JPH08224133A - Kitchen cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To protect a shelf positioned above a kitchen appliance mounting board from being adversely affected by steam, for example, from a rice cooker positioned on the said board. CONSTITUTION: A shelf 28 positioned above a kitchen appliance mounting board 22 is a hollow plastic structure with a required number of reinforcement ribs installed therein. The shelf 28 is lightweight and is not adversely affected by steam generated, for example, by a rice cooker.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kitchen cabinet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the following types of kitchen cabinets have been known. That is, a storage cabinet having an article storage top plate, a hanging cabinet provided above the storage cabinet so as to form an article storage space between the article storage top plate, and the article storage space. It has an article shelf that divides the lower side into a wide upper side and a narrow upper side, and the article shelf is a wood-based core material such as plywood or particle board,
It has a melamine resin-impregnated paper attached to the upper and lower surfaces of this wood-based core material, and a synthetic resin band-shaped decorative plate attached to the front surface of the wood-based core material. It is known to be attached to the left and right walls and the rear wall via individual mounting brackets. The article mounting top plate,
Electric appliances such as rice cookers, electric kettles, coffee makers (hereinafter referred to as rice cookers, etc.) are placed. That is, the rice cooker or the like is located below the goods shelf. The article shelf stores kitchen related articles such as wraps and garbage bags.

[0003]

Disadvantages of the Prior Art The conventional kitchen cabinet has the following drawbacks. That is, rice cookers and the like are placed on the article placing top plate, and since those rice cookers and the like are located below the article shelf, steam generated from the rice cooker or the like directly hits the lower surface of the article shelf, As a result, because of the steam,
The melamine resin impregnated paper has a drawback that it is peeled off from the wood-based core material. Further, since the article rack is mainly made of a wood-based core material such as plywood or particle board, it has a drawback of being heavy.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Disadvantages] The present invention employs the following means in order to eliminate the above disadvantages. The present invention
A storage cabinet having an article mounting top plate, a hanging cabinet provided above the storage cabinet so as to form an article storage space between the article mounting top plate, and the article storage space above and below. And an article shelf that is divided into
It has a hollow main body made of synthetic resin having a required reinforcing rib inside, and a decorative edge member provided at the front edge of the main shelf, and the left and right parts and the rear part of the shelf have a cross section. Shape L
It is attached to the left and right walls and the rear wall via a letter-shaped mounting bar, and the front ends of the left and right mounting bars are hidden by a decorative edge material.

[0005]

The present invention has the following functions. Since the shelf main body is hollow and made of a synthetic resin having a required reinforcing rib inside, it is lightweight and unlike the conventional case, is not adversely affected by steam generated from a rice cooker or the like.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on embodiments with reference to the drawings. In this specification, the front means the front side of FIG. 1, the rear means the back side, the left means the left side of FIG. 1, and the right means the right side of FIG.

A kitchen cabinet 10 is installed on the floor wall 2 at the right corner of the room 1 so as to be in close contact with the right wall 3 and the rear wall 5. The kitchen cabinet 10 includes a first cabinet 11 on the left side and a second cabinet 1 on the right side.
And 2. The first cabinet 11 has a lower storage 16, an intermediate storage 17, and an upper storage 18. The second cabinet 12 is provided so as to form an article storage space 25 between the storage case 21 having the article mounting top plate 22 and the article mounting top panel 22 above the storage case 21. It has a hanging door shelf 26 and an article shelf 28 which divides the article storage space 25 into a wide lower side and a narrow upper side.

Left and right storage parts 23 having doors are provided below and to the left and right of the article mounting top plate 22, respectively.
A space 24 defined by 3 and the article mounting top plate 22 is opened to the front.

The article shelf 28 is a hollow main body 31 made of a synthetic resin such as ABS resin having a required reinforcing rib 32 whose longitudinal direction is oriented in the left-right direction, and the front of the main shelf body 31. And a decorative edge member 34 made of a metal extruded mold material such as aluminum provided on the edge. The left-right length of the shelf main body 31 is from the left-right length W (the length W from the right surface of the right wall 13 of the first cabinet 11 to the left surface of the right wall 3 of the room 1) shown in FIG. 40 vertical parts 42
The width (W-2H) is obtained by subtracting twice the width H of the. The reason will be described later.

The decorative edge member 34 has a hollow main body 35 having a substantially rectangular cross section, and a connecting piece 36 which is provided in a protruding manner toward the rear slightly above the lower end of the rear portion of the main body 35. . The left-right length of the main body 35 is equal to the left-right length W.
Then, the main body 35 projects from the left and right ends of the shelf main body 31 by the width H, and the connecting piece 36 contacts the lower surface of the front part of the shelf main body 31 and the rear surface of the main body 35 contacts the front surface of the shelf main body 31. After applying the decorative edge material 34 to the shelf body 31,
The screw 37 is inserted through a plurality of through holes formed in the connecting piece 36.
By attaching the screws to the shelf main body 31,
Is attached to the shelf body 31.

The left and right portions and the rear portion of the article rack 28 are mounted on the right wall 13 of the kitchen cabinet 10 and the right wall 3 of the room 1 via mounting bars 40 made of a metal extruded material such as aluminum and having an L-shaped cross section. It is fixed to the rear wall 5 by a required screw 45.

The mounting bar 40 has a screw head concealing groove 4 on the lower surface.
3 and a vertical portion 42 of width H having a screw head concealing groove 43 on the side where the horizontal portion 41 is provided. The mounting bar 40 is attached to the right wall 13, the right side wall 3 and the rear wall 5 by screwing the screws 45 into the right wall 13, the right side wall 3 and the rear wall 5 through a plurality of through holes formed in the vertical portion 42. Fixed, horizontal part 41 of the fixed mounting bar 40
The article shelf 28 is placed on the shelf 41, and the screws 45 are screwed into the shelf body 31 through the plurality of through holes formed in the horizontal portion 41.
3, the right side wall 3 and the rear wall 5 are fixed. As is clear from this description, the left and right ends of the shelf body 31 and the right wall 1
3 or the right side wall 3, a space for escaping the vertical portions 42 of the left and right mounting bars 40 is required, so that the left and right length of the shelf body 31 is (W-2H) as described above. Of. Further, since a space for escaping the vertical portion 42 of the rear mounting bar 40 is required between the article shelf 28 and the rear wall 5,
The front-rear length of the article shelf 28 is shorter than the front-rear length of the storage 21 by a width H.

As shown in FIG. 5, the connecting piece 3 of the decorative edge member 34 is formed.
The left and right parts of 6 are cut off so as to escape the front parts of the horizontal parts 41 of the left and right mounting bars 40. As is clear from this description, the main body 35 of the decorative edge member 34 is used to attach the left and right mounting bars 40.
The front end of is hidden. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the left and right portions of the horizontal portion 41 of the rear mounting rail 40 are cut off so as to escape the rear portions of the horizontal portions 41 of the left and right mounting rails 40. With such a configuration, the horizontal portions 41 of the left and right mounting bars 40 are in contact with the entire lower surface of the left and right edges and the lower surface of all the rear edges of the shelf body 31. Also, the left and right and rear mounting bars 4
The vertical portion 42 of 0 is continuous in a U shape in a plane, and the vertical portion 42 of the mounting bar 40 is in contact with all the left and right end surfaces and the entire rear end surface of the shelf body 31.

The upper surface of the vertical portion 42 of the mounting bar 40 is flush with or substantially flush with the upper surface of the shelf body 31. Further, the upper surface of the main body 35 of the decorative edge member 34 is also flush with or substantially flush with the upper surface of the shelf main body 31.

A rice cooker or the like is placed on the article placing top plate 22. The article shelf stores kitchen related articles such as wraps and garbage bags.

[0016]

[Modifications, etc.] Modifications will be described below. (1) The decorative edge member 34 and the mounting bar 40 may be made of synthetic resin such as ABS resin. (2) The right and left length of the article shelf 28 is generally about 90 cm, but the left and right length is arbitrary. The front and rear length of the article shelf 28 is generally about 30 cm, but the front and rear length is arbitrary. (3) The storage case 21 may have a rear wall (back plate) and a right wall. (4) The main body 35 of the decorative edge member 34 may be solid rather than hollow.

[0017]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above-described structure. According to the invention of claim 1, since the shelf main body is hollow and made of synthetic resin having the required reinforcing ribs inside, it is lightweight and may be adversely affected by steam generated from a rice cooker or the like. Absent. According to the invention of claim 1, since the front ends of the left and right mounting bars are hidden by the decorative edge material, that is, the front ends of the left and right mounting bars are invisible when viewed from the front side, and the article rack is closed. You can make it look good. According to the invention of claim 2, since the horizontal portion of the mounting bar is in contact with the entire lower surface of the left and right edges and the entire lower surface of the rear edge of the shelf main body, and the decorative edge material is made of metal, it is made of synthetic resin. The shelf body of can be reinforced. According to the invention of claim 3, the vertical portion of the mounting rail is in contact with all the left and right end surfaces and the entire rear end surface of the shelf body, and the upper surface of the vertical portion of the mounting rail is flush with or substantially flush with the upper surface of the shelf body. Since they are flush with each other, that is, there is no gap between the article shelf and the left and right walls and the rear wall, and there is no vertical step between the article shelf and the vertical portion of the mounting bar, the peripheral edge of the article shelf Not only can it be made to look neat and clean, but dust and the like are less likely to collect in the peripheral portion of the article shelf.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view along the line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2 with intermediate omitted.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 2;

5 is a perspective view of a decorative edge member and a mounting bar as viewed from the rear surface side of a portion A of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a mounting bar of a B portion of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Right Side Wall 13 Right Wall of the First Cabinet 11 (Left Wall in Claims) 21 Storage Cabinet 22 Top Plate for Article Mounting 25 Article Storage Space 26 Hanging Cabinet 28 Article Shelf 31 Shelf Main Body 32 Reinforcing Rib 34 Decorative Edge Material 40 mounting bar

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage cabinet having an article mounting top plate, and a hanging cabinet provided above the storage cabinet so as to form an article storage space between the article mounting top panel and the storage cabinet. It has an article shelf that divides the article storage space into upper and lower parts,
The article shelf has a shelf body made of synthetic resin, which is hollow and has a reinforcing rib of a required book inside, and a decorative edge member provided at a front edge of the shelf body. A kitchen cabinet in which the front and rear portions are attached to the left and right walls and the rear wall via attachment rails having an L-shaped cross section, and the front ends of the left and right attachment rails are hidden by decorative edge members. 2. The kitchen cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal portion of the mounting bar is in contact with all the left and right edge lower surfaces and the entire rear edge lower surfaces of the shelf body, and the decorative edge member is made of metal. 3. The vertical portion of the mounting rail is in contact with all the left and right end surfaces and the entire rear end surface of the shelf body, and the upper surface of the vertical portion of the mounting rail is flush with or substantially flush with the upper surface of the shelf body. The kitchen cabinet according to claim 1, which is made.