Meter box assembly
OwnerJames B. Taylorinventor
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Abstract
Meter box apparatus for containing and securing an underground utility meter, including a cylindrical meter box for use as a meter pit, the meter box being fabricated in two complementary sections of substantially semicircular cross section with diametrically extending flanges, the flanges being held together by C-clamps for assembling the two sections, a meter box cover including a cylindrical body, the cylindrical body being insertable into the cylindrical meter box, both the box and the cover having complementary threads molded into the walls for adjusting the height of the apparatus, and an apertured bar adjustably positionable with respect to the height of the meter box and secured between said two sections for securing the meter.
Claims14
Meter box apparatus for containing and securing an underground utility meter, the apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical meter box for use as a meter pit, said meter box being fabricated in two complementary sections of substantially semicircular cross section and including means for assembling the two sections;
- a meter box cover including a cylindrical body, said cylindrical body being insertable into said cylindrical meter box;
- mutually interacting means respectively integral with said meter box and said cover for adjusting the height of said apparatus;
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- meter-securing means adjustably positionable to selectable, predetermined positions with respect to the height of said meter box and secured between said two sections.
Meter box apparatus for containing and securing an underground utility meter, the apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical polyethylene meter box for use as a meter pit, said meter box being vacuum-molded in two complementary sections of substantially semicircular cross sections;
- means for assembling said two sections including diametrically extending flanges on said complementary sections, a pair of elongated resilient, tubular C-clamps each surrounding a pair of aligned flanges, the edges of the C-clamps abutting the outer surfaces of the flanges;
- a meter box cover including a cylindrical body, said cylindrical body being insertable into said cylindrical meter box;
- convolutions in the walls of said complementary sections and said cylindrical body forming continuous complementary threads for telescoping said meter box and said meter box cover;
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- meter-securing means adjustably positionable to selectable, predetermined positions with respect to the height of the meter box and secured between said two sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.