U.S. patent application number 11/489556 was filed with the patent office on 2008-01-24 for slide linking apparatus.
This patent application is currently assigned to NAN JUEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Kuo-Sheng Huang.
Application Number | 20080018214 11/489556 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 38970776 |
Filed Date | 2008-01-24 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080018214 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Huang; Kuo-Sheng |
January 24, 2008 |
Slide linking apparatus
Abstract
A slide linking apparatus includes a fixing base of a chassis, a
positioning member at the fixing base, an aslant blocking plate on
the fixing base, and first and second rails engaged with each other
and embedded into the fixing base. The first rail includes a swing
member having an extending portion and embedded into a slide
groove. The second rail includes a link member pressing the swing
member, such that when the second rail slides outward, the link
member presses the extending portion of the swing member and drives
the first rail to move until the swing member is pressed downward
by the aslant blocking plate and separated from the link member and
the first rail stops. When the second rail slides inward, the
process is reverse. Since the first and second rails are moved
synchronously, the pressure exerted on the second rail will be
reduced to prevent deformations.
Inventors: |
Huang; Kuo-Sheng; (Taipei
county, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE, FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314
US
|
Assignee: |
NAN JUEN INTERNATIONAL CO.,
LTD.
YING-GE TOWN
TW
|
Family ID: |
38970776 |
Appl. No.: |
11/489556 |
Filed: |
July 20, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
312/334.46 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B 88/49 20170101;
A47B 2210/0081 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
312/334.46 |
International
Class: |
A47B 88/04 20060101
A47B088/04 |
Claims
1. A slide linking apparatus, comprising: a fixing base, having an
aslant blocking plate disposed at a specific position of said
fixing base, and said aslant blocking plate keeping a specific
distance from both ends of said fixing base; a first rail, engaged
with said fixing base, and having an end embedded into a movable
swing member, and an end of said swing member having an extending
portion extended outward, and said extending portion having a
groove; and a second rail, engaged with said first rail, and an end
of said second rail having a link member protruded towards said
first rail and pressing against said swing member of said first
rail; thereby, when said second rail slides outward, said link
member presses against said swing member to drive said first rail
to move simultaneously until said swing member is pressed downward
by said aslant blocking plate to swing and separate from said link
member, so as to stop said first rail from moving forward.
2. The slide linking apparatus of claim 1, wherein said link member
is a slice body.
3. The slide linking apparatus of claim 1, wherein said fixing base
has a positioning member disposed at an end of said fixing base,
such that when said first rail slides, said positioning member is
stopped and will not slide outward.
4. The slide linking apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first rail
and said second rails include a protruding plate and a slice body
respectively, so that said second rail will not be separated from
said first rail by means of said protruding plate and said slice
body.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a slide linking apparatus,
and more particularly to a slide linking apparatus having a link
member and a swing member that work together to slide a first rail
and a second rail outward and share the weight exerted on the
second rail which is fixed to an object, so as to prevent the rails
from being deformed.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] In general, a traditional slide structure for chassis or
drawers usually installs rollers on both sides of the chassis and
rails of an object or a drawer, so that the slides are engaged with
the rollers, and the rear end of the rails has an arc guide rail
disposed at a position lower than the rails. Although the rollers
are rolled, the base of the object or drawer is moved accordingly
and entered into the guide rail along the rail. By the slope
naturally formed between the guide rail and the rail and the weight
of the object or drawer, the drawer can be fixed at a desired
position. However, the weight of the object, the drawer and their
contents produces a certain pressure onto the guide rail or deforms
the guide rail, such that the slope between the rail and the guide
rail is changed from a smooth slope to a bumpy slope. As a result,
the object or drawer will move in an unsmooth manner or even get
stuck during the process when the guide rail enters into the rail.
Since the position of the guide rail is lower than the rail, the
weight of the object or the drawer with its contents makes the
pulling process very tiresome and the application very
inconvenient, when the object or drawer is moved from the guide
rail towards the rail.
[0005] Further, the structure of another slide comes with a sliding
rail, and the sliding rail has a first rail and a second rail,
wherein the second rail is embedded into the first rail, and the
ends of the first and second rails are expanded outward. When this
apparatus is used, the second rail will slide outwards as the
object moves, until the end of the second rail is latched onto the
first rail, and then the first rail will start sliding outward. If
a chassis is pulled outward or maintained, the first rail and the
second rail do not move synchronously, but the weight of the
chassis is concentrated on the first rail, and thus the second rail
may be failed or stuck due to its deformation, and causes lots of
problems to its applications.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] In view of the shortcomings of the prior art, the inventor
of the invention based on years of experience in the related
industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and
finally invented a slide linking apparatus in accordance with the
present invention.
[0007] Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present
invention to provide a feasible solution and overcome the foregoing
problems by providing a slide linking apparatus, and the apparatus
comprises a fixing base fixed onto an internal side of a chassis, a
positioning member disposed at an end of the fixing base, an aslant
blocking plate disposed at a specific position of the fixing base,
and a first rail and a second rail embedded into the fixing base
and engaged with each other. The first rail includes a swing member
disposed proximate to an end of the positioning member, and another
end of the swing member is embedded into a slide groove, and the
second rail includes a link member for pressing against the swing
member, such that when the second rail slides outward, the link
member presses against the swing member to drive the first rail to
move accordingly until the swing member is pressed downward by the
aslant blocking plate to swing and separate from the link member,
and the first rail stops moving forward. On the other hand, if the
second rail is moved backward, the first rail is driven to move
accordingly. When the swing member moves backward and presses
against the positioning member of the fixing base, the swing member
slides upward to resume the link member back to the extending
portion of the swing member. Since the second rail and the first
rail are moved synchronously, the pressure exerted on the second
rail connected to an object will be reduced, so as to prevent
possible deformations.
[0008] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a
slide linking apparatus, whose swing member has a groove disposed
at an extending portion and corresponding to a link member, such
that the link member can be accommodated by the groove of the swing
member, so as to press against the swing member tightly.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The objective, shape, structure, characteristic and effect
of the present invention will now be described in more detail with
reference to the accompanying drawings that show various
embodiments of the invention, in which:
[0010] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the invention;
[0012] FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a slide moving outward
according to the invention;
[0013] FIG. 3A is a first schematic view of the motions of a slide
moving outward according to the invention;
[0014] FIG. 3B is a second schematic view of the motions of a slide
moving outward according to the invention;
[0015] FIG. 3C is a third schematic view of the motions of a slide
moving outward according to the invention;
[0016] FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a slide moving inward
according to the invention;
[0017] FIG. 4A is a first schematic view of the motions of a slide
moving inward according to the invention;
[0018] FIG. 4B is a second schematic view of the motions of a slide
moving inward according to the invention;
[0019] FIG. 4C is a third schematic view of the motions of a slide
moving inward according to the invention; and
[0020] FIG. 4D is a fourth schematic view of the motions of a slide
moving inward according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0021] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 for a slide linking apparatus in
accordance with the present invention, the apparatus is used for a
moving object or a drawer in a chassis, and the apparatus comprises
an I-shape fixing base 10 which is an I-shape slice body in this
embodiment, and an end of the fixing base 10 has a protruding ear
11, and the protruding ear 11 has a through hole 111 for passing a
fixing member to fix the fixing base 10 onto an internal wall (not
shown in the figure) of the chassis, and another end has a
positioning member 12 which is a stamped slice body perpendicular
to the fixing base 10 in this embodiment, and the fixing base 10
has an aslant blocking plate 13 with a specific inclination and
disposed at a specific position, and the aslant blocking plate 13
keeps a specific distance from both ends of the fixing base 10.
[0022] Further, the fixing base 10 has a first rail 20 and a second
rail 30 embedded thereon, and the first and second rails in this
embodiment are I-shape slice bodies and engaged with each other,
wherein an end of the first rail 20 has an embedding groove 21
embedded with a swing member 22, and an end of the swing member 22
has a disc base 221 embedded into the embedding groove 21, such
that the swing member 22 will not be separated from the first rail
20, and another end of the disc base 221 has an extending portion
222 extended outward from the disc base 221. A groove 223 is built
and sunken at a connecting position of the extending portion 222
and the disc base 221, and the extending portion 222 has an
embedding portion 224 protruded from an end away from the disc base
221, and the embedding portion 224 is embedded precisely into a
slide groove 23 which is an arc groove hole in this embodiment,
such that the extending portion 222 can be latched by the embedding
portion 224 and will not be separated from the slide groove 23, but
the extending portion 22 can slide in the slide groove 23. Further,
another end of the first rail 20 has a protruding plate 24 and two
symmetric extending plates 25 extended outward from the first rail
20.
[0023] Another end of the second rail 30 has a stamped link member
31 extended towards the first rail 20, and the link member 31 is a
slice body in this embodiment and contained in the groove 223 of
the swing member 22 and presses against the extending portion 222
of the swing member 22, and the second rail 30 has a slice body 32
disposed at a specific position corresponding to the protruding
plate 24, and the second rail 30 has symmetric side stopping plates
33 disposed on a lateral side and corresponding to the first rail
20.
[0024] Referring to FIGS. 3, 3A, 3B, and 3C, the first rail 20 and
second rail 30 are embedded onto the fixing base 10 first, and then
the fixing base 10 is fixed onto an internal side of the chassis,
and an object is fixed onto the second rail 30, such that when the
object is pulled outward, the link member 31 will move all the way
into the groove 223 of the swing member 22 to prop the extending
portion 222, and the second rail 30 is moved outward accordingly
with the object, and the first rail 20 is also moved accordingly
(as shown in FIG. 3A). In the process of sliding the second rail
30, the weight of the object is supported by the first rail 20
instead of being supported solely by the second rail 30, and thus
the invention can prevent possible deformations of the rails 20,
30. If a user wants to pull out the object completely and the first
rail 20 moves outward accordingly with the second rail 30, the
extending portion 222 of the swing member 22 of the first rail 20
will touch the aslant blocking plate 13 of the fixing base 10. With
a force at a specific inclination pressing onto the aslant blocking
plate 13, the extending portion 222 moves from an end of the slide
groove 23 to another end (as shown in FIGS. 3B and 3C), and thus
the first rail 20 will stop at that position, and the link member
31 of the second rail 30 will be separated from the swing member
22, and will continue to move outward until the slice body 32
touches the protruding plate 24 (not shown in the figure) and then
will stop moving further.
[0025] Referring to FIGS. 4, 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D, the second rail 30
will move back synchronously if a user wants to push the object
back into the chassis, and the side stopping plate 33 on the second
rail 30 will be moved to press the first rail 20 on the extending
plate 25, and further drive the first rail 20 to move back (as
shown in FIG. 4). While the first rail moves back into the chassis,
the swing member 22 of the first rail 20 will be in contact with
the positioning member 12 of the fixing base 10 (as shown in FIGS.
4A, 4B and 4C), such that the swing member 22 moves from an end of
the slide groove 23 to another end. In the meantime, the embedding
portion 224 of the swing member 22 also moves upward along the
slide groove 23, such that the extending portion 222 of the swing
member 22 is lifted, and the link member 31 is returned into the
groove 223, so as to resume the second rail 30 to its original
position.
[0026] In summation of the description above, the object, shape,
structure of the present invention are novel and improve over the
prior art and thus is duly submitted for the patent application.
While the invention has been described by means of specific
embodiments, modifications and variations could be made by those
skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of
the invention set forth in the claims.
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