JPH09120869A - Floor receptacle mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a floor receptacle mounting structure with its superior walking property and its preferable appearance in which a material can be safely and certainly placed on its surface. SOLUTION: A floor receptacle 30 is fitted to an upper side opening part 22 of a flooring band material 23 and a lower side opening part 211 of a floor base material 21 smaller than the upper side opening part 221, a collar part 33 with its dimension same to the flooring band material 23 is supported on a floor base material 21 around the lower side opening part 211. According to this floor receptacle mounting structure 40, the floor receptacle 30 can be set without protruding collar part 33 on a floor surface 20A, a material can be safely placed on the surface of the floor receptacle 30, walking is not prevented, and a better appearance can be obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floor outlet mounting structure, which can be used when a floor outlet is installed on the floor of a house or the like.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART In recent years, various electric devices have been used in houses and offices, and cables such as power supply lines connected to each electric device have been increased or extended to complicate wiring. In order to avoid such complicated wiring, floor outlets are used for power outlets in addition to wall-mounted outlets. According to this floor outlet, electric power can be supplied to an electric device located away from the wall surface without extending a cable or the like.

Conventionally, as a floor outlet, an outlet main body including a connecting portion with a plug is housed in a box-shaped box, and a plug insertion port is formed on an upper surface or a side surface of the box. This box is typically installed on the floor surface. However, according to this, since the entire box is installed so as to project significantly on the floor surface, it is difficult to use it for purposes other than wiring in the vicinity of the installation part, it is difficult to place articles stably, and when walking. However, there is also a problem in appearance, which is not preferable in appearance.

On the other hand, various floor outlets have been proposed in which the protruding portion on the floor surface is reduced. For example, according to the configuration in which the outlet main body is attached to the floor surface so that the outlet main body can be raised and lowered so as to project above the floor surface (see JP-A-5-68315 and JP-A-6-276649), the outlet body is not used. Can be stored under the floor surface. Further, the outlet main body is housed in a box having a lid member which can be opened and closed on the upper surface, and the box is embedded in the floor (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-250077, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-31358, Japanese Patent Publication No. According to JP 62437), the floor surface and the lid member surface can be made substantially flat by closing the lid member.

[0005]

However, in any of the above floor outlets, the flange portion formed around the outlet body or around the box is fixed to the floor surface by screwing or the like, so that it can be attached to the floor. Has been done. Therefore, even if the outlet main body is housed under the floor surface or the lid member is closed, the flange portion is still protruding from the floor surface. Many of the flanges on the floor outlets mentioned above are tapered,
Still, there is a problem that an object cannot be placed horizontally, attention is required for walking, and there is a problem that a desirable appearance cannot be obtained.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a floor outlet mounting structure which has a good appearance, allows articles to be placed on the surface in a stable and reliable manner, and has excellent walkability.

[0007]

The floor outlet mounting structure 40, 60 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Is a floor outlet mounting structure 40, 60 for mounting the floor outlets 30, 50 on the floor 20, the surface of the floor outlets 30, 50 being the floor surface 20.
The floor outlets 30 and 50 are installed so as to be flush with A or slightly below the floor surface 20A.

In this way, the floor outlet 3
0, 50 can be installed without protruding onto the floor surface 20A, the floor surface 20A and the floor outlet 3
An article placed over the surface of 0 or 50 is also the floor surface 2
It will be stably supported along 0A, and will not be tilted. Further, since there is no projecting portion on the floor surface 20A, a good walkability is ensured without disturbing walking, and a preferable appearance is obtained. With these, the above object is achieved.

The floor 20 has a floor base material 21 and a floor finish material 22 installed on the floor base material 21, and an upper opening 221 is formed in the floor finish material 22. A lower opening 211 having a planar shape smaller than that of the upper opening 221 is formed at 21 in communication with the upper opening 221, and the floor outlet 30,
Reference numeral 50 has flanges 33 and 53 for attachment on the upper portion, and it is desirable that the flanges 33 and 53 are housed in the upper opening 221.

According to this, a step is formed between the upper opening 221 and the lower opening 211 so that the surface of the floor base material 21 is exposed, and the lower surfaces of the flanges 33 and 53 are placed on the upper surface of the floor base material 21. Can be supported on the floor surface 20A, and the flange portions 33, 53 can be attached below the floor surface 20A.
Since the state where 53 does not project to the floor surface 20A can be secured, the floor outlets 30 and 50 can be reliably fixed, good walkability and aesthetics can be secured, and articles can be placed without delay.

The floor finishing material 22 is a flooring strip material 23 having a predetermined width and arranged in parallel on the floor base material 21, and the flange portions 33 and 53 of the floor outlets 30 and 50 have a rectangular outer shape. It is desirable that the width dimension thereof is the same as the width dimension of the flooring strip 23.

By doing so, the upper opening 221 is formed.
Can be formed on one flooring strip 23, and it is not necessary to process other flooring strips 23 such as a notch, and the upper opening 221 can be easily formed. Further, the upper opening 221 surrounded by the adjacent flooring strips 23 can be easily formed only by cutting the flooring strips 23 in the width direction, and the installation work of the floor outlets 30 and 50 can be simplified. Furthermore, since the floor outlets 30 and 50 can be fitted and installed in one flooring strip 23, the appearance is also improved.

It is desirable that the surfaces of the collar portions 33 and 53 have the same surface finish as that of the flooring strip 23. Here, the same surface finish can be performed, for example, by forming the surface of the collar portion with the same material as the flooring strip material, or by making the surface of the collar portion the same color as the flooring strip material.

According to this, the floor outlets 30 and 50 are not noticeable on the floor surface 20A and are not erroneously recognized as a foreign substance during walking, so that good walkability is ensured. The appearance is also improved.

The floor outlet 30 is housed so that the surface thereof is flush with the floor surface 20A and the floor surface 20A.
The outlet main body 31 which can be projected further upward may be provided. With this configuration, the outlet main body 31 can be projected as needed, and wiring work such as plug insertion can be performed quickly and easily. In addition, if the outlet main body 31 is stored, the walkability and the appearance are improved, and it becomes possible to place the article stably.

The floor outlet 50 is the floor surface 20.
An outlet main body 54 installed under A, and a lid member 5 which is provided to be openable and closable and whose closed surface is flush with the floor surface 20A
1 may be included. By doing so, if the lid member 51 is opened as needed, the outlet main body 54 can be exposed, and the plug can be securely inserted. If the lid member 51 is closed, the walkability and the appearance are improved, and the article can be stably placed. Further, by forming a wiring hole for passing a cable or the like in the lid member 51, the lid member 51 can be closed while the cable or the like remains connected to the outlet main body 54.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows a building unit 10 including a floor outlet mounting structure 40 of the present invention. The building unit 10 has pillars 111 arranged at the four corners.
And a beam made of a channel material 112 that connects the upper and lower ends of these columns 111, respectively, with a hexahedral skeleton 11. As shown in FIG. 2, the floor 20 of the building unit 10 is a flooring material 21 that is a flooring material 21 such as a particle board installed in the frame 11 and a flooring material 22 that is juxtaposed on the flooring material 21. 23 and the floor outlet 30 is installed on this floor.

As shown in FIG. 3, the floor outlet mounting structure 40 has an upper opening 221 formed in the flooring strip 23, a lower opening 211 formed in the floor base material 21, and an upper opening 221. To the lower opening 211, and the floor outlet 30.

The flooring strip 23 is a long plate-like wood member having a predetermined width dimension, and is arranged on the floor base material 21 along the longitudinal direction of the building unit 10. The flooring strip 23 has a surface 20A. Are formed. A projection or a groove (not shown) is formed on the end surface of the flooring strip 23 in the longitudinal direction, and the adjacent flooring strips 23 are joined by fitting the projections and the grooves. A rectangular upper opening 221 is formed through the flooring strip 23 in the flooring strip 23 to which the floor outlet 30 is attached. Upper opening 22
1 is formed by cutting the intermediate portion of the flooring strip 23 in the width direction before the arrangement, and as a result,
The upper opening 221 has the same width dimension as the flooring strip 23.

The floor base material 21 has a lower opening 211 formed inside the upper opening 221, and the lower opening 21 is formed.
1 and the upper opening 221 communicate with each other. The lower opening 211 has a rectangular planar shape that is slightly smaller than the upper opening 221.
1 and the floor base material 21 along the periphery of the upper opening 221.
And a flooring strip 23 form a step.

The floor outlet 30 has a plug insertion port 3
A box-shaped box 3 fitted into the outlet main body 31 provided with 11 and the upper opening 221 and the lower opening 211.
And 2. Box 32 is the lower opening 2
11 has a substantially same plane shape, and a rectangular frame-shaped brim portion 33 is formed around the box 32 along the upper surface thereof.
The lower surface of the collar portion 33 is supported by the upper surface of the floor base material 21 around the lower opening portion 211, and the portion of the box 32 below the collar portion 33 is fitted in the lower opening portion 211. The thickness and outer width of the collar 33 are the same as the flooring strip 23.
The dimensions of the box 32 and the flooring strip 23 are flush with each other.

An opening 321 is formed in the center of the upper surface of the box 32, and a support shaft 34 is horizontally hung on the inside of the box 32 near the opening 321 so that the outlet main body 31 is provided.
Are rotatably supported by the support shaft 34. Opening 3
Reference numeral 21 has a plane shape substantially the same as the upper surface of the outlet main body 31, and is opened and closed by the rotation of the outlet main body 31. It is installed so that. The torsion coil spring 3 wound around the support shaft 34
41, the outlet main body 31 is urged in the counterclockwise direction in FIG.

A lock button 35 is slidably engaged with the groove 352 at the edge of the opening 321 opposite to the support shaft 34. The tip portion 351 of the lock button 35 projects into the box 32 and is inserted into a lock hole 35A formed in the outlet main body 31.
5 is slidable so that the tip portion 351 can be pulled out from the lock hole 35A. The surface of the flange 33 on the upper part of the box 32 and the upper surface of the outlet main body 31 are made of the same wood material as the flooring strip 23.

In this embodiment having such a structure, the lock button 35 and the lock hole 35A are normally fitted to each other so that the outlet main body 31 is housed in the box 32. In this state, the floor outlet 30
Upper surface of the box 32 and the outlet body 3 that form the surface of the
1 The upper surface is flush with the floor surface 20A. When using the outlet main body 31, the lock button 35 is slid. Then, the outlet body 31 moves from the inside of the box 32 to the floor surface 20 by the urging force of the coil spring 341.
It is projected above A. Wiring work is performed in this state.

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. That is, the lower opening 211 has a planar shape smaller than that of the upper opening 221, and the flange 33 is formed along the upper surface of the box 32, so that the flange 33 is supported on the upper surface of the floor base material 21 and the floor surface. Since the flange portion 33 can be attached below 20A and the flange portion 33 has the same thickness as the flooring strip material 23, the box 32 does not project beyond the floor surface 20A. In addition, the outlet body 3
Since 1 is installed so that its upper surface and the upper surface of the box 32 are flush with each other, the outlet main body 31 does not project beyond the upper surface of the box 32 when the outlet main body 31 is housed. As a result, when the outlet main body 31 is housed, the surface of the flooring strip 23, the upper surface of the box 32, and the upper surface of the outlet main body 31 can be flush with each other, good walkability and aesthetics can be ensured, and articles can be placed. Can be done without delay.

Further, by making the flange 33 rectangular and having the same width dimension as the flooring strip 23, it is not necessary to cut out another flooring strip in order to form the upper opening 221, so that one sheet The upper opening 221 can be formed quickly and easily simply by cutting the flooring strip 23, and the floor surface 20A also has a good appearance. Furthermore, since the upper opening 221 is formed in the middle portion of the flooring strip 23, the upper opening 221 can be formed reliably and easily regardless of the fitting structure of the end surface of the flooring strip 23.

The surface of the collar 33 and the outlet body 3
By forming the upper surface 1 with the same wood material as the flooring strip 23, it is possible to obtain a good appearance and improve walking ability.

By allowing the outlet main body 31 to be housed and protruded by the lock button 35 and the lock hole 35A, the outlet main body 31 including the plug insertion port 311 can be protruded above the floor surface 20A if necessary. It is possible to insert the plug quickly and easily.

[Second Embodiment] The floor outlet mounting structure 60 of the present embodiment has substantially the same structure as the floor outlet mounting structure 40 of the first embodiment, and only the floor outlet 50 is different. The same reference numerals are given to the parts and detailed description thereof will be omitted, and only different parts will be described below in detail. As shown in FIG. 4, the floor outlet 50 includes an outlet main body 54, a box 52, and a lid member 51.

The box 52 has substantially the same plane shape as the lower opening 211, and an outlet main body 54 having a plug insertion port 311 is attached inside the box 52. Around the box 52, a rectangular frame-shaped collar portion 53 is formed along the upper surface thereof. The lower surface of the collar portion 53 is supported by the upper surface of the floor base material 21 around the lower opening portion 211, and the portion of the box 52 below the collar portion 53 is fitted into the lower opening portion 211. The outer width dimension of the collar portion 53 is the same as the width dimension of the flooring strip 23.

A support shaft 34 is horizontally attached to a flange portion 53 at one end of the box 32, and a lid member 51 is rotatably supported. When the lid member 51 rotates, the upper portion of the box 52 is opened and closed. It has become so. When the lid member 51 is closed, the surface of the lid member 51 and the lid member 51
The surface of the surrounding collar portion 53 is exposed, and these surfaces are flush with the surface of the flooring strip 23.

A wiring hole (not shown) is formed through the lid member 51 so that a cable or the like can be passed through the wiring hole to perform wiring. The lid member 5
The surface 1 and the surface of the collar 53 are made of a wood material similar to the flooring strip 23.

In this embodiment having such a configuration, the lid member 51 is normally closed. In this state, the surface of the lid member 51 and the surface of the collar portion 53 that form the surface of the floor outlet 50 are flush with the floor surface 20A. When performing wiring work, the lid member 51 is opened to expose the outlet main body 54 inside the box 52, and a cable is inserted through the wiring hole to perform a wiring work such as plug insertion. After the wiring work is completed, the lid member 51 is closed while the cable and the outlet main body 54 remain connected.

According to the present embodiment as described above, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained (excluding the effect due to the fact that the outlet main body 31 can be projected and the upper surface thereof is formed of a wood material). . In addition, the outlet main body 54 is installed in the box 52 below the floor surface 20A,
The lid member 51 whose surface in the closed state is flush with the floor surface 20A
The lid member 5 is attached so that it can be opened and closed freely.
If the outlet body 54 is exposed by opening 1
Wiring work such as plug insertion and removal can be performed smoothly and reliably.

If the lid member 51 is closed when the outlet main body 54 is not used, the walkability and appearance are improved, and a stable article can be placed. Further, since the wiring hole is formed, the lid member 51 can be closed while the cable and the outlet main body 54 are still connected. Furthermore, since the surfaces of the lid member 51 and the collar portion 53 are formed of a wood material similar to the flooring strip 23, a good appearance is ensured and walking is improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but includes other configurations and the like that can achieve the object of the present invention, and the following modifications and the like are also included in the present invention.
That is, in each of the above embodiments, the floor outlet is configured to include the outlet main body and the box,
For example, it may be composed of a frame-shaped collar portion and an outlet body attached to the center of the collar portion so as to project freely, and an outlet body directly attached to the side surface of the lower opening,
It may be composed of a frame-shaped brim portion that fits in the upper opening and a lid member attached to the brim portion. In short, the member forming the surface of the floor outlet is flush with the floor surface 20A, or slightly below the floor surface so as not to hinder walking, for example, about 1/3 to 1/5 of the floor finishing material 22. Below,
As long as the floor outlet is installed in such a manner, the configuration of the floor outlet is arbitrary, and the specific type of the floor outlet may be appropriately selected for implementation.

The upper surface of the outlet main body and the flange surface of the first embodiment, and the lid member surface and the flange surface of the second embodiment are surface-finished with a wood material similar to the flooring strip 23. However, it may be carried out by mixing wood powder with resin or the like and solidified, or may be painted by a color or pattern similar to that of the flooring strip 23. It may be performed with a colored resin. In short, the surface finish is not limited to the one made of the same material as the flooring strip 23, and is arbitrary as long as the appearance and texture similar to the flooring strip 23 can be obtained.

In each of the above embodiments, the flooring strip 2
Although the floor outlet is installed in the upper opening 221 formed in the middle portion of 3, the floor outlet may be installed at the end of the flooring strip 23. According to this, a preferable appearance is obtained, but in order to surely fit the adjacent flooring strips 23 to each other and to omit the complicated work such as cutting the protrusions, the intermediate portion of the flooring strips 23 is removed. It is preferable to install it.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the long plate-shaped flooring strip 23 is used as the floor finishing material. However, a face material having a plurality of grooves formed in the longitudinal direction may be used. It is preferable to make the interval dimension and the width dimension of the collar portion equal. Further, the floor finishing material may be a tile or a face material formed of a resin, and a specific type of floor finishing material may be appropriately selected upon implementation.

[0040]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The floor outlet can be installed without protruding onto the floor surface, the article can be stably placed on the floor surface and the surface of the floor outlet, and the floor outlet does not hinder walking, and a preferable appearance can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a portion D of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a main part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 20 floor 20A floor surface 40,60 floor outlet mounting structure 21 floor base material 22 floor finishing material 23 flooring strip material 221 upper opening part 211 lower opening part 30,50 floor outlet 33,53 flange part 31,54 outlet body 51 cover Element

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A floor outlet mounting structure for mounting a floor outlet on a floor, wherein the floor outlet is installed such that a surface of the floor outlet is flush with the floor surface or slightly lower than the floor surface. A floor outlet mounting structure characterized by this. 2. The floor outlet mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the floor has a floor base material and a floor finish material installed on the floor base material, and the floor finish material has an upper opening portion. And a lower opening having a planar shape smaller than that of the upper opening is formed in the floor base material so as to communicate with the upper opening. A floor outlet mounting structure, characterized in that the collar is housed in the upper opening. 3. The floor outlet attachment structure according to claim 2, wherein the floor finishing material is a flooring strip material having a predetermined width dimension and arranged in parallel on a floor base material, and the flange portion of the floor outlet has a rectangular shape. A floor outlet mounting structure having an outer shape, the width dimension of which is the same as the width dimension of the flooring strip. 4. The floor outlet mounting structure according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the surface of the flange portion has the same surface finish as the flooring strip material. . 5. The floor outlet mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the floor outlet is housed so that its surface is flush with the floor surface and protrudes above the floor surface. Floor outlet mounting structure characterized by having a flexible outlet body. 6. The floor outlet mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the floor outlet is provided on an outlet body installed under a floor surface, and is openably and closably attached to the outlet body. A floor outlet mounting structure, wherein a closed surface has a lid member flush with the floor surface.