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US20060157436A1 - Rack system, adapter, rack frame, support rail, and method of making a rack system - Google Patents

Rack system, adapter, rack frame, support rail, and method of making a rack system Download PDF

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US20060157436A1
US20060157436A1 US11/311,666 US31166605A US2006157436A1 US 20060157436 A1 US20060157436 A1 US 20060157436A1 US 31166605 A US31166605 A US 31166605A US 2006157436 A1 US2006157436 A1 US 2006157436A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
    • H05K7/14—Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
    • H05K7/1421—Drawers for printed circuit boards
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B81/00—Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
    • A47B81/06—Furniture aspects of radio, television, gramophone, or record cabinets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/06—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of the shelves
    • A47B57/08—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of the shelves consisting of grooved or notched ledges, uprights or side walls
    • A47B57/10—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of the shelves consisting of grooved or notched ledges, uprights or side walls the grooved or notched parts being the side walls or uprights themselves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/30—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B57/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions
    • A47B57/30—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports
    • A47B57/48—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features for adjusting shelves or partitions with means for adjusting the height of detachable shelf supports consisting of tongues, pins or similar projecting means coacting with openings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
    • A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
    • A47B88/423—Fastening devices for slides or guides
    • A47B88/43—Fastening devices for slides or guides at cabinet side
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/14—Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B—BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B1/00—Frameworks, boards, panels, desks, casings; Details of substations or switching arrangements
    • H02B1/26—Casings; Parts thereof or accessories therefor
    • H02B1/30—Cabinet-type casings; Parts thereof or accessories therefor
    • H02B1/32—Mounting of devices therein
    • H02B1/34—Racks

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  • the present invention relates to a rack system which can position support rails used to support various devices on rack frames, an adapter, a rack frame, a support rail, and a method of making a rack system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a rack which enables support rails to be mounted on rack frames having different specifications.
  • a rack to mount various types of electronic devices there is widely used a rack having support rails that are attached to rack frames in a fixed manner and devices are mounted on the support rails. This type of rack is useful especially in a case where multiple devices are mounted in a vertical array.
  • racks have been proposed in which attaching positions of the support rails can be adjusted with respect to rack frames according to the height of the devices to be mounted.
  • rack frames disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-137062
  • multiple projections are provided in the attaching portions of rack frames (mount angles) and support rails (panels and shelves), and through holes and notches are provided on the support rail side.
  • positioning is performed while adjusting the attaching positions of the support rails with respect to the rack frames.
  • the vertical gaps between the mounted devices can be minimized and the requirements for smaller rack size and higher density mounting may be met.
  • the present invention provides a rack system, a rack frame, a support rail, and a method of making a rack system which enable one support frame (e.g., support rail) to be mounted on different kinds of rack frames.
  • the present invention provides a rack which enables a support frame to be mounted on rack frames having different specifications for structures (e.g., positioning structures) for positioning the support frame in rack frames or rack frames having different depth dimensions.
  • the present invention provides a rack system including a rack frame, a support rail which is fixable to the rack frame.
  • a device is supportable by the support rail.
  • Multiple positioning projections are provided on at least one of the rack frame and the support rail and each of which is fittable into positioning holes of different kinds provided in the other of the at least one of the rack frame and the support rail.
  • one support rail may be fixed to rack frames having different positioning holes and rack frames having different depth dimensions, thereby increasing the versatility of the support rail.
  • one rack frame may be fixed to support rails having different positioning holes.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of an exemplary rack 1 of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of an exemplary support rail 3 ;
  • FIG. 3 shows an enlarged perspective view of an exemplary fixing flange 6 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective view which shows how exemplary fixing is performed to an exemplary rack frame 2 having positioning holes 23 A;
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective view which shows an example of how device 100 is mounted on an exemplary rack 2 ;
  • FIG. 6 shows a perspective view which shows how exemplary fixing is performed to an exemplary rack frame 2 having positioning holes 23 B;
  • FIG. 7 shows a perspective view which shows how an exemplary adapter 9 is fixed
  • FIGS. 8A-8B show a perspective view of an exemplary guide piece 41 and of an exemplary modification thereof 41 A;
  • FIGS. 9A-9C show a perspective view of an exemplary stopper 51 and an exemplary modification thereof 51 A, 51 B;
  • FIG. 10 shows a perspective view which shows how exemplary fixing is performed to an exemplary rack frame 20 having exemplary multiple positioning projections 24 A, 24 B.
  • the present invention provides a rack system including a rack frame, a support rail which is fixable to the rack frame.
  • a device is supportable by the support rail.
  • Multiple positioning projections are provided on at least one of the rack frame and the support rail and each of which is insertable into positioning holes of different kinds provided in the other of the at least one of the rack frame and the support rail.
  • a fixing portion which may fix the support rail to the rack frame may include the multiple positioning projections.
  • the multiple positioning projections may include different height projections.
  • a lower projection of the multiple positioning projections may be wider than a higher projection of the multiple positioning projections.
  • the higher projection may be inserted into a positioning hole of the one of the rack frame and the support rail of the one kind.
  • the lower projection When the higher projection fits into a positioning hole of one of the rack frame and the support rail of another kind, the lower projection may come into contact with a fixed surface of the one of the rack frame and the support rail.
  • One of the multiple positioning projections may include an angular projection including a substantially square shape and another of the multiple positioning projections includes a round projection in the form of a circle including a diameter substantially equal to one side length of the other angular projection.
  • the fixing portion may be fixable to an adapter having a second positioning projection capable of inserting into a second positioning hole which is provided in one of the rack frame and the support rail.
  • the fixing portion may include a rail fixing screw hole which is capable of fixing the support rail to the rack frame, an adapter fixing screw hole, the adapter is fixable to the adapter fixing screw hole, and a device fixing screw hole which is capable of fixing the device to the support rail.
  • the support rail may include a rail main body, and an auxiliary rail which moves in a length direction of the rail main body.
  • the fixing portion may be provided in an end portion of the rail main body in a length direction thereof, and in an end portion of the auxiliary rail on the opposite side in a length direction thereof.
  • the rail main body may include a guide cut and raised up from a part of the rail main body and the auxiliary rail being supported by the guide.
  • the auxiliary rail may include a stopper which comes into contact with the guide.
  • the guide may include a small projection which comes into contact with a surface of the auxiliary rail.
  • the present invention also provides a rack system including a rack frame, a support rail which is fixable to the rack frame, a device being supportable by the support rail, a first positioning projection provided on at least one of the rack frame and the support rail, and an adapter which includes a first positioning hole into which the first positioning projection is insertable, the adapter including a second positioning projection being insertable into a second positioning hole which is provided in the other of the at least one of the rack frame and the support rail.
  • the rack system may further include a fixing portion which is provided on one of the rack frame and the support rail.
  • the fixing portion may include the first positioning projection and an adapter fixing screw hole which is capable of fixing the adapter to the fixing portion.
  • the present invention also provides an adapter including a first positioning hole which receives a first positioning projection provided on at least one of a rack frame and a support rail and a second positioning projection insertable into a second positioning hole which is provided in the other of the at least one of the rack frame and the support rail.
  • the support rail is fixable to the rack frame and a device is supportable by the support rail.
  • the present invention also provides a rack frame including multiple positioning projections which each are insertable into different positioning holes of different kinds of support rails.
  • a device is supportable by the support rail.
  • the present invention also provides a support rail including multiple positioning projections which each are insertable into different positioning holes of different kinds of rack frames.
  • a device is supportable by the support rail.
  • the present invention also provides a method of making a rack system including fixing a support rail to a rack frame, the support rail supporting a device.
  • the fixing of the support rail to the rack frame includes inserting multiple positioning projections provided on at least one of the rack frame and the support rail into positioning holes of different kinds provided in the other of the at least one of the rack frame and the support rail.
  • the present invention may provide multiple positioning projections 61 , 62 , 24 A, or 24 B provided on one of rack frame 2 and support rail 3 which can each fit into positioning holes 23 A, 23 B, or 68 A of different kinds provided in the other of rack frame 2 and support rail 3 .
  • the exemplary embodiment may provide multiple positioning projections 61 or 62 provided on support rail 3 which can each fit into positioning holes 23 A, 23 B of different kinds provided in the other of rack frame 2 .
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a rack 1 of an exemplary embodiment, Rack 1 related to the present invention includes rack frame 2 and support rail 3 attached to rack frame 2 as an example.
  • Rack frame 2 may be a frame body assembled from a metal material and the like.
  • supporting posts 21 may each be installed in a standing manner (e.g., vertically) back and forth, such that right and left supporting posts 21 are each connected back and forth, and right and left in top and bottom end portions thereof by lateral frame members 22 to form the frame body.
  • a bottom plate, a top plate and side plates may cover up the interior of the rack frame as desired.
  • Each of supporting posts 21 may be formed from a stem having a roughly L-shaped horizontal section, and on front and back surfaces of the supporting post, a large number of positioning holes 23 are opened in the back and forward directions with a prescribed vertical pitch size, for example.
  • Positioning hole 23 may be formed as an angular hole or a round hole according to the kind of rack (i.e., rack frame 2 ). However, for example, the pitch size of positioning holes 23 may be common to various kinds of rack frames. The width dimension of rack frame 2 in the right and left directions and the depth dimension thereof in the back and forward directions are each arbitrary for each kind of rack frame.
  • support rail 3 may include rail main body 4 which may be a roughly rectangular elongated plate in the back and forward directions, and auxiliary rail 5 which may be connected to rail main body 4 so as to be slidable in the length direction.
  • Rail main body 4 may have, in one end portion thereof, fixing flange 6 which is formed by being bent at substantially right angles and also have, in an end portion of auxiliary rail 5 on the opposite side, a fixing flange 7 , which is formed by being bent at substantially right angles as with fixed flange 6 .
  • rail main body 4 may have, along a lower edge thereof, rail section 8 which may be formed by being bent at right angles in the direction opposite to fixing flanges 6 , 7 .
  • this support rail 3 fixes each of the fixing flanges 6 , 7 of rail main body 4 and auxiliary rail 5 to supporting posts 21 on the frontside or backside of rack frame 2 , with rail section 8 directed inwardly, whereby a pair of support rails 3 is fixed in a condition opposed to each other right and left in the same height position of rack frame 2 , and the right and left lower edge portions of a device to be mounted are supported in each of rail sections 8 of support rails 3 , thereby to mount the device within the rack.
  • fixing flange 6 of rail main body 4 is fixed to supporting post 21 on the frontside of rack frame 2 and fixing flange 7 of auxiliary rail 5 is fixed to the supporting post on the backside.
  • a support rail which is symmetric to support rail 3 of FIG. 2 is provided and this support rail is attached to rack frame 2 .
  • support rail 3 of FIG. 2 may be used, and by fixing fixing flange 6 of rail main body 4 to supporting post 21 on the backside and fixing fixing flange 7 of auxiliary rail 5 to supporting post 21 on the frontside, support rail 3 may be used as either of the right and left support rails.
  • Auxiliary rail 5 may be formed as an elongated plate having a somewhat smaller vertical width dimension than that of rail main body 4 . As described in detail later, a part of rail main body 4 , in this case, two places in the back and forward directions along the vertical edge may be cut each to form a raised portion. As such, two pairs of guide pieces 41 which may be vertically opposed to each other, may be formed. Auxiliary rail 5 is inserted into the region between these guide pieces 41 so as to be movable in the length direction of rail main body 4 . Also, stopper 51 may be integrally formed in one end portion of auxiliary rail 5 , so that stopper 51 comes into contact with guide piece 41 during the movement of auxiliary rail 5 . Thus, auxiliary rail 5 is prevented from falling off from rail main body 4 .
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of exemplary fixing flange 6 of rail main body 4 as viewed from the observer's right side.
  • fixing flange 7 of auxiliary rail 5 may have substantially the same construction as fixing flange 6 and, therefore, only fixing flange 6 is described here.
  • Fixing flange 6 may be formed to be vertically elongated, and, on the front surface thereof, fixing flange 6 may include multiple positioning projections. For example, five angular projections 61 a to 61 e may be vertically formed integrally.
  • round projections 62 a , 62 b are integrally formed.
  • Round projections 62 a , 62 b are circular having a required diameter dimension, and angular projections 61 a to 61 e may be substantially square shaped having almost the same side dimension as the diameter of round projections 62 a , 62 b , for example.
  • the projecting height of angular projections 61 a to 61 e is small, and the projecting height of round projections 62 a , 62 b is larger than angular projections 61 a to 61 e .
  • round projections 62 a , 62 b and angular projections 61 a to 61 e are arranged in positions with a required vertical pitch size or in positions with a size which is a multiple of this pitch size.
  • slit 63 a may be formed in the width direction of fixing flange 6 .
  • Angular projection 61 c which is the third one from the bottom, may be formed within tongue 64 formed by notching a part of fixing flange 6 .
  • Slit 63 a may be formed along a base portion of tongue 64 .
  • These slits 63 a , 63 b are used when angular projections 61 a , 61 c are separated from fixing flange 6 , as described below.
  • angular projection 61 e in the lowest bottom position may be formed by bending up the bottom end portion of fixing flange 6 in the front direction and working the bent up portion in angular form.
  • Device fixing screw holes 65 a , 65 b for fixing devices to be mounted may be opened in angular projections 61 a , 61 c which are provided with slits 63 a , 63 b among angular projections 61 a to 61 e .
  • rail fixing screw hole 66 for fixing support rail 3 to rack frame 2 may be opened in angular projection 61 d , which is the second one from the bottom.
  • adapter fixing screw holes 67 a , 67 b for fixing an adapter which will be described below, may be formed in positions except for those of the angular projections and round projections of fixing flange 6 .
  • the positioning holes formed in supporting post 21 of rack frame 2 are angular holes 23 A
  • the front surface of fixing flange 6 of support rail 3 is brought into close contact with the inner surface of supporting post 21 and angular projections 61 a to 61 e provided in fixing flange 6 are fitted into angular holes 23 A, whereby positioning in the vertical and horizontal directions is performed.
  • round projections 62 a , 62 b which have a smaller size than angular projections 61 a to 61 e (e.g., lower projections 61 a - 61 e are wider than higher projections 62 a , 62 b ), become inserted into angular holes 23 A. Thereafter, rail fixing screw 11 is threaded into rail fixing screw hole 66 from outside rack frame 2 through the angular hole 23 A, thereby allowing fixing flange 6 (i.e., support rail 3 ) to be fixed to rack frame 2 .
  • fixing flange 6 i.e., support rail 3
  • fixing flange 7 provided on auxiliary rail 5 on the side opposite to support rail 3 , for example.
  • auxiliary rail 5 is moved with respect to rail main body 4 and the front surface of fixing flange 7 is brought into close contact with the supporting post on the backside of rack frame 2 , the angular projections are fitted into the angular holes in the same manner as in the frontside case, and fixing flange 7 is fixed to the supporting post by the rail fixing screw.
  • device 100 is inserted into rack frame 2 such that the right and left lower edge potions of device 100 are placed on rail sections 8 .
  • Device fixing screws 12 which have been inserted into fixing screw holes 102 provided in front panel 101 of device 100 , are inserted into angular holes 23 A of rack frame 2 and further threaded into device fixing screw holes 65 a , 65 b provided in fixing flange 6 .
  • device 100 is fixed to rack frame 2 , and device 100 is mounted on rack 1 .
  • angular projections 61 a to 61 e which have a larger size than that of round projections 62 a , 62 b , come into contact with the inner surface (i.e., fixed surface 26 ) of supporting post 21 , and not inserted into round holes 23 B.
  • rail fixing screw 11 is threaded into rail fixing screw hole 66 from outside rack frame 2 through the angular hole 23 B.
  • support rail 3 is fixed to rack frame 2 .
  • fixing flange 7 is fixed to supporting post 21 on the backside after the adjustment of the projecting length of auxiliary rail 5 .
  • device 100 may be mounted on rack 1 , as shown in FIG. 5 , by fixing support rail 3 .
  • round projections 62 a , 62 b are formed with a size smaller than that of angular projections 61 a to 61 e .
  • angular projections 61 a to 61 e may be formed with a size smaller than that of round projections 62 a , 62 b .
  • the projecting height of the angular projections is made larger than that of the round projections.
  • fixing portion e.g., fixing flange 6 , 7 , or 6 a ; 6 a to be described later
  • exemplary adapter 9 having a positioning projection fitting into positioning hole 23 C which is provided in one of rack frame 2 and support rail 3 (e.g., positioning hole 23 C in rack frame 2 is shown in this exemplary embodiment) of a kind different from one of rack frame 2 and support rail 3 (e.g., a different rack frame 2 in this exemplary embodiment is shown) will be described.
  • an adapter 9 can be used.
  • positioning holes 23 provided in supporting post 21 of rack frame 2 are small-diameter holes 23 C into which the round projections and angular projections are incapable of fitting, and not round holes or angular holes, adapter 9 provided separately can be used.
  • exemplary adapter 9 small-diameter projections 91 a , 91 b capable of fitting into small-diameter holes 23 C are formed on the front surface.
  • adapter fixing screws 13 which pierce through adapter fixing holes 92 a , 92 b into adapter fixing screw holes 67 a , 67 b of fixing flange 6
  • adapter 9 is integrally fixed to the front surface of fixing flange 6 .
  • clearance holes 93 a to 93 d to receive round projections 62 a , 62 b and to insert device fixing screws 12 threaded into each of above-described fixing screw holes 65 b , 66 are opened.
  • fixing adapter 9 having projections of different specifications to the fixing flanges 6 , 7 of support rail 3 , for example, it may be possible to attach the support rail of the exemplary embodiment to rack frame 2 having positioning holes of any kinds of specifications. Furthermore, by adjusting the substantial length of support rail 3 by moving auxiliary rail 5 , it may be possible to attach the support rail of the exemplary embodiment also to rack frame 2 having different depth dimensions.
  • the support rail of the exemplary embodiment has device fixing screw holes 65 a , 65 b for fixing a device to fixing flange 6 .
  • the device is fixed to rack frame 2 and in this case, device fixing screw holes 65 a , 65 b become unnecessary in fixing flange 6 .
  • the device fixing screw holes may be left as they are, angular projection 61 a in the highest position shown in FIG. 3 in which device fixing screw holes 65 a , 65 b are provided and angular projection 61 c from the third one from the bottom, which is provided in tongue 64 , can be removed by being separated from fixing flange 6 by use of the slits 63 a , 63 b provided in fixing flange 6 .
  • the portions near the upper edge and lower edge of rail main body 4 may be cut to form II-shaped (e.g., inverted U-shaped) raised portions so as to be opposed to each other and bent up in an L-shape, so that a gap, into which auxiliary rail 5 can be inserted, is formed between auxiliary rail 5 and the outer surface of rail main body 4 .
  • Auxiliary rail 5 is movable in the length direction of rail main body 4 , while the upper edge and lower edge are being guided, respectively by the upper and lower guide pieces 41 .
  • a region from near the upper edge of rail main body 4 to the lower edge thereof may be cut to form a raised portion as guide piece 41 A having a gap into which auxiliary rail 5 can be inserted.
  • stopper 51 may be provided in one end portion of auxiliary rail 5 , for example. As shown in FIG. 9A , this may be a tongue formed on one end edge of auxiliary rail 5 , and this tongue may be bent up at substantially right angles.
  • auxiliary rail 5 may be cut to form a trapezoidal raised portion as stopper 51 A.
  • a minute projection may be formed as stopper 51 B.
  • auxiliary rail 5 is inserted through guide pieces 41 , 41 A of rail main body 4 from one end side and is provided a stopper after the insertion.
  • these parts may be bent after the insertion of auxiliary rail 5 and in the case of FIG. 9C , after the insertion, a part of auxiliary rail 5 may be hammered out to form a projection by use of window 43 provided in rail main body 4 .
  • stoppers 51 , 51 A, 51 B come into contact with guide pieces 41 , 41 A during movement, whereby auxiliary rail 5 is prevented from falling off.
  • a part of guide piece 41 is hammered out toward the inner surface as minute projection 42 so that auxiliary rail 5 does not move excessively with respect to rail main body 4 .
  • this minute projection 42 With the outer surface of auxiliary rail 5 , the movement of auxiliary rail 5 is resisted to some extent, and the moving position of auxiliary rail 5 is moderated, thereby increasing the workability when support rail 3 is attached to rack frame 2 .
  • the projections can be appropriately changed to adapt to the shape of positioning holes provided in the rack frame.
  • multiple positioning projections 61 , 62 which can each fit into different positioning holes 23 A, 23 B of different kinds of rack frames 2 , are provided in support rail 3 which can support device 100 to be mounted.
  • support rail 3 which can support device 100 to be mounted.
  • FIG. 10 shows an exemplary perspective view which shows how fixing is performed to rack frame 2 having multiple positioning projections 24 A, 24 B.
  • rack frame 2 includes multiple positioning projections which can each fit into different positioning holes of different kinds of support rails 30 .
  • Angular projections 24 A and round projections 24 B are provided in fixing portion 6 a of rack frame 20 , and angular projections 24 A can fit into angular hole 68 A provided in support rail 30 .
  • Round projections 24 B can be inserted into angular hole 68 A.

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