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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1993
Frank A Cerminara, Rochester, NY (US);
Joel A Rossbach, Rochester, NY (US);
John A Wargo, Macedon, NY (US);
Raymond H Legatti, Clearwater, FL (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A modular leakage current detector and machine interrupter including a sense module for detecting ground fault currents in excess of a given value, the sense module including circuitry to provide an interrupt signal, a circuit interrupter interconnected to the sense module to disconnect power to the machine upon receipt of the interrupt signal, and a test and control module electrically connected to the sense module, the test and control module providing a fault signal to periodically test the operability of and reset the modular leakage current detector and machine interrupter.