Installation structure of apparatus

Abstract

To provide an installation structure of an apparatus that can more reliably prevent the apparatus from falling than existing structures.SOLUTION: A body case 10 is provided with a camera-side screw fixing part 23, to which one end of a wire 30 for preventing a camera apparatus 2 from falling is connectable and a wire insertion part 12 through which the wire 30 is insertable. The wire 30, when being inserted through the wire insertion part 12, has one end screwed to the camera-side screw fixing part 23 and the other end screwed to a wall-side screw fixing part. The configuration can reduce load applied to the camera-side screw fixing part 23 when the camera apparatus 2 is detached from a communication apparatus 3, so that the camera-side screw fixing part 23 is less likely to be damaged and thus the camera apparatus 2 can be reliably prevented from falling.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an installation structure for installing equipment such as electrical equipment on a predetermined installation surface. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, when installing electrical equipment on a wall, for example, an installation structure has been devised that connects the electrical equipment to the wall with a wire to prevent the electrical equipment from falling off the wall. In the installation structure described in Patent Document 1, one end of the wire is connected to an equipment-side connecting part provided on the surface of the main body case of the electrical equipment, and the other end is connected to an installation-surface-side connecting part provided on the installation surface, thereby preventing the electrical equipment from falling off the installation surface. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2023-105375 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in the installation structure described in Patent Document 1, when the wire is used to prevent the electric device from falling, an extremely large load is applied to the device-side connecting part, which is therefore prone to breakage, resulting in a problem of poor reliability in terms of preventing the electric device from falling.

[0005] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide an equipment installation structure that can more reliably prevent equipment from falling than conventional structures. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, as set forth in claim 1, provides an installation structure for an apparatus to be installed via a base fixed to an installation surface, the installation structure including an apparatus-side connecting portion to which one end of a wire for preventing the apparatus from falling can be connected and a wire insertion portion through which the wire can be inserted, the wire being inserted into the wire insertion portion and connected at one end to the apparatus-side connecting portion and the other end to the installation surface. Note that the installation surface of the present invention does not have to be the installation surface itself. For example, when installing on a wall, the installation surface may be the ceiling surface or a mounting bracket or the like that constitutes the base. According to the invention described in claim 1, the main body case of the equipment is provided with an equipment-side connecting portion to which one end of a wire can be connected to prevent the equipment from falling, and a wire insertion portion through which the wire can be inserted.When the wire is inserted into the wire insertion portion, one end is connected to the equipment-side connecting portion and the other end is connected to the installation surface.This reduces the load on the equipment-side connecting portion when the equipment falls off the base, making the equipment-side connecting portion less likely to be damaged, and ultimately making it possible to reliably prevent the equipment from falling.

[0007] The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention described in claim 1, the main body case has a synthetic resin part and a metal part, and the wire insertion part is provided in the synthetic resin part and the device side connection part is provided in the metal part. According to the invention described in claim 2, the main body case has a synthetic resin portion and a metal portion, and the wire insertion portion is provided in the synthetic resin portion and the equipment side connecting portion is provided in the metal portion, so that the weight of the main body case can be prevented from increasing while the equipment side connecting portion is less likely to be damaged, and furthermore, it is possible to reliably prevent the equipment from falling. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, the main body case of the equipment is provided with an equipment-side connecting portion to which one end of a wire can be connected to prevent the equipment from falling, and a wire insertion portion through which the wire can be inserted.When the wire is inserted into the wire insertion portion, one end is connected to the equipment-side connecting portion and the other end is connected to the installation surface.This reduces the load on the equipment-side connecting portion when the equipment falls off the base, making the equipment-side connecting portion less likely to be damaged, and ultimately ensuring that the equipment is prevented from falling. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory view showing the external appearance of the surveillance camera from the front. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory view showing the exterior of the surveillance camera from the rear. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the camera device from the rear with one end of the wire connected. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory view showing the camera device in an exploded state with metal fittings and wires removed. [Figure 5] 1(a) is an explanatory diagram showing the synthetic resin portion of the main body case from the rear, and FIG. 1(b) is an explanatory diagram showing the same portion from below. [Figure 6] (a) is an explanatory diagram showing the metal fittings from the rear, and (b) is an explanatory diagram showing the metal fittings from above. [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the camera device has fallen off the communication device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A detailed description will now be given of a structure for installing a camera device on a wall surface according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory diagram showing the exterior of the surveillance camera 1 from the front. FIG. 2 is a perspective explanatory diagram showing the exterior of the surveillance camera 1 from the rear. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the camera device 2 from the rear with one end of the wire 30 connected. FIG. 4 is a perspective explanatory diagram showing the camera device 2 in a disassembled state with the metal fittings 26 and wire 30 removed. FIG. 5(a) is an explanatory diagram showing the synthetic resin portion of the main body case 10 from the rear, and FIG. 5(b) is an explanatory diagram showing the same portion from below. FIG. 6(a) is an explanatory diagram showing the metal fittings 26 from the rear, and FIG. 6(b) is an explanatory diagram showing the metal fittings 26 from above. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the camera device 2 detached from the communication device 3.

[0012] The surveillance camera 1 includes a camera device 2 having a camera unit 4 and a microphone unit 5, and a communication device 3 for transmitting and receiving images captured by the camera unit 4 to and from other devices. The communication device 3 is installed on a wall by screwing the rear surface of the main body case to a mounting bracket (not shown) fixed to the wall. The camera device 2 and the communication device 3 are connected by integrating a metal communication-side angle adjustment unit 21 provided on the front of the communication device 3 with a metal camera-side angle adjustment unit 22 provided on the rear surface of the camera device 2. In other words, from the perspective of the camera device 2, the entire communication device 3 including the mounting bracket functions as a so-called base. The communication-side angle adjustment unit 21 and the camera-side angle adjustment unit 22 form an angle adjustment mechanism 6 that allows the orientation of the camera device 2 relative to the communication device 3 to be adjusted by rotating it around an axis in the vertical direction and an axis in the horizontal direction.

[0013] Here, a structure for preventing the camera device 2 from falling, which is a main part of the present invention, will be described. A wire 30 is used as a member for preventing the camera device 2 from falling off a wall. The wire 30 has connecting portions 30a, 30a with washers at both ends of the wire 30 body, and can be screwed to a camera-side screw fastening portion 23 (described later) or a wall-side screw fastening portion (not shown).

[0014] The camera device 2 includes a main body case 10, which is made up of a front case and a rear case assembled together. The camera unit 4 and the microphone unit 5 are provided on the front surface of the main body case 10. The upper rear surface of the main body case 10 is provided with a camera housing section 11, which is made of synthetic resin and has a generally rectangular box-like shape that bulges rearward. A camera (not shown) is housed in the camera housing section 11. The camera housing section 11 is further provided with a tunnel-shaped wire insertion section 12 that connects a first opening on the lower rear surface of the camera housing section 11 with a second opening on the bottom surface of the camera housing section 11. The entire wire 30, including the connecting section 30a, can be inserted through the wire insertion section 12. The internal space of the wire insertion section 12 and the internal space of the camera housing section 11 (and thus the internal space of the main body case 10) are separated by the inner peripheral wall of the wire insertion section 12. Additionally, at a location on the rear surface of the main body case 10 below the camera housing portion 11, a camera side angle adjustment portion 22 is provided, in which a metal fitting 26 is fixed to the fixed portions 13, 13, . . .

[0015] The camera-side angle adjustment section 22 is provided with a camera-side screw fastening section 23 that is recessed forward and can be screwed with the connecting section 30a housed therein. A notch with a left-right width narrower than the diameter of the connecting section 30a is provided in the upper part of the camera-side screw fastening section 23, and the notch functions as a guide section 24 that guides the main body of the wire 30 extending from the connecting section 30a upward while restricting the upward movement of the connecting section 30a housed in the camera-side screw fastening section 23. The metal fitting 26 is provided with screw holes 25, 25... for screwing the metal fitting 26 to the fixed sections 13, 13...

[0016] The camera device 2 as described above is installed on a wall surface as follows. First, the communication-side angle adjustment unit 21 provided on the communication device 3 is connected to the camera-side angle adjustment unit 22 provided on the camera device 2, thereby integrating the communication device 3 and the camera device 2. Next, one connecting portion 30a of the wire 30 is inserted into the wire insertion portion 12 from the rear side of the camera housing portion 11 and then pulled out from the bottom side of the camera housing portion 11. In other words, the main body of the wire 30 is inserted into the wire insertion portion 12. Furthermore, one connecting portion 30a is housed in the camera-side screw fastening portion 23 and screwed to the camera-side angle adjustment unit 22 with a screw 31. Finally, the communication device 3 is attached to a mounting bracket fixed at a predetermined position on the wall, and the other connecting portion 30a of the wire 30 is screwed to the wall-side screw fastening portion provided on the wall, thereby completing the installation of the camera device 2 on the wall surface. In the camera device 2 installed in this manner, even if the camera device 2 falls off the communication device 3, it will remain suspended by the wire 30 passing through the wire insertion portion 12 as shown in FIG. 7, and will not fall to the ground.

[0017] According to the installation structure for camera device 2 configured as described above, main body case 10 is provided with camera-side screw fastening portion 23 to which one end of wire 30 can be connected to prevent camera device 2 from falling, and wire insertion portion 12 through which wire 30 can be inserted, and one end of wire 30 is screwed to camera-side screw fastening portion 23 and the other end to the wall-side screw fastening portion while wire 30 is inserted through wire insertion portion 12. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the load on camera-side screw fastening portion 23 when camera device 2 falls off communication device 3, making camera-side screw fastening portion 23 less likely to be damaged, and ultimately making it possible to reliably prevent camera device 2 from falling off.

[0018] Furthermore, the camera housing section 11, which is a synthetic resin section of the main body case 10, is provided with the wire insertion section 12, and the camera side screw fastening section 23 is provided with the camera side angle adjustment section 22, which is a metal section. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the weight of the main body case 10 from increasing while making the camera side screw fastening section 23 less likely to be damaged, and it is possible to more reliably prevent the camera device 2 from falling.

[0019] The installation structure of the equipment according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the overall configuration of the equipment as well as the configuration of the installation structure can be appropriately changed as needed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0020] For example, in the above embodiment, the wall-side connecting portion is provided on the wall, but the wall-side connecting portion may also be provided on the mounting bracket to which the communication device is attached, and the equipment-side connecting portion may also be provided at a location other than the camera-side angle adjustment portion, and the positions of the wall-side connecting portion and the equipment-side connecting portion can be redesigned as appropriate. In addition, in the above embodiment, a screw structure is used as the structure for connecting the wires, but it is also possible to use a conventional connecting structure, such as forming a ring at the end of the wire passed through the hole and fixing it there.

[0021] Furthermore, the position of the wire insertion portion on the main body case can of course be changed in design, and there is no problem in providing two or more wire insertion portions on the main body case and inserting the wire through two or more wire insertion portions. In addition, in the above embodiment, the installation surface is a wall surface and the device is a camera device, but the present invention can also be suitably employed as an installation structure for other installation surfaces such as a ceiling surface, and can also be suitably employed as an installation structure for other devices such as intercom devices, alarms, and outlet devices. [Explanation of symbols]

[0022] 2 Camera device (equipment), 3 Communication device (base), 10 Main body case, 11 Camera housing section, 12 Wire insertion section, 21 Communication side angle adjustment section (base), 22 Camera side angle adjustment section (main body case), 23 Camera side screw fastening section (equipment side connection section), 24 Guide section, 30 Wire, 30a Connection section, 31 Screw.

Claims

1. An installation structure for equipment that is installed via a base fixed to an installation surface, a main body case of the device is provided with a device-side connecting portion to which one end of a wire for preventing the device from falling can be connected, and a wire insertion portion through which the wire can be inserted, An equipment installation structure characterized in that the wire is inserted into the wire insertion portion, and one end is connected to the equipment side connection portion and the other end is connected to the installation surface side.

2. the main body case has a synthetic resin portion and a metal portion, 2. The equipment installation structure according to claim 1, wherein the wire insertion portion is provided in the synthetic resin portion, and the equipment side connecting portion is provided in the metal portion.

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