Patent ID: 6494414
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A retainer device for conductors in an electrical raceway, wherein said raceway is formed by the association of a U-shaped base section defining side walls and a bottom wall, with a flattened cover section, forming a raceway in which said base section is provided in the side walls thereof with equal equidistant narrow transverse slots which define therebetween outstanding transverse tabs or strips, wherein said device is formed by an open narrow annular member of right prismatic profile, said narrow annular member being provided with a bottom portion, two wall portions and two free end portions, all mating with the internal shape of said base section, where the bottom portion of said prismatic profile corresponds to the right internal cross section of said raceway base section, said narrow annular member being provided with a bottom portion, two wall portions and two free end portions, all mating with the internal shape of said base section, where said two free end portions are located at the level of the open side of said base section, are facing each other in overhanging fashion and are partly overlapping, at the same time as said two wall portions are provided with connecting means for interacting with said side walls of said base section of said raceway and said bottom portion is provided with means for connection to said bottom wall of said raceway base section and wherein said narrow annular member is provided on the surfaces of the wall portions which contact the inner surfaces of the raceway base section side walls with a retaining projection as means for connecting said narrow annular members to the said side walls of the base section.