JPH0515038A - Floor wiring method for cable, etc., and floor material for wiring - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To see that a cable or the like can be wired without removing a carpet, a cover, etc., being laid in case of wiring a cable or the like in the space under a floor. CONSTITUTION:This comprises a main body 10 for wiring, which is equipped with a wiring pit 11 being opened up and having a cable or the like wired therein, and a cover 20, which is provided with a longitudinally continuous guide rail 21 for guiding, while holding, a shuttle shifting in the wiring pit 11 to pull in the cable or the like. The shuttle, which is equipped with a rope having rigidity capable of being pushed in the guide rail by itself, is sent in from the starting point, and at the end point, a cable or the like is coupled to the shuttle and the rope is pulled to pull back the shuttle to the starting point, thus the cable or the like is wired between the starting point and the end point.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floor wiring method for wiring a cable such as a communication line or a power line on a floor on which equipment such as a computer is placed, and a wiring floor used in the floor wiring method. It concerns materials.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a place where a large number of cables are routed in a computer room or the like, a large number of wiring floor materials having predetermined wiring pits opened upward for inserting cables are laid on the floor surface. First, after wiring a cable in the wiring pit, the wiring pit is covered with a lid, and a finishing material such as a carpet is placed on the lid to perform wiring.

[0003]

However, in such a floor wiring method, when a cable is wired to add a terminal such as a computer or a telephone, the equipment is moved over the entire wiring area and the carpet and the lid are covered. It was very troublesome to remove the wiring and open the wiring pit. Alternatively, in the case of newly creating a place where a large number of cables are wired in a computer room or the like, it is generally done by an interior contractor to lay a wiring flooring material and a computer manufacturer or an electrician to wire the cables. ing. For this reason, once the interior contractor finishes laying the wiring flooring material, the computer manufacturer or electrician will perform the wiring next, so the carpet and lid that have been laid in corners must be removed again over the entire wiring route. It was inconvenient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a floor wiring method and a floor wiring method in which a cable can be wired without removing a carpet or a lid. It is to provide a wiring floor material used in the method.

[0005]

The means adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems will be described with reference to the reference numerals attached to the drawings. A guide rail 21 for guiding while holding a shuttle 31 for pulling in the cable C and the like is provided, and while holding the shuttle 31 provided with a rope 32 having rigidity that can be pushed by itself on the guide rail 21,
A floor wiring method, wherein a cable C or the like is drawn into the wiring space by moving a shuttle 31 along the guide rail 21 into the wiring space. Is the content.

[0006] Next, the invention according to claim 2 is "a wiring floor main body 10 provided with a wiring pit 11 in which a cable C or the like is wired inside at an upper opening, and laid on a floor surface F, and the wiring floor body 10. The shuttle 3 for covering the wiring pit 11 of the floor body 10 and for pulling the cable C and the like into the wiring pit 11.
A lid 20 in which a guide rail 21 for guiding while holding 1 is continuously provided in the longitudinal direction on the surface facing the wiring pit 11.
A wiring flooring material 1 comprising: Is the content.

The invention according to claim 3 is directed to "a lid for covering the wiring pits 11 opened on the upper surface of the wiring floor material 1 or the upper opening pits 15 formed between the wiring floor materials 1. In the body 20, a guide rail 21 that guides while holding a shuttle 31 that moves in the wiring pit 11 or the upper opening pit 15 and holds the cable C or the like faces the wiring pit 11 or the upper opening pit 15. The lid 20 is characterized in that it is provided continuously on the surface in the longitudinal direction. "

[0008]

According to the invention described in claim 1, the cable C and the like are routed in the wiring space without opening the upper side by the shuttle 31 which is held in the guide rail 21 and moves in the wiring space. To be done.

Next, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the shuttle 3 is held while being held by the guide rails 21 continuously provided in the longitudinal direction on the surface of the lid body 20 facing the wiring pit 11.
Since 1 can move in the wiring pit 11, the cable C and the like can be wired in the wiring pit 11 without opening the lid 20 by connecting the cable C and the like to the shuttle 31 and retracting it.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, by covering the wiring body pit 11 or the upper opening pit 15 with the lid body 20, the surface of the lid body 20 facing the wiring pit 11 or the upper opening pit 15. By holding and moving the shuttle 31 on the guide rail 21 continuously provided in the longitudinal direction, the cable C or the like can be wired in the wiring pit 11 or the upper opening pit 15 without opening the lid 20. .

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention described in claim 1 will be described below with reference to FIG.
The wiring floor material 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 1 shows a wiring floor main body 10 in the wiring floor material 1, which is provided with a wiring pit 11 in which a cable C and the like are wired inside at an upper opening. As shown in FIG. 3, the wiring floor main body 10 is laid on the floor F so that the wiring pits 11 communicate with each other. When wiring the cables C and the like from the distribution board, first, wiring to the predetermined wiring pit 11 may be performed through the main duct.

Then, as shown in FIG.
Shuttle 3 for moving inside and pulling in cable C etc.
The lid body 20 in which guide rails 21 for guiding while holding 1 are continuously provided in the longitudinal direction is covered with the wiring pits 11 so that the guide rails 21 face the wiring pits 11. The lid 20 has a width slightly larger than the opening width of the wiring pit 11, and is placed in the mounting grooves 12 provided at both ends of the opening of the wiring pit 11 for wiring as shown in FIG. The floor material 1 is covered so as to have a uniform surface. The shape of the guide rail 21 is not particularly limited as long as it has a function of guiding while holding the shuttle 31 other than the shape shown in the embodiment.

The lid 20 is covered so that the guide rails 21 of the adjacent lids 20 communicate with each other, but the guide rails 21 need to be reliably communicated with each other to guide the shuttle 31. Yes, the connection structure 2 as shown in FIG.
Equipped with 3. The connecting structure 23 is not limited to the one shown in the embodiment and is not particularly limited as long as it has a function for surely communicating the guide rails 21 with each other.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, a shuttle 31 having a rope 32 having rigidity that can be pushed in by itself is fed from the starting point while being held by the guide rail 21 as shown in FIG. The start point and the end point described later are not limited to the beginning and end of the wiring route of the cable C, but also mean one point between the wiring routes. This is because, for example, when the wiring route is long or bends in the middle, the cable C or the like may be once wired up to the middle of the wiring route and may be continuously wired. Shuttle 3
1 is not limited to the one shown in the embodiment, but is adapted to the shape of the guide rail 21, and the guide rail 2
It may be any one as long as it has a function of being held by 1 and being guided.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the cable C and the like are connected to the shuttle 31 at the end point. As a connecting method, the connecting rope 35 is tied to the cable C or the like, and the other end is tied to the connecting hole 34 of the extending member 33 provided in the shuttle 31 or the connecting hole 34 provided in the main body of the shuttle 31 to be connected. The connection rope 35 may be used instead of the connection rope 35.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the rope 32 is pulled and the shuttle 31 is pulled back to the starting point to pull in the cable C and the like. As a result, the cable C and the like are wired between the start point and the end point. After wiring, the shuttle 31 is separated from the cable C and the like.

The wiring space under the floor in the floor wiring method according to claim 1 is, as in the wiring floor material 1 shown in FIG.
The wiring floor material 1 is not limited to the one formed by the upper opening wiring pit 11, and is, for example, a wiring floor material 1 including a floor panel 13 and legs 14 as shown in FIG. May be formed. Further, the wiring space here includes a space formed by the upper opening pits 15 formed between the wiring floor materials 1 by laying the wiring floor materials 1 at a predetermined interval. There is.

The wiring flooring 1 shown in FIG. 11 is formed by extrusion molding a resin or a metal such as aluminum, and has a cross section in which wiring pits 11 with upper openings and wiring pits 11 with lower openings are alternately formed. It has a square wave shape. A lid 20 is covered on the upper opening pit 15 formed between the wiring floor members 1 shown in FIG. 11, and the guide rail 21 is attached to the lid 20.
Is provided, and wiring is performed using the guide rail 21.

An embodiment of the shuttle 31 and the rope 32 is shown in FIGS. The shuttle 31 is held and guided by the guide rail 21, and conforms to the shape of the guide rail 21. Shuttle 31
It is used to connect the cable C etc.,
An extension member 33 having a connecting hole 34 below the shuttle 31
Is provided. In this case, the connecting rope 35 is inserted into the connecting hole 34 to connect the cable C and the like to the connecting rope 35. The structure for connecting the cables C and the like is not limited to the case where the connecting rope 35 is used. Further, the structure is not limited to the structure in which the extension member 33 is provided on the shuttle C, and the structure may be such that the shuttle 31 itself is provided with the connection hole 34 for connecting the connection rope 35.

The rope 32 is connected to the shuttle 31 and has a rigidity such that it can be pushed into the guide rail 21 by itself, and a breaking strength capable of withstanding the tension applied when the cable C or the like is pulled in. Things are good. As the rope 32, for example, a steel wire or a plurality of steel wires braided, a rod-shaped extruded synthetic resin, a tightly twisted synthetic resin fiber, F
For example, there are ropes formed by R and P.

Since the shuttle 31 and the rope 32 both reciprocate in the guide rail 21, it is desirable that they are lightweight. In addition, the shuttle 31 and the rope 32 are the rope 3
The shuttle 31 may be integrally formed at the tip of the second end, or the shuttle 31 and the rope 32, which are separately formed, may be connected to each other.

Next, the wiring floor material 1 according to claim 2 will be described in detail based on an embodiment. First, the wiring floor body 10 shown in FIG. 1 is a square wiring floor body 10 made of polyethylene and having a side of 1000 mm, and is laid on the floor surface F in large numbers. Four wiring pits 11 each having a U-shaped cross section and an opening width of about 50 mm are formed vertically at intervals of 250 mm in the wiring floor body 10. Mounting grooves 12 are provided at both ends of the opening of the wiring pit 11 so as to form a uniform surface in a state where the lid 20 is covered. The opening widths and intervals of the wiring pits 11 are not particularly limited to those shown in the embodiment, and the material of the wiring floor main body 1 has a predetermined strength in addition to those shown in the embodiment. If

Next, the lid body 20 shown in FIG. 2 is made to have a length equal to the width of the wiring floor material 1 by extrusion molding or pressing of metal or synthetic resin. Is 1000 mm, but may be longer or shorter than the width of the flooring. The lid body 20 is provided with a guide rail 21 continuously on the surface facing the wiring pit 11 in the longitudinal direction. The guide rail 21 guides while holding the shuttle 31 which moves in the wiring pit 11 and draws in the cable C and the like. The structure is shown in FIGS. 13 to 14 in addition to that shown in the embodiment. still,
The shape of the guide rail 21 is not limited to that shown in the embodiment as long as it has a function of guiding while holding the shuttle 31.

The lid 20 is preferably provided with a structure in which the guide rails 21 can be connected to each other. And
In order to prevent the guide rails 21 from being displaced in a continuous state and to easily align the guide rails 21, a fitting structure as shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 15 and a connecting structure 23 for inserting pins are provided. It is desirable to have one. Incidentally, these connecting structures 23 are provided with a mechanism for sliding a pin by an operation from above the lid body 20,
After the lid 20 is covered, the guide 20 can be connected so that the guide rail 21 does not shift in a continuous state.

Next, the lid 20 according to claim 3 will be described. The lid 20 according to claim 3 covers the upper opening pit 15 formed between the wiring floor members 1 as shown in FIG. 11 in addition to the lid 20 shown in FIG. Is included. As shown in FIG. 11, this lid 20 is mounted on a mounting portion 16 provided on the wiring flooring 1. The lid 20 is manufactured by extrusion molding, pressing, or the like of metal or synthetic resin. Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the lid 20 is provided with a guide rail 21 continuously in the longitudinal direction on the surface facing the upper opening pit 15. The guide rail 21 moves in the upper opening pit 15 and pulls in the cable C and the like.
It is to guide while holding 1. The shape of the guide rail 21 is not limited to that shown in the embodiment as long as it has a function of guiding while holding the shuttle 31. Further, the lid 20 preferably has a structure in which the guide rails 21 can be connected to each other, so that the guide rails 21 do not shift in a continuous state and the guide rails 21 can be easily aligned. As described above, the connecting pin 25 is fitted into the connecting groove 24 to be connected to each other.

In addition to the cable C, the present invention can be similarly applied to conduits, hot and cold water pipes, and gas pipes.

[0027]

As described above, in the floor wiring method for cables and the like according to the first aspect of the invention, the cables C and the like are held by the guide rails 21 and moved by the shuttle 31 that reciprocates in the wiring space. The cables C and the like are wired in the wiring space without opening the upper part.

Next, the wiring floor material 1 according to the second aspect of the present invention is held by the guide rails 21 continuously provided in the longitudinal direction on the surface of the lid body 20 facing the wiring pits 11 while being held by the shuttle 31. Since it can move in the wiring pit 11, the cable C or the like can be wired in the wiring pit 11 without opening the lid 20 by connecting the cable C or the like to the shuttle 31 and drawing it in.

According to the third aspect of the invention, by covering the wiring pit 11 or the upper opening pit 15, the wiring pit 11 or the upper opening pit 15 of the lid 20 is covered.
Guide rail 2 continuously provided in the longitudinal direction on the surface facing the
By holding and moving the shuttle 31 on the cable 1, the cables C and the like can be wired in the wiring pit 11 or the upper opening pit 15 without opening the lid 20.

Therefore, the equipment is moved over the entire wiring area to remove the carpet and the lid material, and the wiring pit 1 is removed.
It is possible to greatly save the trouble of opening 1. Further, since the cable C and the like are connected to the shuttle 31 and pulled in, the existing cable C can be efficiently wired without obstructing the existing cable C.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a wiring floor main body.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a wiring floor main body and a lid.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which a wiring floor material is laid.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which a wiring floor material is laid.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a lid connecting structure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of structures of a guide rail and a shuttle.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing a state where the shuttle is fed into the guide rail.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the cable is connected to the shuttle.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the cable is pulled in.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another example of a wiring floor material.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a wiring space formed between floor materials.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a lid member that covers a wiring space formed between floor members.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing another example of the structure of the guide rail and the shuttle.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing still another example of the structure of the guide rail and the shuttle.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing another example of the lid connecting structure.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 Floor material for wiring 10 Wiring floor body 11 wiring pits 12 mounting groove 13 floor panels 14 legs 15 Upper opening pit 16 Placement section 20 lid 21 Guide rail 23 Connection structure 24 connecting groove 25 connecting pin 31 Shuttle 32 rope 33 Extension member 34 Connection hole 35 connecting rope C cable F floor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A guide rail is provided in an underfloor wiring space for guiding while holding a shuttle for pulling a cable and the like, while holding a shuttle equipped with a rope having rigidity that can be pushed into the guide rail by itself. A floor wiring method, wherein a cable or the like is drawn into the wiring space by moving a shuttle along the guide rail into the wiring space. 2. A wiring floor pit for laying a cable or the like inside the upper opening, a wiring floor main body laid on a floor surface, a wiring pit of the wiring floor main body being covered, and a wiring pit inside. A wiring floor material comprising: a lid body having a guide rail that guides while holding a shuttle for pulling cables and the like continuously provided on a surface facing the wiring pit in a longitudinal direction. 3. A wiring pit or an upper opening pit, which is a lid for covering a wiring pit opened on the upper surface of the wiring floor or an upper opening pit formed between wiring floor materials. A lid body, in which a guide rail that guides while holding a shuttle for moving and pulling in a cable and the like is continuously provided in a longitudinal direction on a surface facing the wiring pit or the upper opening pit.