JP2009105113A - Storage cabinet for electrical and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage cabinet for electrical and electronic equipment capable of using one kind of door both as a right-hand door and a left-hand door, without requiring special hinges or additional components. <P>SOLUTION: The storage cabinet for electrical and electronic equipment has a door 4 pivoted to a cabinet body 1 via a plurality of upper and lower hinges. The positions on the cabinet body 1 for attaching upper and lower hinges are set at equal distance from upper and lower ends of the cabinet body 1, and the positions on the door 4 of attaching the upper and lower hinges are also set at equal distance from upper and lower ends of the door 4. The door 4 is formed slightly smaller than the cabinet body 1, to prevent the lower surface of the door 4 from coming into contact with a cabinet installation surface. In addition, a gap closure member 6 is detachably mounted at the upper end of the door 4 so as to conceal the cabinet body 1 from sight, at the upper end of the door 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electrical / electronic equipment storage cabinet in which a door is hinged to an opening of a cabinet body, and more particularly to a door mounting structure thereof.

  The cabinet for storing electrical and electronic equipment is usually one having a structure in which the door is hinged to the opening of the cabinet body. In general, the door is supported by the upper, middle, and lower hinges. When the door is opened and closed, the lower surface may come into contact with the cabinet installation surface and generate noise. On the other hand, if the upper part of the door does not reach the upper end of the cabinet body, the cabinet body is visible and the appearance is impaired. Therefore, the door is usually attached to the cabinet body so as to be slightly upward, so that a lower gap is secured so that the lower surface of the door does not contact the cabinet installation surface.

  Such doors for electrical and electronic equipment storage cabinets include a left opening with the hinge on the right side of the door and a right opening with the hinge on the left side of the door when the door is viewed from inside the cabinet. In this case, it is desirable to reverse the door with the same structure in the vertical plane so that it can be used for both the left and right doors, but this does not work well with the conventional structure. The reason will be described with reference to FIG.

  The square in the center of FIG. 1 shows the cabinet body 1, and the positions of the ends of the door 40 and the hinges are shown on the left and right sides thereof. The right side shows the door end 40a in the case of a right opening with a hinge attached to the left end when viewed from the inside of the cabinet, and the left side has a hinge bracket attached to the right end when viewed from the inside of the cabinet. The edge part 40b of the door in the case of the left opening is shown. In the case of a right-open door, the door 40 is provided with hinge brackets 50a, 50b, and 50c from the top. When the door is turned upside down, the hinge bracket is To 50c, 50b, and 50a. However, these hinge brackets can be inserted into the shaft from either the top or bottom.

  Hinge fittings 2a, 2b, 2c or hinge fittings 3a, 3b, 3c are arranged in the vertical direction on one of the left and right sides of the cabinet body opening. The convex part of the hinge metal fitting shown in FIG. 1 represents the protruding shaft, and the shaft is inserted into the hinge receiving metal fitting. As shown in FIG. 5, the hinge bracket has directionality in the attachment to the cabinet body. Therefore, when the door is reversed, the hinge bracket 2 a disposed at the upper right side is reversed at the lower left portion. (Hinge metal fittings 3a), the hinge metal fittings 2c arranged at the lower right side are turned upside down and arranged at the upper left side (hinge metal fittings 3c), and the hinge metal fittings 2b arranged at the right center are turned upside down and arranged at the left middle Arranged (hinge fitting 3b) and replaced. In addition, the attachment position of the left and right hinge metal fittings is a diagonal contrast position.

In general, since the door is often opened to the right, as described above, the door 40a is attached slightly upward with respect to the cabinet body, and the position of the hinge receiving bracket of the door is set as such. For this reason, if the upper and lower sides of the door are reversed, the door 40b is attached to the lower side of the cabinet body. Such a door has a problem that the lower surface of the door comes into contact with the cabinet installation surface, which may make it impossible to open and close, and the upper part is lowered and the cabinet body can be seen and the appearance is also deteriorated.

  Therefore, in the past, two types of doors for right-opening and left-opening with different hinge bracket positions were manufactured to accommodate both cabinets, but two types of doors must be manufactured. There was a problem that had to be done. Therefore, there are cases where it is desired to change the opening direction at the installation site of the cabinet for storing electrical and electronic equipment. However, since a corresponding door is required, it is difficult to respond on the spot.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for changing the mounting height of a door using a hinge capable of adjusting the mounting position. However, this requires a process for adjusting the height of the hinge, which causes a problem that a normal hinge cannot be used.
JP 2000-512355 Gazette

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is that no special hinge or additional parts are required, and one kind of door can be used for both right and left opening, and there is no possibility of coming into contact with the lower surface of the opening of the cabinet body. An object of the present invention is to provide a cabinet for storing electrical and electronic equipment that does not cause a gap that deteriorates the appearance of the upper part of the door.

  The present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems, is a cabinet for storing electrical and electronic equipment in which a door is pivotally attached to a cabinet body by a plurality of upper and lower hinges. The top and bottom hinge mounting positions of the doors are equidistant from the upper and lower ends of the door, the door is slightly smaller than the cabinet body, and a gap clogging member is detachably attached to the upper end of the door. It is characterized by that. In addition, it can be set as the structure which gave the display function to the gap blockage member.

  In the cabinet for storing electrical and electronic equipment according to the present invention, the door is formed slightly smaller than the cabinet main body, the upper and lower hinge mounting positions of the cabinet main body are equidistant from the upper and lower ends, and the upper and lower hinge mounting of the door is mounted. The position is also equidistant from the upper and lower ends of the door, so that it does not move up and down with respect to the cabinet body even when the door is turned upside down. When mounting the door in the center position of the cabinet body in this way, it is necessary to provide a margin so that the lower surface of the door does not touch the cabinet installation surface. The upper end may be lower than the upper end of the cabinet body, and the appearance may be deteriorated.

  However, in the present invention, since the gap generated at the upper part of the door is covered with the gap closing member that is detachably attached to the upper end of the door, the appearance does not deteriorate. Therefore, according to the present invention, no special hinge is required, and one kind of door can be used for both right and left opening. Further, if the gap closing member is provided with a display function and a name plate, an alarm lamp, or the like is attached as in claim 2, the effect of two birds with one stone can be obtained.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown below.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a cabinet body, and hinge fittings 2a, 2b, 2c or hinge fittings 3a, 3b, 3c are arranged in the vertical direction on one of the left and right sides thereof. The number of hinges does not necessarily need to be 3, but 2 is insufficient in strength and 4 is excessive, so 3 is normal.

  On both the left and right sides of the opening 1, the hinge-side ends of the door 4 are shown, and the positions of the hinge brackets 5a, 5b, 5c are shown. The right side shows the door end 4a in the case of a right opening with a hinge at the left end when viewed from the inside of the cabinet, and the left side has a hinge bracket attached to the right end when viewed from the inside of the cabinet. The edge part 4b of the door in the case of left opening is shown. In the case of a right-opening door, the door 4 is provided with hinge brackets 5a, 5b, and 5c from the top. When the door is turned upside down, the hinge bracket is To 5c, 5b, 5a. However, these hinge brackets can be inserted into the shaft from either the top or bottom. The convex part of the hinge metal fitting shown in the drawing represents a protruding shaft, and the shaft is inserted into the hinge receiving metal fitting. As shown in FIG. 5, since the hinge bracket is directional in the cabinet body, when the door is flipped, the hinge bracket 2a arranged at the upper right side is turned upside down and arranged at the lower left side. (Hinge metal fittings 3a), the hinge metal fittings 2c arranged at the lower right side are turned upside down and arranged at the upper left side (hinge metal fittings 3c), and the hinge metal fittings 2b arranged at the right center are turned upside down and arranged at the left middle. Arranged (hinge fitting 3b) and replaced. In addition, the attachment position of the left and right hinge metal fittings is a diagonally symmetric position. Reference numeral 6 denotes a gap closing member attached to the upper end portion of the door 4, which will be described in detail later.

  As indicated by an arrow A in the figure, in the present invention, the upper and lower hinge mounting positions of the cabinet body 1 are equidistant from the upper and lower ends of the cabinet body 1. Moreover, as shown by the arrow B, the upper and lower hinge mounting positions of the door 4 are also equidistant from the upper and lower ends of the door 4. Therefore, even if the door 4 is turned upside down and attached to the cabinet body 1, the height of the door 4 does not change. In other words, the vertical center of the door 4 and the vertical center of the cabinet body 1 are always at the same height.

  In this way, in order to allow the door 4 to be reversed, the height of the door 4 is made slightly smaller than the height of the cabinet body 1 so that the lower part of the door 4 and the cabinet installation surface are not always in contact with each other. It is necessary to secure a margin. However, in the present invention, since the vertical center of the door 4 and the vertical center of the cabinet body 1 are always at the same height as described above, between the upper part of the door 4 and the upper part of the cabinet body 1, There will be a gap.

  As described above, if there is such a gap in the upper part of the door 4, a part of the cabinet body 1 can be seen and the appearance deteriorates. Therefore, in the present invention, the gap generated in the upper portion of the door 4 is covered with the gap closing member 6 detachably attached to the upper end portion of the door 4 to prevent the appearance from being deteriorated. The embodiment will be specifically described below.

  In the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, a metal gap closing member 6 is attached to the upper end portion of the door 4. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a resin mounting member 7 is fitted into the end of the gap closing member 6, and a screw 9 is inserted from a mounting hole formed in the ceiling surface 8 of the door 4. It is attached to the upper end of the door 4 by being screwed into the door. When the door 4 is turned upside down, the gap closing member 6 is removed, and the lower portion is in the state shown in FIG.

  When the gap closing member 6 is attached to the upper portion of the door 4 as described above, the upper portion of the door 4 is covered with the gap closing member 6 as shown in FIG. 3, and the appearance is not deteriorated. Further, a margin enough not to contact the cabinet installation surface is secured at the lower part of the door 4. Since the gap closing member 6 can be attached and detached, it is possible to easily cope with the case where the door 4 is inverted at the installation site.

  In the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the gap closing member 6 is enlarged, and a name plate 10 is slidably inserted into a groove formed in the gap closing member 6. An attachment member 7 is attached to the end portion to prevent the name plate 10 from falling off.

  In the second embodiment, the name plate 10 is attached to the gap closing member 6 to provide a display function. However, other display means such as an alarm lamp may be attached. The method for attaching the gap closing member 6 to the upper portion of the door 4 is arbitrary. In addition to the screwing method shown in the first embodiment, the gap closing member 6 is provided with an elastic claw and engaged with the attachment hole at the door end. It is also possible to adopt a method such as

      As described above, according to the present invention, no special hinge is required, and one kind of door 4 can be used for both the right opening and the left opening. Moreover, there is no possibility that the lower surface of the door 4 may come into contact with the cabinet installation surface, and the upper portion of the door is covered with the gap closing member 6, so that the appearance is not deteriorated. In this embodiment, a hinge bracket having a shaft is attached to the door side, and a hinge bracket is attached to the cabinet body side. However, even if reverse brackets are attached to the door side and the cabinet body side. Good.

It is a schematic diagram which shows a prior art. It is a schematic diagram which shows this invention. It is a front view which shows 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view of the upper part of a door. It is a perspective view which shows the back surface of the upper part of a door. It is a perspective view which shows the back surface of the lower part of a door. It is a front view which shows 2nd Embodiment. It is a perspective view of the upper part of the door which shows the state which pulled out the nameplate. It is a perspective view of the upper part of the door which shows the state which accommodated the nameplate.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cabinet body 2 Hinge bracket 3 Hinge bracket 4 Door 4a Edge of door in the case of right opening 4b Edge of door in opening of the left 5 Hinge bracket 6 Gap closing member 7 Mounting member 8 Door ceiling surface 9 Screw 10 Nameplate

Claims (2)

  In a cabinet for electrical and electronic equipment storage, in which a door is pivotally attached to the cabinet body by upper and lower hinges, the upper and lower hinge mounting positions of the cabinet body are equidistant from the upper and lower ends of the cabinet body, and the upper and lower hinges of the door are mounted. An electrical and electronic equipment storage cabinet characterized in that the position is also equidistant from the upper and lower ends of the door, the door is formed slightly smaller than the cabinet body, and a gap closing member is detachably attached to the upper end of the door.   The electrical / electronic equipment storage cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the gap closing member has a display function.

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