WO2012101298A1

WO2012101298A1 - Cable-carrying device

Info

Publication number: WO2012101298A1
Application number: PCT/ES2012/000014
Authority: WO
Inventors: Angel Arbizu Bujanda
Original assignee: Angel Arbizu Bujanda
Priority date: 2011-01-25
Filing date: 2012-01-24
Publication date: 2012-08-02
Also published as: ES1074426Y; ES1074426U; WO2012101298A8

Abstract

The invention relates to a cable-carrying device for housing cables (1) for electrical installations or the like, comprising a supporting casing (2) and a reel (3) in a common assembly, wherein the supporting casing (2) is a fixed structure formed by two lateral walls (2.1) connected by means of cross members (4, 5, 6); while the reel (3) is incorporated in a rotatably mounted manner inside said supporting casing (2), and is formed by a structure that can be adjusted in terms of width and the core diameter so that it can adapt to the cables (1) to be housed.

Description

PORTABLE DEVICE

Technical sector

The present invention is related to the means in which the cables intended for the assembly of electrical installations or the like are arranged, proposing a support device that allows these cables to be arranged in advantageous conditions for the storage, transport and handling thereof.

State of the art

In electrical and other similar installations, a variety of cables are used, which are supplied in container coils, these cumbersome coils resulting from handling and placement in storage and transport.

On the other hand, the selection of the cables and their extraction from the supply coils, require that the coils are arranged so that they can identify and extract the cables in a simple and fast way.

To facilitate the extraction of the cables, there are support supports for the coils, which allow an adequate placement of the coils for that purpose, but the supports that are known of this type are independent structures of the coils for which they are intended, forming said structures depending on the different sizes and types of coils that are required. Object of the invention

In accordance with the invention, a cable management device is proposed, which can be adapted, without altering its structure, for cables of different lengths, allowing the application cables to be arranged in advantageous conditions for storage, transport and consumption extraction.

This cable management device object of the invention consists of a support housing and a reel, which are arranged in a common assembly, the support housing being formed by a fixed structure, inside which the reel formed by an adaptable structure is incorporated in width and diameter of the core.

The support housing consists of two facing side walls that are joined by four fixed crossbars, two of them in the front, one upper and one lower, and two in the rear, one upper and one lower, determining the crossbars of the front part a coupling that allows to fix the upper crossbar with the lower crossbar of another superimposed cable carrier device, while the side walls determine coupling recesses that allow to establish fit between the edges of the respective walls of the superimposed cable management devices.

The side walls of the support housing also have holes, through which successive collaterally arranged cable glands can be connected by screws. And on the other hand, between the side walls, a rolling element incorporated in a pivoting assembly is arranged at the rear of the support housing, which can be tilted between an inoperative folded position and an outwardly deployed position that allows the device to support Cable holder for moving like a wheelbarrow.

The reel of the cable holder device is disposed, in turn, between the side walls of the support housing, said reel comprising two facing side disks, which are joined axially by a central axis, on which said side disks of the reel can be arranged in variable positions that allow to regulate the width of the reel, fitting that axis by its ends in channels that the lateral walls of the support housing present in the inner face.

In the lateral disks of the reel are incorporated perpendicularly some rods that extend inwards, which are movable by radial grooves of the disks, by means of spiral actuators, allowing to determine with said stems a core of variable diameter in the reel, for Roll up the application cables.

In this way, a cable holder device is obtained that includes, together, a support for handling and placement, and a reel for winding the application cable, being both the cable holder device, as each of its component parts, of a simple structure and easy assembly, with the possibility of Reel adaptation depending on the cable to be wound.

The support housing also allows a coupling between cable holders stacked one above the other and between collaterally arranged cable devices, multiple cable cables can be formed with the same structural elements, for plurality of cables, which facilitate handling and placement. in storage and transport, as well as the extraction of cables for their consumption applications.

Therefore, said cable-holding device object of the invention results in very advantageous characteristics for the function of support and supply of cables to which it is intended, acquiring its own life and preferential character for that function.

Description of the figures

Figure 1 shows in perspective a cable carrier device according to the object of the invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the support housing of the cable management device of the previous figure.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of said support housing of the mounted cable holder.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the upper front cross member of the support housing of the cable holder. Figure 5 is an enlarged cross section of said upper front cross member of the support housing of the cable holder.

Figure 6 is a perspective of a cable pressure strap in the cable holder.

Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view of the lower front cross member of the support housing of the cable holder.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of three support housings of cable glands attached laterally in succession.

Figure 9 is a perspective of six cable-carrying devices with different cable-carrying reels, in an arrangement of two superimposed rows with three cable-carrying devices each.

Figure 10 is a fully exploded perspective view of the reel of the cable management device of the invention.

Figure 11 is a partially exploded perspective of said reel of the cable holder. Figure 12 is a perspective of the mounted reel.

Figure 13 is an enlarged detail in exploded perspective of the locking device of a side disc of the reel in the assembly on the central axis. Detailed description of the invention

The object of the invention relates to a cable-holding device for containing and supplying cables (1) intended for the assembly of electrical or similar installations, including in a common assembly a support housing (2) that facilitates the manipulations and positioning of the device. cable holder, and a reel (3) in which the application cable (1) is wound.

The support housing (2) determines a fixed structure, comprising two correspondingly facing side walls (2.1), which are rectangular in shape with arched recesses in the middle area of the edges, said side walls (2.1) joining by the areas of the vertices, by means of an upper front crossbar (4), a lower front crossbar (5) and two rear crossbars (6) an upper one and a lower one.

The reel (3) determines in its case an adaptable structure in width and in the diameter of the core, comprising two lateral discs (3.1), which are joined by a central axis (7), being incorporated on said lateral discs (3.1) rods (8) perpendicular towards the inside, which are arranged in a cylindrical distribution forming the core of the reel (3).

The central axis (7) has an oval section and passes through holes (9) correspondingly that have the lateral discs (3.1) in the center, fitting the ends of said central axis (7) into grooves (10). ) that they have on their faces inside the side walls (2.1) of the support housing (2), so that the assembly of the reel (3) in said support housing (2) is carried out by sliding insertion of the ends of the central axis (7) through said grooves (10) of the side walls (2.1).

Said central axis (7) of the reel (3) has a distribution of transverse grooves in the areas of greater diameter of its section, said fitting grooves serving a retaining element (11) that is arranged on the outside of the discs lateral (3.1) and that can be rotated between a fitting position in these grooves of the central axis (7) and a releasing position of said fitting, having a catch formed by a ball (12) and a spring (13) of push, for locking in the lace position.

Thus, by releasing the engagement of the retaining elements (11) on the central axis (7), the lateral discs (3.1) can be moved axially on said central axis (7), to fix them in any desired position by said retention elements (11), thus allowing the width of the reel (3) to be varied selectively without altering the formation of the support housing (2) or the assembly of the reel (3) therein.

The stems (8) are arranged where appropriate in some grooves (14) that the lateral disks (3.1) have radially, said stems passing through said grooves (14) outwards, where they fit into a spiral groove of a rotating disk (15) that is incorporated in the outer part of the corresponding lateral disk (3.1), so that by turning of the disc (15) the displacement of the stems (8) through the respective grooves (14) is determined, in the corresponding lateral disc (3.1), thus allowing selectively regulate the diameter of the reel core (3), only by the rotation of the discs (15).

Therefore, without altering the structural formation of the cable carrier device and without changing any element of said structural formation, the reel (3) can be adapted in each cable carrier device, both in width and in the diameter of the core, according to the cable (1) to be incorporated in each case.

One of the cross-members of the structural formation of the support housing (2), for example the upper front cross-member (4), is provided with a longitudinal recess (16) opened by a generatrix, in which strips (17 are arranged embedded) ) that press on the core of the reel (3), so that said straps (17) keep the cable (1) rolled up without being unwound, nevertheless allowing the removal of the cable (1) by pulling it.

As can be seen in figure 6, the strips (17) determine a conformation (18) in the form of an elastic fold, by means of which they fit with pressure in the mounting hole (16), thus maintaining said strips

(17) fixed in the position they are arranged, but the assembly pressure can be loosened simply by forcing the conformation in diameter reduction

(18), to move these strips (17) in combination with the regulation of the width of the reel (3).

The side walls (2.1) of the support housing (2) have holes (19) in areas that are not they correspond to the spool (3), so that through said holes (19), successive cable glands can be connected by means of screws, as shown in Figure 8, to form multiple cable glands.

Said side walls (2.1) of the support casing (2), also determine reciprocal stepped (20) on the upper edge and on the lower edge, by means of which one cable holder can be fitted in a socket on another; multiple cable holders can be arranged in vertical stacking and lateral coupling, as seen in Figure 9, containing a plurality of cables (1) that can be the same or different.

All the crossbars (4, 5 and 6) of the support housing (2), longitudinally determine a wedge-shaped step (21), those of the lower part in the lower face and those of the upper part in the upper face, so that in the stacking of one cable carrier device over another the matching crossbars thereof are assembled together by means of said step (21), thus determining an exact positioning between the stacked cable carriers and a retention retention between them.

In addition, the crossbars (4 and 5) of the front part of the support housing (2), are provided in the middle area with a recess (22) in the form of a dovetail, going into the recess (22) of the crossbar lower front (5) a mobile wedge (23) that can be placed in two positions determined by locking latches (24) operable by means of a push button (25), so that by means of said wedge (23) it can be set a retaining coupling between the upper front cross member (4) of a cable holder and the lower front cross member (5) of another cable holder disposed thereon, to ensure the coupling of the assembly between them.

Said embodiment is not limiting, since with the same functional effect and without altering the concept of the invention, it may be the crossbars (6) of the back of the support housing (2) that have the recess (22) in the shape of a dovetail, and similarly the movable wedge (23) may be in the upper crossbar instead of in the lower crossbar.

Between the side walls (2.1) of the support housing (2), preferably in the lower rear part, a rolling element (26) is included in pivotal mounting, which is capable of being tilted between an inoperative collected position, as observes in the support housing of the left part of figure 8, and a position collapsed outwards, as seen in the support housing of the right part of the same figure 8, so that in this position folded outwards, said rolling element (26) allows the movement of the cable holder in rolling support in the manner of a truck.

In the case of multiple cable carriers, the positioning of all or some rolling elements (26) in the collapsed outward position, also allows the movement of the multiple cable holder as a wheelbarrow.

Claims

1. - Cable holder device, for the accommodation of cables (1) intended for electrical or other similar installations, characterized in that it comprises a support housing (2) and a reel (3) in a common assembly, determining the support housing (2) a fixed structure formed by two correspondingly facing side walls (2.1), which are established joined by an upper front crossbar (4), a lower front crossbar (5) and two rear crossbars (6), one upper and one lower; while the spool (3) determines a structure that can be adjusted in its width and in the diameter of the core, comprising two lateral discs (3.1) connected by a central axis (7) that passes through said lateral discs (3.1) and fits at its ends in grooves (10) of the inner face of the side walls (2.1) of the support housing (2), these lateral disks (3.1) being able to move axially on the central axis (7) and fixed in positions variables on the same, while perpendicularly inwardly, stems (8) that determine the core of the reel (3) are incorporated on the lateral discs (3.1), which are susceptible to radial displacement on the lateral discs (3.1) to vary the diameter of the core.

2. - Cable-holding device, according to the first claim, characterized in that in one of the cross-members of the support housing (2), for example in the upper front cross-member (4), strips (17) are incorporated which press on the core of the reel (3), to prevent the cable (1) that is wound from being unwound, being able to move said strips (17) longitudinally on the mounting crossbar, for their placement according to the width regulation of the reel (3).

3.- Cable holder device, according to the first claim, characterized in that the side walls (2.1) of the support housing (2) have holes (19), through which successive devices can be connected by screws cable holder in side coupling.

4. - Cable holder device, according to the first claim, characterized in that the side walls (2.1) of the support housing (2) determine reciprocal stepped (20) on the upper edge and on the lower edge, by means of the which is the fitting of a cable holder in vertical stacking arrangement on another.

5. - Cable carrier device, according to the first claim, characterized in that an upper cross member and a respective lower cross member of the support structure (2), for example the upper front cross member (4) and the lower front cross member (5), they have in the middle zone a recess (22) in the form of a dovetail, going in the recess (22) of one of the crossbars a moving wedge (23), which is capable of moving between two positions that are locked by means of fasteners (24), to establish retention between the corresponding crossbars of respective cable management devices arranged one above the other.

6.- Cable holder device, in accordance with the First claim, characterized in that the central axis (7) of the reel (3) has an oval section, having a distribution of transverse grooves in the larger diameter parts, in which grooves fit retaining elements (11) that are arranged on the outside of the lateral discs (3.1) of the reel (3) and which are capable of being rotated between a position of engagement with respect to those grooves of the central axis (7) and a position of release of said fitting.

7. - Cable holder device, according to the first claim, characterized in that the rods (8) that form the core of the reel (3) are arranged in radial grooves (14) of the lateral discs (3.1), passing outside in where they fit in a spiral groove of a rotating disk (15) that is incorporated in the outer part of the corresponding lateral disk (3.1).

8. - Cable carrier device, according to the first claim, characterized in that between the side walls (2.1) of the support housing (2), preferably in the lower rear part, a rolling element (26) is incorporated in mounting pivot, which can be tilted between an inoperative pickup position and a collapsed outward position in which it allows the movement of the cable holder in rolling support like a wheelbarrow.