Electronic taximeter assembly
US4209688A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B13/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The housing of an electronic taximeter has a first fixed section including the rear and bottom walls which are fixedly secured to and sealed to the chassis of a taxicab, and a removable second section which may include the front, top and side walls of the housing and has grooves engaging portions of the bottom wall. The entire second section removable to enable adjustment or repair of the basic taximeter apparatus which is mounted on the first section. The second section is formed as a modular element which contains many of the operating elements of the taximeter, including actuating elements such as push-buttons or the like, all of which may be simply removed as a one-piece unit. The invention is particularly adapted for use as an electronic taximeter which may be conveniently formed as two separable modular units each containing operating elements of the taximeter which cooperate with each other when the taximeter is assembled but which, nevertheless, need not be removed from the individual modular section upon which they are operatively mounted when the first and second modular sections are separated.
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