Information display system for switching device, switching device, and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMalik Hocine, Simhadri Ramalingeswara Rao Gupta, Jason Edward Harmon, Anurag Arjundas Jivanani, Ashish Mishra, David Adam Ouellette, Allison Stacey Conner, Piotr Slawomir Woronkowicz, Jung Soo Park
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Abstract
An information display system for a switching device having a handle includes a cover for the switching device and a faceplate. The cover includes an opening sized to allow passage of the handle. The faceplate is configured to carry information about the switching device. The faceplate is rotatable with respect to the cover to change an orientation of the information.
Claims16
An information display system for a switching device, the switching device having a handle, the information display system comprising:
- a cover for the switching device, the cover including an opening sized to allow passage of the handle;
- and,
- a faceplate configured to carry information about the switching device;
- a fixed member having a slotted surface and a sidewall, the slotted surface including a slot sized to allow passage of the handle therethrough, the fixed member rotationally fixed with respect to the cover;
- wherein the faceplate is rotatable with respect to the cover to change an orientation of the information.
An information display system for a switching device, the switching device having a handle, the information display system comprising:
- a cover for the switching device, the cover including an opening sized to allow passage of the handle;
- and,
- a faceplate configured to carry information about the switching device;
- wherein the faceplate is rotatable with respect to the cover to change an orientation of the information, and wherein the faceplate and the cover include cooperating features to urge the faceplate to rest at any one of a plurality of rest positions with respect to the cover.
An information display system for a switching device, the switching device having a handle, the information display system comprising:
- a cover for the switching device, the cover including an opening sized to allow passage of the handle;
- and,
- a faceplate configured to carry information about the switching device;
- wherein the faceplate is rotatable with respect to the cover to change an orientation of the information, and wherein the cover includes an exterior surface, the exterior surface including a plurality of ramps that protrude towards the faceplate, and the faceplate includes a plurality of outer peripheral edges that ride over the plurality of ramps during rotation of the faceplate with respect to the cover.
A switching device comprising:
- a handle;
- a cover including an opening, the handle extended through the opening;
- and,
- a faceplate configured to carry information about the switching device;
- further comprising a fixed member rotationally fixed with respect to the cover, the fixed member defining a slot, the handle extended therethrough, wherein the faceplate is rotatable with respect to the cover to change an orientation of the information.
A switching device comprising:
- a handle;
- a cover including an opening, the handle extended through the opening;
- and,
- a faceplate configured to carry information about the switching device;
- wherein the faceplate is rotatable with respect to the cover to change an orientation of the information, and, wherein the cover includes an exterior surface, the exterior surface including a plurality of ramps that protrude towards the faceplate, and the faceplate includes a plurality of outer peripheral edges that ride over the plurality of ramps during rotation of the faceplate with respect to the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.