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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:
Aug. 25, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel D Alper, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kenneth C Bakhaus, Jackson, MI (US);
Michael H Estkowski, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Mechanical Products, Inc., Jackson, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
116279 ; 116D / ; 116202 ;
Abstract
A back lighted trip indicator for a circuit breaker comprising an opaque tubular shield and a light translucent prism telescopically received in the shield and movable from a position totally within said shield when the manual operator is in the 'ON' position to an exposed condition when the manual operator moves to the 'OFF' position thereby to reflect ambient light through a frontal face on the prism to back light indicia on the frontal face of the prism.