KR102425298B1 - Collective wattmeter box - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aggregate instrument box for preventing binding and cross-talk between cables entering inside, a body part in which cables are introduced and arranged, a cable arrangement part in which cables can be separately arranged, and binding by the flow of cables. It includes a cable splitter to prevent energization, a switch unit that can cut off the energization of the incoming cables, and a cover unit to protect the incoming cables, and has an effect of preventing short circuits caused by binding and crosstalk between cables.

Description

Collective instrument box {COLLECTIVE WATTMETER BOX}

The present invention relates to an aggregate instrument box, and more particularly, to an aggregate instrument box capable of separating a plurality of incoming cables to prevent a short circuit between the cables and cut off the energization of the cables through a switch.

In recent years, the residential environment has been transformed into a multi-unit house, and the power distributor that distributes and supplies the power supplied to each house to various loads detects the voltage supplied to the load and quickly cuts off the electricity when abnormal conditions such as a short circuit occur. Equipped with a circuit breaker to prevent safety accidents caused by electricity in advance, or a circuit breaker for wiring that selectively cuts off electricity only to the faulty load side, and a switchboard where various devices are installed, such as a watt-hour meter that measures the total amount of power used for a certain period are doing

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1262797 (hereinafter referred to as 'prior literature') discloses a switchboard for stable power distribution in an apartment house.

However, the switchboard disclosed in the prior document discloses only the configuration for protecting the branched wire from external impact, and there is no information on the configuration for the separation of the wire drawn inside and the means/method for blocking the current flowing in the wire. not mentioned

Accordingly, there was a problem in that the incoming wires or cables (hereinafter referred to as 'cables') were tangled with each other, causing a fire due to a short circuit or an electric shock to the user as the branch box became a live wire due to a short circuit.

In addition, there was a problem in that there is no means to cut off the energization of the cable in the branch box, so there is a problem in that it is not possible to cut off the energization by separating the wires or cables directed to some households.

The present invention was created to improve the problems of the conventional branch box as described above, and a first object is to prevent a short circuit between the cables by separating and fixing the cables introduced into the collective instrument box from each other.

In addition, the second object of the present invention is to provide a means for cutting off the energization of cables introduced into the collective instrument box in order to prevent the live wire state of the collective instrument box and to prevent electric shock accidents of workers.

Gathering instrument box according to the present invention in order to achieve the object as described above, the main body portion to which the cable is introduced; and a switch unit disposed on one side of the main body to cut off energization of the introduced cable; Including, the body portion, the body body; a cable arranging unit formed by being introduced into the outer surface of the main body in a streamlined manner so that a cable can be arranged; may include

The main body may include two or more cable arranging units to separate incoming cables from each other.

The body portion may include: a cable splitter extending between the cable arrangement portions to prevent the incoming cables from being bound to each other by flow; may further include.

The body portion may include: a cable fixing bolt for fixing the cable introduced into the cable arrangement portion to prevent flow of the cable; may further include.

At least two or more of the cable fixing bolts may be disposed in order to increase the flow prevention efficiency of the cable.

The switch unit may include a main switch through which the cable passing through the main body is drawn into one side and discharged to the other side through the inside; Including, the main switch may control the current flow of the cable.

The main switch may include: a switch lamp for indicating whether a current is passed through a cable passing through the inner space through lighting; may include

The switch unit may include: a switch handle disposed on an upper surface of the main switch to control the main switch to control the conduction of a cable; may further include.

The switch unit may include: a switch support disposed between the main switch and the main body; and a switch bolt coupled to the support hole formed on both sides of the switch support. Including, wherein the switch support is formed to have a width longer than the width of the main switch, the support hole may be formed at a position deviated from the lower side of the main switch.

The switch unit may include: a switch support disposed between the main switch and the main body; Including, the switch support, the central portion may be formed to protrude in a stepwise manner so as to cover and support the main switch from above.

The switch unit may include: a switch bolt coupled to a support hole formed on both sides of the switch support; It further includes, the switch support, the support hole may be formed at both ends, respectively.

The switch support may be formed with a space so that the upper portion of the main switch can be exposed to the outside.

a cover part disposed on the upper side of the body part to protect the cable; may further include.

The cover portion may include a cover body having a width wider than that of the main body; and a cover bolt inserted into a hole formed in the cover body to fix the cover body to an upper portion of the main body. may include.

The cover body may be formed of a translucent material so that the state of the cable introduced into the main body can be checked.

The cover bolt may be formed to be longer than the difference between the diameter of the cable and the height of the cable arrangement part in order to prevent the cover body from coming into contact with the cable introduced into the body part.

The cover portion may include a cover body having a width wider than that of the main body; and a cover bolt inserted into a hole formed in the cover body to fix the cover body to an upper portion of the main body. Including, wherein the cover bolt, in order to prevent separation of the cable through the space above the cable splitter, the distance between the cable splitter and the cover body after bolting may be formed to have a length smaller than the diameter of the cable.

The cover portion may include a cover body having a width wider than that of the main body; Including, wherein the cable fixing bolt is introduced into a hole formed in the outer surface of the cover body so as to correspond to the upper side of the cable arrangement portion, it is possible to fix the cable and the cover body at the same time.

Gathering instrument box according to the present invention, first, has an effect of preventing cross-talk between cables by providing a cable arrangement unit and a cable separator for separating the cables introduced into the interior.

Second, there is an effect of preventing the operator from being electrocuted by releasing the live wire state of the instrument box by providing a switch to cut off the energization of the incoming cable.

1 is a front view for explaining the appearance of the instrument box assembly according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a front view of a state in which the cover part is disassembled in order to explain the inside of the instrument box assembly according to the present invention.
3 and 4 are front views for explaining the structure in which the cable is introduced into the main body of the instrument box and the cable fixing bolt is coupled to fix the cable.
5A and 5B are partially enlarged views for explaining a structure in which a cable is introduced into a cable arrangement unit.
Figure 6 is a perspective view for explaining the external appearance of the switch unit of the instrument box assembly according to the present invention.
7A and 7B are perspective views for explaining the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the switch support.
8 is a front view for explaining an embodiment in which the number of cables entering the instrument box according to the present invention is increased.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Since the present invention can have various changes and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and will be described in detail in the detailed description. This is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific embodiment, it should be construed to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In describing the present invention, terms such as first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components may not be limited by the terms. The terms are only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be referred to as a first component.

The term “and/or” includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another component, it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in between. can be understood On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a certain element is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it may be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, and one or more other features It may be understood that the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof is not precluded in advance.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries may be interpreted as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, they are interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning. it may not be

In addition, the following embodiments are provided to more completely explain to those with average knowledge in the art, and the shapes and sizes of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for clearer explanation.

Hereinafter, the collective instrument box 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 .

1 and 2 , the instrument box 1 according to the present invention may include a body part 100 , a switch part 200 , and a cover part 300 .

The body part 100 forms a space in which the cable is introduced and disposed. The main body 100 may include a main body 110 , a cable arrangement unit 120 , a cable separator 130 , and a cable fixing bolt 140 .

Specifically, the main body 110 has a constant volume of a rectangular parallelepiped and provides a space in which other components to be described later of the main body 100 can be arranged. In addition, it may be combined with the switch unit 200 and the cover unit 300 .

Referring to the embodiment of FIG. 2 , the switch unit 200 may be coupled to the upper side of the main body 110 . In another embodiment, the switch unit 200 may be coupled to the lower end of the main body 110 .

A plurality of bolt holes may be formed at both ends of the main body 110 . Although the embodiment of FIG. 2 discloses the body body 110 in which four bolt holes are formed on both sides of the upper and lower ends, the number of bolt holes may be freely increased or decreased according to the weight of the cover part 300 or external environmental conditions.

1 and 2 , the cover part 300 may be coupled to the upper portion of the main body 110 . The cover part 300 may perform a function of protecting the body part 100 and the cable inserted into the body part 100 .

The cable arrangement unit 120 may be formed by being introduced into the outer surface of the main body 110 in a streamlined shape so that the cables can be arranged. A detailed shape and arrangement of cables will be described later with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B .

It is preferable that at least two cable arrangement units 120 are included to separate incoming cables from each other. In a typical home house, there is a case where the number of households exceeds eight households. In this case, the number of cable arrangement units 120 may increase in response to the number of households.

The cable separator 130 may be formed to protrude between the cable arrangement units 120 to prevent the incoming cables from being bound to each other by flow. The cable splitter 130 may be formed to have a height at which the cable introduced into the cable arrangement unit 120 cannot be crossed by the flow.

The number of cable splitters 130 may be increased to correspond to the number (N) of the cable arrangement units 120 . In one embodiment, it may be arranged between the two cable arrangement units 120 , and in this case, the number of cable splitters 130 may be defined as one less than the number of cable arrangement units 120 . (N-1)

The cable fixing bolt 140 may perform a fixing function to prevent the flow of the cable introduced into the cable arrangement unit 120 . 2 illustrates a configuration in which five cable fixing bolts 140 are arranged to fix one cable, but is not necessarily limited thereto, and the number that can perform the fixing function can be freely selected. . However, fixing from both upper and lower sides is preferable to improve the flow prevention efficiency of the cable, and at least two or more may be arranged.

1 and 2 , the switch unit 200 may be disposed on one side of the body unit 100 . A detailed configuration of the switch unit 200 will be described later with reference to FIG. 6 .

Referring to FIG. 1 , the cover part 300 may include a cover body 310 and a cover bolt 320 .

The cover body 310 may be formed in a flat plate shape wider than the body body 110 in order to protect the body part 100 . In addition, it may be formed to be longer than the length of the main body 110 .

The cover body 310 may be formed of a translucent material so that the body part 100 and the state of the cable introduced into the body part 100 can be checked from the outside. In general, as a translucent material having strength and hardness that can be used as a cover, acrylic, HDPE (high density polyethylene), PP (polypropylene), PC (polycarbonate), etc. may be selected and used.

The cover bolt 320 may be included to couple the main body 110 and the cover body 310 . In detail, the bolt insertion holes formed on both sides of the main body 110 and the cover body 310 may be coupled through the holes formed corresponding to the bolt insertion holes of the main body 110 at the same time. Accordingly, the difference between the length of the cover bolt 320 and the length of the bolt insertion hole may determine the height of the inner space between the main body 110 and the cover body 310 .

The cover bolt 320 may be formed to be longer than the difference between the diameter of the cable and the height of the cable arrangement unit 120 in order to prevent the cable introduced into the main body 100 from contacting the cover body 310 . The cable may be introduced into the cable placement unit 120 and protrude from the main body 110 by the difference between the diameter (h) and the height (d) of the cable placement unit 120 . (See FIG. 5B ) Therefore, the length remaining after the cover bolt 320 is tightened must be maintained at least the height difference h-d to prevent the cable from contacting the cover body 310 .

In addition, it may be formed higher than the height of the cable splitter 130 . The difference between the length of the cover bolt 320 and the length of the bolt insertion hole determines the height of the inner space between the body body 110 and the cover body 310, and the contact between the cable separator 130 and the cover body 310 is is to prevent

Furthermore, in order to prevent separation of the cable through the space above the cable separator, the difference between the length of the cover bolt 320 and the length of the bolt insertion hole, that is, the distance between the cable separator and the cover body after bolting is smaller than the diameter of the cable. can be formed with

3 and 4 show a structure in which the cable is introduced into the main body of the instrument box and the cable fixing bolt is coupled to fix the cable.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the cable is introduced into the cable arrangement unit 120 and is discharged through the inside of the main switch 210 through the switch hole 212 present in the switch unit 200 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , the cable fixing bolt 140 may be coupled to the upper portion of the introduced cable. The number of cable fixing bolts 140 may be freely selected in consideration of the surrounding environment or the thickness of the cable. However, it is preferable that at least two or more are included in order to improve the fixing force of the cable.

The hole into which the cable fixing bolt 140 is introduced may be formed to extend in a stepwise manner from the main body 110 . In this case, the extended portion may be formed in a shape such as approximately '┏┓'.

In another embodiment, the hole into which the cable fixing bolt 140 is introduced may be formed on the outer surface of the cover body 310 so as to correspond to the upper side of the cable arrangement part 120 . According to this embodiment, the cable fixing bolt 140 can fix the cable and the cover body 310 at the same time.

5A and 5B are enlarged views of a portion in which a cable is introduced into the cable arrangement unit 120 .

According to the embodiment of FIGS. 5A and 5B , the cable arrangement unit 120 may be formed by being introduced into a column corresponding to the shape of the cable. Accordingly, the cable may be partially introduced into the cable arrangement unit 120 and fixed.

At this time, the cable may be exposed to the outside by the difference (h-d) between the radius or height (d) of the cable arrangement unit 120 and the diameter (h) of the cable.

According to the present embodiment, the cable splitter 130 may be formed to extend in a circumferential shape between the cable arrangement units 120 . However, the cable separator 130 is configured to prevent binding between cables introduced into the cable arrangement unit 120 , and may be freely selected in a shape capable of separating the cables.

Further, according to the embodiment configured to be connected to the cover body 310 as described above, the upper surface may be extended in the shape of a flat cuboid to correspond to the outer surface of the cover body 310 having a flat plate shape.

Figure 6 shows the external appearance of the switch unit of the instrument box assembly according to the present invention.

According to the embodiment of FIG. 6 , the switch unit 200 may include a main switch 210 , a switch handle 220 , a switch support 230 , and a switch bolt 240 .

In the main switch 210 , the cable passing through the main body 100 is drawn into one side and discharged to the other side through the inside, and can cut off the energization of the cable.

In detail, it may be formed so that the cable is introduced by including a switch hole 212 formed to penetrate the inside from the outer surface.

The main switch 210 may include a switch lamp 211 on the upper side. The switch lamp 211 is turned on when the cable passing through the inside of the main switch 210 is energized, providing an effect that the operator can intuitively recognize whether the electric current is present.

The switch handle 220 may be disposed on the upper surface of the main switch 210 to control the main switch 210 to control the conduction of the cable. The present embodiment discloses a handle-type switch on/off method, but is not limited thereto. In another embodiment, the switch may be controlled by a button type, and various methods for turning the switch on/off may be selected.

The switch support 230 is disposed between the main switch 210 and the main body 110 to connect both components. The switch bolt 240 may be coupled to the support hole 231 formed on both sides of the switch support 230 to fix the switch support 230 to the main body 110 .

Referring to the embodiment of FIG. 6 , the switch support 230 is formed to have a width longer than the width of the main switch 210 , and a support hole 231 may be formed at a position deviated from the lower side of the main switch 210 . have. The shape of the switch support 230 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B .

7A and 7B show a first embodiment and a second embodiment of the switch support 230 .

According to the embodiment of Figure 7a, the switch support 230 may be formed in a flat plate shape longer than the other direction in one direction. In this case, the support hole 231 may be disposed at both side ends. Therefore, even when the main switch 210 is coupled, it may be exposed to the outside.

According to the embodiment of Figure 7b, the switch support 230 may be formed to have a shape of a bridge (bridge), such that the central portion protrudes in a stepwise manner approximately like '┏┓'. At this time, the main switch 210 may be disposed and supported under the protruding center. The support hole 231 of the switch support 230 may be disposed on both sides rather than the center.

In addition, a space 232 may be formed on the outer surface of the protruding center of the switch support 230 . The space 232 functions so that the upper part of the main switch 210 disposed under the central portion can be exposed to the outside. In order for the operator to operate the switch handle 220 disposed on the upper part of the main switch 210 and the operator to recognize the switch lamp 211 disposed on the upper part of the main switch 210, the main switch 210 This is because the upper part needs to be exposed to the outside.

Figure 8 shows an embodiment in which the number of cables entering the instrument box 1 according to the present invention is increased.

According to the number of households in the household in which the collective instrument box 1 is installed, the number of cables introduced into the collective instrument box may correspondingly increase. In this embodiment, the main body 100 includes four cable placement units 120 and three cable splitters 130 so that four cables can be introduced. As the number of households increases, a collective instrument box including a larger number of cable arrangement units 120 may be designed.

In this embodiment, energization of four cables is controlled by one main switch 210, but in another embodiment, one main switch 210 may be disposed for each cable. According to another embodiment, it is possible to control the energization of each cable with each main switch 210 , thereby providing another effect of energization control for each furniture.

As such, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the above-described technical configuration of the present invention may be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the foregoing detailed description, and the meaning and scope of the claims And all changes or modifications derived from the equivalent concept should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1: Gathering instrument box
100: body part
110: body body
120: cable placement unit
130: cable splitter
140: cable fixing bolt
200: switch unit
210: main switch
211: switch lamp
220: switch handle
230: switch support
300: cover part
310: cover body
320: cover bolt

Claims (18)

a main body in which a cable is introduced and disposed; and
a switch unit disposed on one side of the main body and capable of blocking the conduction of the incoming cable;
including,
The body part,
body body;
Two or more cable arrangement parts formed on the outer surface of the main body so that the cable can be introduced;
including,
The cable arrangement unit,
It is in the form of a groove extending from one end of the main body to the other end,
Gathering instrument box, characterized in that two or more of the cable arrangement parts are spaced apart from each other.
delete According to claim 1,
The body part,
a cable splitter extending between the cable arrangement parts to prevent the incoming cables from being bound to each other by flow;
Collective instrument box further comprising.
According to claim 1,
The body part,
a cable fixing bolt for fixing the cable introduced into the cable arrangement unit to prevent flow;
Collective instrument box, characterized in that it further comprises.
5. The method of claim 4,
The cable fixing bolt is
Collective instrument box, characterized in that at least two or more are arranged in order to increase the flow prevention efficiency of the cable.
According to claim 1,
The switch unit,
a main switch through which the cable passing through the main body is drawn into one side and discharged to the other side through the inside;
including,
The main switch is a collective instrument box, characterized in that it can control the current flow of the cable.
7. The method of claim 6,
The main switch is
a switch lamp indicating whether current is energized in the cable passing through the inner space by lighting;
Collective instrument box that includes.
7. The method of claim 6,
The switch unit,
a switch handle disposed on the upper surface of the main switch to control the main switch to control the energization of the cable;
Collective instrument box further comprising.
7. The method of claim 6,
The switch unit,
a switch support disposed between the main switch and the main body; and
a switch bolt coupled to the support hole formed on both sides of the switch support;
includes,
The switch support is
The assembly instrument box is formed to have a width longer than the width of the main switch, and a support hole is formed at a position deviated from the lower side of the main switch.
7. The method of claim 6,
The switch unit,
a switch support disposed between the main switch and the main body;
including,
The switch support is
Aggregate instrument box, characterized in that the central part protrudes in a stepwise manner so as to cover and support the main switch from above.
11. The method of claim 10,
The switch unit,
a switch bolt coupled to the support hole formed on both sides of the switch support;
further comprising,
The switch support is
Gathering instrument box, characterized in that each support hole is formed at one end of both sides.
12. The method of claim 11,
The switch support is
Collective instrument box, characterized in that the space is formed so that the upper part of the main switch can be exposed to the outside.
According to claim 1,
a cover part disposed on the upper side of the body part to protect the cable;
Collective instrument box further comprising.
14. The method of claim 13,
The cover part,
a cover body having a wider width than the main body; and
a cover bolt inserted into a hole formed in the cover body to fix the cover body to an upper portion of the main body;
Collective instrument box that includes.
15. The method of claim 14,
The cover body is
Collective instrument box, characterized in that it is formed of a translucent material so that the state of the cable introduced into the main body can be checked.
15. The method of claim 14,
The cover bolt is
In order to prevent the cover body from coming into contact with the cable introduced into the main body, the collective instrument box, characterized in that it is formed longer than the difference between the diameter of the cable and the height of the cable arrangement part.
14. The method of claim 13,
The body part,
a cable splitter extending between the cable arrangement parts to prevent the incoming cables from being bound to each other by flow;
including,
The cover part,
a cover body having a wider width than the main body; and
a cover bolt inserted into a hole formed in the cover body to fix the cover body to an upper portion of the main body;
includes,
The cover bolt is
In order to prevent separation of the cable through the space above the cable splitter, the distance between the cable splitter and the cover body after bolting is formed to be smaller than the diameter of the cable.
14. The method of claim 13,
The cover part,
a cover body having a wider width than the main body;
including,
The body part,
a cable fixing bolt for fixing to prevent the flow of the cable introduced into the cable arrangement part;
includes,
The cable fixing bolt is
It is introduced into a hole formed on the outer surface of the cover body so as to correspond to the upper side of the cable arrangement part, and the assembly instrument box, characterized in that it fixes the cable and the cover body at the same time.

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