Assembly for remote handling of an electrical plug connector

Abstract

An assembly for remotely handling an electrical plug connector, including a ottom block, including a crane hook attachable to a crane, a first plug member fixed to the bottom block and electrically connectable to a power supply, a second plug member electrically connected to a load, a retaining device retaining the second plug member such that electrical coupling and decoupling between the first and the second plug member can be effected by mere movement of the bottom block in the horizontal and the vertical plane. When the first and second plug members are vertically aligned, coupling and decoupling can be effected by mere lowering and raising of the bottom block. The retaining device has parallel prongs with recessed surface areas to hold the second plug member, alternatively, in a locking position and a withdrawing position. The second plug member has a spherical thickened contour portion acting as a pivot enabling it to swing into alignment with the first plug member. The second plug member can be moved between the locking and the withdrawing positions by a horizontal shifting motion of the bottom block. The second plug member can be removed from the retaining device when in the withdrawing position but not when in the locking position. When the second plug member is being removed, the crane hook is free to grasp an eye of an operational equipment.