Patent ID: 8733855

Claim:
A modular bucket assembly, comprising: a box shaped bucket having a pair of bucket side walls, a bucket rear wall and a bucket top wall, all of said bucket walls defining an open front bucket periphery, the box shaped bucket sized such that a gap is formed between the open front bucket periphery and a compartment front opening periphery of a switchgear cabinet compartment when the bucket assembly is inserted therein; and a peripheral barrier assembly that seals the gap between the respective bucket and compartment front opening peripheries when the bucket assembly is inserted therein, wherein at least a portion thereof has a proximal portion that is coupled to the bucket about at least a portion of the open front bucket periphery and a corresponding distal portion projecting outwardly from said bucket periphery, said barrier distal portion providing a biased contact with a corresponding portion of the compartment front opening periphery when the bucket assembly is inserted therein, so that respective contacting surfaces of said barrier distal portion with the compartment front opening periphery portion inhibit arc fault decomposition product gas outflow from a front face of the switchgear cabinet compartment.