Cable management track system

• US 5,921,402 A
• Filed: 04/27/1998
• Issued: 07/13/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Systems Manufacturing Corp. (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Systems Manufacturing Corp. (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Inventors: Magenheimer, Edward F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US09/067,758
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• Field of Search: 248/49, 248/68.1, 248/65, 248/51, 248/52, 248/279.1, 211/26, 211/26.2, 211/94.01, 361/826, 361/829
• US Class Current: 211/26
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/26 Installations of cables, lines, or separate protective tubing therefor directly on or in walls, ceilings, or floors by means of insulators H02G3/24; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing F16L3/00; hose-clips F16L33/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/023 using sliding mechanisms for accessing the interior of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/06 Cable ducts or mountings specially adapted for exchange installations

Abstract

A cable and wire management track for accommodating large cable runs. The computer system has a plurality of peripheral components, such as a monitor, keyboard, printer, mouse, speakers, routers, bridges, switches, modems, etc. The cable and wire management track mounts to a wall, rack or enclosure, and has a plurality of hangers for receiving the wires issuing from the components. The hangers are mounted for sliding and rotative indexing upon the track, and are easily positioned behind each peripheral unit in order to receive and store its cables and wires.

Claims

1. A cable and wire management device for a computer system having a number of peripheral components, comprising:

an elongated track supporting a plurality of hanger members thereupon, said elongated track having means for mounting said elongated track to a wall, rack or enclosure, each hanger member having rotational means for rotatively supporting each hanger member upon said elongated track; and

translational means disposed between said elongated track and each of said plurality of hanger members, for supporting said hanger members for translational movement upon said elongated track.

2. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said elongated track comprises a pair of respective upper and lower rails for supporting said translational means.

3. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said translational means comprises a plurality of sliding bracket members for translational movement upon said elongated track, and further wherein said elongated track comprises a pair of respective upper and lower rails for supporting said sliding bracket members for translational movement thereupon.

4. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 3, further comprising securing means disposed upon each sliding bracket for affixing each bracket in a given position upon said elongated track.

5. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 3, wherein each bracket is attached to a block which slides into said elongated track for either vertical or horizontal cable runs.

6. A cable and wire management device for a computer system having a number of peripheral components, comprising:

an elongated track supporting a plurality of wire and cable support members thereupon, said elongated track having means for mounting said elongated track to a wall, rack or enclosure, each wire and cable support member of said plurality of wire and cable support members having ability to run vertically or horizontally, supporting each wire and cable support member upon said elongated track; and

translational means disposed between said elongated track and each of said plurality of wire and cable support members for supporting said wire and cable support members for translational movement upon said elongated track.

7. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 6, wherein said elongated track comprises a pair of respective upper and lower rails for supporting said translational means.

8. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 6, wherein said translational means comprises a plurality of sliding bracket members for translational movement upon said elongated track, and further wherein said elongated track comprises a pair of respective upper and lower rails for supporting said sliding bracket members for translational movement thereupon.

9. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 8, further comprising securing means disposed upon each sliding bracket for affixing each bracket in a given position upon said elongated track.

10. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 8, wherein each bracket is supported upon a block, and further wherein each bracket can be placed in either a vertical or horizontal position within said elongated track.

11. A cable and wire management device for a computer system having a number of peripheral components, comprising an elongated track supporting a plurality of wire and cable support members thereupon, said elongated track having means for mounting said elongated track to a wall, rack or enclosure, each wire and cable support member of said plurality of wire and cable support members having both rotational and translational support means for rotatively and translatively supporting each wire and cable support member upon said elongated track.

12. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 11, wherein said elongated track comprises a pair of respective upper and lower rails for supporting said rotational and translational support means.

13. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 11, wherein said rotational and translational support means comprises a plurality of sliding bracket members for translational movement upon said elongated track, and further wherein said elongated track comprises a pair of respective upper and lower rails for supporting said sliding bracket members for translational movement thereupon.

14. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 13, further comprising securing means disposed upon each sliding bracket for affixing each bracket in a predetermined position upon said elongated track.

15. The cable and wire management device in accordance with claim 13, wherein each bracket is supported upon a block, and further wherein each bracket can be positioned either vertically or horizontally about said elongated track.