Abstract: An electrical equipment support is associated with an adapter for fitting it to trunking of nominal width or to trunking of predetermined lower width. The adapter includes two closure flanges which are fitted between the trunking of lower width and the support along a respective portion of the transverse edges of the support. A baseplate is fitted to flank the base section of the trunking of lower width from one of the closure flanges to the other and has an engagement system for fastening the flanges together.

Abstract: A branch connection accessory for establishing a connection between first trunking which is fixed to a vertical support and second trunking which rests on a horizontal support includes a closure plate for closing the first trunking provided at its base with a communication opening to establish communication between the respective interior spaces of the first trunking and the second trunking. The communication opening is delimited laterally by legs each having at least one removable portion so that the height of the communication opening can be adapted to the relative position of the first trunking and the second trunking. A connection accessory is attached to the closure plate to close the communication opening from the outside and includes a canopy adapted to cover locally a closure cover section of the second trunking.

Abstract: A fixing clamp has two pivoting jaws which are mobile relative to each other against the action of a return spring between an open position and a closed position. An operating lever accessible to a user is attached to one of the jaws. The two jaws are connected to each other by a spacer to which each jaw is articulated about a respective separate rotation axis. Applications include fixing clamps for inspection lamps.

Abstract: A box, in particular for electrical devices, is built into a wall of any kind by fitting into an opening therein. The box includes a transverse flange which bears in the manner of a guard against the wall to be equipped and, beyond the flange, at least one elastically deformable lug projecting laterally to cooperate with the wall. The elastically deformable lug has two branches with a common root and extending in respective different directions, namely, referred to the insertion direction, a first or front branch extending globally away from the flange and a second or rear branch extending globally towards the flange. Applications include electrical devices, for example infrared radiation receiving cells.

Abstract: A branch connection box for trunking includes a base and a cover. The base includes a central housing delimited by partitions that can be cut and form an electrical connection box and, around the central housing, an open path for routing electrical conductors or cables.

Abstract: The dispenser box according to the invention is characterized in that it is formed by two shells (14A, 14B), which are brought face-to-face along a joint surface (S), being duly fastened to one another, and jointly delimiting with one another an accommodation volume (V) suitable for housing the cabling accessories (10) to be dispensed in a roll, and in that it includes, externally, a docking element (16), such as a projecting rib or recessed groove, suitable for allowing it to be affixed to any other piece of equipment, for example onto a straight-line loader, that is to say a loader which is normally suitable only for receiving a linear arrangement of cabling accessories (10), with, at a distance from this docking element (16), an aperture (17) suitable for the cabling accessories (10) to pass.

Abstract: An accessory for attaching to a base section of trunking for routing electrical cables or conductors includes a joint inside the trunking for masking any longitudinal gap beyond an edge of a length of cover section. The joint includes an elastically deformable wall which deforms elastically between a first configuration in which at least a portion of the wall is at the same level as the cover section and a second configuration in which the wall is at a lower level than the cover section.

Abstract: An enclosure comprises a surround that forms its top wall, its bottom wall and its side walls, a support frame attached to its rear edge, and a back pressed against an outside face of the support frame. Supports are provided inside the surround for fixing equipment of any kind and, inside the surround, in each corner area thereof, is a respective corner piece to which the back can be attached by at least one fixing device. The back itself comprises the supports for fixing equipment. Applications include wall-mount cabinets.

Abstract: A current level detector device for protecting a circuit against alternating current overcurrents includes resistor arrangements that are inserted into the circuit to be protected and two detector cells, one for each half-wave of the current. The detector cells are similar to each other and are connected to the terminals of the resistor arrangements. By means of a crossover circuit, the two detector cells are both connected to the terminals of the same resistor arrangements. Applications include protecting circuits using power semiconductors.

Abstract: A cable insertion device comprising a seat having an opening, and an engagement portion extending peripherally around the opening axis, the engagement portion having an outer surface and, recessed relative thereto, an inner surface. The engagement portion is circularly segmented into grip jaws capable of elastic deformation by slots extending right up to the seat. At their connection with the seat, the grip jaws are each fixed therein along a fixing zone tangent to a circumference centered on the seat opening axis, and, with the engagement portion, which is made of relatively rigid material, is associated a sealing member, extending globally transverse relative to the seat opening axis, concealing at least partially the opening, and the sealing member is made of a relatively flexible material. The invention is useful, in particular, for equipping any chamber, such as a cabinet or the like.

Abstract: A box comprises two box elements attached together at a contact surface and connected together in a releasable manner in each of two opposite assembly areas. Each box element includes in each assembly area at least one clipping member which hooks onto a complementary clipping member in corresponding relationship to it on the other box element and at least one journal member which cooperates pivot fashion with a complementary journal member in corresponding relationship to it on the other box element. At least the clipping member of at least one of the box elements is carried by an elastically deformable arm. Applications include boxes for light fittings.

Abstract: A device for anchoring a conduit, in particular an electrical cable, into a body, in particular a connector body, including a plug mounting on said body and an anchor bush disposed in said plug and which can assume an unclamped configuration or a clamped configuration depending on the position of said plug in said body, wherein said anchor bush and said plug are provided with complementary means for retaining said anchor bush in said plug.

Abstract: An electronic switch has an input terminal, an output terminal and an electronic switch unit between the input terminal and the output terminal controlled by a control circuit which extends from its anode to its trigger and is under the control of an actuator which the user can operate directly or indirectly. There is a current limiter resistor in series with said control circuit. The value of the current limiter resistor is less than the value of the voltage on triggering of the electronic switch unit divided by the minimal trigger current needed by the electronic switch unit for such triggering. It is in the order of 40 ohms at most, for example. Applications include controlling a load without generating spurious harmonics which are a problem on the mains supply.

Abstract: In a method of automatically controlling a lighting load to which are delivered alternately forced turning on instructions and forced turning off instructions, according to the result of comparing the brightness measured in a given area and particular brightness thresholds, the brightness threshold used to deliver a forced turning on instruction, hereinafter called the comfort threshold, is left for the user to determine. In a normal operation phase, i.e. after an initiation phase, the brightness threshold used for delivering a forced turning off instruction is the sum of this comfort threshold and the brightness difference between the brightness measured before the previous forced turning off instruction and the brightness measured immediately after that forced turning off instruction. Applications include automatic control of fluorescent tubes with a non-electronic ballast.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing ice, frost or bugs from a glass surface includes a bottle having an outer surface and an end. The apparatus also includes a base attached to the end of the bottle and washer interposed between the bottle and the base. The apparatus further includes a guard extending from the washer so as to define a space interposed between the bottle and the guard. In addition, the apparatus includes a plurality of gripping members extending outwardly from the outer surface of the bottle. The gripping members increase the ergonomic efficiency of the apparatus. The base of the apparatus has flutes extending therefrom for the removal of ice or frost from a glass surface. Alternatively, the base can have a fabric attached thereto for the removal of bugs from a glass surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing ice, frost or bugs from a glass surface includes a bottle having an outer surface and an end. The apparatus also includes a base attached to the end of the bottle and washer interposed between the bottle and the base. The apparatus further includes a guard extending from the washer so as to define a space interposed between the bottle and the guard. In addition, the apparatus includes a plurality of gripping members extending outwardly from the outer surface of the bottle. The gripping members increase the ergonomic efficiency of the apparatus. The base of the apparatus has flutes extending therefrom for the removal of ice or frost from a glass surface. Alternatively, the base can have a fabric attached thereto for the removal of bugs from a glass surface.

Abstract: An electrical unit for plugging into a mount, in particular a self-contained emergency lighting unit, includes a hollow base the back of which plugs into a mount and has a back wall. It is removably closed at the front by at least one cover with, internally, at least one housing in which there is at least one active unit liable to be live. For fixing it to the hollow base, the cover is equipped with an elastically deformable lug which projects from its inside surface and the back wall of the hollow base has an opening for the elastically deformable lug of the cover to pass through and through which the latter is accessible from the rear of the hollow base, with at least one retaining lug on the hollow base for cooperating with it. Applications include self-contained emergency lighting units.

Abstract: A tactile sensor includes, under a control key accessible to the user, at least one piezo-electric member which is responsive through the control key to any depression of the latter. For connecting it to an electrical circuit of any kind, the piezo-electric member is sandwiched between a top or forward metal electrode to which it is attached and a bottom or rearward metal electrode which is attached to a support of any kind. For holding the piezo-electric member in place relative to the support of the bottom electrode, the top electrode is fixed to the support by at least one fixing point. Applications include controlling various devices such as on/off switches, changeover switches, dimmers or keypads.