JP2002112414A - Information distribution pannel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To offer an information distribution pannel which makes it possible to easily wire and connect in the necessary and minimum space. SOLUTION: A base board 4, on which several kinds of instruments are fixed, is fitted on a prescribed area in a cabinet body by a holding metal frame 16 with fitting screws 20. The holding metal frame 16 has a L shape tip portion 16B folded downward at the upper end and has a L shape tip portion 16C folded upward at the lower end. The base board 4 is movably linked to the tip portion 16C with bindings 22. When fitting screws 20 are losened, the upper end of the base board 4 projects until it touches the upper tip portion 16B and stands inclined forehead. Therefore it makes easy to connect cables to the connectors, which are placed at the upper side wall of the instrument fixed on the base board 4, without interfering by the cabinet body.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connection between indoor wirings reaching information outlets installed indoors, and a connection between the indoor wirings and information wirings drawn in from the outdoors, and The present invention relates to an information distribution board for collectively managing connection states.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various information terminal devices such as personal computers (especially for connection to the Internet) and CATV devices have been used in houses, in addition to telephones and facsimile machines. For this reason, an information outlet that enables the use of an arbitrary information terminal device in each room is provided similarly to a power outlet for various electric appliances.

When the information outlet is provided, the connection between the indoor wiring to the information outlet and the information wiring (telephone line, CA line) drawn from the indoor wiring and the outdoor.
An information distribution board is provided for centralizing connection with TV wiring, wiring from a terrestrial wave, satellite outdoor antenna, etc.) and collectively managing the connection state of each wiring.

[0004] Information distribution boards include, for example, CAT.
Devices such as dual routers compatible with Internet connection from V or ISDN lines and telephone lines, and distribution boosters for amplifying and distributing various television signals (CATV, VHF, UHF, BS, CS) are built in. ,
Connection between the respective wirings is performed via these devices.

[0005]

Incidentally, the information distribution board is generally housed in a cabinet, and has an opening on the front surface thereof for performing work such as wiring to equipment built in the cabinet. Is provided. It is desired that the cabinet be as small and thin as possible so that it does not stand out or obstruct when installed on an indoor wall or the like.

For this reason, in a device built in a cabinet, connectors for connecting cables are not provided on the front surface of the device facing the working opening, but are usually provided on the upper, lower, left and right side surfaces of the device. In the cabinet, only a minimum necessary space for connecting and wiring the connector is secured in the vertical and horizontal directions of the built-in device.

For this reason, when a connector that requires a relatively large space at the time of connection, such as an F-type connector often used for a coaxial cable, is used, the cabinet hinders the workability of wiring and connection work. There was a problem that was bad. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution board capable of easily performing wiring and connection work in a minimum necessary space in order to solve the above problems.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information distribution board according to the present invention, wherein a base to which various devices connected to an information system wiring to a terminal device are attached is attached. Usually, it is fixed to a preset storage position in the cabinet by a fixing member.

When the fixing by the fixing member is released, the base is held by the inclination holding member at a working position where one end of the base is inclined toward the opening of the main body. Therefore, according to the information distribution board of the present invention,
When the base is held in the working position by the tilt holding member, the equipment is attached to the base so that the connector part for connecting the cable protrudes toward the opening, so that the area around the equipment built in the cabinet can be sufficient. Even when a sufficient space is not secured, the connection of the cable to the built-in device and the wiring to the connection point can be easily performed.

[0010] The base held in the working position may be inclined (projected) at any of the upper, lower, left and right ends toward the opening. Here, as the inclination holding member,
Specifically, for example, as described in claim 2, a device comprising support means for swingably supporting the base with respect to the main body, and limiting means for contacting the base to limit the amount of swing of the base. Can be used.

In this case, if the support means is provided at the lower part of the base and the upper part of the base is configured to swing, the fixing by the fixing member is only released, and the weight of the base and the built-in equipment attached to the base is reduced by its own weight. The base can be automatically moved to the working position.

[0012] The restricting means may include a swing range such that the connection direction of the cable to the cable connection connector of the built-in device attached to the base can incline the base to at least a position that does not intersect the main body of the case. It is desirable to set

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view and a bottom view showing the configuration of the information distribution board of the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. However, the bottom view and the side view show the internal configuration through the bottom wall and the side wall of the cabinet body.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an information distribution board 2 according to the present embodiment includes a device mounting base 4 on which various devices connected to the information system wiring of the information terminal device are mounted.
A main body 6 having a storage space for storing the device mounting base 4 and having an opening in the front, and a lid 8a detachably attached to the periphery of the opening of the main body 6 and opening and closing the opening are provided. A cabinet 10 including a front cover 8 is provided.

The equipment mounting base 4 has a CAT
V or ISDN line, a dual router 12a corresponding to the Internet connection from an analog telephone line, and various television signals (CATV, VHF, UHF, BS, C
S), a distribution booster 12 b for amplifying and distributing S), and a dual router 12 built in these cabinets 10.
a and a power outlet 13 for supplying power to the distribution booster 12b (hereinafter, simply referred to as “device 12”).

The various connectors C for connecting cables to the equipment 12 are provided not on the front face facing the opening of the main body 6 but on the upper and lower side faces of the equipment 12 facing the inner wall of the main body 6. ing. Here, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the internal configuration of the main body 6 with the front cover 8 removed before the device 12 and the power outlet 13 are mounted on the device mounting base 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, the back wall 6a of the main body 6, which is fixed to the wall surface at the time of installation, has a large number of openings 14 that can be used for drawing cables into the cabinet 10. The device mounting base 4 is fixed to a predetermined storage position by a fixing screw 20 via a pair of holding brackets 16 fixed to left and right ends along the longitudinal direction in the main body 6. Further, the device mounting base 4 is formed in such a size that a part of the opening 14 formed in the back wall 6a of the main body 6 is exposed above and below when the device mounting base 4 is fixed to the storage position.

Here, FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing the configuration of the holding bracket 16, and FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram showing a method of mounting the device mounting base 4 below the holding bracket 16. As shown in FIG. 4A, the holding bracket 16 is formed to have a length substantially equal to the width of the device mounting base 4 in the up-down direction (short direction), and four screw holes 17, 19 in one row. And an upper end protruding portion protruding from the upper end of the fixing portion 16a in the front direction in which the device mounting base 4 is disposed, and having a tip bent downward in an L-shape. 1
6b, and a lower end protruding portion 16c protruding from the lower end of the fixing portion 16a in the front direction and having an L-shaped upward end bent.
It is fixed to the main body 6 by screws (not shown) using two screw holes 19 located in the middle of 6a.

Note that the upper end protruding portion 16b is
6c, the tip thereof is bent at a substantially right angle or a slightly acute angle, while the lower end projection 16c
Is bent at an obtuse angle. In addition, the lower end protrusion 16
An insertion hole 18 through which the tying tool 22 can be inserted is formed in a root portion near the fixing portion 16a of FIG. However, FIG.
(A) shows the holding bracket 16 located on the left side in FIG. 3, and the holding bracket 16 located on the right side has a symmetrical shape with this.

As shown in FIG. 4B, insertion holes 41 for inserting a tying tool are also formed in the lower portions of the left and right ends of the device mounting base 4, respectively. By fixing the binding member 22 having both the insertion holes 18 and 41 formed in the base 4 and inserted therein in a ring shape, the device mounting base 4 is held at its lower end by the holding fitting 1.
6 and freely swingable.

As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the device mounting base 4 is provided with two screw holes 17 at the upper and lower ends of the fixing portion 16a of the holding bracket 16 at positions opposite to the two screw holes 17. Elongated holes 42 for inserting the fixing screws 20 screwed into the screw holes 17 are formed.

That is, the fixing screw 2 having the elongated hole 42
0 is screwed into the screw hole 17 of the holding bracket 16 and tightened, whereby the device mounting base 4 is fixed at a predetermined storage position. The buffer member 24 is attached to the back surface of the device mounting base 4 at the portion where the elongated hole 42 is formed, and when the screw is fixed, a gap is formed between the holding bracket 16 and the device mounting base 4, and the binding is performed. The tool 22 is not damaged.

When the fixing screw 20 is loosened, the lower end side of which the movement is restricted by the tying member 22 and the lower end protruding portion 16c is supported by the own weight of the equipment mounting base 4 and the equipment 12 attached thereto, as a support shaft. The upper end of the device mounting base 4 protrudes in the front direction, and is inclined forward.

However, the amount of protrusion is limited by the upper end protruding portion 16b of the holding bracket 16, and the equipment mounting base 4 is held so as to be swingable within the limited range. In addition, the swing range of the device mounting base 4 (that is, the holding bracket 16)
The protrusion amount of the upper end protrusion 16b) is, as shown in FIG.
The direction in which the cable is attached to the connector C on the upper side surface of the device 12 attached to the device attachment base 4 (indicated by the arrow X in the drawing) is at least an angle such that it does not intersect with the cabinet body 6. The device mounting base 4 can be inclined.

Further, the fixing screw 20 has a ring formed of a synthetic resin or rubber having an outer diameter larger than at least the shorter diameter of the long hole 42 at a portion located between the device mounting base 4 and the holding bracket 16. Not shown) is attached,
When the screw is loosened, the fixing screw 20 is prevented from falling off the device mounting base 4.

In the information distribution board 2 of the present embodiment thus configured, wiring to the various devices 12 mounted on the device mounting base 4 is performed with the cover 8a of the front cover 8 opened, Alternatively, it is performed with the front cover 8 removed. In particular, when wiring to the connector C provided on the upper part of the equipment 12, if the equipment mounting base 4 is inclined forward by loosening the fixing screw 20, the cabinet body 6 will be disturbed. Never be.

The cables to be connected to the device 12 are as follows:
Utilizing the opening 14 in the rear wall 6 a of the cabinet body 6, the cabinet body 6 is drawn into the interior of the cabinet 10, and wiring can be performed using spaces above and below the device mounting base 4. In the present embodiment, the size of the opening that is opened and closed by the lid 8a formed on the front cover 8 is formed slightly smaller than the device mounting base 4, and when the lid 8a is opened, The cable lead-in opening 14 around the device mounting base 4 and the cable routed in this portion are not directly visible from the outside.

As described above, according to the information distribution board 2 of the present embodiment, by loosening the fixing screw 20 for fixing the device mounting base 4 at a predetermined storage position, the device mounting base 4 is Since the upper end is protruded and held in a state of being inclined forward, the cable can be particularly connected to the connector C provided on the upper side surface of the device 12 without the cabinet main body 6 being in the way. Workability of wiring and connection work can be improved.

As described above, one embodiment of the present invention has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be implemented in various modes. For example, in the above-described embodiment, when the fixing screw 20 is loosened, the upper end of the device mounting base 4 is inclined so as to protrude. However, the lower end is protruding or the left and right ends are inclined. It may be configured as follows.

In the above embodiment, the dual router 12a and the distribution booster 12b are described as the devices 12 attached to the device attachment base 4.
A cable modem or the like for performing two-way communication in a DSU or CATV system which is a line terminating device of a DN line may be attached.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view and a bottom view of an information distribution board according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the information distribution board of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the information distribution board of the embodiment with a front cover removed.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a holding metal fitting and an explanatory view showing a mounting state between the holding metal fitting and a device mounting panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

2: information distribution board, 4: equipment mounting base, 6: cabinet body, 6a: rear wall, 8: front cover, 8a: lid, 10: cabinet, 12: equipment, 12a: dual router, 12b ... Distribution booster, 13: power outlet, 14: opening, 16: holding bracket, 16a: fixing part, 1
6b: upper end protrusion, 16c: lower end protrusion, 17, 19 ...
Screw holes, 18, 41 ... insertion holes, 20 ... fixing screws, 22 ...
Binding device, 24: cushioning member, 42: long hole, C: connector

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A base on which various devices connected to an information system wiring to a terminal device are mounted, and a base for accommodating the base, which is provided at a position opposed to the base for wiring work for the devices mounted on the base. A main body having an opening, a cabinet comprising a front cover for closing the opening of the main body, and a fixing member for fixing the base at a preset storage position in the case, comprising: The connection between the indoor wiring to each information outlet and the connection between the indoor wiring and the information wiring drawn in from the outside are performed through the device attached to the base, so that the connection state of each wiring can be collectively determined. In the information distribution board for managing the base, when the fixing by the fixing member is released, the base is in a state where one end of the base is inclined toward the opening. Information distribution board, characterized in that a tilt holding member for holding at work position. 2. The tilt holding member comprises: support means for swingably supporting the base with respect to the main body; and limiting means for contacting the base to limit a swing range of the base. The information distribution board according to claim 1, wherein: