JP7634263B2 - Storage device assembly set and storage device assembled using said set - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an assembly set for a storage device and a storage device assembled using the set.

Traditionally, clothing has generally been stored by hanging hangers with clothes on them from a hanger rack. For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, such a hanger rack has a structure in which several pipe beams are hung between several pipe pillars, and hangers are hung from the beams for storage. However, because such storage devices have a complex structure and look cluttered, they are not preferred for installation in conspicuous locations, and are generally installed in places where people do not usually frequent, such as closets.

In recent years, however, a storage format known as "visible storage" has been gaining attention, in which storage equipment is deliberately installed in conspicuous locations and the stored clothes can be used as interior décor. "Visible storage" refers to storage equipment in which pipes or the like are fixed to the walls or ceilings of rooms and hangers are hung from the pipes. In visible storage, it is important to simplify the structure of the storage equipment itself, since a complicated structure makes the equipment look cluttered. Also, being able to hang more hangers not only increases the number of clothes that can be stored, but also enhances the decorative effect of the clothes, so it is considered preferable to make the length of the pipes on which the hangers are hung longer.

Utility Model Registration No. 3147576

While it is better to make the pipes in "visible storage" as long as possible, the longer the pipes themselves are, the greater the risk of them bending due to the weight of the clothes hung on them and their own weight. In order to solve the above problem, metals with high rigidity, such as steel or stainless steel, are often used. Although such metal pipes are highly rigid, they are heavy, making it difficult to handle long pipes when fixing them using a fixture. For example, when fixing a fixture for fixing a pipe to a wall or the like and fixing the pipe to the fixture, it is difficult to position the pipe relative to the fixture because the pipe itself is heavy. When positioning the pipe in this way, the surface of the pipe may be damaged due to repeated contact between the pipe and the fixture, which may damage the metal luster of the pipe or cause the coating applied to the pipe surface to peel off. Since the appearance of the pipe is damaged in this way, which is undesirable for "visible storage," a solution to this problem was desired.

As a result of intensive research conducted by the present inventors to solve the above problems, they discovered that the above problems could be solved by an assembly set of a specific structure and a storage device assembled from said set, and thus arrived at the present invention.
That is, the present invention provides:
[1] A rod-shaped member and a fastener for fastening the rod-shaped member to a structural member and/or a non-structural member of a building,
The rod-shaped member has at least one hole in a longitudinal surface thereof near at least one end thereof,
the fixing device includes a flat base portion and a hollow rod-shaped member accommodating portion formed by a wall extending vertically from the base portion, the wall being provided with at least one screw hole penetrating the wall,
At least one stopper is provided protruding from an inner wall forming the rod-shaped member accommodating portion toward the center of the hollow space.
A storage device assembly set,
[2] An assembly set for the storage device according to [1], further comprising a set screw at the end of the rod;
[3] An assembly set for a storage device according to [1] or [2], wherein a screw hole is provided in a base portion of the fastener, and the screw hole is provided at least one at each of positions facing each other across the rod-shaped member accommodating portion in an axial direction of the screw hole provided in the wall, and at least one at each of positions facing each other across the rod-shaped member accommodating portion in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the screw hole provided in the wall.
[4] An assembly set for a storage device according to any one of [1] to [3], further comprising a connector for connecting the rod-shaped members together, the connector having at least one screw hole penetrating a wall of the pipe connection portion and at least one stopper formed of a protrusion on the inside of the wall; and [5] a storage device assembled using the assembly set according to any one of [1] to [4].
Regarding.

By using the assembly set of the present invention, assembly is easier and the possibility of damaging the surfaces of the rod-shaped members during assembly can be minimized. In addition, a storage device assembled using the set of the present invention can use rod-shaped members made of a highly rigid material, so it has a simple appearance and can hold more clothes, further enhancing the decorative effect of "visible storage."

1A is a front view of a rod-shaped member, (B) a side view, (C) a perspective view, and (D) a front view of a bent rod-shaped member. 1A is a plan view of the fixture, (B) is a front view, (C) is a side view, (D) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AB in (A), and (E) is a cross-sectional view taken along line CD in (C). 3A is a plan view of a fastener having a different form from that of FIG. 2, FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of the fastener of FIG. 2 when fixed to a pillar and a wall material, and FIG. 3C is a schematic diagram of the fastener of FIG. 2 when fixed to a pillar and a beam. 1A is a front view, FIG. 1B is a plan view, and FIG. 1C is a bottom view of a rod end set screw. (A) is a front view of a connector, (B) is a left side view of the connector of (A), (C) is a bottom view of the connector of (A), (D) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line E-F in (A), and (E) to (G) are front views of connectors of different shapes than (A). 1 shows one embodiment of the storage device of the present invention.

The present invention will be described below based on a specific embodiment with reference to the drawings. Note that the drawings and the following description are merely for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way. In addition, the terms "up and down," "front and back," and "left and right" in the text refer to the directions shown in each drawing.

As described above, the assembly set of the storage device of the present invention includes:
The present invention includes a rod-shaped member 1 and a fastener 2 for fastening the rod-shaped member 1 to a structural member and/or a non-structural member of a building,
The rod-shaped member 1 has at least one hole 12 in a longitudinal surface thereof near at least one end thereof,
The fixing device 2 includes a flat base portion 21 and a hollow rod-shaped member accommodating portion 23 formed by a wall 22 extending vertically from the base portion 21, and the wall 22 is provided with at least one screw hole 24 penetrating the wall 22,
At least one stopper 25 is provided protruding from an inner wall forming the rod-shaped member accommodating portion 23 toward the center of the hollow space.
Each component will be described below, and then the storage device of the present invention will be described.

1. Rod-shaped member The rod-shaped member 1 is a rod-shaped member as shown in FIG. 1. There is no particular limitation on the cross-sectional shape of the rod-shaped member, and it may be, for example, a circle including an ellipse, or a polygon such as a triangle, a square, a pentagon, or a hexagon. The rod-shaped member may be a so-called pipe-shaped rod-shaped member having a hollow in its length direction, or a rod without a hollow. There is no particular limitation on the material of the rod-shaped member 1, and materials that are generally used in manufacturing such storage devices, such as metal materials such as iron, steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and copper, resin, and ceramic, can be used without particular limitation. In order to efficiently manufacture a rod-shaped member 1 with higher rigidity, it is more preferable to use a metal material. The length of the rod-shaped member 1 can be appropriately adjusted on the condition that it is a length that can be used as a storage device. In particular, in the assembly set of the storage device of the present invention, in order to realize "visible storage", the rod-shaped member 1 can be made long, for example, specifically, 2 to 5 m. The thickness of the rod-shaped member 1 can also be appropriately adjusted on the condition that it is a thickness that can be used as a storage device. Furthermore, the rod-shaped member 1 may be bent at one or more locations as shown in FIG.

The rod-shaped member has at least one hole 12 near one end of the main body 11 on the longitudinal surface. In FIG. 1, two holes 12 are provided, one near each end of the main body 11. As shown in FIG. 1, one hole 12 may be provided near one end, or two or more holes may be provided. The hole 12 may be a hole that penetrates the rod-shaped member 1 (if the rod-shaped member is pipe-shaped, the wall that forms the pipe), or it may not penetrate. Note that "near one end" includes not only the end of the main body 11 of the rod-shaped member 1, but also the area around the end, for example, the area accommodated in the rod-shaped member accommodating portion 23 of the fixing device 2 described later. The size and shape of the hole 12 are not particularly limited as long as they are large enough to screw the rod-shaped member 1 and the fixing device 2 together, as described later. When using a set screw 3 described later to screw the rod-shaped member 1 and the fixing device 2 together, it is not necessary to thread the hole 12. On the other hand, if the rod-shaped member 1 and the fastener 2 are fastened together with a normal screw, the hole 12 may be threaded.

The surface of the rod-shaped member 1 may be painted with paint or laminated with a colored resin sheet. By carrying out such processing, the decorativeness can be increased, and the decorative effect of the visible storage using the rod-shaped member 1 can be further enhanced.

2. Fixture Fig. 2 is a drawing showing a representative form of the fixture 2 of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 2, the fixture 2 includes a flat base 21 and a hollow rod-shaped member accommodating portion 23 formed by a wall 22 extending vertically from the base 21. The "flat" shape not only includes a so-called "flat plate" shape in which the top and bottom surfaces of the base 21 are both flat when viewed from the front, but also includes a shape in which the thickness of the base 21 is varied, for example, rising from the ends toward the center.

The height of the wall 22 from the base 21 can be adjusted as appropriate, provided that a rod-shaped member storage section 23 having a depth sufficient to store and fix the rod-shaped member 1 can be formed. Note that "vertical direction" means that when the base 21 is placed on a flat surface, the wall 22 extends vertically as viewed from the flat surface. Therefore, the wall 22 does not have to have an angle of 90° with the upper surface of the base 21. In addition, the wall 22 may have one or more vertical cuts, or may be continuous without cuts as shown in FIG. 2, as long as it can form the rod-shaped member storage section 23 described later that stores the rod-shaped member 1. Note that it is more preferable that the wall 22 is continuous without cuts in order to reliably hold the rod-shaped member 1 and maintain its strength. The position of the wall 22 on the surface of the base 21 can be adjusted as appropriate, provided that a screw hole 26 described later can be provided in the base 21.

The shape of the base 21 and rod-shaped member storage section 23 in the fixing device 2 as viewed from the planar direction is not particularly limited, provided that the rod-shaped member 1 can be stored as described below. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, it may be a circle including an ellipse, or a polygon such as a triangle, a square, a pentagon, or a hexagon. The planar shape of the base 21 and the planar shape of the rod-shaped member storage section 23 may be the same or different. In addition, any material commonly used in storage devices can be used for the material of the fixing device 2, provided that the fixing device 2 can hold and fix the rod-shaped member 1. As described above, when the rod-shaped member 1 fixed by the fixing device 2 is made of, for example, a metal material, it is more preferable that the material of the fixing device 2 be a metal material such as iron, steel, stainless steel, aluminum, or copper, so that the heavy rod-shaped member 1 can be reliably held and fixed and supported.

The wall 22 has at least one screw hole 24 penetrating the wall 22. In the example of FIG. 2, one screw hole 24 is provided. As described below, the screw hole 24 is aligned with the hole 12 of the rod-shaped member 1 described above, and the rod-shaped member 1 can be firmly fixed by the fastener 2 by fastening with a screw (not shown).

The rod-shaped member accommodating section 23 is a hollow space formed by the wall 22 as described above. The rod-shaped member accommodating section 23 may be a hole that does not penetrate the rod-shaped member accommodating section 23, the lower part of which is closed by the base section 21, or may be a hole that penetrates the base section 21 as shown in FIG. 2. At least one stopper 25 protruding from the inner wall toward the center of the rod-shaped member accommodating section 23 is provided on the inner wall that forms the rod-shaped member accommodating section 23. The number and positions of the stoppers 25 are not particularly limited, provided that the number and positions of the stoppers 25 are such that the rod-shaped member 1 can be accommodated in the rod-shaped member accommodating section 23 and the rod-shaped member 1 can be stopped at a predetermined position, specifically, at a position where the hole 12 of the rod-shaped member 1 communicates with the screw hole 26, as described later. For example, in the example of FIG. 2, the stoppers 25 are provided at two locations on the inner wall that forms the rod-shaped member accommodating section 23, specifically, on the inner wall of the base section 21 that forms the rod-shaped member accommodating section 23. The distance from the top of the stopper 25 to the bottom of the screw hole 24 (L2 in FIG. 2) is approximately the same as the distance from the end of the rod-shaped member 1 to the end of the hole 12 (L1 in FIG. 1). By providing such stoppers 25, 25, the rod-shaped member 1 can be smoothly positioned when it is inserted into the rod-shaped member storage section 23 and fixed with the fixing device 2. Specifically, repeated contact between the rod-shaped member 1 and the inside of the wall 22 reduces the risk of damaging the surface of the rod-shaped member 1 itself or the coating or laminate film applied to the surface of the rod-shaped member 1, and allows for a more beautiful display of storage using the rod-shaped member 1.

The base portion 21 of the fixing device 2 has screw holes 26 that are used when fixing the fixing device 2 to structural and/or non-structural members of a building by screw fastening. The number and positions of the screw holes 26 can be changed as appropriate depending on the position where the fixing device 2 is fixed, the size of the screws used, etc. Here, "structural members" refers to members necessary for the safe use of a building. Specific examples of structural members include pillars, beams, floors, and walls. In addition, "non-structural members" refers to members that do not directly aim to ensure the safety of a building or human life. Specific examples of non-structural members include decorative materials such as ceiling boards, floor boards, and wall materials.

For example, after the fixing device 2 is fixed to the wall, the rod-shaped member 1 is accommodated in the rod-shaped member accommodation section 23 and screwed into the screw hole 24. In this case, it is more preferable that the axial direction of the screw hole 24 is vertical or horizontal as seen by the worker, so that the worker can easily screw into the screw hole 24. If the axial direction of the screw hole 24 is oblique, when the rod-shaped member 1 is accommodated in the rod-shaped member accommodation section 23 and then screwed into the screw hole 3 (described later), the screw must be fastened with a screwdriver or other screwing tool tilted at an angle as seen by the worker. Fastening work performed with a screwing tool tilted in this way places a strain on the worker's arms and may reduce work efficiency.

However, for example, as shown in FIG. 3(B), when the screw holes 26 are provided in a direction that is not along the axial direction of the screw holes 24, if the screw holes 24 are to be made vertical as viewed by the worker, even if only some of the screw holes 26 (the two screw holes 26 on the left side in FIG. 3(B)) can be fixed to a structural member such as a column P or a beam B, the remaining screw holes 26 cannot be fixed to a structural member such as a column P or a beam B, and are fixed to a non-structural member such as a wall material. In general, most non-structural members such as wall materials and ceiling panels are made of thin plate materials. If the fixing device 2 is fixed to such a thin plate material by screwing, when the metal rod-shaped member 1 is fixed with the fixing device 2, it is difficult for the screw 27 set in the screw hole 26 to withstand the weight of these members, and there is a risk that the fixing device 2 will come off the wall material.

As a specific form of the screw holes 26, as shown in Fig. 3(A), the screw holes 26 are provided in the base part 21 of the fixing device 2, and it is more preferable that at least one screw hole 26 is provided in each of the positions facing each other across the rod-shaped member accommodating part 23 in the axial direction of the screw hole 24 opened in the wall 22 (the direction of axis v in Fig. 3(A)), and at least one screw hole 26 is provided in each of the positions facing each other across the rod-shaped member accommodating part 23 in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the screw hole 24 opened in the wall 22 (the direction of line h in Fig. 3(A)). The pillars and beams, which are the structural members of the house, are assembled in a cross shape, and non-structural members such as wall materials are attached to their surfaces. As shown in FIG. 3(C), by using the fastener 2 in FIG. 3(A), the axial direction of the screw holes 24 is vertical or horizontal as seen by the worker who screws in, and at the same time, the fastener 2 can be fixed to both the structural members of the column P and the beam B using all of the screw holes 26 (four screw holes 26 in FIG. 3(C)), making it possible to fix the fastener 2 more firmly.

3. Set screw The assembly set for the storage device of the present invention may further include a set screw 3 at the rod end. The set screw 3 can be used to fix the rod-shaped member 1 to the fixture 2. FIG. 4 shows an example of a specific form of such a set screw 3. The set screw 3 at the rod end is a screw without a head, and has a threaded threaded portion 31 and a cylindrical rod tip portion 32 at the lower part of the screw portion 31 that is thinner than the threaded threaded portion 31. The flat end of the threaded portion 31 is provided with a notch portion 33 (a hexagonal notch in FIG. 3) that is used when tightening the set screw 3. For example, the set screw 3 can be tightened or loosened by inserting a hexagonal wrench into the notch portion 33 and rotating the set screw 3. Since such a set screw 3 does not have a head like a normal screw, when the rod-shaped member 1 and the fixture 2 are fixed, the head of the screw does not protrude from the screw hole 24, which makes the screw fastening portion look neat and improves the decorativeness of the storage to be displayed. Furthermore, by inserting the rod tip portion 32 into the hole 12 of the rod-shaped member, the rod-shaped member 1 can be fixed to the fixing device 2 more firmly.

4. Connector The storage device assembly set of the present invention may further include a connector 4 for connecting the rod-shaped members together. An example of the connector 4 is a connector having at least one screw hole 42 penetrating the wall of a connecting portion 41 for accommodating the end of the rod-shaped member 1 and at least one stopper 43 formed of a protrusion on the inside of the wall. By including such a connector 4, when assembling a storage device using the storage device assembly set of the present invention, for example, the direction of the rod-shaped member 1 can be changed, or short rod-shaped members 1 can be connected to each other to use them as longer rod-shaped members 1.

Specific forms of such connectors 4 are shown in Figs. 5(A)-(C). The connectors 4 in Figs. 5(A)-(C) are made of pipes bent into an L-shape, and near both ends, screw holes 42 are drilled through the wall of the connector 41. A stopper 43 consisting of a protrusion is provided on the inside of the wall of the connector 41. The cross-sectional shape of the connector 41 is not particularly limited, provided that it can accommodate the rod-shaped member 1. For example, it may be a circle including an ellipse (see Fig. 5), or a polygon such as a triangle, a square, a pentagon, or a hexagon. The distance from the end of the connector 41 to the end of the screw hole 42 (L3 in Fig. 4) is approximately the same as the distance from the end of the rod-shaped member 1 to the end of the hole 12 (L1 in Fig. 1). With this configuration, the rod-shaped member 1 can be smoothly positioned when the rod-shaped member 1 is inserted into the connector 4 and fixed. Specifically, repeated contact between the rod-shaped member 1 and the inside of the connecting portion 41 reduces the risk of damaging the surface of the rod-shaped member 1 itself or the coating or laminate film applied to the surface of the rod-shaped member 1, allowing for more beautiful, visually appealing storage using the rod-shaped member 1.

The shape and material of the connector 4 are not particularly limited, provided that it can perform the above-mentioned functions and can withstand the weight of the rod-shaped member. Examples of materials include metals such as iron, steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and copper, as well as ceramics. The shape may be an unbent pipe as shown in FIG. 4(E). As shown in FIG. 4(F), the connector 4 may have a three-pronged shape. As shown in FIG. 4(G), the connector 4 may include a connector fixing portion 44 for fixing the connector 4 to a structural member and/or a nonstructural member of a building. By including such a connector fixing portion 44, the connector 4 itself can be fixed to a structural member and/or a nonstructural member of a building, improving the durability of the entire storage device, and making it possible to assemble a storage device having a longer rod-shaped member 1, for example.

5. Storage equipment By assembling the storage equipment assembly set of the present invention, a highly durable storage equipment can be assembled more easily. Specifically, the fasteners 2 are fixed to structural members and/or non-structural members using screws 27 as shown in Fig. 3 (B) and (C). In the storage equipment of the present invention, the storage equipment can be fixed more firmly by fixing the fasteners 2 to structural members. In addition, the term "building" includes not only general housing, but also buildings where no one lives, such as stores, hospitals, government offices, and elderly care facilities.

After the fixing device 2 is fixed, the end of the rod-shaped member 1 is inserted into the rod-shaped member accommodating portion 23 of the fixing device 2. At this time, the end of the rod-shaped member 1 hits the stopper 25 of the fixing device 2, so that the position of the hole 12 of the rod-shaped member 1 and the screw hole 26 of the fixing device 2 can be aligned very easily. After aligning the positions of the hole 12 and the screw hole 26, they are screwed together with a screw (or the set screw 3 if the assembly set includes the set screw 3). If the rod-shaped member 1 is to be made longer or the direction of the rod-shaped member 1 is to be changed, a connecting device 4 is used. The connecting device 4 can be used to connect the rod-shaped member 1 by inserting the rod-shaped member 1 into the connecting portion 41 of the connecting device 4 until it hits the stopper 43, and then screwing it together, in the same way as when the rod-shaped member 1 is fixed by the fixing device 2.

Figure 6 shows the specific form of the storage device obtained by assembling the assembly set of the present invention. As shown in Figure 6 (A), the storage device can be installed so that it spans one wall side and the opposite other wall side. In addition, by using the connector 4, it is possible to fix the storage device to the wall side and the ceiling side as shown in Figure 6 (B), or to fix the storage device only to the ceiling side as shown in Figure 6 (C). In addition, it may be fixed using two fixing devices 2 as shown in Figure 6, or it may be fixed using three or more fixing devices 2 (not shown). The fixed location is not limited to the ceiling side and wall side of the building, but may be fixed to the floor side. In addition, the fixed location may be indoors or outdoors. Since the layout of the storage device of the present invention can be freely changed, the form of the storage device can be freely changed according to the location where it is installed, and more effective storage that can be displayed can be realized. The storage device of the present invention can also be used for purposes other than storage, such as a clothesline or handrail.

This invention provides highly durable, easy-to-assemble visible storage. This invention will help popularize "visible storage" and enable more effective use of space.

1: rod-shaped member, 11: main body, 12: hole
2: Fixture, 21: Base, 22: Wall, 23: Rod-shaped member storage section, 24: Screw hole, 25: Stopper, 26: Screw hole, 27: Screw
3: Set screw, 31: Threaded part, 32: Rod tip, 33: Notch
4: Connector, 41: Connection portion, 42: Screw hole, 43: Stopper, 44: Connector fixing portion

Claims (5)

A rod-shaped member and a fastener for fastening the rod-shaped member to a structural member and/or a non-structural member of a building,
The rod-shaped member has at least one hole in a longitudinal surface thereof near at least one end thereof,
the fixing device includes a flat base portion and a hollow rod-shaped member accommodating portion formed by a wall extending vertically from the base portion, the wall being provided with at least one screw hole penetrating the wall,
At least one stopper is provided protruding from an inner wall forming the rod-shaped member accommodating portion toward the center of the hollow space.
This is a storage equipment assembly set that features: The assembly set for the storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a set screw at the end of the rod. The assembly set for the storage device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the base of the fastener is provided with at least one screw hole in the axial direction of the screw hole drilled in the wall, at least one screw hole being provided in each of the positions facing each other across the rod-shaped member storage section, and at least one screw hole being provided in each of the positions facing each other across the rod-shaped member storage section, in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the screw hole drilled in the wall. The storage device assembly set according to any one of claims 1 to 3 further includes a connector that connects the rod-shaped members together, and the connector has at least one screw hole that penetrates the wall of the pipe connection part and at least one stopper consisting of a protrusion on the inside of the wall. A storage device assembled using the assembly set according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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