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Modular cabinet for electrical battery banks

  • US 4,994,940 A
  • Filed: 09/26/1989
  • Issued: 02/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A modular cabinet for electrical battery banks, comprising a plurality of parallely arranged longitudinal battery modules, each of said modules having a frame comprising:

  • a rectangular plinth;

    rolling means disposed on a bottom surface of said rectangular plinth for providing movement of the battery modules between a stored position within the modular cabinet and a withdrawn position;

    a vertical front flange extending in a direction perpendicular to said plinth;

    a vertical rear flange arranged parallel to said vertical front flange;

    a plurality of horizontal shelves interposed between said vertical front flange and said vertical rear flange;

    a side plate connecting the flanges and the rectangular plinth, thereby closing one side of the module;

    and lateral guiding means for(i) mechanically coupling adjacent modules, or a single module to a structure arranged adjacent said modular cabinet, when said modules are in said stored position, and(ii) guiding said modules during withdrawal thereof from the modular cabinet;

    wherein a plurality of batteries are arranged on each of said horizontal shelves such that a transverse free space is provided between the batteries and an open side, opposing the closed side, of each said module, and said batteries are fully accessible via said open side when at least one module is in said withdrawn position.

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