Outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosures having slide lock assemblies

摘要

An outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure includes a dome, a base for receiving the dome, and a slide lock assembly for coupling the dome to the base. The slide lock assembly includes a housing coupled to one of the dome and the base and defining a channel and a slider positioned within the channel. The slider is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position for engaging the other one of the dome and the base. In one example embodiment, one of the slider and the housing includes multiple protrusions in contact with the other one of the slider and the housing. The protrusions inhibit surface contact between the slider and the housing. In another example embodiment, the slide lock assembly includes a gasket, seal and/or plug to inhibit ingress of debris into the slide lock assembly. In yet another example embodiment, the slide lock assembly includes a rotator having an actuator head accessible to a user such that when the rotator is rotated in a first direction via the actuator head, the rotator moves the slider into the extended position.

主权项

1. An outdoor telecommunications equipment enclosure comprising a dome, a base for receiving the dome, and a slide lock assembly for coupling the dome to the base, the slide lock assembly including a housing coupled to one of the dome and the base and defining a channel, and a slider positioned within the channel, the slider being moveable between a retracted position and an extended position for engaging the other one of the dome and the base, one of the slider and the housing including multiple protrusions in contact with the other one of the slider and the housing, the other one of the slider and the housing including at least one rail complimentary to at least one of the multiple protrusions for guiding movement of the at least one of the multiple protrusions, the slider including a proximate end, a distal end, and side surfaces extending between the proximate end and the distal end, the housing including side surfaces and a rear surface, the proximate end of the slider positioned adjacent the rear surface of the housing when the slider is in the retracted position, the multiple protrusions on one of the side surfaces of one of the slider and the housing, the protrusions inhibiting surface contact between the side surfaces of the slider and the housing when the slider is moved between the retracted position and the extended position.