Patent ID: 6528745
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A manual operator assembly for an interlock assembly, said interlock assembly coupled to a first and second circuit breaker, said first and second circuit breaker each having a pivotable handle, each of said handles pivotable between a first position wherein the circuit breaker is open and a second position wherein the circuit breaker is closed, said interlock assembly having a support, a pivot and a rocking bar, said rocking bar coupled to a motor assembly and to said first and second circuit breakers, said rocking bar structured so that only one of said first or second circuit breakers may be in said closed position at one time, said motor assembly having an output shaft that rotates and is structured to move said rocking bar between a first position and a second position, said motor assembly having a brake assembly that locks said motor assembly in one of two positions, said brake assembly having a brake release pedal structured to release the brake assembly so that said motor assembly shaft may rotate, said manual operator assembly comprising:a means for manually actuating said brake release pedal; and a means for manually rotating said rocking bar; whereby, after said means for manually actuating said brake release pedal is actuated, said means for manually rotating said rocking bar is free to rotate said rocking bar.