Patent ID: 9333617
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B24B,B24D

Claim Text:
1. A device for removing contaminants from a bus stab of an electrical enclosure, the electrical enclosure comprising an electrical bus member disposed in a first plane, the bus stab extending outwardly from the electrical bus member and being disposed in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, the device comprising: a gripping assembly and a scraping assembly coupled thereto, the scraping assembly comprising a number of flexible members structured to scrape and thereby clean the bus stab, the device being structured to move in a direction parallel to the second plane when the flexible members scrape the bus stab, wherein the gripping assembly comprises a housing including a groove disposed generally opposite the scraping assembly; wherein the groove engages a portion of the electrical enclosure; wherein the device rotates about the groove to pivot the scraping assembly into and out of engagement with the bus stab, thereby scraping and cleaning the bus stab; wherein the bus stab has a first side and a second side; wherein the scraping assembly further comprises a support member; wherein the support member comprises an internal portion; wherein the number of flexible members are two flexible members coupled to the internal portion of the support member; wherein the two flexible members are structured to scrape the bus stab on the first side of the bus stab and the second side of the bus stab; wherein the two flexible members are removably coupled to the internal portion of the support member and are substantially enclosed thereby; wherein the gripping assembly further comprises a base coupled to the housing; wherein the housing comprises an internal portion; and wherein the support member is removably coupled to the internal portion of the housing.