US2029393A

US2029393A - Floor outlet fixture housing

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Publication number: US2029393A
Application number: US599679A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward B Sargent
Original assignee: HH Robertson Co
Current assignee: HH Robertson Co
Priority date: 1932-03-18
Filing date: 1932-03-18
Publication date: 1936-02-04
Anticipated expiration: 1953-02-04

Description

Feb. 4, 1936.' E. B. sARGENT FLOOR OUTLET FIXTURE HOUSING Filed March 18, 1932 IN VEN TOR. QAM/,j

muni-lm ,gk/4J Patented Feb. 4, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLOOR OUTLET FIXTURE HOUSING Application March 18, 1932, Serial No. 599,679

2 Claims.

This invention relates to electrical floor outlet fixtures, and in particular to improvements 1n the construction of a floor outlet fixture housing and to means for securing the fixture to a floor conduit.

One object of this invention is to provide an electrical fioor outlet fixture housing having a relatively large cavity therein whereby a working splice chamber is obtained.

Another object is to provide a floor outlet fixture capable of housing outlet plugs and the like for conductors having different current capacities.

A further object of this invention is to provide new and novel means for securing an outlet fixture housing to a iioor conduit. y

A still further object is to provide an outlet fixture housing which is easily installed, relatively cheap to manufacture, and attractive in appearance.

These and other objects of this invention which will be made readily apparent to those skilled in this particular art are accomplished by means of this invention, one embodiment of which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a view in vertical section of a floor outlet housing embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the housing disclosed in Fig. 1 having the top cover removed for convenience of illustration, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the standpipe used with this modification.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated a floor outlet housing 30 embodying my invention. This housing 30 has a hollow b ody portion-3| which ter minates at the bottom in an outwardly flared portion 32 forming a base for the housing. The body 3l of the housing. is substantially square in section and forms a relatively large splicing chamber 33 therein which is closed at the bottom by a plate member 34 having an aperture 35 therein through which access is had to the splicing cham'- ber.

Two of the faces of the body 3| on opposite sides thereof are concaved as at 36 for receiving an outlet fixture 3l which is held in place in the concavities by a removable semi-circular cap 33 fastened to the body 3| in any suitable manner such as with set screws 39.

In mounting the floor outlet housing 30, the finish floor above a conduit 40 through which conductors carrying the desired type of service is cut away and an opening 4l is drilled into the top of the conduit of suitable size to receive a standpipe 42. 'I'he end of the standpipe is threaded as at 43 and is secured in the opening 4I which has its periphery on opposite sides bent upwardly and downwardly to receive the threaded end of the standpipe 42. After the standpipe 42 is in position, the finish floor around the pipe is replaced and the housing 30 is then secured to the standpipe.

In order that the housing 30 may be readily secured to the standpipe 42, the top of the standpipe is flanged as at 44 so that it extends underneath the member 34 when the housing is positioned thereon. So that the outlet fixture carried in the housing will face in the proper direction, the flange has a series of threaded openings 45 (Fig. 3) therein which are so spaced that a por- 10 tion of them are always accessible for the reception of screws 46 through arcuateshaped slots 4l formed in the member 34, regardless of the position to which the housing 39 is turned.

It is apparent that such construction permits l5 the housing to be readily secured tothe standpipe regardless of its height by merely using screws of a length sufficient to extend between the meniber 34 and the flange 44.

Water or other moisture is prevented from seep- 20 ing into the conduit 40 by a gasket 48 positioned around the standpipe 42 betweenkthe base 32 of the housing and the finish floor.

From the foregoing description it is readily apparent that I have provided an electrical fioor outlet fixture housing having a relatively large hollow body portion forming a readily accessible splicingA chamber and making the housing capable of supporting outlet fixtures for conductors having a wide range of current capacity. 30

It is also readily apparent that my improved fixture housing may be readily installed and attached to a floor conduit and that the large splicing chamber in the body of thefixture makes it relatively easy to connect an outlet fixture to the 3.3 conductors and also provides ample storage space for the spliced connections.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In an electrical floor outlet fixture housing, 4;) the combination comprising a hollow body portion having the lower end flared outwardly to form a base for the housing and an apertured member within said body portion, a` standpipe having an outwardly extending flange adapted to be received 45 within the flare on said body portion beneath said apertured member, and means cooperating with said apertured member and said'flange for securing said body to said standpipe.

2. In an electrical floor outlet fixture housing, 50 the combination comprising, a hollow body substantlally square in cross section having a flared out portion forming a. base, an apertured member within said body portion, a standpipe having a flanged end adapted to be positioned within said base, and means extending through slots in said apertured member into openings formed in said fiange for securing said body to said standplpe.

EDWARD B. SARGENT.