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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
George A Hodkin, Long Whatton, Loughborough LE12 5DQ, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 2001 / ; 2001 / ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
An interrupter/isolator assembly having a conducting member connected to one contact of a vacuum switch and movable to engage either an earth contact or an isolator contact incorporates a cam member for operating the conducting member and actuating the switch contacts, there being a degree of lost motion between the cam member and conducting member such that making or breaking of a current path between the second contact and either the isolator or earth contact occurs within the vacuum switch and not at the isolator or earth contact.