JP5877378B2 - Storage furniture - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to storage furniture used for a kitchen device, a vanity, and the like.

  Doors provided in box-shaped cabinets in storage furniture used for kitchen equipment, vanity tables, etc., have handles that allow people to operate the doors forward and backward by putting their fingers on them. Yes. Among these handles, there is a so-called line handle that is attached in the length direction along one end face of the front plate without protruding to the surface side of the front plate of the door.

  The following Patent Document 1 is composed of a line handle main body provided in the longitudinal direction of the end portion of the front plate, and side caps that are attached to both end portions on the longitudinal direction side of the line handle main body and cover the both end portions. The line handle is described. In this line handle, the side cap includes a screw piece that joins the side cap and the front plate, so that the line handle main body is attached to the front plate only through the side cap. For this reason, it is not necessary to provide a joint part with a front board in a line handle main body, a line handle main body can be comprised simply and manufacturing cost can be held down.

  Moreover, in the said line handle, a groove part is provided in the longitudinal direction of a line handle main body, the protrusion piece inserted in this groove part is provided in a side cap as a fitting part, and a side cap is inserted and inserted in a groove part. However, the line handle body can be firmly held.

JP 2010-227378 A

  However, the line handle described in Patent Document 1 is attached to the upper portion of the front plate by screwing a wood screw to the front plate through a screw hole from the back side of the screwed piece. . For this reason, at the side edge of the front plate, the screw piece protrudes to the back side of the front plate by the thickness, and when the door is closed, a gap is created between the cabinet, dust and dust, In addition, there is a risk that pests may invade.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the situation as mentioned above, and makes it the subject to provide the storage furniture excellent in airtightness.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the storage furniture of the present invention is storage furniture in which a door is provided at an open end of a cabinet, which is a box with one end open, and a packing is provided at an open end. The door is composed of a front plate that covers the open end of the cabinet, and a handle that is provided at one end of the front plate along the length direction. The handle includes a handle body and a length of the handle body. It is composed of an end cap that covers the end face in the vertical direction, the handle body is placed on the front side of the front plate, the finger resting piece for placing human fingers, and the back side and back side of the front plate are arranged almost flush with each other And a support piece that is thinner than the thickness of the front plate and has a substantially flat plate shape from the upper end portion to the lower end portion. stepped portion is provided in the cap mounting, the fingers The scale piece has a horizontal piece extending from the upper end portion of the support piece to the front surface side of the front plate, and a hanging piece extending downward from the front end portion of the horizontal piece so as to face the support piece. An inclined surface whose surface is inclined toward the support piece side is formed, and an upper end portion of the end cap is provided with a substantially U-shaped holding portion that fits inside the handle body, and at the lower end portion of the end cap, Engagement bosses that can be press-fitted into the stepped portion and are arranged so that the back surface is substantially flush with the back surface of the support piece by press-fitting, and in storage furniture, when the door is closed, the back surface of the front plate, the handle body The back surface excluding the step portion of the support piece and the back surface of the engagement boss portion of the end cap abut on the packing substantially flush with each other.

  In this storage furniture, the support piece is provided with an attachment piece extending along the back surface of the front plate, and this attachment piece is arranged at a portion other than the end portion in the length direction of the handle, and the handle is placed in front of the attachment piece. It is preferably attached to a plate.

Moreover, in this storage furniture, it is preferable that a step part is a ditch | groove and a chamfering part is formed in the part from a ditch | groove to the back surface side of a front board in a support piece .

  According to the storage furniture of the present invention, the sealing performance can be improved.

It is the perspective view which showed one Embodiment of the storage furniture of this invention. It is the principal part perspective view which showed the storage furniture shown in FIG. 1 from the inner side. It is the perspective view which showed the door in the storage furniture shown in FIG. 1 from the surface side, and the perspective view which expanded and showed the one end part partially. It is the perspective view which showed the door shown in FIG. 3 from the back surface side, and the perspective view which expanded and showed the one end part partially. (A), (b), and (c) are respectively a rear view of the door shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, an AA sectional view thereof, and an enlarged sectional view showing one end portion of the AA section enlarged. is there. It is the perspective view which showed the handle of the door shown in FIG. 3 from the surface side, and the perspective view which expanded and showed the one end part of the length direction. It is the perspective view which showed the handle shown in FIG. 6 from the back surface side, the perspective view which expanded and showed the one end part of the length direction, and the expanded sectional view of a ditch | groove. It is the principal part perspective view which expanded and showed the handle shown in FIG. (A) (b) is the perspective view which showed the end cap attached to the end surface of the length direction in the handle of the door shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 from two different directions, respectively. It is the principal part perspective view which showed another form of the handle together with the front board from the back surface side.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the storage furniture of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an essential part showing the storage furniture shown in FIG. 1 from the inside.

  The storage furniture 1 includes a cabinet 2 and a door 30 that are rectangular solid boxes whose fronts are openings for storing articles as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The cabinet 2 includes a pair of left and right side plates 3, a top plate 4 disposed between the two side plates 3 along the upper edge of the side plate 3, and a bottom plate disposed between the two side plates 3 at the lower end portion of the side plate 3 ( (Not shown) and a back plate (not shown) disposed at the rear end of the side plate 3 so as to face the open end 2a on the front side. The back plate is attached to the inside of the two side plates 3, the top plate 4 and the bottom plate.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the open end 2a of the cabinet 2 is provided with a packing 5 along the length direction on the front end surfaces of the side plate 3, the top plate 4, and the bottom plate. The packing 5 is a hollow member having a substantially semicircular cross-section and is made of a soft resin, rubber, or the like. The packing 5 has elasticity and can be deformed by pressing from the front, so that the hermeticity in the storage furniture 1 is maintained, and dust, dust, and insects are prevented from entering. The packing 5 also has a function of buffering the collision of the door 30 with the cabinet 2 when the door 30 is opened and closed.

  Moreover, in the storage furniture 1, the door 30 is provided so that opening and closing is possible so that the open end 2a of the cabinet 2 may be covered, as shown in FIG. The door 30 forms a door as a hinged door or a front decorative panel of a drawer. The front plate 6 such as a wood covering the open end 2a and an upper end portion which is one end portion of the front plate 6 in the length direction. It is comprised from the handle 7 provided along. A user of the storage furniture 1 can open and close the door 30 while holding the hand on the handle 7.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the door of the storage furniture shown in FIG. 1 from the front side, and a perspective view showing an enlarged part of one end of the door. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the door shown in FIG. 3 from the back surface side, and a perspective view showing a partially enlarged end portion thereof. 5 (a), 5 (b), and 5 (c) are respectively a rear view of the door shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, an AA cross-sectional view thereof, and an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an enlarged end portion of the AA cross-section. FIG.

  6 is a perspective view showing the handle of the door shown in FIG. 3 from the front side, and an enlarged perspective view showing one end portion in the length direction. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the handle shown in FIG. 6 from the back surface side, a perspective view showing an enlarged one end portion in the length direction, and an enlarged sectional view of the groove. FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part showing the handle shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the handle 7 includes a handle body 7 a that is a long member formed by extrusion molding of a metal material such as aluminum, and an end cap 10. The length of the handle 7 coincides with the length of the upper end portion of the front plate 6. The handle body 7a is arranged on the front surface side of the front plate 6 and includes a finger hooking piece 8 for placing a human finger and a support piece 9 arranged on the back side of the front plate 6 and supporting the finger hooking piece 8. I have. The end cap 10 covers the left and right end faces of the handle body 7a at the end in the length direction of the handle body 7a. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the total height of the front plate 6 and the handle 7 is the height of the door 30, which coincides with the height of the side plate 3, and the front plate 6 and the handle 7 The open end 2a is covered.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the finger resting piece 8 is opposed to the horizontal piece 11 extending from the upper end portion of the support piece 9 to the front surface side of the front plate 6 and the support piece 9 from the front end portion of the horizontal piece 11. And a hanging piece 12 extending downward. By the horizontal piece 11 and the drooping piece 12, the finger resting piece 8 has a substantially L-shaped cross section.

  Moreover, in the sagging piece 12, as shown in FIG.5 (c), the inclined surface 14 in which the surface 13 inclines toward the support piece 9 side from the upper end to the lower end is formed. Thus, since the surface 13 of the dripping piece 12 is made into the inclined surface 14, in the storage furniture 1 shown in FIG. 1, when the user sees from diagonally above the cabinet 2, the dripping piece 12 is not so conspicuous. The decorative surface which is the upper end surface 6a of the front plate 6 can be seen.

  As shown in FIG. 5C, the back surface 15 of the drooping piece 12 is provided with a bulging portion 16 that curves and protrudes toward the support piece 9, and the bulging portion 16 has a round shape. A person's finger softly touches the finger piece 8 and the door 30 can be opened and closed easily.

  On the other hand, the support piece 9 has a substantially flat plate shape from the upper end portion 17 to the lower end portion 18 as shown in FIG. The lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9 is disposed on the back surface side on the upper end portion of the front plate 6, and the back surface of the support piece 9 is disposed substantially flush with the back surface of the front plate 6. The lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9 is slightly thicker than the upper end portion 17, but the thickness is about 4 mm at the maximum and is thinner than the thickness of the front plate 6. Therefore, the decorative surface which is the upper end surface 6 a of the front plate 6 on which the lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9 is disposed is exposed except for the lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9. In this way, since the decorative surface, which is the upper end surface 6a of the front plate 6, is exposed without being covered with the handle 7, the texture of the front plate 6 is utilized and the appearance of the storage furniture 1 is more excellent. Become.

  A conventional so-called line handle has an arc-shaped cross section and is formed so as to gradually increase in thickness from the upper end to the lower end. For this reason, regardless of the position of the light source in the room, a user standing near the storage furniture can see a line due to reflection of one to a plurality of lights. This streak of light reflected the presence of the handle in the door or drawer. On the other hand, since the support piece 9 has a substantially flat shape, the formation of streaks due to reflection of light is reduced, and the user of the storage furniture 1 is less likely to be aware of the presence of the support piece 9. .

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, a concave groove 20 is formed on the back surface of the support piece 9 as a step portion 19 for attaching the end cap 10 extending in the length direction of the handle 7. ing. The concave groove 20 is disposed at the lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9. The cross-sectional shape of the concave groove 20 is a substantially trapezoidal cross-section in which the width on the back surface side of the support piece 9 is narrow and the width increases toward the back side. The depth of the concave groove 20 is about 1.5 mm. Since the concave groove 20 is so shallow, even if it is exposed on the back surface of the support piece 9, as shown in FIG. 4, the influence on the appearance of the storage furniture 1 is small, and the concave groove 20 is hardly noticeable. . In addition, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 7, the concave groove 20 has a portion 21 corresponding to a substantially trapezoidal corner ridge formed in an arc shape. By doing so, the risk of injury due to the edge of the groove 20 when the user touches the handle 7 is reduced, and the presence of the groove 20 is less noticeable.

  As shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, in the support piece 9, the chamfered portion 22 is formed on the portion from the concave groove 20 to the back surface side of the front plate 6, specifically, on the back surface side of the lower end portion 18. Is formed. The chamfered portion 22 is formed obliquely downward from the back surface of the support piece 9 toward the front surface side.

  And in the support piece 9, the attachment piece 23 extended below along the back surface of the front board 6 from the lower end part 18 is provided. As shown in FIG. 5A, the attachment pieces 23 are arranged at positions other than the left and right ends in the length direction of the handle 7. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the handle 7 includes a front plate in which a fixing tool 31 such as a screw is screwed or driven into the front plate 6 from the mounting piece 23 side. 6 is attached. In order to attach the handle 7 with such a fixing tool 31, the mounting piece 23 is provided with circular insertion holes 32 that allow the fixing tool 31 to be inserted at both left and right ends. Since the handle 7 is attached to the front plate 6 via the attachment piece 23, the attachment of the handle 7 to the front plate 6 is strong. In the mounting piece 23, as shown in FIG. 8, chamfered portions 24 are formed at the lower corners of the left and right ends. The chamfered portion 24 is formed obliquely so as to go inward at the left and right end portions of the mounting piece 23. In addition, the fixing tool 31 used for attachment of the handle 7 can employ | adopt the thing which has an anchor function other than a screw | thread.

  FIGS. 9A and 9B are perspective views showing the end caps attached to the end faces in the length direction of the handle of the door shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, respectively, from two different directions.

  The end cap 10 is made of resin, and the end face portion 25 has a shape that covers both left and right end faces in the length direction of the handle body 7a shown in FIGS. That is, the shape of the end face portion 25 of the end cap 10 is an end face shape formed by the finger hook piece 8 having a substantially L-shaped cross section and the support piece 9 provided with the finger hook piece 8 at the upper end. Match. The upper end of the end cap 10, that is, the end corresponding to the upper end 17 of the handle piece 7 and the support piece 9 of the handle main body 7 a, is fitted into the inside of the handle main body 7 a and has a substantially U-shaped cross section. 26 is provided. The holding part 26 protrudes horizontally from the end face part 25.

  Moreover, in the end cap 10 shown to Fig.9 (a) (b), the recessed groove 20 as the step part 19 formed in the back surface of the support piece 9 of the handle 7 shown in FIG. A substantially flat engaging boss portion 27 having a shape is provided. The engaging boss portion 27 is provided at the lower end portion of the end cap 10, that is, at the end portion corresponding to the lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9 of the handle main body 7 a, and is horizontal from the end surface portion 25 on the same side as the holding portion 26. Projected to The engagement boss portion 27 can be press-fitted into the concave groove 20 formed on the back surface of the support piece 9 of the handle body 7a shown in FIGS.

  When attaching such an end cap 10 to the handle body 7a, the holding portion 26 is fitted inside a region surrounded by the finger resting piece 8 and the upper end portion 17 of the supporting piece 9 to support the engaging boss portion 27. Press-fit into the concave groove 20 of the piece 9. The end cap 10 is firmly attached to the left and right end surfaces in the length direction of the handle body 7a by the elasticity of the resin material forming the holding portion 26 and the engagement boss portion 27, and covers the left and right end surfaces of the handle body 7a. Yes. Even if the handle main body 7a is in a state of being cut according to the length of the front plate 6, the left and right end faces in the length direction are housed beautifully by the end cap 10.

  The back surface of the engagement boss portion 27 press-fitted into the concave groove 20 is arranged substantially flush with the back surface of the support piece 9 of the handle body 7a as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. For this reason, in the storage furniture 1, as shown in FIG. 2, when the door 30 is closed, the packing 5 positioned on the open end 2 a side of the cabinet 2 includes the back surface positioned on the left and right ends of the front plate 6, The back surface of the support body 9 of the handle body 7a except for the concave groove 20 and the back surface of the engagement boss portion 27 are substantially flush with each other. The support piece 9 is formed with a chamfered portion 22 at the lower end 18, but the size and inclination of the chamfered portion 22 are slight, and the back surface of the support piece 9 excluding the recessed groove 20 is substantially flush with the packing 5. There is no particular hindrance to the contact. By such substantially abutting contact between the front plate 6, the support piece 9, and the back surface of the engagement boss portion 27 and the packing 5, in the storage furniture 1, the door 30 is closed to the open end 2 a of the cabinet 2. The formation of the gap is suppressed, and the hermeticity of the storage furniture 1 is improved.

  In the storage furniture 1, as shown in FIG. 5A, the attachment pieces 23 are arranged at positions other than the left and right ends in the length direction of the handle 7, so that the attachment pieces 23 are attached as shown in FIG. 2. The piece 23 is not interposed between the front plate 6 and the packing 5. For this reason, in the state which closed the door 30, there is no gap | interval resulting from the attachment piece 23 between the front board 6 and the packing 5, and the sealing property of the storage furniture 1 is improved further.

  Further, in the storage furniture 1, as shown in FIG. 8, the chamfered portion 22 is formed at the lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9 in the portion from the recessed groove 20 to the back side of the front plate 6. No burrs are generated at the lower end 18 of 9 when the metal material is cut. Therefore, when the door 30 is closed, there is little possibility that the packing 5 is damaged due to contact with the back surface of the support piece 9.

  FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a main part showing another form of the handle together with the front plate from the back side. 10, the same parts as those of the handle 7 shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted below.

  In the handle 28 shown in FIG. 10, the stepped portion 19 of the handle main body 28 a is formed not by the recessed groove 20 but by one step down to the lower end surface of the lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9. When the handle 7 is attached to the upper end surface of the front plate 6 so that the back surface of the support piece 9 is substantially flush with the rear surface of the front plate 6, A groove-like recess 29 is formed between the two. The engagement boss portion 27 of the end cap 10 is press-fitted into the step portion 19 that forms the recess 29, and the end cap is formed by the elasticity of the resin material that forms the engagement boss portion 27 and the holding portion 26 shown in FIG. 10 is firmly attached to both left and right end surface portions in the length direction of the handle 28. Further, the back surface of the engagement boss portion 27 press-fitted into the step portion 19 is disposed substantially flush with the back surface of the support piece 9 of the handle body 28a.

  In the handle 28 shown in FIG. 10, the chamfered portion 22 is not formed on the back surface side of the lower end portion 18 of the support piece 9. Therefore, in the storage furniture 1 provided with the handle 28 shown in FIG. 10, as shown in FIG. 2, when the door 30 is closed, the packing 5 is located on the left and right ends of the front plate 6. The back surface of the handle main body 28a except the step portion 19 of the support piece 9 and the back surface of the engagement boss portion 27 are in contact with each other. With such a contact between the front plate 6, the support piece 9, and the back surface of the engagement boss portion 27 and the packing 5, in the storage furniture 1, a gap is formed in the open end 2 a of the cabinet 2 with the door 30 closed. Is further suppressed, the airtightness of the storage furniture 1 is further enhanced, and the dustproof and insectproof properties are further improved.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various modes are possible for details such as the type of storage furniture, the shape, configuration and structure of the cabinet, and the size, material, configuration and structure of the door. Further, the present invention can be applied to any type of storage furniture such as a hinged door or a drawer.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage furniture 2 Cabinet 2a Open end 5 Packing 6 Front plate 7, 28 Handle 7a, 28a Handle main body 8 Finger piece 9 Support piece 10 End cap 19 Step part 20 Groove 22 Chamfer part 23 Attachment piece 27 Engagement boss part 30 door

Claims (3)

Storage furniture provided with a door that can be freely opened and closed at the open end of the cabinet, which is a box that is open at one end, and packing that is provided at the open end,
The door is composed of a front plate that covers the open end of the cabinet, and a handle provided at one end of the front plate along its length direction,
The handle is composed of a handle main body and an end cap that covers an end face of the handle main body in the length direction, and the handle main body is disposed on the front side of the front plate and is a finger hook for placing a human finger. A support piece having a substantially flat plate shape from the upper end portion to the lower end portion, which is thinner than the thickness of the front plate, and is arranged so that the back surface and the back surface of the front plate are substantially flush with each other. With
In the support piece, a step portion for attaching the end cap is provided on the back surface over the entire length in the length direction,
The finger resting piece has a horizontal piece extending from the upper end portion of the support piece to the surface side of the front plate, and a hanging piece extending downward from the front end portion of the horizontal piece so as to face the support piece,
In the sagging piece, an inclined surface whose surface is inclined toward the support piece side from the upper end to the lower end is formed,
The upper end portion of the end cap is provided with a holding portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section that fits inside the handle body.
In the lower end portion of the end cap , an engagement boss portion is provided that can be press-fitted into the stepped portion, and the back surface is arranged substantially flush with the back surface of the support piece by press-fitting,
In the storage furniture, in a state where the door is closed, the back surface of the front plate, the back surface excluding the stepped portion of the support piece of the handle body, and the back surface of the engagement boss portion of the end cap, Storage furniture characterized by being substantially flush with the packing.   In the support piece, an attachment piece extending along the back surface of the front plate is provided, and the attachment piece is arranged at a portion other than the end portion in the length direction of the handle, and the handle is arranged so that the handle is in the front piece. The storage furniture according to claim 1, wherein the storage furniture is attached to a plate. 3. The storage according to claim 1, wherein the stepped portion is a concave groove, and a chamfered portion is formed in a portion from the concave groove to the back side of the front plate in the support piece. furniture.

Images