Patent ID: 9709171
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: F16B,F16J,F16L,H02G

Claim:
1. A sealing reducing washer comprising: a metallic reducing washer having a front surface, a rear surface, an outer periphery, and an inner periphery having a diameter, wherein the metallic reducing washer is substantially flat planar and wherein the rear surface is displaced downwardly in a region adjacent the inner periphery; a pliable rim secured over the outer periphery of the metallic reducing washer, a portion of the rim circumferentially depending below the rear surface of the metallic reducing washer adjacent the outer periphery of the metallic reducing washer so as to form a weathertight seal against a surface of an electrical enclosure when the sealing reducing washer is secured to the enclosure, wherein the pliable rim is configured to deform radially outwardly when the sealing reducing washer is secured to the enclosure, thereby allowing the rear surface of the metallic reducing washer to come into contact with the surface of the electrical enclosure; and a pliable toroid having a central opening, the pliable toroid circumferentially secured adjacent the inner periphery of the metallic reducing washer and extending circumferentially above the front surface of the metallic reducing washer in the region adjacent the inner periphery of the metallic reducing washer, the toroid having a periphery that extends radially inward relative to the inner periphery of the metallic reducing washer so as to have a minimum inside diameter less than the diameter of the inner periphery of the metallic reducing washer, the toroid dimensioned to form a weathertight seal with threads of an electrical conduit or an outer surface of an electrical raceway when the electrical conduit/electrical raceway is positioned through the central opening of the pliable toroid and the sealing reducing washer is secured to the electrical enclosure.