
Figure 10a is a perspective view of an embodiment of the tabletop storage device of the present invention placed on an office table, Figure 10b,
c is a partial cross-sectional view showing the support part of the pedestal, Fig. 11a
is a perspective view of another embodiment of FIG. 10a, and FIG. 11b is a perspective view of another embodiment of FIG.
11a shows an embodiment of the connecting base and fixing screw used in the embodiment of FIG. 11a, and FIG. 12a shows still another embodiment in which the tabletop storage device of the present invention is placed on an office table. The perspective views of FIGS. 12b and 12c show an embodiment of the rotating shaft and rail used in the embodiment of FIG. 14 and 15 are both perspective views showing a conventional example. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Tabletop storage device, 2... Board, 21... Plate-shaped body, 22... Cylindrical bearing, 23... Groove, 24... Small hole, 3... Pedestal, 32... Support arm, 33... ... Fitting hole (for the axis of the rotating shaft body), 34 ... Screw hole, 36 ...
... recess, 37 ... steel ball, 38 ... elastic means (spring), 4 ... tray, 43a, 43b ... insertion hole, 45 ... open mouth, 51, 52 ... bearing, 5
5... tongue piece, 7... pad, 8a, 8b... office table, 9... pipe, 11... connecting base,
12...Rail, 120...Rotating shaft body, 122...
…shaft.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A pedestal standing upright along the longitudinal direction on the back edge of an office table, a base plate integrally equipped with a cylindrical bearing on the lower edge of a plate-like body, and a tongue piece. 1. A tabletop storage device comprising: a bearing provided thereon; and a tray removably provided on the tongue piece; and wherein the cylindrical bearing and the bearing are movably pivoted to the pedestal. 2. The tabletop storage device according to claim 1, wherein the cradle is fixedly or rotatably provided via a pipe, a connecting base, or a rail extending from the back edge of the office table. 3. The pedestal and the cylindrical bearing of the board are each provided with a small hole at an appropriate position on one side, and a retractable engagement piece is inserted into the recess via an elastic means on the other side, and the squeeze opening of the recess is inserted. 3. The tabletop storage device according to claim 1, wherein a part of the engaging piece is provided so as to be freely retractable from the top, thereby forming a snap-spring mechanism. 4. The tray may consist of a document storage tray such as a tray with an open upper side frame, or a stationery storage tray in which a pad having various stationery-shaped recesses is inserted into the tray and stationery is stored in the recess. 4. A tabletop storage device according to claim 1, 2 or 3.