| 摘要 |
A housing for receiving a lock of the so-called "barrel-lock" type for locking closed the hinged cover of an electric meter box or the like. The housing comprises a support block for attachment to the meter box, and a lock housing hinged to the block. The housing carries a meter box cover retainer which, when the housing is in the closed position and locked by the barrel lock, extends in front of the cover of the meter box and prevents it from being opened. The housing and the support block have openings which are aligned when the housing is in the closed position, to receive the barrel lock. To protect the lock from shear forces which would be applied thereto by an interloper attempting to force the housing open, a shroud is provided in the aligned openings to surround the assembled lock. The shroud, when the housing is closed and locked, extends across the junction of the housing opening and the lock opening, and is retractable when the lock is removed to allow the housing to be swung to the open position.
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