JP7254417B2 - Electronics storage cabinet - Google Patents

Description

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

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in educational settings such as schools, classes are being conducted using electronic devices such as tablet terminals. In general, a cabinet for collectively housing these electronic devices has a plurality of partition plates on the shelves in the cabinet, and the electronic devices can be accommodated between the partition plates. In addition, in order to prevent the mixing of the electronic equipment and the cables for charging, it is common to have a structure in which the storage space for the electronic equipment and the storage space for the cables are vertically divided. As described in Patent Literature 1, in such a cabinet, a charging cable is routed from a storage space for cables to the front side of the cabinet, and the charging cable is connected to the stored electronic device to connect to the electronic device. It is known to allow charging to occur.

JP 2016-092145 A

In the case of a structure in which the charging cable is routed on the front side of the cabinet in this way, "When you put in and take out electronic devices, this charging cable will get in the way, and you have to be careful not to catch the charging cable when you put it in and take it out. "The charging cable hangs down the front of the cabinet and looks unsightly." A space is required in the height direction of the cabinet, making it difficult for short children to use."

In order to solve these problems, it is conceivable to fix the storage space for the cables on the back side of the cabinet and route the cables from this storage space toward the shelf board. When the shelf is pulled out of the cabinet to take out the electronic device, it is necessary to consider that the charging cable routed from the storage space toward the shelf also extends. In addition, the charging cable needs to be provided with an extra length in order to accommodate the movement of the shelf board, and such an extra length of the charging cable causes the cables to easily get tangled with each other. Moreover, when the electronic device is put in and taken out, there is a possibility that the excess length of the cable is caught in the sliding portion of the cabinet. There was a problem.

The inventor of this case tried to solve the problem by earnestly studying this point. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet structure that facilitates the insertion and removal of electronic equipment and eliminates the need to provide extra length between the storage space for cables and the electronic equipment.

In order to solve the above problems, a shelf board with an electronic device storage section that can store a plurality of electronic devices side by side and a wiring storage section that can store a cable used for charging the electronic device are provided inside. The electronic device storage cabinet is provided with a wiring storage portion movable together with the electronic device storage portion when the shelf plate slides, provided behind the electronic device storage portion.

Moreover, it is preferable that the wire housing portion is provided with a restricting portion for holding the cable.

In addition, a plurality of shelf boards are provided, and the front end of the shelf board when the shelf board located on the lower side is moved to the frontmost side is the front end of the shelf board when the shelf board located on the upper side of the shelf board is moved to the frontmost side. It is preferable to have the structure comprised so that it may be located ahead rather than the front end of a shelf board.

In addition, behind the electronic device housing portion, the wiring space is arranged in parallel with the wiring housing portion, the wiring housing portion is arranged closer to one of the left and right side plates, and the wiring space is located closer to the wiring housing portion than the wiring housing portion. It is preferably arranged on the other side plate side of the left and right plates.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a cabinet structure that makes it easy to put in and take out electronic equipment and eliminates the need to provide extra length between the storage space for cables and the electronic equipment.

It is the perspective view which looked at the electronic device storage cabinet in embodiment from the right front side. However, it shows a state in which the front door is opened, the bottom shelf board is pulled out, and the rear board is removed. It is the perspective view which looked at the shelf board and the wiring accommodating part in embodiment from the right rear side. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which electronic devices are housed in a cabinet; However, the three dashed lines respectively represent the positions of the front ends of the shelves in the retracted state. It is a figure which shows the state which pulled out the shelf board of the lowest stage shown in FIG. However, the rear end of the electronic equipment storage section 50 of the shelf board 21 pulled out is indicated by a dashed line, and the front end of the upper shelf board 21 in the retracted position is indicated by a dashed line. It is a rear view of the cabinet with the back plate removed. However, the wiring space is indicated by a dashed line. It is a top view of the cabinet in the state which removed the ceiling board. However, the wiring space is indicated by a dashed line. It is the perspective view which looked at the shelf board of the form different from what was shown in FIG. 2 from the right front side.

Modes for carrying out the invention are shown below. As can be seen from FIGS. 1 to 5, the electronic device storage cabinet 1 of this embodiment includes an electronic device storage section 50 capable of storing a plurality of electronic devices 9 in parallel. A cabinet 1 having a shelf plate 21 inside. In addition, a wiring housing portion 30 capable of housing a cable used for charging the electronic device 9 is provided behind the electronic device housing portion 50, and when the shelf plate 21 slides, the wiring housing portion 30 is provided together with the electronic device housing portion 50. 30 is a movable structure. For this reason, it is possible to provide a cabinet structure in which the electronic device 9 can be easily taken in and out and there is no need to provide extra length between the storage space for the cables and the electronic device 9 . Moreover, the cabinet 1 can be made to have a good appearance and be able to suppress the height.

Here, the basic structure of the cabinet 1 will be explained. The cabinet 1 of the embodiment includes a bottom plate 11, left and right side plates 12a and 12b, a ceiling plate 13, a front door 14, and a rear plate 15, and electronic equipment 9 such as a tablet terminal can be stored in a partitioned space. I'm trying

Since the bottom plate 11 of the embodiment has casters 22 , it can be easily moved by applying force to the side surface of the cabinet 1 . When the cabinet 1 is permanently installed, the casters 22 may not be provided on the bottom plate 11 .

The ceiling plate 13 of the embodiment has a handle 16 . In the example shown in FIG. 1, since two handles 16 are provided, the operator can put both hands on different handles 16, and the movement of the cabinet 1 is facilitated. Note that the handle 16 need not be limited to being provided on the ceiling plate 13 . For example, the handles 16 may be provided on the side plates 12 arranged on the left and right.

The left and right side plates 12 a and 12 b and the back plate 15 that constitute the sides of the cabinet 1 of the embodiment are provided with ventilation holes 17 . Through these ventilation openings 17 , the heat generated by the electronic equipment 9 housed therein can be radiated to the outside of the cabinet 1 . It should be noted that the position of the ventilation opening 17 need not be limited to the position disclosed in the embodiment, and may be provided as appropriate.

The front door 14 of the embodiment can cover the front opening 18 of the cabinet 1 in an openable and closable manner. Further, the rear plate 15 can detachably cover the rear opening 19 of the cabinet 1 .

A movable shelf 21 is provided inside the cabinet 1 of the embodiment. The shelf plate 21 is configured to be slidable in the front-rear direction by means of a sliding portion 23 . More specifically, rails provided on the left and right side plates 12a and 12b enable sliding in the front-rear direction. It should be noted that the sliding portion 23 need not be provided on the left and right side plates 12a and 12b. For example, the bottom plate 11 may be provided with the sliding portion 23 . Further, the sliding portion 23 does not have to be rail-shaped, and may have any shape as long as it allows the shelf board 21 to slide.

The shelf board 21 includes an electronic device storage section 50 that can store a plurality of electronic devices 9 (tablet terminals, etc.) in parallel. As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 2 , in the embodiment, the electronic device storage section 50 is configured by arranging a plurality of charging holders 51 in parallel on the shelf board 21 .

In the embodiment, the electronic device 9 held in the charging holder 51 can be charged by connecting the electronic device 9 to the power supply portion of the charging holder 51 . Note that the charging holder 51 may be configured to perform wireless power supply compatible with the Qi standard or the like. In this way, the electronic device 9 conforming to the Qi standard can be charged simply by placing it in the charging holder 51 without connecting it to the power supply unit.

A wire housing portion 30 capable of housing a cable for charging the electronic device 9 is provided behind the electronic device housing portion 50 . The wiring housing portion 30 of the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a duct shape formed by bending a plate material into a substantially U shape. The wiring housing portion 30 in the example shown in FIG. 2 is fixed to the rear end portion of the shelf plate 21 by screws or the like.

One of the bent pieces of the wiring housing part 30 provided by bending a plate material into a substantially U shape serves as a rear wall 31 of the wiring housing part 30, and can prevent the cables stored in the wiring housing part 30 from coming off. . The other end of the bent piece serves as a partition wall 32 that separates the electronic equipment housing portion 50 and the wire housing portion 30 and also serves as a regulating portion that holds the cable housed in the wire housing portion 30 . By providing the regulating portion for holding the cable, it is possible to suppress excessive movement of the cable when the shelf plate 21 is slid.

The partition wall 32 in the example shown in FIG. 2 is provided with an insertion hole 33 . By inserting one end of a cable into the insertion hole 33 and connecting it to the charging holder 51, a cable required for charging can be routed.

Excess cables can be collectively stored in the wiring storage section 30, and the bulkhead 32 that separates them from the electronic device storage section 50 regulates the movement of the cables due to the momentum of the sliding of the shelf board 21. , are held in the wiring housing portion 30 . When the cable is provided with an AC adapter 91 , the AC adapter 91 can also be stored in the wiring storage section 30 .

As in the embodiment, the wiring housing portion 30 capable of housing the cable used for charging the electronic device 9 is provided behind the electronic device housing portion 50, and when the shelf plate 21 slides, the electronic device housing portion 50 If the wiring housing portion 30 is movable together with the electronic device housing portion 50, the electronic device housing portion 50 and the wiring housing portion 30 will move together even if the shelf plate 21 is slid to insert or remove the tablet terminal. Since the cable connected to the charging holder 51 moves accordingly, it is possible to suppress entanglement and pinching of the cable.

In the embodiment, even if the shelf plate 21 is slid, the relative positional relationship between the wiring housing portion 30 and the electronic device housing portion 50 does not change, so cables are prevented from being mixed in the electronic device housing portion 50. can be done.

As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 4, the cabinet 1 of the embodiment has a plurality of shelf boards 21 each having a wiring storage section 30 arranged vertically. Also, any shelf board 21 can be moved so that its front end projects forward from the front opening 18 .

In the embodiment, a plurality of shelf boards 21 are provided, and the front end of the shelf board 21 when the shelf board 21 located on the lower side is moved to the frontmost side is positioned on the upper side of the shelf board 21. It is configured to be positioned forward of the front end of the shelf board 21 when the shelf board 21 is moved to the frontmost side.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, since the lengths of the shelf boards 21 in the front-rear direction are all the same, this can be achieved by shifting the initial set position (storage position). More specifically, the uppermost shelf board 21 is set so as to be positioned at the rearmost, and the lower shelves are set so as to be positioned more forward. By adopting such a structure, it is possible to pull out the lower shelf more forward, and to suppress the contact with the shelf board 21 in the upper shelf when the electronic device 9 such as a tablet terminal is put in and taken out. As shown in FIG. 4, when the lower shelf 21 is pulled out, the rear end of the electronic device storage section 50 of the pulled out shelf 21 is aligned with the front end of the upper shelf 21 in the retracted position. It is preferable to be able to move so as to be positioned further forward. In FIG. 4, the rear end of the electronic equipment storage section 50 of the shelf board 21 pulled out is indicated by a broken line, and the front end of the upper shelf board 21 in the retracted position is indicated by a dashed line.

By the way, in the cabinet 1 of the embodiment, a wiring space 61 for passing cables is secured in the rear part of the cabinet 1 . More specifically, the wiring space 61 is arranged in parallel with the wiring housing portion 30 behind the electronic device housing portion 50, and the wiring housing portion 30 is positioned on one side plate 12a (or 12b) of the left and right side plates 12a and 12b. The wiring space 61 is arranged closer to the other side plate 12b (or 12a) of the left and right side plates 12a and 12b than the wiring housing portion 30 is. Therefore, the extra length of the cable can be accommodated in the wiring space 61 considering the sliding distance of the shelf plate 21, and it is possible to suppress the cable from being caught in the sliding portion during sliding. In the example shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the wiring housing portion 30 is arranged closer to the left side plate 12b, and the wiring space 61 is provided on the right side plate 12a.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the outlet bar 24 is attached to the right side plate 12a. The other end of the cable, one end of which is connected to the charging holder 51 , can be extended from the right end of the wiring housing 30 and connected to the outlet bar 24 . At this time, the extra length part is accommodated in the wiring space 61 considering the sliding distance of the shelf board 21 . In addition, since the wiring space 61 is provided adjacent to the outlet bar 24, the wiring space 61 serves as a work space, and the work of inserting into the outlet bar 24 is facilitated.

The wiring space 61 of the embodiment extends in the height direction of the cabinet 1, and the excess length of the cable required according to the sliding distance of the shelf plate 21 can be accommodated in the wiring space 61. It is possible to prevent the cable from being caught in the moving portion 23 . Note that the wiring space 61 of the embodiment is located on the rear side of the shelf board 21 when the shelf board 21 is positioned at the rearmost position. Further, the wiring space 61 is provided so as to extend continuously in the vertical direction from the height of the uppermost shelf board 21 to the height of the lowermost shelf board 21 . Even a cable pulled out from the wiring space 61 can be passed through.

By the way, in order to supply electricity to the cabinet 1 from the outside, it is conceivable to provide the cabinet 1 with an outlet cable through-hole 25 . In this way, the power is supplied to the inside of the cabinet 1 by inserting the outlet cable of the outlet bar 24 through the outlet cable through-hole 25, extending it to the outside of the cabinet 1, and inserting it into the outlet outside the cabinet 1. be able to.

It is preferable that the outlet cable through-hole 25 is provided in one or both of the left and right side plates 12a and 12b. In this way, unlike the case where the outlet cable through-hole 25 is attached to the back plate 15, there is no need to worry about the cable when attaching or detaching the back plate 15. - 特許庁Moreover, it can be made preferable also in terms of appearance. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the left and right side plates 12a and 12b are provided with outlet cable insertion holes 25. In the example shown in FIG.

Cable hooks 26 are preferably provided outside the left and right side plates 12a and 12b. By winding the stretched outlet cable around the outside of the cabinet 1, it is possible to prevent the outlet cable from becoming an obstacle when the cabinet 1 is moved.

The arrangement of the outlet bar 24 is not limited to the left and right side plates 12a and 12b. For example, it may be provided inside the wiring housing portion 30 or on the rear wall 31 of the wiring housing portion 30 . In that case, the extra length of the outlet cable may be accommodated in the wiring space 61 and passed through the outlet cable through-hole 25 to the outside of the cabinet 1 .

Here, a setting procedure example for enabling charging of the electronic device 9 using the cabinet 1 will be described. First, it is necessary to supply electricity to the plurality of charging holders 51 installed on the shelf plate 21 . Therefore, the rear plate 15 of the cabinet 1 is removed, and one end of the cable for charging is inserted through the insertion hole 33 of the wiring housing portion 30 and inserted into the charging holder 51 . The other end of this cable is extended from the end of the wiring housing portion 30 and inserted into the outlet bar 24 . At this time, the extra length part considering the sliding range of the shelf board 21 is accommodated in the wiring space 61. - 特許庁In addition, when there is a surplus cable, the cable is also stored in the wiring storage section 30. - 特許庁

Since the electronic equipment 9 is stored in the cabinet 1 during charging, when using the electronic equipment 9, the front door 14 is opened and the shelf plate 21 is slid forward to take out the electronic equipment 9. - 特許庁After using the electronic device 9, the electronic device 9 is connected to the charging holder 51 and the front door 14 is closed.

By the way, the cabinet 1 is not limited to a form in which the electronic device 9 is charged using the charging holder 51 . For example, as shown in FIG. 7 , the shelf 21 may be provided with a plurality of partitions 27 , and the electronic device 9 such as a tablet terminal may be stored between the partitions 27 . In this case, if the cable for charging is routed between the partition plates 27, it is possible to prevent the cable from getting entangled. Note that if the partition plate 27 is a partition plate 27 compatible with wireless power supply, charging can be performed simply by housing the tablet terminal between the partition plates 27 .

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 regulating portion need not be limited to the partition wall, and may have any structure as long as the excess cables can be held in the wiring housing portion. For example, a plurality of protruding members may be provided instead of the partition wall, in which case the cable can be inserted between the protruding members. Alternatively, the cable may be held in the wiring housing portion by holding it with a hook-and-loop fastener.

1 Cabinet 9 Electronic Device 12 Side Plate 21 Shelf 30 Wiring Storage Unit 61 Wiring Space

Claims (3)

Equipped with a shelf board with an electronic device storage section that can store multiple electronic devices side by side, and a wiring storage section that can store cables used to charge the electronic devices inside , and when the shelf board slides A cabinet for storing electronic equipment in which a wiring storing portion movable together with the electronic device storing portion is provided behind the electronic device storing portion,
The length of the wiring housing portion in the left-right direction is shorter than the length of the electronic equipment housing portion in the left-right direction,
Behind the electronic equipment storage part, the wiring space is arranged in parallel with the wiring storage part in the left-right direction, the wiring storage part is arranged closer to one of the left and right side plates, and the wiring space is located closer to the wiring storage part. A cabinet for storing electronic equipment arranged on the side of the other side plate of the left and right side plates . 2. A cabinet for storing electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein the wire storing portion is provided with a restricting portion for holding the cable. A plurality of shelf boards are provided, and the front end of the shelf board when the shelf board located on the lower side is moved to the frontmost side is the shelf board when the shelf board located on the upper side of the shelf board is moved to the frontmost side. 3. The cabinet for storing electronic equipment according to claim 1 or 2, configured to be located in front of the front end of the electronic equipment storage cabinet.

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