Weatherproof timer enclosure
AssigneeReliance Controls Corporation
InventorsJeffrey P. Baldwin, Philip B. Baldwin, John Klein, Ryan Liebengood
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Abstract
A timer assembly housing is configured to include a number of features, including but not limited to a tortuous sealing lip, adjustable hinge assembly, removable backing plate, removable pin hinge, toggle switch, and a wiring lid. The timer assembly includes a weatherproof housing having a base with a series of sidewalls and a rear wall, the base sidewalls extending forward from the rear wall to an open front, a lid having a series of sidewalls and a front wall, the lid sidewalls extending forward from the front wall, and a timer assembly positioned within the base. The lid is selectively pivotably secured to the base along one of the base sidewalls.
Claims20
A weatherproof timer assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a base having a plurality of sidewalls and a rear wall, the base sidewalls extending forward from the rear wall to an open front, and wherein the base sidewalls include at least two hinge members, wherein the at least two hinge members are positioned on parallel ones of the base sidewalls;
- a serpentine path along a sealing point between the base and the lid;
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- a timer assembly positioned within the base.
A weatherproof timer assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a base having a plurality of sidewalls and a rear wall, the base sidewalls extending forward from the rear wall to an open front;
- a lid having a plurality of sidewalls and a front wall, the lid sidewalls extending rearward from the front wall wherein the lid is selectively pivotably secured to the base along one of the base sidewalls;
- a releasable locking tab on the lid to engage a locking slot in the base, wherein the lid is selectively removable along two parallel base sidewalls in a first orientation and in a second orientation, and wherein the releasable locking tab engages the locking slot in either the first or second orientation;
- a serpentine path along a sealing point between the base and the lid;
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- a timer assembly positioned within the base.
A weatherproof timer assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a base having a plurality of sidewalls and a rear wall, the base sidewalls extending forward from the rear wall to an open front;
- a lid having a plurality of sidewalls and a front wall, the lid sidewalls extending rearward from the front wall wherein the lid is selectively pivotably secured to the base along one of the base sidewalls;
- a serpentine path along a sealing point between the base and the lid;
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- a timer assembly positioned within the base;
- wherein the base further comprises at least two hinge members, each of the at least two hinge members positioned on different parallel ones of the base sidewalls, and wherein the lid further comprises at least one hinge member selectively securable to either of the at least two base hinge members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.