Housing for receiving a measuring device

• US 20040027040A1
• Filed: 09/22/2003
• Published: 02/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Testo AG
• Original Assignee: Testo AG
• Inventors: Derr, Andreas, Schulz, Peter, Streicher, Manfred
• Application Number:
  US10/450,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20040027040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/352
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/04 Housings; Supporting members; Arrangements of terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0252 Labels, e.g. for identification, markings or configuration store

Abstract

The invention relates to a housing for receiving a measuring device, comprising at least two housing elements which can be positively connected to each other by a fixing device. At least one housing element comprises a window which is at least partially transparent. An insertion device comprises a gap provided in the housing, in addition to an insertion pocket for receiving a label.

Claims

1. A closed housing for receiving and enclosing a measuring device comprising at least two housing parts (2, 3), which are positively connectable to one another via a fixing device (4), at least one housing part (2, 3) having an at least partially transparent inspection window (7), wherein an insertion device (6, 20, 21, 22, 23) is provided for inserting and removing a label when the housing (1) is closed, the insertion device having an opening gap (6) provided in the housing (1) and an insertion pocket (20) for receiving the label inside the housing (1).

2. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims [sic],

wherein the fixing device (4) is implemented as a bayonet lock.

3. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the fixing device (4) has a groove (12) and a web (13), which engage in one another in the closed state of the housing (1).

4. The housing as recited in claim 3,

wherein the fixing device (4) has a sealing lip (14), which is attached to the groove (12) and/or to the web (13) and protrudes from the groove (12) and/or the web (13), the sealing lip (14) engaging in the web (13) and/or in the groove (12) to form a seal when the two housing parts (2, 3) are joined together.

5. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein a further sealing lip (24), which is attached to a housing part (3) and which presses against the particular other housing part (2) to form a seal in the closed state of the housing (1), is provided in the region of the opening gap (6).

6. The housing as recited in one of claims 4 and 5, wherein depressions, into which at least one of the sealing lips (14, 24) sinks into in the closed state of the housing (1), are provided in at least one housing part (2, 3).

7. The housing as recited in one of claims 4 through 6, wherein at least one of the sealing lips (14, 24) has a wedge-shaped, rib-shaped, nub-shaped, or pointed design.

8. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein a housing part (2) has at least one latching device (5), in particular a rocker (5) which engages in a latching groove (19) of the other housing part (3), via which the two housing parts (2, 3) may be fixed in relation to one another.

9. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the insertion device (6, 20, 21, 22, 23) has a guide strip (22) for lateral fixing of the label in the insertion pocket (20) and for guiding the label during insertion and/or a stop (23) for establishing a final position of the label in the insertion pocket (20).

10. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the insertion device (6, 20, 21, 22, 23) has a second latching device, which, upon insertion of the label into the insertion pocket (20), latches when the label is situated in the final position.

11. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the first and/or the second latching device (5) has a latching recognition device, which recognizes and displays the latching of the particular latching device (5).

12. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one housing part (2, 3) is at least partially made of a shock-absorbing, elastic material, in particular a rubber-like plastic.

13. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one housing part (2, 3) at least partially has a material containing TPU, TPE, or PVC.

14. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one housing part (2, 3) is made completely of a transparent or partially transparent material.

15. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein one housing part (2) is implemented as a base body for receiving the measuring device and the other housing part (3) is implemented as a protective cover and for protecting the shock-sensitive parts of the measuring device.

16. The housing as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the housing (1) is sealed to the outside.