Wire deflection guide

Abstract

A wire deflection guide includes a curved surface that deflects a wire out of an electrical box. The guide is held in place within an electrical box by a suitable means such as a channel or protrusion at one end of the guide that rests against a bottom lip of the electrical box. An opposite end of the guide rests against a back wall of the electrical box. The guide allows wire to be pushed through conduit and out of the electrical box without an operator being proximate the box.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The invention relates to a wire deflection guide for use in feeding wire through an electrical box. More particularly, it relates to a wire deflection guide which may be easily attached to an electrical box to deflect wires out of an electrical box after the wire is fed through a conduit leading to the electrical box.[0003]2. Discussion of the Related Art[0004]When installing electrical service infrastructure during the construction of a building, it is common to add wire to the infrastructure after electrical boxes and conduit are installed within the building. One method of introducing wire through the conduits has been feeding the wire from the bottom of the wall to the top, normally using a fish tape (or some other flexible leader) fed from an opening at the top of the conduit down into a lower electrical box where an end thereof is attached to a length of wire to be pulled upward through the conduit. This method normally takes two ...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]In one aspect, the present invention involves a wire deflection guide that is easily installed at one end of an electrical system infrastructure, allowing wire to be introduced into the system by one person. The wire guide can be used for fast, efficient introduction and routing of electrical wire through electrical service infrastructure. The invention requires minimal set-up involving introducing the guide into an electrical box such that it remains attached to the box. Also, the installed guide may allow wire being introduced into the box to slide along the guide and out of the box without being caught up on any interior corners of the box.

Problems solved by technology

However, this can require complicated set-up, having to feed the fish tape through the apparatus and attaching it to the wire before heading back to the top of the wall to pull the wire through the conduit, and can cause the insulation surrounding the wire to rub against the corners of the conduit or electrical box as it is being pulled out of the electrical box.

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