Patent ID: 6147581
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: H01F

Abstract:
A universal transformer tank for securing therein distribution transformers of different configurations and sizes, said tank comprising a cylindrical housing having a circumferential side wall, a bottom wall and an open top end; a cover removably secured on said open top end, an adjustable clamping assembly secured inside said housing above said bottom wall to clamp a lower core section of a distribution transformer, said adjustable clamping assembly having adjustable clamping means to secure to a lower core section of varying sizes inside said housing, said adjustable clamping means including a pair of parallel support plates, each said plates being adjustably secured between a pair of permanently affixed support brackets at one of a plurality of vertical positions, and adjustable means to displace a vertical clamping flange of said support plates towards or away from one another to clamp a lower core section of a distribution transformer disposed across said pair of parallel support plates and supported by a supporting stand providing a solid base.