METER PROTECTION BOX
A modular meter protection system with adjustable components addresses the inefficiencies of existing boxes by ensuring secure fitment across brands and designs, reducing costs and simplifying assembly, while enhancing tampering prevention and compactness.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- TR202604912U
- Authority / Receiving Office
- TR · TR
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2026-04-02
- Publication Date
- 2026-10-21
- Estimated Expiration
- 2036-04-02
AI Technical Summary
Existing meter protection boxes are unnecessarily large, costly, and difficult to install, due to their design accommodating various meter brands and sizes, leading to increased production, storage, transportation, and assembly challenges, while seals alone are insufficient to prevent unauthorized tampering.
A modular meter protection system with adjustable components such as a protective housing, locking cover, and locking ring, featuring positioning gaps, pin slots, and centering channels, allowing for secure fitment across different meter brands and designs, and incorporating seal wire holes for additional security.
The system reduces production and installation costs, enhances security against tampering, and simplifies assembly, while maintaining compact size and efficient storage and transportation.
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Abstract
Description
1 TARIFF METER PROTECTION BOX Technical Area This invention is designed to prevent external tampering with meters of different types and brands. creating many different molds for different types and sizes of meters that are used. It is related to the meter protection box, which eliminates the need for it. 10 Previous Technique Today, in order to prevent both illegal usage and potential gas leaks, 15 In order to prevent serious problems such as these, natural gas meters can be tampered with by malicious individuals. It needs to be protected against unauthorized interference. Seals are used for this purpose. Even when used, seals alone are not sufficient to prevent unauthorized tampering. Therefore... Relevant organizations (gas distribution companies, etc.) install meter covers on natural gas meters. They are trying to prevent external interference by attaching a box, but 20 different brands Since natural gas meters have different designs, a separate mold is used for each brand. A natural gas meter box must be used. Similarly, industrial type boxes are required in factories and similar locations. Since large meters are used, production for household and industrial types is done in separate molds. This needs to be done. It is suitable for most products on the market, depending on the standards. Although meter protection boxes of this size can be made, the meter protection boxes used today are 25. Making the boxes unnecessarily large increases costs. Especially In meter protection boxes used today, the section that corresponds to the meter section A structure is also being created at the bottom, in the extension that covers the meter housing, which is unnecessary. This results in increased costs. Furthermore, the large size also increases storage and transportation costs. This also increases their costs. Again, the meter protection boxes used today cost 30. Unnecessary time and effort losses due to the difficulty of mounting them onto the meters. It consists of. 35 2 Purpose of the Invention: The purpose of this invention is to prevent unauthorized use and serious problems such as gas leaks. In order to bypass the system, malicious / unauthorized individuals may tamper with natural gas meters. The goal is to prevent it from happening. The aim of this invention is to achieve 10 by simply changing the clearance in the locking ring. The aim is to enable use with meters of different brands and designs. The aim of this invention is to prevent unnecessarily large-scale production. The goal is to reduce costs. The purpose of this invention is to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing the meters by creating different security points. This makes it much more difficult to intervene compared to existing products. The purpose of this invention is to increase storage and transportation due to its large size. The goal is to avoid costs. 20 The aim of this invention is to prevent time and labor losses by providing easy assembly. It is to pass. The product subject to the invention is shown in the attached figures; Figure 1: Appearance of the product subject to the invention. Figure 2: Appearance of the product subject to the invention in its parts. 30 Figure 3: Disassembled version of the product subject to the invention, with detailed view. Figure 4: The product subject to the invention in its disassembled form, with detailed views (from different angles). Figure 5: Appearance of the locking cover. Figure 6: Appearance of the locking circle. 35 3 Explanation of the references used in the figures; 1. Protective casing 5 1.1 Positioning gap 1.2 pin sockets 1.3 fixing slots 2. Locking cover 2.1 Sled 10 2.2 Locking ears 3. Locking circle 3.1 Counter passage clearance 3.2 centering channel 3.3 Ear loop sockets 15 3.4 locking ring fixing slots 4. Locating Pin 5. Locking part M: Seal wire holes 20 Description of the Invention: The product subject to the invention has a protective housing (1), the protective housing (1) from the rear The locking cover (2) connected to the protective housing (1) and the locking cover (2) below locking ring (3) and locating pin (record locating pin) (4) connected from the side 25 It is located. The protective housing (1) on the top side passes through the meter inlet outlet pipes / fittings There are positioning gaps (1.1) that provide. The edge of the positioning gap (1.1) The sections contain pin slots (1.2) into which the subject of the invention 30 The product has record locating pins (4). This allows different sizes to pass through. During the installation of the meters, the fixing pins (4) can be placed in the most suitable location. Pin slots (1.2) can be in varying numbers at certain intervals. Again, detection Pins (4) are generally two in number, but may be one or more than two. The lower part of the protective housing (1) has fixing slots (1.3). 35 4 The front surface of the locking cover (2) has slides (2.1). Thanks to these slides (2.1) It is attached to the protective cover (1) by passing through the edges of the protective housing (1). The locking lugs (2.2) are located on the underside of the locking cover (2). In the locking circle (3), there is a meter passage gap (3.1) so that the meter can pass under it. Since the counter passage gap (3.1) can be in different shapes, the locking circle (3) can be in different shapes. It is ensured that it passes to all meters of brand and design. Locking circle (3) There is a centering channel (3.2) on the edges and the centering channel (3.2) Thanks to the protective housing (1) and the locking cover (2) it sits smoothly on the lower surfaces. This allows for a connection to be made. Again, at the rear of the locking circle. There are ear loops (3.3). Locking lugs are located on the locking cover (2). (2.2) The two parts are joined together by passing through the (2) ear slots (3.3) in the locking circle. It ensures the fixing / connection of the locking circle (3) edge 15 on the surfaces to be aligned with the fixing slots (1.3) in the protective housing (1). The product subject to the invention has locking ring fixing slots (3.4). The locking part (claw etc.) (5) in the protective housing (1) fixing slots (1.3) locking by passing through the locking ring fixing slots (3.4) in the locking ring (3). It ensures that the body (2) and the locking ring (3) are fixed to each other. Thanks to the use of a locking ring (3) in the product that is the subject of the invention, in old systems as is, the protective casing needs to be extended towards the bottom of the meter section. It has been eliminated. In addition, the product that is the subject of the invention has both a protective casing (1) and a locking cover (2) There are seal wire holes (M) on the locking circle (3). Seal wire holes (M) 25 thanks to which these parts are also connected to each other with the help of a seal. This provides an additional safeguard against unauthorized interference. The product subject to the invention has a pin seal hole (4.1) at the end of the fixing pin (4). Pin By fitting a seal into the seal hole (4.1), the unauthorized opening of the retaining pin is prevented. 30 It is being passed. 35
Claims
6 REQUESTS 1. It is a meter protection box, and its features are: -a protective housing (1) , 5 -Positioning gaps (1.1) located on the upper side of the protective body (1) - pin fitting located in the edge sections of the positioning gap (1.1) nests (1.2) - at least one retaining pin (4) that fits into the pin slots (1.2), - locking cover (2) connected to the rear of the protective housing (1), 10 - locking mechanism connected from below to the protective housing (1) and the locking cover (2) circle (3), - containing the counter passage space (3.1) located in the locking circle (3). It is characterized by...
2. The meter protection box in Claim 1 is characterized by its locking body (2) and locking mechanism. To ensure that the circle (3) is fixed to each other, - locking via the fixing slots (1.3) located at the bottom of the protective housing (1). to the locking ring fixing slots (3.4) in the circle (3), -20 that fits into the locking ring fixing slots (3.4) with the fixing slots (1.3). It is characterized by containing a locking part (5).
3. The meter protection box in Claim 1 or 2, its feature is; protection housing (1) and by fitting onto the lower surfaces of the locking cover (2) to ensure a smooth connection 25 located on the edge parts of the locking circle (3) in order to provide the possibility It includes a centering channel (3.2).
4. The meter protection box in clauses 1, 2, or 3, its characteristic is protection. locking mechanism for attaching to the protective cover (1) by passing through the edges of the body (1). It contains the slides (2.1) located on the front surface of the cover (2). 30 5. The meter protection box in item 1, 2, 3, or 4, with the feature of being lockable. fixing / connecting the ring (3) and the locking cover (2) to each other ear slots located at the rear of the locking ring to provide support. (3.3) and includes the locking lugs (2.2) located on the locking cover (2). 35 7 6. The meter protection box in item 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, and its characteristics are: The pin seal hole (4.1) is located at the end of the locating pin (4).
7. The meter protection box is in item 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6, Its feature is both the protective housing (1) and the locking cover (2) and the locking mechanism. The circle (3) contains holes (M) for seal wire. 15 25 35
