Patent ID: 11929637
Assignee: NORTH AMERICAN POWER PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. An intermediate disconnect section mountable on a meter base having a source connector coupled to a load, the intermediate disconnect section configured to receive a meter, for use with a utility power source and an alternate power source, the intermediate disconnect section comprising:
(a) a utility power breaker having a closed state in which the utility power source is coupled to the source connector of the meter base through the meter and an open state in which the utility power source decoupled from the source connector of the meter base;
(b) an alternate power breaker having a closed state in which the alternate power source is coupled to the source connector of the meter base; and
(c) a switching mechanism that selectively opens and closes the utility power breaker and that selectively opens and closes the alternate power breaker, so as to be in exactly one of a first state, a second state or a third state, in which the utility power breaker is closed and the alternate power breaker is open while in the first state; the utility power breaker is open and the alternate power breaker is closed while in the second state; and the utility power breaker is open and the alternate power breaker is open while in the third state, the switching mechanism including:
(i) a rack that is coupled to both the utility power breaker and the alternate power breaker, the rack having: a first position in which the switching mechanism is in the first state; a second position in which the switching mechanism is in the second state; and a third position in which the switching mechanism is in the third state;
(ii) a pinion engaged with the rack that causes the rack to move to one of the first position, the second position and the third position; and
(iii) a lever coupled to the pinon that causes the pinon to rotate in response to a force applied thereto, the lever having a utility position that places the rack in the first position, an alternate source position that places the rack in the second position, and an off position that places the rack in the third position.