Electrical outlet box assembly for power and communication wires
US5466886A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02G3/185
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical outlet box assembly for separating and insulating high voltage power wires from low voltage communication wires. The electrical outlet box assembly includes a housing adapted to be embedded into a poured concrete floor, an electrical shielding assembly coupled within the housing, a leveling assembly for coupling and leveling an electrical receptacle to the housing, a floor plate or carpet flange, and a receptacle cover. The electrical shielding assembly includes a wiring enclosure releasably coupled to the housing by a snap fit having an interior passage for receiving and separating the high voltage power wires from the low voltage communication wires which pass over the exterior of the wiring enclosure, and a receptacle insulator member adapted to surround a receptacle mounted in the housing. The leveling assembly includes a receptacle mounting member having four coupling flanges with elongated slots, four retaining clips fixedly coupled in slots in the housing, and four leveling screws which are received in the elongated slots of the coupling flanges and threadedly coupled to the retaining clips for leveling and adjusting the height of the receptacle mounting member…
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