JP2014072354A - Device mounting support for rack - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device mounting support for a rack which enables a user to easily mount a device to be loaded even alone when mounting the device to be loaded onto a rack for loading an electronic/electric device or the like thereon.SOLUTION: In a device mounting support 1 for a rack 30, a device to be loaded is directly mounted to at least two supporting posts in such a manner that the device to be loaded is disposed in a space between supporting posts 31. The mounting support 1 comprises: a temporary base section 2 which can be mounted to the at least two supporting posts 31 to which the device to be loaded is mounted; and a lifter 3 which is disposed in the temporary base section 2 and includes lift means. The lifter 3 includes: a device placement part 3a on which the device to be loaded can be placed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a rack equipment mounting support that allows one person to easily mount a mounted equipment when mounting the mounted equipment in a rack on which electronic / electrical equipment or the like is mounted.

  In computer network systems and the like, it is common to arrange a plurality of electronic and electrical devices such as servers, storage devices, computers, exchanges, transmission devices, measuring devices, power supplies, etc. used in a rack and arrange them. For example, a so-called 19-inch rack in which a horizontal interval between screws of a column for mounting the device is set to 19 inches and a plurality of devices can be accommodated.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional method for attaching the mounted device to the rack. As shown in FIG. 6, the rack 30 has a structure in which four support columns 31 (a front-side support column 31 a and a back-side support column 31 b) are connected to each other at an upper part and a lower part of the rack 30 through a frame. Each support 31 is provided with a mounting stay 33 (a front-side mounting stay 33a and a back-side mounting stay 33b) for mounting a device to be mounted. Each mounting stay 33 is provided with screw holes 33a1 and 33b1 in the vertical direction at equal intervals determined by the standard along each column 31.

  When mounting the mounted device, a rail (not shown) may be installed between the columns 31 of the rack 30 using the mounting stay 33, and the mounted device may be mounted on the rail.

  On the other hand, in most cases, the rack storage electronic / electrical equipment is provided with a hook portion for directly attaching to the mounting stay 30 of the rack 30 in advance.

  That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the electronic devices 35 and 37 are provided with hook-shaped attachment hooks 35 a and 37 a that extend to the left and right sides of the front portion thereof, and the attachment hooks 35 a and 37 a Are provided with screw holes 35a1 (shown only in FIGS. 4A and 4B) and 37a1 corresponding to the interval between the screw holes 33a1 and 33b1 of the rack 30.

  The electronic devices 35 and 37 are arranged in the space S between the respective columns 31 of the rack 30 and are fastened and fixed by screws 39 to the front-side mounting stays 33a of the rack 30 via the mounting flange portions 35a and 37a. . Thereby, the attachment of the electronic devices 35 and 37 to the rack 30 is completed.

JP-A-10-270875

  However, there are many electronic and electrical devices that can be stored in a rack that weigh more than 5 kg. If it is heavy, it is possible for one person to mount it on the rack with one hand. And the other hand is fastened and fixed with a screw, which is very unstable and difficult.

  Therefore, when mounting a rack of a mounted device that is difficult to support with one hand, two people work, one person supports the mounted device, and the other person fastens and fixes the mounted device to the rack. This increases the number of people required to install the on-board equipment, which is a cost issue.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and for racks that can facilitate the mounting of mounted devices by one person when mounting the devices in a rack that stores electronic / electrical devices and the like. An object is to provide a device mounting support.

  In order to achieve the above goal, the present invention is an equipment mounting support for a rack to which the mounting equipment is directly attached to at least two columns so that the mounting equipment is arranged in the space between the columns, The mounting support includes a temporary base portion that can be attached to at least two columns to which the mounted device is mounted, and a lifter having lifting means disposed on the temporary base portion, and the lifter includes the mounted device. It has the apparatus mounting part which can be mounted, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The lifter of the present invention is separate from the temporary table and can be placed on the temporary table.

  Moreover, the temporary table and the lifter of the present invention are integrated.

  In addition, the lifter according to the present invention includes a lock mechanism that can fix the device mounting table at a desired position.

  According to the present invention, when a mounted device is mounted on a rack in which electronic / electrical devices and the like are mounted, it is possible for one person to easily and stably mount the mounted device, which greatly improves workability and safety. It is possible to prevent the increase in cost since it is not necessary to prepare two persons when mounting the mounted device.

  According to the present invention, since the lifter is separate from the temporary table and can be placed on the temporary table, only the lightweight temporary table is first attached to the rack, and then the lifter is attached to the temporary table with both hands. The mounting support can be securely and stably attached to the rack, and the mounted equipment can be attached to the rack.

  According to the present invention, the temporary table and the lifter can be integrated, and in the case of an integrated configuration, the attachment support can be attached to the rack by a simpler procedure.

  According to the present invention, since the lifter has a lock mechanism that can fix the device mounting table at a desired position, the user can easily attach the mounted device to the rack at the desired position.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the apparatus mounting support for racks which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the other structure of the apparatus mounting support for racks which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the usage method of the apparatus mounting support for racks shown in FIG. It is the schematic which shows the use procedure of the apparatus mounting support for racks shown in FIG. 3 in order of (a) thru | or (d). It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the apparatus mounting support for racks concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment method of the mounting equipment to the conventional rack.

[Equipment mounting support for rack according to the first embodiment of the present invention]
Hereinafter, the rack equipment mounting support according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a rack equipment mounting support according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another configuration of the rack equipment mounting support according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a method of using the rack equipment mounting support shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the procedure for using the rack equipment mounting support shown in FIG. 3 in the order of (a) to (d). Note that components having the same functions and configurations as those described in the background art are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In addition, the equipment mounting support for racks of the present invention, when mounting equipment in a rack on which electronic or electrical equipment is mounted, first attaches a mounting support that can be easily attached to the rack by one person, By mounting the mounted device on the mounting support so that the mounted device can be mounted on the rack, it is possible to reliably and easily mount the mounted device on the rack even by one person.

[Configuration of equipment mounting support for rack according to the first embodiment of the present invention]
The configuration of the rack equipment mounting support according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the rack equipment mounting support (mounting support 1) is placed on the temporary base 2 that is attached to the column 31 of the rack 30, and the temporary base 2, and the electronic / electrical equipment is also placed thereon. The lifter 3 can be placed and has lifting means.

[Composition of temporary table]
As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.3, the temporary stand 2 is attached with respect to the front side support | pillar 31a of the rack 30, Comprising: The lifter mounting comprised by the flat box-shaped body etc. was comprised flat. In order to attach the rack 30 to the rack 30, the left and right mounting flanges 2 b project from the box in a bowl shape on the front side of the box constituting the lifter mounting part 2 a.

  The mounting flange 2b corresponds to the front-side mounting stay 33a of the front column 31a of the rack 30, and is screwed on the rack 30 side by a screw 39 through a screw hole 2b1 arranged in the mounting flange 2b. The front side mounting stay 33a having the hole 33a1 can be fastened and fixed.

  The temporary table 2 needs to be lighter than the mounted devices (electronic devices 35 and 37) attached to the rack 30 so that one person can fix the temporary table 2 to the rack 30. In this embodiment, the temporary table 2 is configured in a box shape. However, the interior of the box is hollow and has a very light construction. Moreover, it is also possible to constitute the temporary base with a thin thin metal plate instead of the box shape.

[Configuration of lifter]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the lifter 3 is mounted on the temporary table 2 after the temporary table 2 is attached to the rack 30, and can also mount electronic and electrical devices. The mounting device is fixed at a desired position by having a lifting / lowering means so that the mounting to the rack 30 is easy and reliable.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lifter 3 includes a flat device placement portion 3 a for placing electronic and electrical devices, a bottom portion 3 b in contact with the lifter placement portion 2 a of the temporary table 2, and a device placement. Between the mounting part 3a and the bottom part 3b, it is largely comprised by the expansion-contraction part 3e which bears the raising / lowering function of the lifter 3. As shown in FIG.

  The extension part 3e of the lifter 3 can adopt any existing type of extension mechanism. For example, the lifter 3 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. The lifter 3 is expanded and contracted by the movement of the X-shaped oblique beam hung between the mounting portion 3a and the bottom portion 3b, and the sliding operation of the slide lever 3c connected to the X-shaped oblique beam is performed. Thus, the lifter 3 can be freely expanded and contracted.

  Further, the lifter 3 has a lock mechanism that can fix the device placement portion 3a at a desired position. For example, in the lifter 3 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a saw-toothed locking mechanism 3d is provided in an opening for inserting the slide lever 3c provided in the bottom 3b, which can fix the slide lever 3c itself, The slide lever 3c is hooked on the toothed portion of the saw to lock the extendable portion 3e.

  In the lifter 3 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, since the lock mechanism portion 3d is schematically expressed, the sawtooth-shaped portion is extremely small, but the device placement portion 3a can be finely positioned. Therefore, it is possible to use an increased number of sawtooth-shaped portions, and it is possible to use other locking mechanisms.

  In addition, an expansion / contraction mechanism using a hydraulic cylinder, an expansion / contraction mechanism using a ball screw mechanism used in a vehicle jack, etc. can be used as appropriate, and any expansion / contraction mechanism can be used as long as it has a lock mechanism. Is available.

  Therefore, a mechanical lifter 8 as shown in FIG. 2 can also be used. That is, FIG. 2 includes an apparatus placement portion 8a and a bottom portion 8b as in FIG. Moreover, it has the expansion-contraction part 8e comprised by the inside and having a mechanical expansion-contraction mechanism inside, and the external appearance was comprised in the shape of a bellows. The user has a foot switch 8f that allows the lifter 8 to be expanded and contracted by stepping, and the present invention can be realized by such a configuration.

  Also in this case, the configuration of the temporary base 2 is the same as that in FIG. 1, and the lifter 8 is used by being placed on the temporary base 2 attached to the rack 30.

[Usage Method of Rack Equipment Mounting Support according to First Embodiment of the Present Invention]
A method of using the rack equipment mounting support according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

  First, as shown in FIG. 3, the temporary base 2 is attached to the rack 30 from the front side of the rack 30. Since the temporary base 2 is light-weighted, that is, lightweight without having other functions other than the function of placing the lifter 3, it can be easily attached by one person.

  The temporary base 2 is attached to the rack 30 by aligning the screw holes 33a1 of the front mounting stay 33a of the rack 30 with the screw holes 2b1 of the mounting base 2b of the temporary base 2, and fastening and fixing with the screws 39. Do.

  Next, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 3, the lifter 3 is placed on the lifter mounting portion 2 a of the temporary table 2.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4A, a desired mounted device (electronic device 35) is placed on the device placement portion 3 a of the lifter 3 placed on the temporary table 2 from the front side of the rack 30. In this case, as shown in the electronic device 35 and the electronic device (short type) 37 in FIG. 6, the depth of the mounted device attached to the rack 30 is different, so that the position of the lifter 3 on the temporary table 2 is appropriately determined. The placement position of the lifter 3 is appropriately adjusted in order to appropriately adjust and support the mounted device in a balanced manner.

  Similarly, the position of the electronic device 35 placed on the lifter 3 is appropriately adjusted so that the electronic device 35 can be easily attached to the front column 31 a of the rack 30.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, the lifter 3 is operated to raise the electronic device 35 to a desired mounting position on the rack 30, adjust the position appropriately, and attach the front side of the rack 30. The screw hole 33a1 of the stay 33a and the screw hole 35a1 (FIG. 4B) of the mounting flange part 35a of the electronic device 35 are aligned and fastened and fixed by the screw 39.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 4C, the device mounting portion 3 a of the lifter 3 is pulled away from the electronic device 35 by operating and lifting the lifter 3. Thereby, when the attachment of the desired electronic device 35 is completed and there is no other device to be attached, the lifter 3 is removed from the temporary table 2, and the temporary table 2 is further detached from the rack 30, and the device to the rack 30 is removed. Installation of is completed.

  On the other hand, when there is another device to be attached, the mounted device is attached again by attaching the temporary base 2 again to a position further below the rack 30, for example.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4C, the position of the temporary table 2 is not changed, that is, the temporary table 2 is not removed from the rack 30 in the state in which the device mounting portion 3a of the lifter 3 is lowered. 4 (d), the other mounted device (electronic device 37) is placed on the lifter 3 as it is, and the lifter 3 is operated again, as shown in FIG. The electronic device 37 can be fixed to the rack 30 and the electronic device 37 can be attached to the rack 30.

[Rack Equipment Mounting Support According to Second Embodiment of the Present Invention]
A rack equipment mounting support according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a rack equipment mounting support according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. As shown in FIG. 5, the second embodiment of the present invention is different from the first embodiment only in that the temporary table 2 and the lifter 3 are integrated.

  That is, the equipment mounting support for racks (mounting support 10) according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. A base portion 10a that functions as a base, a flat device placement portion 10b on which electronic / electrical devices are placed, and a telescopic portion that bears a lifting function between the base portion 10a and the device placement portion 10b 10e.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the base 10a is attached to the front column 31a of the rack 30. In this embodiment, the base 10a has a saddle shape with the top open, and expands and contracts to the open surface. The part can be stored.

  Moreover, in order to attach to the rack 30, it has the attachment collar part 10c which protruded from the box shape on the front side of the saddle-shaped body of the base | substrate part 10a on the right and left. The mounting hook portion 10c corresponds to the front side mounting stay 33a of the front column 31a of the rack 30, and the screw on the rack 30 side is screwed by the screw 39 through the screw hole 10c1 arranged in the mounting hook portion 10c. The front side mounting stay 33a having the hole 33a1 can be fastened and fixed.

  The extendable portion 10e has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, and the slide lever 10f and the lock mechanism portion 10d are the same as those of the first embodiment except that they are arranged on the base portion 10a.

  The slide lever 10f can freely extend and retract the extendable portion 10e by a slide operation, and the lock mechanism portion 10d can fix the device placement portion 10b at a desired position. In addition, the point which can employ | adopt any kind of expansion-contraction mechanism is the same as that of 1st Embodiment.

  The mounting support 10 needs to be lighter than the devices (electronic devices 35 and 37) mounted on the rack 30 so that the mounting support 10 can be fixed to the rack 30 by one person.

  About the usage method of the attachment support tool 10 in this embodiment, since the attachment support tool 10 itself is an integral structure of the temporary base portion (base portion 10a) and the lifter portion (lifting means), the temporary base portion is simultaneously used. Except that it is possible to attach the (base portion 10a) and the lifter portion (lifting means), this is the same as the description of the method of use in the first embodiment and FIGS.

  According to this embodiment, since the temporary base part (base part 10a) and the lifter part (lifting means) are integrated, the user only attaches the mounting support 10 to the rack 30, and thereafter the equipment Attachment becomes possible, the attachment procedure of the attachment support 10 to the rack 30 is simplified, and the number of steps can be reduced.

  The present invention can be embodied in many forms without departing from its essential characteristics. Therefore, it is needless to say that the above-described embodiment is exclusively for description and does not limit the present invention.

1 Mounting support (first embodiment)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Temporary stand 2a Lifter mounting part 2b Mounting hook part 2b1 Screw hole 3 Lifter 3a Equipment mounting part 3b Bottom part 3c Slide lever 3d Locking mechanism part 3e Extendable part 8 Lifter 8a Equipment mounting part 8b Bottom part 8e Extendable part 8f Foot switch 10 Mounting support (second embodiment)
10a Base part 10b Equipment mounting part 10c Mounting rod part 10c1 Screw hole 10d Lock mechanism part 10e Extendable part 10f Slide lever 30 Rack 31 Post 31a Front side post 31b Back side post 33 Mounting stay 33a Front side mounting stay 33a1 Screw hole 33b Back side Side mounting stay 33b1 Screw hole 35 Electronic equipment (equipped equipment)
35a Mounting flange 35a1 Screw hole 37 Electronic device (short type) (equipped device)
37a Mounting flange 37a1 Screw hole 39 Screw S Storage space

Claims (4)

A device mounting support to a rack for directly mounting the mounted device on at least two columns so that the mounted device is arranged in the space between the columns,
The attachment support includes a temporary base portion that can be attached to at least two struts to which the mounted device is attached, and a lifter having lifting means disposed on the temporary base portion.
The rack equipment mounting support, wherein the lifter has an equipment mounting portion on which the mounted equipment can be placed.   2. The rack equipment mounting support according to claim 1, wherein the lifter is separate from the temporary table and can be placed on the temporary table.   The rack equipment mounting support according to claim 1, wherein the temporary base and the lifter are integrated.   The rack equipment mounting support according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lifter has a lock mechanism capable of fixing the equipment mounting table at a desired position.

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