JP4956050B2 - Storage container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage container that stores an item to be stored.

Conventionally, various storage containers have been used to store articles. These storage containers are generally provided with a drawer and a support part for accommodating the drawer. Among these storage containers, a handle that is rotatably supported and a claw portion that is supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction are provided in the drawer, and a recess in which the claw portion is fitted is provided in the main body portion. Have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Under such a configuration, the drawer is locked in the main body by fitting the claw into the recess. Furthermore, when the handle is gripped and rotated in the locked state, the claw portion slides downward, so that the claw portion is extracted from the recess and the drawer is unlocked. .
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-146233

  However, the storage container having such a configuration has a problem that the rotational movement of the handle is not easily transmitted to the claw portion that linearly slides in the vertical direction, and the drawer cannot be unlocked smoothly. Such a problem is particularly noticeable in a resin container. This is because the resin storage container is easily deformed at the time of processing and after the processing, and if it is deformed even a little, the claw portion is caught and the claw portion becomes difficult to slide.

  The present invention has been devised in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a storage container capable of easily locking and unlocking a drawer.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following means.
A storage container according to the present invention is a storage container for storing an object to be stored, a drawer for storing the object to be stored, a support part for slidably supporting the drawer, and the support part. A lock mechanism that locks the drawer, and the lock mechanism is supported rotatably about a rotation axis that extends in a direction that intersects the sliding direction of the drawer among the directions along the bottom surface of the drawer. A movable handle, and a movable handle that is integrally provided on the movable handle, protrudes downward from the movable handle, and further rotates the movable handle about the rotation axis. A projecting portion that rotates together with the movable handle portion, and is provided integrally with the movable handle portion, and biases the movable handle portion in the direction of rotating downward about the rotation axis. An urging member, disposed in the support portion, in a state in which the movable handle portion is provided at a predetermined rotational position, and a fitted portion for the protrusion is fitted, and the movable handle portion and the and the biasing member and the projection is characterized that you have been integrally formed by resin.

  In the storage container according to the present invention, the movable handle portion includes a finger-hanging recess with an open end directed downward and a finger hooked through the open end to slide the drawer. A front inner wall portion in the recess is inclined toward the front side of the drawer so that the open end side is wide.

Further, in the storage container according to the present invention, the movable handle portion includes a finger-hanging concave portion in which an open end is directed downward and a finger is hooked through the open end to slide the drawer.
The area | region where a finger | toe is hooked among the front inner wall parts in the said finger hanging recessed part is provided above the said rotating shaft.

  In the storage container according to the present invention, the movable handle portion includes a finger-hanging recess with an open end directed downward and a finger hooked through the open end to slide the drawer. The length dimension from the front inner wall part in a recessed part to the said protrusion part is set smaller than the length dimension from the said rotation axis to the said protrusion part, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Further, the storage container according to the present invention is characterized in that the support part is formed in a rectangular shape, and the back surface of the support part is formed substantially flat.

  The storage container according to the present invention is characterized in that the support portion is formed in a rectangular shape, and a back surface opening is formed on the back surface of the support portion.

  Further, in the storage container according to the present invention, the support part includes an opening part for sliding the drawer, and a long groove along the width direction of the drawer is provided in a lower frame part of the opening part. A reinforcing plate is fitted in the long groove.

  According to the present invention, when the movable handle portion is rotated about the rotation axis, the protruding portion rotates together with the movable handle portion, so that the drawer can be easily locked and unlocked.

Hereinafter, a storage container in an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, the code | symbol 1 shows a storage container.
The storage container 1 is configured by laminating a plurality of rectangular box-shaped containers 2 made of resin. A top plate portion 3 is provided on the top surface of the container 2 arranged at the top.
A plurality of containers 2 are stacked, but since each component is the same, only one container 2 will be described.

The container 2 includes a drawer 6 for storing an object to be stored, a support portion 7 that supports the drawer 6, and a lock mechanism 11 that locks the drawer 6 in the support portion 7.
The drawer 6 is formed in a rectangular shape and is slidably supported by the support portion 7. The sliding direction of the drawer 6 is the front-rear direction of the storage container 1, that is, the depth direction D. A handle cutout 8 is formed at the lower end of the front surface of the drawer 6.

  The support portion 7 is formed in a rectangular box shape, and a rectangular opening 12 that opens one of the long side portions is formed. The drawer 6 is slidably fitted into the opening 12.

Furthermore, the lock mechanism 11 in this embodiment includes a resin movable handle portion 13 disposed in the handle cutout 8.
As shown in FIG. 2, the movable handle portion 13 includes a rectangular plate-like base portion 16. A shaft portion 18 that projects in the width direction W of the storage container 1 is integrally formed on the back side in the depth direction D of both side portions of the base portion 16. Further, a handle portion 26 formed in a mountain shape is integrally formed on the front surface portion of the base portion 16 in the depth direction D. The handle portion 26 is formed with a finger-hanging concave portion 17 with the open end 21 directed downward. The finger is hooked by inserting the finger into the finger-holding recess 17 through the open end 21. At this time, of the front inner wall portion 22 in the finger hanging concave portion 17, the finger hanging portion 23, which is a region where the finger is hooked, is disposed above the shaft portion 18 in a side view. The finger-hanging part 23 constitutes a part of the front inner wall part 22. Further, the front inner wall portion 22 is formed so as to be inclined so that the dimension in the depth direction D gradually increases toward the lower side. That is, the lower end side of the front inner wall portion 22 is positioned closer to the front side than the upper end side.

A leaf spring (biasing member) 27 is integrally formed at the upper end of the handle portion 26. As shown in FIG. 3, the leaf spring 27 is disposed between the upper end of the handle portion 26 and the upper end surface 8 a in the handle notch 8, and urges the movable handle portion 13 downward. Yes.
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a protruding portion 28 that protrudes downward is integrally formed in the vicinity of the handle portion 26 on the back surface of the base portion 16. That is, the length dimension d1 when viewed from the side from the front inner wall portion 22 to the protruding portion 28 is set to be smaller than the length dimension d2 when viewed from the side from the shaft portion 18 to the protruding portion 28.

The movable handle portion 13 is formed as one component in which the base portion 16, the shaft portion 18, the handle portion 26, the leaf spring 27, and the protruding portion 28 are integrally formed of resin.
With such a configuration, the movable handle portion 13 passes through the shaft portion 18 by fitting the shaft portion 18 into a hole portion 31 (shown in FIG. 4) formed in the handle cutout 8. It is supported so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis L. Further, when the movable handle portion 13 is rotated, the projecting portion 28 is also rotated about the rotation axis L. The rotation axis L is an axis extending in the direction perpendicular to the width direction W of the storage container 1, that is, the sliding direction (depth direction D) of the drawer 6 among the directions along the bottom surface of the drawer 6.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the integrally formed restriction | limiting board 14 is provided in the both ends of the width direction of the handle part 26. As shown in FIG. The restriction plate 14 comes into contact with the upper surface of the support plate portion 15 formed at both ends in the width direction of the handle cutout 8. The restricting plate 14 abuts on the support plate portion 15, so that the movable handle portion 13 is restricted from rotating more than a predetermined angle toward the outside of the handle notch 8.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, a recessed portion (fitted portion) 33 to be fitted is formed at the center in the length direction of the lower frame portion 32 of the opening 12. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, in a natural state where the drawer 6 is pushed into the support portion 7 and the finger is not hooked on the finger-hanging recess 17, the movable handle portion 13 is biased downward by the leaf spring 27, The protruding portion 28 is fitted into the fitted recess 33. As a result, the drawer 6 is locked in the support portion 7. On the other hand, when the movable handle portion 13 is rotated upward against the urging force of the leaf spring 27, the protruding portion 28 is extracted from the fitted recess 33, and the locked state of the drawer 6 is released. ing. When the drawer 6 is locked, the rotational position at which the movable handle portion 13 is arranged becomes the lock position R, and when the drawer 6 is unlocked from the lock position R, the rotational position at which the movable handle portion 13 is arranged. Is the unlocking position U.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the lower frame portion 32 is formed with a long groove 37 extending over the entire length. A resin reinforcing plate 38 extending in a plate shape is fitted into the long groove 37 with its short side portion directed in the vertical direction. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 36 denotes a reinforcing rib.
Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the bottom surface portion (back surface) 39 of the support portion 7 is formed to be substantially flat so as not to be caught by the drawer 6 below.

Next, the effect | action of the storage container 1 in this embodiment is demonstrated.
In a state where the drawer 6 is slid to the near side, the objects to be stored are arranged in the drawer 6 and the drawer 6 is pushed into the support portion 7, whereby the objects to be stored are stored in the storage container 1.
When the drawer 6 is pushed into the support portion 7, the movable handle portion 13 is arranged at the lock position R by being urged by the leaf spring 27. Therefore, the protruding portion 28 is fitted into the fitting recessed portion 33 and the drawer 6 is locked.

  In order to pull the drawer 6 to the near side from this state, the following is performed. That is, a finger is inserted into the finger-hanging recess 17 and the finger is hooked on the finger-hanging portion 23. When the finger is pulled forward with a predetermined force, the front inner wall portion 22 is inclined, so that the movable handle portion 13 is directed upward with the rotation axis L as the rotation center against the urging force of the leaf spring 27. Rotate. At this time, since the protrusion 28 is provided integrally with the movable handle 13, the protrusion 28 rotates about the rotation axis L. Then, when the movable handle portion 13 is arranged up to the lock release position U, the protruding portion 28 is pulled out of the fitted recessed portion 33 and the drawer 6 is unlocked. Accordingly, when the finger is pulled forward, the drawer 6 is slid forward.

Note that when the movable handle portion 13 is rotated from the lock position R to the lock release position U, the finger hook portion 23 is disposed above the shaft portion 18, so that it rotates and moves more smoothly with a small force.
Further, when the protruding portion 28 is formed at a position close to the shaft portion 18, a larger amount of movement is required to completely extract the protruding portion 28 from the fitted recessed portion 33. Since the protruding portion 28 is provided in the vicinity of the handle portion 26, the protruding portion 28 is extracted with a smaller amount of movement. Moreover, since it is provided in the vicinity of the handle part 26, the protrusion part 28 rotates and moves more linearly.
Furthermore, since the reinforcing plate 38 is provided on the lower frame portion 32 of the support portion 7, deformation of the opening 12 during and after processing is prevented. At this time, since the short side portion of the reinforcing plate 38 is directed in the vertical direction, the vertical deformation of the opening 12 is more effectively prevented.
Further, since the bottom surface portion 39 of the support portion 7 is formed substantially flat, the drawer 6 is smoothly slid without the clothes stored in the drawer 6 disposed below the bottom surface portion 39 being caught by the bottom surface portion 39. The

As described above, according to the storage container 1 in the present embodiment, when the movable handle portion 13 is rotated about the rotation axis L, the protruding portion 28 is rotated together with the movable handle portion 13, so that the rotation of the movable handle portion 13 is performed. The motion can be smoothly connected to the rotational motion of the protrusion 28 with less loss. Therefore, the drawer 6 can be easily locked and unlocked.
In addition, since the front inner wall portion 22 is inclined, the movable handle portion 13 can be rotated upward by simply pulling the finger hook portion 23 toward the front without being conscious of lifting the movable handle portion 13 upward. . Therefore, the drawer 6 can be smoothly released and slid by a single action by simply pulling the handle portion 26 in the direction in which the drawer 6 is slid.

Further, since the finger hook portion 23 is disposed above the shaft portion 18, the movable handle portion 13 can be smoothly rotated with a smaller force, and the drawer 6 can be unlocked more easily. Can do.
Further, since the protruding portion 28 is provided in the vicinity of the handle portion 26, the protruding portion 28 can be extracted from the fitting recessed portion 33 by slightly rotating the movable handle portion 13. Further, since the protruding portion 28 is provided in the vicinity of the handle portion 26, the protruding portion 28 can be rotated and moved more linearly, and the protruding portion 28 can be easily put in and out of the fitted recess 33. it can.

Further, since the reinforcing plate 38 is provided on the lower frame portion 32 of the support portion 7, it is possible to prevent the opening 12 from being deformed during and after processing, and the drawer 6 can be smoothly slid over a long period of time. be able to. Further, since the short side portion of the reinforcing plate 38 is directed in the vertical direction, the reinforcing plate 38 is compared with the case where the short side portion is oriented in the horizontal direction and the reinforcing plate 38 is laid down. The higher rigidity can be adjusted in the vertical direction, and the vertical deformation of the opening 12 can be effectively prevented. Further, since the fitted recess 33 and the reinforcing plate 38 are both provided in the lower frame portion 32, the fitted recess 33 can be prevented from being deformed in the vertical direction, and the drawer 6 can be securely attached over a long period of time. Can be locked or unlocked.
Further, since the bottom surface portion 39 of the support portion 7 is formed to be substantially flat, it is possible to prevent clothes and the like stored in the drawer 6 disposed below the support portion 7 from being caught on the bottom surface portion 39, and the drawer 6 Can slide smoothly.
Furthermore, since the movable handle part 13 is integrally molded as one part, the configuration can be simplified.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of containers 2 are stacked. However, the number of the containers 2 can be changed as appropriate. For example, the number of containers 2 may be one.
Further, the bottom surface portion 39 of the support portion 7 is formed to be substantially flat. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the center portion of the support portion 7 is left on the bottom surface portion 39. You may form the back surface opening part 43 over the substantially whole surface. The back surface opening 43 is formed in a rectangular shape and two are formed in the width direction of the support portion 7. Thereby, not only can the weight of the entire container 2 be reduced, but also the cost can be reduced.
Further, although the reinforcing plate 38 is made of resin, the material is not limited to this, and the material can be changed as appropriate, such as metal.
The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the storage container which concerns on this invention. It is a side view which expands and shows the movable handle part of FIG. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the locking mechanism of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the drawer | drawing-out and locking mechanism of FIG. 1 was seen from the downward direction. It is a figure which shows the support part of FIG. 1, Comprising: It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the top plate part was removed. It is explanatory drawing which shows the mode of the rotational movement of a movable handle part from a side surface. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the support part of FIG. 1 was expanded and it was seen from the downward direction. It is explanatory drawing which shows the modification of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage container 6 Drawer 7 Support part 11 Locking mechanism 12 Opening part 13 Movable handle part 17 Finger hook recessed part 21 Open end 22 Front inner wall part 23 Finger hook part (area | region where a finger is hooked)
27 Leaf spring (biasing member)
28 Protruding portion 32 Lower frame portion 33 Fitted recess (fitted portion)
37 Long groove 38 Reinforcement plate 39 Bottom (back)
42 Back opening L Rotation axis

Claims (7)

A storage container for storing objects,
A drawer for storing the storage object;
A support portion for slidably supporting the drawer;
A lock mechanism for locking the drawer in the support portion;
The locking mechanism is
A movable handle portion supported so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis extending in a direction intersecting a sliding direction of the drawer among the directions along the bottom surface portion of the drawer;
When the movable handle portion is provided integrally with the movable handle portion and protrudes downward from the movable handle portion, and the movable handle portion is rotated about the rotational axis, the movable handle portion rotates with the rotational axis as the center. A protruding portion,
An urging member that is provided integrally with the movable handle and urges the movable handle in the direction of rotating downward about the rotation axis;
Provided in the support portion, and in a state where the movable handle portion is disposed at a predetermined rotational position, a fitted portion into which the protruding portion is fitted ,
Storage container and the movable handle portion and the projecting portion and the biasing member is characterized that you have been integrally formed by resin. The movable handle has a finger-hanging recess with an open end directed downwardly and a finger hooked through the open end to slide the drawer;
The storage container according to claim 1, wherein a front inner wall portion in the finger hanging recess is inclined toward the front side of the drawer so that the open end side is wide. The movable handle has a finger-hanging recess with an open end directed downwardly and a finger hooked through the open end to slide the drawer;
2. The storage container according to claim 1, wherein a region of the front inner wall portion of the finger-hanging recess where a finger is hooked is provided above the rotation axis. The movable handle has a finger-hanging recess with an open end directed downwardly and a finger hooked through the open end to slide the drawer;
2. The storage according to claim 1, wherein a length dimension from a front inner wall portion to the projecting portion in the finger hanging recess is set to be smaller than a length dimension from the rotation axis to the projecting portion. container. The support is formed in a rectangular shape;
The storage container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the back surface of the support portion is formed to be substantially flat. The support is formed in a rectangular shape;
The storage container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a back surface opening is formed on the back surface of the support portion. The support portion includes an opening for sliding the drawer;
The long frame along the width direction of the drawer is provided in the lower frame portion of the opening, and a reinforcing plate is fitted in the long groove. The storage container described in 1.

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