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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a wall cabinet, and is particularly
concerned with an improvement of wall cabinets wherein cabinets tall
enough to reach a ceiling surface from a floor surface in the room are
installed at suitable portions such as the center and others of the room
to screen off the room or provided upright along a wall surface of the
room.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The prevalent room arrangement is such that cabinets tall enough to reach a
ceiling surface from a floor surface in the room are installed along a
wall surface of the room to use the overall wall surface effectively as a
containable space, or the cabinets are provided at suitable portions such
as the center and others of the room to form a containable space and also
to screen off the room. In such cabinets, a containable space is secured
effectively much in the room, and for preventing the cabinets from being
turned slantingly or upside down, the cabinets are constructed so as to
reach a ceiling surface from a floor surface and also installed to stretch
against the floor surface and the ceiling surface. In such prior art
cabinets, a lower end of the cabinet is placed on an underframe of
constant height, a top frame divided vertically is mounted in a gap space
between an upper end surface of the cabinet and the ceiling surface, the
gap is filled up by expanding the upper and lower top frames, and then the
top frame is fixed to stretch against the ceiling surface.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an improvement of the aforementioned wall cabinet,
and in a wall cabinet wherein cabinets reaching a ceiling surface from a
floor surface are installed along the room wall surface to form much
containable space, or the cabinets are installed at suitable portions such
as the center and others in the room to screen off the room, the invention
is to provide some improvement wherein a containable space is effectively
formed in the room, a gap between an upper end surface of the cabinet and
the ceiling surface is filled up at a top of the cabinet, the cabinet is
prevented from turning slantingly or upside down by stretching against the
ceiling surface, then at a lower portion of the cabinet, it is installed
on a pedestal adjustable vertically, and thus where, for example, a
plurality of cabinets are provided laterally, lower end portions of the
cabinets are aligned to a nice external appearance regardless of a
tongued-and-grooved face of the floor, and the cabinets can be installed
simply and securely.
Further, the invention is to provide an all-lock device capable of locking
cabinets constituting a container part of the wall cabinet as described
all at once.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a front view of a wall cabinet given in one embodiment of the
invention;
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary front view of the wall cabinet;
FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line I--I of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken on line II--II of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line III--III of FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken on line IV--IV of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 a perspective view of a cabinet upper portion representing another
example of a top dividing member;
FIG. 9 is a main part longitudinal sectional front view of the top dividing
member of FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional side view representing another example
of the top dividing member;
FIG. 11 is a front view of a cabinet portion having a dead part;
FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the cabinet of FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a cabinet 10 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a cabinet 11 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a cabinet 12 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a cabinet 13 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 17 is a main part perspective view of a lock device cabinet 13;
FIG. 18 is a perspective view of an example of the lock device for drawer
cabinet;
FIG. 19 is a fragmentary sectional perspective view of a cabinet 14 in FIG.
1;
FIG. 20 is a transverse sectional view of the cabinet 14;
FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing a general construction of a shutter
roller for cabinet 15 in FIG. 1;
FIG. 22 is a perspective view of a tray inserted within the cabinet;
FIG. 23 is an exploded perspective view of a bookcaselike tray;
FIG. 24 is a front view of one part of cabinets constituting a container
part provided with an all-lock device;
FIG. 25 is a perspective view showing a locking motion for multistage
drawer in the cabinets of FIG. 24;
FIG. 26 is a main part enlarged front view of FIG. 24;
FIG. 27 is a rear elevation of the door in FIG. 24;
FIG. 28 is a sectional view taken on line I--I of FIG. 27;
FIG. 29 is a sectional view taken on line II--II of FIG. 27;
FIG. 30 is a sectional view taken on line III--III of FIG. 27;
FIG. 31 is an enlarged plan sectional view taken on line IV--IV of FIG. 26;
FIG. 32 is a sectional view taken on line V--V of FIG. 31;
FIG. 33 is a sectional view taken on line VI--VI of FIG. 31;
FIG. 34 is a sectional view taken on line VII--VII of FIG. 31;
FIG. 35 is a sectional view taken on line VIII--VIII of FIG. 31;
FIG. 36 is a perspective view of a cover plate viewed from a rear side;
FIG. 37 is an enlarged plan sectional view taken on line IX--IX of FIG. 26;
FIG. 38 is a sectional view taken on line X--X of FIG. 37;
FIG. 39 is a perspective view of an upper interlocking motion;
FIG. 40 is a sectional view taken on line XI--XI of FIG. 37;
FIG. 41 is a sectional view taken on line XII--XII of FIG. 37;
FIG. 42 is a sectional view taken on line XIII--XIII of FIG. 37;
FIG. 43 is a sectional view taken on line XIV--XIV of FIG. 38;
FIG. 44 is an explanatory drawing of function when an upper cam is raised;
FIG. 45 is an explanatory drawing of function when the upper is turned
down;
FIG. 46 is a sectional view taken on line XV--XV of FIG. 37;
FIG. 47 is a perspective view of a lower interlocking motion;
FIG. 48 is a sectional view taken on line XVI--XVI of FIG. 37;
FIG. 49 is a sectional view taken on line XVII--XVII of FIG. 48;
FIG. 50 is an explanatory drawing of function when a lower cam is turned
down.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The invention will now be described in detail with reference to the
accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a wall cabinet relating to the
invention comprises coupling and fixing lower pedestals 4 provided on a
floor surface 2 and adjustable of a height between the floor surface 2 and
a lower end surface of cabinets on a lower portion of various cabinets
tall to almost reach a ceiling surface 3 from the floor surface 2 in the
room which work as a container part 1, and also coupling and fixing upper
dividing members 5 adjustable of a vertical move to the cabinets as fitted
between the ceiling surface 3 and a top of the cabinets on an upper
portion of the container part 1. Then, as shown also in FIG. 1, upper
shelves 6 . . . of a height are provided on an upper portion of the
container part 1 full lengthwise in a cross direction of the container
part 1, a drawer cabinet 7, a slide cabinet 8 or a heavyweight thing such
as safe 9 or the like are incorporated as a base, as illustrated,
thereunder, and various cabinets such as double-hinged cabinet 10,
single-hinged cabinet 11, locker cabinet 12, drawer type door cabinet 13,
shutter door cabinets 14, 15, normal open shelf 16, shelf 17 provided with
a glass slide door and the like can be built therein.
Those with a height capable of being fitted between various cabinets and
the ceiling surface 3 will be selected for the upper shelves 6 . . .
provided widthwise of the container part 1 of the wall cabinet according
to a height from the floor surface 2 to the ceiling surface 3 of the room
in which the wall cabinet is installed, and thus an overall height of the
wall cabinet is adjustable to installation correspondingly to various
sizes of room space. That is, when the height from the floor surface 2 to
the ceiling surface 3 is big, a tall one is used as the upper shelf 6, but
when it is not big, the shelf may be omitted. Further, in the invention,
the construction comprises providing height adjusting means consisting of
the upper dividing member 5 and the lower pedestal 4 on top and bottom of
the container part 1 as described, therefore the wall cabinet can be
installed securely in the room space.
As described above, for the container part 1 consisting of various
cabinets, upper and lower top frames 21, 22 constituting the upper
dividing member 5 are arranged adjustably of the height on the top of a
body 20 of the cabinet constituting the container part 1 (or on the top of
the aforementioned upper shelf 6), and an underframe 23 constituting the
lower pedestal is also arranged adjustably of the height on the bottom of
the cabinet body 20, as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3.
That is, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, a buttonlike locking member 27
provided with a head 26 of large diameter d2 on a head 25 of diameter d1
is provided projectingly on a top rear portion of a top sheathing 24 at an
upper portion of the cabinet body 20, a rear portion of a locking piece 29
of leaf spring make with a downward bend 28 formed on the front end is
fixed on a top front portion of the top sheathing 24 with a screw 30, the
lower top frame 22 mounted detachably thereon is a frame with a side plate
31 U-shaped in section provided projectingly around, a lower end of the
side plate 31 is bent properly inward to a base plate 32 with opening, the
buttonlike locking member 27 on the upper surface of the cabinet top
sheathing 24 is fitted in a rear portion of the base plate 32 at the rear
end, a round-bellied groove 33 lockable to the head 25 is provided at the
front end, a locking part 34 curled upward is provided on a front portion
of the base plate 32 and the lower top frame 22 is inserted longitudinally
and so engaged along the upper surface of the top sheathing 24. Brackets
36, 36 longitudinal vertically and U-shaped in section are provided inside
of surface plates 35, 35 around the upper top frame 21 fittable to the
lower top frame 22 and moving vertically which correspond to a
longitudinal direction of the cabinet body 20, and a locking groove 37 is
provided on the back of each bracket 36 vertically at a pitch P. On the
other hand, a lower portion of an elastic body 38 such as synthetic resin
or the like is fixed on the inside of the side plates 31, 31 coming
longitudinally of the lower top frame 22 within brackets 39, 39 with a
screw 40, and a claw 41 projecting externally on a top of the elastic body
38 is kept facing externally through a hole of each side plate 31, thereby
locking in each locking groove 37 of the brackets 36, 36 coming
longitudinally of the upper top frame 21.
On the other hand, in a lower end portion of the cabinet body 20, a lower
end of left and right side plates 42, 42 and a front housing case 44 are
coupled by proper means and both the side plates 42, 42 and a back plate
45 are also coupled by proper means, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, a
member 47 upsidedown U-shaped in section is surrounded between an inward
horizontal portion of a lower end of the back plate 45 and a horizontal
portion of the front housing case 44 with its horizontal flange part
projected inward, U-shaped left and right adjuster receivers 48, 48 are
stretched longitudinally on a lower surface of an upper horizontal flange
part of the underframe 23, a male screw is fixed on a bottom portion of
each adjuster receiver 48 apart by proper interval longitudinally, and
adjusters 49, 49 paired longitudinally are mounted for ready move
vertically downward independently. Then, reference numerals 50, 50 denote
shoes longitudinal and U-shaped in section, which are inserted movably up
and down from the lower surface of each adjuster receiver 48 and so
interposed between a lower surface of the adjuster 49 and the floor
surface 2.
In the aforementioned construction, in case the underframe 23 is first
placed on the floor surface 2 with the shoe 50 put on a lower surface of
the adjuster receiver 48, and then the cabinet body 20 is assembled and
provided upright on the upper surface of the underframe 23, the lower top
frame 22 of the upper dividing member 5 is covered with the upper top
frame 23 beforehand, and when the upper top frame 23 is drawn up, the claw
41 on outside of each elastic body 38 in the lower top frame 22 has its
lower side slant face pushed onto an end surface of the locking groove 37
on the back of each inside bracket 36 in the upper top frame 21, comes out
around the side plate 31 of the lower top frame 22 against a spring force
of the elastic body 38, comes to lock in the locking groove 37 at every
constant pitch P of the upper top frame 21, thus adjusting the upper top
frame 21 vertically stepwise, therefore a vertical size between an upper
end of the upper top frame 21 and the lower top frame 22 is set beforehand
to be somewhat smaller than that between an upper end of the assembled
cabinet body 20 and the ceiling surface 3, the cabinet body 20 is provided
upright on the underframe 23, and from inserting the lower top frame 22
toward the inner part side of the cabinet body 20 along an upper surface
of the cabinet top sheathing 24, the buttonlike locking member 27 on the
top sheathing 24 is engaged in the round-bellied groove 33 of the lower
top frame 22, and the curled locking part 34 can be engaged with the
downward bend of the locking piece 29. Then, after providing the cabinet
body 20 upright on the underframe 23 as described, the cabinet is
stretched between the room floor surface 2 and the ceiling surface 3 by
pushing each adjuster 49 downward from the bottom opening of the cabinet
body 20 by means of a tool such as screwdriver, wrench or the like, upper
and lower spaces of the room are thus filled up by the cabinet and the
cabinet is prevented from being turned slantingly or upside down.
As described above, a vertical size between both upper and lower top frames
21, 22 of the upper dividing member 5 to be mounted on an upper end of the
cabinet body 20 can be set stepwise, therefore if the vertical size
between the upper and lower top frames 21, 22 is set in order prior to
installing a plurality of assembled cabinets as the cabinet body 20, then
mounting is considerably simplified, and the cabinets can be disposed with
a vertical spacing between the cabinet upper end and the ceiling surface
3, namely a row of the cabinet upper ends trued up uniformly. Then, a
surface appearance of the upper top frame 21 will be surrounded by the
lower top frame 22, or the elastic body 38 with the claw 41 for adjusting
a spacing between both the top frames 21, 22 stepwise may be provided on a
side of the upper top frame 21 in this case. Further, the claw 41 may be
provided in a pair not only longitudinally of the cabinet frontage in
general but also horizontally of the cabinet. Furthermore, the lower
pedestal 4 bearing a lower end of the cabinet can be controlled fine
vertically stepwise, therefore lower ends of the cabinets provided
laterally can be aligned in order, and a safe working will be ensured for
adjusting the cabinets to stretch between the room floor surface 2 and the
ceiling surface 3. With a base plate 51 of the cabinet detachable, the
adjuster 25 will be operated therefrom, and thus the adjusting device
cannot be observed from outside of the cabinet, which may look nice.
Then, as another structure of the upper dividing member 5 mounted on an
upper end of the cabinet body 20, that of FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 may be
employed. Here, a dividing frame 60 is a downward-open boxed member with
an area almost same as the top of the cabinet body 20, bearing metal
fittings 61 . . . provided at proper portions on an inside lower surface
thereof are placed on an upper end of an adjusting screw 62, the adjusting
screw 62 is fitted in a fitting hole 65 formed on the top sheathing of the
cabinet body 20, fastened by a clamp ring 63 and mounted on a cap 64
fitted on the top of the cabinet body 20 as projecting upward through the
fitting hole 65 of the cabinet top sheathing, and a guide rail 66 of a
desirable shape in section is mounted at opposite side edge portions on
the top of the cabinet body 20 with a screw or other means, which supports
a cover 67. With one side as an open edge 68, the cover 67 is formed into
a U-shape as observed in plane, a slider part 70 to be fitted slidably in
the guide rail 66 is fused on an inside of opposite sides 69, then a
proper rugged portion (not indicated) is formed on a contact surface of
the opposite sides 69 and the guide rail 66 not to slide unexpectedly in
the direction where the cover 67 is detached, a length of the opposite
sides 69 of the cover 67 is same as an upper side edge of the cabinet body
20 or half thereof, which will be so selected alternatively according to a
place where the cabinet is installed. That is, when the cabinet is
installed at a proper portion such as center or the like so as to serve as
a screen in the room, the covers 67, 67 having a short side each are
mounted longitudinally of the cabinet, as shown in FIG. 8, so as not to
expose the open edge 68, and when the cabinet body 20 is disposed close to
a wall surface 18 as shown in FIG. 10, the cover 67 having the long side
69 almost same in size as the depth of an upper side edge of the cabinet
body 20 is mounted from ahead of the cabinet body 20, thereby mounting a
coupling metal fitting 71 to the wall surface 18 on the top of cabinet
body by means of a space formed by the open edge 68 positioned on the rear
side.
In the above-described upper dividing member 5, the dividing frame 60 is
brought into contact with the ceiling surface 60 from operating the
adjusting screw 62 from inside the cabinet body 20 and a space between the
dividing frame 60 and the top of cabinet body is covered by the cover 67,
therefore a gap between the top of the cabinet body 20 and the ceiling
surface 3 is filled up to a full function and effect inherent in such
screen, and the cover 67 can be mounted simply by sliding and fitting in
the guide rail 66 mounted on the top of cabinet body, further the open
edge 68 is formed on the cover 67, and when the cabinet body 20 is
disposed close to the wall surface 18 by means of the open edge 68, the
coupling metal fitting 71 for preventing the cabinet body 20 from turning
slantingly ahead can be mounted simply on the top of the cabinet body 20,
and not only it can be prevented from turning slantingly as mentioned but
also a useless exposure of an electric wiring by disposing the electric
wiring such as lighting or the like which is mounted on the ceiling
surface 3 by means of the open edge 68 on the top of the cabinet and
covering with the cover 67.
Referring next to various cabinets constituting the container part 1, for
example, a heavyweight immovable 80 such as safe or the like shown in FIG.
1 can be installed within the assembled cabinet as shown in FIG. 11. The
assembled cabinet with such immovable 80 incorporated therein comprises
the immovable 80 such as safe or the like which works as an assembly base
or core material and a cabinet boxed member 81. As shown in FIG. 12, the
cabinet boxed member 81 comprises combining a lower frame 82 (to be
divisible longitudinally as illustrated) fitted to a lower end of the
immovable 80 in contact with the floor, a coupling metal fitting 83 fitted
to a top of the immovable 80, a rear plate 84 stopped detachably on the
lower frame 82 and the coupling metal fitting 83, an opposite side plate
85, and a top sheathing 86 provided on an upper end of the rear plate 84.
Such assembled cabinet comprises covering the large-sized and heavyweight
immovable 80 such as safe or the like by the cabinet boxed member 81,
therefore the immovable such as safe or the like will never be disposed as
exposed in the room to a high effect in theft prevention, and dimensions
or other requirements of each member for the cabinet boxed member 81 are
properly set in consideration of a harmony with other cabinets disposed in
the room, thus keeping an external appearance of the entire cabinet in
order without causing an unbalance on the interior layout unlike hitherto
where the immovable such as safe or the like is disposed in an offhand
manner, further the immovable installed beforehand at a predetermined
position in the room as mentioned is covered by the assembly cabinet boxed
member as a base for assembling the cabinet boxed member, thus loading
reasonably the immovable within the cabinet without involving a hard work
of carrying such heavyweight immovable into the cabinet boxed member,
which is regarded as impossible realistically.
Next, the double-hinged cabinet 10 in FIG. 1 is, for example, as shown in
FIG. 13. The cabinet 10 comprises disposing hinges 93, 93 at proper
positions vertically of a front end portion of opposite side plates 91, 91
of a cabinet body 90 to fix door side fitting pieces 93a, 93a on the side
plate 91, fixing a traveling rail 95 almost C-shaped in section at
positions corresponding to the hinges 93, 93 on the inside of one door
almost horizontally, inserting a slider (not indicated) longitudinal
horizontally in the rail 95 slidably, fixing the slider on the door side
fitting piece 93b in the hinge 93. Reference numerals 96, 96' denote guide
rails provided longitudinally on outside upper and lower end portions of
the side plate 91, and 97 denotes a roller disposed on opposite upper and
lower portions of a base end portion of a door 94 so as to rotate in the
guide rails 96, 96'. Thus the door 94 is ready for rotating to the body 90
through the hinges 93, 93, and is shiftable longitudinally along an outer
surface of the side plate 91 from the state where it opens almost at right
angles to a front of the body.
Then, the cabinet 11 in FIG. 1 comprises mounting a right-hinged door 101
rotatably on a front opening of a cabinet body 100 as shown in FIG. 14, a
pull frame 103 made of synthetic resin or the like is mounted on a pull
hole part perforated at a proper portion of a front panel 102 toward an
open free end of the door 101, and a latch rod 104 with a latch claw
mounted on opposite ends is turned indirectly through a pull hole of the
pull frame 103, thereby constructing the door 101 closeable. That is, one
side of the door 101 is pivoted, one longitudinal latch rod 104 is
disposed on an inside of the door almost in parallel with the pivot,
portions near opposite ends of the latch rod 104 are journaled rotatably
in a pair of bearing members fixed near to a pair of side edge plates
toward a free end of the door 101, the latch claws are fitted unturnably
in opposite ends of the latch rod 104, the latch rod 104 is turned through
manipulation from a front side of the door 101, thereby engaging the latch
claws with an engaging part on a side of the cabinet body 100.
Next, the cabinet denoted by numeral 12 in FIG. 1 is a metallic locker
shown in FIG. 15, and the locker 12 comprises a locker body 110 and a
righthinged door 112 mounted turnably to a front opening of the locker
body 110 through hinges 111, 111, and as in the case of the
above-described cabinet 11, a pull frame 114 of synthetic resin make is
provided at a proper portion of a front panel 113 toward an open free end
of the door 112.
The drawer type door cabinet denoted by numeral 13 in FIG. 1 comprises
installing drawers in multistage between left and right side plates 121,
121 as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17. The illustrated cabinet has three stages
of drawers (not indicated) installed movably back and forth between the
opposite side plates 121, 121 of a cabinet body 120, a door 135 is
provided turnably upward at every portions corresponding to each drawer
between front end edges of the opposite side plates 121, 121 in the
cabinet body 120, and the construction is such that the drawers are ready
for drawing by turning the door 135 up to a horizontal state and thrusting
and containing into the cabinet body 120 along a guide rail (not
indicated). Then, a longitudinal rod 122 square in section is provided
movably up and down at a portion this side of the insides of opposite side
plates 121 of the body 120, a locking rod 123 is pinned at an intermediate
portion 124 on the insides of opposite side plates 121 at every portion
corresponding to each door 135, one end of the locking rod 123 is locked
to the longitudinal rod 122 with a pin 125, and thus when the longitudinal
rod 122 ascends, it comes to engage all at once with a locking part 126
formed on another end portion of the locking rod 123 and an engaging part
formed on the back of each door 135, thus locking the drawers, and when
the longitudinal rod 122 descends, the engaged state is released and the
door 135 is ready for turning to release the locked state.
In the drawings, 127 denotes a lock fixed on an inside of an upper housing
case 128 of the cabinet body 120, 130, 130' denote cross rods of a round
bar disposed horizontally to extend toward the side plates 121 each from
behind the lock 127, the lock 127 has a key hole faced on a front of the
cabinet body 120, and couples base end portions 132, 132' of both cross
rods 130, 130' through a coupling member 131. The coupling member 131 is
U-shaped in section, couples the flat base end portions 132, 132' of the
cross rods 130, 130' to opposite end portions of the base plate by pins,
thus keeping the cross rods 130, 130' and the coupling member 131 almost
linear in posture, and thus both the cross rods 130, 130' shift
horizontally along the line of axis by operating the lock. Then, a slope
130b extending slantingly downward is formed on a nose portion 130a of the
cross rod 130 positioned on the right side of both cross rods 130, 130', a
slope 130b' extending slantingly upward is formed on a nose portion 130a'
of the cross rod 130' positioned on the right side, the upper surface of
the downward slope 130b in the right side cross rod 130 turns upwardly a
lever coupled to an upper end of the right side longitudinal rod 122
according as both the cross rods 130, 130' shift in the same direction
(indicated by B in the drawing), and the upper surface of the upward slope
130b' in the left side cross rod 130' turns upwardly the lever 136 coupled
to the left side longitudinal rod 122, thus locking the drawer thrusted
into the cabinet body 120, and when the lock 127 is released from the lock
state, both the vertical rods 122 descend according to the reverse action,
and each locking rod 123 is disengaged from each door 135 to release the
locked state.
As described above, since the cross rods 130, 130' merely shift
horizontally according to the operation, the cross rods 130, 130' can be
provided close to a lower surface of a top sheathing 133, lower end
surfaces of the cross rods 130, 130' are kept on a constant level
regardless of the locking operation, a dead space will not arise under the
top sheathing 133 more than necessary, and thus a vertical width of the
upper housing case 128 to hide the lock 127 and the cross rods 130, 130'
can be minimized. Further, both the cross rods 130, 130' can be formed and
also wrought simply by bending round bar or other material.
Then, the above-described construction is that for locking the drawers by
locking the door 135 journaled in the cabinet body 120, however, as
indicated by numeral 7 in FIG. 1, in the normal drawer cabinet with
drawers merely installed therein, the locking rod may be made detachable
to the locking part provided on outside of the drawers. Then, it is not
necessary to lock opposite sides of the drawer, and either one side may be
locked. Further, the longitudinal rod will be energized upwardly on a
spring, and the drawers may be locked according as the longitudinal rod
descends, however, the direction in which the cross rods shift for
operating the lock will be reversed, or the direction in which the slopes
incline will be reversed in this case.
Still further, that of FIG. 18 may be employed as a locking device in the
drawer cabinet 7.
In the drawing, numeral 140 denotes a drawer supported movably back and
forth between left and right side plates of the cabinet, 141, 141 denotes
a pair of longitudinal rods provided movably up and down on insides of the
side plates, and a locking side 143 detachable with the front of an
engaging side 142 provided on outsides of the side plates of the drawer
140 on each stage is provided projectingly on an inside of the
longitudinal rod 141. A reference numeral 144 denotes a front panel of
each drawer 144, and 145 denotes a lock provided near an almost central
upper end of the front panel 144, and the construction is such that a
locking piece 146 of the lock 145 projects upwardly by a proper size to a
locking part (not indicated) perforated in the lower surface of a front
frame of the cabinet at the time of locking.
Reference numerals 147, 147 denote a pair of lever rods disposed on a lower
surface of the cabinet top sheathing in parallel with the front panel 144
of the drawer 140, halfway portions 148, 148 of both the lever rods 147,
147 are pivoted on a horizontal shaft, ends of the lever rods 147, 147 are
engaged with upper end engaging holes 149, 149 of the longitudinal rods
141, 141 each, and other ends of the lever rods 147, 147 are coupled
mutually by a horizontal pin 150. A kinematic motion for lifting the
longitudinal rods 141, 141 according to an ascent of the locking piece 146
of the aforementioned lock 145 comprises a turning shaft 151 disposed on a
lower surface of the top sheathing rectangularly to the drawer front panel
144 and crank arms on longitudinal ends thereof, the turning shaft 151 is
journaled turnably in a bearing plate 153 mounted on a horizontally
longitudinal reinforcing plate fixed on the lower surface of the top
sheathing, and the crank arms 152, 152' projecting mutually counter on
longitudinal ends of the turning shaft 151 are disposed shiftingly at
180.degree. each other. Then the rear crank arm 152' is brought into
contact with a top notched portion between the horizontal shaft of
intermediate portion 154 of the lever rod 147 and a coupled portion of
ends of the lever rods 147, 147 by the horizontal pin 150, and the crank
arm 152 is kept facing over the locking piece 146 in the aforementioned
lock 145.
Then, a reference numeral 155 denotes a longitudinally inclined guide plate
provided on outer surfaces of the side plates of the drawer 140, 156, 156
denote contact shoes provided on both longitudinal rods 141, 141, and when
each drawer 140 is moved longitudinally, the contact shoe 156 comes in
contact with an upper surface of the inclined guide plate 155, moves the
longitudinal rod 141 correspondingly to a head of the inclined guide plate
155, and when one drawer 140 is drawn out of the cabinet body, the locking
piece 143 on a side of the longitudinal rod 141 ascends to a front of the
locking piece 142 in the other drawer 140 contained within the cabinet
body to give a check to double drawing operation of the drawer 140, thus
preventing the cabinet body from falling forward.
According to the above-described construction, after all the drawers are
contained within the cabinet body, a key is inserted in the lock 145 on
the front panel of the drawer 140, and the locking piece 146 is projected
upwardly, then the locking piece 146 is thrusted into the locking part
hole on the front frame of the top sheathing, the drawer 140 can thus be
locked to the top sheathing, and the front crank arm 152' pushes a portion
toward one end of the one lever rod 147 downward. Thus, the longitudinal
rod 141 engaging therewith is moved upwardly through the other end of the
lever rod 147, the longitudinal rod 141 on one end of the other lever rod
147 coupled turnably with the lever rod 147 by the horizontal pin 150 is
moved upward concurrently therewith, and the locking piece 143 projecting
to each longitudinal rod 141 comes to a front of the engaging piece 142 of
each drawer side plate, thus locking each drawer.
For releasing the locked state to the contrary, the key is inserted in the
lock 145 in the drawer, and the locking piece 146 is drawn downward, then
the front crank arm 152 turns downward, ends of the lever rods 147, 147
and the longitudinal rods 141, 141 descend on empty weight to the
contrary, thus releasing the locked state of all the drawers.
Then, the rear crank arm 152' of a kinematic motion for the left side lever
rod 147 and the locking piece 146 may be disposed to come in contact with
an upper surface side of the right side lever rod 147, and the drawer can
be locked on the left side only from disengaging the right side lever rod
147, the longitudinal rod 141 and the engaging piece 142 on the right side
of the drawer 140.
Next, the shutter cabinet denoted by numeral 14 in FIG. 1 is shown in FIGS.
19 and 20.
In the drawings, a reference numeral 160 denotes a cabinet body, 161
denotes a shutter, 162 denotes a guide groove, 163 denotes a divider, and
164 denotes a support member. The cabinet body 160 comprises setting the
shutter 161 in a front opening, forming a space 165 for containing the
shutter 161 therein by partitioning with the divider 163, and providing
the guide groove 162 for guiding the shutter 161 on the top sheathing and
the base plate. The shutter 161 comprises coupling a multiplicity of
constituent rods 166 . . . turnably inward, providing a closing pull 167
on one end, and providing a slider 168 almost L-shaped in section on lower
portions of the constituent rods 166 . . . .
Then, as shown in FIG. 21, the shutter cabinet 15 of FIG. 1 is that of
having a shutter door which comprises hoisting the shutter at an upper
portion of the cabinet, a shutter hoisting means 171 is mounted at central
or rear portion, for example, on the upper portion of a body 170, or as
illustrated, a hoisting disk 173 is mounted properly apart on a shaft 172
journaled at the upper portion of the body 170, and while not so
indicated, the hoisting means 171 provided with a spring for rotating and
energizing the shaft 172 in the direction where a shutter 174 is hoisted
is disposed, a rotation guide 176 close to the back of the shutter 174 for
rotation guiding or, for example, provided with a rotation guiding disk
178 in a proper number on a shaft 177 journaled between the side plates of
the cabinet body 170 is disposed at a cabinet corner 175 on the top of
cabinet body 170 which is ahead of the hoisting means 171, namely the
position close to the back of cabinet front housing case.
Then, in the drawing, a reference numeral 180 denotes a top cover for
hiding the hoisting means and the rotation guide 176, 181 and 182 denote
pulls on a lower stage and upper stage which are provided on a lower end
and midway of the shutter 174 respectively, 183 denotes a shelf, 184
denotes a base plate, 185 denotes a stopper mounted on an inside of the
lower portion of the shutter 174, and an upper bound at the time of
hoisting of the shutter 174 can be regulated by the stopper 185.
Further, a tray mounting device shown in FIG. 22 may be provided within
various cabinets constituting the container part. A reference numeral 190
in the drawing denotes a cabinet body, 191 denotes a side plate, 192
denotes a back plate, and a ridged reinforcing part 193 or, for example, a
channeled member is disposed opposite vertically on inside of the side
plates 191 and fixed on spot welding or the like, thereby mounting on an
inside of the side plate 191, and a multiplicity of fitting holes 194 are
provided vertically on the surface of the ridged reinforcing part 193.
Then, the tray mounting device comprises, as illustrated, a mounting part
195 L-shaped in plane, a transverse hanger 196 almost same in width as
that of internal space of the cabinet body 190, the mounting part 195 is
armlike in shape as illustrated, and its base end is fixed with the hanger
196 each other. Accordingly, the mounting part 195 is armlike to the
hanger 196 in an assembled state, and the tray mounting device is almost
U-shaped in plane. If the mounting part 195 is locked at the height same
as fitting holes 194 . . . of the ridged reinforcing part 193 provided on
the opposite side plates 191, 191 of the cabinet body 190, then the hanger
196 is laid transverse between the mounting parts 195. Then, from locking
a hook 201 formed on the back of an upper portion of a bookcaselike tray
200 indicated by an imaginary line on an upper vertical support 197, the
tray 200 can be arranged and so contained in the cabinet body 190.
Further, the mounting position can be changed arbitrarily by changing an
engaging position of the hook 201 with the upper vertical support 197
crosswise. According to the tray mounting device, the bookcaselike tray
200 can be mounted within the cabinet body 190 simply by engaging the hook
201 provided on the back of the tray 200 with the upper vertical support
197 of the hanger 196, and it can be disassembled and miniaturized to
packaging before use. Then, these members are mounted on a dead space of
the surfaces of the side plates 191 and the back plate 192 in the cabinet
body 190, therefore an available area in the cabinet will be maximized.
The tray 200 is shown in FIG. 23. For the tray 200 illustrated therein, two
back plates 202, 202 are disposed almost at right angles to form a back
plate part L-shaped in section, a rectangular side plate 203 with one
angular part removed is formed integrally on a side edge of the back plate
part to a bookcaselike tray body, a rectangular opening 204 is provided
near to a free end portion of each back plate 202 as illustrated, the hook
piece 201 is provided projectingly somewhat apart from an outer surface of
the back plate 202 through an open edge of the opening 204 on a free end
side of the back plate 202, and an insertion hole 206 and an engaging hole
207 for the divider 205 are provided at proper portions longitudinal of
the back plate 202.
Then, an elongated grooved engaging hole for engaging the claw 20 of a
caption 213 is provided at a portion of the side plate 203 on a free end
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