Abstract:
A mounting device capable of mounting two objects of different sizes is disclosed. The mounting device includes a mounting member including a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a mounting portion, a securing piece between the first end and the second end, and an installing plate including a first installing portion and a second installing portion. The mounting member is secured to the first installing portion and the second installing portion. When the mounting portion and the securing piece are engaged with the first installing portion, the first end is adapted to abut a first object. When the mounting portion and the installing portion are engaged with the second installing portion, the second end is adapted to abut a second object of a different size from a size of the first object.

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present disclosure relates to mounting devices, and particularly, to a mounting device capable of mounting two objects of different sizes. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     In many mechanism designs, a mounting device, an elastically deformable mounting member which exerts elastic force to engage an object in an installing plate is usually used. The mounting device may be used for mounting a motor in a scanner module or a pump of an ink supplying system in a printer. However, known mounting member may only mount one object, and two different objects of different sizes may need to be mounted by two different mounting members. Therefore an improved mounting device may be desired to overcome the above described disadvantages. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Many aspects of the 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 embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 
         FIG. 1  is an exploded, isometric view of one embodiment of a mounting device and a first object. 
         FIG. 2  is an isometric view of a mounting member of the mounting device of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is an isometric assembled view of the mounting device and the first object of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is similar to  FIG. 3 , but viewed from another aspect. 
         FIG. 5  is an exploded, isometric view of one embodiment of the mounting device and a second object. 
         FIG. 6  is an assembled view of the mounting device and the second object of  FIG. 5 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. 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  FIG. 1 , one embodiment of a mounting device comprises an installing plate  10  and a mounting member  20 . 
     The installing plate  10  comprises a first installing portion  11  and a second installing portion  13 . The first installing portion  11  defines a first installing hole  111 , two first positioning holes  113 , a first through hole  115 , and a first locking hole  116 . The first installing hole  111  is located in a first side of the installing plate  10 . The two first positioning holes  113 , the first through hole  115 , and the first locking hole  116  are located in a second side of the installing plate  10  opposite to the first side. The first through hole  115  is located between the two first positioning holes  113 . The second installing portion  13  comprises a second installing hole  131 , two second positioning holes  133 , a second through hole  135 , and a second locking hole  136 . The two second positioning holes  133  are substantially parallel to each other. The second installing hole  131  is located in the second side of the installing plate  10 . The two second positioning holes  133 , the second through hole  135 , and the second locking hole  136  are located in the first side of the installing plate  10 . The second locking hole  136  is located between the two second positioning holes  133 . In one embodiment, the first locking hole  116  and the second locking hole  136  are round holes. The first through hole  115 , each of the two first positioning holes  113 , the second through hole  135 , and each of the two second positioning holes  133  are substantially rectangle holes. An extending direction of the first through hole  115  is substantially perpendicular to a extending direction of each of the two first positioning holes  113 . And an extending direction of the second through hole  135  is substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of each of two second positioning holes  133 . Two second limiting pieces  15  and a first limiting piece  16  extend from a top surface of the installing plate  10 . In one embodiment, the two second limiting pieces  15  are substantially parallel to each other. The first limiting piece  16  is located between the two second limiting pieces  15 , and is substantially perpendicular to the two second limiting pieces  15 . In one embodiment, the two second limiting pieces  15  and the first limiting piece  16  are substantially perpendicular to the installing plate  10 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , the mounting member  20  comprises a recess portion  21 , a first mounting plate  23 , and a second mounting plate  25 . The first mounting plate  23  and the second mounting plate  25  extend from two opposite side edges of the recess portion  21 . In one embodiment, the first mounting plate  23  and the second mounting plate  25  are curved plates. The mounting member  20  comprises a first end  26 , and a second end  28  opposite to the first end  26 . A first connecting piece  231  extends from a top edge of the first mounting plate  23 . The first connecting piece  231  is adjacent to the second end  28  and away from the first end  26 . A mounting portion  233  bends from the first connecting piece  231 . The mounting portion  233  comprises a mounting piece  2331 , two positioning pieces  2333 , and a flange  2335  extend from the mounting piece  2331 . The mounting piece  2331  defines a mounting hole  2336 . In one embodiment, the two positioning pieces  2333  are substantially perpendicular to the flange  2335 . The two positioning pieces  2333  may be engaged in the two first positioning holes  113  or the two second positioning holes  133 . The flange  2335  may be inserted into the first through hole  115  or the second through hole  135 . A second connecting piece  251  extends from a top edge of the second mounting plate  25 . The second connecting piece  251  is adjacent to the second end  28  and away from the first end  26 . A securing piece  253  extends from the second connecting piece  251 , and is substantially perpendicular to the second connecting piece  251 . The securing piece  253  may be engaged in the first locking hole  116  or the second locking hole  136 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 ,  3  and  4 , the mounting device is adapted to secure a first object  30 . The first object  30  comprises a first limiting portion  31  and a first locking portion  33 . The first limiting portion  31  comprises two first sidewalls  311 . The two first sidewalls are opposite to each other. The first locking portion  33  is connected to one of the two first sidewalls  311 . 
     In assembly of the first object  30 , the first object  30  is located on the installing plate  10 , and the first limiting portion  31  abuts against the first limiting piece  16  and each of the two second limiting pieces  15 . The mounting member  20  is moved towards the installing plate  10 . The securing piece  253  is aligned to the first installing hole  111 . The mounting member  20  is aslant moved to insert the securing piece  253  through the first installing hole  111 . The securing piece  253  is engaged with a bottom surface of the installing plate  10 . The mounting member  10  is rotated towards the installing plate  10  about the securing piece  253 , until the recess portion  21  abuts a top surface of the first locking portion  33 . Each of the two positioning pieces  2333  are aligned to each of the two first positioning holes  113 . The flange  2335  is aligned to the first through hole  115 . The mounting hole  2336  is aligned with the first locking hole  116 . A locking member  60 , such as a screw, is inserted into the mounting hole  2336  and the first locking hole  116 . When the locking member  60  is inserted into the first locking hole  116 , the mounting member  20  is elastically deformed. Each of the two positioning pieces  2333  is inserted into each of the two first positioning holes  113 . Each of the two positioning pieces is engaged with a bottom surface of the installing plate  10 , and the flange  2335  is inserted through the first through hole  115 . The recess portion  21  presses the top surface of the first locking portion  33  and blocks the first object  30  from moving along a first direction substantially perpendicular to the installing plate  10 . The first end  26  of the mounting member  20  abuts each of the two first sidewalls  311  to prevent the first object  30  from moving along a second direction substantially parallel to the installing plate  10 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 5 and 6 , the mounting device is further adapted to alternatively secure a second object  50  with a different size from the first object  30 . The second object  50  comprises a second limiting portion  51  and a second locking portion  53 . The second limiting portion  51  comprises two second sidewalls  511 . The two second sidewalls  511  are opposite to each other. The second locking portion  53  is connected to one of the two second sidewalls  511 . A distance between the two second sidewalls  511  is smaller than that between the two first sidewalls  311 . In one embodiment, the first object  30  and the second object  50  are two motors with two different sizes. 
     In assembly of the second object  50 , the second object  50  is located on the installing plate  10 . The second limiting portion  51  abuts against the first limiting piece  16 , and is located between the two second limiting pieces  15  and the first limiting piece  16 . The mounting member  20  is moved towards the installing plate  10  and the adjacent to the second locking portion  53 . The mounting member  20  is aslant moved to insert the securing piece  253  through the second installing hole  131 , and the securing piece  253  is engaged with a bottom surface of the installing plate  10 . The mounting member  20  is rotated towards the installing plate  10  about the securing piece  253 , until the recess portion  21  abuts a top surface of the second locking portion  53 . Each of the two positioning pieces  2333  is aligned to each of the two second positioning holes  133 . The flange  2335  is aligned to the second through hole  135 . The mounting hole  2336  is aligned to the second locking hole  136 . The second end  28  abuts each of the two second sidewalls  511 . The locking member  60  is inserted into the mounting hole  2336  and the second locking hole  136 . When the locking member  60  is being inserted into the second locking hole  136 , the mounting member  20  is elastically deformed. Each of the two positioning pieces  2333  is inserted into each of the twp second positioning holes  133 . Each of the two positioning pieces is engaged with a bottom surface of the installing plate  10 , and the flange  2335  is inserted through the second through hole  135 . The recess portion  21  presses the top surface of the second locking portion  53  and blocks the second object  50  from moving along the first direction substantially perpendicular to the installing plate  10 . The second end  28  of the mounting member  20  abuts each of the two second sidewalls  511  to prevent the second object  50  from moving along the second direction substantially parallel to the installing plate  10 . 
     It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages have been set forth in the foregoing description of embodiments, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only and changes may be made in detail, especially in the matters of shape, size, and the arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure, to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.