Zone cabling termination cabinet

An enclosure for housing communications cable termination and switching equipment for a work station within a building, said enclosure comprising:

• a cabinet adapted for recessed installation in a suspended ceiling of a building, said cabinet having an enclosed interior space, side walls and a bottom wall;
• support means for supporting said cabinet in recessed relationship to said suspended ceiling;
• a doorway to said enclosed interior space through said bottom wall;
• a removable access panel for closing said doorway, said access panel having an interior surface;
• first fastening means for removably attaching and supporting said access panel to said bottom wall, whereby said doorway may be closed;
• an equipment mounting plate removably attached to said interior surface of said access panel spaced from said panel, adapted for mounting cabling termination and switching equipment thereon;
• second fastening means for removable attachment of said equipment mounting plate to said panel;
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• at least two penetration means through said side walls of said cabinet adapted for entry and exit of communications cabling going to and from said termination and switching equipment.

An enclosure for housing communications cable termination and switching equipment in close proximity to a work station within a building, said enclosure comprising:

• a cabinet of fire resistant material adapted for recessed installation in a false ceiling suspended below a true ceiling of a building, said cabinet having an enclosed interior space, side walls each having an interior surface, a top wall, and a planar bottom wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said exterior surface of said bottom wall adapted for removably attaching cladding of ceiling tile material;
• support means for supporting said cabinet from said true ceiling;
• a doorway to said enclosed interior space through said bottom wall;
• an outward-opening door hingedly attached to said bottom wall and movable between an open position and a closed position relative to said doorway, said door having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said exterior surface of said door adapted for removably attaching cladding of ceiling tile material;
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• an equipment mounting plate removably attached to said interior surface of said door in spaced, parallel relationship to said door, said equipment mounting plate adapted for mounting cabling termination and switching equipment.

An enclosure for housing communications cable termination and switching equipment for a work station within a building, said enclosure comprising:

• a cabinet adapted for recessed installation in a suspended ceiling of a building, said cabinet having an enclosed interior space, side walls and a bottom wall, said bottom wall having an aperture therein;
• support means for supporting said cabinet in recessed relationship to said suspended ceiling;
• a removable access panel for closing said aperture in said bottom wall, said access panel having an interior surface;
• an equipment mounting plate removably attached to said interior surface of said access panel adapted for mounting cabling termination and switching equipment thereon;
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• at least two penetration means through said side walls of said cabinet adapted for entry and exit of communications cabling going to and from said termination and switching equipment.