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Universal enclosure with electrical panel

US5136463A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 5, 1991
Grant dateAug 4, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02B1/305
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for housing outside plant equipment in order to protect the equipment from the possibly harmful effects of weather and an external environment comprises a universal enclosure encompassing the outside plant equipment and having an interior and an exterior. An opening is disposed on the universal enclosure of a size sufficient to afford access to a predetermined portion of the equipment. The predetermined portion of the equipment is mounted adjacent the opening and in the interior of the universal enclosure, and is mounted in a disposition about the opening so as to be accessible only from the exterior of the universal enclosure. In this manner, one desiring to access the equipment may do so only from the exterior of the universal enclosure and will not be required or permitted to enter the interior thereof.

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