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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Paul Richard Rakus, Chippewa Township, PA (US);
Perry Robert Gibson, Chippewa Township, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A circuit breaker includes a load terminal and a line terminal; a pair of main contacts; a separable pair of arcing contacts; and a moving conductor assembly having a contact carrier mounted for movement between an open position and a closed position to open and close the separable pairs of contacts. The circuit breaker further includes an arc chute and an arc runner electrically connected to a stationary arcing contact and extending toward the arc chute to provide a path for an arc struck between the separable pair of arcing contacts as the separable pair of arcing contacts open with movement of the moving conductor assembly from the closed position. The arc runner has a longitudinal elongated raised ridge generally laterally centered.