Assignee:
General Signal Corporation - Stamford CT
International Classification:
H02B 302
Abstract:
An electrical fitting for use in a conduit run which includes a sealing chamber into which a compound is placed to prevent the passage of gasses, vapors, or flames from one end of the fitting to the other. The fitting includes a drainage port to prevent the collection of water and a filling port through which the sealing compound is placed in the sealing chamber. The drainage port and sealing chamber have coplanar upper limits whereby any excess sealing compound placed in the sealing chamber is drained off through the drainage port. An interior shield member of the body shields the upper opening of the drainage port whereby no sealing compound can enter the drainage port directly from the filling port. Thus, there can be no flow of sealing compound through the drainage port until the sealing chamber has been filled. Underfill and overfill of the sealing chamber are prevented, and no core or plug projects upward from the drainage port during filling.