Motor control center (mcc) bucket interlock with structure for safe operation of disconnect for compact design rotary switches
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsShriram Ghorpade, Prasenjit Nath, Kristy Burney, Deepak Shinde, John Bordewick, Vishal Gortyal
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Abstract
A bucket interlock mechanism is provided for use with a motor control center (MCC) receiving a bucket having a rotary switch. The bucket interlock mechanism physically restricts a disconnect “ON” condition when the bucket is not locked in the MCC.
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A bucket interlock mechanism for use with a motor control center (MCC) receiving a bucket having a rotary switch, the bucket interlock mechanism physically restricting a disconnect “ON” condition when the bucket is not locked in the MCC.
A motor control center (MCC) that receives one or more buckets, each of the one or more buckets having a rotary switch and a bucket interlock mechanism, wherein the bucket interlock mechanism physically restricts a disconnect “ON” condition when the bucket is not locked in the MCC.
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