Patent ID: 6134109
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H02B,H05K

Abstract:
In a switch cabinet comprised of a cabinet body that includes a cabinet door and a cooling device having an inner circuit that includes a fan and a vaporizer and an outer circuit that includes a compressor, a condenser and a fan, wherein said cooling device is enclosed by a tub-shaped outer housing articulated on the cabinet body, and a carrier plate such that the space surrounded by the outer housing part and the carrier plate forms an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space and said carrier plate has at least one air suction opening in the upper receiving space area and an air outlet opening for the inner circuit, the improvement comprised of:the cooling device serving as the cabinet door;the components of the inner circuit being located in the upper receiving space and fastened to the carrier plate, said components being hermetically enclosed;the upper receiving space having an open top;the cooling device components of the outer circuit located in the lower receiving space and connected to the carrier plate; andthe lower receiving space having an opening at its bottom,whereby fresh air for the outer circuit is drawn through the bottom of the lower receiving space over the cooling device components and into the upper receiving space where it is discharged through the top of the upper receiving space.