JPH09271417A - Cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-workability cabinet with which the height of the cabinet having a knee space can be especially extremely easily adjusted without damaging the main body of the cabinet and complicated work for detaching piping and performing piping again is not required at all. SOLUTION: The cabinet for a sink, etc., is constituted by providing a main body 1 of the cabinet constituted by forming the knee space under a top plate 3, frame member 20 freely attachably and detachably mounted in the knee space, freely attachable/detachable height adjusting stand wheel bodies fixed on the lower faces of side plates at the main body 1 of the cabinet to be vertically moved by a jack set at this frame member 20, and riser fixed on the front face of a rising part at the main body 1 of the cabinet and/or on the front faces of the height adjusting stand wheel bodies.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cabinet such as a sink or a sink, and more particularly, to a cabinet which can adjust a height position of a top plate of a cabinet in a stepwise manner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when a sink is newly installed in a kitchen room or when newly entering a condominium or the like where a sink is already installed, the height of the top plate of the sink is increased by a new user. In many cases, the height does not match the height, and when cooking is performed in this state, the posture becomes poor and the usability is poor. Therefore, it is necessary to readjust the height of the top plate to a height that matches the height of the user. .

Conventionally, such readjustment work has to be carried out by lifting or jacking up the cabinet body of the sink, so that such work is very complicated, and the portion where the jack comes into contact with the cabinet body. However, there is a problem that the glass is easily damaged. In addition, when performing such conventional work, the work must be performed after removing the drain pipes and the like that have been piped inside the cabinet body of the sink, and re-working after the work is completed, which is very complicated. In addition, there is also a problem that skill is required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to adjust the height of a cabinet having a knee space extremely easily without damaging the cabinet body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cabinet excellent in workability that does not require any troublesome work of removing pipes and re-placing pipes.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in a cabinet according to the present invention, a cabinet body having a knee space formed below a top plate, and a detachably mounted to the knee space. Frame member, a detachable height-adjustable pedestal fixed to the lower surface of the side plate of the cabinet main body which is lifted and lowered by a jack set in the frame member, and a recessed front surface of the cabinet main body and And / or a recessed plate fixed to the front surface of the height adjusting base wheel body.

According to the present invention, a plurality of side plates defining the knee space are provided so that the depth of the knee space can be adjusted in addition to the height of the cabinet body. The upper and lower rows of screw holes are provided in pairs,
The frame member is fastened to the knee space using the screw holes, and a support provided between the both side plates is detachably attached to the screw holes via a fastener. Is
Along the depth direction of the knee space, at least a position where the surface of the plate attached to the support and the front surface of the cabinet body are substantially flush, and a position where a sufficient space is formed as a knee space. It is characterized in that it can be fixed.

Further, according to the present invention, when adjusting the height of the cabinet body, the troublesome work of removing pipes such as drain pipes and re-installing the pipes is omitted. A vertical hole is formed in the plate portion, and a pipe insertion hole for inserting a pipe is formed in the back plate portion in which the vertical hole is formed, and a blockage held by a guide rail provided on the back plate. A plate is disposed, the pipe insertion hole of the closing plate and the vertical hole are set coaxially, and even when the cabinet body moves up and down, the pipe is held in the vertical hole. I have.

[0008]

Hereinafter, based on an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings,
The present invention will be described in detail.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a case where the present invention is applied to a sink K. A cabinet body 1 of the sink K has a top plate 3 having a water tank 2 and two lower sides of the top plate 3. Side cabinets 4R and 4L provided, a knee space 5 formed by being surrounded by the side cabinets 4R and 4L and the top plate 3, and a frame member 20 detachably mounted in the knee space 5 , A jack J and a door device 30 for concealing the knee space 5 (see FIG. 2)
And is composed of

The knee space 5 includes inner wall surfaces 6A and 6B of the side cabinets 4R and 4L, a curtain plate 7 provided between the inner wall surfaces 6A and 6B above the knee space 5, and the cabinet. Back plate 8 of main body 1
, And are formed in a state where the front is open.

On the other hand, the side cabinet 4R is composed of a box-shaped storage cabinet body 9 having an open front surface, and well-known doors 10, 10 for opening and closing the front opening of the storage cabinet body 9. .

The side cabinet 4L has a box-shaped storage cabinet main body 11 having an open front surface, and a storage body attached to the storage cabinet main body 11 via a known rail device (not shown) so as to be able to be pulled out. (Not shown), and reference numeral 14 denotes an end plate of the storage body.

Reference numerals 12R and 12L in the drawings denote decorative cover plates of the side cabinets 4R and 4L. In this embodiment, when the height of the cabinet body 1 is 800 mm, the decorative cover is provided. The height dimensions of the indentation plates 12R and 12L are 65 mm. In the case of 850 mm, the height dimensions of the decorative indentation plates 12R and 12L are 11 mm.
5 mm is used. In the case of 900 mm, the height of the decorative indentation plates 12R and 12L is 165 mm, and three types of decorative indentation plates are prepared.
Needless to say, when the door device 30 is used without being provided, that is, when the knee space 5 is used as it is, no decorative wrapping plate is provided on the front side of the knee space 5.

On the inner wall surfaces 6A, 6B of the side cabinets 4R, 4L thus constructed, screw holes 13 for detachably attaching the columns 31, 31 of the door device 30 are vertically arranged along the depth direction. A plurality (three in this embodiment) is provided in two rows.

That is, the screw holes 13 are provided with female screw holes 13A, 13A, 13B, 13B,
13C, female screw hole 1 opened facing 13C and lower row
3D, 13D, 13E, 13E, 13F, and 13F. In addition, each of these female screw holes is formed in an onyme nut shape.

Female screw holes 13A, 13A and female screw holes 13
2 and 3, the surfaces of the door bodies 35, 35 attached to the columns 31, 31 of the door device 30 are flush with the surfaces of the curtain plate 7, the doors 10, 10, and the like, as shown in FIGS. (Hereinafter referred to as a front position).

The female screw holes 13B, 13B and the female screw holes 13
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, E and 13E are located at positions where the knees enter the knee space 5 and do not hit the doors 35 (hereinafter referred to as an intermediate position) when the toilet and the make-up are redressed while sitting on a chair. It is established in correspondence with.)

Female screw holes 13C, 13C and female screw holes 13
F and 13F are positions where the knees and the front end of the wheelchair enter the knee space 5 and do not hit the doors 35, 35 as shown in FIGS. (Hereinafter, referred to as a depth position).

Although the above is the desired positional relationship in terms of usability when using a chair or a wheelchair, it is necessary to consider the unification of the size of the shelf board in consideration of this condition. Therefore, it is desirable that the distance between the intermediate position and the depth position and the distance between the depth position and the back plate be the same.

In this embodiment, the receiving member 4 is removably inserted into the dowel holes 41, 41 formed below the inner wall surfaces 6A, 6B of the side cabinets 4R, 4L.
The bottom plates 40A, 40B, 40C are configured to be held via the base plates 2, 42. The receiving members 42, 42
As shown in FIG. 6, each of the bottom plates 40A, 40B, 40C
A main body 42b having a flat plate portion 42a in contact with the bottom surface of
And a shaft portion 42c protruding from the main body 42b and inserted into the dowel holes 41, 41.

Further, the bottom plate 40C arranged on the depth side.
The dowel hole 4 into which the receiving members 42, 42 are inserted
1A and 41A are set up in two levels.

That is, in this embodiment, the dowel hole 41 is used.
A, 41A are inserted with the receiving members 42, 42 of the bottom plates 40B, 40C to be removed when the door device 30 is moved from the front position to the intermediate position or from the intermediate position to the depth position,
This is used to hold the bottom plates 40B and 40C as shelf plates.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
Inner wall surfaces 6A, 6 of the side cabinets 4R, 4L
Supports 31 fixed to B, and the supports 31
A cushion member 32 made of a synthetic resin having a substantially inverted C-shape in cross-section, which is erected on the upper part, and an indenting member 34 arranged below the columns 31, 31, are formed in a frame shape in advance. In addition, doors 35, 35 are pivotally supported on the columns 31, 31 via hinge devices (not shown) so as to be freely opened and closed.

The doors 35, 35 and the recess 34
The design of the side cabinets 4R and 4L is unified with the end plates 14 and doors 10 of the side cabinets 4R and 4L. When the height of the indentation member 34 is adjusted to 850 mm, the height of the indentation member 34 is 50 mm higher than that at 800 mm.
When the height is adjusted to 0 mm, the one formed 100 mm higher than that at 800 mm is used.

The support holes 31, 31 are provided with screw holes 3 at positions coaxial with the axes of the upper and lower female screw holes 13 formed on the inner wall surfaces 6A, 6B of the side cabinets 4R, 4L.
3, 33 are set up and down.
3 and 33 are screw cylinders 3 each having a female screw carved inside.
6, the screw cylinder 36 and the upper and lower female screw holes 1
A screw 37 is screwed into the column 3 so that the columns 31, 31 are firmly fixed at the front position, intermediate position, or depth position of the inner wall surfaces 6A, 6B.

As shown in FIG. 7, the frame member 20 has a width dimension slightly shorter than the interval dimension of the knee space 5 and a height dimension formed above and below the inner wall surfaces 6A, 6B. The screw holes 13 are formed longer than the vertical opening dimensions of the screw holes 13, 13.
23 and the bottom plate 24 form a front shape in a square shape.

In this embodiment, the two side plates 2 are used.
Two screw holes 24A, 24B, 25
A and 25B are respectively opened, and each of these screw holes 22
A, 22B, 23A, and 23B are set, for example, at positions that are coaxial with the female screw holes 13B and 13E formed in the inner wall surfaces 6A and 6B.

As the jack J, for example, a known jack mounted on an automobile or the like can be used.

The sink K configured as described above is
Now, 850mm or 900mm from 800mm height
In order to adjust the height to the height, first, the frame member 20 is put in the knee space 5, and as shown in FIG.
Each screw hole 22A, 22B, 23 opened in 2, 23
A and 23B are set so as to be coaxial with the female screw holes 13B and 13E formed in the inner wall surfaces 6A and 6B, and tightened with screws 26 to fix the frame member 20 to the inner wall surfaces 6A and 6B.

Next, the frame member 20 is pushed up by inserting the jack J between the floor surface and the bottom plate 24 of the frame member 20 and operating the jack J to move up.
The cabinet body 1 to which is fixed also rises, and the cabinet body 1 is lifted to a target height position.

As shown in FIG. 9, when the plate member 27 is installed above the knee space 5, the top plate 21 of the frame member 20 may be abutted against the plate member 27 to jack the cabinet body with the jack J. Since 1 can be lifted, the work of fixing and removing the frame member 20 to and from the inner wall surfaces 6A and 6B is unnecessary, and the workability can be improved.

When the cabinet body 1 is lifted to a desired position in this manner, the inner wall surfaces 6A, 6B and the outer wall surfaces 6C, 6C of the side cabinets 4R, 4L.
The height adjusting base wheels 28 are fixed to the lower surface of D, respectively.

The inner wall surfaces 6A and 6B and the outer wall surface 6
As shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the connection between C, 6D and the height adjustment base plate 28
C, 6D and the recess 29 formed in the opposing surfaces of the height adjusting base wheel plate 28 are fitted with the sash 29, and after the connection work is completed, the connection fitting B is connected as shown in FIG. By fixing with screws, the height adjusting base wheel plate 28 is fixed to the inner wall surfaces 6A, 6A.
B and the lower surfaces of the outer wall surfaces 6C and 6D can be firmly fixed. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 13, the burr plates 12R and 12L are fixed to the front surface of the connecting portion with screws or the like.

When adjusting the height of the cabinet main body 1 to 850 mm, the height adjusting base plate 28 has a height of 50 mm, and the height of the cabinet main body 1 is 900 mm. When adjusting to 1
One with a height of 00 mm is used.

By the way, when such a height adjustment is performed, conventionally, it is necessary to remove the drain pipe connected to the water tank 2 and to perform the connection operation after the height adjustment. In this embodiment, however, FIG. Since the configuration shown in FIG. 19 is adopted, such an operation is not required at all.

That is, in the sink K according to this embodiment, a vertically long hole 50 is opened at the drain pipe insertion position of the back plate 8 located at the rear of the water tank 2, and at the back side of the back plate 8. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, L-shaped guide rails 51 are protruded around the vertically long hole 50, and the closing plate 5 slidable along the guide rails 51, 51.
2 is provided, and a pipe insertion hole 54 through which a drain pipe 53 is inserted is formed in the closing plate 52. In addition, this vertically long hole 50
In the case of the present embodiment, since the moving distance of the cabinet body 1 is 100 mm in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the length is at least about 120 to 150 mm in consideration of error absorption.

Therefore, now, for example, 800 shown in FIG.
In the case of the sink K set at a height of mm, the drain pipe 53 inserted and held in the pipe insertion hole 54 of the closing plate 52 is
As shown in FIG. 15, it is located above the vertically long hole 50.

From this state, the cabinet body 1 is moved to 900
When the cabinet body 1 is jacked up in the above procedure, the position of the closing plate 52 is kept as it is, but since the cabinet body 1 rises, it is inserted and held in the pipe insertion hole 54 of the closing plate 52. Drainage pipe 53
As shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, the lower part is located below the vertically long hole 50, so that the work of removing and connecting the drain pipe 53 when adjusting the height of the cabinet body 1 can be eliminated. Of course,
This configuration can be applied to pipes other than the drain pipe.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a sink is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. It can be applied to furniture,
The height adjustment is not limited to the three-stage adjustment of 800 mm, 850 mm, and 900 mm, and two or more stages of height adjustment can be arbitrarily performed.

In the above embodiment, the side cabinets 4R, 4R are used as members to which the columns 31, 31 are attached.
Although L has been described as an example, it may be configured to be attached to a simple side plate instead.
As a member attached to 31, a simple plate may be attached instead of doors 35,35.

[0041]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when adjusting the height of the cabinet body having the knee space formed below the top plate, the knee space can be adjusted. After mounting the frame member and moving the frame member up and down through the jack, a height adjusting base ring is attached to the lower surface of the side plate of the cabinet main body, and a recessed front surface and / or a height adjusting base of the cabinet main body. Since the height of the cabinet body is adjusted by fixing the burr plate on the front surface of the wheel body, the height adjustment of the cabinet having the knee space can be performed very easily without damaging the cabinet body. In addition to this, since the trace of the height adjustment can be concealed by the indentation plate, the effect that the appearance quality is not impaired can be obtained.

According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to adjusting the height of the cabinet body, the depth of the knee space can be adjusted, and the removed bottom plate is used as a shelf. As a result, the operability of the bottom plate is improved, and the storage space can be effectively used.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a vertically elongated hole is formed in the back plate of the cabinet body, and a pipe is inserted into the back plate where the vertically elongated hole is formed. A hole is opened, and a closing plate held by a guide rail provided on the back plate is provided, and the pipe insertion hole of the closing plate and the vertical hole are set coaxially, and the cabinet body is raised and lowered. Even if it moves, the above-mentioned piping is configured to be held in the above-mentioned vertically long hole, so even if the cabinet body moves up and down, it is troublesome work to remove the piping such as the drain pipe and re-pipe. Is unnecessary, and the height of the cabinet body can be adjusted extremely easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a door device provided in a knee space of the sink.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the door device is attached to a front position.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the door device is attached to an intermediate position.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the door device is attached to a depth position.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a receiver used for the sink.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a state in which a frame member and a jack are mounted on the sink.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of essential parts showing a state in which the inner wall surface of the sink and the frame member are fixedly attached.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a main part showing another example of jacking up the sink.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of a main part showing a state in which a height adjusting wheel is mounted on the sink.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a connection state between the sink and a height adjustment wheel.

FIG. 12 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which the sink and a height adjustment wheel are fixed to each other with a connection fitting.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of a main part showing a state in which a bail plate is fixed to a connection portion between the sink and the height adjustment wheel.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a pipe insertion portion formed on a back plate of the sink.

FIG. 15 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a holding state of a drain pipe in the pipe insertion portion.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the pipe insertion portion.

FIG. 17 is a horizontal sectional view of the pipe insertion portion.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the pipe insertion portion when the same sink is raised.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a main part showing a configuration of a pipe insertion portion when the sink is raised.

[Explanation of symbols]

 K sink 1 cabinet body 3 top plate 5 knee space 6,6 side plates 8 back plate 9,11 side cabinets 12R, 12L buried plate 13,13A to 13F screw hole 20 frame member 28 height adjustment wheel plate 30 door device 31, 31 Support 34 Indentation member 35, 35 Door (plate) 37 Fastener 40A, 40B, 40C Bottom plate 40D Support bottom plate 50 Vertical hole 51, 51 Guide rail 52 Closure plate 53 Drain pipe 54 Pipe insertion hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cabinet body having a knee space formed below a top plate, a frame member detachably mounted in the knee space, and the cabinet raised and lowered by a jack set in the frame member. A detachable height-adjustable pedestal fixed to the lower surface of the side plate of the main body, and a dent plate fixed to the front of the recessed portion of the cabinet main body and / or the front of the height-adjustable pedestal. A cabinet configured to have. 2. A plurality of upper and lower rows of screw holes are provided on both side plates defining the knee space, and the frame member is fixed to the knee space using the screw holes.
A strut oppositely disposed between the both side plates is detachably attached to the screw hole via a fastener, and the strut is at least a plate attached to the strut along the depth direction of the knee space. The cabinet according to claim 1, which can be fixed to a position where the surface of the body is substantially flush with the front surface of the cabinet body and a position where a sufficient space is formed as a knee space. 3. A vertical hole is formed in a back plate portion of the cabinet body, and a pipe insertion hole through which a pipe is inserted is formed in the back plate portion in which the vertical hole is formed, and is arranged on the back plate. The obstruction plate held by the provided guide rail is provided, and the pipe insertion hole of the obstruction plate and the vertically long hole are set coaxially. 2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
Or a cabinet according to any of the preceding claims.