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Controlled switching apparatus

US4167716A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 3, 1978
Grant dateSep 11, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 3, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H51/088
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Controlled switching apparatus mountable in a conventional residential panelboard includes a conventional molded case circuit breaker module mounted in adjacent side-by-side relation with an operator module. The latter is remotely operated and includes a single remotely operated electrically energized unidirectional actuator which oscillates a rocker connected to the circuit breaker handle for selective movement thereof between its On and Off positions.

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