Patent ID: 6998549

Claim:
An interlock assembly for a safety switch housed within an enclosure having side walls and a cover, said safety switch including an operating assembly with a bracket and a spring-toggle mechanism having a spring-biased drive link with an arm, said spring-biased drive link being coupled to an operating handle at a first one of said side walls, said interlock assembly comprising: a pivotal lever including a catch and a sensing portion, said catch structured to engage and lock said arm of said spring-biased drive link when said cover of said enclosure is open, said sensing portion structured to be engaged by said cover when it is closed; a pivot structured to pivotally couple said pivotal lever to said first one of said side walls of said enclosure; and a spring adapted to bias said pivotal lever toward engaging and locking said arm of said spring-biased drive link, wherein said cover of said enclosure is structured to engage said sensing portion of said pivotal lever when said cover is closed, causing it to pivot against said bias in order to disengage and unlock said arm and to unlock said spring-biased drive link.