JP3433682B2 - Rotating body mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a rotating body which is applied when a top plate, a shelf plate or the like is rotatably mounted on a column or the like of a table.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to attach a rotating body to a columnar body such as a column or a beam for rotation, a general bearing using a ball bearing or the like is arranged at a preset attaching position, and the bearing is mounted on the bearing. I am trying to attach a rotating body.

[0003]

However, in such a case, it is necessary to determine the mounting position of the rotating body from the design stage, and when the mounting position becomes inconvenient during use, it is mounted. There are problems that it is very difficult to change the position, and that the rotating body cannot be retrofitted to the existing columnar body. Further, since many of the bearings described are compact and precise, there is also a problem that they are easily damaged by the weight of the rotating body or the load of equipment mounted on the rotating body.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention can easily and reliably attach a rotating body to a predetermined attachment position of a columnar body through an attachment mechanism easily and reliably, and is effective. The present invention is intended to realize a mounting structure for a rotating body so that various mounting strengths can be obtained.

[0005]

Therefore, the mounting structure of the rotating body according to the present invention is such that the rotating body is rotatably mounted at a predetermined mounting position of the columnar body through a mounting mechanism. The mounting mechanism has a through hole and is externally fitted at the mounting position, and the through hole is inserted into the screw hole formed in the columnar body.
And a slide member fixed to the rotary body by being screwed with a screw, and the rotary body by engaging the rail member and the slide member. Is slidable around the mounting position.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the rail member is externally fitted to the columnar body, the rotary body can be retrofitted by selecting an arbitrary position of the columnar body. Further, since the slide member fixed to the rotating body is simply engaged with the rail member, the bearing structure is simplified, and the number of parts is effectively reduced as compared with a general bearing structure. As a result, the possibility of failure or damage can be greatly reduced.

Further, in order to engage the rail member and the slide member with a simple structure, a guide groove is formed in either one of the rail member and the slide member, and the other is provided with a protrusion for fitting in the guide groove. It is desirable to have articles. In order to easily fit the rail member onto the columnar body, the rail member is
It is preferable to have a partial ring shape that can be expanded and contracted by elasticity. In this case, in order to use the entire rail member to engage with the slide member, it is effective to use the rail member itself having the partial ring shape as the ridge.

In the case where the ridge is provided on the rail member, the guide groove is formed on the inner surface of the slide member in order to engage the slide member so as to be fitted onto the rail member. Is desirable. In this case, in order to allow the slide member to slide forward and backward with respect to the rail member, it is desirable that the guide groove be provided over the entire circumference of the inner surface of the slide member.

In order to easily fit and engage the slide member with the rail member, it is desirable that a part of the slide member is hinged so that it can be opened and closed. As a preferable example of such a slide member aspect, there is a slide member in which opposed half halves are hinged to each other at one end. Further, as another embodiment of the present invention, at a predetermined mounting position of the columnar body,
A rotating member is rotatably attached through an attaching mechanism, and a rail member fixedly fitted to the attaching position by externally fitting the attaching mechanism and a slide member fixedly attached to the rotating member. The slide member is configured such that opposing half halves are openably and closably attached to each other at one end, and the half halves have a support portion for supporting the rotating body which is an anti-butterfly. configured to made is protruded to face each other in the wear end, the mounting position of the rotating body by engaging the rail member to and closed by fitted to the rail member to open the sliding member Some of them are slidable around. Furthermore, in these cases, in order to securely hold the rotating body on the slide member,
It is preferable that the anti-hinge end of the half-split body is made to project a supporting portion for supporting the rotating body so as to face each other. Further, in order to surely attach the rotary body without opening the half-split body, the base end of the rotary body has a pipe shape, and the base end cannot be dropped onto the support portion. It is effective to fit it on the outside.

In order to widen the applicable range of the rotating body, it is effective to use the rotating body as a bracket having a base end fitted on the supporting portion. As another embodiment of the present invention in which the rotating body can be easily rotated, the rotating body is rotatably attached to an arbitrary position of the columnar body through an attaching mechanism. The mechanism has a through hole, is fitted to the mounting position so as to be opposed to the mounting position at a predetermined distance, and is fixed to the screw hole formed in the columnar body by a screw through the through hole. shall become comprises a slide member which is, by arranging such that fitted on Oite columnar body in the rail formed the slide member between the rail members, around the mounting position of the rotary body One that can be slid is.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is applied to the computer table 3 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the shelf plates 32 and 33 can be rotatably attached to the column 31 of the table 3 via the attachment mechanism 1. There is.

The computer table 3 is provided with a top plate 34 which is horizontally rotatable on an upper end 31a of a round pipe-shaped support column 31 which is a columnar body, and which extends from below the top plate 34 to the front side. Keyboard base mounting arm 36
A keyboard base 35 is fixedly mounted on the
The lower leg 31b of the bottom of the five leg blades 37 having casters 38
It is made to be supported by the leg 30 composed of. And
Brackets 21 and 22, which are rotating bodies, are selectively attached to the lower or middle position of the support column 31 via the attachment mechanism 1, and the shelf board 3 is utilized by using these brackets 21 and 22.
2, 33 can be arranged so that their positions can be changed.

The mounting mechanism 1 is, as shown in FIGS.
The rail member 11 is externally fitted and fixed to the column 31, and the slide member 12 is fixed to the brackets 21 and 22. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the rail member 11 is a partial ring-shaped member having an inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the support column 31 and is formed by synthetic resin integral molding. Then, the opening end 1 of this rail member 11
11 is expanded by utilizing the elastic deformation of the member and is externally fitted to a predetermined mounting position of the support column 31. At that time, a through hole 112 having a temporarily smaller diameter from the outer peripheral surface side toward the inner peripheral surface side is formed in the vicinity of both open ends 111 of the rail member 11 and at a substantially intermediate position in the circumferential direction. A screw hole 311 is provided on the outer periphery of the column 31 corresponding to
1 is screwed into the screw hole 311 through the through hole 112, and the rail member 11 is fixed to the support column 31.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the slide member 12 is composed of a pair of opposing half-split bodies 121, 122, and each half-split body 121, 122 has one end 123.
a and 124a, which are hinged so that they can be opened and closed, and can form a single cylindrical shape when they are butted against each other, and anti-hinge ends 123b and 124b of the respective semi-cylindrical parts 123 and 124
Is formed of a pair of plate-shaped portions 126 and 127 extending in the anti-center direction of the cylinder as base ends 126a and 127a. Here, the half-split body 121 (122) composed of one half-cylindrical portion 123 (124) and one plate-like portion 126 (127) is formed by synthetic resin integral molding. Both of these semi-cylindrical parts 123, 124
The guide grooves 123d, 124d capable of engaging with the side edge 113 of the rail member 11 at the time of closing are formed over the entire circumference of the inner surfaces 123c, 124c, and the portions other than these guide grooves 123d, 124d are formed. The thickness is made thin to reduce the weight and a large number of ribs 128 are arranged to secure the strength. On the other hand, the plate-shaped portions 126 and 127 are the support portions 125 that support the bracket 21 when closed.
It is what constitutes. When the slide member 12 is engaged with the rail member 11 fitted on the column 31, first, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, first, the hinge member is rotated about the butterfly attachment point m to open it. , The guide grooves 123d, 12
The support portion 125 side is closed so that 4d and the rail member 11 are aligned with each other. At this closed position, the guide grooves 123d and 124d and the slide member 11 are slidably fitted together, so that the slide member 12 becomes the rail member 1.
It becomes a state in which it can rotate with respect to 1. Further, the base end 21a of the bracket 21 to be mounted is formed into a square pipe shape, and the plate-shaped portions 126, 127 and the corresponding portions of the bracket 21 are formed with insertion holes 126b, 127b, 211, respectively. The base end 21a of the above is fitted onto the support portion 125, and at these positions, the insertion holes 126
Insert the screw 62 into the nut b
By being screwed on, the half-split bodies 121 and 122 are not opened and the bracket 21 is attached so as not to fall off. Then, the shelf plate 32 fixedly mounted on the bracket 21 is rotatably held around the support column 31 with the support column 31 as a rotation axis. The above also applies to the bracket 22.

In this embodiment, the brackets 21 and 2 are
The corresponding positions of the tips 21b and 22b of 2 and the shelves 32 and 33 are the upper ends 41 of the shelf support legs 41 and 42 arranged vertically.
a, 42a, and the lower ends 41b, 42b of these shelf support legs 41, 42 are caster 43.
The ground is slidably attached to the floor via.
The extension dimensions of the brackets 21 and 22 are set to be longer than the extension dimension of the leg blades 37 in the radial direction, and the brackets 21 and 22 and the shelves 32 and 33 are caster 43.
With the extension length of the brackets 21 and 22 as the radius of rotation, the shelf support legs 41 and 42 can be stably rotated around the mounting position without contacting the leg blades 37.

FIG. 3 shows one usage state of the present embodiment. When the display 51 is placed on the top plate 34 and the keyboard 52 is placed on the keyboard base 35, the display 51 is easy to see and the keyboard 52 is provided. The top plate 34 and the keyboard base 35 can be simultaneously rotated to a position where is easy to operate. Further, when the upper shelf plate 32 is attached, the flat computer body 53 can be placed, and when the lower shelf plate 33 is attached, the tower type computer body 54 is placed. It is made available for use.

As described above, in the present embodiment, by simply providing the screw hole 311 at an arbitrary position of the support column 31, the rail member 11 is externally fitted by using the screw hole 311 and the bracket which is the rotating body. 21 can be rotatably mounted. That is, the mounting mechanism 1 can be retrofitted if necessary. Therefore, the shelves 32 and 33 may be replaced, or the existing shelves 32 and 3 without the shelves may be newly added.
It becomes possible to easily attach 3 as well. Further, the mounting mechanism 1 has a simple structure in which the rail member 11 and the slide member 12, which are the constituent elements thereof, are rotatably engaged with each other, so that the support column 3 is provided.
The bracket 21 can be stably and reliably slid around the two mounting positions, and the number of parts is small compared to the case where a general bearing structure is adopted, and stable operation can be expected. Thus, if the shelves 32 and 33 are rotatable, the wiring on the back side of the computer main body 53 can be easily performed, and the lower limb space where the knees do not hit can be easily secured.

The slide member 12 has a guide groove 123.
d and 124d are formed, and the rail member 11 is formed into a partial ring shape, and the rail member 11 itself is formed into the guide groove 12.
Since the projections are fitted to the 3d and 124d, the slide member 12 can be easily and smoothly rotated with respect to the rail member 11. This slide member 11 is
Since it can be expanded and contracted by elasticity and has a partial ring shape with one end 111 opened, it can be easily fitted onto the column 31.

Further, the guide grooves 123d, 124d
Is formed on the inner surfaces 123c and 124c of the slide member 12, the slide member 12 can be externally fitted to and engaged with the rail member 11, and the mechanism of the mounting portion can be hidden in appearance. In addition, the guide grooves 123d and 124d are
Since the inner surfaces 123c and 124c are formed over the entire circumference, the slide member 12 can be freely rotated in the forward and reverse directions without limitation.

Further, the slide member 12 has a pair of opposed half halves 121 and 122, which are its constituent elements, which have one ends 123a and 124a hinged to each other so that they can be opened and closed. The rail member 11 can be fitted on the outside and closed to easily engage with the rail member 11.
Further, the slide member 12 has a semi-cylindrical portion 123 (1
24) and a half-divided body 12 composed of a plate-like portion 126 (127)
Since 1 (122) is hinged as described above, the right and left are well balanced, and stable sliding can be obtained.
In particular, the support portion 125 that supports the bracket 21 is composed of a pair of plate-shaped portions 126 and 127.
26 and 127 are the anti-wing ends 1 of the cylindrical portions 123 and 124.
Since the brackets 21 are mounted on the brackets 23b and 124b, the bracket 21 does not become cantilever, and a well-balanced support state can be obtained. Furthermore, this bracket 2
Since the base end 21a of No. 1 has a square pipe shape and the support portion 125 is externally fitted and fixed, it is possible to simultaneously prevent the bracket 21 from falling off and prevent the slide member 12 from expanding. .

Since the rotating body as described above is applied to the brackets 21 and 22 in this embodiment, various members other than the shelves 32 and 33 are rotated by using these brackets 21 and 22. It can also be installed as possible. The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. For example, various design changes are possible such as using two shelf support legs 41 and 42. Further, as another embodiment, for example, one shown in FIG. 8 can be cited. Like this embodiment, this embodiment is applied to the attachment of the shelves 32 and 33 of the computer table 3. The description of the same parts will be omitted and the corresponding parts will be denoted by the same reference numerals. Explain. Mounting mechanism 1 of this embodiment
01 is a support column 3 so that they are vertically spaced apart and face each other.
1, a pair of partial ring-shaped rail constituent members 1011 fixed to the outside and fixedly mounted, and a slide rotatably arranged so that the pillar 31 is fitted into the rail formed between the rail constituent members 1011. And a member 1012. This rail constituent member 1011 uses two rail members 11 of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the slide member 1012 has the same outer shape as the slide member 12 of the above-mentioned embodiment and has a guide groove or the like formed on the inner surface. Is something that is not. If this is the case, this slide member 101
By fixing the bracket 21 to 2, the bracket 21 can be slid around the mounting position.
Further, neither the slide member 1012 nor the rail member 1011 need be formed with a guide groove and a protrusion to be engaged with the guide groove, and the bracket 2 can be constructed with a simpler configuration.
It is possible to surely perform the rotation of 1.

Other specific configurations are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0023]

The structure for mounting a rotating body of the present invention is implemented in the form described in detail above, and has the effects described below.
That is, the mounting structure of the rotating body of the present invention is such that the rotating body is rotatably mounted at an arbitrary position of the columnar body through the mounting mechanism, and in particular, the mounting mechanism is a rail member and a slide member. This rail member is composed of
It has a through hole and is externally fitted to the mounting position to form the columnar body.
It is screwed into the formed screw hole through the through hole.
Since it is intended to be fixed in Rukoto, with it becomes possible after optionally without setting in advance the mounting position into a columnar shape, and readily adaptable to change and new installation of the mounting position of the shelf plate such as It will be. On the other hand, since the rotary member is fixed to the slide member and the rail member and the slide member are engaged with each other, the rotary member can be easily slid around the mounting position. Further, since this mounting mechanism has a simpler structure than the conventional one, it is possible to effectively reduce the number of parts and prevent breakage or failure.

Furthermore, if a guide groove is formed in either one of the rail member or the slide member, and a ridge to be fitted into the guide groove is provided in the other, and both are engaged in a concavo-convex manner, a simpler construction is achieved. The engagement between the rail member and the slide member can be realized. In addition, the rail member,
In the case of the partial ring shape that can be expanded and contracted by elasticity, the rail member can be easily fitted on the columnar body. In this case, if the ridge is the rail member itself having the shape of the partial ring, it is possible to reliably engage with the slide member using the entire rail member with a simpler configuration. it can.

If the guide groove is formed on the inner surface of the slide member when the ridge is provided on the rail member,
The slide member can be engaged so as to be externally fitted to the rail member, and the mounting work can be simplified. In this case, if the guide groove is provided over the entire circumference of the inner surface of the slide member, it is possible to allow the slide member to slide forward and backward with respect to the rail member.

If the slide member is hinged so that a part of the slide member can be opened and closed, the slide member can be expanded and easily fitted on the rail member and closed to be engaged with the rail member. . As a preferred example of such an aspect of the slide member, there can be mentioned one in which the slide members are formed by mutually opposing half halves hinged to each other. With such a structure, both halves are balanced and more stable rotation is ensured. Further, in such a case, if the supporting portions supporting the rotating body are made to project at the anti-hinge end of the half body so as to face each other, the rotating body does not become cantilever, and The rotating body can be reliably held. Further, if the base end portion of the rotating body is formed in a pipe shape and the base end portion is fitted onto the supporting portion, the half body is not opened, and the rotating body can be securely attached.

Further, if the rotating body is a bracket having a base end fitted onto the supporting portion, various members such as a top plate and a shelf plate can be attached to the bracket, and the scope of application of the present invention Can be very wide. Further, according to the present invention, a rotating body is rotatably attached to an arbitrary position of a columnar body through an attachment mechanism, and the attachment mechanism is provided with a through hole so as to face the attachment position at a predetermined distance. A rail component member fixedly mounted by being screwed into the screw hole formed in the columnar body through the through hole and a slide member fixedly fixed to the rotating body. and then, if it is assumed that arranged so as fitted around Oite columnar body in rails of the slide member is formed between the rail members, the mounting position of the rotating body with a simpler configuration Can be slidable around.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a computer table to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the table.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mounting state of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state before mounting of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view of one of the half halves according to the embodiment as viewed from the inside.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 101 ... Mounting mechanism 11 ... Rail member (protrusion) 12 ... Slide member 21 ... Rotating body (bracket) 21a ... Base end 31 ... Columnar body (support) 121, 122 ... Half body 123b, 124b ... Anti-wing end 123c, 124c ... Inner surface 123d, 124d ... Guide groove 125 ... Supporting part 1011 ... Rail constituent members 1012 ... slide member m ... butterfly point

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --Continued from the front page (56) References JP-A-4-183406 (JP, A) JP-A-7-213347 (JP, A) JP-A-62-151709 (JP, A) Actual development Sho-50- 90064 (JP, U) Actual Kaihei 3-39429 (JP, U) Actual public Sho 48-44729 (JP, Y1) Actual public 40-33994 (JP, Y1) Utility model registration 3004011 (JP, U) (58) ) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F16C 11/04 A47B 1/00-41/06

Claims (13)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotary body is rotatably mounted at a predetermined mounting position of a columnar body through a mounting mechanism, wherein the mounting mechanism has a through hole and is externally fitted to the mounting position. And a slide member fixed to the rotating body, the rail member fixed to the screw hole formed in the columnar body by screwing the screw through the through hole, and the slide member fixed to the rotating body. A rotating body mounting structure, characterized in that a rail member and a slide member are engaged with each other so that the rotating body can slide around a mounting position. 2. The structure for mounting a rotating body according to claim 1, wherein a guide groove is formed in one of the rail member and the slide member, and a ridge that fits into the guide groove is provided in the other. 3. The mounting structure for a rotating body according to claim 2, wherein the rail member has a partial ring shape that can be expanded and contracted by elasticity. 4. The rotating body mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion itself has the shape of the partial ring. 5. The rotating body mounting structure according to claim 4, wherein the slide member has the guide groove formed on the inner surface thereof. 6. The mounting structure for a rotating body according to claim 5, wherein the guide groove is provided on the inner surface of the slide member over the entire circumference. 7. The slide member is partly hinged so that it can be opened and closed, and is configured to be opened to externally fit the rail member and closed to engage with the rail member. Item 3. A structure for mounting a rotating body according to item 3, 4, 5 or 6. 8. The mounting structure for a rotating body according to claim 7, wherein the slide members are formed by halving mutually opposing half-split bodies at one end. 9. The mounting structure for a rotating body according to claim 8, wherein the half body is formed by projecting a supporting portion for supporting the rotating body so as to face the anti-hinge ends. 10. A rotating body is rotatably attached to a predetermined attachment position of a columnar body through an attachment mechanism, and the attachment mechanism is fixed by being externally fitted to the attachment position. A rail member and a slide member fixedly mounted on the rotating body are provided, and the slide member is configured such that opposing half-split bodies are hinged to each other at one end so that they can be opened and closed. the body, and configured to that the support portion for supporting the rotating body composed is protruded to face each other in a counter-hinged end, said slide member to open is fitted to the rail member <br/> and A structure for mounting a rotating body, wherein the rotating body is slidable around a mounting position by being closed and engaged with a rail member. 11. A pipe-like base end portion of the rotating body,
The base end portion is fitted onto the support portion so as not to fall off.
Alternatively, the structure for mounting the rotating body according to the item 10. 12. The mounting structure for a rotating body according to claim 11, wherein the rotating body is a bracket having a base end fitted onto the supporting portion. 13. A rotating body is rotatably attached to a predetermined attachment position of a columnar body through an attachment mechanism, wherein the attachment mechanism has a through hole and is spaced apart from the attachment position by a predetermined distance. Then, a pair of rail constituent members fixed by screwing the screw holes through the through holes into the screw holes formed in the columnar body so as to be opposed to each other and fixed to the rotating body. that comprises a sliding member shall comprising, by arranging such that fitted on Oite columnar body in the rail formed the slide member between the rail members, said rotary member about the mounting position A rotating body mounting structure that is slidable.