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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G Markowski, East Haven, CT (US);
Dean A Robarge, New Britain, CT (US);
Robert L Owens, Southington, CT (US);
Jerome B Tankersley, III, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200459 ; 200329 ; 335189 ;
Abstract
A fast operating disconnect switch minimizes the arc that occurs when the switch contacts are opened or closed by operation of a rotor assembly while the switch is electrically energized. A powerful operating spring within the operating mechanism under the control of a handle operator assembly overcenters upon the ON-OFF as well as OFF-ON movement of the handle operator. The handle operator assembly is adapted for either left-hand or right-hand mounting to a common rotor assembly.