Capillary action preventor

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1997-05-23

1998-11-10

Reichard, Dean A.

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Conduits, cables or conductors

Single duct conduits

174 92, 174152G, 174135, H02G 318

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058346945

ABSTRACT:
A capillary action preventor (CAP) for separating water and other liquids from a bundle of wires has a body and a cover of plastic construction that are attached to each other by a flexible plastic hinge. The body is generally bulb shaped and has an open channel at each longitudinal end that is reduced in height and width in comparison to a midsection of the body. Each channel has a pair of flexible cantilevered fingers at the top for holding a portion of a bundle of electrical wires that passes through the CAP. The body includes a comb-like structure comprising a plurality of laterally spaced, relatively stiff, vertical fingers at its midsection for separating the electrical wires. The electrical wires are supported on a plurality of narrow transverse baffles that define a sump area between the channels for the collection of water and other liquids dripping from the electrical wires. The sump area includes a drain tube. The cover is generally dome shaped and has an open arch at each longitudinal end that is reduced in height and width in comparison to a midsection of the cover. The arches mate with the channels when the cover is closed and the cover includes a plurality of transverse ribs that keep the electrical wires in the spaces between the vertical fingers of the body when the cover is closed. The CAP includes a latch to keep the cover in a closed position and external ribs for use in taping the CAP shut.

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