Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
33 words
An accessory for a cable tray system, said accessory comprising a base plate and side walls and being provided with an integral connecting piece adapting the accessory for connection to a cable tray.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
33 words
An accessory for a cable tray system, said accessory comprising a base plate and side walls and being provided with an integral connecting piece adapting the accessory for connection to a cable tray.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
An accessory according to Claim 1, wherein said connecting piece comprising extension tongues which are integral with said side walls and which have apertures by which the tongues may be bolted to said cable trays.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
An accessory according to Claim 2, wherein the tongues are connected to said side walls by means of reduced width neck portions, enabling the tongues readily to be bent out of the planes of the side walls if required.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An accessory according to Claim 2 or 3, wherein said extension tongues are of reduced width at their free ends.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
An accessory according to any one of Claims 2 to 4, wherein said walls are of the return type.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An accessory according to any preceding Claim, wherein said connecting piece comprises an extension fish plate integral with said base plate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
An accessory according to Claim 6, wherein said fish plate is jiggled out of the plane of the base plate so as to lie under the end of a cable tray to which the accessory is to be connected.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
An accessory according to any one of the preceding Claims for connecting the ends of two or more cable trays, said accessory having integral tongues and/or extension plate for each cable tray to be connected thereto.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
An accessory according to any one of the preceding Claims, wherein the side walls are formed of separate sections folded relative to the base, and strips secured for example by welding to said folded sections, and wherein when said connecting piece comprises said tongues, the tongues are integral with said strips.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
l0. An accessory according to Claim 9, wherein the said side walls are double walls formed by folding said sections twice, and said strips lie between the two portions of said sections.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
An accessory according to Claim 9 or 10, wherein said base and said strips are curved, the accessory being a riser.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
An accessory according to any preceding claim, wherein the accessory is formed from sheet metal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
An accessory substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any of the embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
An accessory substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any of the embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings.