Patent ID: 8982538
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H02B

Abstract:
1. A guide assembly for a switchgear assembly, said switchgear assembly including a housing assembly and a circuit breaker assembly, said housing assembly including a rear sidewall and a number of hollow, elongated contact insulators, the longitudinal axis of each said contact insulator extending generally horizontally and generally normal to said rear sidewall, said circuit breaker assembly including a base and a number of switching elements, each said switching element including an elongated body extending generally horizontally from said base, and wherein the longitudinal of each switching element is generally aligned with a longitudinal axis of a contact insulator, said circuit breaker assembly structured to move between two positions, a first withdrawn position, wherein said switching elements are not disposed within said contact insulators, and a second inserted position, wherein said switching elements are disposed within said contact insulators, said guide assembly comprising: a guide assembly including an elongated support member and a passage, said support member coupled to and extending from said housing assembly rear sidewall and extending substantially horizontally, said passage disposed on said circuit breaker assembly base and extending substantially horizontally; wherein said support member is substantially aligned with said passage and wherein, as said circuit breaker assembly moves between said first and said second positions, said support member moves between a first position, wherein said support member is not disposed in said passage and a second position, wherein said support member is partially disposed in said passage; and wherein, when said support member is in said second position, said support member bears a portion of the weight of said circuit breaker assembly base.