Waterproof box and electric junction box equipped with same
View Patent ↗Provided is a waterproof box capable of increasing the amount of water discharged from a double wall without reducing the rigidity of a body case. A waterproof box is provided with a body case and an upper cover attached to the body case so as to cover an opening of the body case. A peripheral wall of the body case has a double-wall structure including an outer wall and an inner wall. Liquid penetrating from a seam between the upper cover and the outer wall passes between the outer wall and the inner wall and is discharged to the outside of the body case. A wide width portion and a narrow width portion which have mutually different gaps between the outer wall and the inner wall are formed in the body case.
1. A waterproof box comprising:
a body case; and
a cover attached to the body case to cover an opening of the body case, wherein
a peripheral wall of the body case has a double-wall structure including an outer wall and an inner wall, such that liquid penetrating from a seam between the cover and the outer wall passes between the outer wall and the inner wall and is discharged to the outside of the body case,
a wide width portion and a narrow width portion which have mutually different gaps between the outer wall and the inner wall are formed in the body case, the gap in the wide width portion being wider than the gap in the narrow width portion, and
connection portions are formed between, and connect, the wide width portion and the narrow width portion.
2. An electric junction box comprising the waterproof box according to claim 1 .