Mounting assembly for drawout switchgear unit having track for forwardly tilting unit in disconnected position

Claim 1

IN A HORIZONTAL DRAWOUT SWITCHGEAR ASSEMBLY, AN ENCLOSURE HAVING A FRONT ACCESS PANEL MOVABLE FROM A CLOSED POSITION TO AN OPEN POSITION AND STATIONARY DISCONNECT CONTACTS ON THE INTERIOR THEREOF, A SWITCHGEAR UNIT HAVING DISCONNECT CONTACTS FOR COOPERATIVELY ENGAGING SAID STATIONARY DISCONNECT CONTACTS, DRAWOUT MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SWITCHGEAR UNIT FOR MOVING SAID UNIT OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STATIONARY DISCONNECT CONTACTS AND FROM A CONNECTED POSITION ADJACENT SAID STATIONARY DISCONNECT CONTACTS TO A DISCONNECTED POSITION ADJACENT SAID FRONT ACCESS PANEL, AND GUIDE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND GUIDING SAID SWITCHGEAR UNIT IN ITS MOVEMENT BETWEEN ITS CONNECTED AND DISCONNECTED POSITIONS, SAID GUIDE MEANS SUPPORTING SAID SWITCHGEAR UNIT IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL MANNER WHEN IT IS IN ITS CONNECTED POSITION AND IN A FORWARDLY TILTED MANNER WHEN IT IS IN ITS DISCONNECTED POSITION ADJACENT SAID FRONT ACCESS PANEL, SAID GUIDE MEANS INCLUDING MEANS ADJACENT SAID FRONT ACCESS PANEL FOR PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF SAID SWITCHGEAR UNIT OUTWARDLY OF SAID ENCLOSURE.