Badger Meter, Inc.

Lee L Karsten

Ronald D Benson

H Paul Walding, Jr

Brenda K Stewart

Donald H Strobel

Eric M Metzger

John D Stolz

George De Jarlais

David L Cerny

Joseph A Ziino

Michael T Gengler

A water meter housing assembly () comprises a cylindrical, plastic housing body (), a non-cast housing bottom () of hydroformable or stamped brass, a single-piece strainer and sealing member () that is disposed in the housing bottom () and portions of non-cast hydroformable or stamped brass tubing () with spud ends () for connection in a water supply line. The brass consists essentially of lead-free material. The assembly () is designed to provide a lower cost alternative to foundry cast meter housings. The assembly () also provides advantages in a method of vertical assembly that saves manufacturing cost.

Meter housing assembly and method of assembly

A fluid meter () has a casing () providing a measuring chamber () and an inlet () and outlet () communicating with the measuring chamber (). A partition () in the chamber () separating said inlet () from said outlet (). A disc () is positioned in the chamber () and includes projections () or niches () which are disposed in an arc relative to a center of the disc () and the casing is provided with integrally formed depressions () or with projections () disposed opposite the projections () or niches () on the disc () to be engaged the disc () as the disc () is nutated with the result of counteracting forces imposed on said disc () by fluid flow.

Disc metering assembly for resisting rotational forces

A sealed connector assembly (10) for use with equipment subject to submersion under water includes two electrical connector shells (25, 29) which are inserted in bayonet fashion into opposite sides of a locking member (40), which is then manually rotated to lock the parts together and shield the electrical connection. The three parts have alignment marks (56, 58, 59) for axial assembly and another mark (57) indicating the rotation of the locking member (40) to a locked position. A body of grease (55) is disposed in one connector shell (25) and an O-ring (50) is placed on the barrel (27) to provide sealing when the connector shells (25, 27) are locked together. The connector shells (25, 29) have wire entry ports and sealing ports for admitting an encapsulating material to seal the wire entry ends. Score lines (68, 69) allow for fracture and removal of the locking member (40) during servicing. Methods of assembly and disassembly are also disclosed.

Submersible electrical connector and method for quick connection and

At least one new battery (60, 61) is added to a transponder unit (10) used in a subsurface pit enclosure (11), by removing a transponder housing (25, 26) from the pit enclosure (11), removing a breakout portion (33) of a top wall (32) of the transponder housing (25, 26) to provide an access opening (52) to access a pair of transponder terminals (50, 51) in the transponder housing (25, 26), mounting a battery (60, 61) sealed in a battery casing (62) to a side of the transponder housing (25, 26), with a pair of battery pack leads (47, 48) extending from the battery casing (62), connecting the battery pack leads (47, 48) to the transponder terminals (50, 51) in the transponder housing (25, 26), and providing a sealed battery pack cover (41) over both a top opening (65) in the battery casing (62) and the access opening (32) in the transponder housing ( 25, 26).

Field-replaceable battery pack and method for underground installations

Register mounting bracket

A remote meter reading arrangement in which utility consumption data accumulated in an electronic metering unit located within an underground enclosure is transmitted via radio frequency signals to a handheld data collection unit or to a mobile data collection unit carried in a vehicle. An assembly for installation in the underground enclosure includes an antenna enclosure, a transponder enclosure and means for enclosing and protecting an antenna within the antenna enclosure and a transponder within the transponder enclosure. Two embodiments are disclosed.

Utility meter transponder/antenna assembly for underground installations

In a metering pulse generator, a metering element engages a spring member to effect a gradual bending movement in one direction followed by a rapid return movement during which a pulse signal is developed by a piezoelectric material on the spring member . Energy is absorbed during each such rapid return movement of the spring member to provide damping, inhibit oscillations and effect reliable generation of a single pulse signal which is applied to an amplifier for transmission to a monitoring station.

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Fox Point, WI, United States of America

Lee L Karsten