Vault mount for electrical apparatus
AssigneeJack E. Hoag
InventorJack E. Hoag
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Abstract
This invention provides a convenient apparatus and method for mounting equipment in an underground vault to provide convenient access to the equipment whenever such access is necessary. The vault mount includes a frame having one end thereof permanently pivotally mounted to the frame releasably attached to a second wall of the vault. Suitable springs are mounted between the first wall of the vault and the frame to urge the frame to pivot about the mounting to the first wall. When the second end of the frame is released from its wall mount, the frame and the apparatus mounted thereon pivots from a generally horizontal position in the vault to a generally vertical position with the equipment mounted on the frame extending out of the vault.
Claims5
An apparatus for mounting a device to the walls of a vault or the like to selectively provide access to the device, comprising:
- a frame having a first end and a second end;
- means for pivotally mounting the first end of the frame within the vault;
- means for releasably mounting the second end of the frame to a second wall of the vault to selectively retain the device within the vault;
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- means for mounting the device to the frame in a first position inside the vault so that pivoting the frame about the pivotal mounting means rotates the device to a second position outside the vault;
- spring means biased for urging the frame in pivotal movement about the pivotal mounting means to lift the device outside the vault;
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- means for releasably retaining the frame against pivotal movement when the device is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.