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US 4,226,102 AGranted
Meter lock
AssigneeNorman S. Blodgett
InventorAlbert Mattress, Jr.
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Abstract
Meter lock including a band for embracing and holding together a meter flange and a corresponding flange on a meter box, the lock including a housing for holding and locking together the ends of the band with a disengagement taking place only by removal of a locking pin.
Claims14
Meter clamp, comprising:
- (a) a band formed as a loop adapted to embrace an annular meter flange,
- (b) a housing permanently attached to one end of the band, the housing being formed with an inner chamber and with a passage leading into it and the other end of the band being formed with an apertured tongue adapted to extend into the passage,
- (c) a cam member residing in the chamber and having a finger extending into the passage for engagement with the aperture in the tongue, said cam member having a cam surface,
- (d) a spring biasing the cam member toward the passage,
- (e) a removable lock pin lying in the housing and through the chamber, the lock pin engaging said cam surface and preventing retraction of the finger from the aperture, and
- (f) latching means preventing the lock pin from being removed to release the finger.
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Meter clamp, comprising:
- (a) a band formed as a loop adapted to embrace an annular meter flange,
- (b) a housing permanently attached to one end of the band, the housing being formed with an inner chamber and with a passage leading into it, the other end of the band being formed with an apertured tongue adapted to extend into the passage,
- (c) a cam member located in the housing and forming a separate movable element within the housing, said cam member having a finger which is spring-biased to a position within the passage for engagement with the aperture in the tongue into the passageway and to prevent withdrawal of the tongue from the passage by virtue of the engagement of the finger within said aperture, and
- (d) locking means for engaging said cam member at a point spaced from said finger and limiting movement of the cam member.
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Meter clamp, comprising:
- (a) a U-section loop band adapted to embrace an annular meter flange and similar flange on a meter box, the band having two free ends, one of the free ends having an aperture,
- (b) retaining means including a projecting element that extends into said aperture for holding the free ends of the loop together to form a closed loop,
- (c) a housing for shielding the retaining means, and
- (d) locking means connected to the retaining means, said locking means comprising a key actuated locking pin that extends through the housing, the axis of the locking pin being transverse to the plane of the loop band.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.