Busway output box guide/inhibitor system for insertion and removal of a busway output box

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for facilitating safe removal of rotational-style output boxes in busway bar power distribution systems particularly configured components to form output box guides. The disclosed schemes render rotational style output boxes for busway bar systems less susceptible to damage introduced by inadvertent or improper removal of the rotational style output boxes in the busway bars. Mechanical structures are provided that substantially inhibit an ability to incorrectly rotate a rotational-style output box during a removal process. A busway output box guide system provides structures associated with and/or attached to at least one of an output box and a busway bar, labeling and warning indication components that inform and substantially inhibit an ability of a user to incorrectly rotate a rotational-style output box in a “wrong” direction particularly when removing the rotational style output box from a busway bar in a power distribution system.

主权项

1. A guide system for enhancing safety in busway bar power distribution systems, comprising:
one or more guide structures that are configured to project from at least one of an output box and a busway bar in a direction of at least an other of the output box and the busway bar, the busway bar having an elongated axis, the output box being configured to be installed in the busway bar by rotating the output box around a rotational axis that is orthogonal to the elongated axis of the busway bar, the one or more guide structures extending across a plane of an interface between the output box and the busway bar when installed and inhibiting a direction of rotation of the output box with respect to the busway bar around the rotational axis by abutting an outer surface of at least one of the output box and the busway bar, the one or more guide structures being components of a guide appliance, the guide appliance comprising:
a first portion configured to be substantially parallel to the plane of the interface between the output box and the busway bar when installed, andthe one or more guide structures constituting a second portion extending substantially orthogonally to the first portion to extend across the plane of the interface between the output box and the busway bar.