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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
H. Paul Walding, Jr., Slinger, WI (US);
John E. Laubach, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Andrew J. Paese, Plymouth, WI (US);
H. Paul Walding, Jr., Slinger, WI (US);
John E. Laubach, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Andrew J. Paese, Plymouth, WI (US);
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
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.