US571734A - Gut-out - Google Patents

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B. F. ROUT. ELECTRIC GUT-OUT.

PatentedNov. 1'7, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ROUT, OF STANFORD, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO G. L. PENNY, OF SAVE PLACE.

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SPECIFEOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,734, dated November 17, 1896.

Application iilecl MMCh 27; 3951 To all whom, t may concern;

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN FENKLTN BOUT, residing at Stanford, in the county of Lincoln and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Electric Cut- Out, of which the following is a speeiiication.

This invention is an improved electric circuit-closer or cut-out.

The invention is particularly adapted for use in house-circuits, and is employed to connect and disconnect the main line or streetcircuit with the house-circuit.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an exceedingly cheap and simple form of circuit-closer or cut-out device which can be easily set up and operated by any one without any possible danger.

Another object is to provide a circuit-closer or cut-out which shall consist of very ii'ew parts, easily arranged, and not liable to get out oil order, there being but one spring in the entire device and no coil-springs whatever.

Another object is to provide a circuit-closer er cut-out device of such construction that when the house-circuit is cut oft' the line of passage in main line is direct; and a still further object is to provide a circuit-closer or cut-out device which shall be stronger, simpler, and more durable than the circuit-closer or cut-outs now in common use.

lVith these various objects in view my invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts and in their novel combination or arrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims In the drawings forming a part of this speciiication, Figure l is a view showing the invention in use. Fig. 2 is a view showing the front of case removed,the house-circuit closed. Fig. 3 is a view showing the circuit open or the house-lines cut out. Fig. 4 is a section on the line il -1 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable boX or case A, preferably constructed of cast-iron or other metal, and the front and bottom are made separate and detachable. Asuitable base B, of slate, porcelain, or other non-conducting material, is rigidly connected with the bottom of the ease and carries all Serial No. 585,123. (Noinodel the various parts of the appliance; and in constructing my improved cut-out l employ two metal contact-blocks C C, which are secured at opposite sides of the base B, near the bottom of same, said contact-blocks having suitable posts or other connections to receive and hold the main-line wires or conductors D, said wires being` connected with the outer ends of the said blocks, the inner ends thereof being' slotted or bifurcated, as shown at r, said slots being intended to receive a contactplate E, carried by the movable rod F, said red passing through an opening in the bottom of case and workin g through guides fj", attached to the base B, said plate E and slotted blocks C being so arranged that when the rod is pulled down the ends of plate lt will pass between the members of the blocks C C and close the main line or street-circuit, inasmuch as each of said blocks are connected with the main-line conductors, as before described.

At opposite sides of Vthe base B near the top of same are arranged metal contact-blocks G G,which are provided with suitable connections to unite with the house-line circuit or conductors H H. The inner ends of the blocks G G are also slotted or bifurcated, as shown at h, the purpose of said slots being to receive the metal contact-arms K K, pivotally connected at their lower ends to the contactblocks C C, and at their upper ends are pivotally connected to the non-metallic togglelevers L L, the opposite ends of said levers being pivotally connected to the sliding rod F at a point above the metallic contact-plate The upper end of the rod F is reduced to provide shoulders f" f', which act as stops 'against the upper guide f and limit the upward movement of the rod.

As the rod F is pushed upward the togglelevers are spread and the contact-arms K K are forced into the slotted contact-blocks G G, and thereby close the connection between the main and house lines. Then said rod is pulled down, however, the toggle-levers are drawn inward,and also the contact-arms K K, This draws the arms K out of blocks Gr and breaks the connection between the house and main line, but at the same time the contactplate E is moved into contact with blocks C C.

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It will thus he seen that the eireuits are closed and opened hy siinply moving` the rod up and down. The rod ean also have shoulders j/"2 near the lower ends to abut against the lower guide and serve to stop the downward moveinent of said rod. In order to hold the rod and attached parts in a raised position after they have been so adjusted, l einploy a spring M, fastened upon the front iaee of the hase B and bent hael: upon itself to provide a head m, which works in agroove on', inade in the opposing faee of the rod, so that when the rod is moved up to throw the arins in eontaet the head m will spring into the reeess and hold the rod against downward inoveinent. rlhis spring-head, however, is not stron g enough to hold the rod against a pull exerted by the hand, so that it is not necessary to release the spring by any auxiliary appliance, an extra pull at the start heing sulieient to release the rod.

All the operative parts are first seeured to the non-Conducting hase l and then inserted in the ease, the binding posts or eenneetions extending through the haelt ot' ease, so that the house and main wires ean he eonveniently attaehed. The front is then serewed on, and inasniueh as there are no deviees eonneeted with said trent it ean he quickly and easily removed and .replaced whenever desired.

It will thus he seen that l provide an exeeedingly eheap and simple torni oit' eireuit- Closer or eut-out deviee and one which ean he operated without danger oiaeeidents, and it will also he noted that when the house-l ines are eut out the eontinuity ot' the. niaiu line or eireuit is established.

By having the operating-rod between the eontaet bloels and arnis a simpler and niore el'l'eetive operation is seeured and t-he entire device ean be made to eeenpy less spaee.

llaving thus described iny invention, what ,f

I elaiin as new, and desire to seen re hy lyetters Patent, is

l. in a eireuit-eloser or eutont deviee, the non-Conducting hase, the upper and lower blocks, the sliding rod Carrying aeontaetplate, the Contact-arms pivotally eonneeted to the lower eontaet-hloels, and nieans earried hy the operating-rod to lnove said eentaet-arlns into and out of eontaet with the upper contact-blocks, substantially as shown and deseribed.

In aeireuit-eloser, the non-eendueting hase, the upper and lower eontaet-plates slotted at their inner ends, the eontaet-arnis pivoted to the lower eontaet-hloelis, the sliding rod Carrying a eontaet-plate, and the arms or levers eonneeting the sliding rod and the Contact-arms, substantially as shown and deserilied.

2). lnaeir niiteloser,;i non-eonduetinghase, the upper and lower eontaet-hloelcs slotted at their inner ends, the eontaet-arnis pivoted to the lower eentaet-hloeks, the sliding rod, the Contact-plate carried by said sliding rod, and the toggle arms or levers eonneeting said rod and eontaet-arlns, the guides in whieh said rods slide, and the shoulders upon said rod adapted to aet as stops, suhsta ntially as shown and described.

l-. In a eireuitseloser, the iioil-eoinlueting hase, the upper and lower blocks, slotted at their inner ends, the sliding rod having a groove upon the inner laee, said groovehaving a depression at one end, the eontaet plate and arnis, the toggle arms or levers and the spring adapted to rest in said groove iu the rod, substantially as shown and deserilied.

Jeux lV. Roer, Jr.,

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