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US 5,184,279 AGranted
Power pedestal having television, telephone and luminaire adapter unit
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorDale W. Horn
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Abstract
A front plate adapter panel container television and telephone hookups can be factory-installed or field-installed within existing metallic power pedestal enclosures to provide such telephone and television facility along with electric power facility. A weather-tight luminaire adapter unit is attached to the top surface of such power pedestals to provide illumination to the electrical components contained within the power pedestal enclosure as well as to provide "stumble lighting" to the ground area in the immediate vicinity of the power pedestal.
Claims4
An electric power pedestal comprising:
- an enclosure having a base and a cover:
- an electric circuit breaker within said base and accessible from a front surface thereon;
- an electric power receptacle within said base and accessible from said front surface;
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- said cover being hingeably attached to a top surface of said base and arranged over said electric circuit breaker and said power receptacle to prevent access to said circuit breaker and said power pedestal when said cover is against said base and to provide access to said circuit breaker and said power receptacle when said cover is rotated away from said base, said cover comprising a translucent material to provide further visual access to said circuit breaker and said power receptacle when said cover is against said base.
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