Positive-retention wire trough for electrical equipment

Details Positive-retention wire trough for electrical equipment Positive-retention wire trough for electrical equipment

1998-10-06

2000-03-14

Castellano, Stephen

Receptacles

Outlet or junction box type

Sectional receptacle

220 402, B65D 628

Patent

active

060360402

ABSTRACT:
A wire trough for an enclosure for telecommunications or other electrical equipment (such as a building entrance protector) has a latch that is disengaged by the application of a force between the wire trough and the enclosure to remove the wire trough from its full mounting position within a corresponding mounting channel within the enclosure wall. The latch prevents inadvertent removal of the wire trough from within the mounting channel, which, for example, might otherwise result from applying tension to wires retained within the wire trough. In one embodiment, the wire trough and mounting channel have, along each lateral edge, a tongue and a groove that engage one another to guide the wire trough into the mounting channel. In addition, the wire trough and mounting channels may have male and female dimples that help retain the wire trough within the mounting channel at the full mounting position.

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