KR19980038937A - Circular floor outlet box cover with elastic opening and closing member - Google Patents

Abstract

In the outlet box cover of the present invention, the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16 for inserting the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 to the opposite positions are formed, and the fastening protrusions inserted along the grooves 15 and 16 ( 20 and 21 are inserted into the outer circumferential member 11 having the groove 31 formed therein and the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16 of the outer circumferential member 11, and move along the groove 31. A pair of fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are formed thereon, and fastening protrusion display grooves 18 and 19 are formed to indicate positions of the fastening protrusions 20 and 21, and are used to open the lid 12. In the circular outlet box cover consisting of a lid 12 formed with a groove 30, the elastic member 40 is fastened to the inner bottom of the outer frame member 11 so as to automatically open the lid 12 The fastening bolts 42 are assembled by bolts 41 and 41 'and contact the elastic member 40 at a position on the bottom of the lid 12 so that the lid 12 springs upward. It is characterized in that is fixed.

Description

Circular floor outlet box cover with elastic opening and closing member

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a circular cover of a conventional floor buried outlet box.

FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing an exploded view of the outer frame member 1 and the lid 2 of the circular cover of FIG.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing a circular cover of a floor embedding outlet box in which a conventional fastening groove and protrusion are formed.

4 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing an exploded view of the outer frame member 11 and the lid 12 of the circular cover of FIG.

5 is a partial cutaway cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of the lid 12.

Fig. 6 is a partial cutaway view of the B-B line of the outer circumferential member 11;

Figure 7 relates to a circular buried outlet box cover formed with an opening and closing elastic member according to the present invention.

8 is a perspective view schematically showing the bottom of the lid 12 of FIG.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: outer frame member 2: lid

3,4 wire outlet 5 bolt hole

11: outer frame member 12: lid

13,14: wire outlet 15,16: fastening protrusion insertion groove

17: lid opening groove 18,19: fastening projection indicator groove

20,21: fastening protrusion 22: bolt hole

30,31: groove 40: elastic member

41,41 ': Fastening bolt 42: Locking bolt

The present invention relates to an outlet box embedded in an internal floor of a building or the like.

More specifically, the present invention relates to a cover that is embedded in a floor and connected to an outlet box body in an outlet box for connecting an electric cable to various office equipment or a telephone line to a telephone.

[Background of invention]

It is installed on the floor of the same building as the office and draws out a telephone line or an electric cable, and various types of outlet boxes for floor laying are used.

A conventional floor embedding outlet box is embedded in the main body by flooring concrete and mortar, and a cover attached to the embedded outlet box main body.

The present invention relates to a circular outlet box cover, which is a bolt (not shown) through a bolt hole 5 in the outlet box body in which the outer frame member 1 is embedded, as shown in FIG. After assembly, the lid 2 is placed on top of it retractably. Of course, the lid 2 is placed by the locking step formed on the outer frame member (1).

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, when the electric wire or telephone line is drawn out through the wire outlets 3 and 4 through this non-traditional circular cover, the wire outlets 3 and 4 rise above the floor surface. When the person comes through and touches the protruding wire outlets 3 and 4, the lid 2 is opened.

In order to improve the above drawbacks, the present applicant has developed a socket box cover formed with a fastening groove and protrusions and filed with a patent application No. 96-391 (1996.1.11 application).

However, the invention described in the patent application also has the inconvenience of having to open the lid 12 by inserting the lid opening groove 17 using a pointed tool to open the lid 12. Therefore, the present inventors have come to develop the outlet box cover of the present invention that can open the lid 12 without using a pointed tool.

[Purpose of invention]

It is an object of the present invention to provide a floor outlet socket cover for securely fastening the lid to the outer frame member by preventing the lid from being easily opened by the wire outlet in the circular outlet box cover.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a floor outlet socket cover formed with an opening and closing elastic member that can easily open and close the lid in a circular outlet box cover.

[Summary of invention]

In the outlet box cover of the present invention, the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16 for inserting the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 to the opposite positions are formed, and the fastening protrusions inserted along the grooves 15 and 16 ( 20 and 21 are inserted into the outer circumferential member 11 having the groove 31 formed therein and the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16 of the outer circumferential member 11, and move along the groove 31. A pair of fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are formed thereon, and fastening protrusions and display grooves 18 and 19 indicating the positions of the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are formed to open the lid 12. In the circular outlet box cover consisting of a lid 12 formed with a groove 30 to be used, two elastic members 40 are provided on the inner bottom of the outer frame member 11 so as to automatically open the lid 12. It is assembled by the fastening bolts (41, 41 '), the locking bolt (4) to contact the elastic member 40 at a position on the bottom surface of the lid 12 so that the lid 12 springs upwards. 2) is fixed.

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

Detailed Description of the Invention

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a circular cover used in a conventional floor buried outlet box, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view thereof.

A circular cover for a conventional outlet box is composed of an outer frame member 1 and a lid 2. The outer frame member 1 has a bolt hole 5 formed therein and is coupled to an outlet box body (not shown) embedded in a bolt (not shown) floor through the bolt hole 5. Such assembly can be readily understood by one of ordinary skill in the art.

The lid 2 is placed on the upper portion of the outer circumference member 1 assembled to the embedded outlet box body by its own load. The lid 2 is equipped with a plurality of wire outlets 3 and 4 for taking out an electric wire or a telephone wire from an outlet box. Of course, at the bottom of the outer frame member 1, the locking jaw is formed in a circular shape and the lid 2 is fixed thereon.

The circular cover for such a conventional outlet box can be easily opened by the drawn wire or by the wire outlets 3 and 4. In other words, when a person passes by in an office or the like and touches the wire outlets 3 and 4 with their feet, the lid 2 opens.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing a circular cover of a floor embedding outlet box having fastening grooves and protrusions described in Patent Application No. 96-391, and Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view thereof.

The outlet box cover of the patent application is a conventional cover that is used in the outlet box, the fastening groove and the projection is formed, the lid opening and the like is formed is a convenient cover.

In the patent application, the outer frame member 11 is provided with fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16 for inserting the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 at opposite positions around the inner circumference, respectively, and opening and closing the lid 12. The lid opening groove 17 is formed at any one position, and the groove 31 is formed to rotate the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 inserted along the grooves 15 and 16. The shape of this groove 31 is shown well in FIG. The fastening protrusions 20 and 21 rotate along the circular groove 31.

The lid 12 in the patent application is inserted into the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16 of the outer frame member 11 and is inserted along the grooves 31 and the pair of fastening protrusions 20 and 21 for movement. ) Is formed, and the fastening protrusion display grooves 18 and 19 for indicating the position outside the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are formed, and the grooves 30 used to open the lid 2 are formed. The shape of this groove 30 is well shown in FIG.

Method of using a circular cover for the outlet box according to the patent application is as follows. The method of using a circular cover for an outlet box depends on the case where the wire is not drawn out through the cover.

When the electric wire is drawn out, the electric wire outlets 13 and 14 protrude over the surface of the cover, so that the electric wire outlets 13 and 14 are held by hand, and the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 of the lid 12 are respectively connected to the outlet. After being inserted into the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16 of the outer frame member 11 fixed to the box (not shown), the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are rotated by rotating the wire outlets 13 and 14. It is to be inserted into the groove 31 of the outer frame member (11). If the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are not at the positions of the insertion grooves 15 and 16 and are at any one of the grooves 31, the lid 12 is not opened by external force. The order of opening the lid 12 when the electric wire is pulled out is the reverse of the above procedure. That is, turn the wire outlets 13 and 14 by hand so that the fastening protrusion indicator grooves 18 and 19 are in the position of the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16, and then lift the wire outlets 13 and 14 by hand. (12) is opened.

When the wire is not drawn out, the wire outlets 13 and 14 do not protrude above the cover surface and form a flat surface. Although the drawings for this are not shown, this can be easily understood by those skilled in the art. In this case, the surface of the lid 12 is rotated using a hand so that the fastening protrusion display grooves 18 and 19 are at the positions of the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16. Then, a pointed tool such as a ballpoint pen is inserted into the lid opening groove 17, and the tool is caught in the groove 30 of the lid 12 and then flipped downward to open the lid 12. When the electric wire is not drawn out, the order of closing the lid 12 is the same as that of the above procedure. That is, hold the lid 12 by hand to bring the fastening projection indicator grooves 18 and 19 into the positions of the fastening projection insertion grooves 15 and 16, and then cover the lid 12 and rotate the surface of the lid by hand to fasten it. The protrusions 20 and 21 are positioned at any one position of the groove 31.

The invention described in the patent application has the inconvenience of having to open the lid 12 by inserting the tool into the lid opening groove 17 by using a pointed tool to open the lid 12. The present invention is to improve the invention of Patent Application No. 96-391 to eliminate such inconvenience.

With reference to the drawings with respect to the configuration and operation of the outlet box of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

Figure 7 relates to a circular buried outlet box cover formed with an opening and closing elastic member according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the bottom of the lid 12 in FIG.

First, the outlet box cover of the present invention is an elastic member 40 is assembled by two fastening bolts 41 and 41 'on the inner bottom of the outer frame member 11 so that the lid 12 can be opened automatically. The locking bolt 42 is fixed at one position of the bottom surface of the bottom surface 12 so as to contact the elastic member 40 and the lid 12 springs upward. Elastic member 40 is generally preferred to use a leaf spring, which can be easily carried out by those skilled in the art.

When the cap 12 is closed and the locking bolt 42 presses the upper portion of the elastic member 40, the elastic member 40 is supported by a pair of fastening bolts 41 and 41 ′ so that the groove is pushed from side to side. Formed. This can be easily carried out by those skilled in the art.

After the pair of fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are inserted into the pair of insertion grooves 15 and 16, respectively, when the lid 12 is turned to the left or the right, the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are inserted into the grooves 31. Enter and lock into place. When opening the lid 12 coupled to the outer frame member 11, the lid 12 is rotated so that the fastening protrusion indicator grooves 18 and 19 are aligned with the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16, respectively. do. Then, the locking bolt 42 is lifted upward by the elastic force of the elastic member 40 so that the lid 12 protrudes from the surface of the outer frame member 11. Therefore, the lid 12 can be automatically opened by the elastic member 40 and the locking bolt 42 without using a sharp tool or the like.

According to the present invention, the lid 12 may spring upward by contacting the elastic member 40 supported by the two fastening bolts 41 and 41 'to the inner bottom of the outer frame member 11 by the elastic member. The locking bolt 42 is formed so that the lid 12 can be easily opened without using another tool.

Simple modifications or changes of the present invention can be easily carried out by those skilled in the art, and all such modifications or changes can be seen to be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (1)

Consists of the outer periphery member 11 and the lid 12 of the outlet box for building floor buried, the fastening projections 20, 21 are inserted into the opposite position in the interior of the outer periphery member 11, respectively Protrusion insertion grooves (15, 16) are formed, the outer frame member 11, the groove 31 is formed so that the fastening protrusions (20, 21) inserted along the grooves (15, 16) and the outer circumference A pair of fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are inserted into the fastening protrusion insertion grooves 15 and 16 of the frame member 11 and move along the grooves 31, and the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 of the fastening protrusions 20 and 21 are formed. In the circular outlet box cover formed of a lid 12 having a groove 30 formed therein, the fastening protrusion display grooves 18 and 19 indicating the position, and the lid 12. The elastic member 40 is assembled by the two fastening bolts 41 and 41 'on the inner bottom surface of the outer frame member 11 so as to open automatically, and at one position on the bottom surface of the lid 12. Group resilient member 40 contacts the lid 12. This flow of the circle of the said to bounce upwards which engaging bolt 42 is fixed ah outlet box cover for buried.