JP2006102148A5 - - Google Patents

Description

Seat front / rear sliding device in a chair

  The present invention relates to a back-and-forth slide device for a seat in a chair.

As this type of conventional front and rear sliding device, guide rails are provided in the front and rear directions on the left and right sides of the support base in the chair, and movable rails provided on the left and right sides of the seat are attached to the guide rails so that they can slide back and forth. In addition, at least one of the left and right guide rails is provided with an engaged portion along the longitudinal direction, and the seat is provided with an engaging portion that is rotatable about an axis in the front-rear direction and engages with the engaged portion. The lever member is attached and elastically biased in the direction in which the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged, and the lever member is rotated against the elastic biasing to The applicant of the present application has proposed that the combined state can be canceled (Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-49655 A

  However, in the above-described seat back-and-forth slide device in the chair, the restriction of the seat back-and-forth movement area relative to the guide rail is controlled by a shaft protruding upward from the upper surface of the guide rail, and the front and rear grooves provided on the movable rail. Since it is controlled by abutting against the end and the upward movement of the movable rail relative to the guide rail is prevented by screwing the head screw into the upper surface of the shaft, the number of parts is large, and assembly and maintenance In addition, there is a problem that the disassembly for disposal is troublesome and takes time.

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention reduces the number of parts for restricting the forward / backward movement area of the seat, can be easily assembled in a short time, and is easily disassembled for maintenance and disposal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a seat back-and-forth sliding device in a chair that can be used.

The above-described problems are solved by the invention having the following configuration, as shown in each of the claims.
(1) Seat support rods facing in the front-rear direction are provided on the left and right sides of the base attached to the upper end of the pedestal in the chair, and the receiving portions provided on the lower side of the seat shell or on the left and right sides on the seat support rod are provided. The engagement portion is slidably fitted in the front-rear direction, and an engagement portion in the front-rear direction is provided on at least one of the left and right seat support rods, and the engagement portion can be rotated around the axis in the front-rear direction. A lever member provided with a locking portion to be engaged is attached, and the lever member is elastically biased in a direction in which the locking portion and the engaging portion engage with each other, and the lever member is resisted against the elastic biasing. The seat front / rear sliding device for a chair that can be released from the engaged state by rotating the seat is a normal front / rear of the seat shell when the chair is used. Detachable only when moved to one of the front and back beyond the moving area In addition, the seat support rod is provided with a stopper that protrudes outward, and the seat shell is detachably attached with a rotation restricting means for restricting the rotation range of the lever member, and this rotation restricting means is attached. Then, the rotation range of the lever member is a range in which the engagement portion of the lever member and the engagement portion of the seat support rod can be engaged and disengaged, and the lever member can be engaged with the stopper. In the state where the restricting means is removed, the rotation range of the lever member can be rotated to a position where the locking with the stopper is released. It can be moved to a position where it can be attached to and detached from the seat support rod.

  (2) In the above item (1), the rotation restricting means is detachably attached to the seat shell directly or indirectly outside the lever member in the left-right direction, and the turn restricting means is attached to the seat shell. The rotation restricting means abuts against the lever member from the outside to restrict the rotation of the lever member, and the rotation restricting means removes the rotation restricting means from the seat shell, thereby restricting the rotation of the lever member by the rotation restricting means. To be released.

  (3) In the above item (2), the lever member is composed of a lever handle, and a pivot shaft that is provided directly or indirectly at the upper end of the lever handle and faces in the front-rear direction and projects forward and backward. A pivot shaft is pivotally supported on the bearing portion of the seat shell, and a lever member is attached to the seat shell so as to be pivotable about the pivot shaft, and a pivot restricting means is detachably attached to the pivot shaft.

  (4) In the above item (3), at least one of the left and right sides of the seat shell is fitted with an opening in the front-rear direction and a central part of the rotation shaft of the lever member provided at the center part in the front-rear direction of the opening. A lever member mounting portion comprising a center receiving portion that opens downward is provided, and the pivot shaft of the lever member is fitted to the center receiving portion from below, and the front and rear end portions of the pivot shaft are seat shells before and after the opening. By supporting the bearing member on the upper surface, the lever member is attached to the seat shell, and the rotation restricting means includes two front and rear spacer portions made of a short cylindrical body facing the front-rear direction in which the upper portion opens. It is composed of a connecting piece that connects the lower parts of the spacer part, and the two front and rear spacer parts in this rotation restricting means are fitted into the respective opening parts in the front and rear of the central receiving part, and fitted to the rotary shaft. Rotation restriction hand And removably attached to the seat shell.

  (5) In the above (4), at least one of the left and right sides of each seat support rod is provided with a locking piece projecting in the left-right direction, spaced apart in the front-rear direction, and a receiving portion at the lower part of the seat shell or on the left and right sides Is a recess receiving portion in the front-rear direction that opens downward, and the recess receiving portion is positioned below the locking piece in a normal front-rear movement region when the chair is used, and is recessed from the seat support rod. A locking piece that is separated in the front-rear direction to prevent the strip receiving part from coming off is provided as a locking means, and the concave strip receiving part is at least one of the front and back beyond the normal front-rear movement region. In the state where it is possible to move to the position and moved beyond the region, the engagement between the locking piece of the seat support rod and the locked piece of the concave receiving portion is released, and the concave receiving portion is combined with the seat shell. , So that it can be detached from the seat support rod.

  (6) In any one of the above items (1) to (5), the engaging portion of the seat support rod is configured by arranging a plurality of engaging grooves in the front-rear direction, and the receiving portion for the seat support rod A stopper for restricting the back-and-forth movement is provided adjacent to the engaging portion.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the number of parts for regulating the longitudinal movement area of the seat is reduced, and the seat is slid back and forth on the left and right seat support rods of the support base attached to the upper end of the pedestal. When assembling as possible, attach a receiving part provided below or below the seat shell from one of the front and back sides of the seat support rod, and place the receiving unit on the seat support rod within the normal movement area when using the chair. After being moved to the position, the rotation restricting means for restricting the rotation of the lever member can be easily assembled in a short time simply by being attached to the seat shell.
Furthermore, when the chair is disassembled by separating the seat from the seat support rod for maintenance or disposal, the rotation restricting means is removed from the seat shell, the seat is moved, and the receiving portion is moved to the seat support rod. On the other hand, the seat can be easily separated from the seat support rod only by moving it to a position exceeding the normal moving region.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the rotation restricting means is attached to the seat shell on the outer side in the left-right direction of the lever member, the rotation restricting means abuts on the lever member and the lever member rotates. In addition to being reliably restricted, the restriction of the rotation of the lever member can be easily released simply by removing the rotation restricting means.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, since the rotation restricting means is detachably attached to the rotation shaft of the lever member, the lever member can be reliably rotated in the state where the rotation restricting means is attached. In addition to being restricted, the rotation restriction of the lever member can be easily released by removing the rotation restriction means.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the connecting piece is gripped, and the front and rear spacers are positioned below the respective opening portions at the front and rear of the central receiving portion in the lever member mounting portion from below the seat shell. Then, by pressing the upper opening of the spacer portion against the rotating shaft, the upper opening is expanded, and the rotation restricting means can be attached to the rotating shaft with one touch, and the connecting piece is also gripped. Then, the rotation restricting means can be easily removed simply by pulling downward.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the seat support rod that can be attached and detached only when the seat shell is moved to one of the front and back beyond the normal front and rear movement region of the seat shell when the chair is used, and its receiving portion can be easily provided. Can be formed.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the seat shell can be easily separated from the seat support rod together with the seat shell by moving the seat shell slightly beyond the normal forward / backward movement area when the chair is used. Can be configured.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 to 3 are a front view, a side view, and an exploded perspective view of a chair provided with the front and rear sliding device of the present invention, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the chair (100) includes a leg (3) having five radial rods (2) each having a caster (1) provided at the tip. . A telescopic leg column (5) having a gas spring (4) is erected at the center of the leg body (3), and a rear portion of the support base (6) is located at the upper end of the leg column (5). It is fixed.

  The support base (6) has a substantially hollow box shape with a rhombus in plan view with the upper surface of the front half opened, and the opening on the upper surface is covered with a removable upper cover (7). Arms (6a) extending in the left and right sides are integrally formed on both side surfaces of the front portion of the support base (6).

  A pivot (8) consisting of a hexagonal shaft facing in the left-right direction passes through the center of the support base (6) in the front-rear direction, and both ends of the pivot (8) projecting on both sides from the support base (6) The left and right cylindrical portions 10a and 10a formed at the front end of the lower portion facing forward in the pair of left and right back support rods 10 and 10 that support the backrest 9 are shown. The pivot (8), the backrest support rod (10), (10), and the backrest (9) are fixed to each other with respect to the support base (6) around the axis of the pivot (8). Can be rotated.

  Inside the support base (6), there is a rubber torsion unit (11) (see FIG. 3) for biasing the pivot (8) in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2 and its biasing force adjusting means (not shown). In addition, a gas spring unit (12) is provided in the center of the lower surface of the front portion of the support base (6), which is linked to the rubber torsion unit (11) and assists the urging force of the rubber torsion unit (11). As a result, a biasing means for biasing the backrest (9) toward the standing direction is formed.

  The lower surface of the rubber torsion unit (11) is covered with a pair of left and right lower covers (13) and (13) which are detachably provided on the lower surface of the support base (6).

  4 and 5 are enlarged side views of the main part when the backrest (9) is in the standing position and the backward tilt position, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, short upright arms (10b) and (10b) project upward from the left and right back support rods (10) and (10) slightly behind the pivot (8). The rear end (15a) of the pair of left and right seat support rods (15) (15) facing the front and rear direction supporting both sides of the seat (14) is provided at the upper end of each standing arm (10b). 15a) are connected to each other with an axis (16) pointing in the left-right direction.

  6 and 7 are an enlarged view of the lower side of the seat support rod (15) and an enlarged perspective view of the lower side of the inside.

The front part of each seat support rod (15) is formed in a box shape with an open top surface and extends downward, and its lower end surface forms an inclined surface (17) inclined downward and rearward, and the inclined surface ( 17) A standing wall (18) facing the rear upper side is formed continuously to the rear end.
Each inclined surface (17) is slidably mounted in the front-rear direction on an inclined receiving surface (19) formed on the upper surface of the tip of the arm portion (6a) of the support base (6) and inclined downward. Has been.

The inclined surface (17) is separated from the inclined receiving surface (19) upward between the tip of the arm (6a) of the support base (6) and the front portion of the seat support rod (15). A stop means (20) for blocking is provided.
The retaining means (20) includes a long hole (21) facing the front-rear direction provided on the inclined surface (17) and a protrusion provided on the inclined receiving surface (19) and slidably fitted into the long hole (21). And a headed shaft (22) having an enlarged head (22a) larger than the width of the long hole (21).

  As the backrest (9) is tilted backward from the standing state, each seat support rod (15) and the seat (14) supported thereby are changed from the state shown in FIG. 4 to the state shown in FIG. Furthermore, the inclined surface (17) slides along the inclined receiving surface (19) and is moved rearward and downward.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the seat (14) is configured by stretching a skin material (24) made of a net member or the like on the upper surface of the seat shell (23).

FIG. 8 is a lower enlarged perspective view of the main part of the seat (14) before assembly. The seat shell (23) is generally formed of a synthetic resin, and on the left and right sides of the lower surface thereof, concave and long receiving portions (25) facing the front-rear direction are integrally formed at the time of molding. The recessed strip receiving portion (25) opens downward, and a plurality of horizontally-engaged pieces separated in the front-rear direction are provided at the lower end edge of the inner side surface (26) on the inner side in the left-right direction of the recessed strip receiving portion (25). (27) is provided.
The concave strip receiving portion (25) may be formed separately from the seat shell (23) and provided on the left and right below the seat shell (23).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the seat support rod (15) is provided with horizontal locking pieces (29) before and after the inner edge in the left-right direction on the upper surface (28).

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in FIG. 4, and FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line X-X in FIG. The positional relationship between the locking piece (29) of the seat support rod (15) and the locked piece (27) of the seat shell (23) is as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. ) When the rear end (15a) is positioned at the rear end (25a) of the groove receiving portion (25), the position of the locking piece (29) and the locked piece (27) in the front-rear direction is Without overlapping, the upper portion of the seat support rod (15) can be fitted into the recess receiving portion (25), and the seat support rod (15) from the above position is recessed as shown by the solid line. If the seat shell (23) is moved forward relative to the receiving portion (25) and moved within the normal back-and-forth movement area of the seat shell (23) when the chair (100) is used, the seat shell (23) The locked piece (27) engages with the locking piece (29) of the seat support rod (15) so that the seat shell (23) does not come off from the seat support rod (15). (See FIG. 10). That is, only when the groove receiving portion (25) is moved to one of the front and back beyond the normal forward / backward movement region with respect to the seat support rod (15), the groove receiving portion (25) is moved to the seat shell. Together with (23), it can be detached from the seat support rod (15). Further, the concave receiving portion (25) is formed longer in the front-rear direction than the seat support rod (15), and when the chair (100) is used, the seat shell (23) is connected to the concave receiving portion. The seat (14) can be adjusted to a desired front-rear position by allowing it to slide back and forth with respect to the seat support rod (15) via (25).

  The latched piece (27) and the latching piece (29), which constitute a means for preventing detachment between the concave receiving portion (25) of the seat shell (23) and the seat support rod (15), are The locking piece (27) is formed of small pieces that are smaller in length in the front-rear direction than the locking piece (29), and the locked piece (27) is provided with a plurality of these pieces separated in the front-rear direction. It is comprised by.

  Further, a lever member (30) is provided to fix the seat (14) at a desired front and rear position.

  11, 12, and 13 are an enlarged upper perspective view, a lower perspective view, and a side view of the lever member (30), respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 11 to 13, the lever member (30) has a flat semicircular shape in plan view, and a lever handle (31) whose front portion is curved downward, and the lever handle (31). A vertical piece (32) that rises upward from the upper end of the rod, a pivot shaft (33) that projects forward and backward of the vertical piece (32), and a lower part of the lever handle (31) at the upper end of the vertical piece (32). The locking portion (34) extends in the opposite direction to the lever handle (31) with respect to the rotation shaft (33), and the locking portion (34) includes three parallel locking pieces (35). It is formed by.
In this embodiment, the rotation shaft (33) is provided indirectly on the upper end of the lever handle (31) via the upright piece (32), but the rotation is directly performed on the upper end of the lever handle (31). A shaft (33) may be provided.

  FIG. 14 is an enlarged top perspective view of the rotation restricting means (36) used when the lever member (30) is attached to the seat shell (23).

  The rotation restricting means (36) includes two front and rear spacers (37) and (37) made of a short cylindrical body facing the front and rear direction in which the upper part opens, and a connection for connecting the lower parts of both spacers. It consists of a piece (38). The connecting piece (38) has a thin plate shape in the vertical direction except for both ends.

  FIG. 15 is an enlarged top perspective view of the lever member attachment portion (39) in the seat shell (23) (circle A portion in FIG. 3).

  The lever member mounting portion (39) includes a front-rear receiving portion (41a) including an opening (40) in the front-rear direction provided in the seat shell (23) and an upper surface portion of the seat shell (23) before and after the opening (40). ) (41b) and a center receiving portion (42) made of a semi-cylindrical body in the front-rear direction that opens downward provided in the center portion in the front-rear direction of the opening (40).

  16 and 17 are enlarged upper perspective views showing a procedure for attaching the lever member (30) to the seat shell (23).

First, with the lever member (30), the lever handle (31) outside in the left-right direction, for example, the front end portion (33a) of the rotating shaft (33) from the lower side of the seat shell (23), the lever member mounting portion (39) is inserted from the front part of the opening (40) and is supported by the front bearing part (41a) on the upper surface of the seat shell (23), and then the rotating shaft (33) is placed in a horizontal state and the lever member (30 ) Is moved slightly rearward so that the rear end portion (33b) of the pivot shaft (33) is supported by the rear bearing portion (41b) on the upper surface of the seat shell (23), resulting in the state shown in FIG. Next, from the lower side of the seat shell (23), the rotation restricting means (36) is positioned with its connecting piece (38) on the outer side in the left-right direction of the lever handle (31), and the spacer (37) ( 37) is inserted into the front and rear of the opening (40), respectively, and the upper opening (37a) of the spacer (37) is expanded to fit into the rotating shaft (33) of the lever handle (31). By attaching them indirectly to the seat shell (23), the state shown in FIG. 17 is obtained.
In addition, an incision (37b) in the front-rear direction is provided on the bottom surface of the cylindrical portion of the spacer portion (37) made of a short cylindrical body facing in the front-rear direction, and an upper opening (37a) of the spacer portion (37) The upper opening (37a) can be easily expanded just by inserting it into the rotating shaft (33) from below, and can be fitted to the rotating shaft of the lever handle (31) with one touch. .

  By attaching the rotation restricting means (36), the lever member (30) is prevented from moving in the front-rear direction, so that the lever member (30) is prevented from falling off from the seat shell (23), and the lever The handle (31) is attached to the seat shell (23) stably so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft (33).

  18 is an enlarged perspective view of the lower part of the main part of the seat shell (23) in which the seat support rod (15) and the lever member (30) are assembled. FIG. 19 is a sectional view taken along line XIX to XIX in FIG. FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IIX-IIX in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 18, a plurality of engaging grooves that engage with the locking pieces (35) of the lever member (30) are formed in the central portion of the laterally outer side surface (43) of the seat support rod (15). An engagement portion (45) formed by arranging (44) in the front-rear direction is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the lever handle (31) is attached inward in the left-right direction by a coil spring (46) attached at one end to the back surface of the lever handle (31) and at the other end to the seat shell (23). It is energized.

18 shows that the latching piece (35) of the lever member (30) is engaged with the engagement groove (44) of the seat support rod (15) by the urging force of the coil spring (46), so that the seat support rod This shows a state where the relative movement of the seat shell (23) with respect to (15) in the front-rear direction is restricted. From this state, to move the seat shell (23) and adjust the position of the seat (14) in the front-rear direction, the hand is placed on the lower surface of the lever handle (31), as shown in FIG. By rotating the lever handle (31) in the direction indicated by arrow F against the urging force of the spring (46), the engagement between the locking piece (35) and the engagement groove (44) is released. The seat shell (23) is movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the seat support rod (15). Next, after moving the seat (14) to the desired front-rear position, by releasing the lever handle (31), the urging force of the coil spring (46) automatically engages the locking piece (35). The engagement groove (44) engages, and the position of the seat (14) is fixed.
A two-dot chain line in FIG. 4 indicates a forward / backward movement region of the seat (14) during normal use of the chair (100).

  In the position A of the lever handle (31) indicated by the solid line in FIG. 19, the locking piece (35) of the lever handle (31) and the engagement groove (44) of the seat support rod (15) are engaged. The position B of the lever handle (31) indicated by the two-dot chain line indicates the state in which the engagement is released.

  During normal use of the chair (100), the connecting piece (38) of the rotation restricting means (36) comes into contact with the standing piece (32) of the lever member (30), and the lever handle (31) is rotated. The movement is restricted, and the lever handle (31) cannot rotate beyond the position B.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 18, a stopper (47) is provided at the front portion of the engagement portion (45) of the seat support rod (15) toward the outside in the left-right direction.

  When the lever handle (31) is in the position B and the seat (14) is moved forward, the locking piece (35) of the lever handle (31) comes into contact with the stopper (47), and the seat beyond that The forward movement of (14) is restricted.

  In this state, the locking piece (29) of the seat support rod (15) and the locked piece (27) of the recessed strip receiving portion (25) of the seat shell (23) are engaged, and the seat The shell (23) does not come off from the seat support rod (15).

Thus, the stopper (47) restricts the forward / backward movement area of the seat shell (23) during normal use of the chair.
In order to cancel the restriction by the stopper (47), the following may be performed.

  First, the rotation restricting means (36) is pulled downward and removed from the seat shell (23) (see FIG. 18). Next, when the lever handle (31) is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 19, since the rotation restricting means (36) is removed, the lever handle (31) is moved to the position of the imaginary line indicated by the symbol C. It can be turned. When the lever handle (31) is rotated to the above position, the locking piece (35) of the lever handle (31) does not come into contact with the stopper (47), and the seat shell (23) of the stopper (47) The restriction of forward / backward movement is released.

Therefore, the seat shell (23), as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 9, the rear end (25a) of the concave receiving portion (25) in the seat shell (23), the rear end of the seat support bars (15) It becomes possible to move forward to a position where (15a) substantially contacts. When the seat shell (23) is moved to the above position, the engagement between the latched piece (27) of the concave receiving portion (25) and the latch piece (29) of the seat support rod (15) is released. In order to be able to release the fitting between the recess receiving part (25) and the seat support rod (15), the seat shell (23) can be lifted upward and easily removed from the seat support rod (15). Can do.

It is a front view of a chair provided with the back-and-forth sliding device of the present invention. Similarly, it is a side view. Similarly, it is an exploded perspective view. It is an enlarged side view of the principal part when a backrest is made into an upright position. Similarly, it is an enlarged side view of the main part when the backrest is set to the rearward tilt position. It is an outer side downward enlarged perspective view of the seat support rod in the left-right direction. Similarly, it is an inner bottom view enlarged perspective view of the seat support rod in the left-right direction. It is a downward expansion perspective view of the principal part of the seat before an assembly. It is the IX-IX sectional view taken on the line in FIG. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line X-X in FIG. 9. It is an expansion upper perspective view of a lever member. Similarly, it is an expansion downward perspective view of a lever member. Similarly, it is an enlarged side view of a lever member. It is an expansion upper perspective view of a rotation control means. It is an expansion upper perspective view of the lever member attaching part in a seat shell. It is an expansion upper perspective view which shows the procedure which attaches a lever member to a seat shell. Similarly, it is an enlarged upper perspective view showing a procedure for attaching the lever member to the seat shell. It is a downward expansion perspective view of the principal part of the seat after an assembly. It is the XIX-XIX sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is the IIX-IIX sectional view taken on the line in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

(100) Chair
(1) Casters
(2) Legs
(3) Leg
(4) Gas spring
(5) Pillar
(6) Support base
(6a) Arm
(7) Top cover
(8) Axis
(9) Backrest
(10) Back support
(10a) Tube part
(10b) Standing arm
(11) Rubber torsion unit (biasing means)
(12) Gas spring unit (biasing means)
(13) Bottom cover
(14) Seat
(15) Seat support rod
(15a) Rear end
(16) axis
(17) Inclined surface
(18) Standing wall
(19) Inclined bearing surface
(20) Stop prevention means
(21) Long hole
(22) Headed shaft
(22a) Expanded head
(23) seat shell
(24) Skin material
(25) Recess receiving part
(25a) Rear end
(26) Inner side
(27) Locked piece
(28) Upper surface
(29) Locking piece
(30) Lever member
(31) Lever handle
(32) Standing piece
(33) Rotating shaft
(33a) Front end
(33b) Rear end
(34) Locking part
(35) Locking piece
(36) Rotation restricting means
(37) Spacer
(37a) Upper opening
(37b) Notch
(38) Connecting piece
(39) Lever member mounting part
(40) Opening
(41a) Front bearing
(41b) Rear bearing
(42) Central receiving part
(43) Side
(44) Engagement groove
(45) Engagement part
(46) Coil spring
(47) Stopper

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