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US 6,854,328 B2Granted
Cover structure for marine instrument
AssigneeCustom Spec Engineering, Inc.
InventorJohn A. Badiali
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Abstract
A cover or housing for marine instruments in which a rectangular opening giving access to the instrument is closed by a curved cover or door which rotates about the axis of the curves between open and closed positions. In its closed position are four edges of the rectangular opening are sealed relative to the cover to protect the instrument from air bourn sea spray or rain.
Claims14
An instrument housing for installation in a wall, comprising:
- a frame for supporting an instrument and adapted for mounting in a wall, said frame having upper, lower and opposed side edges forming a rectilinear opening,
- a curved cover member having upper, lower and opposed curved side edges and shaped as a segment of a cylinder wall, said curved cover member being pivotal about the axis of said cylinder wall with said axis extending parallel spaced relationship to said upper and lower edges of said frame, said curved cover member being movable between open and closed positions relative to said frame,
- a sealing flange extending at said upper edge of said curved cover member and between said opposed side edges, and
- a sealing surface formed at said upper edge of said frame for sealing engagement with said sealing flange on said curved cover member when the latter is in a closed position.
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An instrument housing for mounting in a generally vertical wall, comprising:
- a frame forming a rectilinear opening with upper and lower edges and opposite side edges,
- a closure for said opening in said frame having a curved wall having its center of curvature about a longitudinal axis extending rearwardly of said frame and parallel to the upper and lower edges of said rectangular opening, said closure being rotatable between open and closed positions about said axis,
- a sealing flange extending at the upper edge of said closure engageable with a complementary sealing surface on the rear surface of said frame said closure moves to a closed position;
- a sealing surface extending at the lower edge of said closure and engageable with a complementary sealing surface at a surface of said frame when said closure moves to a closed position;
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- opposite curved ends of said closure being in sliding engagement with complementary curved side edges of the opening during movement of said closure from open to closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.