JPH0513236U - Rotating transport storage furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The upper and lower rails can be supported by a stable rigid structure without the need for an outer frame, and when a storage body such as a hanger frame or a box with shelves is oriented in a direction intersecting with the rail. Also, the rail and the whole does not increase in size, and the assembly and
Make it easy to disassemble and share parts. [Arrangement] Arm joints 27 and 28 are provided at a plurality of locations on the upper rail 2 and the lower rail 1, and the base ends of the arms 3 and 4 are attached to the respective arm joints to attach the arms to the outer peripheral portions of the upper rail and the lower rail. The angle joint 6 is attached to the tip of each arm, and the upper and lower ends of the pillar member 6 are attached to the upper and lower angle joints between the corresponding upper and lower arms to establish them.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a rotary transport storage furniture for sequentially transporting a storage body such as a hanger frame for suspending a large number of clothes and a box with a shelf such as a bookshelf in a progressive manner along an endless rail.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 The inventor of the present invention has already proposed a furniture of this type for clothes, which is publicly known in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-59639. In this product, each of the almost elliptical endless lower rail and the same upper rail is provided with left and right ribs inside the elliptical area, and by connecting the upper and lower ribs with the left and right pillars, respectively. The upper rail is laid horizontally with these pillars. Then, a plurality of vertically elongated rectangular hanger frames are slidably mounted between the upper and lower elliptical rails in the direction (parallel to the rails) along them, and these hanger frames are connected via links, It is designed to be able to rotate and convey simultaneously along the upper and lower elliptical rails.

In such furniture, if the upper and lower elliptical rails are simply connected to each other inside the elliptical region by two right and left column members, the rail support is very unstable and a rigid structure cannot be obtained. Therefore, in the above-mentioned Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-59639, the upper and lower ribs are connected by two thick left and right column members made of a metal pipe, and further, outer frames having four upper, lower, left and right sides, that is, left and right column frames. The lower frame and the upper frame were framed in a box shape, the lower rail was fixed to the lower frame, the upper rail was fixed to the upper frame, and the upper and lower rails were supported in a so-called double-sided manner.

In Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-86331, one of the left and right column frames is omitted and the upper and lower rails are supported in a cantilever manner.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 Therefore, the number of parts and the number of man-hours for making the upper and lower rails into a rigid structure are large, which is a cost increase. In addition, since the thick left and right pillars are located on the left and right inside the elliptical areas of the upper and lower rails, the dead space inside the elliptical areas of the rails becomes large, and the hanger frame is oriented along the rails. When worn, the clothes suspended on the hanger frame would cross the rails, causing the problem of the clothes colliding with the pillars. On the other hand, when the hanger frame is installed so that it crosses the rails, the hanger frame itself protrudes in and out of the elliptical area, so the left and right column members hinder sliding of the hanger frame. There was a problem.

If the distance (depth) between the front part and the rear part of the rail is made sufficiently large, collision between the left and right column members and the hanger frame or clothes can be avoided, but then the rail itself becomes large. Not only that, it becomes unstable because of the increased size, so many means are needed to support the rail more stably, which is not practical.

The object of the present invention is to support the upper and lower rails in a stable and rigid structure without the need for a separate outer frame, and to cross a storage body such as a hanger frame or a box with shelves with the rail. The frame parts do not increase the size of the rails and the entire structure, and the frame structure is easy to assemble and disassemble. Another object is to provide a rotating transport storage furniture that can be shared between the upper and lower rails, and can also be used as a storage unit such as a hanger frame or a box with a shelf in a stable state.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In the present invention, arm joints are provided at a plurality of locations on the upper rail and the lower rail, and the base end of the arm is attached to each arm joint so that the arm protrudes from the outer periphery of the upper rail and the lower rail. An angle joint is attached to the tip of the column, and the upper and lower ends of the column member are attached to the upper and lower angle joints between the corresponding upper and lower arms to establish the column member.

[0009]

[Advantage] According to the rotary transport storage furniture of the present invention, the arms radially protruding from the lower rail are a kind of outriggers. In other words, the lower rail itself becomes a base with an outrigger to hold the whole in a stable manner. The upper rail is in a state of being erected on the pillar material established in this outrigger, but the upper and lower rails and the arms and pillar materials protruding from them constitute the rigid frame as a whole and reinforce each other. To meet each other. The standing position of the pillar can be adjusted by the length of the arm, and the height of the upper rail can be adjusted by the length of the pillar. Since the pillars are located outside the area of the upper and lower rails, they can be easily installed in a direction intersecting with the rails when mounting a hanger frame or the like between the upper and lower rails.

[0010]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the entire example of the rotary transport storage furniture of the present invention. In this rotary transport storage furniture, arms 3 and 4 are attached horizontally to the upper and lower rails 1 and 2, which have substantially the same ellipse shape, at the four corners of the upper rail 2 in a radial pattern as described later, and are vertically paired. By connecting the upper and lower ends of the column member 5 to the respective arms 3 and 4 by angle joints 6 and establishing the column member 5 at four places, these rails 1 and 2 and the upper and lower arms 3 and 4 at four places are formed. The four pillars 5 are dusty and form a rigid frame as a whole.

Further, the plurality of vertically long rectangular hanger frames 7 (or boxes 8 with shelves) in this furniture respectively include a plate-shaped lower slider 9 that slides along the lower rail 1 and an upper rail 2. It is mounted on the rails 1 and 2 in a direction orthogonal to the rails by the same upper slider 10 that slides. The lower sliders 9 are sequentially connected by the lower links 11 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and the upper sliders 10 are also sequentially connected by the upper links 12, so that the entire hanger frame 7 (or The box 8) with shelves can be simultaneously rotated and conveyed along the rails 1 and 2 while intersecting them.

It should be noted that FIG. 1 shows a state in which the box 8 with shelves is attached only to one set of the lower slider 9 and the upper slider 10, and the hanger frame 7 is attached to all the other sets, but it is shown in FIG. Such as attaching the hanger frame 7 to all the groups, conversely attaching the box with shelves 8 to all the groups, attaching the box with shelves 8 to some of the multiple groups, and attaching the hanger frame 7 to the remaining groups. The usage form is free. It is also possible to hang a shelf or a storage basket on the hanger frame 7.

Each hanger frame 7 is fixed to the lower slider 9 by placing a lower frame portion 7a on the lower slider 9 in an intersecting state on an intermediate portion of the lower slider 9 as shown in FIG. There is. Further, the upper frame portion 7b is held vertically with respect to the upper slider 10 by fixing the upper frame portion 7b to the middle portion of the upper slider 10 in a state of intersecting with the upper slider portion 7 and similarly, and moving the sliders 9 and 10 integrally.

The upper rail 2 is made endless by connecting two straight portions 2a in front and rear and four curved corner portions 2b by a connecting member 13, and the lower rail 1 is also connected to two straight portions 1a in front and rear. The four curved corners 1b are connected by the same connecting member to form an endless one. FIG. 4 shows the cross-sectional shape of the straight portion 2a of the upper rail 2, and FIG. 5 shows the cross-sectional shape of the straight portion 1a of the lower rail 1. In this example, the straight portions 1a and 2a are made of metal such as aluminum and the curved corner portions 1b and 2b are made of synthetic resin, but it is needless to say that they may be made of the same material.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of casters 15 rolling in a guide groove 14 having a U-shaped cross section of the lower rail 1 is mounted on two lower surfaces of the lower slider 9. That is, a bearing member 16 is fixed to the lower surface of the lower slider 9 with screws, and a pivot 18 projecting from the center of the upper surface of the vehicle frame 17 of the caster 15 is fitted into the shaft hole of the bearing member 16. A support roller 19 and a pair of steady rest rollers 20 are axially supported by the vehicle frame 17 of the caster 15.

Similarly, bearing members 21 are similarly fixed to two upper surfaces of the upper slider 10, and a pair of runouts that roll in guide grooves 22 of the U-shaped cross section of the upper rail 2 are fixed to the bearing members 21. The stop roller 23 is supported in the same manner as above. Therefore, the upper slider 10 side and the lower slider side 9 are supported only by the difference between the steady rest roller 23 and the caster 15, and other parts can be shared. It should be noted that the upper steady rest roller 23 is provided for the steady rest of the hanger frame 7, and therefore may not always contact the inner surface of the guide groove 22 of the upper rail 2.

The lower link 11 connects the pair of long plates 11a and 11b so as to be horizontally rotatable by the roller shaft 24, and the upper link 12 also connects the pair of long plates 12a and 12b in the same manner. In the above, the upper and lower two guide rollers 25 are individually rotatably fitted on the roller shaft 24. The upper and lower two guide rollers 25 of each link roll in the guide groove 14 of the lower rail 1 or the guide groove 22 of the upper rail 2 along the inner surface thereof, and are individually rotatable. Even if one of them is pressed against the inner surface of the guide groove 14 or 22 and becomes unrotatable (especially the corner portion of the upper and lower rails), the other guide roller 25 rotates, so that the curved corner portion of the upper and lower rails may be rotated. The direction of the hanger frame 7 is smoothly changed. The lower link 11 may be replaced with the two guide rollers 25 and the same caster 15 may be used.

A long hole 26 is provided at the tip end portion of the long plates 11a and 11b of the lower link 11 having a large wall thickness. Then, the elongated holes 26 of both the long plates 11a and 11b are loosely fitted to the bearing member 16 in the two adjacent lower sliders 9, so that the two adjacent lower sliders 9 are connected via the long plates 11a and 11b. Has been done. The connection is flexible due to the slot 26. Further, the elongated holes 26 of the upper links 12 are similarly provided at the tip end portions of the thickened plates 12a and 12b, and the elongated holes 26 of both the elongated plates 12a and 12b are formed in the adjacent two upper sliders 10. By loosely fitting the bearing member 21, two adjacent upper sliders 10 are similarly connected via the long plates 12a and 12b. Therefore, the lower link 11 side and the upper link 12 side can be shared by using the same one upside down.

In the above-described configuration, the lower slider 9 has the left and right casters 15 rolling in the guide grooves 14 of the lower rail 1 having a U-shaped cross section, so that the hanger frame 7 (or the box with shelves). 8) Sliding along the lower rail 1 while supporting the weight of 8), and the upper slider 10 sliding along the upper rail 2 while preventing the hanger frame 7 from swinging. In the lower link 11, the long plates 11a and 11b bend at the corners of the rails 1 and 2 with the roller shaft 24 as a fulcrum to facilitate the direction change of the hanger frame 7. The same applies to the upper link 12.

Next, the connecting structure of the lower rail 1 and the upper rail 2 by the upper and lower arms 3 and 4 and the pillar member 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7, and 8. On the lower side of the intermediate portion of the corner portion 1b of the lower rail 1, there is integrally provided an arm joint portion 27 having an inverted concave cross section, which also projects on both sides of the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface for the purpose of reinforcement. Similarly, the corner portion 2b of the rail 2 is integrally provided with an arm joint portion 28 (FIG. 1) having a concave cross section which is turned upside down from the lower rail 1 side. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the base end portion of the arm 3 made of a metal mold material such as aluminum is fitted into the arm joint portion 27 of the lower rail 1, and bolts and nuts 29 are provided on both inside and outside of the arm joint portion 27. The base end of the arm 3 is fixed. The upper arm 4, which is the same metal mold material as the arm 3, is also fixed to the arm joint portion 28 of the upper rail 2 in the same manner (however, the upper and lower sides are opposite to the upper and lower surfaces). Therefore, the upper and lower corner portions 1b and 2b can be shared by inverting the same. The same applies to the upper and lower arms 3 and 4.

The angle joint 6 is formed by integrally molding a horizontal arm fitting portion 6a and a vertical pillar fitting portion 6b with a synthetic resin. The arm fitting portion 6a has an inverted concave cross-section and a pillar fitting portion 6a. b has a short cylindrical shape. A vertical hole 30 is provided in the center of the pillar fitting portion 6b, and the periphery of the pillar fitting portion 6b has a convex cross section at a plurality of positions (three in FIG. 6) on the upper end surface. Also provided is a nut receiving groove 31 that is open.

Regarding the connection between the lower arm 3 and the pillar member 5, the tip end of the arm 3 is fitted into the arm fitting portion 6a of the angle joint 6, and a plurality of places are fixed with bolts and nuts 32. There is. On the other hand, a nut 33 inserted into the nut receiving groove 31 by fitting the lower end portion of the pillar member 5 which is a metal pipe to the outer periphery of the pillar fitting portion 6b, and a bolt 34 penetrating from the outside of the pillar member 5 are provided. The lower end of the pillar member 5 is fixed to the pillar fitting portion 6b. Further, regarding the connection between the upper arm 4 and the pillar member 5, the angle joint 6 is turned upside down from the state of FIG. 7, the tip of the arm 4 is fitted into the arm fitting portion 6a, and the bolt and nut are used. On the other hand, the upper end of the pillar member 5 is fitted to the outer circumference of the pillar fitting portion 6b and fixed with bolts and nuts as described above. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 35 is a height adjusting leg screwed into the vertical hole 30.

When the lower rail 1 and the upper rail 2 are connected as described above, the arms 3 and the angle joints 6 projecting from the four corners 1b of the lower rail 1 come into contact with the floor surface together with the lower surface of the lower rail 1. It looks like a kind of outrigger. That is, the lower rail 1 itself serves as a base with an outrigger to keep the whole in a stable state. Further, the lower rail 1 and the upper rail 2 are connected to each other at four points outside the elliptical region as described above, and form a rigid frame body as a whole.

The arms 3 and 4 are prepared in different lengths, or the metal mold material forming the arms is cut to a required length to be used, so that the length of the outrigger and the pillar material 5 can be reduced. You can adjust the establishment position. Further, the height of the upper rail 2 can be easily adjusted by the length of the column member 5. Further, if the arm joint 27 of the lower rail 1 is directly attached to the floor surface, and the arm joint 28 of the upper rail 2 is directly attached to the ceiling surface (or the ceiling plate of the closet), the column member 5, the arms 3 and 4, and the angle. The joint 6 can be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, a hanger bar 36 is erected between the front and rear frame parts of the hanger frame 7 so that the height of the hanger bar 36 can be adjusted. It is like this. When the hanger frame 7 is oriented so as to intersect the rails 1 and 2, the clothes hung on the hanger bar 36 do not project forward from the hanger frame 7, so the hanger frame 7 is oriented along the rails 1 and 2. The space required before and after wearing the clothes can be reduced compared to the case where the clothes are used, and when the clothes are used in the closet, the clothes do not slide on the wall surface of the closet during rotation transfer. Although there is such an advantage when the hanger frame 7 is mounted in a direction intersecting with the rails 1 and 2, in the present invention, the hanger frame 7 or the box 8 with shelves is mounted in a direction along the rails 1 and 2. It doesn't matter.

[0026]

[Effect of the device]

 According to the present invention of claim 1, the lower rail itself becomes a base with an outrigger to stably hold the whole, and the upper rail is in a state of being erected on the pillar material established in the outrigger, but The rails, and the arms and pillars protruding from them form a rigid frame as a whole and reinforce each other, eliminating the need for an outer frame as in the past and reducing costs by reducing the number of parts and man-hours. Can be down.

Further, since the pillar member is located outside the area of the upper and lower rails, it does not intersect with the rails when mounting a storage body such as a hanger frame or a box with shelves between the upper and lower rails. It is possible to easily adopt a mounting form in the direction of doing.

Further, the standing position of the pillar member can be adjusted by the length of the arm, and the height of the upper rail can be adjusted by the length of the pillar member. Moreover, the frame parts can be shared when making a frame structure that is easy to assemble and disassemble, and when manufacturing multiple types with different overall sizes.

According to the second aspect, when joining the rail and the arm and connecting the arm and the pillar member, it is possible to fix them with a bolt or the like after fitting them to the fitting portion, so that the connection is strong. It is stable and stable.

According to the third aspect, a storage body such as a hanger frame or a box with shelves can be stably mounted between the upper and lower rails by the upper and lower sliders.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of the rotating and transporting furniture of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the connecting portion by the upper and lower links in the above.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of an upper rail.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a lower rail.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a connecting structure of a corner portion of a lower rail, a lower arm, an angle joint, and a column member.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lower Rail 2 Upper Rail 1b Lower Rail Corner 2b Upper Rail Corner 3 Lower Arm 4 Upper Arm 5 Column Material 6 Angle Joint 7 Hanger Frame 8 Shelf Box 9 Lower Slider 10 Upper Slider 11 Lower Link 12 Upper Link 27 Arm joint

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A rotary transport storage furniture in which a plurality of storage bodies such as hanger frames or boxes with shelves are slidably mounted between endless upper rails and lower rails and linked to each other by links. Arm joints are provided at multiple points on the upper rail and the lower rail, the base ends of the arms are attached to the arm joints, and the arms are projected from the outer peripheral portions of the upper rails and the lower rails. A rotary transport storage furniture, wherein a joint is attached, and upper and lower end portions of a pillar member are attached to upper and lower angle joints between corresponding upper and lower arms to establish the pillar member. 2. A fitting portion for detachably fitting a base end portion of the arm to the arm joint portion, and a fitting portion and a column member for detachably fitting a tip end portion of the arm to the angle joint. 2. Fitting portions for removably fitting the ends of the fittings are provided, the fitting portions are fitted, and the fitted portions are fixed by fixing members such as bolts.
The rotating transport storage furniture described in. 3. The upper end of each container is supported by an upper slider that slides along the upper rail, and the lower end is supported by a lower slider that slides along the lower rail. The rotating transport storage furniture according to claim 1. 4. The rotary transport storage furniture according to claim 1, wherein the arm joints are provided at corners of the upper rail and the lower rail.