Wire manager

Details Wire manager Wire manager

1999-02-16

2001-07-03

Ramirez, Ramon O. (Department: 3632)

Supports: cabinet structure

For particular electrical device or component

Particular electrical wiring feature

C108S050020

Reexamination Certificate

active

06254206

ABSTRACT:

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERAL SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Electronic equipment widely used in offices, schools and the like is typically located on the work surface of a table and connected with multiple power and data cables. Wire managers have been proposed to contain, isolate and organize the cables. This application is concerned with a novel wire manager and a support which mounts the wire manager on the table work surface.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The wire manager comprises an elongate bin of conductive material having spaced apart front and rear sidewalls, a bottom wall and an open top. A bin support secured to the table has the bin mounted thereon with a rear sidewall adjacent to and extending along the edge of the table work surface. A divider panel of conductive material between the sidewalls defines longitudinally extending front and rear channels, one for power cables and the other for data cables. A cover closes the open top of the bin. There is an opening in the rear sidewall or the cover through which cables are directed from the bin to the work surface of the table.
The divider panel is preferably mounted on the bottom wall of the bin and extends upwardly therefrom. The divider panel has a horizontal section spaced above the bottom wall of the data channel of the bin so that a power cable from the power channel extends over the horizontal section, out through the opening to the work surface of the table and is isolated by the horizontal section from a data cable.
Another feature of the wire manger is that a tube depends from and opens into the elongate bin, forming a chase which directs cables from below into the bin.
And another feature of the wire manager is that a bin support is secured to the underside of the work surface and extends outwardly of the table edge through the rear wall of the bin and is secured to the front wall of the bin.
Further features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.


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Bretford Presentation Environments “PowerTrak and Power House”product brochure, Bretford Manufacturing Company, 7/97, 2 pages.

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