Patent Application
20200335242
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The disclosure and prior art relates to wiring devices and more particularly pertains to a new wiring device for discretely wiring a plurality of circuits with a single cable.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a set of first conductors each being placed in electrical communication with a first circuit. A set of second conductors is provided and each of the second conductors is each placed in electrical communication with a second circuit. A set of third conductors is provided and each of the third conductors is placed in electrical communication with a third circuit. Each of the sets of first, second and third conductors supplies a discrete power, neutral and ground for the respective first, second and third circuits. A sleeve is positioned around each of the sets of first, second and third conductors.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A set of second conductors 24 is provided and each of the second conductors 24 is placed in electrical communication with a second circuit. In this way the set of second conductors 24 can supply power, neutral and ground for the second circuit. The second circuit may be an electrical circuit in a residential building, a commercial building or any other electrical circuit that must comply with National Electrical Code. The set of second conductors 24 includes a second power conductor 26, a second neutral conductor 27 and a second ground conductor 28. The second power conductor 26 has insulated sheathing 30 and the insulated sheathing 30 on the second power conductor 26 has a second color, which may be red. The second color is a color that is distinct from the first color. The second neutral conductor 27 has insulated sheathing 32 and the insulated sheathing 32 on the second neutral conductor 27 has a stripe 34 thereon. The stripe 34 on the second neutral conductor 27 is colored to correspond to the second color to facilitate the second neutral conductor 27 to be visually identifiable as the neutral for the second circuit.
A set of third conductors 36 is provided and each of the third conductors 36 is placed in electrical communication with a third circuit. Thus, the set of third conductors 36 can supply power, neutral and ground for the third circuit. The third circuit may be an electrical circuit in a residential building, a commercial building or any other electrical circuit that must comply with National Electrical Code. The set of third conductors 36 includes a third power conductor, 38 a third neutral conductor 39 and a third ground conductor 40. The third power conductor 38 has insulated sheathing 42 and the insulated sheathing 42 on the third power conductor 38 has a third color, which may be blue. The third color is distinct from the first and second colors. The third neutral conductor 39 has insulated sheathing 44 and the insulated sheathing 44 on the third neutral conductor 39 has a stripe 46 thereon. The stripe 46 on the third neutral conductor 39 is colored to correspond to the third color thereby facilitating the third neutral conductor 39 to be visually identifiable as the neutral for the third circuit.
A sleeve 48 is positioned around each of the sets of first 12, second 24 and third 36 conductors. As is most clearly shown in
In use, each of the first 14, second 24 and third 36 sets of conductors are routed along a selected path for wiring a plurality of circuits in a building or the like. Each of the first 14, second 24 and third 36 sets of conductors includes a discrete ground with respect to each other. In this way an electrician or other installer can wire three separate circuits with a single cable rather than having to run multiple cables to service the separate circuits. Additionally, the coloring associated with each of the first 14, second 26 and third 36 sets of conductors enhance visually identifying the power, neutral and ground for each circuit. In this way the likelihood of making mistakes while wiring the circuits is reduced.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
