WO2000001978A1

WO2000001978A1 - Mounter for towering electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: WO2000001978A1
Application number: PCT/JP1998/003024
Authority: WO
Inventors: Koichirou Fukasawa; Yoshiyuki Kato
Original assignee: Minerva Corporation; Fujimura Corporation
Priority date: 1998-07-06
Filing date: 1998-07-06
Publication date: 2000-01-13
Also published as: JP3540274B2

Abstract

A mounter (10) for towering electronic equipment, which mounts various types of towering electronic equipment on a base plate (11), comprising a plurality of guide plates (12) mounted on a peripheral portion of the base plate (11) to be adjustable in position, wherein the guide plates (12) position and guide portions near the bottom of electronic equipment (100) mounted inside the guide plates (12). The guide plates (12) are adjustable in mounting positions with respect to the base plate (11) and casters (15) are provided on the ends of the guide plates (12) to make the mounter movable on a floor.

Description

Description Tower-type electronic equipment mount

The present invention relates to a network including a terminal device such as a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer), for example, an electronic device suitable for mounting a tower-type electronic device such as a personal computer or a server in a local area network (LAN). Related to equipment mounter. Background art

A plurality of personal computers are connected to a server in a network such as a LAN, and communication with each personal computer is performed via the server. In this type of network, servers are usually installed and fixed at fixed locations on the office floor. A wiring cable is laid on the office floor to connect between the server and a terminal device such as a personal computer. Servers, especially small ones, usually have a box-shaped case or frame and are installed directly on the office floor as described above. Also, the so-called tower type personal computer usually has a personal computer body containing a CPU and a hard disk in a vertically elongated casing.

These servers and electronic devices such as personal computers are placed directly on floors or desks without using a special mounting table, and generally do not move after installation. However, if you want to clean the electronic device or its surroundings, or if you want to rewire the device when you want to add more devices, you may need to move or change the position of these electronic devices. However, electronic equipment that is bulky and heavy cannot be moved easily, and such a cleaning operation or the like requires considerable effort.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and is particularly suitable for mounting a tower-type electronic device. The purpose is to provide equipment mounting. Disclosure of the invention

The tower-type electronic device mount of the present invention is an electronic device mount for mounting various tower-type electronic devices on a base plate, and is mounted so as to be position-adjustable around the base plate. It is characterized by having a plurality of guide plates, and positioning guides near the base of the electronic device mounted inside the guide plates by the guide plates.

Further, in the tower-type electronic device mount according to the present invention, there is provided fixing means for attaching the guide plate to the base plate, and the guide blade is provided depending on an arrangement position of the fixing means with respect to the base plate. The mounting position of is adjusted.

Further, in the tower-type electronic device mount of the present invention, the guide plate has a vertical guide portion, and an inner width between the vertical guide portions can be adjusted.

Further, in the tower-type electronic device mounter of the present invention, a plurality of screw holes for screws as fixing means are formed in a peripheral portion of the base plate.

Further, in the tower-type electronic device mounter of the present invention, a cascade is provided at an end of the guide plate, and the guide plate is movable on a floor.

Further, in the tower-type electronic device mounter of the present invention, an elastic sheet piece is laid near a mounting portion of the casing in the guide plate. According to the present invention, when the tower-type electronic device is mounted on the base plate of the mount, positioning guides are provided near the base of the electronic device by the guide plate. As a result, the electronic device can be properly and stably mounted, and this type of electronic device can be safely installed.

In particular, the mounting position of the guide plate with respect to the base plate is adjustable. This makes it possible to adjust the width between the vertical guide portions of the guide plate. Therefore, it is possible to effectively cope with a change in the size of an electronic device to be mounted, and it is possible to mount a plurality of types of electronic devices while being a single electronic device mounter. In addition, by providing a cascade, it is possible to move on the floor, and electronic devices can be moved or their positions can be changed easily and quickly. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a typical use mode of an electronic device mounter according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the electronic device mount of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an electronic device mount according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the electronic device mount of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing another example of a method of mounting a guide plate in an electronic device mount according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of an arrangement configuration of the via holes of the base plate according to the electronic device mount according to one embodiment of the present invention.

7A and 7B are a plan view and a side view showing a guide plate according to an electronic device mount according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8A and 8B are plan views respectively showing the minimum and maximum set states in the vertical use mode of the electronic device mount according to the present invention.

9A and 9B are plan views respectively showing the minimum and maximum set states in the electronic device mount according to the present invention in the horizontal use mode. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a tower-type electronic device mount according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of an electronic device mount according to this embodiment. In the figure Here, the mounter 100 mounts the tower-type electronic device 100 on the base plate 11. Here, the electronic device 100 may be a personal computer in a tower type personal computer, and the electronic device 100 is mounted in a normal posture as shown in the figure.

The base plate 11 is formed, for example, of a thin steel plate having a thickness of about 2 mm in a rectangular shape (in this example, a rectangular shape as shown in FIG. 2). Around the base plate 11, there are a plurality of guide plates 12 attached so as to be position-adjustable. In this example, four guide plates 12 are attached to the corners of the base plate 11. Each guide plate 12 is formed by bending a thin steel plate having a thickness of about 2 mm into a right angle or a key shape, for example, as shown in FIGS. Includes mounting section 1 2b. The vicinity of the base of the electronic device 100 is guided by a guide plate 12 for positioning.

It has fixing means for attaching the guide plate 12 to the base plate 11. The mounting position of the guide plate 12 is adjusted according to the position of the fixing means with respect to the base plate 11. In this embodiment, screws 13 are used as fixing means. As will be described later, a plurality of screw holes 14 for screws 13 are formed in the periphery of the base plate 11. By selecting and using an appropriate one of the plurality of screw holes 14, the mounting position of the guide plate 12 can be changed.

As shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, a caster 15 is attached to the end of each guide plate 12, and the mounter 10 can be freely moved on the floor by the caster 15. In this example, as shown in FIG. 2, the casings 15 are provided at the four corners of the mounter 10, but commercially available ones can be used. In this case, if two of the four cascades 15 are equipped with brakes, they can be installed stably on the floor. In addition, for each caster 15, a wheel whose wheels can freely rotate can be used. It is to be noted that nylon, urethane, rubber or the like is preferable as the material of the wheels of the casing 15. Casing 15 is mounted and fixed by screws 16 inserted from the horizontal mounting portion 12 b side of guide plate 12. A countersunk screw is suitable as the screw 16 so that the head of the screw 16 does not stick out from the upper surface of the horizontal mounting portion 12b. Here, as shown in Fig. 5, a recess 17 for seating the head of the screw 16 is formed in the horizontal mounting portion 12b of the guide plate 12 and the side of the horizontal mounting portion 12b as shown in the figure. It is also possible to prevent the head of the screw 16 passed through from coming off the upper surface of the horizontal mounting portion 12b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a handle or a handle 18 can be attached to the outer end of the vertical guide portion 12a of the guide plate 12. The handle 18 may be a commercially available handle. As shown in the illustrated example, a mounting portion 19 is integrally extended to the outer end of the vertical guide portion 12a, and the handle 18 is fixed to the mounting portion 19 with screws or the like. In addition, the handle 18 may be provided for each guide blade 12 or may be selectively provided from any of the four guide blades 12.

Here, FIGS. 6 and 7 show an example of the arrangement of the screw holes 14 and the screw holes 14 ′ for the screws 13, respectively, in the base plate 11 and the guide plate 12. As shown in FIG. 6, a group of screw holes 14 is provided at the periphery of the base plate 11, that is, at each corner of the rectangle. In this example, for example, a large number of screw holes 14 are arranged in rows at a pitch interval of 1 O mm so that the whole is substantially T-shaped. Further, as shown in FIG. 7A, the guide plate 12 is provided with a plurality of screw holes 14 ′ at a pitch interval of 10 mm or 20 mm. In this example, the screw holes 14 'are arranged in a row so as to be rectangular.

When attaching the guide plate i 2 to the base plate 11, for example, two screws 13 are used as in the example of FIG. At this time, the distance between the two screws 13 is set to be about 10 mm, and a set of the screw holes 14 and the screw holes 14 ′ that can provide such a distance is connected to the base plate 11 and the guide plate. Select from each of items 1 and 2.

In the above case, the upper surface of the guide plate 1 2 It is advisable to lay the elastic sheet piece 20 or its equivalent in the vicinity of the mounting part 15 (indicated by hatching in FIG. 2 or 3). As the elastic sheet piece 20, a vibration-proof rubber piece having a vibration-proof action is suitable.

According to the present invention, when the evening type electronic device is mounted on the base plate 11 of the mounter 10, the vicinity of the base of the electronic device 100 is positioned and guided by the guide plate 12 as shown in FIG. . Thus, the electronic device 100 can be properly and stably mounted, and this type of electronic device can be safely installed.

In particular, the mounting position of the guide plate 12 with respect to the base plate 11 can be adjusted. As described above, when the guide plate 12 is mounted on the base plate 11, by selecting a set of the screw hole 14 and the screw hole 14 ′ through which the screw 13 passes, the vertical guide portion of the guide plate 12 is selected. 1 2a It is possible to adjust the inner width of each other. For example, as shown in Fig. 2, the inner widths W1 and W2 of the guide plate 12 can be freely set within the range of W1 = 200 to 400 mm and W2 = 400 to 500 mm. Can be changed. The adjustment range of the inner width dimension can be freely set as appropriate according to the specific dimensions of the base plate 11 and the guide plate 12, and is not limited to these numerical values. Therefore, it is possible to mount a plurality of types of electronic devices having particularly different sizes and sizes, while being a single electronic device mounter 10.

Further, according to the present invention, the mount 10 can be moved on the floor by providing the cas 15. This makes it possible to easily and quickly move or change the position of the mounted electronic device 100. If the user wants to clean the electronic device 100 or its surroundings, or if the wiring is redone in the case of additional equipment, these operations can be performed easily and easily.

Here, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show examples of specific usage of the electronic device mount 10 of the present invention.

As described above, the mounting position of the guide plate 12 can be adjusted. In actual use, first, the base plate 11 must be oriented vertically (Fig. 8) according to the electronic device 100. Or sideways (Fig. 9). When assembling the mount 10, the mounting position of the guide plate 12 is set so that the left and right and front and back are symmetrical, and the electronic device 100 fits exactly inside the guide plate 12. I do.

When the electronic equipment mount 10 is used in a vertical orientation as shown in Fig. 8, the guide plates 12 are set to the innermost position as shown in Fig. 8A to set the vertical and horizontal dimensions. Can be set to the minimum dimensions of W1 = 300 mm and W2 = 200 mm. Also, by setting each guide plate 12 to the outermost position as shown in Fig. 8B, the vertical and horizontal dimensions can be set to the maximum of W1 = 50 O mm and W2 = 300 mm as shown in the example. Can be set to dimensions.

Alternatively, when the electronic equipment mounter 10 is used horizontally as shown in Fig. 9, each guide plate 12 is set to the innermost position as shown in Fig. 9A to set the vertical and horizontal dimensions as shown in the figure. W1 = 400 mm. W2 = 300 mm. Also, by setting each guide plate 12 to the outermost position as shown in Fig. 9B, the vertical and horizontal dimensions are set to the maximum of W1 = 500 mm and W2 = 400 mm as shown in the example. Can be set to 15 dimensions.

Although the present invention has been described based on specific numerical examples and the like, the present invention is not limited to only such numerical values, and can be appropriately changed as needed. In addition, the present invention can be effectively applied particularly to the case where this type of box-type electronic device is mounted as well as the personal computer itself in the tower type personal computer, and the same operational effects as above can be obtained. Industrial applicability

As described above, according to the present invention, especially when an electronic device of the evening type is mounted, the electronic device can be properly and stably mounted, and this type of electronic device can be safely installed. be able to. In addition, it is possible to effectively cope with changes in the size of electronic devices to be mounted, and it is possible to mount a plurality of types of electronic devices while being a single electronic device mount. Furthermore, moving or changing the position of the electronic device can be performed easily and quickly, and the work can be performed smoothly.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. An electronic device mount for mounting various tower-type electronic devices on a base plate,

The guide plate has a plurality of guide plates attached to the periphery of the base plate so as to be position-adjustable, and guides the vicinity of the base of the electronic device mounted inside the guide plate by the guide plate. This is a tower-type electronic equipment mount.

2. A fixing means for attaching the guide plate to the base plate, wherein an attachment position of the guide plate is adjusted according to a disposition position of the fixing means with respect to the base plate. The first type electronic equipment mount described in the above.

3. The tower-type electronic device controller according to claim 1, wherein the guide plate has a vertical guide portion, and an inner width between the vertical guide portions is adjustable.

4. The evening-type electronic device main body according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of screw holes for screws as fixing means are formed in a peripheral portion of the base plate. evening.

5. The tower-type electronic device mount according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a casserole is provided at an end of the guide plate, and is movable on a floor.

6. An elastic sheet piece is laid on the guide plate near the mounting part of the cas The evening-type electronic device mounter according to claim ⁵ , wherein: