JP2006013365A - Electronic equipment accommodation box - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic equipment accommodation box which uses a space defined by the front surface of equipment and a door thereof as a usable space, and in which a window is provided in the door to allow a user to visually observe the accommodated equipment through the window, and sucked air can be effectively supplied into the accommodated equipment. <P>SOLUTION: A suction unit 4 for sucking outside-air on a floor is provided at a bottom, an exhaust unit 5 for discharging externally air within the box is provided in the upper part of the box, and the outside air sucked by the suction unit 4 is discharged between a door 2 provided at the front side of the box and the front surface of the accommodated equipment. To prevent the discharged air from flowing to the back side of the equipment, plate members 6, 6 to the front surface of the accommodated equipment are provided at left and right sides on the rear surface of the door 2, and transitions are provided at upper and lower sides to form a closed space usable as a air supply duct between the door 2 and the front surface of the equipment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device storage box for storing communication devices and electronic devices, and more particularly to an electronic device storage box having a structure in which cool air is sucked from under the floor to cool the stored electronic device.

Since communication devices such as servers and electronic devices such as computers are accompanied by heat generation during operation, a ventilation device that releases generated heat is incorporated in an electronic device storage box that stores them. An example of such an electronic device storage box is described in Patent Document 1. This is because the cool air is sucked into the box from under the floor, the cool air is supplied to the front of the storage device, and the storage devices are individually blown from the front to the back to cool the inside of the device. It is configured to exhaust from the top of the box. In this way, a configuration in which cold air is supplied under the floor and the cold air is taken in to suppress the heat generation of the device can be efficiently spread because the heat generation of the device can be efficiently suppressed.
JP 2004-55883 A

However, the configuration of Patent Document 1 is provided such that a vertically long duct for evenly blowing the sucked cold air to each device assembled in the vertical direction faces the front surface of the storage device, and the front surface of the storage device is a duct. It was a covered configuration. Therefore, even if the door provided on the front of the storage box is provided with a window for checking the state of the internal device, it is difficult to check because the duct is in the way.
In addition, since the intake and exhaust are not partitioned inside the storage box, the air blown to the front of the storage device through the duct is mixed via the warm air exhausted from each device and the gaps on the left and right sides of the device. As a result, ventilation efficiency was reduced.

  Therefore, in view of such a problem, the present invention provides an electronic device storage box that allows the storage device to be easily viewed from a window provided on the door and that allows the sucked air to be effectively supplied to the storage device. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 has an intake unit for inhaling outside air under the floor and an exhaust unit for exhausting air to the outside, and has a door at least on the front surface. And an electronic device storage box that cools the storage device with the sucked air, wherein the suction unit discharges the sucked outside air between the back of the door and the front surface of the storage device, and the back surface of the door On the left and right sides, diffusion preventing means for preventing the inhaled air from diffusing to the left and right of the storage device is arranged.
With this configuration, a closed space can be formed by the door, the diffusion preventing means, and the front surface of the storage device, and by using the space as a ventilation duct, the sucked outside air can be effectively supplied to each device. As a result, there is no need to provide a separate ventilation duct, the front of the device can be opened, and if the door is provided with a window, the storage device can be visually recognized and monitored without opening the door. Further, by providing the diffusion preventing means, the inhaled air is not mixed with the air discharged from the device before being used for cooling each device, and the ventilation efficiency can be kept good.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the diffusion preventing means is a pair of plates, which are arranged vertically on the left and right sides of the rear surface of the door and are attached to the door so as to expand toward the rear. In addition, a crossing window is formed between the plate attachment portions of the door.
With this configuration, the diffusion preventing means is difficult to see from the door window and does not obstruct the device viewing.

The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 2, the right and left diffusion preventing means are hinged to the door so that the opening angle between them can be fixed at an arbitrary angle.
With this configuration, the tip of the diffusion preventing means can be brought into close contact with the front surface of the storage device with an appropriate pressure, and no excessive stress is applied to the device or the box, and a good ventilation duct can be formed.

The invention of claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the diffusion preventing means can change the width in the depth direction.
With this configuration, even if the front position of the storage device is changed, the width of the diffusion preventing means can be changed so that the right and left sides of the front surface of the device can be satisfactorily adhered, and a good ventilation duct can be formed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the diffusion preventing means is a pair of telescopic walls that expand and contract in a bellows shape, and is provided on the left and right sides of the door back and forth, and expands and contracts in the front-rear direction. The right and left in the vicinity of the front of the device are provided with a connecting portion for connecting the rear end of the folding wall.
With this configuration, the diffusion prevention means can easily follow the change in the position of the mount angle for fixing the device or the change in the front position of the storage device, and the ventilation duct is always provided between the door and the front surface of the storage device. Can be formed.

The invention of claim 6 is characterized in that, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 5, the intake unit releases the sucked air to the back of the storage device in addition to the door side.
With this configuration, an air flow can be created from the bottom to the top on the back side of the storage device, and the warm air after cooling the device can be efficiently exhausted.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the intake unit is installed so as to protrude below the floor.
With this configuration, the entire space in the bottom of the box can be used for equipment storage or wiring space, and the inside of the box can be effectively used to every corner.

As described above, according to the present invention, a closed space can be formed by the door, the diffusion preventing means, and the front surface of the storage device. By using the space as a ventilation duct, each device that effectively stores inhaled outside air can be used. Can supply. As a result, there is no need to provide a separate ventilation duct, the front of the device can be opened, and if the door is provided with a window, the storage device can be visually recognized and monitored without opening the door. Further, by providing the diffusion preventing means, the sucked air is not mixed with the air used for cooling, and the ventilation efficiency can be kept good.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device storage box (hereinafter simply referred to as a box) according to the present invention, showing a state in which a side plate is removed. In the figure, 1 is a box body, 2 is a door provided on the front surface, 3 is a back plate that can be opened and closed, 4 is an intake unit for sucking outside air into the box, and 5 is for discharging the air in the box upward The exhaust unit 6 is a plate body as a diffusion preventing means for preventing the inhaled air from diffusing left and right, and the door 2 is provided with a window 2a in which a resin plate is fitted in the center portion. The intake unit 4 is installed at the lowermost part of the box body.

  The intake unit 4 is formed as shown in FIG. 2A is a perspective view, and FIG. 2B is a perspective view as viewed from below. A turbo fan 7 that is rotated by a motor (not shown) is provided inside, and suction is performed from the entire bottom surface of the intake unit 4. The outside air is blown upward from a blowout port 4a provided on one side, and the blowout port 4a is disposed on the back surface of the door 2 and is installed to blow out upward. Similarly, although not shown, the exhaust unit 5 includes a fan that is rotated by a motor and is installed on the top plate 8 of the box body 1.

The plate body 6 has a length close to the height of the door 2, the door-side base is formed of a steel plate 6 a, and is sandwiched between the steel plates 6 a so that the rubber plate 6 b is provided toward the tip. . And as shown to the A section enlarged view of FIG. 3, it attaches to the back surface of the door 2 with the hinge 10, and it can rotate right and left. However, the hinge 10 can be fixed at an arbitrary angle, and the plate 6 can be fixed at an arbitrary angle.
The total width of the steel plate 6a and the rubber plate 6b is formed to be longer than the distance from the door 2 to the accommodated device. Further, the hinge 10 may use a torque hinge that urges the left and right plate bodies 6, 6 in a direction to bring them closer to each other.

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional explanatory view of the box. In the figure, B indicates a closed space formed between the door 2, the storage device, and the plate body 6, and C indicates a device installation space. As shown in this figure, the plate body 6 is arranged in a letter-shaped manner with the door 2 closed, and is installed at an angle that makes contact with the front left and right ends of the stored equipment. As a result, a closed space as shown in B is formed in the up and down direction, and a space that can be used as a ventilation duct is formed. Air sucked from the intake unit 4 is sent to individual devices through this closed space. .
In addition, in the equipment installation space C, if there is a space where no equipment is attached, a blind plate may be attached to maintain the closed space. Further, a gap is hardly formed between the upper end of the plate body 6 and the lower surface of the top plate 8 of the box body 1 so as to maintain the closed space B.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the flow of air from the intake unit 4 to the exhaust unit 5, and 11 indicates the housed equipment. All of the cool air (air) sucked from under the floor is discharged into a closed space B formed between the door 2 and the front of the device, and this air is sent upward without escaping left and right by the plate 6. On the way, the inside of the equipment 11 is cooled by being sucked from the front by a cooling fan 12 incorporated in each equipment 11. Then, the warmed air is discharged to the rear of each device 11. In FIG. 5, only one cooling fan incorporated in the device 11 is illustrated.
Thus, the air discharged to the rear of the device 11 does not enter the front surface of the device 11 from the left and right by the action of the plate body 6, and is not mixed with the intake air. And it is discharged | emitted from the exhaust unit 5 provided in the top plate 8 out of the box.

In this way, a closed space can be formed by the door, the plate body, and the front surface of the storage device, and by using the space as a ventilation duct, the inhaled outside air can be effectively supplied to each device. As a result, there is no need to separately provide a ventilation duct on the front surface of the device, the front surface of the device can be opened, and the storage device can be viewed well from the window provided on the door without opening the door.
Further, by providing the plate body, before the sucked air is used for cooling each device, it is not mixed with the air discharged from the device, and the ventilation efficiency can be kept good.
Furthermore, by arranging the plate body in a C-shape, the plate body is difficult to see from a window provided in the door and does not get in the way.
In addition, the tip of the rubber plate makes it easy to adhere to the front of the device, maintains an airtight space, and allows the plate to be fixed at an arbitrary angle, so that the tip of the plate can be properly attached to the front of the storage device. It can be brought into close contact with pressure, and no extra stress is applied to the equipment or box.

FIG. 6 shows another example of the intake unit 4, and FIG. 7 schematically shows the flow of air in the box to which the intake unit 4 is attached. The configuration shown in FIG. 2 is different from the configuration shown in FIG. 2 in that the inhaled air is also discharged to the back of the device. In FIG. 6, 4b is a rear outlet for blowing external air with respect to the apparatus back.
By blowing air from the front and back as described above, the air sent to the front side of the device contributes to the cooling of the device 11 effectively by the closed space B as in the configuration of FIG. Further, the air sent rearward forms an upward air flow, and the exhaust of each device 11 can be effectively moved upward to be exhausted from the exhaust unit 5 so that it can be ventilated efficiently.

FIG. 8 shows another example of the plate body 6. The plate body 6 is made of a steel plate, and includes a substrate 6c hinged to the door 2 and a resin plate 6d that forms a rear end portion. A horizontally long connecting hole 14 is formed at an appropriate position in the resin plate 6d, and a hole 15 is formed in the corresponding steel plate 6c. The knob bolt 16 is inserted into the connecting hole 14 and the hole 15 and screwed into the nut 17 so that both are connected.
Thus, by providing the horizontally long connecting hole 14, the resin plate 6d can slide in the width direction, and the width of the plate can be changed. Therefore, even if the distance between the front surface of the device and the door changes, the best width can be selected accordingly, and even if the rubber plate 6b is not used like the plate body 6 in FIG. Can be formed.
In addition, if the resin plate 6d is made transparent, it can be visually recognized from the window 2a provided on the door 2 to the tip through the plate body 6.

FIG. 9 shows a second embodiment of the electronic device storage box according to the present invention, which will be described below. The configuration of the intake unit and the diffusion preventing means is different from the configuration of FIG. Reference numeral 19 denotes an air intake unit, and 20 denotes a telescopic wall as a diffusion preventing means. The same components as those in FIG.
The intake unit 19 is provided so as to protrude downward from the lower surface on the front side of the box, and is disposed under the floor. The intake unit 19 houses a turbo fan 21 in a vertical position, and is arranged so as to eject the intake air upward as indicated by an arrow.

  On the other hand, the stretchable wall 20 is formed by connecting a plurality of vertically long plates so as to be foldable in the horizontal direction as shown in the enlarged view of the portion D in FIG. And the button-like connection member 22 for connecting with the rack angle of the door 2 or the box main body 1 is provided in three places, an upper end, a center part, and a lower end part at the door 2 side end part and the box main body 1 side end part. It is attached one by one. FIG. 11 is an external view of the connecting member 22. The connecting member 22 is configured to be connectable by a simple operation of fitting one convex connecting member 22a to the other concave connecting member 22b. In FIG. 9, the stretchable wall 20 is connected to the box body 1, but FIG. 10 shows a state where the stretchable wall 20 is not attached to the box body 1 side.

The procedure for attaching the telescopic wall 20 will be described. First, the connecting member 22 provided on the telescopic wall 20 is connected to the connecting member 22 provided on the right and left sides of the back surface of the door 2, and one side of the telescopic wall is connected to the door. 2 (the convex connection member 22a is fitted into the concave connection member 22b). Next, the unconnected free end of the right telescopic wall 20 attached to the hinge 2b side of the door 2 is connected to a connecting member (not shown) provided on the box body 1. Thereafter, the door 2 is stopped immediately before closing, and the free end of the left telescopic wall 20 is connected to a connecting member (not shown) provided on the box body 1.
FIG. 12 shows a state in which the telescopic wall 20 is thus attached and the door 2 is closed. 12 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the box with the door 2 closed. As shown in FIG. 5, B is a closed space formed between the door 2, the storage device, and the telescopic wall 20, and C is device installation. Shows space.

Thus, by configuring the diffusion preventing means to be extendable and contracting, the diffusion preventing means can easily follow the change in the position of the mount angle for fixing the device or the change in the front position of the storage device. A closed space that can be satisfactorily used as a blower duct can be formed between the front surface of the storage device.
Further, by projecting the air intake unit below the floor, the entire space in the bottom of the box can be used for equipment storage or wiring space, and the inside of the box can be effectively used to every corner.

  Note that the cross-flow fan 23 as shown in FIG. 13 may be used for the air intake unit arranged under the floor, and the air under the floor can be satisfactorily supplied to the closed space B in the box, and the amount of protrusion below the floor can be increased. It can be reduced and is preferable. Moreover, it is possible to install a horizontal rotary fan shown in FIG. 1 in the intake unit arranged under the floor, or the inhaled outside air may be discharged to the back of the apparatus. Conversely, the stretchable wall shown in FIG. 10 can be used instead of the plate as the diffusion preventing means shown in the first embodiment.

It is a perspective explanatory view showing a first embodiment of an electronic device storage box according to the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the intake unit of FIG. 1, (a) is a perspective view, and (b) is a perspective view seen from the bottom. It is an A section enlarged view. It is a cross-sectional explanatory drawing of the state which closed the door of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the inhaled air in the box of FIG. It is an external view which shows the other example of an intake unit. It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the air in a box at the time of using the intake unit of FIG. The other example of a spreading | diffusion prevention means is shown, (a) is decomposition | disassembly explanatory drawing, (b) is usage explanatory drawing. It is an isometric view explanatory drawing which shows 2nd Embodiment of the electronic device storage box which concerns on this invention. It is the D section enlarged view of FIG. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a mounting member for the telescopic wall of FIG. 9. It is a cross-sectional explanatory drawing of FIG. 10 of the state which closed the door. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of an intake unit.

Explanation of symbols

1 .... Box body, 2 .... Door, 2a ... Window, 4. Intake unit, 5 .... Exhaust unit, 6 .... Plate body (diffusion prevention means), 10 .... Hinges, 11 ...., Equipment, 19・ ・ Intake unit, 20 ・ ・ Extensible wall, B ・ ・ Closed space.

Claims (7)

An electronic device having an intake unit for inhaling outside air under the floor and an exhaust unit for exhausting air to the outside, having a door at least on the front surface, and the surroundings being blocked, and cooling the storage device by the inhaled air A storage box,
The intake unit discharges inhaled outside air between the back of the door and the front of the storage device, and diffusion prevention means for preventing the inhaled air from diffusing to the left and right of the storage device on the left and right sides of the back of the door An electronic device storage box characterized by comprising: The diffusion preventing means is a pair of plates, which are arranged on the left and right sides of the back of the door, and are attached to the door so as to expand rearward from each other. The electronic device storage box according to claim 1, wherein a window is formed. 3. The electronic device storage box according to claim 2, wherein the right and left diffusion preventing means are hinged to the door so that the opening angle of the right and left can be fixed at an arbitrary angle. The electronic device storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the diffusion preventing means can change a width in a depth direction. The anti-diffusion means is a pair of telescopic walls that expand and contract in a bellows-like manner, provided vertically on the left and right sides of the back of the door, and expands and contracts in the front-rear direction. The electronic device storage box according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting portion to be connected. The electronic device storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the intake unit discharges the sucked air to the back of the storage device in addition to the door side. 6. The electronic device storage box according to claim 1, wherein the intake unit is installed so as to protrude below the floor.

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