Rail assemblies and methods of mounting rail assemblies to panels
AssigneeTexas Automation Products, Inc.
InventorJordan E. McSpadden
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Abstract
A rail assembly may include a housing with a cavity and a channel in the cavity. A cam may be disposed in the channel. The cam may include an elongated portion. One or more locks may be disposed in the channel and contact an outer surface of the cam. When the cam is rotated from the open position, the position of the locks may be adjusted to retain a panel disposed in the rail assembly. When the cam is rotated from the closed position to the open position, the position of the locks may be returned to the initial position and the panel may be moved and/or removed.
Claims20
A rail assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a channel and at least one cavity;
- at least one lock, disposed within the at least one cavity, and extending along a length of the housing;
- at least one cam, disposed within the channel and extending along the length of the housing, wherein the cam is rotatable between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein rotation of the cam about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the length of the housing causes movement of the one or more locks to compressively retain a panel within the cavity.
A glass door comprising:
- a glass panel;
- one or more rail assembly, removably coupled to the glass panel, wherein each rail assembly comprises:
- a housing;
- comprising a channel and at least one cavity;
- at least one lock, disposed within the at least one cavity, and extending along a length of the housing;
- and
- at least one cam, disposed within the channel and extending along the length of the housing, wherein the cam is rotatable between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein rotation of the cam about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the length of the housing causes movement of the one or more locks to compressively retain the glass panel within the cavity.
A method for attaching a rail assembly to a panel, the method comprising:
- positioning the panel in the rail assembly such that at least an edge portion of the panel is disposed proximate at least one lock, disposed within at least one cavity, and extending along a length of a housing of the rail assembly;
- rotating at least one cam about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the length of the housing, wherein the cam is disposed within a channel extending along the length of the housing and is rotated from an open position to a closed position;
- and
- moving one or more locks, operatively coupled to the cam, in response to rotation of the cam, wherein movement of the locks compressively retains the panel within the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.