Equipment cabinet having spring-elastic seals

US5402323A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Schroff GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Martin Schwenk · Wiesenweg, DE
• Kurt Pohl · Hersbruck, DE
• Gerhard Huller · Bad Tölz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 1992
• Grant date: Mar 28, 1995
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K9/0016
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An equipment cabinet for insertable electrical and electronic units includes stationary casing components and a door pivotally attached by means of hinges. The door and the end faces of the casing components disposed opposite thereto are each provided with peripheral edge strips which are bent inwardly at an acute angle of preferably 45.degree. and have parallel sealing faces that face one another at a slight distance. Between the sealing faces, spring-elastic seals are provided that may be composed of contact strips of an electrically well conducting material and rubber-elastic sealing strips arranged parallel thereto. Due to the sloped arrangement of the sealing faces, the spring forces F exerted by the seals are divided into two force components F.sub.1 and F.sub.2, with only the one force component F.sub.1 having to be overcome when the door is pushed shut.