JPH1033277A - Book supporting device for bookshelf - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate attachment and detachment to/from a rail, to prevent books or the like from being tilted and to reduce maintenance by engaging a book support to a locking piece formed at a prescribed position inside a rail by an engaging part formed at the horizontal part of the book support. SOLUTION: The book support 8 is composed of a metal wire rod for constituting a vertical part suspended from the lower surface of shelf plate 5 and the horizontal part bent and formed to the almost right angle from the upper part of the vertical part and extended parallelly to the longitudinal direction of the rails 6 and 7 and a key groove as a turning prevention means is formed at the prescribed part of the upper surface of the horizontal part. An engaging member 15 made of synthetic resin provided with the engaging part 14 engageable to locking rods respectively formed at the prescribed part of the rails 6 and 7 outwards is fitted to the horizontal part where the key groove is formed. The rails 6 and 7 are composed of a resin member whose cross section is almost U-shaped to be fitted inside a recessed groove formed on the lower surface of the shelf plate 5 and the locking pieces 16 and 16' whose cross section is almost J-shaped are formed at the lower end of the resin member so as to face each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rail having a lower surface opened in the left and right longitudinal direction of the lower surface of a shelf board, and the front and rear horizontal portions of a book support in which a metal wire rod is bent are formed on the rail. The present invention relates to a book support device for a bookshelf in which books, which are arranged on a shelf plate immediately below the bookshelf, are prevented from falling down by elastically urging the books.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional book support device of this type, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, a book support 01 formed by bending a metal wire rod is provided on the lower surface of a shelf plate 02 as shown in FIG. Some of them can be attached by elastically urging them into a rail 03 having a concave groove whose lower surface is opened.

[0003] The book support device will be briefly described. The book support 01 is provided with a vertical portion 04 hanging down from the lower surface of the shelf plate 02 and an upper portion of the vertical portion 04. First horizontal portion 05 extending in the front-rear direction
And a second horizontal portion 06 which is provided continuously from the first horizontal portion 05 and extends in the left-right direction of the shelf board 02.

The rail 03 comprises a locking member 08 welded to the lower surface of the shelf plate 02. The locking member 08 is formed by an outer plate 08a and a locking plate 07 on its lower surface.

The book support 01 thus formed allows the user to elastically deform the upper portion of the vertical portion 04 as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG.
By releasing the hand after inserting 6 into the rail 03,
The second horizontal portion 06 expands in the direction of the outer plate 08a, and the second horizontal member 06 is locked on the locking plate 07 so that it can be mounted on the rail 03.

[0006]

However, in order to securely attach the book support 01 of such a book support device to the rail 03, the length L 'of the locking piece 07 must constitute at least the second horizontal portion 06. It is necessary to secure the cross-sectional diameter width of the metal rod.

For this reason, when the book support 01 is attached and detached, large elastic deformation is repeatedly applied to the wire rod, so that the elasticity of the wire rod is gradually lost, and the wire rod must be constantly bent back.

When the book support 01 is attached to and detached from the rail, the large amount of deformation is complicated for the user.

The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and provides a book support device which can be easily attached to and detached from a rail, and which can reduce maintenance without tilting a book or the like. It is an object.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a book support apparatus for a bookcase according to the present invention is provided with rails as openings extending parallel to each other at a front portion and a rear portion of a lower surface of a shelf board. In the book support device of the bookshelf in which both rails are made to elastically bias the upper end horizontal portion of the book support made of a wire rod, respectively, to prevent books collapsing on the shelf plate immediately below the book support device. At a predetermined position of the rail, at least a distal end portion is provided with a locking piece that extends horizontally toward the inside of the rail, and at the horizontal portion before and after the book support, an engagement portion that projects substantially horizontally is formed, The book support can be attached to the lower surface of the shelf by locking the engaging portion to a locking piece formed on the rail. According to this feature, the book support can be engaged with the rail by engaging the engaging portion formed on the horizontal portion of the book support with the locking piece formed at a predetermined position in the rail. It is possible to minimize the elastic deformation stroke width at the time of attachment to the rail.

In the book support device for a book shelf according to the present invention, it is preferable that the tip of the engaging portion is formed to be bent downward, and the tip of the locking piece formed in the rail is formed to be bent substantially upward. In this way, the horizontal movement of the horizontal portion of the book support is restricted, so that the engaging force between the engaging portion and the locking piece increases.

In the book support apparatus for a book shelf according to the present invention, the engaging portion is formed as a part of a resin engaging member that can be inserted into the horizontal portion of the book support. It is preferable that a rotation preventing means is provided between the engaging members. By doing so, the inside of the rail and the lower surface of the shelf board will not be damaged, and the engaging member will rotate in a random manner and will not be deviated.

In the book support device for a bookshelf according to the present invention, a guide portion for guiding the engaging portion into the rail opening is provided at at least one of a predetermined portion of the lower surface of the locking piece and a predetermined portion of the upper surface of the engaging portion. It is preferably formed. By doing so, the book support can be easily attached to the rail by simply pressing the book support from below so that the horizontal portion of the book support is pressed against the lower surface of the rail.

[0014]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bookcase 1 of the present invention, which is partially cut away, as viewed from below. As shown in the figure, for example, two rows of knurled nuts 3 are firmly embedded at regular intervals in opposing inner sides of the side plate 2 of the bookcase. A cylindrical shelf holder 4 is screwed into the nut 3. Reference numerals 9 and 10 denote a top plate and a back plate of the bookcase 1, respectively.

Each shelf 5 is provided with two front and rear rails 6 and 7 made of metal or synthetic resin having a concave groove whose lower surface is open over the entire length of the shelf 5 in the left-right direction. In the grooves of the rails 6 and 7, a book support 8 for preventing books arranged in parallel on a shelf plate (not shown) immediately below from falling down is attached with its own elastic force.

As shown in FIG. 2, the book support 8 in the present embodiment is formed with a vertical portion 11 hanging down from the lower surface of the shelf 5 and bent at a substantially right angle from the upper portion of the vertical portion 11. A horizontal portion 12 extending in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the rails 6 and 7 is formed of a metal wire rod. A key groove 13 is formed at a predetermined location on the upper surface of the horizontal portion 12 as a rotation preventing means. I have.

Each of the horizontal portions 12 in which the key grooves 13 are formed is provided with an engaging portion 14 on the outside thereof, which can be engaged with a locking rod formed at a predetermined position on rails 6 and 7 to be described later. An engaging member 15 made of steel is fitted. This engagement member 15
The rotation of the horizontal portion 12 with respect to the horizontal portion 12 is regulated by a key groove 13 formed in the horizontal portion 12.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the rails 6 and 7 are made of a resin member having a substantially U-shaped cross section and fitted in a concave groove formed on the lower surface of the shelf plate 5. At the lower end of the member, locking pieces 16, 16 'each having a substantially J-shaped cross section are formed so as to face each other.

The method of attaching the book support 8 of the book support device thus formed to the rails 6, 7 will now be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. First, as shown in FIG. The distance L1 between the two horizontal portions 12, 12 of the book support 8 in FIG. 3 is the locking piece 16, which is formed inward at the lower end of the outer plate 6a, 7a of each of the two rails 6, 7 shown in FIGS. 16 is slightly longer than the inner diameter L2 of the book support 8, the user causes the upper part of the vertical portion 11 of the book support 8 to be slightly elastically deformed inward, and the engaging member 15 of the book support 8 is disengaged. The joining member 15 is inserted into the grooves 6b, 7b of the rails 6, 7 until the upper end of the joining member 15 comes into contact with the upper surfaces of the rails 6, 7 (only as a guide) (see FIG. 3).

When the user releases his / her hand when the upper end of the engaging member 15 contacts the upper surfaces of the rails 6 and 7, the lower surface 14a of the engaging portion 14 is fitted to the upper end of the locking piece 16, and The book support 8 is attached to the rails 6 and 7 by elastically biasing the side surface 15a of the joining member 15 in the direction of the locking piece 16 (see FIG. 4).

Here, the book support 8 is provided with the engaging portion 1.
The engagement of the locking piece 4 with the locking piece 16 prevents the book support 8 from deviating downward.

As described above, in the book support apparatus of the present invention, the book support has the engaging portion formed on the horizontal portion of the book support and engages with the locking piece formed at a predetermined position in the rail. Therefore, the width of the elastic deformation stroke when the book support is attached to the rail can be minimized, and the book support does not easily lose the elastic force. Further, it is possible to increase the diameter of the wire itself constituting the book support to provide more strength. This also allows the rail width to be designed to be short.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the locking pieces 16 are formed on only one of the right and left sides of the rail 6 and the width of the opening L3 of the rail 6 is reduced. It can also be shorter than the rail opening shown in the above embodiment. That is, the opening L3 only needs to be provided at least slightly longer than the width of the engaging member 15.

FIG. 6 shows the engagement member 15 and the locking piece 1.
Six other embodiments are shown. As described above, the engaging portion 14 of the engaging member 15 is provided at least with the locking piece 16 of the rail.
The engagement portion 14 and the engagement piece 16 may be sufficient if the engagement portion 14 and the engagement piece 16 are flat.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, an inclined surface 18 is formed below the locking piece 16 formed on the rail 6 and an inclined surface 17 is formed on the upper surface of the engaging portion 14 of the engaging member 15. By forming each, the engagement member 15 elastically biased in the direction of the locking piece 16 is guided into the concave groove 6b. With this configuration, the locking rod 16 and the engaging portion 14 are automatically engaged simply by touching the horizontal portion 12 of the book support 8 to the lower surface of the rail 7 and pushing up the book support 8 from below. Therefore, smoother and easier mounting becomes possible.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can take various embodiments.

For example, the book supports in the present embodiment are all mounted so as to be urged in the direction of the outer plate of the rail, but may be mounted so as to be urged in the direction of the inner plate. .

Further, the shapes of the locking piece and the engaging member, particularly the shape of the engaging portion, are not limited to those of the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified.
Although the metal wire rod is used for the core material including the horizontal portion 12 and the horizontal portion 12, it is also possible to integrally form the entire member together with the engaging member 15 with plastic.

[0029]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the book support has an engaging portion formed at a horizontal portion of the book support and is engaged with a locking piece formed at a predetermined position in the rail. Thus, the width of the elastic deformation stroke when the book support is attached to the rail can be minimized.

(B) According to the second aspect of the invention, the horizontal movement of the horizontal portion of the book support is restricted.
The engagement force between the engagement portion and the locking piece increases.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, the inside of the rail and the lower surface of the shelf are not damaged, and
The engaging member pivots out of the way, and there is no risk of departure.

(D) According to the invention of claim 4, the horizontal portion of the book support is pressed against the lower surface of the rail,
It is possible to easily attach the book support to the rail simply by pressing the book support from below.

[0034]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a bookcase to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a book support.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part showing a method of attaching the book support of FIG. 2 to a shelf board.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part showing a method of attaching the book support of FIG. 2 to a shelf board.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional book support.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part showing a method of attaching the book support of FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 bookshelf 2 side plate 3 nut 4 shelf holder 5 shelf plate 6, 7 rail 6a, 7a outer plate 6b, 7b concave groove 8 book support 9 top plate 10 back plate 11 vertical portion 12 horizontal portion 13 key groove 14 engaging portion 14a Lower surface 15 Engaging member 15a Side surface 16, 16 'Locking piece 17, 18 Inclined surface (guide portion)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A front part and a rear part on a lower surface of a shelf board,
By providing rails as openings extending parallel to each other, and by elastically biasing the upper horizontal portion of the book support made of a wire on each of the rails, books falling parallel to each other on the shelf plate immediately below it are prevented from falling. In a book support device for a bookshelf designed to prevent, at a predetermined position of the rail, at least a tip portion is provided with a locking piece extending horizontally toward the inside of the rail,
An engaging portion that projects substantially horizontally is formed on each of the horizontal portions before and after the book support, and the engaging portion is locked to a locking piece formed on the rail, so that the book support can be connected to the shelf board. A book support device for a bookcase, which can be attached to the lower surface of a bookcase. 2. The book support device for a bookshelf according to claim 1, wherein a tip of the engaging portion is bent downward, and a tip of a locking piece formed in the rail is bent substantially upward. . 3. The book support according to claim 1, wherein the engagement portion is formed as a part of a resin engagement member that can be inserted into the horizontal portion of the book support, and is formed between the horizontal portion of the book support and the engagement member. The book support device for a bookshelf according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a movement preventing means. 4. A guide portion for guiding the engaging portion into the rail opening is formed at at least one of a predetermined position on the lower surface of the locking piece and a predetermined portion on the upper surface of the engaging portion. 4. The book support device for a bookshelf according to any one of claims 1 to 3.