Patent ID: 6861931

Claim:
A system for remotely manipulating circuit breakers between open and closed conditions in an electrical panel having a number of circuit breakers in a vertical array, each circuit breaker having a manipulating lever, said system comprising: A) an actuator unit removably attachable to said panel and comprising: 1) a rigid shaft elongated upon a straight axis between upper and lower extremities, 2) a series of control switches mounted upon said shaft, and adjustably spaced apart by distances corresponding to the locations of said circuit breakers, and 3) motorized drive means associated with at least one extremity of said shaft and adapted to rotate said shaft in either direction upon said axis, said rotation causing said control switches to act upon said manipulating levers to move said circuit breakers to their on or off positions, and B) a wireless remote control unit capable of energizing said drive means to rotate said shaft in one direction so as to turn off selected circuit breakers, and rotate in the opposite direction so as to turn on said same selected circuit breakers.