Circuit breaker with handle interlock for contacts when welded
CA 2069796 C · Owner: Chou, Yu Wei · Inventors: Chou, Yu Wei; Pruszynski, Henry Kenneth
Overview
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The handle of a circuit breaker is blocked from movement to the off position, when the contacts are welded closed, thereby preventing rotation of the common cross-bar on which contact arms carrying the movable contacts are mounted, by an interlock which includes radial extensions on the arms of a pivoted handle yoke which radially engage projections on the cross-bar.
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- Filed May 28, 1992 and granted January 15, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 28, 2012.
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