Patent ID: 8227692
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G01D,H01H,H05K

Abstract:
1. An explosion-proof housing for containing an electrical meter having a visual display comprising: a first housing portion having a first sidewall with an inner face defining a first chamber having an open end, a closed top having a transparent window, and a first threaded portion about the open end of the first sidewall; a second housing portion having: an inner mounting assembly for supporting the electrical meter in the second housing portion, and having a first peripheral wall including a plurality of recesses about the periphery thereof configured to be slidably fitted around and cooperative with the plurality of ribs to orient the inner mounting assembly and the electrical meter supported thereon in the second housing portion in different rotational positions in the second chamber, at least some of the recesses having a mounting end attachable to the mounting surface of respective ones of the ribs to secure the inner mounting assembly to the second housing portion in an intended rotational position such that the electrical meter supported in the housing is in a readable orientation irrespective of the orientation of the housing mounted to a mounting structure.