Robert Thomas Fugate

US Patent:

43694845, Jan 18, 1983

Filed:

Mar 23, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/246495

Inventors:

Robert L. Fugate - Cleveland OH
Richard Schneider - Mayfield Heights OH
Felix K. Zgud - Lyndhurst OH

Assignee:

GTE Products Corporation - Stamford CT

International Classification:

H02B 104

US Classification:

361334

Abstract:

Multiple meter electrical switchboard apparatus having a plurality of service sections, each including a meter compartment and an adjacent switching compartment. A meter socket and watt-hour meter are mounted in each meter compartment. A switching mechanism and circuit protective devices, such as fuses or circuit breakers, are mounted in each switching compartment. Busbars carrying incoming power are electrically connected to the components in each service section, and each service section has load terminals for making connections to a sub-feed or branch circuit. The apparatus has vertical and horizontal wireways for accommodating cables connected to the load terminals. Each compartment is accessible only through the open front of the apparatus and each is individually covered by a closure member.