Electrical splice box
OwnerBarton L. Garvininventor
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Abstract
An electrical splice box comprising an enclosure formed by a plurality of sidewalls surrounding a baseplate and extending substantially perpendicularly from the baseplate. The enclosure has an open side opposite the baseplate and is configured to enclose electrical splices. A cover may be removably attached to the open side of the enclosure. A plurality of slots are formed in at least some of the sidewalls, where at least some of the sidewalls have at least one slot. A plurality of cable locks are removably attached to the baseplate. Each cable lock is positioned at a corresponding slot to receive and to hold a cable inserted into the slot.
Claims22
An electrical splice box comprising:
- a plurality of sidewalls surrounding a baseplate, the sidewalls extending substantially perpendicularly from the baseplate to form an enclosure with an open side opposite the baseplate configured to enclose at least one splice formed with wires from at least two cables;
- a plurality of slots in at least some of the sidewalls, where at least some of the sidewalls have at least one slot;
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- a plurality of cable locks each positioned at a corresponding slot to receive and to hold a cable inserted into the slot.
A method for enclosing an electrical splice comprising:
- inserting a first cable with wires spliced to wires of a second cable into a first slot formed on one of a plurality of sidewalls of an electrical splice box, the sidewalls extending substantially perpendicularly from a baseplate of the electrical splice box;
- securing the first cable in the electrical splice box using a first cable lock mounted in the baseplate at the first slot;
- inserting the second cable into a second slot formed on another one of the plurality of sidewalls such that the wires of the first cable spliced to the wires of the second cable are disposed within the electrical splice box;
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- securing the second cable in the electrical splice box using a second cable lock mounted in the baseplate at the second slot.
An electrical splice box comprising:
- a plurality of sidewalls surrounding a baseplate, the sidewalls extending substantially perpendicularly from the baseplate to form an enclosure with an open side opposite the baseplate configured to enclose at least one splice formed with wires from at least two cables;
- two slots formed in each of at least two of the plurality of sidewalls;
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- a plurality of cable locks each having two cable clamps removably fastened to the baseplate, each cable lock positioned at each sidewall having the slots such that the two cable clamps are positioned at the two slots to receive and to hold a cable inserted into the corresponding slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.