Electrical conduit assembly
AssigneeMyers Electric Products, Inc.
InventorBarrett R. Eldridge
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Abstract
A method of routing rigid electrical conduit pipe between spaced apart enclosures includes measuring the distance between the enclosures and cutting a length of conduit pipe to the measured distance, less a bulkhead hub allowance. Bulkhead hubs are threaded onto each end of the cut length of conduit pipe, to make a conduit assembly. O-rings are contained at the end faces of each bulkhead hub. The conduit assembly is positioned between the enclosures having aligned openings. Inner hubs also having o-rings within a recess are threaded into the bulkhead hubs from the inside of each enclosure, forming a sealed electrical conduit pipe connection between the enclosures.
Claims3
An assembly for connecting spaced apart enclosures with rigid conduit, comprising:
- a conduit pipe having a first end and a second end;
- a first bulkhead hub on the first end of the conduit pipe;
- a second bulkhead hub on the second end of the conduit pipe;
- the first and second bulkhead hubs each having a generally flat front end around a bulkhead seal recess;
- first and second bulkhead hub sealing rings positionable within the bulkhead seal recess in the first and second bulkhead hubs, with the sealing rings projecting beyond any part of the bulkhead hubs;
- first and second inner hubs threadable into the first and second bulkhead hubs;
- the first and second inner hubs each having a inner seal recess;
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- first and second inner hub sealing rings positionable within the inner seal recess in the first and second inner hubs.
An assembly for connecting a first enclosure and a second enclosure with rigid conduit when the first and second enclosures a separated by a space, comprising:
- a conduit assembly including:
- a conduit pipe having a first end and a second end;
- a first bulkhead hub on the first end of the conduit pipe;
- a second bulkhead hub on the second end of the conduit pipe;
- the first and second bulkhead hubs each having a bulkhead seal recess;
- first and second bulkhead hub sealing rings in and protruding out of the bulkhead seal recess in the first and second bulkhead hubs, the conduit assembly having a length approximately equivalent to the spree, so that the conduit assembly can slide between the first and second enclosures;
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- first and second inner hubs threadable into the first and second bulkhead hubs on the conduit assembly;
- the first and second inner hubs each having a inner seal recess;
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- first and second inner hub sealing rings positionable within the inner seal recess in the first and second inner hubs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.