JP7118534B2 - Electrical equipment storage cabinet - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a cabinet for storing electrical equipment.

Monitors the surrounding environment to confirm the operation status and abnormalities of electrical equipment installed inside the cabinet that houses electrical equipment such as cubicles used outdoors, and communicates the operation information etc. of the electrical equipment to the outside technology is known. In this case, a communication unit is provided inside the cabinet for communication. By the way, cabinets used outdoors are generally made of metal. Metal cabinets shield radio waves. There is a need to. In order to attach the antenna and pass the cable connecting to the communication unit, it was necessary to drill a hole in the cabinet. In addition, when monitoring the surrounding environment of electrical equipment, environmental information such as temperature and humidity outside the cabinet is measured. was necessary.

JP 2004-128152 A

By the way, by drilling holes in the cabinet, there is a risk that rainwater will enter the cabinet, and there is a risk that the cabinet will deteriorate, such as rusting at the drilled place. be. In addition, it is difficult to install a monitoring function in an existing cabinet because additional processing is required in the installed state of the cabinet.

The inventor of this case tried to solve the problem by earnestly studying this point. An object of the present invention is to enable external devices to be installed outside the cabinet, such as antennas for wireless communication and measuring devices for measuring the external environment, without requiring processing of the cabinet.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electrical equipment storage comprising a housing, a roof having an eaves, and a ventilation plate having ventilation holes, wherein the ventilation plate is arranged on the lower surface side of the eaves The cabinet for housing electrical equipment is provided with a support part on which an external equipment can be mounted is attached to the ventilation hole so that the external equipment can be mounted on the outside of the housing.

In addition, the support component includes a drop-out preventing portion placed on the ventilation plate, an insertion portion inserted into the ventilation hole, and a support portion on which an external device can be mounted. A cabinet for storing electrical equipment, in which a supporting part connected to a housing is attached to the outside of a housing in such a manner that an external equipment can be mounted.

In addition, it is preferable to adopt a configuration in which the ventilation plate is sandwiched between the attachment portion provided in the support portion and the falling-off prevention portion.

Further, it is preferable that a communication unit for communicating with the outside is provided inside the housing, and a device connection cable for connecting the communication unit and the external device is routed through the ventilation hole.

Moreover, it is preferable to have a structure in which a waterproof member is attached to the gap of the ventilation hole through which the device connection cable is passed.

According to the present invention, external devices such as antennas for wireless communication and measuring devices for measuring the external environment can be installed outside the cabinet without requiring processing of the cabinet.

It is a perspective view of the cabinet for electrical equipment storage in an embodiment. It is a cabinet sectional view for electrical equipment storage in an embodiment. It is the perspective view which looked at the periphery of the eaves of the cabinet for electrical equipment storage in embodiment from the downward direction. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a support component with an external device attached; FIG. 4 is a plan view of the support component to which the external device is attached; It is a figure showing the falling-off prevention part placed on the ventilation plate, and the falling-off prevention part not placed on the ventilation plate. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a device connection cable connected to an external device fixed to the support component passes through the ventilation hole; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing that an external device and a communication unit are connected by a device connection cable; FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another example of a support component to which an external device is attached; FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another example of a support component to which an external device is attached;

Modes for carrying out the invention are shown below. The electrical equipment storage cabinet 1 of this embodiment includes a housing 2, a roof 3 having a canopy 31, and a ventilation plate 4 having ventilation holes 41. As shown in FIG. The ventilation plate 4 is arranged on the lower surface side of the eaves portion 31 . A support component 6 on which an external device 91 can be mounted is attached to the ventilation hole 41 so that the external device 91 can be mounted on the outside of the housing 2 . Therefore, the external device 91 installed outside the electrical device storage cabinet 1, such as an antenna for wireless communication and a measuring device for measuring the external environment, can be installed without processing the electrical device storage cabinet 1. It is possible to install.

More specifically, in the electric device storage cabinet 1, the support member 6 includes a drop-off prevention portion 51 placed on the ventilation plate 4, an insertion portion 52 inserted into the ventilation hole 41, and an external device 91. and a mountable support 60 . Further, a support portion 60 connected to the dropout prevention portion 51 via the insertion portion 52 is attached to the outside of the housing 2 in such a manner that an external device 91 can be mounted thereon.

As can be seen from FIGS. 1 to 3, the electrical equipment storage cabinet 1 according to the embodiment has a front and side doors 11 in a housing 2, and an upper portion of the housing 2. A roof 3 is attached to cover the opening provided in the . The roof 3 is provided with a canopy portion 31 projecting outward from the housing 2. - 特許庁The roof 3 of the embodiment is configured such that its upper surface slopes gently so that rainwater or the like does not easily flow down from the front side. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the electrical equipment storage cabinet 1 of the embodiment has a ventilation plate 4 provided with a plurality of elongated ventilation holes 41 on the lower surface side of a canopy portion 31 provided on the front side. I have. The ventilation plate 4 is arranged so that the penetration direction of the ventilation holes 41 is the vertical direction.

The electrical device storage cabinet 1 of the embodiment is attached with a support component 6 on which an external device 91 can be mounted. The supporting part 6 can have various forms, but the supporting part 6 in the example shown in FIG. It has a letter-shaped member. A mounting portion 61 on which an external device 91 can be mounted is provided on the support portion 60 so as to stand up vertically. In addition, the support portion 60 is provided with a mounting portion 62 extending so as to form an approximately 90 degree angle with the mounting portion 61 . An insertion portion 52 extending vertically is attached to the mounting portion 62 . An insertion portion 52 shown in FIG. 4 is a mounting screw that is inserted into the ventilation hole 41 and is connected to a mounting nut that serves as the falling-off prevention portion 51 .

In the example shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the falling-off prevention portion 51 is configured to have an elongated shape in plan view. By aligning the direction of the drop-off preventing portion 51, it is possible to pass through the ventilation hole 41, but by changing the direction, it becomes impossible to pass through the ventilation hole 41. The falling-off preventing portion 51 is inserted into the ventilation hole 41 , and when the falling-off preventing portion 51 is positioned above the ventilation plate 4 , the falling-off preventing portion 51 is rotated so that the falling-off preventing portion 51 is attached to the ventilation plate 4 . , the support portion 60 can be attached to the ventilation plate 4. As shown in FIG. In this way, if the ventilation plate 4 is sandwiched between the attachment portion 62 positioned below the ventilation plate 4 and the drop-off prevention portion 51 positioned above the ventilation plate 4 and the support portion 60 is attached, the support portion 60 can be easily attached. can be attached to Also, the support portion 60 can be easily removed.

In the example shown in FIG. 7, the support part 6 is attached by inserting the insertion part 52 into the ventilation hole 41 provided on the end side of the ventilation plate 4, and the external device 91 is attached to the side of the electrical device storage cabinet 1. I'm trying to place it in By the way, the external device 91 may be connected to the device inside the housing 2 by the device connection cable 93 . In this case, the device connection cable 93 can be routed through the ventilation hole 41 as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 8, a communication unit 81 for communicating with the outside is provided inside the housing 2 , and a device connection cable 93 for connecting this communication unit 81 and an external device 91 is routed through the ventilation hole 41 . are searching. In this way, the device connection cable 93 can be routed without processing the electrical device storage cabinet 1 . If a waterproof member is attached to the gap of the ventilation hole 41 through which the device connection cable 93 passes, it is possible to prevent rainwater from entering the housing 2 along the device connection cable 93 . Various waterproof members can be used. Specific examples of the waterproof member include, for example, a tube called a grommet, a waterproof sheet having a notch through which the device connection cable 93 is passed, and a joint material.

By the way, the support part 60 does not have to be attached so that the ventilation plate 4 is sandwiched between the drop-off prevention part 51 and the attachment part 62 . For example, as can be understood from FIG. 9, a fixed piece 55 having a substantially L-shaped side view is provided on the upper side of the mounting portion 62, and the distance from the fixed piece 55 is variable at a position facing the fixed piece 55. , the fixed piece 55 and the movable piece 56 can be passed through the ventilation hole 41 and maintained in a hooked state. In this case, the portions of the fixed piece 55 and the movable piece 56 extending in the horizontal direction are the fall-off prevention portions 51 , and the portions of the fixed piece 55 and the movable piece 56 that extend in the vertical direction are the insertion portions 52 . In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 9, the position of the movable piece 56 can be adjusted by turning the screw 98 .

Moreover, the mounting portion 61 does not have to be in a form that stands up vertically. For example, as can be understood from FIG. 10, it may be horizontally spread out. In the example shown in FIG. 10 , the external device 91 is arranged above the mounting portion 61 , but the external device 91 may be attached below the mounting portion 61 .

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments as examples, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various aspects are possible. For example, the support component may be attached to the back side of the cabinet for storing electrical equipment.

1 Cabinet for storing electrical equipment 2 Housing 3 Roof 4 Ventilation plate 6 Support part 31 Overhead part 41 Ventilation hole 51 Falling prevention part 52 Insertion part 60 Support part 62 Mounting part 81 Communication unit 91 External device 93 Device connection cable

Claims (4)

A cabinet for storing electrical equipment, comprising: a housing; a roof having an eaves; A support component on which a device can be mounted is attached to the ventilation hole so that the external device can be mounted on the outside of the housing ,
The support component includes a drop-out preventing portion placed on the ventilation plate, an insertion portion inserted into the ventilation hole, and a support portion on which an external device can be mounted. A cabinet for storing electric equipment in which connected support parts are attached to the outside of the housing in such a manner that external equipment can be mounted . 2. A cabinet for storing electrical equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the ventilation plate is sandwiched between the attachment portion provided in the support portion and the fall-off prevention portion. 3. The electrical equipment storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein a communication unit for communicating with the outside is provided inside the housing, and equipment connection cables for connecting the communication unit and the external equipment are routed through ventilation holes. . 4. A cabinet for storing electric equipment according to claim 3 , wherein a waterproof member is attached to the gap of the ventilation hole through which the equipment connection cable is passed.

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