JPH05228034A - Container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to use a cupboard from both a dining room side and a kitchen side, by placing a double-side counter between the kitchen and the dining room and putting a box above the counter and further, providing the cupboard between the counter and the box to freely move up and down. CONSTITUTION:A window 11 is set at a specified position of the wall 12 erected between a kitchen 1 and a dining room 2 which are connected to each other through the window 11. A double-side counter 3 is placed at the kitchen side of the wall 11. A box 4 opened at the bottom is fixed above the set window 11 in the double-side counter 3 side. A cupboard 5 is contained in the box 4 so as to move up and down between the box 4 and the counter 3. A door which can be freely opened and closed at the front face is provided in the box 4. Moreover, a motor is installed in the box 4 to move the cupboard 5 up and down The cupboard 5 can be used from both the kitchen 1 side and the dining room 2 side as it remains down on the counter 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a storage device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a storage device provided above a face-to-face counter provided between the kitchen and the dining room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, since kitchens and dining rooms are small, in order to utilize the space, for example, above the kitchen device such as a sink, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-45616 and Japanese Utility Model Publication 55-556.
As described in Japanese Patent No. 32, a storage device is provided.

A storage device is often mounted above a counter provided between the kitchen and the dining room, for example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-12753.

[0004]

However, when the storage device is provided above the sink or the like or above the counter, it is difficult to take out the stored items.

Particularly, a short person is inconvenient because it is out of hand when putting or taking out stored items in the storage device above the counter. Further, in the case of the storage device provided above the face-to-face counter provided between the kitchen and the dining room, it is often desired to use the storage device both from the kitchen and from the dining room.

For example, when a meal cooked in the kitchen is stored in the storage device, and when the dish is taken out from the storage device later, it is bothersome to enter the kitchen, and
For example, when you want to take out food from the dining room.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a storage device which can be used above the counter between the kitchen and the dining room without stretching from the dining room or the kitchen. ..

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and achieves the above objects. A face-to-face counter is provided between a kitchen and a dining room, and is provided above the face-to-face counter. A box is provided in the box, and the cabinet is reciprocally attached between the inside of the box and the top of the facing counter.

In the present invention, the face-to-face counter can be used from both sides of the counter. For example, a counter is provided between the kitchen and the dining room, and the counter can be used from both sides, or the kitchen and the dining room. When there is a wall between the walls and a counter is in contact with this wall and in contact with the wall on the kitchen or dining room side, a window is provided in this wall so that the counter can be used from both sides through this window. Etc.

In the present invention, when the door is provided on the side wall of the box side on the kitchen side, the food cooked in the kitchen can be directly stored in the closet by opening the door, as in the conventional case. It is convenient because it can be taken out.

[0011]

The cupboard of the storage device according to the present invention is reciprocally mounted between the inside of the box provided above the facing counter and the top of the facing counter. Available from either the face-to-face counter.

Since this face-to-face counter is provided between the kitchen and the dining room, the storage device can be used either from the kitchen side or from the dining room side. Also, if a door is provided on the side wall of the box on the kitchen side, as in the conventional case, without lowering the cabinet from the kitchen side to the facing counter,
You can open the door and store or take out the stored items directly in the closet.

[0013]

EXAMPLES Next, examples of the present invention will be described. 1 to 4
1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a state in which a cabinet of a storage device is stored in a box, and FIG. 2 shows a cupboard of the storage device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state of being lowered onto a facing counter, FIG. 3 is a front view showing a use state of the storage device shown in FIG. 1 being lowered onto a facing counter, and FIG. 4 is a side view of the storing device shown in FIG. It is a figure.

1 to 4, 1 is a kitchen and 2 is a dining room. Reference numeral 12 is a wall attached between the kitchen 1 and the dining room 2, and a window 11 is provided on the wall 12 so that a person in the kitchen 1 and a person in the dining room 2 can face each other. There is.

A face-to-face counter 3 is provided on the kitchen side of the wall 12 between the kitchen 1 and the dining room 2, and the person in the dining room can use the face-to-face counter 3 through the window 11.

Reference numeral 4 is a box. 5 is a closet, and this closet 5 can be reciprocated between the inside of the box 4 and the face-to-face counter 3.

Reference numeral 6 is a door provided on the side wall of the closet on the kitchen side. Reference numeral 7 denotes a motor. The motor 7 can raise the cabinet 5 into the box 4 by turning on a switch (not shown), or lower the cabinet 5 to lower it on the facing counter 3.

Next, a method of using this storage device will be described. Normally, as shown in FIG. 1, the cabinet 5 is housed in the box body 4. A method of using this storage device from the kitchen 1 side, that is, a method of storing cooked items or items necessary for cooking in the closet 5 or taking out the stored items will be described.

When the box body 4 can be easily reached by hand and there is no need to lower the cabinet 4, the door 6 is opened and the cabinet is directly stored in the cabinet 5 or the stored article is taken out from the cabinet 5. or,
A person who has difficulty in reaching the box 4 pushes a switch (not shown) to lower the cabinet 5 onto the counter 3 to store the stored article in the cabinet 5 or take out the stored article from the cabinet 5.

Next, a method of using from the dining room 2 side will be described. When taking out the items stored in the closet 4 from the cafeteria 2 side or storing the items stored in the closet, a switch (not shown) is pressed to move the closet 5 to the counter 3.
Then, the cabinet 5 is used by taking out the stored article or storing the stored article through the window 11.

When the use is completed, a switch (not shown) is turned on again to put the cabinet 5 in the box 4. In this way, this storage device is
It is convenient because it can be used from the kitchen 1 side.

[0022]

According to the present invention, the face-to-face counter is provided between the kitchen and the dining room, the box body is provided above the face-to-face counter, and the closet for reciprocating between the box body and the face-to-face counter is attached. Therefore, by lowering the closet on the facing counter, this closet can also be seen from the dining room side.
It is also convenient because it can be used from the kitchen side.

Further, even a short person can use the storage device by lowering the cupboard, which is convenient because there is no need to extend the back as in the conventional case. If a door is provided on the side wall of the box on the kitchen side, the cupboard inside the box can be
It is convenient because you can open the door and use it directly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a state in which a cabinet of a storage device is stored in a box.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the cabinet of the storage device shown in FIG. 1 is lowered onto a facing counter.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which a cabinet of the storage device shown in FIG. 1 is lowered onto a facing counter.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the storage device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 kitchen 2 dining room 11 window 12 wall 3 face-to-face counter 4 box body 5 closet 6 door 7 motor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A face-to-face counter is provided between the kitchen and the dining room, and a box is provided above the face-to-face counter.
A storage device, wherein a closet is reciprocally attached between the inside of the box and a facing counter. 2. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein a door is provided on a side wall of the box on the kitchen side.