Patent ID: 6446914
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A horizontally elongated wireway hanger for assembly with a vertically elongated vertically elongated, generally U-shaped, wireway downcomer being in the form of a channel having a saddle portion and a pair of substantially equally deep wall portions extending orthogonally therefrom with a sequence of holes extending along said saddle portion therof, said wireway hanger downcomer, said wireway hanger being a component of a wireway system:(a) said hanger being in the form of a channel that is generally U-shaped in cross-section having as integral components a saddle portion and a pair of substantially equally deep wall portions extending orthogonallly therefrom; (b) an arrangement of flanges integral with and extending from a first wall portion of said hanger; (c) for registration with one of said holes in said downcomer, there being a hole in at least part of one of said flanges; (d) said holes being registered, said hanger and said downcomer being secured together by a nut and bolt, said bolt projecting through said registered holes; (e) a series of parallel transverse slots in said saddle portion of said hanger being adapted to receive strapping by which a load of conduits may be secured to said hanger; (f) said arrangement of flanges includes a first flange extending downwardly from said first wall portion in the same plane, a pair of flanges extending orthogonally from said first wall portion, inner ends of said pair of flanges being folded downwardly to form two parallel flanges lying on opposite sides of said first flange.