JPH0695759A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the workability around an information processor consisting of plural case bodies. CONSTITUTION:A recessed part 50 whose aperture has the same width as a center case body 14, which is arranged in the center of an array of plural case bodies 11, 12...17 is formed in the upper part on the front side of the case body 14. The surface forming the surface in this recessed part 50 is formed by plural planes 51, 52, and 53 with the normal directions different. Plural semispherical recessed parts 61, 61... are formed in surfaces of front lower parts of other case bodies except for the center case body 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a large-sized information processing apparatus such as a computer system and an exchange system which are constructed by connecting a plurality of cases.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A large-scale computer system or exchange system is composed of a plurality of similar-shaped casings which are divided according to their functions in consideration of product transportation, installability, and expansion. This housing is installed in a state in which a plurality of housings are connected in one direction. In addition, each housing is provided with a double door or a large open / close door. These doors are provided in the same direction in consideration of maintainability and the like. Note that such an information processing apparatus is described in, for example, Hitachi Review February 1991 Vol. 73 cover and page 33.

[0003]

According to the above-mentioned conventional technique, a wide flat surface is formed on the front surface of the information processing apparatus, the front surface of each housing being continuously formed. Although some lines are formed on this plane by the opening and closing door, in order for the operator for the purpose of maintenance and inspection to find the target case from a plurality of cases, It corresponds by counting the number.

In this case, when the number of housings is large or there is a pattern similar to the dividing line of the opening / closing door, finding the target housing is very troublesome. In order to deal with this, it is conceivable to attach a housing number to a location with good visibility, but this is not so preferable in terms of design. Normal,
Computer rooms are often relatively dark and have narrow passages. In such an environment, in the case of the conventional technique, it is difficult for an operator to recognize the surface of the housing, and an accident such as hitting a work cart on the surface of the housing may occur.

As described above, the conventional technique has a problem that the workability around the information processing device is not so good. The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and its housing capable of improving workability around the apparatus.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus for achieving the above-mentioned object, wherein among a plurality of casings, at least a front side of a casing arranged in the center of a row or near the center, It is characterized in that a recess having a width substantially the same as the width of the housing is formed. Further, another information processing apparatus for achieving the above object is such that, of a plurality of housings, a recess is formed on at least a front surface side of a housing arranged in the center of a row or near the center, and a surface in the recess is formed. The surface that forms is formed by a plurality of surfaces including a triangular surface.

Further, in still another information processing apparatus for achieving the above object, at least a front surface of a plurality of casings arranged in the center of a row or near the center is
It is characterized in that it is formed by a plurality of planes, and any one of the plurality of planes forms an angle different from all other planes. Here, in the above information processing apparatus, it is preferable that a plurality of hemispherical recesses are formed on the front lower surface of the plurality of casings.

[0008]

Since the recess is formed in the casing arranged at or near the center of the row, the operator can easily find this casing by this three-dimensional mark regardless of the positional relationship. In addition to this, it is possible to easily recognize the mutual positional relationship between the plurality of housings based on this.

Further, in the case where a plurality of hemispherical recesses are formed on the front lower surface of a plurality of housings, the light from the lighting device is reflected by these recesses and appears white, so that the housing surface The position of can be surely recognized.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, Fig. 1
The information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2,
The information processing apparatus according to this embodiment includes a first housing group 10 and a second housing group 10.
Case group 20, third case group 30, and first case group 1
0 and the second housing group 20 for connecting the first housing 41
And a second connection housing 42 that connects the second housing group 20 and the third housing group 30.

The first housing group 10 is, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of seven housings 11, 12, ..., 17 and side plates 18 and 19 forming the side parts of the housing group 10. The second housing group 20 also includes seven housings 21 and 2.
2, ..., 27 and side plates 28, 29 forming the side portions of the housing group 20. Third housing group 30
, 35, and the housing group 3
It is composed of side plates 36 and 37 that form a side portion of 0. Each of the casings forming each casing group 10, 20, 30 is
The housing groups are arranged linearly with their side surfaces in contact with each other so that the housing groups are parallel to each other. Connection housing 41, 42
Are arranged between the housing groups 10, 20, 30 so as to be orthogonal to the housing groups 10, 20, 30. 7 casings 11 that constitute the first casing group 10,
Of the 12, ..., 17, the central chassis 14 is provided with a control board or the like that plays a central role in the information processing apparatus in order to improve the processing speed. The body 41 is connected.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, an opening for radiating heat is formed in the upper part of each housing, and fine punching metals 55, 56, 57 with fine mesh are provided therein. Opening / closing doors 11a, 21a, 31a, ... Used at the time of maintenance and inspection are provided on the front side and the back side of each housing, of which the housing 16 of the first housing group 10 and Double-sided opening / closing doors 16a, 16b, 23a, 23b, ... Are provided in the second housing group 20 and the housings 23, 25.
Other housings include single-sided opening / closing doors 11a, 21a, 3
1a, ... Are provided.

The central housing 14 of the first housing group 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
A recess 50 having the same opening width as the width 4 is formed. The surface inside the recess 50 has a plane 51 of an equilateral triangle and 2
It is formed by two trapezoidal flat surfaces 52 and 53. The equilateral triangular plane 51 has one apex facing upward, a bottom side contacting an upper side of the main front plate 54, and is provided obliquely to the main front plate 54. The hypotenuse of the equilateral triangular plane 51 is in contact with the hypotenuse of the trapezoidal planes 52 and 53. Main front plate 5
4. The equilateral triangular flat surface 51 and the trapezoidal flat surfaces 52 and 53 are provided such that the directions of the normals of the respective surfaces are different from each other.

Opening / closing door 11 of each case 11, 21, 31, ...
A plurality of small recesses 61, 61, ... Are formed under the a, 21a, 31a ,. This small recess 61
Is formed in a hemispherical shape as shown in FIG. The side plates 18, 28, 36, ... Have a flexible design as a whole and prevent damage to the corners of the casings 11, 28, 36 ,.
Surfaces that are in contact with 21, 31, ... Are formed in an arc shape. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of wheels 65, 65, ... Are provided on the bottom plate of each housing 11, 21, 31 ,.

Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. Normal,
A large-sized information processing device as in this embodiment is installed in a computer room or the like. The information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is also installed in the computer room, and the lighting device 69 is provided on the ceiling thereof. As shown in FIG. 9, the surface inside the recess 50 of the central housing 14 is the main front plate 5 of the central housing 14.
4 and other housings 13, 15, ... Are formed by three planes 51, 52, 53 at different angles with respect to the open / close doors. The light is reflected in a different direction from the case where the front surface of the central housing 14 other than the concave portion 50 such as the main front plate 54 or the opening / closing doors of the other housings 13, 15, ... Is hit. Therefore, for example, even if the worker A is at the end of the first housing group 10, the recess 50 can be easily found. In particular, in the case as shown in FIG. 9, the worker A easily catches the reflected light from the trapezoidal flat surface 52 and finds the recess 50 by the reflected light from the trapezoidal flat surface 52. When the worker A is at the opposite end of the first housing group 10, the recess 50 is found by the reflected light from the other trapezoidal flat surface 53. That is, since the mark is formed three-dimensionally instead of forming the mark two-dimensionally as in painting or printing, the recess 50 that is the mark can be found from various angles.

Therefore, the worker A uses the recesses 50 of the central housing 14 which can be easily found in this way as a mark to form the respective housings 11, 12, constituting the first housing group 10,
The positional relationship of ... can be easily recognized. Further, the worker A can also recognize the direction of the connection housing 41 from the directionality received from the equilateral triangular flat surface 51 forming the surface inside the recess 50.

As shown in FIG. 10, opening / closing doors 11a, 21
The plurality of small recesses 61 formed in a, 31a, ...
The light from the lighting device 69 is reflected and appears to appear white. For this reason, the worker A can easily recognize the position of the surface of the housing. For example, when the worker A uses a carriage around the housing as shown in FIG.
21a, 31a, ... Can be prevented from hitting. In the case of the present embodiment, since the plurality of small recesses 61 are not provided only in the lower portion on the front side of the central housing 14,
Since the recess 61 is not provided, the central housing 14 can be found.

Next, a second embodiment of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. The present embodiment is configured to have a first housing group 10a, a second housing group 20a, and a connecting housing 41 that connects these. A recess 50a is formed on the front side upper part of the central housing 14a located in the center of the first housing group 10a, and the surface inside the recess 50a is formed as an arc surface. As in the first embodiment, the central housing 14a is also provided with a control board that plays a central role in the information processing apparatus. The second housing group 20a is the first housing group 10a.
It is placed on one side of the. Further, a plurality of small recesses 61, 61, ... Are formed in the lower portion on the front side of each housing.

As described above, the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in the shape of the recess and the arrangement of the housings, but
Since the other configurations are basically the same, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Although the recesses 50 and 50a are provided with the housings 14 and 14a that are functionally central in the above-described embodiments, the invention is not necessarily limited to this. Further, the recesses 50 and 50a do not necessarily have to be provided in the central casing, and for example, when seven casings are linearly arranged, the third or fifth casing or the third casing is provided. You may make it provide a recessed part in the 5th housing | casing. In addition, when the eight casings are arranged in a line, the recesses should be provided in the fourth or fifth casing, the fourth and fifth casings, or the third and sixth casings. You may

[0020]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the recesses are formed in the case arranged in the center of the row or in the vicinity of the center, this three-dimensional mark allows
The operator can easily find out the housing regardless of the positional relationship and can easily recognize the mutual positional relationship between the plurality of housings with reference to this. Therefore, the worker can easily grasp the position of the housing as the work target, and the workability of maintenance and inspection is improved. Further, in the case where a plurality of hemispherical recesses are formed on the surface of the lower front surface of the housing, the light of the lighting device is reflected by the recesses and appears white, so that the position of the housing surface can be easily grasped, It is possible to prevent an accident such as hitting a work cart with the housing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an information processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement relationship of a plurality of casings according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view on arrow III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view on arrow IV in FIG.

5 is a view on arrow V in FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a view on arrow VI in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a view on arrow VII in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a front view and a side view of a lower surface of the housing according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an overall perspective view of an information processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a view on arrow XII in FIG. 11.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 10a ... First housing group, 11, 12, 13, 1
5,16,17,21,22,23,24,25,2
6, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 ... Housing, 1
4, 14a ... central housing, 20, 20a ... second housing group,
30 ... 3rd case group, 41, 42 ... Connection case, 16a,
16b, 23a, 23b, 25a, 25b ... Double doors, 11a, 21a, 31a ... Single doors, 50, 50
a ... concave part, 51 ... equilateral triangular plane, 52, 53 ... trapezoidal flat surface, 54 ... main front plate, 61 ... concave part.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Yutaka Sato, 1 Horiyamashita, Horiyamashita, Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa Plant, Hiritsu Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Inside the Design Laboratory (72) Inventor Shiro Fujimori 1-280 Higashi Renegakubo, Kokubunji, Tokyo Inside Hitachi Design Laboratory (72) Inventor Kenta Kumagai 1-280 Higashi Renegakubo, Kokubunji City, Tokyo Inside Hitachi Design Laboratory ( 72) Inventor Kazunori Anzai 1-280, Higashi Koikekubo, Kokubunji, Tokyo Inside the Design Research Center, Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having a plurality of housings, wherein the plurality of housings are arranged in a row, and the plurality of housings are arranged at or near the center of the row. An information processing apparatus, wherein a recess having an opening width equal to the lateral width of the housing is formed on at least the front side of the housing. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a surface inside the recess is formed by a smoothly continuous curved surface. 3. An information processing apparatus having a plurality of housings, wherein the plurality of housings are arranged in a row, and the plurality of housings are arranged at or near the center of the row. An information processing apparatus, wherein a recess is formed on at least a front surface side of a housing, and a surface forming a surface in the recess is formed by a plurality of surfaces including a triangular surface. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein normal directions of a plurality of the surfaces forming the surface in the recess are different from each other. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the recess is formed in an upper portion of the housing. 6. An information processing apparatus having a plurality of housings, wherein the plurality of housings are arranged in a row, and the plurality of housings are arranged at or near a center of the row. At least the front surface of the housing is formed by a plurality of planes, and the directions of the normals to the plurality of planes are different from each other. 7. The information according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of hemispherical recesses are formed on the front lower surface of the plurality of casings. Processing equipment. 8. An information processing apparatus having a plurality of housings, wherein the plurality of housings are arranged in a row, and the plurality of housings are arranged at or near the center of the row. An information processing apparatus, wherein a plurality of hemispherical recesses are formed on at least the front lower surface of a housing other than a specific housing.