Row of adjacent switchgear cabinets

US6312068A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Rittal-Werk Rudolf Loh GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Benner · Herborn, DE
• Wolfgang Reuter
• Paul Root · Bad Endbach, DE
• Martina Kohler · Herborn, DE
• Udo Munch · Sinn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 29, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 6, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 29, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47B87/008
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In a row of adjacent switchgear cabinets with a frame, vertical frame pieces of adjacent switchgear cabinets are connected to each other and the top and bottom sides of the frame are closed by upper and lower metal sheets which have edges at least on the sides facing each other. The edges are staggered in relation to the outer sides of the adjacent frame pieces and form a type of groove with the end pieces of the edges and/or the profiled sides of the horizontal frame pieces facing each other. The grooves in an area of the top and bottom metal sheets of the adjacent switchgear cabinets are protected from water penetration because they are sealed respectively in the area of the top and/or bottom metal sheets of the switchgear cabinets by a covering strip running from the front face to the rear face of the switchgear cabinet flush with the top and bottom metal sheets.