Panel raceway system corner fitting
AssigneeThe Wiremold Company
InventorWilfred R. Rogers
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Abstract
A customized raceway system is disclosed which is designed to be surface mounted along the bottom of a structural panel for quick and easy installation and concealment of telephone and electrical wiring. The raceway system features a corner fitting for interconnecting a pair of raceways and accommodating different panel layout configurations minimizing time and effort of installation by virtue of an open sided construction and selectively removable tabs longitudinally extending along three side edges of rectangular plates of the corner fitting for establishing continuity between isolated raceway communication and power compartments.
Claims13
A panel wiring system comprising a pair of raceways having corresponding generally rectangular cross-sectional configurations including upper, lower and side walls, mounted in underlying relation to upstream and downstream panels joined by connecting means, including a corner panel post,
- a corner fitting in underlying relation to the corner panel post for interconnecting the pair of raceways,
- the corner fitting including upper and lower plates and an upright post integrally connecting the plates,
- the upper and lower plates respectively being generally aligned with upper and lower walls of the raceways, and
- the corner fitting post being disposed within the confines of each plate in spaced unobstructing relation to its side edges for selectively orienting the corner fitting in relation to different positions of the panels and their respective underlying raceways.
A panel wiring system comprising a pair of raceways having corresponding generally rectangular cross-sectional configurations including upper, lower and side walls, mounted in underlying relation to upstream and downstream panels joined by a corner panel post and connecting means, including a panel mounting connector member fixed to the corner panel post and having a predetermined width and thickness,
- a corner fitting in underlying relation to the corner panel post for interconnecting the pair of raceways,
- the corner fitting including upper and lower plates interconnected in fixed relation to one another and respectively generally aligned with upper and lower walls of the adjoining raceways,
- the corner fitting plates each being of substantially identical rectangular configuration and size with selectively removable tabs on three corresponding edges,
- the tabs each being dimensioned in depth corresponding to the thickness of the panel mounting connector member.
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