Closure fasteners – Clamps – Ring
Patent
1996-12-20
1998-12-22
Wilson, Neill
Closure fasteners
Clamps
Ring
292320, 24279, 411410, B65D 4530, B65D 4532, A44B 104
Patent
active
058510389
ABSTRACT:
A sealing ring for an electric watthour meter apparatus has first and second housings mounted on opposed ends of an annular band. A fastener extends through a threaded aperture in an end wall of one housing into threaded engagement with an aperture in an end wall of the opposed housing to fixedly engage the ends of the sealing ring. A plurality of radially intersecting slots in one end of the fastener are alignable with apertures in one of a plurality of side walls of one of the housings for receiving a security device. Screwdriver receiving slots are formed in each of the first and second ends of the fasteners. An axial slot is formed in the second end of the fastener and alignable with apertures in the side walls of the other housing for receiving a security device. An enlarged head end on the fastener enables finger rotation of the fastener. The end walls have an elongated upper end forming a finger grip surface to facilitate movement of the first and second housings toward each other. Bendable mounting tabs extend from the first and second housings into slots in the annular band to fixedly mount the housings to the annular band. Alternately, a notched projection formed on a bottom wall of a cast housing engages an edge of a slot in the annular band and cooperates with a fastener extending through the bottom wall of the housing and the annular band to securely fix the housing to the annular band.
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Pruehs Allen V.
Robinson Darrell
Ekstrom Industries, Inc.
Wilson Neill
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