US20130147331A1

US20130147331A1 - Server cabinet

Info

Publication number: US20130147331A1
Application number: US13/413,543
Authority: US
Inventors: Yao-Ting Chang
Original assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2011-12-09
Filing date: 2012-03-06
Publication date: 2013-06-13
Also published as: TW201325375A

Abstract

A cabinet includes a housing, two slide rails, and a door. The housing includes two opposite side plates, a top plate connected between tops of the side plates, and a bottom plate connected between bottoms of the side plates. The slide rails are respectively fixed to the top plate and bottom plate, and connected between the side plates. The door is foldable and includes a number of door pieces. Top and bottom ends of the door piece are slidably mounted to the corresponding slide rails.

Description

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a server cabinet.
2. Description of Related Art
A door of a server cabinet is generally rotatably attached to the housing of the cabinet. Therefore, space must be reserved for swinging the door open, which is a waste space, considering that other than the occasions of opening the door, the reserved space remains unused.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, all the views are schematic, and like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an exemplary embodiment of a server cabinet.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a circled portion II of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, an exemplary embodiment of a server cabinet includes a housing 10, a door 20, two elongated slide rails 30, and a plurality of slide blocks 40.
The housing 10 includes two opposite side plates 12, a top plate 11 connected between top ends of the side plates 12, and a bottom plate 13 connected between bottom ends of the side plates 12.
The slide rails 30 are respectively fixed to inner surfaces of front ends of the top plate 11 and the bottom plate 13, between and perpendicular to the slide plates 12. A slide slot 31 is longitudinally defined in each slide rail 30, with an opening 32 of the slide slot 31 facing the other slide rail 30. A width of the opening 32 is less than a width of the slide slot 31.
The slide blocks 40 are slidably mounted to the corresponding slide rails 30. Each slide block 40 includes a main body 41 received in the corresponding slide slot 31, and a mounting tab 42 extending perpendicularly from the main body 41 to extend through the corresponding opening 32. A hooking hole 421 is defined in each mounting tab 42.
The door 20 is foldable and includes a plurality of door pieces 21 connected in series. The door pieces 21 may be made of metal or plastic. A side of the door piece 21 adjacent to one of the side plates 12 is fixed to a front end of the side plate 12. Two hooks 23 respectively protrude from a top end and a bottom end of each door piece 21. The hooks 23 extend through the corresponding hooking holes 421 to hook the corresponding mounting pieces 42. Therefore, the door pieces 21 can be folded or spread under the slide blocks 40 sliding in the corresponding slide slots 31, to cover or expose the interior of the housing 10.
It is believed that the present embodiments and their advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and various changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the description or sacrificing all of their material advantages, the examples hereinbefore described merely being exemplary embodiments.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A cabinet comprising:

a housing comprising two opposite side plates, a top plate connected between top ends of the side plates, and a bottom plate connected between bottom ends of the side plates;

two slide rails respectively fixed to inner surfaces of the top plate and the bottom plate, and connected between the two opposite side plates; and

a foldable door comprising a plurality of door pieces, top and bottom ends of each door piece slidably mounted to the corresponding slide rails.

2. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein a slide slot is longitudinally defined in each slide rail, a plurality of slide blocks is slidably received in the slide slots of the corresponding slide rails, the top and bottom ends of the door pieces are mounted to the corresponding slide blocks.

3. The cabinet of claim 2, wherein an opening of each slide slot faces the other slide rail, each slide block comprises a main body received in the corresponding slide slot and a mounting tab extending from the main body to extend through the corresponding opening, each mounting tab defines a hooking hole, two hooks protrude from the top and bottom ends of each door piece to extend through the corresponding hooking hole to hook the corresponding mounting tabs.

4. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein the door is made of metal or plastic.