Rack for holding rods

Abstract

A rack for holding rod members includes two side plates, connecting structures respectively provided at the two side plates, and fastening members provided at the connecting structures of the side plates. By means of the fastening members, two or more the racks can be coupled together in a back-to-back manner, a side-to-side manner or a stack manner to form a combination of racks for holding rod members.

1 . A rack for holding rod members, which is capable of combining another same rack to form a combination of racks for holding rod members, having a front side and a back side, the rack comprising: 
 two side plates each having a connecting structure;    a bottom plate connected between said side plates in a sloping manner toward the front side;    an upper bearing plate connected between said side plates, said upper bearing plate having a plurality of notches having openings facing the front side;    a lower bearing plate connected between said side plates and located between said upper bearing plate and said bottom plate, said lower bearing plate having a plurality of notches having openings facing the back side; and    coupling means installed in one of said connecting structures of said side plates for coupling the one of said side plates to another one of side plates of the another same rack to form the combination of racks.    
   
   
       2 . The rack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the connecting structure of each said side plate comprises a mounting flange at a side of the respective side plate and a screw hole formed in said mounting flange; said coupling means comprises a plurality of screw bolts respectively mounted in the screw holes in the mounting flanges of said side plates.  
   
   
       3 . The rack as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the connecting structure of each said side plate further comprises a hollow bolt having an outer thread threaded into said mounting flange and an inner thread that forms the screw hole of the respective side plate.  
   
   
       4 . The rack as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said coupling means further comprises a plurality of nuts respectively threaded onto said screw bolts.  
   
   
       5 . The rack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the connecting structure of each said side plate comprises a through hole formed in the respective side plate; said coupling means comprises a plurality of screw bolts respectively mounted in the through holes of the connecting structure of each said side plate and a plurality of nuts respectively threaded onto said screw bolts.  
   
   
       6 . The rack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the connecting structure of each said side plate comprises a mounting flange at a side of said respective side plate and a hole formed in said mounting flange; said coupling means comprises a plurality of plug pins respectively mounted in the holes at the mounting flanges.  
   
   
       7 . The rack as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising two angle plates respectively fastened to the respective side plates at a top side, and a face plate connected between said angle plates.  
   
   
       8 . A combination of racks for holding rod members comprising at least two racks combined together, each said rack comprising: 
 two side plates; and    transverse plates connected between said side plates for holding rod members thereon;    wherein said two side plates each have a first connecting structure, a second connecting structure and a third connecting structure, which are selectively respectively connectable to the first connecting structure, the second connecting structure or the third connecting structure of one side plate of the another rack for combining selectively the racks in a back-to-back manner, a side-to-side manner or a stack manner.    
   
   
       9 . The combination of racks of  claim 8 , further comprising screw bolts; 
 wherein the first connecting structure of each said side plate comprises screw holes formed at front and back sides of said respective side plate;    wherein the screw bolts are respectively mounted in the screw holes for combining the racks in the back-to-back manner.    
   
   
       10 . The combination of racks of  claim 8 , further comprising screw bolts and nuts threaded respectively onto the screw bolts; 
 wherein the second connecting structure of each said side plate comprises through holes through which the screw blots are respectively inserted for combining the racks in the side-to-side manner.    
   
   
       11 . The combination of racks of  claim 8 , further comprising plug pins; 
 wherein the third connecting structure of each said side plate comprises holes formed in top and bottom sides of the respective side plate;    wherein the plug pins are respectively inserted into the holes for combining the racks in the stack manner.