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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tadeusz J Rys, Bellefontaine, OH (US);
Assignee:
Gould Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
335 17 ; 335 46 ;
Abstract
A single pole molded case circuit breaker having a spring powered trip free contact operating mechanism including a releasable cradle, a latch for holding the cradle in reset position, and an automatic trip means for operating the latch to release the cradle upon the occurrence of predetermined overload conditions, is provided with test means for manually tripping the latch. The test means consists of an insulating depressible button accessible from outside the circuit breaker housing and connected directly to the latch by a formed wire link which also connects the latch to a trip member operated by thermal and magnetic elements of the automatic trip means.