Modular watthour meter socket and test switch

Details Modular watthour meter socket and test switch Modular watthour meter socket and test switch

2007-03-13

2007-03-13

Duverne, J. F. (Department: 2839)

Electrical connectors

Power measuring meter coupling part

Reexamination Certificate

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10956838

ABSTRACT:
A watthour meter has, in one aspect, a flexible seal with a locking head carried on the meter base and a strap extending from the head and disposable in a loop around and through apertures in juxtaposed mounting flanges of the meter base and the meter dome to lockably join the dome and base. A tamper detector is carried on a blade moveably extending through the base. Movement of the blade during separation of the meter from the meter socket jaw contacts triggers the tamper detector. A connecting pin extends through aligned openings in the base and the dome to non-separably join the base and the dome. The pin engages a tamper signaling switch to provide an indication of a change of in pin state during a tamper event.

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