JPH0722113Y2 - Drawer handle support device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawer handle supporting device which is provided on the front surface of a drawer and which is released by pulling with a hand to release a latch mechanism so that the drawer can be drawn out freely. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional device for supporting a pull-out handle of this type, there is, for example, a device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-152542. In this device, a U-shaped groove having a narrowed portion narrower than the shaft diameter of the handle shaft is cut forward from the rear edge of the rib provided on the rear surface of the end plate, and the handle shaft is pushed into the groove from the rear side. Thus, the handle shaft is prevented from falling out of the groove by passing through the narrowed portion.

However, according to this device, when the handle integrated with the handle shaft is roughly handled, the handle shaft passes through the narrowed portion and falls out of the groove, or the narrowed portion prevents smooth rotation of the handle shaft. There are problems such as being

In Japanese Utility Model Publication 48-40825, a U-shaped groove is formed forward from the rear edge of a rectangular tubular support piece provided on the rear surface of the end plate, and a handle shaft is provided in this groove. A configuration is disclosed in which, after the fitting, the synthetic resin stopper is tightly fitted so that the handle shaft does not drop from the groove.

However, in such a structure, since the stopper piece must be tightly fitted to the support piece after the handle shaft is fitted in the groove, the assembling work is complicated and the number of parts is large, so that the manufacturing is difficult. There is a problem that the cost becomes high and that the handle shaft comes off from the groove due to the stop piece coming off.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention is easy to assemble, and there is no risk that the handle shaft will fall off the end plate once assembled, It is an object of the present invention to provide a support device for a pull-out handle that can support and rotate the handle reliably and smoothly.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the drawer handle supporting device of the present invention is provided with a pull hole in an end plate mounted on the front surface of the front plate of the drawer body at an appropriate interval. At the same time, bearing pieces facing rearward are provided on both sides of the pull hole on the rear surface of the end plate, and at the front end portion of the U-shaped bearing groove cut forward from the rear end of the bearing piece, at the middle portion. The handle facing the pull hole is fixed, and at least one end of the handle shaft is rotatably fitted to a handle shaft linked to the latch mechanism, and the handle shaft has an arcuate edge at least in the rotatable range of the handle shaft. It is characterized in that a fan-shaped contact piece capable of sliding contact is fixed to the front surface of the front plate.

[0008]

When the handle plate is fitted in the bearing groove of the bearing piece and then the end plate provided with the bearing piece is mounted on the front plate, the arcuate edge of the contact piece fixed to the handle shaft is attached to the front surface of the front plate. When the handle is abutted and the handle fixed to the handle shaft is rotated to release the latch mechanism, the arcuate edge makes sliding contact with the front surface of the front plate to prevent the handle shaft from moving rearward. Does not fall out of the bearing groove and is easy to assemble.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. (1) is the drawer body, bottom plate (2) and front plate
It consists of (3), a rear plate and both side plates (5). The front plate (3) forms a back plate for the end plate (6), and extends laterally from both side plates (5), and has a forward facing step (3e) formed at the upper end.

The end plate (6) is formed in a thin box shape by folding the upper, lower, left and right edges of the front face portion (6a) backward in a U-shape, and the rear lower edge of the upper end folding portion (6) is a front plate. (3) Attach the mounting piece (6c) that engages with the stepped portion (3a) at the upper end and is continuous with the trailing edge of the lower end to the floor plate (2).
The front surface (6a) is fixed to the front plate (3) by being superposed on the lower surface of the plate and fixed by a set screw (not shown) or other coupling means.
It is attached to the front plate (3) with a required space in front of it.

A rectangular pull hole (7) is formed in the front surface (6a) of the end plate (6) in the left-right direction, and both sides of the pull hole (7) on the rear surface of the front part (6a) are formed. A bearing piece (8) with its rear end abutting against the front surface of the front plate (3) and facing rearward is fixed.

At the rear end of the bearing piece (8), a U-shaped bearing groove (9) facing forward is cut. (10) is a prismatic handle shaft that faces the left-right direction, the upper part of the handle (11) facing the pull hole (7) is fixed to the middle part, and both sides of the handle (11) are Cylindrical rotating piece (12) having an enlarged flange part (12a) inside
Is fixed.

The rotating shaft (12) is fitted into the front end portions of the bearing grooves (9) of the left and right bearing pieces (8), whereby the handle shaft (10)
Can rotate together with the handle (11).

Outside the rotating shafts (12) of the handle shaft (10), a fan-shaped portion (13a) having an upper portion centering on the handle shaft (10) and a lower stopper portion (13a) having a lower portion are provided. Eggplant contact piece
(13) is stuck.

As shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, when the handle (11) is located in the inoperative position facing downward, the rear edge of the stopper portion (13b) of the contact piece (13) has a front plate ( Abut the front of 3),
When the handle shaft (10) is prevented from rotating in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2 and the lower end of the handle (11) is pulled forward as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. The arcuate edge of (13a) is the front plate (3)
The handle shaft (10) is prevented from falling out of the bearing groove (9) by slidably contacting the front face of the handle shaft (10) to prevent the handle shaft (10) from moving rearward.

A turning arm (14) facing downward is fixedly fitted to one end of the handle shaft (10).
As shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 2, when the lower end of the handle (11) is pulled forward, the lower end portion of the handle rotates integrally with the handle (11) and the handle shaft (10). An inwardly directed horizontal arm (15a) integrally formed at the front end of the latch plate (15) is adapted to respond to the front.

A front end of the latch plate (15) is pivotally attached to a U-shaped bracket (17) fixed to the front surface of the front plate (3) by a shaft (16) directed in the up-down direction. Through a window hole (18) formed in one side of the front plate (3) and extending rearward,
Engagement hole (19) formed in the rear end is
By engaging the triangular engaging claws (21) fixed to the inner surface of (20), it is possible to prevent the drawer body (1) from being withdrawn from the housing (20). There is.

The latch plate (15) is a torsion spring (2) provided around the shaft (16) between the latch plate (15) and the bracket (17).
By 2), it is urged in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 3 and normally comes into contact with the outer edge of the window hole (18) and stops at a position facing right behind, but pulling the handle (11). By rotating arm
When the horizontal arm (15a) is rotated forward at the lower end of (14) and when the drawer body (1) is pushed into the housing (20) from the front, the rear end of the latch plate (15) is Inclined surface of engaging claw (21)
When it is in sliding contact with (21a), it can be rotated clockwise in FIG.

Therefore, from the state where the drawer body (1) is completely pushed into the housing (20) and the engagement hole (19) of the latch plate (15) is engaged with the engagement claw (21). By pulling the handle (11), the latch plate (15) is rotated to the position shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 3 to disengage the engagement hole (19) from the engagement claw (21), and the drawer body ( 1) can be freely pulled out from the housing (20). When the drawer body (1) is pushed into the housing (20), the latch plate (15) is brought into sliding contact with the inclined surface (21a) of the engaging claw (21) and is once rotated inward. After that, the engaging hole (19) engages with the engaging claw (21), and the drawer body (1) can be automatically locked.

The opening angle of the fan-shaped portion (13a) of the contact piece (13) is determined by the latch plate (15), the shaft (16), the bracket (17), and the window hole (1
8), engaging hole (21), torsion spring (22), etc.
It is preferable to make it larger than the turning angle of the handle (11) required for the releasing operation of (23).

Although the embodiment has been described with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various modifications and additions can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, the handle shaft (10) has a round bar shape,
The rotating piece (12) may be omitted.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (a) With the handle shaft fitted in the bearing groove of the bearing piece, simply mounting the end plate on the front plate causes the arcuate edge of the contact piece to contact the front surface of the front plate, and As it does not fall off, the assembly work is easy.

(B) Once assembled, even when the handle is rotated, the arcuate edge of the contact piece always slides on the front surface of the front plate to reliably prevent the handle shaft from moving rearward. As a result, it is possible to reliably support the handle shaft and prevent rattling of the handle shaft and generation of unpleasant noise.

(C) Even after repeated assembling and disassembling, no unreasonable force is locally applied, and the stress is locally concentrated on the constricted portion like the conventional device having the constricted portion in the bearing groove. hand,
There is no risk of damage or breakage.

(D) If the handle shaft is an angular axis (claim 2), it is not necessary to separately provide a rotation stopping means for the handle and other members fitted to the handle shaft, and the structure can be further simplified. .

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

(1) Drawer body (2) Bottom plate (3) Front plate (3a) Step part (4) Rear plate (5) Side plate (6) End plate (6a) Front part (6b) Folding part (6c) Mounting piece (7) Pull hole (8) Bearing piece (9) Bearing groove (10) Handle shaft (11) Handle (12) Rotating piece (12a) Expanding collar (13) Abutment piece (13a) Fan-shaped part (14) Rotating arm (15) Latch plate (15a) Horizontal arm (16) Shaft (17) Bracket (18) Window hole (19) Engagement hole (20) Enclosure (21) Engaging claw (21a) Inclined surface (22) Torsion spring (23) Latch mechanism

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pull-out hole is provided in an end plate mounted on the front face of a front plate of a drawer body at an appropriate interval, and bearing pieces facing rearward are provided at both sides of the pull-out hole in the rear face of the end plate. U cut forward from the rear end of the bearing piece
A handle facing the pull hole is fixed to the front end of the character-shaped bearing groove, and a handle shaft having at least one end linked to a latch mechanism is rotatably fitted to the handle shaft. A support device for a handle of a drawer, characterized in that a fan-shaped contact piece whose arcuate edge is always in sliding contact with the front surface of the front plate is fixed in at least the rotatable range of the handle shaft. 2. A support device for a drawer handle according to claim 1, wherein the handle shaft has a rectangular cross section, and a rotating piece which is rotatably fitted in the bearing groove of the bearing piece is fitted to the handle shaft. .