FIXING BUCKLE ASSEMBLY OF SLIDE RAIL USED FOR INDUSTRIAL CABINET

• US 20200137920A1
• Filed: 10/30/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Martas Precision Slide Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Martas Precision Slide Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: CHEN, WAN-LAI
• Granted Patent: US 10,687,437 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 88/43 at cabinet side
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1489 characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays H05K7/1491 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/183 support rails therefor

Abstract

A fixing buckle assembly of a slide rail used for an industrial cabinet includes a fixing frame, a plurality of fixing members, a fixing plate, a hook plate, and an elastic member. The fixing frame is mounted to an end portion of the slide rail and is reversely bent to form a mounting surface corresponding to a surface of the slide rail and has a notch adjacent to the mounting surface. The hook plate and the elastic member are sandwiched between the mounting surface and a slide space formed by the fixing plate through the fixing members. When mounted to the industrial cabinet, the two protruding posts of the fixing plate are inserted in two of buckle holes of a rack, and the hook plate is driven by the elastic member to be engaged with a back of the rack to be in a locked state.

Claims

1. A fixing buckle assembly of a slide rail used for an industrial cabinet, each of four corners of the industrial cabinet being provided with a rack, the rack being disposed vertically and having a plurality of buckle holes that are spaced apart from each other, the fixing buckle assembly being mounted to each of two ends of the slide rail so that the slide rail can be horizontally mounted between the two racks, the fixing buckle assembly comprising:

a fixing frame, a surface of the fixing frame having a plurality of first fixing holes corresponding to the slide rail for mounting one end portion of the slide rail, one end of the fixing frame being reversely bent to form a mounting surface corresponding to a surface of the slide rail, the mounting surface having a plurality of second fixing holes, the fixing frame having a notch adjacent to the mounting surface;

a plurality of fixing members, the fixing members being inserted through the second fixing holes for performing fixing;

a fixing plate, the fixing plate being a flat structure having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being provided with a pair of protruding posts corresponding to the buckle holes, the second surface being fixed to one side of the mounting surface through the fixing members so that the pair of protruding posts is located at an outer side of the fixing frame, the second surface being provided with an accommodating trough corresponding to one surface of the mounting surface to form a slide space after combined with the fixing frame, the slide space having an opening corresponding to the notch;

a hook plate, the hook plate being a sheet-like structure having an L-shaped cross-section, one end of the hook plate being provided with a pair of hooks, another end of the hook plate being provided with a limiting portion that is movably disposed in the slide space, the end having the pair of hooks of the hook plate extending out from the opening of the slide space and being located in the notch; and

an elastic member, the elastic member being disposed in the slide space, one end of the elastic member being mounted in the limiting portion to ensure an engaging force required for the hook plate to be mounted;

when mounted, the protruding posts being inserted in the corresponding buckle holes, the hook plate being driven by the elastic member to be engaged with a back of the rack.

2. The fixing buckle assembly of the slide rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting surface and the fixing frame are disposed at a 90 degree.

3. The fixing buckle assembly of the slide rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein two edges of the fixing frame are perpendicularly provided with two sidewalls relative to the slide rail, so that an accommodating space is formed between the two sidewalls.

4. The fixing buckle assembly of the slide rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the hooks is formed with a guiding bevel corresponding to an insertion direction when the protruding posts are mounted, when the protruding posts are mounted, the guiding bevel is pushed by a push force from the rack to expand outwardly, after the push force disappears, the guiding bevel is engaged with the rack.

5. The fixing buckle assembly of the slide rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing members are screws, and the fixing plate is formed with screw holes inside the protruding posts corresponding to the fixing members.

6. The fixing buckle assembly of the slide rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting surface has a first through hole between the second fixing holes, the fixing plate has a second through hole between the two protruding posts, after assembled, the first through hole and the second through hole are concentrically disposed.

7. The fixing buckle assembly of the slide rail as claimed in claim 6, wherein one side of the second through hole is provided with a positioning post corresponding to the elastic member, a coiled structure formed at a center of the elastic member is fitted and positioned on the positioning post, and two ends of the elastic member are provided with extension portions to lean against the slide space, respectively.

8. The fixing buckle assembly of the slide rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein the limiting portion is in the form of two tabs protruding from two side edges of the hook plate, the accommodating trough is provided with two limiting recesses corresponding to the limiting portion, and the hook plate is limited by the limiting portion and the two limiting slots.

9. The fixing buckle assembly of the slide rail as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting surface is provided with a plurality of first positioning portions corresponding to the fixing plate, the fixing plate is provided with a plurality of second positioning portions, the first positioning portions are circular holes, and the second positioning portions are cylindrical posts.