Melles Griot Limited

Design Funktion Mobler Ab

Tony Wills

Brian John Watson

Philip Andrew Davies

Anil M Patel

Malcolm Sargeant

An optical workstation comprising an optical breadboard supported by a frame, the frame comprising a plurality of upstanding legs interconnected by laterally extending cross-beams, the cross-beams defining a space into which the optical breadboard is received and laterally enclosed. By laterally enclosing the optical breadboard with the cross-beam frame elements, side protection for the optical breadboard is provided, thus protecting it from lateral impacts against which conventional damping mounts are not effective. In addition, since the cross-beams are part of the frame structure, they provide a stable and rigid platform for mounting optical and other components at the very edge of the workstation outside the optical breadboard area. Anchor points in the cross-beams are provided for this purpose. Incorporation of the cross-beams into the frame structure also provides an enhanced level of structural rigidity which allows the frame to be made of aluminum rather than steel to provide a much lighter, more maneuverable product.

Optical workstation

A service wall constructed from at least two mutually connectable and free-standing wall-sections. Each section includes at least two mutually separate cable channels which extend in the longitudinal direction of the section and which are intended to accommodate electric cables, telecommuncation cables and data communication cables. The wall-section also includes a ventilation channel which extends in the longitudinal direction of the section and which is separate from the cable channels.

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