JP2001152582A - Wiring structure of partition - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent cords arranged in a space easy to see from the outside from being seen in a partition excellent in the daylighting property and/or ventilation. SOLUTION: A partition frame 3 comprises a pair of right and left stays 6 and 6, and transverse sashes 15 and 15 transversely connected thereto at an appropriate height of the right and left stays 6 and 6, an area surrounded by a pair of upper and lower transverse sashes 15 and 15 and a pair of right and left stays 6 and 6 is formed to be a ventilating or transparent space 21, a cord passing hole 19 to communicate with the space 21 at a connection part of the stay 6 is bored in the upper and lower transverse sashes 15 and 15, and a vertical longitudinal cover 29 to surround the cord passing holes 19 and 19 and the side surface of the stay 6 is fitted in an attachable/detachable manner so as to be demarcated from the space 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

 The present invention relates to a partition wiring structure.

[0001]

2. Description of the Related Art It has been conventionally considered variously that a cord or the like can be wired in a partition, and a wiring duct is provided at an upper end portion, and this is closed with a top cover.
It is widely practiced to provide a wiring duct at a lower end portion closed with a baseboard.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Hei 8-100979 discloses that in a hollow partition having a space between the front and back panels, a wiring duct sandwiched between the front and back panels is horizontally provided inside the midway height position. It is described that it is provided in a shape.

In Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 7-21825,
By forming a horizontally extending wiring storage section at an intermediate height position of the partition, covering the longitudinal side surface of the storage section, and detachably configuring a cover body disposed in the same plane as the panel. There has been disclosed a technique that allows cords to be drawn from the storage portion to the surface of the partition.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 2747259 discloses that a wiring space (cable duct space) is formed inside a hollow partition having a space between the front and back panels, and the cable duct space is formed by a panel. It is described that a gap is provided below the panel so that cables (cords) can be drawn out.

[0005] By the way, the partition in recent years has not only the function of simply partitioning the room, but also the function of mounting a tabletop on the front surface thereof has been improved. Therefore, it is required that cords can be pulled out from the surface of the partition. ing.

However, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Hei 8-10097, a wiring duct provided inside a panel hidden inside can simply use the inside of a partition as a wiring passage, and responds to the above demand. There was a difficult problem.

On the other hand, in the case of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. Hei 7-21825 and Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 2747259, cords can be pulled out toward the surface of the partition.
Usability can be improved.

On the other hand, in recent partitions such as self-standing partitions,
For example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-11046, a transparent or translucent glass plate or resin plate is inserted in place of a normal opaque panel for daylighting, or air permeability is improved. In addition, a space where the panel is not arranged is formed in a part of the partition.

[0009]

However, even in a place where the normal panel is not arranged, it is necessary to route the wiring cords inserted in the partition to the place such as the tabletop, especially, In a space where no panel is provided for the daylighting and / or air permeability, there is a problem that a middle part of the inserted cords is exposed and the appearance is deteriorated.

[0010] An object of the present invention is to provide a wiring structure in a partition that solves this problem.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wiring structure in a partition according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein a frame frame of the partition includes a pair of right and left support portions and an appropriate height of the left and right support portions. It consists of a horizontal rail connected horizontally at the position,
An area surrounded by at least a pair of upper and lower horizontal rails and the pair of left and right columns is a ventilation or light-transmitting space, and the upper and lower horizontal rails are provided at locations connected to the columns. And a vertical cover body that surrounds both the code insertion holes and the side surface of the column is detachably mounted so as to be separated from the space.

The invention described in claim 2 is the first invention.
In the partitioning wiring structure described in the above, the vertical cover body is formed in a groove-shaped cross section of which one side is open, and a pair of open edge pieces of the vertical cover body has elasticity of itself, so that the support portion is formed. Are configured to be able to sandwich a pair of side surfaces facing each other.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the wiring structure of the partition according to the first or second aspect,
A slider is provided on the inner surface of the vertical cover body so as to slide on a pair of side surfaces of the support portion.

[0014]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is an overall perspective view of the partition, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the upper half of the frame of the partition,
FIG. 3 is a front view of the lower half of the partition frame, and FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part of a vertical wiring structure. The partition is formed by connecting a plurality of units 1 in a linear shape or a T shape in a plan view.
In FIG. 1, a desk top plate 2 is arranged in a space surrounded by three or more units 1, and the desk top plate 2 is mounted on a frame frame 3 constituting the unit 1 by a bracket (not shown) projecting detachably. Supported.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a frame 3 constituting each unit 1. The metal frame 3 is mainly composed of a main frame 4, and a stackable frame 5 can be joined to the upper surface of the main frame 4 if desired. Good. Both frames 4,5
Both have a pair of left and right vertical columns 6 having a hollow cross section and a horizontally long horizontal connecting member 7, and the main frame 4 connects the upper and lower sides of the column 6 by horizontal connecting members 7, 7.
In the stacked frame 5, only the upper part of the column 6 is connected by the horizontally long connecting member 7.

A guide piece 8 projects downward from the lower end of a pair of right and left columns 6 of the stacked frame 5 and is fitted into a vertical groove 9 of the column 6 of the main frame 4.
In this state, the horizontally long connecting member 7 of the main frame 4 and the column 6 of the stackable frame 5 are fastened with the mounting bracket 10 and the screw 11. The columns 6 of the frames 4 and 5 adjacent to each other on the left and right are integrally connected by metal fittings (not shown).

A large number of slots 12 for mounting brackets (not shown) for supporting a shelf plate (not shown) and brackets for supporting the tabletop plate 2 are formed in each column 6 along the vertical direction. Have been. Also, an appropriate number of engagement holes 13 for attaching panels 14 and the like for covering the front and rear surfaces of the main frame 4 and the stackable frame 5 are formed.

Next, a vertical wiring structure of the main frame 4 as the frame 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. The upper and lower cross rails 1 having a C-shaped cross section as shown in FIGS.
5 and 15 are connected via a connection fitting 16 or the like. The connection fitting 16 has a protrusion 16 a which is fitted to the base end of the engagement hole 13 formed in the side surface of the column 6, suspended from the lower end thereof. Cutouts 17 are formed at the left and right ends of the horizontal plate 15a of the horizontal rail 15 so as to surround the front and rear side surfaces of the column 6, and following the cutouts 17, the cord insertion holes 19 penetrating vertically. Are cut out in a substantially semicircular shape in plan view (only one is shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 6). The edge of the cord insertion hole 19 is provided with a regulating piece 20 which is bent in the vertical direction and has an arc shape in plan view.

Therefore, the upper and lower horizontal rails 15, 15 are inserted between the pair of right and left support columns 6, 6 at appropriate height positions of the main frame 4 having a rectangular frame shape as viewed from the front, and the connecting brackets 16, 16 are inserted.
Can be joined through. The rectangular area viewed from the front, which is surrounded by the pair of right and left support portions 6, 6 and the upper and lower cross bars 15, 15, is provided with a space 21 penetrating before and after the partition without mounting the normal panel 14 described above. I do. For example, the space 21 is formed below the tabletop 2 to improve the ventilation and lighting of the feet of a person sitting in front of the tabletop 2 (see FIG. 1).

In FIG. 3, a lower part of the horizontal rail 15 is detachably attached to the front and rear surfaces of the pillars 6, 6 of the baseboard 22, and is provided from the double floor 23 or the like for power supply and wiring. The cords 24 are pulled out and extended upward along one side of the support portion 6 (the side facing the space 21), and the cord insertion hole 19 of the lower horizontal rail 15 and the code insertion hole 19 of the upper horizontal rail 15 are inserted. Through the notch groove 27 of the rotating cover body 26 arranged on the outer side in the longitudinal direction of the cord receiving gutter 25, and the cords are placed on the front or rear surface of the partition. 24 can be pulled out. In that case, the space 21 between the upper and lower horizontal rails 15
A vertical cover body 29 of a vertical gutter shape (one side open groove-shaped cross-section) for preventing the middle part of the cords 24 from being seen from the outside at the point (2), is elastically fitted to the side surface of the column 6. It is mounted and attached (see FIGS. 3 and 6).

The vertical cover body 29 is formed by bending a metal plate with a press or the like, and has a substantially central portion in cross section so as to cover the cord insertion hole 19 and extend along the outer surface of the regulating piece 20. The two side pieces 29a, 29a, which are formed in a semicircular shape and are open edge pieces, are formed to have a U-shaped cross section which abuts on the front and rear outer surfaces of the column 6. This vertical cover 2
9 is a pair of side pieces 29a, 2 in the free state.
9a is formed to be slightly smaller than the distance between the front and rear side surfaces of the column 6 and the vertical cover 29
The pair of side pieces 29a, 29a against the elastic force of itself.
With the distance between the free ends thereof slightly widened, they are fitted into the front and rear outer surfaces of the support portion 6 and clamped. In addition, on the inner surfaces of the pair of both side pieces 29a, 29a, a pair of upper and lower members made of a material having a small coefficient of friction (for example, a fluororesin material) as shown in FIGS. 7, 8A and 8B are provided. The slider 30 is fixed, and the contact between the metal pieces of the support portion 6 and the vertical cover body 29 is prevented, so that the contact piece 30a of the slider 30 can slide.

With the above arrangement, the cords 24 are connected to the unit 1 with the baseboard 22 and the vertical cover body 29 removed.
After being pulled out upward through the cord insertion hole 19 at the end of the lower horizontal rail 15 within the thickness of the lower cross rail 15 and guided upward from the code insertion hole 19 of the upper horizontal rail 15 along the column 6, The space 2
The vertical cover body 29 is formed so as to cover the side surface of the support portion 6 at one place.
Is fitted. Thereby, the support part 6 and the vertical cover body 2
9 serves as a wiring space for the cords 24 defined with respect to the space 21, and the cords 24 can be hidden from the outside, so that the appearance is improved. It is. Due to the elastic deformation force of the vertical cover body 29 itself, a pair of side pieces 29 of the vertical cover body 29 having a groove-shaped cross section is used.
Since the support portion can be sandwiched from both outer sides by the a and the 29a, there is an effect that the attaching and detaching work of the vertical cover body 29 can be extremely simplified. Therefore, the material of the vertical cover body 29 may be formed of a synthetic resin material.

Further, by providing the slider 30 on the inner surface of the pair of both side pieces 29a, 29a of the vertical cover body 29, it is possible to prevent generation of abnormal noise when the vertical cover body 29 is attached and detached. In addition, the surface of the column 6 can be prevented from being damaged.

Next, the configuration of the wiring duct device disposed above the space 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. The longitudinal cord receiving gutter 25, which is formed in an upwardly open section with a cross section formed by extrusion molding of a synthetic resin material or aluminum metal or the like and is to be disposed between the left and right columns 6 of the unit 1, is provided with the partition. The unit 1 is suspended and arranged in multiple stages such as two stages below the upper horizontal rail 7 of the upper (stacked) frame 5 of the unit 1.

Each cord receiving gutter 25 has a bottom plate 25a and front and rear wall plates 25b, 25 extending upward from the front and rear of the bottom plate 25a.
b, and has an upward U-shaped cross section.

The lower end (bolt head) is supported by the bottom plate 25a of the lowermost cord receiving gutter 25 so as not to be dropped, and the upper end of the hanging bolt 35 projecting upward is connected to the downward hook portion 36.
The screw 36 is screwed to the lower piece 36a of the mounting bracket 36 having b. To attach the pair of left and right mounting brackets 36 to the horizontally long connecting member 7 having a rectangular cross section in the frame 5 or the like, as shown in FIGS. Push bolt 37 screwed upward from the lower piece 36a while engaging
In this case, it may be fixed by sandwiching the lower surface of the horizontally long connecting member 7. By pressing against the lower surface of the horizontal rail 7 with the push bolt 37, the mounting bracket 36 does not laterally shift,
It does not come off from the crosspiece 7. The horizontally long connecting member 7
When the mounting bracket 36 is installed inside the left and right columns 6 at an intermediate height position where there is no (see FIG. 3), the mounting bracket 36 may be fixed to the intermediary bracket 38 fixed to each column 6.

At the upper end of the spacer tube 39 fitted on the suspension bolt 35, the bottom plate 25a of the upper cord receiving gutter 25 is supported so as not to drop, and the upper and lower cord receiving gutters 25, 25 are supported.
Of the suspension bolt 3
By disposing the mounting bracket 5 and the mounting bracket 36 at least at two places in the longitudinal direction of the cord receiving gutter 25 in advance, the unit 1 can be mounted from the frontage direction of the frames 4 and 5. For this purpose, it is desirable that the length of each cord receiving gutter 25 be shorter than the interval between the left and right support portions 6, 6 in the frame 4 (5).

A flap door 26 which is arranged outside the longitudinal side surface (front and rear surfaces) of each of the cord receiving gutters 25 and is longitudinally arranged along the frontage direction so as not to be seen from outside the unit 1. The cord receiving gutter 25 is attached to the outside of the front and rear wall plates 25b so as to be vertically rotatable and detachable.

That is, the cord receiving gutter 2 in the present embodiment.
9, 11 and 1 on the outside of the front and rear wall plates 25b of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the base of the flap door 26 made of synthetic resin such as ABS resin or extruded aluminum is used as a mounting portion which can be turned up and down and is detachable from a direction crossing the outer surface of the cord receiving gutter 25. Are formed at a plurality of locations (upper and lower in the embodiment) at appropriate intervals in the vertical direction. That is, each male engaging portion 4 is provided outside the wall plate 25b.
The round shaft section 40a serving as the center of rotation as 0 is provided so as to protrude upward. On the other hand, a flap door 2 formed by extrusion molding of a synthetic resin material or aluminum metal or the like.
A lower end edge (base) of the female member 6 is formed with a female engaging portion 41 having a substantially semicircular cross section and rotatably fitted to the round shaft portion 40a. Further, on the inner surface of each flap door 26, a round shaft-shaped locking ridge 42 is integrally formed at a position above the female engagement portion 41.

The female engaging portion 41 and the locking ridge 42 are formed integrally over the entire length of the flap door 26, and the male engaging portion 40 is integrally formed over the entire length of the cord receiving gutter 25. Have been.

With the above structure, as shown on the right side of FIG. 9, the flap door 26 shown on the left side of FIG. The lower end of the female-type engaging portion 41 can be turned from the outside of the wall plate 25b of the cord receiving gutter 25 into the male-type engaging portion from the outside of the wall plate 25b of the cord receiving gutter 25 in this inclined state. It can be attached to the round shaft portion 40a in 40 from above, and can be removed in reverse.

Since the male engaging portions 40 are provided on the wall plate 25b of each cord receiving gutter 25 in a plurality of stages vertically, the male engaging portion 40 at a higher position is provided at the base of the flap door 26. When the female engaging portion 41 is fitted, the vertical dimension of the gap above the flap door 26 can be reduced, while the female engaging portion 40 at the base of the flap door 26 is attached to the lower male engaging portion 40. When the fitting portion 41 is fitted, the vertical dimension of the horizontally long continuous gap can be increased, and the mounting position of the flap door 26 base is changed with respect to the male engaging portion 40 as the mounting portion at the vertical position. Accordingly, a gap having a size corresponding to the thickness of the cords C drawn out from the cord receiving gutter 25 toward the front of the partition can be formed extremely easily.

FIGS. 9, 11 and 12 show the flap door 26.
2 shows a configuration of an open / close holding unit for holding the panel in parallel (vertical) with the panel 14. The end cap 43 made of synthetic resin is integrally formed in a substantially U-shape in a sectional selling direction, and the cord receiving gutter 25 is formed.
Are provided with a plurality of locking pieces 44 for detachably sandwiching the longitudinal end surfaces of the front and rear wall plates 25b, 25b.
A bifurcated fitting groove 45 protruding in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the locking piece 44 protrudes is provided at a plurality of upper and lower height positions, and each fitting groove 45 is provided in the vertical flap door 26. The round shaft portion 40a of the female engaging portion 40 is elastically engaged.

A detachable flap cap 47 is attached to both longitudinal ends of the flat plate-shaped flap door 26 which is long in the frontage direction of the partition unit 1. That is, a protection edge portion 48 having a downward-facing U-shape is formed at the upper end of the flap door 26 over its entire length, and a female engagement portion 40 is formed at the lower end (base) of the flap door 26. The flap cap 47 has its substrate 49
A support plate 50 projecting laterally from the support plate 50 to support the rear surface of the end of the flap door 26; an upper protection plate 51 projecting laterally above the support plate 50 from the substrate 49 and positioned on the upper edge side of the flap door 26; A locking hook 52 projecting downward from the upper protection plate portion 51 to hold the protection edge portion 48 of the flap door 26 so as not to fall off, and a female engagement portion provided near a lower portion of the support plate portion 50. And a holding portion 53 for holding the device 40 from the front and back.

With this configuration, the length between the flap caps 47 attached to the left and right ends of the flap door 26 (the total length of the flap door 26) is the distance between the right and left support columns 6, 6 of the unit 1. As a result, the length of the panel 14 can be set to be substantially the same as the frontage dimension, and when the flap door 26 is opened for wiring work of the cords C and the like, up to the positions of the left and right columns 6, 6. Since it can be largely exposed, wiring work to the adjacent unit 1 becomes easy. If the height of the flap cap 47 is formed higher than the height of the flap door 26, when the flap door 26 is closed, the left and right support portions are increased while increasing the vertical dimension of the space 68 above the flap door 26. The portions 6 and 6 can be surely covered and concealed, and the appearance is improved. Further, by removing the flap cap 47, it becomes convenient to pull out the cords C from the vicinity of the column 6 to the front of the unit 1.

In each of the above embodiments, the flap door 26 may be provided on only one side or both sides of the front and back surfaces of the partition, and may be selected according to the usage of the partition. Further, the left and right lengths (lengths along the opening direction of the partition) and the vertical heights of the cord receiving gutter 25 and the flap door 26 may be set as required. Further, the cord receiving gutters 25 may be provided in upper and lower stages over the entire length of the partition in the opening direction, or may be provided only in a part of the partition in the opening direction or only in a part of the partition in the height direction. When mounted rotatably as in this embodiment, there is an advantage that opening and closing can be performed with one touch, and wiring work of cords and the like from the opening direction of the partition can be extremely easily performed. In addition, such as using a hinge
The flap door 26 may be opened and closed freely in other mounting forms. The space 21 may be covered with a transparent or translucent glass plate or resin plate. In this case, only the lighting property can be achieved.

[0037]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the wiring structure in the partition is composed of a pair of right and left columns, and a horizontal rail connecting sideways at appropriate heights of the right and left columns. The area surrounded by at least a pair of upper and lower horizontal rails and the pair of left and right pillars is a ventilation or translucent space, and the upper and lower horizontal rails are connected to a pillar part. While a code insertion hole communicating with the space is formed at a location, a vertically-covered vertical cover body surrounding both the code insertion hole and the side surface of the pillar portion is detachably mounted so as to be separated from the space. is there.

According to this structure, the cords can be easily wired along the column through the cord insertion holes at the ends of the upper and lower horizontal rails with the vertical cover removed. And
Thereafter, if a vertical cover body is fitted and attached so as to cover the side surface of the column at the place of the space, a vertical space surrounded by the column and the vertical cover is partitioned with respect to the space. It can be used as a wiring space for cords, and it is possible to hide the cords from the outside, improving the appearance,
This has the effect of providing a partition with excellent lighting and / or air permeability.

Further, the invention described in claim 2 is the same as that in claim 1
In the partitioning wiring structure described in the above, the vertical cover body is formed in a groove-shaped cross section of which one side is open, and a pair of open edge pieces of the vertical cover body has elasticity of itself, so that the support portion is formed. Are configured to be able to sandwich a pair of side surfaces facing each other.

According to this configuration, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, the elastic deformation force of the vertical cover body itself causes
Since the column portion can be sandwiched from both outer sides by the pair of open edge pieces of the vertical cover body having the groove-shaped cross section, an effect of extremely easily attaching and detaching the vertical cover body can be achieved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the partition wiring structure according to the first or second aspect,
The inner surface of the vertical cover body is provided with a slider that is in sliding contact with a pair of side surfaces of the column portion. Therefore, in addition to the effects of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the vertical cover body has At the time of attachment / detachment operation, it is possible to prevent the generation of abnormal noise and to prevent the surface of the support portion from being damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a partition.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a partition frame.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view of a frame.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of a vertical cover body mounting portion.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a view showing a mounting state of a lower horizontal rail.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting state of a support portion and a vertical cover body.

8A is a side view of the slider, and FIG. 8B is a plan view of the slider.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view showing a structure for attaching a cord receiving gutter and a flap door.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing an attached state of a flap door and a flap cap.

FIG. 11 is a partially cutaway front view of a cord receiving gutter mounting structure.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view taken along line XII-XII of FIG. 11;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Partition unit 3 Frame frame 4 Lower frame 6 Prop part 7 Horizontal connection member 15 Horizontal rail 16 Connection fitting 19 Cord insertion hole 21 Space 22 Baseboard 24 Cords 25 Cord receiving gutter 26 Flap door 29 Vertical cover body 29a Side piece 30 Slider

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A frame frame of a partition is constituted by a pair of right and left columns, and a horizontal bar connected laterally at an appropriate height position of the left and right columns, and at least a pair of upper and lower horizontal beams and the left and right pair of columns. The upper and lower horizontal rails are provided with a cord insertion hole communicating with the space at a location connected to the pillar portion in the upper and lower horizontal rails. A vertical wiring body surrounding the both cord insertion holes and the side surfaces of the support portion is detachably mounted so as to be separated from the space. 2. The vertical cover body is formed in a groove-shaped cross section with a one-side open cross section, and a pair of open edge pieces of the vertical cover body is formed by a pair of opposing columns of the support portion due to its own elasticity. The partition wiring structure according to claim 1, wherein the partition wiring structure is configured to be able to hold the side surface of the partition. 3. The wiring structure of a partition according to claim 1, wherein a slider is provided on an inner surface of the vertical cover body so as to slide on a pair of side surfaces of the support portion.