Patent ID: 9595408
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. An operating handle interface assembly for an electrical system, said electrical system comprising an enclosure having an interior and an exterior, and a plurality of electrical switching apparatus disposed within the interior, each of said electrical switching apparatus including an operating handle, said operating handle interface assembly comprising: a linking assembly structured to interconnect the operating handles of a plurality of said electrical switching apparatus; an elongated shaft including a first end and second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end, the first end being structured to cooperate with one of the operating handles of one of said electrical switching apparatus, the second end being structured to be disposed on the exterior of said enclosure; and a handle attachment structured to be coupled to the second end of said elongated shaft on the exterior of said enclosure, wherein said handle attachment is operable among a plurality of positions to correspondingly operate the operating handles of all of said interconnected electrical switching apparatus; wherein said linking assembly comprises a number of linking members and a mounting assembly structured to mount said linking members to the operating handles of said interconnected electrical switching apparatus; and wherein said mounting assembly comprises a plurality of pivot plates, a plurality of adapters, and a plurality of fasteners; wherein each of said adapters is structured to be coupled to a corresponding one of the operating handles; wherein each of said pivot plates is fastened to a corresponding one of said adapters by a number of said fasteners; and wherein said linking members are structured to be pivotably coupled to said pivot plates to interconnect the operating handles.