CN204459695U - Adjustable display or flat-panel television hanging shelf - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a kind of adjustable display or flat-panel television hanging shelf, comprise the first support, described wall hanging frame also comprises and to be connected with described first support and the second support for installing described display device or flat panel TV, the bottom of described second support is connected with the lower removable of described first support, the top of described second support and the top of described first support are by can the link of folding be connected, make described second support can relatively described first support draw in or launch and from the angle forming different size between described first support, described wall hanging frame also comprises for by described second support and the relatively-stationary fixing device of described first support.The utility model can according to the sitting posture of watcher or sleeping position, adjusts position up and down and the luffing angle of display device or flat panel TV at any time, has good help, also improve comfort level during viewing simultaneously to the cervical vertebra of watcher and eyesight.
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Technical field
the utility model relates to a kind of adjustable display or flat-panel television hanging shelf.
Background technique
along with people are to the raising of interior space utilization ratio, wall hanging frame starts to popularize, especially along with liquid crystal, the popularization of flat-type product, as LCD TVs, liquid crystal or flat panel display etc., the effect of wall hanging frame is mainly by liquid crystal, flat-type product is fixedly installed on body of wall, and the device of object or supporting LCD product is put without the need to other, save the interior space, improve interior space utilization ratio, make the installation of LCD product no longer by the restriction of Environmental Conditions, as long as there is the position of body of wall or wallboard all can install liquid crystal, flat-type product, therefore, the research and development of wall hanging frame and the paces of production are also constantly accelerated.
chinese patent CN 203948911U discloses the wall hanging frame of a kind of display device or flat panel TV, it comprises the fixed base for being connected with body of wall or wallboard, for installing the mounting bracket of described display device or flat panel TV, and for mounting bracket being connected to the peg on fixed base, the position of mounting bracket on peg can regulate up and down, but, in actual life, there is very large defect in above-mentioned wall hanging frame: one direction can only regulate (such as common left and right after display device or flat panel TV hang, up-down adjustment), the luffing angle of display device or flat panel TV can not be regulated, if watch for a long time, comfort level directly during impact viewing, affect viewing effect.
Summary of the invention
technical problem to be solved in the utility model overcomes the deficiencies in the prior art, provides a kind of adjustable display or flat-panel television hanging shelf of improvement.
for solving above technical problem, the utility model takes following technological scheme:
a kind of adjustable display or flat-panel television hanging shelf, comprise the first support, described wall hanging frame also comprises and to be connected with described first support and the second support for installing described display device or flat panel TV, the bottom of described second support is connected with the lower removable of described first support, the top of described second support and the top of described first support are by can the link of folding be connected, make described second support can relatively described first support draw in or launch and from the angle forming different size between described first support, described wall hanging frame also comprises for by described second support and the relatively-stationary fixing device of described first support.
preferably, described link comprises one end portion and not to rotate with described first support and described second support the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate that are connected, and rotate between described first connecting plate and described second connecting plate connection.
further, parts in described first connecting plate and described second connecting plate two parts are provided with breach, another parts are provided with the snap fit corresponding with described breach, when relatively described first support of described second support be deployed into make the angle between described second support and described first support maximum time, described snap fit snaps onto in described breach.
preferably, described fixing device comprises connecting rod and elastic component, parts in two parts in an end and described first support and described second support of described connecting rod are fixedly connected with, be arranged on another parts in described first support and described second support two parts, described elastic component is to being located between the other end of described connecting rod and another described parts described rod slide.
further, the joint of the joint of described connecting rod and described first support, described connecting rod and described second support is all between described first support and described second support active connection place and described link.
further, one end of described connecting rod is fixedly connected with described second support, described first support is provided with the guiding groove extended longitudinally, described connecting rod is positioned at described guiding groove and arranges along the longitudinal direction of described guiding groove and the first described bracket slide, described connecting rod along its length with the first described bracket slide arrange.
further, described elastic component is spring, and the two ends of described spring are respectively on the other end being located at described connecting rod and another described parts.
preferably, the Placement of described flexible connection is: described second pedestal lower end has joint, described first support bottom has the restraining groove corresponding with described joint position, and described joint is being inserted in described restraining groove actively.
preferably, described second support is also provided with the thread jamming part for being fastened on by wire on described second support, described thread jamming part has one or more.
preferably, described first support is hung on the peg that extends transversely, and described peg is fixedly connected on along on the fixed base of horizontal expansion.
due to the enforcement of above technological scheme, the utility model compared with prior art tool has the following advantages:
pass through the utility model, make display device or flat panel TV can not only up and down, move left and right be hung on wall, go back the luffing angle of adjustable displaying or flat panel TV simultaneously, thus according to the sitting posture of watcher or sleeping position, the position of display device or flat panel TV can be adjusted at any time, good help is had to the cervical vertebra of watcher and eyesight, also improve comfort level during viewing, in addition, structure of the present utility model is simple simultaneously, practical, and implement conveniently.
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below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and specific embodiment, the utility model is described in more detail:
fig. 1 is the schematic perspective view (removing one group of first support and second support of symmetrical installation) of wall hanging frame of the present utility model;
fig. 2 is the schematic front view of wall hanging frame of the present utility model;
fig. 3 is the cross-sectional schematic (the first support and the second support are in rounding state) along A-A line in Fig. 2;
fig. 4 is the cross-sectional schematic (the first support and the second support are in open mode) along A-A line in Fig. 2;
fig. 5 is A place close-up schematic view in Fig. 1;
fig. 6 is A place close-up schematic view in Fig. 3;
fig. 7 is B place close-up schematic view in Fig. 3.
wherein: 1, fixed base; 10, fixed panel; 100, fixed hole; 101, curve bath; 11, left hangers; 12, right hangers; 13, dunnage; 15, upper bound edge; 16, lower flange; 2, peg; 3, the first support; 31, the 3rd installation panel; 31a, guiding groove; 31b, restraining groove; 32, the second connecting lateral plate; 32a, elongated hole; 32b, positioning hole; 32c, moving walkway; 32d, retaining wall; 32e, inclined-plane; 4, the second support; 41, the first connecting lateral plate; 41a, fluting; 42, the first installation panel; 43, the second installation panel; 43a, mounting hole; 5, outer connector; 6, link; 61, the first connecting plate; 61a, breach; 62, the second connecting plate; 62a, snap fit; 7, fixing device; 71, connecting rod; 72, elastic component; 8, joint; 9, thread jamming part.
Embodiment
as shown in Figure 1 to 4, adjustable display of the present utility model or flat-panel television hanging shelf, it comprises fixed base 1 for being connected with body of wall or wallboard, be fixedly connected on fixed base 1 and the peg 2 extended transversely, be hung on the first support 3 on peg 2 and the second support 4 for installing display device or flat panel TV.
concrete, fixed base 1 comprise for be fixedly connected on wall or wallboard and extend transversely fixed panel 10, vertical with fixed panel 10 and be positioned at fixed panel about 10 two ends and symmetrically arranged left hangers 11 and right hangers 12, be vertically set on be arranged in parallel in the middle part of fixed panel 10 and with left hangers 11 and the right hangers 12 at two ends dunnage 13, self-retaining panel 10 upper end is to deviating from the upper bound edge 15 of wall or wallboard one lateral buckling and self-retaining panel 10 lower end to deviating from wall or wallboard one lateral buckling and then the downward lower flange 16 bent.
further, fixed panel 10 is provided with multiple fixed hole 100 for being connected to by fixed panel 10 on body of wall or wallboard, the setting of dunnage 13, specifically under the effect of punch press, directly go out shaping on fixed panel 10, dunnage 13 is be arranged in parallel with left hangers 11 and right hangers 12, and left hangers 11, right hangers 12 and dunnage 13 are all curved, the fixed panel 10 of dunnage 13 side must form a curve bath 101, as shown in Figure 1.Dunnage 13 is provided with hole, makes peg 20 to pass this hole.In addition, above-mentioned upper bound edge 15 and lower flange 16 effectively can prevent the distortion of fixed panel 10, strengthen the intensity of fixed base 1, simultaneously when the first support 3 is hung on peg 2, first support 3 is fitted with lower flange 16, thus more stable when display device or flat panel TV are hung on fixed base 1.
peg 2 is relative with fixed base 1 fixing by outer connector 5, and in the present embodiment, outer connector 5 adopts common wing nut.
second support 4 can draw in or launch and form different angles between the first support 3 by relative first support 3; concrete; the bottom of the second support 4 is connected with the lower removable of the first support 3; the top of the second support 4 is connected by the link 6 that can fold or launch with the top of the first support 3; the two ends of link 6 rotate with the first support 3 and the second support 4 respectively and are connected, and this wall hanging frame also comprises for by the second support 4 and the relatively-stationary fixing device 7 of the first support 3.
concrete, second support 4 comprises the first connecting lateral plate 41 and is vertically set on the first installation panel 42 and the second installation panel 43 of the first connecting lateral plate 41 both sides, first support 3 comprises the 3rd installation panel 31 and the second connecting lateral plate 32 of perpendicular setting, when relative first support 3 of the second support 4 draws in, the first installation panel 42 and the 3rd installation panel 31 are fitted.
further, see Fig. 3 and Fig. 6, fixing device 7 comprises connecting rod 71 and elastic component 72, one end of connecting rod 71 is fixedly connected with parts in these two parts of the first support 3 and the second support 4, connecting rod 71 can another parts in the first support 3 and these two parts of the second support 4 slide when relative first support 3 of the second support 4 draws in or launches, corresponding, elastic component 72 is between another parts be located in the other end of connecting rod 71 and the second above-mentioned support 4 and these two parts of the first support 3, the joint of connecting rod 71 and the first support 3, the joint of connecting rod 71 and the second support 4 is all between the active connection place and the link 6 of upper end of the first support 3 and the second support 4 lower end.Concrete; in the present embodiment; one end of connecting rod 71 is fixed on the first installation panel 42; 3rd installation panel 31 is provided with the guiding groove 31a extended longitudinally; connecting rod 71 is through this guiding groove 31a; when relative first support 3 of the second support 4 draws in or launches, connecting rod 71 slides along the longitudinal direction of guiding groove 31a, and connecting rod 71 slides on guiding groove 31a along the length direction of self simultaneously.Damping force is provided when elastic component 72 is for launching to the second support 4 relative first support 3, the damping force of elastic component 72 is determined jointly according to the weight of the lengthwise position of connecting rod 71 on the first installation panel 42 and display device or flat panel TV, to make the angle between the second support 4 and the first support 3 only manually namely not adjustable by any instrument, make the angle of the second support 4 between itself and the first support 3 can both stably keep from zero to any one angle maximum simultaneously.In the present embodiment, elastic component 72 adopts spring, and its one end is to the other end being located at connecting rod 71, and the other end is to being located on the 3rd installation panel 31.
see Fig. 1, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, link 6 comprises the first connecting plate 61 and the second connecting plate 62 rotating and connect, first connecting plate 61 rotates with the first connecting lateral plate 41 and the second connecting lateral plate 32 respectively with one end of the second connecting plate 62 and is connected, concrete, first connecting plate 61 and the first connecting lateral plate 41 are rotated by the first axle a and are connected, second connecting plate 62 and the second connecting lateral plate 32 are rotated by the second axle b and are connected, first connecting plate 61 and the second connecting plate 62 are rotated by the 3rd axle c and are connected, first axle a, second axle b and the 3rd axle c parallels and arranges and be parallel to horizontal plane.Be provided with when relative first support 3 of the second support 4 is deployed into the position structure making angle between the two maximum between first connecting plate 61 and the second connecting plate 62, concrete, this positioning means is: parts in the first connecting plate 61 and these two parts of the second connecting plate 62 are provided with breach 61a, another parts are provided with snap fit 62a, when the second support 4 and the first support 3 be deployed into angle between the two maximum time, snap fit 62a snaps onto breach 61a, in the present embodiment, breach 61a is positioned on the first connecting plate 61, and snap fit 62a is positioned on the second connecting plate 62.
see Fig. 3 and Fig. 7; the bottom of the second support 4 with the Placement of the flexible connection of the bottom of the first support 3 is: the lower end of the first installation panel 42 be provided with to protrude to the second support 4 outside also extend downward or upward joint 8, the 3rd installation panel 31 bottom be provided with the restraining groove 31b corresponding with joint 8; this restraining groove 31b is positioned at the below of guiding groove 31a; joint 8 is inserted in restraining groove 31b actively; when relative first support 3 of the second support 4 draws in or launches, joint 8 can slide in restraining groove 31b.
second installation panel 43 is provided with mounting hole 43a, by other links and mounting hole 43a by display device or flat panel TV is relative is fixed on the second installation panel 43.Mounting hole 43a has multiple, and multiple mounting hole 43a distributes along the length direction of the second installation panel 43, multiple mounting hole 43a has at least two kinds of shapes and two kinds of sizes, and display device or flat panel TV are connected on the second installation panel 43 with can adopting different mounting hole 43a position-adjustable.In the present embodiment, as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, mounting hole 43a adopts hole and the waist-shaped hole of different pore size.
also be provided with in the bottom of the first connecting lateral plate 41 and protrude and the thread jamming part 9 extended up or down outside the second support 4, thread jamming part 9 is for being fastened on the second support 4 by wire.In the present embodiment, the setting of thread jamming part 9, specifically under the effect of punch press, directly go out shaping on the first connecting lateral plate 41, a fluting 41a must be formed on the first connecting lateral plate 41 of thread jamming part 9 side simultaneously, as shown in Figure 1, this thread jamming part 9 is provided with one or more, and corresponding fluting 41a also has one or more.In the present embodiment, thread jamming part 9 is provided with three, and three thread jamming parts 9 are spaced apart along the length direction of the first connecting lateral plate 41, each thread jamming part 9 at least can block and establish a wire.
see Fig. 1 ~ Fig. 3, the multiple positioning hole 32b second connecting lateral plate 32 having the elongated hole 32a extended along its length and distribute along the length direction of the second connecting lateral plate 32, peg 2 can be movable be arranged in elongated hole 32a, positioning hole 32b is positioned at front side or the rear side of elongated hole 32a, in the present embodiment, positioning hole 32b is positioned at the front side of elongated hole 32a, further, positioning hole 32b and elongated hole 32a connects and leaves the moving walkway 32c entering elongated hole 32a for the self-align hole 32b of peg 2, the sidewall of positioning hole 32b near elongated hole 32a side has retaining wall 32d simultaneously, peg 2 is through positioning hole 32b, first support 3 can be hung on fixed base 1 by peg 2.Further, above-mentioned positioning hole 32b is downward opening hook-shaped.Make it possible to more effective location (or hook) on peg 2.
further, the second above-mentioned connecting lateral plate 32 upper end portion is also provided with the inclined-plane 32e of 45 ° of sloping inwardly from this end, the setting of inclined-plane 32e, make when peg 2 passes the positioning hole 32b of the top of the first support 3, first support 3 can rotate 30 ° ~ 90 ° relative to peg 2, thus is convenient to clean the dust of display device or flat panel TV behind and be convenient to the use of its behind USB device.
in the present embodiment, fixed base 1 is directly fixed on wall or wallboard, first support 3 and the second support 4 all have two groups, two group of first support 3 is connected symmetrical being afterwards hung on peg 2 with the second support 4 correspondence, and lays respectively at left hangers 11 and dunnage 13 and between right hangers 12 and dunnage 13.When installing display device or flat panel TV, different mounting hole 43a can be selected, this operating process just can realize the up-down adjustment of display device or flat panel TV, due to peg 2 can relative motion be arranged in positioning hole 32b and elongated hole 32a, thus different positioning hole 32b can be selected, thus display device or flat panel TV can be regulated further to make it move up and down; Meanwhile, hold up display device or flat panel TV, positioning hole 32b and peg 2 are departed from, display device or flat panel TV can be moved left and right; Moreover, adjust the relative angle of the first support 3 expansion of the second support 4 and the luffing angle of adjustable displaying or flat panel TV, improve comfort level when viewing display device or flat panel TV further; In addition, when peg 2 is through the first support 3 positioning hole 32b topmost, and during the upper end portion of the upper end portion of the second support 4, display device or flat panel TV all not higher than the first support 3, display device or flat panel TV can relative to peg 2 90-degree rotations, thus be convenient to the dust cleaning display device or the flat panel TV back side, be also convenient to carry out examination and maintenance work to the connection wire of display device or flat panel TV back.
above the utility model is described in detail; its object is to allow the personage being familiar with this art can understand content of the present utility model and be implemented; protection domain of the present utility model can not be limited with this; all equivalences done according to Spirit Essence of the present utility model change or modify, and all should be encompassed in protection domain of the present utility model.
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1. an adjustable display or flat-panel television hanging shelf, comprise the first support, it is characterized in that: described wall hanging frame also comprises and to be connected with described first support and the second support for installing described display device or flat panel TV, the bottom of described second support is connected with the lower removable of described first support, the top of described second support and the top of described first support are by can the link of folding be connected, make described second support can relatively described first support draw in or launch and from the angle forming different size between described first support, described wall hanging frame also comprises for by described second support and the relatively-stationary fixing device of described first support.
2. adjustable display according to claim 1 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, it is characterized in that: described link comprises one end portion and not rotate with described first support and described second support the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate that are connected, and rotate between described first connecting plate and described second connecting plate connection.
3. adjustable display according to claim 2 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, it is characterized in that: parts in described first connecting plate and described second connecting plate two parts are provided with breach, another parts are provided with the snap fit corresponding with described breach, when relatively described first support of described second support be deployed into make the angle between described second support and described first support maximum time, described snap fit snaps onto in described breach.
4. adjustable display according to claim 1 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, it is characterized in that: described fixing device comprises connecting rod and elastic component, parts in two parts in an end and described first support and described second support of described connecting rod are fixedly connected with, be arranged on another parts in described first support and described second support two parts, described elastic component is to being located between the other end of described connecting rod and another described parts described rod slide.
5. adjustable display according to claim 4 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, is characterized in that: the joint of the joint of described connecting rod and described first support, described connecting rod and described second support is all between described first support and described second support active connection place and described link.
6. adjustable display according to claim 4 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, it is characterized in that: an end of described connecting rod is fixedly connected with described second support, described first support is provided with the guiding groove extended longitudinally, described connecting rod is positioned at described guiding groove and arranges along the longitudinal direction of described guiding groove and the first described bracket slide, described connecting rod along its length with the first described bracket slide arrange.
7. adjustable display according to claim 4 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, is characterized in that: described elastic component is spring, and the two ends of described spring are respectively on the other end being located at described connecting rod and another described parts.
8. adjustable display according to claim 1 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, it is characterized in that: the Placement of described flexible connection is: described second pedestal lower end has joint, described first support bottom has the restraining groove corresponding with described joint position, and described joint is being inserted in described restraining groove actively.
9. adjustable display according to claim 1 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, is characterized in that: described second support is also provided with the thread jamming part for being fastened on by wire on described second support, described thread jamming part has one or more.
10. adjustable display according to claim 1 or flat-panel television hanging shelf, is characterized in that: described first support is hung on the peg that extends transversely, and described peg is fixedly connected on along on the fixed base of horizontal expansion.
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