JP2002009453A - Electric apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric apparatus easy to fit to the design the user hopes. SOLUTION: Various designs are prepared for a front cover 3 to be mounted on a front of an apparatus 1, and one of designs the user hopes is selected. A front sheet 6 in a desired form to be observed partly or wholly from the front of the front cover 3 is provided, if necessary, between the front cover and the apparatus 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric device for mounting a panel such as an hour meter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of an electric device for mounting a panel such as an hour meter, it is often used in combination with another electric device for mounting a panel. It was difficult to adopt equipment with its own design.

[0003]

In view of the above, there has been proposed a method of individually developing and manufacturing a device in accordance with a unified design image of a panel possessed by a user, but in this case, investment is required. However, it takes a lot of time to develop, and it is often the case that the adoption is delayed due to cost and delivery.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has as its object to provide an electric device which can easily cope with a design desired by a user.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus main body and an optional front cover which is attached to a front portion of the apparatus main body and can be selected as required. And a basic component member, between the front portion of the device body and the attached front cover, a part or all of the front cover is visible from the front of the front cover at the time of interposition, a front sheet of any form. It is characterized by being interposed as needed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the front cover according to the first aspect, which has a round front shape, is attached to a front portion of the device body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a front cover having a rectangular front shape is attached to a front portion of the device main body.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the front cover is formed by a resin molded product having at least a front portion having a light transmitting portion through which the inside can be seen. Features.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the front cover on which the display contents are printed so as to be visible from the front is attached to the front portion of the device body without the front sheet interposed therebetween. It is characterized by being attached.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the front sheet is printed and displayed on at least the front surface so as to be visible.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth or sixth aspects, the sheet material of the front sheet is:
It is characterized by using a sheet material of any color.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments.

The present embodiment is employed in an hour meter. As shown in FIG. 1, an apparatus main body (case) 2 having a built-in drive unit 1 for an hour meter and a front part of the apparatus main body 2 are mounted. The front cover 3, the front cover 3, and the front sheet 6 interposed between the front cover 3 and the front part of the device main body 2 are independently formed components.
In addition to preparing the types, the front cover 3 is made to have any form such as the design desired by the user, and the front sheet 6 is made to correspond to the form of the front cover 3 and is made to have any form desired by the user as necessary. By preparing and assembling each, an hour meter that satisfies the needs of the user is completed.

Here, the main body 2 is provided with a flange 2 on the outer peripheral portion on the front side.
a is formed so as to protrude outward, and a small flange portion 2c is further formed on the outer periphery of the flange portion 2a over the entire periphery, and is formed on the outer periphery of the small flange portion 2c in the circumferential direction as shown in FIG. The fitting projections 2b for attaching the front cover-3 are formed at three places at equal intervals so as to protrude outward.

On the other hand, the front cover 3 is made of a synthetic resin molded product, and in addition to a round front shape as requested by the user, a rectangular shape as shown in FIG. 3 is prepared. Further, other than the outer shape of the front surface, there is no edge at the peripheral portion of the front surface as shown in FIG.
a is prepared for each outer shape.

As shown in FIG. 5, on the rear side of the front cover 3, there is formed a tube portion 4 for fitting the front portion of the device main body 1 side, and this tube portion 4 is formed on the inner peripheral surface side. A small inner diameter portion 4a corresponding to the outer diameter of the flange portion 2a and a large inner diameter portion 4b corresponding to the outer diameter of the small flange portion 2c are formed so as to be continuous with the small inner diameter portion 4a. A fitting recess 4c for fitting the fitting projection 2b is formed. Although FIG. 5 shows an example of the front cover 3 having the edge 3a, a similar structure is provided in the front cover 3 without the edge shown in FIG. Of course, a similar structure is provided for a rectangular shape as shown in FIG.

When the front cover 3 of any shape is mounted on the front portion of the device main body 2, an O-ring is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the device main body 2 in front of the flange portion 2a of the device main body 2 in advance. 5 is mounted as shown in FIG. Then, the front portion of the device main body 2 is fitted into the cylindrical portion 4 of the front cover 3, and the fitting protrusion 2b projecting from the small flange portion 2c is fitted into the fitting concave portion 4c of the large inner diameter portion 4b. The front cover 3 is fixed to the front surface of the device body 2 by fitting using the elasticity of the peripheral wall. At this time, the front end of the device main body 2 fits in the small inner diameter portion 4a of the cylindrical portion 4, and the O-ring 5 is compressed by the inner surface of the large inner diameter portion 4b, the front surface of the flange 2a, and the outer peripheral surface of the front end of the device main body 2. O-ring 5 on these surfaces
The inside of the device main body 1 is sealed from the atmosphere by bringing the device into close contact.

When the front cover 2 is attached to the front end of the equipment body 2, the front cover 3 and the equipment body 2
The front sheet 6 is interposed between the front sheet 6 and the front part.
The front cover 3 used in this case is formed of a resin molded product having at least a front part as a light transmitting part so that the interposed front sheet 4 can be visually recognized from the outside. In this case, the whole may be uncolored or colored, and the whole or the front part may be a light transmitting part (transparent part).

The design and color of the front sheet 6 are also prepared according to the user's request. In other words, the display contents to be printed are made according to the user's request, and sheet materials of various colors are prepared so that the colors can also meet the user's request.

Therefore, the color of the front cover 3 and the front sheet 6
It is possible to create an hour meter having a different impression depending on the combination of the colors, and the contents of the printed notation can also meet the demands of the user.

FIG. 6 shows an example of printing on the front sheet 6 corresponding to the front cover 3 having a round shape. In this example, a display window 6a in which the time display section of the drive section faces in the center, and rotation of the drive section 1 are shown. Each of the window holes 6b facing the display portion is opened, and a character "h" indicating a unit of time, a border of the display window 4a, and a character "HOUR METER" are displayed and printed on the side of the display window 6a. It is written. In addition, a recess 6d is provided on the periphery of the device main body 2, in which a positioning protrusion 2e that projects from a front sheet mounting step surface 2f formed near a front opening of a recess 2d formed in the front portion of the device main body 2 fits.

FIG. 7 shows a completed product in which a front sheet 6 shown in FIG. 6 is interposed between a front cover 3 which is circular, forms an edge 3a, is entirely light transmissive and is colored, and a front portion of the apparatus body 2. Is shown. 7 is a U-shaped bracket for attaching to a mounting panel (not shown), and includes a tip of both side pieces arranged along both side surfaces of the device main body 2 and a flange of the device main body 2. The device main body 2 is fixed to the mounting panel by sandwiching the peripheral portion of the mounting hole of the mounting panel with the portion 2a from the front and the back, and the center piece is attached to the rear surface of the device main body 2 by screws so as to be able to move forward and backward. ing.

FIGS. 8 (a) to 8 (e) show the front surfaces of the finished products having different designs. In these examples, the borders of characters and window frames are directly printed on the front surface of the front cover 3, and the front surface is shown. An example in which the sheet 6 is not used is shown. In the case of printing directly on the front cover 3, it is not necessary to interpose the front sheet 6, so that the number of assembly steps and the number of parts can be reduced. The front cover 3 made of a synthetic resin molded product used in this case may be formed so that the entire front surface except for the printed portion is formed as a light transmitting portion. However, only the display window portion may be transparent and other portions may be opaque. .

When a front cover 3 having a rectangular outer shape as shown in FIG. 3 is used, a suitable front sheet 6 may be prepared in the same manner as in the case of a round shape, or may be indicated by direct printing.

The contents of the printed notation, the outer shape of the front cover 6 and the design of the front sheet 6 are not particularly limited to the above-described example, but can be prepared in accordance with the user's request to meet the user's request. .

[0026]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus main body and an optional front cover which is attached to a front portion of the apparatus main body and which can be selected as necessary. Between the unit and the attached front cover, a front sheet of an arbitrary form, which can be partially or wholly visible from the front of the front cover at the time of interposition, is interposed as necessary, It is possible to easily manufacture an electric device corresponding to the front design desired by the present invention, and particularly, it is possible to quickly cope with the common use of the device body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, since a front cover having a round front shape is attached to a front portion of the main body of the device, an electric device having a round front design is used. Can be provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, since the front cover having a rectangular front shape is attached to the front portion of the device main body, it is possible to provide an electric device having a rectangular front design. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the front cover is formed of a resin molded product having at least a front portion having a light transmitting portion through which the inside can be seen. The one with a different impression can be easily provided by changing the design of the internal front sheet.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, a front cover on which display contents are printed so as to be visible from the front is attached to the front portion of the main body of the device without the front sheet interposed therebetween. Since it is attached, it is not necessary to use a front sheet, and it is possible to provide electric devices of various designs simply by changing the front cover.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the front sheet is printed and printed so as to be visible at least from the front. be able to.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth or sixth aspects, the sheet material of the front sheet is
Since a sheet material of any color is used, it is possible to provide electric devices of various designs according to colors.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an exploded state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the device main body used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of another front cover that can be used in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of another front cover that can be used in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of the above.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an example of a front sheet that can be used in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of a completed product according to the embodiment.

8A to 8D are front views of other examples of the front cover that can be used in the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drive part 2 Device body 3 Front cover 6 Front sheet

Claims (7)

[Claims] An apparatus body and a front cover, which is attached to a front portion of the device body and can be selected as required, are basic constituent members, and the device body is attached to the front portion of the device body. An electric device comprising an optional front sheet, which can be partially or wholly visible from the front of the front cover when interposed between the front cover and the front cover, as required. 2. The electric device according to claim 1, wherein a front cover having a round front shape is attached to a front portion of the device main body. 3. The electric device according to claim 1, wherein a front cover having a rectangular front shape is attached to a front portion of the device main body. 4. The electric device according to claim 1, wherein the front cover is formed of a resin molded product having at least a front portion having a light transmitting portion through which the inside can be seen. 5. The electric device according to claim 1, wherein a front cover printed in a visible manner from the front is attached to a front portion of the apparatus main body without interposing the front sheet. machine. 6. The electric apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the front sheet is provided with a printed notation visible from the front. 7. The electric apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a sheet material of an arbitrary color is used as a sheet material of the front sheet.