JP4198568B2 - Cord holding device - Google Patents

Description

In the present invention, the cords of the OA device are mainly arranged on a top plate such as a desk, and can be easily inserted according to the type of the cords, and the cords inserted on the top plate from below the top plate. The present invention relates to a cord holding device that does not inadvertently fall below the top plate.

The cords necessary for OA equipment used on the top plate such as a desk are led to the top plate from the wiring duct below the top plate through the insertion hole drilled on the top plate and installed on the top plate. Connected to the OA device.
There are different types of cords such as power supply cords and network wiring cords, and the thickness may vary depending on the type, but the size of the cord insertion hole depends on the type of cord. It is desirable to handle this difference.
In recent years, the number of portable laptop computers has increased, and as a result, it is possible to move with a laptop computer according to the needs of the office worker without fixing the work location, or to carry the laptop computer when going out. Since it is common to do this, there are more opportunities to remove and connect cords from laptop computers.
Then, considering the case of reconnecting the cords once removed from the notebook computer, the cords remain on the top plate in the removed state without falling out of the top plate from the insertion hole. It is desirable that
In addition, it is desirable that the distance that these codes crawl on the desk is shorter.
However, the conventional cord holding device is provided with a closing plate, and a closing body in which a cord insertion hole is formed at a key point thereof is fitted into a frame body that is fitted in a hole formed in a key hole of the top plate, and the closing is performed. Opposite side edges of a closing plate for opening and closing the cord insertion hole to the sliding groove of the rail body, which is arranged in parallel with the cord insertion hole on the lower surface of the plate and the sliding groove is formed on the opposing surface Is attached to the attachment hole with the lid continuously connected to the attachment hole, and the attachment hole is closed in a tidy manner before the cord is inserted. When inserting the cord, the lid body is separated from the frame body, rotated 90 degrees, the lid body is held in the locking groove, and the lid body is slid sideways, Insert a cord with a connector, etc. as it is, and then slide the lid again. So, the those small necessary minimum gap (for example, see Patent Document 2.) Was.

In both cases of the former and the latter, unless the closing body (lid) is removed, the code insertion hole (gap) cannot be made larger than the sliding width of the closing plate (lid). The formation position of the cord insertion hole (gap) could not be selected corresponding to the use position of the OA equipment.
In addition, there has been no contrivance for preventing the cords removed from the OA device and placed on the top plate from dropping out from the cord insertion hole (gap) to the lower side of the top plate.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 50-35924 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-40297

  The present invention prevents the cords removed from the OA equipment installed on the top plate from falling out of the cord insertion hole (gap) below the top plate, and has a size corresponding to the thickness of the cords. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cord holding device that can easily obtain a cord insertion hole and that can appropriately select a position where a cord is taken out from a frame in accordance with an installation position of an OA device.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is configured as a first means, a holding frame body that fits into a notch hole formed in a top plate such as a desk, and a detachable attachment to the holding frame body. and two closing cap having the same shape is attached, is slidably held by the two closing cap is constructed from a closing slide cap for opening and closing the notch for cord insertion formed on the closure cap, the holding The frame has a window hole whose size is such that the two closing caps match in the vertical or horizontal direction, and the window hole has a support portion on the peripheral wall that can support the closing cap in the vertical or horizontal direction. The support portion has a guide recess formed in the vertical direction with a locking protrusion that holds the closing cap detachably at the lower end portion, and the closing cap is placed on the upper end surface of the support portion, The upper surface is flush with the upper surface of the outer peripheral edge of the holding frame. A lid portion, and an engaging ridge that is positioned in the guide recess in an attached state and engages with the engaging ridge at the lower end portion, and protrudes downward from the lower surfaces of the inner four corners of the mounting surface portion of the lid portion. Elastic stepped legs , a slide stage holding portion provided between the closing slide cap and the closing cap, and by selecting the mounting direction of the two closing caps with respect to the window hole, The position and size of the notch can be selected as one or two, and the closing slide cap can be used to insert the cord according to the thickness of the cord to be inserted. The notch can be opened and closed in stages.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the closing slide cap is slidably held by the closing cap, a cord insertion hole having a size corresponding to the thickness of the cords to be inserted can be formed, and the closing cap is closed. By providing a slide stage holding part between the sliding cap and the closing cap, the closing slide cap slides only in stages, so that the cords placed on the top plate are pressed against the closing slide cap The cord is held in the cord insertion hole, and the cord insertion hole does not inadvertently fall down below the top plate.
Thus, when the cords removed from the OA device are connected to the OA device again, the trouble of leading the cords that have dropped off below the top plate to the top plate is eliminated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the support portion for supporting the closing cap is formed on the peripheral wall of the window hole so as to support the closing action cap in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. The cord insertion hole can be formed at an appropriate position by selecting the mounting direction of the closing cap with respect to the window hole according to the installation position. This makes it possible to shorten the distance that the cords crawl on the desk, making it look good.
In addition, the code insertion notch of the size corresponding to the thickness of the cords can be selected by selecting the size of the code insertion notch for one or two. Easy to form.
According to the invention described in claim 3, the effects of the invention described in claim 1 and the invention described in claim 2 can be obtained.

A holding frame body 1 that fits into a notch 101 formed in a top plate 10 such as a desk, two closing caps 3 and 3 that are detachably attached to the holding frame body 1, and two slidably held in the closing cap 3, 3, is composed of a closing slide cap 5 for opening and closing the notches 30 for cord insertion formed on the closure cap 3, the holding frame 1, two for the closing has a window hole 11 sized to cap 3, 3 matches the longitudinal direction or transverse direction, the window holes 11 of the support 6 can be supported by perforated in the peripheral wall 13 of the closure cap 3 in the longitudinal direction or transverse direction The supporting portion 6 has a guide recess 62 in the vertical direction in which a locking protrusion 63 for detachably holding the closing cap 3 is formed at the lower end portion, and the closing cap 3 is located above the supporting portion 6. It is placed on the end face and the upper surface is above the outer peripheral edge 12 of the holding frame 1 A lid 31 that is flush with the surface, and is located in the guide recess 62 in an attached state, and is provided at the lower end of the engaging ridge 33 that engages with the engaging ridge 63, and below the lower surface of the lid 31. an elastic leg 34 continuously provided to protrude, by Rukoto provided sliding stage holding portion 7 between the closure cap 3 and the closing slide cap 5, the two relative windows 11 of the closure cap 3,3 By selecting the mounting direction, the position and size of the notch 30 for inserting the cord can be selected as one or two sizes, and the closing slide cap 5 is According to the thickness of the cords to be inserted, the cord insertion notch 30 can be opened and closed in stages.

FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective view of the main part of the cord holding device of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the first embodiment of the present invention.
2, reference numeral 1 denotes a holding frame body that fits into a notch 101 formed in a top plate 10 such as a desk, and reference numeral 3... Is a closure that is detachably attached to the holding frame body 1. Reference numeral 5 denotes a closing slide cap that is slidably held by the closing cap 3 and that opens and closes the cord insertion notch 30 of the closing cap 3 in stages.

The holding frame body 1 is formed of a synthetic resin material, and is attached to the top plate 10 so as to protrude from the outer upper surface of the peripheral edge of the notch hole 101 of the top plate 10 and be positioned on the top plate 10. 12, a peripheral wall 13 that is connected to the lower surface of the outer peripheral edge 12 and protrudes into the notch hole 101, a window hole 11 that is surrounded by the outer peripheral edge 12 and the peripheral wall 13 and that penetrates in the vertical direction, The end face 61 is located below a predetermined dimension (corresponding to the closing cap 3), and is inward (inside the window hole 11) between the rectangular inner surface of the peripheral wall 13 and the inner surface of the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the peripheral wall 13. It is comprised from the support part 6 ... which protrudes to hold | maintain the cap 3 for closure.
The support portion 6 has a guide recess 62 in the longitudinal direction of the central portion of the inner surface, and locking ridges 63 are formed at the lower end of the guide recess 62 so as to hold the closing cap 3 detachably.
In the first embodiment, the window hole 11 is formed in a ratio of the dimensional ratio of the short side direction to the long side direction of 1: 2.

  Then, wooden locking projections 131 and 131 are formed at the lower end of the central part of the outer surface on the short side of the peripheral wall 13 to be locked to the lower edge of the notch hole 101 when attached to the wooden top plate 10. 13 has a predetermined distance from the outer peripheral edge 12 at the upper end of the outer surface of the longitudinal side of the steel 13, and when it is attached to a steel top plate, it engages with the lower edge of the notch hole 101, and the steel locking projection 132. Are formed at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction.

  The closing cap 3 is formed of a synthetic resin material, is placed on the upper end surface 61 of the support portion 6, and has placing surface portions 311... That are flush with the upper surface of the outer peripheral edge 12 at the four corners. The lid portion 31 formed in a square shape in plan view that substantially matches the short side dimension of the window hole 11 and the guide recess 62... Of the support portion 6. .. Have locking protrusions 33... Locked to the locking protrusions 62... At the lower end, and project downward from the lower surfaces of the inner four corners of the mounting surface portion 311 of the lid 31. It is comprised from the provided elastic leg 34 ....

The lid 31 is formed with a cord insertion notch 30 having a small dimension on the sliding direction side of the closing slide cap 5 whose one end on the side opens, and the lid except the placement surface 311. The protrusion 31 protrudes downward from the lower surface of the peripheral portion 31 and in the attached state, the reinforcing protrusion 32 positioned between the support portions 6... And the sliding protrusion formed on the back surface along the notch 30 for inserting the cord. 36 and 36, and a step locking recess 35 formed between the slide protrusions 36 and 36 on the back surface side of the lid portion 31.
The slide protrusions 36, 36 are formed along the side end portion side of the cord insertion notch 30 in the sliding direction of the closing slide cap 5 from the opening side of the cord insertion notch 30 on the lower surface of the lid portion 31. And have sliding grooves 33, 33 facing the inner surface side.
The step-locking recess 35 is formed by a plurality of saw-toothed irregularities positioned between the slide protrusions 36 in the sliding direction of the closing slide cap 5.

The closing slide cap 5 is sized to close the cord insertion notch 30, and is formed of a synthetic resin material to a thickness that allows both end portions to be slidably held in the sliding grooves 33, 33, The upper surface has an operation non-slip portion 51 composed of a plurality of concave stripes, the operation anti-slip portion 51 has an operation projection 52 at the closed end, and an operation elastic leg at the center of the open end. It has a body 54.
A step locking projection 53 that engages with the step locking recess 35 stepwise is formed on the upper surface of the open end portion of the elastic leg 54 for operation.
In other words, the closing slide cap 5 has a step locking protrusion that elastically engages the step locking recess 35 by the elasticity of the step locking recess 35 formed on the back surface of the lid 31 and the operation elastic leg 54. The slide stage holding portion 7 constituted by 53 maintains a stepwise closed position unless the user operates with the intention to slide, and does not slide carelessly.

Embodiment 1 of the present invention is formed as described above and is used as follows.
First, the holding frame body 1 is fitted into the cutout hole 101 formed in the top plate 10 from above.
At this time, the same holding frame 1 is used without being affected by the type of the top plate.
That is, in the case of the wooden top plate 10, the wooden locking projections 131, 131 engage with the lower peripheral portion of the notch hole 101, and in the case of the steel top plate, the steel locking projections 132. -Engages with the lower peripheral portion of the notch hole 101.
Next, the attachment direction of the closing caps 3 and 3 is determined according to the thickness of the cords inserted through the window hole 11 of the holding frame 1 or the installation position of the OA device on the desk.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, in the case where the thickness of the cords is thinner than one cord insertion notch 30 opened with the closing slide cap 5 attached, the longitudinal direction of the window hole 11 When the cords are to be led out from the end side of the cord, the cords are inserted into the cord insertion notch 30 as shown in the state of FIG. 5 (at this time, the closing slide cap 5 is for cord insertion. The notch 30 is held at the position where the notch 30 is fully opened.) The engaging protrusions 33 of the elastic legs 34 are attached to the engaging protrusions 63 of the support portions 6. The closing caps 3 and 3 are attached to the holding frame 1 by engaging.
Next, the closing slide cap 5 is slid stepwise, and the position where the end on the closing side comes into contact with the end surface of the cord is selected according to the engagement position of the step locking recess 35 and the step locking protrusion 53. , Retains the codes (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIGS. 2 and 3). (At this time, the cord insertion hole 37 is formed by the end surface on the operation projection 52 side of the closing slide cap 5, the end surface of the peripheral wall 13 of the holding frame 1, and the opposite end surface of the cord insertion notch 30. Become.)
When the OA device on the desk is a notebook personal computer, there are many opportunities to connect and remove cords. However, the cords are held in the cord insertion hole 37 so that the removed cords are cords. There is no need to inadvertently fall below the top plate from the insertion hole 37. Therefore, when connecting the cords to the OA device again, there is no need to introduce the cords that have fallen below the top plate onto the top plate. .
Here, the notebook personal computer cited as an OA device is merely an example of a device that is frequently used for plugging and unplugging cords, and the OA device is a device that requires other cords to be inserted and removed with other cords. In addition, it includes devices that are usually placed on the top board and used with the cords inserted.
When the closing slide cap 5 is slid to the full open side in the sliding grooves 33, 33, the size of the cord insertion hole 37 is slightly narrowed by the protrusion of the operation projection 52, but the cord insertion The size is substantially equal to the size of the common notch 30.

When the cords are thicker than one cord insertion hole 37 opened with the closing slide cap 5 attached, or when the cords are to be led out from the central portion of the window hole 11, When bundled, a plurality of cords that cannot be inserted into one cord insertion hole 37 are to be inserted, as shown in FIG. 6, the cord insertion notches 30 and 30 are opposed to each other to insert the cords. A cord insertion notch 30 having the size of two common notches 30 is obtained, and the closure caps 3 and 3 are held in a state where cords are inserted into the cord insertion notches 30. Attached to the frame 1, the ends of the closing slide caps 5, 5 are brought into contact with the end surfaces of the cords to form a cord insertion hole 37, and the cords are held in the cord insertion hole 37. Prevent inadvertent falling off the top plate.
Further, when the cords are thicker than the combined size of the two cord insertion notches 30 having the closing slide caps 5 and 5, or when bundled, a plurality of cords that cannot be inserted into the cord insertion hole 37 7 is removed, one of the closing caps 3 is removed as shown in FIG. 7, and the cords are inserted directly into the window hole 11.
The holding frame body 1 of the first embodiment has a dimensional ratio of the short side and the long side of the window hole 11 of 1: 2, and the lid portion 31 of the closing cap 3 has a short side dimension of the window hole 11. Is formed in a square shape in a plan view substantially matching the above-described shape, and is formed with one rectangular cord insertion notch 30 in which the size of the closing slide cap 5 on the sliding direction side is reduced. If the dimensional ratio between the hand side and the longitudinal side is a positive integer multiple excluding 1: 1, the closing cap 3 can be used in a positive integer multiple excluding 1.

As shown in FIGS. 8 to 9, the second embodiment is similar to the first embodiment in that the holding frame 1, the closing cap 3 detachably attached to the holding frame 1, and the closing cap 3 It is configured to include a closing slide cap 5... That is slidably held and that opens and closes a cord insertion notch 30 provided in the closing cap 3 in stages.
The holding frame body 1 has a vertical / horizontal dimension ratio of the window hole 11 of 1: 1, and the vertical or horizontal dimension of the lid portion 31 of the closing cap 3 is the same as that of the window hole 11, and the other is the same. The dimensional ratio is 1/2, which is a half.
Then, two notches 30 for inserting a cord having the same size as the first embodiment are formed, and two closing slide caps 5 and 5 are arranged.

  Therefore, when the thickness of the cords is thinner than one cord insertion notch 30 opened with the closing slide cap 5 attached, when the cords are to be derived from the end side of the window hole 11, As shown in the state of FIG. 8, with the cords inserted through the cord insertion notches 30, the closing caps 3 and 3 are attached to the holding frame 1, and the end of the closing slide cap 5 is attached to the cord. A cord insertion hole 37 is formed in contact with the end surface of the cord, and the cords are held in the cord insertion hole 37 to prevent the cords from being accidentally dropped below the top plate.

  Further, when the thickness of the cords is thicker than one cord insertion notch 30 opened with the closing slide cap 5 attached, or the cords are desired to be derived from the central portion of the window hole 11 collectively. When, or when bundled, a plurality of cords that cannot be inserted into one cord insertion hole 37 are to be inserted, as shown in FIG. 9, the notches 30, 30 for inserting the cords are made to face each other. With the cords inserted into the notches 30 and 30 for inserting the cord, the caps 3 and 3 for closing are attached to the holding frame 1 and the two notches 30 for inserting the cord are combined. In this state, the closing caps 3 and 3 are attached to the holding frame 1 with the cords inserted through the notches 30 for inserting the cords, and the sliding slide cap 5 is closed. The end of 5 is cords The cord insertion hole 37 is formed in contact with the end surface of the first and second cords, and the cords are held in the cord insertion hole 37 to prevent the cords from being accidentally dropped below the top plate.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view of 1st Example of this invention AA line enlarged sectional view of FIG. BB expanded sectional view of FIG. The top view which shows the 1st example of the attachment attitude | position of the closure cap of 1st Example of this invention. The top view which shows the 2nd example of the attachment attitude | position of the closure cap of 1st Example of this invention. The top view which shows the 3rd example of the attachment attitude | position of the closure cap of 1st Example of this invention. The top view which shows the 1st example of the attachment attitude | position of the closure cap of 2nd Example of this invention The top view which shows the 2nd example of the attachment attitude | position of the closure cap of 2nd Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Holding frame 10 Top plate 11 Window hole 13 Perimeter wall 101 Notch hole 3 Closing cap 30 Notch for cord insertion 5 Closing slide cap 6 Supporting part 7 Slide stage holding part

Claims (1)

A holding frame body fitted into the cutout hole formed in the top plate such as a desk, and two closing cap comprising a removably mounted is identical shape to the holding frame, slidably into two closing cap The holding frame body is configured by a closing slide cap that opens and closes a cord insertion notch formed in the closing cap, and the holding frame body is a window having a size that matches the two closing caps in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. The window hole has a supporting portion on the peripheral wall that can support the closing cap in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction, and the supporting portion is a locking protrusion that holds the closing cap detachably at the lower end portion. The closure cap is placed on the upper end surface of the support portion, and the upper surface is flush with the upper surface of the outer peripheral edge of the holding frame body, Engagement located in the guide recess and locking to the locking ridge A slide stage holding portion between the closing slide cap and the closing cap , having a protrusion at the lower end, and having elastic legs that protrude downward from the bottom of the inner four corners of the mounting surface portion of the lid. By selecting the mounting direction of the two closing caps to the window hole, the position and size of the notch for inserting the cord can be selected to be one or two. The cord holding device is characterized in that the closing slide cap is capable of opening and closing the cord insertion notch stepwise in accordance with the thickness of the cord to be inserted.