JP3314419B2 - Connecting tip - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connecting chip for connecting and connecting devices to a building material such as a wall surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Electrical equipment mounted on a building material plane such as a wall surface or a ceiling surface is connected to a power supply line or a signal line laid in a space in a wall or a space in a ceiling. Therefore, when such an electric device is attached to a construction material, a hole as a wiring connection space is provided on a construction material plane such as a wall surface or a ceiling surface. Thereafter, the electric device is connected to the power supply line and the signal line, and the hole is covered with a back surface of the electric device so that the electric device is attached to a construction material plane such as a wall surface or a ceiling surface. I do.

[0003] However, when a plurality of electric devices are attached to a construction material plane by connecting the electric devices to each other, a hole extending over the plurality of electric devices is formed in the construction material plane. A plurality of electric devices are built by connecting and connecting each electric device to the power supply line and the signal line in the holes, and covering the holes with the back surfaces of the plurality of electric devices. It is often connected and attached to the material plane. Therefore, when a plurality of electric devices are connected and attached to the building material plane, the connecting portions of the plurality of electric devices overlap the holes provided in the building material plane.

[0004]

By the way, the electrical equipment mounted on the building material plane has a flange-like portion formed at the front part of the equipment, and the back of the equipment, which is in close contact with the building material plane, is at the front part of the equipment. Often more constricted. When such an electric device is connected and attached to the building material plane, the electric devices are connected by the flange portion, but a gap is generated between the device back surfaces near the connecting portion of the electric devices, The hole is not completely covered. Therefore, in such a case, if there is an airflow that blows into the room from the space in the wall or the ceiling, the airflow blows into the room through a gap generated between the connecting portion of the electric devices and the building material plane. However, there was a problem that drafts and odors leaked.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to place devices together on a construction material plane so that drafts and odors do not leak. An object of the present invention is to provide a connecting tip for connecting and attaching.

[0006]

Since the present invention 0008] is to solve the above problems, in the invention of claim 1, wherein, erecting
Equipment is connected and attached to the front of the hole provided in the material plane
A connecting tip for closing the hole, wherein the device
Is a roughly rectangular box-shaped device body with an open front
Squeezed smaller than the open surface of the body and screwed to the building material plane
And the back of the device with a through hole for attaching
In both cases, when these devices are connected and attached,
The timber plane and the vicinity of the connecting part create a space shape with a substantially trapezoidal cross section.
Equipment with a substantially trapezoidal cross section
A concave portion is provided on the back surface, and the shape of the connecting chip matches the shape of the space formed between the vicinity of the connecting portion between the devices and the plane when the devices are connected and attached to a plane. It is characterized by having made it. The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that an adhesive is applied to the surface of the connecting tip.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, if the connecting chip is interposed between the devices and the devices are connected to each other and attached to the building material plane,
The hole provided in the building material plane is covered and closed by the connecting device and the connecting chip. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the connecting tip can be adhered to the flat surface of the building material or the surface near the connecting portion of the device by the adhesive, so that the workability is improved.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A connecting tip according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a plurality of devices are connected and attached to a building material plane via a connecting chip, and FIG. 2 is a view in which a plurality of devices are connected and mounted to a building material plane via a connecting chip. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the state, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the connecting tip.

The connecting chip 1 shown in FIGS.
2 is for connecting and connecting the electric device main bodies A and B as shown in FIG. The connecting tip 1 is a rod-shaped one having a substantially trapezoidal cross section having four elongated rectangular surfaces 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d. A convex portion 10a is provided at substantially the center of the surface 1a, and substantially at the center of the surface 1b. Has a convex portion 10b
Is provided. The connecting chip 1 has a height L ₁ substantially equal to that of the electric device main bodies A and B. Further, a double-sided adhesive tape K corresponding to an adhesive material is partially attached to each of the surfaces 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d of the connecting chip 1.

Incidentally, the electric equipment main bodies A and B have respective internal machines (not shown) housed therein and have a front plate (not shown) attached thereto to constitute each electric equipment. The electric apparatus unit A, but the front is substantially rectangular box shape of which is open, the device back A ₁ of the electric apparatus body A is narrowed smaller than the front open face of the electric apparatus unit A, the instrument rear A ₁ The electric equipment main body A is a construction material plane P
Through hole A _2, A ₂ for screwing attachment is provided. The electric device main body B is a substantially rectangular box-shaped one whose front is open as if the width of the electric device main body A was widened,
Equipment back B ₁ of electric device body B has also narrowed smaller than the front open face of the electric apparatus unit B, for screwing attaching the electric apparatus unit B to building material plane P in the instrument back B ₁ through hole B _2, B ₂ are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the electric equipment main bodies A and B have the same height L ₁ and the same depth L _2, respectively. Is connected to the building material plane P, the connecting portion J between the electric device main body A and the electric device main body B is connected.
And the space shape generated between the building material plane P is a rod-like shape having a substantially trapezoidal cross section that exactly matches the connecting tip 1 described above. It should be noted that concave portions A _3, B ₃ exactly corresponding to the convex portions 10a, 10b of the connecting chip 1 described above are provided on the side surface near the connecting portion J between the electric device main body A and the electric device main body B, respectively. .

Accordingly, the electric apparatus unit A and the electric apparatus unit B described above, as shown in FIG. 1, taken in the switch box M disposed behind the hole P ₁ provided in the building material plane P The work of attaching and attaching the electric equipment main body A and the electric equipment main body B to the building material plane P is performed in the following procedure.

That is, first, both-side contact of the connecting chip 1 is performed.
The upper sheet of the adhesive tape K is peeled off to expose the adhesive surface. That
After that, the projection 10a of the connecting chip 1 is
Part A _ThreeConnect the connecting chip 1 to the electrical equipment book
Press against the rear side of body A. Then, the connecting tip
1 is a double-sided adhesive tape K on the rear side of the side of the electrical equipment main body A
Therefore, it is stuck. Then, the through-hole A of the electric device body A_2,
A_TwoTo each screw Q _1,Q₁And switch button
Screw hole M of box M_1,M₁To the electrical equipment body A
Is attached to the construction material plane P. At this time, the connecting tip 1
Is affixed to the electrical equipment body A with double-sided adhesive tape K
Workability is good because it does not fall.

Thereafter, the through holes B _2, B ₂
Respectively tightened into the screw hole M _2, M ₂ of the switch box M with passing screws Q _2, Q _2, while the concave portion B ₃ of the electrical apparatus main body B is fitted to the convex portion 10b of the connecting chip 1, electrical The device body B is attached to the building material plane P. At this time, since the projections 10a and 10b of the connecting chip 1 play a role of positioning, the upper surface of the electric device main body A and the upper surface of the electric device main body B are flush with each other, so that no step is formed and the condition is good.

Then, the electric equipment main body A and the electric equipment main body B
Means that the connecting chip 1 is just fitted into a gap formed between the vicinity of the connecting portion J between the electric device main body A and the electric device main body B and the structuring material plane P. It becomes stuck. After that, the electric device main body A,
In B, the respective internal machines (not shown) are housed and the front plate (not shown) is attached, so that the attachment of each electric device is completed.

Then, in front of the electric equipment main bodies A and B, respective inner machines (not shown) are accommodated and a front plate (not shown) is attached, so that the electric equipment main bodies A and B are opened forward. The surfaces are each substantially closed. In addition, a gap generated between the vicinity of the connecting portion J of the electric device main bodies A and B and the building material plane P is closed by the connecting chip 1. Therefore, the power supply line (not shown) and signal lines (not shown) by blowing wind from knockout hole M ₃ for drawing in the switch box M, draft and odors does not flow into the room. The electrical apparatus main body A, even if slight gap articulation J of B, and invisible inside and hole P ₁ of unsightly switch box M through the gap, it is better application of appearance.

In the above embodiment, the gap formed between the vicinity of the connecting portion J between the electric equipment main body A and the electric equipment main body B and the construction material plane P has a substantially trapezoidal cross section. It has a rod shape with a substantially trapezoidal cross section. However, when the gap generated between the vicinity of the connecting portion J between the electric device main body A and the electric device main body B and the construction material plane P has another shape,
Needless to say, the connecting tip is shaped accordingly.

[0018]

Since the connecting tip of the present invention is constructed as described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of connecting tips are provided so that drafts and odors do not leak. Equipment can be connected and attached to the construction material plane,
According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, there is an effect that a connection tip having good workability can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a plurality of devices are connected and attached to a building material plane via a connecting tip according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state in which a plurality of devices are connected and attached to a building material plane via a connecting tip according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a connecting tip according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Connecting tip A Equipment B Equipment K Adhesive material P Construction material plane P ₁ hole

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H02G 3/02 H05K 5/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A connecting chip for connecting and attaching devices to a front surface of a hole provided in a plane of a building material and closing the hole, wherein the device is a substantially rectangular box having an open front. Machine
The container itself and the squeezed area smaller than the open surface of the device body
Equipment back with through holes for screw mounting on flat surfaces
And that these devices are connected and attached.
, The cross section of the equipment is approximately
It is a space with a substantially trapezoidal cross section.
A concave portion is provided on the back surface of the device that forms an inter-shape, and the shape of the connecting chip is formed by the vicinity of the connecting portion of the devices and the plane when the devices are connected and mounted on a plane. A connecting tip characterized by matching the shape of the space. 2. The connecting tip according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive is applied to the surface of the connecting tip.