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An improved enclosure for electrical use comprising a box having an open top and front, and a cover for closing both openings simultaneously. The front is bordered by lips turned inward from the sides, and near its lower end is provided with a pair of internal ramps sloping downwardly backward. The inside...     

A meter box and a uniquely designed cover molded out of a substantially rigid plastic material is disclosed. The meter box comprises an open upper top with an upwardly extending rim member terminating on the inside surface thereof in an inwardly extending ledge member. Disposed above the ledge member...     

A rain-tight outdoor enclosure for containing electrical apparatus characterized by a box-like container and a detachable cover hingedly mounted. The container comprising an open vertical side and a open bottom end. The cover comprising a wall coextensive with the open side and having opposite flanges...     

A hatch for an electrical cord for mobile homes, campers, trailers and similar vehicles in which a hollow body is recessed into the vehicle wall and has a front member with a primary opening therein communicating with the hollow interior of the body, and a cover pivoted to the front member for closing...     

A terminal box and cover in which the box has parallel longitudinal side walls comprising longitudinally spaced apart straight sided members terminating in flat tops which overhang the spaces between them, and the cover has a flat top and depending side walls provided with latch devices on their inner...     

A box for receiving electrical outlets, switches, cover plates and the like of standard size and including a portion insertable through an opening in a wall and projecting laterally of the opening when fully assembled for increasing the interior volume of the box.

A mounting cover for enclosing electronic components or the like utilizes the side walls as compression members for receiving the compressive forces produced by the screw fasteners used to mount the cover to a surface.

A weatherproof junction box cover assembly, comprising a structural member for mounting relationship with a junction box and a cover hingedly mounted on the structural member with cooperative inter-acting hood means at the top and sides of the cover assembly. A shiftable bias means is provided to normally...     

A support member on an electrical floor box or the like includes an opening receiving a cover formed in two parts having mating walls defining a joining line extending across the opening. The outer peripheral walls of the cover parts on opposite sides of the joining line have outwardly extending detents...     

A tile wall cover for electrical outlet boxes includes a ringlike flat plate having a large central opening therethrough. A ringlike extension is secured to the plate around the opening. The extension is formed from a pair of substantially identical generally U-shaped members each having a base and opposite...     

An electrical floor box having an opening receiving a cover formed in two pieces having mating straight walls defining a joining line extending across the opening. The cover and opening have facing peripheral walls, and tabs extend outwardly from one of the peripheral walls toward the other of the peripheral...     

A threaded fastener with a central portion separating wider flanges with straight polygonal sides and straight normal flange faces embedded in a plastic. One flange face is flush with the surface of the embedding body to provide a load bearing surface preventing compression of the body.

A self-locking device for locking a movable member to a stationary member including a rotatable latch member mounted on the stationary member and having a pair of ears located on opposite sides of its axis of rotation, the movable member having a pair of heels cooperations with the ears of the latch...     

A weatherproof cover for attachment to the open face of a vertically mounted electrical receptacle outlet box, the cover including a plate having an open faced hood extending outwardly across the top and down the opposite sides of the plate and a transparent, plastic closure having a front wall, side...     

A switch guard assembly for preventing accidental actuation of a switch, the assembly including a switch plate and a box-shaped member mounted on the switch plate and having a front wall formed with a surface disposed substantially parallel to the switch plate, and the front wall being closed against...     

A tamper-resistant enclosure for electrical equipment is disclosed. The enclosure includes a housing having generally upstanding and planar side walls which define a top opening. The top opening is closed by a generally horizontal and planar roof which is coextensive and congruent with the opening. Selected...     

A weather resistant cabinet made up of a cabinet structure and a cover, in which the structure has resilient means extending inwardly and downwardly from the sides thereof, including forwardly directed support means, and the cover has a tongue extending from the bottom of its front portion and stepped...     

The following specification describes a cover for a panelboard with the cover carrying spring biased latch clamp assemblies for engaging the flanges formed on the side walls of the panelboard cabinet.

This invention relates to a weatherproof cover. It relates more particularly to a spring-loaded hinged cover of that particular type.

A gasket for sealing around a wall opening to prevent passage of air, the opening having an electrical box therein with an electrical device mounted in the gasket comprising a thin sheet of flexible, air impervious material slightly larger than the wall opening and slightly smaller than the cover plate...     

A rectangular shape lid for closing a rectangular shaped top opening of a water meter housing. The lid is formed of plastic material and has a seating surface on its lower side for engaging the upper edge of the housing for support purposes. This feature allows the lid to fit housings having different...     

A rectangular vandal-proof plumbing valve access box for housing at least one plumbing valve therein and for containing same within the wall of a building, including an access cover facing the user-occupied side of the wall with security bolts anchoring the cover to the access box and having a lip extending...     

The following specification describes a feeder duct post assembly including a conduit for extending electrical connections from above a suspended ceiling to an outlet receptacle located between a pair of spaced barrier walls in the post. An upper wall on the conduit forms a lower wall of a junction box...     

The invention comprises an electrical junction access device such as a junction box or a cover member therefor for positioning in a wall structure. The device includes a main body defining an opening and having outer surfaces facing away from the opening. The device further comprises guide means disposed...     

A cover for electrical receptacles having a passageway therethrough for receiving such a receptacle, and having a pivotally mounted closure member spring urged toward overlying closed position relative to the passageway; a flexible flange extending around the passageway for sealingly engaging the cover...     

A container type structure for providing a radio frequency shield is described having an integral latching means for securing a cover on the container, which latching means can readily be operated to allow the cover to be removed. The latching means are formed from a tongue-like member extending substantially...     

In one embodiment the attachment is in the form of a box extender comprising a top wall, a bottom wall and side walls defining a ring of the same general dimensions as the junction box. The extender includes plate portions within the ring and through which screws extend to secure the extender to the...     

A moisture-proof electrical outlet box includes a backwall with a generally continuous sidewall member upstanding therefrom to define a generally open face at the front edges thereof with a drip rail formed on the sidewall member and surrounding the box. The drip rail is preferably located in front of...     

The panel enclosure is used to house electrical equipment and not only shields the equipment from stray RF fields but also protects the equipment against water, moisture and the like. The enclosure is in the form of a shallow rectangular box having an opening outlined by an upwardly sloping flange. A...     

The box has a base for mounting on a surface and a cover secured to the base by screws. A pair of tabs are disposed close to the base end of the cover and each tab captivates a screw. Assembly of cover to base is simplified because the cover can be held in one hand while a screw driver in the other hand...     

A cover is provided for an electrical box, particularly when installed in an outside wall or in a ceiling, above which is a cooler space. The cover extends around all of the electrical box except the open face thereof and has a slanted flange which contacts and seals against the back surface of the wall...     

A housing for an electromagnetic relay is disclosed which has the shape of a trough and is closeable by means of a flat cover. For fastening the cover on the housing, two holding lugs are shaped on the housing. The mounting of the cover proceeds by means of insertion under the holding lugs.

A weatherproof enclosure for electronic equipment includes a base portion and a mushroom-shaped hood portion. When unlatched, the hood portion rises by spring action to permit full access to the electronic equipment mounted on the base portion. A moderate force on the hood, assisted by an internal counterweight,...     

This invention teaches an improved cover designed to be positioned in place over an electric outlet box otherwise exposed on the outside of an exterior wall operable to weatherize the wall and minimize leakage past the outlet box. The cover has a tubular wall, and a flange and closure wall are integral...     

An electrical outlet floor box including an upright, open top cylindrical housing member, a ball ring, and a cover assembly secured to the open top of the housing member by means of the ball ring; said housing member is embedded in a concrete floor and the upper portion removed in proximity to, and in...     

A hatch for attachment to a wall. The hatch includes a base and a cover and has interlocking pegs and grooves for securing the cover to the base.

An electrical box cover for an outside electrical receptacle and box includes a generally flat, circular cover plate having a beveled rim and a flat, circular gasket. The cover plate and gasket have five corresponding linearly-aligned holes, including a center hole and two pairs of diametrically-opposed...     

A junction box in which the frame includes a header fitted within the frame, and includes a groove closely following the inner perimeter of the box opening, and a central recess receiving a lid. A floor covering which may be either carpet or vinyl is then cut, following the outline of the groove, and...     

A junction box in which the frame includes a header fitted within the frame, and includes a groove closely following the inner perimeter of the box opening, and a central recess receiving a lid. A floor covering which may be either carpet or vinyl is then cut, following the outline of the groove, and...     

A device for mounting a cover to a support member is disclosed. In the exemplary embodiment the cover has a generally planar top surface and supports two side pieces protruding, in the same direction, from the top surface at approximately right angles thereto. A latching device is supported by each side...     

A weatherproof outlet cover is composed of a metal cover plate having an aperture, a generally U-shaped bracket secured to the plate adjacent the aperture and an aperture cover for covering the aperture. The aperture cover includes a main body which is shaped to cover the plate aperture and an extension...     

A compact and economical clamp assembly for securing a cover plate to an open front electrical panelboard box having mounting flanges. The assembly includes an insulating sleeve surrounding a screw, both of which extend through a hole in the cover plate. The screw has a slotted head, a reduced diameter...     

A fillbox system to prevent water from entering the below ground level inlet of an input stand pipe for an underground fuel storage tank. The system includes a fillbox about the inlet stand pipe which extends upwardly therein and a fillbox cover having a downwardly extending skirt which extends almost...     

A weatherproof and/or dust proof fitting including a cover attached to a housing and adapted to pivot from an open position to a closed position where a sealing means in the cover or housing seals an opening in the housing, the arrangement being such that the cover is biased to its closed position so...     

A hollow snap-on cover for an electrical device is made of a pliable material with detents projecting its from side walls for fastening onto the electrical device without interfering with other device components and without requiring separate cover fasteners.

A container for TV cables and terminals with mating edges between the stationary body part and its hinged door to reduce the opportunity for forced illegal entry by apartment and condominium dwellers.

A switch box having a box-like lower compartment with a locking upper edge and mounting flanges positioned in the interior upper corners, and a cover with downwardly turned edges provided in the area of each of its corners with mounting sockets, the locking fastener comprising a connector which is retained...     

A padmounted transformer having an improved terminal cover-to-tank interface, which improves tamper resistance, improves corrosion resistance, and reduces manufacturing costs. The interface is formed by two equal, opposite facing acute angles in the cover, and a single obtuse angle in the adjacent tank,...     

A connecting clamp for a pneumatic apparatus (e.g. apparatus for operation with compressed air) which apparatus comprises a substantially parallelepiped shaped body (10) of plastic material associated with a bottom (30) and a lid (40) placed on two opposite faces of the body. The clamp is constituted...     

A hidden panel connector for an electronics enclosure having a removable cover member and a fixed cover member. The fixed cover member is provided with a curved member which projects from the fixed cover member and curves in an upward direction. The removable cover member is provided with a cam member...     

A drawer for electrical cabinets comprises a frame and a front wall coupled to the frame and including at least one removable panel. In order to provide a modular, cheap and easily assemblable structure, the front wall supports elongated resilient coupling elements and the panel or panels have stop surfaces...     

A watertight enclosure for use in an outdoor junction box for use in housing electrical connections such as solar panel installations includes a mating base and cover. The base is bounded by an upstanding peripheral wall having a channel profiled in the top. The mating cover has an outwardly facing channel...     

Waterproof electrical enclosures for the encapsulation of electrical and electronic components have a box-like base part to be fixed to a support surface by screws or like mounting fixtures and a sealing cover held to the base part by special fasteners located in special mounting points in the corners...     

A raintight electrical junction box is disclosed for use outdoors and includes a base member having a peripheral channel while the cover has a labyrinth profiled to be received in the channel, when the cover is placed over the base member. The mating geometry of the labyrinth and the channel provide...     

A telephone terminal box which is divided into two compartments so to provide a first compartment accessible only to the telephone operating company and a second compartment accessible to the subscriber. Each compartment has its own cover, and the covers may be individually locked by the subscriber and...     

An explosion proof electrical enclosure has a relieved joining flange at the junction between the cover and the body of the enclosure. The relieved portion provides an area reducing the bolt load in the event the enclosure is subjected to an internal explosion. As a result, fewer bolts may be used to...     

A casing for electronic devices is provided which includes a frame formed by a metal plate, a cover formed by a metal plate for covering an opening portion of the frame a shield plate for dividing a space in the frame, and a tip portion of the shield plate in contact with an inner surface of the cover....     

A terminal block cover provides a cover body having a latch mechanism depending from a side edge of the cover and a hinge mechanism depending from the opposite side edge. The hinge mechanism includes a clip that engages the terminal block's fanning strip, a separable hinge connected between the clip...     

The present invention relates to an improved structure of switch box and particularly to a structure composed of such members as a box body, an assembly plate, a sleeving frame and a panel, wherein the box body will not be deformed in the process of grouting so that the panel can be easily installed...     

A seal for an enclosure of electrical equipment which is clamped between sealing surfaces on the enclosure base and the enclosure cover. The seal includes a cavity of a preferred hour-glass configuration and resiliently retains a resilient seal member of a preferred triangular configuration. The outer...     

A humidistat (17) generally includes a humidity sensing cartridge (20) adapted to be enclosed within a housing (18) having a base (21) and a front cover (22). The cartridge includes a plurality of engageable portions (24, 28). The housing base includes a peripheral frame (34) which surrounds and generally...     

A molded cover control station having transverse upper and lower grooves spaced apart by a distance less than the vertical dimension of a panel opening has a resilient gasket positioned against a rear flange, the gasket having a resilient protrusion which is received within the lower groove. Insertion...     

A composite metal/concrete floor system and method of installation. The system includes a novel decking profile; snap-in cover plates to provide longitudinal cells for three services; a lateral trench with sheet metal rails and bottom plates; and cooperating preset inserts.

A wiring-device mounting structure wherein outer decorative and inner laying plates are coupled to each other through relatively short, hooked engaging projections on inner surface of the decorative plate which are engaged with mounds on the laying plate which are raised to be close at raised top face...     

A protection cover for a wiring distribution box in which rising walls are continuously or discontinuously formed around a label bonding position.

An x-ray having the energy bandwidth which extends between above and below the absorption edge energy of an element constituting a contrast agent is emitted from an x-ray source as an x-ray to be projected to an object, the x-ray at the higher energy component than the absorption energy of the contrast-agent...     

A wiring housing includes a main portion forming a box and a cover for the box. The main portion has a side wall and a back wall and tubular projections extending from the side and back walls to form conduits sockets to receive the ends of rigid or flexible PVC conduit. The cover has latches and the...     

The housing has therein two wire inlet/outlet openings overlapped by opposite ends of a removable, generally L-shaped knockout cover, which has in one end an access opening registering with one inlet/outlet opening, and in its opposite end a knockout plug which covers the other inlet/outlet opening,...     

A marking device is used in conjunction with an electrical outlet box to mark a wall panel with the exact and precise location of that outlet box so the panel can be cut to accommodate such outlet box. The marking device includes an I-shaped body having ears on each corner of a rectangular shaped central...     

An outlet box protector for protecting electrical outlet boxes of the type having a rectangular access and vertically spaced attachment ears, the protector constructed of a single sheet of resilient material, such as spring steel, to define two vertically spaced and opposing pairs of spring tabs engagable...     

An apparatus for securely locking an access cover to a housing, the housing defining an interior volume, comprising a bracket adapted to be attached at a point substantially within the interior volume of the housing, the bracket including fastening means inaccessible from the exterior of the housing...     

A quick closure box is disclosed, in which the lid is fixed to the base by means of a small pitch screw engaged in an extension having a large pitch thread for engagement in a hole comprising thread portions.

A three-piece electrical box in which the top and bottom can be snapped into place following mounting of the enclosure member, thereby permitting deferral of wire and cable handling until after the principal box member is mounted.

A locking closure for a rotary control member includes a compartment portion, a base portion and an access portion. The access portion has an access opening disposed therein proximate to and adjacent to the rotary control member. A cover plate is securely mounted on the closure access portion and covers...     

A covering device for detachably shielding an access hole which is provided on the top portion of a conduit box, includes a fixing member having a peripheral wall defining a top opening and a bottom opening and a base protruding inwardly therefrom; a plurality of bolts being fixed on the base of the...     

A doorbell block (A) is disclosed which includes a cover (18) and a pair of movable sidewalls (26, 28) which are biased towards each other to grippingly engage a doorbell housing (14) so that a face plate (20) of the cover prevents actuation of the door bell button (16) and unwanted rings. Tab openings...     

A non-metallic enclosure for electrical apparatus has a housing and cover with a door pivotably mounted on the cover. A hood is attached to the housing such that when the door is attached to the cover and the cover is attached to the housing at least one pivotable connector will be behind the hood so...     

A floor box having structure which eliminates screws for holding the cover assembly on the box, the structure permitting the box and the cover assembly to be shipped in a disconnected condition and arranged, after the box is set up for the concrete pour, to be quickly and easily snapped into and maintained...     

Underground cables are laid in a concrete box which is to be buried in the ground. According to the present invention, an adapter is formed with a hole, and a bushing is mounted on the adapter through the hole. Subsequently, a cable duct is fitted into the bushing, and the resultant adapter is attached...     

An electrical enclosure having a base, a cover, and hinge pivotally connecting the base and cover. The cover has a pair of ears, each provided with a key hole for receiving hinge pins mounted on the base. The pivot pins are provided with keys that align with notch portions of the key holes when the cover...     

There is provided an electrical enclosure that maintains a rainproof seal using a formed lip, an elongated nub, and barrel hinges with spaced apart members therebetween to allow vertical movement of the enclosure door.

An improved container includes a main section and a cover section which are interconnected by a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly allows the cover section to move toward and away from the main section along a linear path so that a seal is uniformly compressed completely around an opening in the main...     

The main theme in the design of this invention is to provide adequate protection while allowing for easy installation and removal without interrupting the operation of the device which is being protected. The two most important components of this invention are the use of resilient clips on the side walls...     

A general purpose box kit normally used in electricity as, for example, a junction box, a splicing box or a wire drawing box. The kit includes a metal housing having an opening suitable to be close either by a pivotable lid or by a flat lid directly screwed thereon. It allows change of the lid without...     

A junction box is provided having a housing and a cover. The housing includes a housing wall extending upwardly from a base about the periphery thereof. A lip extends outwardly about the top edge of the housing wall and engages in a snap fit in a channel in a wall of the cover. A pair of inner walls...     

A smoke-detector security cover has a toroidal base plate attachable to a wall or ceiling surrounding a smoke detector. A toroidal cover plate having a plurality of retainer appendages extended inward radially is connected to the toroidal base plate to cover portions of the smoke detector circumferentially...     

An electrical plug-receiving receptacle includes a housing enclosure with an opening and a cover for closing the opening. The housing enclosure has walls defining at least a portion of the periphery of the opening, including an outside wall and a generally flexible inside wall spaced from the outside...     

A locking apparatus for a closure having a container and cover, the apparatus comprising a latch member mounted to the interior of the cover and a corresponding catch member mounted to the interior the container. A helical coil passes through a helical passageway at the closure for engaging and disengaging...     

Three of the side walls of the upper and lower cases are locked together by use of corresponding locking holes and claws. The cases are locked together at the remaining one side at which a mounting stay is provided by a vertically extending locking channel and locking flange, which are provided separately...     

A hinge construction for the effectuation or hingedly articulated connection between a lid and an aperture which is located on a plate member. More particularly, there is provided a hinge structure which facilitates a spring-biased floating sealing connection between the lid and a surface about the aperture...     

A branch joint box including a lower casing and an upper casing, in which the upper casing is fitted into the lower casing and an upper cover is mounted on an upper portion of an outer peripheral wall of the lower casing through a packing, the branch joint box comprising: a rib member for correcting...     

The main theme in the design of this invention is to provide adequate protection while allowing for easy installation and removal without interrupting the operation of the device which is being protected. The two most important components of this invention are the use of resilient clips on the side walls...     

A lighting fixture having a simplified structure is provided with such benefits as a junction box attached either permanently or releasably to the housing, a full reflector for improved optics, and support means for installation in different ceiling structures. The reflector is positionable within the...     

A cover plate assembly for a wall box mounted in an opening in a wall, the wall box having at least one pair of tabs provided with threaded holes on standard centers adapted to receive screws mounting at least one electrical circuit device within the wall box. The assembly includes a frame situated to...     

An electrical enclosure having a base, a cover, and hinge pivotally connecting the base and cover. The cover has a pair of ears, each provided with a key hole for receiving hinge pins mounted on the base. The pivot pins are provided with keys that align with notch portions of the key holes when the cover...     

A tamper-resistant enclosure for use in installing cable, such as a splitter for television cable, wherein a base plate is secured to a wall of a building and after a cable connection has been made a cover having an opening therein is attached to the base plate and wherein during the attachment of the...     

A watertight enclosure for the retention of air-cooled electrical and electronic components, which enclosure includes a labyrinth diverter system of baffles and barriers to divert any water or other liquid, that may enter the enclosure away from the components therein.

The waterproof structure for a charging connector includes a body cover for opening and closing the opening of a recessed portion formed in a vehicle body, and also includes a waterproof cap for covering a charging connector arranged to project from the bottom surface of the recessed portion. The waterproof...     

A branch joint box includes a lower casing and an upper casing. When the upper casing is fitted into the lower casing, a locking projection formed on an inner surface of an outer peripheral wall of the lower casing rides over a locking projection formed on an outer surface of an outer peripheral wall...     

Disclosed is a receptacle having protective flaps that can prevent inadvertent insertion of alien objects into the slots of the receptacle. The receptacle having protective flaps can be made without the use of a separating plate as in the prior art so that it is cost-effective in manufacture and easy...