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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2018
Hoffman Enclosures, Inc., Anoka, MN (US);
William Anderson, Blane, MN (US);
Kevin Roof, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Krystal Jamison, Shoreview, MN (US);
Alkhalil Alkindi, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Taylor Farber, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Csaba Andrasfi, St. Paul, MN (US);
Hoffman Enclosures, Inc., Anoka, MN (US);
Abstract
An interlock for an enclosure can include a primary door activator with an activator arm, a secondary door activator, and a rotatable arrangement that links the primary and secondary door activators. The activator arm can block a primary door of the enclosure from being closed when the activator arm is in an open configuration. The activator arm can be configured to rotate with the rotatable arrangement in a first direction towards the open configuration as the primary door is opened, and in a second direction away from the open configuration as the primary door is closed. The secondary door activator can be configured to engage the rotatable arrangement to prevent rotation of the rotatable arrangement when the secondary door is open, and to permit rotation of the rotatable arrangement when the secondary door is closed.