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Title: Captured key electrical safety lockout system

Abstract

A safety lockout apparatus for an electrical circuit includes an electrical switch, a key, a lock and a blocking mechanism. The electrical switch is movable between an ON position at which the electrical circuit is energized and an OFF position at which the electrical circuit is deactivated. The lock is adapted to receive the key and is rotatable among a plurality of positions by the key. The key is only insertable and removable when the lock is at a preselected position. The lock is maintained in the preselected position when the key is removed from the lock. The blocking mechanism physically maintains the switch in its OFF position when the key is removed from the lock. The blocking mechanism preferably includes a member driven by the lock between a first position at which the electrical switch is movable between its ON and OFF positions and a second position at which the member physically maintains the electrical switch in its OFF position. Advantageously, the driven member's second position corresponds to the preselected position at which the key can be removed from and inserted into the lock.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. Aurora, IL
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
870139
Patent Number(s):
5463196
Assignee:
Universities Research Association, Inc. (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01H - ELECTRIC SWITCHES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH03000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
captured; key; electrical; safety; lockout; apparatus; circuit; switch; lock; blocking; mechanism; movable; position; energized; deactivated; adapted; receive; rotatable; plurality; positions; insertable; removable; preselected; maintained; removed; physically; maintains; preferably; driven; advantageously; corresponds; inserted; electrical circuit; locking mechanism; electrical switch; selected position; safety lockout; electrical safety; /200/

Citation Formats

Darimont, Daniel E. Captured key electrical safety lockout system. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Darimont, Daniel E. Captured key electrical safety lockout system. United States.
Darimont, Daniel E. Sun . "Captured key electrical safety lockout system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870139.
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abstractNote = {A safety lockout apparatus for an electrical circuit includes an electrical switch, a key, a lock and a blocking mechanism. The electrical switch is movable between an ON position at which the electrical circuit is energized and an OFF position at which the electrical circuit is deactivated. The lock is adapted to receive the key and is rotatable among a plurality of positions by the key. The key is only insertable and removable when the lock is at a preselected position. The lock is maintained in the preselected position when the key is removed from the lock. The blocking mechanism physically maintains the switch in its OFF position when the key is removed from the lock. The blocking mechanism preferably includes a member driven by the lock between a first position at which the electrical switch is movable between its ON and OFF positions and a second position at which the member physically maintains the electrical switch in its OFF position. Advantageously, the driven member's second position corresponds to the preselected position at which the key can be removed from and inserted into the lock.},
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year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
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