Drainage canal

• US 4,726,392 A
• Filed: 04/16/1986
• Issued: 02/23/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brown Boveri & CIE AG (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brown Boveri & CIE AG (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Eckhard, Herbert, Schwarz, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Michalsky, Gerald A.
• Application Number:
  US06/852,528
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 137/247.15, 137/247.21, 137/247.41, 137/247.45, 137/247.47, 137/247.49, 137/247.51
• US Class Current: 137/247.21
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5227 with evacuation of penetrating liquids
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0212 Condensation eliminators
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0213 Venting apertures; Constructional details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/06 Hermetically-sealed casings specially adapted for small components H05K5/0095
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/4501 Ball valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/4591 Enlarged upflow leg

Abstract

A drainage canal assembly includes a canal housing for receiving electrical components, a drainage canal in the form of a syphon formed in the canal housing, and a check valve disposed in the drainage canal permitting liquid to leave the canal housing but preventing liquid and dust from entering.

Claims

1. Drainage canal assembly to be connected to a housing for receiving electrical components for draining liquid from the housing for receiving electrical components, the assembly comprising a canal housing formed of first and second interconnected housing parts and having a first surface facing toward and a second surface facing away from a discharge opening in the housing to be drained, a drainage canal in the form of a syphon formed in said canal housing including first and second mutually spaced apart through holes formed in said first housing part, said first through hole having an opening for communication with the discharge opening, said second through hole being closed toward the housing to be drained, a check valve being disposed in said second through hole of said drainage canal permitting liquid to leave the canal housing but preventing liquid and dust from entering, a discharge canal being formed in said first housing part, being connected to said second through hole and being open toward said second surface, and a connecting canal formed in said second housing part and interconnecting said two through holes at ends thereof facing toward said second surface forming a U-shaped bend of said drainage canal, said second housing part including a canal ring liquid-tightly separated from said connecting canal and communicating with said discharge canal, and said second housing part including drainage holes leading from said canal ring to the surroundings.

2. Drainage canal assembly according to claim 1, including means for fastening said canal housing to a discharge opening in the housing to be drained.

3. Drainage canal assembly according to claim 1, wherein said connecting canal is a circular depression and said canal ring is a circular ring concentrically surrounding said circular depression.

4. Drainage canal assembly according to claim 1, wherein said check valve includes a hollow sphere.

5. Drainage canal assembly to be connected to a housing for receiving electrical components for draining liquid from the housing for receiving electrical components, the assembly comprising a canal housing formed of first and second interconnected housing parts and having a first surface facing toward and a second surface facing away from a discharge opening in the housing to be drained, a drainage canal in the form of a syphon formed in said canal housing including first and second mutually spaced apart through holes formed in said first housing part, said first through hole having an opening for communication with the discharge opening, said second through hole being closed toward the housing to be drained, a check valve being disposed in said second through hole of said drainage canal permitting liquid to leave the canal housing but preventing liquid and dust from entering, a discharge canal being formed in said first housing part, being connected to said second through hole and being open toward said second surface, and a connecting canal formed in said second housing part and interconnecting said two through holes at ends thereof facing toward said second surface forming a U-shaped bend of said drainage canal, said first housing part including a transverse hole connecting said discharge canal to said second through hole, and said second housing part including a collar covering said transverse hole.

6. Drainage canal assembly according to claim 5, wherein said housing parts are cylindrical and are screwed together.

7. Drainage canal assembly according to claim 5, including means for fastening said canal housing to a discharge opening in the housing to be drained.

8. Drawing canal assembly according to claim 5, wherein said check valve includes a hollow sphere.