CANOPY AND COMPRESSOR OR GENERATOR INSTALLATION PROVIDED WITH SUCH CANOPY

Abstract

A canopy for a compressor or generator installation comprising a chassis (2) with—a base plate (3) comprising a body with a mounting surface bounded by a polygonal peripheral edge (4); and—a mounting frame (5) containing this base plate (3) and going around the peripheral edge (4); whereby the canopy (1) further comprises a number of corner stays (6), whereby each corner stay (6) is provided with a mounting end which is configured to be mounted onto the chassis (2), whereby at each corner of the peripheral edge (4), at least one corner stay (6) is mounted with its mounting end onto the chassis (2), whereby each corner stay (6) in a mounted state extends from the mounting surface of the base plate (3) in a direction essentially perpendicular to the mounting surface and outwards from the body of the base plate (3), and whereby each corner stay (6) in a mounted state has a free end which is opposite to the mounting end of this corner stay (6) and which is not mounted onto the mounting surface; and whereby the canopy (1) further comprises at least one roof panel (9), characterised in that at each one corner of the peripheral edge (4), the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) is configured to be connected by means of at least one lateral beam (10) to the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) which is mounted at a corner adjacent to said one corner; and that the canopy (1) further comprises a number of lateral beams (10) such that, at each one corner of the peripheral edge (4), the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) at said one corner is connected to the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) which is mounted at a corner adjacent to said one corner.

Claims

1-24. (canceled)

25. A canopy for a compressor or generator installation comprising a chassis (2) with a base plate (3) comprising a body with a mounting surface bounded by a polygonal peripheral edge (4); and a mounting frame (5) containing this base plate (3) and going around the peripheral edge (4); whereby the canopy (1) further comprises a number of corner stays (6), whereby each corner stay (6) is provided with a mounting end which is configured to be mounted onto the chassis (2), whereby at each corner of the peripheral edge (4), at least one corner stay (6) is mounted with its mounting end onto the chassis (2), whereby each corner stay (6) in a mounted state extends from the mounting surface of the base plate (3) in a direction essentially perpendicular to the mounting surface and outwards from the body of the base plate (3), and whereby each corner stay (6) in a mounted state has a free end which is opposite to the mounting end of this corner stay (6) and which is not mounted onto the mounting surface; and whereby the canopy (1) further comprises at least one roof panel (9), wherein at each one corner of the peripheral edge (4), the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) is configured to be connected by means of at least one lateral beam (10) to the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) which is mounted at a corner adjacent to said one corner; the canopy (1) further comprises a number of lateral beams (10) such that, at each one corner of the peripheral edge (4), the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) at said one corner is connected to the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) which is mounted at a corner adjacent to said one corner; and the canopy (1) further comprises a door (8) configured at an edge of the door (8) to be hung onto one of the lateral beams (10).

26. The canopy according to claim 25, wherein at each one corner of the peripheral edge (4) of the base plate (3), the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) at said one corner is configured to be connected to the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) at both corners adjacent to said one corner.

27. The canopy according to claim 25, wherein the at least one roof panel (9) is configured to be mounted onto the lateral beams (10).

28. The canopy according to claim 25, wherein each corner of the peripheral edge (4) of the base plate (3) is provided with a mounting hole (11) which is configured to contain the mounting end of the at least one corner stay (6).

29. The canopy according to claim 25, wherein the mounting end of each corner stay (6) is configured to be detachably mounted onto the mounting frame (5).

30. The canopy according to claim 29, wherein the mounting end of each corner stay (6) is configured to be detachably mounted onto the mounting frame (5) by means of a bolt connection (12).

31. The canopy according to claim 30, wherein the bolt connection (12) comprises maximally four, preferably maximally three, more preferably maximally two bolts (13).

32. The canopy according to claim 25, wherein at each one corner of the peripheral edge (4), the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) is configured such that the at least one lateral beam (10) can be snapped in this at least one corner stay (6).

33. The canopy according to claim 32, wherein the at least one lateral beam (10) is configured such that it can be snapped in the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) by means of a groove (14) in this at least one lateral beam (10).

34. The canopy according to claim 32, wherein the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) is configured such that the at least one lateral beam (10) can be detachably attached to this at least one corner stay (6).

35. The canopy according to claim 34, wherein the free end of the at least one corner stay (6) is configured such that the at least one lateral beam (10) can be detachably attached to this at least one corner stay (6) by means of a bolt (15).

36. The canopy according to claim 25, wherein the door (8) is configured to be detachably hung onto the one of the lateral beams (10).

37. The canopy according to claim 25, wherein the door (8) is configured to be hung onto the one of the lateral beams (10) by means of at least two knobs (16) which are provided at said edge of the door (8), on a side of the door (8) whose edges in a hung state of the door (8) are all tangent to an internal space of the canopy (1).

38. The canopy according to claim 37, wherein for each one of the at least two knobs (16), the at least one roof panel (9) comprises at least one recess (17) which is configured to contain the one of the at least two knobs (16).

39. The canopy according to claim 25, wherein the door (8) is configured with a lock mechanism (18) at an edge that is opposite to the edge at which the door (8) is configured to be hung onto the one of the lateral beams (10).

40. A compressor or generator installation provided with a canopy (1) according to claim 25.

41. The compressor or generator installation according to claim 40, wherein one or more of the corner stays (6) are at least partly replaced by a component of the compressor installation.

Description

[0027] With the intention of better showing the characteristics of the invention, a few preferred embodiments of a canopy for a compressor or generator installation according to the invention comprising a number of lateral beams onto which the at least one roof panel of the canopy is mounted, are described hereinafter by way of example, without any limiting nature, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

[0028] FIG. 1 shows an exploded view of a conventional canopy for a compressor or generator installation;

[0029] FIG. 2 shows a canopy for a compressor or generator installation according to the invention;

[0030] FIG. 3 shows more in detail the part that has been indicated by F3 in FIG. 2;

[0031] FIG. 4 shows more in detail the part that has been indicated by F4 in FIG. 2;

[0032] FIG. 5 shows more in detail the part that has been indicated by F5 in FIG. 2;

[0033] FIG. 6 shows more in detail the mounting of a door and a roof panel of the canopy according to the invention;

[0034] FIG. 7 shows the lock mechanism of a door of the canopy according to the invention.

[0035] The conventional canopy 1 in FIG. 1 comprises a chassis 2 with [0036] a base plate 3 comprising a body with a mounting surface bounded by a rectangular peripheral edge 4; and [0037] a mounting frame 5 containing this base plate 3 and going around the rectangular peripheral edge 4,
whereby each corner of the rectangular peripheral edge 4 is provided with a corner stay 6 and whereby intermediate stays 7 are provided at the rectangular peripheral edge 4 in between the corners of the rectangular peripheral edge 4.

[0038] The corner stays 6 and the intermediate stays 7 are directly mounted on the base plate 3 of the chassis 2 and all extend in a same direction perpendicular to the mounting surface of the base plate 3 and outwards from the body of the base plate 3.

[0039] Doors 8 are hinged on the corner stays 6 and the intermediate stays 7.

[0040] Roof panels 9 are mounted onto free ends of the corner stays 6 and the intermediate stays 7. By ‘free end’ is meant an end of the stay which is opposite to the end of the stay which is mounted onto the mounting surface of the base plate 3 and which is not mounted to the mounting surface of the base plate 3.

[0041] FIG. 2 shows a canopy 1 according to the invention which differs from the conventional canopy 1 of FIG. 1, for example in the fact that no intermediate stays 7 are present and that the free ends of the corner stays 6 are connected by means of lateral beams 10.

[0042] In this case, at each one corner of the rectangular peripheral edge 4 of the mounting surface of the base plane 3, the free end of each corner stay 6 is connected to the free end of the corner stays 6 at both corners adjacent to this one corner.

[0043] In order to support the roof panels 9, in fact, only the two lateral beams 10 that are connecting the corner stays 6 at corners A and B respectively C and D are strictly necessary to support the roof panels 9. The two lateral beams 10 connecting the corner stays 6 at corners A and D respectively B and C may be included in the canopy 1 to increase the perpendicular alignment of the corner stays 6 with respect to the mounting surface of the base plate 3 and the mechanical stability and stiffness of the canopy 1, but this is not a necessary requirement of the invention.

[0044] It is not to be excluded that the peripheral edge 4 of the mounting surface of the base plate 3 has another polygonal shape instead of being rectangular, for example an L-shape.

[0045] FIG. 3 shows in more detail the mounting of one of the corner stays 6 onto the chassis 2 of the canopy 1. The base plate 3 is at each corner of its peripheral edge 4 provided with a mounting hole 11 which is configured to contain a mounting end of the corner stay 6.

[0046] The corner stay 6 may be detachably mounted with its mounting end onto the mounting frame 5 of the chassis 2. This detachable mounting may be established by means of a bolt connection 12 comprising a minimum number of bolts 13, in this case only two.

[0047] FIG. 4 shows in more detail the mounting of lateral beams 10 onto the free end of one of the corner stays 6 of the canopy 1. The corner stay 6 is configured such that the lateral beams 10 snap in this corner stay 6, for example, by means of a groove 14 in the lateral beam 10.

[0048] Preferably, the lateral beam 10 may be fastened to the corner stay 6, for example, by means of a click connection, a glue connection, a rivet connection, etc. More preferably, the lateral beams 10 may be detachably attached to the corner stay 6, for example, by means of a bolt 15, as indicated in FIG. 5.

[0049] FIG. 6 shows in more detail the mounting of a door 8 and a roof panel 9 onto the lateral beams 10 of the canopy 1. The door 8 is hung on one of the lateral beams 10 by means of at least two knobs 16 which protrude at a same edge on a side of the door 8 whose edges in a hung state of the door 8 are tangent to an internal space contained by the canopy 1. By this ‘internal space’ is meant a polyhedral space that is bounded by the base plate 3, the corner stays 6, and the lateral beams 10. The knobs 16 are configured such that the door 8 is hung onto this lateral beam 10 by means of these knobs 16, at the edge of the door 8 at which these knobs 16 are provided.

[0050] The roof panel 9 is mounted onto the lateral beams 10 and comprises at least two recesses 17 containing the knobs 16 of the door 8, at least one recess 17 for each knob 16.

[0051] The door 8 may be detached from the lateral beam 10 and the canopy 1 by lifting the door 8 with the knobs 16 from the recesses 17 and then moving the edge of the door 8 which is provided with the knobs 16 away from the canopy 1.

[0052] Doors 8 may be placed sequentially next to each other, hung onto the lateral beams 10, to close off the lateral sides of the canopy 1. By ‘lateral sides’ is meant the sides of the canopy 1 which two-by-two share one of the corner stays 6 as a common edge.

[0053] An additional lateral beam 10, which is not necessarily needed to support the roof panels 9, may be specifically incorporated into the canopy 1 to provide a lateral side of the canopy 1 at a desired and/or required position with one or more doors 8, which are then hung onto this additional lateral beam 10.

[0054] FIG. 7 shows in more detail a lock mechanism 18 of the door 8 which is provided at an edge of the door 8 which is opposite to the edge at which the door 8 is hung onto the lateral beam 10.

[0055] It is not excluded that the door 8 can be hooked onto the chassis 2 by means of a mortise and tenon connection, whereby the door 8 or the chassis 2 comprises a protruding tenon which corresponds to a mortise in the chassis 2 respectively the door 8, and can be locked onto one of the lateral beams 10 by means of the lock mechanism 18. In other words, the position of the lock mechanism 18 and the knobs 16 respectively the mortise and tenon connection may be interchanged on the door 8.

[0056] The present invention is by no means limited to the embodiments described as an example and shown in the drawings, but a canopy for a compressor or generator installation according to the invention and a compressor or generator installation provided with such canopy can be realised in all kinds of forms or dimensions without departing from the scope of the invention.