Server rack blanking panel and system
DCFirst Claim
1. A server rack blanking panel comprising a panel,wherein the panel is between about 18.75 inches to about 19.50 inches wide, andwherein the panel is x U in height, where x is a whole integer, and where U is about 1.75 inches, andwherein the panel consists of y pieces, where y is a whole integer, andwherein the panel further comprises scoring, where the scoring is present on both of the opposite horizontal ends of each piece of the panel in the form of at least one aperture scoring.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system that allows for a single panel of the invention to be easily modified, preferably without the use of tools, to fit on a server rack, where the single panel is so modified as to cover the desired amount of open space on a server rack as a single piece, where the panel is preferably fire-rated, and where the modified panel may be easily installed onto the server rack to as to cover any open space thereon, and prevents the circular flow of warm air output from entering the cooler air input of the servers housed on the server rack.
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1. A server rack blanking panel comprising a panel,
wherein the panel is between about 18.75 inches to about 19.50 inches wide, and wherein the panel is x U in height, where x is a whole integer, and where U is about 1.75 inches, and wherein the panel consists of y pieces, where y is a whole integer, and wherein the panel further comprises scoring, where the scoring is present on both of the opposite horizontal ends of each piece of the panel in the form of at least one aperture scoring.
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15. A server rack blanking panel comprising a panel,
wherein the panel is between about 18.75 inches to about 19.50 inches wide, and wherein the panel is x U in height, where x is a whole integer greater than one, and where U is about 1.75 inches, and wherein the panel consists of y pieces, where y is a whole integer, and wherein the panel further comprises scoring, where the scoring comprises horizontal scoring such that the panel is divided into equal, substantially identical separable pieces, each piece being about z U in height, where z is an integer.
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24. A server rack blanking panel comprising a panel,
wherein the panel is 27 U in height, and wherein the panel is about 19.25 inches wide, and wherein the panel further comprises scoring such that the scoring divides the panel into 27 separable pieces of 1 U height each, and wherein each piece comprises scoring on each of the ends of each piece in the form of a rounded rectangle shaped scoring aperture, where each aperture is located substantially in the center of the respective vertical edges of each piece, and where each aperture is about 0.250 inches high, is located about 0.875 inches from the vertical edge of the piece, and is about 0.6875 inches deep, measured horizontally from the edge of the piece to the furthest inside edge of the aperture.
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