JPH08289818A - Vertically movable furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily adjust the height of a furniture main body without narrowing the housing space of the furniture by inserting a plinth to a lower part on both sides of the furniture main body and disposing a jack body for elevating and lowering the furniture main body and adjusting the height from a floor surface to a top plate part to the plinth. CONSTITUTION: The plinth 5 is inserted to the lower part of a housing part 2 on both sides of the furniture main body 3 and the jack body 21 is fixed in the inside. The jack body 21 is composed of bendable arms 22, upper and lower shaft members 23 and 24 and a screw rod 25 screwed to the bent parts of the arms 22, the shaft member 23 is fixed to the bottom surface of the shelf plate 14 of the housing part 2 and the shaft member 24 is fixed to the inner bottom surface 26 of the plinth 5. Then, a rod 27 for a rotating operation is connected to the tip part of the screw rod 25, the arms 22 are extended and contracted by rotating it and the furniture main body 3 is elevated and lowered. At this time, plural insertion plates 28 for adjusting the height are piled correspondingly to the height of the furniture main body 3 and inserted between the inner bottom surface 26 of the plinth 5 and the lower end part of a supporting plate 17 at the lower part of the shelf plate 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lifting furniture which makes it easy to adjust the height of a top plate of furniture such as a sink and a vanity to the most convenient height according to the height of an operator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of conventional furniture such as a sink and a vanity, the height up to the top is often fixed in advance based on the average height and the like. Most of them cannot adjust the height up to the board, but in recent years, various lifting furniture that can adjust the height up to the desired height using an electric motor have been proposed. ing.

By the way, in the case of furniture such as a sink and a vanity, since the storage portion formed on the side of the furniture main body is used as an accessory case, it is desirable to secure the storage space as wide as possible.

However, in the conventional lifting furniture in which the furniture main body is lifted and lowered by the electric motor or the like to adjust the height to the top plate, the mechanism becomes very complicated and large in size. There was a problem that the storage space was significantly narrowed and it was difficult to secure a space for small items, and therefore the top plate became messy and the usability became very poor, and the height to the top plate was high. Most of the time, the adjustment is done at the time of installation, and even though the adjustment is performed several times even after that, it is costly to arrange a complicated mechanism such as an electric motor. It also had the problem of being irrational.

The present invention was devised in view of the present situation, and an object thereof is to reduce the height from the floor surface to the top plate portion of the furniture main body without narrowing the storage space of the furniture so much. It is an object of the present invention to provide elevator furniture that can be easily adjusted to a desired position and that the elevator adjustment mechanism is very simple, and thus is very inexpensive in terms of price.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, lifting furniture is fitted with pedestals on both lower sides of the furniture body, and the furniture body is attached to the pedestal. It is characterized in that a jack body for raising and lowering and adjusting the height from the floor surface to the top plate portion of the furniture main body is arranged.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a sink K according to this embodiment has a furniture main body 3 having storage portions 1 and 2 formed on both sides, and the storage portion 1 on both sides of the furniture main body 3. , 2 and the base wheels 4 and 5 fitted to the lower portions of the two.

The furniture main body 3 has a top plate portion 6 on the upper part thereof, and on the right side of the top plate portion 6, a sink 8 having a faucet 7 is provided, and A heating device 9 is arranged on the left side. Of course, in the present invention, the configuration of the furniture main body 3 is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and the point is that the furniture main body 3 may have the storage portions 1 and 2 formed on both sides.

The storage unit 1 is composed of three stages of drawer storage units. In the lowest stage drawer storage unit 13A, a decorative plate 10 imitating a drawer end plate is formed by a hook-and-loop fastener or screws. It is detachably attached, and the upper part of the pedestal 4 is fitted to the bottom drawer storage portion 13A.

On the other hand, the storage portion 2 has a front opening portion 1 thereof.
As shown in FIG. 2, 1 is configured to be closed by a door 12 that can be opened and closed via a hinge, and a bottom portion of a second drawer storage unit 13B formed in the storage unit 1 At the same height position, the shelf plate 14 is fixed in a raised state.

The opening 15 from the shelf 14 to the bottom of the furniture main body 3 is a space having an inverted concave shape so that the upper portions of the wheels 4 and 5 can be fitted, as shown in FIG. The opening 15 is formed so as to be concealed by a removable blindfold plate 16 by a surface fastener, a screw, or the like.

On the lower surface of the shelf board 14, the shelf board 1 is attached.
A support plate 17 extending in the depth direction from the front end of the furniture 4 is fixed, and the support plate 17 is configured such that the lower end portion thereof has a length that slightly projects downward from the bottom surface of the furniture body 3. Of course, a support plate similar to the support plate 17 is also fixed to the bottom surface of the drawer storage portion 13B of the second stage of the storage portion 1.

The front wheels 4 and 5 are formed in a substantially concave front shape, and in this embodiment, the depth portions thereof are connected by a back plate 18, and the front opening portions 19 thereof are formed.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, it is configured so that it can be closed by removable front plates 20, 20 by means of a surface fastener, a screw or the like.

In the wheels 4 and 5 constructed in this way,
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the jack body 21 is housed and fixed.

The jack body 21 includes a pair of arms 22 and 22 which can be bent in a V shape, and shaft members 23 and 24 whose upper and lower ends are pivotally supported.
And a screw rod 25 screwed on the bent portion of the pair of arms 22, 22, and the upper shaft member 23.
Is fixed to the bottom surface of the shelf plate 14, and the lower shaft member 24 is fixed to the inner bottom surface 26 of the wheels 4 and 5.

Therefore, at the tip of the screw rod 25, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the rotation operation rod 27 is connected, and the rotation operation rod 27 is rotated clockwise, for example, so that the bent portions of the pair of arms 22 and 22 are approached and extended, and the furniture main body is extended. 3 is lifted upward and the rotation operation rod 27 is rotated counterclockwise, for example, whereby the bent portions of the pair of arms 22 and 22 are separated and contracted, and the furniture main body 3 can be lowered. it can.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, reference numeral 28 is a height adjusting insert plate. Insert plate 2 for this height adjustment
Since 8 is used by stacking a plurality of sheets corresponding to the height of the furniture body 3, for the purpose of preventing horizontal displacement, for example, a mortise and a mortise groove are provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of each insertion plate 28. It is desirable that they are formed in advance and are configured to be fitted and locked to each other, or that they are fitted and locked to each other by means of labor.

Next, the procedure for adjusting the height of the sink K constructed as described above will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, the door 12 is opened to open the front opening 11 of the storage unit 2, and then, as shown in FIG. 3, the door 12 is removed and the blind plate. 1
6 and the front panel 20 of the recess are removed. At this time, if the blindfold plate 16 and the indentation front plate 20 are configured to be attachable / detachable by a surface fastener, the attaching / detaching work can be performed more easily. Of course, at this time, the decorative plate 10 and the front panel 20 of the storage part 1 are similarly removed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, at each tip of the screw rod 25 of the jack body 21 provided on each of the wheels 4 and 5, as shown in FIG.
The rotation operation rod 27 is connected to the rotation operation rod 2
The furniture 7 is horizontally rotated to the right and left, for example, in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions to extend the pair of arms 22 and 22, and the furniture main body 3 is horizontally lifted to a desired height position. At this time, the lifting height of the furniture main body 3 by the jacks 21 is raised to a position slightly higher than the desired set height position.

In this manner, the plurality of insert plates 28 are sequentially inserted into the pedestals 4 and 5 and stacked while the furniture body 3 is lifted slightly above the set height position by the jacks 21. The uppermost insertion plate 28 is laminated until the upper surface of the insertion plate 28 comes close to the lower end of the support plate 17. At this time, insert plates 28 of a number corresponding to the height from the inner bottom surface 26 of each of the wheels 4 and 5 to the lower end of the support plate 17 are interconnected by, for example, a mortise and a mortise groove, and the It is inserted into each of the front opening portions 19 and positioned below the support plate 17.

Next, the rotating operation rod 27 is rotated counterclockwise to lower the furniture main body 3, and the lower end portion of the support plate 17 is pressed against the upper surface of the uppermost insertion plate 28.
Thereby, the height from the floor surface to the top plate portion 6 of the furniture body 3 can be set at a desired set height position.

After the height adjustment is completed in this way,
The rotation operating rod 27 is removed from the screw rod 25, the front front plates 20 and 20 close the front opening portions 19 of the wheels 4 and 5, and the decorative plate 10 serves as the lowermost drawer storage portion 13A.
And the blindfold plate 16 closes the opening 15 from the shelf 14 to the bottom of the furniture body 3 to close the door 12.
The height adjustment work can be completed by such an extremely simple work.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the jack body 31 has a pair of arms 3 whose lower end is rotatably supported by a shaft member 34.
2, 32, a screw rod 35 screwed on the upper ends of the arms 32, 32, and rollers 33, 33 rotatably supported on the upper ends of the arms 32, 32. , The rollers 33, 33 are brought into contact with the lower surface of the shelf plate 14, and the shaft member 34 is attached to the inner bottom surfaces 2 of the base wheels 4, 5.
By fixing it to No. 6, the supporting plate 17 used in the first embodiment
Since other constructions and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment except that the insert plate 28 is eliminated and the number of parts is reduced to further reduce the cost, the drawings show the first embodiment. The same reference numerals as those used in step 1 are attached, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Further, in the present invention, in order to prevent the shift between the pedestals 4 and 5 and the furniture main body 3, as shown in FIG.
Two reverse recessed grooves 36, 36 are formed on the left and right sides of the shelf plate 14, and convex ridges 37, 37 are formed on the upper surfaces of both side plates of the base wheels 4, 5.
And project each of these ridges 37, 37 into the reverse concave groove 3
6 and 36 are fitted. Needless to say, a plurality of small holes are provided at predetermined intervals on one side of the shelf plate 14 or both side plates of the pedestals 4 and 5, and on the other side, projections that fit into these small holes are provided in a protruding manner. It is also possible to perform positioning by fitting the above into the small hole.

In each of the above embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the sink K has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a vanity and the like, for example. Also, the structure of the jack body is not limited to the above embodiments, and various known jacks can be used.

[0028]

As described above, in the lifting furniture according to the present invention, the pedestals are fitted to the lower portions of both sides of the furniture main body, and the furniture main body is moved up and down on the pedestal from the floor surface. Since it was constructed by arranging a jack body that adjusts the height to the top plate part of, without reducing the furniture storage space so much,
The height from the floor to the top plate of the furniture can be easily adjusted to the desired position, the top plate area can be functionally organized, and the lifting adjustment mechanism can be configured very simply. As a result, it is possible to provide the lifting furniture at a low price, and there are many excellent effects.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sink according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which a door of a right storage portion of the sink is opened.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which a blindfold plate and a front front plate of the right storage portion of the sink are removed.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which a rotary operation rod is connected to a jack body arranged in the right storage portion of the sink.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view showing a state where the furniture main body is jacked up by the jack body arranged in the right storage part of the sink.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a jack body used in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a right storage portion of the sink in which the jack body is arranged.

[Explanation of symbols]

 K sink 1, storage 2 furniture main body 4, 5 unit wheel 10 decorative plate 14 shelf plate 16 blindfold plate 17 support plate 20 front panel 21 jack body

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A jack for fitting a pedestal wheel into the lower parts of both sides of the furniture body, and adjusting the height of the furniture body to the pedestal by adjusting the height from the floor surface to the top plate of the furniture body. Lifting furniture with a body.