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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. 31, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph G Gorman, Murrysville, PA (US);
James F Roach, Oakmont, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ;
Abstract
A vacuum circuit interrupter with primary cup shaped arcing contacts with integral means for arc movement. An auxiliary, generally cylindrical arc contact is spaced about the primary contacts by a dimension less than the spacing between the opened primary contacts. The auxiliary contact includes means for moving the auxiliary path arcs which are formed between the auxiliary contact and the primary contacts with extinguishment of the arc between the primary contacts.