MXPA06005470A - Cable-retaining clip to be associated with an equipment enclosure - Google Patents

Abstract

Cable-retaining clip (5) to be associated with an equipment enclosure (1), the enclosure consisting of a box-like body equipped with an inner room and being provided with at least one aperture (42) for at least a first conductive cable (4) to pass therethrough from said inner chamber to the outside of said enclosure (1). The cable-retaining clip (5) is provided with:- fixing means (10, 14) suitable to cooperate with said aperture for fixing said clip (5) to said enclosure (1);- a channel (11) to be passed through by at least a further conductive cable (6) to be attached to said container (1).

Description

COUPLING CLUTCH-CABLES ASSOCIABLE TO A CONTAINER HOLDER-APPLIANCES DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to the technical sector of the electrical-table or desk-top electrical equipment containers, and in particular it refers to a cable-tie hook associated to a device-holder container. For the purposes of the present description, electrical appliance is understood, in general, as any electrical means or device that is a general part of electrical installations in civil buildings and the like. This definition includes, therefore, in a non-limiting manner, the switches, sockets of the electric network, sockets for data networks, TV sockets, telephone sockets, push buttons, switches, shunts, electrical regulating devices in general, connectors , timers, visual presentation devices (displays) for example LCD and the like. As is known, the use of containers or channels associated with desks or work stations is now widespread, and it is possible to make one or more electrical devices available for access directly on the desk or work station. to the various telephony, data and REF.:172870 energy services. The use of such containers makes the organization of space in the work plane much more rational, and makes access to electrical appliances particularly convenient and immediate. It is even possible that, for example, because of demands arising successively from the arrangement of such device-holder containers on the desk, it is therefore necessary to have one or more cables pass through the workplace together to access service data, telephony or power supply, for which the corresponding electrical devices are not located in the device-holder containers. To give an example, we consider the case in which a portable computer needs to be connected to a local data network, and no data network connection has been provided in the device holder container. In this case, an additional UTP cable with an RJ45 connector must be passed, for example, on the desk surface. Another example occurs when the laptop needs to be connected to another device via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable. A further example is presented when it is necessary to connect the portable computer to the electrical network, and only data network outlets are provided in the box provided on the desk, or alternatively, the planned electrical outlets are already occupied.

The presence of another cable on the desk creates an inconvenience given the own inconvenience that such additional cable can suppose, when moving freely on the desk. In addition, once the additional cable has been disconnected from the device to which it has been connected during its use, it is difficult to have said cable attached to the working plane of the desk, which usually tends to fall dragged by the weight of the portion of the cable itself that does not support on the work plane. The object of the present invention is to provide a cable tie that allows to overcome the drawbacks cited above with respect to the known art. This object has been achieved by means of a cable-holding hook as defined in the first appended claim in its most general form, and in the dependent claims in accordance with some particular embodiments. Also part of the object of the present invention is an equipment carrier container as defined in appended claim 8. The invention will be better understood from the detailed description that follows of an embodiment, carried out by way of example and, therefore, without any limiting nature, with reference to the attached drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device holder container associated with a particular example of a cable tie made in accordance with the present invention; Figure 2 shows a first perspective view of the hitch of Figure 1; Figure 3 shows a second perspective view of the coupling of Figure 1, and Figure 4 shows a detail relating to the connection between the device holder container and the cable tie hook shown in Figure 1. In the Figures, the Equal or similar elements will be indicated by the same reference numbers. In Figure 1 there is shown a perspective view of a particular example of an equipment carrier case, indicated globally with 1. This container is substantially box-shaped and is, for example, positionable or fixable to a work plane, such as for example, a shelf of a desk 9, partially shown in Figure 1. The cable holding container 1 houses a plurality of modular type electrical appliances. In the particular example shown in Figure 1, this plurality of devices includes, but is not limited to, seven electric grid 2 and one rocker switch 3. The switch 3 represents, for example, a switch capable of enabling or disabling the remaining electrical appliances 2 housed in the appliance holder. Obviously, various other combinations of electrical appliances can be housed in the equipment holder 1. It must be borne in mind, on the other hand, that a device-holder container of the type shown in FIG. 1 is a device known per se to those skilled in the art, and that, for reasons of simplification, it is not going to be described detailed in the present description. The device holder container 1 comprises a wall 20 provided with an opening for the passage of a conductor cable 4 from the outside to the interior of the container 1. In the Figure, said cable 4 has been shown by way of illustration and not limitation without pin associated with it. In the remainder of the present description, said cable 4 will be identified with the term "connecting cable 4" of the container 1, or more abbreviated as "connection cable 4". For example, said connection cable 4 is, without limitation, an electric cable provided with an insulating sheath and capable of being connected to the electrical network for electrical appliances 2, 3 housed in the device holder container 1. The The aperture defined in the wall 20 of the device holder container 1 enables the internal cavity of the container 1, which houses at least a part of the electrical appliances 2, 3, to be communicated with the external environment to the container 1 as a box. Associated with the container 1, in Figure 1, a particularly preferred embodiment of a cable tie 5 according to the present invention has also been shown. In the particular example shown, the cable tie 5 advantageously allows to hook, ie to connect, to the device holder container 1, a terminal portion of a UTP-type conductor cable 6, provided with a connector 7 of the RJ-45 type. Said conductor cable 6 is an external cable and independent of the device holder container 1 and of the electrical devices 2, 3 housed therein. In the following, said cable will be mentioned using the expression "additional cable 6". Obviously, the particular type of additional cable 6 that has been represented constitutes only, and therefore without limitation, a possible example of an additional cable 6 that can be attached to the device holder 1.

The cable tie 5 of Figure 1 has been shown in greater detail in Figure 2. Such a hook includes, advantageously, fixing means 10, 14 capable of cooperating with the opening provided in the wall 20 of the equipment holder container 1. Such fixing means 10, 14 make it possible to fix, preferably detachably, the cable tie 5 to the device holder container 1. Advantageously, the cable tie 5 also includes a channel 11 which is traversable by the cable 6 additional to be connected to the device holder container 1. In the particularly preferred embodiment shown in Figures 2 and 3, the cable tie 5 includes a substantially shaped main body as a nozzle. From said nozzle, the fixing means 10, 14 are projected towards the container 1, the channel 11 having been furthermore realized in the thickness of said nozzle 11. More preferably, the nozzle body includes a first portion 12, carrier of the fixing means 10, 14, and capable of being connected to the wall 20 of the container 1, and a second portion 13 elastically foldable relative to the first portion 12, to allow the insertion of the additional cable 6 in the channel 11, or its extraction from this one. More preferably, all the cable tie 5 has been made in one piece, with an elastic and flexible material, and that at the same time has a sufficient stiffness to be able to retain the additional cable 6, and to allow the fixation of the cable. own hook 5 in the device holder container 1 through the fixing means 10, 14. Preferably, said cable tie 5 has been made with natural thermoplastic rubber. Advantageously, the channel 11 capable of receiving the additional cable 6 has a longitudinal opening that runs along the entire length of the channel 11, and faces the wall of the device holder container 1, in such a way that the additional cable portion 6 received ^ inside the channel 11, is retained by tightening between the internal wall of the channel 11 and a corresponding portion of the external wall of the device holder container. 1 . In a particularly preferred embodiment, the cable tie 5 includes a through hole 15 for the passage of the connection cable 4. In practice, said through-hole 15, when the sucker-cables 5 is fixed to the device-holder container 1, turns out to be substantially coaxial with the opening provided in the wall. of the container 1 for the passage of the connection cable 4. Preferably, as best seen in Figure 3, the through hole 15 is partially occluded by a diaphragm formed by a plurality of flexible segments 16 and radially oriented with respect to the center of the hole 15.

In practice, the presence of said diaphragm with flexible walls 16 advantageously allows to adapt the effective dimension of the orifice 15 to the diameter of the connection cable 4 passing through said hole 15. According to is shown in Figure 2 , the fixing means 10, 14, include a collar 10, preferably in the shape of "U", which develops at least partially around the through hole 15, and further include one or more fins 14 capable of interfering by tightening with a portion of the interior wall surface to the device holder container 1, and facing the opening provided therein for the passage of the connection cable 4. In Figure 4, a header portion of the device holder container 1 of Figure 1 has been shown, in accordance with a view of the interior of the container 1. In said view, the container 1 is disassembled in a cover portion 31 and a base part 41. On the walls of the base part 41 the through opening 42 for the passage of the connecting cable 4 is visible, not shown in Figure 4. In said Figure, it is possible to observe how the collar 10 and the fins 14, are such that they can pass through the through opening made in the wall 20 of the base part 41 of the device holder container 1 to fix the cable tie 5 at. Container 1. In particular, in Figure 4 it is possible to observe how the fins 14 are such that they interfere, in an outstanding manner, against portions 43 of the internal wall of the container 1, in order to maintain the cable tie 5 linked to the device holder container. 1. It is observed how the cable tie 5 is fixed to the container 1 by interposing the collar 10 between the cover portion 31 and the base portion 41. Figure 4 also shows a clamp 45 that can be tightened by means of screws 46. for fixing the connection cable 4 (not shown in Figure 4), which is able to pass through the opening 42 of the container 1 passing through the hole 15 provided in the cable tie 5. In Figure 4, it is also visible a fixing channel 50 made in the base portion 41 of the container 1, and capable of receiving a staple to fix the container 1 to the working plane of the desk.

Based on what has been described, it is possible to understand how a cable tie 5 according to the present invention allows an additional cable to be fastened to an apparatus box, and thereby resolves the aforementioned problems in relation to the presence of said cable. additional cable on a work plane. It should be noted, however, that the present description has been made with reference to the use of a cable tie 5 provided with a single channel 11 for the passage of a single additional cable 6, although it is also possible to provide cables with more than one channel 11, or provide channels 11 capable of accommodating more than one additional cable 6. Obviously, a person skilled in the art, in order to meet specific and specific requirements, will be able to provide numerous modifications and variants to the fastening cables 5 described above, all of which are otherwise contained within the scope of protection of the invention, as defined by the claims that follow. It is noted that in relation to this date, the best method known by the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention, is that which results from the present description of the invention.

Claims (1)

CLAIMS Having described the invention as above, the content of the following claims is claimed as property. 1 . - Attachable cable tie hook to a device holder container, the container being formed by a box-like body, provided with an internal cavity, and being provided with at least one wall provided with an opening for the passage of at least one first conductor cable from said internal cavity to the exterior of said container, characterized in that the cable-holding hook is equipped with: fixing means capable of cooperating with said opening for fixing said coupling on said container; a channel traversable by at least one additional conductor cable, for its connection to said container. 2 . - Hitch fastener cables according to claim 1, characterized in that said channel has a longitudinal opening such that a portion of said additional cable passing through said channel, can be retained by tightening between an internal wall of said channel and a portion wall of said container enf profitable to said longitudinal opening. 3. - Cable tie hook in accordance with the claim 1, characterized in that said hook includes a main body substantially shaped as a nozzle that has a first portion connectable to said container through said fixing means, and a second free and folding portion to allow access or release of said additional cable in the mentioned channel. Four . - Hitch fastener cables according to claim 1, characterized in that the coupling has been made in one piece, with a flexible elastic material. 5 . - Attachment cables according to claim 1, characterized in that said fixing means include a collar that develops substantially around a through hole provided in the aforementioned hook, said hole being substantially coaxial with said opening of the container , and such that it allows the passage of said first conductor cable, said collar being insertable in said opening, and also including fins able to interfere in an outstanding manner with corresponding portions of said inner wall of said container, to keep the mentioned coupling (5) with said container. 6. - Hitch cable tie in accordance with the claim 5, characterized in that said orifice is partially occluded by a diaphragm formed by a plurality of segments-like walls, flexible to adapt the dimension of said orifice to the diameter of said first conductor cable.

1 . - Device holder container, characterized in that it includes a cable tie according to any one of the preceding claims.