Actuator for a switch gear of an electric panel

An actuator for a switch gear of an electric panel, said panel provided with a door, the switch gear having a housing and a circuit breaker provided on the housing displaceable relative thereto, said circuit breaker having a toggle protruding therefrom, said actuator comprising:

• an aligner assembly comprising:
• an aligner pivotably mounted on the switch gear housing, said aligner configured to be engaged with a toggle of the circuit breaker to define a plurality of angular positions of said aligner corresponding to a plurality of toggle positions, said aligner having at least one pair of slanting flanges configured at a first operative end thereof at a spaced apart distance to define a valley separated by a gap therebetween;
• and
• an actuator plate assembly comprising:
• a mounting plate mounted on the enclosure door;
• a shaft element passing through said mounting plate and the door;
• a handle element provided on a first operative half of said shaft element which is outside the panel, said handle element configured to be angularly displaced to facilitate rotation of said shaft element;
• and
• an engaging element attached to a second operative half of said shaft element which is inside the panel, said engaging element having at least one leg extending therefrom, said at least one leg configured to be nested in said gap of the aligner to angularly displace said aligner after being guided along the valley.