Ground level distribution transformer

Claim 1

IN A GROUND LEVEL DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER SUPPORTED ON A CONCRETE PAD, A UNITARY METALLIC HOUSING ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED ON SAID CONCRETE PAD AND HAVING A TRANSFORMER-CONTAINING COMPARTMENT AND A SWITCHING COMPARTMENT ISOLATED FROM SAID TRANSFORMER-CONTAINING COMPARTMENT, SAID HOUSING COMPRISING A U-SHAPED SHEET METAL MEMBER DISPOSED IN VERTICAL PLANES AND ADAPTED TO REST ON SAID CONCRETE PAD AND A GENERALLY Z-SHAPED SHEET METAL MEMBER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER AND HAVING THE MID-PIECE IN A VERTICAL PLANE AND WELDED AT ITS EDGES INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE LEGS OF SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER AND ALSO HAVING UPPER AND LOWER END PIECES INTEGRAL WITH SAID MID-PIECE AND DISPOSED IN VERTICALLY SPACED APART HORIZONTAL PLANES AND WELDED ALONG THEIR EDGES TO THE INTERIOR PERIPHERY OF SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER, SAID TRANSFORMER-CONTAINING COMPARTMENT BEING DEFINED BY THE BIGHT PORTION OF SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER AND SAID MID-PIECE AND SAID LOWER END PIECE OF SAID Z-SHAPED MEMBER, SAID MID-PIECE FORMING A COMMON WALL FOR SAID SWITCHING AND TRANSFORMER-CONTAINING COMPARTMENTS, SAID SWITCHING COMPARTMENT BEING DEFINED BY SAID MID-PIECE AND UPPER END PIECE OF SAID Z-SHAPED MEMBER AND BY THE PORTION OF THE LEGS OF SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER BEYOND SAID MID-PIECE.