JPH07184754A - Stage cart - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a stage cart which can obviate the necessity of pulling out a handle bar holding cylinder part in use, in the installation of the handle bar, and preventing the forgetting of the installation of the holding cylinder part on a commodity placing board. CONSTITUTION:As for a stage cart which consists of a commodity placing board 6 which is equipped with wheels 12 and is made hollow on the underside, and a gate shaped handle bar 18 which is used in an installed state on the commodity placing board 16 when it is pushing-shifted, and is accommodateds inside the commodity placing board 16 when not used, a held part 22a is formed parallel to the main part 22c of the erection part through an inclined part 22b, at the top end of the erection part 22 of the handle bar 18. On the peripheral wall 14 of the commodity placing board, a handle insertion hole 24 which has the dimension for the insertion of the handle bar 18 and has each longitudinal guide slit at both the ends is formed, and a holding cylinder part 28 having an aslantly cut opened port part which is opened toward outside at the upper end 28a is arranged at the part corresponding to the guide slit on the inside of the peripheral wall 14 of the commodity placing board 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stage cart in which mass-produced products such as supermarkets and discount shops are moved from a warehouse where they are stored to a store and used as they are as a product stand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the general construction of this type of stage cart has been as follows.

[0003] A lower hollow product table provided with wheels, and a gate type which is used by being attached to the product table when the product table is pushed and moved, and is stored under the product table when not in use. It consists of a handle.

The handle is usually attached to the handle holding cylinder portion fixed to the outer side of the peripheral wall of the commodity table.
The held portion at the tip of the upright portion of the handle was fitted. Further, the handle is stored through a handle insertion hole formed in the peripheral wall of the product table.

However, when the product is displayed, the handle holding cylinder is exposed outside, which is not desirable. That is, there is a risk that the stage carts will be arranged without a gap, and that they may interfere with other objects. For this reason, hinge arms are formed at the upper and lower ends of the holding cylinder part, the pivot axis of the hinge arm is located inside the product stand, and the holding cylinder part is stored in the product stand when not in use, There is commercially available a structure in which the hinge arm is rotated to project the holding cylinder portion to the outside of the product stand when used.

[0006]

However, in the case of the above configuration, the holding cylinder portion needs to be pulled out at the time of use, and
When not in use, the holder cylinder may be forgotten to be stored (pushed in), and there is a risk that the holder cylinder may be left as it is protruding outside the product table.

Further, since the holding cylinder is a movable type,
It is difficult to reinforce in strength, and a large stage cart (withstand load 5
It was difficult to apply it to more than 00 kg).

A first object of the present invention is to provide a stage cart in which it is not necessary to pull out the handle holding cylinder when using the handle, and the holding cylinder is not forgotten to be stored in the product table. To do.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a stage cart which can easily reinforce the holding cylinder portion and can be easily applied to a large stage cart.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above problems by
This is solved by the following configuration.

(1) The present invention according to claim 1 uses a lower hollow product table provided with wheels and a product table when the product table is pushed and moved, and is not used. In a stage cart that sometimes consists of a gate-shaped handle that is stored inside the product stand, a held part is formed at the tip of the upright part of the handle parallel to the upright part through an inclined part, and the product stand At least one surface of the peripheral wall is formed with a handle insertion hole having a size that allows the handle to be inserted in a substantially horizontal state and having vertical guide slits at both ends. , A handle holding cylinder part having an obliquely opening opening to the outside at the upper end is provided, and the vertical guide slit is provided until the held part of the handle is obliquely inserted and fitted to the handle holding cylinder part. Guidance It is characterized by being responsible.

(2) In the present invention according to claim 2, in claim 1, the wall surface on which the upright portion that is continuous with the rear side and / or the inclined portion of the holding cylinder portion of the product stand abuts is reinforced by a reinforcing member. It is characterized by

(3) In the present invention according to claim 4, in claim 1, a receiving hook portion for receiving a horizontal steering portion of the handle is formed in an intermediate portion of the handle insertion hole on the inner side of the wall surface of the product stand. A handle receiving bar is stretched at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the product table.

[0014]

(Operation and Effect of the Invention) (1) In the stage cart according to claim 1, when the gate-shaped handle is held by the handle holding cylinder, the holding cylinder whose upper end is a slanted opening is a product stand. A held portion is provided on the inside of the handle holding tubular portion, and the held portion is formed on the tip of the upright portion of the handle through the inclined portion. Insert it at an angle and fit it. Therefore, it is not necessary to pull out the holding tubular portion when holding the handle on the holding tubular portion, and there is no risk of forgetting to store the holding tubular portion. Further, since the holding cylinder is not a movable type as in the conventional case, it is easy to reinforce the holding cylinder, and it is possible to apply it to a large cart.

(2) In the stage cart according to claim 2, since the wall surface against which the upright portion continuous to the rear side and / or the inclined portion of the handle holding cylinder portion of the product stand contacts is reinforced by the reinforcing member, The fulcrum part of the rotational moment generated by the force acting on the horizontal steering part of the steering wheel (holding cylinder part and /
As a result, the product support table peripheral wall abutting part) is reinforced, and it can be applied to a large stage cart.

(3) In the stage cart according to claim 4, a receiving hook portion for receiving a horizontal steering portion of the handle is formed at an intermediate portion of the handle insertion hole on the inner side of the wall surface of the product placing table, and Since the handle receiving rail is stretched in the middle portion in the longitudinal direction, the handle is stored with the upright portion inclined downward toward the rear side (front side).
Therefore, the handle can be easily stored and withdrawn into the product table through the pipe insertion hole simply by holding the steering unit in the horizontal direction and pushing in and pulling the handle.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

(1) The stage cart of the present embodiment has wheels 1
It is composed of a lower hollow product table 16 provided with 2, and a gate-shaped handle 18 which is used when the product table 16 is pushed by hand and is stored under the product table 16 when not in use.

Here, the product stand 16 is a plane rectangle in the illustrated example, but it may be a plane triangle, a polygon, a circle, an ellipse, or an irregular shape in which a part of them is cut off.

Although the number of wheels 12 is four,
The number may be 5 or more. A detent 20 is attached to at least a pair of wheels 12 (normally rear wheels). In the figure, 10 is a product stand 16
Is the top plate.

(2) In the above structure, in the present embodiment, the held portion 22a is formed at the tip of the upright portion 22 of the handle 18 in parallel with the upright portion main portion 22c via the inclined portion 22b. Here, the parallel distance between the held portion 22a and the upright portion main portion 22c is the held portion 22a in the handle holding cylinder portion (hereinafter, simply referred to as “holding cylinder portion”) 28.
It is assumed that the upright portion main portion 22c contacts the peripheral wall surface 14 of the commodity table 16 when the handle 18 is fitted.
Can be held more stably and can be easily applied to a large stage cart. Further, the inclination angle α of the inclined portion 22b is preferably 10 to 60 ° with respect to the axis of the upright portion main portion 22c.
If the inclination angle α is too small, it is necessary to increase the height of the peripheral wall of the product stand 16, and if the inclination angle α is too large, it is difficult to smoothly store and remove the handle 18 under the product stand 16. . In addition, the upright part 2 of the handle 16
It is desirable that the 2d be connected to the horizontal steering unit 28 with a slight inclination (for example, 20 °) outward so that the horizontal steering unit 26 can be easily gripped and operated.

Further, a handle insertion hole 24 having a size capable of inserting a substantially horizontally lying gate-shaped handle 18 into at least one surface (rear side wall in the illustrated example) 14a of the commodity table surrounding wall 14.
The handle insertion hole 24 has vertical guide slits 24a at both ends. The vertical guide slit plays a role of guiding the tip end held portion 22a of the upright portion 22 of the handle 18 until being obliquely inserted and fitted into the holding tubular portion 28. A notch 24b is formed on the upper side of the central position of the handle insertion hole 24 so that the horizontal steering portion 26 of the handle 18 can be easily grasped and taken out by hand.

Further, inside the peripheral wall 14 of the product table, a holding cylinder portion 28 having an upper end 28a for the oblique opening of the outer opening is arranged at a position corresponding to the vertical guide slit 24a.
The oblique cutting angle of the holding tubular portion 28 is usually 30 to 60 °, preferably about 45 °, from the guideability when the handle is obliquely inserted with respect to the horizontal plane. In the illustrated example, the holding cylinder portion 28 is formed by cutting a pipe, but may be made of a casting.

(3) In this embodiment, the holding cylinder portion 2 in the product stand 16 is adapted so as to be compatible with a large stage cart.
The peripheral wall surface 14 with which the upright portion main portion 22c continuous to the rear side of 8 and the inclined portion abuts is reinforced by the reinforcing member 30. That is, the upper and lower edges of the wall surface of the product stand 16 on which the handle insertion hole 24 is formed are reinforced by the square pipes 30. The square pipe 30 is reinforced by a fulcrum portion (a holding cylinder portion 28 and / or a commodity table peripheral wall abutting portion 14a) of a rotational moment generated by a force acting on a horizontal steering portion of the steering wheel. Here, both the holding tubular portion 28 and the product stand peripheral wall handle contact portion 14a are reinforced, but only one may be reinforced. The reinforcing member may be a round pipe or may be reinforced by ribs or the like.

(4) Furthermore, in this embodiment, the product stand 1
In the middle portion of the handle insertion hole 24 inside the wall surface in 6,
A channel-shaped receiving hook portion 32 for receiving the horizontal steering portion 26 of the handle is formed, and a handle receiving rail 34 is stretched at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the product table 16. With this configuration, the handle 18 is accommodated in such a manner that the upright portion 22 is inclined downward toward the inner side (front side), and the handle 18 can be smoothly accommodated in and taken out from the commodity table 16.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing an example of a stage cart of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the stage cart of FIG. 1 (handle mounting side).

FIG. 3 is a partial vertical cross-sectional view showing a state where a handle is stored in the stage cart of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a partial vertical cross-sectional view showing a state immediately before the handle is assembled in the stage cart of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a partial vertical cross-sectional view showing a state where a handle is assembled in the stage cart of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 wheels 14 peripheral wall of product stand 16 product stand 18 handle 22 handle upright part 22a fitted part 22b inclined part 22c upright part main part 22d upright part base 24 handle insertion hole 26 horizontal steering part 28 handle holding tube part 30 Square Pipe (Reinforcement Member) 32 Receiving Hook 34 Handle Receiving Bar

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A lower hollow product stand provided with wheels,
When pushing and moving the product stand, it is used by attaching it to the product stand, and when not in use, it is a stage cart consisting of a gate-shaped handle that is stored inside the product stand, and at the tip of the upright portion of the handle. The held portion is formed in parallel with the upright portion main portion through the inclined portion, and has vertical guide slits at both ends of at least one surface of the commodity table with a size such that a handle in a substantially horizontal state can be inserted. A handle insertion hole is formed, and a handle holding cylinder portion having a slanted opening opening toward the outside at the upper end is arranged inside the peripheral wall of the product holder at a position corresponding to the vertical guide slit. The vertical guide slit serves as a guide until the held portion of the handle is obliquely inserted and is fitted into the handle holding cylinder portion. . 2. The stage according to claim 1, wherein a wall surface of the commodity table on which the upright portion continuous with the rear side of the holding cylinder portion and / or the inclined portion abuts is reinforced with a reinforcing member. cart. 3. The stage cart according to claim 2, wherein the reinforcing member is a pipe. 4. A receiving hook for receiving a horizontal steering portion of the handle is formed in an intermediate portion of the handle insertion hole on the inner side of the wall surface of the product stand according to claim 1, and a longitudinal direction of the product stand. A stage cart characterized in that a handle receiving rail is stretched in the middle part.