JP2009206128A - Structure of front side of mount rail - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a front structure of a mount rail that facilitates equipment installation work to an equipment storage rack.
In the front side structure of the mounting rail according to the present invention, the mounting rail is provided with fixing holes at intervals facing the mounting angle mounting holes provided on the front side of the equipment storage rack, and the uppermost part. The screw body is inserted into the fixing hole to fix the communication device, and the screw body is provided with a metal fitting that rotates in conjunction with the screw head.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a front-side structure of a mount rail for mounting a communication device, which is used across a mount angle provided in a device storage rack.

Mount angles are provided at the four corners of the equipment storage rack, and communication equipment is directly fixed to the mount angles by screwing or the like, and equipment is attached via mount rails or the like. With the recent computerization, the use of communication devices has increased, and communication devices are densely attached to device storage racks. The communication device main body is also miniaturized, and a device storage rack mounting structure is adopted so as to save space as much as possible. These devices are stacked and stored in the device storage rack in a shelf shape.
JP 2003-159129 A

  The above-described equipment storage rack has a drawback that it is difficult to install the equipment because of the desire for downsizing and space saving. For example, when removing one stage of equipment stored in equipment storage racks in multiple stages, the space for one stage is small, and the hand on the side of the equipment storage rack is loosened to loosen the screws that secure the mounting rail. Unreachable, he had to secure the work space by removing the adjacent steps or opening the side of the equipment storage rack body.

  Accordingly, the present invention has an object to provide a front side structure of a mounting rail that facilitates equipment mounting work to the equipment storage rack, and the structure includes a mounting angle on the front side of the equipment storage rack. An engagement body and a fixing hole are provided at intervals facing the mounting holes of the screw, and a screw is inserted into the uppermost engagement body to fix the communication device. The screw rotates in conjunction with the screw head. And a metal fitting capable of tightening the screw by rotating itself is provided.

  In addition, the metal fitting is bent into a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is opposed to a mounting hole provided in the mount angle and a fixing hole provided in the mount rail at the front bent part and the rear bent part. An insertion hole is provided at the position, and the back bend enters the back side of the mount angle with the screw body tightened, and the mount rail can be fixed to the mount angle with a screw through the insertion hole.

  In the front side structure of the mounting rail according to the present invention, the mounting rail is provided with an engaging body and a fixing hole at intervals facing the mounting hole of the front side mounting angle of the equipment storage rack, and the uppermost engaging body is provided with the mounting body. In order to secure communication equipment by inserting screws, the screws are provided with metal fittings that rotate in conjunction with the screw heads and can be tightened by rotating the screws themselves. The screw body can be tightened and loosened when mounting and removing the mounting rail on the front side, improving workability. The operation of removing the densely mounted devices can be easily performed by the operation on the front side of the device storage rack.

  In addition, the metal fitting is bent into a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is opposed to a mounting hole provided in the mount angle and a fixing hole provided in the mount rail at the front bent part and the rear bent part. With the insertion hole in the position, the back bent part enters the back side of the mount angle with the screw body tightened, and the mounting rail can be fixed to the mount angle with the screw through the insertion hole. The screw body can be tightened and loosened when the mounting rail is attached and removed on the side, improving workability. The operation of removing the densely mounted devices can be easily performed by the operation on the front side of the device storage rack. The main feature of the present invention is to do. Since the bracket cannot rotate when the device is mounted on the mount rail, the screw body does not loosen, and the bracket is fixed to the mount angle and the mount rail with screws etc. at least at two points. Therefore, the mounting rail can be securely fixed.

  An embodiment of a device fixing structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings of FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the equipment storage rack 1 is provided with mount angles 2 at four corners. The communication device 3 or the like is directly screwed to the mount angle 2, attached to a shelf plate on the mount angle 2, placed on the shelf plate, or passes the mount rail 4 to the front and rear mount angles 2 to communicate with the mount rail 4. The device 3 is stored in the device storage rack 1 by a method of supporting the device 3. The present invention relates to a front side structure of the mount rail 4.

  The mount angle 2 is formed by bending a device attachment portion 5 and a support portion 6, and a cage hole 7 having a square hole shape is formed in the device attachment portion 5. The height dimension of the 1U-sized communication device 3 corresponds to three cage holes 7.

  The mount rail 4 includes an angle mounting portion 8 and a device support portion 9, and the device support portion 9 is provided with a groove 10. The angle attaching portion 8 is provided with an engagement body 11 and a fixing hole 12 at an interval facing the cage hole 7 provided in the front side mount angle 2a. 3 and 4 show the fixing structure of the communication device 3 of 1U size. An engagement body 11 that can be inserted into the uppermost cage hole 7 and the lowermost cage hole 7 among the three opposing cage holes 7 of the mount rail 4 is provided in the mount rail 4. A screw 13 and a metal fitting 14 that rotates in conjunction with the screw 13 are attached to the engagement body 11 provided facing the uppermost cage hole 7 from the front side.

  The engaging body 11 provided facing the lowermost cage hole 7 is used for positioning when the mount rail 4 is attached to the front-side mount angle 2a.

  A fixing hole 12 is provided in an intermediate portion of the angle mounting portion 8 of the mounting rail 4 so that a knurled screw 15 for fixing the communication device 3 to the front mounting angle 2a can be inserted.

  A mount angle fixing portion 16 is formed in the communication device 3, and a support pin 17 is provided on a side surface of the communication device 3. The communication device 3 fixes the communication device 3 to the device mounting rack 1 by fixing the mount angle fixing portion 16 to the front mount angle 2 from the front side and passing the support pins 17 through the grooves 10 of the mount rail 4. It has a structure to support.

  The screw 13 is provided at a position facing the uppermost one of the cage holes 7 of the front side mount angle 2a. The screw 13 is formed with a metal fitting 14 that rotates in conjunction with rotation of the screw head. The metal fitting 14 is bent into a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a front bent portion 14a and a rear bent portion 14b are formed. When the mount rail 4 is attached to the front mount angle 2a, the metal fitting 14 is also open to the front mount angle 2a when the screw 13 of the mount rail 4 is loose. When the mount rail 4 is set in the open state, the back bent portion 14b of the metal fitting 14 is formed so as not to contact the front side mount angle 2a.

  The engagement body 11 facing the lowermost one of the three cage holes 7 and the engagement body 11 to which the screw 13 is attached are inserted into the cage hole 7 of the front-side mount angle 2a to temporarily fix the mounting rail 4 at a fixed position. After the determination, the screw head of the screw 13 is rotated with a screwdriver or the metal fitting 14 is rotated with a finger so that the back bent portion 14b of the metal fitting 14 is inserted into the back side of the front mounting angle 2a. In this state, the mount rail 4 is temporarily fixed to the front side mount angle 2a.

  A screw insertion hole 18 is provided in the front bent portion 14a of the metal fitting 14, and a tap hole 19 is provided in the rear bent portion 14b. The screws 13 are tightened, the mount rail 4 is fixed to the front-side mount angle 2, and the mount rail 4 is also fixed to the rear side, and then the communication device 3 is fixed to the mount rail 4 and the front-side mount angle 2 a. The communication device 3 is set with the knurled screw 15 of the communication device 3 facing the screw insertion hole 18, and the knurled screw 15 is tightened from the front side with the tap hole 19, so that the communication device 3 is completely fixed to the mount angle 2.

  In order to save space, a large variety of miniaturized devices are packed together and stored in the device storage rack, so you must place your hands from the front side of the device storage rack to the side or back side of the devices. Is difficult. In the present invention, the mounting angle can be attached / removed on the front side of the equipment storage rack, and when the 1U size communication device is removed, the mounting angle can be removed by removing the screw on the front side of the mounting angle. Since the screw body can be loosened by rotating the screw head of the body with a screwdriver or by rotating the metal fitting with a finger, it is possible to work without turning the hand to the side or back side, which is very efficient.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a communication apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which attached the communication apparatus to the mount angle. It is an enlarged view which shows the front side structure of the mount rail in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the attachment operation | movement of a mount rail. It is the enlarged view which looked at the front side structure of the mount rail in FIG. 3 from the back side.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Equipment storage rack 2 Mount angle 2a Front side mount angle 3 Communication equipment 4 Mount rail 5 Equipment attachment part 6 Support part 7 Cage hole 8 Angle attachment part 9 Equipment support part 10 Groove 11 Engagement body 12 Fixing hole 13 Screw 14 Metal fitting 14a Front bent part 14b Back bent part 15 Knurled screw 16 Mount angle fixing part 17 Support pin 18 Screw insertion hole 19 Tap hole

Claims (2)

  A front side structure of a mounting rail for mounting a communication device to be used across a mounting angle provided in the equipment storage rack, and mounting the front side mounting angle of the equipment storage rack to the mounting rail An engaging body and a fixing hole are provided at intervals facing the hole, and a screw is inserted into the uppermost engaging body to fix the communication device. The screw rotates in conjunction with the screw head. And a mounting rail front-side structure characterized by providing a metal fitting capable of tightening the screw by rotating itself.   The metal fitting is bent to have a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is opposed to a mounting hole provided in the mount angle and a fixing hole provided in the mount rail at a front bent part and a rear bent part. An insertion hole is provided at a position where the screw body is tightened, the back bend enters the back side of the mount angle in a state where the screw body is tightened, and the mount rail can be fixed to the mount angle by a screw through the insertion hole. The front side structure of the mounting rail as described in 1.

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