JP5568617B2 - Equipment storage device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for storing a heavy object such as a battery as a backup power source of a computer so that it can be safely inserted into and removed from a rack or the like.

Patent Document 1 describes that used batteries as power sources for vehicles such as turret cars and forklifts are collected and stored in a rack, and sequentially charged by a charger and reused. The battery charging rack for charging a plurality of vehicle batteries includes a rail for sliding each battery in the front-rear direction, a rack-side charging connector connectable to the battery-side charging connector on the front of each battery, and And an urging means for urging the connection surface of the rack-side charging connector toward the battery, and a locking means for fixing and releasing the position of the battery on the rail.
On the other hand, although not for the purpose of charging, a large number of batteries as backup power sources for computers are stored in a rack so that they can be taken in and out in the front-rear direction. In this case, a plurality of batteries are stored side by side in the front-rear direction in one storage box.

JP 2008-278625 A

In the conventional method for storing a battery as a backup power source, since the battery is relatively heavy, the work of taking the storage box in and out of the rack is a heavy labor. If batteries are individually stored in storage boxes to reduce individual weights and a plurality of storage boxes are arranged side by side and stored in a rack, the batteries stored in the back of the rack cannot be removed smoothly. Further, if the storage box is removed from the rack during work, there is a problem that the battery is damaged or the worker is injured. This problem is not limited to storing batteries, but is common to storing other various devices.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for storing a device such as a battery so that it can be safely and easily inserted into and removed from a rack or the like.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
In order to solve the above problem, the device storage device 1 of the present invention includes a storage member 2 having a storage space 23 opened forward between a bottom plate 21 and a top plate 22, and a guide member 3 provided in the storage member 2. A plurality of storage boxes 4 that are stored in the storage space 23 of the storage member 2 so as to be able to be drawn forward in the front-rear direction, a fixed handle 5 for supporting the storage box 4 with one hand, and a storage box 4 is supported by the other hand, a connecting lever 7 having a hook 73 for connecting the front and rear storage boxes 4a and 4b, and the drawer of the storage box 4 is temporarily stopped for safety. And a stopper member 8. The guide member 3 includes a guide surface 32 that extends horizontally in the front-rear direction on the lower side of the storage space 23 of the storage member 2, and an engagement portion 31 that is provided along the guide surface 32. The storage box 4 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and stores equipment such as a battery therein. The fixed handle 5 is provided at the front part of the storage box 4 and includes a grip part 51 for gripping with one hand and a coupling part 52 detachably connected to the connecting lever 7 of the other storage box 4a in front. To do. The movable handle 6 includes a leg plate portion 61, a grip portion 62, and a drive engagement portion 63, and is provided at a middle portion in the front-rear direction of the storage box 4 so as to be raised and lowered. The movable handle 6 is biased to the fall position and is stored in the storage space 23 together with the storage box 4 in the fall state. The connecting lever 7 is pivotally attached to the rear side surface of the storage box 4, and rotates between the connected position and the non-connected position in conjunction with the raising / lowering operation of the movable handle 6. 5 is urged to a connecting position engaging with 5, and the front and rear storage boxes are connected at the connecting position. The stopper member 8 is supported on the rear side surface of the storage box 4, interlocked with the raising / lowering operation of the movable handle 6 via the connecting lever 7, and is engaged with the engaging portion 31 of the guide member 3, and is released therefrom. The storage box 47 can be freely moved between the unlocked positions, and the storage box 47 is temporarily stopped while being pulled out at the locked position. The leg plate portion 61 of the movable handle 6 is pivotally attached to the side surface of the storage box 4 in the intermediate portion, and can freely rotate along the side surface of the storage box 4 between the standing position and the lying down position. Is rotated and biased to one position. The movable handle 6 can cause when its tip is outside the storage box 4. The grip portion 62 of the movable handle 6 extends horizontally from the distal end portion of the leg plate portion 61 and can be gripped by the other hand. The drive engagement portion 63 of the movable handle 6 is provided on the rear end portion of the leg plate portion 61 so as to engage with the passive engagement portion 72 of the connection lever 7 and drives the connection lever 7 when raised. The passive engagement portion 72 of the connecting lever 7 rotates the connecting lever 7 to the non-connecting position when the movable handle 6 is erected, and returns the connecting lever 7 to the connecting position with an urging force when the movable handle 6 is laid down. The drive handle 63 of the movable handle 6 is engaged. The hook portion 73 of the connecting lever 7 is provided at the rear end portion. When the connecting lever 7 is in the connecting position, the hook portion 73 engages with the connecting portion 52 of the fixed handle of the other storage box 4b behind, and the connecting lever 7 is not When in the coupled position, it is detached from the coupling portion 52. A drive engaging portion 72 that engages with and drives the stopper member 8 is provided at an intermediate portion of the connecting lever 7. The passive engagement portion 81 of the stopper member 8 is configured such that when the connecting lever 7 is in the non-connecting position, the stopper member 8 is disposed in the non-locking position, and when the connecting lever 7 is in the connecting position, the stopper member 8 is locked. Is engaged with the drive engagement portion 75 of the connecting lever 7. The guide surface 32 of the guide member 3 is disposed so as to slide the stopper portion 83 in the unlocking position of the stopper member 8. The engaging portion 31 of the guide member 3 has an engaging recess 34 and an inclined surface formed continuously behind the engaging recess 34. The engaging recess 34 causes the stopper portion 83 of the stopper member 8 to drop when the storage box 4 is pulled out, and stops the advancement of the storage box 4 until the movable handle 6 is raised. The inclined surface 33 allows the stopper 4 to be retracted by pushing up the stopper member 8 from the engaging recess 34 to the guide surface 32 when the storage box 4 is retracted.

  The device storage device of the present invention can store a device such as a battery so that it can be safely and easily put in and out of a rack or the like.

It is a perspective view of the equipment storage device concerning the present invention. It is a front view of the apparatus storage apparatus of FIG. It is a top view of a part of apparatus storage apparatus of FIG. It is a side view of the apparatus storage apparatus of FIG. 1 of the state which stored the storage box. FIG. 2 is a side view of the device storage device of FIG. 1 in a state where the storage box is temporarily stopped while being pulled out. It is a side view of the apparatus storage apparatus of FIG. 1 in the middle of pulling out a storage box by raising a movable handle. It is an enlarged side view of the VII part in FIG.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The device storage device 1 includes a storage member 2 having a storage space 23 opened forward between the bottom plate 21 and the top plate 22, a guide member 3 provided in the storage member 2, and a storage space 23 of the storage member 2. A plurality of storage boxes 4 (4a, 4b) stored in a front-rear direction so as to be able to be pulled forward, a fixed handle 5 for supporting the storage box 4 with one hand, and the storage box 4 with the other hand A movable handle 6 for supporting the housing, a connecting lever 7 having a hook portion 73 for connecting the front and rear storage boxes 4a, 4b, and a stopper member 8 for temporarily stopping the withdrawal of the storage box 4 for safety. It has.

  The guide member 3 extends in the front-rear direction on the left and right sides of the lower portion of the storage space 23 of the storage member 2, and includes an engagement portion 31 on the way. That is, the guide member 3 has a horizontal guide surface 32 extending in the front-rear direction, and is provided with an engaging portion 31 that falls downward on the front side thereof. The engaging portion 31 is composed of an inclined surface 33 that is lowered forward, and a concave portion 34 that continues in front of the inclined surface 33.

  The storage box 4 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and can store a device such as a battery therein.

  The fixed handle 5 is provided at the front portion of the storage box 4, and when the storage box 4 is pulled out from the storage space to the front, a grip 51 for gripping with one hand, and another storage box 4 a disposed in front. The connecting lever 7 includes a detachable coupling portion 52. That is, the fixed handle 5 is formed by horizontally passing the grip 51 between the brackets 53 extending forward from the left and right sides of the front of the storage box 4. The coupling portion 52 is composed of a coupling pin that protrudes from the bracket 53 to the left and right sides.

  The movable handle 6 is for supporting the storage box 4 with the other hand when the storage box 4 is pulled forward from the storage space. The movable handle 6 includes a leg plate part 61, a grip part 62, and a drive engagement part 63. It has. The movable handle 6 is pivotally attached to the middle part of the storage box 4 in the front-rear direction by a pivot pin 64, and depending on the angular position, the movable handle 6 is rotationally biased to one of them by a spring 74 via the connecting lever 7, and is in a lying state. And stored in the storage space 23 together with the storage box 4.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the movable handle 6 can be raised and raised as indicated by a solid line when the tip is outside the storage box 2. The rotation range of the movable handle 6 is restricted by the stopper pin 65. The grip portion 62 is horizontally installed between the distal end portions of the leg plate portions 61, and can be gripped with the other hand when the storage box 4 is pulled forward from the storage space. The drive engagement portion 63 formed of a drive pin protrudes from the side surface of the rear end portion of the leg plate portion 61 so as to engage with the passive engagement portion 72 of the connecting lever 7. The drive engagement portion 63 drives the connecting lever 7 via the passive engagement portion 72 when the movable handle 6 is raised.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the connecting lever 7 is connected to or disconnected from the storage box 4 arranged in the rear in conjunction with the raising / lowering operation of the movable handle 6, and is stored in the middle part. A pivot pin 71 is pivotally attached to the rear side surface of the box 4, and has a passive engagement portion 72 at the front end and a hook portion 73 at the rear end. That is, the connecting lever 7 rotates between the connecting position and the non-connecting position in conjunction with the raising / lowering operation of the movable handle 6, and is biased to the connecting position by the spring 74. The connection lever 7 engages with the fixed handle 5 of the rear storage box 4b at the connection position, and connects the front and rear storage boxes 4a and 4b.

  The passive engagement portion 72 of the coupling lever 7 is always pressed against the drive engagement portion 63 of the movable handle 6 by a spring 74 and follows the movement of the drive engagement portion 63. The passive engagement portion 72 is pushed down by the drive engagement portion 63 during the standing operation of the movable handle 6 to rotate the connection lever 7 to the non-connection position (the position of the phantom line in FIG. 7). During operation, the connecting lever 7 is returned to the connecting position (the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 7).

  The hook portion 73 of the connecting lever 7 is provided at the rear end, and engages with the connecting portion 52 of the fixed handle 5 of the rear storage box 4 when the connecting lever 7 is in the connecting position (the position of the solid line in FIG. 7). When the connecting lever 7 is in the non-connecting position (the position of the phantom line in FIG. 7), it is detached from the coupling portion 52. An engaging pin 75 that is a drive engaging portion that engages with and drives the passive engaging portion 81 of the stopper member 8 is provided at an intermediate portion of the connecting lever 7.

  As shown well in FIG. 7, the stopper member 8 is supported by a support pin 9 on the rear side surface of the storage box 4, interlocked with the raising and lowering operation of the movable handle 6 via the connecting lever 7, and the engaging portion of the guide member 3. It is movable up and down between a locked position (a solid line position in FIG. 7) engaged with 31 and a non-locked position released from it, and is urged by the spring 84 in the locked position direction (downward). The stopper member 8 is an elongated plate-like member in the vertical direction, has a rectangular engagement opening which is a passive engagement portion 81 in the upper portion, and has an elongated hole 82 in the vertical direction in which the support pin 9 is engaged in the middle portion. The lower end portion is a stopper portion 83 that engages with and disengages from the engaging portion 31.

  In the passive engagement portion 81, when the connecting lever 7 is in the non-connecting position (the movable handle 6 is in the standing position), the stopper member 8 is disposed in the non-locking position, and the connecting lever 7 is in the connecting position (the movable handle 6 is in the lying down position). ), The engaging member 75 is engaged with the engaging pin 75 of the connecting lever 7 so that the stopper member 8 is arranged at the locked position by the spring force. That is, when the movable handle 6 stands up and the connecting lever 7 rotates to the non-connecting position and the engaging pin 75 pushes up the upper edge of the passive engaging portion 81, the stopper member 8 rises and the stopper portion 83 becomes the guide member. 3 is disengaged from the engaging recess 34.

  When the movable handle 6 falls down and the connecting lever 7 rotates to the connecting position, the engaging pin 75 is separated from the upper edge of the passive engaging portion 81, so that the stopper member 8 is pulled downward by the spring 84. At this time, while the stopper 83 is on the guide surface 32 of the guide member 3, the storage box 4 is allowed to move by sliding on the guide surface 32. In this state, the storage box 4 is pulled out, and as shown in FIG. 5, when the stopper member 8 comes on the engaging part 31, the stopper part 83 falls into the engaging concave part 34 via the inclined surface 33 and is stored in the storage box. Stop forward 4 On the other hand, when the storage box 4 is pushed in and retracts, the stopper portion 83 once falls into the engaging recess 34, but subsequently slides on the inclined surface 33 to push the stopper member 8 up to the unlocked position for storage. Allow the box 4 to retract.

  When the two storage boxes 4a and 4b are stored in the storage member 2, the storage box 4b located rearward in the drawing is first pushed into the storage member 2. At this time, holding the fixed handle 5 with one hand and holding the movable handle 6 standing up with the other hand, the rear part of the storage box 4 b is inserted into the storage space 23 and the rear part is supported by the storage member 2. Since the stopper member 8 is in the unlocked position, it does not hinder insertion. When the hand is released from the movable handle 6 and the storage box 4 b is further pushed in, the movable handle 6 comes into contact with the front edge of the storage member 2. After that, the movable handle 6 falls and is held in the fall position beyond the dead point, and the stopper member 8 is pulled downward by the spring 84. However, the stopper 83 is slid on the guide surface 32 to be stored. Retraction of the box 4 is allowed. Next, the storage box 4a located in the front in the figure is pushed into the storage member 2 in the same manner. At this time, the hook portion 73 of the connecting lever 7 engages with the engaging portion 52 of the fixed handle 5 of the storage box 4b, the two storage boxes 4a and 4b are coupled, and both the storage boxes 4a and 4b are integrated into the storage space. 23 at a predetermined position.

  When pulling out the storage box 4 from the storage space 23, pulling the holding handle 5 of the front storage box 4a with one hand pulls the storage boxes 4a and 4b together to a predetermined position. As shown in FIG. 5, when the stopper member 8 of the front storage box 4a reaches the engagement portion 31 of the guide member 3, the stopper portion 83 falls into the engagement recess 34 via the inclined surface 33, and the storage box 4a Stop moving forward. For this reason, there is no possibility of pulling out the storage box 4a at once and dropping it carelessly. In this state, since the movable handle 6 is exposed from the storage member 3, as shown in FIG. 6, when the movable handle 6 is raised and gripped, the connecting lever 7 is rotated to the non-connecting position, and the hook portion 73 is moved backward. The storage box 4b is disengaged from the engaging portion 52 and the connection between the storage boxes 4a and 4b is released. At the same time, the stopper member 8 is pulled up and the stopper portion 83 is disengaged from the engaging recess 34. Is possible. The front storage box 4a can be safely removed from the storage member 2 by holding the fixed handle 5 and the movable handle 6 with both hands. Thereafter, the rear storage box 4b can be taken out similarly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Device storage device 2 Storage member 21 Bottom plate 22 Top plate 23 Storage space 3 Guide member 31 Engagement part 32 Guide surface 33 Inclination surface 34 Engagement recessed part 4 Storage box 4a Front storage box 4b Rear storage box 5 Fixed handle 51 Grip Part 52 Coupling part (coupling pin)
53 Bracket 6 Movable handle 61 Leg plate part 62 Grip part 63 Drive engagement part (drive pin)
64 pivot pin 65 stopper pin 7 connecting lever 71 pivot pin 72 passive engagement portion 73 hook portion 74 spring 75 drive engagement portion (engagement pin)
8 Stopper member 81 Passive engagement part (engagement opening)
82 Long hole 83 Stopper 84 Spring 9 Support pin

Claims (1)

A storage member having a storage space that opens forward between the bottom plate and the top plate;
A guide member that includes a guide surface that extends horizontally in the front-rear direction on the lower side of the storage space of the storage member, and an engagement portion that is formed in the course of extension of the guide surface;
The storage member is in the storage space drawable storing forward in tandem direction, a straight rectangular parallelepiped of a plurality of storage boxes accommodate heavy therein respectively,
In order to support the storage box with one hand, a fixed handle provided at the front of the storage box,
In order to support the storage box with the other hand, it can be raised and lowered in the middle in the front-rear direction of the storage box, and is biased to any position beyond the dead center between the lying position and the standing position, A movable handle stored in the storage space together with the storage box in a lying state;
A connecting lever that is supported on the rear side surface of the storage box, is detachable from a fixed handle of another storage box behind the interlocking movement of the movable handle, and connects the front and rear storage boxes when engaged.
Between the locked position that is supported on the rear side surface of the storage box and interlocks with the raising and lowering operation of the movable handle via the connecting lever, and engages with the engaging portion of the guide member, and the unlocked position that disengages therefrom. A stopper member that engages with the engaging portion of the guide member at a locked position and temporarily stops the container box while being pulled out,
The fixed handle includes a grip portion for gripping with one hand, and a coupling portion detachably connected to the connection lever of the other storage box in the front,
The movable handle is pivotally attached to the side surface of the storage box and is rotatable between the standing position and the lying down position along the side surface of the storage box, a grip portion supported by the leg plate portion, and a leg plate A drive engagement portion provided on the portion for driving the connecting lever,
A leg plate portion of the movable handle has a distal end portion, a base end portion opposite to the distal end portion, and an intermediate portion between both end portions. The intermediate portion is pivotally attached to a side surface of the storage box, and the distal end portion is outside the storage box. At some point, it can be triggered
The grip portion of the movable handle extends horizontally from the tip of the leg plate portion so that it can be gripped with the other hand,
The drive engagement portion of the movable handle is provided at the base end portion of the leg plate portion so as to engage with the connection lever,
The connecting lever has a front end portion, a rear end portion on the opposite side, and an intermediate portion between front and rear end portions, and is pivotally attached to the side surface of the storage box at the intermediate portion, along the side surface. Can rotate between the connected position and the non-connected position, and is urged to rotate to the connected position.
The tip of the connecting lever is movable so that the connecting lever is rotated to a non-connecting position when the movable handle is raised, and the connecting lever is returned to the connecting position by an urging force when the movable handle is lying down. A passive engagement portion that engages with the drive engagement portion of the handle;
At the rear end of the connecting lever, when the connecting lever is in the connecting position, it engages with the connecting portion of the fixed handle of the other storage box behind, and when the connecting lever is in the non-connecting position, the connecting portion Having a hook part to be detached from,
The intermediate portion of the connecting lever has a drive engagement portion that engages with and drives the stopper member,
The stopper member is supported on the side surface so as to be movable up and down along the side surface of the storage box between an upper non-lock position and a lower lock position, and is biased to the lock position. A stopper portion that engages with the engaging portion of the connecting lever and disengages from the engaging portion at the unlocked position, and a passive engaging portion that engages with the driving engaging portion of the coupling lever.
The passive engagement portion of the stopper member is connected such that when the connecting lever is in the non-connecting position, the stopper member is placed in the non-locking position, and when the connecting lever is in the connecting position, the stopper member is placed in the lock position. Engaging the drive engagement portion of the lever;
The guide surface of the guide member is disposed so as to slide the stopper portion in the unlocked position of the stopper member,
The engaging portion of the guide member includes an engaging recess that stops the advancement of the storage box when the stopper portion of the stopper member falls, and pushes the stopper member up to the guide surface when the storage box is retracted to retract the storage box. An apparatus storage device comprising an inclined surface continuously formed behind the engaging recess so as to allow.

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