A metal ring for joining a cup-shaped transparent cover to a base of a watt hour meter
CA 2315934 C · Owner: Schlumberger Canada Limited · Inventors: Hartman, Marinus
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A base for an electric utility watt hour meter made from a polycarbonate material preferably reinforced with glass fiber and ultraviolet light stabilized. The molded base receives current terminals that have outwardly directed lugs engaging one face of the base and there are locking arms on the other side of the base resiliently biased against the lug to engage a locking formation thereon. The base has a knife-edge rib extending about its periphery to sealingly engage a front edge face of a cup shaped transparent cover for the meter. A metal ring joins the cover to the base the metal ring being a band with a first series of lugs struck out and directed inwardly to engage the flange on the …
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- Filed March 20, 1992 and granted November 6, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 20, 2012.
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