JPH1030751A - Continuous flexible elongated body support device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] To provide a continuous flexible elongated body support device such as a cable capable of forming a straight rack, a horizontal bend rack, and an upper and lower bend rack from a rack of one specification. . [Structure] A plurality of support rods having raised portions bent and erected at both ends of a bottom are connected by a connection rod in a state where they are arranged at intervals, and the connection rod connects the bottoms of a pair of adjacent support rods. A first connecting rod, a second connecting rod connecting one of the upright portions, and a third connecting rod connecting the other upright portion, and each of the first to third connecting bars is plastically deformable and cut. It is a configuration formed by a metal rod that can be cut by a tool.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a supporting device used for arranging a continuous flexible long body such as a cable in various structures.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In buildings such as plants and large ships, cables such as power cables and communication cables and other continuous flexible elongated bodies are stretched.

[0003] Such a cable is routed along a wall surface or along a pipe duct. In order to make it convenient to route several cables together, the cables are routed. 2. Description of the Related Art It has been practiced to continuously dispose a supporting device along a route and to install a cable so as to be attached to the supporting device.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 1, the wiring path of the cable 1 includes not only a straight path 2 but also a bending path 3 in a horizontal direction and a bending path 4 in a vertical direction.
Must be adapted to such a route.

[0005]

By the way, although not shown, the conventional supporting device 5 is constituted by a ladder-shaped rail member and is called a cable rack.
The cable rack includes a straight rack manufactured corresponding to the above-described straight path 2 of the cable, a horizontal bend rack manufactured corresponding to the horizontal bending path 3, and a vertical bending path 4. Upper and lower bend racks correspondingly manufactured are prepared. For the horizontal bend rack and the upper and lower bend racks, several types of specifications manufactured under different curvature radii are prepared.

Therefore, when constructing the support device 5, it is attached to a fixed object such as a wall surface or a duct of the building while connecting the racks of various specifications as described above, thereby forming a desired cable wiring path, and At present, the cable 1 is placed and fixed on the support device 5 constituting the route.

However, according to the prior art, it is necessary to manufacture racks of various specifications according to the wiring route in advance and store them in stock in preparation for construction, which is costly.
In addition, if a rack of a desired specification is lacking at the time of site construction, the construction must be interrupted until the rack reaches the site, which hinders the construction period.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a supporting device for a cable or the like which solves the above-mentioned problems, and which is constituted by connecting a continuous flexible long body such as a cable. In a device for temporarily supporting, a supporting rod arranged in a crossing direction of the elongated body and supporting the elongated body from below, and a large number of supporting rods arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the elongated body are mutually connected. The supporting rod is formed integrally with a connecting rod to be connected, and the supporting rod includes a bottom portion extending in a direction intersecting the elongated body, and a rising portion bent from both ends of the bottom portion and rising, and the connecting rod is A first connecting rod interconnecting the bottoms of a pair of adjacent supporting rods, a second connecting rod interconnecting an upright portion of one of the pair of adjacent supporting rods, and the other of the pair of adjacent supporting rods; A third connecting rod for connecting the standing portions to each other is formed, and the first to third connecting rods are formed. There each rod to a point comprising constituted by freely metal rod cut by plastic deformable and cutting tool.

Therefore, the above-mentioned supporting device may be used as it is as a straight rack in the straight path 2 of the cable as described above.

[0010] The lateral bending path 3 of the cable can be easily coped with by only slightly processing a supporting device of the same specification. That is, between the pair of adjacent supporting rods, the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod are cut off, and the third connecting rod is bent and deformed so that one of the upright portions is arranged close to each other, thereby forming the pair of supporting rods. By arranging the bottom of the support rod in a substantially V-shape and connecting one of the upright portions arranged close to each other with a connection metal fitting,
A horizontal bend rack can be provided.

Further, the bending device 4 in the vertical direction of the cable can be easily coped with by only slightly processing the supporting device of the same specification. That is, the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod are cut off between a pair of adjacent supporting rods, and the first connecting rod is bent and deformed, so that the bottoms of the pair of supporting rods are arranged at different heights from each other. By doing so, an upper and lower bend rack can be provided.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

The supporting device continuously supports a continuous flexible long body such as the cable 1 shown in FIG.
A series of continuous bodies is formed by connecting racks 6 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, a rack 6 is disposed in a direction crossing a long body such as a cable, and has a support rod 7 which supports the long body from below, and is spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the long body. Connecting rod 8 interconnecting a large number of supporting rods 7 arranged in
And are integrally configured by The shape, length, and width of the rack 6 are appropriately designed according to the number of cables to be supported.

The support rod 7 is made of a metal rod such as a metal wire. The support rod 7 has a bottom 7a having a length defining the width of the rack 6, and bends from both ends of the bottom 7a.
Are integrally provided with upright portions 7b and 7c having a length that defines the depth dimension of.

The connecting rod 8 includes a pair of adjacent supporting rods 7,
7, a first connecting rod 8a for connecting the bottom portions 7a of each other, a second connecting rod 8b for connecting one of the upright portions 7b of the pair of adjacent supporting rods 7 and 7, and a pair of adjacent supporting rods 7 to each other. , 7 constitute a third connecting rod 8c for connecting the other standing portions 7c to each other. These first to third connecting rods 8a, 8b,
Each of 8c is formed of a metal rod such as a metal wire that is plastically deformable and can be cut by a cutting tool.

As shown in the figure, the connecting rod 8 is bridged through a predetermined number of supporting rods 7 arranged at an interval, and
Each of the third to third connecting rods 8a, 8b, 8c constitutes two metal rods arranged in parallel at a distance. At the time of connection, the first connecting rods 8a, 8a are fixed to the lower side of the bottom 7a of each support rod 7 by brazing or welding, and the second connecting rods 8b, 8b are connected to one of the upright portions 7b of each support rod 7. The third connecting rod 8 is fixed to the outer portion of the
c, 8c are fixed to the outer side of the other upright portion 7c of each support rod 7 by brazing or welding, thereby forming a linear rack 6a in the form of a groove-shaped cage extending linearly as a whole, 6 is plated by chrome plating or the like.

Therefore, when forming the straight path 2 of the cable shown in FIG. 1, the straight rack 6a shown in FIG. 2 is used by directly connecting it in series. For this connection, a connection fitting 9 as shown in FIG. 4B is used. That is, the upright portions 7b, 7b and the upright portions 7c, 7c and / or the bottom portions 7a, 7a adjacent to each other at the butting ends of the linear racks 6a, 6a are connected and fixed by the connecting metal fitting 9. The connecting fitting 9 is composed of a holding tool 10 formed in a substantially gate shape, a washer 11 that can be fitted to the holding tool 10, a bolt 12 and a nut 13, and the holding tool 10 and the washer 11, a pair of standing portions 7b adjacent to each other,
7b (or upright portions 7c, 7c or bottom portions 7a, 7a) are clamped and fastened by bolts 12 and nuts 13.

When forming the lateral bending path 3 of the cable shown in FIG. 1, the horizontal bend rack can be easily formed by processing the rack 6 on site as shown in FIGS. 6b can be provided.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the first connecting rods 8a, 8a and the second connecting rods 8b, 8b are connected between a pair of adjacent supporting rods 7, 7 of the rack 6 by a wire cutter or the like. Cut with a cutting tool. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, when the third connecting rods 8c, 8c are bent and deformed,
One of the upright portions 7b, 7b is close to each other, and the bottom portions 7a, 7a of the pair of support rods 7, 7 are arranged substantially in a V shape. Therefore, the horizontal bend rack 6b is completed by connecting the upright portions 7b, 7b arranged close to each other with the connecting metal fitting 9. In the illustrated example, the third connecting rods 8c, 8c are bent only between the pair of supporting rods 7, 7. However, the same processing is performed between the other supporting rods 7, 7 to perform horizontal bending. The curved form of the rack 6b can be freely formed. The horizontal bend rack 6b is connected in series to a straight rack 6a, another horizontal bend rack 6b, or an upper and lower bend rack 6c to be described later.
It is used by connecting and fixing.

Further, in forming the vertical bending path 4 of the cable shown in FIG. 1, as shown in FIG.
By processing the rack 6 on site, the upper and lower bend racks 6c can be easily provided.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the second connecting rods 8b, 8b and the third connecting rod 8c are provided by a cutting tool such as a wire cutter between a pair of adjacent supporting rods 7 in the rack 6. , 8c and the first connecting rods 8a, 8a
Is bent, the bottom portions 7a of the pair of support rods 7,
The upper and lower bend ranks 6c are completed. In the illustrated example, the first connecting rods 8a and 8a are bent only between the pair of supporting rods 7 and 7, but the same processing is performed between the other supporting rods 7 and 7 to perform the upper and lower bending. The curved form of the rack 6c can be freely formed. The upper and lower bend racks 6c
Are connected in series with the straight rack 6a, another upper and lower bend rack 6c, or the horizontal bend rack 6b, and are used by being connected and fixed by the connection fitting 9.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the supporting rod 7 is arranged in the crossing direction of a long body such as a cable and supports the long body from below, and is arranged at an interval in the longitudinal direction of the long body. And a connecting rod 8 for interconnecting a large number of supporting rods 7 connected to each other. The supporting rod 7 is bent from both ends of the bottom and extends from both ends of the bottom. A first connecting rod 8a for connecting the bottoms 7a of a pair of adjacent supporting rods 7 to each other.
A second connecting rod 8b interconnecting one of the upright portions 7b of the pair of adjacent support rods 7; and a third connecting rod 8c interconnecting the other upright portion 7c of the pair of adjacent support rods 7 with each other. And each of the first to third connecting rods 8a, 8b, 8c is formed of a metal rod that is plastically deformable and can be cut by a cutting tool, thereby forming a groove-shaped groove that extends linearly as a whole. Since the rack 6 is formed in a cage shape, a straight rack 6 a
And the horizontal bend rack 6b and the upper and lower bend racks 6c can be provided, so that there is no need to manufacture racks of various specifications as in the prior art, and the cost is low, and a complicated cable route in the field is required. This has the effect of being able to respond freely.

That is, for the straight path 2 of the cable,
The rack 6 may be used as it is as the straight rack 6a.

The horizontal bend rack 6b can be easily provided for the lateral bending path 3 of the cable by only slightly processing the rack 6 of the same specification. That is, the first connecting rod 8a and the second connecting rod 8b are cut off between the pair of adjacent supporting rods 7, 7, and the third connecting rod 8c is bent and deformed, so that one of the upright portions 7b, 7b
Are arranged close to each other, the bottoms 7a of the pair of support rods 7, 7 are arranged substantially in a V-shape, and one of the upstanding portions 7b, 7b arranged close to each other is simply connected to each other by the connecting metal fitting 9. The horizontal bend rack 6b can be easily provided.

Further, the bending path 4 in the vertical direction of the cable can be easily coped with by slightly processing the rack 6 of the same specification. That is, the second connecting rod 8b and the third connecting rod 8c are cut off between the pair of adjacent supporting rods 7 and 7, and the first connecting rod 8a is bent and deformed. The upper and lower bend racks 6c can be easily provided by arranging the bottom portions 7a at different heights.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a cable route to be supported by a support device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a rack as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a process of cutting a connecting rod from a rack to provide a horizontal bend rack.

FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing an example of a horizontal bend rack, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view showing a connection fitting.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of upper and lower bend racks.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cable 2 Straight path 3 Lateral bending path 4 Vertical bending path 5 Supporting device 6 Rack 6a Straight rack 6b Horizontal bend rack 6c Vertical bend rack 7 Supporting rod 7a Bottom part 7b Standing part 7c Standing part 8 Connecting rod 8a First Connecting rod 8b Second connecting rod 8c Third connecting rod 9 Connecting metal fitting 10 Holding metal fitting 11 Washer 12 Bolt 13 Nut

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for continuously supporting a continuous flexible elongate body such as a cable, comprising: a support rod arranged in a crossing direction of the elongate body to support the elongate body from below; A connecting rod that interconnects a number of supporting rods arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction, and the supporting rod is a bottom extending in a direction intersecting the elongated body;
An upright portion that bends from both ends of the bottom and rises, wherein the connecting rod connects the bottoms of a pair of adjacent supporting rods to each other, and one of the pair of adjacent supporting rods stands upright. And a third connecting rod for connecting the other standing parts of the pair of adjacent supporting rods to each other, and each of the first to third connecting rods is plastically deformable and A continuous flexible long body supporting device comprising a metal rod that can be cut by a cutting tool. 2. A first support rod between a pair of adjacent support rods.
The connecting rod and the second connecting rod are cut off, and the third connecting rod is bent and deformed so that one of the upright portions is disposed close to each other, whereby the bottoms of the pair of supporting rods are disposed substantially in a V-shape. 2. The continuous flexible elongated body supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the one standing portion is connected to each other by a connecting fitting. 3. A second support rod between a pair of adjacent support rods.
The connecting rod and the third connecting rod are cut off, and the first connecting rod is bent and deformed so that the bottoms of the pair of supporting rods are arranged at different heights from each other.
The continuous flexible elongate body support device according to claim 1.