JPH0432989Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a furniture underframe that is placed under furniture such as chests of drawers, bookshelves, and cupboards.

(Prior art) Generally, furniture such as chest of drawers is equipped with a wooden rectangular underframe (also called architrave), and the underframe is placed directly on the floor or tatami mats, etc. A chest of drawers, etc. can be placed there. The upper surface of the floor, tatami mat, etc. on which furniture is placed is generally horizontal, but if heavy furniture is placed on top of it, the furniture may tilt due to its weight. Therefore, the inclination of the furniture was corrected by placing a thin plate or the like under the underframe, but this adjustment was extremely troublesome and caused problems such as spoiling the appearance.

Therefore, there is a device that solves the above problem by providing simple screws at both inner corners of the underframe.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) By the way, in the conventional underframe in which screw jacks are provided at both inner corners, each jack comes into direct contact with the floor, etc., so the surface supporting the furniture is narrow, and surface pressure, i.e., The load per unit area was large, which caused problems such as denting or damage to floors and tatami mats, as well as requiring time and effort to adjust.

The present invention was created in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to create furniture that does not dent or damage floors, tatami mats, etc., is easy to correct its inclination, and does not damage its appearance. To provide the underframe for use.

(Means for solving the problem) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical measures.

In other words, the present invention is applicable to furniture such as chests of drawers, bookshelves, etc.
The underframe 1 is disposed below, and one end 3B is attached to the lower end of the underframe main body 2 by a hinge 4,
A bottom plate 3 is provided, the other end 3A of which is attached via a lift drive means 5, and the lift drive means 5 is operable from above the frame main body 2.

(Function) According to the present invention, when correcting the inclination of the furniture 8, the underframe 1 is placed at a desired position, the furniture 8 is placed on the underframe main body 2, and the front door 34 directly above the underframe is opened or The extractor is removed and the lifting/lowering drive means 5 is operated to move one side of the frame body 2 up and down with respect to the bottom plate 3 to eliminate the inclination of the furniture 8 and set it in a vertical state.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes an underframe, which includes a wooden rectangular underframe main body 2, and a bottom plate 3 made of a rectangular wood board whose rear ends 3B are attached by hinges 4 at both left and right ends.
, the top surface of both left and right ends of the front end 3A of the bottom plate and the underframe body 2
It is constituted by a lifting/lowering drive means 5 for the underframe main body 2 attached to the inner surface.

The front side plate 2A of the underframe main body 2 is provided with a notch step 6 at the inner lower end, into which the front end 3A of the bottom plate 3 fits, and the left and right ends of the front side plate 2A, A horizontal groove 7 for locking the lifting/lowering driving means 5 is provided on the inner surface of the front end of the side plate 2B.

Moreover, a fitting positioning member 9 for the furniture 8 to be placed on the frame body 2 is fixed to the upper end of the inner surface of the frame body 2 at a proper position.

The bottom plate 3 is disposed within the underframe main body 2 so that the bottom surface is flush with the lower end surface of the underframe main body 2, and the rear end 3
A hinge 4 is fixed to both left and right ends of the upper surface of B and the corresponding inner surface of the rear plate 2C with wood screws 10.

The lifting/lowering drive means 5 is a screw jack, has a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from above, and has a ridgeline with a right angle, and includes a mounting bracket 12 having a mounting portion 11 formed on the lower side of the ridgeline, and a tube with a flange 13. It consists of a shaped nut member 14, a screw shaft 15, a receiver 16 attached to the bottom plate 3, and a connecting screw 17 that loosely connects the screw shaft 15 and the receiver 16, and is operated by a handle 18. ing.

The mounting portion 11 of the mounting bracket 12 has a right-angled mounting wall surface, and the lower ends thereof are bent outward to form a projecting piece 19.
is formed, and the projecting piece 19 is attached to the underframe main body 2.
It is adapted to be fitted into and locked in the horizontal groove 7 of.
The mounting portion 11 is provided with a screw insertion hole 20, and is fixed to the front inner corner of the underframe body 2 with a wood screw 21, so that part of the weight of the furniture 8 is absorbed. , is transmitted to the screw jack 5 via the wood screw 21 and the protrusion 19. 22 is a handle insertion hole.

The collar 13 formed on the outer periphery of the upper end of the nut member 14 serves as a mounting part to the mounting bracket 12, and is provided with a plurality of screw insertion holes 23, and is fixed to a screw hole 24 provided in the mounting bracket 12 with a mounting screw 25. has been done.

The upper end of the screw shaft 15 is provided with a fitting square hole 26 into which the handle 18 can be fitted, and the lower end is formed with a spherical protrusion 27 and a screw hole 28 is provided.

The receiver 16 includes a rectangular mounting flange 29 that is substantially in the shape of an inverted dish when viewed from the side, and has a plurality of screw insertion holes 30.
The center of the upper surface is provided with a concave spherical seat 31 and a screw insertion hole 32. The curvature of this spherical seat 31 is made to be the same as the curvature of the spherical protruding surface 27 of the screw shaft 15.

Then, the receiver 16 inserts the connecting screw 17 inserted into the screw insertion hole 32 from below into the screw shaft 1.
By screwing into the screw hole 28 of No. 5, the spherical protruding surface 27 and the spherical seat 31 are slidably and loosely connected.

This receiver 16 is attached to the upper surface of both left and right ends of the front end 3A of the bottom plate 3 with wood screws 33.

34 is the front door of the furniture 8.

According to the above embodiment, the screw jack 5 attached to the underframe main body 2 is raised and lowered by the handle 18, and the furniture 8 is moved with the lower surface of the bottom plate 3 and the lower surface of the underframe main body 2 flush with each other. Place it in the desired position,
Furniture 8 is placed on the underframe 1 and its inclination is corrected.
To correct the inclination, first open the front door 34 of the furniture 8, and insert the handle 18 into the fitting square hole 26 of the jack 5.
By fitting the handles 18 and rotating the handle 18, the nut member 14 moves up and down, and the mounting bracket 1
2, the front side of the underframe main body 2 is lifted up and down, and the furniture 8
The slope is corrected to make it vertical or slightly upward. At this time, since the lower end of the screw shaft 15 is spherically supported by the spherical seat 31 of the holder 16 and the connection is loose, the inclination of the screw shaft 15 due to the vertical movement of the nut member 14 is prevented by the spherical support. There is no twisting or twisting, smooth lifting and lowering operations are performed, and no unreasonable force is applied to the underframe 1.

Further, since the projecting piece 19 provided on the mounting bracket 12 of the lifting/lowering driving means 5 is fitted into the horizontal groove 7 of the underframe main body 2, the support structure can be made robust.
It is possible to prevent the wooden screws 21 from loosening, and also to prevent the mounting fittings 12 from falling off due to damage to the wooden parts, so that the furniture 8 can be supported stably.

The lifting and lowering drive means 5 in the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

(Effect of the invention) As described above, the present invention is an underframe 1 placed under furniture 8 such as a chest of drawers, a bookshelf, etc.
A bottom plate 3 is provided at the lower end of the frame body 2, with one end 3B attached by a hinge 4 and the other end 3A attached via a lift drive means 5, and the lift drive means 5 is operated from above the underframe main body 2. Since the furniture 8 is supported on the floor surface, etc. by the entire lower surface of the bottom plate 3, the surface pressure is small, and the furniture 8 does not damage or dent the floor, tatami mats, etc. Without,
Further, the lifting/lowering driving means 5 is easy to operate, and the inclination of the furniture 8 can be easily and efficiently corrected without spoiling the appearance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view, FIG. 2 is a partially longitudinal side view of the lifting/lowering drive means, and FIG. 3 is a bottom view of FIG. 2. 1... Underframe, 2... Underframe body, 3... Bottom plate, 3
A...front end, 3B...rear end, 4...hinge, 5...
...Lifting and lowering drive means, 7...Horizontal groove, 8...Furniture, 1
2... Mounting bracket, 15... Screw shaft, 16... Receiver, 19... Protruding piece, 27... Spherical protruding surface, 31...
Spherical seat.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Underframe 1 placed under furniture 8 such as a chest of drawers, bookshelves, etc.
A bottom plate 3 is provided at the lower end of the underframe main body 2, with one end 3B attached by a hinge 4 and the other end 3A attached via a lift drive means 5. A furniture underframe characterized by being operable from above the underframe main body 2.