JP3398028B2 - Wiring equipment for furniture - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is, between the furniture Tonaria'
Alternatively , the present invention relates to a wiring device that is used by being sandwiched between furniture and a wall .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when cabinets are arranged side by side, electrical and electronic equipment such as office automation equipment, computer repeaters, servers, and air conditioners are placed on the upper surface of the cabinets, or ceilings or walls above the cabinets. Electrical equipment may be installed in the. In such a case , it is required to treat cables connected to the devices beautifully.

[0003] In this respect, the conventional method is, for example, Shokai Sho 61-3.
As described in Japanese Patent No. 2721, a wiring passage is formed inside the cabinet, or a wiring duct is provided on the upper surface of the cabinet as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-58828. .

[0004]

However, when the wiring passage is formed inside the cabinet as in the former case, not only the structure of the cabinet becomes complicated, but also the work stored in the cabinet must be taken out at the time of wiring work. There is a problem that it is troublesome and cannot be applied to an existing cabinet.

On the other hand, when the wiring duct is provided on the upper surface of the cabinet like the latter, there is an advantage in that the wiring work is easy and it can be applied to the existing cabinet, but the electric product is installed on the duct. that there is a problem it had been <br/> is difficult.

The present invention aims to solve these problems.

[0007]

The wiring device of the present invention is provided next to
Used between fitted furniture or between furniture and walls
Upper end of a pair of front and rear vertical frames that open to the front and rear
Book consisting of upper and lower horizontal frames with upward openings fixed between the bottom and bottom
Front cover that detachably attaches to the body and the vertical frame to close it
And an upper cover that detachably attaches to the upper horizontal frame and closes it
It is equipped with the inside of each frame and between each frame
That has become to be able to insert the cables.

Then, a cable is inserted through the bottom plate of the upper horizontal frame.
A hole is provided and is bent inward at the left and right opening edges of the upper horizontal frame.
The upper cover faces downward while the folded back part is provided.
The left and right side plates of the upper horizontal frame
The stepped part that may overlap the folded-back part of the
In addition, the top cover is provided with cable lead-out holes.

[0009]

With this structure, cables can be laid inside the wiring device and pulled out above the wiring device, so that electrical equipment can be installed on the upper surface of furniture such as a cabinet. The cables can be beautifully treated when the electric equipment is installed on the wall or ceiling above the furniture.

Is the wiring device separate from the furniture ?
Et al., Can also be easily applied to existing furniture. Also, since the cover is to be removed forward and upward,
Even if many pieces of furniture are arranged side by side, wiring work can be performed without moving the furniture one by one, which is convenient.

Also, since the upper cover can be left attached at all times, even though it is a wiring device capable of treating cables beautifully, it is possible to place equipment and instruments on the upper surface of furniture,
It can be used to stack other cabinets on top of each other without any problems, making it easy to use and aesthetically pleasing.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a usage state,
Two cabinets 1 as an example of furniture are arranged side by side, and the wiring device 2 of the present invention is sandwiched between the cabinets 1. Each cabinet 1 is mounted on a base 3, and a skirting board 4 which also serves as a wiring is detachably attached to the front surface of the base 3.

2 is a perspective view of the wiring device 2, FIG . 3 is an exploded perspective view of an upper portion of the wiring device 2, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a lower portion of the wiring device 2, and FIG. VV sectional view, (B)
Is a sectional view taken along line BB of (A), and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG.
7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 1, and FIG. 8 is a view showing the action,
9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG.

For example, as shown in FIGS.
Is a pair of front and rear vertical frames 5, an upper horizontal frame 6 fixed between the upper ends of the front and rear vertical frames 5, and a lower horizontal frame 7 fixed between the lower ends of the front and rear vertical frames 5.
When a front cover 8 mounted from the outside to the vertical frame 5, upper lateral frame 6
And an upper cover 9 mounted from above. Vertical frame 5 and the upper and lower horizontal frame 6,7 and I Ri Main body 10 is constructed and forth.

The cabinet 1 is made of steel (may be made of wood or plastic) as a whole, but as shown in FIG. 5, a decorative top plate 11 made of wood or the like is mounted on the upper surface.

The front and rear vertical frames 5 are formed in a generally U-shaped cross section, while the upper and lower horizontal frames 6, 7 are formed in a gutter shape with an upward opening, and are formed at the upper and lower ends of the front and rear vertical frames 5. The ends of the upper and lower horizontal frames 6, 7 are fitted into the notches 12, and the front and rear vertical frames 5 and the upper and lower horizontal frames 6, 7 are fixed to each other by an appropriate means such as spot welding or screws. The opening edge 5a of the front-rear vertical frame 5 is folded back in a U-shaped cross section.

Further, screw holes 13 as an example of fixing means are formed in the front and rear vertical frames 5 at positions near the upper and lower ends of the side plate. As shown in FIG. 6, screws that penetrate the side plate of the cabinet 1 are formed. By screwing (screws) 14 into the screw holes 13, the left and right cabinets 1 and the vertical frame 5 are integrally fixed (fastened).

The number of screws can be increased or decreased as necessary. Further, a through hole may be formed in the side plate of the cabinet 1 and the vertical frame 5, and may be fastened with a bolt and a nut. Alternatively, it may be fastened with a tapping screw or a drill screw without making a prepared hole in advance.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower horizontal frame 7 is provided with an outlet 15, and the front and rear ends of the lower horizontal frame 7 are notched so as to open forward and downward (notch). The location is indicated by reference numeral 16). The notch 16 is for allowing the cables C to be wired along the skirting board 4. A hole 17 for passing a cable is provided on the bottom surface of the lower horizontal frame 7.

As shown in FIG. 6, the front cover 8 is made of metal plate or synthetic resin, so as to overlap the vertical frame 5 is formed in substantially C-shaped cross section. Vertically appropriate portions of the front cover 8, the opening edge 5a of the vertical frame 5 against the elastic is provided with a pawl 18 which engages and disengages. Note that by produced by extruding a pre-cover 8, the pawl 18 may be formed so as to extend over the entire length.

[0021] For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper end of the front cover 8 is the same height as the upper end of the body 10, The upper cover 9
Is set to the same dimension as the front-rear depth dimension of the main body 10.
Therefore, wearing the corner cap 19 removably in the space between the front and the upper end of the front cover 8 of the top cover 9. Well, or to increase the length of the upper cover 9, when increasing the height of the front mosquito bar <br/> over 8 can corner cap 19 unnecessary.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front and rear ends of the bottom plate of the upper horizontal frame 6 are notched (the notched portions are indicated by reference numeral 20). This is to connect the cables C from the front and rear vertical frames 5 to the upper horizontal frame 6.
This is so that it can be pulled into. At the edge of the notch 20, a polymerized piece 21 that overlaps the back plates of the front and rear vertical frames 5 is formed by bending to strengthen the rigidity of the main body 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, an elongated hole 22 is bored in the center of the bottom plate of the upper horizontal frame 6 in the front-rear direction, and a plug P can be inserted into and removed from the elongated hole 22 from above.
23 is installed. Further, the bottom plate of the upper horizontal frame 6 is provided with an appropriate number of cable insertion holes 24 of an appropriate size.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the upper cover 9 is formed in a gutter shape with a substantially downward opening, and a cable drawing hole 25 is opened in the front and rear central portion of the upper surface thereof. A protective frame 26 is attached to the cable pull-out hole 25.

On the left and right side plates 9a of the upper cover 9, the upper cover 9
A leg plate 27 that is displaced inward is formed by bending via a step portion 28, and a plurality of projecting pieces 29 are provided on the leg plate 27 at appropriate intervals. In this case, the group of protrusions 29 is formed asymmetrically in the front-rear direction. That is, the distance L1 from the front end 9b of the upper cover 9 to the front end of the group of protrusions 29 and the rear end 9c of the upper cover 9 from the protrusion
The distance L2 up to the rear end of the 29th group is different.

[0026] On the other hand, the opening edge of the upper lateral frame 6, folding the leg plate 27 of the upper cover 9 is folded downwardly hook shape so as to be in close contact
It is the return section 6a. Further, L-shaped support plates 30 extending to the folded-back portions 6a of the upper horizontal frame 6 are fixed to the left and right inner side surfaces of the upper horizontal frame 6 by spot welding or the like, and the side plates 30a of the support plate 30 and the upper horizontal frame 6 are fixed. The leg plate 27 of the upper cover 9 is sandwiched between the folded-back portion 6a of 6 and the bottom portion of the support plate 30 supports the upper cover 9.

Further, a plurality of elongated holes 31 into which the projecting pieces 29 of the upper cover 9 can be fitted are formed in the bottom portion of the supporting plate 30 in the same number as the projecting pieces 29 at the same pitch. In this case, the figure
As shown in FIG. 5 (B), the interval dimension from the front end 6b of the upper horizontal frame 6 to the elongated hole 31 group is set to the same dimension as the interval dimension L2 from the rear end of the upper cover 9 to the projecting piece 29 group. There is.

Therefore, when the upper cover 9 is in a posture in which the front end edge 9a of the upper cover 9 is located at the front side, the height of the upper cover 9 is increased without fitting the respective projecting pieces 29 into the elongated holes 31, as shown in FIG. As shown in (B), when the upper cover 9 is turned so that its rear end 9c is located on the front side, each projecting piece 29 is fitted into the slot 31 and the upper cover 9
Will be taller.

In this case, the height difference of the upper cover 9 caused by changing the mounting posture of the upper cover 9 with respect to the upper horizontal frame 6 is set to the same dimension as the thickness dimension of the decorative top plate 11 in the cabinet 1.

As shown in FIG. 7, the lower end portion of the front cover 8, the front cover 8 and the supporting cap 32 substantially similar in shape is fitted vertically slidably. Therefore, the auxiliary cap 32
By raising and Ru can withdraw cable C toward the electric device installed on the floor. When the cable C not put out pull it serves to improve the appearance by applying an auxiliary cap 32 to the floor, the dust invasion
It is possible to prevent the entry or the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the cabinet 1
The base 3 has a front opening that allows the cables C to crawl, and a skirting board 4 is detachably attached to this opening.

With the above structure, the cables C can be laid inside the wiring device 2 by removing the front cover 8, the upper cover 9 and the corner cap 19. Therefore, as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 1, when an electric device K such as a printer is installed on the cabinet 1,
The cables C connected to the electric device K can be beautifully treated.

Further, as shown by a chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1, it is also possible to stack other furniture F on the cabinet 1 with the upper cover 9 still attached.

Even when the decorative top plate 11 is provided on the cabinet 1 as shown in FIG. 5, the cabinet 1 as shown in FIG.
Even when the decorative top plate 11 is not provided in the wiring board, one type of wiring device 2 is provided so that the upper cover 9 is substantially level with the upper surface of the cabinet 1 only by changing the direction of the upper cover 9 back and forth. Can be dealt with. In addition, regardless of the presence or absence of the decorative top plate 11, it can be applied to cabinets having different heights.

[0035] Also, have the outlet 23 to the upper horizontal frame 6 is provided
Because, and can easily connect or disconnect the plug P of the connected cables C in electrical equipment K which is provided on the cabinet 1 to the outlet 23, good Ri usability is good.

The cable lead-out hole 25 may be closed by a protective film having a slit, which is advantageous in that dust and the like can be prevented without impairing the ease of pulling out the cable C. is there. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the cable pull-out hole 25 may be closed with a cap 33 when not in use.

As a means for changing the height of the upper cover 9 depending on its posture, for example, a projecting piece 29 may be provided on the support plate 30 so as to project upward, and a long hole 31 may be provided on the upper cover 9. good. Further, the support plate 30 may be formed by cutting and raising the upper horizontal frame 6.

[0038] Shown in FIG. 10 is another example of a cable processing means at the lower end portion of the front cover 8, in this example, before cover 8
Attach the frame 34 that opens downward to the lower end of the
The cap plate 35 is mounted on the 34 so as to be slidable up and down. Also in this example, it is possible to prevent dust from entering when not in use, without impairing the function of pulling out the cables C.

In the above embodiment, the cabinets are arranged side by side on the left and right, but the present invention is also applicable to the case where furniture such as cabinets are installed back to back.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wiring device of the present invention in use.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a wiring device.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an upper portion of the wiring device.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an upper portion of the wiring device.

FIG. 5 (A) is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 1, and (B) is a BB of (A).
FIG.

6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG.

7A is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 1, and FIG. 7B is of FIG.
It is a BB sectional view.

FIG. 8 is the same view as FIG. 5 when applied to a cabinet that does not include a decorative top plate.

9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG.

10 is a diagram showing a modification of the previous cover.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Furniture cabinet 2 wiring device 5 vertical frame 6 upper lateral frame 7 lower lateral frame 8 before cover 9 top cover 13 screw hole 14 screw 27 the leg plate 29 protruding pieces 30 support plate 31 elongated hole as an example of a

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sandwich between adjacent furniture or between a furniture and a wall.
Wiring device used by being embedded, between the upper and lower ends of a pair of front and rear vertical frames that open to the front and rear
The upper and lower horizontal frames of the upward opening are fixed to the main body, and the vertical frame
In the front cover that attaches detachably and closes it, and the upper horizontal frame
It has an upper cover that attaches detachably and closes it.
Cable between the inside and each frame surrounded by each frame.
Being adapted to be inserted, the cable insertion holes provided in the bottom plate of the upper lateral frame, left upper lateral frame
On the right opening edge, provide a folded-back part that is bent inward
On the other hand, the upper cover has left and right side plates facing downward.
On the right side plate, a step part that can overlap the folded part of the upper horizontal frame
Formed by bending, and the top cover has cable holes
Wiring device for furniture that is equipped with . 2. An upper cover is removed from the bottom plate of the upper horizontal frame.
And an outlet that allows you to insert and remove the plug from above
On the other hand, keep the front cover between the bottom edge of the front cover and the floor.
Placed above the floor so that the cables can be pulled out
An auxiliary cover that hits the floor can be moved up and down at the lower edge of the cover
The wiring device for furniture according to claim 1 , which is mounted .