JPH07107341B2 - Filing cabinet - Google Patents

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This application relates to filing cabinets.

Conventional technology Conventionally, a vertically long cabinet body with a top plate was equipped with multiple drawers, and in order to prevent the drawers from unexpectedly popping out due to external vibration such as an earthquake, each drawer is stored in that cabinet body. A filing cabinet provided with a latching mechanism for fixing is known, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 59-22858, and the latching mechanism in the above filing cabinet is a horizontal mechanism that is rotated by tilting of an operating member arranged in a pulling member. A latch lever is pivotally supported on the lower end of a vertical driven rod which has an operating portion at one end of a circular rotary rod and an abutting portion for abutting the operating portion at the upper end. Is horizontally rotatably held by a holding member attached to a back plate constituting a front part of the drawer, and a latch lever is projected to the back side of the back plate to normally hold the latch. Locking the bar to latch stopper provided on the inner wall surface of the cabinet body, the tilting of the locked state the operating member, which is constituted so as to release by rotating the driven rod.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention By the way, in the above-mentioned known filing cabinet, in order to reduce the space and arrange the appearance,
Normally, the peripheral surface of the top plate is formed to be substantially flush with the front surface of the drawer and the peripheral surface of the cabinet body, and therefore, when moving the filing cabinet to another place, for example,
Since there is no part to hold or hold around the top plate, its movement is very troublesome and inconvenient to handle.

The present application is intended to remedy the above-mentioned defects of the conventional one.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present application stores drawers in a plurality of stages in a cabinet body having a ceiling plate, and a pull member and a pull member on the front surface of each drawer. In the filing cabinet, which is equipped with an operating member supported in the member so as to be vertically tiltable, and a latch actuating mechanism for disengaging the latch stopper provided in the cabinet body by the tilting operation of the operating member, The pull member is attached to the front surface of the drawer of the drawer so that the front surface and the upper surface are opened, and the operation member supported in the pull member is arranged in an upward state, and the front lower surface of the top plate is provided. , Is characterized by forming a handle portion that is recessed upward facing the upper surface open portion of the pull member, especially when the depth of the uppermost drawer is shallow and the peripheral surface of the top plate, In front of the drawer It is effective when it is formed so as to be substantially flush with the surface and the peripheral surface of the cabinet body, and a pull member is attached to the center of the front surface of other drawers except the topmost drawer so that only the front surface is open. At the same time, the operating member supported in the pull tab member is arranged in a downward direction.

Operation However, in the normal state, the latch lever is locked to the latch stopper provided on the inner wall of the cabinet body, and the drawer is latched in the state of being housed in the cabinet body. From this latched state, insert the hand downward into the pulling member from the front opening to pull out the uppermost drawer, and pull the operating member in the upward state toward you to tilt the operating member, causing the latch lever to move. The drawer is horizontally rotated and separated from the latch stopper to release the latched state of the drawer, and in this state, the topmost drawer is pulled out in the front direction.

When the drawer is pushed into the cabinet body, the latch lever automatically engages with the latch stopper.

Further, in the above, by interposing the hand upward from the front surface of the pulling member and pulling the hand toward the front from the open portion of the pulling member, the cabinet main body is pulled forward without pulling out the uppermost drawer. Can be moved to.

Examples Examples of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment, a cabinet (2) having a top plate (1) is provided with three stages of drawers (3) to (5), and the depth of the topmost drawer (3) is set to another drawer (4). , (5) is shallower than that. Deep drawer (4)
Is provided with a back plate (7) vertically on the front surface of the container (6) and a front surface plate (8) attached to the front surface. At the center position of the front surface plate (8), A handle opening (10) having an inwardly directed rib (9) is provided on the periphery.

The back plate (7) is bent at the upper edge and the left and right side edges, respectively, and is bent forward to project horizontally, and a collar piece (12) having a step (11) along an intermediate position of the projecting length. ), And also on the lower edge thereof, there is integrally provided a brim piece (14) which also projects horizontally and has a downwardly projecting ridge (13) along the intermediate position of the projecting length.

The front surface plate (8) is bent to the upper edge and the left and right side edges, respectively, and then bent rearward to horizontally project, and engages with the step portion (11) of the brim piece (12) along the leading edge thereof. (16) that overlaps with the flange piece (12) having a downward engaging piece (15)
Similarly, the lower edge is also bent backward and protrudes horizontally to form an upward projecting ridge (17) along the intermediate position of the projecting length. ) Position,
Mounting pieces (18) fixed to the collar pieces (14) are integrally provided. The pull member (19) is, as shown in FIG.
A horizontally long frame body (21) having a bottom plate, a back plate, and left and right side plates, and a horizontal crosspiece (20) having a paragraph (20) 'formed in the lower portion thereof across the upper front edges of the left and right side plates; The paragraph (22) provided along the front edge of the bottom plate of the frame (21) and part of the front edges of the left and right side plates and the upper side of one of the side plates in an upright shape, and the rotary rod (34). ) Is provided on one side bearing part (24) having a lateral hole (23) for rotatably supporting one end of the) and the other side plate upper surface, and the rotating rod (34) is clamped from the front so as to be rotatable. It is composed of the other bearing portion (25) to be supported and the mounting portion (27) provided on the outer surface of the one side plate near the back surface and having one mounting hole (26) therein. On the outer surface of the other side plate of the pulled handle member (10), a horizontal projection is formed and two front surfaces are opposed to each other by a pair of hanging pieces to open in the vertical direction with respect to the front surface. That the guide groove (28), (2
8) 'are separated from each other, and a guide member (30) having the other mounting hole (29) at the base is integrally provided, and these are integrally molded with synthetic resin.

The operation member (31) interposed in the pulling member (19) has a vertically long fitting hole portion (32) having an open front surface in the upper portion, and an operation member (31) in the lower portion.
It is composed of a horizontally long synthetic resin plate integrally formed with an inclined part (33) that inclines forward, and the rotary rod (34) has two bent parts (35), (35) bent in a V shape. A pulling member (19) and an operating member (31) configured as described above, each having a long operating portion (36) bent at a right angle at one end of the long horizontal portion. The rotating rod (34) is the operating member (3
The bent portions (35) and (35) of the rotating rod (34) are press-fitted into the fitting hole (32) of (1) from the front surface thereof to support the operating member (31) on the rotating rod (34). After that, the horizontal part of the rotary rod (34) can be rotated to the left and right bearing parts (24) and (25), respectively, so that the operating member (31) intervenes inside the frame body (21) with the operating member (31) facing downward. And the operating part (36), for example, a drawer (4).
When the horizontal width of the type is wide, the operating portion (36) of the rotating rod (34) is in the outer guide groove (28), and when the width of the drawer (4) is narrow, the guide member (30) is used. ) Is cut to intervene in the inner guide groove (28) ', and in this state, the lateral position of the rotating rod (34) is regulated and the pulling member (19) is provided. The positional relationship of the operating member (31) with respect to and the turning action of the turning rod (34) are adjusted. And
After adjustment, pull tab member (19) through mounting holes (26) and (29)
Is attached to the center position on the front surface of the back plate (7) with a set screw or the like.

Then, the front plate (8) and the covering piece (16) are superposed on the flange piece (12) of the back plate (3), the engaging piece (15) is engaged with the step portion (11), and the pulling piece (15) is pulled. The engagement rib (9) provided on the mouth (10)
By engaging the paragraph portions (20) 'and (22) of the frame body (21) with each other and superposing the attachment piece (18) on the collar piece (14) and fixing them by, for example, a set screw, a back plate. The face plate (8) is attached to (7).

FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of the latch actuating mechanism. The latch actuating mechanism has abutting ribs (40) on both outer side surfaces of the long side.
A locking piece (43) having elasticity by being separated by two parallel cutting lines (41) at the center of the upper edge and having a locking projection (42) at the tip, The holding ribs (44) each bent downward in an L-shape are provided respectively, and a vertical rectangular holding frame (46) having a front opening having a pair of vertically opposed partitions (45) inside the center in the longitudinal direction. ) Said partition (45), (45)
In between, a latch lever (4
The base of 8) and the spring (49) for applying a unidirectional rotational biasing force to the latch lever (48) are respectively intervened, and
The holding frame (46) has a through hole (50) penetrating in the longitudinal direction, and an angular portion provided at a lower portion of a driven rod (52) having a laterally facing abutting portion (51) is inserted through the insertion hole (50). Then, this is engaged with a square hole provided in the base portion of the latch lever (48).

When the latch actuating mechanism configured as described above is attached to the back plate (7), first, the locking rib (44) is inserted into the attachment hole (53) formed on one side of the back plate (7). With the lower edge locked, press the upper part forward. Then, when the locking projection (42) passes through the mounting hole (53), the locking projection (42) is temporarily pressed and is temporarily bent by the elasticity of the locking piece (43), and then restored to the mounting hole ( 53) Locked to the upper edge and
The abutment rib (40) abuts the surface of the back plate (7) and the holding frame (46) is mounted in the mounting hole (53) as shown in FIG. 4, and in this state, the spring for the latch lever (48) is attached. (49)
By the urging force of the driven rod (52), the abutting portion (51) provided on the upper end of the driven rod (52) is pressed against the operating portion (36) of the rotating rod (34), and by this pressure contact, the operating member (31) is in the normal state. Thus, as shown in FIG. 2, the almost vertical state is maintained.

(55) is a cabinet body (2) for storing the drawer (4)
The inner wall on the front opening side is a latch stopper provided as in the conventional case.

In the normal state, however, the latch lever (48) is urged to rotate in one direction by the spring (49), so that the cabinet body (2) is urged as shown in FIG.
The latch hole (47) is engaged with the latch stopper (55) provided on the inner wall of the drawer, so that the drawer (4) is latched in the state of being housed in the cabinet body (2). From this latched state, insert the hand upwards into the pulling member (19) through the opening (10) to pull out the drawer (4), and pull the operating member (31) in the vertical state toward the front side to operate. Material (31)
The operating part (36) of the rotating rod (34) also tilts in the forward direction due to the tilting of the contact lever (5).
1) is pressed toward the front, the latch lever (48) rotates horizontally against the biasing force of the spring (49) together with the driven rod (52), and the latch hole (47) is latch stopper (55).
When the drawer (4) is unlatched, the drawer (4) is released from the latched state, and the drawer (4) is pulled out in this state.

The drawer (4) is pulled out, and the latch lever (4
When the drawer (4) is pushed into the cabinet body (2) from a state where the spring (49) biases the spring (49), the tip of the latch lever (48) climbs the inclined surface of the latch stopper (55). After tilting against the biasing force of the spring (49), the latch hole (47) is automatically locked to the latch stopper (55).

The respective configurations of the pull tab mechanism and the latch actuating mechanism for the drawer (4) described above are exactly the same for the other drawer (5) having a deep depth.

Next, the pulling mechanism and the latch actuating mechanism for the uppermost drawer (3) having a shallow depth will be described in detail.

The major difference from the pulling mechanism of the deep drawers (4) and (5) is that the turning rod (34) is rotatably attached to the lower position of the pulling member and the operating member (31) is provided. Is located in the pulling member in an upward direction in a substantially vertical state through an opening provided in the bottom plate of the pulling member. Therefore, the operating portion of the rotating rod projects upward, and the abutting portion of the driven rod abuts on it.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the pull tab member (60) has a bottom plate, a back plate, and left and right side plates, and a horizontal portion having a paragraph (61) formed on the upper portion along the front edge of the bottom plate. A horizontally long frame body (63) with the crosspiece (62) laid horizontally, a paragraph (64) provided at the front edges of the left and right side plates of the frame body (63), and a hanging shape provided on the lower surface of one side plate. , One bearing portion (66) having a bearing hole for rotatably supporting one end of the rotating rod (34) and the lower surface of the other side plate, and sandwiching the rotating rod (34) from the front And the other bearing portion (67) which is supported by a mounting portion (6) provided on the outer surface of one side plate near the rear surface and having a mounting hole.
8) and a bottom plate of the frame body (63) is provided with an opening hole (69) extending in the longitudinal direction for interposing the operation member (31) so as to be tiltable. A guide member (30) is integrally provided on the side surface of the same as in the above embodiment.

Then, the rotating rod (34) is rotatably supported by the bearing portions (66) and (67) of the pulling member (60), and the operating member (31) integrally attached to the rotating rod (34). ) So as to face upward in the frame body (63) through the opening hole (69), and the operating portion (36) of the rotating rod (34) also faces upward so that the guide member (3).
It engages with the guide grooves (28) to (28) 'of (0).

On the other hand, like the drawers (4) and (5), the front part of the drawer (3) horizontally projects forward at the upper edge and the left and right side edges, respectively, and along the middle position of the protruding length. A brim piece (16) having a step portion and a brim piece (14) projecting horizontally at the lower edge and having a downwardly projecting ridge portion (13) along the middle position of the projecting length are integrally formed. A back plate (7) provided, and downward engaging pieces that horizontally project rearward at the upper edge and the left and right side edges, respectively, and engage with the step portion of the flange piece (16) along the leading edge thereof. A cover piece (16) having (15) is also projected horizontally at the lower edge to form an upward projecting ridge (17) along the intermediate position of the projecting length, and this projecting ridge (17 ) At the position of the front plate (8) integrally provided with the mounting pieces (18) fixed to the brim pieces (14) respectively, in the above-mentioned structure, from the upper edge of the back plate (7). water The upper surface of the pull tab member (60) is opened to the central portion of the flange piece (16) protruding to the top and the central portion of the cover piece (16) horizontally protruding from the upper edge of the surface plate (8). Cutouts (71) and (72) are provided, and the front part of the front plate (8) is further communicated with the cutout (72) to open the front part of the pull tab member (60). A handle mouth portion (73) is provided for this handle portion (73)
Inward ribs (74) are provided on the other peripheral edges except the upper edge.

Then, on the back plate (7) of the drawer (3), the pull member (6
0) from the notches (71), (72) to the pull tab member (6
(0) so that the upper edge of the back plate (7) slightly protrudes, the front plate (8) is attached to the back plate (7), and the inward ribs (74) are attached to the paragraphs (61) and (64). By fitting, the front surface and the upper surface of the pull tab member (60) are opened.

The top plate (1) is attached to the cabinet body (2) by the drawer (3),
(4), (5) has a size equal to the planar shape of the accommodated state, the lower part of the central position of the front part, facing the cutout portion (72), the handle portion which is recessed upward. (75) is provided.

Then, when pulling out the uppermost drawer (3) in the forward direction, intervening the hand downward from the front surface of the pulling member (60) and pulling the operating member (31) in the upward state, the rotation is performed. The rod (34) rotates counterclockwise in FIG. Then, as described above, the driven rod (52) resists the spring (49) through the pressure contact with the contact portion (51) of the driven rod (52) which is in contact with the operating portion (36). Rotate,
The latch lever (48) is disengaged from the latch stopper (55), and the drawer (3) can be pulled out.

Further, in the above, by interposing the hand upward from the front surface of the pull tab member (60), the hand part (75) is pulled from the upper opening of the pull tab member (60) and pulled toward the puller (3).
The cabinet body (1) can be moved to the front without pulling out.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present application, the drawer can be pulled out toward the front by operating the operation member by interposing the hand downward in the handle member, and the hand can be placed in the handle member. By intervening upward and pulling the claw of the top plate, the cabinet itself can be moved in the front direction, and in particular, the peripheral surface of the top plate is approximately flush with the front surface of the drawer and the peripheral surface of the cabinet body. It is configured so that the top plate cannot be touched with hands, and is extremely effective in the case of a wagon type filing cabinet in which casters are provided on the lower surface of the cabinet body.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the whole body, Fig. 2 is a side view of a part of a vertical section in a state of being attached to a drawer, and Fig. 3 is a front view of the same without a face plate, and Fig. 4 Is a partial cutaway plan view of the same, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pull tab member, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the latch actuating mechanism, FIG. 7 is a partial vertical side view of the uppermost drawer, and FIG. Fig. 9 is a front view of the drawer with the front plate omitted, and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the puller member used in the uppermost drawer.
FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the top plate and the uppermost drawer. In the figure, (1) is a top plate, (2) is a cabinet body,
(3), (4) and (5) are drawers, (7) is a back plate, (8)
Is a surface plate, (10) is a (73) handle, (19), (60)
Is a pulling member, (31) is an operating member, (34) is a rotating rod, and (4)
6) is a holding frame, (48) is a latch lever, (49) is a spring, (52) is a driven rod, (55) is a latch stopper,
(71) and (72) are notches, and (75) is a handle.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A cabinet main body having a top plate accommodates drawers in a plurality of stages, and a pulling member and an operating member supported in the pulling member so as to be vertically tiltable in the front portion of each drawer. In a filing cabinet that is equipped with a latch operation mechanism that releases the engagement with the latch stopper provided in the cabinet body by tilting the operation member, the front surface and the upper surface of the uppermost drawer are opened. The pulling member is attached so that the operating member supported in the pulling member is arranged in an upward state, and the operating member supported in the pulling member is arranged in an upward state, and the operating member supported in the upward direction faces upward with the upper surface opening portion of the pulling member facing the lower surface of the front portion. A filing cabinet characterized by forming a recessed handhold. 2. The filing cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the uppermost drawer has a shallow depth. 3. A pulling member is attached to a central position on the front surface of the other drawers except the uppermost drawer so that only the front surface is open, and an operating member supported in the pulling member is arranged in a downward direction. The filing cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that 4. The filing cabinet according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the peripheral surface of the top plate is formed to be substantially flush with the front surface of the drawer and the peripheral surface of the cabinet body.