JP2738404B2 - A gantry used for equipment having a housing - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gantry used for installing a device such as an electronic device having a housing at an installation place.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A gantry of this type is necessary for securely installing a housing, for example, when the housing having a relatively high center of gravity may be overturned if the housing is directly installed at the installation location. Device. Conventionally, this type of gantry device has been designed in accordance with the shape and dimensions of the equipment (housing) to which the gantry is applied, that is, the pitch of mounting bolt holes, the center of gravity of the housing, the outer dimensions of the housing, and the like. Designed, manufactured and used.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional gantry used for equipment having a housing is designed exclusively for the housing to which the gantry is applied. It cannot be mounted on another different housing. Also, even if the dimensions for mounting are the same,
Since the height of the center of gravity of the case increases, it easily falls down.Therefore, it is necessary to increase the size of the gantry in accordance with the height of the center of gravity. I have to do it. As a measure for preventing the case from overturning, it is also conceivable that the size of the gantry is the same as that for the low center of gravity, and an anchor bolt is driven in and fixed. However, in this case, an anchor bolt may not be hit at the installation location, and it is not reasonable to drive the anchor bolt each time the housing is temporarily installed.

As described above, the conventional gantry is designed exclusively for the housing to which the gantry is applied, has low versatility, and is not preferable in terms of industrial mass production.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a gantry used for equipment having a housing having high versatility and excellent industrial mass productivity.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a gantry device which is excellent in an effect of preventing the case from overturning and which is used for a device having a case which is easy to use for installation of the case.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there are provided two bases each having a longitudinal direction and being connected to each other in an X-shape with only an intersection angle being variable, and four X-shaped branches. A nut piece variably held on the base only at a position in the longitudinal direction of the base corresponding to each of the nut pieces, a housing mounting bolt is screwed into the nut piece, and the base has an X-shaped four A gantry device is provided for an apparatus having a housing, which is provided with an arm capable of protruding and accommodating in the longitudinal direction of the base corresponding to each end of the branch.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is further provided a cover plate attached to the base, the slot having an elongated hole for the escape of the housing mounting bolt according to a variable range of the position of the nut piece. With the nut piece, a gantry device used for an apparatus having the housing held on the base by the cover plate is obtained. In this case, the two bases are connected to each other by pin bolts, and the cover plate of the base stacked on the upper side is at least partially held by the pin bolts, and the cover plate of the base stacked on the lower side is At least a portion may be held by a base that is overlaid on top.

According to the present invention, there is also provided a gantry for use in equipment having the above-mentioned housing having a plurality of types of nut pieces in advance corresponding to a plurality of types of housing mounting bolts.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to the drawings, a gantry device used for an apparatus having a housing according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view (also showing a housing) showing a gantry device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of the gantry device, and FIG. It is a longitudinal section of a gantry device.

1 to 3, a gantry device 10 has two bases 11 and 12 each having a longitudinal direction and being overlapped and connected in an X-shape with only an intersection angle being variable.
And the bases 11 and 12 corresponding to each of the X-shaped four branches.
And the nut pieces 15 held on the bases 11 and 12 variably only in the longitudinal direction.

The two bases 11 and 12 are connected to each other by pin bolts 16 so as to overlap each other. That is, the hole at the center of the base 11 is a through hole, and the hole at the center of the base 12 is a bolt hole into which the pin bolt 16 is screwed. Each nut piece 15 has a square plate shape, and is accommodated in guide grooves 111 and 121 formed in bases 11 and 12 having a width slightly larger than the plate width. Thereby, the movement in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the base is restricted.

The cover plates 13 and 14 are mounted on the bases 11 and 12, and the movement of the nut pieces 15 in the vertical direction is also restricted. On the cover plates 13 and 14,
It has an elongated hole for escape of the housing mounting bolt according to the variable range of the nut piece 15. In this example, the cover plates 13 and 14 are bolted to the bases 11 and 12 by bolts (not shown).
It is not limited to this. For example, grooves are formed on the side surfaces of the bases 11 and 12, and the cover plates 13 and 1 are formed here.
4 and at least a part of the cover plate 13 is held on the base 11 by pin bolts 16, while at least a part of the cover plate 14 is
1, the configuration may be such that the cover plate is held on the base 12, and the number of bolts for attaching the cover plate may be reduced or omitted.

Further, arms 17 are attached to the bases 11 and 12 so as to protrude and accommodate in the longitudinal direction of the base by bolts 18 corresponding to the respective ends of the four X-shaped branches. Since the arm 17 has a long hole, the arm 17 can be reliably fixed by the bolt 18 after being adjusted to a desired protrusion amount. If it is not necessary to adjust the amount of protrusion of the arm, a rotation type arm may be attached to the distal ends of the bases 11 and 12 so as to project and house the arm.

The channel base 60 is attached to the gantry device 10 having the structure described above by screwing a bolt 70 (shown only in FIG. 3) into the nut piece 15. Further, the channel base 60 includes a housing 50.
Is attached separately. That is, the housing 50 is attached to the gantry device 10 via the channel base 60.

Next, the gantry 10 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bases 11 and 12 connected in an X-shape can freely move at an arbitrary angle θ. At the same time, the nut pieces 15
The inside of the guide grooves 111 and 121 provided in the first and the second 12 can be freely moved to an arbitrary position r. As a result, FIG.
As shown in (a) and (b), mounting is possible by adjusting the angle θ and the position r to each of the housings 50 and 50 ′ (channel base) having different mounting pitches.

The arm 17 is inserted into a side groove of each of the bases 11 and 12, and is slidably fixed to the base by an arm fixing belt 16 through an elongated hole on the side of the arm. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D, the bottom surface of the housing 50 '(FIGS. 6A and 6C) has the same shape and size, but the center of gravity 51 of the housing 50'. The center of gravity 51 '' is higher than '', and it is possible to cope with the case where it is attached to the case 50 '' (FIGS. 6 (b) and 6 (d)) which is easily overturned. That is, as shown in FIGS. 6B and 6D, the bolt 18 is loosened and the arm 17 is pulled out,
By making the lengths of the bases 11 and 12 as extended, the overturning angle 52 ″ can be changed to, for example, the overturning angle 52 ′ (FIG. 6).
As large as (a) and (c)), it can be ensured.

Next, as another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of types of nut pieces (in this example, nut pieces 15, 1
If 9) is provided in advance in the guide grooves of the bases 11 and 12, it is possible to handle housings having different mounting hole diameters and a plurality of types of housing mounting bolts.

[0022]

According to the present invention, there is provided a gantry device for use in a device having a housing according to the present invention, wherein two bases each having a longitudinal direction and being overlapped with each other in an X-shape with only an intersection angle being variable, and an X-shape. The base has a nut piece variably held only in the longitudinal direction of the base corresponding to each of the four branches, and the housing mounting bolt is screwed into the nut piece, so that versatility is high. Excellent in industrial mass production. That is, the nut piece can be changed to any position according to the housing to be mounted, can be mounted on the housing having various mounting pitches, and one gantry device can be repeatedly used for various devices. .

If the base is provided with arms capable of protruding and accommodating in the longitudinal direction of the base corresponding to the respective ends of the four branches of the X-shape, the effect of preventing the housing from tipping over is excellent and the housing is installed. Is easy to use. That is, the arm can be protruded according to the height of the center of gravity of the housing, and even if the housing has a small bottom surface and a high center of gravity and is easy to overturn, it is fixed to the installation surface with anchor bolts and the usability is deteriorated. In addition, it is possible to reliably prevent the housing from overturning.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a gantry according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of the gantry device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the gantry shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a gantry device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams for explaining a gantry device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 (a) to 6 (d) are views for explaining a gantry device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a gantry device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mounting apparatus 11, 12 Base 13, 14 Cover plate 15, 19 Nut piece 16 Pin bolt 17 Arm 50 Housing 60 Channel base 111, 121 Guide groove part

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. Two bases, each having a longitudinal direction, which are overlapped with each other in an X-shape variably only at an intersection angle, and a base in a longitudinal direction corresponding to each of the four branches of the X-shape. and a position only a variably nut pieces held in the base, the nut piece, the casing mounting bolt is screwed, the
The base is the length of the base corresponding to each end of the X-shaped four branches.
A gantry device used for a device having a housing, comprising an arm capable of projecting and housing in a direction . 2. A cover plate attached to the base, having a long hole for releasing the housing attachment bolt according to a variable range of the position of the nut piece, wherein the nut piece is A gantry device used for an apparatus having the housing according to claim 1, which is held on a base by a cover plate. 3. The two bases are connected to each other by pin bolts, and the cover plate of the base stacked on the upper side is at least partially held by the pin bolts, and the cover of the base stacked on the lower side. The gantry device according to claim 2, wherein the plate is held at least partially by a base that is overlaid on the upper side. 4. A gantry device according to claim 1, which has a plurality of types of nut pieces corresponding to a plurality of types of housing mounting bolts.