Patent ID: 6881909

Claim:
A disconnect mechanism for a fuse block receiving power connections and of a type having a support face for mounting on a panel with one or more fuse sockets accessible on a front face of the fuse block opposite the support face and with an extending rotary operator, an outer end of the rotary operator adapted to receive a portion of a door-mounted knob and rotating in a first direction to connect the fuses with the power connections, and rotating in a second direction to disconnect the fuses from the power connections, the improvement comprising: a rotatable handle configured to receive the outer end of the rotary operator, the handle including: (a) a housing; (b) a first coupling mechanism that is releasably connected between the operator and the housing, wherein the first coupling mechanism rotates the operator in the first and second directions in response to rotation of the handle in the first and second directions when the first coupling mechanism is connected; and (c) a second coupling mechanism that is connected between the operator and the housing, wherein the second coupling mechanism includes an engagement member that rotates the operator in the second direction when the handle is rotated in the second direction and does not rotate the operator when the handle is rotated in the first direction.