Venting cap for apparatus housing
AssigneeGTE Communications Systems Corporation
InventorGeorge M. Janda
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Abstract
A vented cap for covering an apparatus housing utilized in an outdoor environment including a pair of spaced apart roof panels defining therebetween a chamber. Apertures in the room panels out of registry with each other provide a path for ventilation of the enclosure while preventing the ingress of environmental elements such as rain. Mesas are raised above the surface of the inner roof panel and each contains one of the inner apertures. Drain apertures are formed around the periphery of the vented cap assist in permitting egress of environmental elements from and ingress of cooling air to the chamber.
Claims17
A vented cap for covering an apparatus housing utilized in an outdoor environment comprising:
- an inner roof panel engaged with a top end of each of a plurality of side walls of said housing;
- an outer roof panel attached to, positioned above and spaced apart from said inner roof panel;
- an outer aperture formed in said outer roof panel;
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- at least one inner aperture formed in said inner roof panel;
- whereby an interior space of said housing is vented to said environment while being protected from a plurality of elements in said environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.