Ventilation system for cabinets with electronic functional units which produce considerable heat

Claim 1

A ventilation system for use in a cabinet having doors equipped with louvers and containing a plurality of functional units stacked in tower fashion one above another, said functional units producing heat, said ventilation system comprising: four identical fan units, each fan unit having a housing with a top and a bottom and open longitudinal sides with at least one fan disposed in said housing, each said fan having an axial air intake and a radial air discharge and an axis of rotation disposed perpendicularly relative to said bottom and top of said housing; said four fan units being disposed in said cabinet at a mid-height of said cabinet and being divided into two pairs of fan units, the fan units in each pair being oriented with the respective axial intakes of the respective fans being oriented directly toward each other, the fan units in a first of said pairs being disposed closely above each other, and the fan units of a second of said pairs being spaced apart and forming a horizontal air duct therebetween for directing air out of said cabinet; and a plurality of partitions mounted in said cabinet respectively adjacent said four fan units and causing said fan units in said first pair to discharge air into said horizontal air duct and causing said fan units in said second pair to discharge air out of said cabinet.