JP2000163156A - Unit holding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely and stably hold a personal computer main body in spite of a size even if the size of the personal computer main body is changed by installing an inversion preventing means holding the personal computer main body a loading plate when the personal computer main body is mounted on a frame. SOLUTION: A frame 2 is fitted to the lower face of a top plate by a set screw. Bend hooks 31-34 are restrained to the loading plate 3 by adjusting them to the height of a personal computer main body to be installed. Then, the loading plate 3 is hung to the frame 2. The loading plate 3 is hung and the personal computer main body is installed on the base plate 4 of the loading plate 3 and an inversion preventing tool is overlapped with the base plate 4 of the loading plate 3 from beneath. The insertion hole 53 of an insertion preventing tool 5 is adjusted to the long hole 41 of the base plate 4 and the position of the insertion hole 53 is decided by adjusting it to the width size of the personal computer main body which is to be installed on the long hole 41. A bolt 54 is inserted through it from beneath and the bolt is clamped by a nut 55. Thus, the personal computer main body is held by the inversion preventing tool 5 and the loading plate 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device holding device, and more particularly to a device holding device suitable for setting a main body of a personal computer under a desk or a table.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The body of a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a personal computer)
The personal computer has a built-in precision device such as a CPU, a motherboard, a floppy disk drive, and a hard disk drive, and has a large housing for protecting these components.

When such a personal computer is used together with a display on a desk or a table top,
Because it takes up a considerable amount of space, the space actually used is reduced.

[0004] For this reason, conventionally, for example, they are installed as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. In FIG. 6, a storage container b large enough to store the personal computer body a is placed on the floor under the tabletop c, and the personal computer 1 is used in the container b.

In FIG. 7, a storage container b is hung from a tabletop c of a table, and a personal computer main body a is used in the storage container b. Note that d in both figures is a display.

[0006]

FIG. 6 shows an example of the structure shown in FIG.
Since the storage container b is disposed below the top plate c, the space on the top plate is prevented from being reduced. However, the storage container b
Is separate from the top plate c, the storage container b may fall over or move. Moreover, since the size of the storage container itself is fixed, it can only accommodate items that match it, and when changing the model of the personal computer, it can not cope with it and purchase another one each time Doing so adds cost.

On the other hand, in the apparatus shown in FIG. 7, since the storage container b is attached to the lower surface of the top plate c, there is no possibility that the storage container b will fall. However, since the size of the storage container itself is fixed, it is not possible to cope with the case where the size of the container changes with the change of the personal computer model.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device holding device capable of reliably and stably holding a personal computer main body regardless of the size of the personal computer main body, in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. Is to do.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus holding apparatus for holding a main body of a personal computer, comprising: a frame which is attached to a top plate such as a desk or a table by hanging; On the other hand, it is necessary to provide a mounting plate on which the personal computer body can be mounted while the height direction can be adjusted, and a fall prevention means for holding the personal computer body on the mounting plate when the personal computer body is mounted on the frame. Features.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of the device holding device of the present invention.

Before describing the embodiments, the personal computer body used in the present embodiment will be described. This personal computer body is of a so-called tower type, and can be roughly classified into three types: a mini tower, a middle tower, and a high tower. However, in practice, the height and width vary depending on the manufacturer.

The container holding device according to the embodiment is designed to be able to securely accommodate even a personal computer having such various heights and widths as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a frame (2) attached to the lower surface of the table top (1), a mounting plate (3) hanging down from the frame (2), and a mounting plate (3) ,
A fall prevention device (5) for holding the personal computer body (P) to the mounting plate (3) is provided.

More specifically, the frame (2) has a T-shape with a mounting part (21) and a hanging part (22) hanging down from the mounting part (21). Has a screw insertion hole (23). From the screw insertion hole (23) to the lower surface of the top plate (1),
By tightening the set screw (7), the frame (2) is mounted with the hanging part (22) hanging down. In addition,
In the hanging part (22) of the frame (2), a first locking bar (24) which faces in the horizontal direction and is located at a lower level, and a second locking bar (25) which is located slightly above the first locking bar (24). Is provided.

The mounting plate (3) has a bottom plate (4) on which the personal computer body (P) is to be mounted, has an L shape, and has a plurality (four in this example) on its side. Horizontal bending hook pieces (3
1) to (34) are fixed along the height direction. The bending hook pieces (31) to (34) have a key shape that opens downward, and are fixed at equal pitches in the height direction on the side surface of the mounting plate (3).

When the frame (2) is attached to the top plate (1),
The side of the mounting plate (3) is brought into contact with the hanging part (22) of the frame (2), and the frame (2) is lowered in that state, so that the first locking bar (24) of the hanging part (22) The mounting plate (3) is fixed to the frame (2) by being locked to the second locking bar (25), respectively.
Mounted. That is, the mounting plate (3) is, for example, the second bent hook piece (33) and the first bent bar (33) with respect to the first locking bar (24) and the second locking bar (25) of the frame (2). Bent hook pieces
(34) is locked, the frame (2) is suspended in the most lowered state of affection, and the first locking bar (24) and the second locking bar (25) are lowered to the lowest position. With a bent hook piece (31),
When the next bending hook piece (32) is locked, it is suspended in an up state.

Therefore, according to the height of the personal computer (P) to be installed on the frame (2), the bent hook pieces
By selectively locking (31) to (34), the mounting plate (3)
Of the mounting plate (3) whose height has been adjusted
The personal computer (P) can be placed on (4). Therefore, the bending hook pieces (31) to (34) are arranged at a pitch corresponding to the pitch between the first locking bar (24) and the second locking bar (25) of the frame (2).

As shown in FIG. 2, the fall prevention device (5) includes a mounting plate.
By attaching to the bottom plate (4) of (3), the personal computer main body (P) is held in cooperation with the mounting plate (3). That is,
This fall prevention device (5) is formed in an L shape by a bottom plate (51) and a side wall (52), and a bolt (6) insertion hole (5) is formed on both sides of the bottom plate (51).
3) is engraved.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bottom plate (4) of the mounting plate (3)
The bottom plate (51) of the fall-prevention device (5) is placed under the bottom plate, and the insertion hole (53) in the bottom plate (51) is aligned with the long hole (41) formed in the bottom plate (4). (53) Insert a bolt (54) from below into (41) and tighten it with a nut (55).
(5) Install. In this case, the long hole (41) of the mounting plate bottom plate (4)
The side of the mounting plate (3) and the side wall of the fall prevention device (5) are matched by matching the position of the insertion hole (53) in the fall prevention device (5) with the width of the personal computer (P). (52) sandwiches the personal computer body (P) so that the personal computer body (P) can be stably held without falling down.

Such a frame (2), a mounting plate (3), and a fall prevention device (5) are formed to be large in advance in order to be able to hold personal computer bodies (P) of various sizes. I have.

The device holding device of the embodiment has the above-described configuration, and the handling thereof will be described below. First, set the frame (2) at a predetermined position on the lower surface of the top plate (1) with a set screw.
(7) Mounting, and then mounting on the first locking bar (24) and the second locking bar (25) of the frame (2) according to the height of the personal computer (P) to be installed. By locking the bending hook pieces (31) to (34) of the plate (3), the frame 2
Attach the mounting plate (3) to (2).

After the mounting plate (3) is suspended, the personal computer (P) is placed on the bottom plate (4) of the mounting plate (3), and the personal computer (P) is placed on the bottom plate (4) of the mounting plate (3) from below. Overlap the falling tool (5), align the insertion hole (53) of the falling protection tool (5) with the long hole (41) of the bottom plate (4),
Determine the position of the insertion hole (53) according to the width dimension of the personal computer (P) to be installed on the long hole (41), pass it through the bolt (54) from below and tighten it with the nut (55). As a result, the personal computer body (P) is sandwiched between the fall prevention device (5) and the mounting plate (3).

In the embodiment, since the mounting plate (3) is suspended by adjusting the height with respect to the frame (2), the mounting plate (3) can be adjusted to the height of the personal computer (P). The PC body (P)
Can be adjusted to the width. As a result, as compared with the prior art in which the size of the container b to be stored is fixed, even if the size of the personal computer body (P) changes with the change of the personal computer model, that is, the personal computer body (P) Even if the height dimension and width dimension of the personal computer change, the personal computer main body (P) can be reliably stored in a stable state, and high versatility can be obtained.

Although the personal computer body (P) is electromagnetically shielded by a metal plate, a frame constituting the apparatus is provided.
(2) When the mounting plate (3) and the fall prevention device (5) are formed of a conductive metal, not only durability in strength can be obtained, but also the electromagnetic shielding action becomes more effective.

In the embodiment shown, the bottom plate (4) of the mounting plate (3)
Into the long hole (41) and the bottom plate (51) of the fall prevention device (5) through the insertion hole (53)
If, for example, a long hole is provided in the bottom plate (51) and a screw hole is provided in the bottom plate (4), the bolt (54) will be
As shown in (1), since the screw can be fastened to the screw hole of the bottom plate (4), the fall prevention device (5) can be easily attached to the mounting plate (3) without using the nut (55).

FIGS. 4 and 5 show another embodiment of the present invention. In the above-described embodiment, the frame (2), the mounting plate
(3) Although the L-shaped fall protection device (5) is used, in this embodiment, a string-shaped fall protection device is used instead of the L-shaped fall protection device.
The feature is that (6) is used.

That is, the string-shaped fall prevention device (6) is
1), and attached to one end of the string member (61), and the string member
A fixing member (62) for fixing the other end side of (61), which may be any commonly used leather or cloth belt or a synthetic resin belt-shaped one. Any other material may be used as long as it has sufficient rigidity to hold the main body (P). As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, at least two of the cord-shaped fall prevention devices (6) are used.
The personal computer main body (P) is held by being wrapped around the frame (2) and the mounting plate (3). Therefore, a hook (26) is fixed on the upper part of the frame (2) so that the string-shaped fall protection device (6) can be hung around.
At the end of the bottom plate (4) of (3), a through hole for passing the cord-shaped fall down device (6)
A plurality of (42) are provided.

In this embodiment, a frame (2) is attached to a top plate (1).
After mounting the mounting plate (3) on the frame (2) and placing the personal computer (P) on the mounting plate (3), attach the cord-shaped fall down device (6) to the hook (26) of the frame (2). Around the bottom plate
The personal computer main body (P) is mounted on the mounting plate (3) by hanging around the through-hole (42) of (4) and stopping the fixing member (62) at one end through the other end as shown in FIG. It can be stably held, and the same operation and effect as in the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, four bending hooks are provided on the mounting plate (3), and in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, five bending hooks are arranged. Needless to say, if more numbers are provided, the height adjustment can be made wider.

In each of the above embodiments, an example is shown in which the apparatus is mounted on the table top (1) and used. However, the apparatus can be similarly installed under a desk.

[0030]

According to the invention, the mounting plate is suspended by adjusting the height direction with respect to the frame, and the personal computer body is held by using the falling-down prevention means. It can be mounted each time according to the height direction and the width direction. Therefore, even when the size of the personal computer changes as the personal computer model is changed, the personal computer main body can be reliably held in a stable state, and high versatility can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing one embodiment of a device holding container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional front view showing a state in which a personal computer main body is installed in a device holding container.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional front view corresponding to FIG. 2, showing another example of a mounting plate and a fall prevention device.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the device holding container of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing a state when a personal computer is installed in the device holding container.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a usage state of a storage container of a personal computer in the related art.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a use state of another conventional storage container of the personal computer body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (P) Personal computer body (1) Top plate (2) Frame (3) Mounting plate (4) Bottom plate (5) (6) Fall down equipment (7) Set screw (21) Mounting part (22) Hanging part (23) Insertion hole (24) First locking bar (25) First locking bar (26) Hook (31)-(34) Bending hook piece (41) Long hole (42) Through hole (51) Bottom plate (52 ) Side wall (53) Insertion hole (54) Bolt (55) Nut (61) String member (62) Fastening member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A device holding device for housing a personal computer, comprising: a frame which is attached to a table, a table or the like so as to hang down from a top plate; An equipment holding container comprising: a mounting plate that can be placed; and a fall prevention means for holding the personal computer body on the mounting plate when the personal computer body is mounted on the frame. 2. A device holding device for accommodating a personal computer main body, comprising: a frame which is attached to a table, a table or the like so as to hang down from a top plate, and a bottom plate on which the personal computer main body can be mounted. Equipment comprising: a mounting plate capable of being mounted as being adjustable, and a fall-prevention device that is mounted on the bottom plate of the frame along the width direction of the personal computer and cooperates with the mounting plate to clamp the personal computer. Holding container. 3. A device holding device for storing a personal computer, comprising a frame which is attached to a table, a table or the like by hanging from a top plate, and a bottom plate on which the personal computer can be mounted. A device holding device comprising: a mounting plate that can be mounted as being adjustable; and a string-shaped fall-down stopper that is hung between the bottom plate of the frame of the mounting plate and the frame and presses the personal computer body against the mounting plate.