Cable Mounting System with Cable Expansion Compensation
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorRodney G. Rouleau
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Abstract
A cable mounting system that allows thermal expansion and contraction of cables. The cable mounting system includes straight ladder rack segments and widened ladder rack segments positioned adjacent the straight ladder rack segments. Cable bracket assemblies are mounted to the straight ladder rack segments and saddle bracket assemblies are mounted to the widened ladder rack segments. The cable bracket assemblies secure cables to the ladder rungs of the straight ladder rack segments and allow axial movement of the cables. The saddle bracket assemblies secure the cables on the ladder rungs of the widened ladder rack segments and allow axial and lateral movement of the cables.
Claims19
A cable mounting system for allowing thermal expansion and contraction of cables, the cable mounting system comprising:
- straight ladder rack segments having side rails and a plurality of ladder rungs extending between the side rails;
- at least one widened ladder rack segment positioned adjacent at least one of the straight ladder rack segments, the at least one widened ladder rack segment having side rails, angled side rails, and a plurality of ladder rungs extending between the side rails, wherein the angled side rails connect the side rails of adjacent straight ladder rack segments to the side rails of the at least one widened ladder rack segment;
- cable bracket assemblies mounted to the straight ladder rack segments, wherein the cable bracket assemblies secure the cables to the ladder rungs of the straight ladder rack segments;
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- saddle bracket assemblies mounted to the at least one widened ladder rack segment, wherein the saddle bracket assemblies secure the cables on the ladder rungs of the widened ladder rack segments.
A method of mounting cables to a ladder rack system to enable thermal expansion and contraction of the cables, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing straight ladder rack segments having side rails and a plurality of ladder rungs extending between the side rails;
- providing at least one widened ladder rack segment positioned adjacent at least one of the straight ladder rack segments, the at least one widened ladder rack segment having side rails, angled side rails, and a plurality of ladder rungs extending between the side rails;
- mounting cable bracket assemblies to the straight ladder rack segments;
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- mounting saddle bracket assemblies to the at least one widened ladder rack segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.