Bell Cover Patents (Class 174/485)
  • Patent number: 9831648
    Abstract: A cover assembly for providing a moisture resistant installation of a receptacle or similar electrical component within a floor box and flush with a newly poured concrete floor surface. The cover assembly includes a floor box, a leveling ring, a mounting plate, and a cover plate with a flip-lid hinged to the cover plate. Sealing means are provided integral with the cover plate for sealing against the floor surface and for sealing the flip-lid to the cover plate to provide a moisture resistant installation of the receptacle. The sealing means includes a lid gasket integral with the flip-lid and a plate gasket integral with the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
  • Patent number: 9772051
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a system for waterproofing a wall 7 having a wall opening through which a water combination 6 extends. The system comprises a sleeve 1 including a collar 12 having a resiliently flexible portion adapted to expand to fit about the water combination 6. The waterproofing system also comprises a coupling element 3 separate from the sleeve 1. The coupling element 3 is arranged to seal to the sleeve 1 and the wall 7 or associated tiles 8 to which the water combination 6 is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Johnson
  • Patent number: 8651460
    Abstract: Provided is a wall grommet, which can be installed through the surfaces of walls to route wiring in the walls' interior spaces. In particular, the wall grommet is configured for running power cords inside walls and presenting the electrical connectors of a power cord in a manner such that power cords are hidden from view. The grommet may comprise a power module and a back cover. The power module comprises a housing, which defines an interior space that is adapted to hold either the female connector or male connector of a power cord. The back cover can be attached to the housing to secure the electrical connector of the power cord in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Wiremold Company
    Inventors: Daron Callahan, Peter M. Schneider, David Singer, Kenneth J. Buras
  • Patent number: 7446266
    Abstract: A reconfigurable conduit body assembly including a hollow conduit body having opposing end walls, opposing side walls, a rear wall and an open front. The conduit body includes raised areas with openings therein adapted for the optional addition of either a hub with an integral gasket portion or a blank with an integral gasket portion in one or more of the end walls, side walls, or rear wall. A second opening is provided in at least one of the side walls and is also adapted for the addition of a hub or blank. The conduit body includes a faceplate with an integral gasket portion for closing the open front. Blanks are provided for closing any of the apertures that are not used in a particular configuration, and hubs provided for any of the openings that will be configured to engage conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
  • Patent number: 7442883
    Abstract: A poke-through device for installation in a hole in a floor structure. The floor structure defined by a floor in a first working environment and a ceiling in a second working environment. The poke-through device includes a basket, thermal barrier, lower plate and at least one coupling member. The basket including a coupling support surface. The thermal barrier being disposed below the basket. The lower plate supporting the thermal barrier. Also, the at least one coupling member extending through the thermal barrier and securing the basket to the lower plate. The coupling member including an upper portion disposed within the basket. The upper portion including an undersurface, wherein a first portion of the undersurface is in direct contact with the support surface and a second portion of the undersurface does not directly engage the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Jolly, Mark R. Drane
  • Patent number: 7259337
    Abstract: A rain tight multi-position conduit junction box kit with improved electrical grounding and sealing including a conduit junction box with a hollow junction box body having a top, a bottom, opposing side walls, a rear wall and an open front, and six apertures in the flat areas around each aperture and adapted for receiving four aperture cover plates and two fittings with an extra fitting which may be substituted for one of the cover plates in each of the top, bottom, rear wall and opposing side walls. The box has aperture cover plates for some of the apertures not used in a particular installation and conduit fittings for the remaining apertures used for the engagement of conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
  • Patent number: 7183503
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include an in-floor fitting for providing access to an underfloor electric distribution system. The in-floor fitting includes a cover configured to move between open and closed positions and being moved to an open position to allow a cable to pass therethrough. The in-floor fitting includes a receptacle positioned below the cover and configured to operatively connect to a cable comprising at least one of an electrical cable and a communication cable, wherein the cover is substantially flush with a surface of a floor when the cable is operatively connected to the receptacle and the cover is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Wiremold Company
    Inventors: Timothy S. Bowman, Michael T. Cole