Ring-type meter lock
AssigneeMcGard, Inc.
InventorBradley J. Julicher
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Abstract
A ring-type meter lock including a resilient ring, first and second ends on the ring, a lock housing on the first end, a first slot in the lock housing, a latch unit in a threaded bore in the lock housing, the latch unit consisting of a threaded plug and a stem slidably mounting a latch with a spring between the plug and the latch which biases the latch into the first slot, an apertured tongue on the second end of the ring enterable into the first slot, at least one second slot in the tongue for receiving the spring-biased latch, and a key-receiving configuration on the threaded plug.
Claims32
A ring-type meter lock comprising a ring, first and second ends on said ring, a lock housing on said first end, a first slot in said lock housing, a spring-biased latch unit in said lock housing, a latch on said spring-biased latch unit enterable and withdrawable from said first slot, a tongue on said second end enterable into said first slot, at least one second slot in said tongue receiving said latch, and a key-receiving configuration in said latch unit.
A ring-type meter lock comprising a ring, first and second ends on said ring, a lock housing on said first end, a first slot in said lock housing, a latch unit in said lock housing, a latch on said latch unit enterable and withdrawable from said slot, a tongue on said second end enterable into said first slot, at least one second slot in said tongue receiving said latch, and a key-receiving configuration in said latch unit.
A ring-type of meter lock comprising a ring, first and second ends on said ring, a lock housing secured to said first end, a bore in said lock housing, a spring-biased latch unit in said bore, said latch unit including a plug in said bore, a latch head, a stem connecting said latch head to said plug, and a spring between said latch head and said plug.
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