JPH08317820A - Computer disc device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To remarkably improve wiring work between desks by providing a cable storing part for network between computers, a protection cover for maintaining a relay box, a cable takeup part for maintaining a connection cable to each computer, on the rear surface of desk top plate. CONSTITUTION: Cable storing parts 4, 5 are formed of plate-like members bent in the shape of letter L in section and their upper ends are fixed on the rear surface of a desk top plate 1A. The cable storing parts 4, 5 are opened in both left and right directions seeing from the side of an operator, and thereby mounting/demounting of network cables 101 and power supply cables 102 of respective tables are facilitated. A protection cover 7 is arranged movably up and down with respect to the rear surface of the desk top plate 1A, with its end serving as a fulcrum positioned near a back plate 3. With such arrangements, wiring work of the network cables 101 and power supply cables 102 as well as the maintenance work thereof can be made easy from the front direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer desk device, and more particularly to a computer desk device suitable for a network type system using a computer or the like used at a school education site or office.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional computer desk,
As shown in FIGS. 8 to 9, the network cable 51 and the relay box 52 between the desks are buried under the floor, and the connection cable 55 to the computer 100 on the desk body 53 is provided on the back surface of the desk body 53 or the like. It was held by the attached fixing metal fittings 56 and the like.

In this conventional computer desk, the network cable 51 and the relay box 52 are laid and wired under the floor as shown in FIG.

[0004]

In the conventional computer desk, as described above, the network cable 5 is used.
1 and the relay box 52 are laid and wired under the floor, and the network cable 5 of each computer 100
1 was connected to the computer 100 via the back of the desk. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, a hole 57 for taking out the cable and a groove 58 for laying the cable are provided on the floor.
It is necessary to provide the above, and the wiring work requires a lot of time and cost, which is a disadvantage.

Further, for example, when the desk main body 53 is added or the layout is changed, large-scale floor construction is required, and on the other hand, the layout is also subject to many restrictions. However, the inconvenience that the degree of freedom of is decreased occurs.

[0006]

It is an object of the present invention to improve the inconvenience of the conventional example, in particular, to improve the workability of the wiring work, to eliminate the need for floor or underfloor construction, and to lay a plurality of computers. In that case, it is an object of the present invention to provide a computer desk device capable of significantly reducing the construction cost and the construction period.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a desk top plate on which a computer can be placed, leg portions for supporting the desk top plate at a plurality of positions, and the desk top plate. In a computer desk having a formed cable penetration area, a first cable housing portion for housing a network cable common to a plurality of computers and a power source common to a plurality of computers on a back surface of the desk top plate. It is equipped with the 2nd cable storage part which stores a cable. Furthermore, a cable relay box is installed between one of the network cables and the computer on the desk top plate.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first cable housing portion and the second cable housing portion described above are formed by a plate member bent in an L shape.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the computer desk according to the first aspect described above, a protective cover for covering the entire first cable housing portion and the second cable housing portion is provided. The protective cover is mounted on the back surface of the desk top plate, which has one end as a support shaft, so that the protective cover can be turned up and down.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the above-mentioned cable relay box is installed in the protective cover.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the protective cover described above has a structure in which the turning end of the undulating rotation is arranged on the operator side. This aims to achieve the above-mentioned object.

[0012]

[Operation] In the computer desk device according to the present invention, the network cable 9 and the power cable 10
When storing the above, first, the work is advanced with the protective cover 5 opened downward. Next, the network cable 101 and the power supply cable 102 are installed in the first cable storage section 4 and the second cable storage section 5, respectively, and then the relay box 11 is held by the protective cover 7. Then, the cable 101 from the relay box 11 is pulled out from the protective cover 7, held, and connected to the computer 100 on the desk top plate 1A.

Therefore, in the present invention, the cable can be stored and wired using the back surface of the top plate of the desk.
Wiring workability is improved and underfloor construction is not required, which can reduce construction cost and construction period.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows an example in which a computer 100 is placed on a computer desk 1 according to this embodiment. Here, reference numeral 111 indicates a keyboard, and reference numeral 1
12 indicates a mouse.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1A indicates a desk top plate on which the computer 100 is mounted, and reference numeral 1B indicates legs for supporting the desk top plate 1A at a plurality of points. Desk top plate 1
A is equipped with a back plate 3, and a cable laying hole 1a is provided in proximity to the back plate 3 on the desk top plate 1A.

On the back surface of the desk top plate 1A, as shown in FIG. 2, a first cable housing portion 4 for housing a network cable 101 common to a plurality of computers.
And a power cable 10 common to a plurality of computers
A second cable storage portion 5 for storing 2 is provided.

The first cable housing portion 4 and the second cable housing portion 5 are each formed by a plate-shaped member bent in an L-shaped cross section, and the upper end portion thereof is the desk top plate 1.
It is fixed on the back of the. Further, the first cable storage portion 4 and the second cable storage portion 5 formed in the L-shaped cross section are open in both the left and right directions when viewed from the operator side (right side in FIG. 2) and the operator side. As a result, the network cables 10 of each of the plurality of tables are
1 and the power supply cable 102 can be easily attached and detached.

Further, in FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 7 indicates a U-shaped protective cover which covers the entire first cable housing portion 4 and second cable housing portion 5 described above. The protective cover 7 is provided so as to be rotatable up and down with respect to the back surface of the desk top plate 1A described above with an end portion located on the back plate 3 side as a spindle. That is, the turning end of the undulating rotation of the protective cover 7 is arranged on the operator side.

Thus, the wiring work of the network cable 101 and the power supply cable 102 and the maintenance work thereof can be easily performed from the front side, and the laid wiring is detached from the cable storage portions 4 and 5. However, the protective cover 7 can be effectively held.

A cable relay box 11 is provided between one of the network cables 101 and the computer 100 on the desk top plate 1A. The cable relay box 11 is installed in the protective cover 7 described above. By rotating the protective cover 7 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2, maintenance and inspection of the cable relay box 11 portion can be easily performed.

This will be described in more detail. On the back surface of the desk top plate 1A, the above-described first cable storage portion 4 and second cable storage portion 4 are provided.
A holding plate 21 for holding the cable storage portion 5 is fixedly installed. The holding plate 21 is provided with a second cable storage portion 5 for connecting the above-described power supply cable 102 at the right end portion in FIG. 2, and a central portion for storing the above-mentioned network cable 101. First of
The cable housing portion 4 is connected and equipped, and the rotation fulcrum portion 22 of the protective cover 7 is fixedly mounted on the left end portion thereof.

The rotation fulcrum 22 for the protective cover 7 is
Its cross-sectional shape is a U-shaped cross section. Further, the open end portion of the left end portion of the above-mentioned protective cover 7 in FIG. 2 is detachably engaged with the rotation fulcrum portion 22 having the U-shaped cross section.

At the left end of FIG. 2 inside the protective cover 7, the above-mentioned relay box 11 is installed. The one network cable 101 connected to the relay box 11 is held in the protective cover 7 by the support piece 7a.

The protective cover 7 has one or more cables 101 for connecting to the computer 100 on the desk top plate 1A described above, and a cable laying hole 1a for the top plate 1A.
It has a rectangular cable laying hole 13 for taking out and connecting it from the lower side. The rotating end side of the protective cover 7 is detachably locked by a locking plate 14 and a thumbscrew 15 provided on the back surface of the desk top plate 1A. Is opened in the direction of arrow A.

On the rear surface of the top plate behind the protective cover 7 (method in FIG. 2), the network cable 101 taken out from the cable laying hole 13 of the protective cover 7 is guided to the computer 100 on the desk top plate 1A. A tilting guide plate 16 for holding the sheet is provided. The guide inclined plate 16 is equipped with a support piece 7a for holding the network cable 101.

Further, a cover 18 is attached to both the left and right sides and the back surface of the inclined guide plate 16 as viewed from the front of the desk top plate 1A for the purpose of protection and improvement of appearance.

In order to install the cable wiring having the above structure, first, the thumbscrew 15 of the protective cover 7 is removed and the protective cover 7 is opened downward (direction A). Then, the network cable 101 and the power supply cable 10
2 in the first cable storage portion 4 and the second cable storage portion 5, respectively, and the relay box 11
Are held by the support 7a of the protective cover 7.

Subsequently, the cable 101 from the relay box 11 is taken out from the cable laying hole 13 of the protective cover 7, and the support 7 inserted into the guide slanting plate 16 is inserted.
The cable laying hole 1a of the desk top plate 1A
Through to connect to the computer 100.

After the wiring is completed, the protective cover 7 is lifted upward (in the direction opposite to A) and fixed to the plate 14 by the thumb screw 15. This completes the installation of the computer desk device.

Further, the computer desk device according to the present embodiment has various desks arranged side by side in the lateral direction, a door shape or a semicircular shape between the desks, as shown in FIGS. By constructing a desk in the shape, it is possible to freely arrange the desk layout on the floor. At this time, by attaching a cover to the side surface of the protective cover 7 of the end desk, the appearance quality and safety can be effectively improved. Here, in FIGS. 6 to 7, reference numeral 120
Indicates a chair for an operator.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the storage part of the cable for the computer-to-computer network for the plurality of computer desks, the protective cover for holding the relay box and the respective computers are provided on the back surface of the desk top plate. Since it is equipped with a cable extraction part to hold the connection cable of, it is possible to store and wire the cable using the back surface of the top plate of the desk, significantly improving the workability of wiring between the desks. Can
Furthermore, floor or underfloor construction is not required, and the construction cost and construction period can be greatly reduced.

Further, the present invention provides an excellent computer desk device in which not only the cable and the relay box are easy to handle and excellent in maintainability, but also the desk on the floor can be freely laid out. can do.

[0034]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a relay box portion, which is a part of FIG. 1, with a part thereof omitted.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a position and a shape of a relay box in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a cable laying hole portion viewed from the lower side of the desk top plate in FIG. 1.

5 is an explanatory view showing a portion of a cable laying hole of the desk top plate viewed from the back plate side of FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is a plan view showing an example of a case where a plurality of the examples of FIG. 1 are assembled.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing another example in which a plurality of the examples of FIG. 1 are assembled.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of laying a cable in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Computer Desk 1A Desk Top Plate 1a Cable Laying Hole 1B Leg 4 First Cable Storage 5 Second Cable Storage 7 Protective Cover 11 Cable Relay Box 100 Computer 101 Network Cable 102 Power Cable

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshihiro Takazawa 2-26-19 Shirayama, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Inside of TSC Corporation

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A desk top plate on which a computer can be placed, a leg portion supporting the desk top plate at a plurality of points, and a cable penetrating region formed on the desk top plate. In a computer desk device, a first cable housing portion for housing a network cable common to a plurality of computers and a second cable housing portion for housing a power cable common to a plurality of computers on the back surface of the desk top plate. And a cable relay box between one of the network cables and a computer on the desk top plate. 2. The computer desk device according to claim 1, wherein the first cable storage portion and the second cable storage portion are formed by plate-shaped members bent in an L shape. 3. The computer desk device according to claim 1, further comprising a protective cover that covers the entire first cable storage portion and the second cable storage portion, and the protective cover is provided with one end thereof. A computer desk device, comprising a back surface of the desk top plate as a support shaft, which is rotatably and rotatably mounted. 4. The computer desk device according to claim 3, wherein the cable relay box is provided in the protective cover. 5. The computer desk device according to claim 3, wherein the protective cover is arranged such that a swinging end of the undulating swing is arranged on the operator side.