Badger Meter, Inc.

John E Laubach

Andrew J Paese

H Paul Walding, Jr

H Paul Walding

A method and article of manufacture for providing a mechanical bond and an improved water vapor seal between a lens () and a base () in an instrument housing (), includes heating the components and a hot butyl rubber sealant () prior to assembly, maintaining a level of heating for the assembly during assembly, dispensing the heated sealant () into a channel () to form a ring-shaped body of sealant (), assembling the lens () to the base () and pressing a lower edge () of the lens () into the ring of sealant () and bending an upper edge () of the side wall () over a portion () of the lens (). The method is applied in a second embodiment to an instrument having at least two signal conductors () entering the base () at two entry points. Apparatuses manufactured with the method are also disclosed.

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Whitefish Bay, WI, United States of America

John E Laubach