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Electrical energy supply system for work stations in a space divider system

  • US 4,382,648 A
  • Filed: 01/11/1979
  • Issued: 05/10/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a space divider system which includes a plurality of upright wall panels arranged end-to-end so as to form at least one work station and wherein said panels have upright ends and lower edges and are mounted on downwardly extending leg supports located adjacent said panel ends so as to form a space below each of the panel lower edges, an electrical energy supply system for said work station comprising a plurality of connected sections each corresponding to a wall panel forming said station, each section comprising a pair of connector assemblies located in said space and each comprising a connector body and a plurality of terminal units in said body, said body being mounted on one of said leg supports so as to extend substantially to the adjacent end of the corresponding panel, electrical conductors disposed in said space and extending between and connecting the terminal units in the connector bodies at each end of the panel, the terminal units on one panel being constructed to interfit with the terminal units on another panel in said station to enable the transfer of electrical energy from the energy supply section for one panel to the energy supply section for another panel, and at least one receptacle outlet interfitted with the terminal units in one of said connector assemblies and mounted on the connector body in said one assembly.

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