Abstract: The invention is a furniture system and method for distributing and managing cabling through a work space and assisting in facility space planning. The system includes a plurality of free-standing horizontal cable housing units which are aligned end to end, either in a straight line or at an angle. Each of these horizontal housing units includes a top, a bottom, and two sidewalls which together define a hollow chamber open at both ends. At least one of the sidewalls is easily demountable to provide access to the hollow chamber of the housing unit. The system further includes a first raceway for electrical power cabling mounted within the hollow chamber, and a second raceway for communication cabling mounted within the hollow chamber.

Abstract: A plastic divider for providing a tunnel in the bottom portion of an electrical floor box having a box central portion with box cells extending outwardly therefrom. The divider is positioned in the box central portion and has sidewall frangible sections that are selectively removable to connect one or more cells with the space in the central portion of the box beneath the divider. The space in the central portion of the box beneath the divider is closed off from adjacent cells by sidewalls that have their frangible sections intact. A separate partition member is selectively attachable to the side of the divider having the sidewalls thereon for modifying the manner in which the cells communicate with one another and with the space beneath the divider.

Abstract: A junction box is disclosed including a flexible plastic casing, two metal mounting tabs fastened to the casing at the top at two opposite locations through plug joints, and a rigid cover board detachably covered on the casing in a flush manner to protect the casing against deformation during its installation. Each metal mounting tab has an outward wing which is embedded in concrete after the installation, so that the casing is fixed in place.

Abstract: A protector plate used in the construction industry for protecting electric wiring which passes through metal studs. The protector plate is formed from metal sheeting to create a face plate which has an attaching member connected thereto. The attaching member allows the protector plate to be secured upon the metal stud without the use of attaching hardware such as nails or screws. The attaching member comprises any one of a bendable tab, a twistable tab, a resilient member, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A decorative baseboard molding for concealing the wiring of an appliance comprises an elongated retainer clip mounted to a wall and an elongated cover removably mounted to the retainer clip. The retainer clip and the cover define, when assembled, an elongated channel which receives therein the wiring. A top wall of the retainer clip defines horizontally spaced apart openings through which the wiring can be passed. Therefore, the wiring of the appliance is laid in the channel between a first and a second of the openings thereof located adjacent the appliance and the wall outlet. The molding also includes a wall outlet cover which is adapted to be mounted to the wall while encasing therein the mural plate and the plug of the appliance. A vertical hollow sleeve is mounted against the wall between the wall outlet cover and the elongated channel defined by the assembly of the retainer clip with the cover.

Abstract: An over electrical power supply system for delivering of electrical power to a plurality of instruments in an environment which has a generally vertical wall such as a room. The electrical instruments of the type used with this system are operable with electrical power. The power supply system comprises a plurality of conduits which are secured to a generally vertically disposed wall and have angularly outwardly struck portions which extend from the vertical portions of the conduit and which are generally horizontally located. A mechanism is located at the ends of each of these arms for retaining an electrical implement such as a barbershop hair clipper, a razor or the like. This mechanism is designed to releasably retain the instruments and to deliver electrical power to these instruments. Electrical conductors extend through the conduits to these mechanisms to supply electrical power to the instruments connected thereto.

Abstract: For building electrical systems, an electrical rough-in box holding tool is magnetically attached to a rough-in box and then, with the box attached to it, the tool is magnetically attached to a steel column at a proper location to hold the box in place while the box is being secured by screws driven into the column. Steel conduit is placed against the column and magnetically held in place by a conduit holder magnetically attached to the conduit and to the column to hold the conduit in the proper location while it is clamped to the column by a clamp fastened to the column by a screw. Armored cable is passed over a smoothly contoured guide magnetically secured to bar joists, both at the cable feeding end and at a cable pulling or drop end to facilitate the pulling of the cable from a supply coil on the floor up and over one bar joist and down around another bar joist spaced from it, for connection to the conduit which is connected to the rough-in box.

Abstract: A low and high voltage electrical routing system for the power, telephone and data transmission requirements in modular office partitioning. These modular partition systems frequently have lower horizontal baseline frames for electrical receptacles and conductor routing, and a vertical frame for higher mounted(beltline) additional electrical receptacles, and connectors for telephone and data transmission systems. The present routing system includes a junction box in the baseline frame aligned with the vertical frame, a "vertical" box positionable at a standard height in the vertical frame having an enclosed receptacle portion along one side, and an enclosed rigid raceway connecting the junction box and the enclosed portion of the vertical box. The vertical box can be mounted on either side of the panel by rotating it 180 degrees about a horizontal axis so the enclosed portion remains aligned with the raceway.

Abstract: A non-conductive plastics junction box for connecting at least two cables has an internal conductive continuity plate integral with a base of the box. The plate has a base panel with at least one lug arranged to extend outwardly and externally of the base to provide an earthing terminal to ground, and side panels arranged to overlie side walls of the base in which entry ports are formed to receive cable glands for the respective cables. The continuity plate is in electrical contact with the glands and provides a continuous earthing path from the cables to the earthing terminal(s).

Abstract: An electrical wire strain relief and wire management system is integrally molded with a wall of an electrical receptacle housing to hold up to two electrical wires against the receptacle housing wall. A pair of side-by-side longitudinal channels extend along the wall of the receptacle housing for receiving the electrical wires. Each channel has an outer wall, with an intermediate wall shared by both channels. Each outer wall includes an inwardly directed ledge overhanging its respective channel. The shared intermediate wall includes common ledges overhanging both channels at a location spaced longitudinally of the channels from the inwardly directed ledges. The transverse distance between the ledges and the common ledges is less than the cross-dimensions of the wires so that the inwardly directed ledges and the common ledges define serpentine passages for insertion of the wires into the channels.

Abstract: A terminal case is sealingly fitted in an opening formed in a case of a transmission. The terminal case is formed with a partition wall by which the interior of the case is divided into inside and outside bore parts which are respectively exposed to the interior of the transmission and the outside of the transmission. The partition wall is formed with a plurality of apertures through which electric wires extend. Each of the electric wires within the outside bore part is provided with an enlarged stopper member whose size is larger than that of the corresponding aperture of the partition wall. A plastic adhesive is packed in the outside bore part in a manner to surround all the stopper members.

Abstract: The exhibition hall electrical floor box includes a housing having a plurality of chambers therein. Each chamber accommodates a particular type or types of electrical connection therein. Chambers adapted to engage a cylinder type connector therein each have a fitting therein positioned in such a manner as to cause the connector to lie diagonally across corners of the chamber horizontally as well as vertically to produce a box having a significantly decreased height, such decreased height requiring significantly less concrete to be poured to create a flush mounting of the box within the floor.

Abstract: Lighting fixture has a self-contained triangular junction box that mounts in the corner of a room or space with the box cover secured as a permanent part of the shade-like lamp housing. The lamp housing has a back panel with a cut-out that slips over the corner mounted junction box, the box cover extending into the housing for registration with the open side of the box when the housing is in place. A single screw joins the box cover to the box and thereby secures the lamp housing thereto. An electrical device mounting system employs various adapter structures that mount in the corner of a room and by means of which various junction boxes, or other electrical components, can be fastened in the corner of a room catercorner thereto. A series of structures are illustrated for corner mounting of telephone equipment such as jacks, wall mountable instruments, and the like.

Abstract: An electrical junction box is formed of two identical, oppositely facing, and reversed members. Each member comprises a base, a plurality of peripheral walls extending from the base which are joined at adjacent ends thereof to form an open interior in the member. The walls of each member extend towards and engage the walls of the other member. Two of the plurality of walls of each member are oppositely disposed with one of the two walls having a projection extending in the direction of the other member and the other of the two walls having a recess disposed for receipt of the projection from the one wall of the other member in positioning the members together with facing interiors forming a closed junction box interior.

Abstract: A novel retaining clip for use with strain relief connectors on electrical boxes that is capable of being attached to the threaded connector directly without threading has a series of spring clip tabs which engage an electrical box at an opening therein as the connector is displaced through the opening.

Abstract: An electric outlet apparatus for outdoor use includes a housing having a top portion and an opening in the top portion, a receptacle panel structure having a first face and including a receptacle circuit, a receptacle mounted in the first face of the receptacle panel structure, a mechanism for movably connecting the panel to the housing so that the panel can move between a position wherein the panel first face is directed essentially downward inside the housing and an open position wherein the panel extends out of the top opening, and a substantially air tight compartment defined below the first face of the receptacle panel structure for preventing any water collected within the housing from rising to meet the receptacle panel structure. The housing also preferably includes a trap door adjacent to the receptacle panel structure for keeping rain out when the trap door is closed and for receiving a plug and cord when the trap door is open.

Abstract: The invention of this disclosure is an economical sealing device that utilizes two seals to protect an electrical power cord or cable from its environment. The cord or cable couples a power source to electrical equipment that is located behind a material. A standard cord grip is used to push a molded assembly, (which is located at the end of the cable passing through the material) against a molded seat assembly to obtain a first seal. The second seal is obtained by tightening the cord grip with a nut.

Abstract: An installation system for wiring of a building has at least one junction boxes connected together, with each junction box having a removable plug-in block disposed at the back thereof. The plug-in block has conductors therein with sockets for providing access to the conductors, so that essentially all of the necessary electrical connections needed for wiring the building can, by means of the sockets and corresponding plugs on the power lines and electrical accessories, be made by simply plugging together the plugs and the sockets.

Abstract: A motor control system includes a single, multicompartment enclosure mounted on a skid. The enclosure contains a transformer circuit and a motor controller circuit interconnected so that only external connections to a power source and a load are needed. When the circuits are energized, access to high voltage motor control components and to field replaceable fuses and output selection switches is prevented by a double interlocking mechanism which operates in conjunction with energizing and de-energizing the transformer. The transformer of the transformer circuit includes a tertiary winding disposed radially between a primary winding and a secondary winding. The winding filters electrostatically coupled transients. A conventional electrostatic shield is also used so that the transformer is doubly shielded to electrostatic transients. The tertiary winding is connected to one or more capacitors to filter magnetically coupled transients.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for covering electrical wall cover plates with wallcovering in registration with wallcovering on the wall surrounding the electrical wall cover plates. The method and template used therewith enable, not only the professional, but also the homeowner, to cover electrical wall cover plates easily to achieve registration. The method comprises the steps of securing a template to the wall in place of the electrical wall cover plate to be covered. The template comprises a generally rectangular thin plate containing apertures as those contained by the electrical wall cover plate. The template also bears rigid pins projecting outwardly from the template which pins are located at the corners of the electrical wall cover plate. The pins, then, define the size of the electrical wall cover plate and locate the apertures. The template, accordingly, is larger in size than the electrical wall cover plate.