Patent ID: 7188570
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: E05B,E05C,H05K

Abstract:
1. An enclosure for electrical equipment, comprising: a back section arranged to be mounted to a fixed support structure and having an open front; a main section adapted to contain electrical equipment, the main section having an open back and hinged to said back section; a latch mounted within one of the back section or main section, and arranged to latch the main section to the back section, the latch being actuatable between locked and unlocked positions; and a key-operated control mechanism mounted to the main section and engaged with the latch, the key-operated control mechanism including an axially-translatable linkage and a lock, the lock being actuatable by a key, the lock adapted to engage with the linkage in a locked state so as to prevent axial translation of the linkage, the linkage having a handle at one end which protrudes from the front of the main section and being connected at the other end to the latch, wherein axial displacement of the handle by a user produces actuation of the latch, the lock being accessible from the front of the main section.