Patent ID: 7857688

Claim:
A cabinet having an opening in an external surface thereof for exhausting air passing through the cabinet externally of the cabinet, such opening having a pair of outer regions and an inner region disposed between the pair of outer regions, such cabinet comprising: a pair of vertically stacked chassis separated by a central, vertically extending region; a pair of laterally spaced, vertically extending panels disposed in the central region, such panels forming: a pair of vertically extending outer compartments for receiving air exiting a corresponding one of the pair of laterally spaced vertically stacked chassis, such pair of outer compartments having open ends terminating at the pair of outer regions of the opening for directing the air received therein vertically towards the opening, such received air exiting through the open ends of the pair of outer regions of the openings; and a vertically extending inner compartment disposed between and parallel to the pair of vertically extending outer compartments having an open end terminating at the inner region of the opening for receiving air exiting the pair of vertically stacked chassis and for directing the air received therein vertically towards the opening, such received air exiting through the open ends of the inner region of the opening; and wherein each one of the vertically extending panels has therein an array of openings for passing portions of air from the outer compartments into the inner compartment.