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US 4,626,638 AGranted
Operating system for remote electrical equipment
AssigneeSiemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
InventorsBilly G. Samples, Ralph L. Newton, Steven A. Kaufman
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Abstract
A system for operating electrical equipment such as circuit breakers from a remote point is disclosed. A flexible push-pull type cable connects a linkage coupled to a pivoted handle and to a remote slider mechanism. The slider serves as a slave operator to effect reciprocation of a handle or similar operator element.
Claims5
Apparatus for operating an electrical control device having a generally reciprocating toggle and disposed within an enclosure, comprising:
- a slave operator including a fixed member adapted to be attached to the device adjacent the toggle and a movable member slidably attached to said fixed member and having an opening for receiving the toggle therein;
- a master operator disposed remotely with respect to the device and having at least a handle portion extending outside the enclosure, including a movable linkage coupled to the handle portion, and a stationary portion adjacent said linkage;
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- a cable assembly including a sheath and an operating member, said sheath being coupled at a first end to one of said linkage and said stationary portion of said master operator and having a second end coupled to one of said fixed member and said movable member of said slave operator, said operating member having a first end coupled to the other of said linkage and stationary portion, and a second end coupled to the other of said fixed member and said movable member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.