JP4854535B2 - Cabinet for electronic equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic equipment cabinet that enables wiring between adjacent cabinets.

  Rack-type electronic equipment cabinets containing a large number of electronic equipment are widely used, particularly in the field of communications. Such an electronic device cabinet is divided into a plurality of levels in the vertical direction by a partition plate, and the users at each level may be different. In many cases, it is necessary to draw wiring from electronic equipment stored in each stage into adjacent cabinets.

  For this reason, as shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2, forming a wiring hole for drawing wiring into a cabinet adjacent to the side plate of the cabinet is performed. In both of these Patent Documents 1 and 2, a horizontal frame is attached to the upper and lower sides of the wiring hole, and the sliding hole is slidably held to open and close the wiring hole.

However, a plurality of wiring holes are usually provided, and the number of wiring holes is increased particularly when each wiring hole is provided. Therefore, the conventional structure in which horizontal frames are individually attached to the upper and lower sides of each wiring hole and the slide panel is held has a problem that the number of parts increases, the number of processing steps increases, and the cost increases.
JP 2003-188556 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-258859

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost electronic equipment cabinet including a wiring hole for drawing wiring into an adjacent cabinet and a slide panel capable of opening and closing the wiring hole.

The cabinet for electronic equipment of the present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems is formed with a wiring hole for drawing wiring into an adjacent cabinet on the side plate of the cabinet, and a wiring hole on the inner surface of the side plate near the wiring hole. The upper and lower rail members extending between the upper and lower mounting pieces are attached with a gap between the side plate and a slide panel that can slide in the horizontal direction is provided between the side plate and the rail member. It is a feature.

  In addition, it is preferable to form a wiring hole in at least one of the front and back of a cabinet. In addition, a panel holding bracket is provided on the inner surface of the side plate in the vicinity of the wiring hole, and an end portion of the slide panel is provided with a fixing means that engages with the panel holding bracket and fixes the slide panel in the closed position. preferable. Further, the cabinet is partitioned into a plurality of levels in the vertical direction by the partition plate, and a structure in which a wiring hole and a slide panel are formed for each level can be obtained.

The cabinet for electronic equipment of the present invention is mounted on the inner surface of the side plate near the wiring hole with a vertical rail member extending between the mounting pieces provided above and below the wiring hole with a gap between the side plate and the side plate. Because the slide panel that can open and close the wiring hole is supported between the rail and the rail member, there is no need to attach horizontal frames individually above and below each wiring hole as in the conventional case, and the cost can be reduced. Can do.

  Since wiring from the electronic device is usually drawn from the front or rear of the cabinet, if the wiring hole is formed in at least one of the front and rear of the cabinet as in claim 2, the adjacent cabinet Wiring to is easier. Moreover, if it is set as the structure of Claim 3, a slide panel can be fixed reliably in a closed state, and security can be ensured. Furthermore, if it is set as the structure of Claim 4, even if the user of each stage differs, wiring to each adjacent cabinet from each stage is attained.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 are external perspective views showing an embodiment of the present invention, wherein 1 is a cabinet body and 2 is a side plate thereof. As will be described later, the interior of the cabinet body 1 is divided into a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, and a door 3 is provided at each stage. This cabinet is a rack cabinet in which communication equipment is stored.

  Wiring holes 4 are formed in each stage before and after the side plate 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the wiring holes 4 are used for drawing wirings to perform connection wiring between adjacent cabinets, and the inner side of each wiring hole 4 so that only the necessary wiring holes 4 can be opened. Is provided with an openable and slidable slide panel 5. 1 shows a state in which all the wiring holes 4 are closed by the slide panel 5, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which all the wiring holes 4 are opened.

  4, 5, and 6 are perspective views from the inside of the cabinet showing the main part of the present invention. As shown in these figures, a rail member 6 in the vertical direction is attached to the inner surface of the side plate in the vicinity of the wiring hole 4. The rail member 6 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and preferably has a length reaching the lower end from the upper end of the side plate 2. The rail member 6 is provided with an attachment piece 7 that protrudes in the direction of the side plate 2 at the upper end. The attachment piece 7 is welded to the inner surface of the side plate 2, and the lower end portion is also fixed to the side plate 2 as shown in FIG. Further, a mounting piece 7 is provided at a position corresponding to the middle between the wiring hole 4 and the wiring hole 4 and is welded to the inner surface of the side plate 2. For this reason, the rail member 6 also exhibits the effect as a reinforcement member which prevents the side plate 2 from bending outside or inside.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view in which the slide panel 5 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is omitted. Cutouts 6 a are provided on both side surfaces of the rail member 6 corresponding to the wiring holes 4, and a slight gap is formed between the side plates 2. A slide panel 5 is slidably provided in the gap between the side plate 2 and the rail member 6 so as to correspond to each wiring hole 4 in the horizontal direction. The slide panel 5 is formed by forming a bent piece 8 at one end of a metal plate of a size that can seal the wiring hole 4. In this embodiment, the upper and lower ends are covered with a rubber cover 9, and slides in the horizontal direction. It is easy.

  A panel holding metal fitting 10 having a substantially L-shaped cross section is provided on the inner surface of the side plate in the vicinity of the wiring hole 4 and on the opposite side of the rail member 6. The panel holding metal fitting 10 is arranged in the vertical direction along the end of the wiring hole 4. In addition, in order to fix the slide panel 5 in the closed position shown in FIGS. 4 and 7 at the upper and lower portions of the bent piece 8 of the slide panel 5 by engaging with the engagement holes formed in the panel holding metal fitting 10. The fixing means 11 is provided.

  This fixing means 11 is provided with an elastic engagement portion 12 on the outside of the bent piece 8 and a knob 13 on the inside, and the elastic engagement portion 12 is inserted into an engagement hole formed in the panel holding metal fitting 10. When the knob 13 is pushed in the state, the elastic engagement portion 12 swells and the slide panel 5 can be fixed to the panel holding metal fitting 10. On the contrary, when the knob 13 is pulled, the elastic engagement portion 12 is contracted, and the engagement between the slide panel 5 and the panel holding metal fitting 10 can be released. Since such an operation can only be performed from the inside of the cabinet and cannot be operated from the outside, a person other than the user cannot open the slide panel 5. 5 and 8 show a state in which the slide panel 5 is opened.

  Since the electronic equipment cabinet of the present invention configured as described above does not need to hold the slide panel 5 by attaching horizontal frames above and below the wiring holes 4 as in the prior art, the cost can be reduced. it can. Since each wiring hole 4 can be closed or opened by the slide panel 5 as in the conventional case, it is possible to connect and wire between adjacent cabinets as shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the internal structure of the cabinet body 1 will be briefly described.
As shown in FIG. 10, the interior of the cabinet body 1 is partitioned into a plurality of levels in the vertical direction by a partition plate 20, and a power supply unit is housed in the lowest level 21 to supply power to electronic devices in each level. Yes. As described above, in this type of cabinet, users at each stage may be different, and security in that case is protected by the partition plate 20.

  Therefore, it is preferable that the screws for fixing the partition plate 20 to the horizontal rail 22 include an upper fixing screw 23 and a lower fixing screw 24 shown in FIG. The upper fixing screw 23 cannot be removed unless the upper door 3 is opened, and the lower fixing screw 24 can be removed only when the lower door 3 is opened. Thus, the security by the partition plate 20 can be maintained.

  In addition, when the weight of the partition plate 20 becomes heavy, it becomes difficult to perform an operation of changing the mounting height of the partition plate 20. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 10, if the partition plate 20 is divided into front and rear, there is an advantage that the weight per one partition plate 20 becomes lighter and easy to handle by one person.

  As described above, the electronic equipment cabinet according to the present invention is such that the vertical rail member 6 is attached to the inner surface of the side plate 2 to hold the slide panel 5, and the cost is reduced as compared with the conventional product. In addition, since the side plate 2 can be reinforced by the rail members 6 in the vertical direction, there is an advantage that the strength of the cabinet can be improved.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows embodiment of this invention, and shows the closed state of a wiring hole. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows embodiment of this invention, and shows the open state of a wiring hole. It is explanatory drawing of the connection wiring between adjacent cabinets. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the closed state of a wiring hole. It is a principal part perspective view which shows the open state of a wiring hole. It is the principal part perspective view which abbreviate | omitted the slide panel. It is a horizontal sectional view showing the closed state of the wiring hole. It is a horizontal sectional view which shows the open state of a wiring hole. It is a perspective view of the whole side plate. It is a perspective view which shows the example which divided | segmented the partition plate. It is an enlarged view of the partition board vicinity at the time of seeing a cabinet from the front.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cabinet main body 2 Side plate 3 Door 4 Wiring hole 5 Slide panel 6 Vertical rail member 7 Mounting piece 8 Bending piece 9 Rubber cover 10 Panel holding metal fitting 11 Fixing means 12 Elastic engagement part 13 Knob 20 Partition plate 21 Bottom plate 22 Horizontal rail 23 Upper fixing screw 24 Lower fixing screw

Claims (4)

The side plate of the cabinet is formed with a wiring hole for drawing the wiring into the adjacent cabinet, and a vertical rail member extending between the mounting pieces provided above and below the wiring hole is formed on the side plate in the vicinity of the wiring hole with the side plate. A cabinet for electronic equipment, characterized in that a slide panel that can be slid in a horizontal direction is provided between the side plate and the rail member.   2. The electronic equipment cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the wiring holes are formed in at least one of the front and rear of the cabinet.   The panel holding metal fitting is provided on the inner surface of the side plate in the vicinity of the wiring hole, and the fixing means for fixing the slide panel in the closed position by engaging with the panel holding metal fitting is provided at the end of the slide panel. The cabinet for electronic devices according to 1.   2. The electronic equipment cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the cabinet is partitioned into a plurality of levels in the vertical direction by a partition plate, and a wiring hole and a slide panel are formed for each level.

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