Cabinet
AssigneeAsea Brown Boveri AG
InventorMirko Kostic
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Abstract
A cabinet includes a supporting metallic framework having a rectangular shape. At the corners of the cabinet are sheet-metal framework posts connected to a roof panel and a floor panel. The roof panel and the floor panel are formed from identical parts. Casing parts are fitted to the framework. The cabinet is adapted to be easily assembled and equipped for a high protection class.
Claims11
A cabinet having a supporting metallic framework exhibiting a rectangular base, the cabinet having sheet metal, shaped framework posts disposed at corners of the base, having at least one roof panel and at least one floor panel, and having casing parts which are fitted to the framework, wherein:
- the roof panel and the floor panel are identical parts, the roof panel and the floor panel each including welded-in brackets disposed along the front face and along the rear face of the cabinet and integrally attached shaped members along two opposite side walls of the cabinet,
- the roof panel and the floor panel form part of the supporting framework,
- at each comer of the roof and floor panels, there is provided a recess defined by one of the welded-in brackets and an adjacent one of the shaped members, each recess having a rectangular surface area for receiving an endpiece of a framework post and means, cooperating with corresponding means on each endpiece, for correctly positioning the framework post relative to the roof and floor panel, and
- the framework posts having one of the endpieces at each end thereof, the endpieces being configured as C-shaped members, wherein
- the brackets include mountings and cut-outs, and
- the cabinet further includes a swivel frame attached to the cabinet on the mountings, and
- a locking bar engageable with the cut-outs for fixing the swivel frame in a swivelled-in state.
A cabinet, comprising:
- a framework defining a front face, a rear face, and two side faces of the cabinet, the framework including
- a rectangular roof panel, the roof panel including brackets welded to the roof panel at front and rear edges of the roof panel, the brackets including surfaces extending perpendicularly from the roof panel, the roof panel being formed with integrally attached shaped members extending perpendicularly from the roof panel, surfaces of the brackets and the shaped members defining, with exterior edges of the roof panel, a rectangular surface and forming a recess at each corner of the roof panel,
- a rectangular floor panel, the floor panel including brackets welded to the floor panel at front and rear edges of the floor panel, the brackets including surfaces extending perpendicularly from the floor panel, the floor panel being formed with integrally attached shaped members extending perpendicularly from the floor panel, surfaces of the brackets and the shaped members defining, with exterior edges of the floor panel, a rectangular surface and forming a recess at each corner of the floor panel, and
- framework posts extending between the corner of the floor panel and the roof panel, each of the framework posts being formed from a C-shaped member having a base portion and two arm portions, each of the framework posts having C-shaped end portions, the ends of the framework posts being received in the recesses in the roof and floor panels and being fastened to the surfaces of the brackets defining the rectangular surface with fastening means, wherein the roof and floor panels are identical;
- a front door attached to the front face of the cabinet;
- a rear door attached to the rear face of the cabinet;
- two side walls attached to the two side faces of the cabinet;
- a swivel frame;
- mountings for the swivel frame;
- and
- a swivel frame locking bar,
- the mountings being attached to the brackets, the brackets being provided with cut-outs for engaging the locking bar to fix the swivel frame in a swivelled-in state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.