Fixing seat for rail of modem/servo carrying and stowing rack

(a) Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a fixing seat for fixing a rail to a modem/servo carrying and stowing rack, and in particular to rail fixing seat that is conveniently operable, practical, and widely applicable for use in a rack that is commonly used for stowing servos and modems. The present invention uses an operation knob that drives a slide buckling member and deforms springs, together with the sliding motion of the slide buckling member into a mounting hole defined in the rack, to realize the mounting process in which the slide buckling member is first driven rearward by the operation knob to allow retention pawls formed on the fixing seat to fit into and engage the mounting hole and then the operation knob is released to allow the slide buckling member to return back in the frontward direction to fit into and fix to an opposite edge of the mounting hole thereby fixing the fixing seat to the rack. With the rail fixed to the fixing seat in advance, the rail is thus secured, together with the fixing seat, to the rack to provide the function of separating and stabilizing modems and/or servos received in the rack.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

The rapid development of the technology and science significantly improves living quality of human society. To make further progress in improving the human society, simple and efficient structures/devices are of promising future for enhancement of technology and good quality of products, and safety of operation and use.

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide a fixing seat for fixing a rail to a modem/servo carrying and stowing rack, which is aimed to eliminate the inflexibility and inconvenience in mounting/dismounting the conventional racks/frames and rails and which is of practicability. The assembling between the rails and the rack in accordance with is convenient and flexible so that the arrangement of the rails and the rack can be easily varied to accommodate different sizes of devices, such as modems and servos, received therein to realize the practicability of flexible and efficient mounting/dismounting.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a fixing seat for fixing a rail to a rack, wherein when a combination resulting from the rail fixed to the rack is not satisfactory, the rails and the rack can be immediately dismounted for re-assembling without expending much costs and without using any tools, whereby the process of assembling is extremely simplified and damage and/or malfunctioning can be effectively reduced without additional costs.

To realize the above objectives, in accordance with the present invention, a fixing seat is provided for fixing a rail to a modem/servo carrying and stowing rack. The fixing seat comprises a base having a front section, retention pawls formed on the front section and forming a guide or hook extending downward and frontward, a slide buckling member movably positioned on the front section and located above the retention pawls, an operation knob coupled to the slide buckling member, and springs arranged in the base and between a rear end of the slide buckling member and a wall of the base.

The retention pawls are preferably integrally formed with the base and the integrally formed retention pawls are located in the front section of the base.

The slide buckling member has buckling portions having smooth and flat surfaces to allow an edge of a mounting hole defined in the rack to move thereon. The slide buckling member is positioned on the upper side of the base and is thus opposite to the guides of the retention pawls.

The coupling between the operation knob and the slide buckling member is such that when the operation knob is moved rearward, the slide buckling member is driven thereby to move rearward in unison therewith and the springs are deformed and when the springs are allowed to release the spring forces thereof, the operation knob and the slide buckling member are driven back to the original locations.

The operation knob is preferably integrally formed with the slide buckling member so that the operation knob and the slide buckling member are movable in unison with each other.

The base forms a wall that supports the springs so that when the springs are subjected to an external force, the springs are deformed, but not displaced, to build up a spring force for returning the slide buckling member back to the original location.

Further, the present invention uses an operation knob that drives a slide buckling member and deforms springs, together with the sliding motion of the slide buckling member into a mounting hole defined in the rack, to realize the mounting process in which the retention pawls of the fixing seat are first fit into and engage the mounting hole and then the slide buckling member is allowed to slide into the mounting hole to engage an opposite edge of the mounting hole thereby fixing the fixing seat to the rack. With the rail fixed to the fixing seat, the rail is thus secured, together with the fixing seat, to the rack to provide the function of separating modems and/or servos received in the rack.

The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.

Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fixing seat constructed in accordance with the present invention for fixing a rail to a modem/servo carrying and stowing rack;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the fixing seat of the present invention;

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