Patent ID: 6395981
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A multiple gang junction box assembly, comprising:(a) a main box having an interior chamber and a front peripheral edge defining a front opening to said interior chamber; (b) a plurality of divider panels separable from said main box, each of said divider panels having a front edge portion thereon; (c) a plurality of positioning elements attached to said main box in said interior chamber thereof slidably receiving and positioning said divider panels in said interior chamber so as to laterally space apart said divider panels from one another through a given displacement and to partition said interior chamber into a plurality of side-by-side compartments provided in a condition of electrical arcing isolation from one another which allows low and high electrical voltage components to be housed in said side-by-side compartments; and (d) a front cover plate separable from said main box and said divider panels, said front cover plate having opposite front and rear sides, a peripheral edge and a plurality of vertical lands formed on and protruding from said rear side of said front cover plate and laterally spaced apart from one another by a given distance, said given displacement of said divider panels from one another in said interior chamber being substantially equal to a predetermined number of times said given distance of said vertical lands from one another, said vertical lands also extending between top and bottom portions of said peripheral edge of said front cover plate such that with said front cover plate positioned adjacent to said front peripheral edge of said main box and covering said front opening thereof at least some of said vertical lands of said front cover plate and said front edge portions of said divider panels are placed in flush contact with one another so as to close off adjacent ones of said side-by-side compartments from one another at said front edge portions of said divider panels and thereby provide additional isolation of said side-by-side compartments from one another.