JP2012235068A - Auxiliary rail of rack for housing apparatus and rack for housing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide guidance for a cable arranged in the front-rear direction without the need for bundling, and to provide a support portion for supporting the weight of the mounted device, so that both cable guidance and device support can be performed satisfactorily. .
A cable guide portion 11 having a substantially U-shaped cross section having left and right wall surfaces to hold a mounted cable 3 and the front and rear ends of the rack by extending the front and rear of one wall surface 11a of the cable guide portion 11. The length spans between the angle frames 2 and 2 erected at the portion, and through holes 13a and 13b for screwing the angle frames 2 and 2 are provided at both ends of the extended wall surface 11a. A flat placement portion 12 on which the device can be placed is provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an auxiliary rail used for guiding and binding cables connected to devices in a device storage rack for storing communication devices and electrical devices.

  Cables connected to equipment mounted on the rack are introduced from below or above the rack, routed within the rack, and arranged and connected to cable connection portions of individual equipment. For this reason, there are usually provided upper and lower arrangement spaces for routing the cables at the four corners of the rack. However, there are cases where it is desired to arrange the cables in the vertical direction near the center of the rack or in the front-rear direction, and in such cases, a separate guide member is required. For example, a cable support as disclosed in Patent Document 1 is mounted in a rack, and the cables are bound and guided.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-229681

  The cable support can be used even when the cable is routed in the front-rear direction, and can be well disposed by being bound by a binding member member on the way. However, the bundling work is a work on the side surface of the rack, which is a troublesome work.

On the other hand, equipment mounted on the rack is mounted by screwing the mounting parts provided on the left and right sides of the equipment to the mounting angles provided on the left and right sides of the rack. Is not particularly fixed. For this reason, when the equipment to be mounted is deep and relatively heavy, and fixing only one end of the equipment to the mount angle is not sufficient, a member that supports the rear of the equipment is separately attached to the rack.
FIGS. 4A and 4B show a state in which such a member is attached. FIG. 4A is a perspective explanatory view showing a state where the member is attached to the rack, and FIG. In FIG. 4, 21 is a rack, 22 is a support bracket, and 23 is a screw. As shown in FIG. 4, the L-shaped support bracket 22 is attached to the left and right sides of the rack 21 by screws and mounted on this. The side of the instrument was placed to support the weight.

  As described above, when arranging the cables in the front-rear direction, a troublesome bundling operation is required on the way. In addition to the guide member such as the cable support, when the support bracket 22 as shown in FIG. The installation state shifted and it was not a preferable installation form, and the installation work was troublesome.

  Therefore, in view of such a problem, the present invention can guide a cable arranged in the front-rear direction without the need for bundling, and can further support the weight of the mounted equipment, and the auxiliary rail of the equipment storage rack, and this An object of the present invention is to provide a device storage rack having an auxiliary rail.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 is an auxiliary rail assembled in the front-rear direction in the rack to guide the cable disposed in the equipment storage rack in the front-rear direction. A cable guide section having a substantially U-shaped cross-section with left and right wall surfaces to hold the connected cables, and an angle frame that is erected on the front and rear ends of the rack by extending the front and rear of one wall surface of the cable guide section It has a length that spans the cable frame, and has a through-hole for screwing it to the angle frame at both extended ends, and the device can be placed on the upper side of one of the extended walls toward the outside of the cable guide. A flat mounting portion is provided.
According to this configuration, by placing the cable disposed in the front-rear direction on the cable guide portion, guidance can be performed without the need for binding, and the weight of the mounted device can be supported using the placement portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, a plurality of square or horizontally long openings are provided on the bottom surface of the cable guide portion or from the bottom surface to the other wall surface.
According to this configuration, the cable arranged in the vertical direction can be guided through the opening through the opening portion, so that the vertical cable can be guided without using a bundling member. I can guide you.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the auxiliary rail according to claim 1 or 2 is bridged between angle frames standing up and down.
According to this configuration, the cables arranged in the front-rear direction in the rack can be guided without being bundled, and the weight of the mounted device can be supported by using the mounting portion, so that the cable arrangement and the device mounting can be smoothly performed. Can be done.

According to the present invention, the cables arranged in the front-rear direction can be guided without being bundled, and the weight of the mounted device can be supported, so that a separate support bracket for supporting the mounted device is not required.
Further, by providing a plurality of openings in the cable guide portion, the cables arranged in the vertical direction can be guided well without using a bundling member.

An example of the auxiliary | assistant rail of the equipment storage rack which concerns on this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective explanatory view which shows a mode that it attaches to a rack, (b) is front explanatory drawing. It is a perspective explanatory view showing another example of an auxiliary rail. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which made the auxiliary rail of FIG. 2 guide the cable. It is attachment explanatory drawing of a support metal fitting, (a) shows the state attached to a rack, (b) has shown the principal part enlarged view.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments embodying the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of an auxiliary rail of an equipment storage rack according to the present invention, (a) is a perspective explanatory view showing a state of being attached to the rack, and (b) is a front explanatory view, both installed on the left side of the rack. Shows the case. In FIG. 1, 1 is an auxiliary rail, 2 (2a, 2b) is an angle frame on the rack side, 3 is a cable, 4 is a screw for attaching the auxiliary rail 1 to the rack, and 5 is a mounted device.
Of the angle frame 2, 2a is a mount angle installed on the front side of the rack for attaching the device 5, and 2b is a mount rail installed on the rear side to which various members are attached as required.

  The auxiliary rail 1 is formed by bending a steel plate, and includes a cable guide portion 11 that accommodates and guides the cable 3, a placement portion 12 that places a mounted device, and an attachment portion 13 that is attached to a rack. .

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the cable guide portion 11 is a frame that is bent in a U shape, and has an inner wall surface 11a, an outer wall surface 11b, and a bottom surface 11c. Of these, the inner wall surface 11a is formed to extend in the front-rear direction and has a length that spans the mount angle 2a and the mount rail 2b. A plurality of different through holes 13 a and 13 b for screwing into the through holes 20 provided in the angle frame 2 are formed in the extended portion, thereby constituting the mounting portion 13.

On the other hand, the outer wall surface 11b and the bottom surface 11c are formed with a short length with respect to the interval between the mount angle 2a and the mount rail 2b arranged at the front and rear of the rack, and can be arranged between the mount angle 2a and the mount rail 2b. Has been.
The mounting portion 12 is formed so as to be continuous with the upper portion of the inner wall surface 11 a provided with the mounting portion 13, is formed by being bent in the lateral direction that is the outside of the cable guide portion 11, and has a flat surface.

The auxiliary rail 1 formed in this way is directed to the front mounting angle 2a and the rear mounting rail 2b with screws 4 from the inside of the rack as shown in FIG. Screwed. As a result, the cable guide portion 11 is disposed outside the device 5 mounting space in the rack, and the placement portion 12 is disposed in the device 5 mounting space. In this way, a guide path for guiding the cable 3 disposed in the front-rear direction is formed, and a part for mounting the left end portion of the mounted device 5 is formed.
Although FIG. 1 shows the case where the auxiliary rail 1 is attached to the left side of the rack, the auxiliary rail 1 can be similarly attached to the right angle frame 2 by flipping back and forth, and the cable is excellent. The left and right sides of the mounted device 5 can be supported back and forth.

Thus, by placing the cable 3 arranged in the front-rear direction on the cable guide portion 11, it can be guided without the need for binding, and the weight of the mounted device 5 can be supported by the placement portion 12.
Moreover, since the mounting part 12 is flat and long over the front and back, the insertion work of the apparatus 5 and the mounting work can be carried out smoothly, and a heavy load can be stably achieved by the long mounting surface. It becomes possible to support.

FIG. 2 shows another form of the auxiliary rail 1 of the present invention. The bent shape, length, and the like are the same as those in the embodiment of FIG. 1, but the configuration of the cable guide portion 11 is different. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of rectangular openings 15 are formed in the cable guide portion 11.
Specifically, the opening 15 is formed from the outer wall surface 11b disposed toward the outside of the rack when attached to the rack to the bottom surface 11c, and has a horizontally long rectangular shape. In addition, a plurality of openings are formed at predetermined intervals, and the openings are sufficiently large with respect to the diameter of the cable 3 to be disposed.

  FIG. 3 shows a state in which the cable 7 arranged in the vertical direction is guided by the auxiliary rail 1. The cable 7 arranged vertically can be supported by being inserted through the opening 15 as shown in FIG. 3, and can be guided without using a binding member such as an insulation lock. Further, although not shown, it is possible to continue to guide the cable arranged in the front-rear direction similarly to the configuration of FIG.

  The opening 15 does not have to be provided on both the outer wall surface 11b and the bottom surface 11c, and the cable 7 arranged in the vertical direction can be guided only by providing only on the bottom surface 11c. Further, the small rectangular through hole 16 formed in the outer wall surface 11b is a binding member when the cable 7 inserted through the opening 15 needs to be bundled or when the cable is supported without being inserted through the opening 15. Etc. are provided to pass through.

  Thus, the cable 7 arranged in the vertical direction can be guided by being inserted through the opening 15, and the vertical cable 7 can be guided without using a binding member. But it does not require troublesome binding work.

  The cable guide portion 11 is formed so as to be disposed between the mount angle 2a and the mount rail 2b. However, the cable guide portion 11 is further extended to the rear portion of the mount rail 2b by further extending the mounting portion 13 provided on the wall surface 11a. The guide part 11 may be formed and the cable guide part 11 may be extended. Moreover, although the mounting part 12 is formed long over the front and rear angle frames 2a, 2b, it may be formed shorter than the wall surface of the cable guide part 11.

  1 ・ ・ Auxiliary rail, 2 ・ ・ Angle frame, 2a ・ ・ Mount angle (angle frame), 2b ・ ・ Mount rail (angle frame), 3 ・ ・ Cable, 5 ・ ・ Device, 7 ・ ・ Cable, 11 ・ ・Cable guide part, 11a ... inner wall surface, 11b ... outer wall surface, 12 ... placing part, 13 ... mounting part, 15 ... opening.

Claims (3)

An auxiliary rail assembled in the front-rear direction in the rack to guide the cable disposed in the equipment storage rack in the front-rear direction,
A cable guide portion having a substantially U-shaped cross-section with left and right wall surfaces to hold the placed cable, and an angle standing on the front and rear end portions of the rack by extending the front and rear of one wall surface of the cable guide portion The length spanned between the frames, provided with through holes for screwing to the angle frame at the extended both ends,
Further, an auxiliary rail for a rack for equipment storage, characterized in that a flat placement portion on which equipment can be placed toward the outside of the cable guide portion is provided on the upper part of one of the extended wall surfaces. The auxiliary rail of the equipment storage rack according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of square or horizontally long openings are provided on the bottom surface of the cable guide portion or from the bottom surface to the other wall surface. A rack for storing equipment, wherein the auxiliary rail according to claim 1 is stretched between angle frames standing up and down.

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