Switchgear assembly

Switchgear comprising:

• a housing having an exterior and enclosing electrical components;
• a first array of viewing provisions for viewing predetermined interior portions of said housing;
• a second array of operating controls for operating one or more of said electrical components;
• a third array of display panels, each of said display panels being generally planar and located on said exterior of said housing and movably mounted about a first edge of said display panel and with respect to said housing and covering said viewing provisions when said display panels are in a predetermined position, said display panels comprising means for displaying representations of said electrical components and the energized/deenergized status of said electrical components;
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• electrical interconnection means for providing electrical interconnection from one or more of said electrical components to the exterior of said housing, said first array of viewing provisions of said second array of operating controls being generally provided along a first surface area of said housing, and said electrical interconnection means being provided generally along a second surface area of said housing, said first and second surface areas generally defining a predetermined angle therebetween.

Switchgear comprising:

• a housing having an exterior and enclosing electrical components that establish visibly open gaps in an open position;
• means for viewing said open gaps, said viewing means comprising one or more generally planar transparent portions in said housing;
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• means for displaying representations of said electrical components and the energized/deenergized status of said electrical components, said displaying means being generally planar of the same general size and shape of said viewing means, said displaying means being located on said exterior of said housing and immediately above said viewing means so as to cover said viewing means in a predetermined closed position, said displaying means being pivotally mounted with respect to said housing about a pivot axis in the plane of said displaying means.