Easy-to-read breaker panel
OwnerFred Sorenseninventor
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Abstract
A movable reference guide mounted to slide over a circuit breaker reference chart on the door of a circuit breaker box to visually mark individual circuit breaker labels on the chart, and indicator lights associated with each of the circuit breakers on the breaker panel opposite the door, the indicator lights responsive to the position of the guide on the reference chart to light up when their corresponding labels are marked by the guide. In the preferred form the guide includes a magnifier lens to enlarge the writing on the labels.
Claims6
In a circuit breaker enclosure comprising a breaker panel with circuit breakers and a door with a breaker reference chart comprising breaker labels corresponding to the circuit breakers on the panel, a label/breaker correspondence apparatus comprising:
- a reference guide mounted to move over the breaker reference chart on the door, the guide visually marking one or more breaker labels at a time, and an indicator light associated with each of the circuit breakers on the breaker panel opposite the door, the indicator light for each circuit breaker activated when the guide marks a label on the chart corresponding to the circuit breaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.