Storage cabinet

Abstract

To provide a storage which is structured by stacking in multiple stages a plurality of storage cabinets and which can be wired with a wiring cord that is installed in an upper position and extended to an external terminal such as an electric outlet, without narrowing depth direction of storage cabinets in a lower stage.SOLUTION: A storage 10 includes: a left lower cabinet 20a; a right lower cabinet 20b; a left upper cabinet 20c; a right upper cabinet 20d; and a pair of double sliding doors 30a, 30b. The left lower and the right lower cabinets are arranged with an interval space which is formed between a leftover width in-between one double sliding door end and the other double sliding door tail and, continuously thereto, a leftover width in-between the other double sliding door end and one double sliding door tail, of the pair of double sliding doors. A wiring cord goes from the floor face through the interval space to extend to the left upper cabinet or the right upper cabinet, and is connected to an external terminal 40 which is installed in the left upper cabinet or the right upper cabinet.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a storage cabinet for storing articles, and more particularly to a storage cabinet in which a storage space is opened and closed by a pair of left and right sliding doors that can slide in a staggered manner with respect to each other.

Background Art

[0002] In a storage cabinet such as a so-called cupboard arranged in a kitchen, a system configuration in which a plurality of storage cabinets are stacked and combined in multiple stages according to the storage volume and usage purpose is adopted.

[0003] FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a schematic external appearance of a storage cabinet configured by combining a plurality of storage cabinets. In the example of FIG. 7(a), the storage cabinet 1 is configured by stacking three stages of two storage cabinets 2 arranged side by side on the left and right. As a door, for example, a pair of left and right sliding doors 3 that slide in a staggered manner with respect to the left and right storage cabinets 2 for each stage open and close the front side openings of the storage cabinets 2 for each stage.

[0004] As shown in FIG. 7(b), the storage cabinet 1 is provided with an external terminal 4, for example, an outlet 4 for power supply for using an electric appliance such as a cooking appliance. When the outlet 4 is installed in a predetermined upper position, for example, in the storage cabinet 2 above the second stage, a wiring cord (not shown) extending to the outlet 4 is run from the floor through the vicinity of the back of the storage cabinet 2 to the installation position of the outlet 4 and connected to the outlet 4 (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

[0005] Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in an invention related to a partition device having a storage function, in which an outlet (connector 21) is provided at an upper position that is, for example, at a height within reach of a person standing, and a lower wiring space 29 and an upper wiring space 20 for running a wiring cord extending to the outlet are provided.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0006]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0007] However, as in Patent Document 1, in order to raise the wiring cord to a predetermined height position, on the lower stage side, a front side back plate is installed at an interval in the front direction of the innermost back plate, and a wiring space through which the wiring cord passes is formed. As a result, the depth direction length of the lower storage cabinet becomes shorter, and the storage space becomes narrower in the depth direction.

[0008] In particular, for the lower storage cabinet, it is necessary to consider a case where a relatively large and long storage item in the depth direction, such as a trash can or a wagon with casters, is stored. If the depth direction length of the storage space becomes shorter due to the above wiring space, for such a large storage item, there may be a case where it protrudes to the front side and the door cannot be closed, or there is an inconvenience that such a storage item cannot be selected because it is restricted by the size of the storage item.

[0009] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage cabinet in which a plurality of storage cabinets are stacked in a plurality of stages, and a wiring cord extending to an external terminal such as an outlet attached to an upper position can be wired without narrowing the depth direction of the lower storage cabinet.

[0010] More specifically, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage cabinet formed by stacking storage cabinets in multiple stages, and a storage cabinet and a wiring method capable of wiring a wiring cord without reducing the storage space in the depth direction of the lower storage cabinet in a sliding door type storage cabinet opened and closed by a sliding door.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0011] To achieve the above object, the storage cabinet of the present invention includes a box-shaped lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, a box-shaped lower right cabinet arranged on the right side of the lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, a box-shaped upper left cabinet arranged above the lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, and a box-shaped upper right cabinet arranged on the right side of the upper left cabinet and above the lower right cabinet with an opening at the front. The storage cabinet also includes a pair of sliding doors that can open and close the fronts of the lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet in a staggered manner. The lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet are arranged with a gap space formed between the remaining width portion between the door tip of one of the sliding doors and the door butt of the other sliding door in the pair of sliding doors and the remaining width portion between the door tip of the other sliding door and the door butt of the one sliding door that is continuous therewith. A wiring cord extends from the floor surface through the gap space to the upper left cabinet or the upper right cabinet and is connected to an external terminal attached to the upper left cabinet or the upper right cabinet.

[0012] Preferably, in the above storage cabinet, the upper left cabinet and the upper right cabinet are arranged with their sides in contact with each other, and the wiring cord is connected to the external terminal from the back side of the upper left cabinet or the upper right cabinet. Also, a spacer for forming the gap space is arranged between the lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet.

[0013] Also, in the wiring method of the present invention, in the wiring method of a wiring cord connected to an external terminal attached to a storage cabinet including a box-shaped lower left cabinet with an open front, a box-shaped lower right cabinet arranged on the right side of the lower left cabinet with an open front, a box-shaped upper left cabinet arranged above the lower left cabinet with an open front, a box-shaped upper right cabinet arranged on the right side of the upper left cabinet and above the lower right cabinet with an open front, and a pair of sliding doors that can open and close the fronts of the lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet and slide in a staggered manner, the lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet are arranged with a space formed between the remaining width portion between the door tip of one of the sliding doors and the door butt of the other sliding door in the pair of sliding doors and the remaining width portion between the door tip of the other sliding door and the door butt of the one sliding door that is continuous therewith, and the wiring cord extending from the floor surface is extended through the space to the upper left cabinet or the upper right cabinet and connected to the external terminal installed in the upper left cabinet or the upper right cabinet.

Effects of the Invention

[0014] According to the storage cabinet of the present invention, by wiring the wiring cord extending from the floor to be connected to the external terminal attached to the upper storage cabinet located above the storage cabinet using the space corresponding to the remaining width of the sliding door, it is possible to wire the wiring cord extending to the external terminal such as an outlet attached to the upper position without narrowing the depth direction of the lower storage cabinet. Also, it is possible to wire the wiring cord to the upper part of the storage cabinet without reducing the storage space in the depth direction of the lower storage cabinet.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0016] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, such example embodiments do not limit the technical scope of the present invention. The embodiments of the present invention will be described based on specific figures.

[0017] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a storage unit in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1(a) is a schematic perspective view showing the appearance of the storage unit, and FIG. 1(b) is a view showing a part of the storage unit and showing an electrical outlet arranged inside the storage unit. The storage unit 10 is configured by arranging a plurality of storage cabinets 20 side by side left and right and stacking them up and down. In the example of FIG. 1, the storage unit 10 is configured by stacking two storage cabinets 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d arranged side by side left and right in two layers. More specifically, the lower left storage cabinet (lower left cabinet) 20a and the lower right storage cabinet (lower right cabinet) 20b are arranged side by side left and right, and on top of them, the upper left storage cabinet (upper left cabinet) 20c and the upper right storage cabinet (upper right cabinet) 20d are arranged side by side left and right. Note that the storage unit 10 may be configured by stacking three or more storage cabinets 20 (collectively referred to as storage cabinets 20 for the storage cabinets 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d), but in this example embodiment, the storage unit 10 having a two-layer configuration with the fewest number of layers will be described as an example.

[0018] Each storage cabinet 20 has a box shape composed of a top surface, a bottom surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, and a back surface, and the front side is open. As doors for opening and closing the front side, a pair of sliding doors 30 that can slide in a staggered manner for each stage are attached to the openings of the left and right storage cabinets 20 so as to be able to open and close the openings. Alternatively, the doors may be sliding doors 30, one on the left and one on the right, that open and close the upper and lower stages simultaneously, and open and close both the left storage cabinets 20a and 20c and the right storage cabinets 20b and 20d. At least the lower left cabinet 20a and the lower right cabinet 20d in the lowest stage are opened and closed by the sliding doors 30. For example, the lower storage cabinets 20a and 20b may be opened and closed by the sliding doors 30, and the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d may be opened and closed by double doors. Usually, in a pair of sliding doors 30, the right sliding door 30b slides forward with respect to the left sliding door 30a.

[0019] A power outlet 40 is arranged in the storage cabinet 20. Preferably, as shown in Fig. 1(b), at least one power outlet 40 is installed on the back plate of the upper storage cabinet, that is, the upper left cabinet 20c or the upper right cabinet 20d (Fig. 1(b) shows an example installed in the upper right cabinet 20d). The connection port into which the power plug is inserted is exposed outside the back plate and is attached facing the front direction of the storage cabinet 20.

[0020] Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the arrangement configuration of the lower storage cabinets, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the arrangement interval of the lower storage cabinets. Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the arrangement of the stored items in the lower storage cabinets.

[0021] Particularly, as shown in FIG. 3, the lower left cabinet 20a and the lower right cabinet 20b of the lower storage cabinet 20 are arranged with a space S therebetween having a left - right width within the left - right remaining width portion L (representing both its position and length), which is the combination of the left - hand remaining width portion L1 (representing both its position and length) between the door tip of one of the pair of sliding doors 30 (for example, the left - hand sliding door 30a when viewed from the front) and the door butt of the other sliding door (for example, the right - hand sliding door 30b when viewed from the front) 30b, and the right - hand remaining width portion L2 (representing both its position and length) between the door tip of the other sliding door (for example, the right - hand sliding door 30b) and the door butt of the one sliding door (for example, the left - hand sliding door 30a). A spacer 22 for forming the left - right width L of the space S is arranged. The spacer 22 is arranged between the side surface of the lower left cabinet 20a and the side surface of the lower right cabinet 20b facing it to form the space S.

[0022] The space S is formed between the left - right remaining width portions L with a left - right width having the left - right remaining width portion L as the maximum width dimension, and is a space surrounded by the left - right width and the right - hand side plate of the lower left cabinet 20a and the left - hand side plate of the lower right cabinet 20b. In the pair of left - right sliding doors, the remaining width occurs for the following reason. That is, when the two sliding doors are completely overlapped, the handle portion of the rear sliding door is hidden, making it impossible to access the handle portion and causing inconvenience in opening and closing. Therefore, in order to prevent the handle portions from overlapping, the sliding doors are designed to stop a predetermined length in front of the fully - opened state so that there is a remaining width as a margin for accessing the handle portion of the rear sliding door.

[0023] The clearance space S formed by the left and right remaining widths L of the pair of sliding doors 30 is a region where, when the storage cabinet 20 is viewed from the front, the stored items are hidden behind the sliding doors 30 and cannot be slid out (or pushed in) straight in the front direction. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when relatively large stored items 50 such as a trash can or a wagon with casters are stored in the lower storage cabinet 20, the stored items 50 are arranged at positions where they do not hit the sliding doors 30 when pulled out in the forward direction. Therefore, the space corresponding to the left and right remaining widths L of the sliding doors 30 becomes substantially dead space, and even if the side plates of the lower storage cabinet 20 are shifted by the amount of the left and right remaining widths L in the left and right directions to form the clearance space S, the storage area does not substantially decrease. Therefore, it is possible to form a clearance space for wiring without substantially reducing the storage volume of the lower storage cabinets 20a and 20b.

[0024] In the storage cabinet 20 in this exemplary embodiment, the wiring cord extending to the power outlet 40 is wired through this clearance space S and is raised from the floor to the upper storage cabinet 20.

[0025] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the storage cabinet 20 constituting the storage unit as viewed from the back side, and FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view thereof. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the wiring cord 42 extending from the floor is raised to the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d through the clearance space S provided between the lower storage cabinets 20a and 20b, and is connected to a power outlet (not shown in FIGS. 5 and 6) from the back of the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d (in FIGS. 5 and 6, the upper right cabinet 20d). The power outlet 40 is attached to a hole 44 provided in the back plate of the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d.

[0026] In this way, by wiring the wiring cord 42 extending from the floor to be connected to the outlet 40 provided in the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d at a relatively high position in the storage 10, using the space S corresponding to the remaining width portion L of the sliding door 30, as described in the section of the problems to be solved by the invention, a wiring space S through which the wiring cord 42 can be passed can be formed without shortening the depth direction of the storage space of the lower storage cabinets 20a and 20b. Therefore, the wiring cord 42 can be wired to the upper part of the storage 10 without reducing the storage volume of the storage cabinets 20.

[0027] Particularly, as shown in FIG. 6, the back plates of the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d may be arranged slightly closer to the front side than the back plates of the lower storage cabinets 20a and 20b. Thereby, a region for connecting the wiring cord 42 to the outlet 40 can be secured at the back of the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d. Also, the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d are arranged with their side plates facing each other in contact. In the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d, it is not always necessary to provide the space S, and the space corresponding to the remaining width portion L is also used as the storage space. In the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d, the types and uses of the stored items tend to be different from those in the lower part, and securing a wider storage space is prioritized. Of course, in the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d, a space may also be provided between their side plates facing each other, and the space is the upper side space continuous with the space S between the lower storage cabinets 20a and 20b, and the wiring cord 42 may extend through the upper side space and be connected to the outlet 40 arranged on the side surface of the upper storage cabinets 20c and 20d.

[0028] In the above, the wiring configuration of the wiring cord connected to the power outlet installed in the storage cabinet has been exemplified. However, it is not limited to the outlet, and it may be other external terminals, for example, a communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) cable or a communication external terminal for signal transmission between an information processing device such as a computer device. The wiring cord is connected to the communication external terminal provided in the storage cabinet according to the wiring configuration of the present invention described above.

[0029] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and design changes within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention, including various variations and modifications that can be conceived by those having ordinary knowledge in the field of the present invention, are of course included in the present invention.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0030] 10: Storage, 20 (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d): Storage cabinet, 22: Spacer, 30 (30a, 30b): Sliding door, 40: Outlet (external terminal), 42: Wiring cord, 44: Hole portion, S: Clearance space, L (L1, L2): Remaining width portion

Claims

1. A box-shaped lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, A box-shaped lower right cabinet arranged on the right side of the lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, A box-shaped upper left cabinet arranged above the lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, A box-shaped upper right cabinet arranged on the right side of the upper left cabinet and above the lower right cabinet with an opening at the front, A pair of sliding doors that can open and close the fronts of the lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet and slide in a staggered manner with respect to each other, The lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet are arranged with a space formed between the remaining drawing width portion between the door tip of one of the sliding doors and the door butt of the other sliding door in the pair of sliding doors and the remaining drawing width portion between the door tip of the other sliding door and the door butt of the one sliding door that is continuous therewith, A wiring cord extends from the floor surface through the space and is connected to an external terminal attached to the upper left cabinet or the upper right cabinet. A storage cabinet characterized by this.

2. The upper left cabinet and the upper right cabinet are arranged with their sides in contact with each other, and the wiring cord is connected to the external terminal from the back side of the upper left cabinet or the upper right cabinet. The storage cabinet according to claim 1, characterized by this.

3. The storage cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a spacer for forming the space is arranged between the lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet.

4. A box-shaped lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, A box-shaped lower right cabinet arranged on the right side of the lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, A box-shaped upper left cabinet arranged above the lower left cabinet with an opening at the front, A box-shaped upper right cabinet arranged on the right side of the upper left cabinet and above the lower right cabinet with an opening at the front, In a wiring method of a wiring cord connected to an external terminal attached to a storage cabinet including a pair of sliding doors that can open and close the fronts of the lower left cabinet and the lower right cabinet and slide in a staggered manner with respect to each other, The left-lower cabinet and the right-lower cabinet are arranged with a space therebetween formed between a remaining width portion between the door tip of one of the pair of sliding doors and the door butt of the other sliding door and a remaining width portion between the door tip of the other sliding door continuous thereto and the door butt of the one sliding door. A wiring method, characterized in that a wiring cord extending from a floor surface is extended through the space to the upper-left cabinet or the upper-right cabinet and connected to an external terminal installed in the upper-left cabinet or the upper-right cabinet. **Claim 5** The wiring method according to claim 4, characterized in that the upper-left cabinet and the upper-right cabinet are arranged such that their side surfaces are in contact with each other and connected. **Claim 6** The wiring method according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the space is formed by arranging a spacer between the side surface of the left-lower cabinet and the side surface of the right-lower cabinet facing thereto.

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