JP2018172080A - Equipment box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an easy access to a rear side of equipment installed on equipment box.SOLUTION: The equipment box 100 for accommodating equipment installed in an operator cabin or a passenger cabin of a railway vehicle is provided that includes an opening and closing structure 44 opening for a near side of the equipment box 100 integrally with at least one of such equipment 84E. In other words, the equipment 84E is installed on the equipment box 100 in the condition of being hold by the opening and closing structure 44 and is moved from a position held by the opening and closing structure 44 in a closed position by receiving an opening operation of the opening and closing structure 44 to the near side where the opening and closing structure 44 is opened. Then a place where the equipment 84E before the movement had been disposed is released and an access to the depth side than the place is reassured. By this, while keeping the condition where the equipment 84E is held by the opening and closing structure 44, other equipment installed on the rear side than the equipment box 100 can be accessed easily without removing the equipment 84E from the equipment box 100.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an equipment box that houses equipment installed in a railway vehicle.

  It is necessary to install various devices in a driver's cab, a guest room, and the like in a railway vehicle, and various inventions have been made on a device box that accommodates these devices (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 5878806

Here, for example, devices such as headlights, taillights, and wiper motors are installed on the front side of the leading vehicle on the railway, and work is performed on the back of the cab when installing and maintaining these devices. There is a need to. However, since various devices are installed in the driver's cab, in order to access the device on the back of the driver's cab from the inside of the vehicle, it is necessary to remove the minimum necessary devices from the device box constituting the driver's cab. There was difficulty in workability.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to easily access the back surface of a device installed in a device box.

(Aspect of the Invention)
The following aspects of the present invention exemplify the configuration of the present invention, and will be described separately for easy understanding of various configurations of the present invention. Each section does not limit the technical scope of the present invention, and some of the components of each section are replaced, deleted, or further while referring to the best mode for carrying out the invention. Those to which the above components are added can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  (1) An equipment box for housing equipment installed in a railway vehicle, wherein the equipment box has an open / close structure that opens to the near side in front view of the equipment box, integrally with at least one equipment to be accommodated ( Claim 1).

  The equipment box described in this section accommodates equipment installed in a cab or guest room of a railway vehicle, and opens to the front side in front view of the equipment box integrally with at least one equipment to be accommodated. Opening and closing structure is provided. That is, the at least one device is installed in the device box while being held by the opening / closing structure, and is opened / closed from the position held by the opening / closing structure in the closed position in response to the opening operation of the opening / closing structure. It is moved to the front side where the structure opens. Then, since the place where the apparatus before movement was arranged becomes vacant, the access route to the back side from the place is secured. As a result, while maintaining the state in which the device is held by the opening / closing structure of the device box, another device installed on the rear side of the device held by the opening / closing structure in the device box, or the device box It is easy to access another device installed on the back side. For this reason, workability | operativity of the operation | work with respect to those apparatuses is improved.

(2) In the above item (1), the opening / closing structure is a device box in which the at least one device is attached to a device mounting board that opens and closes to the device box via a hinge mechanism. 2).
The device box described in this section is configured such that the opening / closing structure described above is attached to at least one device on a device mounting panel that opens / closes to the device box via a hinge mechanism. The device mounting board has rigidity capable of holding a device to be mounted, and is configured by, for example, a sheet metal, a frame, or a combination thereof. A device is attached to the device mounting board on the front side or the back side of the device mounting board by, for example, bolt fastening. Further, the hinge mechanism has a configuration and quantity that can sufficiently withstand the weights of both the device mounting board and the equipment attached to the device mounting board. Since the opening / closing structure is configured as described above, an integral opening / closing operation with the device held by the opening / closing structure is performed stably and smoothly.

(3) In the above item (2), the device mounting board has a rectangular frame shape and the at least one device is mounted on the back side of the device mounting board (Claim 3).
In the equipment box described in this section, the equipment mounting board with an open / close structure has a rectangular frame shape made of, for example, sheet metal or a frame, and is held by the open / close structure on the back side of the equipment mounting board. At least one device is attached. For this reason, when the open / close structure is closed, the front part of the device attached to the device mounting board is easily accessed via the frame-shaped opening of the device mounting board. On the other hand, when the open / close structure is opened, the back surface of the device moved together with the open / close structure is exposed, so that the back surface of the device attached to the device mounting board can be easily accessed. And since the apparatus is attached to the back side of an apparatus mounting board, the opening operation | movement of an opening-closing structure is not inhibited by the apparatus, but it opens smoothly.

(4) In the above items (1) to (3), the opening / closing structure is provided with a lock mechanism for restricting an opening operation (claim 4).
The device box described in this section is provided with a locking mechanism that restricts the opening operation of the opening / closing structure, so that the opening / closing structure opens at an unintentional timing due to, for example, the vibration of a railway vehicle. It is intended to prevent this.

(5) In the above items (1) to (4), an equipment box provided in at least one of the plurality of modules constituting the cab structure provided in the cab of the railway vehicle (claim 5).
The equipment box described in this section is provided in at least one module among the plurality of modules constituting the cab structure provided in the cab of the railway vehicle. That is, since various devices related to the operation of the railway vehicle are installed in the cab structure, the cab structure is provided in a module constituting the cab structure so as to accommodate a part of such devices. Various devices such as headlamps, taillights, and wiper motors are installed on the front side of the leading railway vehicle located on the back of the cab structure. Therefore, by opening the opening / closing structure of the equipment box provided in the module that constitutes the cab structure, an access route to the back side from the place where the equipment moved together with the opening / closing structure is secured. As a result, various devices on the back of the cab structure can be easily accessed, and workability for these devices is improved.

  (6) In the above item (5), a main module including the master controller that constitutes the cab structure, and a first equipment module disposed on the right side of the main module with reference to the traveling direction of the railway vehicle, A device box provided in at least the main module among the second device module disposed on the left side of the main module and the display module disposed on the upper side of the main module (Claim 6).

  The equipment box described in this section is provided in at least the main module of the cab structure including the main module, the first equipment module, the second equipment module, and the display module. Here, the main module includes a master controller for performing both the power running operation and the brake operation of the railway vehicle, and further, a space portion in which a driver's feet seated at a position where the master controller can be operated fits, Equipment that is operated by the driver while driving, such as a horn pedal and a deadman pedal that are operated by the feet of the driver, is mainly installed. The first device module and the second device module are arranged on the right side and the left side of the main module with reference to the traveling direction of the railway vehicle. For example, for the first device module and the second device module, various operation switches are arranged on the top plate portion with respect to either one, and a communication device or the like is installed. A microphone for making in-car announcements is arranged, and switches and the like are installed. The display module is arranged on the upper side of the main module, and is equipped with a display unit that displays various information necessary for the operation of the railway vehicle, a display that can be operated with a touch method, a clock, a speaker, and the like. The

  And the equipment box described in this section is provided in at least the main module among the plurality of modules configured as described above, and the main module is provided with a space portion in which the driver's feet can be accommodated. Therefore, the arrangement density of the devices is small, and it is installed near the center in the left-right direction of the cab. Since it is provided in such a main module, the various devices on the back of the cab structure can be more easily accessed than in the case of being provided in another module.

  Since this invention is the above structures, it becomes possible to access easily the back surface of the apparatus installed in an apparatus box.

It is a trihedral view of the cab structure provided with the equipment box according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is the internal structure figure which showed the internal structure of the main module of the cab structure of FIG. 1 provided with the equipment box which concerns on embodiment of this invention from the front and the side. It is an image figure which shows the state by which the opening / closing structure of the equipment box which concerns on embodiment of this invention was opened.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, detailed description of the same or corresponding parts as those in the prior art is omitted, and the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the drawings.
An equipment box according to an embodiment of the present invention accommodates equipment installed in a driver's cab or guest room of a railway vehicle, and mainly constitutes a part of a cab structure in the following embodiments. It is described as an equipment box. However, the equipment box according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment, and can be used to accommodate any equipment installed in the railway vehicle at any position of the railway vehicle. It is a thing.

  First, FIG. 1 shows a cab structure 10 provided with an equipment box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the cab structure 10 includes a main module 12 provided with a device box 100, a first device module 14, a second device module 16, a display module 18, and a pedestal module 20, which are detachable. It is configured in combination. More specifically, the main module 12 is a combination of the operation module 22, the spacer module 24 (24 </ b> A, 24 </ b> B), and the third device module 26 configured by the device box 100, and the first device module 14. Is a combination of the upper device module 28 and the lower device module 30, and the display module 18 is a combination of the right display module 32 and the left display module 34. Adjacent modules of the plurality of modules are detachably coupled via coupling means having a predetermined shape such as a bolt fastening portion or a so-called patch-on lock.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 1, each of the above-described modules will be briefly described. The operation module 22 includes a master controller 36 that performs both power running operation and brake operation of the railway vehicle, and an all reverse switch lever. The spacer module 24A is arranged on the right side of the operation module 22 so as to fill a gap between the operation module 22 and the upper equipment module 28. Similarly, the spacer module 24B is arranged on the left side of the operation module 22 in the operation module 22. And the second device module 16 are arranged so as to fill a gap between them. The third equipment module 26 is configured by the equipment box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the detachable wall 38 and the driver sitting on the cockpit seat located on the front side of the paper surface of the detachable wall 38. A space 39 for storing the legs, an air / electric whistle pedal 42 and the like are provided. Further, the third device module 26 is provided with an opening / closing structure 44 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), which will be described later.

  The upper device module 28 is provided with various operation switches and the like, and in the example of FIG. The lower device module 30 includes front doors 54A and 54B, a side door 56, a wiper switch, a hot air heating switch 57, and the like, and a plurality of devices are installed inside. The second device module 16 includes a microphone 17 for in-car announcement, an ATC operation changeover switch 93, an emergency short-circuit switch 94, and the like. The right display module 32 is provided with a display unit 96 that also serves as a backup for the first meter display. The left display module 34 has a display unit 97 for crew and maintenance support, and a display for driving / vehicle information. A section 98 is installed. The pedestal module 20 is provided with a headlight foot dimming switch pedal 40. In addition, the front doors 54A and 54B and the side doors 56 provided in the lower device module 30 may be supported by a removable hinge structure from the viewpoint of workability. In addition, the basic structure of each module is configured by combining a plurality of sheet metals, a plurality of frames, and the like constituting the skin portion.

  Subsequently, FIG. 2 shows a part of the internal structure of the equipment box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention and the pedestal module 20 as the third equipment module 26 constituting the main module 12. . The device box 100 of FIG. 2 is in a state in which the detachable wall portion 38 shown in FIG. 1 is removed. As shown in the drawing, an opening / closing structure 44 is installed on the back surface of the device box 100 (on the right side in FIG. 2B), and this opening / closing structure 44 includes the device mounting board 46, the hinge mechanism 48, and the lock. A mechanism 50 is included. In this embodiment, the device mounting board 46 has a rectangular frame shape, and rotates to the front side of the paper in FIG. 2A with a hinge mechanism 48 attached to a frame or the like constituting the device box 100 as a rotation axis. To do. A device 84E is attached to the back side of the device mounting board 46 (the right side in FIG. 2B). The lock mechanism 50 suppresses the rotation of the device mounting board 46. In this embodiment, a screw connected to the device mounting board 46 is inserted into a screw hole provided in a fixing member of the equipment box 100. It has a structure which suppresses rotation of the apparatus mounting board 46 by being screwed together.

  That is, the opening / closing structure 44 shown in FIG. 2 is shown in a state in which the rotation is suppressed by the lock mechanisms 50 provided at two places, and the open / close structure 44 is in the closed position. In this state, the front portion of the device 84E can be confirmed from the frame-shaped opening 46a of the device mounting board 46. On the other hand, FIG. 3 shows the opening / closing structure 44 in a state of being rotated to the maximum open position. Prior to such rotation to the open position, the opening / closing structure 44 is released from the restrained state by the lock mechanism 50 by an operator or the like. The open / close structure 44 in the open position moves the equipment 84E attached to the equipment mounting board 46, and the equipment mounting board 46 and the equipment 84E are disposed outside the space 39 of the equipment box 100 and the equipment box 100. . In this state, the back surface portion of the device 84E can be confirmed. The device 84E is detachably attached to the device mounting board 46 via a coupling means having a predetermined shape such as a bolt fastening portion. The wiring connected to the device 84E is routed with a sufficient length and route so as not to interfere with the movement of the device 84E due to the opening / closing of the opening / closing structure 44.

  The equipment box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be provided in another module other than the main module 12 when provided in the cab structure 10 as shown in FIG. The driver's cab structure can be provided at any position. Furthermore, the opening / closing structure 44 of the device box 100 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and may be an opening / closing mechanism other than a hinge mechanism, for example. Moreover, the structure which more than one apparatus opens and closes with the opening / closing structure 44 may be sufficient. The device 84E may be attached to the front side of the device mounting board 46, and the device mounting board 46 may have a shape other than a frame shape, for example, a flat plate shape. Further, in the example of FIG. 2, the device mounting board 46 and the device 84E are installed at positions where they protrude from the rear portion of the device box 100, but are installed at positions where they fit within the device box 100. Alternatively, another device may be installed behind the opening / closing structure 44 in the device box 100. Further, the lock mechanism 50 may have another configuration other than the screw fixing type as long as the opening operation of the opening / closing structure 44 is limited.

  Now, according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the following operational effects can be obtained. That is, the equipment box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention accommodates equipment installed in a cab or a guest room of a railway vehicle. For example, as shown in FIG. An opening / closing structure 44 that opens to the front side (left side in FIG. 2B) in the front view of the device box 100 is provided integrally with the device 84E. That is, the device 84E is installed in the device box 100 while being held by the opening / closing structure 44, and is opened / closed from the position held by the opening / closing structure 44 in the closed position in response to the opening operation of the opening / closing structure 44. The structure 44 is moved toward the opening side. Then, since the place where the device 84E before the movement is arranged becomes empty, an access route to the back side from the place is secured. Thereby, while maintaining the state in which the device 84E is held by the opening / closing structure 44, another device installed on the back side of the device box 100 can be easily accessed without removing the device 84E from the device box 100. can do. Further, when another device is installed in the device box 100 on the back side of the opening / closing structure 44 and the device 84E, such another device can be easily accessed. For this reason, it becomes possible to improve the workability | operativity of the operation | work with respect to those apparatuses.

  In addition, the device box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured by attaching the device 84E to the device mounting board 46 in which the above-described opening and closing structure 44 is opened and closed with respect to the device box 100 via the hinge mechanism 48. It is a thing. The device mounting board 46 has a rigidity capable of holding the device 84E to be mounted, and is configured of, for example, a sheet metal, a frame, or a combination thereof. A device 84E is attached to the device mounting board 46 on the front side or the back side (the back side in the example of FIG. 2) of the device mounting board 46 by, for example, bolt fastening. Further, the hinge mechanism 48 has a configuration and quantity that can sufficiently withstand the weights of both the device mounting plate 46 and the device 84E mounted on the device mounting plate 46. Since the opening / closing structure 44 is configured in this manner, an integral opening / closing operation with the device 84E held by the opening / closing structure 44 can be performed stably and smoothly.

In the device box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the device mounting plate 46 of the opening / closing structure 44 has a rectangular frame shape in the example of FIG. A device 84E held by the opening / closing structure 44 is attached. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 2, in a state where the opening / closing structure 44 is closed, the front portion of the device 84 </ b> E attached to the device mounting board 46 is interposed through the frame-shaped opening 46 a of the device mounting board 46. Can be easily accessed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, when the opening / closing structure 44 is opened, the back surface of the device 84E moved together with the opening / closing structure 44 is exposed, so that the back surface of the device 84E attached to the device mounting board 46 is exposed. Can also be easily accessed. And since the apparatus 84E is attached to the back side of the apparatus mounting board 46, the opening operation | movement of the opening-and-closing structure 44 is not inhibited by the apparatus 84E, and it can open smoothly.
Furthermore, the device box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with the lock mechanism 50 that restricts the opening operation of the opening / closing structure 44 in the opening / closing structure 44. It is possible to prevent the opening / closing structure 44 from being opened at an unintentional timing.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the equipment box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided in at least one module among a plurality of modules constituting the cab structure 10 provided in the cab of the railway vehicle. Is. That is, since various devices 84 related to the operation of the railway vehicle are installed in the cab structure 10, the cab structure 10 is provided in a module that configures the cab structure 10 so as to accommodate a part of the devices 84. Is. Various devices such as a headlight, a taillight, and a wiper motor are installed on the front side of the leading vehicle of the railway located on the back of the cab structure 10. Therefore, when the opening / closing structure 44 of the device box 100 provided in the module constituting the cab structure 10 is opened, an access route to the back side from the place where the device 84 moved together with the opening / closing structure 44 is located. Is secured. Thereby, it is possible to easily access various devices on the back surface of the cab structure 10, and it is possible to improve workability for these devices.

  More specifically, the device box 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a cab structure 10 including a main module 12, a first device module 14, a second device module 16, and a display module 18. At least the main module 12 is provided. Here, the main module 12 includes a master controller 36 for performing both the power running operation and the brake operation of the railway vehicle, and further, a space portion in which a driver's feet seated at a position where the master controller 36 can be operated fits. 39, and a device operated by the driving driver, such as a headlamp foot dimming switch pedal 40 and an air / electric whistle pedal 42 operated by the driver's feet, are mainly installed. The first device module 14 and the second device module 16 are arranged on the right side and the left side of the main module 12 with reference to the traveling direction of the railway vehicle. For example, the first device module 14 and the second device module 16 are each provided with various operation switches on the top plate portion and a communication device or the like, and on the other side the top plate. A microphone 17 for making an in-car announcement is arranged at the portion, and each switch and the like are installed. The display module 18 is arranged on the upper side of the main module 12, and displays 96 to 98 for displaying various information necessary for the operation of the railway vehicle, a display that can be operated by a touch method, a clock, A speaker or the like is installed.

  And the equipment box 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention is provided in the main module 12 at least among the several modules of the above structures, and in the example of FIG. A device module 26 is configured. The main module 12 (third equipment module 26) is provided with a space 39 in which a driver's feet can be accommodated, so that the arrangement density of the equipment is small, and is installed near the center in the left-right direction of the cab. Since the equipment box 100 is provided in such a main module 12, it is much easier to access various devices on the back of the cab structure 10 than in the case of being provided in other modules. Is possible.

  10: Driver's cab structure, 12: Main module, 14: First equipment module, 16: Second equipment module, 18: Display module, 36: Master controller, 44: Opening / closing structure, 46: Equipment mounting panel, 48: Hinge mechanism , 50: Lock mechanism, 84 (84E): Equipment, 100: Equipment box

Claims (6)

An equipment box that houses equipment installed in a railway vehicle,
A device box comprising an opening / closing structure that is integrated with at least one device to be accommodated and opened to the front side in front view of the device box.   2. The device box according to claim 1, wherein the opening / closing structure has the at least one device attached to a device mounting board that opens and closes to the device box via a hinge mechanism.   3. The equipment box according to claim 2, wherein the equipment mounting board has a rectangular frame shape, and the at least one equipment is attached to the back side of the equipment mounting board.   The device box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the opening / closing structure is provided with a lock mechanism for restricting an opening operation.   The equipment box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the equipment box is provided in at least one of a plurality of modules constituting a cab structure provided in a cab of a railway vehicle.   A main module that includes the master controller and that constitutes the cab structure, a first device module that is disposed on the right side of the main module with respect to the traveling direction of the railcar, and a first module that is disposed on the left side of the main module. 6. The equipment box according to claim 5, wherein the equipment box is provided in at least the main module among the two equipment modules and the display module arranged on the upper side of the main module.

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