JPH1146869A - Wagon desk with elevating top - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevating-top-equipped wagon desk, which can form a wing-equipped desk when placed between the leg plates of a flat desk and which can be used also as a return section when installed outside the leg plates. SOLUTION: In an elevating-top-equipped wagon desk, an elevating top supported by the support members of elevating mechanisms having main body mechanism parts A built into the side plates of a main body part having a drawer storage space therein is provided in a position above the main body part, and a shaft for synchronizing the right and left elevating mechanisms is connected between the main body mechanism parts on both sides. In that case, engaging grooves 40 of U-cross section open to one axially parallel side are formed in the rotating shafts 39 of the main body mechanism parts, dowels 41 are provided to project from both sides of each engaging groove, a rectangular hole 43 formed through a connector 42 is slidingly engaged with a shaft 25 of a square cross section which can fit into each engaging groove 40, a fitting part 44 formed on one axial side of the connector 42 is fitted over the rotating shaft 39, and an engaging hole 45 provided in the fitting part 44 is locked over the dowel 41.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wagon desk with an elevating table used in combination with a flat desk, and more particularly to a shaft connecting structure for synchronizing a right and left elevating mechanism for elevating the elevating table. The present invention relates to a wagon desk with an elevating top plate having:

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a movable wagon desk of this kind has a drawer provided in a main body portion in multiple stages, and is disposed close to one leg plate between both leg plates of a flat desk to provide a desk with sleeves. It can be constructed or installed outside of a leg plate and can be used as a side desk. In a learning desk for school children, this type of separation type is the mainstream in recent years. However, if the height of the top plate of the wagon desk is fixed so that it can be accommodated between the two legs of the flat desk, if it is arranged outside the legs of the flat desk and used as a side desk, The height of the top plate is too low,
It is not easy to use in normal applications, and the top of the wagon desk is mainly used for placing objects such as documents, and the slightly lower height than the desk top is used for mounting OA equipment such as word processors that are more convenient to use. It is used as a mounting table.

[0003] Therefore, the height of the top plate of the wagon desk,
There are two stages: a low state where it can be placed between the two leg boards of the flat desk, and a high state where it is located at the same height as the desk top plate so that it can be used as a side desk by being placed outside the leg plate of the flat desk. In order to enable setting, a structure in which an elevating top plate is connected to a main body via a link type elevating mechanism has been provided.

However, in the conventional wagon desk with a lifting table, the width of the lifting table is inherently narrow. Therefore, when using an OA device such as a word processor on the lifting table, a mouse or the like is used. There was not enough space to operate.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned situation, the present invention is intended to solve the problem described above. In a wagon desk that has a lifting top that can be used as a side table and installed as a side desk, and a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering the lifting top in the left and right side plates, a shaft for synchronizing the left and right lifting mechanism is simple and easy. An object of the present invention is to provide a wagon desk with a lifting top plate that can be securely connected.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a lifting mechanism in which a main body mechanism is built in both side plates of a main body having a drawer housing space therein. A wagon desk with a lifting top plate provided with a lifting top plate supported by a support member and connecting a tuning shaft of a left and right lifting mechanism between main body mechanisms on both sides, and a rotating shaft of the main body mechanism portion. An engagement groove having a U-shaped cross section with one side parallel to the axial direction being open is formed, and a dowel is projected from both sides of the engagement groove, while the shaft having a square cross section that can be fitted into the engagement groove is formed on the shaft. Sliding engagement with a square hole formed through the connecting tool, and externally fitting a fitting portion formed on one side in the axial direction of the connecting tool to the rotating shaft, and an engaging hole provided in the fitting portion. A wagon desk with an elevating top plate which is engaged with the dowels to prevent

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 shows a state in which a wagon desk 1 is installed and used inside a flat desk 2,
2 shows a state in which the wagon desk 1 is used side by side outside the flat desk 2, and FIG. 3 shows two states when the wagon desk 1 is used.

The wagon desk 1 is provided with a ratchet type lifting mechanism 5 above a fixed top plate 4 provided at the upper end of the main body 3.
The main body 3 is provided with multiple drawers 7,..., And the lower end is provided with a plurality of casters 8,.

The flat desk 2 is provided with a foot plate 1 on both sides of a desk top plate 9.
0,10, the upper part between both leg plates 10,10,
Left and right upper drawers 11 and 11 along the lower surface side of the tabletop plate 9
Is provided, and a shelf 13 is provided along the rear curtain plate 12 at the back portion between the two leg plates 10, 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the wagon desk 1 of the present invention comprises a flat desk 2 between both leg plates 10, 10 or between the leg plates 10.
The fixed top plate 4 of the main body 3
Is provided on the upper part of the table, and the lifting table 6 supported by the supporting member 14 of the lifting mechanism 5 is provided between the supporting members 14 and 14 disposed on both sides on the lower surface of the lifting table 6. And a mouse board 15 which can be pulled out to the front side of the elevating top plate 6. The mouse board 15 can be pulled out toward the front of the elevating table 6 and operate a mouse as one of the input means of the personal computer on its upper surface.

More specifically, the support member 1 is provided in both side plates 16 of the main body 3 of the wagon desk 1 so as to be able to move up and down.
Mounting plates 17, 17 oriented in the depth direction at the upper ends of 4, 14
And the upper and lower ceiling plates 6 are fixed to the upper surface of the mounting plate 17, and rails 18 and 18 having an L-shaped cross section are formed by bending the inner edges of the mounting plates 17 and 17 on both sides. Is supported so that it can be pulled out.

The wagon desk 1 according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. The support member 14 includes:
The tip portion 14A is bent inward in an inverted L-shape with respect to the base portion 14B inserted into the side plate 16, and has a substantially Z-shaped cross section on the top surface of the end portion of the tip portion 14A. The attachment plate 17 is welded, and the attachment plate 17 is fixed to the lower surface of the elevating top plate 6 by screws. The rail 18
A notch 18B is formed at the front and rear ends of the horizontal receiving surface 18A, extending in the depth direction of the lifting and lowering plate 6, and an engaging hole 1 is formed at a position corresponding to the notch 18B on the vertical side surface 18C.
8D. At the front and rear ends of the rail 18, stoppers 19, 19 made of synthetic resin, which also serve as sliders for the mouse board 18, are attached. The stopper 19 is engaged with the sliding surface 19A on which the mouse board 18 is placed, the slit 19B which engages the end of the receiving surface 18A including the notch 18B, and the engaging hole 18D. It has a nail piece 19C.

The receiving surfaces 18 of the rails 18, 18 are provided.
A, sliding surface 1 of stoppers 19, 19 attached to 18A
The two side edges of the mouse board 15 are placed above 9A and 19A, and are movably supported in the depth direction. An opening 20 which is long in the depth direction is formed at the rear of both sides of the mouse board 18, and an abutment member 21 is formed at the rear inside the opening 20.
The front end of the abutment member 21 projects downward from the opening 20 while being inclined forward and downward, and slides on the receiving surface 18A. 2 in the figure
1A indicates a pivot portion, and 21B indicates a stop portion.
That is, when the mouse board 18 is inserted from the front between the rails 18 in order to mount the mouse board 18 on the lower surface position of the elevating table 6, the stop member 21 is retracted into the opening 20 and the sliding surface 19 A When the mouse board 18 is pulled out and the mouse board 18 is pulled out, the abutting portion 21B of the abutting member 21 abuts on the step at the rear end of the sliding surface 19A of the stopper 19. . A projecting edge 15A is formed at the rear end of the mouse board 18 so as to be in sliding contact with the lower surface of the elevating top plate 6.

The stopper 19 is provided with a rail 18
Projecting downward from the receiving surface 18A of the mouse board 15D. The projecting portion serves as a buffer portion 19D that abuts on the upper surface of the fixed top plate 4 when the elevating top plate 6 is lowered to the lowest position.
A space is formed between the fixed top plate 4 and the fixed top plate 4 to prevent finger stuffing.

A recess 15B recessed by several millimeters from the periphery is formed at the front of the upper surface of the mouse board 18,
The mouse pad 22 is fitted into the concave portion 15B, and the mouse is operated on the upper surface thereof. The mouse pad 22 is designed so that a desired color can be selected by changing the color of the front and back surfaces, and it is also preferable to change the sliding performance for the mouse on the front and back surfaces.

Next, the structure of the wagon desk 1 including the lifting mechanism 5 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the wagon desk 1, the support members 14, 14 constituting the elevating mechanism 5, in which the fixed top plate 4 is provided between the upper ends of the both side plates 16, 16 and incorporated inside the respective side plates 16, 16, are provided. The mounting plates 17 extending upward from the upper ends of the side plates 16 and being bent inward in an L-shape are fixed to the front end portions 14A, respectively, and are attached in the front-rear direction.
The elevating top plate 6 is mounted on the upper surfaces of 7, 7 and attached by appropriate fixing means such as screwing.

The elevating mechanism 5 arranges a linear base 14B of the support member 14 in a vertical groove 23 (or a vertical hole) provided at a position near the rear of the side plate 16 so as to be vertically movable and supports the linear base 14B. A pinion 24 of a gear member 24 in which a rack 14C formed along the rear edge of the base 14B of the member 14 is rotatably disposed around a horizontal axis in the vertical groove 23.
The gear member 24 rotates with the vertical movement (elevation) of the support member 14. Here, the left and right gear members 24, 24 have their shaft cores fixed to both ends of a shaft 25 provided laterally in the storage space of the main body 3, rotate integrally, and thereby rotate the left and right support members 14, 24. 14 moves up and down synchronously.

Next, the stopper structure of the lifting mechanism 5 will be described. This stopper structure exemplifies a structure in which the rotation of the gear member 24 is regulated to indirectly restrict the lowering of the support member 14 but does not restrict the elevation of the support member 14. In the gear member 24, a ratchet 24B is integrally formed in parallel with the pinion 24A, or formed separately and integrated with the rotation,
A spindle 2 fixed to the ratchet 24B with respect to the main body 3
6 engages the claw 27A of the piece 27 rotatably provided,
Gear member 24 in the direction in which the support member 14 descends
Only one-way rotation is restricted. The piece 27
The ratchet 24B
Are elastically urged by a leaf spring 28 in the direction in which the springs mesh with the springs. Here, the gear member 24, the piece 27, and the leaf spring 28 are fixed to the main body case 2 so as to cross the vertical groove 23.
9 and a lid 30 attached thereto. In order to lower the support member 14, that is, to lower the elevating table 6, the piece 27 is rotated against the elastic biasing force of the leaf spring 28 so that the pawl 27 </ b> A
4B so that the gear member 24 can freely rotate. In the present invention, this state is defined as a state in which the stopper is released, and in the present invention, the operation of engaging the claw 27A with the ratchet 24B or pulling it apart is defined as disengaging the stopper.

Next, a structure for releasing the stopper will be described. A long plate-shaped operation lever 31 is provided along the inside of the base 14B of the support member 14, and the operation lever 31 is moved from near the lower surface of the elevating top plate 6 to the gear member 24.
, Which have inclined holes 31A and 31A respectively formed at the lower end and the intermediate part thereof, and which are formed on the inner surface of the corresponding support member 14 by press working so as to protrude.
14D is attached by caulking pins 32, 32 inserted into the inclined holes 31A, 31A. Here, the direction of the inclined hole 31A is such that when the operating lever 31 is lifted and the operating lever 31 is moved upward, the inclined hole 31A is guided by the caulking pin 32 and approaches the gear member 24. When the operation lever 31 is moved in parallel, a pressing piece 31B formed on one side edge of the operation lever 31 presses the protruding piece 27B of the piece 27, and the piece 27 is moved to a leaf spring 26A. The pawl 27A is pulled away from the ratchet 24B by rotating it against the elastic biasing force of the arm.

Further, at the upper end of the operation lever 31,
The upper end is bent inward at a right angle to form a horizontal plate 31C. The horizontal plate 31C is fixed to the horizontal plate 31C.
The operation lever 31 is directly lifted by lifting the operation handle 33 disposed under the lower surface on both sides of the operation lever 31.

The details of each part will be described below. FIG.
And the gear member 24 and the piece 27 as shown in FIG.
The main body case 29 fixed in the vertical groove 23 and the lid 3
0. A shaft hole 34 is formed in the bottom surface, that is, a side surface of the main body case 29, and a shaft hole 35 is also formed in a position corresponding to the lid 30, and shaft cores 24 </ b> C protruding from both sides of the gear member 24 are formed. The piece 27 is rotatably inserted into each of the shaft holes 34 and 35, and the piece 27 is pivotally attached to a proper position of the lid 30.

The support member 14 and the operating lever 31
As shown in FIG. 11, a guide hole 29A formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the main body case 29,
The support plate 14 and the operation lever 31 penetrate the 29A and the side plate 1 corresponding to the vertical groove 23 as shown in FIG.
The support member 14 and the operation lever 31 are inserted through an opening 36A of an end cover 36 attached to the upper end of the end cover 6. The opening 36A, the guide hole 29B, and the rack 14C are engaged with the pinion 24A, so that the support is provided. The member 14 is guided in the vertical direction without any play by regulating the deflection of the member 14 from front to back and left and right. The operation lever 31 is disposed along the inner surface of the support member 14 and is movable inside a decorative cover 37 fitted on the base 14B of the support member 14. Here, the upper and lower ends of the decorative cover 37 abut on the dowels 14E, 14E protruding from the support member 14 to regulate the vertical movement. A retaining member 38 made of a synthetic resin is fixed to the lower end of the support member 14 with a screw. This stopper 38
Is a stopper portion 38 which is upwardly upward and inclined sideways.
A is integrally formed, and when the support member 14 is inserted into the guide holes 29A, 29A of the main body case 29 from above,
When the stopper portion 38A passes and the support member 14 is moved upward, the stopper portion 38A abuts on the lower edge of the lid 30 so that the support member 14 does not unexpectedly come off. .

The main body mechanism section A incorporated in the main body case 29 and the lid body 30 is provided as a pair inside the both side plates 16, 16. The left and right main body mechanisms A, A need to be synchronized.
Therefore, the shaft 25 is connected between the left and right main body mechanisms A, A. One shaft core 2 of the gear member 24
4C penetrates through the lid 30 and is exposed in the drawer housing space in the main body 3, and as shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, a rotary shaft 39 having a square outer shape is provided at the center of the shaft core 24C. It is formed integrally. The rotary shaft 39 forms an engagement groove 40 having a U-shaped cross section with one side parallel to the axial direction being opened, and triangular dowels 41, 41 formed on both sides of the engagement groove 40.
While a square hole 43 formed through the connecting member 42 is slidably engaged with the shaft 25 having a rectangular cross section which can be fitted into the engaging groove 40, and one side portion of the connecting member 42 in the axial direction. The fitting portion 44 formed on the rotary shaft 39 is externally fitted to the rotating shaft 39, and the engaging holes 45, 45 provided in the fitting portion 44 are engaged with the dowels 41, 41 so as to be engaged and connected. . That is, after assembling the main body mechanism portions A, A in the both side plates 16, 16, the connecting members 4 are attached to both side portions of the shaft 25, respectively.
2 and 42 are slid and engaged with the engaging grooves 40 and 40 of the rotating shafts 39 and 39 of each main body mechanism portion A at the same time from the opening direction at both ends of the shaft 25. The shaft 25 can be integrally connected to the rotating shaft 39 for rotation only by fitting the fitting portion 44 of the 42 to the corresponding rotating shaft 39 outside.

Finally, the operation of operating the operation lever 31 to raise and lower the elevating top plate 6 will be briefly described. FIG.
The pawl 27A of the piece 27 is the ratchet 2 of the gear member 24.
4B shows a state in which the gears are engaged with each other. If it is attempted to lower the elevating top plate 6 in this state, a downward force is applied to the support member 14, and a force for rotating the gear member 24 in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing acts via the rack 14C and the pinion 24A. However, the rotation direction is the ratchet 24B and the claw 2
7A meshes strongly, the gear member 24 does not rotate,
Thus, the lowering of the elevating top plate 6 is restricted. On the other hand, the lifting table 6
Is raised, that is, when the support member 14 is moved upward, the gear member 24 rotates clockwise.
A can be performed without rotating the stopper by operating the operation lever 31 while the A rotates while passing over the ratchet 24B.

Next, when the front end of the operation handle 33 located on the lower surface of both sides of the elevating top plate 6 is lifted, the operation levers 31, 31 are moved upward, and the inclined holes 31A, 31A are formed along the caulking pins 32, 32. Is guided, the operating lever 31 moves in parallel to the piece 27 side, and the pressing piece 31
B pushes the protruding piece 27B, the piece 27 rotates against the elastic biasing force of the leaf spring 28, and the pawl 27A
, Whereby the gear member 24 can freely rotate, that is, the stopper is released (see FIG. 11). In this state, the lifting top plate 6 can be lifted and raised. When the desired height is reached, when the finger is released from the operation handle 33, the weight of the operation lever 31 and the elastic biasing force of the leaf spring 28 are applied. And again the nail 27
A is in a state of meshing with the ratchet 24B. here,
The minimum unit in which the height of the elevating table 6 can be adjusted substantially matches the pitch of the teeth of the ratchet 24B, and this pitch is set to 5 mm.
If it is designed to an appropriate degree, the height of the elevating top plate 6 can be adjusted at 5 mm intervals, and it can be used for various height applications.

When raising and lowering the elevating top plate 6, if the gear members 24, 24 of the left and right main body mechanisms A, A do not rotate synchronously, a smooth elevating operation cannot be performed. 25 guarantees its synchronized rotation.

[0027]

According to the wagon desk with the elevating top plate of the present invention, the upper part of the main body having the drawer accommodation space inside has
In the case where a lifting top plate supported by a supporting member of a lifting mechanism having a built-in main body mechanism portion is provided on both side plates of the main body portion and a tuning shaft of the left and right lifting mechanism is connected between the main body mechanism portions on both sides, the main body is Even after the body mechanism of the elevating mechanism is incorporated in the side plate of the unit, both ends of the shaft can be easily and reliably connected to both rotating shafts of the left and right body mechanisms only by fitting work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a use state in which a wagon desk is installed between two leg plates of a flat desk.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a use state in which a wagon desk is installed outside a leg plate of a flat desk.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a wagon desk.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part, showing a support structure of a lifting board and a mouse board and an arrangement state of an operation handle.

FIG. 5 is a partially omitted perspective view showing a mouse board and a drawer guide structure.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a mouse board.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating a main part of the lifting mechanism.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the lifting mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a relationship between a gear member and a support member.

FIG. 11 is an omitted partial cross-sectional view showing a state where a stopper of a lifting mechanism is released.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing a connection structure between a main body mechanism and a shaft of the lifting mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an abbreviated side view showing a state where the main body mechanism and the shuff are connected.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wagon desk 2 Flat desk 3 Main part 4 Fixed top plate 5 Elevating mechanism 6 Elevating top plate 7 Drawer 8 Caster 9 Desk top plate 10 Leg plate 11 Upper drawer 12 Rear curtain plate 13 Shelf 14 Support member 14A Tip 14B Base 14C Rack 14D Table 14E Dowel 15 Mouse board 15A Ridge 15B Recess 16 Side plate 17 Mounting plate 18 Rail 18A Receiving surface 18B Notch 18C Side surface 18D Engagement hole 19 Stopper 19A Sliding surface 19B Slit 19C Nail piece 19D Buffer part 20 Opening 21 Stop member 22 Mouth pad 23 Vertical groove 24 Gear member 24A Pinion 24B Ratchet 24C Shaft core 25 Shaft 26 Support shaft 27 Piece 27A Claw 27B Protrusion piece 28 Leaf spring 29 Body case 29A Guide hole 29B Side wall 29C Projection 30 Cover 31 Operation Lever 31A Incline Hole 31B Pressing piece 31C Horizontal plate 32 Caulking pin 33 Operation handle 34 Shaft hole 35 Shaft hole 36 End cover 36A Opening 37 Makeup cover 38 Detachment tool 38A Stopper part 39 Rotating shaft 40 Engagement groove 41 Dowel 42 Connecting tool 43 Square hole 44 Fitting Joint 45 Engagement hole A Main body mechanism

Claims (1)

[Claims] An elevating top plate supported by a supporting member of an elevating mechanism having a main body mechanism built into both side plates of the main body is provided above a main body having a drawer housing space therein. A wagon desk with an elevating top plate formed by connecting a tuning shaft of a left and right elevating mechanism between mechanism parts, wherein an engagement groove having a U-shaped cross section with one side parallel to the rotation axis of the main body mechanism part opened in the axial direction is provided. While being formed, a dowel is projected on both sides of the engagement groove, and a square hole penetratingly formed in a coupling tool is slidably engaged with the shaft having a square cross section that can be fitted in the engagement groove, and A fitting part formed on one side in the axial direction of the connecting tool is externally fitted to the rotating shaft, and an engaging hole provided in the fitting part is engaged with the dowel to prevent the dowel from coming off. A wagon desk with a lifting table.