Universal busway elbow

• US 3,287,487 A
• Filed: 02/28/1964
• Issued: 11/22/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph A. Fehr Jr
• Original Assignee: Joseph A. Fehr Jr
• Inventors: Fehr, Joseph A. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/348,053
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• US Class Current: 174/71.00B
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0608 Joints for connecting non cylindrical conduits, e.g. channels
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 5/06 Totally-enclosed installations, e.g. in metal casings

Claims

1. A UNIVERSAL BUSWAY ELBOW FITTING COMPRISING:

(A) A PAIR OF SOCKET ASSEMBLIES, (B) EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING;

(I) AN ELONGATED METAL ENCLOSURE MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SQUARE INTERNAL TRANSVERSE CROSS SECTION, (II) A SOCKET BASE MOUNTED WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE MEMBER AND PROVIDED WITH A TRANSVERSE POSITIONING WEB OF SQUARE CONFIGURATION APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO SAID INTERNAL SQUARE CROSS SECTION, (III) A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL SOCKETS HOUSED IN ONE OF SAID SOCKET BASES AND AN EQUAL NUMBER OF SOKETS HOUSED IN THE OTHER OF SAID SOCKET BASES, (C) A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS INTERCONNECTING CORRESPONDING SOCKETS IN BOTH OF SAID BASES, (D) A COMBINED HOUSING FOR SAID FLEXIBLE CONDUCTORS AND CLAMPING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID METALLIC ENCLOSURE MEMBERS IN PREDETERMINED ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP COMPRISING AN OPEN ENDED L SHAPED TROUGH BASE MEMBER HAVING A SQUARE CHANNEL CROSS SECTION FOR RECEIVING IN EACH OF ITS OPEN ENDS A CORRESPONDING ONE OF THE ADJACENT END PORTIONS OF SAID ENCLOSURE MEMBERS, SAID COMBINED HOUSING AND CLAMPING MEANS ALSO COMPRISING AN L SHAPED COVER FOR SAID BASE MEMBER AND MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID COVER TO SAID BASE MEMBER.