Electrical outlet box with recess for receiving cord grip

Details Electrical outlet box with recess for receiving cord grip Electrical outlet box with recess for receiving cord grip

1996-02-21

1998-03-17

Moy, Joseph M.

Receptacles

Outlet or junction box type

H02G 308

Patent

active

057277060

ABSTRACT:
An electrical outlet box constituted of a plastic material and having wall structure including a hexagonal recess extending into a portion of the thickness of a wall. A through-hole is drillable within the recess to facilitate passage therethrough of a screw-threaded leading end of a cord grip into the outlet box. As a lock nut is torqued down onto the leading end of the cord grip within the outlet box, a hexagonal flange of the cord grip engages within the hexagonal recess so as to inhibit relative rotation between the cord grip and electrical outlet box to obviate the need for a wrench during the torquing down of the lock nut. This structure avoids the need for a custom designed cord grip and facilitates the use of existing cord grips normally designed for utilization with metallic electrical outlet boxes.

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patent: 4919292 (1990-04-01), Hsu
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