Viewing window assembly for single-sided installation
AssigneeFluke Corporation
InventorsGary J. Gunell, Richard Maday, Justin M. Sheard, Betsy Brest, Timothy J. Kesti
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Abstract
An assembly and method for installing a viewing window into a single hole in a panel of an enclosure from a single side. A viewing window assembly comprises actuators and attachment members configurable to allow the attachment members to pass through a hole in a panel from a front side. Upon actuation of the actuators, the attachment members may engage one or both of the back surface of the panel and the inner edge of the hole therein in order to secure the window assembly to the panel.
Claims19
A method of installing a viewing window assembly into a hole in a panel of an enclosure, the enclosure defining an inside and an outside of the enclosure, the method comprising:
- inserting, from the outside of the enclosure and without accessing the inside of the enclosure, the viewing window assembly into the hole, the viewing window assembly only penetrating the panel via the hole;
- and
- actuating a plurality of components of the viewing window assembly from the outside of the enclosure and without accessing the inside of the enclosure, the actuation of the plurality of components securing the viewing window assembly to the panel without penetrating the panel other than via the hole;
- wherein
- the viewing window assembly further comprises a plurality of bolts, each having an associated nut, and wherein actuating the plurality of components of the viewing window assembly comprises rotating the plurality of bolts.
A method of installing an infrared viewing window assembly into a hole in a panel of an enclosure, the viewing window assembly including a frame, a plurality of bolts, and a corresponding plurality of nuts, each associated with one of the plurality of bolts, and the enclosure defining an inside and an outside of the enclosure, the method comprising:
- inserting, from the outside of the enclosure and without accessing the inside of the enclosure, the infrared viewing window assembly into the hole, the infrared viewing window assembly only penetrating the enclosure via the hole;
- and
- rotating the plurality of bolts of the infrared viewing window assembly from the outside of the enclosure and without accessing the inside of the enclosure, the rotating of the bolts securing the infrared viewing window assembly to the panel without penetrating the enclosure other than via the hole.
A method of installing a viewing window assembly into a hole in a panel of an enclosure, the viewing window assembly including a plurality of bolts, each having an associated nut, and one or more attachment members and the enclosure defining an inside and an outside of the enclosure, the method comprising:
- inserting, from the outside of the enclosure and without accessing the inside of the enclosure, the viewing window assembly into the hole such that the one or more attachment members are inserted through the hole and the viewing window assembly only penetrates the panel via the hole;
- and then
- actuating components of the viewing window assembly from the outside of the enclosure and without accessing the inside of the enclosure;
- wherein
- the actuating the components comprises rotating the plurality of bolts and causes the attachment members to move back towards the panel, such that the actuation of the components secures the viewing window assembly to the panel without penetrating the panel other than via the hole;
- and
- the one or more attachment members comprises one or more nuts associated with the plurality of bolts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.