Cabinet, particularly equipment cabinet
AssigneeKnuerr AG
InventorsJosef Knab, Werner Spateneder, Stefan Gramelsberger, Siegfried Schneiderbauer, Alexander Prinz
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Abstract
In a cabinet, particularly an equipment cabinet for electrical and electronic components and equipment having a particularly simple construction and ensuring an optimum accessibility to the installation area as well as a high security against unauthorized opening, not only the front door and a rear wall, but also the side walls are provided with hinges and can be articulated, as desired, either on the right or left. The hinge system has upper and lower hinge pins and two hinge pin receptacles in each corner connector of a frame. The two hinge pin receptacles are in each case formed in a shoulder of the corner connector.
Claims11
A cabinet, having an interior space for housing electrical and electronic components and equipment or other items, comprising:
- a frame formed from transverse profiles, depth profiles, and vertical profiles being interconnected by corner connectors;
- covering parts including a front door, a rear wall, two side walls, a top part, and a bottom part for covering the frame;
- a hinge system articulating the front door, the hinge system having a lower and an upper hinge pin on the front door and a hinge pin receptacle in the upper and lower corner connectors;
- wherein each corner connector is provided with two hinge pin receptacles with parallel axes;
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- the side walls, the rear wall, and the front door are provided with hinge pins and are pivotable from a covering position into an open position to enable access to the equipment and components and enable either a right-hand or left-hand articulation of the front door, the rear wall, and the side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.