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US 5,476,316 AGranted
Electronic equipment cabinet with improved door
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsStephen J. Batroney, Harry R. Stoller, Brian E. Underwood
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Abstract
A cabinet housing electronic equipment which utilizes a door mounted to hydraulic lifts and a door stay to keep the door from closing if the lifts fail. Special troughs are also provided to protect craftspeople during a rainstorm and to keep water from electronic equipment and areas where it might cause the door to freeze shut.
Claims9
A cabinet comprising:
- means for mounting electronic components in the interior of the cabinet;
- a door for providing access to the interior thereof, the door being mounted to a top portion of a door frame mounted to the cabinet so as to open in an essentially vertical direction;
- a hydraulic member mounted to the door, the hydraulic member extending in length when the door is in an opened position to assist in opening the door and to provide resistance to the closing of the door;
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- a door stay mounted to the door, which door stay is separate from the hydraulic member and extends in length as the door is opened and is latched in at least one position corresponding to a selected angle of the door to the frame as the door is opened so as to prevent the door from closing in the event that the resistance provided by the hydraulic member is insufficient to keep the door at that angle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.