Storage container
AssigneeTenma Corporation
InventorWataru Ishizuka
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Abstract
A storage container includes a drawer, a support portion that slidably supports the drawer, and a lock mechanism that locks the drawer. The drawer includes a box main body and a front side plate portion. The lock mechanism includes a rotation member, a locked portion, and an operation member. The rotation member is positioned on a rear side of the front side plate portion. The operation member is exposed on a front side of the front side plate portion and is connected to the rotation member through an opening penetrating the front side plate portion. The operation member further closes the opening of the front side plate portion.
Claims14
A storage container that stores an object to be stored, comprising:
- a drawer for storing the object to be stored;
- a support portion configured to slidably support the drawer in a pull-out direction;
- and
- a lock mechanism configured to lock the drawer in the support portion, wherein the drawer comprises:
- a box main body configured to store the object to be stored, and
- a front side plate portion positioned on a front side of the box main body in the pull-out direction,
- the lock mechanism comprises:
- a rotation member having a protrusion portion and rotatably attached to the box main body,
- a locked portion provided on the support portion and configured to be engaged by the protrusion portion to secure the drawer in the support portion, and
- an operation member movably attached to the front side plate portion and operable to rotate the rotation member between a locking position where the protrusion portion is engaged with the locked portion and a retraction position where the protrusion portion is not engaged with the locked portion,
- wherein the rotation member is positioned on a rear side of the front side plate portion in the pull-out direction of the drawer, and
- wherein the operation member is exposed on a front side of the front side plate portion, is operatively connected to the rotation member through an opening that penetrates the front side plate portion, and is configured to close the opening of the front side plate portion.
A storage system comprising a plurality of storage containers, wherein the plurality of storage containers are laminated in an up-down direction, and further comprising a top plate portion covering an upper side of an uppermost storage container,
- wherein respective ones of the plurality of storage containers comprise:
- a drawer for storing the object to be stored;
- a support portion configured to slidably support the drawer in a pull-out direction;
- and
- a lock mechanism configured to lock the drawer in the support portion,
- wherein the drawer comprises:
- a box main body configured to store the object to be stored, and
- a front side plate portion positioned on a front side of the box main body in the pull-out direction,
- the lock mechanism comprises:
- a rotation member having a protrusion portion and rotatably attached to the box main body,
- a locked portion provided on the support portion and configured to be engaged by the protrusion portion to secure the drawer in the support portion, and
- an operation member movably attached to the front side plate portion and operable to rotate the rotation member between a locking position where the protrusion portion is engaged with the locked portion and a retraction position where the protrusion portion is not engaged with the locked portion,
- wherein the rotation member is positioned on a rear side of the front side plate portion in the pull-out direction of the drawer, and
- wherein the operation member is exposed on a front side of the front side plate portion, is operatively connected to the rotation member through an opening that penetrates the front side plate portion, and is configured to close the opening of the front side plate portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.