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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7232335 | K-series watthour meter socket adapter A watthour meter socket adapter carries rigid conductors extending from a connection to jaw contacts in a housing, the conductors mounting the socket adapter between the lower load mounting connections and the upper line mounting connections in a meter fitting to de... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7101201 | Method and apparatus for disabling electrical equipment A method and an apparatus for disabling power to an electrical device include a flexible conduit electrically coupled with the electrical device having electrical cables received therein. A male plug member is attached to a distal end of the conduit having a plurali... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6561844 | Lug for providing both electrical and mechanical connection between buses and watt hour meter sockets An electrically conductive lug for use with a meter socket for a watt-hour meter, which permits the meter to have integral line and load buses. The lug provides an electrical connection between the meter socket and each wire, and it provides mechanical su... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6075357 | Arrangement for connecting a utility meter to meter base using current blades An arrangement for electrically connecting an electrical utility revenue meter to a meter base includes at least two current blades that have a width that is less than the standard predefined current blade width. The meter base has one of first and second... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6074246 | Meter extender mount for generator interface A meter extender mount unit which is positioned between the ordinarily supplied electrical meter and the utility, meter mounting socket. The extender mount provides a male, push-in connection to the existing utility socket mount and the meter is received ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5588874 | Watthour meter socket adapter for replacing an OB watthour meter A watthour meter adapter includes jaw contacts for receiving blade terminals of a plug-in watthour meter. Apertures formed in an annular side wall of the adapter housing receive external line and load conductors therethrough. A terminal block disposed wit... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5414590 | Meter socket assembly and distribution board The present invention provides an electrical distribution board and meter socket assembly. The distribution board includes a framework for a meter compartment which is partially defined by a side panels, a bottom electrically insulating barrier and by a b... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5068962 | Method of fabricating an energy meter An output connection and signal conditioning circuit board is selected and detachably connected to an electronic energy meter to customize its functions. Connectors are provided at the ends of the circuit board to mate with an edge connector in the bezel ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5033973 | Service disconnect and meter storage adapter A service disconnect adapter mounted between a plug-in meter socket and a watthour meter. The service disconnect adapter has blades mounted on a base which engage terminals in the socket. Watthour blade receiving fingers are formed in the service disconne... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4892485 | Adapter plate for converting a three phase meter socket for use with a single phase watt hour meter An adapter plate interposed between a single phase meter and a three phase meter outlet to benefit from the more economical operation of a single phase meter when the premises no longer requires the three phase outlet power. The adapter plate includes a s... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4536046 | Pull out fusible switches Assembly systems for compact N-pole fusible pull out switches of different ratings use the same two part insulator bases and the same insulator pull out heads in all switches. In one system, for switches of a given current rating but two different voltage... | 08/20/1985 |
| 3943413 | Tamperproof external test contact arrangement for watthour meters A watthour meter of the self-contained detachable type has a protected meter testing arrangement. An isolated external test contact and an internal terminal blade connector are independently connected to a common terminal end of the meter voltage winding.... | 03/09/1976 |
