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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1993
Mark A Juds, New Berlin, WI (US);
Bruce C Beihoff, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Richard G Smith, Caledonia, WI (US);
William R Nelson, Waukesha, WI (US);
Daniel A Wycklendt, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Peter J Theisen, West Bend, WI (US);
Jerome K Hastings, Sussex, WI (US);
Peter K Moldovan, Cascade, WI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An electrical power switching device employing a rotary disc driven by an actuation means whose position is selected by a control means where disc contacts engage and disengage stationary contacts where the stationary contacts are deflected away from the disc contacts by separation ramps thereby opening the current path and an arc plate is used on the disc to control arc energy. A pair of interrupter contacts are placed in series with the rotary disc contacts where abnormally high currents cause the interrupter contacts to separate and open the current path where slot motors and/or arc plates are used to dissipate the damaging electrical arcs as the contacts make and break.