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Locking device for utility meters

US4830414A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 9, 1987
Grant dateMay 16, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/51
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A locking device for a meter socket includes a barrel lock receptacle carring a backing plate and snapped into assembly with the meter socket through an aperture in a wall of the socket. A barrel lock received within a bore in the lock receptacle secures one leg of an L-shaped locking bar adjacent the wall of the meter socket. The other leg of the locking bar overlies the meter socket cover and retains the cover in closed position.

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