JPH1094491A - Chopping board stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with chopping boards different in width directional dimension, by arranging a pair of chopping board main bodies, on which fixing stands to fix its support members in the vertical direction are installed, in the orthogonal direction to the support members, and constituting the support members of these chopping board main bodies so as to be extensible-contractible in the longitudinal direction. SOLUTION: The chopping board stands 10 are provided with support members 11 to support lengthwise directional end parts of a chopping board 25, and these support members 11 connect two square plastic support blocks 12 to each other by two stainless steel connecting plates 13. Fixing stands 20 are installed in the orthogonal direction on respective support blocks 12 in the vicinity of respective lengthwise directional both end parts in a bottom part of the respective support blocks 12, and the respective support blocks 12 are fixed in the vertical direction by these fixing stands 20. Nuts 18 are loosened, and respective end parts of the respective support blocks 12 are pressed, and shaft parts of bolts 15 are moved inside along long holes 17 of a connecting plate 13, and the support members 11 are extended and contracted along guide grooves 14 by a guide part of the connecting plate 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting board support for supporting both longitudinal ends of a cutting board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a cutting board base for supporting both longitudinal end portions of a cutting board as shown in FIG. The cutting board base 1 is provided with a support member 2 for supporting a longitudinal end portion of a cutting board (not shown), and is mounted in a direction orthogonal to the support member 2 near both ends in the longitudinal direction of the support member 2 so that the support member 2 is vertically mounted. And a fixing base 3 for fixing in the direction.

[0003] The chopping board 1 constructed as described above.
Are prepared, one cutting board base 1 supports one longitudinal end of the back surface of the cutting board, and the other cutting board base 1 supports the other longitudinal end.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional cutting board base 1, since the length of the supporting member 2 is set in advance, the supporting member 2 has a length corresponding to the widthwise dimension of the cutting board to be mounted. It is necessary to prepare a plurality of cutting boards 1 having different lengths. As a result, there was a problem that it was uneconomical.

[0005] This is because if the length of the support member 2 is shorter than the width of the cutting board, rattling occurs, resulting in poor stability.
If the length of the support member 2 is longer than the width of the cutting board, the support member 2 protrudes significantly from the cutting board, and an extra installation space is required. As a result, if the support member 2 is installed on a worktop with a small space, the support member 2 that protrudes greatly becomes an obstacle, and there is a problem that cooking is difficult.

Further, the conventional cutting board base 1 includes a support member 2
Since the fixing base 3 is fixedly mounted in the direction orthogonal to the support member 2, there is a problem in that when the package is transported in a package, it becomes bulky and the transport efficiency is low.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to provide a cutting board base capable of supporting cutting boards having different dimensions in the width direction.

[0008] Another object of the present invention is as follows.
An object of the present invention is to provide a cutting board that can be made compact when packing.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention is a support member for supporting a longitudinal end of a cutting board, and a support member near the longitudinal ends of the support member. A pair of chopping board bodies each having a fixing base attached to the support member in a direction orthogonal to the support member and fixing the support member in the vertical direction, and the support member is configured to be extendable and contractable along the longitudinal direction. It is characterized by.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the fixing base according to the first aspect is fixed to the support member by fastening means, and the fixing base is configured to be rotatable with respect to the support member by loosening the fastening means. It is characterized by the following.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a state in which a support member is extended in one embodiment of a cutting board according to the present invention.
1B is a perspective view showing a state in which the support member is shortened, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of the cutting board stand in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state where the fixed base of the cutting board base of FIG. 1 is rotated.

As shown in FIG. 1A, a cutting board base 10 as a cutting board main body has a support member 11 for supporting a longitudinal end of the cutting board.
The plastic support blocks 12 are connected by two connecting plates 13 made of stainless steel.

Each of the support blocks 12, 12 has a guide groove 14 formed along the longitudinal direction on both sides thereof, and a guide portion 13a formed by bending the guide groove 14 at both ends of the two connecting plates 13 in the width direction. Are fitted.
The support blocks 12, 12 each have two bolt insertion holes (not shown) through which two bolts 15 are inserted, and two positioning projections along the width direction of the bottom surface. 16 are formed.

In the two connecting plates 13, 13, four long holes 17 are formed at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction except for an intermediate portion, and these long holes 17 and the support block 12 are formed.
The bolt 15 is inserted through the above-mentioned bolt insertion hole and is fastened by the nut 18 shown in FIG.

At the bottoms of the support blocks 12, 12, a fixing base 20 is attached to the support block 12 in a direction perpendicular to the support block 12 near both ends in the longitudinal direction. It is fixed to. Each fixing base 20 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape, and a groove 21 that fits between the two positioning projections 16 of the support block 12 is formed on the upper surface, and a meat stealing part 22 is formed on the right and left sides. ing.

Further, in the center of the fixed base 20, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a cylindrical insertion hole 24 through which a mounting screw 23 as a fastening means is inserted is formed.
Through the mounting block 23 from the fixing base 20 to the support block 1
2, the fixed base 20 is fixed to the support block 12.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

First, when shortening the length of the support member 11 in the longitudinal direction, the nut 18 is loosened in the state shown in FIG. 1A to press the respective end portions of the support blocks 12 and 12. Then, the shaft of the bolt 15 is connected to the long hole 17 of the connecting plate 13.
1B, the guide portion 13a of the connecting plate 13 slides along the guide groove 14 of the support block 12, thereby shortening the support member 11 as shown in FIG.

Next, the work of shortening the support member 11 is completed by tightening the loosened nut 18 against the bolt 15. A pair of cutting boards 10 shortened in this way are prepared, and a cutting board 25 is mounted on these support members 11 and 11 as shown in FIG.

When extending the length of the support member 11 in the longitudinal direction, the nut 18 is loosened and the ends of the support blocks 12 are pulled in the state of FIG. Then, the shaft of the bolt 15 is connected to the long hole 17 of the connecting plate 13.
1A, the guide portion 13a of the connecting plate 13 slides along the guide groove 14 of the support block 12, thereby extending the support member 11 as shown in FIG. Next, the work of extending the support member 11 is completed by tightening the loosened nut 18 against the bolt 15.

Further, in the case of packing and transporting, the fitting state of the groove 21 of the fixing base 20 from between the two positioning projections 16 of the support block 12 is released by loosening the mounting screw 23. As a result, the fixed base 20 is rotatable with respect to the support block 12, and the direction of the fixed base 20 is made to match the longitudinal direction of the support block 12, as shown in FIG. . And by shortening the length of the support member 11 in the longitudinal direction as described above, the cutting board base 10 can be made extremely compact.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the supporting member 11 is configured to be able to expand and contract along the longitudinal direction, the length of the supporting member 11 can be adjusted in accordance with the width of the cutting board 25 to be placed. It is not necessary to prepare a plurality of cutting board bases 10 having different sizes, and it is possible to deal with cutting boards having different dimensions in the width direction according to the degree of expansion and contraction.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the fixing table 20 is fixed to the support block 12 with the mounting screw 23, and the fixing table 20 is loosened to fix the fixing table 20 to the supporting block 1.
By being configured to be rotatable with respect to 2, the cutting board base 10 can be significantly reduced in size in combination with the shortening of the length of the support member 11 in the case of packing and transportation. .

Further, according to the present embodiment, when the fixing base 20 is fixed to the support block 12, the groove 21 is fitted and fixed between the two positioning projections 16, so that the fixing base 2 is fixed.
0 can be reliably and firmly positioned.

[0026]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
According to the configuration, the supporting member is configured to be able to expand and contract along the longitudinal direction, so that it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of cutting board bases having different lengths of the supporting member corresponding to the width dimension of the cutting board to be placed, It is possible to cope with cutting boards having different dimensions in the width direction according to the degree of expansion and contraction, and to improve economic efficiency and versatility.

According to the second aspect, the fixing base according to the first aspect is fixed to the support member by fastening means, and the fixing base is configured to be rotatable with respect to the support member by loosening the fastening means. Thereby, when packing and transporting, the cutting board stand can be remarkably compacted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are perspective views showing a state where a support member is extended in an embodiment of a cutting board according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a support member is shortened.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of the cutting board of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state in which a fixing base of the cutting board base of FIG. 1 is rotated.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a conventional cutting board base.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cutting board base (Cutter board main body) 11 Support member 12 Support block 13 Connecting plate 13a Guide part 14 Guide groove 15 Bolt 16 Positioning protrusion 17 Elongate hole 18 Nut 20 Fixed base 21 Groove 22 Meat steal part 23 Mounting screw (fastening means) ) 24 insertion hole 25 cutting board

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A support member for supporting a longitudinal end portion of a cutting board, and a fixing member attached to the support member in a direction perpendicular to the support member near both ends in the longitudinal direction of the support member to fix the support member in a vertical direction. A cutting board base, comprising: a pair of cutting board main bodies each including a base; and the support member is configured to be extendable and contractible along a longitudinal direction. 2. The fixing base is fixed to a support member by fastening means, and the fixing base is configured to be rotatable with respect to the support member by loosening the fastening means. The cutting board stand according to 1.