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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:
Feb. 12, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1983
Roger N Castonguay, Terryville, CT (US);
David B Powell, Burlington, CT (US);
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An interlock arrangement is provided between adjoining circuit breaker compartments by the addition of a contact arm operated interlock to circuit breakers which contain trip arm operated interlocks. The contact arm interlock comprises a paddle mounted on the rear surface of each of the adjoining breakers for sensing the condition of the contacts in one breaker and for interreacting with the trip arm interlock mechanism to trip the breaker when an attempt is made to close the first breaker contacts while the adjoining breaker contacts are closed. A stop lever mounted in the first breaker compartment interconnects with a similar lever mounted in the compartment of the adjoining breaker to prevent the first breaker contacts from being closed while the adjoining breaker contacts are closed. The compartment interlock arrangement finds utility when one of the interconnected circuit breakers connects with a utility power source and the other circuit breaker connects with an auxiliary generator.