Patent ID: 6637842
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: E05B,H02B,Y10T

Abstract:
In a switchgear cabinet having at least one cabinet door mounted to a cabinet body, wherein the cabinet door can be locked by a lock element of the cabinet body, in a locked position the cabinet door closes an opening in the cabinet body, a locking engagement between the lock element and a counter-lock element can be released by a triggering device that operates the lock element or the counter-lock element via an actuating unit, and in the locked position the triggering device is accessible from outside the cabinet body, the improvement comprising:the actuating unit formed as a Bowden cable (30) with a first end connected to the triggering device (40) via a connecting element (32) and a second end connected with the lock element (17) or the counter-lock element (20); the triggering device (40) having a rotary body (45) pivotably seated about an axis of rotation; the first end of the Bowden cable (30) fastened to the rotary body (45) of the trigger device at a position eccentrically offset from the axis of rotation on the rotary body (45); a lever (47) with a handle (48) connected to the rotary body (45), at least two cabinet doors (15) hingedly connected with the cabinet body, a first cabinet door of the at least two cabinet doors (15) maintained in the locked position by locking engagement between the lock element (17) and the counter-lock element (20), and the triggering device (40) maintained near the switchgear cabinet interior and accessible through the opening in the cabinet body.