Cable exit trough with insert
OwnerMichael J. Wentworth, Brian L. Johnson +3inventors
InventorsMichael J. Wentworth, Brian L. Johnson, Wayne Albin Johnson, Thomas Walter Kampf, Alex Watts
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Abstract
A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit trough. Removable snap-mounted flanges may also be included in the exit trough. The exit trough may also include an exit cover having a cover plate and a pivot plate hingedly mounted thereto for easy access to the trough.
Claims9
A cable exit trough mountable to a lateral cable trough, the lateral cable trough defining a horizontal cable pathway and having a bottom and an upstanding side of substantially uniform height extending from the bottom, the exit trough comprising:
- a body having a first cable guiding surface including a curved portion leading upwardly and away from a top edge of the upstanding side while maintaining a cable minimum bend radius, the cable guiding surface defining a cable exit pathway;
- the body further having a second cable guiding surface positioned over the bottom of the lateral cable trough when the exit trough is mounted to the lateral cable trough, the second cable guiding surface having a curved portion which leads upwardly with respect to the lateral cable trough and defines a top surface of a cable pathway, the curved portion of the second cable guiding surface being sufficiently curved to maintain the cable minimum bend radius;
- a plurality of selectable inserts, each of the inserts being removably coupleable to the body, wherein the plurality of selectable inserts includes:
- a) a first insert with a first guidewall that divides at least a portion of the cable exit pathway, the first guidewall at least partially curved in a first direction;
- b) a second insert with a second guidewall that divides at least a portion of the cable exit pathway, the second guidewall at least partially curved in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
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- c) a third insert having a flat upper surface without any guidewall;
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- wherein, when mounted to the lateral cable trough, the cable exit pathway leads over the upstanding side of the lateral cable trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.