Auxiliary equipment enclosure unit for watthour meter sockets
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1. An auxiliary equipment enclosure unit mountable at watthour meter sockets each having one of at least two detachable meter mounting arrangements, said enclosure unit comprising:
- a hollow body defining a housing portion adapted to receive separate equipment devices therein; and
an adaptive socket attachment assembly including a mounting extension extending axially from the rear end of said housing portion along an outer periphery circumscribing an area less than the vertical cross sectional area of said housing portion with said mounting extension including a recessed portion having opposed radial sides disposed in said mounting extension, and said adaptive socket attachment assembly further including a removable retainer means receivable over said extension and rotatably, positionable into said recessed portion so as to be axially confined by said radial sides and upon said enclosure unit being mounted to either one of the at least two meter mounting arrangements of the meter sockets, said retainer member is maintained in a predetermined radially overlapping relationship therewith for retaining said enclosure unit at the meter socket.
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Abstract
A detachable enclosure unit for use at standard watthour meter sockets includes a central housing for carrying auxiliary equipment and a rear adaptive socket attachment assembly having a mounting extension and a retainer ring for adaptive mounting to both ring and ringless sockets. The retainer ring provides a circularly extending and radially disposed surface equally accommodating the different types of meter sockets.
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1. An auxiliary equipment enclosure unit mountable at watthour meter sockets each having one of at least two detachable meter mounting arrangements, said enclosure unit comprising:
- a hollow body defining a housing portion adapted to receive separate equipment devices therein; and
an adaptive socket attachment assembly including a mounting extension extending axially from the rear end of said housing portion along an outer periphery circumscribing an area less than the vertical cross sectional area of said housing portion with said mounting extension including a recessed portion having opposed radial sides disposed in said mounting extension, and said adaptive socket attachment assembly further including a removable retainer means receivable over said extension and rotatably, positionable into said recessed portion so as to be axially confined by said radial sides and upon said enclosure unit being mounted to either one of the at least two meter mounting arrangements of the meter sockets, said retainer member is maintained in a predetermined radially overlapping relationship therewith for retaining said enclosure unit at the meter socket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a hollow body defining a housing portion adapted to receive separate equipment devices therein; and
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9. An auxiliary equipment enclosure unit for interposed mounting between a detachable watthour meter and a meter socket having jaw terminals for receiving blade terminals of said meter, said enclosure unit comprising:
- a central housing having an interior adapted to receive and enclose auxiliary equipment devices therein;
a front end part extending from one end of said housing and including meter attachment means for detachably receiving a watthour meter;
an adaptive socket attachment assembly extendible from the other end of said housing and having a mounting extension for extending rearwardly from said housing and further having a retainer ring carried by said mounting extension so as to extend radially outward therefrom in a substantially circular flange configuration and so as to be separable from the other housing end;
plural blade terminal extensions each including a conductive bar extending through said housing and beyond said mounting extension for a predetermined length, each of said extensions further having a rear contact end for insertion into a separate one of the jaw terminals, further having a forward end having two opposing sides spaced for receiving a separate one of the meter blade terminals, and still further having a rigid clamping member for fixedly clamping each of the meter blade terminals between the opposing ends of each of said plural blade terminal extensions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
- a central housing having an interior adapted to receive and enclose auxiliary equipment devices therein;
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14. An auxiliary equipment enclosure unit for interposed mounting between watthour meter sockets having either of at least two detachable meter mounting arrangements and a detachable watthour meter having rear blade terminals, said enclosure unit comprising:
- a housing having a front end for attachment to the detachable watthour meter and a rear end, the interior of said housing adapted to receive and enclose auxiliary equipment devices therein;
said rear end including an adaptive socket attachment assembly including a mounting extension extending from the back of said housing, said mounting extension including a recessed portion including a groove extending radially into the circumference of said mounting extension;
said adaptive socket attachment assembly further including a retainer ring having radially inward extending tab means receivable by said groove of said mounting extension so as to extend radially outward therefrom and define a rim surface having a predetermined diameter;
a plurality of blade terminal extensions including straight conductive bar members each with a forward end having opposing sides for receiving each of the meter blade terminals within overlapping contact across said opposing sides thereof; and
a plurality of threaded clamping members each rigidly attaching the opposing forward ends of each of the blade terminal extensions to the meter blade terminal received therein. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- a housing having a front end for attachment to the detachable watthour meter and a rear end, the interior of said housing adapted to receive and enclose auxiliary equipment devices therein;
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