Claims
- 1. An electrical power service apparatus comprising:a housing with a base wall and an annular sidewall extending from the base wall; a plurality of electrical contacts carried on the base wall a portion of the contacts projecting externally of the housing; at least one light source carried in the housing; and a light transmissive element, disposed in the housing and having a plurality of first ends and a second end disposed in light communication, the light transmissive element transmitting light internally between at least one of the first ends and the second end, at least one of the first ends, disposed adjacent to the at least one light source, the second end disposed to be visible externally of the housing.
- 2. The electrical power service apparatus of claim 1 wherein the light transmissive element comprises:pair of first end portions, each terminating in one of the first ends, a single second end portion terminating in the single second end; and the pair of first end portions integrally extending into the single second end portion.
- 3. The electrical service apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:an aperture formed in the sidewall of the housing; and the second end of the light transmissive means visibly disposed through the aperture in the sidewall of the housing.
- 4. The electrical service apparatus of claim 3 further comprising:means for sealing the light transmissive means to the sidewall of the housing.
- 5. The electrical service apparatus of claim 4 further comprising:a collar formed on the light transmissive means for biasing the seal into sealing engagement with the sidewall of the housing.
- 6. The electrical service apparatus of claim 1 wherein,the light source is a light responsive element; and at least one of the first ends of the light transmissive element is disposed in light communication with the light responsive element disposed in the housing; an aperture formed in the sidewall of the housing; and the second end of the light transmissive element mounted in the aperture.
- 7. The electrical service apparatus of claim 6 wherein:the second end of the light transmissive means is snap mounted in the aperture in the sidewall of the housing.
- 8. The electrical service apparatus of claim 6 wherein:at least one of the first ends of the light transmissive element snaps onto the light responsive element.
- 9. The electrical service apparatus of claim 6 further comprising:an electrically insulating shield for covering the electrical contacts within the housing, the shield having apertures alignable with at least one electrical contact adapted for receiving a blade terminal of a watthour meter in engagement with the one electrical contact.
- 10. An electrical service apparatusa housing with a base wall and an annular sidewall extending from the base wall; a plurality of electrical contacts mounted on the base wall; an electrically insulating shield for covering the electrical contacts within the housing, the shield having apertures alignable with at least one electrical contact adapted for receiving a blade terminal of a watthour meter in engagement with the one electrical contact; a light transmissive element, disposed in the housing and having first and second ends, for transmitting light between the first and the second ends, the second end disposed to be visible externally of the housing; the first end of the light transmissive element is disposed in light communication with a light responsive element disposed in the housing; an aperture formed in the sidewall of the housing; and the second end of the light transmissive element mounted in the aperture, the light transmissive element being monolithically formed with the shield.
- 11. An electrically insulating safety shield for mounting in an electrical power service apparatus having a housing with a base wall and an annular sidewall extending from the base wall, and a plurality electrical contacts mounted on the base wall and adapted for releasibly receiving the blade terminals of a watthour meter, the safety shield comprising:an electrically insulating body having a top wall sized to cover electrical contacts in an electrical power service apparatus; a plurality of apertures formed in the top wall of the body alignable with at least one electrical contact in a housing, the apertures adapted for receiving a blade terminal or a watthour meter therethrough into engagement with the one electrical contact in the housing; and a light transmissive element, carried on the body and having first and second ends, the light transmissive element, transmitting light from the first end tothe second end, the second end disposed to be visible externally of the housing when the body is mounted in the housing.
- 12. An electrically insulating safety shield for mounting an electrical service apparatus having a housing with a base wall and an annular sidewall extending from the base wall, and a plurality electrical contacts mounted on the base wall and adapted for releasibly receiving the blade terminals of a watthour meter, the safety shield comprising:an electrically insulating body having a top wall; a plurality of apertures formed in the top wall of the body alignable with at least one electrical contact in a housing, the apertures adapted for receiving a blade terminal of a watthour meter therethrough into engagement with the one electrical contact in the housing; and a light transmissive element carried on the body of the safety shield and having first and second ends, the light transmissive element transmitting light between the first end to the second ends, the second end disposed to be visible externally of the housing when the body is mounted in the housing, the light transmissive element monolithically formed with the shield.
- 13. The safety shield of claim 12 further comprising:an aperture formed in the sidewall of the housing; the second end of the light transmissive means visibly disposed through the aperture in the sidewall at the housing.
- 14. The safety shield of claim 13 further comprising:a seal mounted on the light transmissive means and engaged with the sidewall of the housing for sealing the aperture in the housing.
- 15. The safety shield of claim 14 further comprising:a collar formed on the light transmissive means for biasing the seal into sealing engagement with the sidewall of the housing.
- 16. The electrical service apparatus of claim 11 wherein:the first end of the light transmissive element is disposed in light communication with a light operative element disposed in the housing; an aperture formed in the sidewall of the housing; and the second end of the light transmissive element mounted in the aperture.
- 17. The electrical service apparatus of claim 16 wherein:the second end of the light transmissive means is snap mounted in the aperture in the sidewall of the housing.
- 18. The electrical service apparatus of claim 16 wherein:the first end of the light transmissive means snaps onto the light operative elements.
CROSS REFERENCE TO CO-PENDING APPLICATION
This application is a division and a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/773,064, filed Jan. 31, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,478,589 and entitled Electrical Service Apparatus Safety Shield with Wire Guides, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
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