Watthour meter socket adapter
CA 1300229 C · Owner: Koepfgen, Lareatha Mae · Inventors: Bell, John C.; Koepfgen, William S.
Overview
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A socket adapter for converting a conventional bottom connected watthour meter housing to a socket-type watthour meter housing. The adapter includes a housing having a watthour meter receiving portion including a plurality of electrical contacts which removably receive the blade terminals of a watthour meter. The contacts are connected via electrical conductors to terminals mounted in an integral terminal portion of the housing. A cover member is removably mountable over the terminal portion of the housing to provide access to the terminals. The terminal portion and the cover cooperate to form guide surfaces which direct the building conductors into engagement with the terminals within the …
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- Granted May 5, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 5, 2009.
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