Telecommunications enclosures
View Patent ↗A telecommunications enclosure includes a frame having a plurality of frame members defining at least one opening. At least one frame member that defines the opening includes a gasket channel positioned on an inner surface of said frame member. The enclosure includes a gasket disposed in the gasket channel and at least one panel coupled to the frame with a retainer. The panel covers the opening in the inner of the enclosure and overlaps an inner surface of the gasket.
1. A telecommunications enclosure comprising:
a frame defining an interior region for housing telecommunications equipment within the frame, the frame comprising a plurality of frame members defining at least one opening, at least one of the frame members defining the opening including a gasket channel positioned on an inner surface of said frame member facing the interior region of the frame;
a gasket disposed in the gasket channel;
at least one panel covering the opening and overlapping an inner surface of the gasket facing the interior region of the frame; and
a retainer attached to said at least one of the frame members defining the opening and extending along a length of said at least one of the frame members defining the opening, the at least one panel positioned between the retainer and the inner surface of the gasket disposed in the gasket channel, and the retainer configured to bias the at least one panel against the inner surface of the gasket substantially along a length of the gasket to thereby substantially seal an interface between the at least one panel and the at least one of the frame members defining the opening.
2. The enclosure of claim 1 further comprising a door, the door attached to the frame and adapted to cover one of the openings of the frame when the door is closed.
3. The enclosure of claim 2 wherein at least one of the frame members defining the door opening includes a gutter flange.
4. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the retainer is monolithically formed with the panel.
5. The enclosure of claim 4 wherein the at least one panel is coupled to the frame with a plurality of retainers.
6. The enclosure of claim 5 wherein each of the frame members defining the opening that the panel overlaps includes a gasket channel and a gasket coupled in the gasket channel.
7. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the retainer is coupled to the frame via screws through the retainer into at least one of the frame members.
8. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the frame members have a generally triangularly shaped profile.
9. A telecommunications enclosure comprising:
a plurality of frame members;
a plurality of corner connectors connecting the frame members, each corner connector including three sides each having an inner and an outer surface, each of the three sides connected to a different one of the frame members; and
a plurality of gaskets, each gasket positioned between the outer surface of one of the sides of a corner connector and the frame member to which said side of the corner connector is connected;
wherein each corner connector includes at least one compression stop on the outer surface of at least one of the sides, the at least one compression stop protruding away from the outer surface of the at least one of the sides of the corner connector and adapted for limiting compression of the gasket;
wherein at least one compression stop of at least one of the corner connectors extends around a fastener connecting the at least one of the corner connectors to a corresponding frame member.
10. The enclosure of claim 9 wherein each corner connector includes a plurality of tabs on the outer surface of at least one of the sides for engagement with the frame member to which said side of the corner connector is connected.
11. The enclosure of claim 9 wherein the corner connectors are connected to the frame members with removable fasteners.
12. The enclosure of claim 11 wherein three fasteners connect one side of a corner connector to the frame member to which said side is connected.
13. The enclosure of claim 9 wherein the frame members define a plurality of openings and the enclosure further comprises at least one panel covering at least one of the openings and connected to the frame members that define said opening.
14. The enclosure of claim 13 further comprising at least one gasket positioned between the panel and the frame members that define said opening.
15. The enclosure of claim 9 wherein the frame members have a generally triangularly shaped profile.
16. The enclosure of claim 9 further comprising a corner cover, the corner cover removably coupled to one of the corner connectors.
17. The enclosure of claim 16 wherein the corner connector and the corner cover form a substantially cubic shaped corner connector assembly.
18. The enclosure of claim 9 wherein each corner connector includes an auxiliary mount adapted to receive an auxiliary fastener.
19. The enclosure of claim 9 wherein at least one of the plurality of corner connectors includes a bridge portion along at least part of the inner surfaces of at least two of the sides.
20. The enclosure of claim 19 wherein the bridge portion overlaps at least part of the inner surfaces of each of the first side, the second side and the third side of the at least one of the plurality of corner connectors.
21. The enclosure of claim 9 wherein said at least one compression stop of at least one of the corner connectors extends around a fastener hole defined in the at least one of the corner connectors for receiving said fastener connecting the at least one of the corner connectors to a corresponding frame member.