1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a multifunction frame, and more particularly relates to a multifunction frame for an electric sliding door that has a simplified structure to reduce the whole volume of the electric sliding door and can connect with multiple components of the electric sliding door.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional electric sliding door has a box, a driving device and a sliding door device. The box is transversally and securely mounted between two walls and has a hub mounted in the box, multiple pulleys mounted in the box and a belt mounted around the pulleys. The driving device is connected to the box and has a connecting frame and a driving motor. The connecting frame is securely connected to a rear side of the box. The driving motor is mounted in the connecting frame, faces the box and has a front end and a driving wheel. The driving wheel is connected to the front end of the driving motor and is connected to the belt. The sliding door device is connected to the box and the driving device below the box and has two stationary doors and two moving doors. The stationary doors are respectively connected to the walls below the box. The moving doors can be driven to move relative to the stationary doors by the driving device below the box. The moving doors can be moved to or move away from each other by the driving device to provide an effect of closing or opening the conventional electric sliding door.
Although the conventional electric sliding door can provide an effect of closing or opening the moving doors relative to the stationary doors, the conventional electric sliding door needs to mount the connecting frame on the rear side of the box to hold the driving motor and this will increase the whole volume of the conventional electric sliding door. Then, it needs a relatively large space to assemble the conventional electric sliding door between two walls, and the whole weight of the conventional electric sliding door will be increased by the connecting frame. In addition, if other components are needed to connect to the conventional electric sliding door, it still needs other frames to hold the components on the conventional electric sliding door and this will increase the whole volume, the whole weight and the structural complexity of the conventional electric sliding door. Furthermore, the time and cost of maintaining and assembling the conventional electric sliding door will be increased. Therefore, the conventional electric sliding door needs improvement.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a multifunction frame for an electric sliding door to mitigate the aforementioned problems.
The main objective of the present invention is to provide a multifunction frame for an electric sliding door that has a simplified structure to reduce the whole volume of the electric sliding door and can connect with multiple components of the electric sliding door.
The multifunction frame for an electric sliding door in accordance with the present invention has a body, a holding segment, a connecting segment, a positioning rod and a hub frame. The body has a mounting recess, a rear opening and two side holes. The rear opening and the side holes communicate with the mounting recess. The holding segment is formed on and protrudes from a bottom of the body. The connecting segment is formed on and protrudes from a top of the body and has at least one connecting hook. The positioning rod is formed on and protrudes from a front side of the body near the top of the body. The hub frame is formed on and protrudes from the front side of the body below the positioning rod.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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The connecting segment 13 is formed on and protrudes from the top of the body 11, is slidably connected to the box 61 to enable the body 11 to mount in the box 61 and has a top, at least one sliding groove 131 and at least one connecting hook 132. Each one of the at least one sliding groove 131 is formed in the top of the connecting segment 13 and has a length equal to the length of the body 11. The at least one connecting hook 132 is formed on and protrudes from the top of the body 11. Preferably, the connecting segment 13 has two connecting hooks 132 formed on and protruding from the top of the body 11 and connected to the box 61. The at least one sliding groove 131 is formed in the connecting segment 13 by the connecting hooks 132.
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Furthermore, the multifunction frame 10 has a hub frame 30 formed on and protruding from the front side of the body 11 below the positioning rod 20 to hold the hub in the box 61 of the electric sliding door 60. The hub frame 30 has a front side and a front opening 31 formed through the front side of the hub frame 30.
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According to the above-mentioned features and structural relationships of the multifunction frame 10 in accordance with the present invention, when the multifunction frame 10 is connected to the electric sliding door 60, the user can assemble one or more multifunction frames 10 in the box 61 between the casing 611 and the covering board 612. Then, each one of the multifunction frames 10 can simultaneously or separately connect to the control box 63, the hub or the belt 62 via the supporting pulley 114 as shown in
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Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and features of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.