JPH08214964A - Middle container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a middle container that is easy to put things in and to take them out without sacrificing the usefulness of a sink, a counter, or the like, even while sitting on a wheelchair. CONSTITUTION: The container main body 1 of a middle container A, which is arranged between a counter 3 provided with a sink 5 or the like, and a hanging shelf 4 arranged on the upper part of the counter 3, are mounted on the lower surface of the hanging shelf 4 horizontally in the front and rear direction so as to be freely slidable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an intermediate storage arranged corresponding to, for example, a lifting cabinet, and in particular, household articles such as tableware and pots and cosmetics while sitting in a wheelchair or the like. The present invention relates to an intermediate storage that can easily store or take out articles such as.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a height-adjustable kitchen cabinet or vanity cabinet (hereinafter referred to as a care cabinet) so that a disabled person sitting in a wheelchair can perform kitchen work and vanity makeup work. ) Etc. have been proposed, but in the case of such a care cabinet, for example, when storing household items such as washed dishes and used cosmetics in the storage part, people with disabilities can work while sitting in a wheelchair. In order to be able to perform the above, it is desirable to dispose an intermediate storage between a counter equipped with a sink and the like and a hanging cabinet arranged above the counter.

However, since the conventional intermediate storage is fixedly arranged on the lower surface of the hanging cabinet, it is easy to store the article in the front part of the intermediate storage, but the article is provided in the depth part. There is a problem in that it is very inconvenient because the user has to extend from the wheelchair to work in storing the object or taking out the article in the depth portion.

In order to eliminate such inconvenience, it is conceivable to increase the storage capacity to some extent by forming a large depth dimension of the intermediate storage and projecting it to the front side. In the configuration, there is a problem that the intermediate storage is overhanging to the front side of the sink or the like, and the usability of the sink or the counter is sacrificed. The problem with retrieval is still unsolvable,
Had a problem.

The present invention was devised in view of the present situation, and the purpose thereof is to construct a sink so that the intermediate storage can be pulled out to the front side if necessary. An object of the present invention is to provide a user-friendly intermediate storage that enables easy storage and removal of articles from the depth of the intermediate storage without sacrificing usability such as a counter or a counter, even while sitting in a wheelchair. Is.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a counter provided with a sink or the like and a hanging cabinet arranged above the counter are provided. The storage cabinet body of the intermediate storage cabinet is attached to the lower surface of the hanging cabinet so as to be horizontally slidable in the front-rear direction.

In the present invention, the front side of the storage main body is formed so as to be inclined downward so that articles can be taken in and out easily, and the inclination angle is such that a person with a physical disability can sit on a wheelchair. In this state, it is desirable that the arm be formed with an inclination angle that matches the rotation trajectory of the hand when the arm is extended and swung up or down.

Further, according to the present invention, a draining shelf is formed at the lowermost stage of the storage main body so that water drops adhering to washed dishes and pots flow down directly to the sink or are received on the upper surface of the counter. It is desirable to configure so that

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the intermediate storage A according to this embodiment, the storage main body 1 has a counter 3 of a care cabinet 2 whose height can be freely adjusted and above the care cabinet 2. It is attached horizontally to the front side between the hanging cabinet 4 and the hanging cabinet 4.

The storage case main body 1 of the intermediate storage case A has a rectangular ceiling plate 10, side plates 11 and 12 connected to both sides of the ceiling plate 10, and rear side faces of the side plates 11 and 12. The rear plate 13 disposed, the partition plates 14 and 15 disposed between the side plates 11 and 12, the bottom plate 16 disposed below the left side plate 11 and the partition plate 14, and the partition plate. 14
And a draining shelf 17 disposed below the right side plate 12, and the right chamber 18 and the left chamber 19 defined by the partition plate 14 are height adjustable and detachable shelves. Board 20,
21 and 22 are arranged, and a cutting board storage portion 23 is formed on the right side of the partition plate 15 on the right chamber 18 side.

In this embodiment, the draining shelf 17 is provided with a sink 5 of the care cabinet 2 as shown in FIG.
It is arranged so as to be located right above, and is configured so that water drops adhering to washed dishes and pots directly flow down to the sink 5. Of course, the upper surface of the counter 3 may receive the water droplets from the water draining shelf 17.

The ceiling plate 10 is composed of the both side plates 11 and 12.
Is fixed at a position one step lower than the upper end of the rail, and a mounting rail for mounting the rails 25, 25 in a recess 24 defined by the ceiling plate 10 and the upper ends of the side plates 11, 12. 26, 26 are fixed, and a space between the mounting bars 26, 26 is covered with a cover plate 27.

A lighting fixture 28 is attached to the lower surface of the ceiling plate 10 and above the right chamber 18.

The power cord 29 of the lighting fixture 28 passes through a through hole 30 formed in the ceiling plate 10 and the ceiling plate 10 described above.
Is led from the upper surface side to a through hole 31 formed in the wall surface, and the power cord 29 between the through holes 30 and 31 is
A space formed by the ceiling plate 10, the mounting bars 26, 26, and the cover plate 27 in a state in which a cylindrical cover is attached to the front surface side and is bent in a plane V shape. The intermediate storage A is extended when it is pulled out to the front side, and is returned to the bent state when it is stored to the depth side. Of course, in the present invention, it is not necessary to form the power cord 29 as in the above embodiment,
For example, the cover may be omitted and the power cord may be wound in a coil shape so that the intermediate storage A can be expanded and contracted in response to advance and retreat.

Further, the both side plates 11 and 12 are formed such that the front upper part to which the curtain plate 32 for concealing the lighting fixture 28 is attached is vertically formed, and the width from the vertical part to the lower part is gradually reduced. The width dimension of the lower end portion of each of the inclined surface portions 33, 33 is formed to be substantially the same as the depth dimension of the bottom plate 16 and the draining shelf 17. Of course, the partition plates 14 and 1
The depth dimension of 5 is also formed to be substantially the same as the depth dimension of the lower ends of the inclined surface portions 33, 33.

The inclined surface portions 3 of the side plates 11 and 12 are
The inclination angles of 3 and 33 are formed to match the rotation trajectory E of the hand when the handicapped person B is sitting on the wheelchair C and the arm D is extended and swung up or down. (See FIGS. 5 and 6).

On the other hand, on the lower surface of the hanging cabinet 4, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, rails 25,
Mounting rails 35, 35 to which the receiving rails 34, 34 engaging with 25 are mounted are fixed.

Therefore, the rails 25, 25 and the receiving rails 34 for sliding the storage main body 1 in the front-back direction,
As is clear from FIG. 4, 34 is the storage body 1
Side mounting bars 26, 26 and mounting bars 35, 35 on the side of the hanging cabinet 4.
And the housing main body 1 is hung on the lower surface of the hanging cabinet 4, and both side portions 27a, 27 of the lid plate 27 are engaged with each other.
"a" is extended to a position immediately beyond the mounting rails 26, 26 just before colliding with the mounting rails 35, 35 on the side of the hanging cabinet 4, and the rails 25, 25 and the receiving rails 34, 34 are engaged with each other. The part is concealed so as not to be exposed to the outside, and the fallen objects are prevented from being caught between the rails 25 and 25 and the receiving rails 34 and 34, and obstructing the movement of the intermediate storage A in the front-rear direction. Is configured to be able to.

Of course, the rails 25 and 25 and the receiving rail 3
4, 4 and 34 are provided with a retaining means having a well-known structure so as to prevent the intermediate storage A from falling accidentally.

Next, a usage mode of the intermediate storage A configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the intermediate storage A is set on the depth side, the upper part of the counter 3 and the sink 5 of the care cabinet 2 is not covered by the intermediate storage A, so that the cleaning work is performed. And cooking work can be performed easily, and the tableware after washing is stored in the draining shelf 17, or the used cutting board is stored in the cutting board storage section 23, or the seasoning and the tableware are stored. Storage and withdrawal can be easily performed with a comfortable posture in which the arm D is extended while sitting on the wheelchair C.

Further, when articles are to be stored in or taken out from the depth side of the intermediate storage A, for example, the intermediate storage A can be pulled out to the front side by using the draining shelf 17 as a clue as shown in FIG. As shown in, when the care cabinet 2 is easily moved to the front side and the intermediate storage A is pulled out to this side, the depths of all the shelves and the bottom plate are within the rotation locus E of the hand. Since it is located in the wheelchair C, the article can be stored in or taken out from the depth side of the intermediate storage A in a comfortable posture in which the arm D is simply extended while sitting on the wheelchair C. In this case, since the front surfaces of the side plates 11 and 12 are inclined downward, the intermediate storage A
It is also possible to prevent an accident in which the storage body 1 collides with the head and is injured when the is pulled out to the front side,
It is safe.

The above embodiment has been described by taking the case where the intermediate storage A can be manually slid back and forth as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the intermediate storage A may be configured to be slid by a motor. In this case, the switch may be disposed on the front side of the care cabinet together with the lighting equipment switch.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the intermediate storage can be pulled out to the front side as needed, without sacrificing the usability of the sink or the counter. You can easily store and take out items from the depth of the intermediate storage, even while sitting in a wheelchair.

Further, according to the present invention, since the front side of the storage main body is formed so as to be inclined downward, articles can be taken in and out easily, and when the articles are drawn out,
This is very safe because there is no risk of the storage main body colliding with the head or the like and injuring it.

Further, in the present invention, by forming a draining shelf in the lowermost stage of the storage main body, water drops adhering to washed dishes or pots can be dropped directly on the sink, or on the upper surface of the counter. Since it can be received, it does not cause a problem that the floor or the like gets wet with the water droplets, and thus has many excellent effects.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an attached state of an intermediate storage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the intermediate storage.

FIG. 3 is a perspective explanatory view showing a slide mechanism of the intermediate storage.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged explanatory view showing an engaged state of a rail and a receiving rail that configure the slide mechanism of the intermediate storage.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where the intermediate storage is set on the depth side.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state where the intermediate storage is pulled out to the front side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Intermediate storage C C Wheelchair D Arm E Hand rotation locus 1 Storage main body 2 Care cabinet 3 Counter 4 Hanging cabinet 5 Sinks 11 and 12 Both side plates 17 Drain shelf 24 Rail 33 Sloping surface part 34 Receiving rail

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage cabinet body disposed between a counter equipped with a sink and the like and a hanging cabinet arranged above the counter is horizontally slidable in the front-rear direction on the lower surface of the hanging cabinet. An intermediate storage attached to the. 2. The intermediate storage according to claim 1, wherein a front side of the storage main body is formed to be inclined downward. 3. The draining shelf is formed at the lowermost stage of the storage body, and the drainage shelf is formed.
The intermediate storage described in any of 1.