JP2006271578A - Storage rack - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage rack allowing simple attachment/detachment work of a connecting cable even if there is an obstacle in front of the storage rack and even if the dimension of the depth of an electronic apparatus is shorter than the dimension of the depth of the storage rack in the storage rack storing the electronic apparatus attaching/detaching the connecting cable to a connecting terminal provided in the back face. <P>SOLUTION: This storage rack is provided with a rack board having a circular recessed part in its upper face and a cylindrical part projecting upward at an approximate center of the recessed part, a rotational part formed into a disk shape, having a linear projecting part on its upper face and a hole at an approximate center of the lower face, and rotationally turning around the cylindrical part by inserting the cylindrical part in the hole, and a disk part formed into a disk shape, having a groove part fitted with the projecting part in its lower face and freely sliding in the longitudinal direction of the projecting part. The disk part is provided with a plurality of notches divided perpendicularly relative to the groove part in its upper face. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage rack for storing electronic equipment such as an audio signal amplifying apparatus on a shelf board.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a conventional storage rack.
The storage rack 100 includes a bottom plate 2, two side plates 3, a top plate 4 and a shelf plate 50. The bottom plate 2, the side plate 3, the top plate 4 and the shelf plate 50 are thin flat plates, respectively. The bottom plate 2 and the top plate 4 are fixed to the lower end and the upper end of the inner surface of the side plate 3 by an adhesive or screwing (not shown), respectively, and the shelf plate 50 is fixed to the central portion of the inner surface of the side plate 3. On the top surface of the shelf board 50, an electronic device, for example, an audio signal amplifying device 9 is placed.

The audio signal amplifying device 9 is a rectangular parallelepiped, and includes a front panel 901 on the front surface and a rear panel 902 on the rear surface. The front panel 901 includes a knob 903 that protrudes forward and rotates freely. The audio signal amplifying device 9 includes a plurality of connection terminals (not shown) on the rear panel 902, and is electrically connected to a playback device and a speaker device (not shown) by connecting a detachable connection cable (not shown) to the connection terminals. The The audio signal amplifying device 9 amplifies the audio signal output from the playback device via the connection cable, and outputs the amplified audio signal to the speaker via the connection cable connected to the speaker. The audio signal amplifying device 9 increases or decreases the amplification degree of the audio signal output from the reproducing device by turning the knob 903.
As described above, the conventional storage rack 100 stores the audio signal amplifying device 9 by placing the audio signal amplifying device 9 connected to the playback device and the speaker device by the connection cable on the upper surface of the shelf board 50.

  A user who listens to music using the playback device, audio signal amplification device, and speaker device as described above adds another playback device, and the audio signal played back by the added playback device becomes an audio signal amplification device 9. There is a case where it is desired to amplify the signal by means of the audio signal amplifying device 9 or a case where it is desired to replace the speaker device connected to the audio signal amplifying device 9 with another speaker device. In this case, the user needs to add a new connection cable to the connection terminal provided on the rear panel 902 of the audio signal amplifying device 9 and connect the connection cable already connected to another connection cable. .

  Usually, the storage rack 100 is installed at a position where the rear surface is close to the wall of the room. Therefore, when the user adds a connection cable to be connected to the audio signal amplifying device 9 or replaces the connected connection cable with another connection cable, the rear panel 902 of the audio signal amplifying device 9 can be seen from the user. Then, the audio signal amplifying device 9 is taken out from the storage rack 100, and a new connection cable is added to the connection terminal and connected or exchanged with another connection cable. Thereafter, the audio signal amplifying device 9 is again connected. The operation | work which mounts on the upper surface of the shelf board 50 is needed. For this reason, it is very troublesome for the user to take out the audio signal amplifying device 9 from the storage rack 100 and to place the audio signal amplifying device 9 on the shelf 50 of the storage rack 100 again. In particular, when the audio signal amplifying device 9 is very heavy, the burden on the user's work is further increased, and the audio signal amplifying device 9 may be dropped from the shelf board 50 by the carelessness of the user, or the audio signal amplifying device 9 During the take-out operation, the connection cable may be caught by mistake, and the connection cable or the connection terminal may be damaged.

  Electronic equipment as a storage rack that reduces the burden on the user when connecting a new connection cable to the connection terminal provided on the rear panel of the electronic equipment stored in the storage rack, or replacing the connection cable to be connected with another connection cable There is a thing which can move the storage rack which mounted sword forward (for example, refer to patent documents 1). According to this storage rack, after the member including the rail is pulled out to the front of the storage rack, the storage rack itself is moved forward by this rail, so that the rear surface of the electronic device mounted on the storage rack is provided. It is possible to easily attach / detach the connection cable to / from the connection terminal.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-037171

  However, the storage rack disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a storage rack when a new connection cable is connected to the connection terminal provided on the rear surface of the mounted electronic device or when the connection rack is replaced with another connection cable. Since it is necessary to move itself forward, when an obstacle, for example, a table used by the user is installed in front of the storage rack, the table is moved from the front position of the storage rack to another position. Otherwise, the storage rack itself cannot be moved forward. For this reason, the user needs to move the table installed in front of the storage rack to another place, which is troublesome.

  In addition, when storing electronic devices in the storage rack, the position of the front end of the electronic device is generally substantially the same as the position of the front end of the storage rack in order to improve the appearance of the electronic device stored in the storage rack from the front. The electronic device is arranged so as to be. Therefore, when the length of the electronic device stored in the storage rack in the front-rear direction is shorter than the length of the storage rack in the front-rear direction, the electronic device is arranged so that the front end position of the electronic device is substantially the same as the front end position of the storage rack. When the device is disposed and stored, the position of the rear end of the electronic device is more forward than the position of the rear end of the storage rack. For this reason, when it is going to attach and detach a connection cable to the connection terminal with which the length of the front-back direction as mentioned above is shorter than a storage rack as mentioned above by the storage rack disclosed by patent document 1 is equipped with a storage rack. Even if the connection cable is attached and detached from the rear of the storage rack, the hand or arm hits the rear end portion of the storage rack, which makes it difficult to attach or remove the connection cable.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in a storage rack for storing an electronic device in which a connection cable is attached to and detached from a connection terminal provided on the rear surface, even if there is an obstacle in front of the storage rack, the present invention is simple. It is possible to provide a storage rack capable of attaching / detaching a connection cable and easily attaching / detaching a connection cable even when the depth of the electronic device is shorter than the depth of the storage rack. Objective.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the storage rack, a shelf plate having a circular concave portion on the upper surface and a cylindrical portion protruding upward at substantially the center of the concave portion, and a disk-shaped and linearly formed on the upper surface. A convex part provided with a hole in the approximate center of the lower surface, and the cylindrical part inserted into the hole to rotate freely around the cylindrical part; and a disc-shaped convex part on the lower surface. And a disk part that freely slides in the longitudinal direction of the convex part, and the disk part has a plurality of notches that can be divided in a direction perpendicular to the groove part on the upper surface. Features.

  According to the present invention, in the storage rack that stores the electronic device that attaches / detaches the connection cable to / from the connection terminal provided on the rear surface, the connection cable can be easily attached / detached even if there is an obstacle in front of the storage rack. In addition, it is possible to provide a storage rack in which the connection cable can be easily attached and detached even when the depth of the electronic device is shorter than the depth of the storage rack.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is used about the part same as the component shown by the prior art.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a storage rack according to the present invention.
The storage rack 1 includes a bottom plate 2, two side plates 3, a top plate 4 and a shelf plate 5. The bottom plate 2, the side plate 3, the top plate 4 and the shelf plate 5 are thin flat plates, respectively. The bottom plate 2 and the top plate 4 are fixed to the lower end and the upper end of the inner surface of the side plate 3 by an adhesive or screwing (not shown), respectively, and the shelf plate 5 is fixed to the central portion of the inner surface of the side plate 3.

  The audio signal amplifying device 9 is a rectangular parallelepiped, and includes a front panel 901 on the front surface and a rear panel 902 on the rear surface. The front panel 901 includes a knob 903 that protrudes forward and rotates freely. The audio signal amplifying device 9 includes a plurality of connection terminals (not shown) on the rear panel 902, and is electrically connected to a playback device and a speaker device (not shown) by connecting a detachable connection cable (not shown) to the connection terminals. The The audio signal amplifying device 9 amplifies the audio signal output from the playback device via the connection cable, and outputs the amplified audio signal to the speaker via the connection cable connected to the speaker. The audio signal amplifying device 9 increases or decreases the amplification degree of the audio signal output from the reproducing device by turning the knob 903.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the upper surface portion of the shelf board 5.
The storage rack 1 includes a rotating part 6 and a disk part 7 on the top surface of the shelf board 5. Although the storage rack 1 of the present embodiment is configured to include the rotating portion 6 and the disk portion 7 on the upper surface of the shelf plate 5, the rotating portion 6 and the disk portion 7 are also provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate 2 shown in FIG. It is good also as a structure.

  The shelf board 5 includes a circular recess 501 on the upper surface. A cylindrical portion 502 having a cylindrical shape protruding upward is provided at a substantially central position on the bottom surface of the recess 501. The rotating portion 6 has a disk shape whose outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the concave portion 501, and includes a convex portion 602 having a rectangular cross section and forming a linear shape on the upper surface. The rotating part 6 includes a hole 601 that opens downward at a substantially central position on the lower surface and has an inner diameter slightly larger than the outer diameter of the convex part 602. The rotating part 6 freely rotates around the cylindrical part 502 as a result of the cylindrical part 502 being inserted into the hole 601.

  The disk portion 7 has a disk shape whose outer diameter is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the rotating portion 6, and includes a groove portion 701 that fits the convex portion 602 of the rotating portion 6 on the lower surface. The disk part 7 slides freely along the convex part 602 of the rotating part 6 by fitting the groove part 701 with the convex part 602. The disk portion 7 includes six notches 702 that form a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the groove portion 701 on the surface.

FIG. 3 is a top view showing the configuration of the disk portion 7. In FIG. 3, the lower part is the front of the disk part 7 and the upper part is the rear of the disk part 7.
The disk portion 7 can be divided into a first member 801 to a seventh member 807 as shown in FIG. 3 by pulling in the front-rear direction (vertical direction in FIG. 3). As shown in FIG. 3, the length from the front end to the rear end of the first member 801 is A, the length from the front end to the rear end of the second member 802 and the third member 803 is B, The length from the front end to the rear end of the fourth member 804 and the fifth member 805 is C, and the length from the front end to the rear end of the sixth member 806 and the seventh member 807 is D.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the hole 601 of the rotating part 6 is inserted into the cylindrical part 502 of the shelf plate 5 and the groove part 701 of the disk part 7 is fitted to the convex part 602 of the rotating part 6. (A) is a top view, FIG.4 (b) is sectional drawing when the storage rack 1 of Fig.4 (a) is seen from the front.
As shown in FIG. 4A, the upper surface of the rotating unit 6 is slightly higher than the upper surface of the shelf board 5. The disk part 7 is similarly rotated when the rotating part 6 rotates about the cylindrical part 502 as an axis.

  5A and 5B are views showing a state in which the audio signal amplifying device 9 is stored in the storage rack 1. FIG. 5A is a top view, and FIG. 5B is a front view of the storage rack 1 in FIG. It is sectional drawing when it sees from. In this embodiment, the length of the audio signal amplifying device 9 in the front-rear direction is slightly smaller than the length from the front end to the rear end of the first member 801 when the disk portion 7 is divided.

  When the length of the audio signal amplifying device 9 in the front-rear direction is slightly smaller than the length A from the front end to the rear end of the first member 801 shown in FIG. Only the member 801 is taken out. Next, the groove portion 701 provided on the lower surface of the first member 801 is fitted to the convex portion 602 of the rotating portion 6. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the first member 801 is configured such that the position of the front end is the position of the front portion of the rotating portion 6. Next, the audio signal amplifying device 9 is placed on the upper surface of the first member 801.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which the audio signal amplifying device 9 is placed on the first member 801 of the storage rack 1. FIG. 6A shows the first member 801 from the state of FIG. FIG. 6B is a top view showing a state in which the rotating unit 6 is rotated 180 ° from the state shown in FIG. 6A.
FIG. 7 is a top view showing a state in which the first member 801 is slid forward from the state of FIG.

  When attaching / detaching a connection cable to / from a connection terminal (not shown) provided on the rear panel 902 of the audio signal amplifying device 9, first, the first member 801 is pressed backward from the state of FIG. As shown to (a), it slides back so that the position of the approximate center of the 1st member 801 may become the approximate center position of the rotation part 6. FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 6B, the rotation unit 6 is rotated by 180 ° around the cylindrical unit 502 as an axis. Then, the first member 801 and the audio signal amplifying device 9 placed on the upper surface of the rotating unit 6 are similarly rotated by 180 ° around the cylindrical portion 502 as an axis. Next, the first member 801 is pulled forward, and the first member 801 is slid forward as shown in FIG.

  As a result, the user can attach and detach the connection cable to and from the connection terminal provided on the rear panel 902 of the audio signal amplifying device 9 in front of the storage rack 1. At this time, the surface of the rear panel 902 can be slid forward from the front end of the storage rack 1, so that the connection cable can be easily attached and detached.

  After the attachment / detachment operation of the connection cable to / from the connection terminal of the rear panel 902 is completed, the audio signal amplification is performed as shown in FIG. 5 by sliding and rotating the first member 801 in the reverse order to that described above. The position of the tip of the knob 903 of the device 9 can be returned to the original position where it is substantially the same as the position of the front end of the shelf board 5.

  FIG. 8 is a view showing a state in which the audio signal amplifying device 10 having a length in the front-rear direction longer than that of the audio signal amplifying device 9 is stored in the storage rack 1, FIG. 8A is a top view, FIG. (B) is sectional drawing when the storage rack 1 of Fig.8 (a) is seen from the front.

  The length in the front-rear direction is longer than that of the audio signal amplifying device 9 described above. As shown in FIG. 3, the length from the front end of the fifth member 805 to the rear end of the fourth member 804, that is, length = When the audio signal amplifying apparatus 10 slightly smaller than (A + 2B + 2C) is stored in the storage rack 1, first, only the sixth member 806 and the seventh member 807 are divided from the disk portion 7, and other members, that is, The first member 801 to the fifth member 805 are left in a state where they are not divided. In this embodiment, the members of the first member 801 to the fifth member 805 are referred to as a divided disk portion 81.

  Next, the groove part 701 provided on the lower surface of the divided disk part 81 is fitted to the convex part 602 of the rotating part 6. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B, the position of the front end of the divided disk portion 81 is set to the position of the front portion of the rotating portion 6. Next, the audio signal amplifying apparatus 10 is placed on the upper surface of the divided disk portion 81.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the audio signal amplifying device 10 is placed on the divided disk portion 81 of the storage rack 1. FIG. 9A illustrates the divided disk portion 81 from the state illustrated in FIG. FIG. 9B is a top view showing a state in which the rotating unit 6 is rotated by 180 ° from the state of FIG. 9A.
FIG. 10 is a top view showing a state in which the divided disk portion 81 is slid forward from the state of FIG.

  When attaching / detaching a connection cable to a connection terminal (not shown) provided on the rear panel 102 of the audio signal amplifying apparatus 10, first, the divided disk portion 81 is pushed backward from the state of FIG. As shown to (a), it slides back so that the position of the approximate center of the division | segmentation disk part 81 may become the approximate center position of the rotation part 6. FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 9B, the rotation unit 6 is rotated by 180 ° about the cylindrical portion 502 as an axis. Then, the divided disk part 81 and the audio signal amplifying device 10 placed on the upper surface of the rotating part 6 are similarly rotated by 180 ° about the cylindrical part 502 as an axis. Next, the divided disk part 81 is pulled forward, and is slid forward so that the position of the front end of the divided disk part 81 becomes the position of the front part of the rotating part 6 as shown in FIG.

  As a result, the user can attach and detach the connection cable to the connection terminal (not shown) provided on the rear panel 102 of the audio signal amplifying apparatus 10 in front of the storage rack 1. At this time, the surface of the rear panel 902 can be slid forward from the front end of the storage rack 1, so that the connection cable can be easily attached and detached.

  After completing the operation of attaching / detaching the connection cable to / from the connection terminal of the rear panel 902, the divided disk portion 81 is slid and rotated in the reverse order to the above-described order, as shown in FIG. The position of the tip of the nine knobs 903 can be returned to the original position where it is substantially the same as the position of the front end of the shelf board 5.

  As described above, the storage rack 1 of the present embodiment, when storing the audio signal amplifying device, first, the disk portion 7 so as to be a member slightly longer than the length in the front-rear direction of the stored audio signal amplifying device. Next, the groove portion 701 provided on the lower surface of the member is fitted to the convex portion 602 of the rotating portion 6 so that the front end of the divided member is located at the front portion of the rotating portion 6, and this member An audio signal amplifying device is placed on the top surface of the LCD. As a result, the audio signal amplifying apparatus can be stored in the storage rack 1 in a state in which the position of the front end of the audio signal amplifying apparatus is substantially the same as the position of the front end of the storage rack 1. When connecting and disconnecting the connection cable to the connection terminal provided on the rear panel of the stored audio signal amplifying device, the member on which the audio signal amplifying device is mounted is slid backward, and then the member is rotated by 180 °, Furthermore, by pulling this member forward, the connection cable can be easily attached to and detached from the connection terminal from the front of the storage rack 1.

  Thereby, even when the length of the audio signal amplifying device stored in the storage rack 1 in the front-rear direction is shorter than the length of the storage rack in the front-rear direction, the surface of the rear panel of the audio signal amplifying device is more forward than the front end of the storage rack. Since the connection cable can be attached to and detached from the connection terminal while being slid to the position, the operator's hand or arm will not hit the end of the storage rack, preventing the connection cable from being attached or removed. be able to.

  In addition, the storage rack 1 of this embodiment rotates the stored audio signal amplification device 180 ° without moving the storage rack itself forward, so that the rear panel 902 of the audio signal amplification device faces forward. Therefore, even when an obstacle such as a table is installed in front of the storage rack 1, the connection cable can be easily attached to and detached from the connection terminal without moving the table from the front of the storage rack. it can.

The perspective view which shows the structure of one Example of the storage rack of this invention. The perspective view which shows the structure of the upper surface part of the shelf board 5. FIG. FIG. 6 is a top view showing the configuration of the disk part 7. FIG. 4A is a view showing a state in which the hole 601 of the rotating portion 6 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 502 of the shelf plate 5 and the groove portion 701 of the disk portion 7 is fitted to the convex portion 602 of the rotating portion 6. FIG. 4B is a top view of the storage rack 1 of FIG. 4A as viewed from the front. FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating a state in which the audio signal amplifying device 9 is stored in the storage rack 1. FIG. 5A is a top view, and FIG. 5B is a view of the storage rack 1 of FIG. FIG. FIG. 6A is a diagram showing a state in which the audio signal amplifying device 9 is placed on the first member 801 of the storage rack 1, and FIG. 6A slides the first member 801 backward from the state of FIG. FIG. 6B is a top view showing a state in which the rotating unit 6 is rotated 180 degrees from the state of FIG. 6A. The top view which shows the state which slid the 1st member 801 ahead from the state of FIG.6 (b). FIGS. 8A and 8B are views showing a state in which the audio signal amplifying apparatus 10 having a longer length in the front-rear direction than the audio signal amplifying apparatus 9 is stored in the storage rack 1, FIG. Sectional drawing when the storage rack 1 of Fig.8 (a) is seen from the front. FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating a state in which the audio signal amplifying device 10 is placed on the divided disk portion 81 of the storage rack 1. FIG. 9A is a diagram in which the divided disk portion 81 is slid rearward from the state of FIG. FIG. 9B is a top view showing the state, and FIG. 9B is a top view showing a state in which the rotating unit 6 is rotated 180 degrees from the state of FIG. FIG. 10 is a top view showing a state in which the divided disk portion 81 is slid forward from the state of FIG. The perspective view which shows the conventional storage rack.

Explanation of symbols

1 storage rack, 2 bottom plate, 3 side plate, 4 top plate, 5 shelf plate,
501 concave portion, 502 cylindrical portion, 6 rotating portion, 601 hole, 602 convex portion,
7 Disc, 701 Groove, 702 Notch,
801 1st member, 802 2nd member, 803 3rd member, 804 4th member,
805 5th member, 806 6th member, 807 7th member, 81 Divided disk part,
9 Audio signal amplification device, 901 front panel, 902 rear panel, 903 knob,
10 audio signal amplifying device, 101 front panel, 102 rear panel,
103 knobs,
100 storage racks, 50 shelves

Claims (1)

A shelf plate provided with a circular recess on the upper surface and provided with a cylindrical portion projecting upward substantially at the center of the recess, and a hole formed in a disk shape and having a linear protrusion on the upper surface and a hole substantially at the center of the lower surface. A rotating part that freely rotates about the cylindrical part as an axis by inserting the cylindrical part, and a groove part that forms a disk shape and fits the convex part on the lower surface in the longitudinal direction of the convex part With a disk part that slides freely,
The disk part is provided with a plurality of notches that can be divided in the vertical direction with respect to the groove part on the upper surface.

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