US 2023/0141547 A1 · INSTRUMENT ENCLOSURE

Abstract

An instrument enclosure includes top and bottom sections, the bottom section having a first part fastened to a second part, and hinges hinging the top and bottom sections to enable the top section to rotate between a close positioned and an open position. When closed, the instrument enclosure defines an enclosed space suitable for receiving a field instrument. The bottom section may be fastened to a standpipe or to a bracket fastened to the standpipe. The bottom section may define an opening configured to receive the standpipe and/or an opening to receive process line tubing carrying process line signals to the field instrument. The field instrument may be affixed to an end portion of the standpipe received in the enclosed space, removably attached to an interior of the instrument enclosure, or affixed to a mounting plate attached to the standing pipe.

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Dependent claims

One or more instrument enclosures, comprising:

a top section casing with a first, second, third, and fourth edge and a bottom section casing with a first, second, third, and fourth edge, wherein said first edge of said bottom section casing is hinged and/or rotatably-affixed to said first edge of said top section casing via one or more hinges and wherein second, third, and fourth edges of said top casing section are in contact with or in close proximity to s aid second, third, and fourth edges of said bottom section casing that provides a housing that encloses at least a portion of said instrument enclosures such that one or more instruments within said enclosures is rotatable and wherein one or more hinges are configured to enable both said top section casing and said bottom section casing to rotate between a close positioned and one or more open positions.

A method of providing one or more instrument enclosures that enclose and protect one or more field instruments at a desired location, the method comprising:

hinging a hinged section of an instrument enclosure to a vertical support section that is self-standing and/or secured to stand vertically, including a standpipe, located in said desired location wherein said hinging enables said hinged section to rotate relative to said vertical support section between a closed position and one or more open positions of said instrument enclosures such that one or more instruments mounted within said one or more instrument enclosures are also capable of rotation or other position adjustments and wherein a combination of said vertical support section and said hinged section, in a closed position defines an enclosed space that is dimensioned to receive said one or more field instruments and wherein said one or more instrument disclosures are constructed in order to provide a protective barrier between an enclosed space and an external environment wherein said instrument enclosures are located such that said protective barrier shields said enclosed space from one or more environmental elements;
and;
affixing said one or more field instruments to one or more supporting structures wherein said field instruments are disposed in a desired, particular position within said enclosed space such that said instrument enclosure is attached to said vertical support section wherein said hinged section is hinged to said vertical support section and said instrument enclosures are enclosed within a closed portion of said instrument enclosures.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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