Device for closing the end of a section

• US 5,206,972 A
• Filed: 01/23/1992
• Issued: 05/04/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: PGEP Professional General Electronic Products
• Original Assignee: PGEP Professional General Electric Products
• Inventors: Gagliardi, Amedee, Nudelmont, Jean C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Larson, Lowell A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cuda, Carmine
• Application Number:
  US07/824,111
• Time in Patent Office: 467 Days
• Field of Search: 16/95 R, 16/108, 16/94 R, 16/94 D, 174/49
• US Class Current: 16/95.00R
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0418 Covers or lids; Their fastenings
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/0437 Channels

Abstract

Device for closing the end of a section (1) of U-shaped cross section having a bottom (10) and two flanges (12) provided near the open face of the section with a rail (13) turned toward said bottom (10), characterized in that it includes a ferrule (2) carrying on its lower side two lugs (21) and on its upper side two positioning nipples (22) and two hooks (23) having slots (24) and a stop piece formed by a spindle (3) engaging into the slots.

Claims

1. Device for closing the end of a section of U-shaped cross section having a bottom and two flanges provided near the open face of the section with a rail turned toward said bottom comprising:

a ferrule carrying on its lower side two lugs and on its upper side two positioning nipples and two hooks having slots and a stop piece formed by a spindle that engages in said slots.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein the spindle is held in its stopping position by an element for closing the open face of the section.

3. Device according to claim 2, wherein the lugs have plugs turned downward engaging in slashes in the bottom of the section.

4. Device according to claim 2, wherein the positioning nipples are parallelepipedal and engage under the rails.

5. Device according to claim 2, wherein the hooks are spaced by a distance such that they can place themselves on the exterior of said rails against the return directed toward the bottom of the section which they present.

6. Device according to claim 2, wherein the spindle is positioned in seats formed by the slots of the hooks and by interruptions of equal width of the rails.

7. Device according to claim 1 wherein the lugs have plugs turned downward engaging in slashes in the bottom of the section.

8. Device according to claim 7, wherein the positioning nipples are parallelepipedal and engage under the rails.

9. Device according to claim 7, wherein the hooks are spaced by a distance such that they can place themselves on the exterior of said rails against the return directed toward the bottom of the section which they present.

10. Device according to claim 7, wherein the spindle is positioned in seats formed by the slots of the hooks and by interruptions of equal width of the rails.

11. Device according to claim 1, wherein the positioning nipples are parallelepipedal and engage under the rails.

12. Device according to claim 11, wherein the hooks are spaced by a distance such that they can place themselves on the exterior of said rails against the return directed toward the bottom of the section which they present.

13. Device according to claim 11, wherein the spindle is positioned in seats formed by the slots of the hooks and by interruptions of equal width of the rails.

14. Device according to claim 1, wherein the spindle is positioned in seats formed by the slots of the hooks and by interruptions of equal width of the rails.

15. Device according to claim 1, wherein the hooks are spaced by a distance such that they can place themselves on the exterior of said rails against the return directed toward the bottom of the section which they present.

16. Device according to claim 15, wherein the spindle is positioned in seats formed by the slots of the hooks and by interruptions of equal width of the rails.