JPH019178Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cabinet device for, for example, a television receiver, and is an object of the present invention to provide a cabinet device that can be easily assembled and has sufficient strength.

FIG. 1 shows a television receiver. In this case, the housing portion of the television receiver shown in the figure consists of a front cabinet 1 and an upper cabinet 2 made of synthetic resin.
and a lower cabinet 3.

Here, when fixing the lower cabinet 3 to the front cabinet 1, the conventional method is to use screws, or to provide an elastic locking piece integrally on one side of the cabinet, and use this locking piece to attach it to the other cabinet. A method of combining was used. Although the former method using screws provides sufficient mounting strength, it has the disadvantage of requiring more man-hours, while the latter method improves workability but does not provide sufficient strength, which is a disadvantage contrary to the former method. It was hot.

Figure 2 shows the former method, in which a plurality of mounting bosses 4 are provided on the front cabinet 1, and the bosses 4 are
Fix the lower cabinet 3 with screws 5. On the other hand, FIGS. 3a and 3b show the latter method, in which an elastic locking piece 6 is provided integrally with the lower cabinet 3, and a locking hole 7 is provided in the front cabinet 1.
is provided, and the locking piece 6 is inserted into and engaged with the locking hole 7 to connect both the cabinets 1 and 3.

However, as mentioned above, in the former case, this method has the drawback that it requires a lot of man-hours, and in the latter method, it is necessary to mold the locking piece 6 so that it is bent, so on the contrary, the mounting strength is insufficient. The disadvantage is that there are many cases where

In view of the above points, the present invention provides a cabinet device that requires less man-hours and has sufficient strength. An example of this will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 to 9.

In FIG. 4, the front cabinet 1 has projections 10 and 1 on the inner surfaces of a pair of side plates 1a and 1b, respectively.
1 is integrally provided, and a locking hole 1 is provided in the bottom plate portion 1c.
2 and 13 are provided. On the other hand, lower cabinet 3
As shown in the figure, the front and top surfaces are open, and the projections 1 are provided on the pair of side plate portions 3a and 3b.
0 and 11 are provided respectively, and the locking holes 12 and 1 are provided in the bottom plate portion 3c.
3 are provided. Here, the entire lower cabinet 3 has elasticity, and the pair of side plate portions 3a and 3b bend in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. The present invention utilizes the entire deflection of the side plate parts 3a, 3b to connect the holes 14, 15 of the side plate parts 3a, 3b and the front cabinet 1.
This is for fitting with the protrusions 10 and 11 of.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, a part of the outer surface of the bottom plate part 3c of the lower cabinet 3 is brought into contact with the bottom plate part 1c of the front cabinet 1, and the lower cabinet 3 is rotated in the direction of the arrow using this contact point as a fulcrum. At the same time, the locking pieces 16 and 17 are engaged with the locking holes 12 and 13, and the protrusions 10 and 11 are fitted into the holes 14 and 13.
15. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the tips of the side plates 3a, 3b of the lower cabinet 3 are bent inward to be positioned inside the front cabinet 1, and the protrusions 10, 11 are aligned with the holes 14, 15. After that, by releasing the pressure applied to the side plate parts 3a, 3b in this state, the side plate parts 3a, 3b return to their original state due to their own elasticity, and the holes 14, 15
The protrusions 10 and 11 will fit into each other. Of course, at this time, the locking pieces 1 are also attached to the locking holes 12 and 13.
6 and 17 enter. The completed state of this assembly is shown in FIGS. 6 and 8. Therefore, according to this configuration, local bending around the holes 14 and 15 is not required at all.

In order to completely fix the lower cabinet 3 to the front cabinet 1, it is necessary to completely stop the further inward movement (deflection) of the side plates 3a and 3b in the fitted state shown in FIG. Although it is necessary,
For this purpose, for example, when the upper cabinet 2 in FIG. 1 is connected to the front and lower cabinets 1 and 3 after the above-mentioned operation, the ribs 18a and 18 provided on the upper cabinet 2, as shown in FIG.
b, the side plates 3a and 3b of the lower cabinet 3 may be pressed against the side plates 1a and 1b of the front cabinet 1.

In this way, according to this configuration, the lower cabinet 3
Since the projections 10, 11 and the holes 14, 15 are fitted by utilizing the entire deflection of the side plate parts 3a, 3b, both the lower cabinet 3 itself and the installation strength are sufficient, and of course the installation work is easy. This can also be done easily. In the above embodiment, a television receiver was used as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other electronic devices.
The present invention is applicable not only to the connection between the lower cabinet 3 and the lower cabinet 3, but also to the connection between other cabinets.

As explained above, according to the present invention, a hole is provided in the side plate portion of the first cabinet, and the fitting between the hole and the protrusion provided in the second cabinet is achieved by utilizing the deflection of the entire side plate portion. Therefore, there is no need for any local bending around the hole, and thus the strength of the cabinet itself and the mounting strength can be both sufficient. The first cabinet connected to the second cabinet has an open front and top surface, and its opposing side plates are flexible, that is, it has a U-shaped cross section. Since the deflection of the side plate of the cabinet is utilized, when the protrusion provided on the inner surface of the side plate of the second cabinet is fitted into the hole provided on the side plate of the first cabinet, the bottom plate of the first cabinet The provided locking piece can be locked in the locking hole provided in the bottom plate of the second cabinet, and the installation work can be easily performed. Moreover, the third cabinet is connected so as to close the opening in the top surface of the combined body of the first and second cabinets.
Since the cabinet has ribs on its pair of side plates that contact the inner surface of the side plate of the first cabinet, the ribs connect the side plate of the first cabinet with the side plate of the second cabinet. The fitting portion between the first and second cabinets can be reinforced.
As a whole, the strength of the assembly consisting of the first, second and third cabinets can be increased.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a television receiver to which the present invention is applied; FIGS. 2 and 3 are sectional views showing a conventional method of connecting a front cabinet and a lower cabinet;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a cabinet device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figs. 5 and 7 are sectional views for explaining the coupling process of the present invention, and Figs. 9 is a cross-sectional view to explain the characteristics of the lower cabinet, and Figures 10a and b are perspective views and cross-sections of essential parts to explain the assembly configuration of the upper, lower and front cabinets. It is a diagram. 1...Front cabinet, 3...Lower cabinet, 1a, 1b, 3a, 3b...Side plate portion, 10,
11... Protrusion, 12, 13... Locking hole, 14,
15...hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A hole is provided in each end of the side plate portion of the first cabinet, which has an open front face and a top face, and the opposing side plate portions are flexible;
Protrusions that fit into the respective holes are provided on the inner surfaces of a pair of side plates of a second cabinet that is coupled to the first cabinet, and the tip of the first cabinet is moved by utilizing the deflection of the side plates. The protrusions and the holes are fitted into each other by utilizing the resilient property of the side plate of the first cabinet, and each locking member is provided on the bottom plate of the second cabinet. The locking pieces provided on the bottom plate of the first cabinet are locked in the holes, and the first cabinet and the second cabinet are connected to each other so as to close the opening in the top surface of the combined body. Ribs are provided on each of the pair of side plates of the cabinet No. 3, and the ribs are brought into contact with the inner surface of the side plate of the first cabinet, so that the side plate of the first cabinet is connected to the side plate of the second cabinet. A cabinet device that is pressed against the