Patent Application
20100181882
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a door of an apparatus, and more particularly to a guide mechanism for a door of an apparatus such as computer or server.
2. Description of Related Art
Sides of some computer facilities are respectively pivotally to a door to shield a front end of a computer housing, for example, a shielding door coupled to a computer facility disclosed by Taiwan Patent Publishing No. 543823, comprising at least one guide post fixed on a door, two axial sides of the guide post are respectively projected with a shaft portion, and the guide is pointed toward a shielded face of the computer facility; the door can be opened or closed by pivotally coupling the two shaft portions to corresponding pivoting portions disposed on one end of the computer facility.
Furthermore, a door on-off apparatus of a computer mainframe disclosed by Taiwan Patent No. M260079, mainly allowing a groove to be disposed on a upper part of one side in front of the computer mainframe; a pivoting shaft is pivotally coupled onto the groove, and a door is pivotally coupled to the pivoting shaft; the door is disposed with at least one clipping portion pointed toward a shielded face, and a plurality of beams matchable to the clipping portion are disposed on a position of the shielded face capable of being clipped by this clipping portion; two sides of the beam are hollow, and allows clipping sheets on two sides of the clipping portion to be extended into hollow portions so as to enable the beam to be clipped conveniently.
When a door is wider and heavier, a movable side of the door will incline downward owing to the weight of the door itself. Thus, bosses are generally disposed on a lower end of the door, and the movable side is not allowed to such extent as to incline downward by propping bosses against a corresponding lower frame plate of a housing when the door is closed. But, as the lower frame plate is a mirror finished material, a surface thereof is very shining and bright; a mirror face is damaged to influence an outlook thereof if it is exerted by the friction force of the bosses.
For allowing a door of an apparatus such as computer or server to be more smoothly and a lower fame plate of a lower end thereof not to be damaged while being closed or opened, the present invention is proposed.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a guide mechanism for a door and an apparatus provided therewith, capable of guiding the closing and opening of the door smoothly, and allowing a movable side of the door not to incline downward to assure a proper and acceptable outlook of the door after the door is closed.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a guide mechanism for a door and an apparatus provided therewith, allowing a lower end of the door not to damage a lower frame plate at a lower end thereof, an outlook thereof not to be influenced and a user to close the door without feeling a difference on strength.
A guide mechanism for a door proposed by the present invention is used for guiding the door not to incline downward while being closed, a pivoting side of the door is pivotally coupled to a first side frame plate of an opening end of a casing, the guide mechanism comprises:
a first guide unit, coupled to a second side frame plate of the opening end of the box;
a second guide unit, coupled to a movable side of the door;
wherein, at least one of the first guide unit and the second guide unit is provided with a propping inclined face, the movable side of the door will then not incline downward as the first guide unit is propped against the second guide unit to assure the proper outlook of the door.
The present invention can be more fully understood by reference to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:
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The first guide unit 117 and the second guide unit 126 are corresponding to each other. The second guide unit 126 is allowed to automatically move toward the first guide unit 117 to cause them to be absorbed together and further to cause the first guide unit 117 to be propped against a upside of an inside of the groove 127 by means of a mutual magnetic force of the first guide 117 and the magnetic unit 129 when the movable side 122 of the door 12 is close to the second side frame plate 113 and the first guide unit 117 is propped against the outer end 1282 of the propping inclined face 128 of the second guide unit 126 as
In the process of automatic absorption of the first guide unit 117 and the second guide unit 126, the movable side 122 is automatically moved toward and drawn close to the second side frame plate 113 and in the meantime, the movable side 122 is allowed to move upward a small preset distance at the same time it is drawn close to the second side frame plate 113 to enable the movable side 122 not to incline downward as the movable side 122 is closed by placing restriction on the propping inclined face 128 through the first guide unit 117. Thus, the upper side 123 and the lower side 124 of the door 12 can be accurately closed between the upper frame plate 114 and the lower frame plate 115 of the casing 11.
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The present invention allows a door to be closed more smoothly and not to damage a lower frame plate below it to influence the outlook. Moreover, a movable side of the closed door will not incline downward to assure a proper outlook of the door and a user feels no strength difference to close door.
Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details and representative embodiments shown and described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 096215335 | Sep 2007 | TW | national |
