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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:
Jan. 05, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
John A Wafer, Beaver, PA (US);
Louis N Ricci, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Alfred E Maier, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 2001 / ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
A circuit interrupter characterized by a stationary contact and a movable contact which are operable along a predetermined path between open and closed positions to establish an arc, an arc chute for extinguishing the arc, a pair of spaced apart conductors extending from the movable contact to the arc chute which conductors provide parallel current paths for conducting an arc away from the contacts and into the arc chute.