Patent Document:

referring to the drawings , fig1 illustrates a cutout and arrester combination , also know as a lockout switch or fused cutout switch 2 . as shown in fig1 the fused cutout switch is generally operated by manually placing a hookstick 4 in a ring 6 and moving the ring to operate a handle 8 that is used to open or close the cutout switch . an equivalent method is used in the prior art in conjunction with oil circuit reclosers for manually operating a recloser switch . fig8 depicts an oil circuit recloser 10 , but with the present actuating device 12 attached thereto . fig2 illustrates a first variation of the actuating device 12 of the present invention as used on the cutout switch 2 . in the embodiment shown in fig2 the actuating device , also referred to as a trigger , is attached to the existing ring 6 . the same hookstick 4 as used in the prior art is used to open and close the cutout switch by engaging the actuating device in alternate positions on the actuating device as shown in the figure . the ring is caused by the actuating device to move the handle 8 in the same manner as before to actuate the switch , however the switch in more conveniently accessed and operated using the present actuating device . as shown in fig8 the present actuating device also may be used on an oil circuit recloser switch 14 having the same type of ring for engaging the hookstick . the actuating device is used on the oil circuit recloser switch in the same manner as described previously . fig1 illustrates a second variation and embodiment of the invention wherein the ring used by present reclosers is eliminated completely by adapting the present device to connect directly to the recloser . in the first embodiment of the invention , the actuating device attaches to an existing ring 6 and comprises two primary parts that are bolted together on the ring 6 of a cutout switch 2 or recloser switch 14 . the first part consists of a ring clamp 16 having a height of about 33 / 16 inches , and the second part consists of cantilever 18 having a height of about 63 / 8 inches . the ring clamp is shown in detail in fig3 and fig4 . the ring clamp 16 is about 1 / 4 inch thick and has two raised members that increase the thickness of the clamp in those members another 1 / 4 inch to about 1 / 2 inch . the first raised member 20 has a circular diameter and fits within the ring 6 such that the 1 / 4 inch raised circular diameter is within the inner diameter of the ring . a first aperture 22 is provided in the first raised member for receiving a bolt 24 . the second raised member 26 has a point 28 at the tip of an a - shaped shoulder that bears against the outer diameter of the ring when the clamp is attached to the cantilever 18 . a second aperture 30 is provided in the second raised member for receiving a bolt 32 . the second part or cantilever 18 is shown in fig5 and 6 . the cantilever part is a - shaped and includes a first lever arm 34 and a second lever arm 36 that oppose each other at an angle . in the embodiment shown , the lever arms are at an acute angle of about 25 degrees to 35 degrees with respect to each other . each lever arm terminates in a curved hook - shaped receptacle 38 and 40 for receiving a limb 42 at the top of a hookstick 4 like that commonly used to actuate recloser switches . the hook - shaped receptacles each include a receiving slot sized such that the hookstick limb fits into the receptacle . slight lips 48 may be provided on the receptacles on each side of the receiving slots to hinder the hookstick limb from slipping out of the receptacle while the actuating device 12 is operated . apertures 44 and 46 are provided in the cantilever 18 . these apertures in the cantilever align with the apertures 22 and 30 on the ring clamp 16 . the bolts 24 and 32 are inserted through the apertures of both the cantilever and ring clamp for joining the parts together about a ring 6 as shown in fig7 . in lieu of a pair of bolts , a u - bolt or other retaining means could be used for securely attaching the parts to the ring . after the device is attached to the ring , the limb 42 of a standard hookstick 4 is inserted into the receiving slots of the cantilever and the limb is pressed against one of the hook - shaped receptacles 38 or 40 to move the cantilever . as the cantilever is moved , the straight edges of the second raised member 26 of the ring clamp bear against the ring and the cantilever operates the ring 6 and handle 8 to open and close the recloser switch 14 or cutout switch 2 . fig8 depicts the recloser switch lever 50 within the cover 52 in the up position parallel to the top of the recloser cylinder 54 . the up position shown in fig8 signifies that the recloser switch is closed . in fig8 the hookstick 4 is shown engaging the actuating device 12 to move switch lever 50 to the down position . the down position is illustrated by the position of the switch lever 50 in fig1 and signifies that the recloser switch is open , which causes the recloser circuit to be open . the second embodiment of the invention illustrated in fig9 - 11 eliminates the ring 6 and incorporates the switch lever 50 into the present invention by attaching or molding the switch lever 50 to the cantilever 18 . the original ring structure may be retained by providing a hole 62 at the top of the cantilever 18 . the switch lever 50 extends approximately perpendicular several inches out from the cantilever 18 . the switch lever includes a threaded hole 56 or other means to connect the switch lever 50 to the end of a shaft 58 or linking means that communicates with the switching mechanisms 60 within the recloser cylinder 54 to cause the recloser circuit to open and close . while a preferred form of the actuating device 12 of the present invention has been shown in the drawings and described , variations in the invention &# 39 ; s embodiment and practice will be readily apparent to those persons skilled in the art . therefore , the invention should not be construed as limited to the specific form shown and described , but instead is as set forth in the following claims .

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