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Electrical service apparatus safety shield with wire guides

  • US 20020102873A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2001
  • Published: 08/01/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical service apparatus having a housing with a base wall and an annular sidewall extending from the base wall, a plurality of electrical contacts mounted on the base wall and adapted for releasibly receiving blade terminals of a watthour meter, the electrical service apparatus comprising:

  • an electrically insulating shield for covering the electrical contacts within the housing, the shield having apertures alignable with at least one electrical contact adapted for receiving a blade terminal of a watthour meter in engagement with the one electrical contact;

    the plurality of apertures formed in the base wall of the housing;

    a plurality of legs projecting from the shield; and

    a latch member carried on each leg releasibly engageable with one aperture in the base wall of the housing shield to the housing, each latch member filling one aperture in the base wall of the housing to prevent disengagement of the shield from the housing during removal of a watthour meter from the electrical contacts in the housing.

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