Flexible raceway arrangement for cabling
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1. A raceway arrangement comprising:
- an elongate support member; and
a plurality of generally tubular links mounted on said support member in end-to-end relation with one another and being open at opposite ends thereof so as to define a continuous, elongate and enclosed channel for storing cabling, each said link being defined by a pair of right and left side covers disposed in opposed relation with one another on oppositely facing sides of said support member such that said support member divides said channel into right and left channel parts for separating cabling stored within said channel, some of said side covers being pivotably connected to said support member so as to be movable between a closed position to substantially close off the corresponding said channel part and an open position to provide access to cabling within the corresponding said channel part.
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Abstract
A flexible raceway arrangement for routing power and/or communication cabling to a work area. The raceway arrangement includes an elongate support member which mounts thereon a plurality of raceway covers arranged along the support member in side-by-side relation with one another to define an elongate raceway run. The individual side covers are pivotably openable to provide access to cabling within the interior thereof.
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41 Claims
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1. A raceway arrangement comprising:
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an elongate support member; and
a plurality of generally tubular links mounted on said support member in end-to-end relation with one another and being open at opposite ends thereof so as to define a continuous, elongate and enclosed channel for storing cabling, each said link being defined by a pair of right and left side covers disposed in opposed relation with one another on oppositely facing sides of said support member such that said support member divides said channel into right and left channel parts for separating cabling stored within said channel, some of said side covers being pivotably connected to said support member so as to be movable between a closed position to substantially close off the corresponding said channel part and an open position to provide access to cabling within the corresponding said channel part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A raceway for routing cabling to and from a workstation, said raceway comprising:
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an elongate spine; and
a plurality of hollow cover members each defined by vertically spaced top and bottom walls and a pair of horizontally spaced side walls, said cover members being open at both ends and supported on said spine in an end-to-end manner so as to define a continuous and enclosed elongate conduit for storing cabling therein. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A raceway arrangement for storing cabling, said arrangement comprising:
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an elongate and vertically flexible diaphragm including a plurality of generally upright plate-like members and an elongate support structure interconnecting said plate-like members in a spaced-apart manner from one another and extending generally centrally between and substantially parallel to upper and lower edges thereof, and upper and lower elongate connector members extending along and interconnecting the respective upper and lower edges of said plate-like members; and
a plurality of tubular covers supported on said diaphragm in an end-to-end manner with one another so as to define an enclosed elongate conduit for storing cabling therein, said covers being mounted on said diaphragm such that same extends generally centrally along said conduit and divides same into first and second channel parts for separating cabling stored within said channel. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A raceway for routing cabling comprising:
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an elongate and continuous support element having a pair of opposite ends respectively supported by a pair of horizontally spaced-apart mounting structures such that the support element is disposed in a suspended manner between said ends thereof; and
a tubular cover member removably mounted on said support element and together therewith defining an enclosed channel for accommodating cabling, said cover member having a wall portion which is flexible to allow access to cabling disposed within said channel. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A raceway arrangement comprising:
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an elongate support structure having oppositely facing first and second sides; and
first and second pluralities of cover elements respectively supported on said first and second sides of said support structure, each said cover element having a wall structure which defines a channel part, said first plurality of cover elements on said first side of said support structure and said second plurality of cover elements on said second side of said support structure being disposed in adjacent end-to-end relationship with one another such that the respective channel parts on said first side of said support structure together define an elongate and continuous first channel and the respective channel parts on said second side of said support structure together define an elongate and continuous second channel, wherein said first and second channels disposed on said first and second sides of said support structure are for storing cabling therein. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A raceway assembly comprising:
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a generally vertically oriented and elongate membrane-like support member supported at opposite ends thereof by a pair of horizontally spaced mounting structures; and
a plurality of cable accommodating elements mounted on said support member and arranged in series with one another therealong, each said cable accommodating element defining a channel for storing cabling, said channels of the respective cable accommodating elements being generally aligned with one another along said support member so as to define a continuous conduit along said support member for storing cabling therein, and said support member being flexible in the horizontal direction to allow selective horizontal bending of said raceway arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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