JPH11307148A - Series unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate mounting by the use of a wide plate dispensing with a commercial wide mounting frame and ornamental cover in mounting. SOLUTION: This series unit is composed of a series unit body 1 equipped with two mounting lug parts 5 located at the upper and lower parts, and a wide plate adaptable terminal board 7 in which an ornamental cover part 9 adaptable to a wide plate is integrally formed on the front side of a terminal board body 8 adaptable to a standard plate and which can be attached to and detached from the series unit body 1. In the case of the wide plate adaptable terminal board 7, the ornamental cover part 9 having a thickness corresponding to the dimensional difference between the standard plate mounting structure and the wide plate mounting structure in relation to the plate surface is integrally formed on the front side of the terminal board body 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a series unit which is installed on a wall surface of a room and supplies a television signal to a television receiver, and more particularly, is mounted on a wall surface or an outlet box using a standard or wide plate. Series unit provided with a structure for

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional method of installing a series unit, different mounting is performed according to the type of plate used, that is, a standard type and a wide type. FIG.
Is an installation example of a series unit using a standard type plate. First, the coaxial cable 104 for input and the coaxial cable 106 for output drawn out from the wall surface or the opening 102 of the outlet box are connected to the series unit 100 by an F-type plug. Subsequently, the series unit 100 is attached to the wall surface or the opening 102 of the outlet box with a wood screw 108. Finally, the standard plate 112 is mounted on the series unit 100 with the standard plate frame 110 interposed therebetween.

FIG. 12 shows an example of mounting a series unit using a wide type plate. When using a wide plate, first, as shown in FIG.
The upper and lower mounting ears 114 are removed using a driver 116, and as shown in FIG.
18 are attached and secured to attachment frame retaining portions 120 formed at two locations on the upper and lower sides of the series unit 100.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG.
At 0, the coaxial cable 104 for input and the coaxial cable 106 for output pulled out from the opening 124 of the outlet box 122 are connected with an F-type plug. Next, the series unit 100 is attached to the opening 124 of the outlet box 122 with the screw 126. Finally, wide mounting frame 1
A commercially available decorative cover 128 is attached to 18, and a wide plate 132 is attached on the series unit 100 by a wide plate frame 130.

[0005]

However, when a wide type plate is used, as shown in FIG. 12, in addition to a wide plate 132 having a wide plate frame 130, a commercially available wide mounting frame 118 and a decorative cover are used. 128 members are required, the number of parts is large, and the cost is increased. Further, when the series unit 100 is mounted on a wall, as shown in FIG.
4, the work of attaching the commercially available wide mounting frame 118 as shown in FIG. 14 and the work of attaching the decorative cover 128 as shown in FIG. 12 are required, and there is also a problem that the work becomes complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has been made so that mounting using a wide plate can be easily performed without requiring a commercially available mounting frame and a decorative cover for mounting. It is an object of the present invention to provide a series unit.

[0007]

In order to achieve this object, the series unit of the present invention is constructed as follows. The series unit of the present invention is a series unit body integrally formed with a series unit body having mounting ears at two upper and lower locations, and a decorative cover part adapted to a wide plate on the front side of a terminal block body adapted to a standard plate. And a detachable wide plate compatible terminal block. Here, in the wide-plate compatible terminal block, a decorative cover portion having a thickness corresponding to the dimensional difference between the standard plate mounting structure and the wide plate mounting structure with respect to the plate surface is integrally formed on the surface side of the standard-compatible terminal block.

[0008] As described above, the series unit of the present invention has the terminal plate body corresponding to the standard plate and the decorative cover corresponding to the wide plate integrally formed on the surface side thereof, so that a commercially available mounting frame and decorative plate are not used. In addition to reducing the number of parts, the cost can be reduced, and the number of parts can be reduced and the mounting ears need not be removed from the series unit, so that the mounting operation using the wide plate can be easily performed.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the upper and lower
A series unit body with mounting ears at two places, a standard plate compatible terminal block with a surface shape adapted to the removable standard plate on the front of the series unit body, and a detachable front face of the standard plate compatible terminal block A series unit is configured with a wide plate compatible decorative cover that is compatible with the wide plate. Here, the wide plate compatible decorative cover has a thickness corresponding to a dimensional difference between the standard plate mounting structure and the wide plate mounting structure with respect to the plate surface.

In this case as well, the series unit requires a dedicated wide plate-compatible decorative cover, but does not use a commercially available mounting frame, so that the number of parts is reduced and the cost is reduced. Therefore, the mounting operation using the wide plate can be easily performed without the need for removing the mounting ears from the series unit.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of an embodiment of a series unit according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the series unit includes a series unit main body 1 and a wide plate compatible terminal block 7. The serial unit body 1 is a metal member made of, for example, aluminum die casting,
A T-shaped main body case 2 opened to the rear side as an upper part,
It comprises a case cover 3 attached and fixed to the upper part (back side) of the main body case 2 with screws 16.

The main body case 2 has a case head 2a and a case body 2b, and mounting ears 5 are integrally formed on the outside of the case head 2a and the outside of the case body 2b. A pair of input / output terminals 4 for input / output connection with a coaxial cable are provided at both ends of the case head 2a on the case body 2b side. On both sides of the case body portion 2b, a terminal block engaging portion 6 for engaging the wide plate compatible terminal block 7 is formed, and an engaging hole 25 for the terminal block is provided at a root portion thereof. Further, a recess 26 is formed in the center of the case cover 3 on the side where the input / output terminals 4 are arranged, to secure a space for routing the coaxial cable.

The wide plate compatible terminal block 7 is formed of a synthetic resin and includes a terminal block main body 8 and a decorative cover 9. The terminal block main body 8 has a pair of terminal portions 11 formed inside a frame body 10 opened on the back side. The terminal portions 11 are provided on the front surface of the series unit main body 1, that is, below the illustrated main body case 2. Terminal hole 12 for inserting a pair of branch terminals
Are formed. A pair of engaging claws 14 are erected at the center of the frame 10, and the engaging claws 14 are fitted to a pair of terminal block engaging portions 6 formed on the side surface of the main body case 2 of the series unit main body 1. It can be assembled by inserting.

Engaging pins 13 project from four corners of the frame 10. The engaging pins 13 are engaged with the engaging holes 25 on the side of the serial unit main body 1 to position the wide plate corresponding terminal block 7 with respect to the serial unit main body 1. FIG. 2 shows an assembled state of the series unit of the present invention mounted using the wide plate of FIG.
FIG. 2A is a side view, and FIG. 2B is a front view as viewed from below.

In the side view of FIG. 2A, the wide plate compatible terminal block 7 is assembled by fitting the engaging claws 14 into the terminal block engaging portions 6 on the lower front surface of the series unit main body 1. Fixed. Here, the series unit main body 1 of the terminal block main body 8 in the wide plate compatible terminal block 7
The height L1 from the front surface to the rear surface of the decorative cover portion 9 is set to a size corresponding to the height from the surface of the series unit to the surface of the standard plate in the standard plate mounting structure shown in FIG.

That is, the height (L1 + t) obtained by adding the thickness t of the decorative cover portion 9 to the terminal block main body 8 having the height L1 corresponding to the standard plate mounting structure is the wide plate shown in the conventional example of FIG. The thickness t of the decorative cover 9 is set so as to be the height L2 from the surface of the series unit main body to the surface of the wide plate in the mounting structure. Usually, the height L2 of the wide plate mounting structure is about 1 mm higher than the height L1 of the standard plate mounting structure.
Is set to about t = 1 mm.

In the state where the wide plate compatible terminal block 7 is assembled and fixed to the front surface of the series unit main body 1 in FIG. A pair of projecting branch terminals 15
Is inserted and a television receiver is connected to the branch terminal 15 by a coaxial cable. FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the serial unit main body 1 of FIG. Series unit 1
Is a T-shaped main body case 2 which is opened on the back side as the upper part.
And a case cover 3 fixed to the main body case 2 by screws 16 with screws. The main body case 2 has a case head 2a and a case body 2b.
A pair of input / output terminals 4 are integrally provided on the side a.

Further, mounting ears 5 are integrally formed on both ends located above the main body case 2. Body case 2
A circuit board 17 having a T-shaped planar shape is incorporated in the inside. The circuit board 17 includes the serial unit body 1
The serial unit circuit required for connecting the input / output terminal 4 and the branch terminal 15 is mounted. The case cover 3 has a recess 26 formed on the case head 2 a side of the case main body 2 to secure a space for passing a coaxial cable connected to the input terminal 4.

FIG. 4 shows the front side of the series unit main body 1 of FIG. 3. Branch terminals 15 are provided at two places on the front side of the main body case 2 so as to protrude. A part 5 is formed. A pair of input / output terminals 4 protrude from an end surface of the case head 2a of the main body case 2 on the side of the case body portion 2b.
Are formed on both sides of the terminal block.

Engagement holes 25 are provided at four locations at the base of the mounting ears 5 of the main body case 2, and as shown in FIG. The engagement pins 13 provided at four locations are engaged. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the series unit main body 1 of FIG. 3 as viewed from the rear side in an assembled state, and the case cover 3 is fixed to the main body case 2 with screws 16.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which the case cover 3 of FIG. 5 is removed, and a T-shaped circuit board 17 is provided in the main body case 2.
Is incorporated. The circuit board 17 connects and fixes the connection pins of the pair of input / output terminals 4 provided on the case head 2 a of the main body case 2 with the lead plate 18.
As shown in FIG. 3, the lead plate 18 is connected to the circuit board 17 located below the end of the input / output terminal 4 in the case in a curved state. Further, the connection pin 19 of the branch terminal 15 located on the front side is soldered to the circuit board 17 of FIG. 6 in a state of being directly inserted.

In the embodiment of the series unit used for mounting the wide plate of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, as is apparent from FIG.
And the wide-plate compatible terminal block 7, eliminating the need for the commercially available mounting frame 118 and the decorative cover 128 in the conventional wide-plate mounting structure shown in FIG. 12.

In the conventional example shown in FIG. 12, it is necessary to remove the mounting ears attached to the upper and lower ends of the series unit as shown in FIG. However, in the series unit of the present invention, as shown in the terminal plate 7 corresponding to the wide plate in FIG.
The decorative cover 9 is provided integrally with the terminal block body 8.

For this reason, the coaxial cables 104 and 106 drawn from the outlet box 112 in FIG. 12 are connected to the input / output terminals 4 only by mounting the wide plate compatible terminal block 7 without removing the mounting ears 5. Commercially available wide plate frame 130 and wide plate 1
32 can be implemented. As a result, cost reduction can be realized by reducing the number of parts by eliminating the need for a commercially available mounting frame and decorative cover, and at the same time, by reducing the number of parts and eliminating the need to remove the mounting ears 5, the mounting work of the wide plate mounting structure can be performed. It can be done easily. Further, since there is no need to remove the mounting ears 5, the mounting ears 5 can be provided integrally with the series unit main body, the number of parts can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment in which the series unit of FIG. 1 is attached to an outlet box or the like using a standard plate. In FIG. 7, the serial unit main body 1
Is the same as the case corresponding to the wide plate of FIG. 1. In order to realize a standard plate mounting structure, the terminal plate 2 corresponding to the standard plate is replaced with the terminal plate 7 corresponding to the wide plate.
0 is newly provided.

The terminal plate 20 corresponding to the standard plate has a structure in which the decorative cover 9 in the terminal plate 7 corresponding to the wide plate of FIG. 1 is removed, and the other points are the main body of the terminal block corresponding to the terminal plate 7 corresponding to the wide plate of FIG. 8 has the same structure. 8A and 8B are explanatory views of an assembled state of a series unit used for mounting the standard plate of FIG. 7. FIG. 8A is a side view, and FIG. 8B is a front view as viewed from the front. FIG.
In the side view of FIG.
The height from the surface of the series unit body 1 to the terminal block surface is the same as that of the terminal block body 8 of the wide plate compatible terminal block 7 provided in the wide plate compatible series unit shown in FIG. Height L corresponding to plate mounting structure
It turns out that it is set to 1.

As is clear from the series unit for mounting the standard plate shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, in the series unit of the present invention, the series unit main body 1 is common to the standard plate and the wide plate. , Terminal unit 7 corresponding to the wide plate of FIG.
By selecting and assembling, the mounting structure of the wide plate can be realized, while the terminal plate 20 corresponding to the standard plate shown in FIG.
By selecting and assembling, a standard plate mounting structure can be realized.

FIG. 9 is an exploded view of another embodiment of the series unit used for mounting the wide plate of the present invention. In this embodiment, the serial unit main body 1,
It is composed of three parts: a terminal plate 20A corresponding to the standard plate and a decorative cover 21 corresponding to the wide plate. The series unit main body 1 is the same as the embodiment of FIG. The terminal plate 20A corresponding to the standard plate has basically the same structure as the terminal block 20 corresponding to the standard plate of FIG.
A plate engaging portion 24 is newly formed in some places.

The decorative cover 21 corresponding to the wide plate is formed by separating the decorative cover 9 integrally formed with the terminal block 7 corresponding to the wide plate of FIG. That is, the decorative cover 21 corresponding to the wide plate has the terminal holes 22 opened at two places in the center of the cover main body, and a pair of engaging claws 23 projecting rearward on both sides of the back surface of the terminal holes 22.
Engagement claw 23 on the back of wide plate compatible decorative cover 21
In correspondence with the above, the plate engaging portion 24 is formed in four places on the side surface of the frame 10 in the standard plate corresponding terminal block 20A, and the wide plate compatible decorative cover 21 is engaged with the plate engaging portion 24. The two can be combined by fitting the dovetail 23.

FIG. 10 shows an assembled state of the series unit shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 10 (A) is a side view, and FIG. 10 (B) is a front view as viewed from the front side. As is clear from the side view of FIG. 10 (A), on the front surface, which is the lower side in the illustrated state of the serial unit main body 1, first, the standard plate corresponding terminal block 20A is engaged with the engaging claw 14 and the terminal on the serial unit main body 1 side The wide plate compatible decorative cover 21 is further fitted and fixed to the plate engaging portion 24 on the terminal block side by the engaging claw 23 in this state.

In this case, the terminal plate 20A corresponding to the standard plate is used.
L1 and the thickness t of the wide plate corresponding decorative cover 21 are set such that the sum (L1 + t) of the two is the height L2 from the surface of the series unit main body to the surface of the wide plate in the wide plate mounting structure of FIG. This relationship is the same as in the embodiment of FIG. In the embodiment of FIG. 9 including the series unit main body 1, the standard plate-compatible terminal block 20A, and the wide plate-compatible decorative cover 21, the standard plate-compatible terminal block 20A is different from the embodiment of FIG. However, the number of parts increases by one in that the decorative cover 21 corresponding to the wide plate is separated as a separate part, but a commercially available wide mounting frame 118 is not required as compared with the conventional wide plate mounting structure of FIG. Accordingly, the number of parts is reduced and the cost is reduced, and the work of mounting the wide plate can be facilitated.

An advantage of the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 is that a standard plate mounting structure and a wide plate mounting structure can be easily selected. That is, in the embodiment of FIG. 9, if the standard plate corresponding terminal block 20A is attached to the series unit main body 1, a standard plate mounting structure can be realized.
Standard plate compatible terminal block 20 for series unit body 1
A wide plate mounting structure can be realized by assembling the wide plate compatible decorative cover 21 in addition to A. In each case, the series unit main body 1 and the standard plate compatible terminal block 20A are shared.

As a result, it is possible to selectively use the standard plate mounting structure or the wide plate mounting structure depending on the presence or absence of the wide plate compatible decorative cover 21. That is, FIG.
In order to realize the wide plate mounting structure and the standard plate mounting structure in the embodiment of the present invention, the wide plate mounting terminal block 7 of FIG. 1 and the standard plate mounting terminal block 20 of FIG. The total cost can be reduced if the standard plate-compatible terminal block 20A can be used as a common component.

In the above embodiment, the series unit main body 1 is made of a metal integrally formed by die-casting with aluminum. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A structure having a mounting ear portion 5 made of sheet metal and made of synthetic resin, or any other appropriate series unit body 1
And the mounting ears 5 are integrally formed with the main body case 2. That is, the terminal block is changed to the wide plate compatible terminal block 7. Alternatively, there is no limitation due to the configuration other than the attachment of the wide plate compatible decorative cover 21.

Also, the wide plate terminal block 7 and the standard plate corresponding terminal blocks 20 and 20A which are detachably provided on the series unit body 1 also need a structure for engagement suitable for the structure of the series unit body 1 side. Of course, and is not limited to the terminal block structure of the embodiment. Further, in the above embodiment, the series unit having two branch terminals is taken as an example. However, the number of the branch terminals 15 is one or more as necessary. In this case, the number, position, and shape of the terminal holes 12 that match the branch terminals 15 may be used.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, the terminal unit adapted to the standard plate is adapted to the wide plate on the front side of the terminal plate main unit as the detachable terminal plate corresponding to the standard plate as the detachable terminal plate for the series unit. By integrally forming the decorative cover part, cost reduction can be realized by reducing the number of parts without using a commercially available wide mounting frame and decorative cover required for the conventional wide plate mounting structure. In this case, it is not necessary to remove the mounting ears, and the mounting operation of the series unit using the wide plate can be easily performed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a serial unit body, a standard plate compatible terminal block adapted to a standard plate detachably mounted on the front surface of the serial unit body, and a wide mount detachable to the standard plate compatible terminal block. By configuring a series unit with a combination of decorative covers suitable for the plate, a dedicated decorative cover is required, but the wide mounting frame required for mounting a commercially available wide plate is not used, and the number of parts is reduced accordingly. And the cost can be reduced.At the same time, it is not necessary to remove the mounting ears of the main unit.
Along with the reduction in the number of parts, the work of mounting the series unit using the wide plate can be facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an assembled state of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the serial unit main body of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the series unit main body of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the series unit main body of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the serial unit main body of FIG. 1 with a cover removed.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a series unit using a standard plate.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of an assembled state of FIG. 8;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view of an assembled state of the embodiment in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of a conventional serial unit mounting structure using a standard plate.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional serial unit mounting structure using a wide plate.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view of the work of removing the mounting ears from the series unit.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of attaching a commercially available attachment frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Series unit body 2: Body case 2a: Case head 2b: Case body 3: Case cover 4: Input / output terminal 5: Mounting ear 6: Terminal block engaging portion 7: Wide plate compatible terminal block 8: Terminal Base body 9: Makeup cover part 10: Frame body 11: Terminal part 12, 22: Terminal hole 13: Engagement pin 14, 23: Engagement claw 15: Branch terminal 16: Screw 17: Circuit board 18: Lead plate 19: Connection pins 20, 20A: Terminal block for standard plate 21: Makeup cover for wide plate 24: Plate engaging part 25: Engaging hole 26: Depression

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A serial unit body having mounting ears at two upper and lower locations, and a serial unit body integrally formed with a decorative cover adapted to a wide plate on the front side of a terminal block body adapted to a standard plate. A series unit comprising: a detachable wide plate compatible terminal block. 2. The series unit according to claim 1, wherein the wide plate compatible terminal block has a decorative cover portion having a thickness corresponding to a dimensional difference between a standard plate mounting structure and a plate surface of the wide plate mounting structure. A series unit formed integrally with the surface of the terminal block body. 3. A series unit body having mounting ears at two upper and lower locations, a standard plate compatible terminal block having a surface shape adapted to a detachable standard plate on the front surface of the series unit body, and the standard plate. A wide plate compatible decorative cover compatible with a removable wide plate on the front of the corresponding terminal block,
A series unit comprising: 4. The series unit according to claim 1, wherein the wide plate compatible decorative cover has a thickness corresponding to a dimensional difference between the standard plate mounting structure and the wide plate mounting structure with respect to the plate surface. Series unit.