Patent ID: 6066802
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H01F

Abstract:
A safety enclosure system for a transformer comprising a transformer tank having a front wall and high voltage terminals and low voltage terminals mounted on the front wall, said system further comprising an outer hood for enclosing the high voltage terminals and the low voltage terminals, said outer hood being hinged at one edge thereof to the top of the front wall of the transformer tank for rotation about a horizontal axis between closed and open positions, a bolt for locking said outer hood in closed position, a barrier plate fixed to the front wall of the transformer tank and projecting outwardly therefrom to separate the high voltage terminals from the low voltage terminals, a high voltage enclosure hinged at one side to the front wall of the transformer tank opposite the barrier plate and covering the high voltage terminals to form a high voltage compartment, the opposite side of said high voltage enclosure being positioned adjacent said barrier plate when said high voltage enclosure is in closed position, a latch rod pivotally connected at one end to the front wall of said transformer tank and removably connected at the other end to said high voltage enclosure for latching said high voltage enclosure in an open position to expose said high voltage compartment, and a latch bolt carried by said high voltage enclosure for securing said high voltage enclosure in closed position against said barrier plate.