US3782589A - Stackable housings for electronic equipment - Google Patents

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US3782589A
US3782589A US00145723A US3782589DA US3782589A US 3782589 A US3782589 A US 3782589A US 00145723 A US00145723 A US 00145723A US 3782589D A US3782589D A US 3782589DA US 3782589 A US3782589 A US 3782589A
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H Steiner
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K5/00—Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus
    • H05K5/30—Side-by-side or stacked arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
    • A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/821—Stacking member

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  • ABSTRACT 30 Foreign Application Priority Data
  • a stackable housing for electronic equipment and the June 18 1970 Switzerland 8884/70 like characterised 1n that a first housmg 15 provided at its bottom with shoulder means adapted for pivotal s2 U.S.C1l 220/97 R connectim with corresponding means 9 the upper 51 1m.
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  • This invention relates generally to stackable housings for electronic equipment.
  • the requirement frequently arises of connecting in a building block manner further units to a basic unit already provided.
  • this is accomplished in such a manner that the individual units, each disposed in a housing, are fitted one above the other and can be separated again without difficulty.
  • the primary object of the present invention is to provide a stackable housing for electronic equipment, comprising top, bottom and wall portions, a lower edge of the housing being so constructed that when it co-operates with an upper edge of a second housing said lower edge acts as a pivot mounting, at least one snap lock means being provided which, after engagement, grips an upper edge portion of the second housing such that further pivotal movementof the two housings relative to each other is prevented.
  • a more specific object of the invention is to provide a housing which can be used individually or can be stacked with further similar housings to form a system; When the housings are stacked they can be secured in position in all directions without the assistance of aditional means.
  • the exteriors of the housings can of course be made of pleasing appearance.
  • a preferred embodiment of the housing according to the invention has at the lower edge of its forward side a retaining bar which both acts as a support and also, by means of a groove formed therein, engages around the slightly projecting forward portion of the cover plate of a housing below the first mentioned housing.
  • the retaining bar extends over the entire inside width of the housing and in this way, in conjunction with the forwardly extended side walls, prevents the housing being displaced laterally. If the retaining bar is ofa suitable coniiguration, it can be used at the same time as a symbol-bearing panel, for example for carrying typed designations etc, by means of adhesive label strips.
  • This element engages a slightly projecting edge portion of the cover plate of a housing located therebelow.
  • the lower edge of the pivotable element preferably terminates above the stationary surface of the rigid part of the supports, in order to prevent loading of the pivot pin of an individual housing or a lowermost housing.
  • a pivotable support bar which, when not in use, is preferably held against the underside of the housing by suitable design of 'the bar and its mountings.
  • the support bar makes it possible, when required, for the individual housing or the group of housings to be set up in an inclined position at a given angle, thereby permitting easier reading or operation.
  • FIG. 1 shows a bottom plan view of the housing
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line ll-II of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 is an elevation view of a rearward support foot
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged section taken on line lV--lV of FIG. 1, and
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of two stacked housings.
  • FIGS. 2 and 4 are drawn such as to correspond to the normal position of the housing.
  • the housing comprises a combined base and rear plate 8, a front plate 9 and a cover plate 10 which includes orthogonally arranged flange portions that define the sides of the housing.
  • the cover plate 10 is of a configuration such that both at the top and at the sides it includes edge portions that extend forwardly and rearwardly by a few millimeters beyond the front and rear faces.
  • the front plate 9 carries operating or indication elements, while the rear plate 8 carries the necessary plug and socket connections.
  • the front plate 9 and the cover plate 10 are secured to the base plate 8 by screws 11 and 12 which pass through spot-welded angle plates 13.
  • the screws 11 also hold a retaining bar 14 which pivotally carries a support bar 16 in partly closed recesses 15.
  • the sup port bar 16 is pivotable about its two retained end portions 17 (FIG. 2) and is fixed in its: horizontal rest position by the recessed portions 18 in the open part of the recesses 15, by virtue of its spread action after insertion under an initial stress (FIG. 4).
  • the retaining bar 14 In addition to a support portion 19 which acts as a foot, the retaining bar 14 also has a symbol-bearing panel 20 and a groove 21 in which, when a plurality of housings are set one upon the other, the forwardly projecting part of the cover plate 10 of the next lower housing is held.
  • the length of the retaining bar 14 substantially corresponds to the inside measurement between the flange portions of the cover plate 10 which partly overlap the retaining bar 14, so that the housings are held laterally relative to each other.
  • Two feet 22 are secured by respective screws 23 to the rear of the base plate 8 at the outer ends thereof, each foot 22 lying against the inward side of the flange portions of the cover plate 10.
  • snap lock means formed by a pin 24 on which there is pivotally mounted a retaining element 26 which has a projecting lug 25 and which is arranged in a corresponding central recess in the foot 22.
  • a leaf spring 27 Clamped between the foot 22 and the base and rear plate 8, and held in position by the screw 23, is a leaf spring 27 which urges the upper portion 28 of the retaining element 26 outwardly and thus the lower portion carrying the lug 25 inwardly into engagement with the cover plate 10 of the lower housing, thereby urging the above mentioned lower portion against the lower housing.
  • the former housing In order to place a further housing upon a lower housing, the former housing is moved, in a slightly inclined position, rearwardly towards the lower housing until the groove 21 engages into the cover plate of the lower housing, whereupon the first mentioned housing is pivoted about the groove 21 until snap lock means are snapped into position.
  • the upper portion of the two retaining elements 26 are pressed slightly inwardly (that is, towards the housing) against the spring force of the leaf springs 27, whereupon the housing is slightly lifted at the back and drawn forwardly so that it comes out of the retaining groove 21, and then is lifted off.
  • the pins 24 are not subjected to load as the lower portion carrying the lug 25 is so constructed that it has a certain ground clearance relative to the support surfaces of the feet 22 (FIG. 3).
  • the supports 16 can be provided with non-slip rings 29, comprising for example rubber (FIG. 1).
  • a stackable housing for electronic equipment comprising a. a first housing having bottom, front, side, rear and top walls, said top and side walls projecting forwardly slightly beyond said front wall, said top wall projecting forwardly slightly beyond said rear wall;
  • interconnecting means including 1. shoulder means on said first housing for pivotally connecting the forward portions of said first and second housings, said shoulder means including a depending retaining bar connected with the forward portion of said bottom wall and containing a rearwardly facing groove for pivotally receiving the forwardly projecting top wall portion of the second housing, said retaining bar terminating at both ends in juxtaposition to the forwardly projecting side wall portion of said second housing, respectively, thereby retaining said base in fixed lateral position with respect to the second housing; and 2. snap lock means for releasably locking the rear portion of said first housing with the rearwardly projecting top wall portion of said second housing, said snap lock means including a.
  • At least one centrally pivoted retaining element having a lug on the lower end, and b. spring means for biasing said retaining element toward a position in which said lug hooks over the rearward lip of the second housing top wall and for permitting said retaining element to be manually rotated to a position in which said lug clears the rearward lip of the second housing top wall when said base is rotated about the forward lip of the second housing.

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WO1986005638A1 (fr) * 1985-03-11 1986-09-25 Jacques Bigot Ensemble de dispositifs permettant de rendre polyvalente l'utilisation du materiel toutes marques auto-radio
FR2586882A2 (fr) * 1985-08-27 1987-03-06 Bigot Jacques Objet d'une addition au brevet principal no 85 03537 en ce qui concerne cinq des six dispositifs permettant de rendre polyvalente l'utilisation de materiel toutes marques auto-radio.
EP1655815A2 (de) 2004-10-05 2006-05-10 Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG Gehäuseanordnung mit mindestens einer Verbindungsdose

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US2046095A (en) * 1935-02-07 1936-06-30 Shaw Thomas Rack or supporting structure
US2493163A (en) * 1945-09-05 1950-01-03 Rausing Ruben Transport container
US2988412A (en) * 1959-02-09 1961-06-13 Vue Chest Inc Stackable display case
US3416655A (en) * 1966-06-30 1968-12-17 Shiffman Jerome Tray-enclosed jewelry box
US3424334A (en) * 1964-10-09 1969-01-28 Joseph Goltz Stacking box construction with interlock
US3518728A (en) * 1968-03-11 1970-07-07 Honeywell Inc Retaining apparatus

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US2046095A (en) * 1935-02-07 1936-06-30 Shaw Thomas Rack or supporting structure
US2493163A (en) * 1945-09-05 1950-01-03 Rausing Ruben Transport container
US2988412A (en) * 1959-02-09 1961-06-13 Vue Chest Inc Stackable display case
US3424334A (en) * 1964-10-09 1969-01-28 Joseph Goltz Stacking box construction with interlock
US3416655A (en) * 1966-06-30 1968-12-17 Shiffman Jerome Tray-enclosed jewelry box
US3518728A (en) * 1968-03-11 1970-07-07 Honeywell Inc Retaining apparatus

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1986005638A1 (fr) * 1985-03-11 1986-09-25 Jacques Bigot Ensemble de dispositifs permettant de rendre polyvalente l'utilisation du materiel toutes marques auto-radio
FR2586882A2 (fr) * 1985-08-27 1987-03-06 Bigot Jacques Objet d'une addition au brevet principal no 85 03537 en ce qui concerne cinq des six dispositifs permettant de rendre polyvalente l'utilisation de materiel toutes marques auto-radio.
EP1655815A2 (de) 2004-10-05 2006-05-10 Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG Gehäuseanordnung mit mindestens einer Verbindungsdose
EP1655815A3 (de) * 2004-10-05 2008-04-09 Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG Gehäuseanordnung mit mindestens einer Verbindungsdose

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DE2039733B2 (de) 1972-09-21
NL7014077A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1971-12-21
NL150304B (nl) 1976-07-15
FR2066036A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1971-08-06
CH505529A (de) 1971-03-31
SE359439B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-09-03

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