JPH11165818A - Rack - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a rack have little difference in strength from a rack on which an article supporting shelf is mounted by welding by assembling the rack by engaging an engaging means of the article supporting shelf to means to be engaged of brackets. SOLUTION: An article supporting shelf 3 is provided with a pair of front and rear connecting arms 4 and a pair of left and right article supporting rails 5. At a portion which is abutted on brackets 6 on surfaces at the inside of the connecting arms 4, projections are provided as engaging means 10. The brackets 6 are provided with openings as means 9 to be engaged which are engaged to the engaging means 10 at a portion which is abutted on the article supporting shelf 3 by a member which is larger than the diameter of a support 2 in the front and rear directions and is the same as the diameter of the support 2 or slightly larger than the support 2 in left and right directions. In the assembling of a rack 4, the brackets 6, 6 are equipped and fixed at arbitrary height locations of front and rear supports 2, 2. Next, the article supporting shelf 3 is slid from the upper side to the height locations of the brackets 6 and the projections are engaged to the openings.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pair of front and rear columns which are erected at a predetermined interval, an article support shelf provided between the pair of columns, and a bracket which is mounted at an arbitrary height of the columns. And a rack having:

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional rack of this type, a plate having a large number of holes formed at predetermined intervals is formed as a column by bending, and an article supporting shelf is formed by using holes at arbitrary heights. What is assembled by bolting is known. In this rack, it is possible to attach the article support shelf to any position, it is easy to assemble by bolting, and it is easy to assemble the support and the article support shelf on site. It is characterized in that it can be transported separately from the article support shelves and the transport operation is easy.

[0003]

However, in the case of the conventional assembly type rack, a machine for manufacturing a pillar having a large number of holes is very expensive, and a large amount of capital investment is required. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to secure the strength because a large number of holes are formed in the column.

[0004] The present invention has been made by focusing on such problems existing in the prior art. The challenge is
An object of the present invention is to provide a rack which is easy to assemble with a low capital investment, does not have a large number of openings in columns, and has a strength which is not so different from that of a rack to which an article support shelf is attached by welding or the like.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a rack is provided with a pair of front and rear columns which are erected at a predetermined interval, and a rack between the pair of columns. And a bracket attached to an arbitrary height position of the column, and the article supporting shelf is provided with engaging means for engaging with the bracket, and the bracket is provided with the article supporting shelf. The engaged means to be engaged with the engaging means is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the engaging means of the article supporting shelf is a projection or an opening formed on the engaging surface, and the engaged means of the bracket is An opening or a protrusion formed on the engagement surface, and the protrusion is formed in a wedge shape so that the connection with the opening is strengthened when the article is placed on the article support shelf. Further, in the invention described in claim 3, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the bracket has a pair of rising pieces to which a brace can be attached.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the bracket is fixed at an arbitrary height position of the column to prevent the entire column from being processed. In addition, by engaging the engaging means provided on the article support shelf with the engaged means provided on the bracket, the article support shelf can be easily fixed.

According to the second aspect of the invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, the shelf and the bracket are fitted by the holes and the projections. Due to the weight of the article supporting shelf, the fitting between the shelf and the bracket is strengthened, and the shelf is prevented from easily coming off the support.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect or the second aspect,
In addition to the effect of the invention described in (1), the bracket also functions as a gusset because the means for attaching the brace for reinforcing the rack is provided.

Embodiment

The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. The rack 1 of the present embodiment is
A bracket 6 is attached to each of the support columns 2 at a mounting interval (arbitrary height position) of the article support shelf 3 in the height direction.
9.

A plurality of racks 1 erected on the floor are arranged on the left and right at predetermined intervals, and a plurality of rear columns 2 are arranged behind the front columns 2 with a predetermined interval between them. , A plurality of brackets 6 attached to arbitrary positions of the front and rear support columns 2, and an article support shelf 3. The article support shelf 3 is mounted on a pair of opposed front and rear brackets 6, An article storage shelf 22 for supporting articles is constituted by a pair of left and right article support shelves 3 facing each other.

The article support shelf 3 includes a pair of front and rear connecting arms 4 whose longitudinal direction is directed to the left and right, and a pair of left and right article supporting bars 5 which are held to the left and right ends of the connecting arms 4. A projection 12 is provided as an engagement means 10 at a portion of the inner surface of the connecting arm 4 which comes into contact with the bracket 6. The protrusion 12 is formed in the shape of a wedge whose width becomes narrower downward, and the upper portion protrudes inside the article support shelf 3. Since the projection 12 is wedge-shaped, the article support shelf 3
Due to its own weight and the load of the placed article, it is difficult to get into the opening 11, so that the connection is strengthened and the article support shelf 3 is hard to come off. The coupling arm 4 having the projections 12 having some elasticity is a hollow member, and the projections 12 are provided on the inner surface, and the holes 23 are provided at positions corresponding to the projections 12 on the outer surface. Have been. By inserting a jig or the like from the hole 23, the projection 12 can be bent more toward the opening 11, and the projection 12 can be pushed deeper into the opening 11.

The bracket 6 is a member that is larger in the front-rear direction than the diameter of the column 2 and the same in the left-right direction as the diameter of the column 2 or slightly larger. An opening 11 as the engaged means 9 is provided. The opening 11 has a large opening from the center to the outside (left side or right side) to facilitate the introduction of the projection 12. On the surface opposite to the surface on which the engaged means 9 is provided,
It has a pair of rising pieces 14, and has a space 25 into which the brace 13 can be inserted between the rising pieces 14. The rising piece 14 has a brace 1
3 has a mounting hole 24 for mounting the brace 13, the brace 13 is inserted into the space 25, and the brace 1 is
3 is held between the bolt 20 and the nut 21 so as to sandwich it. Also, the mounting surface 1 on the support 2
5 is provided with a mounting hole 26 so that the bracket 6 can be bolted to the column 2. The support column 2 is also provided with a mounting hole (not shown) at a position corresponding to the mounting hole 26,
The support 2 and the bracket 6 are connected by the connecting member 19. The connecting member 19 is, for example, a bolt having multiple teeth and a member having a groove that fits with the multiple teeth, in addition to the bolt 17 and the nut 18, and the multiple teeth and the groove are fixed by caulking. Some include sockets. By using this connecting member, the mounting workability of the bracket 6 can be improved.

The bracket 6 has an opening 1 in one plate.
1. It is preferable that the mounting holes 24 and 26 are formed by punching or the like and then bent and manufactured at a low cost and with high accuracy.

The assembly of the rack 4 will be described below. First, the brackets 6, 6 are mounted at arbitrary height positions of the front and rear columns 2, 2 with the rising pieces 14, 14 facing each other, and fixed with the coupling 19.

Next, the article support shelf 3 is slid from above to the height of the bracket 6. At this time, the protrusion 12
The amount of protrusion of one of the connecting arms 4 is increased while the other is reduced. The projection 12 with the larger projection is engaged with the opening 11 first, and the projection 12 with the smaller projection is engaged with the opening 11 first. Then, the protrusion 12 having a small amount of protrusion is inserted by the jig inserted through the hole 23.
It protrudes toward the opening 11 side. Further, the article support shelf 3 is pushed downward while the protrusion 12 and the opening 11 are fitted.
Then, since the projection 12 has a wedge shape, the fitting becomes stronger.

Then, the brace 13 is inserted into the space 25 between the rising pieces 14 and the
0 and nut 21. The brace 13 is fixed between the rising piece 14 and the obliquely upper or lower rising piece 14.

The expected effects of the above embodiment will be described. The rack 1 of the present embodiment is formed as a bracket 6 by bending a punched plate material, and the bracket 6 is attached to a predetermined height position of the support column 2, and the article support shelf 3 is attached to the bracket 6. It has become. For this reason, costly processing such as high-precision laser processing is not required, and the cost can be reduced as compared with the case where the opening for mounting the article support shelf 3 is directly formed on the column 2. In addition, since the bracket 6 is processed as compared with the case where the support itself is formed by bending a plate material obtained by punching an opening or the like, equipment required for the processing is reduced in size, and the capital investment amount is small. I'm done. In addition, since the hole for attaching the bracket 6 does not require processing accuracy, it can be easily drilled or the like. For this reason, the manufacturing of the rack 1 is reduced in cost and the assembling work is facilitated. or,
Since the entire surface of the support is not perforated, the strength of the support 2 is ensured.

The present invention may be embodied as follows. In the present embodiment, the bracket 6 is
At the time of attachment, the support 2 and the bracket 6 are fixed by the connecting member 19 by making holes, but other means such as directly welding the bracket 6 to the support 2 in advance at a factory or the like may be used. In the present embodiment, in order to attach the article support shelf 3 to the bracket 6, the protrusion amount of the protrusion 12 is changed.
First, the protrusion 12 having a large amount of protrusion is fitted into the opening 11, and the protrusion 12 having a small amount of protrusion is engaged with the opening 11, and then pushed out with a jig or the like to strengthen the fitting. The amount may be reduced, and the amount of protrusion may be changed later. Alternatively, the elastic force of the protrusion 12 may be increased, and both protrusion amounts may be increased to fit.

In this embodiment, the engaging means 10 is the projection 12 and the engaged means 9 is the opening 11.
0 may be an opening 11 and the engaged means 9 may be a projection 12.
Furthermore, any other means may be used as long as the combination of the engaging means and the engaged means engaging with the engaging means.

[0020]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the bracket is attached to the support, complicated processing is performed on the bracket to reduce the processing of the support, thereby lowering the manufacturing cost of the support and reducing the manufacturing cost of the support. Strength can be ensured. In addition, the processing to be applied to the pillar is only for attaching the bracket, and processing accuracy is not required,
Easy and inexpensive. If the shape of the bracket is adjusted to a general off-the-shelf post, the off-the-shelf post can be used, so that the cost is lower. Further, by providing the bracket with the engaging means provided on the article supporting shelf and the engaged means engaging with the engaging means, the assembling of the support and the article supporting shelf becomes easy. As a result, it has become possible to provide a rack that is inexpensive, easy to assemble, and has sufficient strength.

According to the invention of claim 2, according to claim 1,
In addition to the effects of the invention described in (1), the engagement with the opening and the projection facilitates the assembling work. Further, since the projection is formed in a wedge shape, the fitting between the article supporting shelf and the bracket is strengthened, and the article supporting shelf is hard to be removed from the support.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
Or, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 2, a pair of rising pieces are provided on the bracket and the brace is fixed so as to be sandwiched between the rising pieces, so that a gusset for attaching the brace is not required, and the brace is fixed. Can be performed reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a rack according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an article support shelf.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a bracket.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 rack 2 support 3 article support shelf 6 bracket 9 engaged means 10 engaging means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pair of front and rear columns that are erected at a predetermined interval, and an article support shelf that is passed between the pair of columns.
A bracket attached to the support at an arbitrary height position, wherein the article supporting shelf is provided with engaging means for engaging with the bracket, and the bracket is engaged with the engaging means of the article supporting shelf. A rack provided with engaging means. 2. The engaging means of the article supporting shelf is a projection or an opening formed on the engaging surface, the engaged means of the bracket is an opening or a projection formed on the engaging surface, and the projection is 2. The rack according to claim 1, wherein the rack is formed in a wedge shape such that when the article is placed on the article support shelf, the connection with the opening is strengthened. 3. 3. The rack according to claim 1, wherein the bracket has a pair of rising pieces to which a brace can be attached.