Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Switch activation inhibitor – Actuator locking device
Patent
1997-12-30
1999-06-01
Luebke, Renee S.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Switch activation inhibitor
Actuator locking device
H01H 928
Patent
active
059090197
ABSTRACT:
A front mounting plate with integral locking tab for mounting an electrical switch to a support and for locking an operating handle of the electrical switch in a selected position. The front mounting plate includes a body having a cutout portion through which the operating handle of the electrical switch extends. The locking tab extends generally upwardly from the body and is positioned adjacent the cut-out portion and the operating handle so that a conventional padlock may be inserted through a lock receiving aperture of the locking tab to resist movement of the operating handle. The body of the front mounting plate includes first and second side projections and first and second end projections extending generally downwardly therefrom and overlays a raised escutcheon formed on a front surface of the electrical switch. The front mounting plate also includes first and second end flanges extending generally outwardly from the respective first and second end projections so as to provide a means for mounting the front mounting plate to a support. A fixed tab and a deformable tab extend generally inwardly from the first and second end flanges, respectively, so as to provide a means for attaching the front mounting plate to the electrical switch.
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Maloney James G.
Whipple Michael J.
Eaton Corporation
Luebke Renee S.
Moran Martin J.
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