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US 4,063,661 AGranted
Electric load research device including an enclosure having adjustable meter positions
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorWilliam P. Doby
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Abstract
An electric load research device includes an enclosure having a pulse data recorder and an adjustable meter mounting arrangement for attaching an impulse sending electric meter. The meter is attachable in different rotated positions within the research device enclosure for connecting the device at a utility customer's meter socket in different orientations to avoid adjacent obstructions.
Claims4
An electric load research device for installation at an electric billing meter socket in different orientations, said device comprising:
- an enclosure formed by a box member including a wall defining an opening for receiving a forward projecting cup-shaped cover of a metering unit mountable in the meter socket;
- a mounting means carried on the inner side of said wall around said opening, said mounting means including a support surface for supporting engagement with the metering unit cover when said box member is oriented in different rotated positions about the cover;
- a bracket assembly including front and rear portions, said front portion being attachable to said cover when the cover is engaged by said support surface,
- locking means carried by said box member and receiving different rotated positions of said rear portion of said bracket assembly for preventing relative rotation between said box member and said cover;
- and releasable fastening means for clamping said bracket assembly to said cover and said locking means so that said enclosure is fixedly carried by said cover of said metering unit in one of preselected rotated orientations.
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