Patent ID: 6494779
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H02B,H05K

Abstract:
In a switchgear cabinet with a rack assembled from profiled frame sections and paneled with lateral elements and at least one cabinet door, which encloses a switchgear cabinet interior in which electrical installations are housed, and wherein in an area of at least one vertical side of the rack a cooling device is arranged, which removes heat generated in the switchgear cabinet interior, the improvement comprising:a separating element (20) fastened on the profiled frame sections (11) and distanced parallel relative to the one of lateral elements (40) which with the one lateral element (40) forms an air guide conduit (28); the separating element (20) having a plurality of openings (23) which create a spatial connection of the air guide conduit (28) with the switchgear cabinet interior; at least one ventilator (30) for conveying air through the air guide conduit (28) and at least one opening (23); and each of the at least one opening (23) closed off independently of each other by covers (25).