AU2008100921A4 - Meterbox viewing window - Google Patents

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o COMPLETE SPECIFICATION INNOVATION PATENT Name of applicant Actual Inventor INVENTION TITLE PETER FREDERICH LYNCH

APPLICANT

:METERBOX VIEWING WINDOW THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THIS INVENTION,INCLUDING THE BEST METHOD OF PERFORMING IT KNOWN TO ME.

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oo Meterbox Viewing Window SThis invention improves the ease, efficiency and effectiveness of Reading gas meter boxes electrical meter boxes and any other related security operations o whereby intruders could turn power off Deliberate or accidental ultimately pos a security risk in a Domestic or commercial premises.

Existing systems often pose a danger to the operators and property owners and workers on related premises by not keeping Meter boxes locked at all times.

SSome systems do not provide security for security lights, fridges, freezers and 00oo other valuables within premises.

c. The viewing window can be round, oval or any other shape which allows viewin and reading from the outside of meter box without opening the actual meter box An example is as follows: Due to there being two different types of plastic, an A S plastic ring is fused to a thin clear cylinder of about 6 inches in diameter. A seco d ring, also made of ABS plastic, is detachable from the fused pieces of plastic bu has 4 self tapping screws which hold the two components together.

To assist with understanding of the meter box function installation a hole just smaller than the diameter of the viewing window is cut in the metal cabinet in frd nt of where the meter is located. The 4 self tapping screws are removed leaving th6 backing plate and the clear window made of polycarbonate lens can be fused tol the outer ring. Holes are drilled around the cut out where the screws line up with the self tapping holes that already exist in outer ring. The clear part of the viewirhg window is placed at the front of the meter box with the self tapping holes facing backwards. The backing is placed inside the meter box and the holes for the se f tapping holes for the self tapping screws lined up. The self tapping screws can be inserted from the inside the meter box which clamps the metal with the hole cut in it, between the two layers of plastic.

i i 00 -2- When the invention is installed to an existing gas meter box or an electrical meter box and any other related security boxes.

The Meter box Viewing Window allows meters to be read without unlocking the cabinets.

c' The lens manufactured with a high class quality o polycarbonate plastic makes the product tamper proof.

The polycarbonate plastic with the combination of the ABS plastic O In and outer seals makes the Meter box Viewing Window weather proof.

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The proper installation combined with product quality will insure That the Meter Boxes can't be pushed in or broken and can be left safely locked.

The invention may be better understood with references to the illustration and Accompanying photographs (AI) ABS PLASTICS FRONT COVER (BI) ABS PLASTIC BACKING

PLATE

CI) POLYCARBONATE LENS CLEAR) (DI) TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTIONS (EI) SIMILAR VIEW ALL CONPONANTS (FI) INVISAGED

PACKAGING

(GI) WALL INSTALLATION