Electrical enclosure
First Claim
1. An enclosure comprising:
- a metal body; and
a metal cover connected by a hinge to the metal body;
wherein the hinge includes one or more integrally formed tubes in the metal body and one or more integrally formed tubes in the metal cover, wherein the body tubes and the cover tubes are aligned in a collinear arrangement and a hinge shaft is located within the body tubes and the cover tubes.
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Abstract
An electrical enclosure includes a metal body and a metal cover connected by a hinge to each other. The hinge includes one or more integrally formed tubes in the metal body and one or more integrally formed tubes in the metal cover. The body tubes and the cover tubes are aligned in a collinear arrangement and a hinge shaft is located within the body tubes and the cover tubes. The enclosure can have a dual flange structure wherein one of the side walls includes a flat flange and three of the side walls include edge flanges. The enclosure can also have a structure wherein each of the side walls upper portions is connected to its neighboring upper portions and each of these upper portion connections is angled relative to its corresponding side wall corner.
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37 Claims
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1. An enclosure comprising:
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a metal body; and
a metal cover connected by a hinge to the metal body;
wherein the hinge includes one or more integrally formed tubes in the metal body and one or more integrally formed tubes in the metal cover, wherein the body tubes and the cover tubes are aligned in a collinear arrangement and a hinge shaft is located within the body tubes and the cover tubes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An enclosure comprising:
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a body having four side walls and an open top, wherein one of the four side walls includes a flat flange on an upper edge of the one wall; and
a cover connected by a hinge to the body and located so that the cover covers the open top of the body when the cover is closed;
wherein the hinge includes one or more integrally formed tubes in the body and one or more integrally formed tubes in the cover, wherein the body tubes and the cover tubes are aligned in a collinear arrangement and a hinge shaft is located within the body tubes and the cover tubes;
wherein the body tubes are located on the flat flange so that a hole in the one or more body tubes is located above a top surface of the flat flange and wherein a gasket attached to the cover and located near the hinge is forced against the flat flange with a minimal gasket wiping action when the cover is closing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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13. An enclosure comprising:
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a body having four side walls and an open top, wherein one of the four side walls includes a flat flange on an upper edge of the one wall and three of the four side walls include edge flanges on an upper edge of each of the three side walls; and
a cover for covering the open top of the body, the cover having a gasket positioned to mate with the upper edges of each of the four side walls of the body.
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20. An enclosure comprising:
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a body having four side walls and an open top, wherein one of the four side walls includes an upper portion and a lower portion having a single bend therebetween, wherein the upper portion comprises an edge flange; and
a cover for covering the open top of the body. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37)
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29. An enclosure comprising:
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a body having four side walls and an open top, wherein each of the four side walls includes an upper portion and a lower portion having an angle therebetween, wherein each of the four side walls upper portions are connected to their neighboring upper portions at an end of each of the upper portions, wherein each of the upper portion connections are angled relative to a side wall corner connection corresponding thereto; and
a cover for covering the open top of the body.
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34. A method of assembling an enclosure, the method comprising:
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positioning one or more integral hinge tubes of a cover of the enclosure next to one or more integral hinge tubes of a body of the enclosure so that a bore of the one or more hinge tubes of the cover is aligned with a bore of the one or more integral hinge tubes of the body, thus comprising a composite bore; and
inserting a hinge pin within the composite bore.
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36. A method of manufacturing an enclosure, the method comprising:
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forming a body wherein three sides of the body include a single bend in an upper portion of each of the three sides and wherein a fourth side of the body includes a flat flange;
forming a cover having flanges on only three sides of the cover; and
hingedly coupling the cover to the body so that a side of the cover not having a flange is located proximate the flat flange of the body.
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Specification