JPH06319616A - Fitting structure for partition member - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the working efficiency by removing a slit cover closing the gap where the fitting metal of the partition member is inserted from the upper face direction of a plate body. CONSTITUTION:A slit cover 12k is integrally formed with a cover main body 12kb having a tongue section extended downward and circular arc-like elastically deformable coupling pieces 12ka extended downward from both end sections of the cover main body 12kb. When the slit cover 12k is normally closed, the coupling pieces 12ka extended downward are coupled with coupling projections 12ee formed on a front recess 12e, and they can not be readily released. When the vicinity of one side of the upper face 12ku is pushed downward, it is rocked centering on the step section Bss of a stepped bolt Bs, and the coupling between the coupling pieces 12ka and the coupling projections 12ee is released. When the slit cover 12k is lifted after the other end is lifted, only the slit cover 12k can be readily removed from a cover body 12g.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure of partition members which are erected on the left and right of a top plate such as a desk of steel furniture so as to partition a space with an adjacent space.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a top plate such as a desk of steel furniture, the left and right side portions except the use end side and the non-use end side are covered with a covering member having a width substantially equal to the thickness of the top plate. . The covering member generally includes a base fixed to the left and right side surfaces of the top plate with bolts, and a side cover detachably attached to the outer side surface of the base, and substantially covers the side surface. The mounting structure is fixed by a plurality of bolts. In such a cover member mounting structure, when installing side panels near the left and right side surfaces of the top plate, remove the side cover of the cover member and tighten the bolts while closely attaching the side panel mounting brackets to the base. , Then reattach the side cover.

[0003]

However, in the mounting structure of the partition member as described above, depending on the mounting structure of the covering member, when the side panel is mounted, the side cover of the covering member must be installed one by one. It had to be removed, and since the mounting bracket was tightened and fixed with bolts, workability was poor. That is, for example, to remove the side cover when the desks are placed in close contact with each other in the left-right direction,
It is necessary to remove the desks for installing or removing the side panels from the rows of desks each time, or to raise the desks by a distance more than the thickness of the top plate to move the desks to the position where the side cover of the covering member can be seen. is there. Also, when tightening the bolts, the bolts had to be rotated while supporting the side panel with one hand, which was an unstable one-handed work. The present invention aims to solve such a problem.

[0004]

The present invention takes the following means in order to achieve such an object. That is, the partitioning member mounting structure according to the present invention has a covering member having a recess on the outer surface on the side surface of the plate body, into which the mounting bracket for the partitioning member can be inserted, and a fastening means between the inner surface and the covering member. A mounting structure of a partition member, in which the partition member is mounted in close contact with the plate body via a mounting metal fitting inserted in the recess of the covering member, and the partition member is mounted on the upper surface near the side surface of the plate body, The recess is closed while leaving a gap approximately equal to the thickness of the mounting bracket on the upper surface side of the covering member, and a detachable lid body is attached to the lid body so as to be detachable from the upper surface direction, and the gap is provided. A slit cover that closes is provided, a locking member that locks the mounting bracket is provided substantially in the center of the recess, and the mounting bracket is inserted from a gap opened when the recess is closed by the lid. And is locked by the locking member. To.

In the present invention, the locking member is a stepped bolt having a stepped portion having a diameter different from that of the body portion at the neck portion, and the mounting metal fitting engages with the stepped portion, and the inner wall of the recess and the bolt. It is preferable that the mounting bracket is held between the head and the head.

In order to allow the slit cover to be easily removed from the upper surface of the lid body, the slit cover is provided with a cover body, and elastically deformable members engaging with the lid body at both ends of the cover body. When the lower surface of the cover body comes into contact with the step portion of the bolt and the one end portion of the cover body is pushed down while the cover piece is engaged and the lid body closes the recessed portion, the contact position of the step portion It may be configured such that the engagement piece engages with the lid body to be disengaged by swinging about the fulcrum.

[0007]

With such a structure, when the side panel mounting metal fitting is locked to the locking member provided in the recess of the covering member, the side panel is usually
Among the recesses of the covering member that are closed by the lid and the slit cover, the gap for inserting the mounting bracket of the side panel is closed by the slit cover that can be opened independently of the opening of the lid. Since the slit cover can be removed from the top of the lid, the side panel can be attached by inserting the side panel mounting bracket from the opened gap without removing the lid or the covering member. To be Therefore, the work of attaching the side panel is facilitated, and even when there is no work space on the outer surface side of the covering member, the work can be performed and attached in exactly the same way as when there is a work space.

Further, since the locking member is formed of a stepped bolt, the mounting member is simultaneously held by the head of the bolt and the inner wall of the recess while the mounting member is engaged with the stepped portion. Therefore, the locked state can be made strong. Moreover, if the lower surface of the cover body of the slit cover is brought into contact with the stepped portion of the stepped bolt, the slit cover can be swung to easily open the gap just by pushing down one end of the slit cover. can do.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, the one applied to the top plate 1 of the desk D made of steel will be described. The desk D includes a top plate 1 that is a plate, a side panel 2 that supports the top plate 1, a sleeve portion 4 that has a plurality of drawers 4a that support the top plate 1 in pairs with the side panel 2, and a side part. This is a general configuration including a front panel (not shown) attached to the back side between the panel 2 and the sleeve portion 4. A desktop panel 5 and a desktop side panel 6 as a partition member are detachably attached to the top plate 1. The mounting bracket 61 of the desktop side panel 6 is made of sheet metal,
A notch 61a is provided at the center of the lower end of the notch 61a.
The upper periphery and the left and right periphery of a are raised by step pushing. The size of the cutout portion 61a is larger than the diameter of the stepped portion of the stepped bolt Bs which is a locking member described later.

The top plate 1 includes a top plate main body 11 and a top plate main body 11
And side edges 12, which are covering members attached to the left and right side surfaces of the. The top plate main body 11 itself may basically have a structure well known in the art, and a channel-shaped reinforcing member is fixedly provided on the back surface of the sheet metal material that constitutes the top surface thereof. The front and rear sides of the sheet metal material are formed in a tube shape, and side walls 13 made of sheet metal for attaching the side edges 12 are formed on the exposed side surface portions of the left and right cut end surfaces. The top plate main body 11 is provided with two openings 11a near the rear side edge thereof that can be opened and closed, for example, to which an outlet or a lighting device can be attached. Further, the side wall 13 is provided with a plurality of through holes 13a as fastening means for attaching the side edges 12. Each through hole 13
Reference characters “a” denote rectangular holes that are long in the depth direction of the top plate body 11, and are provided at six positions at predetermined intervals in the approximate center of the top plate body 11 in the thickness direction. A bolt hole Bih is provided near the rear end of the side wall 13 for inserting a bolt Bi for inhibiting the side edge 12 from moving back and forth.

The side edge 12 is made of hard synthetic resin,
As a whole, the long strip-shaped flat plate portion 12a is provided with an outer peripheral wall 12b at the peripheral edge portion and has a U-shaped cross section. The flat plate portion 12a faces the side wall 13 of the top plate body 11 when attached. On the inner surface 12c of the projection 1 that constitutes the fastening means.
2n are formed integrally with the flat plate portion 12a at a predetermined interval. The width of the side edge 12, that is, the distance from one outer peripheral wall 12b to the other outer peripheral wall 12b corresponds to the thickness of the top plate main body 11, and the end face of the outer peripheral wall 12b is the cut end face 11b of the top plate main body 11. It is designed to be pressed against. Further, in the vicinity of the front end portion and the rear end portion of the outer side surface 12d of the flat plate portion 12a, a rectangular front recessed portion 12e and a rear recessed portion 12f which are recessed when viewed from the outer side surface 12d side, respectively.
Is provided. The front and rear recesses 12e, 12f are normally closed by a pair of removable lids 12g, 12h and slit covers 12k, 12l, respectively.
Desktop panel 5 and desktop side panel 6
When attaching the mounting bracket 61, the slit covers 12k and 12l are removed to insert the mounting bracket 61, and the lid 1
A gap S is formed between 2g, 12h and the inner walls of the recesses 12e, 12f.
to form t. A bolt hole Bsh for a stepped bolt Bs that locks the mounting bracket 61 of the desktop side panel 6 is provided at substantially the center of the front recess 12e. Similarly, in the rear recess 12f, a bolt hole Bih for the bolt Bi that prohibits the movement of the side edge 12,
Bolt holes Bn for inserting bolts (not shown) for fixing the mounting bracket 61 of the desktop panel 5 are provided respectively. The stepped bolt Bs has a neck portion Bsn.
Has a stepped portion Bss in which no screw is formed, and the stepped portion Bss serves as a rotation center of the slit cover 12k and also functions as a receiving shaft of the mounting bracket 61 of the side panel 6. The slit cover 12k includes a cover body 12kb having a tongue portion extending downward, and the cover body 1
An arc-shaped elastically deformable engagement piece 12ka extending downward from both ends of 2 kb is integrally formed.
When the slit cover 12k is normally closed, the engaging piece 12ka extending downward engages with the engaging convex portion 12ee formed in the front concave portion 12e so that it cannot be easily removed. There is. However, its upper surface 12
When any one end of ku is pushed down, the stepped bolt Bs swings around the stepped portion Bss, and the engaging piece 1
When the slit cover 12k is lifted when the engagement between the 2ka and the engaging protrusion 12ee is released and the other end is lifted up (shown in phantom in FIG. 5), only the slit cover 12k can be easily removed from the lid 12g. You can do it.

Each of the protrusions 12n is in the shape of a quadrangular prism, the width of which is substantially the same as the width of the through hole 13a of the top plate body 11, and the end portions of the protrusions 12n protrude rearward of the side edge 12. It is equipped with a pressure contact portion 12m. This protrusion 12n
For example, six pieces are arranged substantially at the center of the side edge 12 in the width direction, and are arranged in the length direction at a predetermined distance from the one arranged at the front end portion. That is, the protrusion 1
Since the side edge 12 is pressed against the top plate main body 11 at the portion where 2n is disposed, the side edge 12 is disposed so that the pressure contact force is evenly applied in the length direction of the side edge 12. Also,
The press contact portion 12m is formed integrally with the quadrangular prism-shaped portion of the protrusion 12n and is substantially parallel to the flat plate portion 12a of the side edge 12 or slightly inclined toward the flat plate portion 12a.
The tip portion is formed with an inclined surface 12q for facilitating sliding movement after the top plate body 11 is inserted into the through hole 13a. Moreover, the flat plate portion 1 of the pressure contact portion 12m
The pressure contact surface 12 which is a surface facing the inner surface 12c of 2a.
p is formed so as to be substantially flush with the end face of the outer peripheral wall 12b. Therefore, when the press contact portion 12m is attached to the side wall 13 of the top plate body 11, the attractive force by the press contact acts on the entire length of the side edge 12. The length of the press contact portion 12m is set according to the length of the through hole 13a of the top plate body 11 and the moving distance of the side edge 12 in the mounting operation.

To attach the side edge 12, first, the protrusion 12n of the side edge 12 is inserted into the through hole 13a of the top plate body 11, and the side edge 12 is attached.
Touch the side of. In this state, since the width of the protrusion 12n is substantially the same as the width of the through hole 13a, there is no fear of dropping even if the protrusion 12n is not pressed, but the press contact portion 12m of the protrusion 12n is engaged with the side wall 13 of the top plate body 11. Since it does not exist, it may fall when it comes into contact with the side edge 12. Then, after inserting the respective protrusions 12n into the through holes 13a, the side edges 12 are pressed toward the top plate body 11 and slid in the rearward direction, that is, in the rearward direction of the desk D (shown by the white arrow in FIG. 2). To do. Then, the pressure contact portion 12 of the protrusion 12n
m slides along the inner surface of the side wall 13 of the top plate body 11,
The pressure contact surface 12p of the pressure contact portion 12m is in pressure contact with the inner side surface of the side wall 13. In this state, the pressure contact portion 12m presses the inner side surface 12c of the side edge 12 toward the side wall 13 side of the top plate body 11 by the pressure contact portion 12m. As a result, the side edge 12 having a U-shaped cross section is pressed against the side surface of the top plate body 11 and does not fall off even if it comes into contact, but it is easy to apply a large force from the back side of the desk D. May move to. That is, in this state, the temporary fixing is only completed, and the sliding movement of the side edge 12 is prohibited by fixing the vicinity of the rear end portion with the bolt Bi.

As described above, when attaching the side edge 12, it is not necessary to simultaneously perform a plurality of works having different contents, such as tightening the bolt while pressing the side edge 12, and the work can be simplified.
Moreover, by the pressure contact of the respective protrusions 12n, the side edge 12 is evenly pressure-contacted to the side surface of the top plate body 11 over the entire lengthwise direction of the side edge 12, and the end surface of the outer peripheral wall 12b of the side edge 12 is pressed. Does not form a gap between the top plate body 11 and the side surface of the top plate body 11.

Next, the attachment of the desktop side panel 6 will be described. First, desktop panel 5
If the lid 12h of the rear recess 12f of the side edge 12 is removed and fixed with two bolts, the slit cover 12l is removed from the lid 12h, and the lid 12h is mounted in the rear recess 12f, the desktop panel 5 The mounting portion of is covered with the lid 12h and is not exposed.

In addition, in the desktop side panel 6, first, one end of the slit cover 12k of the front recess 12e is pushed down from the upper surface side, and the slit cover 12 is removed.
When k swings and the other end projects above the upper surface of the top plate body 11, the other end is lifted to lift the lid 1.
Remove the slit cover 12k from 2g. Next, the fitting 61 is inserted from the gap St from which the slit cover 12k has been removed until it comes into contact with the stepped portion Bss of the stepped bolt Bs. In this state, the notch portion 61a of the mounting bracket 61 is sandwiched between the head portion Bsb of the stepped bolt Bs and the inner wall of the front recess 12e, and is attached without rattling. On the other hand, the rear end side of the desktop side panel 6 is provided with a hook hole 51 provided in the desktop panel 5.
Then, the hook 62 of the desktop side panel 6 is engaged and assembled. As described above, when the desktop side panel 6 is attached, the side edge 1 can be simply removed by removing the slit cover 12k from the top surface of the top plate 1.
Since it is not necessary to remove 2, it is easy to connect the desks D in close contact with each other in the lateral direction, or even if they are already installed, without moving the desks D and without complicated work. Can be attached to.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. In the above-described embodiment, the pressure contact portion 12m of the protrusion 12n serving as the fastening means has a shape projecting to the rear of the side edge 12, but it may extend forward or project downward. In that case, the through hole 13a is formed at a position different from that of the above-described embodiment in accordance with the shape of the protrusion 12n. Besides, the configuration of each unit is not limited to the illustrated example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0019]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, since the slit cover which closes the gap for inserting the fitting of the partition member can be removed by working from the upper surface direction of the plate member, The work of locking the mounting metal fitting to the locking member of the recess to mount the partition member is completed only by inserting the mounting metal fitting into the recess through the gap, even though there is no working space on the side of the covering means. It is possible to greatly improve the work efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an exploded main part of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the back surface of the covering member of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a protrusion of the covering member of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the main parts for explaining the operation of the slit cover of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a mounted state of the slit cover of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a main part showing an engaged state of the mounting bracket of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing an engaged state of the mounting bracket of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Top plate 6 ... Desktop side panel 11b ... Side surface 12 ... Side edge 12e ... Front recess 12d ... Outer surface 12k ... Slit cover 12ka ... Cover body 12kb ... Engaging piece 12n ... Projection 13a ... Through hole 61 ... Mounting bracket Bs ... Step Bolt St ... Gap

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cover member having a recess on an outer surface thereof, into which a mounting member for a partition member can be inserted, is provided on a side surface of the plate member, and is closely attached to the plate member via a fastening means between the inner surface and the cover member. In the mounting structure of the partition member, the partition member is mounted on the upper surface near the side surface of the plate body by the mounting metal fitting installed in the recess of the covering member, and the covering member is approximately equal to the thickness of the mounting bracket. Closing the recess leaving a gap on the upper surface side of the covering member,
And a detachable lid body and a slit cover that is detachably attached to the lid body from the upper surface direction and closes the gap, and locks the attachment metal fitting in a substantially central portion of the recess. A mounting structure for a partition member, wherein a locking member is provided, and the mounting metal fitting is inserted through a gap opened in a state where the concave portion is closed by the lid to be locked by the locking member. 2. The locking member comprises a stepped bolt having a neck portion having a step portion having a diameter different from that of the body portion, and a mounting metal fitting engages with the step portion, and the inner wall of the recess and the head portion of the bolt. 2. The partition member mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket is held between and. 3. The slit cover comprises a cover body and elastically deformable engaging pieces that engage with the lid body at both ends of the cover body, and the lid body is engaged with the lid body to close the concave portion. In this state, the lower surface of the cover body comes into contact with the stepped portion of the bolt, and when one end of the bolt is pushed down, it swings around the contact position of the stepped portion as a fulcrum, and the engagement state of the engagement piece with the lid is released. The partition member mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein: 4. The mounting structure for a partition member according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the plate is a top plate of steel furniture.