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An office partition is formed by interconnection at adjacent posts of screens each comprising a load-carrying frame of posts and rails. Cladding panels are demountably supported on each face of the frame at an outward clearance from the posts and rails. Each cladding panel has on its concealed face

An office partition is formed by interconnection at adjacent posts of screens each comprising a load-carrying frame of posts and rails. Cladding panels are demountably supported on each face of the frame at an outward clearance from the posts and rails. Each cladding panel has on its concealed face a pair of horizontally spaced frame members formed with lower and upper slots to engage respectively with (a) out-turned tongues of hinge clips on the lower of said pair of rails, and (b) by means of spring latch in the upper of said slots with catches under the upper of said pair of rails. At least one cable carrier in the screen extends along and is supported by a rail, so that electrical wiring laid in the cable carrier of one screen can pass out of the screen in the gap between a panel and a post or rail and can pass in the gap between the panels and the posts across the posts to the cable carrier of the adjoining screen. The partition may be used in association with a desk that stands against or is supported by the partition, which is provided with one or more cable carriers as aforesaid defining open channels for lay-in electrical cables that run along the screen above the desk. A latched cladding panel immediately above the desk defines an access panel that is held closely spaced from a frame of the screen to permit cables to pass from the channel or channels onto the desk and opens to expose the channels.

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A generally rectangular screen comprising: a load-carrying frame forming a section of an eventual partition and defined by first and second posts along side edges of the screen and by a plurality of cross-rails extending between and connected to the posts with at least a top and a bottom cross-rail

A generally rectangular screen comprising: a load-carrying frame forming a section of an eventual partition and defined by first and second posts along side edges of the screen and by a plurality of cross-rails extending between and connected to the posts with at least a top and a bottom cross-rail along top and bottom edges of the screen; at least one cladding panel spanning between the posts and between pairs of the cross-rails; and at least one cable carrier in the frame defining at least one cable channel open from above, said carrier extending generally parallel to the cross-rails between the first and second posts and with the sides of the cable channel having openings at the ends of the carrier giving cable access across an outer face of the posts to the channel in the line thereof; clip means demountably supporting the cladding panel at an outward clearance from the outer face of the posts so that cables laid in the cable carrier can pass therefrom across the outer face of the posts to adjoining portions of the eventual partition.