JPH08145542A - Article-storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an article storing device capable of being small in size, light in weight, easily manufactured as well as assembled, repairable and further being installable inside a refrigerator and the like. CONSTITUTION: A front panel 2 is installed in front of a shelf plate 1 and the front panel 2 is formed with a plurality of opening s 2a. A deep side of each of the openings 2a has a boat member 3 so as to enable some bottles for soft drinks or the like. The boat member 3 is inserted into slits 15 formed at the front end of the shelf plate 1 and fixed there by screws 16. At the front side of the boat member 3 is fixed a door member 4 for an upper shelf plate 1 under a state in which a shaft supporting projection is fed into a shaft supporting hole 12 formed at a shaft supporting plate 11. When a bottle is pulled out of it and the door member 4 occupies a vertical attitude shown in the figure, its operating action part strikes against a sensing part of a micro- switch 5 so as to inform it of a taking-out of a product.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for storing articles, and more particularly to a structure of a device which is installed inside a refrigerator installed in a hotel or the like and is configured to detect a state in which a beverage or the like is drawn out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional hotel refrigerator is provided with a large number of article storage sections, each of which is configured to store a beverage such as beer or juice or a food such as a knob. is there. A door member is attached to the entrance of each article container, and since the door member is maintained in a state of being rotated inward by the article when the article is accommodated, the entrance is in an open state. It is configured so that the article can be pulled out.

When the article is pulled out from the article storage section, the door member that has been pushed up by the article is released and pivots downward to close the entrance. At this time, a predetermined micro switch is operated with the rotation of the door member to notify the front of the hotel that the article has been pulled out.

[0004] In this case, the door member after the article is pulled out is closed so that the door can be opened and closed, and once closed, the door member is opened again and fixed so that the empty bottle cannot be pushed in. , Various products have been developed.

[0005]

In the above conventional article accommodating apparatus, steel plates are joined to form a frame, and a pivotal support portion is provided on the frame to insert the rotary shaft attached to the door member. Since the structure is adopted and a large number of parts must be fixed by screws, welding, etc., there is a problem that the device assembly takes time and the volume and weight of the entire device increase. In addition, there is also a problem that repair is difficult because once installed and a failure occurs, it is necessary to take out the entire device from the refrigerator and disassemble the device.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and the problem is that the volume of the articles to be accommodated can be made smaller and lighter than the conventional apparatus, and the manufacturing and assembling are easy. Moreover, it is to realize a new article storage device that can be easily repaired.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a means of the present invention is to arrange a panel provided with an opening through which a product can be put in and taken out in front of a shelf board and to open and close the opening. In an article accommodating device having a door member freely attached and a detection means for detecting the taking-out of the article,
A horizontally extending axially supporting portion is provided at an upper portion of the door member, and an axially supporting hole capable of accommodating the axially supporting portion is formed above the opening side and at a front side of the axially supporting hole. Forms a notch that can introduce the shaft support into the shaft support hole,
The door member is rotatably attached in a state where the shaft support portion is introduced into the shaft support hole.

Here, it is preferable that a boat member for placing the article is arranged on the shelf plate, and the front end of the boat member is attached to the opening side end of the shelf plate.

In this case, further, a slit is formed at the front end portion of the shelf board, a tongue-shaped portion that can be inserted into the slit is formed at the front end portion of the boat member, and the tongue-shaped portion is inserted into the slit. It is desirable to fix it.

Further, it is preferable to provide a rotation stopping portion for restricting rotation of the door member toward the opening side.

In this case, it is further preferable that a boat member for mounting the article on the shelf plate is attached and the rotation stopping portion is formed on the opening side of the boat member.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the pivotal support portion of the door member is formed so as to be introduced into the pivotal support hole through the notch, the number of parts is small and the assembling work is facilitated, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced. In addition, since the door members can be individually replaced without disassembling the device, the repair work becomes extremely easy.

According to the second aspect, since the boat member is arranged on the shelf plate, the depth of the shelf plate can be reduced only by changing the shape, length, etc. of the boat member according to the article. The size and weight of the device can be reduced. Also, by fixing the front end of the boat member to the opening-side end of the shelf plate, the boat member can be replaced from the front panel side, improving the workability of product relocation and repair. Can be made.

According to the third aspect, a slit is formed in the front end portion of the shelf board, and the tongue-shaped portion of the boat member is inserted and fixed therein to thereby firmly fix the shelf board and the boat member. You can

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by providing the rotation stopping portion for stopping the rotation of the door member toward the opening side, it is possible to prevent the shaft supporting portion from abutting against the notch portion side, so that the shaft supporting portion is supported. It is possible to prevent escape from the support hole.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, by providing the rotation stopping portion on the boat member, it is possible to insert and remove the shaft supporting portion through the notch portion only by removing the boat member. Can be done easily.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an article storage device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, left and right extending shelf plates 1 are attached to a plurality of left and right side plates (not shown) in a plurality of stages, and a front surface provided with a plurality of circular openings 2a in front of the shelf plate 1. The panel 2 is attached. A boat member 3 is arranged on the shelf plate 1 corresponding to the inside of each opening 2a. A door member 4 is rotatably hung from above from behind the opening 2a of the front panel and near the front surface of each boat member 3.

The door member 4 has a door surface 4 as shown in FIG.
1, a pair of shaft support projections 42 formed on the left and right of the upper part, an action portion 43 formed on the upper end portion thereof by bending, and a curved portion 44 formed on the lower end portion of the door surface 41 are provided. .

On the other hand, the shelf plate 1 is formed with a pair of shaft support plates 11 by bending a part of the plate surface downward.
A shaft support hole 12 is formed in each of the shaft support plates 11. A cut portion 11a that is inclined approximately 45 degrees from the horizontal is formed diagonally below the front of the shaft support plate 11, and a cutout portion 13 that is connected from the cut portion 11a to the shaft support hole 12 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the shaft support projection 4 of the door member 4
2 is introduced into the shaft supporting hole 12 through the notch 13 so that the door member 4 is rotatably suspended from the shaft supporting plate 11. Once the shaft-supporting projection 42 is introduced into the shaft-supporting hole 12, the door member 4 is in a substantially vertical posture by its own weight, and does not escape from the shaft-supporting hole 12 in the rotation range shown in FIG. A micro switch 5 is attached to a lower rear surface of a portion of the shelf plate 1 sandwiched by the shaft support plates 11, and a detecting portion 51 of the micro switch 5 has a door member 4 in a vertical posture.
Is arranged so that the action portion 43 comes into contact with and is turned on.

As shown in FIG. 1, a front edge portion 14 which is bent downward is formed at the front end portion of the shelf board 1, and a screw is inserted into the front edge portion 14 at a position corresponding to the lower side of each opening 2a. An insertion hole (not shown) is formed. Also, this front edge 1
A slit 15 is formed at the base of No. 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, the boat member 3 is composed of a substantially flat bottom surface portion 31 and side surface portions 32 standing upright from the bottom surface portion 31 at an angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane. The bottom surface portion 31 bends downward at the front end portion, is inserted into the slit 15 formed at the front end of the shelf board 1 as shown in FIG. 1, and has a locking portion 31a having a screw hole (not shown) and a rear end portion. Rear part 31 extending upward
and b. The side surface portion 32 has a recessed portion 32 formed so as not to come into contact with the door member 4 when the door member 4 is rotated rearward.
a and a stop portion 32b which is formed in front of the recess 32a and restricts the forward rotation of the door member 4.

The engaging portion 31a of the boat member 3 is provided with the slit 1
5, the screw 16 is inserted into an insertion hole formed in the front edge portion 14 of the shelf board 1, and the locking portion 3 overlapping the insertion hole 3 is inserted.
The boat member 3 is fixed to the shelf board 1 by screwing the screw 16 into the screw hole formed in 1a. In this case, the screw hole is the locking portion 31 of the boat member 3.
Since it is formed in a, even if the screw hole of the locking portion 31a is damaged, it is sufficient to replace only the boat member with the shelf plate intact, and disassembling work is also unnecessary for repair.

Plural types of lengths of the boat member 3 are prepared so as to fit the articles to be accommodated, and these may be attached appropriately according to the arrangement of the articles.
Although the shape of the boat member 3 of this embodiment is formed according to the shape of the beverage, it can be appropriately designed to have an arbitrary shape according to the shape of the article to be stored.

The opening 2a of the panel 2 is formed so that articles can be taken in and out, but it is formed at a position separated from the front edge portion 14 of the shelf board 1 so that the screw 16 cannot be operated to prevent tampering. .

In the embodiment described above, the door member 4 can be rotatably mounted by a simple method of introducing the door member 4 into the shaft supporting hole 12 of the shaft supporting plate 11 through the notch 13, so that a rotary shaft can be mounted. Since it is not necessary to attach a plurality of door members at the same time, manufacturing and assembling are easy, and repair can be performed very easily.

Further, since the front end of the boat member 3 is configured to be mounted on the shelf board 1, a boat member having a shape suitable for the article to be housed can be properly mounted, and the front surface is also used for assembly and repair. Can be easily installed and replaced from the side.

In this embodiment, the side plate, the shelf plate 1, and the panel 2 are used as a framework, and the boat member 3 is arranged on the shelf plate 1 to form a storage portion according to the article, thereby making it possible to store the shelf. Since the depth of the plate 1 can be shortened, the volume of the entire apparatus can be reduced and the weight can be reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, the pivotal support portion of the door member is formed as a pair of pivotal support projections protruding to the left and right.
For example, it can be formed in various shapes such as a protrusion protruding inward from the left and right or a slit formed in the upper portion of the door member and using the upper portion of the slit as a shaft supporting portion. The notch formed in the shaft support plate may be formed horizontally instead of obliquely as described above as long as it is formed on the front side of the shaft support hole. In the above embodiment, the notch is formed obliquely so that the door member can be easily attached to the shaft support plate.

[0030]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects. According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the shaft supporting portion of the door member is formed so as to be introduced into the shaft supporting hole through the notch, the number of parts is small and the assembling work is facilitated, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Since the door members can be individually replaced without disassembling the device,
Repair work is also extremely easy.

According to the second aspect, since the boat member is arranged on the shelf plate, it is possible to reduce the depth of the shelf plate only by changing the shape and length of the boat member according to the article. The size and weight of the device can be reduced. Also, by fixing the front end of the boat member to the opening-side end of the shelf plate, the boat member can be replaced from the front panel side, improving the workability of product relocation and repair. Can be made.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the shelf plate and the boat member are firmly fixed by forming a slit in the front end portion of the shelf plate and inserting and fixing the tongue portion of the boat member therein. You can

According to the fourth aspect, by providing the rotation stopping portion for stopping the rotation of the door member toward the opening side, it is possible to prevent the shaft supporting portion from abutting against the notch portion side, so that the shaft supporting portion is supported. It is possible to prevent escape from the support hole.

According to the fifth aspect, by providing the rotation stopping portion on the boat member, it is possible to insert and remove the shaft support portion through the notch portion only by removing the boat member. Therefore, the door member is attached and detached. Can be done easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view showing an embodiment of an article storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the shapes of a door member and a shaft support plate of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view showing the attachment structure of the door member of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view showing the shape of the boat member according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Shelf Board 2 Front Panel 2a Opening 3 Boat Member 4 Door Member 5 Micro Switch 11 Shaft Support Plate 12 Shaft Support Hole 13 Notch 14 Front Edge 15 Slit 16 Screw 31 Bottom Part 32 Side 32a Recess 32b Stop 42 Shaft Support protrusion 43 Working part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A door member provided with a panel provided with an opening through which articles can be taken in and out in front of a shelf board, the door member being openably and closably attached to the opening, and a detection means for detecting the taking out of the articles. In the article storage device having the above-mentioned, the door member is provided with a horizontally extending axial support portion at an upper portion thereof, and an axial support hole formed to accommodate the axial support portion is formed above the opening side, and On the front side of the shaft support hole, a notch portion capable of introducing the shaft support portion into the shaft support hole is formed,
An article storage device, wherein the door member is rotatably attached in a state in which the shaft support portion is introduced into the shaft support hole. 2. The boat member for mounting the article on the shelf plate according to claim 1, wherein a front end portion of the boat member is attached to an end portion on the opening side of the shelf plate. An article storage device characterized by: 3. The slit according to claim 2, wherein a slit is formed at a front end portion of the shelf board, and a tongue-shaped portion that can be inserted into the slit is formed at a front end portion of the boat member, and the tongue-shaped portion is formed. An article storage device characterized by being inserted into a slit and fixed. 4. The article storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation stop portion that restricts rotation of the door member toward the opening side. 5. The boat member according to claim 4, wherein a boat member for mounting the article is mounted on the shelf board, and the rotation stopping portion is formed on the opening side of the boat member. Article storage device.