Rack

Abstract

To provide a rack which further facilitates maintenance of a device housed therein.SOLUTION: A rack has a housing, a frame, a slide mechanism, and a rotating mechanism. The frame holds a device housed inside the housing. The slide mechanism supports the frame. The slide mechanism supports the frame via the rotating mechanism. Thus, the frame becomes slidable along an inner wall of the housing. The rotating mechanism is slidably provided on the slide mechanism such that the device may become rotatable in a direction away from the housing, thereby supporting the frame.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a rack. [Background technology]

[0002] Systems in which information processing devices, communication devices, control devices, etc. are housed in racks are used in a variety of situations. In such systems, maintenance of the devices housed in the racks may be required. Configurations that make maintenance easier in such cases are being considered.

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for a rack (described in Patent Document 1 as a movable panel device for equipment) that allows work to be carried out while viewing the panel surface when inspecting and repairing an internal unit housed in the rack. In this rack, a rotatable hinge is provided on the inner front surface of the housing. A frame for holding the movable panel is attached to this hinge. Then, upper and lower pins for holding the movable panel are provided at the tip of the frame. This pin holds the movable panel so that it can rotate freely around a vertical axis. Patent Document 1 claims that with the above configuration, work can be carried out while reading the meters and other functions on the panel surface when inspecting and repairing the internal unit. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 54-092353 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] The technology of Patent Document 1 has a problem in that maintenance of the equipment (internal unit) housed in the rack requires a lot of work. In the technology of Patent Document 1, the equipment is housed deep inside the housing. Therefore, in order to perform maintenance on the equipment, the worker needs to insert his / her hands deep inside the housing to perform the work.

[0006] The present disclosure has been made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide a rack that makes it easier to maintain the equipment housed therein. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above problems, the rack of the present disclosure comprises a housing, a frame that holds equipment housed inside the housing, a slide mechanism that supports the frame via a pivot mechanism so that the frame can slide along the inner wall of the housing, and the pivot mechanism, the pivot mechanism being slidably mounted on the slide mechanism so that the equipment can rotate in a direction away from the housing, and supporting the frame. Effect of the Invention

[0008] An advantage of the present invention is that it is possible to provide a rack that allows easier maintenance of devices housed therein. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a rack according to the present disclosure. [Diagram 2] 1 is a side view showing a first state of one configuration example of a rack according to the present disclosure. FIG. [Diagram 3] 1 is a top view showing a first state of one configuration example of a rack of the present disclosure. FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 11 is a side view showing a second state of one configuration example of the rack of the present disclosure. [Diagram 5] FIG. 11 is a top view showing a second state of one configuration example of the rack of the present disclosure. [Figure 6] FIG. 11 is a side view showing a third state of one configuration example of the rack of the present disclosure. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a top view showing a third state of one configuration example of the rack of the present disclosure. [Figure 8] FIG. 11 is a top view showing a fourth state of one configuration example of the rack of the present disclosure. [Figure 9]FIG. 11 is a top view showing a fifth state of one configuration example of the rack of the present disclosure. [Figure 10] 1 is a perspective view showing a first state of one embodiment of a rack according to the present disclosure. FIG. [Figure 11] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a second state of one embodiment of the rack of the present disclosure. [Figure 12] FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a third state of one embodiment of the rack of the present disclosure. [Figure 13] FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a fourth state of one embodiment of the rack of the present disclosure. [Figure 14] FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the rack of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the embodiments described below are limited in a technically preferable manner for carrying out the present invention, but the scope of the invention is not limited to the following. Note that the same components in each drawing are given the same numbers, and the description may be omitted.

[0011] (First embodiment) 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a rack according to the present disclosure. The rack 100 includes a housing 10, a frame 20, a sliding mechanism 30, and a rotating mechanism 40.

[0012] The frame 20 holds the device 200 housed inside the housing 10 .

[0013] The slide mechanism 30 slides the frame 20 along the inner wall of the housing 10. At this time, the slide mechanism 30 supports the frame 20 via the rotation mechanism 40.

[0014] The rotation mechanism 40 is slidably provided on the slide mechanism 30. The rotation mechanism 40 supports the frame 20. The rotation mechanism 40 is rotatable in a direction in which the device 200 moves away from the housing 10.

[0015] When performing maintenance on the equipment 200 housed in the rack 100, first, the slide mechanism 30 slides from the rear surface 10a side to the front surface 10b side. This causes the frame 20 to be pulled out towards the operator. In other words, the equipment 200 is brought closer to the operator. Then, the rotation mechanism 40 makes the frame 20 rotatable. By utilizing this rotation, the operator can easily touch parts of the equipment 200 other than the front surface. The above operations make it easier to perform maintenance on the equipment 200 housed in the rack 100.

[0016] Next, a specific configuration of the rack 100 will be described. Note that the housing 10 is omitted from illustration in Figs. 2 to 13. Fig. 2 is a side view showing a first state of one configuration example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. Fig. 3 is a top view showing the first state of one configuration example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. The first state shown in Fig. 2 is a state in which the device 200 is accommodated on the rear side (deep side) of the rack 100.

[0017] The slide mechanism 30 includes a housing attachment portion 31, a base 32, a slide plate portion 33, and a fastener .

[0018] The housing attachment part 31 is fixed to an inner wall of the housing 10. The base 32 is, for example, in the shape of a flat plate. The base 32 supports the sliding plate part 33 so that the sliding plate part 33 is rotatable. For example, the sliding plate part 33 is attached to the base 32 by a fastener 34.

[0019] The sliding plate portion 33 is provided with a through hole 35 whose longitudinal direction is along the sliding direction. The rotation mechanism 40 has a protrusion 41. The protrusion 41 fits into the through hole 35 provided in the sliding plate portion 33. As will be described in detail later, the protrusion 41 moves in the sliding direction in the through hole 35 provided in the sliding plate portion 33. As a result, the rotation mechanism 40 moves together with the frame 20.

[0020] The through hole 35 provided in the sliding plate portion 33 includes a main hole 35a and a storage hole 35b. The rotation mechanism 40 slides along the longitudinal direction of the main hole 35a. When the device 200 is stored in the rear side of the rack 100, the protrusion 41 of the rotation mechanism 40 is engaged with the storage hole 35b. The longitudinal direction of the storage hole 35b is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the main hole 35a. The storage hole 35b is formed shorter than the main hole 35a. The end of the main hole 35a that is farther from the base 32 is closed. This end limits the sliding of the rotation mechanism 40. In other words, this end functions as a slide stopper 36.

[0021] The rotation mechanism 40 includes a protrusion 41, a slide plate mounting portion 42, a frame mounting portion 43, and a rotation portion 44. The slide plate mounting portion 42 and the frame mounting portion 43 are plate-shaped. The slide plate mounting portion 42 and the frame mounting portion 43 are attached to the rotation portion 44. The rotation portion 44 includes, for example, a hinge. The frame mounting portion 43 rotates so that the surfaces of the slide plate mounting portion 42 and the frame mounting portion 43 come together or move away from each other. The rotation axis of the rotation portion 44 is, for example, perpendicular to the horizontal plane that is the installation surface of the rack 100.

[0022] The frame 20 that holds the device 200 is fixed to the frame attachment portion 43 by, for example, a frame fixing member 21.

[0023] Fig. 4 is a side view showing a second state of one configuration example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. Fig. 5 is a top view showing the second state of one configuration example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. In the second state, the frame 20 is slid partway to the front side of the rack 100. In the second state, the slide plate portion 33 is rotated with respect to the base 32 so that the main hole 35a of the slide plate portion 33 is horizontal. And, the protrusion 41 of the rotation mechanism 40 is fitted (locked) into the main hole 35a.

[0024] Fig. 6 is a side view showing a third state of one configuration example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. Fig. 7 is a top view showing the third state of one configuration example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. In the third state, the frame 20 has slid to the front side of the rack 100 to its limit. In Fig. 6, the slide stopper 36 is hidden behind the protrusion 41, but the axis of the protrusion 41 abuts against the slide stopper 36 of the through hole 35.

[0025] FIG. 8 is a top view showing a fourth state of one configuration example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. In the fourth state, the frame 20 has rotated from the third state to the front side. That is, the sliding plate attachment part 42 and the frame attachment part 43 are separated by the action of the rotating part 44. The front side at this time is the direction in which the frame 20 moves away from the housing 10. Here, for example, a rotation stopper 45 is provided to limit the rotation of the frame attachment part 43. The rotation stopper 45 is configured using, for example, a wire or a chain. In the fourth state, the rotation stopper 45 is not working. That is, the frame attachment part 43 is in a state in which it has rotated halfway.

[0026] 9 is a top view showing a fifth state of one configuration example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. In the fifth state, the frame mounting part 43 is further rotated toward the front side from the fourth state. The rotation stopper 45 serves to limit the rotation of the frame mounting part 43. This prevents the device 200 attached to the frame 20 from rotating excessively.

[0027] (Specific examples) Next, a description will be given of a specific example of the rack 100. Fig. 10 is a perspective view showing a first state of a specific example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. Note that in Figs. 10 to 13, the housing 10 is omitted from illustration.

[0028] In the rack 100 of this specific example, two sets of a slide mechanism 30 and a rotation mechanism 40 are attached to the housing attachment portion 31. The frame 20 has a bottom plate 22 that supports the device 200 from below, and a slit 23 for fixing the device 200. In the first state, the frame 20 is stored on the rear side of the rack 100. At this time, the longitudinal direction of the main hole 35a of the slide plate portion 33 faces the vertical direction.

[0029] 11 is a perspective view showing a second state of a specific example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. In the second state, the frame 20 is pulled out toward the front side compared to the first state. At this time, the main hole 35a of the sliding plate portion 33 is inclined with respect to the vertical direction so that the lower side of the main hole 35a is on the front side.

[0030] 12 is a perspective view showing a third state of a specific example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. In the third state, the frame 20 is pulled out further to the front side compared to the second state. At this time, the longitudinal direction of the main hole 35a of the sliding plate portion 33 is oriented horizontally.

[0031] 13 is a perspective view showing a fourth state of a specific example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. In the fourth state, the frame 20 is pulled further toward the front side compared to the third state. The protrusion 41 of the rotation mechanism 40 abuts against the slide stopper 36 of the slide plate portion 33. This limits the sliding of the frame 20 toward the front side. The frame 20 can be rotated toward the front side by the action of the rotation mechanism.

[0032] (Modification) Next, a modified example of the rack 100 will be described. Fig. 14 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the rack 100 of the present disclosure. The modified rack 100 has multiple stages. Each stage can accommodate a device 200. A door 11 is provided on the front of each stage. The door 11 can be opened and closed freely.

[0033] 14, the device 200 is pulled outward from the front surface of the rack 100 at the third level from the top. Furthermore, the device 200 is rotated to the left in FIG.

[0034] In this manner, the rack 100 may have a plurality of stages, and each stage may be provided with a set of a slide mechanism 30, a rotation mechanism, and a frame.

[0035] The rack 100 and the like of this embodiment have been described above.

[0036] The rack 100 of the present disclosure includes a housing 10, a frame 20, a slide mechanism 30, and a rotation mechanism 40. The frame 20 holds the device 200 housed inside the housing 10. The slide mechanism 30 slides the frame 20 along the inner wall of the housing 10. At this time, the slide mechanism 30 supports the frame 20 via the rotation mechanism 40. The rotation mechanism 40 is slidably provided on the slide mechanism 30. The rotation mechanism 40 supports the frame 20. The rotation mechanism 40 is rotatable in a direction in which the device 200 moves away from the housing 10.

[0037] In the above configuration, the slide mechanism 30 allows the device 200 housed in the rear side of the housing 10 to be pulled out to the front side. Furthermore, the device 200 can be rotated in that position. Therefore, in the rack 100 of the present disclosure, maintenance of the housed devices becomes easier.

[0038] According to one embodiment, in the rack 100, the slide mechanism 30 has a slide plate portion 33. The slide plate portion 33 is provided with a through hole 35 whose longitudinal direction is along the sliding direction. The rotating mechanism 40 has a protrusion 41. The protrusion 41 fits into the through hole 35 provided in the slide plate portion 33. The protrusion 41 moves in the sliding direction in the through hole 35 provided in the slide plate portion 33. This movement causes the rotating mechanism 40 to move together with the frame 20.

[0039] With the above configuration, it becomes possible for the rotating mechanism 40 to slide along the inner wall of the rack 100.

[0040] Also, according to one embodiment, in the rack 100, the pivot mechanism 40 includes a hinge.

[0041] By using a common member such as a hinge, the rotation mechanism 40 for rotating the frame 20 can be easily configured.

[0042] Also, according to one embodiment, in the rack 100, the rotation axis of the rotation mechanism 40 is perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

[0043] According to the above configuration, the device 200 attached to the frame 20 can be rotated in the horizontal direction. This makes the maintenance of the device 200 easier.

[0044] According to one embodiment, the rack 100 includes a plurality of sets of the frame 20, the slide mechanism 30, and the rotation mechanism 40.

[0045] With the above configuration, it becomes possible to store a plurality of devices 200 and pull out each of the devices 200 to the front side of the rack 100. It also becomes possible to rotate each of the devices 200. As a result, the devices 200 are disposed in positions that facilitate maintenance.

[0046] Also, according to one embodiment, in the rack 100, the slide mechanism 30 includes a slide stopper 36. The slide stopper 36 limits the range of sliding to a predetermined range.

[0047] In the above configuration, the sliding of the device 200 attached to the frame 20 is restricted. Therefore, the device 200 does not fall off the slide mechanism 30. In addition, the device 200 is prevented from jumping out to a position not intended by the operator.

[0048] According to one embodiment, in the rack 100, the rotation mechanism 40 includes a rotation stopper 45. The rotation stopper 45 limits the range of rotation to a predetermined range.

[0049] In the above configuration, the rotation of the device 200 is limited to a predetermined range, thereby preventing the device 200 from being rotated to a position not intended by the operator.

[0050] The present invention has been described above by taking the above-mentioned embodiment as an exemplary example. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment. That is, the present invention can be applied in various aspects that can be understood by a person skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention.

[0051] A part or all of the above-described embodiments can be described as, but is not limited to, the following supplementary notes.

[0052] (Appendix 1) A housing and a frame for holding devices housed inside the housing; a slide mechanism that supports the frame via a rotation mechanism so that the frame can slide along an inner wall of the housing; The rotation mechanism includes: The rotation mechanism is slidably provided on the slide mechanism so that the device can rotate in a direction away from the housing, and supports the frame. A rack characterized by:

[0053] (Appendix 2) The slide mechanism includes: A slide plate portion having a through hole whose longitudinal direction is aligned with the slide direction, The rotation mechanism includes: A protrusion is provided in the slide plate portion and engages with the through hole, The protrusion moves in the sliding direction in the through hole provided in the sliding plate portion, and thereby moves together with the frame. 2. The rack according to claim 1,

[0054] (Appendix 3) the pivot mechanism includes a hinge; 3. A rack according to claim 1 or 2,

[0055] (Appendix 4) The rotation axis of the rotation mechanism is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. 4. A rack according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

[0056] (Appendix 5) The frame, the slide mechanism, and the rotation mechanism are provided in a plurality of sets. 5. A rack according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

[0057] (Appendix 6) The slide mechanism is A slide stopper is provided for limiting the range of the slide to a predetermined range. 6. A rack according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

[0058] (Appendix 7) The rotation mechanism includes: A rotation stopper is provided for limiting the range of rotation to a predetermined range. 7. A rack according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that [Explanation of symbols]

[0059] 10. Chassis 11 Door 20 Frames 21 Frame fixing member 22 Bottom plate 23 Slit 30 Slide mechanism 31 Housing mounting part 32 Base 33 Slide plate section 34 Fasteners 35 Through hole 36 Slide stopper 40 Rotating mechanism 41 Convex 42 Slide plate attachment part 43 Frame mounting part 44 Rotating part 45 Rotation stopper 100 racks 200 equipment

Claims

1. A housing and a frame for holding devices housed inside the housing; a slide mechanism that supports the frame via a rotation mechanism so that the frame can slide along an inner wall of the housing; The rotation mechanism includes: The rotation mechanism is slidably provided on the slide mechanism so that the device can rotate in a direction away from the housing, and supports the frame. A rack characterized by:

2. The slide mechanism includes: A slide plate portion having a through hole whose longitudinal direction is aligned with the slide direction, The rotation mechanism includes: A protrusion is provided in the slide plate portion and engages with the through hole, The protrusion moves in the sliding direction in the through hole provided in the sliding plate portion, and thereby moves together with the frame.

2. The rack according to claim 1 .

3. the pivot mechanism includes a hinge; 3. The rack according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The rotation axis of the rotation mechanism is perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

3. The rack according to claim 1 or 2.

5. The frame, the slide mechanism, and the rotation mechanism are provided in a plurality of sets.

3. The rack according to claim 1 or 2.

6. The slide mechanism is A slide stopper is provided for limiting the range of the slide to a predetermined range.

3. The rack according to claim 1 or 2.

7. The rotation mechanism includes: A rotation stopper is provided for limiting the range of rotation to a predetermined range.

3. The rack according to claim 1 or 2.

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