SPANNER-CONTROLLED PANEL MEMBER COUPLING STRUCTURE

摘要

A spanner-controlled panel member coupling structure includes a base frame, a sliding panel accommodated in the base frame and movable between an extended position outside said base frame and a received position inside said base frame, a spanner pivotally coupled to the sliding panel and operable to move the sliding panel between the received position and the extended position, and a rotary actuator connected to the spanner for moving a spring-loaded axle member between a locking position to lock the sliding panel to the base frame and an unlocking position to unlock the sliding panel from the base frame when a user biases the spanner relative to the base frame to move the sliding panel between the received position and the extended position.

主权项

1. A spanner-controlled panel member coupling structure, comprising:
a base frame comprising an accommodation chamber, a position-limit structure located in one upright sidewall of said accommodation chamber, and an axle hole and a notch located in a bottom side of said accommodation chamber; a sliding panel movable in and out of said accommodation chamber between an extended position and a received position, said sliding panel comprising a receiving space, a position-limit guide disposed at one lateral side of said receiving space, a through hole vertically cut through opposing top and bottom surfaces thereof corresponding to said axle hole of said base frame, and an arched sliding slot vertically cut through the opposing top and bottom surfaces and extending around said through hole, and a notch corresponding to said notch of said base frame; a spanner comprising a spanner head, a pusher located at one end of said spanner head and a spanner handle extended from an opposite end of said spanner head, said spanner head comprising a mating coupling hole rotatably coupled to said through hole of said sliding panel, a position-limit coupling rod located at a bottom side thereof and slidably coupled to said arched sliding slot of said sliding panel; and a rotary actuator comprising a base member affixed to said spanner head of said spanner, a holder member mounted in said base member, an axle member mounted in said holder member axially movable between a locking position where said axle member is engaged into said through hole of said sliding panel and said axle hole of said base frame and an unlocking position where said axle member is disengaged from said through hole of said sliding panel and said axle hole of said base frame, a spring member mounted in said holder member and adapted to hold said axle member in said locking position, a cap member affixed to a top end of said axle member outside said holder member, a rotary socket affixed to said cap member, and two mating curved tracks respectively located at said base member and said rotary socket and mating each other for guiding rotation of said rotary socket relative to said base member to move said axle member between said locking position and said unlocking position when a user biases said spanner handle of said spanner in or out of said notch of said sliding panel and said notch of said base frame.