Traffic signal housing adapter
First Claim
1. An adapter member for connection to the top surface or bottom surface of a molded plastic traffic signal housing and adapted to be connected to the outlet of a metallic wire entrance fixture, said adapter member comprising a rigid body having a top, a bottom, and a passageway through said body from said top to said bottom, said body adjacent said passageway at said top being shaped to mate with the outlet end of the wire entrance fixture so as to provide 360°
- rotational positioning of said body with respect to said fixture, said bottom of said body being shaped and adapted to be substantially coextensive with, to substantially correspond to, and to be fastened to the major portion of said top surface or bottom surface of said molded plastic traffic signal housing.
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Abstract
An adapter member for connection to the top or bottom surface of a molded plastic traffic signal housing and adapted to be connected to the outlet of a wire entrance fixture, said adapter member comprising a rigid body having a top, a bottom, and a passageway through the body from the top to the bottom, said body adjacent the passageway at the top being shaped to mate with the outlet end of the wire entrance fixture so as to provide 360° rotational positioning of the body with respect to the fixture, said bottom of said body being shaped and adapted to be fastened to extend over the major portion of said top or bottom surface of said molded plastic traffic signal housing.
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16 Claims
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1. An adapter member for connection to the top surface or bottom surface of a molded plastic traffic signal housing and adapted to be connected to the outlet of a metallic wire entrance fixture, said adapter member comprising a rigid body having a top, a bottom, and a passageway through said body from said top to said bottom, said body adjacent said passageway at said top being shaped to mate with the outlet end of the wire entrance fixture so as to provide 360°
- rotational positioning of said body with respect to said fixture, said bottom of said body being shaped and adapted to be substantially coextensive with, to substantially correspond to, and to be fastened to the major portion of said top surface or bottom surface of said molded plastic traffic signal housing.
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- 11. An apparatus for joining the top or bottom planar surface of a molded plastic traffic signal housing to the outlet of a tubular metallic wire entrance fixture having a wire passageway therethrough, comprising a rigid metallic body having a vertical passageway therethrough in general alignment with said wire passageway, said body having a generally frustoconical continuous outer surface extending from adjacent the upper end of said passageway which mates with said outlet of said tubular fixture to the bottom of said body which mates with and is generally coextensive with said top or bottom planar surface of said housing, said body including spaced dished out portions forming a generally honeycomb internal structure as viewed from the bottom thereof, said internal structure having reinforcing webs between said frusto-conical surface and extending to a bottom planar surface of said body in contact with said top or bottom planar surface of said housing to distribute fatigue forces more evenly throughout said top or bottom planar surfaces.
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