Patent ID: 6900400

Claim:
An apparatus comprising an enclosure ( 20 ), at least one circuit breaker ( 48 ) and at least one plug receptacle ( 21 - 24 ) to supply containers with electrical energy, the circuit breaker ( 48 ) being arranged in the enclosure ( 20 ) and the plug receptacle ( 21 - 24 ) being arranged on the outside of the enclosure ( 20 ), with an interlocking of the circuit breaker ( 48 ) and the plug receptacle ( 21 - 24 ) being provided such that the circuit breaker ( 48 ) can only be switched on when the plug receptacle ( 21 - 24 ) is occupied and a plug ( 40 ) can only be removed from the associated plug receptacle ( 21 - 24 ) when the circuit breaker ( 48 ) is switched off, wherein the interlocking comprises the following features: a) the circuit breaker ( 48 ) can be actuated by a push element ( 72 ), b) the push element ( 72 ) is acted on by a lever arm ( 71 ) of an actuating lever ( 67 ), c) the actuating lever ( 67 ) can be pivoted, about an actuating axis ( 68 ), at least between a switch-on position and a switch-off position, d) the actuating lever ( 67 ) has means for blocking the occupied plug receptacle ( 21 - 24 ) in the switch-on position, and e) the plug receptacle ( 67 ) is assigned obstructing means that block the movement of the push element ( 72 ) when the plug receptacle ( 21 - 24 ) is not occupied and can be deactivated by the plug receptacle ( 21 - 24 ) becoming occupied.