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A network of electrical raceways primarily for carrying telephone and data cable wires extends in vertical and horizontal directions through a modular partition system and enables vertical and horizontal lines such as signal wires to be inserted and removed from the surface of horizontal and vertica

A network of electrical raceways primarily for carrying telephone and data cable wires extends in vertical and horizontal directions through a modular partition system and enables vertical and horizontal lines such as signal wires to be inserted and removed from the surface of horizontal and vertical channel members. Vertical raceways are provided by a vertical spine attached between adjacent panels. The vertical raceways have resilient elongated tubes with a longitudinal slit forming a seam, with resilience and stiffness sufficient to retain any enclosed wires. The tube is deflectable to permit manual, forcible insertion and removal of the wires into and out from the vertical wireway. Splicing fixtures continue the raceways around vertical to horizontal diversions, also being accessible from the surface.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A modular space dividing systemcomprising:a pair of modular panels having upper and lower edges and side edges;a first channel member connectable to the panels along the side edges thereof, and having a channel portion oriented to extend vertically so as to define a vertical wirewa

[ We claim:] [1.] A modular space dividing systemcomprising:a pair of modular panels having upper and lower edges and side edges;a first channel member connectable to the panels along the side edges thereof, and having a channel portion oriented to extend vertically so as to define a vertical wireway;a second channel member connectable to one of the panels along the upper edge and having a cross-sectional shape that defines a pair of opposite channel portions that extend horizontally and define horizontal lay-in wireways for carrying wires parallel to the upper edge of the panel;a third channel member connectable to the other panel along the upper edge, the third channel member having a cross-sectional shape that is identical to the cross-sectional shape of the second channel member and defines another pair of opposite channel portions that extend horizontally and define horizontal lay-in wires;a splice fixture abutting the first, second and third channel members to define an intersection between the first, second and third channel members, the splice fixture being accessible and aligned to continue a path between the horizontal wireways of the second and third channel members above the vertical wireway of the first channel member; anda resilient strip mounted in the first channel member to substantially line the channel portion thereof to define with the vertical wireway a substantially enclosed wireway, the resilient strip forming a resiliently openable seam, and having a normally closed position respecting the vertical wireway whereby any wires enclosed in the wireway are retained, and being deflectable to permit forcible insertion and removal of the wires into and out of the vertical wireway.