Adjustable meter with tamper detection
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsMartin Cole, James Ola Williams, Normand James Ray, Rolando Armas
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Abstract
A meter assembly includes: a meter housing including a top portion, the top portion including a mounting boss, the mounting boss including an engagement hook and protruding axially from a top surface of the top portion of the first housing; a register housing connected to the top portion of the first housing and configured to rotate with respect to the first housing about a rotation axis; and a retaining fastener connecting the second housing to the first housing, the retaining fastener including a one of a hook and a flange configured to engage the mounting boss and a one of a hook and a flange configured to engage the second housing.
Claims20
A meter assembly comprising:
- a meter housing comprising a top portion and defining a rotation axis, the top portion comprising a mounting boss, the mounting boss comprising an engagement hook and protruding axially from a top surface of the top portion of the first housing;
- a register housing connected to the top portion of the meter housing, a central axis of the register housing aligned with the rotation axis, the register housing configured to rotate with respect to the meter housing about the rotation axis, the register housing positioned at least partially above the top portion of the meter housing along the rotation axis when the register housing is assembled to the meter housing;
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- a retaining fastener connecting the register housing to the meter housing, the retaining fastener comprising a one of a hook and a flange configured to engage the mounting boss and a one of a hook and a flange configured to engage the register housing.
A meter assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a main axis, the housing comprising a socket defining a socket axis angled with respect to the main axis;
- a linkage arm comprising a register end positioned at least partly within the socket;
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- a retaining fastener connecting the register end of the linkage arm to the housing, the linkage arm configured to rotate relative to the housing about the socket axis while fixed in an axial direction defined by the socket axis.
A method of using a meter assembly, the method comprising:
- rotating a register housing of the meter assembly relative to a meter housing of the meter assembly about a rotation axis of the register housing to a desired rotation angle, the register housing secured to the meter housing with a first retaining fastener;
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- rotating a linkage arm to a desired rotation angle about a linkage arm axis, the linkage arm connected to the register housing with a second retaining fastener, the linkage arm connecting a communication device to the register housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.