Patent ID: 8552318
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A circuit breaker assembly for selectively connecting different power sources to a load, the circuit breaker assembly comprising: first and second circuit breakers operatively mounted to a switch panel in-line and opposed to one another, each of the circuit breakers being mounted in a respective one of two columns on either side of a medial line between the circuit breakers, each of the circuit breakers having a respective handle having respective ON and OFF handle positions, wherein the ON handle positions of the opposed circuit breakers pivot toward the medial line, and the OFF handle positions of the opposed circuit breakers pivot away from the medial line; and a rotating disk mounted in between the handles of the first and second circuit breakers, an outer peripheral portion of the rotating disk defining a slot centered at a zero degree point on the circumference of the rotating disk, the slot being shaped and sized to receive therein one of the breaker handles, another outer peripheral portion of the rotary member at a 180 degree point on the circumference of the disk being without a slot capable of receiving therein one of the breaker handles, whereby the rotating disk can be placed in a position where only a selected one of the first and second circuit breaker handles can be moved into the ON position at one time while a non-selected one of the first and second circuit breaker handles is prevented from being moved into the ON position.