REVERSE-ACTION AUXILIARY SWITCH ACTUATOR MECHANISM AND CIRCUIT BREAKER EMPLOYING THE SAME

REVERSE-ACTION AUXILIARY SWITCH ACTUATOR MECHANISM AND CIRCUIT BREAKER EMPLOYING THE SAME

AN AUXILIARY SWITCH ACTUATING MECHANISM (104) IS FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER (202) INCLUDING A HOUSING (204), SEPARABLE CONTACTS (206), AN OPERATING MECHANISM (208) WITH AN OPERATING HANDLE (210) INTERCONNECTED TO THE SEPARABLE CONTACTS (206) BY A LINKAGE ASSEMBLY (212), AND AN AUXILIARY SWITCH (216) HAVI...

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Hauptverfasser: CRAIG JOSEPH PUHALLA, RAYMOND PETER GUNDY, II, JORGE ERNEST TONGO, DAVID CURTIS TURNER, PERCY JAMES LIPSEY, II
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:AN AUXILIARY SWITCH ACTUATING MECHANISM (104) IS FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER (202) INCLUDING A HOUSING (204), SEPARABLE CONTACTS (206), AN OPERATING MECHANISM (208) WITH AN OPERATING HANDLE (210) INTERCONNECTED TO THE SEPARABLE CONTACTS (206) BY A LINKAGE ASSEMBLY (212), AND AN AUXILIARY SWITCH (216) HAVING A CONTACT MEMBER (218). THE AUXILIARY SWITCH ACTUATING MECHANISM (104) INCLUDES AN ACTUATING LEVER (106) WITH FIRST AND SECOND ENDS (108,110) AND A PIVOT PORTION (114) ENGAGING THE HOUSING (204) PROXIMATE THE AUXILIARY SWITCH (216). A TORSION SPRING (112) BIASES THE ACTUATING LEVER (106) TOWARDS ENGAGING AND ACTUATING THE CONTACT MEMBER (218) OF THE AUXILIARY SWITCH (216). THE CONTACT MEMBER (218) IS ACTUATED WHEN THE SEPARABLE CONTACTS (206) ARE NOT TRIPPED OPEN AND THE LINKAGE ASSEMBLY (212) IS NOT COLLAPSED. WHEN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER (202) TRIPS, THE LINKAGE ASSEMBLY (212) COLLAPSES, ENGAGING AND PIVOTING THE ACTUATING LEVER (106), IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE BIAS AND DISENGAGE AND DEACTIVATE THE CONTACT MEMBER (218).