Cable tray exit and accessories
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsDennis R. Young, Tom M. Colangelo, Lauren Novak
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for supporting cables, including on first and second cable trays formed from wires. An exit adapter can include a ramp to route cables. An exit bracket can include a bracket channel. The exit adapter can be secured to the first cable tray with the exit bracket secured to the exit adapter, and the bracket channel receiving a transverse wire of the floor of the second cable tray to hang the second cable tray.
Claims20
A system for supporting cables, the system comprising:
- a first cable tray and a second cable tray, each of the first and second cable trays including a floor and side walls formed from longitudinal and transverse wires;
- an exit adapter having a first end and a second end, and further including:
- a ramp extending between the first end and the second end;
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- a first mating tab at the first end;
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- an exit bracket having a top end and a bottom end, and further including:
- a bracket channel that opens upwardly;
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- a mating flange;
- the exit adapter being securable to the first cable tray in a first orientation, with the first end below the second end, the mating flange of the exit bracket secured to the first mating tab of the exit adapter, and the bracket channel receiving a transverse wire of the floor of the second cable tray to hang the second cable tray from the first end of exit adapter.
A bracket for hanging a cable tray section of a cable tray system, the bracket comprising:
- a wall structure extending between a top end of the bracket and a bottom end of the bracket to define a cable passage between the top and bottom ends of the bracket;
- a flange extending from the wall structure at the top end of the bracket, to hang the bracket from an exit adapter of the cable tray system;
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- a lip that extends from the wall structure to define a channel that opens toward the top end of the bracket to receive a horizontal wire of the cable tray section, to support the received horizontal wire relative to the exit adapter via the wall structure and the flange.
A method of supporting cable trays, the method comprising:
- securing an exit adapter to a first cable tray that includes a floor and side walls formed from longitudinal and transverse wires, with a ramp of the exit adapter extending between a first end and a second end of the exit adapter to route cable off of or onto the first cable tray;
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- supporting a second cable tray by the first cable tray via the exit adapter, including:
- securing an exit bracket to the first cable tray via the exit adapter, with a bracket channel of the exit adapter opening upwardly toward the first cable tray;
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- hanging the second cable tray from the exit bracket with a transverse wire of the second cable tray received into the bracket channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.