Fixing unit, a moveable assembly, a base unit and a method for releasing a moveable assembly
AssigneeReichle & De-Massari AG
InventorsBryce Alvarez, Evgeni Zhelyazkov
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Abstract
The invention is based on a fixing unit (20, 20a) for reversibly fixing a moveable unit (18, 18a). For the purpose of providing a fixing unit with improved characteristics regarding flexibility, construction and/or a fixation, it is proposed that the fixing unit (20, 20a) is moveable parallel to a move direction (28, 28a) of the moveable unit (18, 18a) into a release position in order to release the moveable unit (18, 18a) from a guiding rail (26, 26a).
Claims19
Fixing unit for reversibly fixing a moveable unit, wherein the fixing unit is moveable parallel to a move direction of the moveable unit into a release position in order to release the moveable unit from a guiding rail, wherein the fixing unit comprises a latch, which is arrangeable in a recess of the guiding rail for fixing the moveable unit to the guiding rail, wherein the fixing unit comprises at least one flexible arm connected to the latch and to a body element of the fixing unit, wherein the fixing unit comprises at least one further flexible arm connected to the latch and the body element, wherein the further flexible arm is arranged relative to the flexible arm on an opposite side of the latch, wherein the flexible arm and the further flexible arm each extend at least substantially parallel to a move direction, wherein the latch is only held by means of the flexible arm and the further flexible arm.
A method for releasing a moveable assembly from a guiding rail of a base unit wherein a fixing unit is moved parallel to a move direction of a moveable unit into a release position in order to release the moveable unit from a guiding rail of the base unit, wherein the fixing unit comprises a latch, which is arrangeable in a recess of the guiding rail for fixing the moveable unit to the guiding rail, wherein the fixing unit comprises at least one flexible arm connected to the latch and to a body element of the fixing unit, wherein the recess is a notch formed in a guiding surface of the guiding rail, shaped to accommodate the latch in a form-locking manner, thereby securing the moveable assembly against displacement along the guiding rail.
Fixing unit for reversibly fixing a moveable unit, wherein the fixing unit is moveable parallel relative to the moveable unit to a move direction of the moveable unit into a release position in order to release the moveable unit from a guiding rail, wherein the fixing unit comprises a latch, which is arrangeable in a recess of the guiding rail for fixing the moveable unit to the guiding rail, wherein a body element is moveable parallel relative to the moveable unit, wherein a flexible arm is compressible due to a push or pull of a operating element, leading to the latch being lifted out of the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.