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Abstract

An apparatus for protecting equipment in an outdoor communication structure from adverse weather conditions, vibration, and vandalism includes a housing that possesses hidden lip door edges and is assembled such that no screws, nuts, hinges, etc. are left exposed. Also, any speakers and/or microphones are largely isolated from potential vibration by surrounding them with vibration dampeners such as foam or other padding or insulation. Heat, dust intake, vibration, and electricity usage are reduced by providing convection venting wherein the internal cavity of the housing narrows at a top region of the housing. Vents in the top region of the housing allow air from the narrowed internal cavity to escape as it heats and expands. As hot air is displaced from the narrowed internal cavity, cooler ambient air is drawn into the internal cavity through bottom vents in a bottom region of the housing. Dust accumulation on an electronic display screen is prevented by affixing the display to a mechanism with adjustable support members for tilting a shelf and pressing the display screen firmly against the front panel of the housing to seal it off.

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