JP2010022144A - Wiring equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide wiring equipment which allows electric lines, such as power lines and data lines, to be positioned at an optional position to connect the electric lines to a flat cable laid under a floor. <P>SOLUTION: The wiring equipment includes an electric line housing duct 2 which extends longitudinally on the lower part of a wall surface 7 where a floor surface 6 and the wall surface 7 cross each other and houses the electric lines 1 such as power lines and data wires for cabling, a flat cable 3 laid under the floor, and a branch box 5 which can be attached freely at a longitudinal optional position on the electric line housing duct 2 and includes electric line-flat cable exchanging terminal block 4 for connecting the electric line 1 to the flat cable 3. The electric line 1 and the flat cable 3 are positioned by shifting the attachment position of the branch box 5 to the electric line housing duct 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a wiring facility for supplying power lines, information lines and the like to offices and stores.

  For example, a power cable for power supply to an electronic device or a signal wire for a network for exchanging data between electronic devices is wired as a flat cable from the equipment body fixed to the wall to the floor under the office Wiring equipment has been proposed (for example, described in Patent Document 1).

In the technique described in Patent Document 1, a hollow extension member having a baseboard shape is connected to the lower end portions on both sides of the equipment body, and a power supply line and an information line are drawn into the equipment body from inside the branch body. At the same time, a line connection device (terminal block) provided in the extension member is connected to a flat cable laid under the floor.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-13563

  In the technique of the cited document 1, since the line connection device accommodated in the extension member is provided in a notch formed in the separator that partitions the interior of the extension member up and down, the line connection device is connected to the flat cable laid under the floor. The connection position is naturally determined and fine adjustment cannot be performed, or the arrangement position cannot be changed.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a wiring facility that can freely adjust the connection position of an electric wire such as a power supply line or an information line to an arbitrary position with respect to a flat cable laid under the floor. .

  In order to solve the above problems, the wiring facility of the present invention is provided extending in the longitudinal direction at the lower part of the wall surface where the floor surface and the wall surface intersect, and accommodates electric wires such as power lines and information lines therein. An electric wire accommodating duct to be installed and wired, a flat cable laid on the floor, and can be freely attached to the electric wire accommodating duct at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction thereof, and connects the electric wire and the flat cable. And a branch box with a built-in terminal block for converting an electric wire flat cable.

  According to the wiring facility of the present invention, since the branch box is freely attached to an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction of the electric wire receiving duct provided in the portion where the baseboard is provided, the flat cable laid under the floor The branch box can be freely attached according to the position. Therefore, even if it is desired to change the underfloor wiring layout, it is possible to cope with it simply by moving the attachment position of the branch box with respect to the wire accommodating duct. Also, when removing the underfloor wiring, it can be easily processed because the wall box can be easily attached to and detached from the electric wire accommodating duct with the branch box.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a wiring facility according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 shows a state in which a roller member is attached to a guide groove of a wire accommodating duct constituting the wiring facility of FIG. 1, and FIG. B) is a front view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a state in which a terminal block is attached to the roller member of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the wiring facility of the present embodiment includes an electric wire housing duct 2 that accommodates and routes electric wires 1 such as a power line and an information line, and a flat cable 3 laid under the floor. A branch box 5 having a built-in terminal block 4 for converting an electric wire flat cable for connecting the electric wire 1 to the flat cable 3.

  The electric wire accommodating duct 2 is provided so as to extend in the longitudinal direction at the lower part of the wall surface (usually, the part to which the baseboard is attached) where the floor surface 6 and the wall surface 7 intersect. The electric wire housing duct 2 is formed as a hollow case having a rectangular cross section, and the interior thereof is divided into two upper and lower rooms 9 and 10 by a partition plate 8. For example, a power line is routed in the upper room 9 and an information line is routed in the lower room 10, but this is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this example.

  A guide groove 11 is formed in the surface 2a of the electric wire housing duct 2 along the longitudinal direction. The guide groove 11 is configured by forming slits at positions facing the upper chamber 9 and the lower chamber 10 respectively. In the present embodiment, the branch box 5 is attached to the guide groove 11 formed at a position corresponding to the upper chamber 9. The branch box 5 includes a terminal block 4 and a cover 13 that covers the terminal block 4. In addition, the electric wire accommodation duct 2 has the same height and thickness as the baseboard, and is not conspicuous in appearance.

  The flat cable 3 is a thin cable formed by sandwiching a thin conductor from above and below with an insulating film, and is laid on the floor surface 6. One end of the flat cable 3 is connected to a connection base component 12 arranged at a predetermined position on the floor. On the other hand, the other end of the flat cable 4 is connected to a terminal block 4 provided in a branch box 5 described later. For example, an outlet or a tap for taking out a power source is attached to the connection base component 12 connected to one end of the flat cable 3.

  As described above, the branch box 5 includes the terminal block 4 and the cover 13 that covers the terminal block 4. The terminal block 4 is composed of a base including a wire flat cable conversion terminal (not shown) for connecting the wire 1 to the flat cable 3. The terminal block 4 is fixed to a roller member 14 slidably attached to a guide groove 11 formed in the wire accommodating duct 2, and is fixed to an arbitrary position of the guide groove 11 together with the roller member 14. It has become.

  The roller member 14 includes a rectangular block-shaped first guide portion 14A that is inserted and arranged in the electric wire housing duct 2 and a cylindrical second guide portion 14B that is disposed on the surface 2a. A screw hole 15 for fixing the terminal block 4 is formed at the center of the second guide portion 14B.

  The roller member 14 is inserted into the slit in the direction indicated by the solid line shown in FIG. 2 (B), and then rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in the figure to indicate the direction indicated by the two-dot chain line. As a result, the first guide portion 14A and the second guide portion 14B are attached so as to sandwich the guide groove 11 therebetween. A screw is attached to the long hole 17 formed in the attachment portion 16 and screwed into the screw hole 15 with respect to the roller member 14 in this state, so that the terminal block 4 can be placed at an arbitrary position of the electric wire housing duct 2. To fix. When adjusting the position of the terminal block 4, the screw is loosened and the terminal block 4 is moved along the guide groove 11.

  The cover 13 is fixed by attaching a screw to the screwing hole 19 of the cover attaching portion 18 formed in the terminal block 4 so as to accommodate and cover the terminal block 4 inside. In this cover 13, the electric wire 1 routed in the electric wire accommodating duct 2 is connected to one of the electric wire flat cable conversion terminals of the terminal block 4, and the other end of the flat cable 3 is connected to the other electric wire flat cable conversion terminal. Connected to. The cover 13 is attached to the terminal block 4 to complete the branch box 5, but the guide groove 11 is exposed, and therefore the blindfold plate 20 is attached to the slits other than the part where the branch box 5 is attached.

  The electric wire accommodating duct 2 and the branch box 5 attached to the electric wire accommodating duct 2 are both installed away from the floor surface 6. When a tile carpet (not shown) is laid on the floor surface 6, it is not necessary to cut a part of the tile carpet due to interference between the wire accommodating duct 2 and the branch box 5 and the tile carpet. It has become.

  According to the wiring facility of the present embodiment configured as described above, the branch box 5 is freely attached to an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction with respect to the wire accommodating duct 2 provided in the portion where the baseboard is provided. Therefore, the branch box 5 can be freely attached according to the position of the flat cable 3 laid under the floor. Therefore, even if it is desired to change the underfloor wiring layout or to move the position of the flat cable 3 on the floor surface 6 slightly, it is possible to cope with it simply by moving the attachment position of the branch box 5 to the wire accommodating duct 2. It becomes possible.

  Moreover, according to the wiring facility of this embodiment, since the wiring of the wall surface 7 can be accommodated in the electric wire accommodation duct 2, the wiring exposure to the wall surface 7 is eliminated, the appearance is improved, and the safety is improved.

  Further, according to the wiring facility of the present embodiment, the terminal block 4 is fixed to the roller member 14 slidably engaged with the guide groove 11, and the terminal block 4 is fixed to the guide groove 11 together with the roller member 14. Therefore, the branch box 5 can be easily attached to the wire accommodating duct 2.

  Further, according to the wiring facility of the present embodiment, since the wire accommodating duct 2 and the branch box 5 are installed away from the floor surface 6, there is no interference with the floor finishing material such as tile carpet, and this floor finishing material is cut. Processing is not necessary, and it is not necessary to replace the floor finish when moving.

  The specific embodiment to which the present invention is applied has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

  FIG. 4 is an example in which the branch box 5 is directly fixed to the wall surface 7 by downsizing. In FIG. 4, the branch box 5 is attached in the middle of the wire accommodating cover 21 that accommodates and routes the power line, the information line, and the like along the wall surface 7, and the wall box cover is hung on the skirting board 22 below. 23 is attached, and the flat cable 3 is connected to the lower end of the wall surface cover 23.

  If the branch box 5 is reduced in size, the installation place on the wall surface 7 is less restricted, and the degree of freedom of wiring is increased.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a wiring facility of this embodiment. FIG. 2 shows a state in which a roller member is attached to a guide groove of an electric wire accommodating duct constituting the wiring facility of FIG. 1, (A) is a sectional view thereof, and (B) is a front view thereof. FIG. 3 is a front view of a state in which a terminal block is attached to the roller member of FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the present embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electric wire 2 ... Electric wire accommodation duct 3 ... Flat cable 4 ... Terminal block 5 ... Branch box 6 ... Floor surface 7 ... Wall surface 11 ... Guide groove 12 ... Connection base component 13 ... Cover 14 ... Roller 20 ... Blindfold board

Claims (3)

An electric wire accommodating duct that extends in the longitudinal direction at the lower portion of the wall surface at a portion where the floor surface and the wall surface intersect, and accommodates and routes electric wires such as power lines and information lines therein;
A flat cable laid under the floor;
A branch box that is freely attachable to any position in the longitudinal direction with respect to the electric wire accommodating duct and has a built-in terminal block for converting an electric wire flat cable that connects the electric wire and the flat cable. Wiring equipment characterized by that. The wiring facility according to claim 1,
A roller member is slidably engaged with a guide groove formed in the electric wire accommodating duct, the terminal block is fixed to the roller member, and the terminal block is fixed together with the roller member at an arbitrary position of the guide groove. A wiring facility comprising a branch box with a cover attached to the terminal block. The wiring facility according to claim 1 or claim 2,
The wiring facility, wherein the electric wire receiving duct and the branch box are installed apart from the floor surface.

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