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US 2012/0068808 A1Published application
Fusible switching disconnect modules and devices
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsMatthew R. Darr, Joseph James Ventura
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Abstract
A monitoring module for a fusible switch disconnect device includes an open fuse detecting element and wire leads for completing an electrical connection with a fuse.
Claims13
1-29. (canceled)
A fusible switch disconnect device, comprising:
- means for receiving and containing at least one fuse without utilizing a fuse carrier element, the fuse being separately provided from the means for receiving;
- means for mechanically and electrically connecting to the fuse when the fuse is inserted into the means for receiving;
- means for switching a conductive path to the means for electrically connecting and disconnecting the fuse when desired, the means for switching being located within the means for receiving;
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- means for indicating an opening of the fuse, the means for indicating being separately provided from the means for receiving and also separately provided from the fuse, wherein the means for indicating is removably coupled to the means for receiving.
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A fuse status indicator module for a fusible switch disconnect device having at least one fuse and switch contacts, the switch contacts connecting and disconnecting the electrical connection through the fuse in the fusible switch disconnect device, the indicator module comprising:
- a housing configured for ganged connection in a side-by-side relation with the disconnect device;
- a switch within the housing;
- a switch actuator extending from the housing and operatively coupled to the switch;
- at least one open fuse detecting element contained within the housing;
- at least one pair of wire leads attachable to the disconnect device and establishing an electrical connection with the fuse in the disconnect device, wherein the open fuse detecting element detects opening of the fuse;
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- a fuse state indicator in communication with the open fuse detecting element.
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A fusible switch disconnect device, comprising:
- means for receiving and containing at least one fuse, the fuse being separately provided from the means for receiving;
- means for mechanically and electrically connecting to the fuse when the fuse is inserted into the means for receiving;
- means for switching a conductive path to the means for electrically connecting to the fuse when desired, the means for switching being located within the means for receiving;
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- means for indicating an opening of the fuse independently of the means for switching a conductive path, the means for indicating being separately provided from the means for receiving and also separately provided from the fuse,
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.