Slide interlock assembly for a rack
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorWolfram A. Rudiger
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Abstract
A slide interlock assembly for a rack including a first rod, a first mount bracket secured to a first stationary member of the rack and having a first guide for receiving one end of the rod, a second mount bracket, secured to a second stationary member of the rack and having a second guide for receiving a second end of the first rod, a first actuator bracket secured to a first slide member adjacent the first mount bracket, having a surface that is inclined relative to a sliding axis of the first slide member for engaging a first end of the first rod, and a second actuator bracket, secured to a second slide member, having a hole for receiving a second end of the first rod when the first slide member is extended.
Claims25
A slide interlock assembly for a rack, comprising:
- a first actuator bracket for securing to a first slide member of the rack;
- a second actuator bracket for securing to a second slide member of the rack;
- a first locking member for extending between the first actuator bracket and the second actuator bracket;
- a second locking member for extending between the first actuator bracket and the second actuator bracket;
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- each actuator bracket having a two-step surface wherein opposite ends of the locking members engage opposite steps on opposite actuator brackets.
A slide interlock assembly for a rack, comprising:
- a first rod;
- a first mount bracket, secured to a first stationary member of the rack, having a first guide for receiving one end of the rod;
- a second mount bracket, secured to a second stationary member of the rack, having a second guide for receiving a second end of the first rod;
- a first actuator bracket secured to a first slide member of the rack adjacent the first mount bracket, having a surface that is inclined relative to a sliding axis of the first slide member for engaging a first end of the first rod;
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- a second actuator bracket, secured to a second slide member of the rack, having a hole for receiving a second end of the first rod when the first slide member is extended.
A rack, comprising:
- first and second stationary members;
- first and second slide members arranged adjacent to the first and second stationary members, respectively;
- a first rod and a second rod extending between the first and second slide members;
- first means, secured to the first slide member, for moving the first rod upon retraction of the first slide member and for locking with the second rod upon extension of the second slide member;
- second means, secured to the second slide member, for moving the second rod upon retraction of the second slide member and for locking with the first rod upon extension of the first slide member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.