JP2017032942A - Optical plug - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical plug which is excellent in usability as a power supply plug with different installation height from a wall surface and which can be installed in a manner to look well.SOLUTION: An optical plug includes: an adapter base to which an optical adapter is attached; an attachment frame 3 which is installed in the adapter base and to which a power supply plug M3 can be attached; and a decorative panel covering the adapter base and the attachment frame 3. The power supply plug M3 includes a support frame 4 for installing the attachment frame 3 between the power supply plug M3 and a wall surface P in a wall surface opening P1 in a manner to sandwich it in between. The attachment frame 3 includes an adjusting member 8 for allowing the support frame 4 to be raised up to desired height by being interposed between the attachment frame 3 and the support frame 4.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an optical outlet that is used for connection between an optical outdoor line drawn indoors or an optical indoor line and an in-house optical cord, and that can be used mainly for power outlets having different installation heights from a wall surface.

  Conventionally, optical outlets include an optical outlet that is embedded in a pipe outlet in a building and an optical rosette that is exposed in the building. Among these, for example, an optical outlet having an outlet structure as shown in Patent Document 1 previously filed by the applicant of the present application and subsequently registered as a patent is known. The optical outlet described in Patent Document 1 has the following configuration and functions.

  That is, this optical outlet is attached to the opening provided in the indoor wall plate in a state where the outlet for power supply attached in each column arrangement is fixed through the vertically long opening in the center, and then screwed to the wall plate. An adapter base that is fixed and fixed, and a connection portion (not shown) that is attached to the adapter base from the front and that has, for example, two of a plurality of ports for electrical connection of the power outlet are arranged in a vertical row. And an opening for inserting an optical connector with respect to the optical adapter is provided at a vertically symmetrical portion at one end of the decorative panel, so that the optical connector can be inserted either on the left or right side. You can choose.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 of the drawings of the present application, the optical adapter 5 is placed in a vertically symmetrical position on one side of the adapter base 2 of the optical outlet formed by covering the upper surface of the adapter base 2 with the decorative panel 1. A mounting portion 7 is formed, and a plurality of mounting portions 17 of electrical equipment are formed on the other side front surface. In use, the optical adapter 5 is attached to the upper and lower mounting portions 7 of the optical adapter 5, and for example, a telephone modular jack M1 and a LAN modular are mounted on each mounting portion 17 of the electrical equipment as electrical equipment. A jack M2 and a plurality of power outlets M3 (three in a row in the illustrated example) are attached in each column arrangement. These members are attached to the adapter base 2 with the decorative panel 1 removed, and the decorative panel 1 is covered after each member is attached.

  The optical adapter 5 described above is for connecting two optical connectors, for example, an optical connector on the lead-in side from the outside and an optical connector on the user side, as shown in FIGS. A shutter mechanism Q is provided on the connection insertion portion side, and is arranged in a state of being gripped by a holding claw portion H formed on the adapter base 2.

  Similarly, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the decorative panel 1 is provided with an opening 6 for connecting a user-side optical connector to the optical adapter 5 at a vertically symmetrical portion at one end of the decorative panel 1. When the other opening 6 is usable, the other opening 6 is closed by a cap 9 that can be detached.

  Similarly, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a substantially frame-shaped opening 3 d is obtained by attaching a rectangular frame-shaped holding frame 4 to an approximately U-shaped frame 3 and attaching the adapter base 2. Is to be formed. That is, the power outlet M3 is assembled at a predetermined height inside the holding frame portion 4. Specifically, the power outlet M3 is held and fixed by a substantially U-shaped frame 3 attached to the adapter base 2, as shown in FIG. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 8, a substantially mouth-shaped opening 3d is formed by being assembled to the adapter base 2, and the opening 3d (right side in the figure) is assembled to the power outlet M3. A rectangular frame-shaped holding frame portion 4 is mounted, and a telephone modular jack M1 and a LAN modular jack M2 are assembled vertically on one side (left side in the figure) of the opening 3d. 14 is mounted. Here, reference numeral 3a in the figure denotes a symmetrical position on the upper and lower sides of the mounting frame 3 in order to fix the mounting frame 3 with the frame mounting screws 3c from the front side of the holding frame portion 4 of the power outlet M3. It is the formed screw hole.

  Similarly, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the holding frame portion 4 is screwed and fixed to the inner wall wiring box V side by an outlet mounting screw 4a through a wall surface opening P1 formed in the indoor wall surface P. Has been. In addition, the code | symbol 3b in a figure is the hole for attachment formed in the vertically symmetrical position of the attachment frame 3 side surface in order to attach the decorative panel 1 by patching stop etc. Corresponding to the mounting hole 3b, an engagement protrusion 1a for fitting into the mounting hole 3b is provided on the back surface of the decorative panel 1. Further, the engagement protrusion 1a of FIG. 11 is provided via a leg 3e.

  Similarly, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the holding frame portion 4 is arranged in a flange shape on the side surface between the insertion-side front surface M3a and the wiring-side rear surface M3b of the power outlet M3. The holding frame portion 4 is sandwiched between the wall surface opening P1 formed in the wall surface P and the mounting frame 3, and is fixed by screws with the frame mounting screws 3c.

  Then, the decorative panel 1 is covered with the adapter base 2 and the mounting frame 3, and the engaging projection 1 a of the decorative panel 1 is fitted and fixed in the mounting hole 3 b of the mounting frame 3. At this time, the insertion-side front surface M3a of the power outlet M3 as an electrical device is exposed from the outlet connection opening 1b (connection portion) of the decorative panel 1, and the telephone modular jack M1 and the LAN modular jack M2 are exposed. However, it will be exposed from the jack connection opening 1c (connection part) of the decorative panel 1 (see also FIGS. 6, 10, and 11).

Japanese Patent No. 5390582 (FIGS. 5 and 6)

  However, as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 of the above-mentioned drawings of the present application, the power outlet M3 that has been widely used in the past is installed from the wall surface P according to the standard, that is, the plug of the power outlet M3 is inserted. There are two types with different lengths from the side front surface M3a to the wall mounting surface of the holding frame 4 (indicated by L1 and L2 (L1 <L2) in the figure), and the outlet connection opening 1b (connection) of the decorative panel 1 The plug-side front surface M3a of the power outlet M3 that is exposed from the part) will not be easy to use unless it is substantially flush with the front wall surface of the decorative panel 1, and will also look bad. Therefore, when replacing the power outlet M3, a plurality of members of the mounting frame 3 corresponding to the installation height (L1 and L2) from each wall surface P must be prepared.

  At present, the substantially U-shaped frame 3 is attached to the adapter base 2 of the decorative panel 1 as shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b). Depending on the lengths L1 and L2 from the insertion side front surface M3a of the outlet M3 for the outlet to the wall mounting surface of the holding frame part 4, two types having different front and rear widths are prepared, or as shown in FIG. When the power outlet M3 larger than the length L1 is used, such as the length L2 from the insertion side front surface M3a to the wall mounting surface of the holding frame 4, the decorative panel 1 has a long side wall width and It is necessary to prepare a long one by attaching the engaging protrusion 1a to the tip of the leg 3e.

  Therefore, the present invention has been devised in view of the existing circumstances as described above, and the installation height from the wall surface can be changed without changing any existing decorative panel or adapter base (mounting frame). That is, an object of the present invention is to provide an optical outlet that is excellent in usability and can be assembled in a good-looking manner while using power outlets having different lengths from the front surface on the insertion side to the wall mounting surface of the holding frame.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention,
An optical outlet provided with a connection part for electrical connection and an optical adapter for connecting an optical connector, embedded in the inner wall wiring box side through the wall opening of the indoor wall surface,
An adapter base for mounting the optical adapter;
A mounting frame assembled to the adapter base and capable of mounting a power outlet;
A decorative panel provided with an outlet connection outlet that covers the adapter base and the mounting frame and exposes the front side of the power outlet plug-in side;
Have
The power outlet includes a holding frame for installing the power supply outlet and the wall surface of the wall opening in a manner of sandwiching the mounting frame.
The mounting frame is interposed between the mounting frame and the holding frame, and the holding frame is raised to a desired height, and the outlet of the power outlet exposed at the outlet connection opening is exposed. An adjustment member is provided that can be adjusted so that the insertion side front surface and the front wall surface of the decorative panel are substantially flush with each other.

  The adjusting member is formed and manufactured as a part integrated with the mounting frame, and is used by cutting the adjusting member from the mounting frame when in use.

  According to the present invention, the adjustment frame (spacer) can be provided by adopting a structure in which the mounting frame, which has been conventionally screwed in a mode of covering the power outlet, is sandwiched between the power outlet and the wall surface. ) Without adding any changes to the existing decorative panel and adapter base (mounting frame), etc., the installation height from the wall surface, that is, the length from the front side of the insertion side to the wall mounting surface of the holding frame As well as being easy to use, it can be assembled with a good-looking power outlet. That is, the mounting frame is interposed between the mounting frame and the holding frame part, and the holding frame part is raised to a desired height and exposed to the outlet connection opening. By providing an adjustment member that can be adjusted so that the front side of the outlet and the front wall of the decorative panel are substantially flush with each other, the existing decorative panel and mounting frame can be changed without any changes. Power outlets with different lengths from the front side of the wall side to the wall mounting surface of the holding frame can be assembled to the optical outlet in an attractive manner. Moreover, at that time, it is excellent in usability. In addition, it is possible to cope with a multiple-type optical outlet in which the insertion ports of the optical connectors at symmetrical positions are arranged in two or more rows, and the usage of the optical outlet is greatly widened.

  Furthermore, the adjustment member is formed and manufactured as an integral part of the mounting frame, and is used by cutting the adjustment member from the mounting frame when in use. Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently handle power outlets with different installation heights from the wall surface.

It is a perspective view of the decorative panel closed state of the optical outlet by the outlet structure which shows one form for implementing this invention. It is a perspective view of the decorative panel open state of the optical outlet similarly by outlet structure. It is a disassembled perspective view of the optical outlet socket similarly by an outlet structure. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the attachment frame of a decorative panel. The state after the assembly of the optical outlet by the outlet structure is shown, (a) is a cross-sectional view when the installation height of the power outlet (the length from the insertion side front surface to the wall mounting surface of the holding frame portion) is small, ( b) is a cross-sectional view when the installation height of the power outlet (the length from the front surface on the insertion side to the wall mounting surface of the holding frame portion) is large. It is a perspective view of the decorative panel cover state of the optical outlet by the outlet structure in a prior art example. It is a perspective view of the decorative panel open state of the optical outlet by the outlet structure in a conventional example. It is a disassembled perspective view of the optical outlet socket similarly by the outlet structure in a prior art example. It is a perspective view which similarly shows the attachment frame of the decorative panel in a prior art example. Similarly, the state after assembly of the optical outlet by the outlet structure in the conventional example is shown. (A) is a thin width for installing the power outlet when the fixing position of the holding frame portion is high (the front side near the insertion side). Sectional view showing an example of use of the mounting frame, (b) Thick width mounting for installation of the power outlet when the fixing position of the holding frame is low (substantially between the front side of the insertion side and the rear side of the wiring side) It is sectional drawing which shows the usage example of a flame | frame. Similarly, it shows the state after assembly of the optical outlet with the outlet structure in the conventional example, and the thickness for installing the power outlet when the holding frame is fixed at a low position (substantially between the insertion side front surface and the wiring side rear surface). It is sectional drawing which shows the usage example of the decorative panel of width.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an optical outlet according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, an optical outlet configuration that is embedded and installed at a pipe outlet in a building will be described as an optical outlet. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the optical outlet according to the present invention is used in an optical rosette that is exposed and installed in a building. Of course, you may do.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the optical outlet of the present embodiment includes an adapter base 2 to which an optical adapter 5 is attached, and an attachment frame 3 that is attached to the adapter base 2 and to which a power outlet M3 can be attached. The adapter base 2 and the decorative panel 1 that covers the upper surface of the mounting frame 3 are provided, and the adapter base 2 itself is fixed to the opening edge of the wall surface opening P1 formed in the indoor wall surface P, and the wall surface opening The inside of P1 is fixed in a state where the opening side of the housing-like inner wiring box V is covered.

  As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the adapter base 2 has two optical connectors, for example, an optical connector 5a on the lead-in side from the outside and an optical connector (not shown) on the user side in a vertically symmetrical position on one side. An optical adapter 5 having a shutter mechanism Q for connecting them to each other is held in a state of being gripped by holding claws H facing the left and right of the mounting portion 7 formed on the adapter base 2. Correspondingly, the decorative panel 1 is provided with an opening 6 for connecting a user-side optical connector to the optical adapter 5 at a vertically symmetrical portion at one end of the decorative panel 1, and one opening 6 is used. If it is possible, the other opening 6 is closed with a cap 9 that is removable. In the present embodiment, the mounting portion 7 is formed in two rows in a side-by-side manner. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the mounting portion 7 may be configured in a series, in a row or in three or more rows. good.

  In addition, a rectangular frame-shaped holding frame portion 14 to which the telephone modular jack M1 and the LAN modular jack M2 are assembled is held and fixed adjacent to the mounting portion 7 of the adapter base 2. Correspondingly, on the front surface of the decorative panel 1, for example, a jack connection opening 1c and an outlet connection opening 1b are formed as connection portions of the electrical equipment. Further, the adapter base 2 is assembled with a substantially U-shaped mounting frame 3 from the right side in the drawing. In the present embodiment, a substantially mouth-shaped opening is obtained by attaching the adapter base 2 by attaching the holding frame 4 having a rectangular frame shape to the attachment frame 3 in a manner similar to that shown in FIG. 3d is formed. A power outlet M3 is assembled at a predetermined height inside the holding frame portion 4, and the mounting frame 3 is sandwiched between the holding frame portion 4 and the indoor wall surface P. It is fixed. Note that the holding frame portion 4 of the power outlet M3 is arranged in a vertically protruding flange shape on the side surface between the insertion side front surface M3a and the wiring side rear surface M3b (see FIG. 5).

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a support piece portion 10 for supporting the upper and lower portions of the holding frame portion 4 is provided at the upper and lower opposing positions of the U-shaped frame of the mounting frame 3. At approximately the center of the support piece 10, support protrusions 10 a are formed for fitting into support holes 41 formed at the upper and lower portions of the holding frame portion 4. As a result, the support piece 10 of the mounting frame 3 is installed in such a manner as to be sandwiched between the holding frame 4 that holds the power outlet M3 and the opening edge of the wall surface opening P1 (see FIG. 5). ).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the holding frame portion 4 is screwed and fixed to the inner wall wiring box V side by an outlet mounting screw 4a through a wall surface opening P1 formed in the indoor wall surface P. In addition, the code | symbol 3b in a figure is the hole for attachment each formed in the up-down symmetrical position of the attachment frame 3 side surface in order to attach the decorative panel 1 by patching stop etc. FIG. Corresponding to the mounting hole 3b, an engagement protrusion 1a for fitting into the mounting hole 3b is provided on the back surface of the decorative panel 1.

  A rectangular plate-shaped adjustment member 8 (spacer) is molded and manufactured on the support piece 10 of the mounting frame 3 as an integral part of the mounting frame 3. The mounting frame 3 can be used after being cut. That is, a hole 8a for fitting the support protrusion 10a of the support piece 10 is formed in the approximate center of the adjustment member 8, and the adjustment member 8 is inserted through the hole 8a. After attaching to the support protrusion 10 a of the support piece 10, the adjustment protrusion 8 is fitted between the support piece 10 and the holding frame 4 by fitting the support protrusion 10 a into the support hole 41 of the holding frame 4. The holding frame portion 4 itself can be raised to a desired height.

  In use, the optical adapter 5 is attached to one or both of the upper and lower attachment parts 7 formed in a double series, and the adapter base 2 and the attachment frame 3 are respectively connected via the holding frame part 14 and the holding frame part 4. Thus, for example, a telephone modular jack M1 and a LAN modular jack M2, and a plurality of power outlets M3 (three in the illustrated example) are attached in each column arrangement. These members are attached to the adapter base 2 with the decorative panel 1 removed, and the decorative panel 1 is covered after each member is attached.

  Next, an example of use of the configuration configured as described above will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 3, the LAN modular jack M1 and the telephone modular jack M2 are attached to the holding frame portion 14 of the adapter base 2. After mounting and fixing each mounting and holding frame 3 between the holding frame portion 4 and the indoor wall surface P, the adapter base 2 is assembled and fixed to the mounting frame 3.

  Specifically, the mounting frame 3 is provided by attaching the upper and lower support holes 41 of the holding frame portion 4 holding the power outlet M3 to the support protrusions 10a at the vertically symmetrical positions of the support piece portion 10, respectively. The support piece 10 is installed in such a manner as to be sandwiched between the holding frame 4 that holds the power outlet M3 and the opening edge of the wall surface opening P1 (see FIGS. 3 and 5A). ). That is, as shown in FIG. 5A, the installation height from the wall surface P of the power outlet M3 in this case, that is, from the holding frame portion 4 (wall mounting surface) of the power outlet M3 to the insertion side front face M3a. When the length is as large as the length H2, the adjustment member 8 for raising the height is not necessary. In this case, the adjustment member 8 is cut and removed from the mounting frame 3 so as not to interfere with the assembly.

  Then, the optical adapter 5 is attached to, for example, the attachment portion 7 below the adapter base 2. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the optical adapter 5 is inserted into the window 23 in the vicinity of the opening 6 of the decorative panel 1 so that the optical adapter 5 is opened in the decorative panel 1. 6 is housed and fixed inside. At this time, an optical connector 5a on the lead-in wire side from the outside (in addition, an optical connector on the optical line terminator side) may be fitted and connected to the other fitting portion of the optical adapter 5 at this time.

  On the other hand, the other (upper) opening 6 that is not used is closed by a cap 9 that is removable. When the cap 9 is inserted into the opening 6, the projection 9a engages with the window 23 and the cap 9 is fixed (see FIGS. 1 and 3).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the length H1 from the holding frame portion 4 (wall mounting surface) of the power outlet M3 to the insertion side front surface M3a is smaller than the length H2 described above. The adjustment member 8 is cut from the mounting frame 3, and the hole 8 a of the adjustment member 8 is attached to the support protrusion 10 a of the support piece 10, and the holding frame portion 4 is mounted on the adjustment member 8. By attaching the support hole 41 to the support protrusion 10a, the holding frame portion 4 itself is raised to a desired height. Accordingly, the insertion-side front surface M3a of the power outlet M3 exposed from the outlet connection opening 1b (connection portion) of the decorative panel 1 is substantially flush with the front wall surface of the decorative panel 1 and is easy to use. Appearance can be improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the optical outlet configuration embedded and installed at the pipe outlet in the building has been described as the optical outlet. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the optical outlet according to the present invention is applied to the optical rosette exposed and installed in the building. May be adopted. Further, in the case where the length from the plug-side front surface M3a to the wiring-side rear surface M3b of the power outlet M3 is different, the raising of the holding frame portion 4 through the adjustment member 8 described above causes the decorative panel 1 to The power supply outlet M3 exposed from the outlet connection opening 1b (connection portion) is substantially flush with the insertion side front surface M3a and the front wall surface of the decorative panel 1 for improved usability and good appearance. It goes without saying that

P Wall surface P1 Wall surface opening Q Shutter mechanism M1 Telephone modular jack M2 LAN modular jack M3 Power outlet M3a Plug side front surface M3b Wiring side rear surface H Holding claws H1 and H2 Length from the holding frame to the plug side front Length L1, L2 Length from front side of plug-in side to rear side of wiring side In-wall wiring box 1 Cosmetic panel 1a Engagement projection 1b Outlet connection opening 1c Jack connection opening 2 Adapter base 3 Mounting frame 3a Screw hole 3b Mounting hole 3c Frame mounting screw 3d Opening 3e Leg 4 Holding frame 4a Outlet mounting screw 5 Optical adapter 5a Optical connector 6 on the lead-in side from the outside Opening 7 Mounting portion 8 Adjusting member 8a Hole 9 Cap 9a Protruding portion DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Support piece part 10a Support protrusion 14 Holding frame part 17 Attachment part 21 Convex part 23 Window part 41 Support hole

Claims (2)

An optical outlet provided with a connection part for electrical connection and an optical adapter for connecting an optical connector, embedded in the inner wall wiring box side through the wall opening of the indoor wall surface,
An adapter base for mounting the optical adapter;
A mounting frame assembled to the adapter base and capable of mounting a power outlet;
A decorative panel provided with an outlet connection outlet that covers the adapter base and the mounting frame and exposes the front side of the power outlet plug-in side;
Have
The power outlet includes a holding frame for installing the power supply outlet and the wall surface of the wall opening in a manner of sandwiching the mounting frame.
The mounting frame is interposed between the mounting frame and the holding frame, and the holding frame is raised to a desired height, and the outlet of the power outlet exposed at the outlet connection opening is exposed. An optical outlet comprising an adjustment member that can be adjusted so that a front side of the insertion side and a front wall surface of the decorative panel are substantially flush with each other.   2. The optical outlet according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment member is molded and manufactured as an integral part of the mounting frame, and the adjustment member is cut from the mounting frame when used.

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