Patent ID: 7022912

Claim:
A junction box for receiving electrical wiring contained within straight runs of protective conduit in an overhead, suspended protective conduit rack system comprising a plurality of parallel extending straight runs of protective conduit, said junction box comprising: a first enclosure means for housing electrical wiring, said enclosure means forming the upper section of the junction box; a second enclosure means for housing electrical wiring, said second enclosure means forming the lower section of the junction box and extending from and substantially perpendicularly to the first enclosure means, said first and second enclosure means being contiguous with each other; at least one of the first and second enclosure means having aperture means for the entry of one of the plurality of straight runs of protective conduit in the suspended conduit rack system and joint means for the connection of said straight runs of protective conduit to that enclosure means; said first and second enclosure means further comprising exterior surfaces which meet to form a step-like configuration and forming two conduit pathway means adjacent to each side of the upper section and over the lower section, whereby when said one of the plurality of straight runs of protection conduit from the suspended conduit rack system is connected to an enclosure means, additional straight runs of protective conduit from the suspended conduit rack system pass over the lower section and laterally of each side of the upper section, so as to be positioned within the pathway means.