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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1994
Darrell Robinson, Highland Township, MI (US);
Allen V Pruehs, Howell, MI (US);
John Williams, Holly, MI (US);
Ekstrom Industries, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A housing includes a base with blade terminals insertable into jaw contacts in an electrical watthour meter socket. First and second watthour meter receiving shells are mounted on the housing, each having a pair of line jaw contacts connected in parallel to each other and to line blade terminals in the base. Electrical conductors extend from the load jaw contacts in one of the shells to a junction box mounted on the housing to provide a connection to an external electrical conductor. An electrical power disconnect device is mounted in one of the shells, and is connected in series by conductors between the line jaw contacts in both shells. The power disconnect device includes a movable external member having an end portion which slidably extends through the side wall of one of the shells. In one embodiment, the end portion is a separate rod which is biased into contact with the movable member. Electrical power disconnect indicia are formed on the movable external member or the rod and are visible externally of the one shell when the external member is in an extended position to indicate that the power disconnect device is in a non-power conducting state. A lock is optionally insertable through an aperture in the end portion of the external member or the rod to prevent the external member from switching the power disconnect device to a power conducting state.