Outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosures having slide lock assemblies
View Patent ↗An outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure includes a dome, a base for receiving the dome, and a slide lock assembly for coupling the dome to the base. The slide lock assembly includes a housing coupled to one of the dome and the base and defining a channel and a slider positioned within the channel. The slider is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position for engaging the other one of the dome and the base. In one example embodiment, one of the slider and the housing includes multiple protrusions in contact with the other one of the slider and the housing. The protrusions inhibit surface contact between the slider and the housing. In another example embodiment, the slide lock assembly includes a gasket, seal and/or plug to inhibit ingress of debris into the slide lock assembly. In yet another example embodiment, the slide lock assembly includes a rotator having an actuator head accessible to a user such that when the rotator is rotated in a first direction via the actuator head, the rotator moves the slider into the extended position.
1. An outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure comprising one or more telecommunications connections and/or components, a dome, a base for receiving the dome, and a slide lock assembly, the dome configured to house the one or more telecommunications connections and/or components when the base receives the dome, the slide lock assembly including a housing coupled to one of the dome and the base and defining a channel, a slider positioned within the channel, the slider being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position for engaging the other one of the dome and the base, and a rotator having a tab for contacting the slider and an actuator head accessible to a user such that when the rotator is rotated by the user in a first direction via the actuator head, the rotator moves the slider into the extended position.
2. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 1 wherein the tab substantially defines a trapezoidal shape having a first end and a second end, the first end contacting the slider for moving the slider into the retracted position, and the second end contacting the slider for moving the slider into the extended position.
3. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 1 wherein the housing includes a shroud disposed at least partially around the rotator, the shroud defining a drain groove.
4. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 1 wherein one of the slider and the housing includes multiple protrusions in contact with the other one of the slider and the housing to inhibit surface contact between the slider and the housing.
5. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 4 wherein the housing includes a lock base and a cover coupled to the lock base via multiple fasteners.
6. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 5 wherein the slide lock assembly includes multiple plugs, each plug substantially sealing an opening associated with one of the multiple fasteners.
7. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 5 wherein the slide lock assembly includes a slider gasket disposed adjacent to at least one of the cover and the base, the slider gasket defining a profile having substantially complimentary to a ramp surface defined by the slider.
8. An outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure comprising a dome, a base for receiving the dome, and a slide lock assembly including a housing coupled to one of the dome and the base and defining a channel, a slider positioned within the channel, the slider being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position for engaging the other one of the dome and the base, a rotator having an actuator head accessible to a user such that when the rotator is rotated in a first direction via the actuator head, the rotator moves the slider into the extended position, and a rotator seal disposed adjacent to the rotator to resist ingress of debris into the slide lock assembly.
9. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 8 wherein the rotator includes a tab for contacting the slider.
10. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 9 wherein the tab substantially defines a trapezoidal shape having a first end and a second end, the first end contacting the slider for moving the slider into the retracted position, and the second end contacting the slider for moving the slider into the extended position.
11. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 8 wherein the housing includes a shroud disposed at least partially around the rotator, the shroud defining a drain groove.
12. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 8 wherein one of the slider and the housing includes multiple protrusions in contact with the other one of the slider and the housing to inhibit surface contact between the slider and the housing.
13. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 8 wherein the housing includes a lock base and a cover coupled to the lock base via multiple fasteners.
14. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 13 wherein the slide lock assembly includes multiple plugs, each plug substantially sealing an opening associated with one of the multiple fasteners.
15. An outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure comprising a dome, a base for receiving the dome, and a slide lock assembly including a housing coupled to one of the dome and the base and defining a channel and having a lock base and a cover coupled to the lock base via multiple fasteners, a slider positioned within the channel, the slider being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position for engaging the other one of the dome and the base, a rotator having an actuator head accessible to a user such that when the rotator is rotated in a first direction via the actuator head, the rotator moves the slider into the extended position, and multiple plugs, each plug substantially sealing an opening associated with one of the multiple fasteners.
16. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 15 wherein the rotator includes a tab for contacting the slider.
17. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 16 wherein the tab substantially defines a trapezoidal shape having a first end and a second end, the first end contacting the slider for moving the slider into the retracted position, and the second end contacting the slider for moving the slider into the extended position.
18. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 15 wherein the housing includes a shroud disposed at least partially around the rotator, the shroud defining a drain groove.
19. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 15 wherein the slide lock assembly includes a slider gasket disposed adjacent to at least one of the cover and the base, the slider gasket defining a profile having substantially complimentary to a ramp surface defined by the slider.
20. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 1 wherein the slider includes a raised portion and wherein the tab is configured to contact the raised portion to move the slider into the extended position.
21. The outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure of claim 1 wherein the tab defines a sleeve and wherein the slider includes a raised portion positioned in the sleeve.