Connecting butt straps for wire cable trays wire cable trays equipped with same wire cable tray assemblies connected with same
AssigneeI.C.M. Group
InventorJames Deciry
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The invention concerns a connecting butt strap connecting in series two wire cable trays (10, 20) consisting of two different types of wires, warp wires and weft wires, the connection of said two cable trays (10, 20) being produced via their abutted weft wires (12, 22): it comprises two clip-on means adapted to clip said butt strap (30) on each of the abutted weft wires (12, 22), one of which enables the butt strap to be mounted rotatable (30) on one cable tray (10) and the other enables the two cable trays (10, 20) to be assembled, said butt strap (30) further comprising locking means adapted to co-operate with a warp wire of the other cable tray (20) and to lock said butt strap (30) in its connecting position.
Claims13
A connecting butt strap for butt jointing two wire cable trays (10, 20) consisting of wires of two different types, namely warp wires and weft wires, said cable trays (10, 20) being connected by means of their end weft wires (12, 22), which connecting butt strap is characterized in that it includes two clipping arrangements adapted to clip said connecting butt strap (30) to each of said end weft wires (12, 22), one of which arrangements allows the connecting butt strap (30) to be rotatably mounted on a cable tray and the other of which arrangements allows the two cable trays (10, 20) to be assembled, said connecting butt strap (30) further including locking means adapted to cooperate with a warp wire of the other cable tray (20) and to lock said connecting butt strap (30) in its connecting position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.