Electrical box installation tool
OwnerRonnie Alder Trentinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for installing an electrical box includes a shaft including one or more distance markings disposed along a length of the shaft; and a gauge block. The gauge block includes at least one slit sized to accommodate a sidewall of the electrical box, and one or more holes disposed along a length of the at least one slit. The one or more holes are sized to accommodate ribbing on the sidewall of the electrical box. A through hole extends through a length of the block in a same direction as the length of the at least one slit. At least one set screw secures the gauge block in place along the length of the shaft when the shaft is inserted in the through hole in the gauge block.
Claims19
An apparatus for installing an electrical box, the apparatus comprising:
- a shaft;
- and
- a gauge block that is slidable along the shaft, the gauge block including:
- at least one slit extending in a vertical direction along a height of the gauge block and adjacent to an edge thereof, the slit having a depth extending in a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and ending a predetermined distance into the gauge block in a width direction of the gauge block, a width of the slit sized to accommodate insertion of a sidewall of the electrical box, and the height of the gauge block extending less than a height of the sidewall of the electrical box,
- one or more openings disposed across a width direction of the at least one slit, the one or more holes being sized to accommodate ribbing on the sidewall of the electrical box,
- a through hole extending through a length of the block in a same direction as the length of the at least one slit, and
- at least one set screw to secure the gauge block in place along the length of the shaft when the shaft is inserted in the through hole in the gauge block.
A measurement device comprising:
- a block including:
- two or more slits extending in a vertical direction along a height of the block and adjacent to an edge thereof, the two or more slits having a depth extending in a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and ending a predetermined distance into the block in a width direction of the block, a width of the two or more slits being sized to accommodate insertion of a sidewall of the electrical box, and the height of the block extending less than a height of the sidewall of the electrical box, the two or more slits being cut into a side of the block at different depths, respectively, and
- a through hole extending through a length of the block, the through hole sized to frictionally accommodate an elongated rod therein.
An electrical box installation tool comprising:
- a shaft;
- a depth gauge that is slidable along the shaft, the depth gauge including:
- a slit configured to receive an electrical box therein, the slit extending in a vertical direction along a height of the depth gauge and adjacent to an edge thereof, the slit having a depth extending in a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and ending a predetermined distance into the depth gauge in a width direction of the depth gauge, a width of the slit being sized to accommodate insertion of a sidewall of the electrical box, and the height of the depth gauge extending less than a height of the sidewall of the electrical box, and
- a hole through a center portion of the depth gauge, the shaft sized to be disposed through the hole;
- and
- a set screw disposed in the depth gauge to secure the depth gauge to the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.