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emovABle
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lement
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oSItIon
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nterlock
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Before racking a circuit breaker in or out
of the compartment, make sure that the
key interlock is unlocked and in the opened
position. Otherwise, the racking mechanism
may be damaged.
CAUTION
The removable element position interlock is
a mechanical, manually operated assembly
designed to deter movement of the removable
element from one position to another. The
interlock may be secured either by padlocks, or
by key interlocks. The interlock consists of an
L-shaped steel bar with support brackets, and
lock provisions. See Figure 34.
Figure 34 Position Interlock
a. Location Only (Interlock Not Shown)
a
The interlock is held by gravity in the open, or
non-interlock position. When the removable
element is out of the compartment, rotating
the interlock 90° clockwise, and securing
it will block the insertion of a removable
element. The L-shaped bar of the key interlock
is attached to a steel plate which blocks
movement of the removable element. There
are two varieties of the steel plate. When the
first variety is used, it blocks the operation of
the key interlock when a removable element is
in the connected position.
This prevents locking the removable element in
the connected position, giving the interlock a
“lock out only” function. The second variety of
steel plate enables the interlock to be operated
with the removable element in either the
connected or disconnected position, which
gives the interlock a “lock in and out” function.
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loor
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Each compartment is equipped with a floor
pan (Figure 4, f), which the removable element
rolls on. Each side of the pan is designed with
channels, which the wheels of the removable
element roll into. The width between the
channels will align the removable element
laterally as it is rolled in the compartment.
The top flanges of the channel deter any
tipping or vertical movement of the removable
element. A rollout stop block is welded to
the top of the right channel of the floor pan.
When a removable element is rolled into the
compartment, the rollout latch on the lower
right side of the removable element will drop
behind this rollout stop block. The latch deters
the removal of the removable element until the
latch is manually de-pressed.