JPH08364A - Cable storage box - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a cable storage box that can easily organize various cables of OA equipment at low cost even when installing OA equipment on an existing office desk or the like. A casing including a main body portion 11 whose front surface is opened and whose inside is partitioned left and right by a separator 16 made of a material having high magnetic permeability, and a lid body 19 which opens and closes the front surface of the opened main body portion 11. 10 and the main body 11
And a magnet plate 20 fixed to the outer surface of the rear plate 12. The upper plate 13 and the lower plate 14 of the main body 11 have cable inlets 17a, 17b, 18
a, 18b are provided, and a plurality of cable supporting protrusions 3 are provided in a large number of holes 12a provided longitudinally and laterally on the inner surface of the rear plate 12.
0 is attached at an appropriate position as needed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cable storage box which is attached to a back plate of an existing desk to organize signal cables and power cables of personal computers and telephones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, offices have become more office automation, and not only telephones but also office computers such as personal computers and word processors have been installed on desks in the offices. By the way, in the case of these OA devices, for example, a personal computer, a signal cable for connecting the computer main body to a display, a printer or the like and a power cable for each device are required. The current situation is that the aesthetics are spoiled in a complicated state.

In order to solve this, an OA dedicated to OA equipment
Desks are commercially available. In this type of OA desk, a cable storage box for arranging the cables is attached to the back side of the desk in advance, and various kinds of congested cables can be stored in the cable storage box.

[0004]

However, the OA desk as described above is expensive as compared with a general office desk, and is economically disadvantageous in the case where the use of the desk is changed in the future. There is.

Further, in the cable storage box attached to this type of OA desk, the signal system cable and the power supply system cable that causes noise are stored without distinction, and the signal system cable has noise. There is also the problem of fear.

Further, in this type of OA desk, since the cable storage box itself is usually not removable, the use of the desk itself is limited to OA equipment,
There is also the problem of lacking versatility.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cable storage box which can easily arrange various cables of an OA device at low cost even when the OA device is installed on an existing office desk or the like.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a main body part having an open front surface, which is detachably attached to a back plate of a desk through fixing means, and a main body part of the main body part. A housing formed of a lid that closes the front surface, a cable inlet formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the housing, the front side of which is opened with the lid removed, and an inner rear surface of the housing. An object of the present invention is to provide a cable storage box provided with a plurality of provided cable supporting protrusions.

Further, it is preferable that a separator made of a material having a high magnetic permeability is provided in the housing to partition the storage space for the power supply system cable and the storage space for the signal system cable.

Further, a magnet may be used as the fixing means.

[0011]

In the cable storage box configured as described above, the main body of the housing is attached to the back plate of the desk by the fixing means, the lid is removed, and the cables are routed to the upper and lower cable introduction ports. Wrap the excess cable around the support protrusion and store it. Then, when the lid is attached, various cables are organized.

When the office automation equipment is not installed on the desk, the cable storage box is removed from the desk.

Further, in the case where the separator is provided, the power supply system cable and the signal system cable are partitioned by the separator, and the noise caused by the electromagnetic induction of the power supply system cable is shielded by the separator.

Further, in the case where the magnet is used as the fixing means, the housing can be attached only by attracting the magnet to the back plate of the desk.

[0015]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, this cable storage box 1
Is a back plate 12, a top plate 13, a bottom plate 14, and a side plate 15.
The housing 10 is composed of a main body 11 made of a material and a lid 19 that closes the open front surface of the main body 11, and a magnet plate 20 as a fixing means fixed to the outer surface of the rear plate 12. It can be fixed to the back of a steel desk by suction.

The lid body 19 is a plate-like member having one end formed with a projecting piece 19a for opening and closing, and its upper and lower ends are formed on the inner surface side of the front end edges of the upper plate 13 and the lower plate 14. It can be opened and closed by fitting it into the grooves 13a and 14a and sliding it.

A plate-shaped separator 16 made of a material having a high magnetic permeability (for example, iron) that divides the inside into left and right is provided in the center of the main body 11, and the top plate 13 is provided. The lower surface plate 14 has the separator 1
Cable inlets 17a, 17b, 18a on both sides of 6,
18b is formed. These inlets 17a, 17b,
Reference numerals 18a and 18b each have a semicircular shape in which the front surface side of the main body portion 11 is opened, and the front surface of the main body portion 11 is closed by the lid body 19 to form holes.

The rear plate 12 has a large number of holes 12 vertically and horizontally.
a is formed, and a plurality of cable supporting protrusions 30 can be attached to this hole 12a as required. That is, this cable support protrusion 3
0 has a large-diameter locking portion 32 formed at one end of a shaft portion 31 along which the cable is routed to prevent the cable from falling off, and has a small-diameter fixing portion (not shown) fitted into the hole 12a at the other end. ) Is formed, and this fixing portion is formed into the hole 12
The necessary number can be attached to an appropriate position of the rear plate 12 by fitting it in a.

In the cable storage box 1 constructed as described above, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the housing 10 is attached to the back plate a of the steel desk A by the magnet plate 20.
Then, the lid 19 is removed, and the power supply system cable B for a personal computer or the like is introduced into the introduction port 17 of the main body 11.
The excess part of the cable B is guided to the region on one side in the main body 11 partitioned by the separator 16 along the lines a and 18a. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the surplus portion is accommodated by being wound along the shaft portion 31 of the cable supporting protrusion 30. Similarly to the power supply system cable B, the telephone line D and the signal system cable C of the personal computer are also housed in the area on the other side in the main body 11 partitioned by the separator 16. Finally, when the front surface of the main body 11 is closed by the lid body 19, the power supply system cable B, the signal system cable C, and the telephone line D are housed in the cable storage box 1 in an organized state.

In this state, since the power supply system cable B, the telephone line D and the signal system cable C are separated by the separator 16 made of a material having high magnetic permeability in the housing 10, the power supply system cable B is separated. Noise caused by electromagnetic induction is shielded and the signal cable C is not affected.

When the steel desk A is used as a general office desk that does not use OA equipment or the like, the cable storage box 1 may be removed.

In this embodiment, the magnet plate 20 is used as the fixing means for the housing 10, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be attached with screws or double-sided tape. Is also good.

Further, the main body 11 and the lid 1 which form the housing
9 is not limited to the shape or structure described above. For example, it is conceivable to provide the upper plate 13 and the lower plate 14 on the lid side, and in an extreme case, the upper plate 1
3 and the bottom plate 14 may not be provided. in this case,
The opened upper and lower surfaces of the opened housing correspond to the above-mentioned cable introduction ports 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b.

[0024]

As described above, since the cable storage box of the present invention can be detachably attached to a general office desk, it is possible to use an O office desk without using an expensive OA desk.
Power supply cables and signal cables for equipment A etc. can be organized and stored, and it does not spoil the beauty of the office. Also,
If this cable storage box is removed, it can be used as a general office desk, and the versatility of the desk itself is not lost, which is economically advantageous.

Further, in the case where the separator is provided in the main body, the noise caused by the electromagnetic induction of the power supply system cable is shielded by the separator and does not affect the signal system cable, so that there is also a magnetic shield effect.

Further, in the case where the magnet is used as the fixing means, the housing can be easily attached by the attracting force of the magnet, which is excellent in workability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of the above.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cable Storage Box 10 Housing 11 Main Body 12 Rear Plate 12a Hole 13 Top Plate 13a, 14a Groove 14 Bottom Plate 15 Side Plate 16 Separator 17a, 17b, 18a, 18b Inlet 19 Cover Lid 19a Projection 20 Magnet Plate 30 Cable Supporting protrusion 31 Shaft 32 Locking part A Desk a Back plate B Power system cable C Signal system cable D Telephone line

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A casing comprising a main body part having an open front surface, which is detachably attached to a back plate of a desk via a fixing means, and a lid body which closes the front surface of the main body part, A cable storage box that is provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the cable and has a cable inlet opening on the front side with the lid removed, and a plurality of cable support protrusions provided on the inner rear surface of the housing. . 2. The cable storage box according to claim 1, wherein a separator made of a material having a high magnetic permeability is provided in the housing to partition a storage space for a power supply system cable and a storage space for a signal system cable. 3. The cable storage box according to claim 1, wherein a magnet is used as the fixing means.