System for aligning a hub/mast with a soffit penetration point and method of using same
OwnerTimothy Perkins, John C. Parkerinventors
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Abstract
A system for aligning a hub/mast with a soffit penetration point uses an insert that is similar in shape to a terminal adapter that is threadably received within a hub of a meter base. An opening within the insert receives a laser such that when the insert is received within the terminal adapter, the laser beam emitted by the laser, corresponding to the longitudinal axis of the terminal adapter, illuminates the proper penetration point on the soffit of a building from which an electrical conduit holding an electrical conductor should extend.
Claims8
An alignment device in combination with a meter base attached to a building having a soffit, the meter base having a hub and a terminal adapter threadably attached to the hub, the alignment device comprising:
- an insert having an upper section that has a top surface and a first diameter and a lower section that has a bottom surface and a second diameter, the first diameter being greater than the second diameter;
- an opening that extends into the insert from the top surface along a longitudinal axis of the insert;
- a laser that is receivable within the opening such that a beam emitted by the laser extends upwardly from the top surface of the insert along the longitudinal axis of the insert;
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- wherein the insert is received within the terminal adapter and the laser beam emitted by the laser illuminates a proper penetration point on the soffit of the building.
A method for finding an appropriate penetration point on a soffit of a building, comprising the steps of:
- providing a meter base having a hub;
- attaching the meter base to the building;
- providing a terminal adapter having a top section that has a first diameter and a bottom section that has a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter;
- threadably attaching the terminal adapter to the hub;
- providing an insert having an upper section that has a top surface and an third diameter and a lower section that has a bottom surface and a fourth diameter, the first diameter being greater than the second diameter and having an opening that extends into the insert from the top surface along a longitudinal axis of the insert;
- receiving the insert within the terminal adapter;
- providing a laser;
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- receiving the laser within the opening such that a beam emitted by the laser extends upwardly from the top surface of the insert along the longitudinal axis of the insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.