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US 6,284,975 B1Granted
Divider for raceway tee assembly
AssigneeThe Wiremold Company
InventorsKent R. McCord, Christopher R. Throwe
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Abstract
A tee assembly for use between horizontal raceway sections and a vertical raceway has a divider that separates the cables running between separate wireways in these raceways. The divider has unique ramps to guide fiber optic cables around generous radii, and is also reversible to lend a degree of flexibility to the divider.
Claims12
A tee assembly defining a tee-shaped channel of a raceway system for routing cables, and comprising:
- a housing having a base, a top, and first, second and third sidewall sections, wherein said base, top and first, second and third sidewall sections define angularly-related first, second and third end portions and a diverging portion of the housing, the cross-section of said channel being uniform through each said end portion, and said diverging portion connecting said first, second and third end portions;
- dividing means positioned within the housing for dividing said channel into at least two wireways and maintaining separation between said wireways such that cables routed through one wireway do not interfere with cables routed through other wireways;
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- said dividing means comprising a central web portion substantially parallel to and intermediate the base and top of the housing spanning the area of the diverging portion of the housing, and a plurality of ramps located on the ends of the central web portion aligned with the first, second and third end portions of the housing, wherein said ramps provide a transition between the central web portion and the housing.
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