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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1996
H Paul Walding, Jr, Slinger, WI (US);
Donald H Strobel, Brookfield, WI (US);
Mark M Lazar, New Berlin, WI (US);
Kenneth R Bloss, Jr, New Berlin, WI (US);
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An assembly for electrostatic discharge has a chassis (14, 24) inside the instrument housing (11, 12) with a support for holding wires (21), a pair of insulated wires (21) having portions where the insulation (31) is partially removed and where the wires are mounted to the support (25), a base (12) of a conductive material having a projection (43) extending upward opposite the portions (42) where the insulation (31) has been removed, such that a gap (44) is provided through which charge may be conducted to the base (12) of conductive material for discharge from the interior space (41) of the instrument (10). The instrument (10) contains a volume of a gas for conducting electrostatic charge.