Power pole assembly

In a power pole assembly for bringing wiring through a hollow power pole from above and through a suspended grid supported ceiling, said grid including spaced suspended rails which in turn support ceiling panels, the improvement comprising:

• a crossbar;
• pole clamping means releasably, movably mounted on said crossbar and on said pole, whereby said pole can be secured at different heights to said crossbar and at different points along the length of said crossbar;
• two rail clamping means releasably, movably and pivotally joined to said crossbar at spaced points along the length thereof, each including securing means for releasably, movably securing each to a grid rail at different points along its length, whereby said crossbar can be oriented at a plurality of different angles to said grid rails and said hollow pole can be located at a plurality of different points between adjacent grid rails and at a plurality of different angles with respect thereto;
• each said rail clamping means includes a tab projecting therefrom;
• said crossbar including at least two elongated slots extending along the length thereof, one located generally towards each end thereof;
• a screw passing through each said slot and being threaded into an aperture in said tab on one of said rail clamping means whereby each said rail clamping means can be tightened on said crossbar at a plurality of pivotal angles with respect thereto and at any point along the length of its respective one of said elongated slots.

In a power pole assembly for bringing wiring through a hollow power pole from above and through a suspended grid supported ceiling, said grid including spaced suspended rails which in turn support ceiling panels, the improvement comprising:

• a crossbar;
• pole clamping means releasably, movably mounted on said crossbar and on said pole, whereby said pole can be secured at different heights to said crossbar and at different points along the length of said crossbar;
• two rail clamping means releasably, movably and pivotally joined to said crossbar at spaced points along the length thereof, each including securing means for releasably, movably securing each to a grid rail at different points along its length, whereby said crossbar can be oriented at a plurality of different angles to said grid rails and said hollow pole can be located at a plurality of different points between adjacent grid rails and at a plurality of different angles with respect thereto;
• said pole clamping means comprising a bar bracket releasably, movably mounted on said crossbar and a pole bracket movably embracing said power pole, said bar bracket and said pole bracket including means cooperating to secure the two together;
• said pole bracket including a base wall and spaced legs which terminate in hooks;
• said bar bracket having spaced notches and spaced slots located below said notches;
• said hooks on said pole bracket hooking over said notches and into said slots to thereby attach said pole bracket to said bar bracket.

In a power pole assembly for bringing wiring through a hollow power pole from above and through a suspended grid supported ceiling, said grid including spaced suspended rails which in turn support ceiling panels, the improvement comprising:

• a crossbar;
• pole clamping means releasably, movably mounted on said crossbar and on said pole, whereby said pole can be secured at different heights to said crossbar and at different points along the length of said crossbar;
• two rail clamping means releasably, movably and pivotally joined to said crossbar at spaced points along the length thereof, each including securing means for releasably, movably securing each to a grid rail at different points along its length, whereby said crossbar can be oriented at a plurality of different angles to said grid rails and said hollow pole can be located at a plurality of different points between adjacent grid rails and at a plurality of different angles with respect thereto;
• said crossbar has a bottom wall to which said rail clamping means are secured and a side wall to which said pole clamping means is secured;
• each said rail clamping means comprises a bracket having a generally U-shaped lateral, horizontal cross section defined by a back wall and a pair of spaced side walls, said side walls being notched to defined hooks for hooking over a grid rail;
• a screw being threaded through said back wall of said rail clamping means whereby said screw can be tightened against a grid rail;
• said pole clamping means including a bar bracket comprising a base wall, a pair of spaced side walls projecting therefrom, said side walls being notched to define hooks, and said sidewall hooks of said bar bracket hooking over and seating on said crossbar;
• a screw being theadably received in an aperture in said base wall whereby said screw can be tightened against said crossbar to securely clamp said bar bracket to said crossbar;
• said pole clamping means further comprising a pole bracket movably embracing said power pole, said bar bracket and said pole bracket including means cooperating to secure the two together.