Extendable rail
View Patent ↗Provided is an extendable rail, comprising a main rail and an auxiliary rail arranged in parallel with the main rail, the main rail is shifted in longitudinal direction relative to the auxiliary rail, wherein the main rail is configured with a driving wheel and a first reverse wheel; the auxiliary rail is configured with a second reverse wheel, a first guiding wheel and a second guiding wheel arranged inside; a belt loop with fixed length wraps around the driving wheel, the first reverse wheel, the first guiding wheel, the second reverse wheel, the second guiding wheel, and the driving wheel in turn. The total length of the extendable rail can be adjusted according to the practical needs of consumers by adjusting the length of the overlapped area of the main rail and the auxiliary rail, which provides easy adjustment, high universal applicability and operation performance without size customization.
1. An extendable rail, comprising a main rail ( 1 ), an auxiliary rail ( 2 ) arranged in parallel with the main rail ( 1 ); the main rail ( 1 ) is shifted in longitudinal direction relative to the auxiliary rail ( 2 ) such that the rails are overlappingly positioned, and the main rail ( 1 ) has a main first end and a main second end opposite the main first end, the main rail comprising a driving wheel ( 11 ) at the main first end and a first reverse wheel ( 12 ) at the main second end; the auxiliary rail ( 2 ) has an auxiliary first end and an opposite auxiliary second end, the auxiliary first end is outwardly spaced from the main second end and comprises a second reverse wheel ( 21 ), and a transition arrangement at the auxiliary second end between the first and second main ends; the transition arrangement ( 3 ) comprises a transition casing ( 31 ) with a first guiding wheel ( 32 ) and a second guiding wheel ( 33 ) arranged inside;
a belt loop ( 4 ) with a fixed length is wrapped around a portion of the driving wheel ( 11 ), the first reverse wheel ( 12 ), the first guiding wheel ( 32 ), the second reverse wheel ( 21 ), the second guiding wheel ( 33 ), and another portion of the driving wheel ( 11 ) to form the loop.
2. The extendable rail of claim 1 , wherein the driving wheel ( 11 ) is a timing pulley.
3. The extendable rail of claim 2 , wherein the first reverse wheel ( 12 ), the second reverse wheel ( 21 ), the first guiding wheel ( 32 ), and the second wheel ( 33 ) are all configured as a pulley.
4. The extendable rail of claim 3 , wherein the belt loop ( 4 ) is a closed loop timing belt with the fixed length formed by an open-ended timing belt and a connector.
5. The extendable rail of claim 1 , wherein a first regulating wheel ( 34 ) is provided at a side of the belt loop ( 4 ) opposite to the first guiding wheel ( 32 ) in the auxiliary rail ( 2 ), and a distance from a bottom of the first regulating wheel ( 34 ) to the auxiliary rail ( 2 ) is greater than a thickness of the belt loop ( 4 ).
6. The extendable rail of claim 2 , wherein a second regulating wheel ( 35 ) is provided at a side of the belt loop ( 4 ) opposite to the second guiding wheel ( 33 ).