Abstract: Disclosed herein is an industrial cut-off switch for visual identification of power system cut-off status. The industrial cut-off switch includes an enclosure having an accommodation space therein, a handle disposed on an outer surface of the enclosure and having a gripping part extending in one direction, and a switch unit disposed inside the enclosure, and connected to the handle operated to adjust an on/off state of the switch unit.
Abstract: A sealed electrical enclosure used in hazardous locations for enclosing circuit breakers having a bottom housing and a removable top housing with a labyrinth joint or serrated joint formed therebetween, the bottom housing adapted to receive one or more circuit breakers, a first metal bus extending from a point internal to the bottom housing through a first end wall to a point external thereto, and a second metal bus extending from a point internal to the bottom housing through a second end wall to a point external to thereto, where the first and second metal buses are adapted to contact first and second electrical terminals of a circuit breaker when placed within the bottom housing, and a first lug retaining bracket secured to the bottom housing and extending to a position beneath the first metal such that a bottom portion of a connector assembly may fit within the space between the end of the lug retaining bracket and the bottom of the first metal bus.
Abstract: Disclosed herein is an interlock system in combination with an enclosure, including: the enclosure having a base and a door that define an interior; a rotary handle attached to the door; a disconnect switch disposed in the interior of the enclosure and including a shaft extending toward an exterior of the enclosure in a direction toward the door; a first interlocking member attached to the door and extending toward an interior of the enclosure; and a second interlocking member attached to the shaft. The handle is configured to engage the shaft when the door is closed and rotate the shaft to move the disconnect switch between an on position and an off position. The second interlocking member is configured to engage and interlock with the first interlocking member when the door is closed and the disconnect switch is in the on position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 2008
Date of Patent:
December 13, 2011
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Justin Thomas Billard, Dean Arthur Robarge, Robert Joseph Caggiano
Abstract: A rotary switch assembly for mounting on a disconnect switch (10) in an electrical enclosure (26) includes a base (50) and a rotor (60) which is rotatably coupled to the base (50). The rotor (60) is first axially depressed and then rotated to switch the disconnect switch (10) to the “on” position. The base (50) has a stop member (53) for latching the rotor (60) in an “off” position before the rotor (60) is axially depressed. A lockout tab (43) is attached to the rotor (60) for locking the switch in the “off” position. A rotary handle (30, 90) is provided for mounting on the rotor (60), for operation in either rotational direction. The rotary handle (30) has two wings with formed grips (34, 35) for thumb and fingertips to securely grip and turn the handle (30) with the required torque for actuating and de-actuating the disconnect switch.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 30, 2004
Date of Patent:
December 13, 2005
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Sergio Bortolloni, Giuseppe Zanaglio, Miriam Biagini, Massimo Baldo, Karen Hecht, Theodore J. Houck, III
Abstract: An object is to provide a key protection structure for an electronic apparatus which can prevent a preset value of a switch from being intentionally changed by the user or the like.
When setting of a first switch 21 is ended, a tool shutter operation portion 72 of a lock key 70 is inserted into a first shutter operation hole 61. The tool shutter operation portion 72 is then engaged with an engaging recess 45 of a first shutter 40. Thereafter, the lock key 70 is rotated, so that the first shutter 40 is rotated. A covering portion 44 of the shutter is therefore moved immediately above the first switch 21 to close a first switch operation hole 58, whereby the first switch 21 can be locked (key-protected) so as not to be externally operated.