KR101658781B1

KR101658781B1 - Co-assembling multi-tap

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Publication number: KR101658781B1
Application number: KR1020150074993A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 권충호; 전용욱
Original assignee: (주)대한솔루션
Priority date: 2015-05-28
Filing date: 2015-05-28
Publication date: 2016-09-26

Abstract

The present invention can be used safely by eliminating unnecessary outlets so as not to cause failure or contact failure, by structuring the tap blocks with receptacles as legs, In addition, it is possible to easily use the assembly part when the outlet is added or removed, and to provide a prefabricated multi-tap that can be conveniently used in a variety of forms suitable for the space even when the multi- It has its purpose. Particularly, according to the present invention, a plurality of insertion grooves and insertion protrusions are formed in the first tab block and the second tab block, respectively, and these blocks can be assembled or disassembled by hand insertion without a separate tool, Another object of the present invention is to provide a prefabricated multi-tap that can be assembled in a desired form quickly and conveniently for a desired number of receptacles. In addition, the present invention can be configured to be electrically contactable even if two tab blocks assembled with each other are rotated, so that the direction of the receptacle is not directed to one side, Another object of the present invention is to provide a prefabricated multi-tap which can be inserted and removed easily, thereby making it more convenient to use.

Description

CO-ASSEMBLING MULTI-TAP

The present invention relates to a prefabricated multi-tap, and more particularly, to a prefabricated multi-tap which can be assembled by interposing a tap block having an outlet, so that a desired number of receptacles can be easily assembled and used. It can be assembled in various forms and used conveniently.

Generally, in a place where a computer or a lot of devices are used such as a home or an office, a multi-tap is plugged into an outlet which is limited to a building. A multi-tap is a removable outlet designed to fit multiple plugs into one body, allowing you to connect multiple electrical appliances simultaneously to an outlet that is plugged into a room or the like.

Such a multi-tap generally has a structure having a plurality of outlets, but various techniques such as Patent Documents 1 to 3 have been developed and used in consideration of the purpose of use and convenience.

Patent Literature 1 relates to a multi-tap used for inserting and connecting a plug to supply electricity required for driving various electric appliances in a state of being far away from a power source, and is provided with a plug inserting port at a lower portion of the body, It is possible to prevent infiltration of water, foreign matter, dust and the like by installing the insertion port on the floor, and to prevent safety accidents such as electric leakage, fire and malfunction caused by water and foreign matter The present invention relates to a multi-tap including an overload monitoring means including a reverse multi-tap and a thion paint which discolors due to heat generated by an overload of the multi-tap, thereby preventing a short circuit accident in advance.

Patent Document 2 discloses that a multi-tap having a plurality of sockets is less likely to accumulate foreign matter such as dust falling vertically because the side-socket exposure direction is directed to the side, and the top- So that it can be used by being exposed to the outside according to the need of the user.

Patent Literature 3 relates to a multi-tap power supply control method and a multi-tap control method, wherein a multi-tap operation control method includes performing a pairing with the multi-tap control device based on a pairing request signal transmitted from a multi- And controlling an ON / OFF operation of at least one outlet power source included in the multi-tap based on the operation control signal, wherein the pairing request signal is transmitted to the multi- And may include identifier information of the device. Therefore, the power consumption of the multi-tap provided in the home or office can be controlled to minimize the standby power consumed, thereby reducing the power consumption

However, existing multiplets have the following problems.

(1) Since it is manufactured and sold as a predetermined number of outlets, it is troublesome to use two or more multi-tabs unnecessarily or unnecessarily among the multi-tap outlets.

(2) For example, if you have five receptacles at your office or home, such as a computer and a charger, you may find it convenient to have five receptacles in the multi-tap. However, since multi-tap outlets are usually sold with two, three, four, five, or more outlets, there is a limit to finding a suitable number of multi-tap outlets.

(3) Even when a multi-tap equipped with the necessary number of receptacles is found and used, another electric appliance may be further used in the home or office when using electricity. In this case, a separate multi-tap or outlet is required to use the new electric device.

(4) At this time, when a multi-tap is used, an outlet that is not used unnecessarily is generated. If the plug is not used for a long time, the electrical contact is not performed well, or dust or the like causes poor contact.

Korean Registered Patent No. 1399628 (Registered on May 20, 2014) Korean Patent No. 1400071 (Registered on May 21, 2014) Korean Patent No. 1479659 (Registered on December 30, 2014)

The present invention was invented in consideration of this point, and it is possible to construct a tap block having an outlet by inserting it as a lugo so as to connect and assemble as many as desired numbers, thereby eliminating unnecessary unused receptacles, It can be used safely. Also, it can be easily used when removing or adding an outlet, and it can be conveniently used. Also, when the multi-tap is placed in a limited space, The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

Particularly, according to the present invention, a plurality of insertion grooves and insertion protrusions are formed in the first tab block and the second tab block, respectively, and these blocks can be assembled or disassembled by hand insertion without a separate tool, Another object of the present invention is to provide a prefabricated multi-tap that can be assembled in a desired form quickly and conveniently for a desired number of receptacles.

In addition, the present invention can be configured to be electrically contactable even if two tab blocks assembled with each other are rotated, so that the direction of the receptacle is not directed to one side, Another object of the present invention is to provide a prefabricated multi-tap which can be inserted and removed easily, thereby making it more convenient to use.

In order to achieve the above object, the assembled multi-tap according to the present invention comprises at least one first tap block 100 and at least one second tap block 200, At least one receptacle 110 having a plug capable of being inserted therein, an insertion groove 120 formed at predetermined intervals around the socket 110, and an electrical socket 110 electrically connected to the socket 110, And one end of the elastic electrode 130a and the elastic electrode 130b protrude inwardly of the insertion groove 120. The elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are formed in pairs in the insertion grooves 120 so as to be elastically deformable with different polarities. And the second tab block 200 includes at least one receptacle 210 having a plug capable of being inserted therein, an insert 210 formed to be inserted into the insertion groove 120 at a predetermined interval around the socket 210, The protrusion 220, and the receptacle 210, The fixed electrode 230a and the fixed electrode 230b are formed on the inserting protrusion 220 so that the inserting protrusion 220 contacts the resilient electrodes 130a and 130b when the inserting protrusion 220 is inserted into the inserting recess 120, The first tap block 100 and the second tap block 200 are provided with a plug for supplying power from the outside to the socket.

In particular, the first tab block 100 and the second tab block 200 are each formed in a hexahedron shape, and each of the first and second tab blocks 100 and 200 has an outlet formed on one surface thereof, So that it can be assembled.

The insertion protrusions 220 are formed in a two-stepped cylindrical shape and are inserted into the insertion grooves 120 so that the second tab blocks 220 can be rotated about the insertion protrusions 220, The elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are opposed to each other with reference to the center of rotation on a virtual circle centered on a virtual extension line that is the rotation center of the insertion protrusion 220. The fixed electrodes 230a and 230b ) Is formed on the imaginary circle, and is formed in a shape of arc of a predetermined length.

The elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are mounted with pins so that one of the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b can be rotated, and the pins are provided with elastic springs.

Finally, in the assembled multi-tap according to the present invention, the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b and the fixed electrodes 230a and 230b are connected through external wires.

The assembled multi-tap according to the present invention has the following effects.

(1) It is possible to assemble and use the desired number of receptors easily and quickly by assembling the tab block by inserting the required number of receptacles in the place to be used.

(2) Especially, in case of using multi-tap, it is necessary to increase or decrease the number of receptacles according to the number of electric devices. In this case, the tap block can be connected or disconnected to suit the number of increase / Waste can be minimized.

(3) Since the tab block can be assembled long in accordance with the direction in which the tab block is assembled or can be assembled in various forms such as a cross staircase shape, it can be assembled in a form suitable for a place for laying the multi-tab according to the present invention.

(4) Since the tab blocks are assembled side by side and one of the tab blocks is rotated to adjust the direction in which the plugs are inserted into the receptacle, the direction in which the plugs can be inserted can be arbitrarily adjusted, The convenience can be enhanced.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which a first tab block and a second tab block are engaged with each other according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state in which a first tab block and a second tab block are engaged with each other according to the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a combined state of a first tab block and a second tab block according to the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state where various first tap blocks and second tap blocks are connected in various ways according to the present invention; FIG.
5 is a view of a second tab block showing an example of deforming the shape of an electrode in a second tab block according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 5A is a perspective view, and FIG. 5B is a front view.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should properly define the concept of the term to describe its invention in the best possible way The present invention should be construed in accordance with the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention. Thus, various equivalents And variations may be present.

(Configuration)

The assembled multi-tap according to the present invention comprises at least one first tap block 100 and at least one second tap block 200 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5.

Particularly, according to the present invention, the first tap block 100 and the second tap block 200 can be assembled by interposing them alternately, so that the number of outlets constituting the multi-tap can be easily assembled by the multi- So that it can be conveniently used.

Hereinafter, this configuration will be described in more detail as follows.

The first tap block 100 is equipped with an outlet 110 and an insertion groove 120 and elastic electrodes 130a and 130b formed in pairs as shown in FIGS. Here, the first tab block 100 may be formed as a polyhedron having various shapes, but for the sake of convenience, the first tab block 100 will be described as an example of a hexahedron.

As shown in Fig. 1, the receptacle 110 is provided with an electrode for electrically connecting the inside thereof with a hole for inserting a plug. Since the structure of the receptacle 110 and the structure of the electrode are made of a conventional technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here. The receptacle 110 may be formed in the first tab block 100, or may have two or more receptacles on either side thereof.

The insertion groove 120 allows the second tab block 200, which will be described later, to be inserted therebetween as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The insertion groove 120 is formed in the shape of a space capable of accommodating the insertion protrusion 220 formed in the second tab block 200 and the insertion protrusion 220 is formed on the outer surface of the first tab block 200 The cut surface 121 is formed so as to protrude outward.

In this case, the incision surface 121 may be formed so that the second tab block 200 can be rotated around the insertion protrusion 220 by making the inside of the arc shape as shown in FIG. 1, So as to prevent rotation.

The plurality of insertion grooves 120 are formed in the second tab block 200 at predetermined intervals based on the receptacle 110 described above. In the drawing, four conductive plugs are formed on each of four faces of the receptacle 110, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the first tab block 100 may be formed in a cylindrical shape, and the receptacle 110 may be formed on one surface, and four or more insertion grooves 120 may be formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof.

The elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are formed on the inner side wall of the insertion groove 120 and more preferably on both side walls of the insertion groove 120 facing each other as shown in Figs. It is good.

The elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are electrically connected to the receptacle 110 and one of the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b protrudes into the inner space of the insertion groove 120. [ This is for inserting the insertion protrusion 220 to be described later into the insertion groove 120 so that the insertion protrusion 220 can elastically deform the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b to be electrically contacted. Such electrical contact will be described together with the fixed electrodes 230a and 230b to be described later.

The elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are formed in pairs so as to have different polarities. Each of the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b may be configured to be elastically deformed by its own elastic force, but it is preferable that the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are mounted so as to be rotatable with pins, Or may be configured to be electrically contactable through rotation by being supported.

The second tab block 200 includes at least one receptacle 210, a plurality of insertion protrusions 220, and a pair of insertion protrusions 220 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 And fixed electrodes 230a and 230b formed thereon. Here, the shape of the second tab block 200 and the receptacle 210 are the same as the shape of the first tab block 100 and the receptacle 110, respectively, and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the insertion protrusions 220 are formed in the second tab block 200 at predetermined intervals. In the figure, one hexagonal second tab block 200 is formed on each of four surfaces contacting with each other. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. The insertion protrusions 220 may be formed to have the same number as the insertion grooves 120 described above, but they may be formed differently.

The insertion protrusion 220 can be easily formed by forming the neck portion of the protrusion and fitting the neck portion into the cut surface 121 formed in the insertion groove 120 described above to easily hold the second tab block 200 And may be connected to the first tap block 100 and used.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the insertion protrusion 220 is formed in a stepped cylindrical shape with two ends, and a portion having a long diameter is inserted into the insertion groove 120 and a portion having a small diameter is inserted into the cut- It is desirable to construct the optical system such that it can be made good. This is because the second tab block 200 and the first tab block 100 are connected to each other and the tab blocks 100 and 200 are rotated with respect to the center of the insertion protrusion 220 so that they can be used alternately . The reason for doing this is that the direction of the socket 210 for plugging the plug can be arbitrarily rotated and adjusted.

The fixed electrodes 230a and 230b are formed in pairs as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, and are formed so as to be electrically connected to the two electrodes of the above-described socket 210, respectively. Each of the fixed electrodes 230a and 230b is mounted so that one end thereof is flush with the outer surface of the insertion protrusion 220. At this time, the fixed electrodes 230a and 230b are configured to contact the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b by inserting the insertion protrusions 220 into the insertion grooves 120 to supply power.

The first tap block 100 and the second tap block 200 according to the present invention may be provided with a power outlet so that power can be supplied to any one of the blocks.

The first tab block and the second tab block without a power outlet are assembled in a serial form through the combination of the insertion groove 120 and the insertion protrusion 220, It can be used in various forms such as serial, parallel, etc., and can be connected in various forms as many as the number of receptacles desired by a multi-tap user. 4 shows an example in which a first tab block 100 and a second tab block 200 are combined one by one in FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B shows an example in which a first tab block 100 and a second tab block 200 (C) shows an example in which four first tap blocks 200 are coupled to one first tap block 100 in a cross shape.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first tap block 100 and the second tap block 200 to be connected to each other are assembled so that the receptacles 110 and 210, respectively, So that the plug can be easily inserted or removed.

This can be achieved by configuring the first tab block 100 and the second tab block 200, which are coupled to each other, to rotate with respect to each other. In this case, the rotation of these tap blocks and the electrical connection between the electrodes becomes a problem. Hereinafter, these two aspects will be described.

Rotation of the tab block can be achieved by forming the inside of the incision surface 121 in the shape of an arc and forming the neck portion of the insertion protrusion 220 in contact with the inside portion into a cylindrical shape as described above.

5 (b), the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are disposed so as to be located in a virtual circle centered on a virtual extension line serving as the rotation center of the insertion protrusion 220 do. At this time, the two elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are disposed facing each other with respect to the center of the imaginary circle.

The fixed electrodes 230a 'and 230b' are formed in an arc shape so as to have a predetermined length on the imaginary circle used for installing the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b, as shown in FIG. 5 (a) do. At this time, the length of the circular arc can be set variously, but it is preferable that the connection between the electrodes can be made at any rotation angle by forming the circular arc to have a length near to semicircle as shown in Fig.

At this time, the two fixed electrodes 230a 'and 230b' are formed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the two elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are formed to be narrower than the gap, It can prevent safety accidents.

Finally, in the assembled multi-tap according to the present invention, the elastic electrodes 130a and 130b and the fixed electrodes 230a and 230b are connected by coupling the first tab block 100 and the second tab block 200 However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, these electrodes may be connected to each other using a separate external wire.

100: first tap block
110, 210: outlet
120: insertion groove
121: incision surface
130a, 130b: elastic electrode
200: second tap block
220: insertion projection
230a and 230b:

Claims

At least one first tab block (100) and at least one second tab block (200)
The first tab block 100 includes at least one receptacle 110 capable of receiving a plug, an insertion groove 120 formed at a predetermined interval around the receptacle 110, A pair of elastic electrodes (not shown) formed in each of the insertion grooves 120 so as to be elastically deformable with different polarities, (130a, 130b)
The second tab block 200 includes at least one receptacle 210 having a plug capable of being inserted therein, an insertion protrusion 210 formed at a predetermined interval around the receptacle 210 to be inserted into the insertion groove 120, The inserting protrusion 220 is electrically connected to the receptacle 210 and contacts the resilient electrodes 130a and 130b when the inserting protrusion 220 is inserted into the inserting recess 120 to supply power to the inserting protrusion 220 And fixed electrodes 230a and 230b formed in pairs,
One of the first tap block 100 and the second tap block 200 is provided with a plug capable of supplying power from the outside to an outlet
The insertion protrusions 220 are formed in a two-stepped cylindrical shape and are inserted into the insertion grooves 120 so that the second tab blocks 220 can be rotated with respect to the insertion protrusions 220,
The elastic electrodes 130a and 130b are formed to face each other with respect to the rotation center on an imaginary circle centered on a virtual extension line that becomes the rotation center of the insertion protrusion 220,
Wherein the fixed electrodes (230a, 230b) are formed on the imaginary circle, and are formed in a shape of arc having a predetermined length.

The method according to claim 1,
The first tab block 100 and the second tab block 200 are each formed in a hexahedron shape,
Each outlet is formed on one side,
So that different tab blocks can be assembled to each of the neighboring surfaces on the basis of the socket-outlet.

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The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the elastic electrodes (130a, 130b) are mounted with pins so that one of the elastic electrodes (130a, 130b) can be rotated, and the pins are provided with elastic springs.

The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4,
Wherein the elastic electrodes (130a, 130b) and the fixed electrodes (230a, 230b) are connected through external wires.