Allied Moulded Products, Inc.

Thomas D Knecht

Bradford D Rupp

An electrical outlet box of all shapes and sizes for use with one or more electrical cables having an enclosure with a peripheral wall and a bottom. The peripheral wall upstands from the bottom and has a plurality of cable openings therein. The cable openings each close by a door. The door is pivotally connected to the bottom for rotary motion from a closed position generally parallel to the wall about an axis generally parallel to the bottom to an open position within the enclosure. The door has a peripheral edge remote from its connection to the bottom which clamps a cable positioned in the box between the wall and the door wall. The door is biased toward the wall and has door guides associated therewith to ensure the movement of the door about the axis and to prevent cable from being lodged between the door and the door guides out of engagement with the peripheral edge of the door. A specific embodiment of the new and improved electrical outlet box of the invention complies with 1999 Standard UL 514C including paragraphs 26 and 27 and the proposed 1999 amendments thereto in paragraph 27.4.

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Edgerton, OH, United States of America

Thomas D Knecht