Metering assembly with vapor barrier
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1. A metering assembly comprising a housing having a transparent window;
- a metering unit disposed in the housing and having a display viewable through the window;
electronic encoding means within the housing, connected to the metering unit to provide an electronic representation of the reading; and
terminal means enabling electrical connection to be made externally of the metering assembly with the encoding means, wherein the window is formed of glass having an aperture, the terminal means extends through the aperture and sealing means are provided to form a vapor seal between the terminal means and the glass window.
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Abstract
A water meter has a glass window (30) having an aperture (32) through which extends one or more screw threaded terminals (20) enabling electrical connection to be made to an internal electronic encoder. A resilient grommet (34) is positioned in the aperture (32) and is held in compression between inner and outer sealing plates (36, 38). These are drawn together by the terminals which carry nuts.
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1. A metering assembly comprising a housing having a transparent window;
- a metering unit disposed in the housing and having a display viewable through the window;
electronic encoding means within the housing, connected to the metering unit to provide an electronic representation of the reading; and
terminal means enabling electrical connection to be made externally of the metering assembly with the encoding means, wherein the window is formed of glass having an aperture, the terminal means extends through the aperture and sealing means are provided to form a vapor seal between the terminal means and the glass window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- a metering unit disposed in the housing and having a display viewable through the window;
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