JPH0736774B2 - desk - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a desk suitable for detachably mounting a desktop panel or the like for use.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as a desk of this type, an upward window is provided near the top edge of the top plate, and when necessary, the upward window is opened and a desktop panel is installed in the upward window. It has been developed that a mounting leg is inserted and the insertion end portion of the mounting leg can be fixed to the desk body.

By the way, in the conventional one, the insertion end portion of the mounting leg inserted through the upward window is removed from the front panel and screwed to the desk body from the outside, or a predetermined cover is removed to the side, It is designed to be attached to the desk body.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with such a configuration, it is impossible to attach / detach the mounting legs when a plurality of desks are densely arranged in the left-right direction or arranged side by side. Then, there is an inconvenience that the desktop panel cannot be attached or detached.

The present invention aims to solve such problems.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention takes the following means in order to achieve the above object.

That is, in the desk according to the present invention, the top plate is supported by the left and right side panels, and the front edge portions of the both side panels are connected by the front panel, and the top plate is provided between the upper end portion of the front panel and the top plate. A slit for inserting the wiring is formed, and a cutout window for laterally releasing the end portion of the slit is provided on each of the side panels, and a tip edge portion of a side panel forming one inner side wall of the cutout window is formed. It is formed in a hollow columnar shape, and a post cap having an upward window is capped on the top of the tip edge portion, and one inner wall of the cutout window communicates with the internal space of the tip edge portion. Bolt holes are formed, and the notch window is provided with a cover that is removable from the up and down direction.

In order to make the appearance with various mounting legs such as desktop panel mounting legs as good as possible, use multiple lids of different sizes that are independent of each other on the upward window of the post cap. It is good to put on the lid detachably.

[Operation] With such a structure, the mounting leg of the desktop panel or the like is inserted from the upward window of the post cap, and the cover attached to the notched window of the side panel continuous with the slit is removed. It is possible to release the cutout window and fix the mounting leg with a bolt inserted into a bolt hole opened in one inner wall of the cutout window. Then, when removing the mounting leg, the reverse operation may be performed.

However, with such a structure, there is no need to perform the work of mounting or removing the panel or the cover or the operation of attaching or detaching the mounting legs from the front panel side or the outer surface side of the side panel.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, this desk supports the top plate 1 by the left and right side panels 2 and connects the front end edges 2s of both side panels 2 by the front panel 3 to The top edge of the front panel 3 and the top plate 1
A slit 4 for passing a wire is provided between the leading edge 1s and the leading edge 1s.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5, the top plate 1 has a decorative plate 12 attached to the upper surface of a structural plate 11 and a plurality of horizontal rails 13 fixed in parallel to the lower surface. I made it, and it was a cross rail 13
Is fastened to the bracket 21 of the side panel 2 with bolts 14.

The side panel 2 is a base portion that is placed on the floor F via an adjuster 22 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4.
23, a body portion 24 provided upright on the tip side of the base portion 23, and an arm portion 25 extending from the upper end of the body portion 24 to the use surface side. It plays a role as a leg that supports 1. And this side panel 2
A concave groove 26 that opens to the inner surface side is formed in the vicinity of the tip of the side panel 2 from the lower end to the upper end of the side panel 2.
A cover 27 made of synthetic resin is attached to 26. A wiring passage port 28 is provided at the lower end of the cover 27 to connect the groove 26 to the outside.

The front panel 3, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
It is formed by bending a sheet metal material into a flat casing shape, and is disposed between the side panels 2 with its upper end surface 3j positioned at substantially the same height as the upper surface 1j of the top plate 1. Thus, the front panel 3 has a face plate 30 having a concave groove 33.
And side pieces 31 provided on both the left and right edges of the face plate 30, an upper piece 37 provided on the upper edge of the face plate 30, and a corner metal fitting 39 provided on the inner surface side of the left and right corners. Corner fittings
39 is integrally formed by pressing a thick metal plate, has a recessed portion 39a for avoiding interference with the recessed groove 33, and is fixed to the inner surface of the side piece 31 by welding. Side plate portion 39b, the face plate portion 39c fixed to the inner surface of the face plate 30 above and below the recessed groove 33 by welding, and the upper plate portion 39d fixed to the lower surface of the upper piece 37 by welding. It consists of The upper half portion of the side plate portion 39b is a frame portion provided on the second post cap 8 of the side panel.
In order to avoid interference with 82, it is bent in a direction away from the side panel 2. Then, by the side plate portion 39b of the corner metal fitting 39 and the bolt 32 penetrating the side piece 31,
The front panel 3 is tightly connected to the side panel 2. That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, a nut is provided in the tip edge portion 2s of the side panel 2 having a hollow columnar shape.
20 is fixed, and the bolt 32 is screwed to the nut 20. In addition, since the lower end portion of the front panel 3 is not provided with a corner fitting, the side piece 31
The lower end side of is directly fixed to the side panel 2 with a bolt 32. The bolt 32 on the lower end side is hidden by the extending piece 27a of the cover 27 as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, receiving frames 34, 35 projecting toward the inner surface side in an L-shaped cross section are provided at the upper end vicinity portion 3k and the lower end 3u of the front panel 3, respectively.
A gutter 36 for holding wiring can be detachably attached to either 34 or 35. Also, this front panel 3
The decorative member 38 is attached to the upper surface 3j of the. Decorative material 38
Is made of an elastically deformable synthetic resin and has a frame shape. One of the latching protrusions 38c is attached to the upper piece 37 of the front panel 3.
It is attached to the upper end portion of the front panel 3 by rotating downward while being hooked to the edge of the front panel 3 and hooking the other hooking protrusion 38d to the opening edge 33a of the recessed groove 33. ing. In this mounted state, both ends of the decorative member 38 also surround the frame portions 82 of the left and right post caps 8. Then, between the decorative member 38 and the top plate 1,
The slit 4 is formed, and the lid 41 is attached to the slit 4.

The lid 41 is a plate-shaped body 41a made of hard synthetic resin.
And a mounting portion 41c made of a hard synthetic resin provided on the lower surface edge portion of the main body 41a via a hinge portion 41b made of a soft synthetic resin, the main body 41a, the hinge portion 41b and The mounting portion 41c is integrally formed by extrusion molding. The lid 41 is held by elastically pushing the mounting portion 41c into the upward groove 38a formed in the decorative member 38. A tip member 15 having an undercut portion 15a is provided on the tip surface of the top plate 1 facing the decorative member 38, and a main body 41 of the lid 41 is provided.
Elastic claws 41d and 41e are integrally projected on the lower surface of a. When the lid 41 is closed, the elastic claw 41d on the use end side is
Is elastically engaged with the undercut portion 15a of the top plate 1, and the elastic claw 41e on the tip side is elastically engaged with the lower surface 38b of the decorative frame member 38 so that the lid 41 can be held at the closed position. There is.

Further, between the left and right lid bodies 41, as shown in FIG. 3, an auxiliary lid body 42 having the same cross-sectional shape as the lid body 41 is arranged. The lid 42 plays a role as a spacer, and can be opened and closed independently of the lid 41 and can be attached and detached.

Furthermore, in this desk, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
A cutout window 29 for laterally releasing the ends of the slits 4 is provided on the both side panels 2, and an upper cover 6 is detachably attached to the upper end side of the cutout window 29 and a cutout window is formed.
A lower cover 7 is detachably attached to the lower side of 29.

The upper cover 6 is provided with an upper surface plate 61 and a side surface plate 62, and the upper surface plate 61 is provided with a cutout hole 63.
The swing door 64 is hinged so that it can swing downward. Elastic claws 6 are provided on the lower surface of the top plate 61 near both edges.
The elastic claws 65 on the use end side are elastically engaged with the undercut portion 15a provided on the tip member 15 of the top plate 1, and the elastic claws 66 on the tip side are fixed to the post. By elastically engaging the lower surface 81a of the protruding strip 81 provided on the cap 8, it is attached to the upper portion of the notch window 29 so as to be detachable upward. In the mounted state, the edge portion 61d on the use end side of the upper surface plate 61 of the upper cover 6 is supported by the upper surface of the top plate 1, and the edge portion 61e on the tip end side is the protrusion 81 of the post cap 8. Is supported by. Then, in this mounted state, the upper surface plate 61
The upper surface of the above is flush with the upper surface of the post cap 8.

As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 9, the lower cover 7 is plate-shaped, and its upper edge portion is superposed on the inside of the side plate 62 of the upper cover 6 and is disposed in the cutout window 29. ing. A space for retreating the lower cover is provided in the upper cover 6, and the lower cover 7 can be slid upward. More specifically, the prism-shaped rails 91 and 92 are arranged on both inner side walls of the cutout window 29 of the side panel 2, and the inner surface of the lower cover 7 has a claw 71a at the tip end thereof in a direction toward each other. Plural pairs of elastic walls 71, which are elastically deformable, are provided so as to vertically project at a predetermined pitch. Then, by utilizing the temporary elastic deformation of the elastic walls 71, each of the claws 71
By engaging a with the edge portions of both rails 91 and 92, each elastic wall 71 is slidably contacted with the facing surfaces 91a and 92a of both rails so as to be vertically slidable. Since the upper ends of both rails 91 and 92 are open, when the upper cover 6 is not attached, by dropping the lower cover 7 from above, the lower cover 7 is brought to the same position as described above. You can also wear. That is, the lower cover 7 can also be attached and detached from above. Also, this lower cover 7
A guide wall 72, which has no claws and is in slidable contact with the facing surfaces 91a, 92a of the rails 91, 92, is provided adjacent to the elastic wall 71 so as to integrally project. The lower ends of the rails 91 and 92 are integrally connected by a connecting rod 93 to form a U-shaped rail structure 9. Then, this rail structure 9
The hooking portion 94 is hooked on the upper opening portion 29a opened on the inner side surface of the cutout window 29, and the elastic claw 95 provided at the center of the connecting rod 93 is opened on the bottom portion of the cutout window 29. Lower opening
It is fixed by elastically engaging with 29b.

On the other hand, the post cap 8 adjacent to the covers 6 and 7 has a top wall 8 having an upward window 83a as shown in FIG.
3, an inner end wall 84, an outer end wall 85, an inner side wall 86, and an outer side wall 87. The inner end wall 84 is provided with the protrusion 81. While being provided, the frame body 82 is formed on the inner wall 86. The lower end of the inner end 84, and
On the inner surface of the outer end wall 85, positioning hanging pieces 84a, 84b,
85a is projectingly provided, and claws 86a and 87a are provided at the lower ends of the inner wall 86 and the outer wall 87. On the other hand, the cutout window 29
The upper end portion of the tip edge portion 2s of the side panel 2 forming one inner side wall is formed in a hollow columnar shape by enclosing the interior plate 2n having a C-shaped flat cross section with the exterior plate 2g having a C-shaped flat cross section. There is. Then, the upper end portion of the interior plate 2n is extended above the upper end of the exterior plate 2g, and the post cap 8 is capped on the extended portion. That is, the interior plate 2n is provided with a pair of engagement holes 2k and a nut 2m. Then, by pressing the post cap 8 from above to the interior plate 2n and pressing it downward, the inner side wall 86 and the outer side wall 87 of the post cap 8 are elastically deformed in a direction in which they are temporarily separated from each other, and the lower end thereof. The claws 86a and 87a provided on the elastically engage the engaging holes 2k of the interior plate 2n, and the bolt insertion holes provided on the inner side wall 86 thereof.
86b is adapted to match the screw hole of the nut 2m. A retaining bolt 86c is inserted into the bolt insertion hole 86b and screwed into the nut 2m.
In this way, in the state where the post cap 8 is worn,
A hanging piece 85a for positioning provided on the outer end wall 85 of the post cap 8 engages with the inside of the upper edge of the exterior plate 2g, and
The upper edge of the interior plate 2n is adapted to fit between the positioning hanging pieces 84a and 84b provided at the lower end of the inner end wall 84. Note that the upper window 83a of the post cap 8 is detachably attached with two lids 88 and 89 that are independent of each other and have different sizes. Specifically, guide grooves 83b are provided in parallel on the inner surfaces of the upward window 83a that face each other. Each of the lids 88 and 89 has a flat plate shape, and both side edges 88a and 89a of the lids 88 and 89 are slidably engaged with the guide groove 83b and are detachably attached to the upward window 83a. Both side edges 88a, 89a of each lid 88, 89
Is provided with cantilevered elastic pieces 88b, 89b. By elastically contacting the elastic pieces 88b, 89b with the inner surface of the guide groove 83b, the respective lids 88, 89 can be opened and closed. I try to apply appropriate braking.

Further, a pair of bolt holes 29c communicating with the internal space S of the tip edge portion 2s is formed on one inner side wall of the cutout window 29, and a bolt 101 inserted into these bolt holes 29c is used to, for example, a desktop. The mounting legs 102 of the panel 10 are fixed. More specifically with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, the mounting legs 102 provided at both the left and right ends of the desktop panel 10 are provided with screw holes 103 at the same pitch as the bolt holes 29c. There is. Then, in the upward window 83a of the post cap 8 opened by removing the lids 88 and 89,
Insert the mounting leg 102 and insert the bolt hole 2 from the side of the cutout window 29.
The mounting leg 102 can be fixed in the distal end edge portion 2s of the side panel 2 by screwing the bolt 101 inserted in the 9c into the screw hole 103 and tightening the bolt.
With the mounting leg 102 fixed, one half of the desktop panel 10 in the thickness direction is placed on the top surfaces of the post cap 8 and the decorative member 38, and the other half of the desktop panel 10 overhangs outward. There is. Therefore, when the desks are placed side by side, this desktop panel 10
Is located right above the abutting surfaces of both desks.
After mounting the desktop panel 10, as shown in FIG. 11, only one lid 89 is attached to the upward window 83a to prevent a gap from occurring.

In addition, A in FIG. 1 is a wiring which is erected from the floor F. The wiring A is guided and held on the gutter 36 through the wiring passage port 28 and the concave groove 26, for example. And this gutter
The wiring A drawn upward from above 36 is guided onto the top plate 1 through the wiring passage slit 4.

With such a configuration, as described above,
From the upward window 83a of the post cap 8 to the desktop panel 1
A bolt that opens the notch window 29 by inserting the mounting leg 102 of 0 and removing the covers 6 and 7 attached to the notch window 29 continuous with the slit 4 to open the notch window 29. The mounting leg 102 can be fixed by the bolt 101 inserted through the hole 29c. Then, when removing the mounting leg 102, the reverse operation may be performed.

However, with such a structure, there is no need to perform the work of mounting or removing the panel or the cover or the operation of attaching or detaching the mounting legs from the front panel side or the outer surface side of the side panel. Therefore, even when a plurality of desks are closely arranged in the left-right direction and arranged adjacent to each other, and even when the desks are butted in front and rear, the desktop panel 10 can be mounted and dismounted as it is. That is, in this device, by removing the covers 6 and 7 provided in the cutout window 29 upward, the cutout window 29 can be released without changing the arrangement of the desk. When the cutout window 29 is released, the head of the bolt 101 arranged on one inner side surface of the cutout window 29 can be rotated by using a wrench, a short screwdriver or the like. Therefore, the above-mentioned desktop panel
The 10 mounting legs 102 and the like can be easily attached and detached.
In this case, if the lid body 41 attached to the slit 4 can be completely removed as in this embodiment,
The mounting / dismounting operation of the bolt 101 becomes particularly easy.

The structure of the lid that attaches to the upward window of the post cap is
Not limited to the above, for example,
It may be as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14. That is, in the lid 288 shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13, the elastic bending portion 288b which is supported at both ends and bends upward is formed at the intermediate portion of the both side edges 288a to be engaged with the guide groove 83b of the post cap 8. The elastic curved portion 288b is elastically contacted with the inner surface of the guide groove 83b. Also, the lid 38 shown in FIG.
8 is both side edges to be engaged with the guide groove 83b of the post cap 8.
An elastic bending portion 388b, which is supported at both ends and bends outward, is formed at an intermediate portion of 388a, and the elastic bending portion 388b is formed into a guide groove.
It is designed to elastically contact the inner surface of 83b.

Further, the mounting leg to be inserted into the post cap is not limited to that of the desktop panel, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the upper space of the post cap can be removed from the upward window of the post cap without screwing work from the front panel side or the outer surface side of the side panel. It is possible to attach and detach the mounting leg inserted into. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an effect that accessories such as a desktop panel can be easily attached / detached while being closely arranged in the left-right direction of a plurality of desks and arranged adjacent to each other or arranged in abutting relation with each other in the front-rear direction.

Also, if a plurality of lids of different sizes that are independent of each other are detachably attached to the upward window of the post cap, by selecting the type and mounting position of the lids appropriately, the desired position can be obtained. It is possible to form an opening having a size of Therefore, even when mounting legs of various sizes are attached, the gap left behind can be made as small as possible, and the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 11 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a partial rear view, FIG. 3 is a plan view, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 along the line V-V in FIG. 1, with some parts omitted, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the post cap portion observed from the inside, and FIG. 7 is adjacent to the post cap. 8 is a perspective view showing a notched window portion, FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing a post cap portion, FIG.
The figure is a plane cross-sectional view showing a cutout window portion, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are operation explanatory views. FIG. 12 is a plan view of a lid showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a side view of the same. FIG. 14 is a plan view of a lid showing still another embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Top plate, 2 ... Side panel 2s ... Tip edge part, 3 ... Front panel 4 ... Slit, 6, 7 ... Cover 8 ... Post cap, 29 ... Notch window 29c ... Bolt hole, 83a ... Upward window 88, 89 , 288, 388 ... Lid

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A top plate is supported by left and right side panels, and front end edges of the both side panels are connected by a front panel, and wiring is inserted between an upper end portion of the front panel and the top plate. In addition to forming the slit, a cutout window for laterally opening the end portion of the slit is provided in each of the side panels, and the leading edge portion of the side panel forming one inner side wall of the cutout window is formed into a hollow column shape. A desk made up of a post cap having an upward window on the top of its tip edge, and a bolt hole communicating with the internal space of the tip edge is formed on one inner wall of the cutout window. A desk formed by providing a cover that can be attached to and detached from the vertical direction in the cutout window. 2. The desk according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of lids having different sizes independent from each other are detachably attached to the upward window of the post cap.