Patent ID: 6026752
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A47B,H02B

Abstract:
In a work surface attached to a wall element or a door of a switchgear cabinet, which is moveable between a parallel stowed position and a flipped-down work position, the improvement comprising:a horizontal side of the work surface (20) which is on top in the stowed position guided, vertically adjustable, by a plurality of hinge bolts (22) in guide grooves (32) fixed in the wall element or door,a plurality of lower ends of the guide grooves (32) transitioning via transition sections (33) pointing away from the wall element or the door (10) into upward pointing holding receptacles (34) for the hinge bolts (22), anda plurality of vertical sides of the work surface (20) hingedly supported by respectively a guide rod (24) on the wall element or the door (10), the guide rods (24) hinged to vertical sides, which face away from the work surface (20), of a plurality of lateral legs (31) of a plurality of fastening strips (30) having the guide grooves (32), wherein a plurality of first hinge points (23) at the work surface (20) are arranged below the hinge bolts (22), and a plurality of second hinge points (25) at the wall element or the door (10) are arranged below the holding receptacles (34) of the guide grooves (32), a size of the guide rods (24) being such that, when the hinge bolts (22) are inserted into the holding receptacles (34), the work surface (20) takes up the desired work position with respect to the wall element or the door (10).