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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:
Oct. 25, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Russell, Stockbridge, GA (US);
Robert D Ball, Tucker, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kearney-National, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
337171 ; 337172 ;
Abstract
An electric circuit interrupter arranged to interrupt overload currents and having a pair of relatively movable normally closed disconnect contacts is associated with an electric circuit interrupter arranged to interrupt load currents and having a pair of relatively movable normally closed contacts forming a parallel circuit to the disconnect contacts only during opening of said disconnect contacts so as to prevent arcing at said disconnect contacts during opening thereof.