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An upright electrical power and telecommunication distribution having a plurality of upright posts disposed in horizontally spaced relationship, and horizontally-elongate rails extending between and rigidly joined to each adjacent pair of posts. The lower rail defines a channel for accommodating ele

An upright electrical power and telecommunication distribution having a plurality of upright posts disposed in horizontally spaced relationship, and horizontally-elongate rails extending between and rigidly joined to each adjacent pair of posts. The lower rail defines a channel for accommodating electrical power cabling, and the upper rail also has a channel for accommodating communication cabling. The posts define openings therein to enable the power and communication cables to pass through the post for communication with the rails which are joined thereto. The upper rail is open on the top and accommodates a removable cap to facilitate laying in of telecommunication cables, and one of the side walls of the upper rail has openings for accommodating boxes or plates mounting telecommunication connectors. The lower rail is open on the bottom to facilitate insertion of electrical power cabling, the bottom being closed by a removable cover. In the preferred embodiment electrical power is provided by a power module including a power block which attaches to and is suspended from the underside of the lower rail, which power block accommodates a removable receptacle unit on either or both sides thereof. The power module has an elongate cable projecting the power block and which extends longitudinally along the lower rail for projection into an adjacent rail, with the cable having a pluglike connector which can be engaged with a power block mounted on the adjacent rail.

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An upright space-dividing arrangement for distributing electrical power and telecommunication cables so as to permit access thereto from adjacent workstations, comprising: a plurality of horizontally-spaced upright hollow posts each supported on and projecting upwardly from a floor and terminating a

An upright space-dividing arrangement for distributing electrical power and telecommunication cables so as to permit access thereto from adjacent workstations, comprising: a plurality of horizontally-spaced upright hollow posts each supported on and projecting upwardly from a floor and terminating at an upper free end, each said post having upper and lower openings disposed in vertically spaced relation and extending horizontally therethrough; a plurality of horizontally elongate lower rails each extending horizontally between and being releasably fixedly joined to a pair of said posts, each said lower rail having an elongate lengthwise extending channel which at opposite ends thereof is in communication with the lower openings of the joined posts, at least two of said lower rails being rigidly releasably joined to an intermediate said post so that the elongate channels thereof communicate with one another through the lower openings defined in the intermediate post; a plurality of horizontally elongate upper rails each extending horizontally between and being fixedly joined to a pair of said posts and vertically spaced from corresponding said plurality of lower rails, each said upper rail having an elongate lengthwise-extending channel which at opposite ends thereof is in communication with the upper openings of the joined posts, at least two of said upper rails being rigidly releasably joined to said intermediate post so that the elongate channels thereof are in open communication with one another through the upper openings of said intermediate post; a said lower rail, a corresponding said upper rail, and said pair of said posts define a transversely accessible open region therebetween; electrical power means extending along selected ones of said elongate lower rails and through lower openings of selected said posts, said electrical power means including elongate flexible electrical power transmitting cabling extending through the lower openings of said intermediate post and into the channels of said pair of lower rails attached to said intermediate post, said electrical power means including a power block connected to said cabling and mounted on one of the lower rails of said pair and defining thereon an electrical receptacle which faces sidewardly of the lower rail and accommodates a conventional electrical plug; and telecommunication cabling extending through the upper openings of said intermediate post and into and along the channels of the pair of upper rails joined to said intermediate post and connected to a telecommunication connector which is stationarily mounted on one of the upper rails of said pair.