Multi-latch door for electrical cabinets
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsEdward C. Eardley, Alfred W. King, Eric M. Lington, Peter A. Michaels, Jr., Gerrit M. Moesbergen
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Abstract
A door for an outdoor cabinet such as those used in telephony or CATV systems. The door has a first gasketed section to provide a first area of the cabinet with an airtight seal for protecting components housed therein from the outside environment. This first section of the door also includes a multi-point compression latch. The door has a second ungasketed section which ventilates gases around its unsealed perimeter from a second area of the cabinet housing batteries. This second section of the door includes a slam latch that is automatically engaged when the compression latch on the first door section is engaged.
Claims19
A door for a cabinet having first and second internal compartments comprising:
- a generally flat, unitary door member coupled to a cabinet having at least two internal compartments, the door member having a first section covering one side of a first internal compartment and a second section covering one side of a second internal compartment;
- a seal disposed adjacent to the one side of the first internal compartment covered by the first section of the door member;
- a latch mechanism attached to the first section of the door member for compressing the seal between the first section of the door and the one side of the first internal compartment when the door is closed thereby forming an airtight closure around the first internal compartment, wherein air can pass freely around the second section of the door member from inside the second internal compartment to outside the cabinet when the door is closed.
An electrical cabinet comprising:
- an enclosure having a first internal compartment and a second internal compartment separated from one another by an internal wall;
- a cabinet door coupled to the cabinet and movable between an open position and a closed position, the cabinet door having a first section covering one side of the first internal compartment and a second section covering one side of the second internal compartment;
- a seal disposed adjacent to the one side of the first internal compartment and not disposed adjacent to the one side of the second internal compartment, thereby allowing air to pass freely around the second section of the door from inside the second internal compartment to outside the cabinet when the door is closed;
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- a latch attached to the first section of the door for compressing the seal between the first section of the door and the one side of the first internal compartment when the door is closed, thereby forming an airtight closure around the first internal compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.