JP2018011708A - Overturn prevention device, device, and storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a distance to a floor face when a device to be prevented from overturning is moved compared with a case where an overturn prevention member is attached at a lower position than an attachment position of a wheel for moving attached on an underside of the device.SOLUTION: A storage device 10 comprises: a storage device body 11 having a structure capable of storing an article inside; four casters 31-34 attached at four corners on an underside of the storage device body 11; and four overturn prevention members 21-24 mounted immediately above the four casters 31-34. The overturn prevention members 21-24 are mounted at far positions with respect to attachment positions of the casters 31-34 from a floor face at four corners where the four casters 31-34 are attached on the underside of the storage device body 11. The overturn prevention members 21-24 each have an adjuster capable of adjusting a height.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a fall prevention device, a device, and a storage device.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a tipping prevention device having a curved fan-shaped tipping prevention member that is rotatably attached to a support shaft of a caster installed on a bottom surface.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a toppling prevention device that is rotatably connected to the main body of a device that is to be prevented from falling with the upper end as a fulcrum, and is configured to prevent the device from falling by being deployed from the side surface of the main body. Is disclosed.

JP 2002-252475 A JP 2005-227633 A

  By attaching casters (moving wheels) to the four corners of the bottom surface of the apparatus, the apparatus can be configured to be moved when necessary.

  In addition, to prevent such a device from falling down during use, a fall-preventing member having a height-adjustable adjuster is mounted on the device, and the adjuster is adjusted to support the floor surface, thereby allowing the toppling strength May be improved.

  In this case, it is possible to obtain a larger fall prevention effect by attaching to the four corners of the bottom surface than attaching the fall prevention member to the center of the four sides of the bottom surface of the apparatus. For this reason, the fall prevention member is mounted at the four corners of the bottom surface.

  However, when casters are provided at the four corners of the bottom surface of the apparatus, it is common to mount the fall prevention member at a position closer to the floor surface than the mounting position of the casters.

  In such a configuration, even if the adjuster is moved to the uppermost position in order to move the device, a gap (lowest ground clearance) between the floor and the floor cannot be secured so much that there are obstacles such as power cords and steps. There was a case where the mobility was poor due to the adjuster coming into contact with the slope or the slope.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a floor when moving a device that is to be prevented from overturning, as compared to a case in which an anti-tip member is attached at a position lower than the attachment position of a moving wheel attached to the bottom surface of the device. An object of the present invention is to provide a fall prevention device, a device, and a storage device that can increase the distance that can be secured between the surface and the surface.

[Fall prevention device]
The present invention according to claim 1 is mounted at positions farther from the floor surface than the floor surface with respect to the mounting position of the moving wheel at the four corners to which the moving wheel on the bottom surface of the device to be prevented from falling is mounted. A fall prevention device having a fixing leg that can be adjusted in height.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the fall prevention according to the first aspect is configured so as to cover an attachment member for attaching the moving wheel to the bottom surface of the device, and is configured to be removable from the device. Device.

  The present invention according to claim 3 is configured to be mounted in a space between a top surface and a bottom portion of an attachment structure for attaching the moving wheel to the bottom surface of the apparatus. Prevention device.

[apparatus]
The present invention according to claim 4 includes a device main body,
Four moving wheels attached to the four corners of the bottom surface of the apparatus body;
Fixing leg portions that are mounted at positions far from the floor surface relative to the mounting position of the moving wheel at four corners to which the four moving wheels on the bottom surface of the apparatus main body are respectively attached, and are adjustable in height. It is an apparatus provided with four fall prevention members which have.

[Storage device]
The present invention according to claim 5 includes a storage device body having a structure capable of storing articles therein,
Four moving wheels attached to the four corners of the bottom surface of the storage device body;
Fixing legs that are mounted at positions far from the floor relative to the mounting position of the moving wheels at the four corners to which the four moving wheels are mounted on the bottom surface of the storage device main body, and are adjustable in height. It is a storage apparatus provided with the four fall prevention members which have a part.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for preventing a fall compared to a case where a fall prevention member is attached at a position lower than the attachment position of a moving wheel attached to the bottom surface of the apparatus. It is possible to provide a fall prevention device that can increase the distance that can be secured between the floor and the floor when moving.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, even when there is an attachment member such as a screw for attaching the moving wheel to the apparatus, the overturn prevention apparatus can be configured to be detachable from the apparatus.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the fall prevention device can be configured to be detachable from the device by using the mounting structure in which the moving wheel is attached to the device.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for preventing a fall compared to a case where a fall prevention member is attached at a position lower than the attachment position of a moving wheel attached to the bottom surface of the apparatus. The apparatus which can lengthen the distance which can be ensured between floor surfaces when moving can be provided.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for preventing a fall compared to a case where a fall prevention member is attached at a position lower than the attachment position of a moving wheel attached to the bottom surface of the apparatus. It is possible to provide a storage device that can increase the distance that can be secured between the floor surface and the floor surface when moving.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the storage apparatus 10 of one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a state in which an image forming apparatus such as a printer 120 is mounted on the upper part of the storage apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the fall prevention member 21 is mounted on the storage device body 11. FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining the structure of a portion where the fall prevention member 21 is attached to the storage device body 11. It is a figure at the time of seeing the perspective view shown in FIG. 4 from the upper surface. It is an external view of the fall prevention member 21 removed from the storage device body 11. It is a top view of storage device 10 of one embodiment of the present invention. It is AA sectional drawing in the top view shown in FIG. It is BB sectional drawing in sectional drawing shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure at the time of mounting | wearing the fall prevention member below a caster attachment structure. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure at the time of mounting the fall prevention member 21 in the inside of the caster attachment structure 61. FIG. It is a top view of the storage apparatus 10a when the protruding direction of the fall prevention member is the other direction. It is a top view of the storage apparatus 10b when the protruding direction of the fall prevention member is set to another direction. It is a top view of storage device 10c when the direction of protrusion of a fall prevention member is made into another direction.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a view showing an appearance of a storage device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the storage device 10 of the present embodiment has a structure capable of storing printing paper, a spare toner cartridge, and the like, and a structure in which a printer or the like can be mounted on the top. It has become.

  The storage device 10 includes a storage device body 11 having a structure capable of storing articles therein, and four casters (moving wheels) 31 to 34 attached to the four corners of the bottom surface of the storage device body 11. The four fall prevention members (falling prevention devices) 21 to 24 are mounted directly above the four casters 31 to 34, respectively.

  Further, the fall prevention members 21 to 24 are located at positions farther from the floor surface than the mounting positions of the casters 31 to 34 at the four corners to which the four casters 31 to 34 on the bottom surface of the storage device main body 11 are respectively attached. It is a fall prevention leg that is attached. And each fall prevention member 21-24 has an adjuster (fixing leg part) which can adjust height.

  In FIG. 1, the caster 34 and the fall prevention member 24 attached to the left rear corner of the bottom surface are not shown because they are hidden in the storage device body 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the storage device 10 of the present embodiment has a structure in which an image forming apparatus such as a printer 120 can be mounted on the upper part. Therefore, a structure that allows the fall prevention members 21 to 24 to be attached to the storage device main body 11 according to the weight of the printer 120 or the like mounted on the upper part so that the fall does not occur even when installed in an office or the like. It has become. The storage device 10 and the device mounted on the storage device 10 have a structure that is positioned and fixed so that displacement and dropping do not easily occur. In the present embodiment, such a structure is used. The explanation and illustration of are omitted.

  Next, a state in which the fall prevention member 21 is mounted on the storage device body 11 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the fall prevention member 21 is provided with an adjuster 41. The adjuster 41 has a structure that can be adjusted in height with the floor surface by rotating. Then, after the storage device 10 is installed at the place of use, the adjuster 41 is rotated to come into contact with the floor surface, and further adjusted to press down the floor surface, thereby improving the overturning resistance of the storage device 10.

  In addition, the fall prevention members 22 to 24 attached to the other corners of the bottom surface of the storage device 10 are similarly provided with adjusters and have the same structure.

  Next, the structure of the portion where the fall prevention member 21 is attached to the storage device main body 11 will be described with reference to the perspective view of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the insertion portion 51 of the fall prevention member 21 is configured to be mounted in a space between the top surface and the bottom portion of a caster mounting structure 61 for mounting the caster 31 to the bottom surface of the storage device body 11. Has been. That is, the insertion portion 51 of the fall prevention member 21 is configured to be insertable / removable in a certain direction using the caster mounting structure 61 as a guide. Further, a snap member 52 for fixing the fall prevention member 21 to the storage device main body 11 is provided at the central portion of the insertion portion 51. When the fall-preventing member 21 is inserted into the storage device main body 11, the fall-preventing member 21 is fixed by the snap member 51 being caught in a hole provided at a predetermined location of the storage device main body 11.

  FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the perspective view shown in FIG. 4 as viewed from above.

  Moreover, the external appearance when the fall prevention member 21 is removed from the storage apparatus main body 11 is shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 shows a top view of the storage device 10 of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the storage device 10 according to the present embodiment has the storage device 10 by mounting the four fall prevention members 21 to 24 having the structure described above on the four corners of the bottom surface. The structure is such that 10 falls are prevented.

  Next, FIG. 8 shows an AA cross-sectional view in the top view shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the insertion portion 51 of the fall prevention member 21 has a U-shape that covers screws (attachment members) 71 and 72 for attaching the caster 31 to the bottom surface of the storage device body 11. It is comprised and becomes a structure which can be attached or detached from the storage apparatus main body 11. FIG.

  When the fall prevention member 21 is detached from the housing main body 11, the snap member 52 configured at the center of the insertion portion 51 passes through the gap between the screws 71 and 72 without contacting the screws 71 and 72. It is configured to

  9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. Also in FIG. 9, the insertion portion 51 of the fall prevention member 21 is configured to cover the screws 71, 72, 73 for attaching the casters 31 to the bottom surface of the storage device main body 11, and is removable from the storage device main body 11. It can be seen that the structure is simple.

  In the present embodiment, each of the casters 31 to 34 is structured to be attached to the bottom surface of the storage device main body 11 with three screws, but is attached to the bottom surface of the container main body 11 with four screws. Even in such a structure, the present invention can be similarly applied.

  As described above, in the storage device 10 of the present embodiment, the fall prevention members 21 to 24 are inserted into the spaces between the top surface and the bottom portion of the caster mounting structure for mounting the casters 31 to 34 to the bottom surface, respectively. By doing so, it is mounted above the caster mounting position.

  For comparison, a structure in the case where the fall prevention member is mounted below the caster mounting structure without adopting such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 10 shows a configuration in the case where the fall prevention member 90 is attached to the lower part of the caster mounting structure 61. FIG. 10A shows the case where the floor surface is supported by adjusting the height of the adjuster 91 of the fall prevention member 90. In FIG. 10B, the adjuster 91 is moved to the highest position. The situation when moved is shown.

  In the case of the structure shown in FIG. 10, as shown in FIG. 10 (B), even when the adjuster 91 is at the highest position, only the distance H1 from the floor surface can be secured. I understand.

  On the other hand, the structure when the fall prevention member 21 is mounted inside the caster mounting structure 61, which is the structure of the storage device 10 of the present embodiment, will be described with reference to FIG. Also in FIG. 11, FIG. 11 (A) shows a case where the floor surface is supported by adjusting the height of the adjuster 41 of the fall prevention member 21, and FIG. 11 (B) shows the adjuster. The state when 41 is moved to the highest position is shown.

  In the case of the structure of the present embodiment as shown in FIG. 11, as shown in FIG. 11B, when the adjuster 41 is at the highest position, the distance from the floor surface is ensured by H2. You can see that

  Here, by comparing FIG. 10B and FIG. 11B, the distance H2 that can be secured between the floor surface in the case of the structure of this embodiment falls below the caster mounting position. It can be seen that when the prevention member is mounted, the distance H1 is longer than the distance H1 that can be secured with the floor surface.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the fall prevention members 21 to 24 are mounted in such a direction as to protrude in the diagonal direction of the storage device 10, but the fall prevention members 21 to 24 protrude. It is good also as a structure which makes a direction into another direction.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, you may make it the structure which makes the four fall prevention members 21a-24a with which the four corners of the bottom face of the storage apparatus 10a are protruded in the left-right direction of an apparatus, respectively.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 13, you may make it make it the structure which makes the four fall prevention members 21b-24b with which the four corners of the bottom face of the storage apparatus 10b protrude in the front-back direction of an apparatus, respectively.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the four fall prevention members 21 c to 24 c mounted at the four corners of the bottom surface of the storage device 10 c are respectively L-shaped so as to protrude in the front-rear direction of the device. May be.

[Modification]
In the above embodiment, the case where the fall prevention member is attached to the storage device on which the image forming apparatus such as a printer is mounted has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and attempts to prevent the fall. The present invention can be similarly applied even when the device to be operated is a device other than the storage device.

10, 10a, 10b, 10c storage device 11 storage device main body 21-24 fall prevention member 21a-24a fall prevention member 21c-24b fall prevention member 21c-24c fall prevention member 31-34 caster 41-44 adjuster 51 insertion part 52 snap Member 61 Caster mounting structure 71-73 Screw 90 Fall prevention member 91 Adjuster 120 Printer

Claims (5)

  Fixing legs that are mounted at positions far from the floor relative to the mounting position of the moving wheel at the four corners to which the moving wheel is mounted on the bottom surface of the device to prevent the device from falling. A fall prevention device.   The fall prevention device according to claim 1, wherein the fall prevention device is configured to cover an attachment member for attaching the moving wheel to a bottom surface of the device, and is configured to be detachable from the device.   The fall prevention device of Claim 1 or 2 comprised so that it may mount | wear with the space between the top surface and bottom part of the attachment structure for attaching the said wheel for a movement to the bottom face of an apparatus. The device body;
Four moving wheels attached to the four corners of the bottom surface of the apparatus body;
Fixing leg portions that are mounted at positions far from the floor surface relative to the mounting position of the moving wheel at four corners to which the four moving wheels on the bottom surface of the apparatus main body are respectively attached, and are adjustable in height. Four fall-preventing members having
With a device. A storage device body having a structure capable of storing articles therein;
Four moving wheels attached to the four corners of the bottom surface of the storage device body;
Fixing legs that are mounted at positions far from the floor relative to the mounting position of the moving wheels at the four corners to which the four moving wheels are mounted on the bottom surface of the storage device main body, and are adjustable in height. Four fall prevention members having a portion;
A storage device comprising:

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