JPH05123226A - Containing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the containing unit which can be used for containing an AV apparatus and as a decorative shelf, and also, capable of wiring of the AV apparatus without spoiling the beauty, and moreover, can exhaust easily heat generated from the AV apparatus. CONSTITUTION:The containing unit consists of an apparatus containing part 1 for containing an AV apparatus B, and an exhibiting/containing part 2 which is provided on the apparatus containing part 1, and also, in which a loudspeaker S, etc., are arranged, and moreover, an article is contained in an exhibited state. The exhibiting/containing part 2 consists of a shelf plate 12 for exhibiting the article and a back plate 15 for covering its back side. The back plate 15 is formed to a double structure having a hollow part 16, and also, the hollow part 16 is allowed to communicate with a space part of the apparatus containing part 1. Also, in this space part 1, wiring 20 to the loudspeaker S is executed, and also, heat of the AV apparatus B is exhausted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage unit capable of storing audiovisual equipment (AV equipment) and also storing articles such as paintings, figurines, vases and the like in an exhibited state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the functions of a living / dining room (LD room) in a house are meals, cafes, conversations, receptions, etc., but in recent years, VTRs, CD / LD players, video games, large screen televisions, etc. With the spread of audio-visual (AV) devices and software, it is becoming common to use the LD room as a place for home entertainment, such as a home theater.

As home entertainment, there is a demand for expansion of leisure time, and as free time increases, the idea of not only relaxing alone but actively trying to communicate with people is spreading. In this way of thinking, the home party is being revisited as one method of home entertainment. Therefore, the LD room is also required to function as a venue for home parties.

In consideration of the usage of the LD room as described above, one of the functions required of the storage unit in the LD room is not only to store an object,
That is, it is possible to install an increasing number of AV devices at home, that is, to store them in a usable state. Another function required for the storage unit in the LD room is
It is a function as a display shelf in a gallery to create an LD room used as a place for relaxation or as a venue for home parties. That is, flowers, ornamental plants, paintings,
It is to provide a space for storing not only pottery and the like but also articles for presenting the atmosphere of a room in an exhibited state.

Conventionally, for example, there has been a storage unit provided with an audio rack for storing AV equipment and a display shelf for keeping a vase etc., but with a function of functionally storing AV equipment in a usable state, There is no suitable storage unit having both a function as a display shelf for producing a room and a function as a normal storage unit, and a storage unit having the above functions has been demanded.

[0006]

By the way, when the AV equipment is stored in a usable state, the problems are the wiring and the heat treatment. AV equipment includes an increasing number of types of recording media such as video tapes, audio tapes, digital audio tapes, laser disks, and compact disks, an increase in broadcasting media such as terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, and cable broadcasting, and video games. With the spread of, the types of software playback devices and reception devices are increasing. Therefore, even in a general home, many AV devices are often provided,
The problem is how to handle the power supply wiring of each AV device and the connection wiring that connects the playback device, the receiving device, and the game machine to the selector, the amplifier, and the display.

[0007] In a general shelf, it is impossible to handle many wirings so as not to spoil the appearance, that is, to prevent the wirings from being exposed too much. Further, the audio rack has a hole on the back side for wiring on the back side of the audio rack. However, using the audio rack as a display shelf is aesthetically problematic. Since there is a hole on the back surface of the rack, it is not possible to prevent dust from entering the rack, which is a problem from the viewpoint of maintaining AV equipment. There is a problem that it is difficult to hide the wiring to the speaker unit, which is often installed at a position away from other audio equipment, even if an audio rack is used.

The heat generated from the audio equipment such as the amplifier can be discharged from the audio rack because there is a hole on the back side as described above, but there is a problem with the dust and the like. .. And, in a general shelf, the heat of the audio device may be trapped.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances. An object of the present invention is to store AV equipment and use it as a display shelf, and to wire the AV equipment without spoiling its appearance. In addition to the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a storage unit capable of easily exhausting heat generated from AV equipment.

[0010]

A storage unit according to the present invention comprises a box-shaped device storage portion for storing audiovisual equipment, a device provided on the device storage portion, a speaker and the like, and an article. And a display storage unit for storing the display unit in a state of being displayed. The device storage unit has a shelf plate provided therein, and the shelf plate is vertically penetrated on the rear side of the device storage unit. A space portion is formed, and the exhibition storage portion includes a shelf board for displaying articles and a back board covering the back side thereof, and the back board is formed in a double structure having a hollow portion. It is preferable that the hollow portion of the back plate is communicated with the space portion of the device storage portion, and that an opening communicating with the hollow portion is provided on the back side of the speaker of the back plate and on the upper portion of the back plate. It was used as a solution to the problem.

[0011]

According to the above structure, the wiring of the AV equipment can be performed in the space of the equipment housing. Wiring from the AV equipment housed in the equipment housing to the speaker arranged in the exhibition housing can be performed through the hollow portion of the back plate of the exhibition housing. Further, since the space of the device storage section and the hollow section of the back plate of the display storage section communicate with each other, an ascending air current is generated in the hollow section due to the exhaust heat of the AV equipment in the space section. , Efficient exhaust heat of AV equipment,
It can be discharged from the opening in the upper part of the back plate. Further, the ascending airflow prevents dust from accumulating in the hollow portion.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the storage unit A according to the present invention, in which the storage unit A of the present embodiment is shown.
As shown in FIG. 1, a device storage unit 1 for storing an AV device B (shown in FIGS. 2 and 4), and the device storage unit 1
An exhibition storage unit 2 which is provided on top of the display unit 2 and has speakers S ...
The storage unit 3 is provided on the display storage unit 2 and is configured mainly with a storage unit 3 that simply stores an article.

The device housing 1 is shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4.
As shown in FIG. 2, a base 4 installed on the floor, a rectangular bottom plate 5 mounted on the base, side plates (not shown) provided upright at both left and right ends of the bottom plate 5, and An upper plate 6 laid over the side plate, and a back plate 7 for covering the back side of the device storage unit 1.
, And a door 8 provided on the front surface of the device storage unit 1 to form a horizontally long rectangular box when viewed from the front.

The device housing 1 is divided into three parts in the horizontal direction by a partition wall (not shown) provided upright inside the device housing part 1. A door 8 is provided. Further, the partition wall is provided so as to extend toward the door 8 from a position away from the back plate 7 inside the equipment storage portion, and the rear side of the equipment storage portion divided into three parts is in communication with one another. It is the space portion 9 of.
As shown in FIG. 4, the door 8 can be opened and closed vertically with its lower end pivotally supported.

A shelf board 10 is provided inside the equipment storage unit 1.
Are joined horizontally to the partition walls or side plates and are arranged horizontally. The shelf board 10 is provided so as to extend toward the door 8 side from a position away from the back board 7 of the device storage section 1 so that the space section 9 is not vertically divided by the shelf board 10. Is becoming That is, the space portion 9 is formed in a state of penetrating the partition wall and the shelf plate 10 vertically and horizontally. Further, on the rear side of the upper plate 6, a slit 11 communicating with the space 9 is formed along the length direction of the equipment housing 1. The back plate 7 is supported with its upper and lower ends fitted in grooves formed in the bottom plate 5 and the upper plate 6.

In the display storage unit 2, a plurality of horizontally long shelf plates 12 arranged horizontally and a vertically long support plates 13 arranged vertically are assembled in a lattice shape. It is a shelved shelf. In addition, as shown in FIG.
Has a notch 14 in which the upper part of the center of the device storage 1 is cut out in a square shape, and the television T is placed on the upper plate 6 of the device storage 1 in this notch 14. It is supposed to be installed.

On the back side of the display storage section 2, the cutout section 1 is provided.
Except for 4, the structure is covered by the back plate 15. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the back plate 15 is a back plate 1
5a and a front plate 15b are double-structured, and a hollow portion 16 is formed between the back plate 15a and the front plate 15b. Further, the front plates 15b ... Are rectangular plates as shown in FIG. The front plates 15b ... Are arranged in each lattice formed by the shelf plates 12 ... And the support plates 13 ...
It is formed shorter than the interval between them. Also, the front plate 15
The upper and lower ends of b are fitted in the grooves provided in the shelves 12, and are supported by the shelves 12. And the front plate 15
A gap 15 which is an opening communicating with the hollow portion 16 is provided on the left and right sides of b.
c ... Is formed.

The back plate 15a is a rectangular plate, and is arranged in each lattice formed by the shelf plates 12 ... And the support plate 13 like the front plate 15b. Each back plate 15a is supported by the shelf plate 12 and the support plate 13 in a state where the upper and lower ends and the left and right ends are fitted into the grooves provided in the shelf plate 12 and the support plate 13. The hollow portion 16 is provided for each lattice, but the shelf plate 12 ... rear part and the support plate 13 ... through hole 17 provided in the rear part (see FIG. 3 shows one through hole). (Only shown) communicates with the adjacent hollow portions 16 in the vertical and horizontal directions to form an integral hollow portion 16. And back plate 1
The lower end of 5 is arranged on the slit 11 of the upper plate 6 of the equipment storage unit 1. The hollow portion 16 of the back plate 15 and the space portion 9 of the device housing portion 1 are in communication with each other via the slit 11. The storage unit 3 is a box body formed on the display storage unit 2 with a width and thickness substantially similar to the display storage unit 2, and a sliding door 18 is provided on the front surface thereof.

Next, a method of installing the AV equipment B in the storage unit will be described. First, the receiving device, the playback device,
AV equipment B (only one is shown in FIGS. 2 and 4) such as an amplifier and a selector is housed in the equipment housing 1. The wiring 20 between the AV devices B is connected to the space 9 on the rear side of the device storage unit 1. At this time, since the space 9 is provided in a state of penetrating the partition wall and the shelf board 10 vertically and horizontally, it is mounted on the shelf board 10 and AV equipment (not shown) mounted on the bottom board 5. The installed AV device B can be connected by the wiring 20 ... And can be wired from anywhere inside the device housing 1 divided into three parts. Therefore, the AV devices B are connected to each other in the space in the rear part of the device housing 1, so that the wiring 20 can be easily connected and the back plate 7 of the device housing 1 has no hole. So it doesn't become dust.

Next, the speakers S ... Are arranged at an appropriate position in the exhibition storage unit 2. Then, the wiring 20 for output from the amplifier (AV device B) to the speaker S is inserted from the slit 11 of the upper plate 6 of the device housing 1 into the hollow portion 16 of the back plate 15 of the exhibition housing 2, A gap 15 on either side of the front plate 15b at the position where the speakers S ... Are arranged from the hollow portion 16.
Connect from c to speaker S. Therefore, the speaker S
The wiring 20 between the AV device B and the AV device B is the front plate 15 of the exhibition storage unit 2.
It will be hidden on the back side of b. Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the connection between the TV T and the reproducing apparatus (AV device B) is made from the space 9 of the device housing 1 to the TV T side through the slit 11 of the upper plate 6.

Next, a method of using the exhibition storage unit 2 and the storage unit 3 will be described. The display storage unit 2 can be used as a display shelf, and shelves 12 for ornaments, pottery, vases, etc.
By placing it on the top, it is possible to produce the decoration of the room. Further, software for AV equipment, such as a jacket containing a CD or a laser disk, may be stored on the shelves 12 ... The storage part 3 can be used as a normal storage space.

Next, the flow of waste heat of the AV equipment B will be described. The hot air exhausted from the AV equipment B flows from the slit 11 of the equipment housing 1 into the hollow portion 16 of the back plate 15 of the exhibition housing 2. Then, an ascending airflow is generated in the hollow portion 16, and heat is exhausted to the outside of the hollow portion 16 from the gaps 15c on both the left and right sides of the front plate 15b. Further, as the upward airflow is generated in the hollow portion 16, the hot air in the equipment housing portion 1 is sucked into the hollow portion 16 side, and the exhaust heat of the AV equipment B in the equipment housing portion 1 is efficiently discharged. Will be. Also, the heat exhausted from the TV T on the device storage section 1 enters the hollow section 16 from the side edge of the back plate 15 which is cut out at the TV T section, and the device storage section 1
It will be exhausted in the same way as the internal exhaust heat, and heat will not be trapped.

As described above, according to the storage unit A of this embodiment, it has a storage function for the AV device B and a function as a display shelf, and the wiring of the AV device B can be performed without spoiling the appearance. Wiring 20 to the speakers s can be performed through the hollow portion 16 of the back plate 15 of the exhibition storage unit 2,
The wiring 20 of the speaker S ... Can be completely hidden.

Further, since the back plate 7 of the equipment housing portion 1 is not provided with a hole opening to the back side, the AV equipment B can be protected from dust. Further, the heat generated from the AV device B can be efficiently discharged to the outside from the slits 15c of the front plate 15b of the upper part of the back plate 16 by the upward airflow generated in the hollow portion 16 of the back plate 15. Further, it is possible to prevent dust from accumulating in the hollow portion 16 due to the rising air flow.

The storage unit A of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the specific constitutional requirements such as the shape, size, material, etc. of each member can be appropriately changed in practice. For example, the cutout portion 14 of the exhibition storage unit 2 in which the television T is installed may be made to correspond to the window on the wall so that the window can be seen from the cutout portion 14 of the display storage unit 2. Further, the shelf portion of the exhibition storage unit 2 may not have a grid shape, and the support plate 13 may not be provided and only the horizontal shelf plate 12 may be configured. Further, the storage unit 3 may not be provided on the exhibition storage unit 2. In addition, a storage space with a door having substantially the same height as the display storage unit 2 may be provided on both sides or one side of the display storage unit 2.

[0026]

As described in detail above, according to the storage unit of the present invention, it has a storage function for an AV device and a function as a display shelf, and the wiring of the AV device can be performed without spoiling the appearance. In particular, the wiring to the speaker can be performed through the hollow portion of the back plate of the exhibition storage, and the wiring of the speaker can be completely hidden. In addition, since the back plate of the equipment storage portion is not provided with a hole opening to the back side,
V equipment can be protected from dust.

Further, the heat generated from the AV equipment can be efficiently discharged to the outside from the upper opening of the back plate by the ascending air current generated in the hollow portion of the back plate. Further, it is possible to prevent dust from accumulating in the hollow portion due to the rising air flow.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a storage unit of the above embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of an exhibition storage unit of the storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view of a television installation portion of a device storage portion of the storage unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

A storage unit B AV equipment (audio-visual equipment) 1 Equipment storage 2 Exhibition storage 9 Space 10 Shelf of equipment storage 12 Shelf of exhibition storage 15 Back of exhibition storage 15a Back plate 15a Back plate 15b Back plate of back plate 15c Gap between left and right of front plate (opening of back plate on speaker back side and upper part of back plate) 16 Hollow part of back plate

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped device storage unit for storing audiovisual devices, and an exhibition storage unit provided on the device storage unit, for disposing speakers and the like, and for storing articles in an exhibited state. In the storage unit, the device storage section has a shelf plate provided therein, and a space part vertically penetrating the shelf plate is formed on a rear side of the device storage section. The storage unit includes a shelf plate for displaying articles and a back plate covering the back side thereof, the back plate is formed in a double structure having a hollow portion, and the hollow portion of the back plate is A storage unit communicating with a space of a device storage, and having openings that communicate with the hollow portion are provided on a back side of the speaker on the back plate and an upper portion of the back plate.