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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Dean Arthur Robarge, Southington, CT (US);
Brittany Leigh Estes, Middletown, CT (US);
Michael Paul Lafond, Wallingford, CT (US);
Joseph Gustave Nagy, Southington, CT (US);
Jason William Newby, Wallingford, CT (US);
Gerald John Witkoski, Burlington, CT (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A shutter system for a switchgear compartment includes a moveable shutter translatable between a closed position and an open position. Also included is a pusher operatively coupled to a first side of the moveable shutter and configured to impart a force on the moveable shutter in response to an insertion of an electrical device within the switchgear compartment. Further included is a cam member having a cam shaft operatively coupled to the moveable shutter, the cam shaft having a cam track. Yet further included is a bell crank configured to guide along the cam track and translate the moveable shutter between the closed position and the open position.