Patent ID: 6943999
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
1. An interlock defeat for an electrical cabinet, the cabinet having a first side, a second side, a top, a bottom, a back, the first side defining an interlock defeat aperture; a door hingedly attached to the second side, the door having a hook thereon, adjacent to the first side when the door is closed, a power switch being movable between an on position and an off position, an interlock adjacent to the interlock defeat aperture, the interlock having a latch, the latch having a pivot end pivotally secured adjacent to the first side, and a hook end opposite the pivot end, the latch being operatively connected to the power switch so that the latch's hook end is spring-biased towards and engages the hook when the power switch is in the on position, and the power switch is disengaged from the hook when the power switch is off, the interlock defeat comprising: a peg secured within the interlock defeat aperture, the peg having an inside end within the cabinet and an outside end outside the cabinet, the peg being dimensioned and configured to move its inside end towards the latch and push the latch away from the hook, causing the latch to disengage the hook, in response to a force applied to its outside end, the peg being biased towards a position wherein it permits engagement of the hook by the latch.