WO2004111366A1

WO2004111366A1 - Housing overturn-preventing fixture

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Publication number: WO2004111366A1
Application number: PCT/JP2004/008477
Authority: WO
Inventors: Shinji Tomita; Noboru Tsuchiya; Norihiro Suzuki
Original assignee: Lintec Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2003-06-12
Filing date: 2004-06-10
Publication date: 2004-12-23

Abstract

A housing overturn-preventing fixture that reliably prevents an overturn of a housing set on a floor and whose fixation on a floor surface can be simply released. A fixture (10) interposed between a housing (100) and a floor (200), on which the housing (100) is set, to prevent the housing (100) from overturning is characterized in that it has an upper body (12) adhered to a bottom surface (100a) of the housing (100), a lower body (14) adhered to an upper surface of the floor (200), and a connector (16) for connecting the upper body (12) and the lower body (14) such that they can be vertically separated.

Description

Description Fixing device for preventing housing from overturning

The present invention relates to a fixture interposed between the housing and a floor on which the housing is installed to prevent the housing from overturning. For example, when a computer is installed on a floor, the computer housing is provided. The present invention relates to a fixing device for fixing a movable state on the floor so as to prevent falling. Background art

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when installing a device having a housing such as a computer on a floor, various measures have been taken to prevent the device from overturning as part of an earthquake countermeasure. For example, using an L-shaped bracket, the upright piece of the L-shaped bracket is fixed to the side of the computer housing with screws or bolts, and the horizontal piece is fixed to the floor with a jumper port or the like. In this way, falls are prevented. Further, the bottom surface of the housing and the floor surface are bonded by using a double-sided adhesive sheet to prevent the housing from tipping over.

However, when the above-mentioned L-shaped bracket is used, the fall of the housing is certainly prevented, but a screw hole for screwing a screw or a port on the side surface or the floor surface of the housing is formed. Must be, not preferred. Also, when using a double-sided adhesive sheet, like the L-shaped bracket, the case is certainly prevented from tipping over, and the formation of screw holes, etc. is unnecessary, but it is fixed to the floor surface. It was extremely difficult to release the housing and move the housing to another location, which was also undesirable, and there was a strong demand for improvement. Disclosure of the invention

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a main object of the present invention is to reliably prevent a case installed on a floor from falling over and easily release a fixed state from a floor surface. An object of the present invention is to provide a fixing device for preventing the housing from overturning.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a fixture for preventing a case from falling over, which can reliably prevent the case installed on the floor from overturning and can release the fixed state with the floor surface as required. It is to provide.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a fall prevention fixture for a casing according to the present invention is provided for preventing the fall of a casing.

A fixing device interposed between the housing and a floor on which the housing is installed, wherein the upper body is bonded to a bottom surface of the housing; the lower body is bonded to an upper surface of the floor; It is characterized by comprising a connecting tool for connecting the upper body and the lower body in a vertically separable manner.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the fixture for preventing the cabinet from tipping over according to claim 2, an upper ridge having a pair of upper pieces orthogonal to each other is provided on a lower surface of the upper body. At least one pair is formed so as to protrude toward the upper body, and the upper body and the lower body are vertically stacked on the upper surface of the lower body. At least one pair of lower ridges provided with side pieces are provided so as to protrude upward, and a contact portion between the lower surface of each upper piece and the corresponding upper surface of the lower piece has A protrusion and a groove are formed so as to complementarily fit with each other, and the relative movement of the upper ridge and the lower ridge in the lateral direction is prohibited through the fitting of the protrusion and the groove. By removing the tool, the upper body and lower body are separated upward and downward Thing is characterized in.

Further, the fixture for preventing the housing from tipping over according to the present invention is described in claim 3. According to the above, the upper ridge is integrally formed on the upper body, the lower ridge is integrally formed on the lower body, and the upper and lower ridges are the upper body and the lower body. It is characterized by contacting the entire surface with each other in a stacked state.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the fixture for preventing the housing from tipping over, two pairs of the upper ridges are provided so as to form a quadrangle in plan view, and the lower ridges are provided. Are characterized in that two pairs are provided so as to form a square in plan view in a state corresponding to the upper ridge.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fixture for preventing the housing from tipping over according to claim 5, the protrusion is formed on one of the upper ridge and the lower ridge. The groove is formed in the other of the lower protrusions.

In addition, according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the protrusion and the groove are formed in a triangular shape in a side view so as to complementarily fit each other. It is characterized by things.

Further, according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the fixture for preventing the housing from tipping over, the upper ridge and the lower ridge are laterally extended from the upper body and the lower body, respectively. The connecting tool is inserted from the side in a state where the upper piece and the lower piece of the upper ridge and the lower ridge that face each other are collectively sandwiched. In this state, the upper body and the lower body are vertically inseparably connected to each other. According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the fixture for preventing the housing from overturning is characterized in that the connector is formed in a U-shape in plan view.

In addition, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the fixture for preventing the housing from tipping over according to the present invention may be configured such that the upper surface of the upper body is bonded to the lower surface of the housing. And an adhesive for bonding to the floor surface is applied to a lower surface of the lower body. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a fixture for preventing a case from tipping over according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the fixing tool shown in FIG. 1 in an exploded state.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the fixing tool shown in FIG. 1 in a state cut along the line AA.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the fixing tool shown in FIG. 1 in a state cut along the line BB.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view for explaining an operation of removing a lower body of a fixing device fixed on the floor.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which the lower body has been peeled off from the floor from the state shown in FIG. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, the configuration of a preferred embodiment (-embodiment) of the fixture for preventing the housing from tipping over according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a fall prevention fixture (hereinafter simply referred to as a fixture) 10 of this embodiment is provided with a case 100 as a part of earthquake countermeasures. In order to prevent this, it is a fixture interposed between the housing 100 and the floor 200 on which it is installed, and is attached to the bottom surface 100a of the housing 100. It comprises a body 12, a lower body 14 attached to the upper surface of the floor 200, and a connecting member 16 for separably connecting the upper body 1 and the lower body 14. You. The upper body 12 and the lower body 14 each have the same size in a state of being square in plan view.

An adhesive 18 for adhering to the bottom 100 a of the housing 100 is applied almost entirely to the upper surface of the upper body 12, and although not shown, the lower body 1 On the lower surface of 4, an adhesive for bonding to the upper surface of the floor 200 is applied over substantially the entire surface. Each of these adhesives 18 is entirely covered with a release paper (not shown) in a state where it is not used for bonding.

Here, in the fixing tool 10, the lower surface 12 a of the upper body 12 has upper and lower ridges 20 each having a quadrangular shape, more specifically, a square shape, as viewed in a plan view. (Side) and are integrally formed so as to protrude toward (side). More specifically, in this embodiment, the upper ridge 20 is provided with a pair of L-shaped upper ridges 20a and 20b combined so as to define a square. One upper protruding portion 20a is composed of a pair of upper pieces 20a1, 20a2 orthogonal to each other and having the same length, and the other upper protruding portion 2Ob Is composed of a pair of upper pieces 20 b 1 and 20 b 2 having the same length and orthogonal to each other. That is, the upper ridge 20 includes two pairs of upper pieces 20 a1, 20 a2: 20 b1, 20 b2) orthogonal to each other so as to surround the four sides of the body 12. It is configured.

In addition, the upper surface 14a of the lower body 14 is squared in plan view so that the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are placed on top of each other and abut on the upper ridge 20 over the entire surface. The lower ridge 22 having the same shape as the rectangular shape of the upper ridge 20 described above, and more specifically, the lower ridge 22 having the same shape as the above-described upper ridge 20, is integrally formed in a state of projecting upward and outward (sideward). Is formed.

More specifically, in this embodiment, the lower protruding ridge 22 includes a pair of L-shaped lower protruding portions 22 a and 22 b which are combined so as to define a square. . The lower protruding portions 22a are perpendicular to each other. And a pair of lower pieces 22a1 and 22a2 of the same length, and the other lower protrusion 22b is a pair of lower pieces of the same length orthogonal to each other. It is composed of 2 2 b 1 and 2 2 b 2. That is, the lower protruding ridge 22 surrounds the four sides of the lower body 14 so that two pairs of lower pieces (22 a 1, 22 a 2: 22 b 1, 22 b 2) are orthogonal to each other. Is provided. Here, in a state where the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are overlaid one on top of the other, the upper ridge 20 and the lower ridge 22 have respective lower surfaces and upper surfaces that contact each other over the entire surface. It is set to touch.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower surface of each upper piece 20 a 1, 20 a 2: 20 b 1, 2 O b 2 and the corresponding lower piece 2 2 a 1, 22a: A projection 24 and a groove 26, which complementarily fit each other, are formed in the central portion of the contact portion with the upper surface of 22b1 and 22b2, respectively. More specifically, in this embodiment, a protrusion 24 is formed on the lower surface of the upper ridge 20, and a groove 26 is formed on the upper surface of the lower ridge 22. The present invention is not limited to this, and the reverse relationship may be adopted, that is, the groove 26 may be formed on the lower surface of the upper ridge 20 and the protrusion 24 may be formed on the upper surface of the lower ridge 22. .

The projection 24 and the groove 26 are formed in a triangular shape in a side view so as to be fitted complementarily to each other.

With such a configuration, the relative movement of the upper ridge 20 and the lower ridge 20 in the lateral direction (side) through the fitting of the protrusion 24 and the groove 26, in other words, For example, the relative movement of the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 in the lateral direction (side) is prohibited, and as shown in FIG. 2, by removing the connecting member 16, the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are connected. Are set to be separated vertically.

On the other hand, as described above, the upper ridge 20 and the lower ridge 22 The upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are formed so as to project laterally (laterally) from the corresponding upper body 12 and lower body 14. An overhanging portion to be abutted is formed. The connecting member 16 described above has an upper piece 20 al, 20 b 1 (or 20 a 2, 20 b 2) and a lower piece facing each other in a state where these overhang portions are overlapped with each other. 22a and 22b1 (or 22a2 and 22b2) are formed into a U-shape in a plan view so that they can be inserted from the side in a state of sandwiching them vertically. .

Here, the connecting member 16 is a connecting member for connecting a pair of fitting pieces 16a and 16b which are separated from each other by a predetermined distance and are parallel to each other, and a base end portion of both fitting pieces 16a and 16b. And a piece 16c. On the inner surfaces of the mating pieces 16a, 16b facing each other, the corresponding upper pieces 20a1, 20b1 (or 20a2, 20b2) and lower Fitting grooves 28a and 28b are formed to fit side pieces 2 2al and 2 2b 1. (or 22a2 and 22b2) in a state where they are assembled together vertically. Have been.

That is, the fitting grooves 28a and 28b formed on the inner surfaces of the fittings 16a and 16b of the connecting member 16 facing each other are fitted to the corresponding upper pieces 20a1, 20a. b 1 (or 20 a 2, 20 b 2) and lower piece 22 a 1, 22 b 1 (or 22 a 2, 22 b 2) As a result, the projecting portions of the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are fitted to the coupling tool 16.

Then, in this fitted state, the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are vertically and inseparably connected via the connecting tool 16. In other words, the housing 100 is fixed to the floor 220 in a state where it is prevented from falling.

On the other hand, by pulling out this connector 16 to the side, the upper body 12 and the lower body

The upper and lower connected state of 14 is released, and the upper and lower sides can be separated. Paraphrase Then, the housing 100 is released from the fixed state with the floor 220 and becomes movable.

The connecting piece 16c of the connecting tool 16 is also formed with a fitting groove 28c into which a projecting portion located forward of the fitting direction of the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 is fitted. The connector 16 is inserted in a state where the lower body 14 and the lower body 14 are stacked one on top of the other, so that the three overhangs form the fitting pieces 16 a, 16 b and the connecting piece of the connector 16. The fitting grooves 28a, 28b, and 28c of the 16c are fitted.

When fitting the connector 16 to the overhang of the upper body 12 and the lower body 14, when the connector 16 is fitted to the innermost part, the upper surface of the fitting groove 28 c of the connecting piece 16 c The small projections 30 for snap connection formed so as to protrude downward into the small holes 32 for snap connection formed on the overhanging portion located in front of the upper body 12 in the insertion direction. By the engagement, the two are snap-coupled, and this fitted state is effectively maintained.

Here, the projection 30 is formed at a central portion in a direction orthogonal to the fitting direction. On the other hand, the above-mentioned small hole 32 is formed in such a manner that the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are superimposed on the connecting tool 16 and inserted into the innermost part in any direction. The upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are respectively formed at the central portions of the overhang portions so as to be snap-engaged.

A method for fixing the housing 100 on the floor 200 in a state where the housing 100 is prevented from tipping over using the fixing tool 10 configured as described above, and a method for releasing the same will be described.

First, in the method for fixing using the fixing tool 10, the release paper (not shown) attached to the upper surface of the upper body 12 is peeled off in an assembled state as shown in FIG. With the adhesive 18 exposed, housing 1 Attach (adhere) to the specified position of the bottom 100 a of 100. In order to stably mount the housing 100 on the floor 200, a minimum of three fixtures 10 are required, and four are suitable.

Next, the peeling (not shown) attached to the lower surface of the lower body 14 is peeled off, and the adhesive is exposed, and is pressed to a predetermined position on the floor 200, and is adhered to the floor 200. (Adhere). In this state, the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 are connected in a state in which the upper and lower bodies cannot be separated from each other by the connecting member 16, and the upper and lower bodies 14 and 14 are laterally connected by the engagement of the projections 24 and the grooves 26. Movement is prohibited. As a result, the housing 100 is fixedly placed on the floor 200 via the fixtures 100. Even if an earthquake occurs, the housing 100 falls over the floor 200. Will be reliably prevented.

On the other hand, when the housing 100 is to be temporarily moved, first, the connecting tool 16 is pulled out from the fixing tool 10 in the lateral direction. As a result, the upper body 12 and the lower body 14 become vertically separable. As a result, by raising the case 100, the case 100 can easily move away from the floor 200 and move to any position.

Further, when it is desired to remove the fixing device 100 from the floor 200 after moving the housing 100, that is, in this case, as shown in FIG. Since only 14 is in a state of being bonded to the floor 200 via the adhesive 18, more specifically, when the lower body 14 of the fixture 10 is to be removed from the floor 200 As it is, as it is, it is firmly adhered to the floor 200 via the adhesive 18, so that it is impossible to manually peel the lower body 14 from the floor 200.

However, in this embodiment, the lower body 14 is formed by enclosing two pairs of lower pieces (22 al, 22 a 2: 22 1, 22 b 2) that are orthogonal to each other so as to surround the lower body 14. Since they are integrally provided in a state protruding from Using a jig 300 such as a letter-shaped nail, place the bent part of this jig 300 on the floor 200 as shown in Fig. 6 and attach the tip to the lower piece (22a1, 22a2). The lower body 14 can be easily peeled off from the floor 200 by using the principle of leverage by hooking on the lower surface of 22 b 1, 22 b 2) and pushing down the base end.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified without changing the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, two pairs of upper pieces 20 al, 20 a 2: 20 bl, 20 b 2 are provided as the upper ridge 20, and two pairs of lower pieces are provided as the lower ridge 22. Although it has been described that the side pieces 22 al and 22 a 2: 22 bl and 22 b 2 are provided, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, at least a pair of upper pieces 20 a 1, 20 a 2 (or 20 bl, 20 b 2) and corresponding at least one pair of lower pieces 22 a 1, 22 a 2 (or 22 bl, 22 b 2) It is good.

Also, the present invention has been described for the case where the present invention is applied to a housing of a computer. However, the present invention is not limited to such an application example, and may be applied to, for example, a housing of an electric product such as a refrigerator. It is needless to say that the present invention can also be applied to the housing of furniture such as a chest. Industrial applicability

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to reliably prevent the case installed on the floor from overturning, and to easily release the case from the fixed state with the floor surface. A fixture will be provided. Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a fixture for preventing the case from being overturned, which can surely prevent the case installed on the floor from overturning and can release the fixed state with the floor surface as required. Will be done.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A fixture interposed between the housing and the floor on which the housing is installed to prevent the housing from overturning,

An upper body adhered to a bottom surface of the housing;

A lower body adhered to the upper surface of the floor;

A fixture for preventing the case from tipping over, comprising a connector for connecting the upper body and the lower body in a separable manner.

2. On the lower surface of the upper body, at least one pair of upper ridges having a pair of upper pieces orthogonal to each other is formed so as to protrude downward, and the upper body and the lower body are formed on the upper surface of the lower body. In a state where the upper and lower parts are vertically overlapped, at least one pair of lower ridges having a pair of lower pieces orthogonal to each other is provided so as to abut on the upper ridge, in a state protruding upward, Projections and grooves that complementarily fit each other are formed at the contact portions between the lower surface of each of the upper pieces and the corresponding upper surfaces of the lower pieces, respectively. The relative movement of the upper ridge and the lower ridge in the lateral direction is prohibited

2. The fixture for preventing a case from tipping over according to claim 1, wherein the upper body and the lower body are separated in a vertical direction by removing the coupling tool.

3. The upper ridge is formed integrally with the upper body,

The lower ridge is formed integrally with the lower body,

3. The fixture according to claim 2, wherein the upper and lower ridges abut against each other over the entire surface in a state where the upper body and the lower body are overlapped.

4. The upper ridge is provided in two pairs so as to form a quadrangle in plan view. The casing according to claim 2, wherein two pairs of the lower ridges are provided so as to form a quadrangle in plan view in a state corresponding to the upper ridges. 5. Fall prevention fixture.

5. The protrusion is formed on one of the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion, and the groove is formed on the other of the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion. 5. The fixture for preventing the case from overturning according to any one of 2 to 4.

6. The overturning of the casing according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the projection and the groove are formed in a triangular shape in a side view so as to be fitted complementarily to each other. Preventive fixture.

7. The upper ridge and the lower ridge are formed to protrude laterally from the upper body and the lower body, respectively.

The coupling tool is inserted from the side in a state where the upper piece and the lower piece of the upper ridge and the lower ridge that are overlapped with each other and that face each other are collectively sandwiched,

5. The fixture according to claim 4, wherein in the fitted state, the upper body and the lower body are vertically inseparably connected to each other.

8. The fixture for preventing the case from tipping over according to claim 7, wherein the connecting member is formed in a U-shape in plan view.

9. The upper surface of the upper body is coated with an adhesive for bonding to the bottom surface of the housing,

2. The fixture for preventing a case from tipping over according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive for bonding to the floor surface is applied to a lower surface of the lower body.