US 12,222,036 B2
Sealing arrangement for an enclosure
William Anderson, Blaine, MN (US); Rony Khalife, Coon Rapids, MN (US); and Joseph D. Ricke, Arden Hills, MN (US)
Assigned to Hoffman Enclosures, Inc., Anoka, MN (US)
Filed by Hoffman Enclosures Inc., Anoka, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/962,735.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/254,010, filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112739 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. F16J 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16J 15/104 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing arrangement for an enclosure comprising:
a front wall that defines a front opening of the enclosure and includes an offset extending in a first direction from side walls of the enclosure toward the front opening;
a flange extending from the offset in a second direction away from a back wall of the enclosure; and
an open hem extending from the flange, opposite the offset, in a third direction that is opposite the first direction,
wherein the open hem has an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter, the inner perimeter defines a door opening of the enclosure aligned with the front opening of the enclosure, and the outer perimeter includes side sections and radiused corners adapted to secure a continuous gasket to the open hem along the outer perimeter, the radiused corners including a first radiused corner with a first radius adjacent a first side section of the side sections; and
wherein a first ratio of (i) the first radius to (ii) a width between the inner and outer perimeters along the first side section is in a range from 11:6 to 12:7.