Movable storage chamber group defining device

Abstract

To store objects to be stored while classifying the objects to be stored in accordance with such as use frequency and types and take out a desired object to be stored with an operation from a near side without drawing a drawer all the way.SOLUTION: A movable storage chamber group defining device includes: an annular rail part 100 comprising a plurality of rail members 1; an inner plate part 200 provided so as to be circularly movable on the rail part 100 and comprising a plurality of inner plate members 2; and a partition plate part 300 configured with a plurality of partition plate members 3 in an outer periphery of the inner plate part 200. An interval between plate surfaces of mutually adjacent partition plate members 3, 3 is set be relatively narrow / wide in accordance with whether both inner plate members 2, 2 of locking destinations of the partition plate members 3, 3 is adjacent to each other, namely, a volumetric capacity of a chamber to be stored is set to be relatively narrow / wide.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a movable storage compartment group defining device. The device of the present invention can be installed in, for example, a chest of drawers, to divide the space inside the drawer into multiple small spaces (storage compartments; variable volume), and the desired storage compartment (the compartment storing clothes, etc.) can be easily pulled toward the front by operating it from the front side of the drawer. This allows clothes and other items to be stored separately according to frequency of use, size, etc., and allows the desired clothes, etc. to be easily removed without having to pull out the entire drawer. [Background technology]

[0002] When taking out clothes or items stored at the back of a dresser or desk drawer, it is necessary to pull the entire drawer out all the way, which is a pain. If a deep dresser or similar item is already installed in the room, it cannot be replaced with a shallower one. Even if a dresser or similar item is not already installed, the room may be too small to accommodate a new dresser or similar item. Utility Model Registration No. 3076188 (Patent Document 1) discloses a small item storage device for a chest of drawers as shown in Figures 8 and 9 (drawings reprinted from Figures 1 to 4 of the same publication). That is, the document discloses an small item storage device for a chest of drawers in which "a circular storage body 110 is rotatably installed inside a drawer 102 of a chest of drawers or the like. The interior of the circular storage body 110 can be freely divided by removable partition plates 114. In addition, triangular storage bodies 140 are provided on both sides of the interior front of the drawer 102 to effectively utilize space and reinforce the drawer 102." Note that Figures 8 and 9 of the present application use the same symbols used in the drawings of Patent Document 1. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Utility Model Registration No. 3076188 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Patent Document 1 has the following drawbacks. Because the rotating part's outer shape is fixed to a circle, gaps are created at the four corners of the drawer. This results in a large amount of unused space in the drawer, making it difficult to fit a sufficient amount of clothes. It also makes it difficult to fit large clothes (T-shirts, pants, etc.). In an attempt to effectively utilize the gaps, a triangular storage unit 140 in Figure 8 (Figure 1 of Patent Document 1) is designed to allow small items to be stored, but this still does not change the problem of being unable to fit large clothes. If the shape of the drawer is square when viewed from above, the circular storage body 110 can be installed relatively without any wasted space, but the shape of the drawer is often a rectangle that is long in the width direction, which tends to create unusable wasted space (gaps) on the outside of the width direction of the circular storage body 110, making it difficult to use. Furthermore, it is necessary to drill a shaft hole 120 in the center of the bottom plate 104 of the drawer 102 to support the rotation of the circular storage body 110 . The purpose of our invention (the movable storage compartment group defining device) is to make it possible to adapt it to the size and shape of a drawer or chest of drawers, in other words, to minimize the amount of unused space. For example, this purpose can be achieved by making the shape of the rail portion 100 freely changeable to a non-circular shape, as shown in Figures 3(a) and 3(b). Furthermore, our invention (movable storage chamber group defining device) aims to make it easy to install without requiring any processing such as drilling holes in the drawers where it will be installed. Furthermore, our invention (movable storage compartment group defining device) aims to enable distribution and sale of small parts. For example, this goal can be achieved by creating a device that assembles parts in the state shown in Figure 2. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The present invention can be described as follows [1] to [7]. Note that in this section ([Means for Solving the Problem]) and the next section ([Effects of the Invention]), the symbols are used to facilitate understanding. Naturally, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the symbols. [1] Invention 1 A rail portion 100 formed by connecting a plurality of rail members 1 in a ring shape; a middle plate section 200 configured by connecting a plurality of middle plate members 2 in a ring shape, each middle plate member 2 being provided on the rail member 100 so as to be movable along the rail member 100; a partition plate portion 300 formed around the outer periphery of the middle plate portion 200 by engaging one edge portion 31 of each partition plate member 3 with one of the middle plate members 2; , and The middle plate members 2 of the middle plate section 200 are connected to each other so that each plate surface forms a vertical plane and forms a circumferential surface as a whole, and so that adjacent middle plate members 2, 2 can move over the entire area of ​​the annular rail section 100, with play at each plate edge portion. Each partition plate member 3 of the partition plate section 300 is supported by the middle plate member 2 to which the partition plate member 3 is locked and can move integrally, and the interval between the plate surfaces of adjacent partition plate members 3, 3 is set depending on whether the two middle plate members 2, 2 to which the adjacent partition plate members 3, 3 are locked are adjacent or not, being relatively narrow when they are adjacent, and being relatively wide when there are one or more other middle plate members 2 between the two locked middle plate members 2, 2, depending on the number of the one or more middle plate members 2; The rail portion 100 is placed on the bottom surface 51 of the drawer 500 along the wall surface 52 of the drawer 500, the middle plate portion 200 is provided on the rail portion 100, and the partition plate portion 300 is configured around the outer periphery of the middle plate portion 200, thereby defining spaces between adjacent partition plate members 3, 3 to form storage chambers 4. A movable storage chamber group defining device.

[0006] [2] Invention 2 In Invention 1, Each of the partition plate members 3 has a bottom-side auxiliary plate portion 35 extending from the bottom edge portion 34 of the partition plate member 3 in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface to help define the drawer bottom surface 51 side of the storage chamber 4, and a wall-side auxiliary plate portion 36 extending from the other edge portion 32 opposite to the one edge portion 31 in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface to help define the drawer wall surface 52 side of the storage chamber 4. A movable storage chamber group defining device. [3] Invention 3 In Invention 1, Each of the partition plate members 3 has a protruding portion 312 having a T-shaped cross section protruding at a constant width from the one edge portion 31 of the partition plate member 3 in both directions perpendicular to the plate surface, Each of the intermediate plate members 2 has a projection receiving portion 213 on the side where the partition plate member 3 is provided, which can receive and lock the projection portion 312 having a T-shaped cross section. A movable storage chamber group defining device. [4] Invention 4 In Invention 1, Each of the intermediate plate members 2 has one or more wheels 20 that protrude downward from a bottom edge 24 of the intermediate plate member 2 and are rotatably supported by a journal; Each of the rail members 1 has a groove 10 for guiding the wheels 20. A movable storage chamber group defining device. [5] Invention 5 In invention 4, The rail member 1 comprises at least four straight rail members 1a, each having a straight groove 10, and four arc rail members 1b, each having a quarter-circular groove 10, The rail portion 100 is configured by disposing the arc rail 1b at the corner portion of the drawer 500 and disposing the straight rail member 1b along the wall surface 52 of the drawer. A movable storage chamber group defining device. [6] Invention 6 In invention 4, Each of the rail members 1 has a straight groove 10, and guides the wheels 20 at the corners of the drawer 500 by utilizing the play. A movable storage chamber group defining device. [7] Invention 7 In any one of Inventions 1 to 6, A resin plate 6 is placed on the bottom surface 51 of the drawer 500, and the rail portion 100 is placed on the resin plate 6, thereby being provided in the drawer 500. A movable storage chamber group defining device. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to Invention 1, clothing and other items can be stored separately according to frequency of use, size, etc., and desired clothing and other items can be easily removed by operating from the front side without having to fully pull out the drawer 500 equipped with the movable storage chamber group defining device. According to Invention 2, in addition to the effects of Invention 1, it is possible to prevent the stored items from protruding from the storage chamber 4 when the desired storage chamber 4 is moved forward, thereby preventing damage to the clothing, etc. According to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect of the invention, the partition plate member 3 can be reliably maintained in a locked state with the middle plate member 2. According to the fourth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect, the middle plate portion 200 and the partition plate portion 300 integral with the middle plate portion 200 can be moved smoothly on the rail portion 100. According to Invention 5, in addition to the effects of Invention 4, the middle plate portion 200 and the partition plate portion 300 integral with the middle plate portion 200 can be moved smoothly on the rail portion 100 even at the corner portions of the rail portion 100. According to the sixth aspect of the invention, a single type of rail member is sufficient without increasing the number of different shapes of the rail member 4, so that the effect of the fourth aspect of the invention can be achieved and costs can be reduced. According to Invention 7, in addition to the effects of the above-mentioned inventions, the frictional force that the lower end side of the middle plate member 2 receives from the bottom side of the drawer 500 when the middle plate portion 200 and the partition plate portion 300 integral with the middle plate portion 200 move on the rail portion 100 can be reduced, and damage to clothing, etc. can be prevented. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1]1A is a perspective view of a movable storage chamber group defining device according to an embodiment of the present invention installed in a drawer, seen from diagonally above, and FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of FIG. 1A as viewed from above. [Figure 2] 2 is a schematic diagram showing each part (rail part 100, middle plate part 200) and each member (rail member 1, middle plate member 2, partition plate member 3) of the movable storage chamber group defining device of FIG. 1. [Figure 3] The rail section 100 of the movable storage chamber group defining device of Figure 1 is shown schematically, with (a) showing the case where the rail section 100 is configured with a straight rail member (straight rail member) 1a and a rail member (arc rail member) 1b having a curved portion, and (b) showing the case where the rail section 100 is configured with only the straight rail member 1a. [Figure 4] 1A is a perspective view of a rail member 1, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of a lower part of a middle plate member 2. FIG. [Figure 5] (a) is an oblique view of the partition plate member 3, (b) is an oblique view of the partition plate member 3 seen from the opposite side to (a), and (c) is an oblique view showing how the partition plate member 3 is engaged with the middle plate member 2 and how the middle plate member 2 is connected. [Figure 6] 1A is a top view showing a state in which the partition plate member 3 is engaged with the middle plate member 2 and a state in which the middle plate members 2 are connected, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing the rail member 1. FIG. [Figure 7] 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which the size of the storage chambers 4 is made different by varying the intervals between adjacent partition members 3. FIG. [Figure 8] Figures 1 and 2 of Patent Document 1. [Figure 9] Figures 3 and 4 of Patent Document 1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view (a) and a schematic top view (b) showing a movable storage chamber group defining device of an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing the mounting relationship of each part constituting the device of FIG. As shown in Fig. 1, the movable storage chamber group defining device is installed in a chest of drawers 500. As shown in Fig. 2, this movable storage chamber group defining device is made up of a rail section 100 formed by connecting a plurality of rail members 1 in a ring shape, a middle plate section 200 formed by connecting a plurality of middle plate members 2 in a ring shape, and a partition plate section 300 formed by connecting a plurality of partition plate members 3.

[0010] The rail portion 100 is formed by connecting a plurality of rail members 1 in a ring shape. 3(a), the rail member 1 may be configured using a straight rail member 1a that is linear and an arcuate rail member 1b that has a curved portion. With this configuration, even if the drawer is rectangular in top view, the rail section 100 can be arranged along the wall surface 52 of the drawer, making it possible to more effectively utilize the space inside the drawer 500.

[0011] Alternatively, the rail members 1 may be entirely composed of straight rail members 1a, as illustrated in FIG. 3(b). When entirely composed of straight rail members 1a, the connecting portions of two adjacent rail members are provided with play to allow for the desired angle of bending between them. This can be achieved, for example, by providing a circular recess (hole or aperture) at the tip of one rail member and a circular protrusion at the tip of the other rail member that fits loosely into the recess, allowing for rotation by loosely fitting the protrusion into the recess. The diagram in the lower part of FIG. 3(b) is a schematic diagram illustrating the "play between the connecting portion 11 and the connecting receiving portion 12" by extracting the portion surrounded by the dashed line in the upper part (the curved portion of the ellipse). In this way, by constructing entirely from straight rail members 1a, only one type of rail member 1 is required, thereby reducing costs.

[0012] When the linear portion of the rail section 100 is made up of multiple linear rail members 1a, the connection between adjacent linear rail members may be realized by snapping them together like Plarail ("Plarail" is a registered trademark of Takara Tomy Co., Ltd.). In this way, the adjacent rail members can be firmly fixed together and gaps at the connecting portions of the groove section 10 are eliminated, allowing the wheels 20 (described below) to roll more smoothly.

[0013] Each middle plate member 2 is provided on the rail member 1 so that the middle plate 200 can move (circularly move) along the annular rail member 100. That is, each middle plate member 2 is provided on the rail member 1 so that wheels 20 (see FIG. 4(b)), which are journaled on the bottom side of the middle plate member 2 and protrude from the bottom surface of the middle plate member 2, are placed in grooves 10 (see FIG. 4(a)) of the rail member 1 and can roll along the grooves 10. Also, as shown in FIGS. 5(c) and 6(a), adjacent middle plate members 2, 2 are connected to each other with some play by hooks 25 and hook receivers 26. Because they are connected with play in this way, the middle plate 200, which is connected in an annular shape and may have a curved portion, can move circularly on the rail member 100, which is connected in an annular shape and has a curved portion. In addition, the middle plate members 2 are connected as described above so that the plate surfaces of the respective middle plate members 2 form vertical surfaces and the middle plate portion 200 as a whole forms a circumferential surface.

[0014] The partition plate portion 300 is configured to enclose the middle plate portion 200 on the outer periphery side of the middle plate portion 200 using a plurality of partition plate members 3. Each partition plate member 3 has a protruding portion 312 provided on one edge portion 31 of the vertical partition plate 30 so as to form a T-shaped cross section together with the vertical partition plate 30, and the protruding portion 312 is engaged by a protruding receiving portion 213 provided on the middle plate member 2 so as to receive the protruding portion 312 so as not to come off (see FIGS. 5(c) and 6(a)). In this embodiment, the lower end of the projection receiving portion 213 is open (see Figure 4(b)), so if left as is, the projection portion 312 of the middle plate member 3 would come into contact with the bottom surface 51 of the drawer 500. However, the bottom side auxiliary plate portion 35, which is arranged horizontally in the direction of the aforementioned circular movement from the lower end of the partition vertical plate 30, is configured to come into contact with the bottom surface of the drawer 500 first via the projection portion 312 (see Figures 5(a)(b)). Therefore, the projection portion 312 does not come into contact with the bottom surface 51 of the drawer 500, and instead the bottom side auxiliary plate portion 35, which has a relatively large area, comes into contact.

[0015] In this embodiment, a thin plastic plate (resin plate) not shown is first laid on the bottom surface 51 of the drawer 500, and then a movable storage chamber group defining device is constructed on top of that. Therefore, when the drawer is moved around as described above, the bottom side auxiliary plate portion 35 slides easily on the plastic plate, making the movement around the drawer smoother.

[0016] Needless to say, each partition plate member 3 is supported by the middle plate member 2 to which the partition plate member 3 is locked and can move as a unit. The distance between the plate surfaces of adjacent partition plate members 3, 3 (between the partition vertical plates 30-30) is set depending on whether the two middle plate members 2, 2 to which the adjacent partition plate members 3, 3 are locked are adjacent or not, being relatively narrow if they are adjacent, and being relatively wide if there are one or more other middle plate members 2 between the two locked middle plate members 2, 2, depending on the number of those one or more middle plate members 2.

[0017] 2, if the partition plate member 3 is engaged with the middle plate members 2p, 2q, and 2s but not with the middle plate member 2r, the space between middle plate members 2p and 2q will be relatively narrow because they are adjacent to each other, and the space between middle plate members 2q and 2s will be relatively wide because they are not adjacent to each other and there is a gap between them equivalent to the space between middle plate members 2r. As a result, as shown in the example of FIG. 7, the relatively wide area (the area with a large volume of storage compartment 4) can store relatively large garments 7 or a large number of garments 7, and the relatively narrow area (the area with a small volume of storage compartment 4) can store relatively small garments 7 or a small number of garments 7 without any gaps. In this way, by appropriately setting the interval between adjacent partition members 3-3, the storage space (storage chamber 4) therebetween can be defined to an appropriate size.

[0018] The wall-side auxiliary plate portion 36 in Figures 5(a) and (b) is a portion interposed between the wall of the drawer, thereby preventing problems such as the stored items, such as clothing, rubbing against the wall of the drawer during the aforementioned circular movement. In the above, the projection portion 312 and projection receiving portion 213 are exemplified as the portions for locking the partition plate member 3 to the middle plate member 2, but any structure that can lock the partition plate member 3 to any selected middle plate member 2 will suffice. Note that with the projection portion 312 and projection receiving portion 213 of the embodiment, the partition plate member 3 can be firmly fixed at each portion in the vertical direction, thereby allowing the storage chamber to be well defined. In addition, in the above, the wheels 20 of the middle plate member 2 roll within the groove portion 10 of the rail member 1, but it may also be configured such that a wheel with a recessed groove on the circumferential surface of the middle plate member 2 straddles a protrusion (not shown) provided on the upper surface of the rail member 1 like a monorail. [Explanation of symbols]

[0019] 1 Rail member 1a Straight rail member 1b Circular rail member 100 Rail section 10 Groove 11 Connecting part 12 Connecting receiving part 2(2p, 2q, 2r, 2s) Middle plate member 200 Middle plate 20 wheels 213 On-site Reception Department 24 Bottom edge 25 Hook 26 Hook holder 3 Partition plate material 300 Partition plate 30 Vertical partition board 31 One edge 312 Field Office 32 Other edge 34 Bottom edge 35 Bottom side auxiliary plate part 36 Wall side auxiliary plate 4 Containment Room 500 drawers 51 bottom 52 Wall 7 Clothes

Claims

1. a rail portion formed by connecting a plurality of rail members in an annular shape; a middle plate portion configured by connecting a plurality of middle plate members in an annular shape, each of the middle plate members being provided on the rail member so as to be movable along the rail portion; a partition plate portion formed on the outer periphery of the middle plate portion by engaging one edge portion of each partition plate member with one of the middle plate members; , and The middle plate members of the middle plate section are connected so that each plate surface forms a vertical surface and forms a circumferential surface as a whole, and so that adjacent middle plate members have play at their respective plate edge portions so that they can move over the entire area of ​​the annular rail section, Each partition plate member of the partition plate section is supported by a middle plate member to which the partition plate member is engaged and can move as a unit, and the spacing between the plate surfaces of adjacent partition plate members is set depending on whether the middle plate members to which the adjacent partition plate members are engaged are adjacent or not, being relatively narrow if they are adjacent, and being relatively wide if there are one or more other middle plate members between the two middle plate members to which the adjacent partition plate members are engaged, depending on the number of the one or more middle plate members, The rail portion is placed on the bottom surface of the drawer along the wall surface of the drawer, the middle plate portion is provided on the rail portion, and the partition plate portion is configured around the outer periphery of the middle plate portion, thereby defining spaces between adjacent partition plate members to form storage chambers. A movable storage chamber group defining device.

2. In claim 1, Each of the partition plate members has a bottom-side auxiliary plate portion extending from the bottom edge of the partition plate member in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface to help define the drawer bottom side of the storage chamber, and a wall-side auxiliary plate portion extending from the other edge opposite to the one edge portion in a direction perpendicular to the plate surface to help define the drawer wall side of the storage chamber. A movable storage chamber group defining device.

3. In claim 1, Each of the partition plate members has a protruding portion having a T-shaped cross section protruding at a constant width from the one edge portion of the partition plate member in both directions perpendicular to the plate surface, Each of the intermediate plate members has a projection receiving portion on the side where the partition plate member is provided, the projection receiving portion being capable of receiving and locking the T-shaped cross-section projection portion. A movable storage chamber group defining device.

4. In claim 1, Each of the intermediate plate members has one or more wheels that protrude downward from a bottom edge of the intermediate plate member and are rotatably supported by a journal; Each of the rail members has a groove for guiding the wheel. A movable storage chamber group defining device.

5. In claim 4, the rail members include at least four straight rail members whose grooves are linear, and four arc rail members whose grooves are quarter-arc, The rail portion is configured by disposing the arc rail at the corner portion of the drawer and disposing the straight rail member along the wall portion of the drawer. A movable storage chamber group defining device.

6. In claim 4, The grooves of each of the rail members are linear, and the wheels are guided at the corners of the drawer by utilizing the play. A movable storage chamber group defining device.

7. In any one of claims 1 to 6, The rail portion is installed in the drawer by placing a resin plate on the bottom surface of the drawer and placing the rail portion on the resin plate. A movable storage chamber group defining device.

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