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Date of filing: 20.06.2007 |
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Bushing arrangement
Buchsenanordnung
Agencement de boîte de raccordement
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Proprietor: Unex Aparellaje Electrico S.L. |
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08903 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) (ES) |
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- Salcedo Suñol, Eloi
08620 Sant Vincenç dels Horts (Barcelona) (ES)
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Curell Suñol S.L.P.
Passeig de Gràcia 65 bis 08008 Barcelona 08008 Barcelona (ES) |
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References cited: :
WO-A-01/57981
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Field of the invention
[0001] This invention relates to a bushing arrangement, in particular one that is multi-adaptable
for passing therethrough a wide range of different diameter electrical conductors
and which is part of, or is associated with a rigid dielectric separation surface
between two spaces, and said bushing arrangement, in protecting the electrical conductors
from possible electricity leaks caused through damage thereto, prevents foreign bodies
from passing between said spaces and/or is capable of retaining the conductors.
State of the art
[0002] The problem of passing electrical conductors from one side to another of a construction
wall, a facing or a wall of an electrical apparatus separating two spaces, is known.
Said construction wall, facing or walls of material can be more or less electricity
conductors or dielectric material. In the first case electrical leaks must be prevented
in case of possible damage to the electrical conductor insulation caused by rubbing
against the edges of the passage hole when shifting slightly, owing to handling during
installation or the actual weight of the conductors, which may break the superficial
continuity of the insulation and cause accidental short circuiting. In the second
case, the passage of foreign bodies from one space to the other must be avoided, as
well as any mechanical tension in the electrical conductors.
[0003] In order to overcome the first mentioned drawback, for a long time bushings have
been used made from electrical insulating material that is compatible with electrical
conductor insulation, such as rubber, porcelain, plastic and the like, with said bushings
adjusting inside the conduit passage formed by the hole in the construction wall,
facing or inner wall, and having an arrangement with blunt terminal edges, which prevents
possible damage to the electrical conductors and facilitates their passage through
a construction wall, facing or wall of an electrical switchboard box.
[0004] This arrangement is faultless when the electrical conductors run horizontally and
it is not necessary to insulate the environment on one face of the construction wall,
facing or inner wall with respect to the other face thereof. However, when the electrical
conductors hang from the passage hole in the construction wall, facing or wall of
the metallic or plastic box of an electrical control apparatus or mechanism, it is
obvious that an arrangement must be provided whereby the passage of foreign elements
from one environment to another can be avoided and/or whereby the electrical conductors
can be retained in said passage hole to prevent them from slipping, therefore avoiding
mechanical tension and possible damage to the electrical conductor insulating material.
[0005] One of the mentioned drawbacks occurs, for example, in the case of articulated raceways
for electrical conductors that is the object of Spanish Utility Model No.
ES1052287U in the name of the applicant, wherein base discs are required at each end of said
articulated raceway having one single diameter size passage holes for the passage
of electrical power conductors and other smaller diameter passage holes that are suitable
for passing electrical conductors for telephone, computing, security, etc. lines.
[0006] The described base discs suffer from the drawback that they cannot retain electrical
conductors with a smaller diameter than that of the pre-established holes, whereby
not only do the electrical conductors slide, but also their insulation is possibly
damaged because they dig into the edges of said passage holes.
[0007] GB-A-1400786 discloses a flexible seal for a cable through hole, to be mounted in a single opening
in a wall. The seal has a tapering section comprising a narrow end with a passage
through which a cable can be passed so that the wall of the passage will seal the
cable. The seal is set sealably against the edge of the wall opening by means of a
flange and a groove arranged in the outer periphery of the seal and dimensioned to
fit the edge of the opening.
[0008] WO-01/57981 discloses a flexible seal for a cable through hole which is similar to the one disclosed
in
GB-A-1400786, but in which the tapering section of the seal comprises a narrow end provided with
a bead which is turnable to a locking position in which the seal surrounds a cable
sealably. The seal is set sealably against the edge of the wall opening by means of
a seal collar and a locking shoulder arranged in the outer periphery of the seal and
dimensioned to fit the edge of the opening.
Disclosure of the invention
[0009] In order to overcome the mentioned drawbacks, the solution has been adopted whereby
the passage holes in the walls can adapt their passage diameter to the diameter of
the electrical conductors, prevent the passage of foreign bodies therethrough and,
also, provide non-aggressive retention means for said electrical conductors.
[0010] According to the preceding solution, the arrangement that is the object of the invention
has been developed, which consists in a bushing arrangement that can adapt for the
passage therethrough of different diameter electrical conductors and which forms part
of or is associated with a wall arrangement comprising a first insulating plate having
a substantially rigid surface and which forms a separation between two juxtaposed
spaces. The bushing arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that
said first plate has a plurality of through openings and said first plate is intimately
and superficially associated, on at least one face thereof, with a second elastically
flexible plate that is thinner than said first plate, said second plate forming a
plurality of hollow projections, each of said hollow projections coincides with one
out of said plurality of through openings and forms a wide dome-shaped wall that has,
in the centre, an area provided with passage means that enable the passage therethrough
of an electrical conductor by adapting to the perimeter of the latter.
[0011] In an advantageous variation of the invention, said passage means, which enable the
passage therethrough of an electrical conductor by adapting to the perimeter of the
latter, consist in said hollow projection having an inverted frustoconical shape having
a smooth wall and a smaller base made up of a through hole.
[0012] An advantageous embodiment consists in said hollow projection having a first, very
obtuse, inverted frustoconical shape, with a smooth wall that forms the lateral surface
of said hollow projection, and an inverted frustoconical central weakening the smaller
base of which is shaped by said through hole.
[0013] In another advantageous variation of the invention, said passage means, that enable
the passage therethrough of an electrical conductor by adapting to the perimeter of
the latter, consist in said hollow projection having a bottom wall and being channelled
with weakening lines arranged so that, when said weakening lines are broken, said
bottom wall breaks away leaving cantilevered elastic tabs formed in the wall of said
hollow projection.
[0014] Preferably, said weakening lines in the wall of said hollow projection coincide with
generating lines or edges of said wall.
[0015] The invention also contemplates a solution wherein said weakening lines in the wall
of said hollow projection are formed by through grooves.
[0016] Preferably, said hollow projection has an inverted frustoconical shape and said through
grooves are arranged according to the generating lines of said hollow projection,
so that between every two consecutive through grooves one of said cantilevered elastic
tabs is formed, said cantilevered elastic tabs being associated at the end thereof
with the bottom wall of said hollow projection by a weakening line.
[0017] Advantageously, said hollow projection has a shape included in the group comprising
the lateral surfaces of conic frustrums, pyramid frustrums and those of any solid
shape created by a conic.
[0018] In an advantageous embodiment, said first plate is trapped inside said second plate
and said hollow projection extends, through said through opening in the first plate,
from one face of said second plate without reaching the opposite face of said second
plate.
[0019] In another advantageous embodiment, said first plate is trapped inside said second
plate and said hollow projection extends, through said through opening in said first
plate, from one face of said second plate and beyond the opposite face of said second
plate.
Brief description of the drawings
[0020] In order to facilitate the understanding of the preceding ideas, a description is
provided below of some embodiments of the invention, with reference to the accompanying
illustrative drawings, in which:
Figure 1, represents, in diametric section, a bushing arrangement according to the
invention, corresponding to one of those intended, preferably, for retaining electrical
conductors.
Figure 2, represents the projection of the bushing arrangement in the preceding figure,
seen in an elevation view along the convex face thereof.
Figure 3, represents the case illustrated in Figure 1 once the bottom wall of the
projection has been broken and an electrical conductor has been passed through, which
is retained by the cantilevered elastic tabs resulting from the breakage.
Figure 4, represents a perspective view of a base disc that can attach to the ends
of an articulated guide for electrical conductors.
Figure 5, represents, in diametric section, a bushing arrangement according to the
invention, which is intended, preferably, to provide tightness against foreign bodies
in the passage of the electrical conductors.
Figure 6, represents the case illustrated in the preceding figure once an electrical
conductor has passed through the bottom wall of the hollow projection and is retained
by the elastically deformed wall of said hollow projection.
Figure 7, represents, in an external top view, a base disc that can attach to an articulated
guide for electrical conductors that includes the bushing arrangements based on Figures
5 and 6, with the section line corresponding to said Figure 5 being indicated in the
figure.
Figure 8, represents, in an external perspective view, the base disc of the preceding
figure.
Figure 9, represents, in an internal perspective view, the base disc for articulated
guides illustrated in Figures 7 and 8.
Detailed description of some embodiments of the invention
[0021] The bushing arrangement 1 that is the object of the invention, as shown in its functional
aspect in Figures 1, 2 and 3, forms part of or is associated with a wall arrangement
made up of a first thin plate 2 which, being insulating and substantially rigid, forms
a rigid separation surface between two spaces A and B, with at least one through opening
3 that is intimately and superficially associated with a second plate 4 that is thinner
than first plate 2. In this embodiment, first plate 2 is trapped within second plate
4, which is made from elastic material and is substantially semi-rigid. Second plate
4 forms a hollow projection 5, which coincides with through opening 3 in first thin
plate 2, and extends from one side of second plate 4, externally beyond the second
side. Hollow projection 5 has its wall 6 and bottom wall 7 channeled by weakening
lines 8 arranged so that when they are broken they enable bottom wall 7 to break away
and cantilevered elastics tabs 9 to be formed which, in combination, act as elastic
elements that allow the electrical conductors 10, which pass through the space created
in said hollow projection 5 by the disappearance of its bottom wall 7, to pass through
easily and to be retained slightly.
[0022] As can be seen in Figures 1 to 3, hollow projection 5 has a shape included in the
group comprising the lateral surfaces of conic frustrums, pyramid frustrums, which
is the case in said figures, and any solid created by a conic.
[0023] Weakening lines 8 of walls 6 of hollow projection 5 are made to coincide with the
generating lines or edges of actual wall 6 of hollow projection 5, so that said weakening
lines indicate cutting or breaking lines that break when bushing arrangement 1 is
used.
[0024] Also a preferable solution has been considered wherein weakening lines 8 of wall
6 of hollow projection 5 are formed by through grooves 11, as illustrated in Figure
4.
[0025] In particular, bushing arrangement 1 of the invention has been adopted for the case
of a base disc 12 applied to an articulated guide, not shown in the drawings, which
corresponds to an embodiment of Spanish utility model application No
ES1052287U, as illustrated in Figure 4. This is a bushing arrangement wherein hollow projection
5 adopts a frustoconical configuration, inverted with respect to the plane of face
13 of base disc 12 that includes first thin plate 2, said configuration including
wall 6 that forms the lateral surface thereof regularly channelled by through grooves
11 which, arranged according to the generating lines of hollow projection 5, form
between every two consecutive grooves one of the cantilevered elastic tabs 9, which
at their free end are associated by a weakening line 8 with bottom wall 7 of hollow
projection 5.
[0026] The passage of an electrical conductor through hollow projection 5 in any of the
arrangements shown in Figure 4 leads to the representation shown in Figure 3.
[0027] Figures 5 and 6 show a bushing arrangement 1A wherein first thin plate 2, which has
at least one through opening 3, is intimately and superficially associated with a
second plate 4 that is thinner than said first thin plate 2. In this embodiment, as
in the preceding one, first plate 2 is trapped inside second plate 4, which is elastic
and substantially flexible. Said second plate 4 forms a hollow projection 5A, which
coincides with through opening 3 in first thin plate 2, and which extends through
said through opening 3 from one face of second plate 4 without reaching the opposite
face. Hollow projection 5A forms a wide wall 6A which, like a dome, has in the centre
an area 14 provided with means that enable the passage therethrough of an electrical
conductor 10, and the adaptation of its perimeter to said electrical conductor with
the subsequent tightness to the passage of solids between one and the other of the
spaces A and B separated by first thin plate 2, and/or the retention of said electrical
conductor 10.
[0028] The means provided in central area 14 that enable the passage therethrough of an
electrical conductor 10 arranged in hollow projection 5A consist in said projection
adopting an inverted frustoconical shape with smooth walls 15 and a smaller base made
up of a through hole 16.
1. Bushing arrangement (1; 1A) adaptable for the passage therethrough of different diameter
electrical conductors (10), said bushing arrangement (1; 1A) forming part or being
associated with a wall arrangement comprising a first insulating plate (2) that has
a substantially rigid surface and which forms a separation between two juxtaposed
spaces (A, B), said first plate (2) having a plurality of through openings (3) characterized in that said first plate (2) is associated with a second elastically flexible plate (4),
said second plate (4) forming a plurality of hollow projections (5; 5A), each of said
hollow projections (5; 5A) coinciding with one out of said plurality of said through
openings (3) and forming a wide dome-shaped wall (6; 6A) that has, in each of said
hollow projections (5;5A) coinciding with one out of said plurality of the centre,
an area provided with passage means that enable the passage therethrough of an electrical
conductor (10) by adapting to the perimeter of the latter, wherein said second elastically
flexible plate (4) is thinner than said first plate (2) and said first plate (2) is
trapped inside said second plate (4) so that said first plate (2) is intimately and
superficially associated, on its two faces, to said second plate (4).
2. Bushing arrangement (1A) according to claim 1, characterized in that said passage means, which enable the passage therethrough of an electrical conductor
(10) by adapting to the perimeter of the latter, consist in said hollow projection
(5A) having an inverted frustoconical shape with a smooth wall (6A) and a smaller
base made up of a through hole (16).
3. Bushing arrangement (1A) according to claim 2, characterised in that said hollow projection (5A) has a first very obtuse inverted frustoconical shape,
with a smooth wall (6A) that forms the lateral surface of said hollow projection (5A),
and a central inverted frustoconical weakening the smaller base of which is shaped
by said through hole (16).
4. Bushing arrangement (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that said passage means, which enable the passage therethrough of an electrical conductor
(10) by adapting to the perimeter of the latter, consist in said hollow projection
(5) having a bottom wall (7) and being channelled by weakening lines (8, 11) arranged
so that, when said weakening lines (8) are broken, said bottom wall (7) falls away
leaving cantilevered elastic tabs (9) formed in wall (6) of said hollow projection
(5).
5. Bushing arrangement (1) according to claim 4, characterised in that said weakening lines (8) in wall (6) of said hollow projection (5) coincide with
generating lines or edges of said wall (6).
6. Bushing arrangement (1) according to claim 4, characterised in that said weakening lines (11) in wall (6) of said hollow projection (5) are formed by
through grooves.
7. Bushing arrangement (1) according to claim 6, characterised in that said hollow projection (5) has an inverted frustoconical shape and said through grooves
(11) are arranged according to the generating lines of said hollow projection (5),
so that between every two consecutive through grooves (11) one of said cantilevered
elastic tabs (9) is formed, said cantilevered elastic tabs (9) being associated at
their ends with bottom wall (7) of said hollow projection (5) by a weakening line
(8).
8. Bushing arrangement (1, 1A) according to claim 1, characterised in that said hollow projection (5; 5A) has a shape included in the group comprising the lateral
surfaces of the conic frustrums, pyramid frustrums and the frustrums of any solid
created by a conic.
9. Bushing arrangement (1A) according to any of the claims 1 to 8, characterised in that said first plate (2) is trapped inside said second plate (4) and said hollow projection
(5A) extends, through said through opening (3) in first plate (2), from one face of
said second plate (4) without reaching the opposite face of said second plate (4).
10. Bushing arrangement (1) according to any of the claims 1 to 8, characterised in that said first plate (2) is trapped inside said second plate (4) and said hollow projection
(5) extends, through said through opening (3) in first plate (2), from one face of
said second plate (4) and extends beyond the opposite face of said second plate (4).
1. Buchsenanordnung (1, 1A), anpassbar zum Durchführen elektrischer Leitungen (10) unterschiedlichen
Durchmessers, wobei die Buchsenanordnung (1, 1A) einen Abschnitt formt oder mit einer
Wandanordnung verbunden ist, welche eine erste Isolierplatte (2) aufweist, die eine
im Wesentlichen starre Oberfläche hat und welche eine Abtrennung zwischen zwei nebeneinanderliegenden
Räumen (A, B) formt, wobei die erste Platte (2) eine Vielzahl von Durchgangsöffnungen
(3) hat, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Platte (2) mit einer zweiten elastisch flexiblen Platte (4) verbunden ist,
wobei die zweite Platte (4) eine Vielzahl von hohlen Auskragungen (5, 5A) formt, wobei
jede der hohlen Auskragungen (5, 5A) mit einer von der Vielzahl von Durchgangsöffnungen
(3) übereinstimmt und eine weite kuppelförmige Wand (6, 6A) formt, die in dem Zentrum
einen Bereich hat, welcher mit Durchführungsmitteln ausgestattet ist, die die Durchführung
einer elektrischen Leitung (10) durch Anpassen an den Umfang der Letztgenannten ermöglichen,
wobei die zweite elastisch flexible Platte (4) dünner als die erste Platte (2) ist
und die erste Platte (2) in der zweiten Platte (4) eingeschlossen ist, sodass die
erste Platte (2) eng und oberflächlich mit ihren beiden Flächen mit der zweiten Platte
(4) verbunden ist.
2. Buchsenanordnung (1 A) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Durchführungsmittel, welche die Durchführung einer elektrischen Leitung (10)
durch Anpassen an den Umfang der Letztgenannten ermöglichen, in der hohlen Auskragung
(5A) bestehen, welche eine inverse Kegelstumpfform mit einer glatten Wand (6A) und
einer kleineren aus einem Durchgangsloch (16) gemachten Basis hat.
3. Buchsenanordnung (1 A) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die hohle Auskragung (5A) eine erste sehr stumpfe inverse Kegelstumpfform hat, mit
einer glatten Wand (6A), die die seitliche Oberfläche der hohlen Auskragung (5A) formt,
und eine zentrale inverse Kegelstumpfform, welche die kleinere von dem Durchgangsloch
(16) geformte Basis schwächt.
4. Buchsenanordnung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Durchführungsmittel, welche die Durchführung einer elektrischen Leitung (10)
durch Anpassen an den Umfang der Letztgenannten ermöglichen, in der hohlen Auskragung
(5) bestehen, welche eine Bodenwand (7) hat und durch Schwächungslinien (8, 11) ausgekehlt
ist, welche so angeordnet sind, dass, wenn die Schwächungslinien (8) gebrochen sind,
die Bodenwand (7) wegfällt und auskragende elastische Laschen (9) hinterlässt, welche
in der Wand (6) der hohlen Auskragung (5) geformt sind.
5. Buchsenanordnung (1) nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schwächungslinien (8) in Wand (6) der hohlen Auskragung (5) mit Erzeugungslinien
oder Kanten der Wand (6) übereinstimmen.
6. Buchsenanordnung (1) nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schwächungslinien (11) in Wand (6) der hohlen Auskragung (5) mittels Durchgangsnuten
geformt sind.
7. Buchsenanordnung (1) nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die hohle Auskragung (5) eine inverse Kegelstumpfform hat und die Durchgangsnuten
(11) entsprechend zu den Erzeugungslinien der hohlen Auskragung (5) angeordnet sind,
so dass zwischen jeweils zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Durchgangsnuten (11) eine der auskragenden
elastischen Laschen (9) geformt ist, wobei die auskragenden elastischen Laschen (9)
an ihren Enden mit Bodenwand (7) der hohlen Auskragung (5) mittels einer Schwächungslinie
(8) verbunden sind.
8. Buchsenanordnung (1, 1A) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die hohle Auskragung (5, 5A) eine Form umfasst in der Gruppe aufweisend die seitlichen
Oberflächen des konischen Kegelstumpfs, des pyramidischen Kegelstumpfs und des Kegelstumpfs
irgendeines Körpers, welcher durch einen Kegel gebildet ist.
9. Buchsenanordnung (1A) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Platte (2) in der zweiten Platte (4) eingeschlossen ist und sich die hohle
Auskragung (5A) durch die Durchgangsöffnung (3) in der ersten Platte (2) von einer
Fläche der zweiten Platte (4) hindurch erstreckt, ohne die gegenüberliegende Fläche
der zweiten Platte (4) zu erreichen.
10. Buchsenanordnung (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Platte (2) in der zweiten Platte (4) eingeschlossen ist und sich die hohle
Auskragung (5) durch die Durchgangsöffnung (3) in der zweiten Platte (2) von einer
Fläche der zweiten Platte (4) hindurch erstreckt und sich hinter die gegenüberliegende
Fläche der zweiten Platte (4) erstreckt.
1. Agencement de bague de raccordement (1 ; 1A) adapté pour le passage à travers celui-ci
de conducteurs électriques de différents diamètres (10), ledit agencement de bague
de raccordement (1 ; 1A) faisant partie de ou étant associé à un agencement mural
comprenant une première plaque d'isolation (2) ayant une surface sensiblement rigide
et formant une séparation entre deux espaces juxtaposés (A, B), ladite première plaque
(2) ayant une pluralité d'ouvertures traversantes (3), caractérisé en ce que ladite première plaque (2) est associée à une seconde plaque flexible élastiquement
(4), ladite seconde plaque (4) formant une pluralité de saillies creuses (5 ; 5A),
chacune de ladite pluralité de saillies creuses (5 ; 5A) coïncidant avec l'une de
ladite pluralité d'ouvertures traversantes (3) et formant une paroi large en forme
de dôme (6 ; 6A) ayant, au centre, une zone pourvue d'un moyen de passage permettant
le passage à travers celui-ci d'un conducteur électrique (10) en s'adaptant au périmètre
de celui-ci, dans lequel ladite seconde plaque flexible élastiquement (4) est plus
fine que ladite plaque (2) et ladite première plaque (2) est piégée à l'intérieur
de ladite seconde plaque (4) de sorte que ladite première plaque (2) est étroitement
et superficiellement associée sur ses deux faces à ladite seconde plaque (4).
2. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1A) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de passage, permettant le passage à travers celui-ci d'un conducteur
électrique (10) en s'adaptant au périmètre de celui-ci, se compose de ladite saillie
creuse (5A) ayant une forme de tronc de cône inversé avec une paroi lisse (6A) et
une petite base constituée d'un trou traversant (16).
3. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1A) selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite saillie creuse (5A) a une première forme de tronc de cône inversé très obtus,
avec une paroi lisse (6A) qui forme la surface latérale de ladite saillie creuse (5A),
et un affaiblissement central en forme de tronc de cône inversé dont la petite base
est formée par ledit trou traversant (16).
4. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de passage, qui permet le passage à travers celui-ci d'un conducteur
électrique (10) en s'adaptant au périmètre de celui-ci, se compose de ladite saillie
creuse (5) ayant une paroi de fond (7) et étant rainurée par des lignes d'affaiblissement
(8, 11) agencées de sorte que, lorsque lesdites lignes d'affaiblissement (8) sont
cassées, ladite paroi de fond (7) tombe en laissant des pattes élastiques en porte-à-faux
(9) formées dans la paroi (6) de ladite saillie creuse (5).
5. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1) selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que lesdites lignes d'affaiblissement (8) dans la paroi (6) de ladite saillie creuse
(5) coïncident avec des génératrices ou des bords de ladite paroi (6).
6. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1) selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que lesdites lignes d'affaiblissement (11) dans la paroi (6) de ladite saillie creuse
(5) sont formées par des rainures traversantes.
7. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1) selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que ladite saillie creuse (5) a une forme de tronc conique inversé et lesdites rainures
traversantes (11) sont agencées selon génératrices de ladite saillie creuse (5), de
sorte que chacune desdites pattes élastiques en porte-à-faux (9) est formée entre
deux rainures traversantes consécutives (11), lesdites pattes élastiques en porte-à-faux
(9) étant associées à leurs extrémités à la paroi de fond (7) de ladite saillie creuse
(5) par une ligne d'affaiblissement (8).
8. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1, 1A) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite saillie creuse (5 ; 5A) a une forme incluse dans le groupe se composant des
surfaces latérales de troncs de cône, de troncs de pyramide et de troncs de n'importe
quel solide créé par un cône.
9. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1A) selon l'une quelconque des revendications
1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que ladite première plaque (2) est piégée dans ladite seconde plaque (4) et ladite saillie
creuse (5A) s'étend, à travers ladite ouverture traversante (3) dans la première plaque
(2), depuis une face de ladite seconde plaque (4) sans atteindre la face opposée de
ladite seconde plaque (4).
10. Agencement de boîte de raccordement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications
1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que ladite première plaque (2) est piégée dans ladite seconde plaque (4) et ladite saillie
creuse (5) s'étend, à travers ladite ouverture traversante (3) dans la première plaque
(2), depuis une face de ladite seconde plaque (4) et s'étend au-delà de la face opposée
de ladite seconde plaque (4).
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