Electric service safety disconnect apparatus with overvoltage and overcurrent protection
First Claim
1. An electrical service protection and disconnect apparatus mountable in a watthour meter socket having a plurality of jaw contacts connected to electrical line conductors and electrical load conductors and normally receiving a watthour meter, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
a plurality of line and load jaw contacts mounted in the housing for receiving line and load blade terminals of a watthour meter;
a plurality of line and load blade terminals mounted in the housing and extending outward from the housing for insertion into jaw contacts of a watthour meter socket;
electrical power disconnect means, mounted in the housing and connected between the line blade terminals and the line jaw contacts, for selectively controlling the application of power to the line jaw contacts in the housing; and
surge suppression means, mounted in the housing and electrically connected between ground potential and each load blade terminal, for conducting electrical surges to ground.
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Abstract
A socket adapter housing has a plurality of line and load blade terminals and jaw contacts. An electrical power disconnect device, mounted in the housing, has contacts switchable between closed and open states, the contacts being serially connected between the line blade terminals and the line jaw contacts. Rigid bus bars are fixedly connected to terminals on the power disconnect device extending from the switchable contacts and to the line blade and line jaws to fixedly mount the power disconnect device in the socket adapter housing. Surge suppression devices are connected between the load blade terminals and ground potential. An insulating safety shield is mounted in the housing and completely surrounds the line and load jaw contacts. Alternately, the housing includes a watthour meter receiving portion containing the power disconnect means and the line and load blade terminals and jaw contacts. An auxiliary housing is affixed along with the watthour meter receiving housing to a common base and contains the surge suppression devices. A cover is removably mountable on the auxiliary housing.
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24 Claims
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1. An electrical service protection and disconnect apparatus mountable in a watthour meter socket having a plurality of jaw contacts connected to electrical line conductors and electrical load conductors and normally receiving a watthour meter, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of line and load jaw contacts mounted in the housing for receiving line and load blade terminals of a watthour meter; a plurality of line and load blade terminals mounted in the housing and extending outward from the housing for insertion into jaw contacts of a watthour meter socket; electrical power disconnect means, mounted in the housing and connected between the line blade terminals and the line jaw contacts, for selectively controlling the application of power to the line jaw contacts in the housing; and surge suppression means, mounted in the housing and electrically connected between ground potential and each load blade terminal, for conducting electrical surges to ground. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An electrical service protection and disconnect apparatus mountable in a watthour meter socket having a plurality of jaw contacts connected to electrical line conductors and electrical load conductors and normally receiving a watthour meter, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing including a base having a central wall and a peripheral edge, and a shell having a bottom wall fixedly mounted on the peripheral edge of the base and an annular side wall extending axially from the base, the central wall of the base is spaced from the bottom wall of the shell when the shell is fixedly connected to the base to form an interior chamber therebetween; a plurality of line and load jaw contacts mounted in the shell for receiving line and load blade terminals of a watthour meter; a plurality of line and load blade terminals mounted in the base and extending outward from the base for insertion into jaw contacts of a watthour meter socket; the load blade terminals electrically connected to the load jaw contacts; electrical power disconnect means, mounted in the shell and serially connected between the line blade terminals and the line jaw contacts, for selectively controlling the application of power to the line jaw contacts in the shell; and surge suppression means, mounted in the interior chamber and electrically connected between ground potential and each load blade terminal, for conducting electrical surges to ground.
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23. An electrical service protection and disconnect apparatus mountable in a watthour meter socket having a plurality of jaw contacts connected to electrical line conductors and electrical load conductors and normally receiving a watthour meter, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of line and load jaw contacts mounted in the housing for receiving line and load blade terminals of a watthour meter; a plurality of line and load blade terminals mounted in the housing and extending outward from the housing for insertion into jaw contacts of a watthour meter socket; electrical power disconnect means, mounted in the housing and connected between the line blade terminals and the line jaw contacts, for selectively controlling the application of power to the line jaw contacts in the housing, the electrical power disconnect means including; a first switchable contact connected between first and second terminals; a second switchable contact connected between first and second terminals; and means for electrically connecting the first terminal of the first and second switchable contacts of the power disconnect means to each of the line blade terminals, for connecting the second terminal of the first and second switchable contacts of the power disconnect means to each of the line jaw contacts, the electrically connecting means fixedly mounting the power disconnect means in the housing. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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Specification