Patent ID: 6283565
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: E05D,E05Y,H02B,Y10T

Abstract:
In a switchgear cabinet with a body (10) comprising horizontal profiled sections (12) connected to vertical profiled sections (11) constructed for receiving wall members and door members, and with a hinge having a first hinge element (17) which is attached to a cabinet door (13) and having a second hinge element (21) arranged on the body of the switchgear cabinet at one of the vertical profiled sections, the improvement comprising:the hinge having two preselected holding positions for fixing in place the cabinet door (13) on the body (10) in first and second positions, the first position being for a right hand opening of the cabinet door on a first vertical profiled section and the second position being for a left hand opening of the door on a second vertical profiled section, the first and second positions distanced from each other in an axial direction of the hinge;the holding positions being offset with respect to each other in the axial direction of the body by twice an amount corresponding to a distance of a center plane (M) of the body (10) from a center axis of the cabinet door (13) extending transversely with respect to a hinge axis;the hinge elements (17, 21) displaced with respect to each other in an axial direction of the hinge; anda spacer element (31) positioned between the two seating receptacles (25) and the seating opening (19) of the hinge elements (21, 17).