Receptacles – Outlet or junction box type – Wall – floor – or panel mounted
Patent
1987-06-30
1989-10-10
Moy, Joseph Man-Fu
Receptacles
Outlet or junction box type
Wall, floor, or panel mounted
220 18, 220 234, 220 2386, H02G 308
Patent
active
048725757
ABSTRACT:
A protective housing structure for underground devices, such as valves, meters and the like includes a base assembly constructed as an upstanding wall with an open bottom and open top. A lid encloses the top and may snap-fit into the base assembly. The base assembly is constructed so that a plurality of housing structures may be ganged together. To this end, opposite endwalls are preferably flat and are oriented vertically of the bottom. Interlock structure is provided on each endwall, for example, one endwall may be configured as a dovetail tongue and the other endwall as a dovetail channel that mateably receives the tongue on an adjacent endwall. The endwalls also may be selectively cut and removed to form a slot for longitudinal conduits, pipes and the like. The sidewalls of the base assembly are formed each of an upper panel and a lower panel. The lower panel is preferably constructed as a plurality of panel sections connected to one another along linear regions of reduced wall thickness, and the lower panel is connected to the upper panel along a linear region of reduced wall thickness. An installer may make a pair of spaced-apart incisions to one linear region to form a flap that may be deflected from the sidewall to create a sidewall opening for transverse conduit.
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Man-Fu Moy Joseph
Martin Timothy J.
Oxenham J. Preston
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