JPH0728755Y2 - Exterior panel mounting structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a structure for mounting an exterior panel, and in particular, eliminates the work of mounting with a screw, and the fixture is not visible on the surface of the exterior panel.
The present invention relates to improvement of an exterior panel mounting structure with a small number of fixing parts.

[Prior Art] When installing an intercom slave unit on a wall, gatepost, or the like, the conventional method has been as follows.

As shown in FIG. 7, a housing 2 ′ on which a main body of the unillustrated device is mounted is screwed to a mounting box 1 provided on the wall 10 by using a housing fixing screw 80. Next, the eighth
As shown in the figure, the exterior panel 3'provided with the sound emission slits 60, the switch holes 70, etc. was covered, and the exterior panel 3'was screwed to the housing 2'using the exterior panel fixing screws 90.

In the above exterior panel mounting structure, a plurality of screws 90 for screwing the exterior panel 3'and the housing 2'are required, resulting in a large number of parts and a screwing work process. Had been affected. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the head of the exterior panel fixing screw 90 is visible on the surface of the exterior panel 3 ', which is a design problem.

In order to solve the above problems, the present applicant has proposed a fifth method.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 6, a plurality of claws 4a are provided on the inner surface of the exterior panel 3a, and a plurality of claw receiving ribs 5a are provided on the outer surface of the housing 2a in correspondence with the positions of the plurality of claws 4a. The one provided is proposed (Practical application No. 2-56418).

[Problems to be solved by the invention] By the way, in the exterior panel mounting structure, a plurality of claws 4a are provided.
In addition, since the space for the plurality of claw receiving ribs 5a can be taken, there is a drawback that the exterior panel 3a becomes large relative to the size of the housing 2a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of claws 4b are provided on the upper inner surface of the exterior panel 3b, and a plurality of claw receiving ribs are provided on the upper outer surface of the housing 2b corresponding to the positions of the plurality of claws 4b. 5b is provided, a screw receiver 32 'is provided in the lower portion of the exterior panel 3b, and the housing side screw receiver 22' is provided in the lower portion of the housing 2b so as to correspond to the screw receiver 32 '.
And screw holes 23 are provided, and the screws 7 are inserted from the bottom of the exterior panel 3b.
There is an exterior panel mounting structure that is fixed with. However, housing 2b
On the other hand, since the exterior panel 3b is lifted to some extent, in this exterior panel mounting structure, it is very efficient to align the screw receiver 32 'with the screw hole 23 of the housing side screw receiver 22' and tighten the screw 7. However, there was a problem in workability especially in a narrow space close to the wall.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and improved the space factor, and made an efficient device assembling work, reducing parts and assembly cost, and improving the design. An object is to provide an exterior panel mounting structure.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the exterior panel mounting structure according to the present invention includes a housing mounted on a mounting box provided on a wall or the like, and a housing mounted with equipment. In the exterior panel mounting structure for attaching the exterior panel to the exterior, the exterior surface has a claw, and the outer surface of the housing has a claw receiving rib corresponding to the position of the claw, and is substantially the same as the claw on the inner surface of the exterior panel. A claw receiving hole is provided at a facing position, a case side claw receiving hole is provided in the housing in correspondence with the position of the claw receiving hole, and a claw receiving hole and a fixed claw that fits into the case side claw receiving hole are provided. Is.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the upper inner surface of the exterior panel 3 is
It has two claws 4 each having a claw protrusion 40, and the upper outer surface of the housing 2 has two claw receiving ribs 5 corresponding to the claws 4 and the two claws on the inner surface of the exterior panel 3. 4, a claw receiving hole 33 is provided at a position substantially opposite to 4, and a case side claw receiving hole 23 (FIG. 2) is provided in the case 2 so as to correspond to the position of the claw receiving hole 33. It is provided with a fixed claw 6 that fits in the case side claw receiving hole 23.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the claw receiving hole 33 is a claw receiving portion 32 formed from the center of the lower surface of the exterior panel 3 to the inside.
In addition, two pieces are provided corresponding to fixed claws 6 described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, two housing-side claw receiving holes 23 are provided in the housing-side claw receiving portion 22 formed from the center of the lower surface of the housing 2 to the inside, similarly to the claw receiving holes 33.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the fixed claw 6 has a base 64.
Each of them is provided with two wedge claws 61 and hook claws 62 in parallel, and the hook claws 62 are provided outside the two wedge claws 61 provided separately. The wedge claw 61 preferably has a wedge shape or a conical shape in which the front end in the insertion direction is narrower than the rear part. The hooks 62 each have a protrusion 63 on the outside.

As a material for the housing 2, the exterior panel 3, and the fixed claw 6, a known synthetic resin is suitable in terms of molding and elastic use.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the housings 2a and 2'on which the main body of the unillustrated device is mounted have the housing fixing screws 80 attached to the mounting box 1 provided on the wall 10. As in the conventional case, the external panels 3a and 3'having the sound emitting slits 60 and the switch holes 70 and the like are covered by screwing using the same.

The exterior panel mounting structure of the present invention is configured as described above, and is used when installing the intercom slave unit on a wall, a gatepost, or the like.

[Operation of Device] The operation of the exterior panel mounting structure according to the present invention having the above structure will be described below.

Claw projections 40 of two claws 4 provided on the inner surface of the exterior panel 3
However, the case 2 is covered with the exterior panel 3 so as to be locked by the claw receiving ribs 5 of the case 2. When the lower part of the exterior panel 3 is pressed against the lower part of the housing 2, the claw receiver 32 of the outer panel 3 and the case side claw receiver 22 are overlapped with each other, so that the claw receiving hole 33 and the case side claw receiving hole 23 are aligned with each other. The fixed claws 6 having the wedge claws 61 and the hook claws 62 are strongly inserted upwardly for each pedestal 64. The hook claw 62 having the protrusion 63 is pushed toward the wedge claw 61 side by the resin elasticity and is received by the claw receiving hole.
The exterior panel 3 penetrating 33 and the housing side claw receiving hole 23 and slightly raised with respect to the housing 2 as the wedge claw 61 enters (see FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b)) is brought into close contact with the wall side. Inside the housing 2, the hook claw 62 expands the protrusion 63 to the outside, and the fixing claw 6 securely fixes the exterior panel 3 to the housing 2.

The surface portion of the exterior panel 3 does not have a fixing tool such as an exterior panel fixing screw, which is preferable in terms of design.

In the above embodiments, the claws 4 of the exterior panel 3, the claw receiving ribs 5 of the housing 2, the claw receiving holes 33 of the exterior panel 3, the housing side claw receiving holes.
23, the wedge claw 61 of the fixed claw 6, and the hook claw 62 of the fixed claw 6 are each two, but the number is not limited to the embodiment.

In addition, the above embodiment has been described with reference to the example of installing the intercom slave unit, but the exterior panel mounting structure according to the present invention is
It goes without saying that it is also suitable when attaching the exterior panel to various devices embedded in a wall surface or the like.

[Effects of the Invention] As is apparent from the above embodiments, according to the exterior panel mounting structure of the present invention, the housing is installed in a mounting box installed on a wall or the like and the equipment is mounted on the housing. In the exterior panel mounting structure for attaching the exterior panel to the exterior, the exterior surface has a claw, and the outer surface of the housing has a claw receiving rib corresponding to the position of the claw, and is substantially the same as the claw on the inner surface of the exterior panel. A claw receiving hole is provided at a facing position, a case side claw receiving hole is provided in the housing in correspondence with the position of the claw receiving hole, and a claw receiving hole and a fixed claw that fits into the case side claw receiving hole are provided. Therefore, efficient and reliable device assembly work, reduction of parts and assembly costs, and design improvement can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an exterior panel mounting structure according to the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 (a) and (b) are explanatory views of its operation, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional exterior panel mounting structure. 5 and 6 are sectional views and perspective views of a conventional exterior panel mounting structure, respectively, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are sectional views and perspective views of another conventional exterior panel mounting structure, respectively. 1 …… Mounting box 1 …… Case 3 …… Exterior panel 4 …… Claws 5 …… Claw receiving ribs 6 …… Fixed claws 22 …… Case receiving holes on the housing 23 …… Claw receiving holes on the housing 32 …… Claw receiving 33 …… claw receiving hole 61 …… wedge wedge 62 …… hook claw 63 …… protrusion

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A casing (2) which is installed in a mounting box (1) provided on a wall or the like and in which a device is mounted, and the casing (2).
In the exterior panel mounting structure for attaching the exterior panel (3) for exteriorizing, the inner surface of the exterior panel (3) has claws (4).
The outer surface of the housing (2) has a claw receiving rib (5) corresponding to the position of the claw (4), and is substantially the same as the claw (4) on the inner surface of the exterior panel (3). The nail receiving hole (33) is provided at a position facing the
The housing side claw receiving hole (23) is provided in the housing (2) in correspondence with the position of and the fixed claw (6) fitted in the claw receiving hole (33) and the case side claw receiving hole (23). An exterior panel mounting structure characterized by being equipped with.