JP2981652B2 - Fixing base for terminal marker - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fixing table for fixing a terminal marker for individually indicating a large number of terminals mounted on one mounting rail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in an electronic device such as a so-called sequencer, it may be necessary to send an electric signal from one sequencer to one mechanical device or two different mechanical devices. Must route electrical cables between each electronic device. Also, 1
You can connect many power terminals to one power source to distribute power,
This is what is often done in the electrical field.

As a technique adopted in the above case, as shown in FIG. 7, there is a technique in which a large number of terminals are mounted in a block on one mounting rail. That is, in the technique shown in FIG. 7, since a large number of wirings and power distribution can be performed at one place, the construction and maintenance can be easily performed, but each terminal corresponds to which terminal. In order to make this clear, a number, a symbol, etc. (mark 21) must be displayed on each terminal, as shown in FIG.

In the conventional example shown in FIG. 7, a mark 21 is attached to each terminal to indicate the meaning of the terminal. However, as the number of terminals increases, the number of marks 2 increases.
(1) The attachment work becomes difficult. Therefore, these marks 2
For example, it has been proposed to collectively display 1 on a terminal marker as shown in FIG. 3, for example, and to directly dispose this terminal marker on each terminal assembled on the mounting rail. I have.

[0005] However, the terminals to be mounted on the mounting rail not only have various sizes, but also the number of terminals to be mounted is various, so that the mounting of the terminal marker must be performed each time. Must be designed. In addition, when the above-described terminal markers are arranged, various arrangements cannot be handled unless the position adjustment is performed easily.

Accordingly, the present inventor has conducted various studies as to how to easily fix the terminal marker even if the size of each terminal is different. The present invention has been completed.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made on the basis of the above circumstances, and the problem to be solved is that even if the size of each terminal is different, the size of the terminal marker for that purpose is different. The fixing can be easily performed.

That is, the object of the invention according to each claim is that even if the number and size of the terminals are changed,
It is an object of the present invention to provide, with a simple configuration, a fixing base that can easily fix the terminal marker to a predetermined position if these can be mounted on one mounting rail.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, first, means according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described with reference numerals used in the following description of embodiments. "A large number of terminals 3 mounted on the mounting rail 30"
A fixed base 10 for fixing a terminal marker 20 for individually indicating 1 to a mounting rail 30, a pair of left and right fixed main bodies 11 arranged on both sides of a large number of terminals 31;
In order to engage the leg 12 formed integrally with the lower end of each fixed main body 11 and engaged on the mounting rail 30 with the end of the terminal marker 20, the inner surface of each fixed main body 11 is engaged. And a plurality of marker retaining grooves 14 formed in the terminal marker fixing base 10 ".

That is, the fixed base 10 according to the first aspect.
As shown in FIG. 1, are arranged on both sides of a large number of terminals 31 arranged and mounted on one mounting rail 30, respectively. 20 is mounted on the mounting rail 30, and each terminal 3
The mark 21 indicating “1” is arranged near each terminal 31.

[0011] For this purpose, the fixed base 1 according to claim 1 is provided.
2 has legs 12 on both sides at the lower end for engaging with the mounting rail 30 as shown in FIG. 2A, but is shown in FIG. 2A. Since the leg portion 12 corresponds to the mounting rail 30 having the shape shown in the figure, the rail engaging portion 13 formed on the leg portion 12 is open toward the inside. If the mounting rail 30 has a shape as shown in FIG.
Needless to say, it is only necessary to form the outer portion 3 on the leg portion 12.

Each of the fixing bases 10 has a predetermined thickness as shown in FIG. 2B.
By slightly reducing the width of the rail engaging portion 13 formed on each leg portion 12, it is possible to sufficiently and securely mount the rail engaging portion 13 to the mounting rail 30.
Normally, as shown in FIG. 1, a fixing tool 32 for fixing each terminal 31 on the mounting rail 30 is employed. Fixing to 30 may be performed.

The terminal marker 20 having the mark 21 is mounted between the pair of fixing bases 10 mounted on the mounting rail 30 as described above.
If 0 is made of a synthetic resin or the like and is made to be long and elastic, it is inserted between the fixed bases 10 while being bent, and its end is also shown in FIG. As described above, the positioning of each mark 21 with respect to each terminal 31 can be performed by engaging any one of the marker stopper grooves 14 formed on the inner surface side of the fixed main body 11.

What is important in this case is that, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of marker stopper grooves 14 are formed on the inner surface side of the fixing main body 11 in each fixing stand 10, and each terminal The support position of the terminal marker 20 on each fixing base 10 can be freely selected in accordance with the height of the terminal 31.

Therefore, according to the fixing base 10 of the first aspect, the terminal marker 20 having the mark 21 for individually indicating each terminal 31 is attached to the mounting rail 3 on which each terminal 31 is mounted.
0, and even if the number of each terminal 31 changes or its height changes, the fixing position of the terminal marker 20 can be freely adjusted. You can. The length of the terminal marker 20 is adjusted by cutting it to a predetermined length.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the means of the present invention according to claim 2 is a fixing stand 1 according to claim 1.
0, "the fixed main body 11 is connected to the support portion 11a engaged with the mounting rail 30 by the legs 12 and the plurality of positioning grooves 16 or the engagement protrusions 17 formed in the support portion 11a. It has an engagement projection 17 or a positioning groove 16 to be selectively engaged, and is constituted by a height adjustment portion 11b for adjusting the height of the support portion 11a. 1 on the upper inner surface
That is, the two marker stopper grooves 14 are formed. "

That is, the fixed base 10 according to the second aspect.
In this embodiment, the fixed main body 11 is constituted by a supporting portion 11a and a height adjusting portion 11b. This is performed by adjusting the support position of the height adjustment unit 11b. In other words, the height adjustment part 11b is slidably mounted in the adjustment part storage part 15 on the support part 11a side as shown in FIG. It is possible not only to perform the “dovetail coupling” so as not to easily come off, and also, as shown in FIG. Height adjustment part 1
It suffices to arrange only a part of 1b. This is because each of these fixing bases 10 is provided with a mounting rail 30.
This is because it is pressed and attached to the terminal 31 side by the side fixture 32.

Of course, as shown in FIG. 4A, a large number of positioning grooves 16 are formed on the inner surface side of the support portion 11a, and one of these positioning grooves 16 is formed. The height adjusting portion 11b can be attached to the supporting portion 11a so as to be adjustable in height by engaging the engaging protrusion 17 on the side of the height adjusting portion 11b. Since the height can be adjusted freely, the terminal marker 20 can be adjusted.
Needless to say, it is sufficient to provide one marker stopper groove 14 for engaging and supporting both ends of the height adjusting portion 11b.

In the embodiment described below, each positioning groove 16 is formed on the supporting portion 11a, and an engaging projection 17 to be engaged with these positioning grooves 16 is formed on the height adjusting portion 11b. However, it is also possible that the positioning grooves 16 are formed on the height adjusting portion 11b and the engaging projections 17 to be engaged therewith are formed on the supporting portion 11a. Of course.

The fact that only one marker groove 14 is provided in the height adjusting portion 11b is advantageous in the following points. That is, if the shape (for example, thickness) of the end portion of the terminal marker 20 is changed, only the height adjusting portion 11b having the marker stopper groove 14 having a shape corresponding to the shape is changed, and the height is changed to the height. Support section 11 for supporting adjustment section 11b
There is no need to change a.

[0021]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fixing base according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fixed base 10
A long terminal marker 2 on which a number of marks 21 are marked
Since both ends are supported, a single terminal is disposed on each side of a large number of terminals 31 mounted on the mounting rail 30, and is used as a pair of left and right terminals. . And each of these fixed bases 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a pair of left and right fixed main bodies 11 arranged on both sides of a large number of terminals 31, and leg parts 12 integrally formed at lower ends of these fixed main bodies 11 and engaged with the mounting rail 30.
And a plurality of marker retaining grooves 14 formed on the inner surface side of each fixed main body 11 to engage the end of the terminal marker 20.

That is, the fixed base 10 according to the first aspect.
Is, as shown in FIG.
A pair of left and right leg portions 12 are provided at the lower end of the frame, and a plurality of marker stopper grooves 14 are formed on the inner surface thereof (the surface facing each terminal 31).

In the fixing base 10 of the present embodiment, in order to easily mount the mounting base 30 on the mounting rail 30 side, as shown in FIG. 2A, one of the legs 12 (in FIG. An elasticity providing groove 12b is formed between the fixed main body 11 and the elastic body 12 so that the leg 12 has elasticity. And this leg 1
A finger hook 12a is formed on the outer side of 2, and the leg 12 can be pulled out by a finger hooked on the finger hook 12a.

Of course, each leg 12 is provided with a rail engaging portion 13 for engaging with the mounting rail 30 as shown in FIG. 2, but the mounting rail 30 is not shown in FIG. )
In the case of the shape shown by the dotted line in the middle, the rail engaging portions 13 may be formed so as to face inward each other. Conversely, the mounting may be performed so that each rail engaging portion 13 is opened outward. In any case, the mounting rail 30 is engaged with each rail engaging portion 13. It is good if it is.

As shown in FIG. 2B, each marker stopper groove 14 is a groove with a bottom so that the end of the terminal marker 20 can be stored and the stopper can be stopped. The width is approximately the same as the thickness of the end of the marker 20 (the width in the vertical direction in FIG. 2). The width in the left-right direction of each marker stopper groove 14 shown in FIG. 2A is larger than the width of the terminal marker 20.

The terminal marker 20 may be formed of any material as long as its end can be engaged with each of the marker stopper grooves 14 described above. In this embodiment, however, a synthetic resin is used. By being formed as a material, it can be bent to a certain extent for insertion into each marker stopper groove 14 and can be freely cut to a length corresponding to the distance between the fixing bases 10 for use. is there. The terminal marker 20 is a strip-shaped long object as shown in FIG. 3, but as shown in FIG. 3A, it is printed or sealed on a simple synthetic resin plate surface. The mark 21 is attached.

The terminal marker 20 is also configured as shown in FIG. That is, the terminal marker 20 is formed by forming a transparent plate-like material folded in two by a synthetic resin or the like so that the mark paper insertion portion 23 is formed therebetween. The mark paper 22 is configured to be inserted. Of course, predetermined marks 21 are printed on the mark paper 22, and these marks 21 are not only visible through the plate-like material but also protected so as not to be stained. .

FIGS. 4 to 6 show a fixing table 1 according to the second aspect.
Although 0 is indicated, the fixing base 10 divides the fixing main body 11 in the fixing base 10 of the first aspect into a support part 11a and a height adjustment part 11b. Is the same as the fixed base 10. Therefore, regarding the fixing base 10 of the second aspect, the same members as those of the first aspect are denoted by the same reference numerals as those described above in FIGS. 4 to 6, and description thereof is omitted. Only the differences will be described.

As described above, the fixing body 10 described in the first embodiment is divided into the supporting portion 11a and the height adjusting portion 11b. The reason for this is that the height adjustment of the whole when viewed as the fixed base 10 is performed by adjusting the relative position between the support portion 11a and the height adjustment portion 11b. This is to prevent the adjustment from being performed by adjusting the mounting position with respect to the stop groove 14.

That is, in the fixing base 10, the adjusting portion housing portion 15 is formed on the support portion 11a as shown in FIG. A part of the adjustment section 11b is accommodated. Then, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
A plurality of positioning grooves 16 are formed on the inner surface side of the groove, and the engaging protrusion 1 that engages with one of the positioning grooves 16 is formed.
7 as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
The fixing base 10 according to claim 2 is formed on both sides of the lower end of the base.

[0032]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, as illustrated in the above embodiment, "a terminal for individually indicating a large number of terminals 31 assembled on the mounting rail 30". Is a fixed base 10 for fixing the marker 20 to the mounting rail 30, a pair of left and right fixed main bodies 11 arranged on both sides of a large number of terminals 31, and a lower end of each fixed main body 11. And a plurality of marker retaining grooves 14 formed on the inner surface side of each fixed main body 11 to engage the ends of the terminal markers 20 with each other. The configuration has a feature in its configuration. As a result, even if the number and size of the terminals are changed, as long as they can be mounted on one mounting rail, the terminal marker can be used. Easy to fix in place The fixing base which can be carried out, it can be provided by a simple structure.

In the invention according to claim 2, the fixing base 10 according to claim 1 is referred to as "fixing main body 1".
1 is selectively engaged with a support portion 11a which is engaged with the mounting rail 30 side by each leg portion 12 and in a plurality of positioning grooves 16 or engagement protrusions 17 formed in the support portion 11a. A height adjusting portion 11b having an engaging projection 17 or a positioning groove 16 for adjusting the height with respect to the supporting portion 11a, and one upper surface of the height adjusting portion 11b The formation of the marker stopper groove 14 "has a structural feature, whereby the same effect as that of the invention according to claim 1 can be exerted, and the thickness of the terminal marker 20 is particularly changed. In this case, only the marker stopper groove 14 of the height adjusting portion 11b constituting the fixing main body 11 needs to be changed, and the versatility of the entire fixing base 10 can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state where terminal markers are arranged on a large number of terminals by a fixing base according to the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show a fixing base according to claim 1, wherein FIG. 2A is an inside front view and FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view taken along line 1-1 in FIG.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show a terminal marker supported by a fixing base according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 3A is a partial perspective view in the case of a simple plate, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a type in which a mark paper is inserted therein.

4A and 4B show a fixing table according to claim 2, wherein FIG. 4A is an inside front view, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2-2 in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a support portion constituting the fixed base,
(A) is an inside front view, (B) is a plan view thereof, and (C) is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line 3-3 in (A).

FIGS. 6A and 6B show a height adjusting section constituting the fixing base, wherein FIG. 6A is an inside front view and FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional technique and showing a state where a large number of terminals are mounted on a mounting rail.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Fixed base 11 Fixed main body part 11a Support part 11b Height adjustment part 12 Leg part 12a Finger hook 12b Elasticity giving groove 13 Rail engaging part 14 Marker stopping groove 15 Adjusting part storage part 16 Positioning concave groove 17 Engaging protrusion 20 Terminal marker 21 mark 22 mark paper 23 mark paper insertion part 30 mounting rail 31 terminal 32 fixture

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A fixing base for fixing a terminal marker for individually indicating a large number of terminals assembled on a mounting rail to the mounting rail, the fixing table being arranged on both sides of the large number of terminals. A pair of left and right fixed body portions, a leg portion integrally formed at the lower end of each of the fixed body portions and engaged with the mounting rail, and each of the terminal markers for engaging an end portion of the terminal marker. A fixing base for a terminal marker, comprising a plurality of marker retaining grooves formed on the inner surface side of the fixing main body. 2. The fixing body is selectively engaged with a supporting portion which is engaged with the mounting rail by the respective legs, and in a plurality of positioning grooves or engaging projections formed in the supporting portion. A height adjusting portion having an engaging projection or a positioning concave groove to be fitted, and a height adjusting portion for adjusting the height with respect to the supporting portion, and one marker stop on an upper inner surface of the height adjusting portion. The fixing base for a terminal marker according to claim 1, wherein a groove is formed.