JP2551597B2 - Movable partition system - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a movable partition system that partitions a room by a partition panel by using a trolley duct as a track for moving the partition panel.

[Background technology]

Conventionally, in a place used by an unspecified number of people, such as a hall in a conference hall or a banquet hall, a movable partition panel is used to adjust the size of the room in order to effectively use air. That is, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the ceiling of the room 1
A duct 2 made of metal having a continuous opening on the lower surface is attached to 1A along a partition boundary 3, a trolley (not shown) that can travel freely is accommodated in the duct 2, and a movable partition is provided through the opening of the duct 2 in the trolley. By suspending the panel 4 and moving the movable partition panel 4 in the direction of the arrow C along the duct 2, the room 1 is partitioned into two rooms A and B, for example.

In FIGS. 10 and 11, 1B is a wall, 1C is a floor, 5 is a doorway, and 6 is a movable partition panel storage section.

As described above, when partitioning a large room, it is often necessary to provide a power outlet, an antenna outlet for a television receiver, a microphone content, and the like for each of the divided small rooms.

However, power outlets, antenna outlets, microphone outlets, etc. are provided only on the wall of the room, and when power is supplied to the electrical equipment arranged in each small room, wiring from the outlet to the electrical equipment is performed. However, there are problems such as being too long to get in the way, and the cord of the electric device is too short to place the electric device at an appropriate position. This has been a particularly serious problem in a Japanese-style room where an outlet cannot be installed on the floor in advance.

Among them, along with the development of broadcasting culture in recent years, it is said that in addition to powering from the movable partition panel, it is desired to input and output television broadcasting signals, independent television broadcasting signals from video cameras and control signals for various devices from the partition panel. There is a request. That is, for example, as shown in FIG.
There is a demand to power the television receiver 10 by inserting the power plug 11 of the television receiver 10 into the movable partition panel 9 suspended from the duct 8 attached to the ceiling of the room 7. In FIG. 12, reference numeral 12 is a movable partition panel storage portion, and 13 is a power outlet.

[Object of the Invention]

An object of the present invention is to supply electric power using a movable partition panel and to exchange various control signals, high-frequency information signals, etc., and to wire an electric device arranged in a small room partitioned by the movable partition panel. It is an object of the present invention to provide a movable partition system that can be shortened and that allows an electric device to be arranged at an arbitrary position in a small room.

[Disclosure of Invention]

The movable partition system of the present invention is a movable partition system in which a movable carriage is housed in a duct having a continuous opening, and a movable partition panel is hung from the carriage through the opening of the duct, and a trolley conductor is arranged in the duct. And a current collector slidingly contacting the trolley conductor is provided on a carriage for suspending a movable partition panel movably accommodated in the duct, and a connector connected to the current collector is provided on the movable partition panel. To do.

According to the structure of the present invention, since the trolley conductor is arranged in the duct, the trolley is provided with the current collector that makes sliding contact with the trolley conductor, and the movable partition panel is provided with the connector connected to the trolley conductor. It is possible to supply power between collectors, exchange various control signals, high-frequency information signals, etc., and use a movable partition panel to supply power to electrical equipment placed in a small room partitioned by the movable partition panel. It is possible to supply and receive various control signals, high-frequency information signals, etc., and to shorten the wiring of electrical equipment in the small room, and to install the electrical equipment at any position in the small room. .

Embodiment A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. That is, the movable partition system accommodates the trolley 22 capable of traveling in the metal duct 21 having the continuous opening 21a, and the trolley 22 opens the opening 21 of the duct 21.
In the movable partition system in which the movable partition panel 23 is hung through a, the trolley conductor 24 is arranged in the duct 21.
A current collector 25 slidingly contacting the 24 is provided on the trolley 22, and a movable partition panel 23 is connected to the current collector 25 with a power outlet.
A connector 26 such as a control signal outlet is provided.

In this case, the duct 21 is installed on the back side of the ceiling 30 so that the opening 21a faces the room from the opening 30a of the ceiling 30.

The trolley conductor 24 is supported by an insulator 27 fixed inside the duct 21. In addition, the trolley 22 is a trolley conductor.
The current collector 25 that is in sliding contact with the vehicle 24 is urged by a spring (not shown) built in the vehicle body 22a so that the vehicle body 22a
It is attached to the upper surface of the trolley conductor 24 so that it makes elastic contact with the trolley conductor 24. Reference numeral 22b is a roller provided on the side surface of the carriage main body 22a, and the roller 22b runs on a track portion 21b fixed to the inner surface of the duct 21.

Further, the movable partition panel 23 is fixed to a suspension shaft 28 protruding downward from the lower surface of the truck 22 through the opening 21a of the duct 21 and the opening 30a of the ceiling 30, and the connector 26 has a collector 25 on the truck 22. It is connected to the wiring 29 by.

In this movable partition system, for example, by connecting the trolley conductor 24 of the duct 21 to the commercial power source, power is supplied from the commercial power source to the connector 26, and the power plug (not shown) of the electric device is connected by the connector 26. If you plug it into a power outlet, you can operate electrical equipment. At this time, since the wiring from the wall to the movable partition panel 23 is made by the trolley conductor 24 in the duct 21, it is completely hidden.

The connector 26 can be used not only for supplying power, but also for passing various control signals for controlling electrical equipment, for example.

In the movable partition system of this embodiment, the trolley conductor 24 is arranged in the duct 21, and the trolley 22 is provided with a current collector 25 slidingly contacting the trolley conductor 24.
Since the connector 26 connected to the current collector 25 is provided in the 23, it is possible to supply power between the trolley conductor 24 and the current collector 25 and exchange various control signals, and in the small room partitioned by the movable partition panel 23. The movable partition panel 23 can be used to send and receive power and various control signals to the electric equipment arranged in the room, and the wiring of the electric equipment in the small room can be shortened and the electric equipment can be It can be installed anywhere in the small room.

In the movable partition system of this embodiment, the movable partition panel 23 does not have a built-in self-propelled mechanism, and the movable partition panel 23 is manually moved to a desired position. A self-propelled motor, control panel, contact transmitter, etc. are built in, and a control signal for self-propelled control of the movable partition panel 23 is transmitted to the contact transmitter through the trolley conductor 24 in the duct 21. The movable partition panel 23 can be moved to an arbitrary position and stopped at that position by controlling an electromagnetic contactor or the like in the control panel to control the self-propelled motor.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9. As shown in FIG. 3, this movable partitioning system accommodates a movable truck 42 in a metal lip groove duct 41 having a continuous opening 41a, and is movable from the truck 42 through the opening 41a of the duct 41. In the movable partition system in which the partition panel 43 is suspended, a trolley conductor 44A for power supply / control signal transmission and a trolley conductor 44B for high frequency information signal transmission such as television signal transmission are provided in the duct 41. The current collector 45A for power supply and control signal transmission, which is placed in sliding contact with the trolley conductor 44A, is provided on the dolly 42, and the current collector 45B for high frequency information signal transmission is provided on the dolly 42, and on the movable partition panel 43. A connector 46A such as a power outlet or a control signal outlet connected to the current collector 45a is provided, and a high-frequency information signal transmission connector 46B connected to the current collector 45B is provided. It is characterized by the following.

In this case, the duct 41 is installed on the back side of the ceiling 50, and the lip portion is folded back outward so as to surround the opening 50a of the ceiling 50, and the opening 41a faces the room from the opening 50a of the ceiling 50. It has become.

The trolley conductors 44A and 44B are supported by the insulators 47A and 47B fixed in the duct 41, respectively, and the duct 4
It is electromagnetically shielded by a shield material 51 fixed inside 1. Further, the carriage 42 is attached to the upper surface of the carriage main body 42a in a state in which the current collectors 45A, 45B slidingly contacting the trolley conductors 44A, 44B are urged by a spring (not shown) built in the carriage main body 42a. , The trolley conductors 44A and 44B are elastically contacted. 42b is a roller provided on the side surface of the carriage main body 42a, and this roller 42b runs on the inner surface of the lip of the duct 41.

Further, the movable partition panel 43 is fixed to a hanging portion 48 protruding downward from the lower surface of the carriage 42 through the opening 41a of the duct 41 and the opening 50a of the ceiling 50, and the connector 46A.
Is connected to the collector 45A on the trolley 42 by wiring 49A, and the connector
46B is also connected to collector 45B by wire 49B. In this case, a signal branching device 52 for branching the high frequency information signal from the trolley conductor 45A is provided in the wiring 49B, and a high frequency information outlet 46B _{1 of the} connector 46B is provided.
Is directly connected to the signal branch 52, and the baseband outlet 46B ₂ is connected to the signal branch 52 via the high frequency transmission modem 53.

Further, the signal branching device 52 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
The balun 52a and the resistors 52b and 52c are connected, the balanced end of the balun 52a is connected to the current collector 45B via the resistors 52b and 52c, and the unbalanced end of the balun 52a is the connector 46B and the high-frequency modem 53.
Connected to.

In this movable partition system, for example, by connecting the trolley conductor 44A of the duct 41 to the commercial power source,
Power will be supplied from the commercial power supply to the connector 46A,
By inserting a power plug (not shown) of the electric device into a power outlet which is the connector 26A, the electric device can be operated. In addition, for example, the duct 41 may be installed in a receiving antenna for television broadcasting or a transmitter for television broadcasting.
Connector 46B by connecting the trolley conductor 44B of
Information signals will be sent to, for example connector 46
By connecting the antenna terminal of the television receiver to the high-frequency information outlet 46B ₁ of B, it is possible to receiving the television signal with the television receiver. In addition, the outlet 4 for the baseband of the connector 46B
The video signal can be received by connecting the signal input terminal of the monitor receiver without tuner to 6B ₂ . At this time, the wiring from the wall surface to the movable partition panel 43 is completely hidden because the trolley conductors 44A and 44B in the duct 41 are wired.

By using the connector 46, data sent from a computer or the like can be displayed on the screen of the receiver.

In the movable partition system described above, the movable partition panel 43 is configured to be self-propelled with the configuration shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, so that the movable partition panel is next.
The self-propelled structure of 43 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, this movable partition system has a self-propelled motor 61 built in a movable partition panel 43,
By connecting the pulley 62 mounted on the rotary shaft 61a of the self-propelled motor 61 and the pulley 63 mounted on the axle 42c of the roller 42b of the carriage 42 with the belt 64, the rotary roller 42b of the self-propelled motor 61 is connected to the rotary roller 42b. The movable partition panel 43 is adapted to be moved. In addition, this movable partition panel 43,
The contact transmitter 65 and the control panel 66 are built in, and the control signal transmitted through the trolley conductor 44A for power supply / control signal transmission is taken into the contact transmitter 65 through the wiring 67, and the contact transmitter 65 is received by the fetched control signal. Controls the electromagnetic contactor (not shown) in the control panel 66 to drive the self-propelled motor.
By controlling the operation of 61, the movable partition panel 43 is moved to an arbitrary position and stopped at that position. In FIG. 5, 54 is a spring that pushes up and urges the current collector 45A.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration for self-propelling the movable partition panel 43, which is a distribution board connected to a commercial power source.
The system controller 72 is connected to 71, the power line 72a drawn from the system controller 72 is connected to the power supply of the trolley conductors 44A of the duct 41, and the control signal line 72b drawn from the system controller 72 is connected to the duct 41. Of the trolley conductor 44A for transmitting a control signal. Then, the carriage 42 traveling in the duct 41
The current collector 45A provided in the power supply section supplies electric power to the controller (contact transmitter + control panel) 73 in the movable partition panel 43 and also supplies a control signal to the controller 73.

Next, a specific example of the transmission form of the high-frequency information signal in this movable partition system will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the UHF / VHF TV signal is sent to the trolley conductor 83 in the duct 82 through the directional coupler 81.
Movable partition panel from trolley conductor 83 through current collector 84
Data modem in 85 (for controlling movable partition panels, etc.) 86
Connector to the antenna outlet etc.
It is designed to be sent to. Further, high frequency data for independent TV broadcasting is also sent to the trolley conductor 83 via the directional coupler 81, and further to the data modem 86 and the connector 87 in the movable partition panel 85.

Incidentally, 88 is a connector consisting of a power outlet, 89 is a matching unit provided at one end of the duct 82 and connected to one end of the trolley conductor 83, 90 is a terminating resistor 90 'provided at the end of the trolley conductor 83 on the ceiling surface. is there.

The example of FIG. 8 shows a cable 9 in which the TV signal is embedded in the wall 93.
1, Trolley conductor 92 in duct and movable partition panel 94
A video signal is supplied from the connector 96 to the television receiver 97 by sending the video signal to the connector 96 of the movable partition panel 94 through the internal wiring 95. Also, the video signal from the television camera (or microphone) 98 is converted into a high frequency video signal by the high frequency modem 99, and the high frequency video signal is fed from the connector 96 'of the movable partition panel 94' to the wiring 95 ', the trolley conductor 92 and the cable 91. Through the wall 100 to the connector 100, and the high frequency video signal output from the connector 100 is converted into a base band video signal by the high frequency modem 101, and the base band video signal is received by the monitor receiver 102. . In addition, 103 is a power outlet, 104 is a floor, and 105 is a ceiling.

In the example of FIG. 9, the baseband signal output from the television camera 111 and the baseband signal from the television tuner 112 are selected by the switch 113, and the baseband signal selected by the switch 113 is high-frequency-controlled by the video modulator 114. The video signal is converted into a video signal and supplied to the trolley conductor 116 in the duct through the cable 115, and the video image stored in the movable partition panel 117 through the collector (not shown) and the wiring 118 in the movable partition panel 117 from the trolley conductor 116. Send to demodulator 119,
Here, it is designed to be converted to a baseband video signal and output from the connector 120. By connecting the monitor 120 to the connector 120, the video from the TV camera 111 or the television tuner 112 can be displayed on the monitor receiver 121. You will receive the image. Further, the channel switching signal is input from the connector 122 for inputting the channel switching signal to the switching unit 126 through the wiring 123 in the movable partition panel 117, the trolley conductor 124 in the duct and the cable 125, so that the television on the side of the movable partition panel 117 is provided. Switching between the camera 111 and the television tuner 112 and selection of a channel in the television tuner 112 can be performed. In addition, 12
7 is a matching unit, 128 is a terminating resistor, 129 is a trolley conductor for power supply, 130 is a receiving antenna, and 131 is a ceiling.

According to the movable partition system of this embodiment, the duct 41
Place the trolley conductors 44A and 44B inside the
Since the current collectors 45A and 45B are provided in sliding contact with the trolley conductors 44A and 44B, and the movable partition panel 43 is provided with the connectors 46A and 46B connected to the current collectors 45A and 45B, the trolley conductors 44A and 44B are provided.
Power supply between the collector and collector 45A, 45B, various control signals,
It becomes possible to send and receive high-frequency information signals, etc., and the movable partition panel 43 is used to supply power to and receive various control signals, high-frequency information signals, etc. for electrical equipment placed in a small room partitioned by the movable partition panel 43. The wiring of the electric device in the small room can be shortened, and the electric device can be installed at an arbitrary position in the small room.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the movable partition system of the present invention, since the trolley conductor is arranged in the duct, the trolley is provided with the current collector slidingly contacting the trolley conductor, and the movable partition panel is provided with the connector connected to the current collector. It is possible to supply power between the conductor and the current collector, exchange various control signals, high-frequency information signals, etc., and use the movable partition panel for electrical equipment placed in a small room partitioned by the movable partition panel. Power supply and various control signals, high-frequency information signals, etc. can be sent and received, the wiring of electrical equipment in the small room can be shortened, and the electrical equipment can be installed at any position in the small room. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the structure of the first embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the same, FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing the constitution of the second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing the constitution of a signal branching device, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the self-propelled mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing the system configuration of the self-propelled mechanism, and FIGS. Schematic,
10 and 11 are schematic views showing a conventional example of a movable partition system, and FIG. 12 is a schematic view for clarifying the object of the present invention. 21 …… duct, 21a …… opening, 22 …… carriage, 23 …… movable partition panel, 24 …… trolley conductor, 25 …… collector, 26
……connector

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Tsutomu Okubo 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (72) Inventor, Yasuhiro Kawajiri, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A movable partition system in which a movable carriage is housed in a duct having a continuous opening, and a movable partition panel is hung from the carriage through an opening of the duct, wherein a trolley conductor is arranged in the duct. A movable partition system, wherein a current collector slidingly contacting the trolley conductor is provided on the carriage and a connector connected to the current collector is provided on the movable partition panel. 2. A power supply in which the trolley conductor comprises a power supply / control signal supply trolley conductor and a high-frequency information signal transmission trolley conductor, and the current collector slides into contact with the power supply / control signal supply trolley conductor. A collector for supplying / control signal supply and a collector for high-frequency information signal transmission in sliding contact with the trolley conductor for transferring high-frequency information signal, and the connector is connected to the collector for power supply / control signal transmission. The movable partition system according to claim (1), which comprises a power supply cassette and a control signal delivery terminal, and an information signal terminal connected to the high-frequency information signal transmission collector through a signal branching device.