Patent · US Expired

Circuit breaker with replaceable rating plug interlock and push to trip button

US4603313A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1985
Grant dateJul 29, 1986
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2071/508
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit breaker characterized by a pair of separable contacts, trip means operable automatically in response to overload current conditions to open the contacts which means include a rotatable trip bar biased in an untripped position, and interlock means including a manually operable button for rotating the trip bar to a tripped position when the button is pushed and for rotating a cam into tripped and untripped positions when the button is rotated.

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