JP5390582B2 - Light outlet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical outlet used for connection between an optical outdoor line drawn indoors or an optical indoor line and an indoor optical cord.

  There are two types of optical outlets: an optical outlet that is embedded in a pipe outlet in a building, and an optical rosette that is exposed in the building. For example, in the case of an optical outlet having an outlet structure as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a plurality of connecting portions are provided on the front surface of the outlet plate, and a power outlet, TV antenna terminal is provided in addition to a telephone modular jack. These are combined to form an optical connection terminal, and an optical connection port connected to an optical network unit (ONU) on the lower side of the outlet plate, for example, for a single core or The optical connector connection port of the multi-fiber optical adapter is attached so as to face downward, and the optical connector is inserted into the connection port from below and connected to the connection surface.

  Moreover, in this patent document 1, the installation position of the optical adapter in an outlet plate is provided up and down, and the unused side is closed with a cap, so that the optical adapter can be attached to either the right or left of the outlet plate. Has been.

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  However, in the case of the above-described conventional optical outlet of Patent Document 1, the optical connector connection port of the optical adapter connected to the optical line terminator is directed below the outlet plate. It was very difficult to understand where it was.

  Moreover, in order to be able to confirm whether the optical connector connection port of the optical adapter is on the left or right side of the outlet plate, it is also possible to put a warning sticker indicating the installation position of the optical adapter on the front surface of the outlet plate. However, it is often the case that the warning sticker is forgotten to be applied or is removed. In such a case as well, there is a problem that the position of the connection port is difficult to understand.

  Therefore, the present invention has been devised in view of the existing circumstances as described above, and the insertion position of the optical connector can be removed even if the attention sticker is forgotten to be applied to the decorative panel or it has been removed. The purpose is to provide an optical outlet that makes it easy to understand.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides an optical outlet including a connection part for electrical connection and an optical adapter for connecting an optical connector, wherein a convex part is provided on the upper surface of the optical adapter. And a display portion indicating that the optical adapter itself is an optical adapter.

  An optical adapter for connecting an optical connector is provided inside the decorative panel, and a connection portion for electrical connection including a telephone modular jack, a power outlet, and a TV antenna terminal is provided on the front side. An optical outlet in which an opening for inserting a connector is provided at a vertically symmetrical portion at one end of one side of a decorative panel so that an insertion port can be selected on either the left or right side. Is provided with a display portion indicating that it is an optical adapter.

  The decorative panel is provided with a window hole for fitting the convex portion on the upper surface of the optical adapter, and the display portion on the upper surface of the convex portion is visible from the front side of the decorative panel through the window hole.

  According to the present invention, since the optical adapter itself has a display portion, the insertion position of the optical connector can be maintained even if the user forgets to attach the warning sticker to the decorative panel or the seal is accidentally peeled off. It became easy to understand.

  In addition, in an optical outlet in which an opening for connecting an optical connector to an optical adapter is provided at a vertically symmetrical portion at one end of one side of the decorative panel, the insertion port can be selected on either the left or right side. Thus, even if the direction of taking in the optical connector is reversed left and right, it is not necessary to change the vertical direction of the alerting display unit.

  Further, the decorative panel is provided with a window hole for inserting the convex portion on the upper surface of the optical adapter, and the display portion on the upper surface of the convex portion is made visible through the window hole from the front side of the decorative panel. The insertion position of the connector can be easily identified. That is, the mounting position of the optical adapter varies depending on the installation conditions of the switch box (the right end or the left end). And the like, and the display can be seen through the window hole of the decorative panel, so that the insertion position of the optical connector can be easily discriminated, and it is not necessary to display a warning sticker or the like on the decorative panel itself.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows an example of the optical outlet for implementing this invention. Similarly, an example of an optical adapter is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a side view, (d) is a front view, and (e) is a bottom view. Similarly, it shows an example of use of an optical outlet, (a) is a front view, and (b) is a front view in the case of being rotated 180 degrees. (A) is an AA enlarged sectional view of FIG. 3 (a) of an empty optical outlet without a cap and an optical adapter, and (b) is an optical outlet of FIG. 3 (a) with a cap and an optical adapter attached. It is an AA expanded sectional view of a). It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the optical outlet provided with the connection part of a 2 port type. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the optical outlet provided with the connection part of 3 type | molds.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an optical outlet according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 (a), the optical outlet according to the present invention is in a state where a telephone modular jack, a LAN modular jack, or the like is attached and fixed, for example, through a central longitudinal opening 2a. Adapter base 2 having screw holes 2b, 2c, 2d, and 2e fixed to the front opening side of the outlet box shown in the figure, and an electrical connection that is attached to the adapter base 2 from the front and includes a telephone modular jack For example, there is provided a one-port type decorative panel 1 formed with a connection portion 4 in which three of the plurality of ports are arranged in a vertical line.

  As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 4 (a), and FIG. 4 (b), the adapter base 2 includes, for example, two optical connectors, an optical connector on the optical line terminator side and an optical connector on the user side. An optical adapter 5 having a shutter mechanism Q for connecting the connectors to each other is arranged in a state of being gripped by a holding claw portion H formed on the adapter base 2. In addition, the decorative panel 1 is provided with an opening 6 for connecting a user-side optical connector to the optical adapter 5 at a vertically symmetrical portion at one end of the decorative panel 1.

  The optical adapter 5 includes a shutter mechanism Q at the opening end of one fitting portion A that opens obliquely upward, and at the opening end of the other fitting portion B that opens in the horizontal direction, When the optical adapter 5 is not used, it is blocked by the sealing cap 5a (see FIG. 1). On the other hand, when the optical adapter 5 is used, the cap 5a is removed from the fitting portion B and attached to the decorative panel 1. It is attached.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 2A to 2E and 4B, the optical adapter 5 is formed by integrally forming an upper side wall 13a and left and right side walls 13c and 13d. 13b is attached between the left and right side walls 13c and 13d so as to face the upper side wall 13a. As shown in FIGS. 2B and 4B, a sleeve holder 19 having a substantially U-shaped frame shape is disposed at the center of the optical adapter 5, and a sleeve 20 is housed inside thereof.

  At the opening end of one fitting portion A, a shutter plate 11 that constitutes a shutter mechanism Q for closing the fitting end in the same oblique arrangement as the fitting end is provided so as to be openable and closable inside. ing. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 (c) and 4 (b), the shutter plate 11 has a support shaft 15 integrally projecting at the lower left and right symmetrical positions, and both ends of the support shaft 15 are connected to the bottom wall. 13b and left and right side walls 13c, 13d are rotatably supported in shaft holes 16 formed by the respective recesses.

  Then, as shown in FIGS. 2A, 2D, and 4B, a rectangular opening 17 is provided at the approximate center where the lower end of the shutter plate 11 and the support shaft 15 are connected. A leaf spring 18 formed and bent into a substantially L shape is fitted to the center of the support shaft 15 through the opening 17, and one end of the leaf spring 18 is pressed against the bottom wall 3b. The other end of the shutter plate 11 is pressed against the inner surface of the shutter plate 11 to urge the shutter plate 11 in the closing direction. Thus, the opening 17 is always closed by the elastic force of the leaf spring 18. By fitting the optical connector to one fitting portion A, the shutter plate 11 is brought to the pressing force of the leaf spring 18. It is intended to open against it.

  In addition, on the side closer to the shutter mechanism Q on the upper side wall 13a of the optical adapter 5, a convex portion 21 having a substantially rectangular flat plate protrusion is provided, and a display portion 22 indicating that the optical adapter 5 itself is provided on the upper surface thereof. Yes. The display portion 22 is formed by, for example, a mark or a character as shown in the drawing indicating the plug insertion direction, but it is needless to say that it may be formed by other display methods. A corresponding rectangular opening window hole 23 is formed on the front surface of the decorative panel 1 where the opening 6 is located, and the protrusion 21 is formed in the window hole 23 from the inside. By being inserted, the optical adapter 5 is housed and fixed inside the opening 6 of the decorative panel 1, and at the same time, the display unit 22 can be viewed from the front side of the decorative panel 1 through the window hole 23.

  Further, as described above, the opening 6 is provided at a vertically symmetrical portion at one end of the decorative panel 1, and when one opening 6 is usable, the other opening 6 is detached. It is closed with a cap 9 that is made possible.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the cap 9 is formed of a substantially U-shaped flexible piece so as to be elastically crushed when inserted into the opening 6. And the convex part 9a of the rectangular planar protrusion shape same as the above-mentioned convex part 21 is formed in this one side surface, and this convex part 9a respond | corresponds to the above-mentioned substantially rectangular opening-shaped window hole 23. FIG. Therefore, when the cap 9 is inserted into the opening 6, as shown in FIG. 4B, the cap 9 is engaged with the window hole 23, and at the same time, on both the upper and lower edges of the opening 6. Is fixed. On the other hand, when the cap 9 is taken out from the opening 6, the cap 9 may be forcibly pushed out from the inside toward the outside of the opening 6.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of upper and lower sticking portions 31 is provided at one end of the decorative panel 1 corresponding to the opening 6 and the window hole 23 provided in the vertically symmetrical portion, and one of them is used. The alerting sticker S can be stuck on the sticking part 31 corresponding to the opening 6.

  Further, with the above-described configuration, the user-side optical connector can be taken out from both the left and right directions by rotating the decorative panel 1 180 degrees. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when the connection position of the optical connector on the user side is to be arranged at the right end (see FIG. 3 (a)) or the left side (see FIG. 3 (b)) toward the wall, The panel 1 may be rotated 180 degrees to select either the right end arrangement or the left end arrangement.

  Furthermore, the optical outlet according to the present invention is not limited to the one-piece type decorative panel 1 in which the three connection portions 4 are arranged in a vertical row as described above, but as shown in FIG. In the case of the two-port type decorative panel 1 in which the connection portions 4 are arranged in two vertical rows, as shown in FIG. 6, the three connection portion 4 is a three-port type decorative panel 1 in three vertical rows. Each case can be matched. At this time, if there is a dimensional change in the mechanical parts such as the adapter base 2, the spacer 3 is used.

  Next, an example of assembly and use of the best mode configured as described above will be described.

  First, using a gap formed between the adapter base 2 fixed to the front opening of the outlet box and the wall surface with a modular jack for telephone, a modular jack for LAN, etc. attached and fixed, for example. The optical indoor line is taken out. Moreover, the screw | thread of the adapter base 2 is loosened as needed, and sufficient clearance gap is ensured between the adapter base 2 and a wall surface.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the connecting portion 4 of the decorative panel 1 is used by extruding the mask plate 27 at an unnecessary position from the inside. For example, it is assumed that one of the two mask plates 27 is removed and used while the remaining one mask plate 27 is left attached.

  The decorative panel 1 is attached to the adapter base 2 by changing the position of the optical adapter 5 to the left or right with the installation after rotating the panel 180 degrees. That is, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the position of the optical adapter 5 is arranged on the left side of the decorative panel 1, the opening 6 located at the lower left is used, whereas in FIG. As shown, when the position of the optical adapter 5 is arranged on the right side of the decorative panel 1, the opening 6 located on the lower right is used. At this time, an optical connector (not shown) on the optical line terminator side is fitted and connected to the other fitting portion B of the optical adapter 5.

  When the optical adapter 5 is attached to the opening 6, the optical adapter 5 is inserted into the window hole 23 in the vicinity of the opening 6 of the decorative panel 1 by inserting the convex portion 21 on the upper side wall 13 a of the optical adapter 5. At the same time as being accommodated and fixed inside the opening 6 of the decorative panel 1, the display 22 displaying a mark or a letter as shown in the figure indicating the plug insertion direction, which prompts itself to be the optical adapter 5, is applied through the window hole 23. It will be visible from the front side of the panel 1.

  On the other hand, the other (upper) opening 6 that is not used is closed by a cap 9 that is removable. When the cap 9 is inserted into the opening 6, the convex portion 9 a engages with the window hole 23 and the cap 9 is fixed.

  In addition, the alerting sticker S is affixed on the sticking part 31 corresponding to the opening part 6 used as needed.

  When the user-side optical connector is inserted into the opening 6 of the decorative panel 1, before the user-side optical connector is fitted to the opening end of one fitting portion A of the optical adapter 5, the shutter mechanism Q is The opening end is closed by the leaf spring 18, but the shutter mechanism Q is pushed by insertion of the optical connector on the user side, and the inside of the opening end against the elastic force of the leaf spring 18. When the shutter mechanism Q tilts and becomes horizontal, the optical connector is fitted to one end of the sleeve holder 19. In this way, the optical connector is connected to the optical connector on the optical line terminating device side.

  In the above-described embodiment, the optical outlet configuration that is embedded and installed at the pipe outlet in the building has been described as the optical outlet. However, the optical outlet according to the present invention is not limited to this, and the optical outlet according to the present invention is installed in the building. It may be adopted.

A One fitting part B The other fitting part Q Shutter mechanism S Warning sticker 1 Cosmetic panel 2 Adapter base 2a Opening part 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e Screw hole 3 Spacer 4 Connection part 5 Optical adapter 5a Sealing cap 6 Opening 9 Cap 9a Protruding part 11 Shutter plate 13a Upper side wall 13c, 13d Left and right side walls 13b Bottom wall 15 Support shaft 16 Shaft hole 17 Opening part 18 Plate spring 19 Sleeve holder 21 Protruding part 22 Display part 23 Window hole 27 Mask plate 31 Pasting Landing part

Claims (3)

  An optical outlet provided with a connection part for electrical connection and an optical adapter for optical connector connection, provided with a convex part on the upper surface of the optical adapter, and a display part indicating that the optical adapter itself is on the upper surface An optical outlet characterized by providing   An optical adapter for connecting an optical connector is provided inside the decorative panel, and a connection portion for electrical connection including a telephone modular jack, a power outlet, and a TV antenna terminal is provided on the front side. An optical outlet in which an opening for inserting a connector is provided at a vertically symmetrical portion at one end of one side of a decorative panel so that an insertion port can be selected on either the left or right side. An optical outlet characterized in that a display portion indicating that the optical adapter itself is an optical adapter is provided.   The decorative panel is provided with a window hole for fitting the convex portion on the upper surface of the optical adapter, and the display portion on the upper surface of the convex portion is made visible from the front side of the decorative panel through the window hole. Light outlet.

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