JP2000082525A - Information outlet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate attachment/detachment of a receptacle and to come no obstacle when it is not used, by providing a projection/retraction mechanism enabling a receptacle attaching/detaching part provided with receptacle plugging port to project from and retract into an enclosure surface, and temporarily fixing the receptacle attaching/detaching part in such a position to cause the receptacle plugging port to be directed obliquely downward. SOLUTION: A receptacle attaching/detaching part 20 is made up by forming receptacle plugging ports 23a, 23b, etc., allowing, for example, Ethernet receptacles or receptacles of the Ethernet specifications to be attached thereto and detached therefrom by inserting/pulling operation and providing a cover thereon. Cylindrical protrusions are provided on upper parts of cover side face members 22b, 22c on the enclosure back surface side while a guide groove 24 is formed inside of an arcuate peripheral end thereof. When a protrusion member provided on an enclosure 10 is temporarily fitted into a hole 25a, 25b, or the like formed in the guide groove 24, the receptacle attaching/detaching part is enable to rotate or to be temporarily fixed while the projection member is guided by the guide groove 24 and receptacle plugging port surfaces are directed obliquely downward.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in the structure of an outlet insertion portion provided in an information outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of multimedia technology, the spread of information devices to offices and ordinary households has been remarkable.
Information outlets for connecting these information devices have been proposed.

There are information outlets in which the outlet insertion surface is oriented vertically and those in which the outlet insertion surface is inclined obliquely downward.

[0004]

By the way, an information outlet having an outlet outlet in a vertical direction has an advantage that the outlet outlet can be easily seen and the outlet can be easily attached and detached. Since the outlet extends in a direction perpendicular to the wall, there are problems that the cord is apt to be accidentally hooked, and that the cord is easily damaged by falling objects.

[0005] In addition, an information outlet in which the outlet insertion surface is inclined obliquely downward can reduce the possibility of accidentally hooking the cord, but it is difficult to attach and detach the outlet, and furthermore, the outlet is not used. Even in this case, the outlet insertion surface protrudes from the wall, so that there is a problem that it becomes an obstacle when arranging information devices.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information outlet which can be easily attached and detached and does not hinder even when not in use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an information outlet having a built-in hub.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is an information outlet to which an information device can be connected. Provided is an information outlet characterized by having a hammering mechanism capable of hammering out of a housing surface.

According to the present invention, since the outlet mechanism allows the outlet attaching / detaching portion to protrude from the housing surface, the outlet attaching / detaching portion can be housed in the housing when the outlet is not used, and the outlet attaching / detaching portion can be accommodated when the outlet is attached / detached. It can be projected outside the housing.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in claim 1, the outlet attaching / detaching portion is temporarily fixed at a position where the outlet insertion face is directed obliquely downward. I do.

Here, the outlet insertion surface is a surface which is present in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the outlet.
According to the present invention, since the outlet attaching / detaching portion is temporarily fixed with the outlet insertion surface facing obliquely downward, it is possible to prevent the cord from being easily accidentally hooked and the cord portion from being damaged by falling objects. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first and second aspects, a hub having a port electrically connected to the outlet is provided in the housing. .

According to the present invention, since the hub is built in the housing, a new space for installing the hub is not required. Further, the following inventions are also conceivable. First,
The information outlet, wherein the retracting mechanism is configured to rotate the outlet attaching / detaching portion while a guide member provided in the housing is guided by a guide groove provided in the outlet attaching / detaching portion. It is.

According to the present invention, the outlet attaching / detaching portion is rotated so that the outlet attaching / detaching portion can be protruded and retracted from the housing surface, and at the time of this rotating operation, the guide member is guided by the guide groove so as to be smooth. Rotation operation becomes possible.

[0015] An information outlet may be conceived which is provided with a temporary fixing mechanism for temporarily fixing the outlet attaching / detaching portion at a predetermined position and releasing the temporary fixing when pressed with a predetermined force or more.

According to the present invention, the temporary fixing mechanism releases the temporary fixing when pressed by a predetermined force or more, so that the outlet attaching / detaching portion can be temporarily fixed at a predetermined position, and when necessary, the outlet attaching / detaching portion can be pressed by the pressing operation. It can be moved to the storage position or outlet attachment / detachment position.

Further, the temporary fixing mechanism is characterized in that the projection member urged by the elastic body toward the inside of the housing is temporarily fitted in a hole provided in the outlet attaching / detaching portion. Information outlets are also considered.

According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a temporary fixing mechanism having a simple structure in which the projecting member is temporarily fitted into the hole to be in a temporary fixing state. The information outlet may be characterized in that the hole is formed in a guide groove provided in the outlet attaching / detaching portion for guiding the protruding member, and a slope is formed in the vicinity thereof. .

According to the present invention, the projecting member is temporarily fixed while being guided by the guide groove, and the temporary fixing and the temporary fixing can be smoothly performed by the slope formed near the hole.

[0020] An information outlet characterized by a handle configured to protrude from the surface of the housing even when the outlet attaching / detaching portion is completely housed in the housing is also conceivable.

According to the present invention, when the outlet attaching / detaching portion is completely housed in the housing, it is possible to perform the operation of the outlet attaching / detaching portion using the handle.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of an information outlet 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the information outlet 100, FIG. 3 is a side view in which a part of a side surface of the information outlet 100 is cut away, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA (only the housing side is shown), and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20. First, the configuration of the information outlet 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The information outlet 100 has a housing 10 having a rectangular parallelepiped appearance, and an outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 which can be moved in and out of the front of the housing 10 by a rotation operation.

As shown in FIG.
Is configured by providing a cover on a member having outlets 23a and 24b into which an Ethernet outlet can be attached and detached by, for example, inserting and removing an Ethernet outlet which is an Ethernet-specific outlet.

The cover includes a cover upper member 22a having a rectangular shape in a plan view and having a handle 21 through which a fingertip or the like can be inserted even when the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is housed in the housing 10, and a cover upper member 22a. The cover has side cover members 22b and 22c provided at the left and right ends of the disk 22a and having a shape obtained by dividing the disk into four parts, and the cover is configured such that the vertical cross section of the entire cover has a U-shape. .

Further, column-shaped projections 26a, 26b are provided above the cover side members 22b, 22c on the rear side of the housing, and inside the arc-shaped outer peripheral end,
Similarly, an arc-shaped guide groove 24 is formed.

Further, holes 25a, 25b, and 25c having a predetermined depth from the groove surface of the guide groove are formed at both ends of the guide groove 24 and at a substantially intermediate position therebetween. And
As shown in FIG. 6, which is a drawing schematically illustrating a part of the guide groove 24 as viewed from the front side of the housing, slopes 40 are formed on the groove surfaces on both sides of the hole 25b. In addition,
Although not shown, a slope is also formed on the groove surface on one side of the holes 25a and 25c.

On the other hand, the housing 10 is provided with flanges 11a and 11b at the upper and lower ends of the front surface, the flanges 11a and 11b having the same length as the width in the front-rear direction. Two screw holes 12 are formed in each of the flanges 11a and 11b. Have been.

An electronic board 30 is fixed to the rear side inside the casing 10. The electronic board 30 has a hub 33 and POF transceivers 31 and 32 (to be described later).
F is Plastic Optical Fiber)
And the like, and the outlet outlets 23a and 23b are electrically connected to the ports of the hub 33 by flexible electric wires 34.

An opening (not shown) is formed on the rear surface of the housing 10, and the optical fiber 50 connected to the POF transceivers 31 and 32 is connected to the POF transceiver of another information outlet through this opening. Connected.

As shown in FIG. 4, which is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in the plan view of FIG. 2 (only the housing 10 is shown and the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is not shown), Above the protrusion 26a of the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20,
Support holes 27a and 27b into which the guide holes 26b can be fitted are formed, and holes 25a and 25 formed in the guide grooves 24 are formed.
The protruding members 28a, 28b are biased toward the inside of the housing by springs 29a, 29b so that the protruding members 28a, 28b can be temporarily fitted to the b, 25c.

Thus, the projections 26a, 26b of the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 are fitted into the support holes 27a, 27b, and the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is rotatable while the projecting members 28a, 28b are guided by the guide grooves 24. At the same time, the holes 25a, 25b, 25c and the protrusion members 28a, 28b are temporarily fitted during the rotation operation, and the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 can be temporarily fixed. The urging force, the shape of the protruding member, the amount of protrusion from the housing side, the slope of the slope, and the like are appropriately adjusted so that the temporary fixing is released when the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is pressed with a predetermined force or more. . In addition,
When the hole 25b and the projection member 28a are fitted to each other and the connector attaching / detaching portion 20 is temporarily fixed, the hole position is set so that the outlet insertion port surface faces obliquely downward.

Next, an operation of attaching and detaching the Ethernet outlet 60 using the information outlet 100 will be described. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the hole 25c and the protruding member 28a are fitted together and the connector attaching / detaching portion 20 is temporarily fixed. In this state, the Ethernet outlet 60 is attached to the outlet insertion port 23a.

After the mounting operation, when the connector mounting portion 20 is pressed downward with a force greater than a predetermined value using the handle 21, the temporary fixing is released, and the hole 25b and the protruding member 28a are fitted to each other so that the outlet can be removed. The part 20 is temporarily fixed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is temporarily fixed with the outlet insertion port face obliquely downward, so that the cable 61 may be accidentally hooked or the cord portion may be damaged by falling objects. Can be prevented.

Next, when the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is pressed upward with a predetermined force or more using the handle 21, the temporary fixing is released, and the hole 25c and the projection member 28a are fitted again, so that the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is engaged. It is temporarily stopped. When the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is pulled out in this state, the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 becomes unused, so that the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is held with the handle 21 with a predetermined force or more in order to store it in the housing 10. If the pressing is continued downward, the hole 25a and the protrusion member 28a are finally fitted to each other, and the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is temporarily fixed. This state is shown in FIG. In addition, even when the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is completely housed in the housing 10, it is projected from the housing surface. 21 can be easily operated.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 is rotated so that the outlet attaching / detaching portion 2 is rotated.
In this rotation operation, the guide member (projecting members 28a, 28b) is guided by the guide groove 24, so that the rotation operation can be performed smoothly.

The housing 1 is formed by the springs 29a and 29b.
Since the protruding members 28a, 28b urged in the inward direction are temporarily fitted into the holes 25a, 25b, 25c to be in a temporary fixing state, a temporary fixing mechanism having a simple configuration can be realized.

Further, since the projection members 28a and 28b are temporarily fixed while being guided by the guide grooves 24, and the slope 40 is formed near the hole, the temporary fixing and the temporary fixing can be smoothly performed. Further, the cover can prevent the mounting outlet from being damaged by a falling object.

Next, a description will be given, with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 9, in this house, a room 200a and a room 200b, each of which is formed by four walls surrounded by walls, are separately provided.
The housing 10 of the information outlet 100a is inserted into an opening (not shown) formed in 1a, and the information outlet 100a is screwed to the wall 201a using the screw hole 12 of the flange, and the room 200b is closed. Constituent walls 20
The housing 10 of the information outlet 100b is inserted into an opening (not shown) formed in 1b, and the information outlet 100b is screwed to the wall 201b using the screw hole 12 of the flange. Plastic optical fibers 50a to 50f are provided in one wall, and necessary plastic optical fibers are connected to the information outlets 100a and 100b.

The information outlets 100a, 100b
PC (personal computer) 150a, PC
An Ethernet outlet 150b is attached to the outlet 23b.

Next, referring to FIG.
A description will be given of a block configuration diagram and operation when 00a and 100b are used. FIG. 10 is a view particularly showing the PC 150 in FIG.
and an information outlet 100a to which the PC 150b is connected.
Are connected to an information outlet 100b and plastic optical fibers 50c, 50d, 50e, and 50f.

The information outlets 100a and 100b have the same configuration. The information outlet 100a will be described as an example. The information outlet 100a has four ports including an Ethernet outlet and a port electrically connected to the outlet outlet 23b. A 4-port Ethernet hub 33a, which is an Ethernet-type hub having
A plastic optical fiber that can be connected and has information transmission and reception functions (including photoelectric conversion and electro-optical conversion functions)
It has OF transceivers 31a, 32a and outlet outlets 23a, 23b, and four ports of the four-port Ethernet hub 33a are electrically connected to the POF transceivers 31a, 32a and outlet outlets 23a, 23b. Can communicate with each other.

An ISDN router 250 is connected to the outlet socket 23a of the information outlet 100a, and the ISDN router 250 has an ISDN router 250 connected thereto.
The line 300 is also connected.

Next, the operation will be described. Now, PC150a
It is assumed that the user operates to send an e-mail outside the house. At this time, the information regarding the mail transmission is transmitted to the four-port Ethernet hub 33a through the outlet outlet 23b.
Sent to The 4-port Ethernet hub 33a sends the received information to the POF transceiver 32a. The POF transceiver 32a converts the electric signal into an optical signal and sends the optical signal to the plastic optical fiber 50d.

The POF transceiver 31b of the information outlet 100b converts the transmitted optical signal into an electric signal and sends it to the 4-port Ethernet hub 33b. The 4-port Ethernet hub 33b is connected to the outlet 23.
When the information is sent to ISDN router 250 via a, this information is sent out on ISDN line 300. In this way, e-mail is transmitted, for example.

On the other hand, the electronic mail is sent from the outdoor part of the house to the ISDN.
When transmitted via the line 300, the ISDN router 250 transmits the information through the outlet 23a of the information outlet 100b to the 4-port Ethernet hub 3.
Send to 3b. When the 4-port Ethernet hub 33b sends the received information to the POF transceiver 31b, it is converted into an optical signal and sent to the plastic optical fiber 50c, where it is sent to the POF transceiver 3c of the information outlet 100a.
2a converts the sent optical signal into an electric signal and sends it to the 4-port Ethernet hub 33a. The 4-port Ethernet hub 33a is connected to the outlet 23b.
The information is sent to the PC 150a via the PC, and the mail reception is completed. In this way, for example, an e-mail is received.

As described above, if the hub is built in the information outlet, it is not necessary to newly secure a space for installing the hub on the floor. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, the number of outlets may be three or more, the specifications of outlets may be other than Ethernet, Various modifications are conceivable, such as providing a modular jack for a telephone in the attaching / detaching portion 20, and making the tip portions of the protruding members 28a, 28b have smooth edges so as to smoothly rotate and temporarily fix. .

As described above, according to the present invention, since the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 can protrude and retract from the housing surface, the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 can be stored in the housing 10 when the outlet is not used, and the outlet can be accommodated. At the time of attaching / detaching operation, the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20 can be protruded to the outside of the housing to make it easy to see the outlet outlet. Further, when the outlet is in use, the outlet surface is obliquely downward, thereby preventing cable disconnection and damage to the outlet. be able to.

[0049]

As described above, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, it is easy to attach / detach an outlet,
The effect that an information outlet which does not interfere even when not in use can be achieved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the hub is built in the information outlet, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to newly provide a space for installing the hub.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an information outlet 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the information outlet 100.

FIG. 3 is a side view in which a part of a side surface of the information outlet 100 is cut away.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the housing 10 taken along line AA.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the outlet attaching / detaching portion 20.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a slope formed in the guide groove 24 and near the hole 25b.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state when the information outlet 100 is used.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state when the information outlet 100 is not used.

FIG. 9 is a schematic explanatory view showing a state where information outlets 100a and 100b are arranged in a house.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram for explaining an operation when an information outlet is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Housing 11a, 11b Flange 12 Screw hole 20 Outlet attaching / detaching part 21 Handle 22a Cover upper surface member 22b Cover side surface member 22c Cover side surface member 23a, 23b Outlet insertion port 24 Guide groove 25a, 25b, 25c hole 26, 26a, 26b Projection 27a, 27b Support hole 28a, 28b Projection member 29a, 29b Spring 30 Electronic board 31 POF transceiver 31a, 31b POF transceiver 32 POF transceiver 32a, 32b POF transceiver 33 Hub 33a, 33b 4-port Ethernet hub 34 Electric wire 40 Slope 50 Plastic optical fiber 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d, 50e, 50f Plastic optical fiber 60 Ethernet outlet 61 Cable 100 Information outlet 100a, 100b Information outlet 150a, 150b PC 200a, 200b Room 201a, 201b Wall 250 ISDN router 300 ISDN line

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Akihiro Kanari 1-3 term Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba F-term in Soliton Systems Co., Ltd. (reference)

Claims (3)

[Claims] An information outlet to which an information device can be connected, wherein an outlet attaching / detaching portion provided with an outlet outlet is provided.
An information outlet, comprising an infestation mechanism that enables the information outlet to enter and exit from the housing surface. 2. The information outlet according to claim 1, wherein the outlet attaching / detaching portion is temporarily fixed at a position such that an outlet insertion surface faces obliquely downward. 3. The information outlet according to claim 1, further comprising a hub having a port electrically connected to the outlet outlet in the housing.