JPH0951855A - Cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cabinet in which the breadthwise dimension of each door of hinged doors is not enlarged even when the breadth of the front opening part of the cabinet is wide in the case of opening/closing the front opening part with the hinged doors, the doors can be fitted even without erecting any struts at the middle positions of the opening part and articles can be put in/out through the opening part. SOLUTION: An opening part 19 of a base cabinet 4 is opened/closed by the hinged doors 20 and a sliding door 22 which can be moved by sliding over the entire breadth of the opening part 19 and held on a cover plate 18 while being suspended, and the sliding move of the sliding door 22 is guided based on the fitting between a guide groove 84 formed on the lower end face of the sliding door 22 and a projection 86 provided on the upper face of a bottom plate 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cabinet, and more particularly to a cabinet characterized by a door that opens and closes an opening on the front surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a base cabinet for a vanity, the front surface is an opening, and the opening is generally opened and closed by a pair of double doors of a double door type. Target. When the width of the cabinet in the left-right direction is wide, that is, when the width of the opening in the left-right direction is wide,
If the opening is opened and closed with a pair of double doors of double door type, there is a problem that the width of each single door becomes large and it becomes difficult to open and close. It is usual to stand a pillar at the opening of the pillar, to provide a pair of double-door hinged doors on one side in the left-right direction of the pillar, and to provide a single hinged door on the other side.

[0003]

However, in this case, when the hinged door is fully opened, there is a problem that the pillars are exposed and the appearance is not good. In addition, when a relatively large article is taken in and out through the opening, the pillars are articles. There is a problem that it can get in and out of the car.

[0004]

The cabinet of the present invention has been devised to solve such a problem. Thus, the cabinet of the invention of the present application is characterized in that the door that opens and closes one continuous opening on the front surface is a combination of a double door and a sliding door of the double door type (claim 1).

The cabinet of another invention of the present application is characterized in that, in claim 1, the hinged doors are arranged at both ends in the left-right direction, and the sliding doors are arranged in the middle in the left-right direction (claim 2). .

A cabinet according to still another invention of the present application is the cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sliding door is slidable over the entire width of the opening (claim 3).

A cabinet according to still another invention of the present application is characterized in that, in any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, the sliding door is movably held by a cabinet body in a suspended manner (claim). 4).

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the cabinet according to claim 4, a guide groove is formed in the left-right direction along the lower end surface of the sliding door, and the movement locus of the sliding door is provided on the bottom plate of the cabinet body. Upward projections that are slidably fitted in the guide grooves are provided at predetermined locations along, and the sliding doors are guided by the guide grooves and the projections ( Claim 5).

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in the cabinet according to any one of claims 4 and 5, the cabinet is formed of a resin having a guide groove on one of an upper end surface of the sliding door and a lower end surface of the curtain plate above the opening. A rail member is provided, and a resin fitting member that fits into the guide groove so as not to be detachable in the vertical direction and to be slidable in the left-right direction is attached to the other side of the guide groove. 6).

[0010]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, the door for opening and closing one continuous opening in the front surface of the cabinet is constituted by a combination of a double door type open door and a sliding door. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the width of each hinged door, which facilitates the operation when opening and closing the hinged door, and eliminates the need to stand up a pillar in the front opening of the cabinet. It is possible to solve the problem that the pillar is exposed to the outside when it is opened, and the appearance becomes bad.

Further, when the articles are taken in and out with the double door of the double door type opened, the sliding door can be slid left and right as necessary, so that the articles can be stored and taken out smoothly. Is possible.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the hinged doors are arranged at both ends in the left-right direction and the sliding doors are arranged in the middle. According to the present invention, the side plates at the left-right ends of the cabinet body are used. A hinged door can be attached, which simplifies the door attachment structure.

When the sliding door is slidable over the entire width of the opening in the left-right direction according to the third aspect of the invention, the portion of the opening required for taking in and out the article is freely opened by the sliding movement of the sliding door. It is possible to improve the usability of the cabinet.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the sliding door is movably held by the cabinet body in a suspended manner. As a mounting form of the sliding door, it is considered that a rail or groove is provided on the bottom plate of the cabinet body and the sliding door is slidably moved along the rail or groove. In this case, the rail provided on the bottom plate is used. Alternatively, there arises a problem that dust or the like is likely to be accumulated in the groove portion.

However, according to the present invention, when the sliding door is movably held by the cabinet body so as to be suspended, it is not necessary to provide rails or grooves on the bottom plate, and therefore, the problem that dust collects in the same portion is solved. it can.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a guide groove is formed on the lower end surface of the sliding door, and projections are provided on the bottom plate of the cabinet body, and the sliding door is guided based on the fitting of the projection and the guide groove. According to the present invention, the sliding door held by the cabinet body at the upper end can be prevented from swinging forward and backward based on the fitting of the projections and the guide grooves, and can be moved in the left-right direction. It can be done smoothly.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a resin rail member is provided on either the lower end surface of the curtain plate or the upper end surface of the sliding door on the upper side of the opening, and the other resin fitting member is provided on the other, respectively. According to the present invention, the sliding door can be hung by the cabinet body via the rail member and the fitting member, and
Since the rail member and the fitting member are made of resin and have excellent slidability, the sliding door can be smoothly slid.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings, taking a base cabinet as an example. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 2 denotes a wash basin, on which the counter 6 is mounted and fixed on the upper part of the base cabinet 4. The counter 6 is provided with a washbasin 8 and a faucet 9.

As shown in FIG. 3, the base cabinet 4 includes an underframe 10, a bottom plate 12 mounted and fixed on the underframe 10, and a pair of upright fixed left and right end portions of the bottom plate 12. Side plates 14 and a back plate 16 that is provided upright at the rear end of the bottom plate 12 and has left and right ends fixed to the pair of side plates 14, respectively, and is arranged at the front upper end of the base cabinet 4. The cabinet main body 5 is formed by assembling the curtain plate 18 fixed to each of the pair of side plates 14 into a box assembly, and is continuous on the front surface of the cabinet main body 5 over the entire width in the left-right direction as shown in FIG. It has one opening 19.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a double door that opens and closes the opening 19.
Are arranged at both ends. Further, a sliding door 22 is arranged between the double doors 20 of the double-door type, and the opening 19 is closed by the two sliding doors 20 and the single sliding door 22.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pair of side plates 14 includes a fixing member 26 attached to the lower end surface thereof, and a bottom plate 12.
Is fixed on the bottom plate 12 by fixing fittings 28 attached to the upper surfaces of the left and right end portions of the back plate 16, and is attached to the left and right end portions of the back plate 16 and the fixing fittings 30 attached to the inner surface of the rear end portion of the side plate 14. It is fixed to the back plate 16 by the fixing metal fitting 32.

On the other hand, the back plate 16 is fixed on the bottom plate 12 by a fixing member 26 attached to the lower end surface thereof and a fixing member 28 attached to the rear end portion of the bottom plate 12. Further, the curtain plate 18 is fixed to each of the pair of side plates 14 by the fixing metal fittings 32 attached to the left and right ends thereof and the fixing metal fittings 30 attached to the inner surface of the front end portion of the side plate 14.

The double doors 20 of the double door type are rotatably attached to the corresponding side plates 14 by the hinges 34, and the sliding door 22 is slid by the curtain plate 18 and slid horizontally. It is held in a possible state.

Here, the underframe 10, the pair of side plates 14, the curtain plate 1
A knock pin 36 is driven into each of the 8,
These knock pins 36 define the assembly position with respect to the mating member.

FIG. 7 specifically shows the fixing structure by the fixing metal fittings 26 and 28, and FIG. 8 specifically shows the fixing structure by the fixing metal fittings 30 and 32. As shown in FIG. 7B, the fixing member 28 has a housing 38, and the housing 38 has a head 50 of the fixing member 26.
An insertion portion 40 for inserting a rotor is provided, and a rotor 44 having a flange-shaped cam portion 42 that also serves as a pressing portion is rotatably accommodated therein.

In the fixing structure using these fixing members 26 and 28, the tool 46 is placed on the upper surface of the rotor 44 shown in FIG. 7A when the head 50 of the fixing member 26 is inserted into the inserting portion 40 of the fixing member 28. It is engaged with the cross-shaped engaging groove 48 and is slightly rotated. Then, the cam portion 42 of the rotor 44 rotates together with the fixing metal fitting 26 and presses the back surface of the head portion 50 of the fixing metal fitting 26 downward in FIG. 1B so that the pair of members are fixed to each other.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
2 is a notch 54 through which the head portion 52 of the fixing bracket 30 can be inserted in a direction perpendicular to the axis, and a cam portion 56 whose wall thickness gradually increases in the circumferential direction.
And an engaging groove 58 for tool engagement. Thus, in the case of the fixing structure using these fittings, the head 5 of the fixing fitting 30
With the 2 positioned in the notch 54, a tool is engaged with the engagement groove 58 to rotate the fixing member 32 to the right in FIG. Then, the cam portion 56 comes into contact with the back surface of the head portion 52 of the fixing metal fitting 30, and the rotational movement of the cam portion 56 pushes the head portion 52 leftward in the figure (B) by the action of the cam surface, so that the fixing metal fitting 30 is fixed in a non-separable manner. To do. That is, the pair of members are fixed by these fixing fittings 30 and 32.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the sliding door 22 has a fitting member 60 fixed to the upper end thereof and the curtain plate 1.
By being fitted with the rail member 62 attached to the lower end of 8, the curtain member 18 is slidably held at the lower end of the curtain plate 18 in a suspended state. As shown in FIG. 5, an embedding groove 64 is formed in the lower end surface of the curtain plate 18, and a resin-made rail member 62 having a downward U-shape is fixed in the embedding groove 64 in the embedding state. Has been done.

The rail member 62 has an uneven portion 83 on the outer surface, a guide groove 66 on the inner surface, and an inward support piece 70 and an outward stopper portion 72 at the lower end ( See FIG. 6A). The stoppers 72 are embedded in the embedding groove 64 until they come into contact with the lower end surface of the curtain plate 18.

The other fitting member 60 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 (B).
As shown in FIG. 3, the side surface shape is L-shaped as a whole. That is, the fitting member 60 has a horizontal cylindrical portion 79.
And a vertical piece 78, and the cylindrical portion 79 is fixed to the sliding door 22 with a screw 82 (FIGS. 4 and 5) inserted through the inside in a state where the cylindrical portion 79 is embedded in the embedding hole of the sliding door 22. There is.

A head portion 74 and a narrow neck portion 76 are provided at the upper end of the vertical piece portion 78, and at the neck portion 76, the support piece 70 of the rail member 62 cannot be separated vertically but left and right. It is slidably fitted and supported (see FIG. 5). The rail member 62 and the fitting member 6
No. 0 is formed of a resin material having good slipperiness.

The lower end surface of the sliding door 22 is provided with a guide groove 84 as clearly shown in FIGS. On the other hand, the bottom plate 12 is provided with a protrusion 86 on the movement trajectory of the sliding door 22, and the protrusion 86 is adapted to fit into the guide groove 84. Here, the protrusion 86 is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate 12 in a protruding shape by screwing a screw member 88 having a large-diameter head portion and a screw portion into the bottom plate 12.

In this example, the opening 19 of the base cabinet 4 is opened and closed by the double door 20 and the sliding door 22 which is slidable over the entire width of the opening 19 in the left-right direction. It is not necessary to set up a column that makes the appearance unsatisfactory in the opening 19, and articles can be taken in and out smoothly.

In this example, the side plates 14 at the left and right ends are also provided.
It is possible to attach the hinged door 20 using
Easy to install. Further, in this example, since the sliding door 22 is held by the curtain plate 18 so as to be suspended and slidable, it is not necessary to form a rail or groove on the upper surface of the bottom plate 12, and therefore dust is accumulated in the same portion. You can avoid the problem.

Further, in this example, since the guide groove 84 formed on the lower end surface of the sliding door 22 and the projection 86 provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate 12 are fitted to each other, the sliding door 22 is prevented from swinging back and forth. While moving, it is possible to satisfactorily guide the movement in the left-right direction. In addition, since the rail member 62 for suspending the sliding door 22 and the fitting member 60 are each made of a resin having a good sliding property, the sliding door 22 can be smoothly slid.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, this is merely an example, and for example, both or one of the rail member 62 and the fitting member 60 can be made of metal, and The projection 86 is formed on the bottom plate 12 by means other than the above example.
It can also be formed in various forms without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of a base cabinet that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a wash basin equipped with a counter and a wash basin on the base cabinet of FIG.

3 is an exploded view showing the structure of the base cabinet of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing a main part of the base cabinet of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the main part.

FIG. 6 is a view showing components of the same main part.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a connection structure of component members by fixing fittings in the base cabinet of FIG.

8 is a view showing a connection structure of constituent members by a fixing metal fitting different from that of FIG. 7 in the base cabinet of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Base Cabinet 12 Bottom Plate 14 Side Plate 18 Curtain Plate 19 Opening 20 Swing Door 22 Sliding Door 60 Fitting Member 62 Rail Member 84 Guide Groove 86 Protrusion

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A cabinet characterized in that the door for opening and closing one continuous opening on the front surface is a combination of a double door and a sliding door. 2. The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the hinged doors are arranged at both ends in the left-right direction, and the sliding doors are arranged in the middle in the left-right direction. 3. The cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the sliding door is slidable over the entire width of the opening. 4. The cabinet according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the sliding door is movably held by a cabinet body in a suspended manner. 5. The guide groove according to claim 4, wherein a guide groove is formed in the left-right direction along a lower end surface of the sliding door, and the guide groove is provided on a bottom plate of the cabinet body at a predetermined position along a movement locus of the sliding door. A cabinet characterized in that upward projections slidably fitted in the grooves are provided, and the guide grooves and the projections guide the movement of the sliding door. 6. The resin rail member having a guide groove is provided on one of an upper end surface of the sliding door or a lower end surface of the curtain plate on the upper side of the opening, according to claim 4,
On the other hand, a cabinet is characterized in that a fitting member made of resin is fitted into the guide groove so as not to be detachable in the vertical direction and slidably in the lateral direction.