JP5701051B2 - Fixing device for high unit and movable partition panel at counter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a high unit (also referred to as a high counter unit) and a partition panel fixing device that are detachably mounted on a low counter for serving a visitor installed at a reception or customer service counter in a financial institution or the like. .

  For example, at a reception desk at a bank or the like, a visitor such as a visitor and a clerk face-to-face and respond, so a visitor and a visitor hang on a chair and put a low counter across the counter top, Alternatively, there is a high counter where both face each other in a standing position.

Traditionally, low counters and high counters have been manufactured and used as counters with different specifications and structures, since the heights of the top plates differ greatly. In addition, a low / high combined type counter that detachably mounts and mounts a top plate unit (high unit or high counter unit) that becomes a high counter is also manufactured and used. Such functional low-high combined counters is granted is due mainly Patent Document 1, are also known.

On the other hand, in the customer service counters mentioned above, there are many cases where multiple visitors are next to each other and respond to each customer, but a partition panel is installed on the top panel to ensure the mutual privacy of visitors. Such an arrangement is also known from Patent Documents 2 and 3 .

  Here, the mounting / fixing structure of the high counter unit in the conventional low / high counter for customer service and the mounting / fixing structure of the partition panel installed in the low counter, the high counter, or the dual counter are separately provided. It is customary to be designed and manufactured as a structure.

  However, if the installation of the high counter unit in the combined counter and the mounting structure of the partition panel to that unit are completely different structures, those mounting structure parts, especially the holes and mounting brackets for mounting, There is a problem that not only the appearance is not good because it is exposed above or below the high counter unit, but also the number of parts is increased and not only manufacturing labor but also mounting labor is unreasonable.

JP 2010-35935 A JP 2009-279035 A Japanese Patent No. 4168914

  In view of the problem of the fixing structure of the high counter unit and the partition panel attached to the unit in the customer counter of the low / high combination type described above, the present invention attaches the high counter unit and the partition panel attached to the unit. It is an object to provide a fixing device having a common structure.

  The area of the fixing device of the present invention, which has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems, is a stand-up position on the counter top plate (hereinafter referred to as the first top plate) that is used while sitting on a chair. A high counter unit having a second top plate having a height for facing the person and a front and rear width smaller than the top plate is installed, and the bases that are in contact with the first and second top plates have different bases. The partition panel having the first and second top plates is installed so as to straddle the first and second top plates, and the contact surface (hereinafter referred to as the first contact surface) between the partition panels and the second top plate is the first contact surface. It is fixed by a connecting metal fitting provided with a locking groove formed inside and a locking claw that fits within the contact surface and is held in the locking groove, and the contact surface (hereinafter referred to as the first panel) , The second abutment surface) and the locking portion formed in the second abutment surface and the front abutment By fixing the fixing bracket having an engaging portion to be engaged with the locking portion, and is characterized in that so as to secure the high counter unit and the partition panel are both on the first top plate.

  According to the present invention, in place of the locking groove and the locking claw in fixing the connection fitting having the above-described configuration, a locking pin is provided on the first contact surface, and a locking hole to be locked to the pin is provided on the connection fitting. it can. Further, the locking portion and the engaging portion in fixing the fixing bracket having the above-described configuration are provided, and the locking pin or the locking groove is provided on the second contact surface, and the locking hole or the locking corresponding to the pin is provided in the fixing bracket. A locking claw corresponding to the groove can also be used.

  The present invention has a height on which a customer and a visitor face each other in a standing position on a counter top plate (hereinafter referred to as a first top plate) of a height used by sitting on a chair, and a front and rear width smaller than the top plate. A high counter unit having a second top plate is installed, and a partition panel having different bases contacting the first and second top plates is placed across the first and second top plates. On the other hand, the first abutting surface of the partition panel and the second top plate is connected and fixed by a connecting bracket supported by the second top plate, and the second abutting surface of the partition panel and the first top plate is fixed. Since the high counter unit and the partition panel are fixed to the first top plate by a common bracket by being fixed by the fixing bracket supported by the first top plate, the high counter unit and the partitioning panel are later placed on the low type customer service counter. Partition the counter unit It can be easily changed to a high counter with a panel.

  In the present invention, both the high counter unit and the partition panel can be fixed to the top plate of the low counter by a common fixing bracket, and the fixing bracket is configured to fit within the thickness of the partition panel. Therefore, it is reasonable that the number of bracket parts is small compared to the conventional one that requires a fixed bracket, and the appearance of the bracket is also small and the appearance is good. Furthermore, there is no need for processing such as mounting holes for fixing the high counter unit to the first top plate, and since there are no such holes, the appearance is not impaired even when the high counter unit is removed and used as a low counter. .

The perspective view of the principal part which looked at an example of the service counter to which this invention fixing device was applied from the visitor side. The perspective view of the principal part which looked at an example of the customer service counter to which this invention fixing device was applied from the customer service side. The expansion perspective view of the partition panel in the counter of FIG. The side view which made the lower half side of the partition panel of FIG. 3 the cross section. The left view which made a part of partition panel of FIG. 4 the cross section. The enlarged side view which made the counter top plate the cross section seeing the counter of FIG. 1 from the right side. The side view for demonstrating the fixing structure of the partition panel of FIG. The side view of a connection metal fitting. The top view of the coupling metal fitting of FIG. FIG. 9 is a left side view for the connection fitting of FIG. 8. The side view of a fixture. The top view of the fixing metal fitting of FIG.

  1 and 2, the fixing device according to the present invention is a low-topping table 1 that is low in height, that is, a customer service counter on which a visitor and a customer face each other with the tabletop 1 sandwiched between them. In SC, on the top plate 1 (hereinafter referred to as the first top plate 1), a high top plate 2 (hereinafter referred to as the second top plate 2) on which the visitor and the customer face each other in a standing posture. FIG. 1 is a perspective view seen from the visitor side, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view seen from the customer side, illustrating a state where a counter unit Hu (also referred to as a high unit Hu) is installed. In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numerals 3 and 4 denote panel legs by end panels (or intermediate panels) installed on the left and right sides or the middle part of the first top plate 1. Here, although mentioned later, the 1st top plate 1 comprises the center leg part 7 which served also as the curtain plate along the length direction under the top plate 1. As shown in FIG. Further, 8A is a partition panel standing on the first top plate, and CA is a cabinet adjacent to the end panel legs 3.

  The high counter unit Hu shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a substantially inverted L-shaped cross section due to the second top plate 2, the curtain plate portion 5 disposed at the front end of the top plate 2, and the left and right end members 6. The first top plate 1 is disposed between the left and right panel legs 3 and 4.

  When the high unit Hu is disposed on the first top plate 1, the curtain plate portion 5 has a front and rear width of about 10 to 20 cm on the front end side (visitor side) of the first top plate 1. It arrange | positions so that the low top plate part 1a may be formed. The low top board 1a is suitable as a baggage storage area for visitors' bags and the like.

  The high unit Hu is attached with a partition panel 8 having a bottom extending over the low top plate portion 1a and the second top plate 2 of the first top plate. The partition panel 8 includes two contact surfaces 81 and 82 (hereinafter referred to as the first contact surface 81 and the second contact surface) that contact the first top plate 1 (low top plate portion 1a) and the second top plate 2 respectively. The first top plate (low counter portion 1a) and the second top plate 2 are coupled and fixed using the contact surface 82).

  By attaching the partition panel 8 in the above-described manner, in the present invention, the installation position of the partition panel 8 on the second top plate 2 can be freely changed, and both the high unit Hu and the partition panel 8 can be changed. Therefore, this point will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 and FIGS. 8 to 12. FIG.

  The partition panel 8 and the high unit Hu are coupled to the first top plate 1 with the partition panel 8 mounted at a predetermined position on the high unit Hu placed on the first top plate 1. 8 and the second top plate 2 are joined to each other at the rear side (customer side) of the partition panel 8 and the rear end side (customer side) of the second top plate 2 by a connecting metal fitting 9. 8 and the high unit Hu are fastened by a fastening fixture 10 that can be tightened and loosened at the lower part of the front end side (visitor side) of the partition panel 8 and the front end part (visitor side) of the first top plate 1.

  In the present invention, in order to realize the coupling illustrated in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 of the three members 8, Hu (2), 1, first, the part of the first contact surface 81 and the second contact surface in the partition panel 8. The structure illustrated in FIG. 4 and FIG.

  That is, in order to attach and connect the coupling metal 9 illustrated in FIGS. 8 to 10 to the part of the first contact surface 81 placed on the second top plate 2 of the high unit Hu in the partition panel 8, this contact surface. A shallow groove 81a substantially equal to the thickness of the narrow plate-like main body portion 9a of the metal fitting 9 is provided on the bottom of the metal fitting 9, and the main body portion 9a of the connecting metal fitting 9 is erected on the front and rear portions of the groove 81a. Locking grooves 81b and 81c for receiving the two locking claws 9b and 9c are provided. (Note that the partition panel 8 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and the partition panel 8 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 have opposite panel orientations.)

  In the above configuration, the locking grooves 81b and 81c and the locking claws 9b and 9c are formed with the following relationship. First, the locking grooves 81b and 81c are provided in the central portion in the thickness direction of the first contact surface 81 in parallel with the width direction of the panel 8, and the width w1 of the groove entrance is shown in FIG. It is formed to have a width slightly larger than the left and right width w2 of the maximum portion of the locking claws 9b and 9c. A key groove 81g is formed in the back of the grooves 81b and 81c (to the right in FIG. 4), and its width k1 is formed on the upper side of the locking claws 9b and 9c in the connection fitting 9 in FIG. The key portion 9k is formed to have a width slightly larger than the width k2.

  8 to 10, reference numeral 9 d denotes a side end of the metal fitting 9 on the side where the locking claws 9 b and 9 c are not provided, and the main body 10 a is adjusted to 180 mm according to the thickness of the second top plate 2. It is a clamping part of the 2nd top plate 2 formed by bending twice.

  Next, at a portion of the second contact surface 82 that contacts the first top plate 1, there is a locking portion that engages and locks with the engaging portion of the fixing bracket 10 illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12. Since it is formed, it will be described below.

  The locking portion formed on the second contact surface 82 has a depth and a width for receiving the main body portion 10a of the fixing bracket 10 illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12, and extends along the left-right width direction of the panel 8. The groove 82a is formed, and two headed locking pins 82b and 82c are installed in the panel 8 with the heads floating at the front and rear portions of the groove 82a from the bottom of the groove 82a.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the fixing bracket 10 engaged with the locking portion formed on the second contact surface 82 receives the headed pins 82b and 82c and receives the pins 82b and 82c. Two dharma holes 10b, 10c having retaining sides 10s for retaining and locking the head are provided in the front and rear portions, and a body portion having a width and length that fits into a groove 82a formed in the contact surface 82 10a and a first top plate sandwiching portion 10d bent 180 degrees so that the end of the main body portion 10a holds the first top plate 1 in its thickness direction. Further, the holding portion 10d of the fixing metal 10 is provided with a tightening portion 11 for tightening and relaxing the holding force of the metal fitting 10 with respect to the first top plate 1.

  The tightening portion 11 has a lower end abutting against the lower surface of the first top plate 1 and a holding member 11a having a substantially U-shaped cross section having two leg portions 11b and 11c sandwiching the holding portion 10d, and the holding member. 11a is provided with a knob 11e integrated with a screw rod 11d that is rotatable and cannot be removed, and a screw portion of the screw rod 11d is screwed to a female screw portion 10e provided on a holding portion 10d of the metal fitting 10. As a result, it functions as a tightening / relaxation part of the fixture 10.

  That is, when the knob 11e is rotated, the top plate holding portion 10d of the fixing bracket 10 sandwiched between the two leg portions 11b and 11c approaches the back surface of the first top plate 1 in the height direction of the leg portions 11b and 11c. Therefore, the holding force of the second top plate 1 of the metal fitting 10 can be strengthened or loosened.

Since an example of the fixing device of the present invention is configured as described above, the usage mode of the fixing device will be described below.
First, the high unit Hu is placed on the first top plate 1. In this state, the connecting metal fitting 9 is attached to the second top plate 2 in such a manner that the second top plate 2 is sandwiched from the rear side (customer side) of the top plate 2 by the main body portion 9a and the clamping portion 9d. At the same time, the fixture 10 is mounted (temporarily mounted) from the front end side (visitor side) of the first top plate 1 in such a manner that the top plate 1 is sandwiched by the main body 10a and the clamping portion 10d. In addition, the knob 11e of the tightening / loosening portion 11 in the fixing bracket 10 functions as a reference device that regulates the tightening side placement position (front / rear width of the low top plate portion 1a).

In a state where the two metal fittings 9 and 10 are mounted on the second top plate 2 and the first top plate 1, the partition panel 8 is provided with two contact surfaces 81 and 82 on the bottom thereof, and locking grooves provided on them. 81b and 81c and the headed pins 82b and 82c are gently fitted from above the top plate 1 so that the coupling claws 9 and the locking claws 9b and 9c of the fixture 10 and the dharma holes 10b and 10c are fitted. Go down to 2.
Then, the partition panel 8 is in a state in which the key portions 9k of the locking claws 9b and 9c do not enter the key grooves 81g in the locking grooves 81b and 81c, and the headed pins 82c and 82c are plate stoppers of the Dalma holes 10b and 10c. The two contact surfaces 81 and 82 are placed in contact with the upper surfaces of the two top plates 2 and 1 without reaching the side 10s.

  Therefore, when the panel 8 is pushed to the right in FIGS. 6 and 7, the key portions 9k of the locking claws 9b and 9c enter the key grooves 81g of the locking grooves 81b and 81c. The heads of the headed pins 82b and 82c come to a position where they are locked to the retaining sides 10s of the daruma holes 10b and 10c. That is, since the positional relationship between the connecting bracket 9 and the fixing bracket 10 with respect to the partition panel 8 is as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the knob 11e of the tightening / loosening portion 11 of the fixing bracket 10 is turned to the tightening side. Thus, the second contact surface 82 of the partition panel 8 is brought into tight contact with the first top plate 1.

  As a result, in the high unit Hu in which the second top plate 2 is integrally coupled to the panel 8 by the connecting bracket 9 with the full width in the depth direction on the first contact surface 81 of the partition panel 8, the partition panel 8 It will be firmly fixed to the first top plate 1 over the entire surface of the two contact surfaces 82.

  In the above-described fixing device of the present invention, when the knob 11e of the tightening / loosening part 11 is rotated in the loosening direction and the partition panel 8 is pulled horizontally to the left (visitor side) of FIGS. Since both 82c and the locking claws 9b and 9c are released, the panel 8 can be lifted, and in this state, the metal fittings 9 and 10 are shifted left and right on the top plates 1 and 2. For example, the installation position of the partition panel 8 can be easily changed.

  In the fixing device of the present invention, the engaging portions and engaging portions formed inside the two abutting surfaces 81 and 82 of the partition panel are not limited to the above-described embodiments. The configuration of the stop grooves 81 b and 81 c can be applied to the second contact surface 82, or the configuration of the headed pins 82 b and 82 c on the second contact surface 82 can be applied to the first contact surface 81. . In this case, as a matter of course, the structure of the fixing metal fitting 10 or the connecting metal fitting 9 is of a form corresponding to the grooves 81b, 81c and the pins 82b, 82c.

  The present invention is as described above, and when mounting a high counter unit having a detachable partition panel on a service counter, a mounting hole is provided in the counter top plate, or the mounting bracket is attached to the high unit and the partition panel. In order to provide a high counter unit with a partition panel with a small number of parts and a good appearance, the high unit and the partition panel are joined together in a so-called co-tightening structure. it can. Of course, the position of the partition panel can be freely selected and changed on the top plate of the high counter.

SC Service counter 1 1st top board 1a Low top board part Hu High unit (High counter unit)
2 Second top plate 3, 4 Panel leg body 5 Curtain plate portion 6 End member 7 Center leg portion 8 also used as curtain plate Partition panel 81 First contact surface 81a Shallow groove 81b, 81c Locking groove 81g Key groove portion 82 Contact surface 82a Grooves 82b, 82c Headed locking pin 9 Connecting metal 9a Main body 9b, 9c Locking claw 9d Holding part 9k Key part 10 Fixing metal 10a Main part 10b, 10c Dalma hole 10d Holding part 10s Stopping side 11 Loosening part 11a Presser fittings 11b, 11c Leg part 11e Knob

Claims (1)

On a counter top plate (hereinafter referred to as the first top plate), which is used while sitting on a chair, a second top plate having a height for allowing a customer and a visitor to face each other in a standing position and a front and rear width smaller than the top plate. While installing a high counter unit equipped with a partition panel having different bases contacting the first and second top plate so as to straddle the first and second top plate, wherein the partition panel and the abutment surface of the second top panel and connected by a connecting bracket which is supported on said Deva plate, the partition panel and the contact surface of the first top plate, it is supported on said firmament plate A fixing device for a high unit and a movable partition panel in a counter, wherein the high counter unit and the partition panel are both fixed to the first top plate by being fixed by a fixing bracket.

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