Mounting method and device for mounting rails
OwnerTommi Ensio Ruusuvuoriinventor
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Abstract
Two alternative mounting methods and devices for mounting rails achieve new points of mounting (8) by adding new pitch-holes to mounting rails (2) and using either adjustable cage-nuts or cage-nuts containing two nuts in their respective pitch-holes. The shape of the new pitch-holes preserves the structural integrity of mounting rails (2). The number of mounting points and possibilities can be dramatically increased, thereby satisfying various ventilation and pass-through requirements between devices (5).
Claims10
A mounting device suitable for securing measuring, musical, telecommunications, audio and videorecording devices to mounting rails, comprising
- at least one mounting rail having a plurality of non-adjustable pitch-holes in a standard arrangement and at least one adjustable pitch-hole containing at least one longitudinal groove;
- at least one bolt having an end portion capable of passing through said adjustable pitch-hole and a corresponding hole in a front plate of a device to be mounted on said mounting rail;
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- at least one adjustment-enabling cage-nut comprising a nut capable of being tightened on an end of said end portion of said bolt, said nut enclosed within a cage which has an opening corresponding to the longitudinal groove of said adjustable pitch-hole to permit passage of said end portion of said bolt, such that said bolt and nut can move in cooperating relationship along the longitudinal groove and opening, respectively.
A mounting device suitable for four-point mounting of measuring, musical, telecommunications, audio and videorecording devices of standard size or non-standard size to mounting rails, comprising
- at least two mounting rails, each having a plurality of non-adjustable pitch-holes in a standard arrangement and at least one adjustable pitch-hole, said adjustable pitch-hole containing at least one longitudinal groove;
- at least four bolts, each having an end portion capable of passing through said pitch-holes and a corresponding hole in a front plate of a standard-sized device to be mounted on said mounting rails;
- at least four cage-nuts, each comprising at least two nuts capable of being tightened on an end of said end portion of said bolts, said nuts immobilized in side-by-side relationship within a cage which has an opening to permit passage of said end portion of said bolt.
A method for mounting measuring, musical, telecommunications, audio and videorecording devices to mounting rails, comprising
- providing at least one mounting rail having a plurality of non-adjustable pitch-holes in a standard arrangement and at least one adjustable pitch-hole containing at least one longitudinal groove;
- providing at least one bolt having an end portion capable of passing through said adjustable pitch-hole and a corresponding hole in a front plate of a device to be mounted on said mounting rail;
- providing at least one adjustment-enabling cage-nut comprising a nut capable of being tightened on an end of said end portion of said bolt, said nut enclosed within a cage which has an opening corresponding to the longitudinal groove of said adjustable pitch-hole to permit passage of said end portion of said bolt, such that said bolt and nut can move in cooperating relationship along the longitudinal groove and opening, respectively;
- and
- securing said device to said mounting rail at a mounting point by aligning a hole of said front plate with said adjustable pitch-hole, passing said bolt through said adjustable pitch-hole and the front plate hole, and tightening said adjustment-enabling cage-nut on said bolt, wherein said front plate contains at least four mounting holes.
A method for four-point mounting of measuring, musical, telecommunications, audio and videorecording devices of standard size or non-standard size to mounting rails, comprising
- providing at least two mounting rails, each having a plurality of non-adjustable pitch-holes in a standard arrangement and at least one adjustable pitch-hole, said adjustable pitch-hole containing at least one longitudinal groove;
- providing at least four bolts, each having an end portion capable of passing through said pitch-holes and a corresponding hole in a front plate of a standard-sized device or a non-standard-sized device to be mounted on said mounting rails;
- providing at least four cage-nuts, each cage-nut comprising at least two nuts capable of being tightened on an end of said end portions of said bolts, said nuts immobilized in side-by-side relationship within a cage which has an opening to permit passage of the end portion of one of said bolts;
- and either
- securing said standard-sized device to said mounting rails at four mounting points by aligning a hole of said front plate with either an adjustable or a non-adjustable pitch-hole, passing said bolt through said non-adjustable pitch-hole and the aligned front plate hole, and tightening one of said nuts on said bolt at each such mounting point, or
- securing said non-standard-sized device to said mounting rails at four mounting points by aligning a hole of said front plate with a combination of adjustable and non-adjustable pitch-holes, passing bolts through said adjustable and non-adjustable pitch-holes and the aligned front plate holes, and tightening one of said nuts on said bolt at each mounting point.
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