JP2009182192A - Apparatus mounting auxiliary tool for rack-mount - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auxiliary tool for mounting an apparatus for rack-mount that facilitates a work to mount the apparatus for rack-mount to a rack and eliminates the need for the work which has been performed by a plurality of workers before. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus mounting auxiliary tool for rack-mount is an apparatus mounting auxiliary tool for rack-mount which stores an apparatus 100 in an apparatus storage rack 1 storing the apparatus 100 between separated mount angles 2 and 2, and has a hook portion 10 to be engaged with a hooked portion 3 by providing hooked portions 3 to the respective mount angles 2 and 2, the apparatus mounting auxiliary tool for rack-mount including a fixed-side bar 5 having the hook portion 10 at one end, a movable-side bar 6 coupled rotatably to the other end of the fixed-side bar 5, and a spherical turnable component 8 provided at a part where the load of the apparatus 100 is received by an upper surface of the movable-side bar 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a rack mounting equipment mounting aid that reduces the load during installation work and facilitates the mounting work of various equipment when mounting equipment on a rack mount of equipment storage racks such as electrical and electronic equipment. is there.

Conventionally, when a device is attached to the rack mount of the device storage rack 1 for storing the device between the spaced mount angles 2 and 2, the hole of the mount angle 2 of the device storage rack 1 through the front plate 12 in FIG. The nut 4 was inserted into the hooked portion 3 made in the above, and the screw 11 was fastened to the nut 4 from the screw hole 13 for mounting the rack mounting device. In this case, the mounting operation of the rack-mounting device had to be screwed while performing detailed alignment with the hooked portion 3 of the mount angle 2 and supporting the load of the device. In particular, in the case of a heavy device, it was difficult for a single operator to perform the work by two or more workers who support the machine and a worker who performs screwing.

As a countermeasure, a temporary mounting bracket for rack mount equipment has been proposed as described in Patent Document 1. There was a method of screwing the upper surface of the cube through which the device support rod was passed through the round hole of the mount angle 2 as a temporary placement of the rack mount device. However, this is not suitable for mounting a device having dimensions in the depth direction of the device storage rack 1.
JP 2003-229865 A

The temporary mounting bracket for rack mount equipment described in Patent Document 1 has a mounting angle 2 in order to support heavy equipment having dimensions in the depth direction of the rack when the rack mount equipment is stored. The temporary mounting bracket for rack mount equipment provided has a problem that when the equipment is temporarily placed, it cannot withstand the weight of the equipment and may fall off from the temporary mounting bracket for rack mount equipment.

Further, after mounting the device on the mount angle 2, the rack mount device temporary fixing metal fitting described in Patent Document 1 is loaded on the device support bar, and is fastened with screws, and then removed from the mount angle 2. It was difficult.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned problems, and provides a rack-mounted equipment mounting aid that makes it easy to attach and detach without supporting the load of equipment such as electrical and electronic equipment that has dimensions in the rack depth direction. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, in the device mounting aid for a device storage rack for storing devices between spaced mount angles according to the present invention, a hooked portion is provided for each of the mount angles, and the hooked portion A rack-mounted device mounting aid having a hook portion to be engaged with the fixed side bar having the hook portion at one end, a movable side bar rotatably connected to the other end of the fixed side bar, and the movable It consists of a spherical rotating part provided in the part which receives the load of an apparatus on the upper surface of a side bar.

The second invention is characterized in that the hooked portion of the mount angle is a hole and the hooked portion of the fixed side bar is cut and raised.

The third invention is characterized in that a handle is provided on a side surface of the movable bar.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the other end of the fixed side bar and the movable side bar are rotatably connected via a hinge.

The equipment mounting aid for equipment storage racks for storing equipment between spaced mount angles according to the present invention is conventionally installed by a plurality of workers when attaching equipment for rack mounting to equipment storage racks such as electrical and electronic equipment. Although the work has been performed, it is possible to perform a single work, and it is not necessary for the operator to support a device having a weight at the time of installation, and the installation work can be facilitated.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rack-mounted device mounting aid having a hooked portion provided on each of the mount angles and having a hooked portion to be engaged with the hooked portion. Since the movable side bar is rotatably connected to the other end of the fixed side bar, and a spherical rotating part is provided on the upper surface of the movable side bar to receive the load of the device, the device is attached. At this time, it is not necessary to support the heavy equipment, and the equipment is slid by the rotating parts, so that the work load on the operator can be reduced.

In the second invention, in particular, the rack mount equipment mounting aid according to the first invention has the hooked portion of the mount angle as a hole, and the hooked portion of the fixed side bar is cut and raised to be fixed to the hole of the mount angle. By inserting the hook part of the side bar, it is possible to attach the rack mount equipment mounting aid only by inserting it into the specified position of the mount angle, and it is not necessary to align the mounting holes of the equipment to be attached to the mount angle. It was.

According to a third aspect of the invention, in particular, a handle is provided on a side surface of the movable bar, which is a portion that receives a load of an equipment when the equipment for mounting the equipment of the rack mount of the first or second invention is attached to a mount angle. As a result, the rack-mounted device mounting aid can be removed from the mount angle by pulling the handle toward the arc.

The fourth invention, in particular, by providing a hinge portion as a mechanism for preventing the equipment mounting aid of the rack mount of any one of the first to third inventions from receiving the load of the equipment, After fixing the device with screws, the rack-mounted device mounting aid can be removed without receiving the load of the device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by this embodiment.

In FIG. 3, a device storage rack 1 is a rack for storing devices such as electric and electronic devices between spaced mount angles 2 and 2. Each of the mount angles 2 and 2 is provided with a plurality of hooked portions 3 made of square holes as shown in FIGS.

1 and 2 show a set of equipment mounting aids to be engaged with the hooked portions 3 provided on the mount angles 2 and 2 respectively. The equipment mounting aid is composed of a fixed side bar 5 and a movable side bar 6. The fixed-side bar 5 includes a plurality of left-side fixed bars 5a and right-side fixed bars 5b, each of which has a hook 10 provided at one end and a hinge 7 provided at the other end. This hook portion 10 is made of metal and is made of a resin that is not cut and raised and does not damage the contact portion with the mount angle 2. The movable bar 6 includes a left movable bar 6a and a right movable bar 6b. A hinge 7 is provided at each end, and a handle 9 for applying a rotational movement is provided on a side surface. A spherical rotating component is provided in a portion of the upper surface that receives the load of the device. In the state in which the device 100 is temporarily placed in this manner, the device is fixed to the mount angle 2 with the screw 11 via the front plate 12 as shown in FIG. 8 and the device 100 is fixed as shown in FIGS. The device mounting aid of the storage rack 1 is removed from the mount angle 2.

The operation and action of the rack-mounted equipment mounting aid configured as described above will be described below.

First, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the fixed-side bar 5 inserts the cut-and-raised piece, which is the hooked portion 10 of the left-side fixed bar 5 a and the right-side fixed bar 5 b, into the hole that is the hooked portion 3 of the mount angle 2. Fix by holding down. By fixing in this way, the device does not fall off the mount angle 2 even if the hand is released after attaching the device mounting aid. In addition, the spherical rotating parts 8 provided on the upper surfaces of the left and right movable bars 6a and 6b of the movable bar 6 are prepared to receive the load of the device 100.

Next, in FIG. 6, the device 100 is loaded on the rotating component 8 on the device mounting aid. At that time, the rotating component 8 supports the bottom of the device 100 and maintains a horizontal state without falling even when the device 100 is temporarily placed. After the device 100 is fastened through the front plate 12 with the device mounting screws 11, the rack-mounted device mounting aid can be detached from the mount angle 2 by pulling the handle 9 in an arc shape. . The rotating component 8 is for rotating the movable bar 6 even when the device 100 is temporarily placed or the device 100 is already fastened to the mount angle 2 via the front plate 12 with the screw 11. A slip can be obtained at the contact portion with the device 100.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rack-mounted device mounting aid is detached from the mounting angle 2. The device 100 is fastened to the mount angle 2 with the screw 11 via the front plate 12 as shown in FIG. 8, and the mounting operation of the device 100 is completed. In this state, the rack mounting device mounting aid is removed. I can't. A hinge 7 is provided so that the left movable bar 6a and the right movable bar 6b fixed to the left fixed bar 5a and the right fixed bar 5b rotate. The handle 9 of the left movable bar 6a and the right movable bar 6b having the rotating component 8 with which the bottom of the device 100 is in contact is pulled in the direction of the mount angle 2 in an arc shape. The pulled left movable bar 6a and right movable bar 6b are guided in the direction of the mount angle 2 with the hinge 7 as a rotation axis. Then, when rotating to the front side from the mount angle 2, the rotating component 8 slides the device 100 and is released from the load of the device 100. Thereafter, by pushing up the device mounting aid from the mount angle 2, the hook 10 is detached from the hooked portion 3 of the mount angle 2, and the device mounting aid can be removed from the rack mount 2.

As described above, the rack-mounted device mounting aid according to the present invention can reduce the load of mounting the device on the device storage rack. This is applicable not only to the mounting of devices but also to the mounting of devices to a rack or housing in which the mount angle 2 is mounted.

It is a perspective view which comprises the left side of the equipment mounting auxiliary tool of the rack mount in embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which comprises the right side of the equipment mounting auxiliary tool of the rack mount in embodiment of this invention. It is a whole perspective view of the equipment storage rack provided with the mount angle. It is a perspective view which shows the coupling | bonding state of the rack mounting apparatus attachment auxiliary | assistant and the mount angle which comprise the left side. It is a perspective view which shows the coupling | bonding state of the rack mounting apparatus attachment auxiliary tool and the mount angle which comprise the right side. It is a perspective view which shows the state which loaded the apparatus on the apparatus mounting auxiliary tool of a rack mount. It is a perspective view which shows the state which remove | deviates a rack mounting apparatus attachment auxiliary tool from a mount angle. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment process of the apparatus for rack mounting in the enlarged view of the A section of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Equipment storage rack 2 Mount angle 3 Hook part 4 Nut 5 Fixed side bar 5a Left side fixed bar 5b Right side fixed bar 6 Movable side bar 6a Left side movable bar 6b Right side movable bar 7 Hinge 8 Rotating part 9 Handle 10 Hook part 11 Screw 12 Front plate 13 Screw hole 100 Equipment

Claims (4)

Equipment mounting aids for equipment storage racks for storing equipment between spaced mounting angles, and mounting equipment for rack mounts having hooked portions that are engaged with the hooked portions by providing hooked portions on each of the mount angles. In the auxiliary tool, a fixed side bar having the hook portion at one end, a movable side bar rotatably connected to the other end of the fixed side bar, and a portion that receives the load of the device on the upper surface of the movable side bar A rack-mounted equipment mounting aid comprising a spherical rotating component provided. The rack mounting device mounting aid according to claim 1, wherein the hooked portion of the mount angle is a hole, and the hooking portion of the fixed side bar is cut and raised. The rack mounting device mounting aid according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a handle is provided on a side surface of the movable bar. 4. The rack mount equipment mounting aid according to claim 1, wherein the other end of the fixed side bar and the movable side bar are rotatably connected via a hinge. 5.

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