JP2001202942A - Battery container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a space-saving battery container by installing frames with doors or doors which are fitted thereto directly around a pile of battery units, so that there no waste in installation space. SOLUTION: Battery units 2 are piled up and fixed with each other and a frame for doors 4 and a frame for external terminals 5 are installed closely around the pile into a container, and respective doors 6 and 7 are fitted thereto.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage battery box for installing a unit battery as an emergency power source for a long time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In some cases, a unit battery 2 as shown in FIG. 5 is installed in a facility or the like and constantly charged with a commercial power supply to be used as an emergency power supply for a power failure or the like. The unit battery 2 includes a unit case 2a as shown in FIG.
A plurality of (six in the figure) sealed lead-acid batteries 1 as shown in FIG. 7 are housed and fixed therein. The sealed lead-acid battery 1 has a battery case 1a covered with a lid 1b to hermetically seal the inside of the battery element and the electrolyte therein.
The terminal 1c of both poles is projected from. These sealed lead-acid batteries 1 are housed and fixed in the unit case 2a with the lid 1b, from which the terminal 1c protrudes, facing forward so that their front faces are aligned. The unit case 2a is a metal case with a frame whose five surfaces except the front surface are covered with a flat plate. After storing a plurality of sealed lead-acid batteries 1, a battery holding plate 2b is attached to a part of the front surface. Thereby, these sealed lead storage batteries 1 can be fixed in the unit battery 2.

In the case where the unit battery 2 is used as an emergency power supply, the unit battery 2 has conventionally been installed as it is or stored in a cubicle.

[0004]

However, when the unit batteries 2 are housed in a cubicle, the installation work becomes extremely difficult unless a certain gap is provided on the left and right or above each of the unit batteries 2 to be installed. It becomes troublesome.

[0005] For this reason, conventionally, there has been a problem that the size of the cubicle accommodating the unit batteries 2 becomes large and a large installation space is required.

The present invention has been made in order to cope with such circumstances. By stacking unit batteries 2 and the like, and directly attaching a door mounting frame and a door to the unit batteries, a storage battery which does not waste installation space. It aims to provide storage boxes.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage battery storage box in which a plurality of cells having terminals of both poles projecting to a front surface are arranged in a vertical and / or horizontal direction with their front surfaces aligned. One or a plurality of unit batteries housed and fixed inside are aligned in the vertical and / or horizontal direction with their fronts aligned and fixed to each other, and a door mounting frame is fixed to the front of these unit batteries. It is characterized in that the door is mounted so as to be openable and closable on the front surface of the door mounting frame.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the door mounting frame and the door are directly mounted on the front surface of one or a plurality of unit batteries arranged side by side or stacked, no gap is required when installing the unit batteries. In addition, installation is possible by providing only a small space in front of the size of all unit batteries, and waste of installation space can be eliminated.
Since the unit battery can be provided with a mounting hole or the like in the frame or the like of the unit case, it is easy to fix the unit batteries to each other and to mount the door mounting frame. Note that a space is provided between the front surface of the unit battery and the door by the door mounting frame, so that connection to the terminals can be performed here.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the one or more unit batteries are mounted and fixed on a channel base fixed to a floor.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the unit batteries and the like are mounted and fixed on the solid base, stable installation can be performed.

In the storage battery storage box of the present invention, an external terminal frame is fixedly mounted on a side surface of the one or more unit batteries, and a door is mounted on a side surface of the external terminal frame so as to be openable and closable. It is characterized by the following.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the external terminal frame and the door are attached to the side surface of the unit battery or the like, the wiring connected to each terminal on the front surface is drawn out to the space of the external terminal frame, and the external equipment Terminal board with a door for connection to the terminal board.

In the storage battery storage box of the present invention, an external terminal frame is fixedly mounted on an upper surface of the one or more unit batteries, and a door is mounted on a front surface of the external terminal frame so as to be openable and closable. It is characterized by the following.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the external terminal frame and the door are mounted on the upper surface of the unit battery or the like. Terminal board with a door for connection to the terminal board.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the storage battery storage box, the single cell is a sealed lead storage battery.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since a sealed lead-acid battery having a long-term stable use record is used as a unit cell, a storage battery power source that can withstand a long-term installation can be provided.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a storage battery storage box, FIG. 2 is a perspective view when a unit battery is mounted on a channel base, FIG. 3 is a perspective view when the door mounting frame is mounted on the unit battery, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view when the external terminal frame is mounted on the unit battery. Components having the same functions as those of the conventional example shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In this embodiment, a storage battery storage box for an emergency power supply using a unit battery 2 in which six sealed lead storage batteries 1 are stored and fixed, as in the conventional example shown in FIG. 5, will be described. This unit battery 2, as shown in FIG.
On the channel base 3 fixed to the floor,
The pieces are stacked and placed. At this time, each unit battery 2
Are stacked with the front faces from which the terminals 1c of the stored sealed lead-acid battery 1 protrude. Between each unit battery 2,
The frames on both sides of the unit case 2a are fixed to each other using bolts / nuts or the like to integrate them. Further, since the lowermost unit batteries 2 are fixed to the channel base 3 fixed to the floor surface using bolts / nuts or the like, the stacked unit batteries 2 may fall down due to an object collision, an earthquake, or the like. Disappears.

A door mounting frame 4 is mounted on the front surface of the unit battery 2 as shown in FIG. The door mounting frame 4 is a metal frame along the upper and lower portions and both sides of the front surface of the four unit batteries 2 stacked, and the inside of this frame is a seal type housed in each unit battery 2. Lead storage battery 1
The front of is open. The door mounting frame 4 is
A crosspiece or the like may be appropriately provided inside the frame. The door attachment frame 4 is attached to the frame of the unit case 2a of all or a part of the unit batteries 2 by fixing them with bolts / nuts or the like. The door mounting frame 4 has openings 4a formed on the upper and lower sides of one side surface.

As shown in FIG. 4, an external terminal frame 5 is attached to a side surface of the unit battery 2. The external terminal frame 5 is a metal frame along the upper and lower sides and both sides of the four unit batteries 2 and the door mounting frame 4. Since the inside of the frame body is also opened similarly to the door mounting frame 4, the inside of the frame body communicates with the opening 4 a of the door mounting frame 4. The external terminal frame 5 is provided with a horizontal bar 5a at the center inside the frame body.
a is not always necessary. The external terminal frame 5 is attached to the frame of the unit case 2a of all or some of the unit batteries 2 by fixing them with bolts / nuts or the like.

On the open front surface of the door mounting frame 4,
As shown in FIG. 1, the door 6 is attached. The door 6 is also attached to the open side surface of the external terminal frame 5. Each of the doors 6 and 7 is made of a metal plate, and is attached so that the front surface of the door attachment frame 4 and the side surface of the external terminal frame 5 are divided into upper and lower parts and closed by two sheets. These doors 6 and 7 are provided with handles 6a and 7a on both sides, respectively, and are attached by fixing the four corners to the door attachment frame 4 and the external terminal frame 5 with screws. Therefore, the handles 6a,
7a can be easily removed and opened by removing the screw by hand.

In the storage battery storage box having the above structure, before the doors 6 and 7 are mounted, a connection is made to the terminal 1c of the sealed lead-acid battery 1 on the front surface of the unit battery 2 inside the door mounting frame 4, and this wiring is connected. It is pulled out into the external terminal frame 5 through the upper and lower openings 4a of the door mounting frame 4 and is connected here to a terminal board (not shown) for connection to an external device. Then, the door 6 is attached to the door attachment frame 4 and the door 7 is attached to the external terminal frame 5 to complete the installation. In addition, connection to external equipment is possible simply by removing the door 7 of the external terminal frame 5. During maintenance, the terminal 6 of the sealed lead-acid battery 1 can be connected by removing the door 6 of the door mounting frame 4. You can check the status.

As described above, according to the storage battery storage box of the present embodiment, since the unit batteries 2 are stacked on the channel base 3 without gaps, the door mounting frame 4 is slightly forwardly moved due to the connection space. Protrusion, the external terminal frame 5 protrudes a little to the side for the space of the terminal board, so that the installation space is not wasted.

In the above embodiment, the case where the sealed type lead storage battery 1 is used has been described. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to the case where another type of storage battery is used.

In the above embodiment, the unit battery 2 in which the six sealed lead storage batteries 1 are arranged side by side and fixed is described, but the number of the sealed lead storage batteries 1 is not limited as long as the number is two or more. In addition, a plurality of sets vertically stacked may be stored side by side. In this case, the unit case 2a is not limited to the structure of the above embodiment as long as the unit case 2a is a framed metal housing whose five surfaces except the front surface are covered with a flat plate.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the unit batteries 2 are stacked vertically has been described. However, the unit batteries 2 may be arranged side by side, or may be stacked and arranged in a plurality of stages. Further, in the above embodiment, the case where a plurality of unit batteries 2 are used has been described, but the door mounting frame 4 and the door 6 may be attached to one unit battery 2.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the external terminal frame 5 is attached to the side surface has been described. However, the external terminal frame 5 can be attached to the upper surface of the stacked unit batteries 2 and the like. In this case, the door 7 is attached to the front surface of the external terminal frame 5. In addition, without attaching such an external terminal frame 5, wiring from an external device may be directly drawn into the door mounting frame 4 for connection, or a terminal board may be provided inside the door mounting frame 4. It may be.

Further, in the above embodiment, the doors 6 and 7
Although it can be opened and closed by removal, it can also be opened in one-sided or double-opened state by attaching it to the door mounting frame 4 or the external terminal frame 5 via a hinge or the like.

Further, in the above embodiment, the unit battery 2 is mounted and fixed on the channel base 3. However, if the unit battery 2 is mounted on a stable floor surface or another base and fixed appropriately, the channel base 3 is not necessarily mounted. It does not have to be used.

[0031]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the storage battery storage box of the present invention, a plurality of unit cells are stored and fixed in a unit battery, and the unit batteries are placed side by side or stacked on the front face. Since the mounting frame and the door are directly mounted, waste of the installation space can be reduced as compared with a case where the unit cells or unit batteries are simply installed in the cubicle.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1, showing an embodiment of the present invention, is an overall perspective view of a storage battery storage box.

FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view when a unit battery is mounted on a channel base.

FIG. 3, showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a perspective view when a door mounting frame is mounted on a unit battery.

FIG. 4 illustrates one embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view when an external terminal frame is attached to a unit battery.

FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view of a unit battery.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a unit case.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view in which six sealed lead-acid batteries are arranged.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sealed lead storage battery 1c terminal 2 Unit battery 4 Frame for door installation 5 Frame for external terminal 6 Door 7 Door

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. One or a plurality of unit batteries in which a plurality of unit cells whose bipolar terminals protrude to the front face are arranged in the vertical and / or horizontal direction with their front faces aligned and housed and fixed in a unit case. Are fixed to each other by aligning their front surfaces in the vertical and / or horizontal direction, and fixing and mounting a door mounting frame on the front surface of these unit batteries, and a door on the front surface of the door mounting frame. A storage battery storage box that is mounted to be openable and closable. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more unit batteries include:
The storage battery storage box according to claim 1, wherein the storage battery storage box is mounted and fixed on a channel base fixed to a floor surface. 3. An external terminal frame is fixedly attached to a side surface of the one or more unit batteries, and a door is attached to a side surface of the external terminal frame so as to be openable and closable. The storage battery storage box according to claim 1 or 2. 4. An external terminal frame is fixedly mounted on an upper surface of the one or more unit batteries, and a door is openably mounted on a front surface of the external terminal frame. The storage battery storage box according to claim 1 or 2. 5. The storage battery storage box according to claim 1, wherein the single cell is a sealed lead storage battery.