METALCLAD SWITCHGEAR Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: power engineering. SUBSTANCE: switchgear cabinet has compartment with collecting busbars, two compartment with terminal blocks for indicating-circuit busbars, cubicles placed one on top of other on two sides of cabinet with their faces in opposite sides. Cubicles house hand-operated circuit breaker compartment and power busbars compartment; power busbars are common for opposing circuit breakers; each cubicle has individual circuit arrangement for indicating circuit breaker position. Power cables are routed in circuit-breaker compartments; circuit breaker indicating circuits are connected to external circuits through plug connectors. EFFECT: improved design. 6 dwg