US 5,292,189 A · Sub-panel guide system for electrical enclosure

Abstract

A system for installing and properly positioning a sub-panel mounting board within a freestanding electrical enclosure, wherein the base sections of the enclosure frame form a continuous rectangular guide channel around the inner periphery of the enclosure which is designed to receive in opposite parallel channel segments thereof a pair of channel followers that are connected to opposite lower corners of the mounting board. Each channel follower has a depending leg which extends into its respective channel segment and supports the mounting board during installation thereof. The depending leg of each channel follower engages the bottom of the channel when the mounting board is tilted forward for installation within the enclosure. Once the mounting board is installed and positioned upright, each channel follower rests upon a mounting flange formed by the enclosure frame, thereby allowing the mounting board to be secured thereto. Each channel follower further includes a depending locking lug which extends into the rearmost cross channel section when the mounting board is positioned such that each channel follower is in its rearmost position within the channel segment in which it travels. In such position, the mounting board is automatically locked in place by the locking lug, thereby preventing any movement thereof.

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Dependent claims

An enclosure with a sub-panel guide system for proper installation and positioning of sub-panel mounting boards within the enclosure, comprising:

(a) a generally rectangular free-standing enclosure with an open interior and lower interior peripheral portions, said enclosure having opening-defining portions through which at least one sub-panel mounting board having upper and lower ends is received within said interior of said enclosure, said enclosure including a continuous channel member extending around said lower interior peripheral portions of said enclosure;
(b) a pair of channel followers mounted on said lower end of said sub-panel mounting board, said channel followers being constructed and arranged in cooperative guided inter-engagement with said channel member to facilitate proper alignment and installation of said sub-panel mounting board within said enclosure;
and
(c) each of said channel followers having a depending leg portion which extends downwardly into said channel member and outwardly from said mounting board to provide a sliding support which engages said channel member in slidable relation upon tilting of said mounting board.

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An enclosure with a sub-panel guide system for proper installation and positioning of sub-panel mounting boards within the enclosure, comprising:

(a) an enclosure with an open interior and inner peripheral portions, said enclosure having a generally rectangular enclosure frame which defines a plurality of front, back and side openings over which associated front, back and side wall panels are disposed and connected to said frame, at least one of said openings providing means by which at least one sub-panel mounting board having upper and lower ends is received within said interior of said enclosure, said frame including a plurality of lower base frame sections which form a rectangular guide channel around said inner peripheral portions of said enclosure;
(b) a pair of spaced channel followers mounted to said lower end of said mounting board, each of said channel followers being constructed and arranged in cooperatively inter-engaging guided relation with opposite parallel segments of said rectangular guide channel when said mounting board is installed within said enclosure;
and
(c) said mounting board being positionable within said enclosure in any one of a plurality of orientations such that said channel followers travel freely within said guide channel between opposite extreme ends of said segments which guide said channel followers.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sub-panel guide system for electrical enclosure

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Sub-panel guide system for electrical enclosure

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Abstract

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