Watt-hour meter blade
A watt-hour meter block adapter assembly includes a housing. The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly includes a blade supported by the housing. The blade includes a blade end and a jaw end. The blade includes a middle portion that extends from the blade end to the jaw end. The middle portion and blade end are rectangular in cross-section. An area of the rectangular cross-sectional area of the middle portion is greater than an area of the rectangular cross-sectional area of the blade end.
1 . A watt-hour meter block adapter assembly, comprising:
a housing;
a blade supported by the housing;
the blade includes a blade end and a jaw end;
the blade includes a middle portion that extends from the blade end to the jaw end;
the blade at the middle portion, at the jaw end, and at the blade end is a rectangle in cross-section perpendicular to the blade; and
an area of the rectangle cross-section of the blade at the middle portion is greater than an area of the rectangle cross-section of the blade at the blade end and is greater than an area of the of the rectangle cross-section of the blade at the jaw end.
2 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the blade end is spaced from the jaw end along an axis, and a width of the blade at the jaw end is greater than a width of the blade at the blade end, the widths at the jaw end and the blade end extending perpendicular to the axis.
3 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein a height of the blade at the jaw end is greater than a height of the blade at the blade end, the heights at the jaw end and the blade end extending perpendicular to the axis.
4 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the area of the rectangle cross-section of the blade the jaw end is greater than the area of the rectangle cross-section of the blade at the blade end.
5 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the jaw end, the blade end, and the middle portion are unitary.
6 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein a width of the blade at the middle portion is greater than at the blade end and at the jaw end.
7 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 6 , wherein a height of the blade at the middle portion is greater than a height of the blade at the blade end.
8 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 7 , wherein the blade includes a jog that connects the blade end and the middle portion.
9 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 7 , wherein the height of the blade at the middle portion is equal to a height of the blade at the jaw end.
10 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein a height of the blade at the middle portion is equal to a height of the blade at the blade end.
11 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein a height of the blade at the jaw end is greater than at the blade end, and wherein a width of the blade at the middle portion is greater than at the blade end, the widths perpendicular to the heights.
12 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 11 , wherein the blade includes a step that connects the middle portion and the blade end.
13 . The watt-hour meter block adapter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the blade extends normally from the cross-sections.