Patent Application
20130111741
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to instruments, and more particularly to a baffling plate disassembling instrument for disassembling baffle plates from an electronic device.
2. Description of Related Art
Multiple peripheral components interconnect (PCI) cards are mounted on an electronic device to enhance capability of the electronic device. The electronic device, such as a computer box, includes a plurality of baffling plates to baffle PCI card sockets thereof. When the PCI cards need to be mounted on the electronic device, the baffling plates must be removed from the electronic device firstly
Generally, a screw driver is used to disassemble the baffling plates from the electronic device. One end of the screw driver is inserted to a slit of the baffling plate and intimately engages with the baffling plate, and another end of the screw driver is swung to disassemble the baffling plate from the electronic device. Because a contact area of the screw driver and the baffling plate is small, a force applied by the screw driver is concentrated on a small area of the baffling plate. So the screw driver must be swung a plurality of times with a large angle to disassemble the baffling plate from the electronic device. This is a time-consuming and not cost effective. In addition, the screw driver is prone to strike the electronic device when it is swung. Thus, stability of the electronic device is adversely affected.
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide a baffling plate disassembling instrument which can overcome the above described disadvantages.
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Each of the two supporting portions 13 is a rectangular plate and perpendicularly connects a central portion of a top end of the lateral end of the mounting portion 11. Two spaced through holes 131 are defined in each of the two supporting portions 13 and aligned with each other. Two flanges 15 perpendicularly extend from opposite sides of each of the two supporting portions 13 to sandwich one of the two engaging members 30 therebetween.
Each of the two engaging members 30 comprises an engaging portion 31 mounted on each of the two supporting portions 13 and a crowbar 33 extending from the engaging portion 31. The engaging portion 31 is cubical and a blind hole 313 is defined in a lateral end of a bottom portion thereof. The crowbar 33 is mounted on a top surface of the engaging portion 31 and located at a top of the blind hole 313. The crowbar 33 is a cuneal plate. A thickness of the crowbar 33 is decreased from a bottom end near the engaging portion 31 to an outer end of the crowbar 33. A length and a width of the bottom end of the crowbar 33 are less than that of the engaging portion 31. The crowbar 33 is located at a central portion of an outer side of the top surface of the engaging portion 31.
When the two engaging members 30 are assembled on the two supporting portions 13, the engaging portions 31 respectively abut against the two supporting portions 13 and are sandwiched between the two flanges 15. Two screws 40 respectively, selectively extend through one of the two through holes 131 of each of the two supporting portions 13 and engage in the blind holes 313 of the engaging portions 31 to assemble the two engaging members 30 on the bracket 10. When the two screws 40 engage in different through holes 131, a distance between two of the crowbars 33 is different. Thus, the distance between two of the two crowbars 33 is adjustable and the baffling plate disassembling instrument 1 can suitable for different types of baffling plates 3. It should be understood that the two through holes 131 defined in each of the two supporting portions 13 can be more than two.
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Furthermore, two elastic bumpers 70 respectively surround the two supporting portions 13 of the bracket 10 therein. Each of the two bumpers 70 comprises a rectangular base plate 71 and two sidewalls 73 slantwise extending from opposite sides of the base plate 71. The base plate 71 is arranged on a bottom surface of each of the two supporting portions 13 and an inner end thereof abuts the mounting portion 11 of the bracket 10. Each of the two sidewalls 73 is arranged on an outer surface of each of the two flanges 15, and intimately abuts against the outer surfaces of the two flanges 15. Two receiving holes 713 are defined in the base plate 71 to receive a part of one of the two screws 40 therein. The two bumpers 70 are used to mitigate impact between the baffling plate disassembling instrument 1 and the electronic device 2.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the disclosure have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201110347956.5 | Nov 2011 | CN | national |
