WO2009046486A1 - Guide de câbles pour panneaux de répartition montés sur bâti et autres - Google Patents

Guide de câbles pour panneaux de répartition montés sur bâti et autres Download PDF

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WO2009046486A1
WO2009046486A1 PCT/AU2008/001486 AU2008001486W WO2009046486A1 WO 2009046486 A1 WO2009046486 A1 WO 2009046486A1 AU 2008001486 W AU2008001486 W AU 2008001486W WO 2009046486 A1 WO2009046486 A1 WO 2009046486A1
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cover
catch
cable manager
finger
frame
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Kenneth Basil Gransbury
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Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd
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Priority to AU2008310300A priority Critical patent/AU2008310300B2/en
Priority to NZ584516A priority patent/NZ584516A/en
Priority to CN200880120939.4A priority patent/CN101904068B/zh
Publication of WO2009046486A1 publication Critical patent/WO2009046486A1/fr
Priority to HK11100440.3A priority patent/HK1146337A1/xx

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
    • H02G3/02—Details
    • H02G3/04—Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
    • H02G3/0462—Tubings, i.e. having a closed section
    • H02G3/0487—Tubings, i.e. having a closed section with a non-circular cross-section

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  • the present invention relates to patch panels and or network racks. More particularly, the present invention relates to managing cabling associated with patch panels and/or network racks.
  • Network racks are provided to house electrical devices, equipment and patch panels.
  • cable management apparatus are known for routing and managing dense cabling.
  • Cable managers employing simple hooks or D rings are known as are more complex cable managers employing ducts.
  • a cable manager for managing cables terminating in rack mounted patch panels and the like, the cable manager including: an elongate frame mountable to a rack in a horizontal orientation; a plurality of horizontally spaced apart fingers arranged to collectively support and direct the cables; an elongate separable cover having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end hingedly mountable to a corresponding proximal end of the frame for pivoting about a first substantially vertical axis from an open position to a closed position; a catch pivotally mounted to distal end of the cover for rotation about a second substantially vertical axis from an unlocked position to a locked position, the catch including a gripable lever arm and a projection, wherein when the cover is in its closed position and the catch is in its locked position, the projection engages a surface on a distal end of the frame, thereby restraining the distal end of the cover from movement away from its closed position.
  • the proximal end of the cover is hingely mounted to a proximal finger, the proximal finger located at the proximal end of the frame.
  • the surface on the distal end of the frame is a surface on a distal finger, the distal finger being one of the plurality of horizontally spaced apart fingers.
  • the projection and surface Preferably when the catch is in its locked position the projection and surface have a contact area that is closer to the first axis than the distance between the first and second axes, thereby ensuring that forces acting on the cover having a direction that would otherwise tend to move the cover towards its open position will cause a torque in the catch, the torque acting in a direction of the locked position.
  • the projection and the surface are mutually shaped and positioned, when the cover is in its closed position, to provide a wedging action both when the catch is moved from its unlocked position to its locked position and when the catch is moved from its locked position to its unlocked position, the wedging action causing displacement so as to provide a snap lock action.
  • the snap lock action arises primarily from the flexibility and resilience of the finger(s) of the frame and wherein no separate spring components are required.
  • the fingers include a plurality of horizontally spaced apart finger pairs extending outwardly from the frame, each pair including an upper finger and a lower finger, the upper and lower fingers arranged to collectively support and direct the cables.
  • the cover includes a plurality of inwardly directed tabs for engagement with respective upper and lower finger pairs to prevent them spreading apart.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cable manager according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a similar view to that of Figure 1, but shows the cable manager with its cover removed and the catch disassembled.
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the underside of the cover of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is an underside perspective view of the cable manager of Figures 1 and 2.
  • Figures 5 and 6 are similar views to that of Figure 4 showing progressive locking of the cover.
  • Figures 7a, 7b, 7c and 7d are side views of the cable manager of Figures 1 and 2 with its cover being progressively installed.
  • Figures 7e and 7f are similar to those of Figure 7c and 7d but show the latch mechanism in a close up view.
  • Figures 7g, 7h and 7i are schematic views illustrating the action of the latch mechanism shown in Figures
  • Figure 7j is a schematic view showing an alternative catch arrangement.
  • Figure 8 is a perspective view of the cable manager of Figure 1 and 2 in use with a rack-mounted patch panel.
  • Figure 9 is a further perspective view of the cable manager of Figures 1 and 2.
  • the cable manager 10 includes an elongate frame 20 mountable to a rack such as the rack 15 shown in Figure 8. Generally, the frame 20 will be mounted in a horizontal orientation.
  • the cable manager further includes a plurality of horizontally spaced apart finger pairs 22 and 22', 23 and 23', 24 and 24' and 25 and 25' as is most clearly shown in Figure 2.
  • the finger pairs extend outwardly from the frame 20, each pair including an upper finger and a lower finger, the upper and lower fingers arranged to collectively support and direct the cables as is shown in Figure 8. With the arrangement shown in Figure 8, the cables 8 are diverted neatly out to the side of the rank 15. This facilitates vertical stacking of patch panels 7 where required.
  • An elongate separable cover 30 having a proximal end 31 and a distal 39 is provided as is shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the proximal end 31 of the cover 30 is hingedly mountable to a first of said fingers, proximal finger 22 at a proximal end 20' of the frame 20' for pivoting about a first substantially vertical axis 31 ' from an open position to a closed position as is illustrated in Figure 1 and progressively in Figures 7a and 7b.
  • a hook 37 most clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4 slides from a position shown in Figure 7a to a position shown in Figure 7b to provide a hinge axis 31 ' illustrated in Figure 1.
  • This hinge axis can be substantially vertical when the cable manager 10 is in its typical application shown in Figure 8. Again, this hinge axis can be substantially vertical when the cable manager 10 is in its typical application shown in Figure 8.
  • a catch 40 pivotally mounted to a distal end 39 of the cover for rotation about a second axis 41 ' is shown in Figure 1.
  • This catch 40 is moveable from an unlocked position illustrated in Figure 5 to a locked position illustrated in Figure 6.
  • the catch 40 includes a gripable lever arm 43 and a projection 45 as can be seen in Figure 5.
  • the cover 30 has a plurality of inwardly directed tabs for engagement with respective upper and lower finger pairs to prevent them spreading apart. These tabs are indicated on Figure 3 and Figure 4 by numerals 32, 32', 34, 34', 36, 36' and 38, 38'.
  • a recess 35 is provided to facilitate finger access to the lever arm 43 of the catch 40.
  • the frame 20 is mounted to the rack 15 in a position below a patch panel or other apparatus having sockets to receive cables. Integral clips 21 shown in Figure 6, are provided to facilitate easy installation to a rack 15. Alternatively, in other embodiments (not shown) conventional fastners may be provided for and used.
  • cables 8 can be neatly fed between finger pairs 23, 23', 24, 24' and 25, 25'.
  • the cover 30 can be attached to the frame 20 as follows. First of all, the cover is held at its ends as is shown in Figure 8 and then is presented to the frame 20 such that its proximal end 31 hinges about underside surface 52 of finger 22. A hook 37 is provided on cover 30 to facilitate the hinging action as is most clearly shown in Figures 4, 7a and then 7b.
  • the hook 37 is more clearly shown.
  • the hook 37 defines a U-shaped slot that slides into the position shown in Figure 7b so as to cooperate with a lug 53 and to thereby form a stable hinge (the lug 53 is most clearly shown in Figures 4 and 7a).
  • the cover 30 With a hinge now established about axis 31 ' (hinge axis 31 ' shown in Figure 1) the cover 30 can be rotated from the position illustrated in Figure 7a to the position illustrated in Figure 7b and then further to the position illustrated in Figure 7c.
  • a finger or thumb is used to depress the lever arm 43 of the catch 40 to the position shown in Figures 7d and 7f. This action rotates the projection 45 about the second vertical axis 41 ' to the position shown in Figure 7f in which the projection 45 engages the underside surface 50 of finger 25.
  • Figures 7g, 7h and 7i show schematically how the catch operates and snaps into position.
  • the projection 45 engages with surface 50 of finger 25. Due to the shape and position of projection 45 and surface 50, a wedging action is produced which causes displacement of the finger 25 as is illustrated in Figure 7h.
  • the finger 25 returns to the position shown in Figure 7i securely holding the projection 45 of the catch 40 in place.
  • the contact area 80 on the projection 45 and the surface 50 is closer to the first axis 31 ' then the distance between the first and second axis 41 ' and 31'. This ensures that force is acting on the cover 30 having a direction that would otherwise tend to move the cover towards its open position (such as a force in the direction indicated by arrow f on Figure 7i) that would otherwise tend to move the cover towards its open position, will cause a talk in the catch 40, the talk acting in the direction indicated by the arrow t in Figure 7i and tending to hold the latch in its locked position shown in Figure 7i.
  • the cable manager is constructed such that when the catch 40 is in its locked position the projection 45 and surface 50 have a contact area 80 that is closer to the first axis than the distance r2 between the first and second axes (r2 together with rl, the distance between the contact area and the first axes, are both shown on Figure 7i). This ensures that forces acting on the cover having a direction that would otherwise tend to move the cover towards its open position will cause a torque in the catch, the torque acting in a direction of the locked position.
  • Curved ribs 71 and 79 shown in Figures 3, 4, 7e, 7f, 7g, 7h and 7i are provided to present unwanted lateral movement of the cover 30. More specifically, the ribs 71 and 79 are provided to reduce the chances of the cover 30 being dislodged from the frame 20. This is more clearly seen in Figure 7a through to 7d. In these figures it can be seen that rib 71 is positioned immediately adjacent finger 23 when the cover is in its closed position. This prevents the cover moving laterally in the direction L over to the right (as shown in these figures) and dislodging hook 37 from the underside of finger 22. The positioning of the rib 79 with respect to finger 25 is more clearly shown in Figures 7e and 7f. It is clear from these figures that the rib 79 prevents lateral movement of the cover 30 to the left (as shown in the drawings) which could otherwise cause dislodgement of the projection 45 from underneath the finger 25.
  • a lug 23 is provided on the underside of finger 25 and projection 45 is shaped to accept lug 23 so as to provide stability for the catch 40.
  • the lug 23 and projection 45 can more clearly be seen in Figures 5 and 6 in which the catch is shown in an open and then a closed position respectively.
  • the hook 37 may be replaced by a projection that facilitates a more direct attachment of the cover 30 to the frame 20.
  • an installer can simply present the cover 30 directly to the frame 20 without the need to rotate it about an axis.
  • the installer simply forces the cover towards the fingers until the projection 37 (in lieu of hook 37) and projection 45 snap into position. Removal of the cover is then the reverse of that described above. That is, the catch 40 is first released by rotating the lever 43 away from the body of the cover 30.
  • the cover 30 can then be rotated about hinge axis 31' for removal and separation from the frame 20.
  • the fingers are held securely together by the tabs of the cover and the hinging action of the cover from one end allows sequential holding of the fingers together and allows gathering of cables across the width of the cable manager.
  • the catch 40 tends to lock more firmly. It will resist releasing even when the cables 8 are pulled or otherwise disturbed.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un guide (10) de câbles pour guider des câbles (8) raccordés à des panneaux de répartition montés sur bâti (7) et autres. Le guide (10) de câbles comprend : un cadre allongé (20) pouvant être monté sur un bâti (15) dans une orientation horizontale; une pluralité de doigts horizontalement espacés l'un de l'autre (22) et (22', 23) et (23', 24) et (24', 25) (et 25') agencés pour collectivement porter et diriger les câbles; un couvercle allongé séparable (30) ayant une extrémité proximale (31) et une extrémité distale (39), l'extrémité proximale (31) pouvant être montée à charnière sur une extrémité proximale correspondante (20') du cadre (20) pour pivoter autour d'un premier axe sensiblement vertical (31') d'une position ouverte à une position fermée; un loquet (40) monté de façon pivotante à une extrémité distale (39) du couvercle pour une rotation autour d'un second axe sensiblement vertical (41') d'une position déverrouillée à une position verrouillée, le loquet (40) comprenant un bras de levier pouvant être saisi (43) et une saillie, de sorte que lorsque le couvercle (20) est dans sa position fermée et le loquet (40) est dans sa position verrouillée, la saillie (45) entre en contact avec une surface (50) sur une extrémité distale du cadre, empêchant ainsi l'extrémité distale du couvercle d'être déplacé de sa position fermée.
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AU2008310300A AU2008310300B2 (en) 2007-10-09 2008-10-08 A cable manager for rack mounted patch panels and the like
NZ584516A NZ584516A (en) 2007-10-09 2008-10-08 Cable manager for cables terminating in rack mounted apparatus with cables supported by a plurality of spaced apart fingers
CN200880120939.4A CN101904068B (zh) 2007-10-09 2008-10-08 一种支架式配线架及类似物的模块电缆管理器
HK11100440.3A HK1146337A1 (en) 2007-10-09 2011-01-17 A cable manager for rack mounted patch panels and the like

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AU2007905523A AU2007905523A0 (en) 2007-10-09 A cable manager for managing cables terminating in rack mounted patch panels and the like
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