Electrical cabinet and a frame therefor
AssigneeAPW Electronics Limited
InventorDavid Horne
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Abstract
An electrical cabinet and a frame therefor, wherein the frame comprises side members connected together by transverse members. Each transverse member is made from bars or tubes in a skeletal form with at least one recess in the side of the transverse member. The skeletal form of each transverse member makes it cheap to manufacture and can provide for large recesses, thereby facilitating cable access. The electrical cabinet comprises removable side panels and a door mounted on the frame. The frame can also provide mounting points for subracks of electrical or electronic components.
Claims17
A frame for an electrical cabinet comprising:
- a first and a second transverse member, each of the transverse members comprising:
- a base section generally parallel to the front of the frame and spaced a depth from the front;
- a first, a second, a third, and a fourth lateral arm section, each of the lateral arm sections being substantially perpendicular to the base section;
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- a connecting section coupling each of the lateral arm sections to the base section so as to truncate an inside corner formed between the arm sections and the base section at an intersection of axes of the arm sections and the base section so as to form an angle of greater than ninety degrees between the connecting section and each of the axes of the base and the arm section;
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- at least a first and a second side member, each of the side members extending from at least one of the lateral arm sections of the first transverse member to an opposing lateral arm section of the second transverse member, wherein the first and second transverse members define opposite ends of the frame relative to the side members.
A frame for an electrical cabinet, comprising:
- a first and a second transverse member, each of the transverse members comprising:
- a first and a second U-shaped member, each of the first and second U-shaped members comprising a base, a first and a second lateral arm section provided at opposing ends of the base and a connecting section coupling each of the lateral arm sections to the base section so as to truncate a corner formed at an intersection of axes of the arm sections and the base section, wherein the base of the first U-shaped member is aligned with and coupled back-to-back to the base of the second U-shaped member such that the first and second lateral arm sections of the first U-shaped member extend parallel to and away from the second and first lateral arm sections of the second U-shaped member, respectively;
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- at least a first and a second side member, each of the first and second side members extending between the first transverse member and the second transverse member on opposing sides of the transverse members, wherein the first and second side members extend from an outer edge of the lateral arm section of the first transverse member to an outer edge of the lateral arm section of the second transverse member such that the first and second transverse members define opposing ends of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.