Dual voltage electrical floor box
View Patent ↗An outlet box assembly for separating and insulating higher voltage power conductors from lower voltage data conductors. The assembly includes a housing, a housing divider and a bracket. The housing including at least one vertically extending side wall defining an interior space therein. The housing divider disposed within the housing and extending across the interior space forming a vertical barrier between a first housing compartment and a second housing compartment. The bracket capable of having secured thereto at least one of the higher voltage power conductors and at least one of the low voltage data conductors. The bracket including at least one partition separating conductor compartments therein, the at least one partition extending vertically and substantially perpendicular to the divider. A floor of each conductor compartment extends across at least a portion of both the first housing compartment and the second housing compartment.
1. An outlet box assembly for separating and insulating higher voltage power conductors from lower voltage data conductors, the assembly comprising:
a housing including at least one vertically extending peripheral wall surrounding an interior space of the housing;
a divider disposed within the housing, the divider forming a vertical wall extending across the interior space separating a first housing compartment and a second housing compartment, the housing including at least one vertical slot, an edge of the divider being seated within the slot; and
a bracket for securing at least one of the higher voltage power conductors and at least one of the low voltage data conductors, the bracket including at least one partition separating conductor compartments therein, the at least one partition extending vertically and substantially perpendicular to the divider, the bracket including a floor plate extending across at least a portion of both the first housing compartment and the second housing compartment, the bracket including an alignment tab disposed in the slot.
2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is substantially disposed vertically above the divider.
3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the floor plate includes a plurality of knock-outs a first one of the conductor compartments having at least one knock-out disposed over the first housing compartment and at least one other knock-out disposed over the second housing compartment.
4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein a second one of the conductor compartments includes additional ones of the plurality of knock-outs.
5. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:
a receptacle plate covering at least one portion of at least one receptacle, the receptacle plate securing the receptacle between the receptacle plate and the bracket.
6. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein the receptacle plate includes a dividing wall extending from the receptacle plate toward the floor plate.
7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a voltage divider extending vertically below the floor plate and parallel to the divider.
8. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the voltage divider abuts a side of the divider.
9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the divider forms a planar web extending substantially across the entire interior space.
10. An outlet box assembly for mixed voltage capacity conductors, the assembly comprising:
a bracket for receiving conductors, the bracket including a conductor mounting portion, wherein the bracket includes conductor compartments for receiving the conductors, the conductor compartments separated from each other by at least one conductor partition extending across an interior space of the bracket; and
a housing holding the bracket at least partially therein, the housing including a divider disposed therein, the divider forming a vertical wall extending from one side of the housing to an opposed side, an inner space of the housing being separated by the divider, the divider extending substantially perpendicular to the at least one conductor partition, the housing including at least one vertical slot, an edge of the divider being seated within the slot, the bracket including an alignment tab disposed in the slot.
11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the bracket is substantially disposed vertically above the divider.
12. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein a first one of the conductor compartments includes a plurality of knock-outs, wherein one of the plurality of knock-outs is disposed over a first portion of the housing inner space and another one of the plurality of knock-outs is disposed over a second portion of the housing inner space, the first and second portions of the housing inner space disposed on opposite sides of the divider.
13. The assembly of claim 12 , wherein a second one of the conductor compartments includes more than one of the plurality of knock-outs.
14. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the divider does not separate the housing inner space equally.
15. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the divider includes at least one leg portion extending along an inner surface of an outer wall of the housing, wherein the divider leg follows a contour of the housing inner surface.
16. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the bracket includes a voltage divider extending vertically below the conductor compartments and parallel to the divider.