Patent ID: 9723738
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H02B,H05K

Claim:
1. An enclosure for electrical installations, the enclosure comprising: a rectangular bottom part; a cover to be placed on the bottom part and hinged to the bottom part by a plurality of hinges, wherein each hinge comprises a fastening element for detachably fastening the hinge to the bottom part; the bottom part comprising a bottom and side walls extending upward from the bottom and opposite first and second top edges as well as opposite third and fourth top edges associated with the side walls; the first top edge having at least one first fastener of a plurality of fasteners comprising a first recess and a platform abutting the first recess for receiving a first hinge of said plurality of hinges of the enclosure in a form-locked manner such that a protruding part of the first hinge settles into said first recess and a recess of the first hinge settles against the first platform, and the first fastener also comprises a first bore for receiving the fastening element of the first hinge for the purpose of detachably fastening the first hinge to the first fastener, the second top edge having at least one second fastener of the plurality of fasteners comprising a second recess and a platform abutting the second recess, which is formed to permit the receipt of a second hinge of said plurality of hinges in a form-locked manner such that the protruding part of the second hinge settles into the second recess and the recess of the second hinge settles against a second platform, and the second fastener also comprises a second bore that is formed to permit the receipt of the fastening element of the second hinge for removably fastening the second hinge to the second fastener, the first fastener and the second fastener being arranged on respective top edges of the enclosure diametrically opposite each other in such a manner that an imaginary direct line passing through a center point of the bottom of the bottom part of the enclosure and perpendicular to a plane defined by the bottom of the bottom part of the enclosure intersects an imaginary direct line that extends from the first fastener to the second fastener, wherein the first platform forming a first cavity in a first inner wall of the bottom part of the enclosure to open toward an interior of the bottom part, the second platform forming a second cavity in a second inner wall of the bottom part of the enclosure to open toward the interior of the bottom part, and the cover of the enclosure comprising at least one lock for locking the cover to the bottom part of the enclosure, the lock comprising a turnable latch arranged optionally to move to a first position, where it is in the first cavity or in the second cavity, for locking the cover to the bottom part of the enclosure, or to a second position, where it is outside said first cavity or said second cavity in the interior of the bottom part of the enclosure.