JP5452363B2 - Hanging cupboard - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a hanging cabinet provided with a cabinet frame, a lifting rack, and a door.

Conventionally, a hanging cabinet is provided on the upper wall of a floor cabinet, etc., and a lifting rack that can be raised and lowered is provided in a cabinet frame with an open bottom so that the items stored in the hanging cabinet can be easily taken in and out. It has been known.
For example, Patent Literature 1 below discloses a hanging cabinet as described above, which describes a lighting device disposed on the lower end side of a door hinged at the upper end.

JP 2001-178550 A

However, the illuminating device of Patent Document 1 is provided at the lower end of a thin plate-like door (see Patent Document 1 and FIG. 1). It is difficult to fully illuminate the inside of the lifting rack.
Further, when the lighting device is attached to the lower end portion of the cabinet frame instead of the door, the storage space at the location where the lighting device is attached is reduced.
Furthermore, when the lighting device is attached to the bottom surface of the lifting rack, if the lifting rack is lowered, the lighting device is lowered accordingly, so that the interior of the lifting rack cannot be illuminated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a hanging cabinet provided with an illuminating device that can sufficiently illuminate the lower and lowering racks without reducing the storage space. The purpose is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, a hanging cabinet according to the present invention includes a cabinet frame whose bottom surface and front surface are open, a lifting rack supported so as to be movable up and down with respect to the cabinet frame, and a front side of the cabinet frame. And a door that is freely openable and closable. An illuminating device that is arranged so as to cover a part and illuminates the lower part is provided.

In the present invention, the door may be configured to move in a substantially horizontal direction from a position where the front side of the cabinet frame is closed and to be opened upward.
Furthermore, in the present invention, the door is provided with a roller via a bracket,
A guide groove for sliding the roller is formed in the side plate of the cabinet frame. The guide groove includes a vertical groove for sliding the door up and down, and a horizontal groove for moving the door in a substantially horizontal direction. A holding groove for fixing and holding the roller when the door is closed may be provided.

In the present invention, the lower end of the lighting device and the upper end of the lifting rack may be configured to have substantially the same height in a state where the lifting rack is moved out of the cabinet frame and lowered. .
In the present invention, the cabinet frame and the lifting rack are slidably connected by a lifting guide member so as to be vertically movable, and the lifting rack and the door are provided via a pulley. It is good also as what is connected by the rope.

  According to the hanging cabinet according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an illuminating device that can sufficiently illuminate the lower and lowering racks in a lowered state without reducing the storage space.

It is a schematic exploded perspective view for explaining an example of a hanging cupboard according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the side view of the same hanging door shelf, and is the figure which showed the state by which the door was closed and the raising / lowering rack was stored in the cabinet frame. It is the side view of the same hanging door shelf, and is the figure which showed the state by which the door was pulled out and the raising / lowering rack was stored in the cabinet frame. It is the side view of the same hanging door shelf, and is the figure which showed the state by which the door was opened and the raising / lowering rack went out of the cabinet frame and descended.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The hanging cabinet 1 according to this embodiment includes a cabinet frame 2 having an open bottom surface and a front surface, a lifting rack 3 supported so as to be movable up and down with respect to the cabinet frame 2, and can be opened and closed on the front side of the cabinet frame 2. And the door 4 is disposed at the lower end of the door 4, and the bottom of the bottom plate 33 of the lift rack 3 is closed at the lower end of the door 4 while the door is closed and the lift rack 3 is housed in the cabinet frame 2. An illuminating device 6 is provided so as to cover a part and illuminate the lower part.
In FIG. 1, the illustration of the mechanism such as the pulley 9, the rope body 91, and the ballast 46, in which the lifting and lowering operation of the lifting rack 3 and the opening and closing of the door 4 are linked, is omitted for the sake of explanation. In the drawings shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, for explanation, one of the side plate 21, the bracket 41, the pulley 9, and the cable body 91 provided on the cabinet frame 2 (arranged on the right side in FIG. 1). Illustration is omitted. Further, the positional relationship in the front and rear direction and the vertical direction indicated in the following description will be described with reference to the user facing the hanging cabinet 1.

Hereinafter, the structure of the hanging cupboard 1 will be described in detail.
The cabinet frame 2 is formed of a rectangular parallelepiped box having a top plate 20, a pair of side plates 21 and 21 arranged to face the lower left and right of the top plate 20, and a back plate 22 (see FIG. 2). The bottom surface and the front surface are opened, and openings 23 and 24 (see FIG. 1) are formed on the bottom surface and the front surface.
The side plate 21 of the cabinet frame 2 is formed with an elevating groove 7 that fits with an elevating guide member 8 provided in the elevating rack 3 so that the elevating rack 3 can be moved up and down.
The elevating groove 7 is excavated vertically in a substantially central portion of the side plate 21, the length of the groove is formed in accordance with the interlocking mechanism of the elevating rack 3 and the door 4, and the position of the other end portion 70 of the elevating groove 7 is It is set according to the state where the lifting rack 3 is lowered most (see FIG. 4). Further, the groove width of the elevating groove 7 is formed so that the elevating guide member 8 fits and slides up and down from one end 71 to the other end 70 of the elevating groove 7.

At the lower end of the door 4 that can be opened and closed on the front surface 24 of the cabinet frame 2, the door is closed and a part of the bottom plate 33 of the lift rack 3 is covered with the lift rack 3 being housed in the cabinet frame 2. A lighting device 6 is provided which is arranged in the above and illuminates the lower part. Therefore, it is preferable that the door 4 is moved in a substantially horizontal direction from a position where the front side of the cabinet frame 2 is closed and is opened upward.
Therefore, guide grooves 25 are formed on the inner surface of the side plates 21 and 21 of the cabinet frame 2 according to the shape and configuration of the rollers 43 and 44 provided on the door 4 side.
The guide groove 25 formed in the cabinet frame 2 is formed such that two grooves formed in a substantially L shape on each of the pair of side plates 21 and 21 are spaced apart from each other and partially overlap each other. ing.

The guide groove 25 fixes and holds the rollers 43 and 44 when the door 4 is closed, and a vertical groove 25a for sliding the door 4 up and down, a horizontal groove 25b for moving the door 4 in a substantially horizontal direction. Holding groove 25c.
The groove width of the guide groove 25 is formed so that the rollers 43 and 44 move while rotating in the guide groove 25, and the depth is excavated by changing the depth according to the protruding width of the rollers 43 and 44. Is formed.
In the illustrated example, the guide groove 25 is formed so that the upper roller 44 has a smaller diameter and a larger projecting width than the lower roller 43, and accordingly, the guide groove 25 is formed above the two. The substantially L-shaped guide groove 25 is drilled with a narrow groove width and a deep depth. On the other hand, the groove width of the substantially L-shaped guide groove 25 formed below the two is excavated with the groove width being increased and the depth being decreased in accordance with the roller 44.

The door 4 is formed of a rectangular thin plate 40 so as to close the opening 24 on the front surface of the cabinet frame 2, and a door handle 42 for opening and closing the door 4 is provided on the front surface of the door 4.
The door handle 42 is composed of a rod-like body provided in a substantially horizontal direction so as to protrude forward from the front surface of the door 4.
Here, the door handle 42 is shown as an example of a square shape when viewed in cross section, but is not limited thereto, and may be a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a polygonal shape, or the like. Further, the length in the longitudinal direction of the door handle 42 is not limited to the illustrated example.

As described above, at the lower end of the door 4, the door is closed and the lifting rack 3 is placed in the cabinet frame 2 so as to cover a part of the bottom plate 33 of the lifting rack 3 so as to illuminate the lower part. A device 6 is provided.
Although the structure of the illuminating device 6 is not specifically limited, FIG. 1 shows the illuminating device 6 in which a plurality of LED illuminations 60 are incorporated as an example.
As shown in FIG. 2, the illuminating device 6 composed of a substantially square block body has a bottom plate 33 that protrudes outward from the cabinet frame 2 in a state where the lifting rack 3 is housed in the cabinet frame 2. It arrange | positions so that the door 4 side part of the outer surface side may be covered.
Therefore, the lighting device 6 can be arranged without reducing the storage space for the lifting rack 3.
Here, although the illuminating device 6 has shown the example formed in the substantially square block body, the lower end of a door may be bent and the LED illumination 60 may be integrated.

A pair of brackets 41, 41 made of a plate-like body are provided on the lower side of both ends of the back surface of the door 4 so as to protrude toward the lifting rack 3 side.
Shaft portions 43a, 44a provided with two rollers 43, 44 are fixed to each of the brackets 41, 41. The shaft portions 43a, 44a provided with the rollers 43, 44 are outward from the brackets 41, 41 so that the rollers 43, 44 move while rotating in the guide grooves 25 formed in the side surface 21 of the cabinet frame 2. It is provided so as to protrude.
The configuration, size, and the like of the rollers 43 and 44 are not limited to the illustrated example, but the size of the diameter of the rollers 43 and 44 in the illustrated example is the roller 43 provided below according to the width of the guide groove 25. In addition, the roller 44 provided at the upper side is provided with a smaller diameter.
Thus, if it is set as the structure which provided the rollers 43 and 44, the door 4 can be opened and closed smoothly, and the door 4 can be opened to the upper side after moving the door 4 to the near side in the substantially horizontal direction.

In the vicinity of the roller 44 at the upper corner of the bracket 41, there is provided a connecting portion 45 that is fixed to the lifting rack 3 and to which one end portion of the cable body 91 spanned through the pulley 9 is fixed.
A plate-shaped ballast 46 (see FIGS. 2 to 4) is provided on the rear surface of the door 4 for balancing with the lifting rack 3.
Therefore, the weight load of the lifting rack 3 is reduced, the operation is lightened, and the lifting and lowering operability of the lifting rack 3 is improved. Further, if the ballast 46 is fixed to the door 4, a space for installing the ballast 46 becomes unnecessary, and the storage space for the lifting rack 3 is not reduced.
In addition, although the example which provided the ballast 46 in the state exposed to the back surface of the door 4 is shown here, the shape of a ballast 46, a structure, etc. are not limited to this, As a structure which incorporates the ballast 46 in the door 4 Also good. The weight of the door 4 itself may be set so as to be balanced with the lifting rack 3.

The lifting rack 3 is configured to be movable up and down inside and outside the cabinet frame 2 from an opening 23 formed on the bottom surface of the cabinet frame 2. The lifting rack 3 is formed of a rectangular parallelepiped box having a top plate 30, a pair of side plates 31, 31 arranged on the left and right sides, a back plate 32 (see FIG. 2), and a bottom plate 33, and the front surface is open. An opening 34 (see FIG. 1) is formed. A rack handle 35 serving as a handle for raising and lowering the lifting rack 3 up and down is provided substantially horizontally at a lower portion of the lifting rack 3, that is, on the outer surface side of the bottom plate 33. Here, an example in which the handle of the rack handle 35 is circular in cross section is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an elliptical shape or a polygonal shape.
An elevating guide member 8 is fixed to an upper end portion of the center on the outer surface side of the side plates 31 of the elevating rack 3 so as to protrude outward therefrom.
The elevating guide member 8 is configured such that the elevating rack 3 can be moved up and down by fitting with the elevating groove 7 formed in the cabinet frame 2.

The lifting rack 3 and the door 4 are connected by a cable body 91 provided via a pulley 9, and the lifting and lowering operation of the lifting rack 3 and the opening and closing operation of the door 4 are configured to be interlocked. .
The pulley 9 is provided substantially at the center with the front end portion on the door 4 side on the inner surface side of the cabinet frame 2.
2 to 4, reference numeral 90 denotes a support member that supports the pulley of the pulley 9.
One end of the cable body 91 is fixed to the outer surface of the top plate 30 of the lifting rack 3 and the other end is fixed to the connecting portion 45 of the bracket 41 of the door 4. It is stretched over to the department.
The rope body 91 is made of a flexible linear member such as a belt, a wire, or a chain, and the lifting rack 3 is connected by fitting the lifting guide member 8 and the lifting groove 7. 91 is suspended.
The lifting mechanism of the lifting rack 3 is not limited to the above example, and a winding drum or the like may be used as long as the mechanism is interlocked with the opening / closing of the door 4. Further, the drive unit is not limited to the manual type, and may be provided with a drive unit including a motor or the like that moves up and down in the vertical direction by electricity.

Next, an interlocking operation of opening / closing the door 4 and raising / lowering the lifting rack 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, the case where the lighting device 6 is in a lighting state will be described. Of course, the interlocking operation of opening and closing the door 4 and raising and lowering the lifting rack 3 is the same even when the lighting device 6 is not lit.
First, the door 4 is in a first position (see FIG. 2) where it is in contact with the front surface of the cabinet frame 2 and closes the front side of the cabinet frame 2 in the closed state, and the lifting rack 3 is housed in the cabinet frame 2. ing.
At this time, the rollers 43 and 44 are locked to the holding groove 25c, and the lifting rack 3 is attached to the lifting rack 3 by the locking action of the rollers 43 and 44 to the holding groove 25c and the ballast 46 fixed to the back surface of the door 4. It is set so that the lifting rack 3 does not descend even in the state in which is stored.
Further, at this time, the lighting device 6 is disposed at a position covering a part of the door 4 side on the outer surface side of the bottom plate 33.
Therefore, if the lighting device 6 is turned on, the lower periphery of the hanging cabinet 1 can be illuminated brightly.

When the door 4 is moved in the substantially horizontal direction by holding the door handle 42, the door 4 moves from the first position to the second position (see FIG. 3) protruding in a non-contact state with respect to the front surface of the cabinet frame 2. Moving.
At this time, the rollers 43 and 44 move from the holding groove 25c to the horizontal groove 25b, and the lifting rack 3 moves forward as the bracket 41 is pulled out together with the door 4, so that the connecting portion 45 is also forward. It moves and the lifting rack 3 is in a state where it is slightly lifted upward.
As the door 4 moves, the lighting device 6 also moves to the near side, but the lower periphery of the hanging cabinet 1 can be illuminated brightly without any problem.

When the door 4 is slid upward with the door handle 42, the door 4 slides upward from the second position and moves to a third position (see FIG. 4) that does not block the front side of the cabinet frame 2. .
At this time, the rollers 43 and 44 move from the horizontal groove 25b to the vertical groove 25a, and the elevating rack 3 is lowered in conjunction with the opening operation of the door 4.
As shown in FIG. 4, when the door 4 is fully opened and the lifting rack 3 is moved out of the cabinet frame 2 and lowered, the lower end of the lighting device 6 and the upper end of the lifting rack 3 are substantially at the same height position. You may comprise.
According to this, the light emitted from the lighting device 6 can easily reach the inside of the lifting rack 3 and the inside of the lifting rack 3 can be illuminated brightly.
Here, a spring member (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the upper end of the vertical groove 25a to hold the doors 4 at the third position by locking the rollers 43 and 44 that have moved upward. . The spring member is made of a metal material having a flat plate shape and elasticity, and has a bent central portion.
If the door 4 is pushed upward to move the central part of the spring member to the position where the rollers 43 and 44 pass over, the lower ends of the rollers 43 and 44 are locked at the central part of the spring member, and the door 4 moves downward. The door 4 can be held at the third position where it is fully opened.
Accordingly, even if the hand 4 is released with the fully opened door 4 open, the door 4 does not close, and an object can be taken in and out.

When the door 4 is closed from the state in which the door 4 is opened (third position), the operation is reversed.
First, the door handle 42 of the door 4 that is fully opened is grasped and slid downward. At this time, the rollers 43 and 44 move over the central portion of the spring member and move from the vertical groove 25a to the horizontal groove 25b.
When the door 4 moves downward to the second position, the door 4 is closed by holding the door handle 42, sliding the door 4 backward, and pushing the door 4 to the position locked by the holding groove 25c. (First position). At this time, the rollers 43 and 44 move from the lateral groove 25b to the holding groove 25c and are locked to the holding groove 25c.
The lifting rack 3 that has been lowered in accordance with the operation of the door 4 is raised and stored in the cabinet frame 2 (see FIG. 2).
Here, the lifting rack 3 that moves up and down in conjunction with opening and closing the door 4 with the door handle 42 has been described. However, when the lifting rack 3 is lifted and lowered with the rack handle 35 of the lifting rack 3. Similarly, the door 4 opens and closes in conjunction with it.
Further, the opening / closing structure of the door 4 is not limited to the illustrated example, and may be an electric type driven by a drive motor in the same manner as the lifting rack 3.

According to the above, since the lighting device 6 is provided at the lower end of the door 4 so as to cover a part of the bottom plate 33 of the lifting rack 3, the door 4 is not reduced without reducing the storage space of the lifting rack 3. The lower part of can be brightly illuminated.
Further, for example, the lighting device is not lowered together with the lifting rack 3 as in the case where the lighting device is provided on the bottom plate 33 of the lifting rack 3 that moves up and down.
Further, if the opening / closing operation of the door 4 and the lifting / lowering operation of the lifting rack 3 are linked as described above, the door 4 can be fully opened with a small operation distance, and the usability is improved. Moreover, since the door 4 does not open in the state where the lifting rack 3 is lowered, the inside of the cabinet frame 2 is not seen.
Therefore, for example, the mechanism portion such as the pulley 9 provided in the cabinet frame 2 and the guide groove 25 are not seen from the front side of the hanging cabinet 1 and the aesthetics at the time of use is good.
Further, it becomes impossible to place anything on the lifting rack 3 lowered with the door 4 opened, and even if the lifting rack 3 is lifted while the object is placed on the top plate 30 of the lifting rack 3, the one is broken. Can be prevented, and safety at the time of use can be improved as compared with the conventional one.

  As described above, the shape and configuration of the hanging cupboard 1 according to the present embodiment are not limited to the illustrated examples. The hanging cabinet 1 may be provided on an upper wall surface of a kitchen floor cabinet or the like, and may be used as a storage, or may be applied to a tableware dryer. Moreover, it cannot be overemphasized that it may be installed in a living room etc. without being limited to the hanging cupboard 1 installed in a kitchen.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Suspension cabinet 2 Cabinet frame 21 Side plate 25 Guide groove 25a Vertical groove 25b Horizontal groove 25c Holding groove 3 Lifting rack 33 Bottom plate 4 Door 41 Bracket 43, 44 Roller 6 Illumination device 8 Lifting guide member 9 Pulley 91 Strip body

Claims (5)

A hanging cabinet provided with a cabinet frame having an open bottom and a front surface, a lifting rack supported so as to be movable up and down with respect to the cabinet frame, and a door arranged to be opened and closed on the front side of the cabinet frame. And
The lower end of the door is provided with a lighting device that closes the door and is disposed so as to cover a part of the bottom plate of the lifting rack while the lifting rack is housed in the cabinet frame and illuminates the lower part. A hanging cupboard characterized by In claim 1,
The hanging door shelf is structured such that the door is moved in a substantially horizontal direction from a position where the front side of the cabinet frame is closed, and is opened upward. In claim 2,
The door is provided with a roller via a bracket,
A guide groove for sliding the roller is formed in the side plate of the cabinet frame. The guide groove includes a vertical groove for sliding the door up and down, and a horizontal groove for moving the door in a substantially horizontal direction. And a holding groove for fixing and holding the roller when the door is closed. In any one of Claims 1-3,
A hanging cabinet, wherein the lower end of the lighting device and the upper end of the lifting rack are substantially at the same height in a state where the lifting rack is moved out of the cabinet frame and lowered. In any one of Claims 1-4,
The cabinet frame and the lifting rack are slidably connected by a lifting guide member so as to be vertically movable up and down,
The hanging rack is characterized in that the lifting rack and the door are connected to each other by a cable body provided via a pulley.

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