Abstract: A movable panel member incorporating an integrated electrical current distributing busbar which, for the electrification of work stations in particular, forms a screen, partition, table top, table frame, shelf, cupboard, or the like. Adapters are detachably insertable in the current distributing busbar for the supply and distribution of current. The panel member comprises at least along one edge, a channel member forming a current duct in which there is inserted a current distributing busbar, and a communication duct, separated from the current duct by means of a partition for the accommodation of communication cables. The inlet ends of both ducts are open in opposite directions on opposite sides of the panel, and they are adapted to be closed off by means of detachable covers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 1987
Date of Patent:
January 3, 1989
Assignee:
E C O GmbH Elektric Concept for Offices Produktion + Marketing
Inventors:
Uwe Dorn, Horst Meyer, Hans-Georg Piorek, Rudolf Miller