Electricity: conductors and insulators – Overhead – Towers – poles or posts
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-07
2001-07-10
Reichard, Dean A. (Department: 2831)
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Overhead
Towers, poles or posts
C174S0450TD, C174S068300
Reexamination Certificate
active
06259020
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to providing communication between a building's existing electrical system and a surface mounted raceway system. More particularly, the building would be wired within the wall structure itself. The present invention provides the advantages afforded by surface mounted raceway of the type having separate wireways or channels for power and data lines, as well as fiber optic cabling, in combination with an existing building wiring system.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, a forwardly open outlet box is provided with a plurality of compartments so as to accommodate power lines, data lines, fiber optic cabling and other communication lines. At least one of these compartments has a wall defined by the box with a knockout opening for communicating with a power line, and another of said compartments is defined by said box so as to have a divider wall and knockout opening provided in still another wall of the box so that data and communication lines can be fed into the outlet box within the wall structure in a manner similar to that currently employed in the field, but with the improvement whereby a single box is provided with the necessary number of dividers to accomplish the same result in a more efficient fashion.
In further accordance with the present invention, a raceway assembly is provided over the forwardly open outlet box so that the raceway base serves as a cover for the box. The raceway base includes a rear wall which has staggered openings associated with individual wireways or channels within the raceway in order to afford separate openings through which the power, the line, and other lines or conductors are adapted to be fed from the individual compartments of the outlet box into separate channels or wireways defined by the raceway.
Finally, the raceway base is provided with a mating cover or covers in accordance with conventional practice. As a result of such a system, the power and data lines, as well as other fiber optic cabling or the like, can be separated one from another not only within the existing wall structure of the building, and not only within the raceway assembly itself, but also at the interface between these two structures.
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Ashline William J.
Russo Thomas R.
Estrada Angel R.
McCormick Paulding & Huber LLP
Reichard Dean A.
The Wiremold Company
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